ICS Blg Hop Fabulous Framelits

So excited to back in my groove designing cards and hopping with my ICS friends! If you came by way of Megan Thompson! Welcome! I just loved her creation!

This month we are featuring Stampin' Up! Fabulous Framelits!!! There are soooo many fabulous Framelits in the Annual Catalog, just wait until see the Holiday Catalog!!! Drool CITY!!!
Enough about that! Let me get to the details of my card!

So my card is featuring the Umbrella Weather Framelits and Weather Together stamp set! This set can be purchased as a bundle and it was honestly one of the first sets I ordered when the whole catalog went live! I knew as soon as I saw this set that an abnormal quantity of shaker cards were in my future! I used both cloud framelits to cut out my windows for the shaker! I had extra shaker goodies from the shaker kits from the last holiday catalog! The DSP is from A Little Foxy 6 x 6 DSP stack! I accented this Smoky Slate card with the color Pool Party. The heat embossed white on Pool Party Umbrella and Smoky Slate handle are from Weather Together ! My cute Pool Party stamped banner is from the Thoughtful Banners bundle although the actual Smoky Slate sentiment is from the Weather Together set! What is an Andrea card with a few little white sequins and popped up clouds?!

Thank You so much for stopping in! I hope I have inspired you now that I have created and shared!I am also entering this in the Stampin' Up! Only Challenge 154! I can't wait for you to see what Darla has come up with! You can tour the whole hop by clicking the next button!!

Have a fabulous day!

Darla Roberts

Paper Craft Crew 199 Card Sketch

Hey there! It is a Wednesday... Are you shocked yet? I know I don't normally post on a Wednesday but I am so excited to announce that I am now on the Paper Craft Crew Design Team!! I am really excited about this and I am so glad to be a part of such a creative team!

This week we have an adorable sketch that Pam Staples has designed for us. It really got my creative mojo working for me again! When we (SU Demonstrators) got to see the new Stampin' Up! Catalog for the first time I had to have this set and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it first! I will get you the details below!

I have to say that I have had this umbrella shaker card idea in my head since we demo's could see the catalog! So it has been brewing for a long while! The Weathered Together bundle was honestly one of the first sets on my list to get... I mean it is a REALLY long list but I kind of knew what other people were chomping at the bit to buy and this cute little set was never mentioned...

My card base of Island Indigo is nicely matted with Crumb Cake card stock. My Whisper White layer was die cut using the Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies. I used the umbrella shape to cut out my window for my shaker card. I adhered the acetate with 1/8 inch Score tape and then used our new Foam Adhesive Strips to create the shaker part. The shaker mix is made with a lovely mix of Pretty Pink Posh Sequins and Seed Beads! The backing is the from the Serene Scenery DSP Stack. The elegant sentiment is also from the Weather Together set. I simply stamped this before created my shaker with Island Indigo. What's an umbrella without the handle?? You need a handle! Crumb Cake ink to the rescue on my little handle stamp and Voila!  The coordinating cloud was stamped using Pool Party ink and die cut with the above coordinating die set. To finish this card I used a quick trim of linen thread and cute little burlap banner! OOPS! Did mention a few more sequins???

Thank You so much for stopping by today!!! I can't wait to see what you all make with this weeks sketch!