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Sorry, here is the picture of that card!

Inspired by Mom

I could tell you by the age of 3 that my mom's favourite colour is YELLOW!  Sometimes when we are out and about, I will pick up a little yellow potted flower, and as soon as my girls give it to her she always says..."and its yellow...its so pretty!' 
So tonight, when I sat down to play in my stamp room I had a Mother's Day card in mind, and automatically I had to use Daffodil Delight...it is a bright and playful yellow.  I paired it with Marina Mist, as this is probably my favourite colour right now (and truth be told I had ribbon to match both colours!)  5 little basic rhinestones at the bottom of the blossom give it the little punch that it needed, and what mother doesn't love "diamonds"?  I know that my mom will like this card inspired by her!
Don't forget that Sale-A-Bration ends at the end of this month, so if you need to stock up on anything, now is a great time to do it.  Simply spend 60 dollars before tax, shipping and handling, and receive one Sale-a-Bration sets for FREE.  Contact me to place your order, or visit my website and have it shipped directly to your door.  http://www.brendareed.stampinup.net/
Have a great night listening to the rain!  It's really coming down out there :)

Cutting Up Your Stamps!

Have you ever looked at a stamp and thought "This would be perfect if it didn't have...."?  I loved this Tiny Teacup individual stamp, but wasn't sure that I always wanted the hello with it.  So I cut them apart!  This is what the stamp looked like when it arrived in the box...

Then I took my Craft and Rubber scissors and trimmed off the hello.  (Always use straight lines when trimming your stamps)

Here it is double mounted, don't forget to trim the sticker as well and mount on the opposing side.

And here is a picture of the card that I made using my tiny teacup.  I think it is sweet, and the perfect card to drop in the snail mail!

A Little Something....

I held the first night of a new Stamp Club last night, and it was such a great time!  There is one lady in the group who has become our little treat fairy!  She always has a little something for us and casually hands them out at the beginning of class, and everyone looks forward to see what her creation will be!  This was last nights treat... A sour cream container made out of vellum, and filled with little chocolates!  How cute are these?  Thanks so much to our treat lady!

I have hummed and  haaa'ed over the Happy Together Stamp Set in the 2010/2011 Stampin' Up! catalogue, and when the opportunity came to get it for free during Sale-A-Bration, I decided to go ahead and order it.  I am so glad I did, the little quail are just too darned cute!  I often refer to my children as my "gaggle", so I thought it would make a perfect Mother's Day card!  I used my colour coach to help pick out some colours that I don't normally reach for, this combo was Cajun Craze, Perfect Plum, and Always Artichoke! 

PinWheel Card

At the Regional Seminar, one demonstrator had made a pinwheel card, and I was in awe!  I had no idea how she made such an intricate card for a swap!  So time consuming (or so I thought!)  I decided to try one tonight after being prompted by another demonstrator, so after looking up a tutorial, here is what I came up with!  Easy Peasy!  I would love to show you how to make this card, book your party in March with me and I promise this will be one of our projects!  Contact me to book your workshop now, hurry, before Sale-A-Bration ends on March 25!

Card

My daughter has a birthday party to attend tomorrow morning, so I whipped up a square card for her to attach to her gift.  I love the Crazy for Cupcakes set, so many cute images!  I used my Scallop Square die for the Big Shot to create the scalloped inlay.  Hope you enjoy!