Flower Garden

Oh my goodness, the Convention is WILD!!!  For chatter and pics, please be sure to go to my Facebook Fan Page and click to "Like" me.  Isn't this card beautiful?  I just love it.  In fact, I love it so much that I made a bunch of these to swap at Convention.  I was so late in finishing my swaps, I was even assembling them at the airport, on the plane, and at the hotel.  But alas, they are all done and ready to swap today!

The stamp set for the flowers is from Flower Shop, along with coordinating Pansy punch.  The sentiment is from Feel Goods.  And the paper, of course, is from my favorite, Gingham Garden DSP.

Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop January 2013

It's here!  Can you believe it?  It's our monthly blog hop for the new year!  If you came from Diana's blog, welcome!  If you are starting here, please join us and hop along.  This month's theme features products from the brand new Spring Catalog and the up-coming Sale-a-Bration.

Look at what I've got to show you.  I made this for my Secret Santa, and it's on its way to her.  First I made an Easel Card, using the new Secret Garden bundle, Feel Goods stamp set, and Sycamore Street DSP from the SAB freebie.

Then I made a "drawer" underneath.  I won't take up space here for details.  I am going to write it up now for tomorrow. :)

I hope you liked what you saw.  Feel free to message me, if you would like directions before tomorrow.    Pam is the next stop on the Hop.  Enjoy!

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
3. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
4. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
8. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
9. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
10. Terry B of Goin' Over the Edge
11. Justin K of JK Cards
12. Heidi B of Stuck on Stampin'
13. Jennifer B of NW Stamper
14. Bree R. of Craft-somnia
15. Diana E of Stampin' Fun with Diana

Friends, that's what you are!

I meant to make some awesome cards from the pre-order I placed around Christmas.  Alas, it was meant to be.  Due to Stampin' Up!'s end of the year operations and the holidays, my order didn't ship until after the new year.  It was supposed to have arrived by Friday of last week, so I could play all weekend.  Again, I must have angered the stampin' gods because my package was left off the trailer and didn't get loaded onto my UPS truck.  So I didn't get my goodies until just yesterday. :(  On top of it all, I got the end-of-holiday-season-kids-crud-special.  I've been sick all weekend and still recovering. Oh, woe is me.  I know you sympathize.  Thanks.  I take get-well cards. :)

Anyways, since I finally got my long-awaited package, I couldn't just let it sit there, could I?  Of course not.  I pumped myself with some drugs and I was ready to roll.  Here is a simple card I made with some new goodies.

How many new items do you spot here?

My Supplies List (all supplies and images by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp Set(s): Feel Goods

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Papers: Rich Razzleberry, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB2013)

Accessories: Honeycomb embossing folder, Windows Framelits, In-Color Dahlias