Love is in the air.  

Ah, another week, another challenge filled with hearts and love!  

This weeks challenge is a totally different style for me but I do love all the different elements in it.  

Check it out:

Here is my version of the card. 

Did you notice the new products from the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog?  New paper, new stamp sets, ah love. 

Hope you enjoy it!  

Please remember to play along with the As You See It Challenge at www.asyouseeitchallenge.com

As You See It Challenge #4

It's been almost a month already that we have been playing along with the As You See It Challenge blog!  It's been TONS of fun already.  

Here we go!  Challenge #4

It's a dandy.  Don't you think?  

I decided to go ahead and use Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock with some matching designers series paper from the Soho Subway (my fave) pack.  Added lots of detail with the Pamplona Potpourri stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, and the Many Thanks stamp set.  

Here is a close up where you can see the butterflies that I punched out and layered onto Early Espresso cardstock.  I also used the dotted ribbon scallop punch to give another layer in front of the ruffled ribbon.  

Hope you enjoyed the challenge this week!  

Don't forget to play along with the challenge and link up to the As You See It blog.  

Lastly, if you love the products you see featured here please wander over to my Stampin' Up! website for more ideas and to purchase products. www.taraangus.stampinup.net

Thanks for checking out my project this week!

Happy Stampin,

       Tara

As You See It Design Challenge #1

I'm so excited to be part of the Design Team for the all new As You See It Design Challenge Blog.  I'm designing with a bunch of great friends & Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from Canada and the U.S.  

Each week there will be a new card layout design that will be highlighted on the blog & also my cards for the week will be posted here.  Of course there will be a weekly card challenge on the design blog.

The first layout is a great one that I'm sure you'll LOVE.  Very hip and modern.

So without further adieu, here are my week one cards:  

I guess you could say this week I love pattern.  

The first card is a great birthday or even a girls night out party card.  I think the Happy Hour stamp set is super cute.  It has some great words along with all the drink glasses.  What I love most about this set is the pattern within the glasses.  

The colors that are used are Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake.  Did you notice my washi tape flags?  Yep, that's the new washi out of the holiday mini along with the great stripe designer series paper.  

Why Hello There!  

I flipped the layout just a tad this week to match the great designers series paper.  See those rings (almost like coffee rings) on the paper.  Yep, they came that way on one of the sheets Epic Day This & That paper.  On the left side I stamped with Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake to give a bit more texture.  Then I stamped Oh, Hello in Espresso from the Oh, Hello stamp set.  

The flags are all from the Epic Day paper too.  Add a little Baker's Twine and a Naturals button and you are all set to go.  

Hope you enjoyed this week's challenge and make sure to visit As You See It Challenge Blog for great cards from the rest of the Design Team.  

*Don't forget to participate in the challenge too!  Link up your our creation on the AYSI blog. 

Enjoy & have a great weekend!  

Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop!

 Thank you so much for joining us on our very first Kaleidoscope Stampers Blog Hop!  We are very excited to share what we have been working on with you.

I am SO excited about the brand new Sale-A-Bration stamp set Feeling Sentimental.  It has me all sentimental about when I studied abroad in the UK during college.  Ah, good times.  Anyway here are just a couple of cards that I made with the set.  

 The first one I tried to grunge up the designer series paper by crumpling it, sponging it, and spritzing it.  I then stamped the phone booth over top in Saraha Sand ink and colored in the negative a Cherry Cobble Stampin' Write marker.

 Lastly, I added some of our great Natural 7/16 Trim Ribbon to set it off.  I love the burlap look right now so this ribbon is right up my alley.  I won't tell you how many rolls I've ordered already since the Spring Mini Catalog came out.

 The second card I made was a quick & easy one.  Using the Window Frames Framelits just made this card fit together like a glove.  I also used the designers series paper Parkers Patterns to give it a bit of flair wrapped in seam binding.

Still LOVIN the Feeling Sentimental stamp set?  If you are in the US please contact me so you to can earn it for FREE!

Hop on over to the next blog by the following the next link:

Desirée Spenst  at  www.kelowna.stampinup.net/blog

Make sure to check out the rest of the blogs in the hop too! 

Danielle Calder www.stampenvy.ca

Heather Cooper www.playingwithpapercrafting.com

Amanda Turner www.gotstamped.weebly.com

Tamara Casorso www.sweetstampinspot.blogspot.com

 Kristin Noble www.okanagan.stampinup.net/blog

Clearly For You Card

So I'm a gal that loves texture and this card brings it, that's for sure! This was another one of our make and takes from the Stampin' Up! Leadership conference that I attended last week.

The Clearly For You stamp set is new in the Occasions Mini Catalog that just came out this month. Did you notice the crimper that I used on this card? I often forget about the crimper but boy I really like the look!