Retired Allstar

Here's a Father's Day card that I came up with for my last workshop using retiring inks, papers and stamp sets.

Retiring Colors:  Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue, Only Orange and Close To Cocoa. 
Retiring Stamp Sets:   Just Baseball, Just Basketball, Just Football and Sporting.
Other:  Wonderful Favorites stamp set, 1-3/8 Circle punch, and Key Tag punch (previously retired)

Thanks for looking,
~ Maria

Lovely Flowers - Part II

Here's another card that was inspired from the Level 3 Hostess gift - Lovely Flowers Bundle.  This card was part of our Crazy Stamping Ladies June Card Challenge.  The challenge was to make a 3-D Flower card using any colors and embellishments.

Colors include: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Old Olive.

Accessories:
- Scallop Circle Bigz Die
- Birds & Blooms Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die 4-Pack
- Little Leaves Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die
- Circle Rhinestone Brads
- Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die
- Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Thanks for looking,

~ Maria

Island Floral Birthday

Here's one of the projects that we made at a recent workshop.  This card features many items from the Summer Mini Catalog. 

Summer Mini Items include:

- Island Floral Stampin' Up! Bigz Die

- Island Oasis Designer Series Paper

- Tropical Party Stamp set

- Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die

- Vanilla Smooch Spritz

Other Items include:

- Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Buttons

- On Your Birthday Stamp set

- Scallop Oval Punch

- Large Oval Punch

Colors:  Real Red, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie.

Thanks for looking,

~ Maria

Lovely Flowers Mother's Day

Here's the Mother's Day card that I made for my mom this year.  She loves flowers and birds so I thought this was the perfect card for her. 

The idea for this color scheme came from the Level 3 Hostess gift - Lovely Flowers Bundle and features the colors Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Old Olive. 

The flower was created using Birds & Blooms Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die 4-Pack.  I sponged the edges of the flower, curled up the edges, spritzed it with the new Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz and then layered it together with Stampin Dimensionals between each layer.  I also included an Ice Circle Rhinestone Brad (in purple) for the center. 

Other accessories include:

 - 2 Step Bird Punch

 - Little Leaves Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die

 - Scallop Square Stampin' Up! Clear Bigz Die

 - Elegant Bouquet Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Die

 - Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen

 - 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon - Rich Razzleberry

 - Well Scripted stamp set (now retired)

Here's a couple other cards that I made using the same color scheme:

Thanks for looking,

~ Maria