So not a white elephant gift!

At our Stamp Club white elephant card exchange, I came home with these beauties!

My dear friend and stamp club member Karen, made these cards to represent each season of the year!  All I have to say is that there is nothing white elephant about these gorgeous works of art!

Furthermore, I think everyone would say that about the cards they came home with.  My girls think that I teach them, but I learn something at every stamp club I attend with them!  Love them all BIG!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-
Simply Shannon

December's Paper Pumpkin

Here is the Paper Pumpkin project from December-and once I complete it, I cannot wait to show you January's project!  Every month the red paper pumpkin box arrives in your mail and you have everything you need to complete a very unique project!  Sometimes it is cards like these but other times it is a project!  Depending on the project- there are usually enough to make eight or more cards, etc.

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Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Personalized Stationery Note Cards

Don't you just love the elegance of a monogrammed card?  I decided that I had several thank you cards I needed to make, as well as some notes to write.  In the interest of time, I decided to make monograms so that they can do double duty!

I used some retired paper for Sale-A-Bration called Everyday Enchantment.
(It was one of my favorites so I stocked up!)

I gave these cards a modern touch by also using some current products such as the trio border punch.

The alphabet I used is called Sophisticated Serifs and has two different sized letters in this font, the larger, which I used being 1/3/4 ". 

Throw in the triple border punch and voila'!

Wouldn't these make a wonderful gift set for a close friend or co-worker?  I know I loved receiving a similar set years back which gave me inspiration for these very cards!  I hope this offers you inspiration as well!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Evergreen Christmas

These are the five cards I made for our stamp club's white elephant exchange. 

I was very happy with how they turned out and highly recommend these two versatile stamp sets - Peaceful Pines and  wondrous wreath. They are both available in bundles with coordinating Framelits. Check out my store on this blog to learn more!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon 

Guess What...

Is inside this adorable gift bag?

My hand made while elephant gift for our Christmas stamp camp of course!

Check back soon to see what is in the bag!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Celeste

Meet my friend Celeste! She is good at bringing smiles on birthdays!

I hope seeing this card brings you a smile as well!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon 

Accessorizing Is Key!

Sadly- this gorgeous gal sums up my ideas of exercise! 

 Having said that, she is a lot of fun- don't you think!

Here is a look at the inside!

I will be adding these to my Etsy shop in hopes that someone out there will enjoy it!  I can customize it with a birthday, thank you or thinking of you message, or it can be left blank for your own message!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Lovely As A Christmas Tree

I have always liked the stamp set Lovely As A Tree, but now I LOVE IT!!!  

The beauty and elegance of this Christmas card is as timeless as the sparkling snow portrayed on this card via the magic of a used dryer sheet!

A special thanks to Kim Newcomb-our November hostess with the mostess for teaching us this simple and awesome technique!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Kindergarten Thank Yous

Just using my Sprinkles of Life Stamp set and Starburst Framelits to make a few thank you cards for my sweet kinder babies for awning me off in style!

They were very quick and are very colorful! 

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Paper Pumpkin

These two cute little cards were part of October's paper pumpkin Kit! If you subscribe-these kits will arrive at your door each month with everything you need to complete 8-9 cards or projects except adhesive! The best part is-they take only about 15-30 minutes to complete them!  Interested in ordering? Visit my online store and search paper pumpkin!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

'Boo-tiful' Broomstick

Cutest! Easiest! Most Festive treat bag ever! (Five bags of snack sized Skittles are inside!)

This is the result of September's Paper Pumpkin! 

Every month a Paper Pumpkin kit can be delivered to your door and provide you with everything you need to craft a project!

Hope you like it as much as my boo buddy does!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon 

Haunt Ya Later

These adorable latch cards feature the Haunt ya Later and Happy Scenes stamp sets from Stampin' Up's! Holiday catty! 

I had lots of fun making them-and you can too!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Halloween Happy

How fun is this duo?  I had such a fun time preparing for September's stamp camp with these! 

Halloween is just around the corner! I hope these get you ready for a spook-tacular fall!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Party Time

I wanted to share some pictures of my daughter's birthday party.

We had a lot of fun making the decorations and cupcakes!

She chose a Barbie themed painting party so we used pink, black and white.

I made each girl their own goody bag out of various designer series papers.

My daughter wanted to individualize each bag so we added an initial.

I wish I had taken a picture of the book mark and necklace she made for each of her friends!

It was fun to coordinate her birthday banner!  I used pearls (I found them on a ribbon roll at Hobby Lobby!) to string the banner which went perfectly with the theme! 

Here is Nora at her 7th birthday party!  My mom and I even made her outfit!

I hope this inspires you!  I am available to help with your party planning needs too!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-
Simply Shannon

Back to School

Both my kiddo and I started back to school today. We made these cute little mini coffee cups for her teacher and my new team to give them a first day pick me up!

We used the Schoolhouse DSP! 

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon 

Circle Thinlet Card

How fun is this cute card?  

It features our new circle Thinlet! ( Item Number 133480) it includes ten different dies!

It was so much user friendly than I had anticipated!

Hope you love it too!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

Timeless Elegance

Aren't these cards gorgeous?  They all feature one of our new designer series papers called Timeless Elegance (item # 138444).  I truly feel the name sums up the cards!  Each one of them is timeless and very elegant.  I love that this paper could be used for almost any occasion!

I look forward to making more using this beautiful and timeless paper- and I hope you do too!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-
Simply Shannon

A Whole New World

My kiddo loves mermaids.  She is learning to play, "A Whole New World" on the piano, and had a mermaid party last year for her sixth birthday.  So, as you can imagine, I was not at all surprised to when we decided to paint and decorate her bathroom that she chose a mermaid shower curtain.

So, of course, Mommy wanted something hand made to go in there and I found these super cute and super reasonable frames at IKEA that just screamed for me to make a mermaid!

Here she is!  What do you think?

Sending Stampin' Smiles-
Simply Shannon

Boo boo bandaid!

I made this card for a very special uncle who is always upbeat, cheerful, and downright funny! I hope it makes him smile in return as he faces a long recovery!

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon

More Color Schemes

What color combo is speaking to you?

Sending Stampin' Smiles-

Simply Shannon