Last Chance for Happiness is a Journey

Here is a quick Father's Day card I cased from Splitcoast. It features the Happiness is a Journey Stamp set and Parisian Breeze Specialty DSP which are only available until June 30th or while supplies last.

The sentiment is from the All Holidays Stamp set. Cardstock is Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede and Whisper White. Soft Suede and Timber Brown StazOn ink.

Just for You Dad Tri-fold Shutter Card

Here is another Tri-fold Shutter card I made last night. Since I sold the other two that I made, I felt I needed to make one to give to my daddy. I am going to cook for him with the food I bought from the Tastefully Simple tasting party this weekend. Since it is so "simple" he may not end up with food poisoning. lol!

I am the best baker and side dish maker in the world but when it comes to meat/chicken/ or fish I am a real disaster. I usually do alright on the grill so I will be firing that up on Father's Day, weather permitting.

The base of the card is a 5-1/2" X 12" sheet of dark blue from my Core'dinations RoyG Biv pack. I only bought it because the name was RoyGBiv...which just seems to make me chuckly everytime I hear it. The rest of the paper is all SU. Parisian Breeze, Urban Garden, Textured Kiwi Kiss (have to use those up since they are retiring June 30th), Sahara Sand and Whisper White. I used the Oval All, And Many Mower, and All Holidays stamp sets. Timber Brown Stazon ink. White and Vanilla Jumbo Grommets, Photo Corners Punch and Dimensionals.

Tri-fold Shutter Cards for Dad...

I absolutely love the Tri-Shutter fold card that was posted on Splitcoast by sheltyx1 in a challenge. This uses a 5-1/2 X 12 " piece of cardstock scored at 2", 4", 8" and 10".

Cuts are made horizontally 1-1/2" from the top and bottom edges from the 2" score line to the 10" score line. The top and bottom rows fold peak, valley, peak, valley. The middle row is folded valley, peak, valley, peak. These sold on Sunday at the tasting party like hotcakes. Now I need to make some more.

Amethystcat made a nice rough sketch on her blog that shows how to cut the DSP panels out of 1 8X8" sheet of paper.

Looks something like this (picture not to scale):

Stamp Sets used are: And Many Mower, All Holidays, Cheers to You, Circle Circus, Oval All

I can't for the life of me remember what DSP I used. Probably some from Windsor Knot and some from To the Nines, Certainly Celery, Kraft, and mostly Timber Brown Stazon, and Sahara Sand ink sponged on to distress... I used Ready to Glitter Making Memories stickers and colored the front protective backing sheet with soft suede stampin write marker for the DAD. (if you remove both the front and the back sheet, the sticker becomes adhesive on both sides). Crushed Curry stampin write marker was used to color in the beer.

Versatile Circles...

I am having too much fun playing with my new Circle Circus stamp set. It is so versatile! I love the black and white look that these stamps get but thought it would be fun to add some pops of color.

I started out by stamping different circles with Basic Black ink on strips of whisper white cardstock. Next for the large circles I colored them in using Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo stampin' write markers. Next I trimmed some circles that I had stamped the other night in Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo and I attached those with dimensionals to certain corresponding images on the strips. I added rhinestones in the centers for some of the colored circles. I matted the strips on Basic Black cardstock and then adhered all strips onto Bermuda Bay cardstock. Finally I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the All Holidays stamp set onto the card.

I think I have found my new favorite colors- Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo!

All items available July 1st.

Yeah my sneak peak preorder came!

As promised here are photos of my order and an anniversary card I made for my grandparents. I was going for a boho necklace design.
So much playing, so much fun, and a whole lot of perusing the new catalog. I love so much in the new catalog. I need to find some room for some new stamp sets.

Recipe: Stamp set- Circle Circus from the new catalog- available July 1st, All Holidays, Congrats, the new in color classic inks Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, whisper white craft ink inside, Crushed Curry stampin write marker came in so handy coloring in edges and center spots, Whisper White, Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry cardstock, dazzling diamonds, crystal effects and dimensionals.
I must have stamped a zillion different sized and colored circles while playing with the new in colors. I want to do a scrapbook page with a sketch I saw in creating keepsakes that has all different sized circles. Stay tuned....

Father's Day Cards....

I didn't get to do much stamping this memorial day weekend. I actually went outside. I know shocking! There was fishing by a pond and children involved. Even more shocking! But I finally made it back indoors yesterday and made two simple cards for Father's Day. Our air conditioning is busted, so it was too hot to go in my stamp room, it is in a loft so you can imagine how hot that gets. I only had a few basic supplies in my bedroom that I used while I watched the General Hospital marathon. I think Soaps are so great in the background while stamping because you really don't need to watch them, you only need to listen.


Recipe: And Many Mower stamp set, Kraft, Certainly Celery, Basic Grey, and Whisper White Cardstock, Basic Black ink, To the Nines Specialty DSP, Hodgepodge Hardware, Colored Pencils, Dimnesionals

Recipe: Any Many Mower and All Holidays Stamp sets, Kraft, Whisper White, Certainly Celery Cardstock, To the Nines DSP, Certainley Celerty SAB Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware, Dimensionals, Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

Walk In the Park Mother's Day

Here are two cards I made for Mother's Day.

Recipe: Great Friend and All Holidays stamp sets, Walk in the Park DSP, Regal Rose, Basic Gray, Shimmery White, Whisper White Cardstock, Regal Rose, Night of Navy, Baja Breeze Ink, Basic Gray Corduroy Button, Large Grommet, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Oval Scallop Punch

Textured Impressions Manhattan Flower Mother's Day Cards

Mother's Day Cards cased from ilinacrouse.

Recipe: So Saffron, Regal Rose, Pale Plum Cardstock, Vellum, Crystal Effects, Glitter, Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbin, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Textured Impressions Manhattan Flower Folder and BigShot, Regal Rose, Perfect Plum Ink, Stampin Pastels