Just Us Girls gift box challenge

Over at Just Us Girls they raised the challenge of creating a set of cards and matching holder ... and I thought what an awesome way to showcase our Kraft Gift Boxes and the Holiday Bouquet Designer Series Paper!

So I made a Poinsettia adorned offering with the Kraft Gift boxes from the Holiday Mini and than created 12 matching 3x3 gift cards with envelopes!

 Featuring the Ornament punch and Delightful Decorations ...

 As well as the Tree Trimmings stamp set and an ornament made with the Blossoms Punch...

 Stop on by the Just for Girls challenge blog and check out the offerings from the Design team and other stampers offerings!

Happy Stampin'
Margaret

Last Chance Strength and Hope

 The last chance to pick up the Strength and Hope Stamp set or the Strength and Hope Digital Set which comes with the stamp images and some gorgeous DSP for My Digital Studio is fast approaching!

Here are some cards I made showcasing just how pretty and versatile that this stamp set is ... one of my all time favorites and for such an awesome cause!

Place an order for this Stamp Set before the end of the month and receive a special additional small gift of thanks from me for your support!

Happy Stampin'

Faith In Nature

Here is another sample from our Playing With Punches Shoebox Swap ... this card was designed and shared by Susan for us to make at the swap ...it features the new Faith in Nature hostess set which is so pretty!

Here is an up close of the pear image sponged with Pear Pizzaz and Peach Parfait colors and that wonderful accent paper in the back is our new Wonderfully Worn Designer Series paper!

I love attending a good Shoebox Swap!

Happy Stampin'

Delicate Doilies Swap

Totally love this color combination featuring the new In Colors of Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade ... paired with the new Delicate Doilies stamp set .... love how Liz paired the emboss resist for the centre accent and how the Filigree brads just totally tie this together!

 

 This is just such a pretty card ... love how it turned out ... one of the things I love about attending our Team meeting swaps - seeing how everyone uses the products!

Happy Stampin'
 

St Patricks Day Hybrid

St Patrick's Day is just around the corner and here is a sample of a card we made at last weekends Stamp a Stack to help celebrate the day!

This card had NO stampin' (gasp I know) but packed a lot of punch instead ... it was still loads of fun to make ... it featured the Square Lattice emboss folder for the background in Wild Wasabi, the large Heart punch in Garden Green for the Shamrock and the rainbow is made up of Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery and Concord grape punched with the scallop edge punch!

The sentiment was created in My Digital Studio from the Calandar Basics and the Circle Circus stamp sets in Wild Wasabi and Garden Green colours and than printed out and punched with the 1 3/4 circle punch.

( the glitter paper is not Stampin Up - we have some gorgeous Real Red glitter paper and my fingers are crossed that they choose to sell some more colours in the future)

ETA .. a blog I follow participated in the following Blog Challenge on their blog recently - so I went over to check it out and thought this card would be a perfect one for the challenge - so wanted to share it and am looking forward to new challenges to play along with - love the challenge sites they help me think outside the box!

Striking Seasons Greeting

This is another card we made at our recent card swap ... I love the black and white themed cards and this one is no exception!

I also love how Yvonne blended stamp sets together using the Cardinal Christmas stamp set to make a branch and the Tags till Christmas for the ornament!

Flight of the Butterfly take three ...

Here is another simple Flight of the Butterfly birthday wishes card ... love the Chocolate Chip and Melon Mambo colour combination ... well if we are being honest - how can anything named after chocolate be a bad thing!

More Flight of the Butterfly

More fun with the Flight of the Butterfly ... totally loving that there are endless possibilities in how to use one stamp set just by varying the layout, colours and sentiments. I am still getting to know my new colours ... which is why I have now started filing them by their given name so I can remembers) but I am pretty sure that this is the returning In Color of Wild Wasabi with Sahara Sand and Whisper White accents ... and the middle green piece was a left over piece of I think Green Galore ... sorry if I got them wrong :)

Flight of the Butterfly

This is a card I had made when I first got the Flight of the Butterfly set ... just wanted to share cause I loved the sentiments that come with the set and now Stampin' Up even has the wonderful coordinating butterfly punch so no more having to cut the vellum out by hand!