Halloween Treats

We had so much fun at our Halloween Treats class last night!  All of our projects used the new Toil & Trouble Designer Series Paper. Here's the cute treat containers we made:

I found this cute container online from the

Paper Pixie. The cat is from the Cauldron

Bubble set. There are matching framelits

which makes it easy to cut out that 

adorable cat.

The framelits also cut out this cauldron

from the Designer Series Paper. There is a matching

stamp, so you can color your own cauldron if you

prefer.  Add a couple of strips of cardstock, a gold

library clip and a little ribbon and you have a fun

treat container.

This is the new Takeout Treats die. The bats

are from the Spooky Sweets stamp set and

there is a punch that matches. An easy way to

add some spooky bats to your projects!

Here are a few more Takeout Treat containers that my friend Virginia designed for a retreat that I went to this last weekend.

A cute Thanksgiving treat box waiting

to hold some Tootsie Rolls

I love how Virginia turned this one

upside down for a different look.

Yum!  That sentiment comes from the 

Takeout Treats stamp set that goes with the 

framelit set.

If you need a cute container to give a special someone some treats, this Takeout Treats bundle is just what you need. 

The item number is 149990 and the cost for the bundle is $49.50. That's enough to get you the Santa's Workshop Enamel Shapes free if you order by Sept. 25th.  If you order online, use hostess code KKKN4249

Falling for Leaves

I've had so much fun playing with my Falling for Leaves bundle. Here are a few cards I've made or received in swaps.

I love all the copper products we have. This

card uses copper embossing powder, copper

foil paper and copper shimmer paint!

My friend Virginia made this gorgeous card. I love

our team swaps - I always come home from with so

many lovely cards!

We made this card in my Holiday Kick-off

class. We used an aqua painter and ink pads

to color the big leaf. Add a couple of punched

leaves behind it and it's a great focal point.

My friend Kay made this card. All 

those beautiful die cuts leaves are a part of this bundle.

Another gorgeous card I received in a swap!

I sent this to everyone who came to my Holiday Kick-off

as a thank you card.  You can't tell from the picture, but

there's lots of sparkle.  I put some of the copper shimmer 

paint in a spritzer with some rubbing alcohol. I spritzed the

tiled background and the big yellow leaf.  I also took a sponge

and sponged some copper shimmer paint around the smaller

Cajun Craze leaves. I've ordered all the other colors of

shimmer paint so I'm sure you'll be seeing lots more of it!

Country Home

I've had fun playing with one of the new suites from the Holiday Catalog.  I used the Country Home stamp set, Country Lane Designer Series Paper and the Tin Tile dynamic embossing folder (my favorite new product).  

Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry - and my favorite

embossing folder!

Early Espresso and Crushed Curry

Copied this from Pinterest.  Not sure who designed it. Looks like

it was uploaded by Lorin Goodchild. The card base is

Mint Macaron and I colored the flowers with blends.

I also copied this one from Pinterest - from Mikel-Ann King.

Love the chicken wire behind it!  Also colored with blends.

The card base for this is Crushed Curry. I used some

of the new Galvanized metallic paper for the tin tile

strip.  To me it's like a silver shimmery white paper.
Very pretty in person.  More coloring with blends.

They are so fun to use with this set and the Holiday

catalog has some new colors. I used the new Cajun Craze

and Blackberry Bliss with these cards.

Blended Seasons

Blended Seasons is a bundle that is only available through the month of August.  I've had so much fun creating cards with this bundle.  The dies are amazing!  I thought I would share these creations with you.  What makes this bundle even better?  Bonus Days!  The bundle is $64.75 - that's enough to get a $5 coupon to spend in September.  Add the new watercolor pencils and you're halfway to another bonus coupon!

These cards were made when I attended my upline, Kay Cogbill's team meeting.  It's so much fun to figure out different ways to color these.

If you look close, you can see Wink

of Stella on the bell

You don't have to color the big flower image.
You can stamp it multiple times and use it as

a background stamp.

Some new water color pencil colors in this one.

More new watercolor pencil colors -  Flirty

Flamingo and Granny Apple Green...and of 

course some more Wink of Stella.

Here are a few more I made:

This last one just uses the framelits from

the Blended Seasons bundle.  If you look

close, you can see that they have stitching

around them. I love that!  This set is the All

the Good Things stamp set. It is one of the 

Distinktive sets so it has a lot of detail. I 

inked the stamp with Pumpkin Pie and

then used a sponge dauber to sponge on

some Poppy Parade.  I love the way it 

added even more dimension.

Here's a link to all the details on the Blended Season bundle.  Don't delay, this is only available through August or while supplies last! https://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/Promotions/NA/2018/Color%20Your%20Season/0718_FLYER_COLORYOURSEASON_US.pdf

Designer Series Paper sale

One of my favorite Stampin' Up products?  Designer Series Paper.  I love the patterns, the versatility, the colors.  I love how the colors in the paper are listed on the back of the package. I love how one side of the paper is a great pattern that goes with the theme and the alternate side is a soft, generic pattern.  Would you like to see some cards using some of this gorgeous paper? Here are a few:

Garden Impressions

Tropical Chic

Nature's Poem

Garden Impressions

Tranquil Textures

And here's a video from Stampin' Up showing all the gorgeous paper included in this buy 3 get 1 free sale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9hLg1UWf4&feature=youtu.be

Contact me today to order yours!

Tropical Chic

This is my favorite new suite this week!   There are so many wonderful new products in the catalog - I have to change my favorite each week.  You can create all kinds of leafy fun with the dies from this set. Here are some of the projects I've made with the suite:

Some of these I made at my friend Kay's Bingo night. She also loves this suite!

I think the colors in the coordinating DSP are gorgeous - Blushing Bride, 

Granny Apple Green (new!) and Shaded Spruce (also new!)

Did you notice one of these was a Christmas card?  Perfect for all your

friends that live in tropical locations.

String fun

We had fun playing with string in technique class Monday night.  This is an easy technique although a little messy.  It seems to work better with the lighter colors.  You can get different results depending on how you lay your string on the paper.  These are the cards we made:

This was made with Powder Pink.  I also used the new ruffled 

ribbon and pearlized doily -  so fun!

I used Soft Sky for this one.  They look like

Calla lilies to me. I even used the inked up 

string on the card - you do have to be sure it's

dry before adding it to your card!