AnnMarie's Stamping Adventures!!

Monday, February 6, 2017

Special reason

Hello there! Hope you had a good weekend! We sure did! Hubby and I got to spend some quality time together! He surprised me with a baby sitter and a planned date! It was really, really nice!

On a whole other ( also very exciting) note!! I got a brand new, big ole shiny box of goodies from Stampin' Up!, so I have been playing with my new toys this morning! Opening that box is like being a kid at Christmas time! So much fun! :) I put together a card and wanted to show it to you!

I am absolutely head over heels in love with the new Special Reason bundle!! I passed by that in the catalog so many times, but finally broke down and bought it! It is absolutely beautiful and is so versatile!! My card today uses both the Framelits and the stamp set!

You can cut solid flowers or the outline or both with this set!! My flowers today are made from both the solid ones and the outline! I layered the outline on top of the solids to get this look. I used just the outline for the leaves. Pretty cool!

Once I had everything all layered and in place I added Dazzling Diamonds to the recessed spots to get some sparkle. Love my sparkle!! :) I thought it turned out to be a pretty little card. :)

Here are the things I used t o make this little guy:

Ok, I am off to finish some sheet rock!! The joys of house building just never seem to come to an end! LOL Have a great day! I'll be back soonest with more to share!

Friday, February 3, 2017

Happy Day!

Hello! Stopping by to wish you a very happy Friday and share a quick card that I made with you. February is such a fun month! I love all the pinks and reds and hearts that go along with it (and not for nothing, but there is chocolate every where this time of the year!) :) My card today doesn't have any chocolate, but I was thinking about chocolate while I was making it and I'm pretty sure that counts for something, right?!

I used the Hearts and Stars decorative mask and a sponge dauber to create the background of this card and then sponged around the edges.

I used the Layering Squares Framelits for the squares and the Sweetheart punch for the heart. The larger scalloped square it cut from Gold Foil paper and the the smaller one from Very Vanilla. I added a few little gold circles (using the Owl Builder punch) to the bottom and a cute tiny little gold heart on top. It just kind of pulled everything together!

Here is a close up! I sponged around the edges of the heart too using the dauber.

Here are all of the products that I used to create this card:

Product List

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Hey Chick Clear Mount Stamp Set

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Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

[131178]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131198]

Gold Foil Sheets

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Hearts & Stars Decorative Masks

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Sweetheart Punch

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Builder Owl Punch

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! I will be back soonest with more to share!

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Thanks for being you!

Well, hey there! This week is just zipping by! Can you believe it is Thursday already?! Today is a special day to me! It is our son's birthday! He is the greatest kid!! He's our oldest and just such an awesome person! He has a little girl that he is the best dad to ever and he makes us proud every single day! I read somewhere once that you will never know how well you've done raising your children until you watch them raise their's. :) Here is a picture of our birthday boy and his little sweetie:

Really touches my heart and overloads me with warm and fuzzies!! Happy birthday, David! Love love, love you!!

I spent a little bit of time playing in my stamp room this morning. I wanted to do something water color-y! So, I pulled out lots of different colored stamp pads and my aqua painter and just started making a mess! Here is the little card I wound up putting together:

It is a 3" x 3" card. I made the fun discovery that the Sweetheart punch fits very nicely matted against the heart die from the Mini treat bag thinlit set! Score!! I water colored the background and then a second piece to punch the top heart from.

The sentiment is from one of the free Sale-A-Bration sets called Avant Garden. It's really a beautiful set! The arrow is from the Love Notes Framelits and I cut it using Gold foil paper. The adorable tiny little pink heart is an enamel shape and adds that last little something to the card.

Happy little card! :)

Here are the details for the products I used for this card. Feel free to click any picture you want more info about. It will direct you straight to my on-line store where you can find all of these goodies!

Product List

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143272]