Just for You...

I have time to make a quick post today! We are going to a friends house to go swimming and I made her this card. I also thought I would enter the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge for the first time.

Here is my card...

I will update this post later with the details. I used some new colors with this challenge...I just love them! Have a wonderful Memorial day!!

Aimee

Good bye 2nd Grade...

This Friday is my daughter's last day of 2nd grade. We decided to get her teachers each a personalized coffee mug. We bought them through a fundraising company called That's My Pan. They were a wonderful company and I suggest you check them out!

I CASED this idea from my good friend, Shana Gaff. The flowers were so much fun to create! I attached them to skewers with hot glue. When making these rosettes, the hot glue gun is my best friend! I loved this idea to add a little "SU! Love" to this gift!

Boho Blossoms-Here's to you!

What a wonderful weekend we are having in Indiana! We enjoyed the sunshine while playing outside yesterday. Today I would like to share with you the card I created for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge this week. Here is the color palette we were to use along with my card...

I love these colors together! Actually I think Pool Party goes with everything....well, almost everything! I the Boho Blossoms Punch to create a cascade of flowers along the edge of the sentiment. I tend to fill the entire space of the cards that I am making so this was fun for me to leave more of the card front open. The Stripes Impressions folder helped fill in the space for my eyes. :) Of course I added the pearls and ribbon for a little extra bling.

Thanks for looking!!

Aimee

Good Bye Flower Fest

Happy Saturday!! This has been a busy week for me...not in my crafting area though. I was excited to get back into the groove today! :) This card I designed for the colourQ Challenge #137. I always love the fun color combos and inspiration that the designers come up with. I also thought I would highlight one of my favorite retiring SU! stamp sets, Flower Fest as well as the Finial Press Impressions Folder.

I love this stamp set because of its whimsical design. It also goes with many of the punches which makes it fun and easy to use. I also used a technique to give the images a "pearl" effect. I used a sheet of Glossy white card stock and sponged over it with Frost White Shimmer Paint. I let this dry. I then used the sponge daubers to apply the Wisteria Wonder and Tempting Turquoise ink. I wiped off the excess ink with a tissue to allow the "pearl" effect to show through. I then stamped my images and cut them. I had prepared a full sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock a while ago. It makes using this technique easier to use. 

My Upline, Shana Gaff, just shared with me an awesome technique she had learned to color the Basic Pearls with Stampin' Write Markers. I covered the Pearls with Modge Podge and let them dry. Then I colored it with the Tempting Turquoise Marker...That is it!! How simple and easy to get a perfectly matching pearl! Thanks Shana for all you advice and tricks! :)

Thanks for stopping today! 

Aimee

Stamp Sets: Flower Fest, Word Play

Card stock:Basic Gray, Glossy White, Wisteria Wonder
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Tempting Turquoise, Black StazOn, VersaMark
Accessories: Basic Pearl, Shimmer Paint, Silver Embossing Powder
Tools:Finial Press Impressions folder, Large Scallop Circle Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

Sweet Friend

Happy Mother's Day!! I want to take a moment to thank my Mom!! She is everything I would hope to be as a mother, daughter, Christian and friend! Now that I am a mother I think of the love and patience she has shown me....unconditionally! I love you so much Mom!!

I decided to create a card for 2 challenges this week. This is actually the second card I created but the first just wasn't what I was looking for. This card is for the Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge and well as the colourQ challenge #136. I think these challenges went really well together this week.

Here is my card... 

I love the stamps in the Mouthwatering stamp set! They are large bold images and so much fun! This card is made so that the banner that hang over the edge make this a standard sized card. I just love this look! I used the Pennant Die to add a background to the focal image. The stick for the popsicle is made by double punching the Word Window Punch. A no card is complete without a little "spritzer" of color. Other than my Big Shot and Paper Cutter, the Air Spritzer tool is a tool that I could NOT live without!!

This was such a fun card to make for both challenges!

Enjoy your day and Thanks for stopping by! :)

Aimee

Stamp Sets: Mouthwatering, Fabulous Phrases, Woodgrain Background Stamp

Card stock:Pear Pizzaz, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, VersaMark, Crumbcake
Accessories: 1/8 Daffodil Delight Ribbon, Brights Brad, Tangerine Tango Ribbon, Tangerine Tango Embossing Powder
Tools:Word Window Punch, Bigz Pennant Die, Banners Framelits, Scalloped Trim Border Punch, Square Lattice Impressions folder,Air Spritzer Tool

Betsy's Bird in a Nest

Happy Saturday! Iam exctied to show you another sample from the the incolors and new stamp set, Betsy's Blossoms, from Stampin' Up! This is the first "bird" stamp I have owned so I am not quite sure what to do with it. Here is my first attempt....

I love the big bold stamps in this set! I wanted the entire card to resemble a tree with a bird sitting on a branch. The sunshine I stamped off once to allow the sentiment to be read easier. I used the masking technique for the tree and stamped off the branch a couple of times to show some dimension.

When it came to the bird, I just had to give her a nest. I used the Big Shot Adhesive Sheet and double punched with the small oval punch to form a nest. I pplied the adhesive sheet directly to the stamped card stock. I then used Linen Thread to form the nest. I love the texture this added to this card!

Here is a close up... 

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great Mother's Day Weekend!!

Aimee

Stamp Sets: Betsy's Blossoms

Card stock:Gumball Green, Whisper White
Ink: Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple
Accessories: Linen Thread
Tools:Small Oval punch, Big Shot Adhesive Sheets, Scalloped Punch, Sponge Daubers

Betsy's Blossoms *New*

I have finally received my new goodies from Stampin' Up! and and excited to give you a sneek peek of what to expect from the new catalog being released June 1st!! WOOHOO! I have some fun new Ideas for classes and can't wait to share the fun with you!

ok..Back to the goodies! Here is my first attempt with a new stamp set called Betsy's Blossoms...

I used some of the new In colors too! I just love them all! The yellow here is the Daffodil Delight. I just love it with these rich colors. I started doing a very basic card but the more I used the new items the more I added to this card. I also used the Blossom Bouquet punch that will be retiring. For the background I used the masking technique. This card was a little bit of this and little bit of that! I can't wait to try more!
Here is a sneek peek of what is coming tomorrow....

Thanks for Stopping!

Aimee