Another Always Card

Here's another card using the Always stamp set. I really, really love this set! I'm sure you'll be sick of seeing cards made with this set soon enough! And I'm really into this color combo right now too-Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue & Pretty in Pink. Just a note about the heart-I stamped it in Close to Cocoa ink & then colored it in with my Stampin' Write Markers. I cut around the heart, along the solid line, cutting off the dotted line. I stamped the heart again on the Whisper White rectangle in Pretty in Pink ink & then attached the heart that I had already cut out directly on top of the newly stamped one using Stampin' Dimensionals. This way you can see the Pretty in Pink dotted heart around the colored heart. It looks very cool in person!

All supplies Stampin' Up!:
STAMP SET: Always
PAPER: Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
INK: Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink ink pads; Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue markers
ACCESSORIES: Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Brads-Soft Subtles, Paper Piercing Template & Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

Little Birdies

So I'm really starting to love all of the cute bird images I'm seeing everywhere-on clothes, fabric & stamps! I'm a little behind in the bird trend, I know, but I've suddenly taken to them. I've been playing with the Always stamp set again-it's now one of my favorites! So here's a little birdie card for you-enjoy! All supplies Stampin' Up!:

STAMP SET: Always

PAPER: Certainly Celery, Whisper White

INK: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa

ACCESSORIES: Scallop Edge Punch, Bashful Blue 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

A Couple of Cards Copied from Stampin' Up!

Every month as demonstrators we receive a magazine called Stampin' Success. It always has such great ideas in it! This month I actually found the time (and my sister-in-law let me borrow the stamp set) to make some of the cards. So these 2 cards are copied straight from the magazine! They both use my new favorite stamp set Always. For the first card I just changed the colors from what was on the sample-the blue & the green are both some of the new In Colors. For the second card the original used On Board Chipboard to spell out "love," but I don't have any of those so I just used my Whisper White Craft Pad instead. It also used white rub-ons along the green strip of paper, which I don't have either, so I just used the Paper Piercing Template to punch a line of holes. You get the idea though, right?!? Plus, my husband & I are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary on Saturday so I think either of these cards would be perfect to give to him!

All supplies Stampin' Up!: Always, Polka Dot Background; Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip card stock; Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pads; Paper Piercing Template & Tool, 1/2" Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon.

All supplies Stampin' Up!: Always, Polka Dot Background, Taffy Alphabet stamp sets; Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White card stock; Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery Classic Stampin' Pads, Whisper White Craft Pad; Scallop Edge Punch, Paper Piercing Template & Tool, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/8" Circle Punch, Certainly Celery 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals.