Last day for the Reason to Smile set

Hi Stampers,

As of tomorrow, the Reason to Smile stamp set will no longer be available so I thought I'd share one more card that uses this cute stamp set.

This time I again used Daffodil Delight, Basic Black and Whisper White. I heat embossed the flowers in White on the black cardstock and then stamped them in Daffodil Delight on the Whisper White. The sentiment is from Curly Cute and I used Daffodil Delight ribbon to finish the card.

Hope you enjoy your week - I'm preparing for my Friday night Stamp Camp - hope to see you there!

Keep Stamping,

Keep Calm...

Hi Stampers,

Hope that your week is going well. I originally wrote this post a few weeks back but then Stampin' Up had to suspend the sale of this hostess set because the "Keep Calm" phrase which is seen everywhere had some copyright issues. But as of yesterday, the issues are resolved and it's available again so I thought I'd share this card today.

I made this card for my monthly Demonstrator Meeting a few months back since we could pre-order it before the new catalog started. The colors used are Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White, which I took from the Floral District DSP I used. I stamped the Keep Calm and the Stamp On separately. Then I stamped the flower stamp on White in Tangerine Tango and accented it with a rhinestone and attached it to a Baja Breeze square. The Baja Breeze card was run through the Big Shot with the Polka Dot embossing folder.

I'm sure we'll be seeing this phrase alot in the next few weeks as the Olympics start in London this weekend. It was originally popular in Great Britain during World War II .

Keep Stamping - it's good to have an indoor hobby with all the heat this summer!

Another Smile Card

Hi Stampers,

Just wanted to share another card made with the Reason to Smile set - only $5 with an order of $50 in product.

This card uses Basic Black, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. I stamped the flower in Basic black on the bottom of the card and the center flower which I punched out with the 1.75" circle punch. I added the Scallop Border to the card and embossed the sentiment in White (from Perfect Pairs) and it was finished. Love this color combo!

Trying to stay in and beat the heat - 3 days over 100 is too much and the a/c is having a tough time keeping up as well.
Hope it's cooler where you are!

Keep Stamping,

Now a Reason to Smile sample

Hi Stampers,

Well the power came back on and then it went out again today so I figured I'd better get this sample uploaded before it happens again.

I sat down and made a few samples with this cute set you can get for only $5 with a $50 order of products using Melon Mambo, Whisper White and Basic Black. This simple layout is one that I really like using the daisy stamp from this set. I stamped the daisy in Melon Mambo and then used the 1 3/8" square punch to punch out the daisies and attached then to some Basic Black that I cut to frame them. I stamped the daisy in Melon Mambo for the background and stamped the Get Well from Perfectly Penned in Basic Black. I added a piece of Basic Black Polka Dot ribbon before adding the squares across the top.

You can find out more about this special by clicking the top left icon on my blog - order today!

Reason to Smile

Hi Stampers,

Since we have no electricity at our house so I can't post pictures of my projects, I thought I'd tell you about a special Stampin' Up Promotion during July called A Reason to Smile.

You can get the Reason to Smile stamp set for only $5 with a $50 product order. I will have samples using this Two-Step stamp set as soon as we have power again - my samples get scanned and stored on another computer. I'm sure you'll want to take advantage of this offer to get this cute summer stamp set - it will only be available July 1-31st.



Keep Stamping!