... with another cool glass of lemonade. This cute little stamp is from the Chillin' & Grillin' and the Everyday Sayings stamp sets by Lizzie Anne Designs. I know I need to move on to some other images in this set, but this one is so fun! 
Here is another new set from Our Craft Lounge that was released on May 1st. This set is called Mice Friends and it's got a bunch of super sweet images and sentiments.
Happy Monday! It will be a happy day for me because I'm going to spend the day with one of my dearest friends today. We are going to stamp, scrapbook and go to lunch to celebrate her upcoming birthday!
But first ~ I have this fun project to show you that I made for the Lizzie Anne Designs Project of the Month. It's a little 3"x 3" card box with note cards inside. 
Print Pattern Paper:
1. Using the Garden Inspirations Digital Paper Pack & Photoshop Elements, change Hue/Saturation color levels to the desired colors. I used the Flowerburst pattern and the Green Leaves files.
2. Print patterns on textured linen cover stock (65#). I printed the blue Flowerburst patten in 8 1/2" x 11" and then scaled it down to 3 1/2" x 5". I printed the leaf pattern in 3 1/2"x5".
Box Instructions:
1. Cut out 4 note card envelopes with die cutting machine.
2. Find the finished scallop side (nice perforated edge side up) and place that at the bottom. Then cut off the left side of each envelope.
3. Fold each piece so the bottom and the remaining side flap is folded up and the scalloped edge is folded down.
4. On the back of each side flap, attach sticky tape.
5. Fit the four sides together so the flaps are connected on the inside. Make sure the nice scalloped edge is on the outside. Remove tape backing to attach together.
6. On the bottom flaps, attach sticky tape to secure it closed.
7. Wrap pattern paper around the box and attach with adhesive. You will need approximately 2" x 14" to fit all the way around.
8. Using a small piece of sticky tape, secure the scallop edges to the box.
9. Wrap ribbon around the top of the box with a knot and secure with a glue dot. Finished size of the box will be 3 1/4" square x 2 1/4" tall.
Note Cards:
Cut 8 pieces of textured cardstock (3" x 6") & score at 3".
Use miscellaneous pieces of pattern paper and the Garden Inspirations set to decorate 8 note cards & envelopes.
Stamps:Lizzie Anne Designs ~ Garden Inspirations and Garden Inspirations Digital Paper; Scallop Note Card Die from Sizzix, Textured Cardstock, Textured cover stock (65#) to print pattern paper, Versamark Ink, Black Ink, Blue Ink, White Ink, White Ribbon.
Hope all you ladies out there have a wonderful Mother's Day! This is what I made for my Mother-in-law and my step-mom. The chipboard purses were from a post on March 4th ~ HERE. I went ahead and made their Mothers Day cards to match. 
Woohoo ~ it's time for another Lizzie Anne weekly sketch. I haven't played in a few weeks because of the release and lots of other projects to work on ~ but I couldn't resist this cute sketch. 
I used a glitter pen and Stickles on the lemonade glass for a glossy look. I also cut out the image and put it on the embossed circle to make it POP! I love how it turned out. 
I used my sweet little Inchie Arts squares to add the date and some little Spring creatures. I stamped them on a 1" square of pattern paper with black embossing ink and then heat embossed them so they would pop! Then I popped the three purple images (the large photo, the small purple flower photo & the Inchie squares) on black cardstock so they would stand out just a little bit. It's a design secret that draws your eye through the page in a zig-zag from top to bottom. It's a subtle technique, but very effective.
Supplies Used: Inchie Squares ~ Inchie Arts; Ink ~ SU Pigment Ink, Copics; Cardstock & Pattern Paper ~ SU; Stamps ~ Lockhart Stamp Co; Font ~ Word (Harrington).
My first project today is a picture of my son while we were on a trip last year. It had been a long day of walking in Boston & we happen to be there on the day of the big parade for the Boston Celtics when they won the NBA Championship ~ can you say CRAZY!!!! Oh My Word! So we found a nice lunch spot just before the parade ended and enjoyed people watching for about an hour while we ate. It was a great day!
My next project uses the same circle stamp as I used on the scrapbook page; however, changing the color and adding the brads totally changed the look of the image.
Heidi from Simon Says Stamp, had a very nice welcome for me yesterday & posted my projects over on the Simon Says Blog. She is also giving away this stamp set along with one other if you leave a comment over on the Simon Blog {but you're welcome to leave love here too - LOL!}.
I used the flower as a backgound stamp all in orange, stamped it again in orange on another piece of cardstock & then stamped it a third time in black. I cut that image out, colored it, and then added it on top of the orange image. I added some of my favorite Sparkly Fluff to the center of the flower.
On this card, I used the 1/4 circle stamp on four different squres to create the main image. Just a few buttons & the embossed circle background pulled all the circles together. The "hello" greeting is from a Hero Arts set called Happy Day Animals.
Supplies Used (All Stampin' Up!) : Stamps ~ Upsy Daisy; Cardstock & Ink ~ Kraft, Olive, Navy; Pattern Paper ~ Urban Garden.
I love this sweet set called Cheap Talk ~ it's such a fun set to play with & by far my favorite of the current catalog.
Supplies Used (All Stampin' Up!): Stamps ~ Cheep Talk & Good Friend; Cardstock & Ink ~ Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point; Whisper White; Pattern Paper ~ Good Morning Sunshine; Scallop Edge punch, circle punches, scallop circle punch.
This past weekend I played in a Unity Stamps, Kit of the Month Challenge. Just needed a little break from work & these stamps are super fun to play with.
Supplies Used: 
The lucky winner is:
Sue D ~ who wrote: "Great cards and I like that they came together quickly--that is my kind of stamping."
I'll be sending you an email so you can give me your snail mail address!
Thanks for playing everyone!
You have until tomorrow for your chance to win this set by Our Craft Lounge called Bookworm! All the details are on Friday's post. You can leave your comment on any of my posts.
Here's a view of the whole FANTASTIC set!
You will go crazy with this set because it's so easy to use and FAST! We all love fast cards! Once my images were stamped, I just added some color here and there & VOILA ~ fun cards were DONE!
I made 6 cards in an hour when I picked up this set for the first time! I can't wait to use it for teacher gifts at the end of the school year.
So here is the entire set. And now I get to off this great set as BLOG CANDY!! Woohooo! Leave a comment on my blog from now until Monday at 9am (eastern time) and you will automatically be in the drawing.
Now for the HUGE Blog Hop ~ DID I SAY HUGE???? YES! Every single girl on the list is giving away a new released set. You will have 24 chances to win a set ~ how cool is that? So leave some love and you may get some love right back.
