Lace Ribbon Border .....

They are laying the tile in the bathroom and the kitchen backsplash today so my house renovations are almost done! Yeah!!  I'm ready to get the house back to normal (whatever that is) and start playing with my stamps again.   (Ed. note:  Obvisouly they aren't laying tile today, Sunday.  I wrote this entry on Thursday and just wasn't thinking about when it would post.  Sorry!!)

Today I thought I'd share another sample I got to make recently.  I used the new Lace Ribbon Border punch on this one--using Pear Pizzazz cardstock for it.  I layered that onto Pacific Point.  I made a trim in Night of Navy using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch and put half of it behind the Pacific Point strip.   I wanted that to be the focal point of this card, but knew it needed something on the right side.

                                    

 So I punched out a flower using the Blossom Party die.  The largest layer of the flower is Pacific Point, the next layer is Night of Nave and the top layer is Pear Pizzazz.  I put a Navy center to the flower and added a Glimmer Brad from the Basics collection.  I popped up the flower with dimensionals and curled the petals a bit to give it dimension.

Here is the sentiment on this card.  I used the new stamp set, Friendly Phrases, to add "Wow, You're the best".  It is stamped in navy on pear cardstock, backed with Pacific Point.  I know I'm going to be using this set A LOT!

Well, that's my share for the day.  I hope you like it!!  With so many new goodies to play with, I can't decide where to start.  Stay tuned to see more! 

Thanks for stopping by!!  Come again!

Smiles, Laura

Three Little Duckies.....

For many of you, this card will be familiar.  I saw it in some pictures that were shared from Convention.  It was posted on one of the Stampin' Up! bulletin boards.  I loved it and just purchased this new set and just had to make one, with minor changes.  For my local customers, this will be a new card for you, so I hope those of you who attended convention or saw the pictures will bear with me.  

The little duckie, of course, is from the new Easy Events stamp set.  I cut my sentiments under each image separately so that I could use the images without the sentiments if I want to.  I oftentimes do that on my stamps.  I know I will be using this little duckie often!

The card for this one is the new Pool Party color.  The dotted paper is from the 2011-2013 In Color Patterns Stack in Calypso Coral.  You KNOW I love the patterns stacks!!  They are so easy to work with. 

I used Lucky Limeade for the bottom border, punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. I love how it looks like eyelet lace.  And I tied Bakers twine in white around this one.  The sentiment is from the new Friendly Phrases set. 

I can see the end of our house remodeling in sight and hopefully will be back to designing cards soon!! I've really missed having time to be creative!!  Glad I saw this one I could copy to share with you today.  And if you didn't see it on the board at Convention, well, I hope you like mine.

Thanks for stopping in! Smiles, Laura