and many mower, part 3

Here is the third card that I made using "and many mower." This could be a card that I would use for my mom, or Jeremy's mom/grandma. I really liked how this card turned out more feminine so I can get more use out of the set instead of just man cards.

Supplies: and many mower; scallop oval punch; scallop trim border punch; 5/8" rich razzleberry satin ribbon; cottage wall dsp; crumb cake, whisper white, rich razzleberry, chocolate chip card stock; rich razzleberry, old olive ink

and many mower, part 2

Here is the second card that I made using and many mower. When I was making these cards this weekend, I went to splitcoast to find inspiration and the inspiration for thhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifis card came from Creations by Corie, another SU demo. I didn't CASE (copy and share everything) her card entirely, mainly because I didn't have all the supplies, so I CASED as much as I could with what I had. See Corie's original card here.

Supplies: and many mower; 3/4" circle punch; 3/8" taffeta ribbon - crumb cake; polka dot impressions folder; whisper white, pacific point, cajun craze, early espresso cardstock; pacific point, cajun craze, early espresso ink

and many mower, part 1

My husband is awesome at many a thing but he sometimes has a hard time picking cards that will be good for his dad. I also have a hard time making cards that he will like so since father's day is next week I decided to get a jump start on making a variety of cards for him to choose from. I don't own many manly sets so I borrowed the retired "and many mower" set from Becky and Rae Anne to make some birthday and father's day cards.

When I went to make cards last week while Jeremy was at a concert, I decided to make a tri-fold card. The template said it was super easy to make but I wanted to try it with a retired paper, just in case it took me 400 times to make it right. I didn't need to worry about it though, because it was a super easy card to make. 4 scores, and three cuts later, I had it done and thought that it would be perfect for the golfer out of the "and many mower" set.

I also would like to say how much I LOVE Stampin UP! colors and DSPs. The tri-fold card needed a piece of 12x12 so I picked a retired sheet of bordering blue. For the DSP, I chose the, also retired, Washington Apple which has Bashful Blue, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, and So Saffron. Although bordering blue wasn't one of the colors in the DSP, it coordinated beautifully with all the other colors. I love being able to pick a color, no matter what, and make it work.

ANYWAY, long story short, SU is awesome and I really like how these cards turned out. Stayed tuned throughout the week for not one, but 4 other cards all made with "and many mower"

Have a good week everybody!

Tisdale Name Frame

While I was making one scrapbook page my mom was creating this really beautiful name frame. I really like the colors that she ended up using and I wish that Williamson was not such a long name so I could make a name frame for myself.

Stamping with Friends

A few weeks ago I had some of my stamping friends over to celebrate National Scrapbooking Month. We all had projects to work on and some were more ambitious than others. Becky and Rae Anne made a spectacular July 4th card that I can't wait to get, Rachel worked on making her old swap fronts into cards, and my mom made a really spectacular name frame (stay tuned later this week to see it). I didn't really have anything planned to make but I knew that I wanted to make a scrapbook page. I chose graduation pictures that have been sitting waiting to be scrapped for four years.

For my page I wanted to use UIS' colors but our colors are complicated ;) Our main colors are Blue and White and the blue is more of a Brilliant Blue. I don't have any Brilliant Blue card stock left since it retired so finding the right blue is sometimes a struggle. I think Pacific Point usually does the trick but I didn't have enough 12x12 to make a double page layout so I decided to use Night of Navy with Pacific Point and white as my accent colors.

My coworkers and I also have been joking about UIS' colors because they have added "Las Vegas Gold" to the colors. It's funny though because the gold doesn't really translate well to uniforms and the boy's basketball team's home uniforms almost look like a khaki color instead. Well, when I was making this page, I discovered that against the Night of Navy, River Rock, almost perfectly mimics the basketball team's uniforms. For any schools who have a gold color but you don't want to use your special gold cardstock, try using River Rock instead. I've been calling it the "poor man's gold" but I think the colors did turn out really well together for a pairing that you might not always think of.

Supplies: Night of Navy, Pacific Point, River Rock cardstock; Pacific Point ink

Bold Blossoms

Last night I went to Rachel's monthly stamp a stack. We made three really pretty cards but I wasn't feeling up to coloring on the Rose Red card so I used the flower stem from Bold Blossom's instead. This morning I finished the card using the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch and some flowers that I had saved from a previous project. You may notice that several of my flowers didn't punch correctly but I think it turned out to be a very happy accident :)

Check out Rachel's card here and those brownies that she made were AWESOME and I wish I had an entire pan of them.

Supplies: Bold Blossom, Swirls and Curls Verses (hostess); Triple Layer Flower Punch; whisper white, rose red, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight, real red, rich razzleberry cardstock; rose red, wild wasabi ink