Nautical Birthdays

Both of these masculine cards feature the Open Sea stamp set and Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper from the Summer Mini Catalog:

Colors: Basic Grey, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Open Sea, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Accessories: Nautical Expedition DSP, Blender Pens, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Sponge Daubers, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-Dile, 2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch, CM Cutting System, Word Window Punch, Cutter Kit Distressing Tool

Colors:  Basic Grey, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Stamp Sets:  Open Sea, Best Dad Ever
Accessories:  Nautical Expedition DSP, Blender Pens, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Sponge Daubers, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Cutter Kit Distressing Tool

Thanks for stopping by,

~ Maria

Fabulous Florets Mother's Day

Here is the card that I made for my mom on Mother's Day.  The 5x5 card features the new Fabulous Florets stamp set and Flower Garden Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from the Summer Mini Catalog.

Colors:  Peach Parfait, Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Stamp Sets:  Fabulous Florets, Well Scripted (retired)

Accessories:  Flower Garden Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 2 x 1-3/8 Inch Oval Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, 1/2 Inch Stiched-Poly Ribbon in Peach Parfait

Thanks for stopping by.

~ Maria

Fun Springtime Flowers

The inspiration for this card came from the all new Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper (DSP).  I used the "Embedded Embossing" technique to emboss the DSP into the Artichoke cardstock. 

The ruffled ribbon was created using the Very Vanilla 1/2" Seam Binding.  The technique involves fraying the end of the ribbon and pulling one or two threads from the center of the frayed end to gather the ribbon.

Colors:  Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Stamp Set:  Elements of Style
Accessories:  Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Springtime Vintage DSP, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die, Antique Brads, Very Vanilla 1/2-inch Seam Binding Ribbon, Sponge Daubers

Enjoy,
~ Maria

Congrats - It's Time to Celebrate!

Here's a card that I made for my friend, Paula, who celebrated her 5th year anniversary at our company.  Happy Anniversary Paula!  The primary focus of the card was the "Congrats" banner that I made out of the Party This Way stamp set.

Colors:  Pacific Point, Real Red, Whisper White
Stamp Sets:  Party This Way
Accessories:  Go Go Boots Sizzlits Alphabet Die Set, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Petal Cone Bigz L Die, Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen, 1/16-inch Handheld Circle Punch, Linen Thread, Chit Chat Rub-ons (retired)

Thanks for looking,
Maria

Easter Egg Banner

Here's another gift I made for my 2010 Secret Stampin' Sister, Lyn.  I couldn't post this last year or it would have spoiled the secret so here it is one year later.

Colors:  So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Accessories:  Oval Scallop Frame Bigz Die, Alphabet Simple Letters Stampin' Up! Bigz Die, On Board Long Board Chipboard,  5/8” Certainly Celery poly-twill ribbon (retired, but available on Clearance Rack), Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper (retired), Crop-a-dile

Thanks for stopping by,

~ Maria

Easter Bunny Box

I made this Easter Bunny Box for my 2010 Secret Stamping Sister, Lyn.  I couldn't post it last year or it would have blown my secret cover, so here it is one year later.  I CASED it from Terri Ransom, a fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator out of Florida.  Thanks for such an adorable idea, Terri!

Enjoy,
~ Maria

Birthday Brights Cupcake

Here's a project that I came up with for a recent workshop featuring colors from the Brights Collection and some of the adorable cupcake items from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  The fancy frame was created using the Dotted Scallop Punch. You can find instructions for the punch frames on Dawn Olchefske's website found here.

Colors:  Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Whisper White

Stamp Sets:  Create a Cupcake

Accessories:  Dotted Scallop Punch, Build A Cupcake XL Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack -Flower, 1-1/4 Inch Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Pumpkin Pie, 3/8 Inch Taffeta Ribbon in Daffodil Delight, Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,

~ Maria