Using Bloomin' Beautiful

Back before this stamp set made it into the big Stampin' Up catalog, it was listed in one of their mini-catalogs. I was so worried it wouldn't make the regular catalog, so I bumped something else off of my wish list at the time, and bought this. Of course it made the regular catalog! I think it is one of my favorite stamp sets ever.

Cuttlebug Challenge #5

The challenge this week at The Cuttlebug Spot is to use your favorite embossing folder for a card. My favorite embossing folder by far is the stylized flowers folder. Back before Mother's Day, I didn't even realize what a cuttlebug was. Then I started seeing cards at Split Coast Stampers with the most beautifully embossed backgrounds. That was my introduction to the cuttlebug. This embossing folder in particular always caught my eye! Thank goodness for a wonderful holiday like Mother's Day and a wonderful husband who bought me my cuttlebug to help me celebrate Mother's Day!

Cuttlebug Challenge #3

This is the card I made for today's challenge over at The Cuttlebug Spot (http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/). Today's challenge was to add some color to your cuttlebug folder. I used my stylized flowers folder. This folder is so pretty! When I first started seeing this folder on cards people made on Split Coast Stampers, I knew I would have to have a cuttlebug. I colored the flowers and stems with my Derwent Aquatone colored pencils. The flowers used burnt carmine and the stems used sap green. Then I colored them with my blender pen. I colored the sentiment from IBrakeForStamps.com with my plum Marvy Marker. I added some ribbon behind the sentiment, and some glitter glue to the middle of the flowers.