Swordfish In Dapper Denim!

2nd card for June's card classes next week!

I knew I wanted to use the swordfish for class as my masculine card! 

The new Dapper Denim seemed like the perfect fit

 and I grabbed the Sahara Sand card stock for a great background to 

stamp the ship's steering wheel.

 I popped the swordfish up on dimensionals but it 

looks like it is floating in the pic!

I added some silver cording around to look like fishing wire (or something similar)!

Added sentiment from Guy Greetings

 but can work for a Father's Day or other occasion! 

Hope you will have a lovely Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: From Land to Sea, Guy Greetings

Paper: Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Ink: Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, Archival Basic Black

Silver cording, aqua painter

Pop Of Pink Paradise!

1st card for June's card classes next week!

I started this card with some gold embossing! 

 Then moved to using some new DSP called Pop of Pink and the awesome

flamingo in Pop of Paradise stamp set!  

I love this great sentiment in the set also!

Hope you enjoy your holiday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Pop Of Paradise

Ink: VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Melon Mambo

Paper: Pop Of Pink DSP, Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Gold emboss powder, Melon Mambo thick twine, heat tool, 

Circle framelits dies, 3" circle punch

To A Classic With Chevrons!

I love chevrons but the chevron emboss folder and ribbon are retiring

so I will have to get my fix somewhere else.

I used the Typeset DSP to stamp on the cut out

 with the retiring Deco Label framelits dies.

I really like all the layers and texture here!

Hope you enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamps set: Guy Greetings

Ink: Archival Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, 

Typeset Specialty DSP

Chevron emboss folder, banner punch, Deco Label framelits dies, 

Chevron natural ribbon, Circle framelits dies

Thanks On Graffiti

I started by doing loads of ink splatter using the Gorgeous Grunge set 

and then ran through the Big Shot with the Brick Wall emboss folder.  

I used my Pacific Point marker to color the Thanks wooden element. 

Fun card with bright colors!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Windy

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Stamp set: Gorgeous Grunge

Paper: Hello Honey, Pacific Point, Whisper White

Ink: Pacific Point, Hello Honey, Tangerine Tango, Cucumber Crush

Brick Wall emboss folder, Natural Wooden Elements

FMS238 Made Of Wonderful!

I really love the star fish and how easy it is the snip out!

  I stamped it first in Crumb Cake and then in the new in color Flirty Flamingo. 

 I stamped the coral and script from By The Tide set retiring.  

A little ink spots from Timeless Textures and some gold elements finish it off.

Really like this new in color!  I know it will be used much!

Stop over at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com

 and join the sketch challenge this week!

Have a lovely holiday weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Picture Perfect, Timeless Textures, By The Tide

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Crumb Cake

Paper: Very Vanilla, Flirty Flamingo, Crumb Cake

Gold foil doily, Gold twine, banner punch

PPA302 Hello, Pineapple!

Love the new Pineapple stamp available next week on June 1st!

It is a background single stamp which I inked the top with Cucumber Crush 

and bottom with Crushed Curry. 

Added some Tip Top Taupe DSP and the cute Hello stamp from

Pop Of Paradise. 

This is not the last you will see the Pineapple stamp!  

Plan to make some cool stuff with it!

Join the sketch fun at palspaperarts.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Pineapple, Pop Of Paradise

Ink: Tip Top Taupe, Crushed Curry, Cumber Crush

Paper: Cucumber Crush, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White,

Neutrals DSP in Tip Top Taupe

Gold cording, 1 3/8" and 1 1/2" circle punches

#GDP037 It's Your Day Jellyfish!

First, I want to say YES I love the jellyfish and I use them lots!

So when I saw this color combo, I grabbed this set and then thought 

why not represent all three colors with the jellyfish!?!  

I grabbed some bold DSP from the Go Wild DSP paper stack about to retire!

Love the sentiment from Confetti Celebration..probably will use this one a lot!

Hope you can play along with the fun color challenge at 

global-design-project.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Confetti Celebration, From Land to Sea

Ink: Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Tip Top Taupe

Paper: Island Indigo, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White, Go Wild DSP

banner punch, It's My Party enamel dots in Mint Macaron

PP296 O, Happy Day Swirls!

Very simple card using the new Swirly Scribbles framelits dies
along with Thoughts Banners set and matching punch!
Grabbed some retiring DSP and in colors that will be missed!
The two different swirls were added to center of card and a little bling finished it off!
Hope you can play long with this great sketch over at
thepaperplayers.blogspot.com
Thanks for stopping by!
Windy
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Stamp set: Thoughtful Banners
Paper: Farmers Market DSP, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Duet Banners punch, Swirly Scribbles framelits dies, rhinestones

O Happy Day Card Kit!

This is the best card kit I have ever done with SU!

O Happy Day card kit with be available on June 1st in the 

new SU! 2016-2017 catalog!  You can find it on pages 6-7.

It is 35.00 but has not only a wonderful stamp set in photopolymer 

but it makes 20 adorable cards with loads of accessories on them!  

Great easy directions come with the kit and what you will need (ink and adhesive)!

Here are some of the cards Amanda and I made this past week!

Here is my almost 21 year old happily stamping!

We did the kit in two days (half one day and then finished up the next day).  

Great girl time!

Hope you will get excited for new kits and new products in the new SU! annual 

catalog starting June 1st, 2016.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely Monday!

Windy

Large Number Grad Cards-Masculine Version!

This is my masculine version of yesterday's grad card.  

I have two boys who would really not care for all that pinky/purple!  

I grabbed the new Dapper Denim and Basic Black with silver for this card!

Watercolored some Denim on background and layered my silver foil numbers

over that..very quick and easy!

I hope you have a blessed Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Crazy About You, Number of Years

Ink: Dapper Denim, Archival Basic Black

Paper: Dapper Denim, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Foil

Large Numbers framelits dies, Aqua painter

Large Numbers Grad Cards!

I started with the glimmer numbers cut from the beautiful

Blushing Bride Glimmer paper. I watercolored behind with Smoky Slate 

to give it a sliver feel. Really fast and easy grad cards for three special girls!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Number of Years, Crazy About You

Ink: Smoky Slate, Sweet Sugarplum, Archival Basic Black

Paper: Sweet Sugarplum, Basic Black, Whisper White, Blushing Bride glimmer paper

Large Numbers framelits dies, aqua painter

FMS237 It's Your Day With Balloons!

I stamped the balloons in Mint Macaron making them lighter as go down

 except for one so it would stand out. 

I punched one of the banners in Thoughtful Banners stamp set

 with the matching punch.  The sentiment is from Confetti Celebration. 

Very quick and simple card...hope you can play along with the sketch challenge this week!

Head over the freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Balloon Celebration, Confetti Celebration, 

Thoughtful Banners

Paper: It's My Party DSP, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Archival Basic Black, Mint Macaron

Duet banners punch, It's My Party twine

PPA301 Awesome Teacup Flowers!

I have been wanting to make a cup with flowers and this was my chance
before the set and the great DSP retires at the end of the month!
I stamped the cup in Pool Party and then used one of my fav sentiments on it!

I was trying to decide on whether or not to add pearls

 but a voice in my head that sounded like my friend 

and fellow Pal, Ann Schach from stampinchic.com said, "yes, pearls on everything!"

So I did!

I also added a cute lemon charm because I could! 

Fun and easy card!

Hope you can join our color challenge over at

palspaperarts.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Grateful Bunch, A Nice Cuppa

Paper: Have A Cuppa DSP, Whisper White, Crushed Curry

Ink: Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party

Cups & Kettle framelits dies, Have A Cuppa embellishments,

 Blossom Bunch punch, pearls, Pool Party twine

#GDP036 Spring Flowers!

I decided to grab one of my many note cards that I have been hoarding 

and made a simple thank you card! Love how no other paper is required!

I took from the color combo and flower theme to deign my note card.

  I used the same Pool Party and Tip Top Taupe colors from above
but just added some Pear Pizzazz for stems/leaves.
Always love the bee, too! 

I pulled the sentiment from the cute Circle of Spring!

Hope you can play along at global-design-project.com this week!

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely Wednesday!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Garden in Bloom, Circle of Spring

Ink: Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe and Pear Pizzazz

PP295 It's Your Day!

Jellyfish are wild and I like them a lot so it was a natural pick for my card today!

I used the new in color called Dapper Denim to water color some aqua

 and then stamped my jellyfish.  I also used a new sentiment stamp from 

Confetti Celebration available along with the new in colors on June 1st, 2016. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you can play along with the 

wild challenge at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com

Windy

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Stamp sets: From Land To Sea and Confetti Celebration

Ink: Dapper Denim and Archival Basic Black 

Paper: Dapper Denim, Watercolor paper, Soft Sky, Basic Black

Aqua painter

Happy Grad Card!

My first (but not last) grad card for this year!

I have had this sketch in head for a while. 

 I made this one for a customer who asked for these school colors for a friend.

Purple is never a problem with me and I love it with some gold! 

I watercolored some Elegant Eggplant on white and then raised up my numbers

cut out with Gold foil paper. The words Happy and Graduation are from my Crazy About You set.

Inside was stamped with BYOP stamp set and a little hat from a Paper Pumpkin kit.

Hope you have a fab Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: BYOP, Number of Years, Crazy About You

Paper: Gold Foil paper, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Brushed Gold

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Archival Basic Black

Large Numbers framelits dies, aqua painter

FMS236 Hello Scribbles Bird Card

Playing around with new dies and decided that one scribbles shapes
 looked like a bird's nest  so stayed with that shape for my focal.
I grabbed some It's My Party DSP and went with those colors for my color scheme.
I hope you can play along with the fun sketch
at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com  this week!
Thanks for stopping by!
Windy

Stamp set: Good Greetings
Ink: Archival Basic Black
Paper: Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Whisper White,
It's My Party DSP, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Crushed Curry
Swirly Scribbles thinlits dies, Bird Builder punch, It's My Party enamel dots,
banner punch, 1" circle punch

Pop Of Paradise With New In Colors!

Again Amanda and I were playing around stamping the left pieces

 I cut for class this past week.  These are Z fold cards. 

We decided the Pop of Paradise set-available June 1st in the new SU! annual catalog-

 was perfect for these colors!  

Love the flamingo and the pineapple!

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Pop Of Paradise

Ink: Basic Black, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy,

 Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo

Paper: Playful Palette DSP, Sweet Sugarplum, Basic Black

Very Vanilla

Amanda's Open Sea Card

My daughter Amanda and I stamped the left over cut pieces from my class

this week. She changed up my design and did an awesome job!

Just realized when posted that this fits the PPA sketch challenge this week! Fun!

Love this set and it will stay in my stash in though it is retiring!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: The Open Sea, Something to Say

Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy

Ink: Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy

Square framelits dies 

PPA300 Fab You!

Playing with new product that will be in the new 2016-2017 SU! annual catalog!

I used new DSP called Pop of Pink and a new stamp set called Pop of Paradise!

This is where I got my color combo..Pink and Black and Gold!

I also used a new set and punch that are bundled together for sentiment...love bundles.  Set called Thoughtful Banners and punch called Duet Banner punch.  

So fun o have new tools...now wish I could cut/paper snip well!

Thanks for stopping by!

Play along at palspaperarts.com

wWindy

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Stamp sets: Thoughtful Banners, Pop Of Paradise

Ink: Melon Mambo and Black Stazon

Paper: Pop Of Pink DSP, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Gold foil

Square framelits dies, Duet banners punch

Marquee Bags For Class

We all received this awesome stamp set in our bags last month at Onstage Live in SLC!

I decided to do some paper piercing and use them on the bags the guest take home

 from class this week!

  Marquee Messages stamp set should be a hit whether coloring it

or paper piercing like I did with a few different colors of card stock. 

I colored the You Are with my Daffodil Delight marker. 

Lots of cutting but it was easy and fast!

Hope you enjoy your Wednesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Marquee Messages

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Archival Basic Black

Paper: It's My Party DSP, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo

Bermuda Bay thick twine

Tropical Curvy Box

Sweet curvy box with tropical flowers! 

 The dies from Botanical Builder framelits make it real easy to decorate anything!

Hope you have a special day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Botanical Blooms

Paper: Botanical Gardens DSP, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, 

Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Botanical Builder framelits, Old Olive twine,

 Curvy Keepsake Box thinlits die, hole punch

PP294 Circle Of Birthday!

I thought of this set when I saw these colors! 

 I also have a challenge from my upline to case the catty-the new catty!

So I cased the card on page 95 of the new SU! 2016-2017 annual catalog

but using the colors for the color challenge this week.

It makes for a happy card!

Hope you can play along along with the great color challenge

over at thepaperplayers.blogpsot.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Circle of Spring

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Pink Pirouette, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder, So Saffron

Wonderful Wreath framelits