Happy Mother's Day MOM!

FINALLY!  Time to stamp & create a card!  This is the Sale-A-Bration 2012 paper...Everyday Enchantment + matching ribbon + matching brads!  I sponged Soft Suede around each panel & layer for a vintage look.

I even decorated the envelope...sponging ink, stamping and adding an embellished tag.  The tag is adorned with a doily and lace ribbon.  I did not mail this card...I hand delivered it Sunday...before we went to see The Avengers!  whoo hoo.  :-D  My favorite Avenger...IRON MAN! 

Even the inside of the card is adorned!  The image was colored with SU! markers, huffed on & stamped on Very Vanilla.  The panel was sponged around the edge with Soft Suede.  At the top of the panel is lace tape.  It's hard to see...and it looks like magic tape...but it has a white lace design.

I added a counterfeit Washi Tape flag to complete the sentiment.  to my WONDERFUL Mom!

Here's a really good look a the lace tape!  This is the back of the card.  

I hope you had a moo'valous Mother's Day!  I thoroughly enjoyed my day.  Chocolate dipped strawberries, a beautiful card and a gift card + breakfast bar at Ryan's from the hubby...and then movies with Mom and Phillip!  Yup...moo'valous day indeed!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Supplies (all products Stampin' Up! unless otherwise indicated)

STAMPS - Messages for Mom, Fresh Vintage, Family Reunion

PAPER - Everyday Enchantment DSP, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Very Vanilla

INK - Soft Suede, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral

ACCESSORIES - Avery Shipping Tag, Wilton 4" Doily, Crochet Trim Victoria 5/8", Cream Envelope, Washi Tape (Targer & Freckled Fawn), toothpick, Everyday Enchantment Brads, Everyday Enchantment 1/8" Organdy Ribbon in Calypso Coral, SU! Markers in Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral and Poppy Parade.

More Decorated Onesies

Concord Crush & Perfect Plum

Peach Parfait & Cajun Craze

Which one is your favorite so far? 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

Decorating Onesies

The stamp set I wanted for the inside of the card arrived - SU!'s Little Additions.  Now I can start putting together:

Die cut images from PTI's It's a Jungle Out There.

Onsie die cuts.

Die cut card bases.

Notice each onsie has a different main color.   I had added a sticky note to each onsie noting the coordinating color I wished to use for ink.

First up were the Pear Pizzaz duo - striped and polka dotted.  The paper is from the SU! Designer Series Patterns Pack In Color.

Here's some pics of the steps in creating these two cards...

Choose die cut - I chose the Giraffe.

Choose the die cut and select TWO colors.  The PTI set It's a Jungle Out There is a two step set.  My colors were Garden Green and Pear Pizzaz, a SU! Dynamic Duo!  They sound like Super Heros.  Maybe they are...hmmm...

Stamp the spots in Garden Green.

Stamp the body in Pear Pizzaz.

Image from SU! Little Additions. 
We'll fill in the blanks when the baby gets here!

Envelopes using PTI Bundle of Love.

There will be a bunch in different colors.  I'll post 'em as I get them done...in pairs...complete with envelopes! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

ETA:  These cards fit in a standard (card) size envelope. 

Goofy Smiles

Googlie eyes are not just for Halloween!

Sunday, I played along with the Creative Crew and with the Featured Stamper Challenges.  The Creative Crew is a Stampin' Up! Only Design Team on SCS.  They issue four monthly challenges.  This project meets the criteria for the color challenge, which was to showcase some new In-Colors.  I used the new SU! Pool Party and Island Indigo.  For the Featured Stamper Challenge, we were to CASE a project from teristampsalot's gallery.  I chose this card to CASE. 

I did use some retired sets...Tart and Tangy and Tidy Alpha.  Tidy Alpha is my "go-to" alpha stamp set.  I love it!  I use it a bunch!  It's so easy to cut...snip, snip, snip and snip.  Done!  I wanted to sew the title on...but I had used tape to adhere the Pool Party strip of CS and I didn't want to gum up my needle...so I used faux stitching. 

I had fun with the fruit.  I colored the strawberry with markers; stamped and punched the citrus fruit.

Citrus Fruit

I punched them out with the 1 1/4" punch.  The 1" punch almost took off the rind...so 1 1/4" it was and then used the matching marker to color the white edge.

Aren't those googlie eyes cute?

The smiles are hand drawn with a black sharpie marker. 

Inside of card.

Envelope.

Insde & envelope.

While I had the stamp sets out, I made the pages for the SMASHing idea book.

Tart & Tangy page in SMASHing idea book.



Smile Curve page in SMASHing idea book.

The whole shebang!

I had fun with this Featured Stamper Challenge.  I love Teri's gallery.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is Dad's birthday. 

He should be getting happy mail today.  I love this card, inspired by a CAS challenge to create a card inspired by America the Beautiful.  How about those amber waves of grain? 

Look at the dimension shown in the sticker. 

I even decorated the envelope.

Here's the inside.

America the Beautiful reminds me of Vacation Bible School.  We always sang America the Beautiful after we pledged to the American Flag. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!