Layered Flowers Swap Card

Hi Friends

We had our Team Meeting last night and once again I was reminded that I get to work with some of the most wonderful ladies around!  

We also had our regular swap and here was my card.  I try to keep my swap cards beautiful but simple, because what I (and, any other demos) are looking for in a swap card is something simple that we can use for home parties and classes.  Hopefully this one fits the bill?

Although the designer paper (Kaleidescope) is retiring on June 2, everything else will remain current through the next 12 months.

LOVE that all the flower punches we have right now can be superimposed on each other to create gorgeous blooms!!  And wanna know a secret?  We have a new, smaller flower punch (part of a trio of punches) that comes out on June 2 that will layer nicely onto these as well.  Woo hoo!  Love my coordinating punches and stamps!

All right - it is a holiday Monday here in Canada and I have to see about getting more work done in my garden.  
So until tomorrow - take care and God Bless,    ~Cynthia    <><


Product List

Flower Shop Clear-mount Stamp Set [130942]	Pansy Punch [130698]	Petite Petals [clear] [133155]
Petite Petals Punch [133322]	Blossom Punch [125603]	A Dozen Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set [131059]
Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper [132995]	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [131178]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]
Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]	Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels [129324]	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents [119246]

Thankful Thursday and So Many Deals.....

Hello Friends

First things first - another Thankful Thursday here for your card-making pleasure.  Many of my customers received this Thank You card this month and it certainly seemed to be a hit.  Tell me what you think?

I stamped the Gifts of Kindness image and sentiment with Wisteria Wonder ink then embossed the main panel with the square lattice embossing folder.  A Flower Shop bloom stamped separately and punched out with the Pansy Punch, affixed to the card with a dimensional (and a luscious large rhinestone) pretty much complete this card.  Oh yeah - and the Itty Bitty punched blossoms in the corner - they count too!

On this particular Thursday I want to reiterate my Thank You to all of our military men and women who we honoured on Remembrance Day.  Your sacrifice did not go unnoticed.  Thank You!!

And on a much lesser scale of gratitude....I am thankful that Stampin' Up! has continued to offer its weekly deals -- knocking 25% off the price of various items.  This week you can get the Gift Bow BigZ die for just $30.71!!  And I happen to really love the extra-large boxes and mini-muslin bags!

I think it is wonderful that Stampin' Up! is continuing to offer these sweet deals to us.  Don't you?

I hope you continue to have many things to be thankful for in your own lives.  Just don't forget to remain thankful to all those men and women who served and sacrificed so we could enjoy things as mundane as crafts and cards!

God Bless you all,       ~Cynthia     <><

Thankful Thursday - Madison Avenue

Good Morning Friends

It is a Thankful Thursday despite the fact that it is still bitterly cold here in Ottawa, because heaven knows....it could always be worse.  I am sitting here in my nice, warm house typing on my convenient and trusted laptop with the full knowledge that I have a multitude of things to be thankful for!  So Thankful Thursday it is.

Here is a quick card that I put together using some of the FREE products available through to March 22, as part of Sale-A-Bration.  If you haven't put in your $60 order to earn some of these free products yet, all I can say is...what's taking you so long!?  Trust me friends.  You *do* want some of these wonderful SAB items!

On to today's card:

Supply List (Spring catalogue or SAB products)
Stamps - Madison Avenue (w129657, c129660), Vintage Verses (w129633, c129636)
Paper - Whisper White (100730)
Ink - Midnight Muse (126860), Gumball Green (126861)
Tools and Accessories - Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (129324)



This card was very quick and quite simple in its design - but there is nothing wrong with that.  Sometimes we get so caught up in using embellishments and tools that we forget that the stamps have something to say, all by themselves.  Well today, I kept it clean and simple, no fuss, no muss.  Just a whole lot of gratitude wrapped up in one simple word -- Thanks!


Have a wonderful day and wherever you are, I hope you are keeping warm!  And that you recognize all your blessings and realize how much you have to be thankful for!           God Bless            ~Cynthia       <><
 

Fast & Fabulous Sale-A-Bration - Bloomin' Marvelous

Okay My Friends

I think I might just have made the fastest card I have ever made.
No.
Really.
Ever.
I wanted to use Sale-A-Bration products for my Fast and Fabulous Friday...and this card just sort of 'made itself'.  I swear that this particular piece of designer paper pretty much called out and said "use me".  Honest it did!  And the buttons and ribbons?  Well they sort of just jumped onto the card of their own volition.

Look here and you'll see what I mean:

Supply List (Spring catalogue or FREE SAB products)
Stamps - Bloomin' Marvelous (Free with SAB)
Paper - Whisper White (100730), Pool Party 122924), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Tangerine Tango (111349), Sycamore Street Designer Paper (Free with SAB)
Ink - Rich Razzleberry (126950)
Tools and Accessories - Sycamore Street Ribbon - Tangerine Tango (Free with SAB), Sycamore Street Buttons (Free with SAB), Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (129324), 7/8" Scallop Circle (129404), dimensionals (104430), glue dots (103683)

This really is the fastest card I have ever made.  And almost all of it uses free Sale-A-Bration items.  Which, I suppose, also makes it one of the most economical cards I have ever made.  Yet it is still cute.  Bright.  Cheery.  Bloomin' Marvelous if you ask me!

I hope you are ready to place your Sale-A-Bration order in 4 days, because these images, colours and patterns are just too good to miss.  Remember, every $60 worth of merchandise gets you a free SAB product.  Contact me and I'll help you get your favourites now.

Have a wonderful weekend.  An absolutely Bloomin' Marvelous weekend!  
And if you get a chance, take some time to stamp!     God Bless,       ~Cynthia      <><