One Card, Two Different Looks

So I mentioned in my last post that I'm going back to my first love.

Simple card making.

Today I'm going to share 2 cards.

Both are made the same exact way,

but I used different cardstock and stamp sentiments 

to change them up a bit.

Up first, one of my favorite color combinations:

Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, and Calypso Coral.

I'm really, really, really sad that Coastal Cabana is retiring. 

Super sad face :(

The sentiment is from SU!'s Painted Petals stamp set.

Such a great one!

For the second card, I used 2014-16 In Colors:

Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, and Tangelo Twist.

The sentiment comes from the Sale-a-bration stamp set, 'Big Day'.

These were such fun cards to make.

And the best part?

You guessed it...they were simple!

I'm looking forward to making more with different color combinations...

I'll be for sure using SU!'s 2015-17 In Colors :)

Have you seen them?

One word....Fabulous!

Inspiration for these cards came from HERE.

Supplies Used (all are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Painted Petals, Big Day 
Ink: Jet Black StazOn
Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist
Other: Itty Bitty Accents Flower Punch, Square Punch (non SU!), Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals

Quick Happy Birthday Card

The last 2 months have been a whirlwind.

My husband and I closed on our very first home on December 1st.

Then began the overwhelming task of packing, unpacking,
and figuring out where to put everything.

We're still working on it,
but are finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Most of the boxes are unpacked,

and our house is starting to feel like our HOME.

The very last room to get tackled has been my craft room.

After getting most of the room put together,

I had to take a break and make a few cards.

Because that IS what you do in a craft room ;)

I went with one of my favorite layouts

and used some retired SU! paper to make some birthday cards

(I 'm already behind on sending these out for 2015).  

Here's my cards...

The 'Happy 'Birthday' stamp

 is from the Big Day stamp set 

from Stampin Up!'s Sale-a-bration catalog.
I just LOVE it!

There's still some organizing to do in my craft room

(and throughout the whole house),

but I'm super excited to actually have a craft room!

I'm sure I'll be spending lots of time in there :)

Supplies Used (all are from SU! unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Big Day Stamp Set

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Tangerine Tango 

Paper: Whisper White, Kraft Cardstock (non SU!), Sycamore Street DSP (retired) 
Tools: 2" Circle Punch (non SU!), 2" Scalloped Circle Punch (non SU!), 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Owl Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder Punch