Don’t you just love this combination? The softness of the Very Vintage Stamp Set with Powder Pink and Sahara Sand.
This is such a pretty stamp set with sentiments that cover birthdays, thank you as well as a ‘just because’ card and we could all use those ~ how lovely to receive a card ‘Just Because’ someone was thinking about you and wanted you to know.
The Graceful Garden Stamp Set is perfect for making a really peaceful and elegant card. The ‘for you’ sentiment can be used for just about any occasion, birthday, anniversary, thank you, thinking of you, or simply ‘just because’
I have paired the stamp set with Mint Macaron and Sahara Sand which are peaceful colors as well and then a scattering of Basic Jewel Pearls to give even more of an elegant touch.
Every year Stampin’ UP! introduces 5 new colors that are available for 2 years, at the end of this time, the IN-Colors as they are known, are retired, Coastal Cabana was one of those colors. Earlier this year Stampin’ UP! revamped some of it color families and thrill of thrills Coastal Cabana reappeared as a new core color in the Brights family. I have used it a lot in the last few months, if you check out my last post I used it for a scrapbook page.
I used Abstract Impressions on todays’ card and paired Coastal Cabana with Pool Party – a perfect combination in my mind!
I am not new to scrap booking or memory-keeping but I do find it hard to find the time to dedicate to it, so I am delighted to be taking part in the Ink & Share Scrapbook blog hop for its very first HOP!
You will have either arrived from Cheyrl Taylor’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month’s theme is to use anything that is currently available from Stampin’ UP! ~ and I have designed a vintage theme and chosen to create a 12 x 12 page using Crumb Cake Card and Balmy Blue Card. I want to show you that your card making supplies can be used for creating scrapbook pages and customized embellishments, quickly and easily.
In 2006 our Best Man got married himself. The wedding was held in a Scottish Castle which had its own private chapel where the service was held. All the guests and the Groom gathered in the gardens and we were led to the chapel by a piper in full Scottish dress. The bride arrived with her own piper a few moments later. I just love the bagpipes (not to everyones’ taste I know) but Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and I do!
It was a memorable day and each year I send them a card to commemorate their lovely day, this year I chose a rose from the Graceful Garden Stamp Set and the greeting is from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set.
Ooppss………………. I did it again! A new baby arrived in the neighborhood and I STILL don’t have any new baby stamp sets! So once again I have improvised and found a couple of really cute images in the Good Day stamp set that fit the occasion perfectly….. and coupled with the Balloon Bouquet punch I feel happy with the result. Continue reading
Today’s card was inspired by one of the designs in March’s Paper Pumpkin kit which has a lovely vintage theme going on. So I have chosen to use Fresh Fig and Crumb Cake with the Graceful Garden Stamp set and lots of sponging.
One of the greetings in the stamp set says ‘for you’ I think this is such a simple message that can be used for just about any occasion, birthday, thank you, anniversay, sympathy……. and so on.
Continuing with the ‘Flip-over’ calendar using the Tolsby picture frame from IKEA. that I made for my small, but precious team of Stampin’ UP! demonstrators Christmas gift .
After I finished each of the months I realized that the design could equally be used as a card front, so each can do double duty!
If you missed the first months you can find January thru March here and April through June here
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We have a brand new Occasions catalog but we can still get the Painted Harvest Stamp Set and that really cute Cat Punch, both of which I used to create this card. I used the one of the greetings from the stamp set but it would make a perfect birthday card for a child I think. This card also uses a couple of products from my stash that get overlooked, the Starburst Punch and the Wood Texture DSP Stack.
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I just love hedgehogs – they remind me of my childhood when we would find them in the garden and put out bread soaked in milk! Well, we all now know that this is NOT good for them at all and a little dog or cat food would have been far more suitable!
Another thing I love at the moment is the Painted Harvest Stamp set – it is so versatile it even makes hedgehogs! Continue reading
