Floating Pop Box Card

It has been a while since I last posted. Seems I have been focusing more on my Facebook page.  I also recently joined the Instagram world.  The other day, when I was perusing the Facebook world I came across this beautiful 3 dimensional card and instantly knew that I had to CASE it. There was an instructional video done by "Mixed Up Craft" and she called the card a "Floating Pop Box Card".  Her cards were approximately 6"x 6" square. I came up with an easy way to create something similar that would fit in an A2 envelope...and believe me its quick and easy!

Here are my samples!

TGIFC170 Repeat after Me

Today I am playing along with the TGIF Challenge 'Repeat after Me'!
I chose to use the Lift me Up stamp set because I thought that the balloons stamped repeatedly was appropriate for this challenge.  I wanted to design a card that could be either feminine or masculine so decided to use cherry cobbler and bermuda bay as the primary colors. I love this color combination! I then decided that the card needed some dimension so cut out some clouds and then added ribbon and rhinestones as embellishments to finish it of.

Animal Outing Trio

I just can't put this set down this week! I love the soft colors with a bit of rustic feel of these cards. After embossing the very vanilla cardstock with the wood-grain embossing folder I lightly sponged smokey slate across it to give rustic look. Then, to soften the look I used muted colors for the images and added the polka dot tulle ribbon.

Animal Outing Note Cards and Box

The animal outing set is so sweet! The main colors that I used for this project are: calypso corral, pear pizazz, old olive, tranquil tide, and very vanilla.  As you can see I also used scraps of paper from the share what you love dsp and wood textures dsp pack.  I think these would be a great thank you gift, thinking of you gift, or just because!

Animal Outing

One of my favorite sets from the annual catalog this year is the Animal Outing suite. These cute animals are great for kids as well as adults and so versatile! I absolutely love that there are coordinating thinlits for each of the animal images.

Share what you love

I am in love with the new Share What you Love Suite of products. I love the colors and design of the paper especially with the pearlized accents. I love the coordinating dynamic embossing folder and the stamp sets. This suite is so versatile; it can be used for so many occasions. For instance, the card that I designed on the left can be used for birthday, mother's day, bridal shower, wedding, or sympathy.

This suite of products is available to everyone right now! Even before the new catalog is out. Contact me to learn how you can get your hands on these products.

Black Emboss Resist

Today I am CASE'ing Kelly Acheson's card using the black emboss resist technique she posted on April 27. Kelly's video tutorial can be found here.


I love this dahlia stamp and am sad to see it on the retiring list.  I think that this flower is absolutely stunning with this technique!

Peekaboo Peach

So every month I go to a team meeting that my upline hosts. At this meeting we talk about what is new with SU, share ideas, make a couple of projects and my upline provides a challenge.  The challenge usually involves her giving us a piece of dsp and an embellishment of some kind. The expectation is that we make something with the products and bring it with us to one of the next meetings. This month, we received a 6"x12" piece of retiring dsp (mine was in peekaboo peach) and a 6" peice of coordinating ribbon (mine again in peekaboo peach).  Now, up until this point I haven't played much with this color but wanted to push myself to use it.  In the end...I REALLY enjoyed playing with the color and now I'm sad that it is retiring.

Out of the 6"x12" peekabook peach with white flowers dsp, I got 3 cards, shown below:

This card was done using the 'recessed card' technique.

I really like the color combination here; peekaboo peach and pool party.

This card incorporates a card from a Memory and More scrapbooking card pack.