The Peaceful Poppies Elements are retiring at the beginning of June. They are pre-cut elements that you can colour or leave as they are! There are multiple sheets in the pack. Some black embossed pieces such as the scalloped piece I used as a trim in my card, poppies & leaves embossed onto Vellum and also onto water colour paper. For this card I used an Aqua Painter with Rich Razzleberry and Poppy Parade inks to water colour wash one of the pieces. Then after it was dried I placed one of the vellum poppies on top. To finish off the flower I added a pearl to the center. If you would like to order the Peaceful Poppies Elements I recommend ordering them soon as they might sell out fast.

This card was created during my Facebook live recently. The video is below if you missed watching it. Join me tonight at 7pm for my next live!
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Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda

Swap cards are fun to make! The hardest part is choosing which product from the Holiday Catalogue I was going to use. Decided that for this swap I would do a fall theme as my other swap card was Christmas.  Did you n now the label on each pack of designer series paper lists the colours? I chose Pretty Peacock, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso from the colours listed.

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Thank you for stopping by!
~ Amanda

This is my second card I made using the Dino Days stamp set. I really wanted to use this dinosaur on my first card but the neck was soooo long the head was the only part that would've showed on the card! It looked silly for it to float there so I decided to create this card.

This Dinoroar Suite has designer series paper, stamp set, die set and enamel shapes! You can see the whole Dinoroar suite here: https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/products/201008/dinoroar?dbwsdemoid2157916

Supplies
Stamps: Dino Days
Colours:  Granny Apple Green, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Black
Accessories:  Subtle Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangle dies, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

In the second release of Sale-A-Bration there is this beautiful Springtime Foils Speciality Designer Series Paper! This paper is glossy with Gold Foil, Rose Foil and Silver Foil design. Place a $60 order before March 31 to receive this paper FREE!
I wanted to try out colouring this paper using alcohol in my Aquapainter instead of water. Used Lemon Lime Twist and my aquapainter to colour in the leaves of the vine paper. Then after it dried used a Sponge Dauber to rub colour over the rest of the piece of designer series paper.


Supplies
Stamps:  One Big Meaning
Colours:  Lemon Lime Twist, Smokey Slate, Silver
Accessories:  Springtime Foils Speciality Designer Series Paper, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Aquapainter, Sponge Dauber

~ Amanda

Supplies: Fall Leaf Thanks
Stamps: Wonderfall, Teeny Tiny Wishes, En Fracais
Ink: Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
Paper: Island Indigo, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Very Vanilla 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Supplies: Gingerbread in a Jar
Stamps: Perfectly Preserved, Scentsational Season, More Merry Messages
Ink: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Early Espresso, Black Stazon
Paper: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Vellum
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Comfort Cafe Designer Fabric, Multipurpose Adhesive sheet, Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framelits, Cannery Set Framelits, Large Scallop Edgelit, Designer Frames Folders

~ Amanda

I love attending Stampin' Up! events - there is so much energy and creativity! And I always come back with a ton of ideas. Saturday my mom, my downline Lisa and I spent the day with over 350 other demonstrators and a few Stampin' Up! employees. There were also some give aways too! Stampin' Up! is such a wonderful company!


This was one of the make and takes we did on Saturday. Four note cards and envelopes come packaged together and we made a pretty vellum cover for them all to fit into! Over the next little while I will be sharing more pictures from Hamilton and my swap cards!

Supplies
Stamps: Clockworks, One in a Million
Ink: Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Calypso Coral, More Mustard
Paper: Note Cards and Envelopes, Vellum
Accessories: Calypso Coral Baker's Twine, 1" Circle Punch

~ Amanda

Remember this digital card I posted last week? Today I had a chance to print off a copy at home to make this hybrid card! I printed the image twice, once for the main image and the 2nd time so that the Thanks flag could be cut out with scissors and popped up with dimensionals.

The card is finished off with a Daffodil Delight Designer Button - part of the Brights Designer Button collection you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration! Remember March 31st is the last day of Sale-A-Bration!
Supplies
Paper: Calypso Coral
Accessories: Daffodil Delight Designer Button, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies in My Digital Studio
Stamps: Bright Blossoms
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral
Paper: Summer Smooches DSP
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Flag Punch
Template: Summer Smooches 4.25" x 5.5" greeting card

~ Amanda

Today I'm sharing with you a special thank you card I made for each order placed with me in the month of February!

I used the Mixed Bunch stamp set out the Occasions Mini Catalogue with the matching Blossoms Punch. The centre of the flower is decorated with Dazzling Details to make it sparkly! The colours used are Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush. The greeting is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set.

Would you like to receive one of these cards? Place your order online or contact me!

Supplies
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Thanks You Kindly, Wood grain
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla, Concord Crush
Accessories: Victoria Lace Trim, Dotted Ribbon Punch, Modern Label Punch, Blossoms Punch, Glue Dots, Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Big Shot Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet, Dazzling Details

~ Amanda

We made this card on Sunday at the Mystery Hostess Workshop at my house. The flower image is from the Mixed Bunch stamp set and it has a matching new punch! You can find them in the Ocassions Mini Catalogue!
Reminder that you can try My Digital Studio Express for a 30-day free trial! Head over here to view all the details!
Supplies
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Twitterpatted Designer Series Paper
Accessories: In Color Designer Printed Brad, Blossom Punch, Modern Label Punch, Pearls, Stampin` Dimensionals, 1" Circle Punch, Big Shot, Label Framelits

~ Amanda

For October's Creative Crew Scrapbooking Focus Challenge it was anything goes as long as it included a photo and was giftable! I've had this 5x7 acrylic frame for awhile just waiting for the right project. Start with a piece of card stock, add a photo, insert it in the frame, then embellish the outside of it with some ribbon and pearls. This would make a wonderful addition to any desk!

Supplies
Stamps: Falling Leaves, Thanks You Kindly
Ink: Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso
Paper: Soft Suede, Old Olive, First Edition Desginer Series Paper
Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, Pearls, Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, 5x7 Acrylic frame

Card number 4 of 5 for my non-winning Artisan Award entry. Back in January I had made a card similar to this one for my father's birthday. When I started the process of deciding which cards I looked back at all my cards I've made the past few years. This one popped out at me saying "make me!". So here is my Juniper Card:

Supplies
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker, Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker, Versamark Pad
Paper: Early Espresso Textured, Very Vanilla, Old Olive Bright Patterns Designer Series Paper, First Edition Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamping Sponge, Old Olive Brights Brads, Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool

~ Amanda

A few techniques rolled into this one! Masking and Rock 'n Roll! The thanks was masked with a piece of sticky post-it-note punched out with the Wide Oval Punch.Then the leaves were stamped over it. After stamping the mask is pulled off and ta-da complete! The leaf stamps were first inked with More Mustard but immediately rolled around on the Cherry Cobbler ink pad - this creates the Rock 'n Roll look - before stamping onto the Very Vanilla strip of card stock..

Supplies
Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Thank You Kindly
Ink: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder

~ Amanda

Satin Ribbon Roses are so cool, although I'm not too impressed with my very first rose. Next time I think I need to have a longer piece of ribbon as my rose looks kinda plain. To get the look of the satin rose I slightly melted the ribbon with the Heat Tool. Melting the ribbon took a lot longer than I thought it would.

I just had to dive into the Creative Crew Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers for today's card. The Colour Focus for May is all Neutrals with a splash of colour. First a piece of Very Vanilla card stock was run through the Big Shot and the Vintage Wallpaper folder then sponged with Crumb Cake to accent the raised images. To finish off the card I added a piece of Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon,  my first Ribbon Rose and lastly the sentiment.

Supplies
Stamps: Thank You Kindly
Ink: Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla
Accessories: Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Vintage Brad, Wide Oval Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Heat Tool, Sponge, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder

~ Amanda

This was a interesting card to make! I had a lot of fun making this for my secret sister a few months ago. My personal challenge was to use Pacific Point on a card for her.

Supplies
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Sanded background
Ink: Pacific Point, Basic Black
Paper: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Real Red brads, scallop border punch, Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Real Red designer button, glue dot, sticky strip, stampin' dimensionals, round tab punch, brayer, Big Shot, Heart and Bracket bigz die, texturz plates backgrounds 1

~Amanda

I had some time last night to play with some of my new stamping goodies and decided to do a challenge over at Splitcoaststampers: Monday's demonstratable card challenge. Our challenge was to case a card from the Summer Mini Catalogue on page 16A. I also gave myself a little challenge to pick colours for my card only from the Brights Collection. 

To create the tiled look: I started out with a 3" square of white, then stamped the floral image using Black Stazon. This was coloured in using a blender pen and ink, then with a few Stampin' Write markers. The square was cut into four equal parts, dimensionals added to the back and arranged on the card.

Supplies
Stamps: Elements of Style, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Black Stazon
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Accessories: Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Markers, blender pen, 1-1/4" Daffodil Delight grosgrain ribbon, 5/8" Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, stamping dimensionals, sticky strip, retired button, decorative label punch (punch available in the upcoming Holiday Mini)

~Amanda

Yesterday it felt really weird to be home right after work. Ever since September, Tuesday nights have be devoted to my Meadowbrook Brownie group in Kingston. Last week was our last meeting for the year and mine for the next while. I have been a Girl Guide leader working with Brownies for 11 years and have 21 years with Girl Guides of Canada. For now I am taking a break and anyone that knows me does not believe me that I am not going to be a guider in the fall!

Our contact guider for our unit is a wonderful lady. Such inspiration! I am so glad that when my husband and I moved back to Kingston 2 years ago that I was able to work with her. This card is the thank you card I made for her. Hopefully she likes it!! Enjoy!

Almost forgot! This is a case of this card: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1337061?&si=OwlTogetherNow_Orange_by_dlounds Thanks for the inspiration.
Supplies
Stamps: Owl Together Now, Woodgrain background
Ink: More Mustard, Basic Black
Paper: Kraft, More Mustard
Accessories: Assorted Stampin' Write Markers, More Mustard brads, 1" circle punch, piercing tool and guide with mat

~Amanda

A very easy-peasy card and perfect for a make-n-take at a recent workshop. I really like this colour combination and will miss Pale Plum, Mellow Moss and Close to Cocoa when they retire at the end of June.

Supplies
Stamps: Thank you Kindly, Petal Pizzazz
Ink: Rich Razzelberry, Perfect Plum, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss
Paper: Soft Suede, Rich Razzelberry texture cardstock, Whisper White
Accessories: Designer hardware gromets, Soft Suede Polka Dot ribbon, large oval punch, stampin' dimensionals

~Amanda

Many people have asked that we make some sympathy and thank you cards. We will be making 15 cards, 5 different designs in all. These cards can be modified with different sayings if you would like to create some birthday cards or thinking of you cards! There is still room left if you would like to join us on Saturday January 30th at 1pm at my new home. The costs is $20. Please email me if you would like to attend. Love to see you there!

These are 2 of the cards we will be making:

Supplies
Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper, Very Vanilla, Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Basic Black Satin Ribbon (new!), Top Note Die and Big Shot

Supplies
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Elegant Eggplant, Certaintly Celery, Basic Black
Paper: Kraft, Elegant Eggplant, Certaintly Celery, Whisper White
Accessories: Bermuda Bay polka dot ribbon

~Amanda

These ice cream cones are very simple to make. Punch out 2 "flavors" of ice cream, in this case it's pumkin and curry (interesting if they were real eh?) and you want to cut at least 4 to 5 bumps off each scallop circle to create the bottom of the scoop. Then I used the Square 1-3/8" punch for the cone, but remember to clip each side to create the cone shape! On the right cone I used a white gel pen and the other cone I used the texturz plates with the big shot to create a realistic pattern.

Just had to make a cherry cone! I spiced this one up a bit with some embossing (although you could just use white craft ink instead). What flavours would this one be? Cherry chip and Strawberry maybe? Sounds good.

Supplies
Stamps: Tart and Tangy, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Short and Sweet, 2nd card also uses Itty Bitty Backgrounds and Sanded Background
Ink: 1st card: Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Basic Black. 2nd card: Versamark, Ruby Red, Basic Black
Paper: 1st card: Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Basic Black, Close to Cocoa. 2nd card: Whisper White, Basic Black, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, white gel pen, Texturz Plates + Big Shot, 2nd card: white embossing powder + heat gun

~A