So Happy To Be Back!

Oh My Goodness... last week was a rough week at the office!  While I'm used to long hours during election time, it seems the long hours came earlier this year.  8 a.m. to midnight... this girl is getting to old for this stuff!  ha ha!

I have to say though, being away from stamping for a week made it hard to get my creative juices flowing again.  Could be that I was just too tired and my brain was napping.  I had all these fun new stamps and papers to play with and I just had no gumption!  Ugh.

Here is today's card.  Fun giraffe (oh and the cute little frog on the branch) from Animal Outing!

Recipe:
Sahara Sand - 11" x 4 1/4", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
Share What You Love Designer Series Paper - 4 1/4" x 3"
Whisper White - Cut with Stitched Shapes Large Oval
Granny Apple Green Textured Weave Ribbon

Stamp the giraffe first and then again onto a post-it note and fussy cut it out to lay over your stamped giraffe.  Then you can stamp the branch and frog without them cover over the giraffe.

Thank you for your patience while I was away and so glad to have you looking in today!  Don't forget to get your June Order in using the hostess code 93P2YWYD to receive your free gift from me.

Have a great week!

~ Donna


Product List

Animal Outing Wood-Mount Bundle

[148323]

$52.00

Animal Outing Clear-Mount Bundle

[148324]

$45.00

A Good Day Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[145870]

$27.00

A Good Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145873]

$19.00

Classic Label Punch

[141491]

$18.00

Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121043]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100702]

$8.50

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146926]

$27.00

Granny Apple Green 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Weave Ribbon

[146920]

$7.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$9.00

Bronze Stampin' Blends Marker

[144607]

$4.50

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

[130658]

$40.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Minty Fresh

Today we have two versions of similar cards.  Not exact by any means but a great way to show you how to make little changes to that can make a big difference.

Stamps:  Love What You Do
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss

Recipe (above card): 
Mint Macaron - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Mint Macaron - 5 1/4" x 4"
Share What You Love Specialty DSP - 5 1/4" x 2"
Share What You Love Specialty DSP - scraps for cutting flowers
Share What You Love Embellishment Kit (for stamping sentiment onto)
Pearlized Doilies - trim them  however you want them to be
Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Velvet Ribbon

Recipe (below card): 
Mint Macaron - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Basic Black - 5 1/4" x 4"
Mint Macaron - 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
Share What You Love Specialty DSP - 5 1/4" x 2"
Share What You Love Specialty DSP - scraps for cutting flowers
Share What You Love Embellishment Kit (for stamping sentiment onto)
Pearlized Doilies - trim them  however you want them to be
Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Velvet Ribbon

I think I like the one with the Basic Black Mat between the Mint layers.  It helps the Mint stand out a bit more.

Thank you for looking in today.  It's another Monday!

~ Donna


Product List

Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148042]

$21.00

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146926]

$27.00

Share What You Love Embellishment Kit

[146928]

$11.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138337]

$8.50

Pearlized Doilies

[146936]

$4.50

Rich Razzleberry 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Velvet Ribbon

[147016]

$8.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121045]

$8.50

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$7.50

Stampin' Trimmer

[126889]

$30.00

Stampin' Trimmer Cutting Blades

[126995]

$6.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

A Beautiful Day

Here's a quick and easy card with lots of color.

Recipe:
Rich Razzleberry - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper - 5 1/4" x 4"
Share What You Love DSP - 3 3/4" x 1"
Whisper White - scrap for stamping and cutting sentiment
Whisper White - 5 1/4" x 4" for inside
DSP Strip for inside

Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Memento Black, Old Olive
Coloring:  Stampin' Blends - Rich Razzleberry

 Thank you for looking in today!  May you have a Blessed Sunday!

~ Donna

Team Swap - Lorri Heiling

Today I want to share with you Lorri Heiling's swap card from our team meeting earlier this week.  Two reasons... I love her card and how it comes together, 2nd, I worked a 12 hour day on Friday and my new rocking chair is calling me to come snuggle and nap!

Recipe:
Fresh Fig - 11" x 4 1/4", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
Share What You Love Designer Series Paper - 4 1/4" x 1 1/2"
Fresh Fig 3" x 3" to Dry Emboss and then die cut with Stitched Shapes
Crumb Cake scrap 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" to mat the Stitched Shape square
Classic Weave Ribbon - 10" - 12" 
Very Vanilla - 5 1/4" x 4" inside 

Stamps: Love What You Do
Inks: Fresh Fig, Sahara Sand

Thank you Lorri for a fun swap!

~ Donna

My May Swap Card

Here is my swap card from our Monthly Team Meeting.  This was fast and easy using my Stamparatus!  Starting Friday, June 1st you can order one too.  Believe me you will love it!

For the swap, I only made a card front, so when writing up the "recipe" below, I realized that making it as a full card, the dry embossed flower would have to be placed on the right side - either upper or lower.  The reason for this is because you don't want to run the cardstock all the way through, just enough on the corner to look nice.  

Recipe - 
Grapefruit Grove - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Old Olive - 4 1/8" x 3"
Very Vanilla - 4" x 2 7/8"

Here is how you would place the open side of your cardstock to emboss only the corner.  You could also make a single panel and layer it up.  Make the panel - 5 1/4" x 4", then pop it up onto the base card.

When coloring your flowers use the large circular stamp, ink it with Grapefruit Grove and stamp off once, then onto the flower.  Do the same with the smaller stamp and it will add just enough color to look great!

Thank you for looking in today.  Remember, today is the last day to purchase from the old catalog!

~ Donna