Apple of My Eye

Today I want to share another card we made at our weSTAMP Team Meeting in January.

This was one of the last cards I made so the ink pads were a bit dried up by the time I got to them.  With fresh ink pads, these are beautiful!

Recipe:  Daffodil Delight 11" x 4 1/4", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
Tangerine Tango - 5 1/4" x 4"
Whisper White - 5" x 3 3/4"

Stamp the fruit slices in Tangerine Tango, Tangelo Twist, So Saffron and Daffodil Delight and punch with 1 3/4" Circle Punch.
Stamp Sentiment onto one of the "yellows" before punching.

Banner Punch a bit of DSP from Have a Cuppa paper stack and a small heart punch in Tangerine Tango. 

Inside - before attaching the Whisper White, stamp the slices again in the same colors as on the front.  Stamp them off the edge of the cardstock so you have room to write or stamp another sentiment.

So Easy!

Thank you for looking in today.  The weekend is almost here!

Hip Hip Hooray Brittney!

This was the birthday card I made for Brittney - my adopted office daughter!  Since I was only blessed with Son's it was nice to find Brittney to have as a daughter.  We may not be related by blood, but boy, you'd not know that after all the things we have in common!

Monday was her birthday, but since it was a holiday for us at the office, we celebrated on Friday.  Our favorite birthday cake is my Mom's Carrot Cake and oh baby, was it ever good!  You build muscles grating over 3 cups of carrots, but it's totally worth it!

So, you can see I added "carrot" between the words "with" and "cake".  Of course, calories don't count on your birthday, so add the extra slice and celebrate!

I love these Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies.  They make our cards so much fun!  This is probably going to be one of the cards at our workshop this weekend.  At least something similar.

Don't you just love the bright Melon Mambo behind this one?  So bright and pretty!

Thank you for looking in today!  Happy Hump Day!

It's My Party - Birthday Cards (& Weekly Deals!)

Don't forget to check the Weekly Deals!

I made the card on the right (as you look at the screen) for my oldest son's birthday which is this Wednesday.  He'll be 34!  Yikes!

It came out so nice I decided to make more in Sahara Sand and then also in Mint Macaron.  I blinged up the Mint with It's My Party Enamel Dots for a more feminine touch and left the Sahara Sand plain for the masculine look.

Inside I added some Mint Macaron balloons to dress up the inside.  There is no sentiment inside so I can choose the right one depending on the recipient.

Recipe:
Base - Whisper White - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4" 
Designer Series Paper - It's My Party - 5 1/4" x 4"
Whisper White Mat - 4" x 2 3/4"
Sahara Sand / Mint Macaron - 3 3/4" x 2 1/2"

Stamp the dots from Gorgeous Grunge in the same color ink that matches the card stock.
Also using Gorgeous Grunge - stamp the diagonal strip across the bottom in Memento Ink.
Stamp Happy Birthday from You're So Lovely in Memento Ink.

I popped up the mat and sentiment with Stampin' Dimensionals.

As you can see, I made several cards to add to my stash for #imbringingbirthdaysback.  Don't forget to email me your name, address and birthday if you'd like to receive a hand made card for your special day!  Email me at StampsWellWithOthers@gmail.com

Thank you for looking in today.  It's back to work after a nice three day weekend.  

Happy Tuesday!

Bring Back Birthdays

I made a stack of cards on Sunday so I'm ready to start mailing Birthday Cards out to Friends, Family and Customers.  I'd love to send you a card too on  your special day.

This is all part of Shannon West's (from Stampin' Up!) #imbringingbirthdaysback campaign.  I think it's a fabulous idea and I want to do it too.  

If you would like to receive a birthday card from me on your birthday (US Residents only please), email me your name, birthday (month and date) and your address and I'll be happy to send one to you.  It could be one of these, or something I've not yet created.  The fun is in the surprise!

Recipe:
Whisper White - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Soft Suede - 5 1/4" x 4
Designer Series Paper (Birthday Bouquet) 3 7/8" x 3
Soft Sky / Watermelon Wonder cardstock - 3 7/8" x 2 1/8"

Pool Party 3/8" Glitter Ribbon - 14" - tie in a knot and then trim off the extra

The Happy Birthday Sentiment is from You're So Lovely and the Ice Cream Cone and the Balloon (inside) is from Honeycomb Happiness.

I know that the color in the Designer Series Paper is Pool Party and that's what matches the ribbon, but for the ice cream on top of the Watermelon Wonder, I chose to use Mint Macaron as it seemed like a better color for ice cream!  You could even add some chocolate chips with the Chocolate Chip Stampin' Marker.

I just love this ribbon.  It is so pretty and is so easy to work with.

Thank you for looking in today.  This will be my 3rd day off celebrating President's Day tomorrow. I miss the old days when we had two days off in February - Lincoln's Birthday and Washington's birthday.  Oh for the good ol' days!

Happy Monday!

~ Donna

Going, Going, Almost Gone...

Did you know that Monday, February is the last day to earn some limited time Sale-A-Bration items? Now, don't panic, there are NEW things coming and they are awesome!  I can hardly wait to get my hands on them!  See them HERE!

On pages 16 - 19 in the Sale-A-Bration brochure are the limited items.  See the brochure HERE or in the side margin of my blog.

This is just one of the fun sets that I worked with Saturday to post for you today.  The possibilities are endless with this great set.

Don't miss out on something you may really want to have!  

Recipe:

• Mint Macaron – 4-1/4″ x 11″; scored and folded at 5-1/2″
• Sahara Sand – 4″ x 5-1/4″
• It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″
• Sahara Sand – 2-7/8″ x 4-1/8″
• Mint Macaron – 2-3/4″ x 4″
• It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack (base of top panel) – 2-3/4″ x 1-1/2″
• Sahara Sand (banner) – 3-1/2″ x 1/2″

These are great measurements to keep for cards to throw together in a hurry.

Add some bling or candy dots and you're set with a quick card!

Thank you for looking in today!  Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

~ Donna

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Team Swap Shares

I've spent the evening making a birthday cake and prepping for a birthday party at the office tomorrow, so even though I made a card for the birthday recipient, I didn't want her to see it - in case she checked my blog before the party!

So I wanted to share some of the swap cards I received at our Team Meeting last month.  Everyone did such a nice job!

If you missed it, you can see my Swap Card HERE.

 Lorri

Jean

CJ (this was the winning swap!) 

  

Linda

Janice

 Rose

 Sue P.

Gina

Unknown... but too pretty not to share

Another unknown... :( 

Thank you for looking in today!  Have a wonderful Valentine's Day Weekend.  Plus most of us have a bonus day off on Monday for President's Day.  Wooo Hooo!

~ Donna

A Beautiful Groovy Ride

Here is another card from our weSTAMP team meeting from a couple of weeks ago.  Isn't it just adorable!

Now, I can see you are thinking.... I don't remember a convertible VW Bug in the catalog!  You would be correct!  We snipped and made it a convertible!  Cool, huh?

We started by stamping the car and then using sponge daubers to give it a great tie-died look.  To keep from coloring the wheels with "tie die" we punched a piece of post-it note to mask the wheel.  After we had the colors we wanted, we did a fussy cut and cut out the bug.  Cutting straight across the window to the back and at the top of the windshield in the front.

Stamp the dog and color him with Stampin' Write markers and then when you cut him out, cut a bit of a tab below him so you have a way to glue him down inside the car.

So Cute!

Thank you for looking in today and thank you to Lorri for this cute card!

~ Donna