You Are Simply Wonderful!

Hello, stampers!  Hope the day is treating you well.  I want you to know I appreciate you SO much - it is good to know I can bring some beauty and inspiration into your day, even in a little way.  And here is a little card just for YOU because you ARE simply wonderful!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Brides & Babies, Friendly Phrases (both retired)
Ink:  Basic Black, markers in So Saffron, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink (retired).
Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, Pale Plum (retired), Whisper White
Extras:  Scallop Trim border punch, Perfect Polka Dots TIEF, blender pen, white organdy ribbon, glitter gel pen.
Inspired by:  my son's wedding colors!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Are you Packed for BABY?

Hello!  I hope you are well today.  I think the summer schedule and the weddings I'm working on have all caught up with me - I haven't posted for you in a few days!  So sorry about that.

I'm getting this card ready to send out to Joey and Emily and their sweet little baby Elise!  She's definitely a keeper ... and this card is definitely quick and cute!

I stamped the panel once in the middle, and then once above and once below.  The sentiment panel is popped up with Dimensionals and the ribbon is fastened with Gluedots.

You could use any background stamp for any occasion and make a focal panel out if it!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Packed for Baby, Friendly Phrases (both retired)
Ink:  Blushing Bride, Early Espresso
Paper:  Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla
Extras:  1/2" Stitched-Poly ribbon in Blushing Bride, Vintage Trinkets, Jewelry Tag punch (retired), Perfect Polka Dots TIEF, Gluedots, Dimensionals
Inspired by:  Dawn Olchefske

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

I hope you enjoyed your visit - thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

How About Some More JOY-folding??

I'm so glad our January days have been sunny for the most part lately - that makes the cold MN weather just a little easier on the system!  I hope you enjoyed the joy-fold card I shared on Monday.  Here's another one I made for my son's wedding rehearsal dinner last August.  I liked them so much I made a few for myself - and for our CLOclub class!

You can see in these additional pics how the two cards fold into each other - a JOY fold!

I CASEd my card from Cristena Bagne's blog, and these are her measurements, which I followed to a T:

• (1) 5-1/2 x 7 folded at 4-1/4" to create the A2 size (this is the card base, Whisper White)

• (1) 5-1/4 x 4 DSP (Island Indigo circles)

• (2) 3-1/2 x 3-1/2  (Island Indigo)

• (2) 3-1/4 x 3-1/4  (Whisper White)

• (1) 7-1/2 x 3-3/4 folded in half  (smaller joy-folding card base, Whisper White)

• (1) 5-1/4 x 2-1/2 DSP (floral print)

• (1) 5 x 2-1/4 Whisper White

The leaves were made from embossed flower punchies, cut into two's and attached to the underside of the Tangerine flowers.  The ribbon bow only ties through the flower center - the two flat ribbons wrap separately around the square white layer.  They just look like they are all one piece!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso
Paper:  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP
Extras:  Blossom punch, 1" Circle punch, 1/8" hole punch, Perfect Polka Dots TIEF, 1/8" Calypso Coral organdy ribbon (retired SAB)
Inspired by:  Cristena Bagne

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Thanks SO much for spending a little time with me today and sharing in my JOY!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Squares are IN(color)!

I'm on a roll with squares this week!  This card uses the 2011-13 IN Colors, a traditional square punch as well as a corner rounder . . .

The little flower motifs were hand-cut and the seam binding ribbon was folded in half and finger pressed.  I CASEd this from Mary Brown because I thought it was such a pretty way to showcase the IN Colors.  And I like making this size cards every so often just to get out of my A2 rut!  This card is the perfect size for your 12x12 paper, because it starts with a 6x6 square!  Hey, another SQUARE!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Fresh Vintage (retired), Three Little Words (retired)
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder
Paper:  Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White cardstock
Extras:  1.25" square punch, corner rounder punch, Pool party seam binding, Perfect Polka Dots textured embossing folder, pearls
Inspired by:  Mary Brown

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.


Thanks for stopping by today!
~Hugs~   Cheryl O.   :)