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I have been thinking of You.......

I started today to make a sympathy card. I don't know about you, but when I actually need the Sympathy card....I hate to make it, so I try to make up a few ahead sometimes. I thought today would be one of those cards....but it evolved into a Thinking of You card...which is great in itself. I did not put a sentiment inside, Thinking of You can go in so many directions....sympathy....get well....how about just hello.....birthday.....you get the picture. :)

In making this card...it went a total different direction than what I had in my head....my "about to split open" head! My headache is one of those that your vision is blurred a little....argh!!! It is a brought on myself headache, I think. NO....I was not drinking last night, last week or even last year.....I am trying to break myself off of my caffinated diet orange sunkist soda. I {luv} it....but I have been having off the charts heart burn...I will spare all of you the details of the acid puking in my sleep...that is how bad it has been. It dawned on me about a week ago that it might be the orange soda....or chocolate....oh my!

pause....my little one is standing behind me on my computer chair and her Finding Nemo movie is over and she wants me dance like an anemone.....oh jeez! lol! Ever see that debt monkey commercial???? Well....I call my little girl "my silly monkey"...need I say any more? hehehe!!!

ok...I'm back. So back to my first getting off track....this past Wednesday I did not have any diet orange all day...no firing inferno in my throat or dragon flames when I opened my mouth.... We stopped at Giant Eagle before going to my daughter's peewee bowling league...and there it was in the cooler beside out register...I caved. A half of a 16 oz. bottle later...I feel like I am going to die!!! So last night...I tested the waters with Diet Coke...my previous love....and no heart burn. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT!??!?!??!?!?! And you know what....after my diet coke last night...no more headache either...so now I have a caffeine dependence it seems....lol! So here I sit with my diet coke, trying to recover......

Oh the card!!! Sorry about getting off track of getting off track.....you see I am in diet orange soda detox.....

Here it is anyway....

The main image is from Thoughts and Prayers. This is such a beautiful stamp set. The sentiments are unbelievable....the two main images are gorgeous....I just can't say enough. I can say though that I don't think this card does the set justice....I will have to try again. Oh darn.....I will HAVE to stamp again.....

I embossed the tree image with versamark and clear embossing powder on mellow moss card stock. I sponged mellow moss and always artichoke around it...creating a haze of sorts.... I then matted that onto very vanilla and then chocolate chip. Next I pulled out my new 5/16th inch brads in chocolate chip .....my, are these babies nice! I put them in the three corners and then adhered that whole panel down with stampin' dimensionals. The sentiment is also from thoughts and prayers. I inked it up with always artichoke and stamped it onto very vanilla and then punched it out with my wide oval punch.

Did you see that panel that surrounds the sentiment?????? I cut that with my big shot and my new sizzlet die from lots of tags. The wide oval fits it perfectly!!!! I mounted that up on stampin dimensionals and tied a piece is mellow moss taffeta ribbon through it and around the card.

That about sums it up....I sure hope I did not let you down. Now to go caress my diet coke....

Time to Sale A Brate Easter!

Hi Stampers! Boy did I have fun making this little sweetie!
It is hard to tell in the picture, but the card base is sahara sand. The background panel is from delicate dots designer series paper. This is a really nice set of designer series paper....it is excellent for anything spring or summer! I stamped the flourish only from the "something for you" stamp in the Yummy stamp set in basic grey. This particular stamp was designed to fit on the edge of the top note die...but doesn't it look wonderful on a card front? I then pulled out my all holidays set and grabbed the Easter Wishes stamp and stamped it in basic grey as well. I matted it in a thin layer of certainly celery and then onto the card base. I then tied a simple knot with the celery poly twill ribbon around the top. I love the poly twill ribbon...you would think it would be thick since it is twill...but it isn't...it is so smooth and shiny....LOVE it! The horizontal panel started with a layer of bashful blue, which I ran through my big shot using the dots texturz plate from the exclusive Stampin' Up texturz. I then layered that with a thin layer of certainly celery as well.

Now for those flower panels....did I pass these off as- sort of - kind of - maybe a - daffodil???? Probably not...but that was the inspiration I had since it was an Easter card....lol! Anyway, I stamped the celery leaves and outline from botanical blooms on the white squares and mounted those onto stampin' dimensionals along the blue panel. I then stamped the half flower and outline in so saffron, also from botanical blooms. I cut them out and mounted them on stampin' dimensionals as well.

Ok...so let's do a recap.

Delicate dots designer series paper - FREE

Yummy stamp set - FREE

Botanical Blooms stamp set - FREE

Certainly celery poly twill ribbon - FREE

So, everything on this card except the solid color card stock and the sentiment were, you guessed it - FREE!!!! {luv} that! :)

Here is a closer look at the dimension as well as a shot of the embossed dots on the bashful blue layer.

What do you think? I would love to know.....I am kind of a "comment junkie"....LOL!!!

I wonder what it would cost

to mail my card for today???? Two of my club girls work for the postal service...I should have them guess for me and then have this puppy weighed! LOL!!! Are you up for this challenge Stephanie and Anisia?

I have been busy prepping for my "Send a Sweet Stem" Stamp Camp on Friday so I have (among LOTS of other stuff....;) ) the raspberry tart designer series paper and my sweet stems set along with all the coordinating goodies on my desk. My goal is to eventually have a neat desk top...but I am NOT a neat crafter...I usually have a square foot of work space on my huge desk....I need to get to work on that, huh? lol! Want to see the card???

I think all totaled, it is 16 layers plus dimensionals, brads and ribbon......I just could not stop!

I really can't get into what is on what layer.....that would make for a gigantic post...lol! But I can give you the recipe for this beauty, if I may say so myself!

The stamps I used were sweet stems and on your birthday (sentiment). All of the designer series paper is from raspberry tart. The card stock colors are kiwi kiss, real red, cameo coral and whisper white. Let's see...the accessories are earth elements brads, 1/16th handheld punch, crop a dile (to make brad washers - tutorial HERE, I used the larger hole punch on the crop a dile instead of the 1/4 inch circle punch - I think that punch is now retired... :( ), stampin dimensionals, blender pen, stampin write markers, scallop edge punch, 1 1/4 circle punch and 1 3/8 inch circle punch. Oh...I forgot about the kiwi double sided satin ribbon...oh how smooth it is!!!!

I will give you a better shot at all of that dimension.....

And as if it weren't heavy enough...I went ahead and decorated the inside...LOL!! Let me tell you....I wanted to put that circle flower on a dimensional so bad I could hardly take it! I thought that putting stampin dimensionals on the inside of a card might be a little over the top....what do you think? lol!I would love to hear what you think about this card....my "campers" will be making 4 cards Friday with this stamp set and designer series paper and will get to take the stamp set home with them!!!! This isn't one of the cards they will make, but I want to give them and you lots more inspiration!

I have pushed my way out....

of the huge pile of laundry that has been bogging me down! I am not completely done...but I think I finally have a handle on it....lol! Actually, the loads need shifted right now, but I would rather post this card I made a few minutes ago. hehehe!!!

I combined challenges, of sorts. I used this week's color challenge by Kristina which is more mustard, really rust, kiwi kiss, and whisper white. And then I pulled out this week's Mojo sketch as a starting point. I want to use my new Sale A Bration stamps...I luv 'em. I will always love free rubber....ALWAYS! Anyway...here is what I did:

The card base is whisper white and then I made a background panel out of really rust that I had run through my big shot with the new exclusive stampin' up texturz plates.....I love these!!! I ordered both the Stampin' Up set and the regular set and let me tell you....the Stampin' Up exclusive plates are a much deeper etch than the regular ones. That doesn't really surprise me, they (SU) have a very high standard for deeply etched stamps and if you have used cheap stamps versus Stampin' Up stamps, you know exactly what I mean.

The vertical kiwi kiss stripes are from the kiwi kiss designer series patterns papers. Now for the fun part...you didn't think it could get any better than the texturz plates, huh? Well...I don't know if it is better...but it was fun at any rate! My main image panel is whisper white. I made a flower vase out of the wide oval punch...I cut the top and bottom off, swiped it with the more mustard ink pad...voila!...a flower vase! I then stamped the leaves from Botanical Blooms in kiwi kiss randomly. On scrap paper, I stamped the two styles of flowers in more mustard and really rust and cut them out. I arranged them around the leaves...fun, huh? The matt layer is kiwi kiss stamped with just the leave out line randomly. I matted that entire panel with a very thin layer of whisper white to give it some "pop" off of the page. My sentiment was stamped onto whisper white with really rust, also from botanical blooms. I then stamped the leaf "insides" in kiwi kiss, stamping off first. I punched that with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch and then matted that with a 1 3/8 inch circle punch in more mustard. I punched a hole in the top of the sentiment circle with my crop o dile and threaded kiwi kiss satin ribbon around the main panel and through the hole and tied a bow. All of that is mounted up on stampin' dimensionals.

Here is a different angle of the texture...I'm not sure how good you can see it in the picture....but it is great texture on real life!

Remember when I said I was going to start doing a little to the insides on my cards? Here is a shot of that...I just stamped the flower twice in the lower corner. cute.

Let me know what you think, I would love to know :)

It's been a while

Boy...where has the time gone??? Sorry for my lack of posting lately, I have been so busy with "stuff." It seems like as soon as you think you will get caught up, you realize you aren't! lol!!! I had my three clubs last week....what fun times! I really do look forward to meeting with the stamper's clubs...we have so much fun!

I am going to show you a sympathy card I needed a few weeks ago and just didn't get posted until now. It is so hard to sit down to design a sympathy card, I think. I wanted a rather simple design but not too simple, you know?

I absolutely love the color combination of baja breeze with not quite navy....I mean....I love it!

See the sentiment panel??? I punched the edges with the curly label punch....sweet, huh?

What do you think?

Here is another angle:

Oh yeah? Remember I said I was going to try to do more with my insides? Check this out....

recipe:

stamps: close as a memory, kindred spirits

card stock: not quite navy, baja breeze, whisper white, urban garden

ink: baja breeze, not quite navy, versamark

accessories: heat tool, clear embossing powder, brayer, baja breeze striped grosgrain ribbon, curly label punch, crop a dile, stampin' diemnsionals

Blogger's Chalenge

Happy Valentine's Day (eve)!!!

Today's Blogger's Challenge was to make something Valentine's. That is perfect....we are headed out to a Valentine Party for a play group we belong to this morning. We were to bring along a little valentine for the kiddos to exchange. It is going to be all toddlers there so I didn't really know what type of candy to give since it is a variety of ages, mostly 3 and under. So I bought some store mass produced valentines that had little red heart lollipops in them. The store valentine's went in the trash...I only wanted the lollipops.

I made them super simple since they were going to three year olds....lol!

I wanted to incorporate the Sale A Bration set, polka dot punches...I LOVE anything that goes with punches!!! I stamped the heart in whisper white craft ink and punched it out with my full heart punch. The sentiment is from Holidays and Wishes. The main panel is kraft, and I swiped the edges with the whisper white craft ink pad. The background is whisper white and I used the new eyelet border punch along the bottom.....I sure love that new punch!

Wanna see what I did with the back? VERY easy! I punched two holes with my crop a dile and slipped the lollipop stick through .....I didn't want the heart on the front to compete with the heart lollipop..... :)

**sorry for the poor pictures...I don't have time to edit this morning :)

I LOVE ACCESSORIES!!!!

Hi All!

I have opened up another designer series paper share...if you are interested in that, please contact me right away. As soon as it is filled, I will send the order in and get it to you.

Now...what I really came to tell you about to day is ACCESSORIES!!!!!

I am totally in love with the new accessories that are offered in this catalog! But, buying a package of every new embellishment would cost over $190! Yikes!! That is why I offering up a
"share" of embellishments!

Here is what you will get:

3 Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons
3 Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons
3 Kraft Corduroy Buttons
3 Pacific Point Corduroy Buttons
3 Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Buttons
3 Summer Sun Corduroy Buttons
3 1/2" Library clips (one Chocolate Chip, one Old Olive, one Whisper White)
10 Latte Buttons (one of each style)
4 Jumbo 5/16" brads (one Chocolate Chip, one Very Vanilla, one Whisper White, one Silver)
4 Jumbo 5/8" brads(one Chocolate Chip, one Very Vanilla, one Whisper White, one Silver)
4 Flower bards - assorted colors (one pumpkin pie, one pretty in pink , one so saffron, one chocolate chip)
1 Fleurette Flower (these will be randomly chosen and placed in your sampler)

44 Pieces in all!!!

The cost of 1 share is only $20, plus shipping if applicable.

Feel free to buy more than one spot, you are going to love these new embellishments!!!

fine print: Each product share will consist of 7 members. Once all 7 members of each share have paid for their shares, I will order your product.

How sweet it is

...to be among new rubbah!!! I pulled out me sweet stems stamp set, which you will receive as part of your stamp camp fee at the end of February, and used it in a different way...at least I think I did....lol!

Here is my card for you today:

Isn't it sweet? I think so, if I may say so myself.....

The main image panel was made by stamping the stem of one of the sweet stems flowers in close to cocoa. I put the little hearts on the tops as "flowers." They were punched with my heart to heart punch. I mounted them up on stampin' dimensionals. All of the designer series paper is candy lane. All edges were sponged with close to cocoa and a stampin' sponge. Did you notice the ribbon? It is the riding hood striped grosgrain, but I sponged it with close to cocoa to tone down the white stripes....you like? And then there are two brand spankin' new chocolate chip corduroy buttons (these are actually brads...but they are in the button collection :) ) in the top corner.....Oh how I lOVE these!!!!! I will be putting together a "share" with the new accessories very soon...be sure to keep on the look out!

Here is a different angle to see the dimension and those beauties!!!

Texturz fun!

Hi Stampers!

The minute I unpacked my new box of goods.....I jumped online to check out the color challenge today....it is to use tempting turquoise, pixie pink, green galore, and lovely lilac! I don't think my new Thoughts and prayers stamp set would work for that......I could have used petal pizazz....but my mind would not let me leave a layout that was in my head.....why do I do this to myself!?!??!?! LOL!!

So...even though I did not use new rubbah....I used some neglected rubbah - Sock Monkey. I loved this set when I first got it and I have really been neglecting it. My layout would not allow that sweet monkey though....oh my! Here is what I came up with:

Wouldn't this be cute for a young girl's birthday?? I don't have a ton of time for deets....but look at the sweet embossing I did.....with my new Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 texture plates!!!

I will come back later to post more details...until then - Happy Stampin'!

OMGosh!!!! My order is here!!!

My new goodies were just delivered by the "other man in my life..." The UPS man! lol!!! I have to go unpack the box and try out new stuff...I hope to have something NEW to share with you today.....Now let's all hope that the Toy Story movies will still keep the kiddo's interest so I can create!!!!

Oh sweet smell of new rubbah!!!!

Here We Go Steelers.....Here We Go.....

.....Pittsburgh's gonna win the Super Bowl! (crossing fingers :) )

After tonight, there may be a whole new meaning to the phrase "six pack!"

I have to share this prayer poem with you...it is on my 4 or 5 upline's blog....I laughed out loud when I read it....

Our Father,

Who Art in Pittsburgh,

Football be thy Game.

The Kingdom come,

5 Super Bowls won,

At Earth as it is in Heinz Field.

Give us this day, a SUPERBOWL win,

And forgive us our penalties,

As we defeat those who play against us.

But lead us into a VICTORY,

And deliver us to HISTORY!!!!

A-Ben

cute, huh?

Now....How about a little science lesson for the day....

Designer Series Paper Share

This will remain at the top of my blog, please scroll down for newer posts! :)

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

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?

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?

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'!

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!!!

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???

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.......

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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

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!!!

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.....

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 :)

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.

Ok...Time to let the cat out of the Bag!!!!

LOL!! If you didn't see earlier today...this is my second post for the day....be sure to scroll down for some Christmas goodies!

Even though Christmas is in three days....it is NOT too early to think about Valentine's Day.....

You have the opportunity to purchase a brand new-never released before bundle at a 20% discount!! I know...I had to pinch myself too!! lol! I have been having so much fun with this bundle in secret in my studio...now I can shout about it! hint: Remember those adorable little hearts on the chest of my gingerbread men???? Oh yeah....they came from a brand new punch in this bundle!!!! Can you believe it????? Here are the details:

Oh my......isn't is sweet????? I stamp set, coordinating punch, and coordinating designer series paper???? Oh my!!! This bundle price is only available until January 31st. Click HERE to download the flyer.

Here is a card I whipped up in no time...thanks to the entire kit! One of the stamps lines up perfectly with the new Heart to Heart punch! I {luv} that!

Card base is close to cocoa. I stamped the birds from Love You Much in chocolate chip. The designer series paper is from Candy Lane Designer Series paper - isn't it divine???? The sentiment is from All Holidays, stamped in riding hood red on very vanilla. I punched it with the 1 inch circle punch before putting it behind a piece of styled silver hodgepodge hardware. And that row of hearts.....You guessed it! I stamped the trio heart stamp and punched it out with the new heart to heart punch and adhered them down randomly and with stampin' dimensionals. I'll give you a "bird's eye" view....lol!

Just a reminder - tomorrow is the last day to save 10% off retiring stamp sets and get the free shipping on orders of $70 or more as well as the first day you can order this wonderful bundle!!!

I have had so much to share.....

but where have I been??? I just realized that I haven't posted anything since Wednesday!??!?!? What is up with that??? I have had things that I wanted to share and I guess I haven't had the time to even post it! Sorry :(

I will show you two things today and one is a tutorial!!! Will you forgive me now???? Pretty please.......

First, remember last week when I showed you the gingerbread man tags that I gave to a friend? Well, I also went to dinner that night with my cousin and friend. It was the three of us...we had such a good time! These are the gift tags I took her along with a big ol' cocoa cone to enjoy in the f.r.e.e.z.i.n.g. COLD weather we are having right now!!! So, Fawn.....if you are reading this...make some cocoa and curl up!!!

Aren't they adorable? Santa was made entirely out of punches except for his hat brim...I just cut that from a skinny piece of whisper white card stock. Here is a closer look at him:

Next.....for the tutorial. These are perfect if you need a super quick treat to give or you could even use these as gift tags on presents! My little one had her session one pee wee bowling banquet last Wednesday and we always try to take a little something for her team on Holidays. This is what we gave them this year for Christmas.

Aren't they sweet?

Ok...for the tutorial....

Take a piece of card stock. I think mine was 1x3. Use the slit punch on both ends and slip it through the candy cane like this:

Take your favorite stampeed image that can easily be punched out and adhere to the card stock after it is on the candy cane. I did use sticky strip to adhere the scallop circle to the glorious green card stock. The santa image is from the level 2 hostess set, Deer Friends. He was inked up with stampin' write markers onto whisper white card stock and punched out with the 1 1/4 circle punch. The glorious green layer is punched with the 1 3/8 th circle punch. The real red was punched with the scallop circle punch.

Easy peasy, right????

MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON.....I WILL POST THE SALE OF A BUNDLE THAT IS AVAILABLE STARTING TOMORROW FROM THE NEW CATALOG!!!! YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT!!!!!!

Celebrate with cupcakes

HI All!

I wanted to make a gift bag for my Dad's Birthday gift, so I thought that I would use Kristina's color challenge as a starting point. I knew in my head that I wanted to use Simple Birthday Thanks to make a cupcake on the bag. That was the primary reason I bought that stamp. I did preform a major stamp surgery on it....I will try to get that up for you tomorrow.... :) For now...the bag.

Here are the colors for the challenge:

chocolate chip, close to cocoa, baja blue, so saffron, very vanilla - I will have to make another creation out of these colors....I love them together!!!

I just altered a plain kraft gift bag from the store. How easy is this!??!?!?!

See the cupcake up close? I paper pieced the entire thing with the papers from ski slope out of the Holiday Mini - I can't believe how diverse this paper pack is....it definitely isn't just a holiday pack!!! I ran the cup cake liner through my paper crimper. I didn't stamp the cherry, I just drew a black line on the paper where it was. I used soft subtles brads for sprinkles. The icing is mounted up on stampin' dimensionals. The sentiment is from celebrate everything.

This was fun! Now I need to make a cupcake in feminine colors so I can bling up that cherry with glitter!!!