Garden in Bloom and Express Yourself

Hi Everyone! Today's card, is all about the same, yet different. Confused? 

I took the same stamp set and same layout, but made 3 different cards (sort of!). Ok, I changed up the colours and greetings!

Sometimes when you change the ink colour you change the mood of the card. To me that is what is going on here. The Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant card is calming, hence the sentiment 'always thinking of you'. While the Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso is cheery and the Cherry Cobbler and Smokey Slate is rich. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha 

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Cute Little Treat Bag

Hi Everyone! Today, I have a cute little treat/gift bag to share with you. Don't you just love it!

 I had some left over Fresh Prints DSP 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" that I wanted to use up. So, this is what I came up with.

At first I was going to use them as little gifts, which I am still going to do. However, I came up with another idea! I am going to put them on my table at Christmas time with goodies in them.

Here is a video showing you how I made them!

 

Supplies

Paper: Fresh Prints DSP 4 1/2" x 6 1/2", All is Calm DSP 4 1/2" x 6 1/2", scrap of Whisper White, scraps of Crumb Cake, Real Red, and Coastal Cabana

Inks: Lost Lagoon, Real Red, Crumb Cake and Coastal Cabana

Stamps: Made for you and Good Greetings

Accessories: Score Pal, Washi tape Punch, Itty Bitty Punches, Boho Punches, All is Calm Embellishments, Ribbon, Pearls, Glue Dots, and Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Christmas Advent Calendar

Hi Everyone! Today I have a project for you, a Christmas Advent Calendar!

I had a lot of fun designing and make it. I wanted something that wouldn't take up too much room, but would be able to hold small goodies for at least three people (my hubby likes chocolates too!), and that I had to use what I already had. I couldn't go out and buy new things. It also had to be from one sheet. I didn't want to glue a bunch of pieces together. Talk about a challenge at first! This is what I came up with. What do you think?

Supplies: Trim the Tree DSP (4 1/2 x 6 1/2), clothes pegs, elastic string, Quickcuts (for the numbers), crimper (for the bottom of the bags), circle punches, star thinlits from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit, fast fuse, and a picture frame (29x21 Ikea). I love how it turned out!!!

They look like little chip bags! 

I made a video so you can make one too! If you do, I would love to see it!

The finished size of each little pouch is 3 x 5 1/2. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Lovely as a Tree, White Christmas and Woodland Embossing folder

Hi Everyone! Today's card is my 2nd Christmas card that I have made this season!! (don't forgot to sign up for my Christmas card Stamp-A-Stack, click on the events button for more info).

Right now on You Tube you can find all sorts of tutorials on how make a card like this. First you stamp your ink onto the embossing folder (the sky colour), then on the other side of the embossing folder you stamp your trees. I know this doesn't make much sense until you watch a video. Sorry, I have not made one yet! Then you run it through your Big Shot, and it comes out with the trees and the sky already there! So cool! Thank you to all you talented people out there that think up these amazing ideas! 

Then I stamped the little Cardinals from the White Christmas stamp set and coloured them in. The colours are Real red, Soft Sky, Old Olive and Crumb Cake was lightly sponged across the trees to give them life. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Happy Birthday with Tin of Cards

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a Birthday card with inspiration from the annual Stampin' Up! catalog again. Seriously, if you are stuck in a rut, (which happens to all of us at times) or need a little someone on your card, but can't quite figure out what that should be, look at the catalog! Amazing ideas in there!!!

The colours are Basic Grey and Mint Macaron (again I was trying different colours together). To my surprise this is one of my favorite cards.

I curled up the edges of the banner and added dimensionals under the deco label framelit, added baker's twine, rhinestones and a button to finish it all off. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Wild About You, Express Yourself and Gorgeous Grunge!

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a baby one. I know I haven't made one of these in a really long time. The inspiration for this came from looking through the annual catalog. If you have a moment or two,  I would strongly suggest going back through it and really looking at the projects people have made. There are lots of fabulous ideas in there! (Don't have a catalog and live in Canada, let me know so I can send one to you!)

Here it is! Isn't it cute!!! I absolutely LOVE this stamp set. It has been retired for some time, but it is still my favorite for young kids and new babies. 

Hard to believe that I used 3 stamp sets on this card: Wild About You, Express Yourself and Gorgeous Grunge. I used Pear Pizzazz as the main colour and accented it with DSP. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the DSP, it has been retired too! Maybe I should have called this post All Retired! Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

1x8 Halloween Treat bags!

Hi Everyone! Today I have another Halloween project for you. Just something really cute! 1x8 cellophane bags (you can order them through Stampin' Up!) filled with Halloween treats. Aren't they cute! You can make these for all sorts of occasions: Valentine's Day, Christmas, Loot bags, Halloween, Easter, etc. 

I filled them with the same amount of candy (yes, my kids would them count to make sure no one was getting more than the other!). I stamped my greeting with Black Momento onto Tangelo Twist and then punched them out using the Washi Label punch. Add a bow and they are done!

Thanks for stopping by, let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Mini Treat Bag for Halloween

Hi Everyone! Today I have for you a little Halloween project. Don't worry it's not too complicated or too easy. Just perfect actually! 

I knew I wanted to use the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit for some Halloween goodies for my family. We don't do too much here for Halloween. So this is the perfect size treat for them. 

While you have the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit on your paper, I added a circle framelit because I wanted to make the front a pumpkin. That way you don't have to run it through twice. Then I made a circle frame using 2 Circle Framelits (in Pumpkin Pie) and attached it with adhesive. The stem is actually from the Wonderful Wreath Framelit in Baked Brown Sugar. The leaf is from Quickcuts in Garden Green.

I put my goodies in a cellophane bag and added some black ribbon. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Disclaimer: I LOVE all of Stampin' Up!'s stuff, but I already have some Halloween stamp sets and since we really don't go all out for Halloween I decided to spend my money on other things in the catalog. Plus I have a lot of things that are retired that I need to use up, which also gives you ideas on how to use up the products that you already have too.

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Moon Lake and Wetlands

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a simple yet elegant Thank You card.

I didn't want to colour this in, I wanted one colour only. Sort of like an old fashioned feeling. I absolutely love the layered look. To me it looks framed, and finished.

The layers are Baked Brown Sugar, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. The edges of the Very Vanilla are sponged in Baked Brown sugar. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Garden in Bloom and Petal Potpourri

Hi Everyone! Today's card is about making someone feel special on their Birthday or any time at all! Sometimes we need a reminder of how special we are to someone or that someone is thinking about us! 

The colours are Mossy Meadow and Delightful Dijon. For some reason the flower looks really orange in the first photo.

Again, I wanted dimension to my card, I guess that is no surprise now is it!? The flower has a few dimensionals under it and I also added one for the center of the flower. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Sheltering Tree and Celebrate today

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a fall Birthday card. Don't you just love the colours of fall? Here in Southern Ontario the leaves change to the most beautiful colours. Right now there is a beautiful Maple Tree that I can see from my window that have these colours of leaves. 

The colours are Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, and Crushed Curry. 

I wanted more dimension to the card so I made sure that the Happy Birthday Banner was curled. In order to keep it that way, I put glue dots under the parts that aren't raised (make sense?). So it looks like wave. 

Hope you like it! 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Garden in Bloom and Tin of Cards

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a Thank you card. This one is a little different, not because it's a thank you card, because I wanted to try out different colour combinations. If you haven't tried randomly picking out colours you should try it. It certainly gets you thinking! 

For this card the colours are Wisteria Wonder and Watermelon Wonder. All W's kinda weird and not on purpose! Oops, I did use black momento too. 

The thank you is punched out using the note tag punch with dimensionals added to the back of course. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Curvy Keepsake Box and Good Greetings

Hi Everyone! Today, I have for you a little Curvy Keepsake box filled with goodies for the Thanksgiving table. I wanted something special to go on the table for my family this Thanksgiving and this is just perfect! 

These are so easy to make especially since we have the thinlit that does all the work, okay most of the work! The colours are Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango (basically whatever orange DSP I had). I added the Pear Pizzazz ribbon to the top of the handle (unfortunately it's been retired), with the little sentiment from the set Good Greetings.  

I forgot to take a photo of the goodies that are inside before I closed them up. Each one is different because we have different food intolerance's, so I wrote in pencil either our name or initials on the bottom. That way we will get the right one. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!
Marsha

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Flowering Flourishes and Express Yourself

Hi Everyone! Today's card is all about the beautiful Flowering Flourishes stamp set. So happy this one didn't get retired, unfortunately Express Yourself is.

For some reason my lighting on this card isn't quite right. I took a couple of pictures, but I still couldn't get the colours to come through. They are Island Indigo, and I used a silver foil sheet. 

The Flowering Flourishes is embossed with silver embossing powder, along with the sentiment. And the flowers are from the retired Boho punch (I hate giving up a good punch, especially when I really like it!). You could use any small flower punch that you have. Then finished it off with some rhinestones. 

Hope you like it! 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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Woodland and Papillon Potpourri

Hi Everyone! Today's card is all about butterflies and the amazing new Woodland embossing folder. 

Inspiration for this card came from all the Monarchs migrating to Mexico for the winter. This time of year you will see them crossing the great lakes or at the shores, hiding in trees waiting for great weather to cross. Very magical.

The colours are Soft Sky, Whisper White, and Pumpkin Pie (I also used my sponge dabber with Crumb Cake and just went lightly over the trees, to give them more dimension). All the butterflies are embossed with basic black embossing powder, then coloured them with my blender pen in Pumpkin Pie. Then punched them out using the small butterfly punch. 

I tried to put a greeting/sentiment on the front but it just didn't work. No worries, that's why you have an inside! This card could be used for any occasion really; Birthday, Congratulations, Encouragement, Sympathy, etc.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you have any questions let me know. 

Happy Stamping!
Marsha

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A Bugs and Kisses Birthday

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to say "thanks" for stopping by and visiting my little blog. Hope you like it here and find lots of inspiration and that you come back often! I would love to hear from you, so don't be shy.

Today's card, is using one of my favorite retired sets (I know what you're thinking, that I have a lot of those...well maybe!) Bugs and Kisses. I think it is prefect for little ones. You could always use this layout with another stamp set, it doesn't have to bugs and kisses. I made one similar, you can find it here.

For the insects, I only cut out the blue ones and added dimensionals to them. The colours are Pacific Point and Old Olive. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Garden in Bloom Birthday

Hi Everyone! How are we today? Fall has finally hit us this week. It's freezing here, I actually had to turn on the furnace! And everyone's sick!! Moving on...

Today's card is using the stamp set Garden in Bloom with the beautiful Brick Wall embossing folder. Don't you just love fall colours! I used Elegant Eggplant, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and Always Artichoke (the bee is Crushed Curry).

I cut out all the flowers and added some dimensionals to them. The Cherry Cobbler one has 2 dimensionals on top of one another, while the other flowers only got one. I wanted that flower to stand out a little more so that the other ones could fit under (make sense?).

For the brick wall I took my sponge dabber with crumb cake and lightly rubbed across the bricks. I didn't want too much colour on them, just enough to give it some dimension. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

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If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

The Open Sea meets Happy Everything!

Hi everyone! Today's card is all about soft sky and crumb cake. I absolutely just love these two colours together! I mean just look at them!

I stamped the anchor in crumb cake and cut it out. It didn't take long. Then I wrapped some baker's twine around it and popped it up with dimensionals. Actually, I used dimensionals on everything!

I know the stamp set Happy Everything has been retired for some time now, but I really love the font they used. It just makes you feel happy! You certainly could use this card for any occasion. Whatever makes you happy (yep, pun intended)! Plus we all have our favorite stamp sets that we just can't part with, no matter how long they have been retired. It's good to get them out every once in awhile!

Thanks for stopping by!

If you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!