Father's Day is coming up Sunday, June 20th.  Here's a fun card to make….really any time for the man in your life.  Instead of the tropical paper, you could make a dress shirt and even add a necktie.  Have I said before that I LOVE this Island Oasis Designer Series Paper in the Summer Mini??  You could choose any of the patterns in this package of paper and it would look great.  The card base is Kraft, which after July 1st will be known as "Crumb Cake"!  This Striped Grosgrain Pumpkin Pie Ribbon as well as the Bold Brights Brads is on the Last Chance List so don't wait too long to get it!

The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes #115370, a great set for lots of occasions.  You will use it a lot.

Just go to my website and check out the Last Chance items (some are 25% and 50% off!!) so you won't be disappointed!

You never know where your inspiration will come from to make a card or project!  When I saw these Gianna's sugar cookies at Whole Foods today I immediately thought of our Sweet Scoops stamp set from the Stampin' Up! !  I also thought about how yummy these cookies looked! So for art's sake, I decided to purchase a box so I could make something. Here is the very simple card I made, just to go along with the cookies!

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I know the card is a little bit in the background, but it really is all about the cute cookies, isn't it?!

Stamps:  Sweet Scoops (p. 10, Summer Mini)

Ink:  Apricot Appeal, Yoyo Yellow, Rose Red, Only Orange

Paper:  Bermuda Bay card stock, Whisper White card stock, Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper #115673

Accessories:  2-Way Glue Pen #100425, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter #102023, Bermuda Bay 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon #115610

If you want this darling stamp set, in either wood-mount or clear-mount from the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini, just go HERE to my Online Store and order yours today!

Watercolor Trio is a beautiful set in the Summer Mini AND it is also a stamp set in the $99 Mini Starter Kit Promotion!  This is a great opportunity to start your own stamping and scrapbooking business right when the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog comes out!

This card uses some of the retiring colors, Pink Passion and Mellow Moss.  If there are any retiring colors you "need" before they are gone you really need to place your order soon.  Some are already not available or backordered.  I also used the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folder "Square Lattice" #119976  for the Big Shot as my background layer on this card.  And as a final touch, I couldn't resist spraying on some of the Gold Glow Smooch Spritz #118770 that is in the Summer Mini using my Color Catcher #121093.  

You can see the gold spritz in this photo although you might not be able to see the shine.  You can also see that I distressed the edges of the stamped layers.

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This new stamp set in the Summer Mini, Sweet Scoops, reminded me of a Stampin' Up! set from a long time ago when I first started stamping.  It was called "Perfect Party" but the ice cream scoop and cone were larger than these.  I remember being so amazed back then that somebody would think to make something besides an ice cream cone out of those stamps!  Don't these look like little bears with party hats on??  We also used to have a face stamp but since we don't now, I just drew in a little face with a marker.  

The little poofs on top of their hats are made with the new Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack in the Summer Mini also.  Sweet Scoops is a cute little stamp set perfect for summer and hot weather when some ice cream cones or a sundae is just the thing!  And how perfect to use for kids' birthday parties!  Get your set ordered now at my Online Store!  You can order it wood-mount (#117078) or clear-mount (#120078)!

I've had a fondness for trains since I was a little girl probably because my grandfather worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and because I'd been to Union Station in St. Louis many times to take or pick up relatives who were traveling.  Trains were still hanging on then as the main mode of transportation.  I can remember standing on the walkway in between the big trains and seeing them pull in under the shed.  Sometimes we got to get on the train with our visitor until the train was ready to leave.  It was the way my family and relatives all traveled back then (and before my time) rather than driving in a car or flying in a plane.

This one little card I made drudged up all those memories!

Supplies:
 
Stamps:  Choo Choo #113982, On Your Birthday #111664, Right on Track Wheel #113838

Ink:  Brilliant Blue, Old Olive, Real Red, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Going Gray

Paper:  Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Old Olive

Accessories:  Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Tag and Small Tag Punches

There are so many cute projects you could make with this Choo Choo stamp set. If you don't mind some cutting with your Paper Snips (they make intricate cutting easier!) you can make the train look 3-D by cutting out some or all of the cars.  Think of what a cute little wall plaque in a frame you could make for a little boy's (or girl's) room!  

If you would like to purchase any of the supplies for your train card, scrapbook page, or project, just go to my Online Store!  You can have fun with this set!

When my latest Stampin' Up! order arrived, this was the first set I wanted to play with. Awash with Flowers allows you to do "two-step stamping" where first you stamp the outline and then you stamp the "inside".  You can either just "eyeball" where you need to stamp or you can use the Stamp-a-ma-Jig for perfect placement.  It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful!  Awash with Flowers will be in the next new Idea Book & Catalog in July, but you can get it this month until April 30 and have a brand new set ahead of other people who don't know or don't take advantage of this offer!!

Check out this Two-Step into Spring offer, good only until April 30th, right now!  If you would enjoy owning this stamp set or any of the others on sale for 20% off, please email me or use the Online Ordering Button in the upper right corner.

Today is a drizzly, gloomy day but this card has brightened my morning!  I knew I wanted to make a card with this "two-step stamping" set, Awash with Flowers, but not do the two-step stamping!  I just wanted to stamp the outline in Stazon Black ink and then color in.  It's nice to have the option with this set!  Two different looks!

I thought I would use some of the Sweet Pea Designer Paper #117161 in the Occasions Mini, so then pulled out some Pretty in Pink card stock to coordinate.  But I also found a scrap of Whisper White, already embossed with the Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder #117335.  Both scraps were rather narrow so I decided to make a 6"x3" card.  I stamped the flower from "Awash with Flowers", colored in with Watercolor Crayons, and cut out with my Paper Snips scissors #103579.  I added a little sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes #115370.  I considered some other embellishments, but had to stop myself!  The card looked fine being simple. Sometimes you have to know when to stop!

This stamp set, Awash with Flowers, is a new set that will be in the next Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog, but you have a chance to purchase it during April in either wood-mount or clear-mount.  Be sure to get it this month or you will have to wait until July!  Check out this Two-Step into Spring Promotion!