Donna's Stampin Blog

To make this card I used:

Paper: Taken With Teal, Whisper White
Ink: Taken With Teal
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Upsy Daisy
Accessories: white ribbon, corner rounder punch, scallop border punch

To make this card I used:
Paper: More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz, Cajun Craze, Whisper White
Ink: More Mustard, Cajun Craze
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Always In My Thoughts
Accessories: Pear Pizzazz ribbon, Modern Label Punch, Embossing folder

A big thanks to post it notes to help me make this cool Father's Day Card. I used post it notes to outline the border for this stamped image and then filled it in using a sponge with Summer Sun and Really Rust. Then I took the Upsy Daisy image and stamped it in Basic Black. Peel away the post its and voila!

To make this card I used:
Paper: Really Rust, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Really Rust, Summer Sun
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Upsy Daisy
Accessories: sponges, post it notes

To make this card I used:
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Always In My Thoughts
Accessories: sponges, post it notes

This is a simple Thank You card I made using the Sweet Pea DSP.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up! products)
Paper: Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip, Sweet Pea DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Upsy Daisy

I haven't used my sizzlet dies much since I got them last year so I decided to dig some of them out to make this birthday card.

To make this card I used: (all Stampin Up!)
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Accessories: Sizzlet dies for the big shot

I'm adding this to my collection of birthday cards, although I doubt it will last long as I am getting ready to start preparing my cards for 2010. I've decided to get really organized and have made a card holder that has a slot for each month of the year. I have put a list in each slot for friends and family listing their birthdays. I am hoping to keep ahead of the game next year. I can't tell you how many times this year I let time slide away and was either late mailing a card or didn't get it mailed at all. I am hoping to avoid that next year, although I'm sure I will end up forgetting someone.

This was a fairly simple card to make. I started out with a 5.5" X 8.5" piece of Bashful Blue card stock. (Measuring 5.5" X 4.25" when folded in half) I then measured out a piece of Mellow Moss Designer Series Paper to be 3" X 4.25" and adhered it to the Bashful Blue card stock. I measured out a piece of Brilliant Blue card stock to be 1" X 4.25" and ran it through a border punch. I took some Basic black 1/4" grossgrain ribbon and adhered it to the Brilliant Blue card stock, ash show in the picture. I then took the Brilliant Blue piece and adhered it over the Mellow Moss DSP, making a nice border along the middle. Finally I stamped Birthday Celebrations using the Upsy Daisy Stamp set from Stampin Up! with Mellow Moss ink on Whisper White card stock. I punched it out using the large oval punch. I punched out a piece of Brilliant Blue card stock using the Scallop Oval Punch and adhered the sentiment piece to it. I punched a black brad on either side of the sentiment and adhered to the top part of the card using Stampin Up! dimensionals.

I've used this design for cards many time and I always like how it turns out. Patterned paper at the bottom, ribbon in the middle and a solid colour on top with a sentiment makes for a really pretty card.

I feel like I am saying this all the time, but I think this new card I have made is my favourite to date. I absolutely love how it turned out. I got the design off of Split Coast Stampers and made a few adjustments. Iwent with a simpler ribbon to make room for the sentiment I wanted to use. I also used pastels and markers instead of watercolouring. I can't WAIT to send this birthday card to someone.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin UP! products)
Paper: Pixie Pink, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive
Stamps: Wonderful You, Upsy Daisy
Accessories: Old Olive Ribbon

I wanted to try a card with some colours I haven't used before and this was the result!

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up!, except for the border punch)
Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Lovely Lilac
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Embrace Life
Accessories: Corner Punch, Border Punch

I am in the process of making a bunch of birthday cards for upcoming birthdays of friends and families. I made this one last evening and really liked the way it turned out. While on vacation, I bought these new sizzix die cuts with border corners and I wanted to test them out. This is my second time using the Upsy Daisy stamp set and I love it.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Whisper White (SU), Bashful Blue (SU), Certainly Celery (SU)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Stamps: Upsy Daisy (SU), Think Happy Thoughts (SU)
Accessories: Sizzix die cuts, brads (SU), circle and scallop punches (SU)

I've been trying to figure out what to do with my Lovely As A Tree (SU) stamp set. I love it but was not sure how to use it on a card. I decided to do tone on tone with a simple card and a sentiment. I really like how it turned out.

To make this card, I used:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Lovely As A Tree
Ink: Garden Green, Certainly Celery
Paper: Garden Green, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery