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Monday, June 28, 2010

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

Friday, June 25, 2010

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

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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

Sunday, June 13, 2010

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