First week of Summer and I'm Big on Spring

Summer is finally here! Woo Hoo! I'm headed to the pool with these crazy babies this afternoon! I love my job :) So sorry I havn't had much time for blogging lately but I do have quite a few cards to share. I think my new method of blogging will be to stock pile my creations and then photograph them all at once and blog them all at once but have them posts scheduled to publish once a day or once a week...something like that... For today in light of the sadness that comes along with all of the current Stampin Up! stamps that will be retired as of next Wednesday I will be highlighting my very favorite stamp set that has been retired for over a year now- Big on Spring. It's so stinkin cute and even though it's retired I still always come back to it! I am definitely one of those demonstrators that does not give up on my stamps just because they are retired. Don't get me wrong, I am also OBSESSED with getting to see, and buy, and play with BRAND NEW stamps, papers, and accessories so I also used one of the brand new In Colors on one of my cards. The first card I have to show you is one that I created (at the last minute) for my best friend's wedding shower last weekend. I used the Bride to Be stamp from the Big on Spring stamp set and colored it in with my Stampin Write markers. I added sparkle with my favorite little gem, the Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Pen...I can never have too much sparkle! And this pen just gives a nice subtle little shimmer that makes everything so much prettier. I also added some tiny adhesive pearls because they are just so precious and elegant and bride-like. I used SU Brushed Silver CS and embossed it with silver embossing powder and the Baroque Motifs stamp set. I used my favorite Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist Card stock. I am OBSESSED with this color...Next to pink, this is my favorite color. I really wish SU! would make this color as part of their collection. Not that I don't love PTI, but I can't be a PTI demo so I wish I had it as an option for SU! For the next card, I used the Let the CUTE begin stamp. Baby cards and wedding cards are actually probably my favorite types of cards to make so you can see why I just love this old stamp set! I busted out my very first sheet of my brand new In Color cardstock- which is my favorite perk of being a demo- I get to play with new stuff early! Yay! I used the Bermuda Bay color which looks so awesome paired with Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery. (It actully looks great with a ton of SU colors- stay tuned) I stamped an extra image on blue CS and cut it out and popped it up to give it some dimmension and a pop of color.