Saturday, January 31, 2009

Designer Series Paper Share

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Hi All!

Are you wanting all of the Designer Series Paper in the new catalog???? There are soooo many gorgeous papers in there!

I am going to offer a 6x6 share. This is how it works: After I get 8 people to sign up and pay for their share, I will place the order for the paper and cut it up into 6x6 pieces - you will receive a 6x6 sheet of each paper in the new catalog on pages 158-161 (excluding the Patterns Designer Series Papers)! That is 120 6x6 sheets of designer series paper!!!!

If you were to buy each package of paper, it would cost you $207 plus shipping and tax! Sign up today for my 6x6 share for only $30 plus $5.00 shipping (if applicable). If you wish to buy multiple shares, I will work out the shipping for you.

Please email me right away to get your share! regcorn@zoominternet.net

Friday, January 30, 2009

A Birthday Celebration!!!

Well....I am on a roll here, huh? lol!! Maybe if I lived in the Antarctic and were snowed in all of the time...I would have more stamp time! hehehe!!!! The kiddo and I have been in our Jammies (different jammies....we have bathed....lol!) since Tuesday, I think! We have to get dressed tomorrow at the latest...we have a birthday party to go to....his birthday is today though...HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!!! We promise to be dressed tomorrow for your party! :)

It was perfect! This week's Blogger's Challenge is a theme - birthday. And I needed to make a birthday card! Logan is turning two and he looooves tractors, so he is having a John Deer party. I did score with a John Deer gift that I think he will love.....but I do not have any stamps that are remotely tractorish let alone John Deer. What is a person to do???? Pull the color scheme and go with it!??!??!? Here is what I did:


Isn't it cute? I did pull out some retired wild wasabi - it paired so great with garden green (or is the John Deer Green???) Here are the deets.... The main image panel is confetti white. I stamped the "happy" with my jumbo outline alphabet, overlapping the letters on purpose. I then colored them with a blender pen and ink refills. I used garden green and summer sun for the letters and where they overlapped, I used wild wasabi - I love the look of this!!! I then used the Birthday stamp from Hugs and Wishes and inked only the word "Birthday" with a basic black stampin write marker and stamped it below. Since he is turning two...I wanted a "2" or two of something on there....So I pulled out my crazy for cupcakes and stamped two balloons - love it! I then stamped then two more times on scraps of confetti white. I colored them in the a blender pen and summer sun and garden green ink. I wanted them to sparkle...a little boy can have a little glitter, right??? So, I took my versamark pen and colored the entire balloon and then embossed with heat and stick powder and then dazzling diamonds....perfect!! I cut them out and then adhered them down with stampin dimensionals. I matted that entire panel onto summer sun and then onto the card base, wild wasabi. I felt like it was still missing something....ribbon! I had to add ribbon....I tied a bow with my black gingham ribbon.


I think it still looks boyish....don't you? What do you think?

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Sweet little birdie

HI All!

I have made the sweetest little birdie......speaking of birds.....I had 12 robins in my cherry tree two days ago!!! Do they not realize we have a foot of snow...they should be on the beaches of Florida??!??!?!?!? Anyway.....I digress......

Now before I get into this card.....BE FOREWARNED!!!!!! THE SIZZLET DIES AREN'T DESIGNED TO CUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN PAPER OR CARD STOCK......I DID THIS AT MY OWN RISK...AND IF YOU DO IT TOO....YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.... :)


Isn't that bird the sweetest?? The card base is pink pirouette. I stamped it with En Francais background in pink pirouette. I sponged the edges with riding hood red. The top corner is stamped with the flourish from Baroque Motifs in chocolate chip. My sentiment is from Holidays and Wishes. The designer series paper is Candy Lane. I tore and rolled at the top edge a bit. I then tied a simple knot with the striped pink pirouette grosgrain ribbon.

Now for that bird.....remember, I said that cutting CORK is not an approved material for sizzlets....I cut thin cork with my bird die in the birds and blooms sizzlet set. I adhered the wing down with tombow mono multi glue and then punched out his eye with my 1/8th inch handheld punch. Before adhering the little guy down to my card, I put a piece of chocolate chip card stock behind his eye.

Want a closer look at his cuteness????


The card is very simple...I didn't want to take away from the bird.....what do you think?

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

I am in love......

with the Love You Much Bundle!! I think the images are so cute and the paper....well....I LOVE that...and the punch...what is not to love about a sweet heart to heart punch?!??!?!?

My little one has a fascination with Toy Story and Toy Story 2 so I had a little stamp time this morning....lol! (Good thing I bought tons of Disney movies before she was born for myself....she has since claimed them all for herself!) I sure hope I have, or can buy, the next movie that she wants to get into....hehehehe!!!!


This card has a lot going on...but I had a ton of fun making it!!!


The base is close to cocoa. I stamped Bella Toile background in chocolate chip. All of the edges in this card are sponged with chocolate chip. I then took a strip of the designer series paper from Candy Lane and stamped it with the three heart trio in chocolate chip randomly. The scallop panel is a stamp from the Love You Much stamp set stamped twice in chocolate chip, once onto pink pirouette and once onto white confetti. I punched the pink layer out with my scallop circle punch and the white layer with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch. The two heart are from the heart to heart punch, the littlest one adhered down with a half of a stampin dimensional. The main image is also from the Love You Much set. I stamped it in basic brown classic ink because I wanted to color it. I colored it with graduating color.....if you registered for the stamp camp on Friday, you will learn, or review, how to color images this way. I punched a flower from the three for you punch in riding hood red and adhered it down over the stamped flower. I then accented the center with a flat back pearl. I wanted to give a little more balance to the layout so I adhered three more flat back pearls from the pretties kit with mini glue dots on the lower left hand corner of the ds.


What do you think? I would love to hear from you....


Until later - Happy Stampin'!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The body is barely cool....

....from the new circle scissor and the poor Coluzzle has been discontinued. Not that I am too awful sad...but there are some things that I have been able to do because I have a Coluzzle that I don't think I could have done with another cutter. Here is the actual statement from the Stampin' Up! demonstrator web site:

DISCONTINUED COLUZZLE CUTTING SYSTEM January 27, 2009Our manufacturer of the Coluzzle has recently discontinued both the Starter Set (item 102264) and the Refill Blades (item 102721). We no longer have any inventory of the Refill Blades, and they are now unavailable for order. We will continue to sell the Coluzzle Starter Set until inventory has been depleted. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

I urge you to grab one before they are totally gone....the circle scissor is great but it doesn't cut ovals.....yet ;) lol! (before you ask....I have NO inside information about an oval cutter....but it would be awesome if we had an oval cutter that cut in 1/8th inch increments like the new circle scissor.....) Hey! A girl can dream!!!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

I feel pretty....Oh, so pretty.....

I feel pretty, and witty, and bright..... Are you singing it yet???? LOL!!! I originally heard this on West Side Story....but I do think that Baby's sister sings it in the talent show at the end of Dirty Dancing. You know - when Patrick Swayze (sp???) walks over to the table and looks her dad in the eye and says.."nobody puts Baby in a corner...." Oh my.....what a romantic!!!! lol!! Anyway....back to why I am here. hehe!!!

Here is a card I made a few minutes ago....in between cutting pieces of curly ribbon off of the spools that my daughter found....she claims she was making a cake with colors! I have huge spool after huge spool of curly ribbon....it makes anything look fun! And she found my stash....hehehe!!

I can't get the color to look right in these pictures.... The base is pink pirouette. The flower stack is from the pretties kit, hence the "I fell pretty" bit..... I colored the larger flower with pink pirouette ink and a sponge dauber, I colored it fully to get solid color. The next flower is colored with close to cocoa and a sponge dauber. The top flower was brushed lightly with the pink pirouette ink dauber to keep some white showing through. I threaded the beaded hat pin, also all from the pretties kit, onto a clear rhinestone brad - from the pretties kit, but can be ordered separately now....whooohoooo!!!! I adhered the three flowers together with that clear rhinestone brad. Both designer series paper layers comes from Bella Rose....I am soooo glad they did not retire that pack!!!! I matted both of those layers with a 1/8th inch mat in whisper white. I then adhered the flower stack down with two pop up glue dots (the thick ones). Here is a bird's eye view of that flower.
The sentiment is from A Little Birthday Cheer. It is a one line sentiment, but I wanted it to fit into my curly label punch.....so....I stamped the "happy" and then inked just "birthday" and stamped it aligning it with my stamp a ma jig. Both words were inked with my close to cocoa stampin write marker. I then stamped the vine flower from fresh cuts in pink pirouette, stamping off once. I adhered that down and tied a piece of pretty in pink taffeta ribbon around the edge of the large background panel and the sentiment. Then I had to add three little flat backed pearls, from the pretties kit, with mini glue dots to the bottom corner.

Take a gander...I even decorated the inside of my card a little.....I think I an going to try to do this a little more...it really adds to the card, don't you think???

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Loving my new goodies!

Hi Everyone! Did you think I fell off the edge of the horizon??? I gave it some thought, but decided to come back to reality! lol!!!

When I found out that Stampin up was retiring ginormous flowers...I was very sad! I have used that set so many times in cards, 3 dimensional stuff, and scrapbooking.....I was devastated!!! And then I got my list of preorder stuff....As a demo, when there is a new catalog or mini catalog, Stampin' Up gives us a small sampling of things we can order ahead of time. When I saw that sampling....I fell in love with Petal Pizazz!!!!! I have had this set for a while now and just today got the chance to ink it up! Sad, huh? I wonder if my hubby would hear to all day day care so I had more time to stamp???? I mean, I would cook and clean on occasion....Nah!! I think I would be the one to protest that...lol!!! I would be spending good stamp money on day care.....we could not have that!!! HEHEHE!!!!!

Anyway...without further adieu....my sweet little card for the day:

The base is regal rose stamped with a flower from Petal Pizazz in bravo burgundy. I then cut two top note dies with my big shot....still lovin' it...and I CAN NOT WAIT TO GET MY PAWS ON SOME OF THE NEW BIG SHOT STUFF!!!!!!!! I layered the white on bravo burgundy....just pointing out the obvious....lol!

I stamped a few leaves in kiwi kiss on the white top note and some on scrap paper to cut out. The Thanks sentiment is from Thank You Kindly, it is stamped in regal rose. I used the horizontal slot punch to create a hole for the 5/8 inch bravo burgundy grosgrain ribbon. I wrapped that around the card and tied a simple knot. The final touches were stamping the larger flower from petal pizazz in bravo burgundy onto whisper white and the next biggest flower in regal rose. I cut them out and layered each of them with stampin dimensionals. The two leaves that I cut out, I adhered them down on the flower end with SNAIL and then rolled them and adhered the other end down with a stampin' dimensional.....here is a closer look at that:

What do you think?? This was fun! Now to check on that daycare.......

Monday, January 19, 2009

CLICK HERE to see the Blow out Sales Flyer

CLICK HERE to see the list of retiring accessories

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Not just your average Valentine's Day set!

I just love the birds that are in the Love You Much bundle stamp set. I love the birds that are in A Little Birdie Told Me.....so it was no surprise to me that I would love these birds just as much!
See that scallop square? It measures over 2 inches, so it is definitely not the square scallop punch! lol!!! I made that baby with my scallop edge punch....oh what fun!!! I accented it with my white gel pen. Here is a closer gander.....


recipe:
stamps: love you much, hugs and wishes
card stock: baja breeze, real red, whisper white, brushed silver, holiday treasures ds
ink: black staz on, versamark, real red
accessories: aquapainter, silver embossing powder, heart to heart punch, red gingham ribbon, scallop edge punch, stampin dimensionals

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Out with the OLD....In with the NEW!!!!!

Oh, I can't tell you how excited I am for this new catalog!!! It will knock your socks off!!!

For today's card, I combined the soon to be retired with something that isn't even available to purchase yet. Fun, huh? I am giving a gift if thank you cards to my Grandmother in a few weeks, here is one of my designs. I made ten of these babies. I had so much fun with them. They are an extremely simple design...I wanted the designer series paper to really stand out. I also wanted them to be simple with not alot of dimension that she would have to worry about postage. :)

The card base is very vanilla. I cut a 4x4 piece of the damask pattern from Parisian Summer designer series paper....I think this pack is so beautiful...and it is retiring this Monday - bummer! I matted that with a piece of close to cocoa with the edges scalloped with the scallop edge punch. I then tied a piece of 1/4 inch chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon around it and tied a simple knot. I then took a BRAND NEW stamp, Elegant Thank You, and stamped it with close to cocoa ink and punched it with the wide oval punch. It fits perfectly in the square scallop punch turned on it's side like a diamond.


Oh Yeah....did I mention that it is a single stamp.....STAMPIN' UP IS NOW CARRYING A HANDFUL OF SINGLE STAMPS!!!!!!! How awesome is that...and they are very affordable!!! I think it is wonderful, especially for the card elements kits and as an add on to the sentiment sets you already own! It is mounted up on stampin' diemnsionals....I almost forgot that....hehehehe!!!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Blogger's Challenge - week 81

HI Stampers!

This week we were to use designer series paper. I knew right away that I wanted to use the items in my Love You Much bundle - I love the Candy Lane designer series paper...it is so yummy!!!!! I wanted to use an assortment of the paper and really wanted to do another quilt card like I made HERE and HERE but I thought that maybe you were tired of that type of card....I love it though!! So anyway, lots of ideas ran through my head and I decided on a technique that my upline, Pam, shared with me. Thanks Pam!!! I am very pleased with the results!

Here is a closer look at some of the details:

The buttons are retiring....so sad....I just ordered a ton of them....lol!!!! Better stock up!!

I can't get into too lengthy of a post today...my little one has walking pneumonia and her steroids have kicked in big time...if you know what I mean! ;) Now I have an understanding when they say athletes are on "the juice." LOL!!!! I am not sure I can keep up with her today...but I am giving it my all! My hubby better watch out when he gets home...I am likely to punch out for the day...that will be our little secret! ;)

I would love to hear what you think of this card.....

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I am ready to throw a HOLY fit.....

....if Season of Friendship doesn't make it into the new catalog!!! Please...please...please let it be in the new cattie!!!!!! {fingers crossed, staying away from black cats, turning my head when I see a ladder, throwing salt over my shoulder any chance I get......}
This card is for last week's Blogger's Challenge - 80 - to use baja breeze - LOVE IT!, use chocolate chip - LOVE IT!, and to use any red - LOVE IT!!!! I did not have a second to create last week to have this done on time, but the second I had a free minute last night...I pumped this card out! I absolutely love it, and I hope you do too!!!

The main image is the tree from Season of Friendship - I'm telling you.....it will get ugly if this tree does not make it into the new catalog!!! lol!!! I stamped it in chocolate chip ink. The little hearts are from the new punch, heart to heart, that is available in the new bundle - don't miss out on getting it for a discount!!! I adhered them down with my 2 way glue pen and then accented them with dazzling diamonds - love the bling!!! I stamped the little bird from Season of Friendship in baja breeze and mounted him up on a stampin' dimensional. The real red designer series paper is from the patterns pack in the level one hostess pack. I scalloped the bottom with my scallop edge punch. That entire panel was matted with chocolate chip and then in baja breeze. The 5/8th inch real red grosgrain ribbon was tied around all three panels. My sentiment is from Short and Sweet. I punched it with the word window punch and then tied it around the ribbon with linen thread. I liked the "dangly" look but wanted it more controlled. I adhered it to the ribbon with a mini glue dot up by the linen thread hole. The entire panel is mounted up on stampin' dimensionals.


I am not sure if you can see the bling in these pictures or not...but they are so sparkly in real life! Here is a closer look at that :)

Monday, January 5, 2009

The SALES continue!!!!

Holy SALES Dinah! Stampin' Up! is having a first ever inventory blow out sale!!! Some items are retiring items, some are current items, and some are already retired items (think last catalog....) Here is the link for that SALE: CLICK HERE

Now for the list of retiring accessories. These are a WHILE SUPPIES LAST.....limited quantities.

Item #
Product Description
Availability
111377 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS ROOF GARDEN

112012 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS SEASON TO SHARE

112088 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS TRUE ELEGANCE

102782 ALBUM LEATHER BLACK 12X12 SOLD OUT

104188 ALBUM LEATHER BLACK 6X6

105384 ALBUM LINEN POST MELLOW MOSS 6X6*

104516 ALBUM LINEN POST NAVY 6X6

105381 ALBUM LINEN POST REAL RED 6X6* SOLD OUT

103977 BUTTONS BOLD BRIGHTS*

103978 BUTTONS EARTH ELEMENTS

103981 BUTTONS EARTH ELEMENTS & NEUTRALS

105446 BUTTONS RICH REGALS

105445 BUTTONS SOFT SUBTLES

103604 DAYS-TO-REMEMBER CALENDAR 12X12

102174 DAYS-TO-REMEMBER CALENDAR 8 1/2X11

112465 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER BANBURY SOLD OUT

112462 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GEORGIA PEACH

112463 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GHOSTLY GREETINGS

112040 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GREEN TEA

112470 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER HAIKU

112460 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER HAWAII PAPAYA

112469 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER HOLIDAY TREASURES

112458 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER JUNIOR VARSITY

112459 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER MAINE BLUEBERRY

112466 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER MUIRFIELD

112149 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PARISIAN SUMMER

112467 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PRESTWICK SOLD OUT

111355 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SUMMER PICNIC

112039 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER WINDSOR KNOT

112963 ELEMENTOS PARA TARJETAS DIAS FESTIVOS HECHOS A MANO SIMPLY SENT

106523 ENVELOPE TEMPLATE FIVE-IN-ONE CARD COVER

104104 ENVELOPE TEMPLATE MINI SOLD OUT

107298 ENVELOPES CONFETTI WHITE MEDIUM

110695 ENVELOPES OPEN END KRAFT SMALL

109115 ENVELOPES OPEN END VERY VANILLA SMALL

103372 METAL EDGE TAGS ALUMINUM WHITE SQUARE

107925 ON BOARD BITTY BOOK*

109190 ON BOARD CLIPBOARD 9X9*

109180 ON BOARD SIMON UPPER

112086 ON BOARD SOMETHING SEASONAL

107923 PAGE PROTECTORS RING 3.25 X 3.25 SOLD OUT

104942 PUNCH 1/4 INCH CIRCLE SOLD OUT

104943 PUNCH 1/4 INCH SQUARE

107273 PUNCH 3/4 INCH SQUARE

104389 PUNCH DOUBLE CIRCLE*

100391 PUNCH HANDHELD 1/8 INCH CIRCLE SOLD OUT

104830 RIBBON GINGHAM CARAMEL

104829 RIBBON GINGHAM LIGHT BLUE

104828 RIBBON GINGHAM LIGHT PINK

104831 RIBBON GINGHAM MOSS

109037RIBBON GROSGRAIN MORE MUSTARD 1/4 INCH

110282 RUB ON ANCHORED

111806 RUB ON CHILLS & THRILLS

111805 RUB ON SCHOOL DAYS

111417 RUB ON WORD FLURRIES

110283 RUB ONS TAKE NOTE

112193 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN I WISH

112186 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN PINA COLADA

112068 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN SUMMER HOME SOLD OUT

112043 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN U R SWEET

112061 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN WINTER RETREAT SOLD OUT

112016 SIMPLY SENT CARD ELEMENTS HANDMADE HOLIDAY

109868 SIMPLY SENT CARD KIT LIFELONG NOTES

103647 STAMPIN STORE MINI

105813 WRITE ME A MEMORY FONT CD VOL II

WHEELS:

107212 MATEYS MAP

106749 BRIGHT BULBS

109672 BRONCO SOLD OUT

104100 MAKING TRACKS

108978 SANDY SHELLS

110332 SNOW

101233 SNOWFLAKE

109694 SWEET STARS

111249 TAKE A NUMBER

*This item is discounted and included on the Inventory Blowout.

Oh how I long to stamp......

Hi everyone! I wanted to drop in and let you know I haven't forgotten about you! I have been so busy enjoying the Holidays and playing with my little one that I have neglected my creative desires.....

I will get back to normal soon, I promise!

I also wanted you to know that the Accessory Retirement list gets released this afternoon. I will be sure to post a link to it here. If you are new to the Retirement Lists.....here is how it works: The stamp sets hardly ever sell out but the accessory list is another thing. Things usually become sold out starting the day the list is released so if there is something you want, don't delay in placing an order. You can call or email me directly, I will be compile every one's orders and get them for you or you can click on "My Stampin Up Web Site" in the upper left hand corner and then click on the "SHOP NOW" button on the upper right hand corner.

I will be back later today with the list for you.