Baby Blossoms ... So Sad to Say Goodbye

I sure hope this pretty stamp set makes it into the new Idea Book & Catalog.  I love Baby Blossoms.  It makes such gorgeous projects!  This was a project for a workshop last Saturday.  The colors are Marina Mist and Bashful Blue.  The frame behind the scallop was made with the Four Frames stamp set which will be in the new IB&C. 

I'll try to get the other two projects posted up this week.  It's been crazy with helping the kids complete some projects. 

Have a great week!

Blessings,
Julie

Baby Blossoms and New DP

 Here's the newest Stampin' Celebration's 48th challenge.  I chose to use the flowers, colors and leaf border.  I was wishing for a hat stamp ... like the one that was on the retired Paris stamp set.  wouldn't that be great for this challenge?  :-) 

And the layout is SAH165 from Stamp-A-Holics.  It's hard to see, but the leaf border was stamped on white and then cut out.  That way I could mount it over the background white and the frame.  The scalloped border is hanging out in Pink Pirouette.  See that gorgeous DP?  It's new!  It's a preview of the new Idea Book & Catalog and is available this month with a $20 purchase.  Though it's hard to see, I did use some pearls on the greeting just to give it a touch of class.  I sure love those things! 

Hey, that's two posts in one day!  I guess that let's me off the hook for tomorrow?  ;-)  Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Challenges Love I Do

 Yes, I decided to play a new challenge.  Stampin' Celebration has some really fun challenges and I've seen them regularly on Krystal's blog, but I've never played along.  Well, not until today.  :-)  I do plan on playing again whenever possible because I love the fact that they usually give 4 photos to draw inspiration from.  This card is based on the inspiration photo right below.  I've pulled the flower them, the ruffled ribbon, and the colors from the photos.  Unfortunately, the lighting in my stamp room didn't reveal the true colors of this card.  I really like it much better IRL.

 This card combines 3 challenges!  The first is Sketch Challenge 325 from SCS.  I didn't know what I was going to do with it at first, but knew that I needed a sympathy card.  A dear man in our church passed away last week from bone cancer.  This will go to his widow.  I hope it helps lift her spirits a little.  I didn't really want to go the black route since we, as Christians, are assured of eternal life, so I used the Color Combination Challenge 88 from SA as a heart-lifting color combo.  The main image of daisies is made using the Faux Silk technique.  This version of Faux Silk is the "new" way that Stampin' Up! showed us in one of the latest Stampin' Success magazines.  (Available only to current demonstrators.  Want to receive great ideas like this?  Talk to me about signing up.)   This technique was highlighted for us in the SA Technique Challenge 84.  I added sponging over the edges and across the tissue paper to make the "silk" more noticeable.  The daisy popped up is a technique called "spotlighting".  I really like how it finishes off the main image and adds that spot to draw your eye.  And where would I be without my faithful basic pearls?!

I like to try to make the inside of the cards that I give out as much interest and attention as the outside.  (Well, ALMOST as much!)  I really love this message from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set.  It pretty much says it all.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station once again.  Let me know what you think of these challenges and please play along if you have time.

Blessings,
Julie

CAS with Baby Blossoms Mini Set

This very simple card was made with the flowers from the Baby Blossoms stamp set, available from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  It's a really, REALLY fun set to play with and is so versatile.  As you can see, a bit of stamping, some bling and a tag, a bit of piercing along the bottom and we have an adorable card.  I think it took me 5 minutes to make this one.  I really love the White and Razzleberry combo...it's so delightful in it's contrast.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station once again.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Blessings,
Julie

p.s.  be warned...posts might become more erratic again because my oldest son is on the high school baseball team!  I really LOVE being a baseball mom!

Leftovers Are Good!

 You know, I just realized that I never showed you how my Christmas cards turned out!  Silly me!  But it did work out because now I can show you how I used the leftovers. 
This photo was taken in Hawaii, on a trip to celebrate my in-law's 50th anniversary.  My DH thought it would make a great Christmas photo and I went in to panic-mode, thinking "how on earth am I going to make a tropical photo into a Christmas card?!"  So I got out my River Rock cardstock and cut out a bunch of Top Note die cuts for the frame.  And then I got out my retired stamps from last summer's mini catalog, and started stamping them in Ruby Red and Always Artichoke.  (Yes, I was trying to use up some retired Ruby Red ink and cardstock.)  And this is how it turned out.  I like it!  But...I made 85 cards.  Do you know how many Top Note die cuts I had left???  So, what to do with them?  Well, Sale-A-Bration was coming up, so I held onto them, thinking I could probably come up with something.....

 And this is the result!  :-)  We also used the Top Note die cut for the inside, a nice way to tie in the layout.  This is a super-easy card to make and the guests at the last workshop really had a lot of fun with it.  After minimal stamping and cutting around the frame, the card came together very quickly.  And don't you just love those butterflies?  Supplies for this card are Baby Blossoms and Fresh Cuts stamp sets, Springtime Vintage DP (LOVE that paper!!!), Marina Mist, River Rock, Rose Red, Certainly Celery and Very Vanilla cardstocks and inks, Framed Tulips emb. folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit. 

And here is the last card that we made at the workshop.  It's a Valentine of non-traditional colors.  I like that!  You've already heard me say multiple times that I'm not a pink person, so this one was right up my alley.  The great thing about this card is that, since it's non-traditional Valentine colors, it can also be a birthday or wedding card.  The design is a CASE of a card that I found online, but I can't remember where I found it!  So... if this is your card, please leave a comment here so that we can give you credit!  The embossing folder is one of my fav's (Elegant Lines) and and shows the complete pattern on the inside of the card.  Cool!!!!  And the scallop piece is the Ribbon punch.  Isn't that fun?  The supplies for this card are Punch Potpourri stamp set, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, and Regal Rose cardstock, Woodland Walk DP, Ribbon and Full Heart Punches, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, Elegant Lines Emb. Folder, Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose, and Pink Pirouette markers, Basic Rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings to you,
Julie