Hope you all had a wonderful summer!! After a long break I’m back and plan to be posting more consistently this Fall. I am starting up my classes again so will be posting the designs for this month over the course of the week.

This card features some of our new colors in the Brights collection.

Stamp sets: Beautiful Bouquet (143666) & Thankful Thoughts (141519/141522)

Colors: Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody

Framelits: Stitched Shapes (145372) & Layering Ovals (141706)

Used some old products on this last bonus card for my June Stamp-A-Stack as a masculine/patriotic birthday card option…

Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set; Real Red inkpad/cardstock; Silver Glimmer paper; Dapper Denim DSP; Stars collection framelits; Star punch

This card was CASEd from Patty B. 

Ribbon of Courage and Colorful Seasons stamp sets; Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride and Soft Suede inkpads/cardstocks; Wood Textures TIEF.

Beautiful Bouquet and Hardwood stamp sets; Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz1 and Calypso Coral ink pads; 1-1/2″ Circle punch; Rhinestone basic jewels.

Realized that I hadn’t used the Painted Harvest stamp set much so decided to come up with a non-Fall version of a card using this set for a fun new fold card.  I also used our new Handwritten background stamp.

Lemon Lime Twist, Night of Navy, Summer Sun ink pads, 1/2″ Gingham ribbon.

I CASEd this idea but not sure from whom.  Makes a great masculine card…

Lots of Happy stamp set (from the Lots of Happy Card kit-pg 9); Early Espresso cardstock/inkpad; Wood Textures DSP; Tailored Tag punch.

Finally got around to playing a bit with the Waterfront stamp set from the Occasions catalog and paired it with a greeting from Colorful Seasons.

Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody.

Sorry for the lack of postings-I even neglected to post that the new catalog is now available (although I bet you all figured that out by now)!  The links to them are on the right hand side of this page.

I just wanted you to know that that I have updated the color chart template with all the new colors and have posted on the instruction sheet tab.  The small format (4-1/4 x 5-1/2) makes it handy to carry in a purse/bag for a quick color reference.  Here is what it looks like when it’s done:

These cards feature the following retiring items: Lovely Inside and Out and Blooms & Wishes stamp sets, Island Indigo and Rose Red inks and cardstocks.  I used a soon to be released new product for the Hugs card-The Stamparatus!  Perfect for when you want to make multiples of a card or need to have exact alignment.

I CASEd this card (but not sure from whom).  This card featured the following retiring items: Watercolor Wings, Soft Sky and Island Indigo inks and cardstocks as well as silver glimmer paper.