Monotone Birthday Wishes

I have had this stamp set, Everything Eleanor since fall but did not really get to experiment with it until a few weeks ago. I think it creates a very simple but elegant card. The flowers are cut out and popped up with dimensionals. The large flower has a pearl in the center of it. I hope you like it!

Masculine Birthday Trees

I have made many cards lately using this very simple layout. Crumb cake cardstock stamped with En Francais in Crumb Cake. I added Lovely as a Tree in Always Artichoke at the bottom and I used the single tree from this set on the inside as well. The Happy Birthday is stamped in Always Artichoke on Always Artichoke cardstock and cut out with a framelit from the Apothecary Accents set. I have made sympathy cards with this same layout as well. Hope your day had some stampin' in it!!!

Phone Booth Nostalgia

This Sale A Bration stamp set and the colors Tangerine Tango and So Saffron together are a lot of fun. I have been using both this stamp set and these colors a great deal lately. Isn't it funny how you can almost "forget" about a color for a while and when you "remember" it you are addicted to using it for a long time. I am always trying to use different colors together. Thanks to my Color Coach, I can do just that. Let me help you match some awesome colors and while were at it, I can help you earn some FREE items like this awesome stamp set! Happy Stampin'

Cake Anyone??

This was the very last card I came up with for my Birthday Card buffet last week and it was a favorite by many. I am glad I kept my nose to the grind and was able to keep cranking out some pretty good ideas. I had very few cards left over from this buffet which was GREAT! On to planning the next event - FANCY FOLDS WOOOHOOOO A lot of work but a favorite for many. Happy Stampin'

Happy Birthday March Friends

This cute little creation is for all of my friends and family who are celebrating a birthday in March! I think I am the only person I know whose birthday is not in March j/k. I saw this cute little creation on SC and I just had to make one to share with you. It is made using one of those little battery operated candles you can pick up super cheap in the Dollar Store. I used some DSP from Sale A Bration as well as the Pretty Petites Stamp set and coordinating Petite Curly Label Punch. I am sure my niece will love this as well. Her favorite thing to do when she comes over is to turn on any/all of these little lights that I may have on display. Have a great weekend and thanks for checking out my blog!!

Best of ......Flowers

This month's Best of Stamp Set is FLOWERS. What an awesome blast from the past. This set has some of my absolute favorite retired flowers!!! Remember, Stampin' Up! is issuing a new stamp set each month during the year 2013 - in celebration of their 25 year anniversary. Each stamp set is only $14.95 Starting in February SU is including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every "Best of" set. Collect six stickers Send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

Craft show

Here is a picture of my Upline and my table at a craft show we particpated in last fall. It was a nice way to spend an afternoon, we knew several other vendors who were set up and we made a few new friends too. I love fall and thanks to SU it is so easy to create some awesome fall projects. I hope you can see some of the framed art I posted a few weeks agao. My posts have been sporatic lately and my goal is for that to NOT be the norm for my blog. I will have some great pictures in the next few days of all of the awesome birthday cards we will be making at my first card buffet of this year. It's all about the birthdays!!! Happy Stampin'