Celebratin' a Birthday Bash with the Stylin' Stampin' Squad

Hello and welcome to July's edition of Stylin' Stampin' Squad!  Hope you are ready to hop along and CELEBRATE with us! If you've just come from Jennifer's
page, wasn't her project great?!?!?

In case you haven't heard, Stampin' Up! is celebrating 25 years this year and we wanted to celebrate with them! We all have some great creations for you this month, so sit back and enjoy the hop!

Not only is Stampin' Up! celebrating this month, but my son will also be celebrating his 2nd birthday...where does time go?  He loves trucks and tractors, so when MDS released the Birthday Under Construction download, I knew just what I wanted to do for his birthday invites this year.

MDS Download:

Birthday Under Construction

 

I did a post card style invite with all of the important details on the front and a picture of my sweet boy on the back.  I'm awful about sending actual pictures of my kids to family, so this is a great way to get them out at least once of year.  I am really starting to LOVE MDS!  I had this invite created in about 15 minutes and sent my order off to be printed.  While I love hand stamping invites too, some days quicker is better!

 

Guess what?!?!  Some of over at Stylin' Stampin' have something fun and exciting coming your way soon!  Be watching my blog for more info...

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to Diana's page next and keep on celebrating!

 

 

Blog Hop Participants:

Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!

Rose C. of Stamp with Rose

Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya

Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet

Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place

Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu

Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Jennifer B. of NW Stamper

Bree R. of Craft-somnia

Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana

Annie L. of Love Me Cards

Jamie H. of Unique Ink

Jennifer C. of Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

 

Swap Reject and Sneak Peek

One week from today I'll be leaving for Convention....WOO HOO!!!!  I've just about finished all of my swaps EXCEPT for those that I will be swapping with the Artisan Finalists and Concept Artists.  I think designing these cards is harder than it was designing my projects for the Artisan contest!  I worked off and on all day yesterday on a card and just could not get a finished product that I was totally happy with.  I like this card, but I don't love it...and I want a card that I LOVE to swap with all of the other fabulous ladies!  And I am happy to say that I did finally come up with a card that I love, but you're going to have to wait to see that one!  But you can see one of my "swap rejects" along with some sneak peeks from the upcoming Holiday Catalog!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sweater Weather DSP

Ink ~ Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango

Stamp Set ~ Truly Grateful

Other Supplies ~ Candy Dots, Aqua Pen, Burlap Ribbon

 

I really do like this card, but like I said...I don't love it!  Maybe once I'm not feeling the pressure, I'll work on it again and make it a card I LOVE!  But for now...back to work on my swaps.  I've got 420 circles to cut out...no pressure, right?!?!

 

Happy Stamping!

Obsessions

We all have obsessions right?!?!?  Please don't tell me that I'm the only one who has new obsessions all the time!  My latest obsession is Jamberry Nails.  I won't go crazy telling you all about them, but I will say you should check them out! They were the inspiration for my latest card. 

 

Aren't these fun?!?!?

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Ink ~ Strawberry Slush, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Yippee-Skippee, Tape It, Positively Chevron

Other Supplies ~ Chevron Embossing Folder, Circle Collection Framelits

 

Another obsession...the circle and square framelits.  Love them!!!  This card is kind of busy, but the colors make me happy and...You Can Never Have Enough Happy!

 

Happy Stamping!



Hi, Dahlia

Hi stamping friends!  I have a quick post this morning with a clean, crisp card...something that is so hard for me to create sometimes!  I'm actually doing a dozen of these cards for a friend who was in need of some thank you cards, so I wanted to keep it quick and easy. 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Whisper White

Ink ~ Calypso Coral, Pool Party

Stamp Set ~ Regarding Dahlias

Other Supplies ~ Simply Scored, Regals Candy Dots

 

I love the little pop of color from the Crushed Curry Candy Dots!

 

And...my time is up!  My little man is calling me from his bed, "Mama, up!" 

 

Have a fabulous day and Happy Stamping! 

 

 



Chevrons Squared

Happy Friday!  I hope you all had a safe and Happy 4th!  I'm stuck working today while my hubby and the rest of the family have the day off...boo!  At least I can haul my laptop outside and work while they all play.

I took full advantage of my early morning quiet time today and had some fun with the latest Stampin' Celebration inspiration challenge...chevrons!  I don't know about you, but I love anything with a chevron pattern on it, so I was exited to ink up some rubber and create!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

Ink ~ Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate, Pear Pizazz, Wisteria Wonder

Stamp Sets ~ Positively Chevron, Yippee-Skippee

Other Supplies ~ Square Collection Framelits

 

Don't you just love the new square framelits? With the new magnetic platform, they are so easy to use!  Speaking of the magnetic platform, everyone loves that too...so much that it is on back order for a bit.  But sit tight, orders will be shipping as soon as possible!

 

I hope all of you aren't stuck working like me today and get to enjoy a nice, long weekend.  But if you are working, here's to a speedy day!!!

 

Happy Stamping!