Strength and Hope Campaign

Did you notice the elegant stamp set on the last page of the new Summer Mini Catalog called Strength and Hope?  I made sure every person at my Open House saw it - we used it on one of the Make & Takes!  Stampin' Up! is donating $2 from your purchase of this stamp set to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation!  BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide.  For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.

I wanted to share with you some samples of cards that I've made with this beautiful set. 

The card on the left was the Make & Take from Sunday's open house.  The card in the center is a fun little 3x3 Love Note, and the card on the right was designed by Stampin' Up!  I "cased" it from our monthly Stampin' Success magazine!  Here are more details on each card:

Like I mentioned above, this first card was Sunday's Make & Take.  The colors used on the card are Whisper White, Crumb Cake (which everyone fell in love with), Rose Red, and Pink Pirouette.  The sentiment is actually an accident!  When I originally designed the card, I didn't have a sentiment.  But, at the last minute decided to stamp the "H".  Well, it was crooked.  Can you relate to that?  So, I quickly pulled out my "Hope Happens" stamp set, punched it out, and hid my mistake!

Next up is that cute little 3x3 love note.  Most of the cards that I've seen that use this set feature the butterfly cut out.  However, those antenna are a killer to cut! I love this butterfly cut out!  This card was also inspired by Stampin' Success magazine!  Of course they cut out their butterfly.  So I cheated!  I inked up the antenna, stamped it on my card base, then adhered my cut out butterfly (without the antenna) on top!  Don't you love that idea?!?!?!

Finally, here's a card that I cased from Stampin' Up!  I love that they send demonstrators a wonderful magazine packed full of business tips and projects and techniques every month!  I think I fell in love with the color combo on this card first!  Can you guess what colors I used?  I'ts Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Baja Breeze, and So Saffron.