SU! Card Swap

As promised I am going to be posting the cards I received from and recent card swap using the Summer Mini Catalog that Stampin' UP! has available from May 1st through August 31st.

The first card was the one that I made using the Happy Greetings Stamp set.  This set has six different greetings.

Once again, there I am using Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze and Vanilla!!  I just love the color combination - what can I say!!  The original idea for this card was from addinktivedesigns.blogspot.com but I changed it around a bit!

The next card was created by Lynn Reloza:

Lynn also used a stamp from the Happy Greetings and she also used a stamp from the On the Grow set (the flowers)  Lynn colored the flowers and the jar and added little SU! pearls to the insides of the flowers - super cute!!

Next card was nameless - sorry:

They used the new stamp from the set Proud Peacock and very faintly you can see "HELLO  HELLO  HELLO" in the bottom left corner and this is yet ANOTHER stamp from the Happy Greetings set.  See how versatile this set is???

I posted that I have BLOG CANDY on the May 17th post.  Go there to see how you can enter to win some fun items!!!
I will post more cards tomorrow!!  Stop back and check them out!

Gail

BLOG CANDY!!!

 
Yes Folks!  I have hit 500 hits!  That means 500 views to this little blog :)  So....for the first time, I am going to give away some CANDY!  But I need your help!

Can you help me get the word out there that I am here? Please! 

I am going to put your name in a hat (haven't tried Random Generator yet) for each of the following items:

Leave a comment on THIS post . . . . .  1 name in the hat

Tell people about me on your blog - ask them to come visit . . . (then come back and tell me you posted it) your name 2 more times in the hat

Don't have a blog? That's okay - email people to check out my blog: (http://www.creationsinnebraska.blogspot.com/) 
and let me know that you did this and I will put your name in the hat 2 times

Become a Follower on my blog and I will put your name in the hat 3 more times!

Since I only have 6 followers currently, You will all have your names in the hat already 3 times!!

So, you have many ways to get your name in the hat several times!!

What is the candy? Well . . . . . . . .

How does this look for candy?  Stampin' UP! Dimensionals, ribbon, Because I Care Stamp set (one of my favorites), and one of the notebooks I made (see the post dated April 28th)

You can enter for any or all of the above starting today and ending Sunday 8:00 p.m. Central Time.  I will try to post the WINNER on Monday and they will have 24 hours to respond.  If I don't hear from them - I will draw again!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for telling others!

*** I will have posts of cards I have received from a recent card swap using new Stampin' UP! stamps, paper etc. all from the new Summer Mini Catalog all of this week so check back!!  There are some real pretty, creative cards!!

Gail

BLOG CANDY......COMING SOON!!

I just looked at my blog counter and I noticed that I have 500 hits!!!  So watch out this week for some BLOG CANDY!!!

THANKS - Gail

Strength & Hope

I am really getting alot of use out of the brand new Strength & Hope set from Stampin' UP!  Available only from May 1 - August 31st it is a beautiful set.

Here are a couple of cards I made using this set along with my Big Shot's Top  Note die (and a few extras here and there!!)

We are having overcast, dreary weather here (some even spotted some snowflakes out Saturday morning!) so I took the next pictures indoors of this card.  Our weather has been really unusual - cooler than normal but we aren't getting anything like those east of us. 

I love using the crumb cake cardstock with the marina mist.  Added a few pearls to soften it a bit.

The next card I used about the same idea but changed it up a bit!

I felt there wasn't enough room on the front of the card to add a sentiment so I will add it to the inside but I did add something extra on this card ... can you guess?

Yep!  I added Dazzling Diamonds to the butterflies!  They really sparkle in real life ;-) 

Hope your weekend was good and this week goes well.  Hopefully, I will be able to craft some more this week and get some posted.  When the weather starts to warm, I do like to spend as much time as I can outside in my yard.  Love to landscape and dig in the dirt!!

Til next time -

Gail

Thanks for stopping by and please tell others about my blog.  Just getting started is hard getting the word out! 

A CARD FOR PATTY!

Patty Bennett is my upline from Stampin' Up!  She is the one who encourages me, inspire's me and just is a wonderful friend I met online :)  She has a great blog (click on her name above and that will take you right to it)

I wanted to send Patty a card because she is always sending me special cards (especially using the My Digital Studio program that SU! has for computers.  I went upstairs to my craft room after feeding "my boys" and made this card using a few of the new stamps just recently available.

The sentiment is from the new Happy Greetings stamp set and the butterfly is from the new Strength and Hope set.  For every Strength and Hope set sold, $2.00 will go to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Way to go Stampin' Up!

If you look closely, you can see a touch of dazzling diamonds I applied to the wings of the butterfly:

I decided to sew around parts of the cardstock and I embossed the real read cardstock to add a little texture.  I love the SU! antique brads!  I attached one of them to the ribbon.  You get a whole assortment of different sizes and designs in a container.

Even though today is Friday the 13th - I hope you are having a good week - Thanks for stopping by!

Mother's Day Card

I made this card for my Mom.  It is simple but sincere!

I love SU! Melon Mambo color!  I use it ALOT!  Green is my favorite color so you would think I would be always reaching for that color but this has been my favorite go to color ever since Melon Mambo was introduced.  It is beautiful!! 

I kept the inside of the card very simple and I will write a little personal message inside.

My "boys" are planting corn today so I am going to just kick back today and enjoy it!  Right now, I am having fun watching "Yard Crashers" on HGTV (love that show - I wish Ahmed would find me but the closest Lowes is 4 hours away!)

Enjoy your day - I know I am!

Gail

Happy Mother's Day!!

To all of the Mother's out there - Happy Mother's Day!!
May your day be special - ENJOY IT!!  This is a picture of my Mom's high school graduation photo!

Mom and Dad don't live too far from us so I get to see them almost every day.  I am lucky :)  Hope your day is wonderful!