Birthday Giggle Greeting

Today my inspiration came from SUO Challenge #77 which is to create a Birthday card using only Stampin' Up Products. I wanted to do something different and chose the Giggle Greetings Stamp Set for a little fun and whimsy.   Each of the greetings has its own unique way of making someone smile. As a sharp contrast to the silliness of the greeting I wanted the card to be sophisticated.  So I chose Basic Black card stock as…

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August Pals Blog Hop – Holiday Mini

Thank you for joining us for the August Pals Blog Hop. Even though it's only August we want to provide some inspiration for your upcoming holiday projects. This month's blog hop will showcase new products from the 2013 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog. We hope you enjoy seeing how we use the new stamps, new punches and other accessories!  You should have just left stop number 24 on the Pals Hop – Rae Harper at Wild…

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Flower Shop and Pals Paper Arts challenge

The Pals Paper Arts Challenge closes in a couple of hours yet I wanted to squeak in with my spin on the color challenge.  I don't especially like pastels.  It probably is the result of living through the eighties where everything was peach colored!  However I do love Coastal Cabana and wanted to give this challenge a shot.  I created this card to send to my goddaughter to wish her luck as they start back…

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Weekend Happy Hour

Thankfully the weekend is finally here.  It was one of those weeks FILLED with the unexpected.  While it was all handled through the cooperation of great colleagues it was draining.  So I crafted a very quick card to celebrate it was finally Friday night using Stampin' Up's Happy Hour stamp set.   Happy Hour is such a versitile stamp set.  It can be used to create invitations, celebration cards or used just for a little…

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