The Shabby Tea Room Challenge
I found this great blog through my friend Dawn. It's called the Shabby Tea Room. Every Monday they post a challenge to create a card based on different requirements and/or inspirations. I was so excited to find this blog because of all the wonderful shabby goodies that are in the Occassions Mini 2011. Today our challenge was to create a card based on a beautiful shabby chic nursery. This is what I came up with:
More Bliss!
Here is one more sample made with the Sale-a-bration stamp set "Bliss." Love that birdie!!
Sale-a-bration Preview!
All of these cards feature one of our new Sale-a-bration stamp sets. Sale-a-bration is the wonderful time of year Stampin' Up offers a free product of your choosing with every $50 purchase. There is no limit to how many free things you can earn!! Sale-a-bration begins January 25, 2011. Stay tuned for more previews and more details!
Digital Scrapbooking
Have you ventured into the fabulous world of digital scrapbooking yet? I have happily taken the plunge into nearly 100% digital. I love it for many reasons. I get to skip the step of selecting, printing and cropping photos all on my own before I scrap. All of my photos are already right where they need to be: on my computer! My husband loves digital scrapbooking because there aren't 87 pages of paper, 38 packages of stickers, adhesive, cutting tools and scraps of photos laying all over the house!! (I admit I kind of like that too!!) It is all neatly organized right on my computer. I LOVE it!
My Digital Studio is a wonderful program to invest in when you are ready to take the digital step. It is entirely user friendly and fun. It also comes packed with over 2000 of Stampin' Ups images, papers, punches and embellishments. You can use them over and over and never run out of any supplies! It is a beautiful thing.
My Digital Studio is a wonderful program to invest in when you are ready to take the digital step. It is entirely user friendly and fun. It also comes packed with over 2000 of Stampin' Ups images, papers, punches and embellishments. You can use them over and over and never run out of any supplies! It is a beautiful thing.
Here is a page I created today with My Digital Studio.
So you don't care for pastels....
I get that and I totally respect it. While I tend to lean towards everything vintage and shabby chic, I do love to see some funky dots and bright colors here and there. Today I created a card using the same stamp I did yesterday. It is called "Baby Steps" and is available a-la-carte. It's such a cute stamp! I love elephants!! Anyhow, today's card shows how versatile a single stamp can be. I just love that about Stampin' Up!
Sweet Baby Steps!
I found the inspiration for this sweet baby card while in Strasbourg, France over the weekend. One of the many benefits of military life is living abroad and the wonderful travel! My girls were riding the most beautiful carousel and I noticed the sweetest pink and green elephant on it. My only regret is not having a camera of any sort with me at the moment. I committed that elephant to memory though and today we have a sweet baby card! Of course the elephant on the carousel was much, much more ornate and elaborate!
A few of my favorite things............
Oh, fall. It has been my favorite season for as long as I can possibly remember. France. That obsession began in my early adulthood. I love Parisian decor and style! Combine those two faves with the color purple and vintage accessories and I've got a match made in heaven!
Today I combined all of these favorite things to make a card for my favorite person, my sweet hubby. Believe it or not, it has already begun to feel like fall here in Germany... and I am NOT complaining! Our family just settled on a home this week and we are ecstatic! I wanted to thank my hubby for all the work he has put into finding our family the perfect home. I am so lucky to have him!
And a closeup so you can see the dimension and the fabulous accessories!
Today I combined all of these favorite things to make a card for my favorite person, my sweet hubby. Believe it or not, it has already begun to feel like fall here in Germany... and I am NOT complaining! Our family just settled on a home this week and we are ecstatic! I wanted to thank my hubby for all the work he has put into finding our family the perfect home. I am so lucky to have him!
Just because.....
I don't have much to share about today's card. Just needed a little stamping therapy.
More In Color fun!
I have to admit, my In Colors are getting more mileage than I expected. I should have known with Stampin' Up! though. They do exhaustive research on color trends, etc before they even consider putting new colors out there! These cards were made with a Crumb Cake base and use Designer Series Paper in Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz. I then added lots of vintage accessories including Mini Vintage tags, Vintage Trinkets and Vintage Brads. Don't you also just love the new Chantilly Crochet Trim? It adds such a delicate touch to my projects. Stamps sets used were Curly Cute and Tiny Tags. Both some of my faves! Hope you have wonderful Thursday!
In Color Mini Cards
Looking through my last posts, I realize I have a fondness of the Crumb Cake and Poppy Parade combo! They just look so nice together, I couldn't help myself. I find myself naturally drawn to subdued, mellow colors, so today I decided to step out of the box just a bit. I made these mini cards out of the new In Colors. They are all so bright and fun and take almost zero time at all! Hope you enjoy them. {I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. Someone under the age of five got ahold of my good small camera and the lens isn't opening! I didn't want to drag out the giant camera, so I used my iphone!}
