God Bless America

Good Morning & TGIF!!! I'm your host today over on the Fun-Frilled blog. This week we are making cards using RED, WHITE, & BLUE in honor of Memorial Day. Here is a little peek of my card, but you'll have to head on over to the Fun-Frilled blog to see it in its entirety.

Michelle has another set of Verve Stamps up for grabs this week for those who play along. Check out THIS post for all the details.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL weekend!

AMYRS39 - Hallowhimsy Candy

Last night I sat down to make a card using Amy's Friday Sketch and this is what I came up with. The main image and patterned paper is from the Imaginisce Hallowhimsy Line. The smaller candy stamp is from the My Favorite Things set Fright Night and the sentiment is from the Lizzie Anne Designs set Celebration Sayings. Let me tell you about an online store I found. It is called embellish IT! Inc. What I love about this store is that you can purchase coordinating Bazzill cardstock for all of their patterned paper. Each package of cardstock contains 20 sheets; 5 sheets of 4 coordinating colors. You can check out the matching cardstock I used for this card here. This is perfect for me, because there have been so many times that I did not have the right color to go with my patterned paper and this store does the matching for you. Okay, back to the card. You can't really see it in the photo, but I added StarDust Stickles to a few of the candies. I used my word window punch to punch out the sentiment and popped up the smaller candies with dimensionals. Thanks for stopping by today!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Hallowhimsy Candy (Imaginisce), Fright Night (My Favorite Things), Celebration Sayings (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Paper: Whisper White, Bazzill Parakeet, Bazill Sweet Lacy, Hallowhimsy Patterned Paper
Ink: Palette Noir
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Stump, StarDust Stickles, Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

Baby Shower Invites

I want to first start off by saying that I cased these invites from my sweet friend, Kendra. This is NOT my design. You can check out her adorable baby shower invites here. I am making 40 of these pocket card invites for a girlfriend of mine whose other friend is due with a boy in June. I used the stamp set Oh Baby! by Lizzie Anne Designs and the invitation stamp that is in the inside is one that I picked up from Michael's. The cardstock colors are Bashful Blue and Ballet Blue. I ran half of the cardstock for the pocket through my Cuttlebug using the Spots and Dots embossing folder. I punched out the "Baby Shower" stamp with my Marvy Uchida Mega Circle Punch and colored around the letters with a blender pen and Bashful Blue ink. I used my Marvy Uchida Giga Scalloped Circle Punch to punch out the Ballet Blue cardstock and pierced each of the scallops. The second picture shows the inside. I used one of the stamps from the Bundle of Joy set to break up the "It's a Boy!" stamp and the invite info. The invite itself is another one I made. For that one I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, white brads, and blue & white gingham ribbon. My girlfriend liked the first one better. I personally think the blue & white gingham ribbon looks adorable. Anyway, I hope you all have a great evening. I will be back tomorrow with an Easter card to show you.