Stampin' Up! Brights teams up with the Happiest of Birthdays!

 Well hello there!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

I just wanted to share these fabulously fun cards with you!  They are easel cards (fun fold) cards that feature the Brights Designer Series Paper and it is teamed up with a Sentiment from Stampin' Up!'s Happiest of Birthday Stamp set.  

But wait, the fun doesn't stop there!  We can definitely say that the card also falls into the "Tool Time" category with use of Balloon Duet punch, the Scalloped Tag topper punch and the Stitched So Sweetly Framelit all by Stampin' Up!

I love, love, love celebrating people on their special day!  I feel birthdays are our own personal holidays!  The world changed on the day of our birth.  I like people in my circle to know that I love and cherish them!  I hope these cards do just that!

Thanks for looking!

Supply List:

Dies:  Stitched So Sweetly

Stamp Set:  Happiest of Birthdays

Designer Series Paper: Brights

Punch:  Balloon Duet

Punch: Scallop Tag Topper

Embossing Folder:  Tasteful Textile

Embossing Folder: Parisian Flourish

Embossing Folder:  Hammered Metal

Embossing Folder:  Old World Paper

Embossing Folder:  Woodland

Ink Pad: Basic Gray

So Hard to Say Goodbye - Retiring Products

Hello!  And thanks for stopping by the Craft Lounge to chill with me for a few moments today!  If you found yourself here, then you have arrived from Martinette’s blog.  

The title of the post is “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” because we are honoring some of our favorite products that are retiring from the 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up catalog.

My project for you today features the Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set and the coordinating Flourish framelit set.  I love both the phrases and artwork on the stamp set and when you team it up with the delicate die cuts from the Flourishing framelits set, you have a winning combination.  My goal was to great a simply elegant card and with the sentiment popped up on the Stitched Shapes circle framelit, I think this one does the trick!

My card combines the colors a Pool Party base, Gray Granite for the floral embellishments and a layer of Whisper White for simple elegance.  The center of the flowers are embellished with Adhesive Backed Sequins in Whisper White.

Let's talk about this stamp set some more.  It has 18 stamps in it!  18!!  This huge set is s very versatile with included phrases as well as the artwork.  

This set is retiring at end of June.

Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set

Flourish Dies

Subtle Embossing Folder

Stitched Shapes

Adhesive Backed Sequins

Next up on our Blop Hop is Erin!  She has come up with a great project to share with all of us!  Please be sure to visit her page!

Erin T Cook 

Amy Kinler 
Toni Campana 
Tina Lesson
Ariel Matera - 
Tracy Marie Lewis 
Jo Anne Hewins - 
Jenn Hutt - 
Laurie Meier - 
Libby Foreman 
Tracie Evans Langley 
Sue Stapp
Sue Root
Martinette Horner 

Card in a box featuring the Painted Poppies Suite!

 During these crazy COVID-19 times, I’ve been challenging myself to try something new - whether it is a new recipe, learning a new skills or trying some new craft technique.  For a chance to be entered into our prize drawing, please leave a comment below about what you've tried that's been new during our shelter-in-place orders.  The eligibility for the prize drawing will be May 15 - May 30, 2020.

Today, was my first time making a card in a box! I was so very excited to try this technique as that I usually stray away from 3D Projects and bold printed papers. I was invited to a Zoom call where we tried this out.  I’ll admit at first my box was remedial because I made a mistake assembling it.  I stuck to it and got my wonderful birthday creation you see below.  Believe it or not, it folds flat in a regular A2 envelope for mailing.  However, I was having so much fun, I used quite a bit of layers so I’m sure extra postage would me needed.  I’m really in love with how this card turned out!

If you like what you see and you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I’d love to be yours!  These products can be purchased in my online store.  I’ve linked all my ingredients for the card in a box down below.

Painted Poppies Cling Set - 151599

Peaceful Moments Cling Set - 151595

Poppy Parade Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker - 146879

Pool Party Card Stock - 122924

Old Olive Card Stock - 100702

Poppy Parade Classic Ink Pad - 147050

Memento Ink - 132708

This card was inspired by the You Tube vide of Sandy McIver. 

Thank you for stopping by the Craft Lounge and spending some time with me.

Sunburst card

Ok, Ok, I admit....I'm a serious student of You Tube university!  Before there was Pinterest, there was You Tube.  Pinterst + You Tube + Face Book, oh my goodness....talk about creativity overload.  There are so many great inspirational pieces and talented crafters out there in cyberspace.  I'm blessed and honored to have meet a few crafty friends in person.  I stand in awe at their creativity and uniqueness.  I feel that I'm just a novice on this creative journey, but you know what?  I'm having fun.  My latest passion (addiction) is becoming card-making.  When I first started scrapbooking, that was it - I was a scrapbooker.  I didn't have time for cards.  Now that time is short, life is busier than ever and I'm stretch 200 ways until 8th Tuesday of forever, card-making has been a quick and necessary release.  When I craft, I'm transported to another world.  A world that is unlocked by a combination of You Tube and the creative genius shared by my cyber friends!  :-)

This card was inspired by a You Tube video shared by DO Stamping.  She provides a wonderful step-by-step tutorial on how to make this awesome card.  I'm telling you, try this card and you'll be hooked!  Only reason I didn't make more is because it's 1am and I am NOT off tomorrow for Veteran's day.

If I say so myself, these cards are super cute!   It's fun creating with someone or something in mind!
I teamed up some black and white strips of paper created by The Paper Studio.  These were purchased last year at Hobby Lobby.  I pulled some scraps out of my scrap box for the base of the Star Burst and the letters.  I opened up my new Expressions Thinlets from Stampin' Up and got to work!   The base of my card is just an 8.5 x 11" white piece of cardstock that I split in half at the 5.5" mark.  (You want to know a secret/  I pick up my card stock at my local office supply store for the base of white cards.  It is more economical.)
Next, I watched DO Stamping's You Tube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU9b2aIy2-M) and walked through the instructions.  She makes it super easy.

Here's what I came up with - two cards that were relatively quick and simple!  Thanks for looking!