Watercolor Wonder Note Cards

Did you ever find yourself in need of a quick card and very little time to make one?  Well, the Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards in the Occasions Mini are perfect for just such a situation.  For today's cards I used two of the five designs in the set.  The note cards are made of watercolor paper .  (FYI: I did ruin two of the note cards by not having enough ink on the stamp.  When I tried to restamp, I blurred the sentiment.)  On the Elegant Eggplant flower card, I stamped the flower in Black Stazon ink and then colored it in using Elegant Eggplant ink and an aqua painter.  The sentiment was stamped using the Eggplant ink pad.  Both of the images on this card are from the Happy Watercolor stampset.  The Tangerine Tango card already had the flowers printed on it.  All I did was stamp the sentiment using Tangerine Tango ink.  I can dress these up by adding embellishments such as ribbon or butterflies or brads~~tons of embellishment possibilities  Being note cards, they do measure 3-1/2" x 5", smaller than what we usually create.  Nonetheless, they do meet the USPS size requirements and are mailable.  In the future I will certainly be posting cards using other designs from this set.  It is a good deal as you get 20 cards and envelopes for $12.95 plus tax and shipping.  The weather is warming up so I will be running a few errands later today.  Have a great day and be careful when you go out.

hugs & kisses

The minute I saw the Countless Sayings 2 photopolymer stamp set, I knew I wanted it~~if for no other reason than the words "hugs" and "kisses" and the "&".  Yesterday I made this cute tag to adorn the cellophane bag of Hershey Hugs & Hershey Kisses.  Once the tag was stamped I noticed the little set of three tiny hearts in a row and added the hearts to the ampersand.  You can't see it that well, but the tag was punched using the new Scallop Tag Topper Punch on Real Red DSP from the Polka Dot Parade collection (annual catalog).  I used colors  that are good for Valentine's Day, but if you have a baby or bridal shower coming up, these would be a perfect little favors when created in bridal party colors or baby's room colors.  Well today is another freezing cold day by me.  If the same is true where you live, keep warm, stay safe and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Tape It or Washi Tape

Let me start off today's post with congratulations and best wishes to my friend, Michelle and her new husband, Shawn!  We had a great time at your celebration and thank you for inviting us to share in the start of your new lives together as husband and wife!!  Second, it has been quite the wild weather weekend here!  As I type this morning, the temperature is minus 22 degrees with a  windchill of minus 47 degrees.  If you are out and about, please dress properly and have blankets in the car~~just in case.  And last but not least, today's cards:  both use the same color combo of Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar and Tangerine Tango.  On the card to the left, I used the new Washi Tape from the Occasions Mini.  I am really getting into the Washi Tape, but not everyone likes using it.  So I decided to recreate the same card  using the Tape It stamp set (Annual Catalog).  The image is from the Another Great Year stamp set (Occasions Mini).  I inked the image using my SU markers and then punched and layered the image using circle punches.  The stars and the little banners (punch available during Sale-a-bration) embellish the card to the right because I needed to hide a couple of oops!   Have a great day and keep warm!!

Occasions Mini

The new Occasions Mini catalog goes live today!  There are a number of items in the catalog that are on my "need" list.  In fact, some of my previous posts included cards made using new product.  One of my favorites is the Happy Watercolor set.  Today's cards are clean and simple cards on which the images were heat embossed.  The Tangerine Tango card is refreshingly warm as I sit in my office looking at the snow and the freezing cold!!   I used Versamark ink for the images and Tangerine Tango embossing powder.  The flower on the sympathy card is another image from the Happy Watercolor stamp set and I paired it up with a sentiment from Love & Sympathy (annual catalog). Once again the image and sentiment were stamped in Versmark and then embossed~~this time with clear embossing powder.  You should have received your Occasions Mini by now if you are a current customer of mine.   If not, I will be disappointed.  Please let me know if you did not get your copy and I will follow up with Stampin' Up!  When I see you, I will give you a copy.  And of course, you can always go to my SU website to see what is new!  Have a wonderful weekend and while keepin' warm, maybe you can find yourself a little stampin' time!