Crazy Love #5

Today's Valentine's Day card is a little non-traditional in the Valentine realm.  I thought this stamp set was just the absolute cutest thing and decided to use the chameleon from it as color inspiration as well.  Raiding my mom's stamp set collection is a favorite past time of mine.

The card came together slowly, building from the sentiment out.  I'm most proud that I was able to work some more of my grandma's bling into the card pretty seamlessly.

The card was difficult to photograph in the excessive Arizona sun since I couldn't actually see my phone screen but other than the marker on the chameleon everything looks relatively like it should.

Identifiable Elements:

• Stamp set- Paper Pumpkin January 2019 kit from Stampin' Up!
• Card base- Very Vanilla by Stampin' Up!
• Green ink & marker- Pear Pizzazz by Stampin' Up!
• Brown ink- Tip Top Taupe by Stampin' Up!
• Bling- Prima Marketing

Christmas in July #1

I've decided to try something new this month and make a little theme for myself.  Every Tuesday and Thursday for the rest of July I plan on posting a different Christmas card.  Not only will this help me stock up for Christmas and make December a little less stressful but it'll be something different and fun for me to do.  To kick things off I'm posting this card featuring the really cool gold striped cards that came in one of the past Paper Pumpkin sets from Stampin' Up!  It worked perfectly for this Christmas theme and I can't wait to send it out!  It was pretty hard to photograph since it's as shiny as it is but alas, someday I'll get the hang of it...

Fast Card Friday

The Fast Card Friday for today used up another left over card from an old Paper Pumpkin set.  I'm using these up pretty fast so hopefully soon I will have more space in the drawer I keep pre-folded cards for more things.  My mom has been doing the Paper Pumpkins I've been getting in the mail which has been keeping me from accumulating any more unnecessary stash.

A Card For A Friend

I made a birthday card for one of my closest friends.  She doesn't read this blog so I have no fear posting it already!  I just really like it.  We both love cats so I think is puurrrrrfect.  Sorry for the bad play on words.  I couldn't resist!  I also used a lot of pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kits that I'm still digging through...

Too Many Kit Pieces

I like getting Paper Pumpkin kits mostly so that I can use the pieces in them for other projects than the ones they were intended for.  That being said though, as I'm preparing to move out of my apartment, I'm realizing how many kits I never even opened while school took over my life.  With that in mind I've decided to try and use as many of them and as much scrap paper as I can to help pair down my stash before I'm out of here.  I made a really quick birthday card to start off the marathon.