Petal Flower Card

I think this 5-Petal Flower punch is so much fun - this time I punched it out on the card front and then added a flower made from the same punch. Dressed it up with a button and ribbon and a simple card is born! Tomorrow is the last day to order it! Click here to get that taken care of.

The sentiment banner is die cut using the Bitty Banners Framelit Die - available June 1st! I once again punched the banner from the card front and then flipped the cut out piece of card stock, stamped a sentiment and adhered it with Stampin' Dimensionals.

And the inside using Betsy's Blossoms stamp set for the leaves and flower. Shooters about that wonderful grey fuzzy area - it happens to be in my lens! It always shows up at the most inconvenient times. Couldn't photo fix it for the life of me! I did okay on the others tho', me thinks. The actual card looks fine - smile!

Laughter....

A simple card today, as a reminder that "laughter is by definition healthy!"

Whether it's laughing at something funny or learning to laugh at yourself - try to add a little laughter to your life!

I stamped the largest flower from Betsy's Blossoms behind the DSP flower for a little added interest. I'm lovin' the new Apothecary Framelits - available for order June 1st! 

Whisper White card stock

Rich Razzleberry card stock

Floral District DSP

Fun Flower Bigz L Die

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Word Play stamp set

Betsy's Blossoms stamp set

Simple with beachy kind of colors! Using the largest blossom from Betsy's Blossoms, I stamped it twice. I used one full blossom and then cut just the center area out of the second blossom to add a little dimension. The leaves were stamped on Crumb Cake card stock with Crumb Cake ink. I hand cut the Baja Breeze card stock at a bit of an angle and then embossed it with the Stripes embossing folder. Tied up with a little Linen thread and a "hello" tag finish it off. And now a close up...

A Sneak Peek!

So I've been working with my brand new products... so fun!

Scrumptious colors like Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green and Primrose Petals. This card is using Betsy's Blossoms, a great new stamp set - flowers, birds and a great leaf stamp with almost a tropical feel to it. Love the clean feel of so many of the new products.

Isn't it time for you to get a sneak peek of your own?

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I do have to tell you what happened tho'!

The UPS man arrived Thursday afternoon with a box which I knew was my new catalogs. However, because I have been gone and have let the housework go a bit, I was in the middle of cleaning and still had the refrigerator to go. So I sent a text to my upline to make sure someone knew how good I was being by finishing work before play. I was going to finish my work, brew a cuppa and then sit down with no interruptions to browse. I did (it's amazing how fast you can clean when you've got a new cattie waiting for you!), got my cup of coffee and with my 15 yr old daughter watching proceeded to open the "box". It had to be a production - this only happens once a year, right?

Well, here's what I found in the box!

Aarrgghh! Well, these were exciting a year ago! Not so much today! 

So... called Becky - yep, the Becky Roberts cause I had to tell her. Do you want to guess the next part of the story?

I decided I'd sit back down at the computer and look at the cattie again online - the doorbell rings and here's Becky with a brand new catalog for me! I wish I'd gotten a pic of that to share with you!

The happy ending to the story - a call to Stampin' Up! and as always they made it right. Thank you Stampin' Up! and Becky for always making good things happen!