Spot Light Sunday - Just For You

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the new 2016 Stampin' UP! Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-Bration Catalog.  This is one of those quick and easy cards I turn to when I'm needing to make a bunch of cards up in a short amount of time.  Let me share that card with you now..........

This card uses the new 'Botanicals For You' Sale-a-Bration stamp set.

I stamped my sentiment with Watermelon Wonder ink onto a panel of Very Vanilla cardstock.

I grabbed my 'Going Places' Designer Series Paper Stack and took the wood grain pattern and matted it to a panel of Watermelon Wonder cardstock.

A special little touch I added to this card ....... three little Watermelon Wonder hearts that were punched out with the 'Confetti Hearts Border' Punch.  I couldn't resist adding some Crystal Effects over the top of each punched out heart.

So there you have it friends ........ Truly a quick and easy card that comes together in no time flat.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share with you a Mix-It-UP! Monday version of this very same card ......... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Paper Pumpkin - OCTOBER KIT

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Paper Pumpkin Saturday.  I have had so much fun creating out of the box card samples with the October kit ........ and I have yet another card to share with you today.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today.......

This card is one of those creations that I have made in the past with other Stampin' UP! Designer Series Paper.

I did use the 'thanks' stamp set that was included in this October kit......

And selected several patterns DSP from what was included in the kit......

To create this fun and trendy little circle card.

One of my favorite features of this card is all the black stitching lines that I created around each of the different sized circles.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spot Light Sunday card creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Friends Friday Gathering

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Friends Friday.  Typically on Friday's I spot-light some of the fabulous cards I received from Friends ....... Fellow Demonstrators ........ and Family - but today I want to share some of those special friends who take time out of their busy schedules to come and play at my house for my Wine-Down Wednesday event.  Let me share those friends with you now......

My Wine-Down Wednesday event is held on the 4th Wednesday of the month.  It's a time that my fellow stamping friends can drop in and make 5-card projects.  They also enjoy some yummy treats.......And have the opportunity to kick back with a glass of wine (or other beverage) and connect with other ladies who ENJOY STAMMPING AS MUCH AS THEY DO.  Here's what it looked like this past Wednesday before the 10-ladies showed up.

The ladies are welcomed to my event with a wine station.......

Some yummy snacks........

Some 'over the top' treats......

And there is always a pretty table surprise.

The ladies get to work at their own pace to complete their 5-projects......

And it's always more fun when your working side-by-side with your best buddy!

One of my favorite times is when Jack makes a GUEST APPERANCE to make sure the ladies are doing it right (??????).

A special little tradition at my Wine Down Wednesday is seeing how I can take plain cream cheese and make it fit whatever our Wine Down Wednesday theme is.  This month I create a darling heart and topped it off with Red Pepper Jelly.  (OH YUM!)

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a new Paper Pumpkin project with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

TagThursday - thanks tag

Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  I'm at a full run today as I prepare for my upcoming Saddle-UP! event.......so I'm going to share a quick tag that I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER FUN THANKS TAG.  Let's jump right in with my tag share for today.

This tag uses the new stamp set 'Greatest Greetings' for my 'yay, you!' sentiment.

I used the 'Greetings Thinlits' dies to die-cut out my Whisper White thanks and adhered everything to a Cherry Cobbler base tag.  Didn't I tell you that this was a quick tag to make.........and I wasn't kidding when I said I used minimal supplies to make this tag.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Friends Friday post with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dreeam!

Wine Down Wednesday - Love Heart

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

Today's card uses the new Bloomin' Love Stamp Set and Bloomin' Heart Thinlit Dies.

I started this card with some 'Love Blossoms' Designer Series Paper and used the 'Bloomin' Heart' thinlit dies to cut out my gorgeous heart.

I did use the 'Bloomin' Love' stamp set to stamp a couple Rose Red flowers on this die-cut heart ....... And for a little extra WOW FACTOR I used the Blushing Bride Cotton Ribbon and Sequins to pretty up my diecut heart.

 My sentiment was stamped with the 'Hello Life' set.  I used Rose Red ink for this sentiment.

One of the real surprises to this card was using the 'Lovely Lace' embossing folder on my Smoky Slate center panel.

I'm just thrilled with the way this card turned out ....... And have to say that this card really does come together in a flash.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Tag Thursday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

3-D Tuesday Project - 2016 HAPPY JAR

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is 3-D Tuesday.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project to share with you.  This project is SUPER QUICK and SUPER EASY to create and can be started any time of the year.  Let's jump right in with my project share for today.

I decided that 2016 was going to be MY YEAR to CELEBRATE all the HAPPY that is in my life.

So I grabbed a pretty glass vase ......  and jumped in to creating a HAPPY JAR!

I used product from the "Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit" to decorate my jar......

And set out to make a pretty container for all my HAPPY to go in each day.

Here's what I ended up creating.......

A pretty jar that at the end of each day I can drop a little 'happy note' inside.

To write down all the happy I wanted to record ....... I grabbed some colored paper and cut up little pieces ..... and that was what I'm using to write all the wonderful happy things that I'm thankful for each day. 

The jar is a pretty addition to the top of my desk and gives me a reminder of all the wonderful that is in my life.  I do have to say ........ every single day of my life doesn't have WONDERFUL HAPPY SURPRISES in it ...... Many days I'm writing "I'm HAPPY I have gotten the laundry done today".

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Mix-It-UP! Monday-Upgraded Botanical Gardens

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Mix It UP! Monday and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ....... but added a couple additional products (found in the 2015 Stampin' UP! Holiday Catalog) to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here is my Spot-Light Sunday card from yesterday (on the left).....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday card for today (on the right).

This was a FUN upgrade card to make.

I used the "Botanical Gardens DSP" for my center panel........But for this card I used the "Botanical Blooms" stamp set to fill in the flowers on my Designer Series Paper.

The same "Rose Wonder" stamp set was used to stamp my sentiment.

Another upgrade I made to this card was running my Hello Honey cardstock panel through my Big Shot Machine with the 'Striped" Embossing Folder.

And the "Lots of Dots" stamp set was used on my Cajun Craze center panel.

A final touch was adding some Crushed Curry Baker's Twine around the top of my DSP panel .........

And this card was called DONE!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday project with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Spot Light Sunday - Botanical Gardens

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the new 2016 Stampin' UP! Occasions Catalog.  This card uses one of the most popular Designer Series Paper in the Occasions Catalog.  Let me share that card with now........

How's this for a 'beautiful' kind of card!

I used the very popular "Botanical Gardens DSP" for my center panel.

And stamped my sentiment with the new "Rose Wonder" stamp set.

For a little accent of color ........ I added a Cajun Craze panel to the center of my card......

And added some white stitching around my Cajun Craze panel with the help of my Signo White Gel Pen.

So there you have it friends........A quick and easy card that comes together in no time flat.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share with you a Mix-It-UP! Monday version of this very same card ......... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!