From the Herd Birthday Celebration

The From the Herd stamp set is just too darn cute!  The banner, balloons and bow are from the Celebrate Today set.  And together they make a great birthday celebration card!  Blendalbilities were used to color the herd, markers colored the banner directly onto the stamp before stamping and classic ink pads for the balloons and party hats.  The whole herd is picture perfect in the On Film Framelits.  The sentiment banner was hand cut and is adorned with candy dots.  White bakers twine holds the balloons.

Thanks for stopping in today.  It's snowing again here (what a surprise.....not).  Be warm and comfortable where you are.

Denise

A Bootiful Occasion

I made this card for a special friend on the opposite coast.  I remember her birthday every year but somehow the card never gets sent!  This year will be different.  This card is for her and will be going out in the mail this week.  I've used Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White as the base cardstock colors.  They were colored with my Wisteria Wonder Blendability marker.  And the sentiments were stamped in Elegant Eggplant Classic ink.

Other Supplies:
Silver Glimmer Paper
Stars Framelits
Itty Bitty Accents Punch
Scalloped Tag Topper Punch
Large Oval Punch
Organza Ribbon
1/8 Silver Ribbon
Woodgrain Embossing Folder
Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder
Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities
And Many More (happy birthday sentiment inside)
Bootiful Occasions (boots and sentiment on front)

Thanks for visiting today.  We are in for some more nasty, cold, dreary weather here in eastern PA for the next few days.  Spring can not come soon enough!  I hope your weather is better than ours!

Denise

Irresistibly Yours Butterflies

The Irresistibly Yours dsp is so versatile.  It is paired with the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri.  The technique can be found on France Martin's blog here.  After stamping the butterflies I used a dauber to add a touch of calypso coral to them for a little pop of color.

Supplies:
CS -  Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Whisper White
Stamps - Papillon Potpourri, Petite Pairs (sentiment)
Ink - Memento Black, So Saffron, Calypso Coral
Other - Calypso Coral Seam Binding, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Pearls

I happy with the way my first try at this technique turned out.  I hope you like it too.  Thanks for stopping in today.

Denise

Painted Petals Birthday

My Mom is 90 today!  This is the card I made for her for this milestone big day.  She loves butterflies so every card I make for her has a butterfly on it somewhere.  I hope she likes this one.  And I hope you do too.

I followed the sketch on Freshly Made Sketches #173. All products used are Stampin Up and are listed below.  I stamped a scrap of the vellum with Something Lacy and punched out the butterflies which were layered onto whisper white punched butterflies.  The flowers were punched out of vellum and crisp cantaloupe cs and sponged with the Color Box Rose Coral ink. 

CS - Sahara Sand, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Vellum, Crisp Cantaloupe
Ink - Color Box Chalk Rose Coral (new), Wild Wasabi, Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps - Painted Petals, Butterfly Basics, Bloom With Hope, Memorable Moments, Something Lacy
Other -  Spring Flowers TIEF, Painted Blooms Cotton Twine, Petite Petals Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch,  Basic Pearls

Thanks for visiting today.  Stay safe and warm.


Denise
    

Blog Candy Winner!

Thank you everyone who left a comment on my blog during the Happy Stampers Blog Hop.  I love reading your comments and I read every single one!  The winner of this months blog candy is..........
Karen (#17) - who said "Loved the stars card.  Perfect colors."  Karen, please email me your full name and mailing address at:  dmelia@aol.com  I'll get your "candy" in the mail to you asap. 

Have a nice Thanksgiving everyone.  Stay warm and safe.

Denise

Happy Stampers November Blog Hop and Blog Candy!

Welcome to the Happy Stampers November Blog Hop.  This month's theme is the Holidays.  Be sure to visit all the hoppers today and leave comments for a chance to win some Blog Candy!

My first project for you today is this little deer!

You may remember seeing him yesterday.  Again he was colored with the Crumb Cake Blendabilities.  I created a little scene for him in a 2 1/2 inch circle punch of Whisper White.  The Circle Framelits created the Pool Party border layer.  He's nestled in amongst some trees from the White Christmas set and standing in snow made from the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  The Banner Framelit die cut is also out of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  All the stars you see are out of Silver Glimmer paper and are from punches.  The tiny little stars over the deer are from the Confetti Stars punch.   Base card is Soft Sky with a layer from the All is Calm dsp.  Greeting is from the Good Greetings Hostess set.  My next project is the card below:

Based on the weather here this week it definitely is the season. It was 18 outside this morning!
I love all the stars Stampin Up has given us to play with this season!  I used the Star Framelits for all the stars.  I've used the Bright and Beautiful set and the Many Merry Stars (in the Holiday Supplement) for the Greeting at the top.The little snowflakes above the stars (or they could also be stars) are from Holiday Home set.

 If you'd like to win a package of Stampin Up's New Silver Glimmer Paper leave me a comment on my blog and I will choose a random winner to be announced on Saturday morning.  Please understand that although anyone can leave a comment I can only ship to address' in the USA.
Please stop by all the Happy Stamper blog hoppers this month.  Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win everyone's blog candy!
You may have arrived here from Stamping With Sandi.  If not you can visit her blog by clicking the "back" arrow below.

I'm the last stop this month so click the "next" arrow below to start at the beginning with Stamp With Amy K.

Here's a list of the Happy Stamper Blog Hoppers this month:

Amy Koenders
Heather Van Looy
Sandi MacGiver
Denise Melia   - You are here.

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to leave me a comment!

Denise

White Christmas Festival of Trees

I just love that little deer from the White Christmas stamp set from Stampin Up.  He was colored with the Crumb Cake Blendabilities and Color Lifter.  And yes, I did snip that little deer out with my paper snips.  You'll see him again tomorrow!  The Happy Stampers are having a Holiday Blog Hop so stay tuned.  See you tomorrow.  Oh! and there will be blog candy too.

Supplies:
Stamps: White Christmas, Festival of Trees (sentiment)
Paper:  Whisper White, Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon, New Silver Glimmer paper
Ink: Soft Sky (sponging), Lost Lagoon
Accessories:  Stars Framelits, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Lucky Stars Emb. Folder

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Denise