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FYI

You did order some extra Everyday Enchantment designer paper during this year's Sale-a-bration, right?

I know I haven't been posting much over the past few weeks but I did want to give you a heads up that I definitely have some unfinished business with this set of papers.  I don't intend to stop using them just because they aren't available anymore. You've been warned. I've been cleaning down in my stamp room this morning and this is some of what I need to get back and finish.

I know that my regular stampers have stocked up but I just wanted any of my blog followers to have fair warning. March 31 is your last day to place a Sale-a-bration order and make sure this stuff is in your stash! Each Sale-a-bration item is free with a $50 (US) order.

If you don't have a regular demonstrator that you can order from feel free to order through my Stampin' Up! website link at the top of my blog.  Sets featured in the photo include

• Bordering on Romance 125480 (w) from the Occasions Mini (p.11)
• Take it to Heart 125520 (w), Occasions Mini (p.14)
• Everybunny 122705 (w) from the main catalog (p.48)
• Outlined Occasions 126014 (w) which is also a free choice from the Sale-a-bration mini.
• Everyday Enchantment DSP 126154, Sale-a-bration Mini
• Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad pack 127279

 

Doily, Doily, Doily

Though there are endless possibilities with the beautiful Hello Doily stamp, it's a cinch to make EASY, elegant cards with this image. In all of these cards I've embossed the image with white embossing powder.

This Wisteria Wonder beauty is backed up by an Elegant Eggplant layer and gets some pizzazz from a little rhinestone bling.  "Thank You" is from Perfectly Penned.

This is the version I've included in the Card Makers' Buffet.

Here are a couple of others that I haven't yet posted.

This was my attempt for a challenge I saw last year that suggested unusual ways to use patterned paper. I embossed the doily on striped paper from Stampin' Up!'s Big Top Birthday collection. The words are from Three Little Words. Can you see the corner on the inside? I stamped "i miss you", also from the Three Little Words set, on a scrap of striped paper and put it on the inside corner. You know, I really think that decorating the inside is my favorite part of making a card.

Here is one more with the doily embossed on So Saffron. I outlined the doily with a Versamarker to give it a shadow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Makers' Buffet

I've been working on a few extra cards to add to my upcoming Card Buffet:

As I've mentioned before, Everyday Enchantment is one of my all time favorite collections of paper. This simple double fold card pulls colors from this set of paper to fill in Celebrate from Outlined Occasions.

As you can see, I used Everyday Enchantment paper again to put this "donut" card together with the cute little mushrooms from Everybunny, an Easter stamp set from the main catalog (p. 48).  The card base is Crumb Cake stamped with Woodgrain in Soft Suede.

Here's a peek at the inside: