BBQ Punch Art Card for Father's Day

I was so excited when I saw this card on Inkspired Treasures! My dad is an avid Weber-user so I know he'll love it!

I just had to recreate it with my own touch. I made the BBQ with the 1-3/4" punch, cut in half and held together with a brad. The legs are the word window punch, one cut in half. The wheels are the 1/2" punch and a circle from a cropadile (or you can use a hole punch). I put a white dot in the middle using my white gel pen and used it for the dash accents on the grill. The handle is a 1/2" circle punch punched with the circle from itty bitty punch pack. The smoke is a flourish acrylic stamp I had (not sure from where), and I stamped with Versamark then used silver embossing powder. The background is the Backgrounds 1 texturz plates from SU. I used 2 square silver brads as accents on each corner and also punched 2 corners with the Ticket Corner punch from SU. The tag is the modern label punch and the word window punch by Stampin Up.

Hope you enjoy making this cute card! It would be great for a BBQ invitation or a 4th of July celebration (I can see it now in red/white/blue!)...I might make one of those just for fun!

Cardstock used:
Real Red
Basic Black
Whisper White
Sahara Sand
Basic Gray

Nail File Treat Bag! :)

I made this cute little treat bag for my 3-D Paper Crafts Class tomorrow night. The instructions can be found here at Splitcoast Stampers.
I thought it would be a nice change to insert a little goodie inside instead of candy or chocolate. I found a really cute 3-pack of mini nail files at Bath & Body Works. They fit perfectly inside and they are only $1.50 per pack (less if you have a coupon!)So it's a nice change to make something that doesn't add to the waistline but it's just as cute! ;)

The Paper Players Design Team Call

I love the Paper Players Challenge Blog because they use all Stampin Up products! Since I'm a SU demonstrator it's great to get ideas and use my supplies. I love to see all the beautiful cards using their challenges. So, I decided to try out for their Design Team, why not? :) I love Stampin Up and being creative and I think it will motivate me to create more cards and blog more! It sounds very exciting!

Wish me luck!

Mojo Monday Using Stampin Up Summer Mini

Hi Everyone!
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I was pretty happy about Stampin Up's new Summer Mini as there are a couple of cute stamp sets that I love and they are versatile! I love them all but particularly The Open Sea on page 9 and Fabulous Florets on page 22-23. And check out those gorgeous matching design papers on page 8 and 23! I can also see a nice 4th of July card using those blues and reds from the Nautical Expedition DSP.

Today I'm sharing a card with you that I created for the wonderful challenge over at Mojo Monday. Here is the sketch:

I used a layering of my stamp technique by stamping the flower 3 times. Then I cut away some of the petals on each one. I used dimensionals to stick them all together and it gets a cute 3-D layered effect.
I love this stamp set and DSP, it's such bright, happy colors! Here is my card...


Also, I'm getting married in only 23 more days!! I'm so excited. I also have some GREAT news, which I can't share with everyone yet, but I will SOON.

Have a lovely day!
Charlene xoxo

Cheers to You - Stampin Up Card

Just a quick card I wanted to share with you today. I made this using the Cheers to You stamp set by Stampin Up. I love these colors together, Basic Black, More Mustard and Whisper White. They go together so well!
I used the texture plate Harlequin by SU on the more mustard for the background. Then I stamped the beer mugs, plus stamped, colored and cut out 2 more and popped them up with dimensionals. I added some dazzling diamonds on the foam to top it off! A little of the 1/8" taffeta ribbon adds a little somethin on the card too.


Hope you have a great Thursday! I'll be back soon to post some cards I'm making with some new items from the Stampin Up Summer Mini Catalog!! Hope you can visit again soon!

Merrell Shoe Giveaway!

There is a great giveaway over at Thrifty & Chic Mom HERE. There are several chances to win so be sure to read the whole post!
She is giving away a pair of Merrell shoes...if you know shoes...these are some comfy ones, cute too! Check em out!

So Shelli April Showers Challenge and something else...

The good news (yes I do usually look on the bright side!)is that I made a card today. I can't get enough of the Springtime Vintage paper. Just love the colors. I made this card for the April's challenge on Shelli Gardner's blog So Shelli. It's kind of a simple spring card, nothing special like some of the amazing projects linked on Shelli's blog. There are some very talented women out there!