Give me some "monkey" love.......

Some Sock Monkey love, that is!!! Get your minds out of the gutters!!!!! How could you not love this little guy?

Don't you just love that little sock monkey??? It will be available in the upcoming 2008/2009 Fall & Winter Idea Book and Catalog. I knew as soon as I saw it...I wanted to watercolor it, of course, and another coloring technique I will show you another time.....

There are so many new things on this card.....let's see....

first off - all of the stamps are from from Sock Monkey....so cute!!!

And some new In Colors....the card base is Baja Breeze and those mats around the monkey and the sentiment circle are Riding Hood Red - all to die for!!!!

ooo.....and the designer series paper....the chocolate chip with white polka dots.....oh my....that is from Bella Rose Designer Series Paper - A MUST HAVE!!!!

did you see that scalloped edge??? Yes....that is the scalloped edge punch at work!!!! ANOTHER MUST HAVE!!!!!

I threw in a few oldies, but goodies too! The close to cocoa mat, very vanilla (sentiment panel) and watercolor paper.....and of course the aquapainter and ink refills to watercolor with....most of the refills were the new in colors....delish!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Heart!!!

Today's post has been brought to you by the number 3!

Today is my little girl's third birthday......I can't believe it!!!!

We are off eating her birthday breakfast with Elmo...I hope she enjoys that! We had to buy a breakfast character meal because it was the only meal that guaranteed that Elmo would be there....so breakfast it is! Last year we had an Elmo party...we should have done the same this year since we are spending her birthday at Sesame Place...but she wanted a Hello Kitty party! What is it with her and Hello Kitty???? That is what her "Big Girl Room" had to be when we converted her crib to a full bed...Hello Kitty! Let me tell you...it wasn't easy to decorate a Hello Kitty bedroom on a "non - collector" budget! But we are mustering through it! So anyway...she wanted a Hello Kitty party...so in the middle of our Sesame Street week...we have Hello Kitty! oh well!

We took presents with us for her to open on her birthday and her card....had to be Hello Kitty, right??? Well...I wanted to stamp her card....but came up empty with finding hello Kitty rubber stamps that you could make a card with.....so I turned to scrapbooking supplies. If seeing something on my blog that isn't totally Stampin'Up! makes you sad...turn your eyes away! There are Stampin' Up! things on here...but there are other things as well. lol!!

Close up of the balloons:

They were cut with one of my many die cut systems....lol! the "3" is from Stampin' Up!'s chipboard set- Lots of letters. I covered it with Tombo Mono Multi and chunky glitter from the spring mini catalog (retired...). The balloon strings are silver embroidery floss. I have been doing counted cross stitch for as long as I can remember, so there isn't a shortage of stitchin' supplies around here!

The sentiment is from Hugs and Wishes.

The Kitty is a Sticker, I adhered it to white card stock and cut it out...popped it up onto pop up glue dots...voila!

My accents at the bottom are flowers from the Three For You punch accented with black brads. I lined them up with my mat pack and piercer.

3 balloons, number 3, 3 flowers, 3 brads.....my little girl is 3!!!

Blogger's Challenge - Week 57 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Merry Christmas (in July) to all of you!!!! This weeks' Blogger's Challenge was Christmas in July. if you haven't seen my Christmas Eve post...be sure to scroll down and check it out too!

Today's post uses the same box as yesterday but I made a set of three ornaments for our Pastor at church. There has been alot of talk among demonstrators on what they hope makes the new catalog from the past mini catalogs....on the top of my list from last years' Holiday Mini Catalog in Holy Tryptich and the Christmas sentiment- the name escapes me!!!! anyone remember what it was called???? It has a lot of beautiful Holiday sentiments......had a star stamp......oh well....it will come back to me...or I will have to go upstairs and see. Near and Far, Follow His Star....is that it?

Here is the ensemble:

closer look at the gift box:

Anyway....The ornaments are stamped on white chipboard coasters and I watercolored them with my aquapainter and ink refills. and all of them were "blinged" up with a 2 way glue pen and dazzling diamonds.

close ups of the ornaments:

Merry Christmas to all of you!!!!

It's Christmas (in July) Eve!!!!!!

Isn't that a scary thing to think about?!??!?!? Christmas! It will be here before we know it, Christmas will be here!!! Oh My.....I first have to focus on my little one's birthday....one thing at a time, right?



Well....my Blogger's Challenge this week was Christmas in July!!!! I wanted to show you a few things, but today....a gift box.




I am super short on time, so I will post the recipe:
card stock: real red, always artichoke, very vanilla
stamps: wonderous tree, many merry messages
ink: versamark, mellow moss, always artichoke
accessories: photo corner punch, gold brads, star punch, zig painty pen, mellow moss taffeta ribbon, stampin' dimensionals

Retiring accessories list has arrived!!!!

Here is a list of retiring accessories-they are available only "while supplies last."

I will update with SOLD OUT as I know of the unavailable product.

109200 Accents & Elements Build A Flower SOLD OUT

110718 Accents & Elements Lucky Star

110719 Accents & Elements Messenger

103158 Acrylic Graph & Grid

108638 Card Stock 12 X 12 In Color

108642 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Blue Bayou

108643 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Groovy Guava

108637 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 In Color

108640 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 River Rock

108639 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Soft Sky

108641 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Wild Wasabi SOLD OUT

108644 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Purely Pomegranate SOLD OUT

103975 Card Stock Brushed Copper SOLD OUT

108694 Card Stock Textured 12 X 12 In Color

107312 Cards & Envelopes Gift Whisper White

107292 Cards & Envelopes Greeting Whisper White

109116 Notes & Envelopes Long Notes

109118 Notes & Envelopes Love Notes

109117 Notes & Envelopes Pocket Notes* SOLD OUT

110729 Notes & Envelopes Scallop Notes

109119 Notes & Envelopes Gift Notes

109018 Classic Stampin' Ink Blue Bayou SOLD OUT

109019 Classic Stampin' Ink Groovy Guava

109017 Classic Stampin' Ink Purely Pomegranate SOLD OUT

109016 Classic Stampin' Ink River Rock SOLD OUT

109015 Classic Stampin' Ink Soft Sky

109020 Classic Stampin' Ink Wild Wasabi SOLD OUT

109013 Classic Stampin' Pad Blue Bayou

109012 Classic Stampin' Pad Groovy Guava

109011 Classic Stampin' Pad Purely Pomegranate

109010 Classic Stampin' Pad River Rock

109009 Classic Stampin' Pad Soft Sky

109014 Classic Stampin' Pad Wild Wasabi

110751 Designer Series Paper Azure*

110749 Designer Series Paper Berry Bliss

109154 Designer Series Paper Cutie Pie

110699 Designer Series Paper East Coast Prep* SOLD OUT

109160 Designer Series Paper Fall Flowers SOLD OUT

109159 Designer Series Paper Flowers For You*

110697 Designer Series Paper Ginger Blossom

110479 Designer Series Paper Jersey Shore*

109151 Designer Series Paper Le Jardin

110748 Designer Series Paper Notebook*

110750 Designer Series Paper Olive Press

109153 Designer Series Paper Porcelain Prints* SOLD OUT

109175 Designer Series Paper Prints Almost Amethyst* SOLD OUT

109177 Designer Series Paper Prints Always Artichoke

110696 Designer Series Paper Prints Bali Breeze

109173 Designer Series Paper Prints Blue Bayou SOLD OUT

109174 Designer Series Paper Prints Brilliant Blue

109178 Designer Series Paper Prints Certainly Celery

109169 Designer Series Paper Prints Close to Cocoa* SOLD OUT

109168 Designer Series Paper Prints Groovy Guava* SOLD OUT

109171 Designer Series Paper Prints Lovely Lilac

109172 Designer Series Paper Prints More Mustard SOLD OUT

109176 Designer Series Paper Prints Old Olive

109170 Designer Series Paper Prints Pumpkin Pie SOLD OUT

109164 Designer Series Paper Prints River Rock*

109167 Designer Series Paper Prints Rose Red

109166 Designer Series Paper Prints So Saffron

109165 Designer Series Paper Prints Soft Sky SOLD OUT

109163 Designer Series Paper Prints Tempting Turquoise SOLD OUT

110698 Designer Series Paper Prints Spring Break

110273 Designer Series Paper Prints Spring Fling* SOLD OUT

110271 Designer Series Paper Prints Spring Silhouettes

110272 Designer Series Paper Prints Western Sky

107299 Envelope Confetti Cream Medium

105320 Eyelets Basic SOLD OUT

100375 Eyelets Bold Brights SOLD OUT

100381 Eyelets Earth Elements SOLD OUT

107233 Eyelets Fresh Favorites I

107234 Eyelets Fresh Favorites II

105316 Eyelets Rich Regals

100378 Eyelets Soft Subtles SOLD OUT

105515 Hodgepodge Hardware Pewter SOLD OUT

105531 Hodgepodge Hardware Antique Brass SOLD OUT

105532 Hodgepodge Hardware Aged Copper SOLD OUT

101120 Metallic Art Pencils

107307 On Board Accents

109181 On Board Blossoms & Basic

109179 On Board Ginormous Pieces

107306 On Board Simon Lower

102678 Paper Mulberry White SOLD OUT

109227 Punch Box Three For You SOLD OUT

102686 Punch Handheld Rectangle

100271 Pure Color Pencils

109060 Ribbon Double-Stitched Blue Bayou SOLD OUT

109063 Ribbon Double-Stitched Groovy Guava SOLD OUT

109061 Ribbon Double-Stitched Purely Pomegranate SOLD OUT

109062 Ribbon Double-Stitched River Rock*

109059 Ribbon Double-Stitched Soft Sky SOLD OUT

109058 Ribbon Double-Stitched Wild Wasabi SOLD OUT

109189 Ribbon Originals Beachfront*

109187 Ribbon Originals District*

109188 Ribbon Originals Fairy Tale

109185 Ribbon Originals Jersey*

109184 Ribbon Originals Sherbert

109186 Ribbon Originals Theater

110716 Ribbon Striped Grosgrain Wild Wasabi*

110281 Rub-Ons Cherished Memories* SOLD OUT

110284 Rub-Ons Eastern Elegance*

110285 Rub-Ons Urban West*

110557 Simply Scrappin' Boho Blend

109610 Simply Scrappin' Confetti SOLD OUT

110572 Simply Scrappin' Crew Kids Boy

110567 Simply Scrappin' Crew Kids Girl

109597 Simply Scrappin' Home Again

110562 Simply Scrappin' Rose Cottage

109648 Simply Scrappin' Special Delivery Boy

109627 Simply Scrappin' Special Delivery Girl SOLD OUT

110587 Simply Scrappin' Summer Days

110577 Simply Scrappin' Tie The Knot

111184 Simply Sent Friendly Notes

109228 Simply Sent Simple Delights SOLD OUT

109229 Simply Sent Three Thoughts SOLD OUT

106662 Stampin'Around Wheel Daisy Field

107561 Stampin'Around Wheel Garden Annuals

109681 Stampin'Around Wheel Good Dog

109678 Stampin'Around Wheel Kisses

107482 Stampin'Around Wheel Lily Pad SOLD OUT

109680 Stampin'Around Wheel Meow

109677 Stampin'Around Wheel Mistletoe SOLD OUT

106610 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Basics Outline

107467 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Birthday

109571 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Baby

109570 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Friends

109569 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Party

108423 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Leaves A La Carte SOLD OUT

107468 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Nature Hike

108980 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Petals

107464 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Rough Texture SOLD OUT

111261 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Spunky Spots

109554 Stampin' Color Index Labels SOLD OUT

109553 Stampin' Color Index Labels (French)

106694 Stampin' Kids Markers

102673 Zig Painty Pen

WHAT!???!?!??!!

This Retirement just keeps getting better and better!!!

The actual Accessory Retirement list isn't released until Monday....but......Stampin Up! has issued a SALE ON SELECTED RETIRING ACCESSORIES!!!!!!

Click here to see the flyer

If you want to order any of this...I recommend ordering with me this weekend. I will be placing an order first thing Monday Morning when the sale begins. Everything retiring is on a first come, first served basis.....don't lose out on your favorites!!!!

Another peek for the camp on Sunday...

This is one of my favorites for Sunday's Card Camp.....

ooo.....I can't wait until Sunday!!!!

Could that be the Double Stitched Blue Bayou Ribbon that is NO LONGER AVAILABLE?!?!??!?!

SOLD OUT!

Hello!

If you are in my clubs.....I had previously said if you were wanting In Color accessories...don't wait. Well....Stampin Up! has released today that the Blue Bayou and Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Ribbon has already SOLD OUT. ARGH!!!! The accessory retirement list isn't even out yet!!!!! I wanted more of that for my stock......boooo hooooo!!!!

OMGosh!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!

My new stuff is finally here!!!

Lauren started yelling...."PPS....PPS!!!" Her lingo for Ups! lol!

And he brought three boxes to my door!!! I ordered a bunch of other stuff as well, but I will only show you the new goodies!

First off.....I earned 6 sets from the catalog from a while back based on sales (Thank You to everyone of you that placed an order with me!!!!) with Stampin Up! I wanted to wait and see the new stamps before I made my final decision. Wanna see it?

If you want to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator so you can earn free stamps...give me a call!

Next for the long awaited sneak peek stuff! Now I didn't order everything I was able to....so you might get another peek before the new catalog actually gets here! (I know....I am thinking the same thing you are thinking....."Why didn't she just order it all????....I know....I KNOW!.....)

Can you believe I only ordered two new stamp sets???? (and one - sock monkey - was on my free earned order....) my main concern was getting the new In Colors....GORGEOUS!!!....and that scalloped edge punch!!! The new Designer Series Paper - Bella Rose - and the Simply Sent Card Kit.....Those were icing on the cake!!! Or as Sock Monkey would put it....Peel on the banana!

Here is a closer look at the ink pads.....

Now...what to do???? I NEED to get ready for the camp on Sunday.....but I WANT to play with my new stuff!!!! If you are signed up for the camp on Sunday - I will bring my new stuff for you to get a sneak peek - up close! YUMMY!!!!!!!

WHERE IS HE????????

Where is UPS?????
I am supposed to get my sneak peek order today! he better get here soon......I NEED to get my paws on new stuff!!!!!!

Oh my.....Where does my time go????

Well.....I have been so busy for well over a month now...as I am sure the rest of you have been too! I'm sure it isn't just me that summer takes a toll on! I have a stamp camp on Sunday so this week...I am prepping for that when I can sneak off for a minute! I do have my samples all worked out...that is a life saver, let me tell you! however...Let the cutting begin!!!!

So, today I have prepped one card and bagged it up for the "camper's" packets when they arrive. And I thought you might enjoy the sneak peek of what we are going to do.......

Is that some blingy hardware over there?????? OH MY!!!!! I can't get enough! I can't wait for the "camper's" to see this!

Blogger's Challenge - Week 55

Well....I have been super busy and have been neglecting my Blogger's Challenge Group....I'm sorry.....

This week's challenge was to use bugs or insects. Hmmm..... I don't have any bug sets.....I do have Priceless that has a butterfly....OH! I have the level 2 hostess level stamp set Infinite Goodness. I have been wanting to bling up those dragon fly wings for some time now!

Here it is:

I used a rather simple layout for two reasons. 1. time - I don't have any, remember? lol! and 2. I am putting together a gift set for a hostess for tonight...yes tonight. But I didn't just finish this...I did have it done for Friday...just not enough time to post it.....sorry faithful blog readers... :( The reason for the simple layout is I am making different cards with the same set by just rotating the layout - I wanted the hostess to see it isn't hard to change the look of a card by just rotating. Sound silly? I hope not!

Wanna see that bling a little closer?

Well folks....gotta dash! I truly appreciate you coming by my place to take a peek at what I am up to....and I love the kind comments you leave when you are here :)

Oh yeah.....my preorder from the new catalog is coming this Tuesday.....I will post you some pictures. I can't promise I will do it Tuesday - I might not take the time to photograph it before I tear into it!!! LOL!!! Can I say----Scalloped Border Punch????? I need to say no more! :)

Happy Stampin' Ya'all!

Going to miss my Bali Breeze!

I made up a gift bag and coordinating card last night with the Bali Breeze designer series paper. It is a pretty safe bet to say it will retire since it has the current year's In Colors in it. Make sure you stock up before it is gone....I sure am going to! I have eyed the large flower design on one of the sides for a while now. It really is a big pattern to use for card making, in my opinion. But what if you cut it apart? Hmmm...........

Wanna see?

I really like it...do you?

Here is a closer look at the card:

The sentiment (which is the only thing stamped here) "for you" is from Fresh Cuts. It was available last month as a sneak peek but won't be available now until the release of the new Idea Book and Catalog in August.

Did you see the bling on that flower????? I used the 2 way glue pen and fine cosmo glitter to outline it. I then used a five petal punched flower, some flower fusion felt flowers and a rhinestone brad (ice rhinestone brads) to dress up the center. I love it! :)

I must say, I don't think the pictures do it justice for how sparkly it really is...not to toot my own horn :)

recipe:

stamps: fresh cuts

card stock: tempting turquoise, purely pomegranate

accessories: bali breeze ds paper, pomegranate double stitched ribbon, 2 way glue pen, fine cosmo glitter, flower fusion, ice rhinestone brads, 5 petal punch, stampin dimensionals

So sad to see you go.......

I will really miss both the designer series patterned paper and the stamp set used on this card. The paper is porcelain prints and the stamp set is wild rose. I think the single stemmed rose in this set is absolutely gorgeous!

I have to be very quick today....my little one has her first dentist appointment today and we are totally playing it up! I was deathly afraid of the dentist when I was little....still not to keen on one...hence my yucky teeth. I know it is something I just need to get over....but I can't. One day I will just build the courage and I will have to spend a medium fortune in my mouth....i am past a small fortune...lol! So anyway....it is very important to my husband and I that she not be afraid...so we have been talking this up big time...after she and I will go to buy a toy of her choice and to lunch together. I will have a small fortune in today, huh? wow....I sure got side tracked.....

Back to this card. I submitted it for a contest a while back. The layout is extremely simple but I did a few neat things with the center image. I cut the white panel with my colluzle cutter on an even number ring (don't know which one...I don't have the card in my position, I sent it in...remember? lol) I cut the blue bayou oval on an odd number ring. The reason I know that is if you cut an "odd number" circle or oval, you can scallop it with your 3/16th inch corner rounder- making a scalloped oval. The black mat wasn't cut with my colluzle though.....

Have any guesses what I used?

It is a Stampin' Up! product.......

know yet?

Is comes in two sizes....

any guesses?

Wanna see it up close?

Know yet?

I used the large oval punch to line around the oval! The colluzle made the mat bigger than I wanted so I experimented a little.....you should try it!

Did you guess the oval punch???? Be honest! hehehe!!!

Anyway...gotta dash! Don't forget to check out the bling!!! Fine Cosmo Glitter at its finest! I kill myself!! LOL!!! Fine glitter at its finest...get it? hehe!!!

Want some news for the weekend????

Well......Stampin' Up! has released some info to the demonstrators and I thought I would release it to you! :)

1. All new set sin the next Idea Book and Catalog will be die cut!!! Yes...you heard me! DIE CUT!!!!! punch out, mount and get stamping in minutes!

2. Hodgepodge Hardware is 25 % off, while supplies last! wow!!!

3. decor elements are now available for you to purchase...click on the photo on my side bar to view the brochure....they are really nice!

4. Oh yeah...did I mention that I have seen some new stuff from the Fall/Winter Idea Book and Catalog??? That will have to remain a teaser! hehehe!!!!

I will be away all weekend...so thing will be a little quiet around the blog.

Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!

Happy Birthday America!!!!!

Sorry...So Sorry.....

That I haven't posted in like forever! I have been overwhelmed with life lately! We will be away all weekend and I am trying to get ready to go today and tomorrow....pair that with my usual life appointments....and I am on overload! I'm sorry that the blog is what has suffered!

My grandma fell about two weeks ago and had to have surgery on her shoulder....yikes! Well, they put her in transitional care and I thought she could use something to brighten her room up a bit. What could a girl stamp that would brighten up a room a bit???? Hmmm...... Well....I actually stamped an accessory to what could brighten her room up a bit.

Intrigued yet?

I will also give you a little tutorial on what the accessory is.....now do I have your attention? lol!

Well....I will show you her card first! You will have to wait for the "cute" stuff! hehehe!!!

I will apologize right off....the lighting in her room stunk and I don't have it in me to edit photos right now...sorry!

The base is purely pomegranate...I will sure miss these In Colors this year! :( (Speaking of that....you only have until August 10th to get anything in the catalog with the current In Colors - ink pads, refills, card stock, ribbons, designer series paper, simply scrappin kits....I don't think I missed anything. Anyway...I read another demo say she sold 6 reinkers of last year's In Colors on Ebay for $99.00!!!!! Now - that's 16.50 worth of reinker for $99.00!!!! So...stock up now...don't depend on Ebay for retired In Colors.) Sure got off track, huh?

The main image is whisper white. I stamped the large butterfly from Garden Whimsey flying off of the panel in purely pomegranate and then again on a scrap of whisper white. I then took the tulip, also from Garden Whimsey, and inked it up with stampin' write markers in pretty in pink and old olive. Then I rolled the edges of the flower only in purely pomegranate and stamped twice randomly before reinking in the same way. I stamped "Get Well Soon" from Sincere Salutations in basic grey. I matted that onto old olive. I took that matted piece and matted it with a larger mat along the bottom in basic grey. I tied a piece of double stitched purely pomegranate ribbon around the matt along that bottom. I mounted that up on....no other than stampin dimensionals! lol!

Now for the fun part - cut out the butterfly on your scrap and adhere the butterfly body with mini glue dots to the body in the main image and fluff up your wings. Oh, don't forget to add dazzling diamonds with a 2 way glue pen first!!! A person recovering from surgery needs bling, right????? LOL!!!!

Now...If I still have your undivided attention....I will show you the accessory! hehehe!!!

I bought her a small potted flower and I thought it needed some bling! I made her two plant spokes to coordinate with her card....see them?

These were super easy! Stamp your images on whisper white...here, the large butterfly and snail from garden Whimsey and cut them out. Now, you must add bling...every plant needs bling! Dazzling diamonds with a 2 way glue pen will do! hehehe!!! Lay them face down, after the glue dries, and put a pop up glue dot in the center. Take a piece of thin wire...here some old floral wire I had laying around...and make a little loop on one end. Lay that loop in the glue dot. I then used a punched flower from my boho blossoms punch to hold it all together. Press firmly on the flower punch to adhere it all together. Poke in your flower pot...and you are all set!

See how the back of the spoke looked?

Did you enjoy this? My grandma sure did...she has been telling every nurse that come in "Did you see my flowers? My grandaughter made that for me? See the matching card?...." I'm glad it brightened up her day...it would get awfully gloomy laying in a hospital room for two weeks now having nothing to look at other than the foot board of her bed and a tv. yuck!

Retirement List has arrived!!!

Ever wonder where the retired stamps go??? Looks like Paradise, huh?

Click on the links below to view the retirement list....Make sure to contact me to place your order before they are gone forever!

Alphabetical Order

Numerical Order

This week only (through Friday June 20th).....Order three retiring sets - Get 50% off of the fourth set!
Fourth set equal or lesser value.

Email or call me directly to place your order....
regcorn@zoominternet.net

Classes to go

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Below are the kits to go that are available. Click on each to see the details.

Bracelet on the run kit

My first card from my secret sister....

I belong to an online demonstrator group that sends their little sis at least two cards per month and little gifts along the way or one big gift at the end. This is so fun! I am a little sister to my big sis and I am a big sis to a little sis....understand? Like having a secret sister...but this is a demo group....clear as mud? lol!!!

I received my first card from my big sis today. It is so cute!!! And those of you in my hostess clubs...you know how much I love Nursery Necessities! I think it is a very versatile set...so much more than just a baby set!!!!

Anyway....here is my first card from my big sis:

Welcome, Sweet Baby!

Hi! I have a little love note to share today! Last month two of my best friends from high school had baby girls...how great is that?!??!!! One of them were coming home to her parent's house...so I got to take her a gift and see the baby in person, but I wasn't sure when my other friend would make it to Pennsylvania so I sent her package in the mail. This was the card that accompannied the package:

Here is a close up of that bead bling:

recipe:

card stock: regal rose, pretty in pink, whisper white

stamps: fun and fast notes, nursery necessities

accessories: aquapainter and ink refills, pink bead dou, ric rak, staples, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds

I have been tagged!!!!

My blog buddie, Jaime, has tagged me!!! WHoooooHOOoooo...this is fun! You must check out her blog Stampin' Mommy of Four....she does amazing stuff! Her card making is awesome and her scrapbooking is superb!

Seven random things about me.....hmmm.....

1. I love to eat potato chips ( have to be regular...not ruffled) on my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches....the best!

2. Touching most velours makes me gag! what is up with that????

3. I now drive a Chrysler Pacifica....well on my way to being a soccer mom! lol!

4. I do not like to sleep in a freshly made bed...I like my blankets messed up a little.

5. My new drink of choice is Coke Zero....yummmm....

6. I don't spend change...at all....

7. I am a mommy to one little girl....and she has three gold fish...all named Dorothy! Could you guess she loves Elmo???

now to tag 7 people....I wish I could tag Jaime back! This is a hard decision.....Here they are in no particular order....I love them all equally!

1. A Touch From the Heart

2. iStamp

3. Stampin' With Sheryl

4. Carrie Stamps

5. The Stamp Link

6. DoStamping with Dawn

7. Dannie's Designs

Wow...that was alot of thinking.....i hope my facts were random enough! lol! I have so many favorite blogs...these were just to name a few.

And the winner is.......

Jeannette Swain said...
What a fantastic card! Love everything about it. Now for my organizational tip. I've got my SU cardstock stored in our Paper Holders by color family. I lay the holders on their side so I can just slide out what I need. Makes replenishing a breeze! Love the Stampin Stack & Store too. Great for all of our fun embellishements!
June 21, 2008 10:33 AM

Send me an email with your mailing address Jeanette....I will ship out your goodies!
regcorn@zoominternet.net


Thanks everyone for your organizational tips...they were great!
I hope you enjoyed playing for blog candy!

Blogger's Challenge - week 52! and BLOG CANDY!!!!

Men...men...men..men...manly men men....ooooo-uoooooo.....mmmmmennnnnn.......

Any of you watch 2 and a half men???? That song has been in my mind since I knew this week's assignment was to do a manly themed card.....lol!

My daughter always sings "I'm gonna be a cowboy baby...." every time she sees a cowboy hat...maybe I should have been thinking those words.... NO...my daughter doesn't listen to Kid Rock...ever....but she puts on a cowboy hat and we sing that line to her. Well...I sing that line to her. lol! So now she sings it.

Funny thing.....Yesterday my neighbor was mowing his grass and he had a hat on, not a cowboy hat...more of a golfing hat....and we were outside in the front yard (yard sale...) and she broke out in song..."Hey mommy! He's gonna be a cowboy baby!!!" I about died with laughter....I'm sure you had to be here....enough rambling! Sorry...can't help myself! Must be the 15 years I spent behind the hairdresser chair yapping!

I will confess though.....this card wasn't stamped this week.... I have been working feverishly on getting ready for my yard sale ( going on this weekend) and when the sale is over for the day my little is starving for me! So needless to say...I haven't stamped in over a week!! I know!!!! What has happened?!?!?!?!? But I haven't posted much and I feel bad about that! Today's card was actually submitted for an award...didn't win...but none the less...I still love it!

I can't go into deep detail today.....I am cramming this post in before I have to head outside.

Here is a close up of the brads...in the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit in the current mini. If you haven't gotten them this is the last week to get 'em....

I made brad washers like in my tutorial here, only I made them larger to accommodate the larger brads.....love it!

Wanna see more of that yummy hardware????

Here is a close up of that delish cowboy....my flash made it look like we were about to experience an eclipse! lol!!!

NOW FOR THE BLOG CANDY.........

I have to apologize...I have no picture....but....you will win a pack of Sale-a-Bration rub ons, a pack of adhesive rhinestone bling I found in my stash, a bracelet kit shown here, and a handmade card from me, little ole me!

What do you have to do to win???? Leave a comment on this post with your favorite organizational thing you do in your stamping space...if you don't have a favorite tip...leave a comment anyway....you can still win! I will drawn a random number with all of the entries on Tuesday night and post the winner here. Make sure you don't leave you comment as "annonymous" I won't know who the winner is. One comment per person, please.

NEW PRODUCT LINE FOR STAMPIN' UP!

Did I get your attention??????

Stampin' Up! told the demonstrators last week that they would be releasing a new "product line" next week...meaning this week. Needless to say...the speculation was brewing.... I voted to have them go into a stamped chocolate line...the perfect excuse to eat chocolate while stamping, right??? Well, I can tell you right off....it is not a chocolate line! (They never listen to me.....why not????)

Do I still have your attention????

Well....Yesterday was the day. They were releasing the information in an audio download at noon mountain time....3:00 for us in PA. My download took about an hour to download....I think the demonstrators crashed the system!!! lol! So I waited.....and waited....and waited......waited some more.....Then finally.....there it was!

Wanna know what the "new line" is???? It' is rude for me to string you along, huh? So no more stringing......

Our new line is an extension of the Definitely Decorative line. Stampin' Up! has introduced the Decor Elements line. It is a line of self adhesive vinyl wall decoration. There will be phrases and images that already coordinate with Stampin' Up!'s product line. The line will be released in three colors for now. There are 100 images and phrases in white and chocolate....hey!! I guess they did listen to me...We just can't eat it! hehehe!!! And there will be one image in Kraft.

They are to post the sales brochure online today...pending no crashing of sites...I will post it here for you to see.

Stampin Up! is manufacturing them right in Riverton, Utah...just like our stamps...made in the good 'ol US of A!!!!!! Way to go Stampin Up! :)

EYA: Here is the brochure to download:

decor elements

Father's Day....A day late....

and a dollar short! lol!

This was the card I made my Dad for Father's Day. Things around here have been ignorant busy for over a week....sorry for the lack of posting!

The card base is actually chocolate chip (hard to tell in the picture). The left panel is close to cocoa ran through the crimper - I really love that thing!!! - and then I swiped it with the close to cocoa pad to "grunge" it up a bit. I used the mat pack and piercer to line up the brad holes....I could not line them up with out that thing! The right panel is from Afternoon Tea. See??? All of the paper in that pack isn't feminine....I originally thought it would all be feminine looking....but not so. Speaking of Afternoon Tea....This is the last month to order from the Spring Mini Catalog. The "Happy Father's Day" sentiment comes from All Holidays and is stamped with close to cocoa ink onto confetti cream card stock.

I stamped the sea shells from Sea Side onto confetti cream with basic brown ink. I water colored them with ink pad refills and an aquapainter. I adhered them with stampin' dimensionals - are you surprised???? lol! See the bling on the sea shells??? I found, in my stash, a pen that is glittery....I tried it. I think it looks nice, do you? I had to add bling - but not too much bling....this was my Dad's card after all! hehehe!!!!

That about sums it up! Don't forget about my Retirement Stamp Sale - This is the only week!!!!

A day at the Beach!

Hi all!

I want to show you a scrapbook layout that was submitted for a contest...didn't win...but I thought you'd enjoy the eye candy!

Speaking of candy.....I am going to offer my first ever blog candy really soon...so keep your eye open for it. I surpassed 20, 000 hits on this blog...so I'm gonna celebrate by giving you the chance to win some goodies!

Anyway...back to the task at hand...this page. I took this picture last year when we decided to go to Erie for a few days for a mini get away. I have always loved this particular picture...as a matter of fact....I am tearing up now thinking about it. It is sentimental crap so I won't bore you with that....my little girl is growing up so fast!

The base is close to cocoa. I stamped the sea shells from Seaside with versamark and embossed with detail clear embossing powder. My journaling was done with the Write me a Memory Journaling Font CD around the picture on the bordering blue mat. The picture was matted with a thin layer of chocolate chip. The accent shells were stamped onto watercolor paper with basic brown and then watercolored with an aquapainter and watercolor crayons. I cut each of them out and adhered them around the page.

Here is the entire layout:

The title "good times" was a rub on from the Urban West collection. I put it right on the picture.

Here are some closeups of the shells....the conch shell and the long shell (name???) has crystal effects on the "inside" of the shell...hard to see in pictures. I also showed a closeup of the dimension of the shells....had to get my stampin' dimensionals in there, huh?

Sorry if I bored you with too many pictures.....I couldn't stop myself! LOL!!!!

A Tisket, A Tasket......

Wanna see my basket????

hehe!!! I was sitting at my desk at a loss for what to make for a three dimensional item to submit for a contest...while staring me right in the face....a small Longaberger basket with adhesives in it. I briefly thought....maybe I should recreate that....no, I couldn't do it. Then I told myself "why not??? You have woven many Longaberger baskets while on trips to Dresden....." So I started to cut card stock "splints." I stamped each one with my weathered background stamp and sponged all of the edges. Away I went trying to construct the basket bottom.....

I wove......I tightened....I adjusted.....wove some more.....

see?

Here is the close up of the label:

I used rough edges mini alphabet for the "Farm Fresh" and used my tag corner punch for the edges of the tag. I stamped two strawberries with Tart and Tangy and cut them out. I made 3D strawberries out of Summer Picnic paper and topped them off with a punched flower from boho blossoms punch and the olive poly twill ribbon for stems. I even made my own dried grass with the crimper.

That about sums it up! :)

go stamp! :)

CLUBS NOW FORMING!!!!!!!

Contact me if you are interested in joining one of my Hostess Clubs beginning in August! These clubs are filling up and I don't want you to miss your spot!

You will earn the next 2 Idea Books and Catalogs as well as the mini catalogs, Hostess exclusive stamp sets, hostess $$$$$ as well as gifts from me!

Email me directly to get on board!
regcorn@zoominternet.net

Ding ding ding da ding ding ding da ding......

If you have ever been to a casino, you have probably heard this sound a lot! Never seems to be the machine I am playing though...... It has been a few years since I have been to a casino but the sound, I never forget. When we used to go...I swear I could hear that sound in my sleep!!!!To be honest....I don't really get the hoopla of playing slots. We used to go just for fun....then a long weekend in Vegas cured that! Too much gambling fo rme!!! After about 10 minutes of a casino now and I am ready to move on....too boring for me! I like to see stuff when I vacation...not lay around casinos. Don't get me wrong, we saw stuff in Vegas. It was slot "over load" for me. Oh well....think of the money I will save not going to casinos in the future......I can spend that on stamps!!!!! lol!


Why all the talk about slots and casinos????

I wanted to share a card I submitted for a contest recently...which I didn't win. Oh well! So, without further adieu.....

This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 square card...so extra postage would be in order. I used Tart and Tangy on the white panels to create my spinning wheels. I drew a line across the center with my Stampin' Write Journaler and a ruler. Those panels were matted onto basic black. The card base is brushed silver card stock. I created the pull handle by cutting a strip of basic black and the punching a circle with the 3/4 inch circle punch. I added a "shine" accent with my white gel pen. The sentiment "dream BIG" comes from It's All Good. I inked it up with stampin' write markers - real red and basic black. It was matted with real red and adhered with stampin' dimensionals over the handle base.

See the money tray?????

It was a three dimensional tray with coins made from punching 3/4 inch circles and small ovals of brushed silver and brushed gold card stock. I sponged the edges off those coins with basic black. They were adhered at all different dimensions with...you guessed it....stampin dimensionals!

Fun, huh?

Hey!!! Have I mentioned that the RETIREMENT LIST comes out JUNE 15th!??!?!??!?!!?!!!!! Oh my!!! Let the excitement begin.......

Bracelets on the Run! class to go....

This post will remain at the top while ordering is available. Scroll down for current posts.

I have set up a Class to go.....Bracelets on the Run!

Did you ever wish you could use your Stampin' Up supplies to create art other than paper crafting? Now you can! You can order a Bracelet on the Run kit....but don't delay...there are a very limited number of these kits to go. Thanks Patty for the inspiration!

This bracelet uses the Family 1 option.

You will receive the supplies needed to create you own bracelet and written directions with pictures sent directly to your email address. The only thing you will need to supply are needle nose pliers and tombo mono adhesive...that's it!

You can pick from two color families. I will send you punched images to use on your bracelet or you can substitute your favorite ds paper from your stash.

Family 1 : blue bayou/river rock/wild wasabi (Porcelain Prints Designer Series Paper)

Family 2 : old olive/taken with teal/rose red/pumpkin pie (Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper)

(The rhinestone brads will vary, but will coordinate with your bracelet kit.)

The price of the kit is only $15 which includes shipping to the United States. (US orders only please)

Email me directly (regcorn@zoominternet.net) to receive your paypal invoice to order you kit!