Spring Birthday Card

Today's share is a card that we made in my recent Mother's Day card workshop. It uses some of my favorite retiring products. While I'm very excited about the new products coming out, it makes me sad to see such pretty stamps and papers retiring!  The upside is that there are some amazing sales on retiring products right now. You can see them all here: www.sherrithompson.stampinup.net. 

                        

All supplies from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock: Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: All Abloom Stack (RETIRING)

Stamps: Crazy About You, Petal Potpourri (RETIRING)

Ink: Basic Black (RETIRING), Daffodil Delight, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow

Punches: Flower Medallion, 7/8" Scallop Circle, Ornate Tag Topper, Scallop Edge Border

Other: Blushing Bride Baker's Twine (RETIRING), Frosted Sequins (CLEARANCE)

Thanks for popping by today!

     

Sneak Peeks and More!

Yesterday I was able to order new items from the soon-to-be-released SU! catalog. Today, I get to share with you how you can get them, too...early and at an amazing discount!  Below are items that are available to demonstrators (including demo club members.). Interested in becoming a demo club member? Keep reading!  But first, here are some fun products to get you drooling this morning.  😉

Totally drool-worthy, right? Join my demo club today and you can order $125 worth of these fun items (before they're  for only $99 AND get free shipping!  Email me at sherrithompson2@yahoo.com if you'd like more info on my demo club!  Thanks for popping by!

A Change in Direction...

I've been MIA here on the blog for a long time. I miss it. I miss sharing my projects and "talking" to my crafty friends. I miss visiting your blogs and commenting on everyone's pretty things. I've been "lurking", but not showing my appreciation for everything you share. My blog and I need a crafty re-boot!

It's hard to jump back in. I felt like I was in a stamping rut. I couldn't be creative, and everything took SO LONG to make, because I was feeling overwhelmed with supplies. I *might* have a few. Hee hee.  

So I'm focusing my crafty attention on supplies that make it super easy to be efficient AND creative.  Enter Stampin' Up!, a company that makes it easy to do that by offering "no-brainer" coordinating. I became a demonstrator for the discount, and I sometimes offer workshops or make-and-takes. However, what I love most is that I can create without spending forever trying to choose stamps, coordinate products, or designing a layout. 

Now for the sharing-my favorite part!  This card is one that I made "just because".  I needed some thank you cards and I had just received this new stamp set as a reward. Love that all of the coordinating was done for me, and I was able to mix-and-match patterns so effortlessly!

                                 

All supplies from Stampin' Up!:

Stamps: Beautiful Bunch, Lotus Blossom

Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Ink: Blushing Bride, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso

Designer Series Paper: Confetti Celebration, Flowerpot

Punches: Fun Flower, Petite Petals, Ornate Tag Topper

Other: Blushing Bride/Gold baker's twine from Filled with Love kit

Please visit my Facebook page, Stampin' with ShareCroppers, and my Stampin' Up! Online store at www.sherrithompson.stampinup.net. Thanks for popping by today!

Counterfeit Kit Challenge-September Reveal!

I'm super excited to share with you that after Guest Designing last month for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge, I have joined as a permanent member of the Master Forgers!  I have loved this challenge since its start, and Bethany is the most wonderful (and convincing!) DT leader. 

We have an absolutely gorgeous inspiration kit, this month, too!  It is the Island Paradise Kit from Scrapbook Circle.



I also took inspiration from the kit's Tiki Torch and Bungalow add-ons:





Lots of gorgeous jewel tones, journaling cards, cork, "smile", "hello", "happy day", foxes, anchors, bokeh, veneer, labels, arrows, photo frames...the list of yummy scrapbook goodness goes on and on.  I think this is one of my favorite inspiration kits ever.  EVER.

I started with my patterned papers, and I ended up with pretty close matches to almost all of the originals:

I couldn't find any fox paper in my stash, so I substituted the birds.  For other papers, I might not have had the same colors, but I had similar patterns.  I added them, keeping with the jewel-toned theme.

Lots of cork stickers (which I will personalize with stamps), journaling cards and snippets, as well as some glitter phrase stickers, provide the base for my embellies this month.



I couldn't possibly create a kit without stamps! I know I will pull from my stamp collection to embellish the cork stickers, but I'm not sure how yet, LOL.  I'm including these stamps/sets in my kit, as well:

                                                           

There are several things that I'm anxious to counterfeit this month:

these Basic Grey Grand Bazaar chipboard alphas... 

these AMAZING wood sequins...


this fun, trendy paper...


and finally, these fun clips:


A busy month, no? :)

Time to hop along to the next stop!  Thanks so much for popping by!

Guest Designer:  Tina:  http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Susanne: http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com

Lisa H.:  http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/

Leslie:  http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/ 

Julene: http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com.au 

Stephanie: http://skylinepaperie.blogspot.ca

Jemma: http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com/

Sherri:  http://sherrithompson.blogspot.com <<< You're here!

Margie: http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com <<< Next stop!

Lynnette http://sassyscrapper2010.blogspot.com/

Angela Toucan Scraps and News

Gold and Floral Mom Card

                         

Yesterday, I saw the latest Fusion Card challenge, which is a fun challenge that offers both an inspiration photo and a sketch. You may choose to use the photo, the sketch, or both. I tried to use both, along with my August Counterfeit Kit. It just wasn't happening, and I got frustrated. I looked at the inspiration photo again with fresh eyes this morning, and came up with this gold and floral beauty for my mom.  Much more my style than the flat disaster I came up with yesterday! LOL

Everything was from my August kit except for that gorgeous taffeta flower, which was handmade by my sweet friend Bethany from the CKCB.  I really wanted a focal point flower for this card and my kit had none.  When I saw this lovely gold one in my stash, I knew it would be perfect. I added some gold paint splatters to tie everything together. Quite happy with the results!  This is my 5th card from this month's kit.  I've only done one layout, however, and have so much left in my kit.  Off to the coast today, so I will have some new summer photos to scrap soon!

Here is the inspiration photo and sketch from the current Fusion Challenge:

          

Thanks for popping by today!  Enjoy your weekend!

Hello Tag Card

I have one more card to share with you today. This one is also made from my August Counterfeit Kit (with the exception of the "hello" stamp.)

I was inspired by the colors and the "hello" sentiment over on the Tag, You're It challenge blog:

I really liked this color combo: white, green, light coral and medium coral. I added black, too, and used the medium coral as my dominant color. I played with my new Stampin' Up inks for the first time, which was fun!  I used Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, and Wild Wasabi on this card.  I used these three colors to create the triangle background on my tag.  The triangles are actually sun rays from Paper Smooches' "Sunny Side Up" stamp set. 

The cloud and kite stamps are also from Paper Smooches, so I am entering this is this week's "Anything Goes" challenge over on the Paper Smooches Sparks blog. See The hello sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I thought I had a great selection of Paper Smooches stamps, but in my 9 sets, I didn't have a single "hello" stamp. I'll have to remedy that. ;)

Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm off to school now to finish getting my classroom ready. Can't believe school starts in just 5 days!  Exciting and a bit overwhelming when I look at my "to do" list! :)

Cheer ^Up^

                               

I love the Paper Smooches "Anything  Goes" challenges!  They give me a reason to look through all of the fun inspiration on my Pinterest boards. :)

I loved the cute clouds on this card by Elena: http://justmeprints.blogspot.com/2014/03/bling-it.html.

Elena used ink and glitter on die-cut clouds, but I wanted to use up some paper bits from my August  Counterfeit Kit. I started with a small piece of white scrap cardstock.  I then cut random widths of triangles from patterned paper, gluing them in a sunburst design to my scrap of white cardstock with a glue stick.  Next, I stamped a Paper Smooches cloud on my new starburst paper and cut it out. A similar look that I'm very happy with!

I added this cute cloud to a pink Maggie Holmes tag die-cut, stamped a sentiment, and added some smaller clouds stamped on wood grain paper. A sentiment, punched border threaded with twine, and tag loop at the top made for a clean and simple card with a fun twist. 

I'm linking this up to both the Paper Smooches "Anything Goes" Challenge and the August Mr. Linky on the CKCB. Thanks for popping by today!