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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 62

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dani Dziama’s’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

Today is an exciting day!  The Denver Broncos are in the Super Bowl and I can barely think about anything else 🙂  I’ve been super nervous about this game since they won the championship!

So today is a good day and I thought this sweet stamp from the Happy Home set was the perfect way to express it.  This card was quick and easy, although I did struggle a bit with the sentiment.  It seemed to be too big for the stamped images but as soon as I cut it up it balanced perfectly with the sweet boy and his dog.  I added a few pops with my embellishments and some vellum clouds from the Sky is the Limit Sale-a-Bration set.

Happy Home Stampin' Up

Happy Home Stampin' Up

Happy Super Bowl!  I hope you enjoyed the game and have a great week 🙂

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The Sky is the Limit!

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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 61

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dani Dziama’s’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

It’s Sale-a-Bration time and that means fun stamp sets that are totally FREE!  Here’s one of my faves from this year’s freebies, The Sky is the Limit.  It’s fun and trendy and lends itself to masculine cards as well as vintage.  Today I paired it with the World Traveler embossing folder…I think they are meant to be together!

The card starts with a piece of watercolor paper embossed with the folder and then randomly watercolored in Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi ink.  The airplane image is stamped in Soft Suede on Whisper White and fussy cut.  The sentiment is white embossed on a narrow piece of vellum and the “Sky” is stamped again in Wild Wasabi on Whisper White, fussy cut and then popped up on the narrow vellum banner.  The banner is then wrapped around the back of the watercolor paper and stapled in place.  The last step is adding some silver thread behind the plane and popping it up with dimensionals above the sentiment banner.  Easy peasy 🙂

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Sky is the Limit Stampin' Up

I hope you are inspired to make your own pretty creation 🙂

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Bloomin’ Love

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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 60

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dani Dziama’s’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

It’s the New Year!!!  And that means fun new products to share 🙂

I’m loving the new Bloomin’ Love stamp set and coordinating die cut.  It’s perfect for Valentines Day and for just showing the love whenever you’re  feeling it.  It also lends itself perfectly to the vintage look, I’m imagining all kinds of vintage deliciousness with this suite.

This card was very simple to put together.  Lost Lagoon is the card base with a simple white heart die cut added.  Pops of color were brought in with the small flowers included in the die set.  The Lost Lagoon is set off with Cherry Cobbler and Gold Foil.  More luxurious gold accents include a gold satin ribbon banner and gold thread.

Bloomin' Love Stampin' Up

Bloomin' Love Stampin' Up

2016 is going to be a fantastic year!  I hope you come back often for inspiration to make your own pretties 🙂

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Going Global!

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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 59

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dara Gloden’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

We’ve had a lovely Christmas weekend here in Colorado.  Fun and relaxing times with friends and family 🙂  The weather has been super cold but clear and pretty!  I hope you have had a wonderful holiday with your family.

This card features the new Going Global set coming out in the Occasions Mini on January 5th.  This set is perfect for masculine birthday, vintage style and speaks to my traveling soul.

The globe image is white embossed on vellum, the compass image is stamped in Delightful Dijon on Very Vanilla and the sentiment (from You’re So Lovely) is stamped in Lost Lagoon on Very Vanilla.  All images are die cut with the Circles Collection Framelits.  The starburst is die cut with the a die in the Baker’s Box Thinlits set in Delightful Dijon.  The burlap ribbon is die cut with the larger label image from the Baker’s Box Thinlets set.  The Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack provides the cute mountain paper for the background on the card.  All of the circle images are layered onto the card at various heights with dimensions.  The final touches are sequins, a button and White Perfect Accents.

Going Global Stampin' Up

Going Global Stampin’ Up

 

It’s hard to believe another year is coming to a close.  I wish you and yours the very happiest New Year!

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Home for Christmas

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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 58

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dani Dziama’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

I needed a cute card for exercise instructor at work and I had made some cute tags earlier in the week so I kinda made the tag bigger and turned it into this cute card 🙂

This card came together quickly and easily and it features one of the deer images from the Home for Christmas DSP.  Soooo love this paper!  The base is Very Vanilla with a centerpiece built on a piece of Mint Macaron die cut with the Lots of Labels Thinlits set.  Snowflake images from Jolly Christmas were stamped in Mint Macaron on the label.  A bit of doily, a pretty vellum strip, enamel dots and gold thread added lots of glitz to the finished card.  The sentiment is from Oh, What Fun, I love this set so much and have been using the sentiments on nearly every holiday creation this week!

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Home for Christmas

Home for Christmas Stampin' Up

Home for Christmas

I hope you enjoy our hop today and are inspired to make something pretty!  Happy Holidays!

I am heading to Breckenridge in the morning to enjoy a week there with family…we have so much fun playing in the snow and enjoying the season 🙂

Don’t forget the Year End Sale going on now!  Check out my specials page for all of the sale items.  Our December Daily Online Class is available, don’t feel like it is too late to start!  Honestly, I have not actually put one page together yet, that is going to have to happen after the holidays….I’ve just been too busy making memories to record them!  But I have my photos and when I have a few minutes in late December or early January, I will have a wonderful book full of this year’s special moments 🙂  See my class link for more information!

Thanks for letting me share, have a great week filled with inspiration and beauty!

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Dove of Peace, a really BIG class & a really BIG sale!

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I have so much to share this morning!   A beautiful card, a fantastic class and the last day of the Online Extravaganza!  So pull up a comfy chair and a nice warm coffee (or tea or whatever makes you happy) and enjoy 🙂

I’ve been thinking about this card ever since I got the Dove of Peace Stamp … I knew I had to create something with this stamp and this technique!  Super simple with lots of wow factor.  The dove is white embossed on watercolor paper and then randomly watercolored with blues and greens (Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay and Wild Wasabi).  The Soft Sky base cardstock is stenciled with Whisper White Craft Ink using the stars mask from the Hearts and Stars Decorative Mask set.  Final touches were the “peace” die cut in Silver Foil with the Christmas Greetings Thinlets, an Iced Rhinestone and Silver Thread.  The results are stunning!  There was a terrible shooting in Colorado Springs on Black Friday and all I want for Christmas is peace for all.

Dove of Peace Stampin' Up

Dove of Peace Stampin’ Up

Dove of Peace Stampin' Up

Dove of Peace Stampin’ Up

Dove of Peace Stampin' Up

Dove of Peace Stampin’ Up

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Hello December December Daily Class

Hello December December Daily Class

The next big news that I am super, duper excited to share about is a big project I have been working on with my bestie Kimberly!  We are offering an online class to help you create your very own 2015 December Daily book using the Hello December 2015 Project Life Suite from Stampin’ Up.  This product suite is gorgeous!  The class includes detailed instructions to create your own beautiful book, daily prompts and inspiration and membership in an exclusive closed Facebook Group for additional daily inspiration and idea sharing!  You won’t want to miss out on this!  See all of the details and options HERE.

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Online Extravaganza!

Online Extravaganza!

The last thing I want to share is that it’s Cyber Monday and the very last day of the big Online Extravaganza!  There have been some really great deals on this sale and today there are great 24 hour flash sale items too!  I am posting all of the sale items at the bottom of this post for your convenience.  These prices are while supplies last, so don’t wait!

Thanks for stopping by this morning!  Don’t miss our Hello December class or the big sale!  I hope I’ve inspired you to make something pretty today 🙂

These items are 50% off through 11/30 only!

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These items are 40% off through 11/30 only!

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These items are 20% off through 11/30 only!

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Wonderland

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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 57

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dara Gloden’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

It’s been cold and snowy all Thanksgiving weekend here in Colorado.  It’s really beautiful!  I have enjoyed looking at the snowy wonderland out my windows and I was inspired to make yet another project with the Wonderland Stamp Set this week! This time I used non-traditional colors in blue tones, I think this adds to the snowy effect.

The trees are stamped several times in Island Indigo Classic Ink, Soft Sky Classic Ink and Whisper White Craft Ink.  Lot’s of sparkle is added with Two-Way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds.  The sentiment if from the Jolly Christmas Stamp Set.  Final touches include some Vanilla Seam Binding, a snowflake and a pearl.  Super simple and elegant.

A friend of mine climbed the Manitou Incline today and sent this pic from the top….it looks snowy and peaceful, just like my card 🙂  Isn’t that an amazing view?  Colorado at it’s very best.

Manitou Incline

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Wonderland Stampin' Up

Wonderland Stampin' Up

I hope these images give you a glimpse of lovely Colorado today and inspire you to make something pretty!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for letting me share, have a great week filled with inspiration and beauty!

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Greetings From!

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Guess what I have for you tonight?  Another super cute card using a set that is currently on sale for 30% off!  This set of notecards was designed by my bestie Kimberly Van Diepen, aren’t these the cutest evah?  And isn’t this a must have set????

All of these cute images come from the Greetings From Photopolymer set.  They were stamped on watercolor paper and then colored in with an aqua painter and ink.  Images from a new set in the upcoming Occasions Catalog (available January 5th) provide the grungy backgrounds.  I’m pretty excited about this set being released, it’s called Timeless Textures and I suspect it will see lots of ink in my stamp room!

Greetings From Stampin' Up

Greetings From Stampin’ Up

Greetings From Stampin' Up

Greetings From Stampin’ Up

You can find the entire list of sale items currently on sale until 11/30 HERE.

Don’t these fun projects just make you want to make a stack of your own cute notecards?

 

Lovely Amazing Extravaganza!

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It’s Day 2 of the gigantor online sale….have you ordered your lovelies yet???  If you haven’t, this project will add this set to your must have list and guess what, it’s on sale 🙂

My card tonight is an old one from my stash and features balloon images from Celebrate Today and one of the sentiments from Lovely Amazing You.  That font is swoon-a-liscious!  Lovely Amazing You is 20% off while supplies last and has the best sentiments in the prettiest font!  I honestly can’t remember what colors I used in this card…rut roh.  The balloons are on watercolor paper, some are white embossed with the stars from Celebrate Today and then cut out with the Balloon Framelits set.  I love how all of these products coordinate to give you the tools to make something visually amazing in just a few minutes!  The sentiment is white embossed on vellum and die cut.

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Lovely Amazing You Stampin’ Up

Lovely Amazing You Stampin' Up

Lovely Amazing You Stampin’ Up

Thanks for stopping by today….I hope you’re inspired to make something pretty!

 

Peaceful Wreath

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I played with the Peaceful Wreath Stamp Set and Wonderful Wreath Framelits today.  My idea was to change it up to not so traditional Christmas colors and I love how the card came out!  This card looks lots more complicated than it actually was to make, lotsa wow factor!  Nothing about it is perfectly placed, it is a lovely, random mess of pretty 🙂

The base of the card front is watercolor paper cut slightly smaller than usual:  3 3/4 x 4 3/4.  The large bough image from the set is white embossed randomly on the watercolor paper and then watercolored in Mint Macaron and Mossy Meadow ink.  No effort was made to “stay in the lines”, just random watercoloring on and around the images.  The wreath image was white embossed on vellum and then cut out with the wreath thinlit die.  A star banner (from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit die set) was cut out of Mint Macaron.

The sentiment banner is stamped on Whisper White card stock, the “Peace” is offset from “to the world” on the banner so the banner fits under the right side of the wreath.  Sparkly embellishments are Mint Macaron and Silver Foil stars punched with the Confetti Stars Border Punch and rhinestones randomly scattered around the rest of the elements.

I thought the card needed a pop of another color and the Blossom Accent in Watermelon Wonder worked perfectly for that.  There is a little halo of Silver Thread added under the blossom for a tiny extra detail.  The finished card front is adhered to a Mint Macaron base.

I’m only in Florida for a few more days, this has been once again a wonderful time of creativity unleashed in so many ways!  My cup is (almost) full.

I hope you love this card as much as I do and it inspires you to make something lovely today!

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Peaceful Wreath Stampin’ Up

Peaceful Wreath Stampin' Up

Peaceful Wreath Stampin’ Up

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