Beautiful You

Yes you are! 

We all need to be reminded how beautiful we are. Somedays, we don't feel so beautiful, but trust me, you are. This Beautiful You stamp set helps us remind each other of that. 

I received this gorgeous card in a swap. It was made by my fellow Stray Duckling, Gayle Kiesow. Gayle painstakingly cut the dress and hat by hand out of the designer series paper. Isn't that pretty how it matches the border? She has way more patience than I do! 

And that'll do it for my card share today. One more day till the weekend. Whoop! Whoop!

Happy Stamping!

~Kim~

Terese & Sue's Swap Cards

I have two cards to share with you today that I received in a swap with my fellow Stray Ducklings. The first one was made by Terese Burdette using the Beautiful You stamp set.

I just love how Terese used paper piecing to make the dress & hat match the paper. Such a nice card!

The second card was made by Sue Boerner (http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampinsueb/blog) Sue used the Moroccan Designer Series Paper on her card. 

And guess what??? The Moroccan DSP is on clearance right now. Get yours before it runs out!

And that's all I have for this first Tuesday of May. I hope you've enjoyed today's card share. Please leave me some love in the comments below if you did (It makes me feel like I'm not just talking to myself!) LOL ;)

Beautiful You swap cards

Yesterday I shared a card we made with the Beautiful You stamp set in my class. Today I'd like to share the cards I received a week ago in a swap with my fellow Stray Ducklings demonstrator group. The talent in this group never ceases to amaze me! 

Check this one out. This beautiful card was made by Debbie Kramer. You will find her blog here: For The Love Of Stamping

This card was made by Bonnie Alexander. It's simply elegant, IMHO.

This colorful version was made by Terese Burdette.

And last, but not least, this pretty card was made by Julie Wiegand.

As you can tell, this set is wildly popular. It's definitely a must in any stamp collection! 

Happy Stamping! 

Beautiful You Class Card

Good morning Crafters! :)  Today is the final card from Saturday's class. We used the Beautiful You set. I must admit, when I first saw this in the catalog I was like, "Meh" but I loved all the sayings. It quickly grew on me when I won it at OnStage ;)

We started with a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock. The layers are in Blushing Bride and the DSP is Blooms & Bliss. We stamped the image with Black Archival Ink on Watercolor Paper and colored her with the new Watercolor Pencils  using the Aqua painter. The embellishments are the new Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and a Falling in Love embellishment.

Class friends working hard on their projects :) 

My Sister-In-Law and beloved niece <3 

Kalli & Buster truly love it when everyone comes over. They get so much attention :)

They were pooped out after all the excitement. 

I just love all of the fun we have at class! Please contact me if you'd like to join us next time. Our next class will be March 14th. 

Happy Stamping!

Horse Power

This is the final horse card in my 3-day run ;) The horse and horseshoes are from the retired Frontier stamp set. The barbed wire embossing folder is just one I keep on hand, BUT the kicker in this card for me is the sentiment. I LOVE this set. It is in the up-and-coming Occasions catalog. It will be available in January. The set is called Beautiful You; and it is just that.

The rope is our Stampin' Up! Kraft Rope Trim.

 

I hope you've enjoyed my 3 days of horse cards. I'll be back on track tomorrow :) 

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend.