Note Cards, Garden Impressions and Southern Serenade

Good Morning and HAPPY FRIDAY!  Yay...it's almost the weekend!  I'm heading down the mountain today...gonna spend the night with my oldest daughter then take my youngest daughter shopping tomorrow, for her eighth grade graduation dress and shoes!  It's ALWAYS fun to see as many of my kids as I can!

Today's card is another card from my May classes.  It's very sweet and simple!

This card starts with a Very Vanilla Note Card base. These note cards also come in Whisper White.  You get 20 cards and 20 envelopes for $6.50.  The first layer is a 3 1/4 X 4 3/4 piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock.  Next is a 3 X 4 1/2 piece of Garden Impressions designer paper.  Before attaching it to the card base, I wrapped Calypso Coral Ombre  Ribbon around it, tying it into a bow.  The sentiment is from the Southern Serenade stamp set (retiring) and the flowers are punched with the Bitty Blooms punch pack (sadly these are gone already...I just found that out on Wednesday). Each flower has a Pearl in the center!  I love the simplicity of this card and the ease of creating it!  I hope you'll give it a try!


Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by today!  I love sharing what I do with you each day!  It keeps me creating and that is my therapy!!  Have a WONDERFUL day and a TERRIFIC weekend!  I have a scrapbook layout to share with you on Scrappin' Saturday, so I hope you'll stop back by tomorrow!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

#simplestamipng Sunday

Hello everyone!  FINALLY...I'm getting a chance to blog!  It's been a busy Cinco de Mayo at my house!  Company just left and the husband is in bed...kids are doing their own thing...so now I want to share my latest #simplestamping card.  Our May challenge is to use Ink, Paper and a FAVORITE retiring stamp set!  

One of my favorite stamp sets is Touches of Texture.  I'm really going to miss it! I used it yesterday on a scrapbooking page and thought...HEY...that would be a great stamp set for the #simplestamping May Stampin' Up! challenge! 

First...I stamped the splotchy background in Highland Heather ink then the flower in Memento Black ink. Once I had the flower on there I used another splotchy background to stamp at the bottom right and the alphabet stamp to stamp on the left!  I didn't add a sentiment but any can be used...Happy Birthday, Thank You, Hello, Missing You, Thinking of You....!!! 

The skies the limit and it was SO VERY EASY!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and allowing me to share with you this evening!  I hope you have a fun and smooth week coming up!  I'll be back in the morning with a FUN "Make-It Monday" tutorial!!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

#simplestamping with Incredible Like You

Hello there stampers! Happy Friday to you all!! Hope your day is great and your weekend is even better! I'm going for a bike ride with my husband today!  I have to get on my bike! My Stampin' Up! trip to Greece is coming up in two months and my husband and I added a bicycling tour in Northern Italy afterward! This is the first trip I've earned  with Stampin' Up! and it's our 30th wedding anniversary in July...it will be a great way to celebrate!! So a cycling I will go today!!

But first...I want to share another card from my May classes! Normally we make four projects, mostly cards, but sometimes a 3-D project as well!  This month I decided to add a #simplestamping card...and here it is!

This #simplestamping card is created with the 3 1/2" " X 5" Whisper White Note Cards.  You get 20 cards and envelopes for only $6.50.  They also come in Very Vanilla!  

I used the Incredible Like You (RETIRING) stamp set!  I'm sure gonna miss this set!  I used Smoky Slate ink to stamp the lines at the top and bottom of the card...I inked up the stamp, stamped on a piece of scratch paper then stamped on the card for a lighter color.  This is called stamping off.  This allowed me to stamp the sentiment in the same color but it's darker because I did not stamp off!  Next the flower is stamped in Flirty Flamingo and Soft Sea Foam ink.  The flower and stem are created with two stamps (this is called two-step stamping).  In this case, the stamps cause the color variation. Both the details and the background are stamped with the same color of inks (without stamping off) but the stamps make the details darker.  Pretty cool I think!!  I LOVE #simplestamping and plan to incorporate in my classes more often! 

That's it for today!  Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by!  Have a FABULOUS day and weekend!  Hope you find a bit of time to create...maybe try a little #simplestamping!!

 REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

#simplestamping Sunday - Geared Up Garage & Meant to Be

Good morning!!! It’s time for some more #simplestamping!  Have you tried it?  It’s so much FUN!  I really love it!!

This #simplestamping card is made with the Meant to Be and the Geared Up Garage stamp sets.  It is stamped with Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick and Memento Black ink onto a Whisper White Note Card & Envelope!  I LOVE the sentiment and thinks it’s a pretty cute card!

That’s it for today!!  Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your Sunday with me!  Enjoy the rest of your day!!!

~Today’s Thought~

#simplestamping Sunday - Forever Lovely

Good afternoon! Hope your Sunday is relaxing and you are enjoying what you love to do...or watch! I'm not a huge football follower so I'm don't have the game on. My husband is in Arizona watching with my three oldest sons so I'm heading out to create for a little bit!

It's time for this weeks #simplestamping creation!

Of course I used my Note Cards and envelopes on my #simplestamping card.  I also used the Forever Lovely Stamp set, Flirty Flamingo and Memento Black ink!  I stamped hearts on the inside corner of the card as well as onto the envelope!  SIMPLE, QUICK and READY TO MAIL!!

I hope you are enjoying #simplestamping as much as I am! I just LOVE it!

I'll be back tomorrow with another 14 Days of Love video...please join me for a little INSPIRATION!!! Enjoy the rest of your day!!!

 Don't Forget...

REMEMBER...use this months hostess code HFZQ97YV and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping...any you will alsoreceive the gift pictured below ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Sweet Pins & Tags

(a $5.00 value)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my January classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my January classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in February.

~Today's Thought~

#simplestamping Sunday - Let It Ride

Good Morning everyone!  I hope today is a great day!  It's my oldest son's 27th birthday and we're going to take him and his girlfriend out to dinner tonight to celebrate!  I LOVE spending time...anytime...with my kids!  I can't wait!

It's #simplestamping Sunday here on my blog and I have another card to share with you!  I am REALLY loving this challenge Stampin' Up! has given us as demonstrators.  It's great to go back to basics!

I knew when I saw the Let It Ride stamp set at OnStage in November, that I had to buy it!  My daughter is CRAZY about horses!  I plan on using this set for future scrapbook pages and fun thinking of you cards for one of my favorite girls!  

Today...I simply stamped the horse and the sentiment in Soft Suede ink onto a Note Card which measures 3 1/2" X 5" and sponged Coastal Cabana ink around the image...totally #simplestamping!

The note cards are item# 131527 and sell for $6.50.  You get 20 cards and 20 envelopes.  I had never used them before Stampin' Up came up with this new campaign.  I LOVE them...in fact, I'm going to keep them on hand...just like I keep Whisper White cardstock on hand!  The fact that they are smaller means there is less white space, which makes it easier to do #simple stamping!  These cards come together so quickly, you can literally be thinking of someone and make them a card to let them know you're thinking about them in less than 15 minutes.  Then just pop it in the mail!  I'm ordering more TODAY!!!

Hey...thanks BUNCHES for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day...and find a moment or two to do something you love!

~Today's Thought~