A beautiful Swallowtail butterfly card.....

Hello!
Here is another card that I'll be doing at my May workshops!
Isn't is beautiful!
It is done with another form of spotlighting.
Can you see that there are 3 layers cut out on the butterfly?
A dear demonstrator friend from Canada (Allison Solvin) shared this technique & I loved it!

 

'Swallowtail' & 'En Francais'

cs:  Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

ink:  Midnight Muse & Crumb Cake

supplies: Paper Snips, dimensionals

Woohoo!!

Tonight is Stampin' Night at our home.

I have several friend coming to stamp with me & I can't wait to see everyone & share.

I hope you have a very special Thursday.

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A cute 'punch' card!

Good morning!
Here is a cute card that my demonstrator friend Christy Kimball gave to me.

I love the way she showcased the punches with the designer paper.

It makes a very cute punch card!

'Ciao, Baby'

cs:  Not Quite Navy (retiring), Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler

Parker's Patterns Designer Paper

ink:  Cherry Cobbler

supplies:  Big Shot, Chevron Embossing folder, Natural 7/16" Trim ribbon, glue dot, dimensionals, Petite Curly Label punch

It was a late night selling hogs last night.
And it is an early morning getting ready for all 3 boys to visit G'ma again today.
Deke left early this morning to chore & then has meetings all day.
Nathan races tonight- but I just can't go.
I hope he has good luck!
I hate missing them, but I don't even have our suitcases all unpacked & laundry done yet.
And I have stamp class here at our home tomorrow night- so I have TONS to get done before I have a house full of stampers come.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday.
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Here is the May' Best of Brides' 25th Anniversary Stamp set!

I love the cuteness of the newest Best of Brides & Babies 25th Anniversary stamp set!!!! 

This set is the 5th one in the 25th Anniversary Best of Stamp set collection. 

As a reminder, these stamp sets features some great classic images from Stampin’ Up’s past as well as ONE EXCLUSIVE never-seen-before image!

Here’s are the Best of stamp sets released to date and they are all available for purchase until March 2014!

May’s Best of Brides & Babies- #133482= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, May Brides & Babies

April’s Best of Butterflies- #133345= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, April Butterflies
Coordinating Punch: Elegant Butterfly- #127526

March’s Best of Flower- #133342= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, March Flowers
Coordinating Punch: 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch- #127811

February’s Best of Love- #132987= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, February Love

January’s Best of Birthday’s- #132929= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, January Birthday
Coordinating Punch: XL Oval- #119859

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Some things to remember:

• All Best of stamp sets will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95
• While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
• All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.

PLUS you’ll have a chance to earn FREE stamps too!

Each “Best of” stamp set you buy will come with a 25-year proof of purchase sticker. Adhere it to your collectors card, which will begin shipping with the February set. For every six Best of sets you buy, you can send in your collectors card for a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Buy all 12 sets and get 2 FREE stamp sets!

I can’t wait to see what next month’s set is! Hope you are excited too!

'Flowering Flourishes'

Good morning!

This is a cute card that we made at my STYC.

I love the black, white & gray together.

The card idea came from my dear demonstrator friend LeeAnn Greff.

Some time ago she had made a card with this layout & I just copied it & changed the colors.

 I love it!

Isn't it striking!

'Flowering Flourishes' & 'Itty Bitty Banners'
cs:  Basic Black, Basic Gray & Whisper White
ink:  Black Stazon
supplies:  Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (retiring), Bitty Banners Framelits, Adorning Accents embossing folder, Black Polka Dot ribbon (retiring), Silver Designer Button, glue dot, dimensional

I am sad to see this Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder be on the retiring list!

I had a wonderful day with all of our 3 grandsons yesterday.

We are so happy to be home!

There is LOTS & LOTS to catch up on though.

Tonight we sell hogs- so I'll be a farmer & it will be late when we get in.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE