Shoe Box Swap Playdate

We had lots of fun at our Play Date at my upline's house doing our shoe box swaps. Here are two of the projects my fellow demonstrators had us do. The first, Liz's project, was a Faux Crocodile purse shaped gift card holder. It is an embossing technique used on textured cardstock. So adorable.



The second was my upline Evelyn's card. It used the Saleabration set Botanical Blooms. It is very sparkly in person...glitter on the flowers and flowerpot. The flowerpot is made with the word window punch and the square punch and corner rounder. She taught me a new way to make bows (which I am terrible at). It reminds me of when you teach little kids to tie their shoes using bunny ears. Very cute! I love the colors in this card, baja breeze, chocolate chip, whiper white, kraft and sahara sand. I may have to make a few more cards with this color combo.

Easter Bunny...

Here is another card for Easter.

Stamp Set: Serene Spring (hostess level 2 08), Pick a Petal was used for the Easter Eggs.

So Saffron, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White Cardstock, Orchid Opulence, Sage Shadow, Tempting Turquoise and Black StazOn Ink, Water Color Wonder Crayons, Stampin Dimensionals, and So Saffron SAB ribbon.

I'm healed and thus have cards to show off...

So sorry I have been gone so long, my fingers were sprained which made creating anything nearly impossible. I am all healed now and have some cards to share.



Here is a card I made for a coworker's retirement. It says congratulations ...happy retirement time to relax on the inside.



Recipe: Stamp Set: Hapiness is a Journey, Congrats, Windsor Knot DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey, Basic Black cardstock, pewter brads, basic black ink, Valet Ribbon Originals, pewter hodgepodge hardware

Here is a card I made for a friend's graduation from the police academy.



Recipe: Big Deal Alphabet, Congrats, so saffron ribbon from SAB ribbon bundle, brilliant blue and so saffron cardstock, BigShot Top Note Die, brilliant blue ink, (non-su mini brads)

Cards I received....

My fingers are still killing me so I haven't made anything new...although I did finally receive my circle cutter and was playing around with that until I cut myself because my taped up sprained fingers got in the way when I was trying to remove the safety blade casing. So now I have 3 bandaged fingers instead of two. I figured under the circumstances I would feature some cards that I received rather than ones I am not able to make with my bum fingers....

I received two cards in the mail today from my upline's upline Kate Deignan. One is a sample and one is my first birthday card to arrive. My birthday is St. Patrick's Day so these are definately both appropriate for me, especially the Shamrock card made from the SAB set Polka Dot Punches. Kate also used the so saffron grosgrain ribbon from the SAB ribbon bundle for my birthday card. These items are so versatile and you can get them free with a $50 purchase until March 31st.

Thanks for the great cards Kate!

Congratulations for Baby!

Here is a cute congratulations card for a coworker who just had a baby girl. I am not sure what the name of the bunny stamp set is, it is a retired set I borrowed from my upline.

Recipe: SAB set Congrats, black stazOn ink, watercolor wonder crayons, pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon, pink pirouette cardstock, regal rose ink, sweet always DSP, eyelet border punch, Circle Scallop die for BigShot

Some of my new supplies came....

I am anxiously awaiting my very large order...the first box arrived last night. It only had cardstock, ribbon and two of my SAB sets... Here are the two cards that I came up with using my limited supplies:

Recipe: Dream A Little Hostess Stamp Set, Elegant Cheer, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Delicate Dots SAB DSP, Watercolor Paper, Cameo Coral Cardstock, Almost Amethyst Cardstock, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, White Gel Pen, Cameo Coral, Almost Amethyst, Green Galore, and So Saffron Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Cameo Coral Ink, Bashful Blue Ink stippled on, and the Scallop Border Punch

Recipe: Polkadot Punches SAB Stamp Set, Congrats SAB Stamp Set, Rose Red Ink, Pretty in Pink Cardstock, Rose Red Cardstock, Bella Rose DSP, Delicate Dots DSP, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware, Corner Rounder Punch, Dimensionals