RETIRED FLORAL BOUTIQUE DSP

Another card which I made months ago from retired Floral Boutique dsp.  I really do want to avoid buying any additional SU papers........they are so beautiful.........but I need to use what I have.  This was probably modeled after one I saw on Pinterest.

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STAMPIN' UP! - Detailed Floral thinlit die

A few months ago I was concentrating really hard on using up some of the supplies I had that were retired.  One of the papers was "Floral Boutique" and this die coordinated with that designer series paper.  The pieces under the die cut are actually strips of Washi tape that also coordinated with the dsp.  I had so many cards made up using this "bundle" of things that I didn't want to bore everyone by posting them all one day after the other.  I have 17 more cards "in the wings" to pull out for posts when I haven't had time to make anything new.  There will be one more tomorrow.  Because of all the length of time that I was unable to use my craft space, I was really glad I had some of these to pull out.  

I do have some new cards to post next week.  I'm going to try to get back in my routine but now have things to put away after the City Wide Garage Sale this past Saturday.  I was really glad that I decided not to have it in our garage (lack of tables prevented that anyway).  The Legion Hall set up spaces for 7 of sellers with 3 long tables for each of us.  They also had a bake sale where I was afraid I would spend any money I took in from sales but I did fine.

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CARD USING TRIANGLES

This is another card that I tried after watching two videos using this method. Sharon Armstrong and Rita Holmes basically used the same method, but there was a little difference in the directions.  There are different combinations you can come up with.  I decided to pull out some retired designer paper to give it a try.  The white border around my triangles wasn't equal.  I made this card a few weeks ago and think that I discovered I had not measured something quite right.

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CASING A YOU TUBE VIDEO

I think this idea came from "The Creativity Cave" on You Tube.  When I saw how she used the hexagon punch to cut five of the colors from the Stampin' Up! "Simply Marbleous" dsp, I decided it was going to make really quick and fun card.  I just punched 5 pieces, cut them in half and then added them to the white piece of card stock that is 4" x 5 1/4".  The pieces were added and I stamped the design in the center.  I colored with SU Blender pens.  This piece was then matted with the Balmy Blue card stock and placed on the white card base.

Yesterday my husband and I had a fun little day trip with our two adult daughters.  We had been to "The Largest Candy Store in Minnesota a/k/a Jim's Apple Farm" just south of Jordan MN a couple of times.  A few years ago we took the two youngest grandchildren on a weekend trip and that was one of the stops.  Our two daughters kept saying they wanted to go so we decided to take them. They have more candy there than you can imagine.  But they also have a lot of soda pop flavors that are no longer available in the stores AND they have thousands of puzzles.  One of the puzzles there was 42,000 pieces!!!!  Can you imagine putting that together?  

I cannot begin to tell you how much fun the four of us had together.   No spouses and no grandchildren - just the four of us.   We had so many hard laughs and giggles throughout the day.  It was truly good for the soul.  I don't think that just just the four of us had done anything since before they were out of school.  Truly a special day!

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PENNY BLACK CRITTER STAMPS

This die cut piece was perfect for using some Penny Black stamps that I have had for a long time.  The way each of the critters are looking worked out perfectly for these circle windows which were added with foam dimensionals.

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OCEAN FRONT And MY CRAFT ROOM

Can't you just imagine yourself sitting here enjoying the sounds of the waves and watching children playing in the sand?  It makes me think of a couple trips we had to Cocoa Beach, FL. 

Space for a 10 drawer rolling cart beside the table - due here Friday.

Under the table are two carts for 12 x 12 designer papers.

I like having the card stock on the table for a change.

Magazine holders work great to keep them straight.

The second table has a rolling cart underneath that holds my Cuttlebug , one of my trimmers, Scor Pal and other items.  There is enough room there for to work on a project or have a friend come play although it would have to be a day when my husband is gone.  If I had a third chair I could have two friends come to play.  Hmmm!

Copic markers and SU Wood mounted stamp sets are in the far end.  The middle section has dies, embossing folders, all of my SU punches and other supplies., The shelves on the far right have all of my SU stamp sets, SU dies and embossing folders and a container of most of my SU 6 x 6 papers.

The closet holds a lot of miscellaneous supplies.

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2 MORE HAND-PENNED FLOWERS

These two cards appear to be virtually the same.  However one piece of the dsp was matted with a white scalloped piece.  The second was matted with the lavender scalloped piece.  Each of them have a different floral design that was colored, die cut and mounted on a die cut circle.

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