Stampin' Addicts Retiring Blog Hop - Little Friends

Welcome to Stampin' Addicts retiring stamps blog hop!!  We will be showcasing 13 of our most loved retiring stamp sets from the 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Catalog.

If you are hopping in order you just came from Katherine's Magical Inkery Tour where she is featuring the set Kindness Matters .. didn't you just love her projects??  If you started here no worries at the bottom of this post there is the next link and we are all connected so you won't miss any of the greats projects!!

I decided I want to work with Little Friends as it's such a cute little set!!  It has been one of my favorites to use my water color crayons which are also retiring (sob)!!

This first card uses the little boy image .. cute!!  I kept this one pretty simple as it is more of a masculine card.  I currently do not have a saying attached to it as I'm not sure who will get this lovely card!!

 My  second card is very cheery ...perfect for a thinking of you card so I added the sentiment so many smiles. Who would have thought Tangerine Tango and Perfect Plum would look good together!!  This card is slightly smaller and measures 5x3.

The last project I have to share with you is a little gift box with a mini 3x3 tag card. Who doesn't love this image!?  I've had a puppy or two who has done this same thing with my kiddos.

I hope you enjoyed my projects; I know I enjoyed making them!!  Sad to see this set go but since I keep ALL my stamp sets I'll still have it.  Be sure to get yours before they are no longer available!!

The next stop on the hop is Adriana's escape2stamp where she has made some awesome projects using another one of favorite sets Need for Speed.  Happy Stamping!!

Happy 13th Birthday!

Today my youngest turns Thirteen!  He's a pretty cool kid (if I say so myself!) and likes his cards to be amped up!  So this was his non traditional birthday card.  The main skull images and the saying are not Stampin' Up and I have had them forever so not sure where I got them.  Everything else is though including the grey splatter which is from the set Extreme Elements.  I grunged up the edges to make it more masculine looking.  My son thought it was awesome so mission accomplished!!  Happy Stamping!

Mambo Madness

Oops guess I didn't schedule enough posts.  I had more dental work done ... then was frantically trying get everything ready for convention in my last three days.  I'll sharing some cards that I had in my vault that went to my last secret sister; didn't want to ruin the surprise!  So a few of these will have now retired product them on them but since many of you keep your sets forever like me I'm sure you could still use the ideas!! On this one I used the Triple Treat Flower and embossed it in Melon Mambo!  Love all the pink on this card even though I am sooo not a pink kinda gal.  The rest of this card is all about the layers! Happy Stamping!!

Stampin' Addicts' New Catalog Blog Hop - Blast Off

Welcome to Stampin' Addicts' New Catalog Blog Hop!! If you are following the hop in order you came from Adriana's site Escape2stamp site where she made some super cute projects from the stamp Two By Two.

I love just about everything in this catalog and I had a hard time deciding what set I was going to use for the hop.  I finally decided on set Blast Off, I've been waiting for a space set forever and I was sooo excited to see this one!  I'll be using this set often, especially in some of my scrapbooking projects!

 For this duo I went with that cute little Alien as my focal image.  The card uses Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wasabi while the Candy Wrapper uses Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie. Both are simple and fun projects that can be used for small children or tweens!!

 The color combo for this next duo is Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler ... they work perfectly together!!  On this set I used some of the new Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon as well as the new Outer Space Wheel.

The next stop on the hop is Sara's site Lily's Ink Pad where she if featuring the set Bug Me!!  You are going to love her projects!!  Happy Stamping!!

Happy Birthday Zombie Style!

As you all know I have a thing for zombies and skulls and well so does the rest of my family.  I must have rubbed off on them!! Well my little one turned 12 at the beginning of the month and I was trying to decide what kind of card to make him and I came up with this rockin' card!!  It uses the set Just Jawing that I will forever keep and use even though it has been long since retired as well as the set Extreme Elements.  He loved this card almost as much as I did!!  Happy Stamping!!

Crazy for Cupcakes

Who doesn't love cupcakes??  I know I do and I get every set that has cupcakes in it!  Crazy for Cupcakes was no exception and it was a set I highlighted for my retirement party/workshops I had recently.  This was another real simple card and perfect for just about anyone!!  I stamped the main image and then colored it in with my markers.  I added a touch of bling my adding iridescent ice to the frosting and candle flame.  Then I jut layered it with different cardstock, ribbon and dsp to pull all the colors in together!!  Happy Stamping!!

Easy Event - Birthday

Here's yet another card I made using the set Easy Events!! This set is so versatile and I love using it!!  The card itself is pretty simple ... I ran the base through my big shot using the stripes ef than layered some dsp and a bit of (retired) ribbon.  I added some silver glitter paper to add some bling than attached my main piece with the cupcake.  The cupcake I colored in using my markers and aqua painter.  Happy Stamping!!

Birthday Goal

This card was made for a friend of my Son's Birthday and I love how it came out!! It was made using Goal and Extreme Elements. I went with the soccer theme since the boys are team mates for club soccer and their team color is green. It's a good card for that tween stage that can be so hard to create for. Happy Stamping!!

Creative Crew - April Color Focus

Time for some more Creative Crew projects. Sadly this is my last month on the crew but there are some wonderful designers running the next 4 months but I'll still join in for the challenges!!

Here's the infor for the Color challenge if you would like to join us. - CCREW0412DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Color Focus Use 2010-2012 In Colors and the sketch below (ignore the title of this sketch) for the color focus. Make sure you incorporate your Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack for these In Colors.

For this card I used the set Sweet Cake which is a great set to use with the bright colors. I used Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade. The card itself was pretty simple just stamped the image a few times and cut and layered it to give it more dimension. What's amazing to me is the card actually looked like the sketch ... I don't usually do well with sketches. I did add a little iridescent ice to the cupcake, it needed some sparkle. Happy Stamping!!

Happy Birthday!!

My Hubby's 37th Birthday is today ... Happy Birthday!! I figured I would share this little project since it's fitting for a birthday celebration! The cake is made by covering a battery operated tea-light with cardstock and punched pieces, it's fairly easy to decorated them up. We also created a little box for the cake to go. Unfortunately I don't recall the details because we made them a while back ... I'll see if I can find it though and add the dimensions to this post later. Happy Stamping!!

Cupcake Birthday!

This is another one of those projects I've had to share for a while that I'm just now getting to. (We are getting closer to the end of that pile!) This was a birthday card I designed using the set Easy Events. And you know me ... I like layers and texture and this card is full of it!! Haha!! The base was done using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder that was inked before I ran it through the big shot to give the dots some color. I then layered it with different cardstock pieces and the Real Red circle was made using the perfect pennants die. I layered the frosting to give the cupcake some depth and added a bit of ribbon and a bow and it's done!! Happy Stamping!!

Hexagon Box - Easy Events Style

I shared a while back my tutorial for the hexagon box and here was the actual original one I made waaaay back in June when I was busy making my swaps for convention (yes I am still behind in sharing those projects)! I used the set Easy Events using the Rubber Duck image ... which I think is just too cute!! I stamped him with staz on then water colored the image with the water color crayons and my markers. Other than that just follow the tutorial to put the box together and you are all set. Happy Stamping!!

Birthday Folder

For this project I used the petite pocket die to make this little Birthday Gift card holder! I used the cupcake stamp from Easy Events, I created the two toned look by using my markers and then using my aqua painter to pull color to the rest of the image. And of course added a bit of iridescent ice to the frosting to add a bit of sparkle to it. I used several punches to create the added layers to my pocket holder and added a bit of twine. Happy Stamping!!

16 Really?!?

Happy 16th Birthday Philip! I can't believe that my oldest is turning 16 today?!?! I swear it was just yesterday I was taking him home from the hospital. Now he's learning to drive and I have to look up to yell at him. When did all this happen?

I thought since it was his 16th Birthday I would make him a super cool card! This one sure is and maybe a bit over the top! Of course since he's 16 nothing's cool or at least admitting it especially to his Mom. I used the skeleton from Pieces of Poison since he likes skulls almost as much as I do. I stamped the birthday saying into several layers of the pewter ep to get the metal tag effect and I made the tags with old pewter hodgepodge hardware I have had stashed. I really like how it came together especially with using the silver glitter paper. Happy Stamping!!

ETA: My son loved his card said it was BA which in teenager speak means it was pretty cool. He was excited to have a skeleton on his card but thought the birthday was awesome!

Display Stamper - Easy Events 12x12 Page

This is the last project I made as a display stamper and this one really was my favorite!! I used a picture from my youngest 10th Birthday Party and it was a great picture of him!! (Everyone says his a mini me ... attitude and all!) I just love everything about this page!! I started with the red base since that's his favorite color and then picked the blue to accent it. I cut out the large circle then matted it with the scallop border punch that I ran through the crimper so I could manipulate it around the circle. Lastly I matted that with smaller punched circles since I did not have a scallop that was anywhere near that size as well as the picture. I cut out the Happy Birthday saying with the big shot and the birthday decorative strip as well as some swirls. I used the cupcake from the easy events stamp set and colored them to match the cardstock colors and you can't really notice from te picture but I added iridescent ice to frosting to make it shine a bit. This was the only project I am recreating to have for myself as it was really hard to let it go!! Hope you like it as much as I do and Happy Stamping!!