Nothing is as Lovely as a Tree!

At my workshop I demonstrated this card. It uses my favorite stamp set Lovely as a Tree and the technique Emboss Resist. By embossing the leaves in gold embossing and sponging the ink onto glossy cardstock is the secrete to achieving this rather unique background.

Here are the demensions:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Early Expresso, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Glossy Cardstock
Accessories: Very Vanilla Grossgrain Ribbon, Dimensions, Sponging, Gold Embossing
Dimensions:
Soft Suede 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Tangerine Tango 4 x 5 1/4 and 2 2/3 x 2/3
Very Vanilla 2 1/2 x 2 1/2
Glossy Cardstock 3 2/3 x 5
Punch: Scallop Oval

Technique - Emboss Resist

Eastern Blooms are Blooming!

Now that I am a Stampin' Up! Demo again, I hosted my first workshop to get the ball rolling. The ladies made this card. It uses the Stampin' Up! stamp set Eastern Blooms and colors that I would never put together but they worked for this card just right.

If you would like to CASE card, here are the demensions:

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Heard from the Heart
Ink: Rose Red, Early Exprsso, Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Grossgrain Ribbon, Dazzeling Diamonds
Dimensions:
Melon Mambo - 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Pink Pirouette 2 3/4 x 5 1/2
Tangerine Tango 3 1/4 x 5 1/2

As always, take care!

Time to Start Stamping!!

If your a subscriber to my blog, I thank you and I hope that you had a great summer. Where did it go I ask you, just where did it go?!!

I can't believe that its September already, but fall is my FAVORITE time of the year. I have signed back up to be a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator. I just missed it so much that I just had to!

So back to stamping. The card that I sharing with you uses the new stamp set from Stampin' Up! Just Believe. If you would like to recreate this card for your own use, feel free to CASE it! Here are the demensions:

Stamps: Just Believe
Ink: Daffodil Yellow, Early Expresso, Wild Wasbasi
Cardstock: Daffodile Yellow, Early Expresso, Wild Washbasi, Whisper White
Accessories: 3 Gold Brads, Extra Large Scallop Circle Punch, Sponge for Masking
Dimensions: Early Expresso 5 1/4 x 4 and 3 1/4 x 3/14
Daffodil Yellow 5 1/4 x 4
Wild Washbasi 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Whisper White 2 3/4 x 2 1/2

By using a soft touch the masking didn't get too dark which I really liked. Until next time, take care!

The Wedding Day!

Life is starting to get back to normal! It seems that the day went so fast but I was able to really enjoy the day and myself. Only cried a few tears and I was really proud of myself. I am finally able to share some pictures with you. So here they are!




Here is the happy couple at the photo shoot before the wedding. All of the professional pictures were taken at the Wildcat Supper Club, they have beautiful grounds, complete with a pond.











The entire wedding party after the formal shot with their sunglasses!











Justin and his Groomsmen clowning for the camera. They did alot of that!!

Everything went so well, and it was a very nice wedding and reception. They had the reception at a local supper club in our area but had it in their shelter outdoors along with a huge tent sent up for the day. The weather stayed nice and the food was wonderful!!



Me, Jim and my Mom; we were told that we cleaned up rather well!



This is my Mom's Mustang Convertible, she was very nice and trusted Justin to drive it after the wedding.

And, of course, I have lots more pictures and these are just pictures that we took. Haven't even seen the professional picture yet!

I know what your thinking, I bet there is another scrapbook in the works. And there just might be but not for a bit, I have to enjoy my summer alittle bit. I am thinking in couple of months this will be a great project.

As always take care, thanks for checking out the pictures and our happy day!


Here is Justin with some of his Groomsmen. They look more serious than Justin does at the moment.

Wedding Day!

Well today is the wedding day, I am so glad that I am setting up this post to post automatically. I am sure that I would not have time otherwise. This is the card that my husband and I will give Justin and Kristy. Again it uses the swirl that they also used on the wedding invite, and the colors are the same as what they used.

I am sure that it will be a great day, hopefully the weather will cooperate and that would be a nice touch and hopefully my water proof mascara holds up and I don't look too foolish!!

I will share pictures of the wedding sometime next week. As always, take care!

Shower and Bachelor Party

Here are the last two pages of the scrapbook. I did one page just of Justin and his friends as they got ready to do the bachelor party; they went clay pigeon target shooting and then back to meet up with the girls for the party that night.

This page is all Justin, hanging out with his friends and smiling!

This page is for Kristy is the shower; while the guys were playing, we had the wedding shower for Kristy. After the shower, the guys were back for a cookout and then out for some drinks.

I wish I would have gotten some pictures of Kristy with her friends, that would have probably made a better page but apparently I wasn't thinking that day!!

I have one card to share but I won't share it until the 19th of June, which is the wedding day!

So as always, take care.

The Shower

As the scrapbook is almost finished and the wedding is now only five days away, things are getting busy around our house so I will get these pages posted and then I am afraid that the blog will be on automatic pilot for a week or so!

Didn't this page turn out so cute, even though it snowed on the shower day it still was a great time. Looks like we are having another weird summer as its the middle of June now and instead of wearing shorts I have jeans and a sweatshirt on!

I like how everything came together for this page. I used the same stamp set that Kristy picked out for the wedding invitations. The black embossed swirl is just such a pretty accent in my opinion. I just got the die that cuts the hearts and the coral swirl in the upper right corner and had to give that a try also.

I have to get two more posts ready so as always, take care!