Masculine Birthday

Hi there!  This is gonna be quick.  Forgot to show you a card that I made for hubby's birthday ...back in Dec.  He finally gave me the card so I could post it. 

I used the retired Motorcycle stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla.  Layers of Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla were added.  The Square Lattice embossing folder was also used for a little texture.  The brads are from my stash and  non-SU!
Must run.  Meeting the Wednesday girls for a day of stamping!

Fresh Vintage Thank You

Hi there!  Hope you're enjoying the Spring weather we're having!  It's so nice but the downside is that the pollen is terrible.  All the cars in the neighborhood have a yellow cast to them.  lol.
Today I have two cards made with the Fresh Vintage Sale-a-bration set.  There are only 5 days left to get this FREE set with a $50 order (before tax & s/h).  So if you'd like to have this versatile set, contact me and I'd be happy to place an order for you.  (Please see right side bar for contact information.)

The postage stamp image was stamped on Crumb Cake card stock, then punched out with the Postage Stamp Punch, and mounted on a 1-1/2" Black square.  Arrange the three squares on a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake and then to a Black card base.  Add sentiment of your choice - I used one from Sincere Salutations.  Add a pearl to the center of the flowers and you're done!  It's an easy and striking card.

This next version is the same except that I colored the pearls with a black Sharpie (who knew you could do that?) and added three pearls to the corner.  Not sure which version I like best.  How about you?

Need to scoot - dropping off our documents to the tax man.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Hello Easter Blossoms

Hi there!  Thought I'd take a break from tax stuff and post a photo of the card that I mailed to a friend who is in the hospital.  This is one of the cards made with the Wednesday girls.  It's a CASE of Chat's card click here to see her card - scroll down to Mar 17th post.  We changed a couple of things.  I used a different sentiment than everyone else because I knew it was going to my sick friend.

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Easter Blossoms (retired), Elementary Elegance (SAB)
Paper:  White, Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz
Ink: Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz
Other: Beautiful Wings embosslit, Baja Breeze seam binding, brad from SAB Everyday Enchantment brad & ribbon pack, Simply Scored

OK, back to the paper chase. lol  Thank you for coming by today - so glad you didn't give up on me!

Ouch!

Hi there!  Sure has been some crazy weather we've been having - sunshine, then rain, then sun again.  The trees and plants are blooming.  Hope you had a great weekend.  My weekend consisted of attending one of the local fish fries on Friday, another birthday lunch with another friend on Saturday, then that evening we had our granddaughter overnight.  So, for not having any plans (other than getting tax info together) it turned out to be pretty busy - and fun.  Except for the part of not getting tax info together and finding out that a good friend ended up in the hospital.  (Sending lots of prayers her way.)
A different friend had foot surgery a few weeks ago.  I remember seeing a really cute card that Pam D'Urso made of a foot in a cast, which fit the bill to wish my friend a speedy recovery.   Pam's card was made from the retired Stocking Builder punch you can see her card here - scroll down to Jan 9th post.   This punch is perfect to make a boot or cast.  Too bad it's now retired.  The sentiment is another retired item from the Love & Care stamp set.  It was just the right sentiment for this situation.  Sorry but I don't remember which set the flower image came from to make the background.  Hopefully, this card brought a little smile to my friend's face knowing that I was thinking about her.

Must sign off for now to get started on todays "To Do" list.  Oh, Dancing with the Stars airs their new season tonight.  Gotta watch that!
Take care and thank you for stopping by today!

Enchanted Calendar

Hi there - happy Friday!  Popping in real quick with a calendar idea.  Use an acrylic 4x6 photo frame as your calendar base, add some pretty DSP (I used Everyday Enchantment, which is free until the end of this month with a $50 purchase), a calendar, and a small note pad.  Easy peasy!  You can change out the DSP any time you want a different look.

Catching up on paperwork today.  Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping in!

Last Camp Card

Hi there! Two posts in one day....how about that?  Just wanted to share the last Stamp Camp card from this past Saturday.  This is an easy card, which can be adapted to about any occasion by changing the sentiment and/or color.  Love this design of the Twitterpated DSP, which is only available until April 30th.

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: Fresh Vintage (Sale-A-Bration 2012), Sincere Salutations (115068)

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Twitterpated DSP (125406 - Occasions Mini 2012),  Whisper White

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Tools: Adorning Accents (bracket shape) Edgelits die (125595)

That's it for today.  But before signing off... a HUGE thanks to all my friends and family for the BEST birthday on Tuesday!  It was such an awesome day packed with going out to lunch & dinner, receiving flowers - not to mention the stack of cards I've received, phone calls, and Facebook messages.  And the weather was absolutely perfect, too!  I am so blessed to have every one of you in my life!!!  

Hope you have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

More Goodies

Hi there!  I have more goodies to share with you.  At our February monthly Demo dinner meeting, Penny Thomas presented a gift bag of stampin' goodies to Kathy Boxdorfer and me.  Each item represents something.  Like the glue is for stick-to-it-ness.  I'll have to find what each item represents for sure and get back to you on that one. There was just so much excitement that Pam D'Urso (our wonderful friend and up-line) and Penny (Pam's sister and up-line who lives in TX) could be there!  Penny doesn't make it to MO too much and Pam recently moved to IL.  So there were a LOT of conversations going on at the same time.

Edited to add the meaning behind the bag of goodies (copy & pasted directly from Penny's email ):

The Stampin' Dimensionals were in there because you added depth and dimension to your business; the 2-Way Glue Pen was in there because you stuck to the job and got it done; the sponge was in there because you soaked up the information and applied it where necessary; and the Dazzling Diamonds was in there because you dazzle and shine above the rest!  The candy and the incentive stamp were in there just for fun!

More March Stamp Camp Cards

Hi there and happy Monday to you!  Here are a couple more cards that were made at Stamp Camp this past Saturday.  

Isn't this little chick just too cute!  Thanks to Corie Foster for the inspiration.  I think this was everyone's favorite card.  Now that I see this photo, Pumpkin Pie ink might be a better choice for inking the edges and her cheeks.  She looks a little pale. lol

 

Stamps: Happy Easter from Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)

Paper: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, White, Black

Ink: So Saffron

Tools:  Sizzix Scallop Circle die (113468), Boho Blossom punch (119858), Scallop Circle punch (119854), 5-Petal punch (119880), Circle punches = 1/2” & 3/4”

Other:  Signo White gel pen, Peach Parfait 1/2” stitched-poly ribbon (119264), sponges, glue dots

Inspiration:  Corie Foster  http://creationsbycorie.blogspot.com   posted Feb 14, 2010

Did you know that the Lattice die can be made into a cross with just a few snips?  Way cool!  There are some very creative people out there.  This card could be used for Easter, Confirmation, Baptism, or even a wedding with a little tweaking to the color palette and sentiment.

Stamps: Just Believe, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Elementary Elegance (bird image - SAB 2012)

Paper: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment DSP (SAB 2012)

Ink: Lucky Limeade

Tools:  Lattice die (115958), 1-1/4” circle punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, flower from Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Other:  Dimensionals, Pearls, snips, acrylic block

Inspiration: Dawn Olchefske  http://dostamping.typepad.com  March 16, 2011 post (and video)

Sorry for such a short post.  Busy day today!  As always, thanks for stopping by! 

March Stamp Camp Cards

Hi there!  Hope your weekend has gone well. 
I didn't drop off the face of the earth as you may have thought - or not. lol   Just busy, busy, busy.  Had a great group of gals at Stamp Camp yesterday....and no snow! 
After Stamp Camp, hubby & I went to our daughter's who had a little family birthday celebration for me.  It was the only day our son could make it.  Our granddaughter got to come home with us afterwards.  What a nice birthday present.  This morning I made her some Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes, then we worked on "projects".  She loves to do projects!  I totally forgot about the time change.  Felt cheated losing that hour with her.  Enough grandma talk.  Guess you want to see some projects of the card kind, huh?  Here ya go.

The Everyday Enchantment DSP used in the card below, is free during Sale-A-Bration (SAB) with a $50 purchase.  You only have a couple more weeks (Mar 31) to get your FREE stuff! 

inspired by Chat Wszelaki  

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370) or Hello from Elementary Elegance set (2012 SAB)

Paper: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Everyday Enchantment DSP (2012 SAB)

Ink: Calypso Coral

Tools:  Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138), Postage Stamp punch (122344), 1-1/4” circle punch (119861), 1-3/8” circle punch (119860), Scallop Trim Border punch (118402) 

Other:  Everyday Enchantment 1/8” Calypso Coral organdy ribbon, rhinestones, glue dots, Dimensionals

The next card is a spinner card.  I learned from one of my customers to wind up the butterfly before inserting into envelope.  That way the recipient will get the benefit of the spinning butterfly when they pull the card out of the envelope.  Pretty cool, huh?  I thought so.

inspired by Sharon White

Stamps: None

Paper: Wisteria Wonder, White, assorted colors for butterfly

Ink: Bashful Blue 

Tools: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Elegant Lines embossing folder, Labels Collection – Framelits die (3^rd from the center) 

Other:  Scallop circle (to make clouds), sponges, fishing line, red line tape, glue pen or Tombo liquid glue,   Pearls

Gonna sign off for now.  Have a great week and thanks for coming by today! 

 

Gingham and Babies!

Hi there and happy Tues to ya!  Today promises to be another unusually warm day for Winter - supposedly in the 70's!  I tell ya, St Louis weather is just crazy.

Several weeks ago I attended an all day crop with some friends.  One of the cards that I worked on couldn't be completed due to the lack of ribbon.  Just totally forgot my ribbon.  Anyway, the card was finished at home but then it got busy around here so I forgot to upload to my computer to share with you.

 
The gingham background was a technique accomplished using a brayer and Stampin' Up!s Stripes embossing folder.  Pretty cool!  I CASE'd Krystal's card, which you can see here. Scroll down to her Jan 27th post.  To get the look of gingham, place your card stock in the Stripes embossing folder and run it through the Big Shot. I used a 3x3 square of Whisper White.  Ink up your brayer with color of your choice and run over the stripes.  Now place in the Stripes embossing folder again in the opposite direction, and run through the Big Shot again.  Repeat the brayering process on the opposing stripes.  Adhere the "gingham" to a Certainly Celery scalloped square mat.  Mine was cut from a non-SU! die since I don't own the smaller Scallop Duo square die..... yet!  The focal piece was layered on 3-3/4 x 5 Whisper White (also embossed with Stripes), then onto a 4 x 5-1/4 Baja Breeze layer.  Tie a ribbon around the top portion (I do the faux knots/bows) before adhering to your card base.
Try this technique some time.  How about making a "tablecloth" for some summer cards?  It's such a fun and easy technique - love it!

Supplies used:  Stamps - Button Buddies  Paper - Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery
Ink - Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery  Other - Stripes embossing folder, Designer Frames embossing folder, Wide oval punch, scallop square die (non-SU!), Certainly Celery Satin ribbon

Just a reminder that Sale-A-Bration ends March 31st!  Get the FREE stuff while available!

Also, you can now order the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate (125586 for $11.95).  I saw it demonstrated at our Spring Fling Demo Event this past Saturday.  So many neat projects can easily be whipped up.  A really useful tool - can't wait to get mine!  (Psst, want to know a secret?  It also works with M's scoring board.  So if you already own her scoring tool, order the Diagonal Plate to work with it.  I think our scoring tool has more features, though.  Just saying!)

Now on a non-stamping topic - well indirectly it relates 'cause I print copies of card ideas to CASE.  The ink in my printer is low - very low.  Boy it is just so expensive to replace ink!  I did learn from a former co-worker years ago to buy High Yield ink because it lasts longer.  So last night I went on Amazon (wow they sell everything) and purchased a combo pack for my printer.  The good thing is shipping was only $2.50 and I didn't have to pay sales tax - plus it will be delivered to my door.  So I feel that it was worth it for that.  Hope there are no regrets.

Off to have a late lunch.  Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

March Stamp Camp Sneak Peek

Hi there!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Yesterday I attended the Spring Fling Demo Event, which was a lot of fun!  Kudos to Sally Nusbaum and everyone else who helped put on this event.  Had a great time connecting with friends and meeting new ones.  Enjoyed the demonstrations and saw some awesome displays.  We had some cute make & takes, too.  Looking forward to the next one!

Today I'm moving in slow motion.  Gray days and tossing & turning all night are not conducive to a lot of pep! lol   I do have a sneak peek of this months Stamp Camp projects, though.  If you would like to join us Saturday morning (Mar 10th), please contact me to reserve your spot.  My contact information is on the right side bar.  Thanks.

OK, that's all for now.  Thank you for stopping in today!

New Diagonal Score Plate

Hi there and happy March 1st!  Gosh, where did time go??  Well at least beginning today you can purchase Stampin' Up!s new Diagonal Score Plate that coordinates with the Simply Scored scoring tool! 

Click link to see video on how the diagonal score plate works!

Order yours today!  Item #125586 for only $11.95  If you don't already have a Demonstrator, I'd be happy to help you.  Please contact me - information is on the right side bar.  Thank you for dropping by today!