Nursery Necessities

This card didn't turn out exactly as planned.  The greeting is a little light (probably should have used the Chocolate Chip ink).  I used the To the Nines Specialty designer paper for the triangles on the boat.  It's textured and really cool!  For the rest of the boat I just used the Bashful Blue and So Saffron ink pads.  The Circle Designer brads are perfect to add to boy cards for a little dimension.

Wonderful You

Keepin' it simple on this card!  It's been a crazy couple of weeks and I'm just now getting back into stamping again.   My sister and her family have been here visiting and we shoved the whole summer it seems into those two weeks!  The colors I've used are Soft Suede and Bermuda Bay.  I stamped the leaf in the Soft Suede and then stamped it 3 times to achieve the different shades.  The lighter one doesn't show up very good on the scan.  The greeting is from the Thank You Kindly set.  And of course I've used the Scallop punch and some antique brads.

Circle Circus - SQUARE!

I can't seem to stop using this set, so I tried something new!  I think the scallop square is a nice touch.  I stamped one of my favorites from the set and then punched it out with the square punch and trimmed it just a little to fit inside the scallop square punch.  For the white dots I first did the paper piercing with the kit and then colored over the holes with the white gel pen.  The Pumpkin Striped ribbon matches perfect with the new Razzleberry Lemonade paper.  I stamped the greeting and then used the Tag Punch to punch it out.  It makes a cute little file folder look.

Circle Circus

We sick of circles yet?  I'm LOVING the new colors!  It's so fun to use all of the different combinations when you have something new!  I promise I'll try to stop with the circles soon.  This card is very simple.  I embossed the circles in white on the Soft Suede card.  Then I stamped the circles in the Soft Suede pad, punched them out and used dimensionals to attach them.  The flowers are punched out of the Melon Mambo card stock with the 3 Flower Punch.  This cute pattern paper is from the Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper pack.

Circle Circus

I'm likin' these colors together!  This is the new Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry along with the new Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper.  For the flower circle I wanted to add some color so I stamped it once in the Razzleberry and once in the Curry and then I used the smaller circle punches to punch out the individual flowers of of the Razzleberry circle.  It would have looked cuter if I would've taken the time to cut out each flower, but UGH!  I'm not a cutter!

Circle Circus

This card shows 7 of the 10 fun circles stamps that come in the Circle Circus set.  For a little dimension I punched out the circles I stamped in the new Bermuda Bay stamp pad and used dimensionals so they pop out a little (it's just hard to see that part).  The other colors are new as well - Soft Suede and Dusty Durango.  I did some paper piercing on a piece of the Dusty Durango paper and added some brads for a little something different.  I used the Color Spritzer to add the 'spritzed' look!

Circle Circus & Thank You Kindly

Aside from the ribbon everything in this card is Stampin' Up.  The pattern paper is from a hostess 6x6 pack.  I'm so glad that the new catalog has wide black grosgrain ribbon.  That will be one of my first purchases!!!  I thought the new Circle Circus stamp was perfect for this wedding thank you.  My mother-in-law recently remarried and she needed some thank you cards to send out.  At the wedding everyone had on black, gold, tan or white.  The Sahara Sand card stock worked out perfect for the card and the gold embossing on the scalloped circle makes it look elegant.  I love my scallop punch.  If you'd like one at a 30% discount let me know by before Monday.

Summer Fun Deal of the Week

Every week during the month of July, Stampin' Up! will offer one discounted product as a "Deal of the Week." No limits and no minimum purchase required.  This weeks feature is the Scallop Punch at 30% off.  You pay only $10.99!  Check back on Monday for the next deal!

Be sure and click on the new catalog to the left so you can see all of the fun new items!  There's also a new Definitely Decorative catalog!

Cirlcle Circus

At NOON tomorrow you can view the NEW catalog on-line.  The card above was made with all new items and In Colors from the new catalog.  This pattern paper shows 4 of the 6 new colors:  Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango.  The two other new colors are Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede.  I LOVE them all!!!  There is a coordinating polk-a-dot ribbon, like the ribbon above, for each new color.  Awesome!  The circle punches fit perfectly with this new set.  The 'happy birthday' is even from a new set called Teeny Tiny Wishes (24 great greeting in this).  I'm excited to start a new catalog year.  Let me know if you're interested in a catalog or placing an order.