Bloomin’ Marvelous Sponged Butterfly Card

Today I’m sharing a card that I made with four of the items that you can earn for free from Stampin’ Up during Sale-a-bration.  I used the Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set, the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper, the Essential Paper-Piercing Pack and the Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons.

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Papillon Potpourri Butterflies in the Clouds

Today I’m sharing a card that I made for the Freshly Made Sketches #69 Challenge using the Papillon Potpourri, Perfect Punches and Pretty Petites stamp sets from Stampin’ Up.  The Pretty Petities stamp set is one of the items that you can earn for free from Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration, which starts on Tuesday, Jan. 22!  Here is the Sketch:

And here is my card:

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Pop Up Flower Garden

A couple of Announcements to start the week:

  • The blog candy winner for the weekend is:    Sandy M!!  I’ll drop you an email in a minute to get your mailing address so that I can get your blog candy shipped out today.  Thanks so much to everyone for leaving your comments.  I really appreciate it!
  • Don’t forget that you can start signing up for the Paper Pumpkin today.  For $19.95 per month, you’ll receive a kit once a month from Stampin’ Up that contains all the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more!  Click on the Paper Pumpkin picture on the right side of the screen to read all about it.
  • Stampin’ Up has a new, very manly stamping kit: the Dude, You’re Welcome! kit.  Guys don’t always have the easiest time expressing themselves, but with the Dude, You’re Welcome! kit, they’ll have:
    • Four wood-mount stamps (double-mounted) with the perfect sentiment for every occasion
    • Twelve 4″ x 6″ postcards in four different (manly) colors
    • Twelve gray envelopes
    • A Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad
    • An instructional guide (for the most novice stamper!)

    Basically, the kit includes everything a dude needs to create the perfect manly card that any woman would adore, all packaged in an appropriately masculine box.  The Dude, You’re Welcome! kit is $24.95 and is item number 132807.  For more information, click the photo below go to my online store and click on the Dude, You’re Welcome tab on the top left.

Dude, You’re Welcome! kit Item 132807 $24.95

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I’m sharing a card today that I made with the new Dress Form Pop ‘n Cuts die from Stampin’ Up.  I modified the die cut a bit so that I could use it with a different image.  I couldn’t resist making another flower garden!

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Love Heart Wedding/Anniversary Card – Plus Blog Candy!!

Today I’m sharing the card that I made for the Mojo Monday 272 Sketch Challenge using the Love Heart individual stamp.  I’m giving you another sneak peek at some new items from the 2013 Spring Catalog from Stampin’ Up too!

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Quick Thinking of You Butterfly Card

My sister and I started the day with a little 12K trot around Ft. Vancouver, WA.  Nothing better then a run with 1600 other smelly, sweaty people to start your Sunday!  Now we’re moving on to card making.  I made todays card for the Fab Friday 07 Sketch Challenge.  Here is the inspiration sketch:

And here is the card that I came up with:

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