The finished card size is 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".
Supplies: Nursery Necessities, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo ink & cardstock, Certainly Celery cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Certainly Celery Patterns DSP, Pretty in Pink Sending Love Epoxy Brads, Small Star Punch
The flower is on a button magnet. The strip of paper at the button is the Sweet Pea DSP paired with plain Bashful Blue cardstock. I adhered them with Towbow Multi Adhesive. The base of the memo board is a piece of metal flashing roof shingle. It came in a package of 10 from our local home improvement store. The shingles are already 5x7, so I didn't have to mess around with cutting metal. We rounded the corners with a heavy duty corner rounder I borrowed from a friend. And the jumbo eyelet was a piece of cake with the Crop-a-dile!
I am always making myself little notes, so I envision using these magnetic memo boards by the back door (or front door) with a reminder note so I won't forget anything before I leave.
Before I wrap this up, I want to give a shout out to Martha and Juliana for nominating me for the Sunshine Award on their blogs. I'm so horrible about following through with blog awards. I get so focused on sharing projects that I kind of let that stuff go a little. So I also need to give shout-outs to Megan, Aimee, Stacey, and Jessica for various blog awards they nominated me for last year. Thank you ladies and sorry for not following through! 
Most of the guests chose to fold the 6x6 cardstock in half and turn it into a card. I wish I had taken my camera to the workshop because there were some really creative twists and no two cards looked the same!
I punched circles from other sheets of Sweet Pea DSP to tie in the pattern on the paper used on the 6x6 page. I typed up the journaling and printed it in brown ink on Whisper White cardstock and then cut it into strips to put on the page. Here's a close-up.
Supplies: Jumble Alphabet, Sock Monkey (cupcake), A Little Birthday Cheer, Pretty in Pink marker & cardstock, Rose Red ink/marker & cardstock, Chocolate Chip ink & cardstock, So Saffron marker, Old Olive ink/marker, Whisper White cardstock, Sweet Pea DSP, 1-1/4" & 1-3/8" Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Playground Designer Buttons, 2-Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Remember the Faux Silk technique I showed last month? Click here to see the original post to find out how I got the texture on the flower piece. It's so easy and you probably have the materials you need already at home!
Click here for the Spring Card Tutorial over on Splitcoaststampers to find out how to make this card yourself.
This 4" x 4" card features an image from the coordinating Trendy Trees stamp set. You can get the stamp set 20% off this month! (Click here for details.) All I did on this card was to round the corners and add a greeting.
I used the Elegant Trio Stencils (#118262, $9.95) to add the coordinating flower in the corner of this 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" card.
This 3-1/2" x 6" card has a cut out greeting. There's a circle notch punched from the card front and the greeting is adhered to the inside of the card. I used a little bit of Sweet Pea Stitched Felt in the center of the stamped flower (in the middle of the greeting).
Supplies: Think Happy Thoughts, Thank You Kindly, Soft & Sweet, Bashful Blue ink & cardstock, So Saffron cardstock, Pretty in Pink ink & cardstock, Chocolate Chip ink & cardtock, Whisper White cardstock, Sweet Pea Designer Paper Stack, Elegant Trio Decor Stencils, Stampin' Sponges, 1-1/4" & 1-3/8" Circle Punches, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Corner Rounder, Scallop Edge Punch, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon
On this card, I put the rhinestone brad through the holes of the button.
The second card was inspired by a card I had saved on my computer from several years ago. I saved it as a favorite because I love the simple layout. The Fancy Flower Punch that I used is larger than the Star Punch used on the original card, so it's not quite as effective, but I still like the way it turned out.
Supplies: Petal Pizazz, Thank You Kindly, Crushed Curry ink & cardstock, Going Gray cardstock, Basic Gray ink & cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Fancy Flower Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Button Latte Designer Buttons, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals
I needed some inspiration to get me started, so I turned to the latest Fall To Layout (#86) from Clean & Simple Stamping . I LOVE this sketch! I'm sure I'll be using it again for other cards!
The stamp set I used, Flower Fancy, is on sale this month! Click here for details.
Supplies: Flower Fancy, On Your Birthday, Only Orange ink, Green Galore ink & cardstock, Pixie Pink ink & cardstock, Yo Yo Yellow Ink, Whisper White cardstock
I stenciled on the right side using the Elegant Trio Decor Stencils, Sage Shadow ink, and a Stampin' Sponge. Sooo easy!
The finished card size is 3" x 6".
To make the glitter window, punch a circle from the card front. Place a piece of contact paper over the hole (aka "window") from the back side so that the front is sticky. Pour Dazzling Diamonds glitter over the contact paper and shake off the excess. The glitter will stick to the contact paper for a sparkly view of the stamped image adhered behind it.
I just found a couple stacks leftover from an In Color Patterns Designer Paper Share I did in the fall. The stack includes 6x6 pieces of the Patterns designer paper in each of the 6 In Colors (Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, and Bermuda Bay). There are 6 double-sided patterns in each series, so there are 36 sheets total (six 6x6 sheets of each In Color). The cost, which includes shipping, is $11.95.
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Supplies: Fifth Avenue Floral, Chocolate Chip ink, Rose Red ink, Pretty in Pink ink, So Saffron cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Top Note die for the big Shot, Sweet Pea Designer Paper, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
The Fancy Flower Card Kit uses the With All My Heart stamp set available until April 30 in the Occasions Mini Catalog. U.S. Customers can add the stamp set to the kit and save 20%. (The Card Kit plus stamp set is $31.95 + s/h.)
The journaling reads: "Spring has sprung! We are so happy to be playing outside and making our spring tour of local parks." You can check out more pictures of my kids at the park on my family blog here.
The big changeover will take place on July 1st, when the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog is released. But you don't have to wait to see these new color collections! Click here to view the new color palette and see what colors are coming back and the new ones we'll get to play with.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about the Color Renovation!
I remembered some cards I made a few years back where I had CASEd this layout from the then-current catalog. You can see my old cards in my SCS gallery here and here. It's a great layout for small images with coordinating wheels!
Supplies: Vintage Labels, Pretty in Pink ink, Soft Suede ink, Whisper White cardstock, Certainly Celery cardstock, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack, Box #2 die for the Big Shot, Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip
Supplies: Awash with Flowers, On Your Birthday (greeting), Taken with Teal ink & cardstock, Old Olive ink & cardstock, Jet Black Staz-On ink, Very Vanilla cardstock, Kraft cardstock, 2-Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Corner Rounder, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Gold Brads
The book was created with the On Board Bird Book (#117238) from the Occasions Mini Catalog. It includes 8 plain chipboard pieces and the chain for only $4.95! It's also available in heart and flower shapes. Here is one of the inside pages all decorated with cardstock and designer paper:
I love re-using old layouts and bringing new life to an older design. That's one of the things I love about stamping is that you don't have to create something brand new every time!
The flower is from the brand new Awash with Flowers stamp set. This stamp set won't be released until the new catalog come out in July, but you can it early -- this month only for $27.95 (clear mount) or $39.95 (wood mount) -- or FREE when you host a workshop over $350 in April. Click here to see the whole stamp set and all the details of the Two-Step Spring promotion.
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