Stampin' UP! Harvest Blessings Card

Happy TGIF stamping friends, are you all ready for Spring Break? I guess I am but not going anywhere special like a lot of people. Anyway a lot of my siblings are. Even my God Son is going to Hawaii! How nice is that? His girlfriend's Mom is taking him. She must really like him. He is a great kid. It was really a nice day here yesterday and supposed to be in the 50's today but maybe a chance of snow tonight. Crazy weather. I gotta tell ya. I got another drawer of Mom's emptied out and most of the stuff I threw away. Some of the stuff I kept to see if my siblings wanted it or wanted me to do something with it. 

On my card, I stamped for a green card challenge and used the Harvest Blessing set with the Poetry Print DSP Stack from the Spring Catalog. When I cut the DSP down to the size I wanted I had a little strip left over but it didn't reach the whole width of the card. The side you see is the other side of the main piece of the designer series paper. Anyway I had already stamped the tractor and the greeting and die cut it with the Label Frames Framelits so I cut my trim piece in half and snailed it down on the edge of each side and you can't even tell it doesn't go the whole way because my framelit cut out covers most of it up. I know, so sneaky right? No waste here. LOL! I stamped the tractor in Gumball Green ink and the "so many smiles" stamp from the Petite Pairs stamp set in Summer Starfruit ink. I used the Festive Paper Piercing Pack which is 127857 for $7.95 carried over from the Holiday Catalog. I sponged around the edge with the Summer Starfruit ink and tied some Linen Thread around it and stuck it on with Stampin' Dimesionals. I made this card for a new friend of mine that is a farmer. I hope he'll like it.....I do. I like him too. Sweet farmer guy. Tee Hee! Yep my new sweetheart. :)

Here are the details: 
Stamp Sets: Harvest Blessings, Petite Pairs    
Card Stock and Designer Series Paper: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Poetry Prints DSP Stack
Inks: Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Label Frames Framelits, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Mat and Paper Piercer,  Linen Thread, Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals.

I hope you have a great Friday and let me know what you think of my card. I hope to be back tomorrow with a new card I am off to Zumba in a few minutes. 
Check out the other stampers for this challenge made: 
http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com.au/
Hugs, Bev

SU Scentasional Season Christmas Card

Morning stamping friends. Well, I survived my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack yesterday. I had my doubts early amidst all the glitter I didn't think I would be able to breathe. LOL! Just kidding. It was a fun day. 
This was a quick card I made a few weeks ago but never posted. I stamped up a bunch of this Scentsational Season images the day of the election at our voting booth. It was something to keep me busy with on that long day and knew I could just make up quick cards with them. 

This was a quick card.   I made the banners out of the Festival of Prints Paper Stack and Be Of Good Cheer DSP/. The Merry Christmas comes from Petite Pairs, I punched out a Scallop Circle Punch and wheeled the Music Notes wheel over the scallop in Crumb Cake ink to match the Card Stock. Then the image stamped in Real Red Ink got popped with a Demensional as did the steam. I scalloped the Real Red  card stock with the Scalloped Border Punch. Then used the Color Spritzer Tool and Real Red Marker to spritz ink over the naked areas. LOL!

Here are the details: 
Stamp Sets and Wheel: Scentsational Season, Petite Pairs, Music Notes Wheel
Card Stock and Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Naturals White, Festival of Prints DSP Stack, Be of Good Cheer DSP
Inks: Real Red Ink Pad and Marker, Crumb Cake
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framelits, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Wheel Handle, Color Spritzer Tool, Rhinestones, Dimensionals. 

I hope you have a blessed day. I have to ske doo into the shower to get ready for church. 
Live Love Laugh Stamp!
Happy stamping and hugs, Bev 
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Daydream Medallions Thank You

Hi stamping buddies, I hope all is great with all of you. I have been busy today with Zumba. shopping, and then going out to eat tonight with my Mom and sister Jan that lives here in Davenport. I have one more Zumba day tomorrow and then out to lunch again tomorrow. Good thing I am Zumba'ing huh? Geesh! Actually this will only be the 4th time out to eat as Mom and I have been eating at home. I have been making soups like crazy that Mom can freeze and eat this winter. 

  Isn't this card cute? You know events from Stampin' UP!  are one of the best things. You can meet lifelong friends like Julia Sager that I have met. Thanks to convention a couple of years ago we met through someone I met in the hall and invited into our room and she and Julia have become such good friends. I feel so blessed to have this job. This is the last of the swap cards I got from Julia Sager and it uses the Floral Frames Framelits and the Daydream Medallions and Petite Pairs stamp sets. I think the bottom layer is the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Paper and isn't that amazing how it matches the Daydream Medallions? I never noticed that before. Anyway, the card was so pretty I think and I brought it along and have to use it. YAY!

Wow, do you like sales? Well there are some incredible specials coming out so make sure you check out my Facebook page Bev's Stamping Spot on Monday the 29th to check out the one day sale. Pretty amazing stuff happening so it is a terrific time to join my Bev's Busy Bees team and shop from home at www.funtostamp.stampinup.net
Have a terrific night. Hugs, Bev

Ex Libris Sympathy Card

Hi bloggie friends. How are you all today?  Ugh! What a long day I had. I worked today and came home and did dishes, loaded some things in my car for my sister as she needs some things like my air mattress and pillows and blankets that she needs to use for the wedding visitors. I am going to end up leaving some of this stuff there. I have to start thinking positive thoughts about selling my acreage. I am tired and am going to do some business stuff when I am done with this. I have to finish some Halloween cards so I can lend a set to my BFF to use when I am gone on vacation. Yes, I am getting into the vacation mode and it will be here before I know it. Yikes. We are supposed to get snow flurries again tomorrow but hopefully it won't end up to much of a mess. 

Here is a card I stamped for my party yesterday. I thought it was so pretty in this color. I used the Ex Libris background stamp again on Wisteria Wonder and Very Vanilla Card Stock. I used the Petite Pairs for the greeting and the BoHo Blossoms Punch to add a little flower with a pearl in it. Then I used the Vanilla Seam Binding for a shabby bow. I have to tell you what happened though. I cut a long strip of the ribbon and got it wet and put it in my hostesses microwave. I showed my customers how I was doing it and put it in for 45 seconds and then checked it and it was still damp. So I put it in again and all of a sudden I could smell it burning. I started laughing so hard and took it in to the other room and showed them my burnt ribbon in different places and told them what not to do! We were all laughing so hard. I ended up cutting each one individually and laying them in separate piles and it worked better.
 I stamped the image and then inked up the top part of the stamp again so I could get the tag part of the design. Then fussy cut it out. I tied the ribbon through a Ribbon Slide to hold it down and then attached the Ribbon Slide with Mini Glue Dots. I think it's ooohh so pretty, don't you? 

Here are the details: 
Stamp Sets: Ex Libris, Petite Pairs
Card Stock: Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla, So Saffron
Inks: Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi
Tools and Accessories: BoHo Blossoms Punch, Designer Round Ribbon Slides, Vanilla Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots.
You will have to let me know what you think of this card. Thanks for stopping by and have a honey of a night. Live, Love, Laugh, Stamp! Hugs, Bev
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Snowflake Soiree Christmas Card for Merry Monday

Hello stamping friends, I hope you had a nice Monday. Here it is Monday night and I am just getting around to posting. I came home exhausted from work today. 9 hours on my feet and up and down the basement stairs helping guys looking for pipe was hard on my knees. I could hardly wait for 4:00 to strike so I could leave for home. I came home and watched Dr OZ and then I must have taken a short nap. I should have made salsa tonight but no way, too tired. I heated up my Healthy Cabbage Soup for supper and then went out to burn some paper. Between mail and scraps of card stock, I always have a ton plus lately all my Kleenex from blowing my nose. Tomorrow I have to go to the dentist up north. Then I will come home and cut up the onions and peppers and can my salsa to get it done. I also want to make cabbage rolls with the huge cabbage I got. Busy Busy!

Okay about my card, I wanted to get in my weekly challenges, so here is my Merry Monday card and it had to be a Christmas Card with a certain layout. I used the Snowflake Soiree stamp set.  I used Marina Mist and Whisper White Card Stock. I textured my second layer with the Northern Flurry EF. I cut a strip of  Whisper White and stamped one of those darling borders from the Make A Mitten stamp set and then cut some Marina Mist Scallop Dots Ribbon and used the Round Ribbon Slide. I stamped the snowflakes in Marina Mist and Bashful Blue and die cut them out with the Window Frames Collection Framelits. I sponged around all the white pieces  with Marina Mist Ink and then popped up the die cut with dimensionals. I added a Basic Rhinestone in the middle of the top snowflake and then stamped Merry Christmas in the corner with the Petite Pairs stamp set.  I thought it turned out so cute. Don't you?

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day. 
Hugs, Bev
Here is the link for the card challenge and make sure you check out all the cards:http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.com/ 

Sunflower Birthday for ISPY

Happy Labor Day stamping friends. I hope your weekend is going good. I got my stewed tomatoes done and my laundry done yesterday and this morning was going to make some pineapple zucchini bread and I am out of eggs so will add that to my grocery list. I have to run to town to get some things so want to get going but figured I would post this first for the ISPY card challenge. 

I made this easy card with the Sunflower stamp set using More Mustard Card Stock and the Orchard Harvest  DSP. I stamped my sunflower in More Mustard Ink and then sponged Early Espresso and Raspberry Ripple onto my stamp. I stamped it onto Very Vanilla Card Stock and rounded the corners with the 2-1/2" Circle Punch. The greeting comes from Petite Pairs and is punched out with 1-1/4" Circle Punch.

Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Sunflower, Petite Pairs
Card Stock: More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest DSP
Inks: More Mustard, Early Espresso, Raspberry Ripple
Tools: 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Linen Thread, Sponge, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek. I hope you have a honey of a day. Hugs, Bev
Now here is the link for the ISPY challenge so make sure you check out the other artists. http://ispysketches.blogspot.com/ 

Raining Flowers I'm Here For You Card

Happy Saturday stampers. Oh wow what a day. I got ready to go to the festival and loaded up my car. I just grabbed a light cotton jacket because it felt muggy outside. I got over to where the people selling were and talked to my neighbors and left my stuff in the car. By this time it was looking like rain. I walked down the street to the store where I work to buy a can of pineapple and a granola bar for breakfast and it started pouring rain. I thought oh crap, how am I going to get back. There were some guys I know in buying conduit to try to stand up an umbrella to shade them from the rain.I hitched a ride back to my table with them. Sat in the car till it stopped raining and then the wind picked up again and I finally decided that I was cold and damp and just getting over my bad cold I figured that really wasn't the place for me. So I came home and crawled into the bed to try to get warm and fell asleep. I have now tons of card all ready to sell so I guess I will bundle them up and  try to sell them at the store. Maybe. Or give them as gifts in a bundle. The inside is stamped and everything. I sort of have a headache and it is only about 60 degrees and breezy so it will be a great day to maybe take a walk later. I have been doing chores around here. Doesn't hurt to get things done I guess. LOL!

Here is a card I stamped to sell. I used the Raining Flowers Set and embossed the images with clear embossing powder and they came out so cute. Don't you think? I love these colors together.  I used Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive. I textured the background Card Stock with the Argyle EF and used the Apothecary Accents Framelits to cut out the shapes for the flowers and the greeting. I used the Rich Razzleberry Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and added the Designer Buttons on top with Mini Glue Dots. I used the White Bakers Twine to string through the buttons. 

Here are the details: 
Stamp Sets: Raining Flowers, Petite Pairs
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Olive Green, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark
Tools: Big Shot, Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Designer Buttons, Baker's Twine, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals.
Well I had a friend going to the movie tonight to see Hope Springs and he canceled on me so I guess it is that kind of day. Crappy all around but I got this chance to show you a card and that is a good thing. I will show your some boxes I made to sell too. They turned out cute. Hmmmm. I guess I will have to eat the goodies in them. I hope you have a honey of a day and  thanks for stopping by. 
Hugs, Bev
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Raining Flowers Birthday card

Hi stamping buddies, TGIF! Yeah right, I have to work all day today and now the weekend and won't have a day off till next Wednesday. YIKES! I will be dead by then. Well dead tired anyway. LOL! I already feel that way this morning. I didn't feel so good when I got home last night so tried to take a nap but my phone kept ringing. So I got up and had some fruit and then started blog hopping and ran across one of my BFF's blog and she had a card similar to this   but much different that I liked so I am casing it from Julia at www.juliasuesstamping.blogspot.com . So check out Julia's card and see what hers looks like. You should follow her too because she has some incredible ideas. She even has a free newsletter you can sign up for. You can tell her that I sent you too if you want. She is a dear dear friend of mine. Yep, I love her a lot. 

On this card I stamped the medium  flower from Raining Flowers and I used the Summer Star Fruit, Marina Mist and Real Red which was a Color Coach Combo. I go to my coach a lot to help with color combos. I stamped them and because I didn't have the perfect circle punch I used this framelit for the Apothecary Accents and I think it worked out fine. I sponged around each on with the coordinating colors and then popped them up with dimensions. I textured the Whisper White Card Stock with the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder and then sponged Marina Mist over it to pop out the design of the folder. I put some "Bling" on the flowers with a little Rhinestone. Then I stamped the greeting with the Petite Pairs stamp. It is a pretty simple card but I thought it turned out really pretty, don't you?  I love the simplicity of it. I think my niece witll like it and her birthday is this month. Well, I better start thinking about getting ready for work as I work the late shift tonight. Till 
6: 00 anyway.


Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Raining Flowers, Petite Pairs
Card Stock: Marina Mist, Whisper White
Inks: Marina Mist, Summer Starfruit, Real Red
Tools: Big Shot, Delicate Designs Textured Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Rhinestones, Sponge, Dimensionals.
I hope you have a wonderful Friday and bless you for checking in but please show me some love and leave a comment. Bee happy and hope you have time to create something cute and send it because everyone loves getting a handmade card. 
Hugs, Bev

Baby Card with Reason To Smile from Stampin' UP!

Hi stamping friends, Isn't this stinkin' cute?  I think so. I used the Reason to Smile and if babies aren't a reason to smile I don't know what is. Can you believe this is a floral set that I made the flower card out of the other day. I know, I looked at the set and thought "oh that center of the flower will make a perfect polka dot" and I love polka dots.  I wanted to make it pastel for the baby cards. I need a few right now. I used the framelits dies and edgelits to make this darling card. I got my color coach and came up with this color combo of Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede. Oh so sweet! Rainy today and I overslept so I hope my day goes good. HMMM.


Did you notice the paper piercing around the Apothecary Accent? That is the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack  that can go around a lot of our dies and punches. It is on page 181 of the Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog and  is so cute. I could have pierced around the shape of the tag too but I didn't do that and I see I should have. I would do that if I make another card like this and I think it would be cute in blues and greens too. The edge of the card is the Large Edgelit and then I used the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder to texture the background. Wow, I just received a call on my cell from a high school friend of mine. How sweet! She wondered if I am going to our class reunion and I told her no because I will be heading home to Davenport IA after convention. That will be so nice as I haven't been home since last November. 

Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Reason To Smile, Petite Pairs
Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette
Inks: Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede
Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Large Scallop Edgelit, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Pink Pirouette 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Sponge, Dimensionals.
Thanks to all that left comments on my cards as I love reading them. I truly cherish the thought that all of you stop by to check out what I post. You are all so sweet. Have a lovely day and go and create something cute now. Hugs, Bev

Sympathy Card Simply Easy with Elementary Elegance

Okay stampers and bloggers, I am sharing with you my other card I made today used the elementary elegance set. I needed a Sympathy card to sell to a friend of mine when she found out I wasn't moving yet she ordered more cards from me. I think this turned out so stinkin' sweet. Don't you? Let me know if you would be so kind. I love to read the comments you leave.  I snailed the DSP to my card and then took my Lucky Limeade Marker and stitched along the border and then when I laid my 3x3" square of Baja Breeze Card Stock I positioned it between the stitches and then marker stitched around that piece too. I did it that way as it was easier to stitch around the top layer. I stamped the greeting and then punched it and roughed the edge with my fingernail and then sponged the edge. Popped it up with dimensionals.

Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Elementary Elegance, Petite Pairs
Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Inks: Lucky Limeade Ink Pad and Marker, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Dimensionals,  Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack, Sponge

 I hope this card fits your fancy and I hope you have a blessed day. Thanks for stopping by to look today.
Hugs and happy stamping,
Bev

Easy Happy Birthday Cards with SAB Sets

Hi everyone, happy Tuesday and today I will share with you two cards using the Elementary Elegance out of the Sale-A-Bration flyer. I want to show you ideas of cards to use the SAB sets like I told you I would. I have two cards today as I was too tired last night to stamp and blog so here is my first card.  This is a very easy peasey card and no fancy shmancy ribbons or brads for a guys card possibly or a no extra postage idea. I like how it turned out for it's simplicity. 

Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Petite Pairs and Elementary Elegance 
Card Stock: Baja Breeze and Baja Breeze Textured, Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Inks:  Peach Parfait, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Framelits Labels Dies, Curly Label Punch, Dimensions and Mini Glue Dots


Only 4 more days of Sale-A-Bration from today so don't wait to the last minute. I hope you like this card and remember you can always add ribbons and brads to it too to step it up a bit if you choose. Thanks for stopping by today and as always hugs and happy stamping and scrapping. 
Hugs,Bev 

Happy World Cardmaking Day

Here is a card I can share in honor of World Card Making Day. This was a card we made at my downline meeting last time we met. We made a pinwheel card out of the Spice Cake DSP and used Pool Party,Soft Suede, More Mustard Cardstock. The stamp set we used was Petite Pairs.
 The Ink I used was Soft Suede and the  Accessories I used was the  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Texture Folder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Large Oval Punch and the discontinued Small Oval Punch ,1/2" Circle Punch, the Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding, Mini Glue Dots, and Itty Bitty Buttons. 
I hope you are having a fantastic day and thanks for stopping by and remember to stamp a card for someone special since this is National Card Making Day! God Bless,Bev