Cottage Lane Stamper

 I actually made this second card for last weeks "welcome back" class a while ago.  It uses the Dandy Garden Memories & More Cards and Envelopes.  It turns out this is a benefit to you!  It is being retired and you can now get all the cards and envelopes for $5!!!!! That's a pretty good deal.   I love these cards and envelopes as well as the cards and envelopes in the Kits Collections, because all the envelope are "lined" and coordinate!   The Dandy Garden DSP is also retiring, so make sure you get your order in for this too, soon!  This is a simple card, the only thing that takes a bit of time is coloring the stamped image with Stampin' Blends, but you can do as little or as much as you like. I love that Stampin' Up!© lists the colors used in the DSP!  That's how  chose the Stampin' Blends colors to use. Both of the Dragonflies are punched from the coordinating DSP, but you do have to cut them apart, because they are printed so...

Have I mentioned that I love the Tropical Oasis Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog ?  I do! I had brilliant idea using the tiny little flowers, I have mentioned that I love those too!  Haha! CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF THE SUPPLIES Today's card uses one of the Memories & More© cards from the Tropical Oasis Suite.  I had this brilliant idea of trying to make a lei from the flowers and thought this card went well with that inspirational idea.  I die cut a bunch of the flowers, using the "In The Tropics" coordinating dies, in an assortment of colors that are in the suite & used only the smallest ones.  I strung them on a piece of thin Baker's twine from a previous PP kit.  They are attached to the card with a couple of Glue Dots and one pearl to cover the center of the flower at the top. Of course I had to use the little stars from the center of the flowers as an additional embellishment! I attached them with just a dot of the Multipurpo...

This card was so super easy with the Tropical Oasis Memories & More card pack !  Great for a quick birthday card at the last minute. Click here for a list of the supplies The card is the background layer for the sentiment.  I used Granny Apple Green for the card base, Mango Melody for the card background layer. I stamped some of the flowers in Mango Melody, on a circle, using the smallest flower from the Timeless Tropical stamp set. The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede.  I also stamped some of the flowers on a scrap piece of paper for the banner. The flower is die cut from Poppy Parade.  Super sweet and easy! I also used one of the Elements from the Memories & More card pack on the inside. Give it a try, let me know how you like it!

I love all things related to the beach. Just ask my friends.  The ocean, beach side cottages, shells, salt air, the flowers, the colors of surf and sand and then there is surfing! When I was young I wanted to move to California and try my hand at surfing, just like Gidget, my favorite show at the time.  Well, that is a dream that will never come to pass, I never made it farther west than the Rockies. When I saw the Tropical Oasis Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog I knew I had to have it!  Today I'm using the coordinating Tropical Oasis Memories & More Cards .  And there is a card that says "Let's Go To The Beach"! Click here for the products I used My absolute favorite paper in the suite is the paper with the "woody" cars. I love those old cars! When I had to cut this sheet of Tropical Oasis DSP for this card I almost went into shock!  It was like cutting my son's hair for the first time! No going back! It's such a quick and eas...

One of the new suites in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog is the "Magnolia Lane" suite. Part of this beautiful suite is the packet of Memories & More cards.  These are great for quick scrap booking with our insert pages, but also for quick cards. Here are a few ideas that I put together this morning in a short time.  Some cards, like the note cards, only took seconds. The fronts of the cards are on the left and the insides are on the right, except the note cards that are in the last 4 photographs. Vellum background layer Card with stamped sentiment V   M&M card with embellishments from sticker sheet M&M 3x4 card, sentiment printed M&M 4x6 card with printed sentiment and sticker embellishment 3x4 M&M card M&M 4x6 card with stamped sentiment 3x4 M&M card with stamped sentiment M&M printed vellum bottom layer, 3x4 M&M card, label from sticker...