So sad to lose Secret Garden....

So sad to lose Secret Garden and it's coordinating framelits to this years' retired list.  I saw that SU! used it in this month's Stampin' Success to show the uses of Blendabilites, and was hopeful that it'd be in the new catalog -- but not....


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Stamps:  Secret Garden, Itty Bitty Banners

Paper:  White, Pistachio Pudding, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush

Ink:  Black, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Tangerine Tango, Pistachio Pudding, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Melon Mambo

Accessories:  Big Shot, Decorative Dots embossing folder, Secret Garden and Bitty Banners framelits, Daffodil Delight seam binding, Pearl Jewels, Dimensionals, Ticket-Corner punch, Brights Candy Dots brads

Pomp and Circumstance

Here's a graduation card using Pomp and Circumstance from the 2014 Occasions Mini.  I definitely like the weirdness of the graduation cap on the exposed brain!

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Stamps:  Pomp and Circumstance

Paper:  Island Indigo, White, Daffodil Delight, Watercolor Wonder dsp

Ink:  Black, Basic Gray, Slate Smoke, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Big Shot, Window Pane and Chalk Talk framelits, Ticket-Corner punch, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Brights Candy Dots, Daffodil Delight seam binding, Island Indigo 1/8" Sycamore Street ribbon, dimensionals, aquapainter

More Creative Crew!

Here's is a second card for the April Creative Crew gallery over at Splitcoast Stampers!  I don't know which random embossing  folder I used, but it is marked Sizzix.

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Stamps:  Stippled Blossoms, Favorite Greetings

Paper:  White, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Watercolor Wonder dsp

Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Wild Wasabi

Accessories:  Big Shot, random Sizzix folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Ticket-Corner punch, Scallop border punch, Brights Candydots brads, Pearl jewels, Dimensionals

Creative Crew

This is my first attempt for this month's Creative Crew gallery over at Splitcoast Stampers.


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Stamps:  Best of Butterflies, Pennant Parade

Paper:  Tangerine Tango, White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Watercolor Wonder dsp

Ink:  Black, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Calypso Coral, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Big Shot, Floral Frames framelits, Label Card thinlit, gold Smooch Spritz, Dimensionals, sponges, aquapainter

Celebrate the Easter season with the March 2014 Sampler, "Rejoice in Easter".  This Easter issue offers project ideas for a memorable Easter season.  The projects this month are 'eggcellent.  Inside you'll find Easter-themed greeting cards, a mini spring flip-flop album, an elegant Easter daffodil suite to stuff with goodies and much more.

This months template is the Bunny Weathervane.  A great idea for your Easter table centerpiece.

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Distressed banners

Just a pretty card!  No other reason than that...

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Stamps:  Loving Thoughts

Ink:  Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Paper:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Suede, Venetian Romance dsp, Soho Subway dsp

Accessories:  Big Shot, Banners framelits, Birds & Blossoms Sizzlits, Little Leaves Sizzlits, Paper-Piercing Pack Essentials, Ticket-Corner punch, Lable punch, brads, sponges, Antique brads, Vanilla seam binding, Pool Party seam binding

Perfect Pennants!

I was just playing around with Perfect Pennants and the Banners framelits and this is what I came up with.  Just a little fun for a dull, dreary January afternoon!

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Stamps:  Perfect Pennants

Paper:  White, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Watercolor Wonder dsp, silver Glimmer paper

Ink:  Coral Calypso, Coastal Cabana, Gumball Green

Accessories:  Big Shot, Banners framelits, Decorative Dots Textured Impressions folder, Petite Punch Pack heart punch, Ticket-Corner punch, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack

January PCS now available!

Time to release the 5th year of the Paper Crafters Sampler.  Once again we start the first issue by preparing for upcoming Valentine's Day.  We've made a few changes this time around by avoiding the most common color associated with Valentine's Day, red.

Inside the January issue, Venetian Valentine, you'll find soft and subdued colors, fancy flourishes, embossed surfaces and splashes of gold.  Tres le femme! The template of the month is the Fliptop Heart Trinket Box.

January 2014 ~ Venetian Valentine:

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