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Cards for All Occasions from Stampin’ Up’s 2012 Occasions Mini

March is going by fast, I knew it would be a busy month and I am trying to play catch up with my blog posts.  Below are some of the cards from this month's card buffet.  All cards used stamp sets from Stampin' Up!'s  2012 Occasions Mini catalog. The first card uses Outlined Occasions from the Sale-a-bration catalog and Beautiful Wings embosslit from Stampin' Up!. I, also, used the embedded embossing technique.

Next is an Easter card I created with the Hostess set Up in the Air:
 

And I love the Bordering on Romance stamp set, as it is a great set all by itself, and because it coordinates with the Adorning Accents Edgelits and Adorning Accents Textured Embossing Folders as well. The watercolor marker technique was used to color this card.

Don't forget Sale-a-bration ends March 31st, so place your order soon so you don't miss out getting your favorite Sale-a-bration item for free!

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Loads of Love On Your Birthday!

This is a card I made for my grandson, Michael, for his birthday last month.  I made it using his favorite color green and since he likes trucks, I used the Loads of Love stamp set. Because his birthday is in February, I loaded the truck with hearts!

The pull out tag was cut with Stampin' Up!'s  Two Tag die and the Big Shot:

Below the inside of the tag which held his gift — what every teaenager wants — money! 

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Packed For Dad Card & Bookmark

For Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew CF (Catalog Focus) challenge this month, we were asked to focus on page 216 of Stampin' Up's Catalog & Idea Book and use either the cork, magnet, On Board , wood, or window sheets.  i chose the wood sheets as I had never used them before and figured it would definitely be a challenge for me to use them.

I made a card and matching bookmark for Dad or any masculine birthday.  You could easily change this to a Father's Day card and gift.

Stamps:  Packed for Dad, Bring On the Cake

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy

Ink:  Early Expresso, Not Quite Navt, Cajun Craze

Accessories:  5/8" Early Expresso Satin Ribbon, Antique Brads, Wood Sheets, Big Shot, Two Tags die, Linen Thread

If you would like to play along or check out the other great projects for this challenge,  just  go to Splitcoaststampers and search the gallery using the word CreativeCrew or  CCREW0312CF.
 

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Mixed Blossom on Saving Cream Background

Today I can start sharing one of my SCS Creative Crew Challenge projects for March.  For this SCS challenge CCREW0312DF Design Focus I needed to use this color combination: Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Blushing Bride and any neutral.  I used the shaving cream technique for the background. All supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Mixed Bunch

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Blushing Bride

Ink:  Blushing Bride; Reinkers: Blushing Bride, SoSaffron and Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  3/4" Circle Punch, Blossom Punch, 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Large Pearl Basic Jewels, Small Powder Pal

Other:  craft stick, Shaving Cream, and plastic scraper 8" long from the paint department

This card is CAS and the Shaving Cream technique gives it just the right background.   You can check out other cards using this technique by typing Shaving Cream Technique into the search box on the left side bar of my blog.  Enjoy!

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Creative Elements and the Mixed Bunch Butterfly

Stampin' Up!'s Mixed Bunch stamp set and the Blossom punch made this beautiful butterfly! I was inspired by the card on page 16  in Stampin' Up!'s 2012 Occasions Mini catalog.  Instead of scoring the background I used a stamp from the Creative Elements stamp set in the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog for the background. 

Play with the Blossom Punch and the Mixed Bunch stamp set and see how many different cards you can create.

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