DIY Paper Creations

Sweet Summer Smooches

Have you ever forgotten that you own a stamp set? I got the Bright Blossoms set at the Manager's Reception during the Leadership Conference in January. With my dad passing away and everything involved in being the Executrix of his will, my goodies were forgotten! Until the other day when I saw a bag that said Stampin' Up! in really BIG letters tucked into a corner of our guest room. Life gets messy sometimes, thank goodness for stampin'!

I love the sunny colors of this card. And that sentiment! Why didn't I use that before now?

Do it Yourself Tip:

• Working with layered ribbon can be tricky. I used a couple of glue dots to hold the two pieces of ribbon together.
• This ribbon is really bulky with two layers, so it's easier to wrap the ribbon around the front of the card and SNAIL the ends to the back of the card. Then use smaller pieces of the ribbon to tie a knot in the front.
• I stamped the entire sentiment in Island Indigo and then used a Blender Pen to remove the ink from just the heart and colored it with a Real Red Stampin' Write marker.
• Love that Daffodil Delight Flower brad! The best way to get it to lay flat on the card stock and not have the "legs" show through the Whisper White layer was to layer the Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White layers together and put the brad through all three layers.

Stamp sets: Bright Blossoms and Perfect Words

Ink: Island Indigo Classic Ink and Island Indigo, Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' Write markers

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Whisper White and Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper

Tools: Blender Pen, Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, SNAIL and Dimensionals

Bling: Daffodil Delight ribbon, Island Indigo Ruffled ribbon, Daffodil Delight Flower brad and small pearl.

Love note for my sweetie

It's been a little stressful around our house since the first of the year. My dad passed away while I was at the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference in January - he had lived with us for the last seven years. At the same time that my dad passed away we were having an addition put onto our house and as anyone who has ever lived through a renovation will tell you, it's not always fun! And the renovation is stilling going on with painting the entire inside of our home and doing a complete make-over of my dad's former bedroom and bathroom. With all that has happened, I thought it would be nice to remind my hubby that I cherish our relationship. I saw the idea for this card in a magazine a month or so ago and filed it away in the old memory bank for future use. When Richard wasn't looking, I slipped this little card into his flight bag before he left for his most recent trip. I wanted him to find it after the first leg of his trip! Word search puzzles are quick and easy to make using websites found on the Internet. The tricky part was getting the words "Life" and "Together" to intersect the way I wanted them to. In the end, I copied the puzzle into Word and typed those couple of letters into where I wanted them.

Stamp sets: None

Ink: Real Red Stampin' Write marker

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black and Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

Tools: Spriral Punch (retired), Small Heart Punch, Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Simply Scored with Diagonial Plate, Crop-A-Dile

Bling: Mini Brads, Trinket Hearts charm, Eyelet (retired) and Black Gingham ribbon (retired)