Upsy Daisy again..

I never seem to tire of this set. I done a few things to make the flowers look like that have a "shadow"....so much more effective in real life. I used a Stampin' Up marker in Basic Black to add depth to the image. And I stamped the image twice...once with a full load of ink and again, slightly over the the right and without reinking.

Gift card holder...

And updated version of a gift card holder I made a few years ago. The colors are so vivid...must be the photgrapher... ;o)

Melon and Olive...

Punches and die cuts using the Big Shot help this simple card get "kicked up a notch". I CASE'ed this idea from someone, just can't remember who.

Ornament Punch vase...

I love how the new Ornament Punch , will punch out the stamped images from the coordinating stamp set. But what I love even more, is other uses for the punch. This time I punched the "vase" from blue CS. I trimmed off a the bottom of the "ornament" to make it resemble a vase. Stamped flowers from "Friends 24/7" set and colored all with colored pencils.

No Groovy Guava...no problem...

I needed one sheet of retired Groovy Guava CS for this card. Couldn't find enough for all 17 ladies to punch the flowers. No problem. I swiped the Guava ink pad across a piece of Whisper White CS and achieved an even more interesting look. Click for a closer peek of the flowers.

Cardinal or Blue Jay...

After seeing others coloring their Cardinal to resemble a Blue Jay, I gave it a try. I like them both. How 'bout you?

Catalog C.A.S.E. ...

I held a Stamp A Stack recently and this is one of the 15 cards the ladies made. I CASED it from the Stampin' Up catalog and simplified it, slightly. The ladies made 5 of each 3 designs.

one too many..

I prepared my class sample and realized I only had enough CS for 16 of this card. I had 17 sign up, so we didn't make this card for Halloween. I'm going to use this for a birthday card for one of the men in my family that love skulls. I will stamp a happy birthday greeting on a scrap of light green CS and punch it with the Word Window punch and layer over the Halloween greeting.