Valentine's Day Cards

These Valentine's Day cards use Stampin' Up!'s More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper (129309 $12.95) from the Spring Catalog.  Coordinating colors are Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Real Red, Very Vanilla and Basic Black.  You can see from these cards how well these colors all go together.

This card was made by Marilyn Young.  It uses the Honeycomb Textured Impression Embossing Folder (129378 $7.95).  The hearts were made using the Small Heart Punch (117193 $5.95) and fit perfectly inside the honeycombs.

Janet Holmes made this card that shows how you can cut apart the hearts to use on separate cards.  She also featured the new Designer Builder Brads (129329 $6.95).  You get 16 brads in the package.  You can use the circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309 $16.95) to put an image in the center of the brad and then cover it with the epoxy bubble included with the builder brads.  I used the last set of builder brads that Stampin' Up! offered a lot and like these even more.

Karen Altizer made this card using the Happy Valentine Heart stamp from the Valentine Treat Bundle which is only available through January 21st.  This bundle (132771 $5.95) contains the exclusive Happy Valentine Heart Single Stamp and a package of 1" x 8" cellophane bags.  The heart is easy to punch out with the Full Heart Punch (119883 $16.96).  It takes longer to fill the bags when you make treats using this bundle than it does to stamp and punch out the heart.

Judi Martin made this card using a couple of Sale-A-Bration items.  Sale-A-Bration starts on January 22nd.  You can get the exclusive Feeling Sentimental Stamp Set with the bicycle image and the Pool Party Button as part of the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack for free during this special one-time-a-year offer.  When you spend $50 you can choose from 19 different free products or bundles.  As Stampin' Up! demonstrators, we got to start celebrating Sale-A-Bration early.  Judi also used the That's the Ticket Stamp Set (128075 $16.95) and coordinating Ticket punch (126883 $15.95) for the Valentine's Day sentiment.  And in case you had not noticed, Judi likes to embellish her cards!  The hearts were cut out with the new Hearts a Flutter Framelit Dies (130159 $24.95).

And last, but definitely not least, is this card made by Samantha Eshleman.  She has combined many of the same products in a different way using the Full Heart, Small Heart and Ticket Punches.  She used one of my favorite Stampin' Up! papers, First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper (121878 $12.95).  This light-weight paper looks like pages out of an old encyclopedia but it comes in 12 x 12 and it's acid and lignin-free.

Visit my online store to get your supplies for these projects.  The Valentine Treat Bundle is only available through January 21st.  The Sale-A-Bration products will be available starting January 22nd. Remember that when you purchase $25 or more in product, you are eligible for my Rewards Program.
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Live In Sunshine Happy Days Card

I got the inspiration for this Sunshine and Happy Days card from a post on Operation Write Home.  There is a tutorial for making this style of card called a starburst.

Because this card ended up being fairly quick and easy to make, I used it for a swap card at Stampin' Up!'s Leadership 2013 Conference in Orlando, Florida.  While it looks complicated, using the Big Shot and circle punch made the sun go very quickly.  Following the instructions on the OWH tutorial made the rest of the card much easier than I had thought it would be.

For this card, the starburst is built on a piece of paper that is 5 x 3 3/4".  The mat is 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.  If you've been following me for a while, you know that I like thin mats!  It's a style that I picked up from a folk art painting instructor.  She likes to add a thin mat to pull your eye toward the design.

For the grass, I cut a piece of Lucky Limeade card stock 2 x 5 and free hand cut the top edge. The top edge is lightly sponged. 

I have a close friend who has been ill and I wanted to make her a special card.  While I wanted her to know I was thinking of her, I did not want the usual get well sentiment.  I decided on this card because it reminds me of a quilt.  She likes quilting and papercrafting.

The Summer Smooches Designer Series paper is so bright and colorful that it helped make a cheerful card.  I have used this for other projects including a just for you card and birthday card.

Stampin' Supplies

Item	Description	Price
122887	Lacy and Lovely Clear-Mount Stamp Set	$17.95
121970	Pursuit Of Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp	$13.95
125409	Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper	$10.95
120906	2 1/2 in Circle Punch	$16.95
123126	Perfect Pennants Bigz L	$32.95

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Top Ten Cards From 2012

Happy New Year! Stamping has helped me connect to so many new friends.  I'm looking forward to another great year of creating and sharing.  Many thanks to Operation Write Home for suggesting this fun post.

These are my top 10 cards from 2012. It was harder to pick my favorite cards than I expected.   French Foliage Triple Stamping with a Twist is my favorite 2012 card. I combined triple stamping with sponging to make this card.  It's much easier to make than it looks!

I loved using the Blossom Punch and Modern Label punch to make this layered Easter cross. 

This Summer Smooches birthday card was one of my swap cards for convention.  I did several different versions of this card that uses small strips of paper. It's a great way to use up scraps!

This Bold Blossom card comes from the OWH Memorial Day blog hop.  It was fun using a sketch to design this card.

This Apothecary Art birthday card also uses up scraps of Stampin' Up!'s Twitterpated designer series paper.  Notice that it is the same basic sketch as the card above from the OWH Memorial Day bloghop.

This Birthday Candle card is quick and easy to make.  I used the Blossom Petals Builder punch to make the candle flames.

This little punch art chick was a favorite with my customers.  This is a 3 x 3 card.

Greeting Card Kids is one of my favorite stamp sets.  This Christmas card uses the digital version of this stamp set.

My most popular post in 2012 was my Thanksgiving Quirky Turkey.  I liked him so much that I used a picture of that project on this digital Thanksgiving card. 

And last, but not least, is this digital Flower card using Summer Smooches designer series paper.  If you are looking for something bright and cheery, the Summer Smooches collection is what you want!

Thanks for looking at my top 10 cards from 2012.  I'm looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings!


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White Christmas in Richland Hills, Texas

We had a white Christmas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.  I walked around our neighborhood and took pictures of our winter wonderland.  This is a picture of a path a block away from our home through a wooded area.

I was inspired to make this card using My Digital Studio 2.  It's a great way to remember a wonderful Christmas Day.

If you're not familiar with the weather in this area, it rarely snows (except during Super Bowl!)  Most of the snow melted away yesterday and now the high is 41 degrees today. 

Stampin' Supplies

Item	Description	Price
130644	My Digital Studio 2 Download	$39.95
127756	Very Merry Twenty-Five Designer Tags - Digital Download	$3.95
125785	Flag Punch	$ .95
118853	Scallop Circle Punch (from Punch Shapes Collection)	$3.95

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My Digital Studio Christmas Card

I used the Greeting Card Kids stamp brush set for this Christmas card using Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio 2.  While I have been wanting to use the images in this set for a long time, I wanted to color in the images.  I just figured out how to color in the image using Photoshop Elements.  If you know of an easier way, please let me know!

I started by making this image in MDS2 and saved it as a JPEG.  Then I loaded the image into Photoshop Elements and used the quick selection tool to select the different areas to fill with color.  The only problem was that using color fill also filled in the lines that gave detail to the image.  This Greeting Card Christmas Girl looked very sad without a face.

Hmmm, I was stuck for a few minutes on what to do.  My solution was to finish coloring in the areas even though I lost the details.  I saved the JPEG and uploaded it into MDS2 as a photo.  I made the photo the same size as an A2 card.  I then "restamped" the Greeting Card Christmas Girl on top of the JPEG.  It took a little bit of time to realign the images so they were exactly the same size and in the same place.  Thank goodness for the arrow keys.  My friend, Christi, showed me how to use the arrow keys to fine tune the placement of any digital images.

After that, it was relatively easy to add the sentiment and ribbon.  I love how MDS2 allows you to color parts of the stamped image and recolor the ribbon.  Now you can have ribbon and other embellishments in any color that you want!  I originally used Old Olive ribbon and changed the color to Always Artichoke.

Have a Merry Christmas!  Enjoy your time with family and friends.

Stampin' Supplies

Item	Description	Price
130644	My Digital Studio 2 Download	$39.95
123961	Greeting Card Kids Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download	$3.95
127756	Very Merry Twenty-Five Designer Tags - Digital Download	$3.95
128872	Holiday Harmony II Kit - Digital Download	$7.95
122156	Taffeta Ribbon Color Pack - Digital Download	$4.95

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More Christmas Treats

Here are more treats from our Stampin' Up! demonstrator Christmas party. This canning jar filled with chocolate comes from the Holiday catalog. Melody used the Perfectly Preserved stamp set (126692 $20.95) and Cannery Set Framelits (127822 $24.95) to make this box.  Save 15% when you buy the Perfectly Preserved Bundle (129944) with the stamp set and coordinating framelits for $38.95.  Wouldn't this be a fun Valentine's Day treat if you changed the paper and colors a little?

Janet shared this hot chocolate treat that looks like a snowman. It uses the Snow Flurry Bigz Die (127813 $21.95) and silver glimmer paper (124005  $4.95).  There are so many great projects that use this die.  Check out the reindeer and Christmas card.

Kim made this Christmas gum wrapper that uses the Ornament Keepsakes Framelits (127816 $24.95), the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set (126257  $11.95) and the Bitty Banners Framelits (129267  $14.95).  This treat could also be changed to one for Valentine's Day using some of our heart-shaped punches or dies.

If you are looking for other ways to package your treats, here are some other posts with different ideas.

Hot chocolate with candy cane 

Skinny Santa

Santa Bag

Reindeer bag topper

When I went to meet my friend at Starbucks, the parking lot was filled with shoppers so it took longer than expected to get out of the lot.  Another one of advantages of making these Christmas treats is that you get to avoid the Christmas crowds!  Have fun making your Christmas treats.

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Clearance Rack Blitz

Stampin' Up! has added new items to their clearance rack.  Take advantage of the huge savings because once these items are gone, they're gone!  Here are some of the items that have been popular.

126154 Everyday Enchantment 12 x 12 paper  $2.19

This was a Sale-A-Bration item and one of the prettiest paper packs.  Here is an angel I made with this paper.

113490 Baroque Motifs stamp set $16.79

Baroque Motifs is one of my favorite stamp sets of all time.  The designs are so versatile. 

108362 Crop-A-Dile  $11.99.  One of my most popular posts is the one with instructions for the Crop-A-Dile.

109857 Mini Library Clips $5.19

Mini Library Clips are so cute!  They're a great embellishment to add to your scrapbook pages and cards. 

These are just a few of the items that were added to the Clearance Rack.  The popular items can sell out in less than 24 hours, so order from my online store now for the best selection.

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Sharon Cheng
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