You Make Me Happy - Another Card Buffet Sample

Hi there and happy Monday!  Hope you enjoyed your weekend.  Mine was good.  Today the sun is shining with a forecast of temperatures in the low 70's and that's good too!  Speaking of sunshine, the "rays" on the above card were punched out with a new Triangle Punch appearing in the 2014 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog.  There are numerous cards on the internet using the banner punch for the "rays", as well as Patty Bennett's card.  I was inspired by Patty's card seen here (scroll down to Jan 14 post) to use the Word Bubbles Framelits for clouds.  Cool idea, huh?  The sentiment is from See Ya Later, a Sale-A-Bration freebie.  I'll miss this stamp set.  Maybe it will appear in the new catalog in June. 
Remember, today is the LAST day for Sale-A-Bration and to purchase the "Best of" stamp sets!  Please contact me (by clicking on the catalog icons or my photo in the right side bar) if you woul like to place an order. 

That's it for now - time to tackle the to-do list.  Thank you so much for stopping by today!

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: See Ya Later (SAB freebie) 

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, White, Polka Dot Parade DSP 

Ink: Basic Gray marker 

Tools:  Triangle punch, 1-3/4” Circle punch, Word Bubbles Framelits, Square Lattice embossing folder 

Other:  Rhinestones (med), Dimensionals

See Ya Later, Alligator

Hi there!  Hope you're having a good week.  We're having a bit of a warming trend here.  Tomorrow it's supposed to get up to 60!  Woo Hoo!  OK, enough about the weather.  This card cracks me up - just something about those 'gators.  I was inspired by Amanda Burditt's card to use the alligator image from Zoo Babies (click here and scroll down to Jan 6 to see her card) paired with the alligator from See Ya Later, a Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration freebie.  The Decorative Dots embossing folder (another freebie) was a natural choice, in my opinion, for some added texture.  Kind of reminds me of alligator skin.  Ha!  
You have until March 31st to take advantage of Sale-A-Bration.   If you need a Demonstrator, I'd be happy to help you!  Shoot me an email or call.  You can also place an on-line order here.  Thanks in advance!

Signing off for now.  Thank you for coming by for a visit today!

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Zoo Babies, See Ya Later 

Paper: Gumball Green, White 

Ink: Gumball Green 

Tools:  Circle Framelits, Decorative Dots embossing folder (2014 SAB freebie) 

Other: Dimensionals

 

 

8x8 Scrapbooking

Hi there!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was absolutely awesome!  You can read more about it at the end of this post, if you wish.  Something new today - a scrapbook page!  After I started making cards, scrapbooking kind of fell by the wayside.  The Hostess for my Friday evening Workshop mentioned there were a few scrapbookers in the group who would like to see how to incorporate stamping into their scrapbooks.  The above page was one sample I made using the See Ya Later stamp set that you can earn for Free with a $50 purchase (before tax & s/h).  The "clouds" were cut out with the Word Bubbles Framelits and embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.  The sun "rays" were punched out from the new Triangle punch that can be found in the 2014 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog.  The "rays" were adhered to the back of a 1-3/4" circle punched from Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper.  The colors used on the sample page are Smoky Slate and Daffodil Delight.

My fun filled weekend began Thursday after picking up Daughter #1 from the airport.  We ran a couple of errands, then met up with Baby Girl, her BFF, Baby Girl's fiance, his brother, and his BFF.  I didn't get home until around midnight.  Friday night was my Workshop - another late night.  I had a blast with this super FUN group of ladies!  Thank you ladies!  This is why I LOVE my job!!!  Saturday morning was the Bachelorette party for Baby Girl.  (Baby Girl's fiance had his bachelor party the same day/night.)  We met at her BFF/Maid of Honor's house to board a bus, then headed to the Montelle Winery in Augusta.  What gorgeous weather we had for sitting out on the deck - and what a beautiful view!  We had such an awesome time!  The bus had to be back at BFF's house by 5:30 pm, so we only had time to stop at one other winery - Sugar Creek Winery.  The day just flew by!  We continued the party at BFF's house.  Most everyone left by 9:30 pm but it seemed later since we started at 10 am.  My girls and I spent the night at BFF's house.   We met the guys for brunch the next day, then went to Baby Girl and her fiance's house to "watch" the Daytona 500 with fiance's family.  We had such a good time - lots of laughs and funny stories.  We all left their house about 9 pm.  Everyone was so tired.  Today I dropped off Daughter #1 at the airport around noon.  Tonight will definitely be an early night!  Hope I can stay awake through The Bachelor (a reality show).  Ha!

Need to sign off for now.  Thank you for stopping by today and hanging in there with me on this long post!

Spring Fling Make n Takes

 Hi there!  Sorry for the late post sharing the make n takes from Saturdays Spring Fling 

organized by Sally Nusbaum - with the help of Kim Coulter and Cheryl Renth.  The above 

card is showcasing the new Stampin' Up! Ampersand embossing folder, which is found in the 2014 Occasions Catalog (page22).  A piece of gold Foil Sheet was used, as well as gold Washi tape and gold Baker's Twine.   

Our next make n take also uses a piece of the gold Foil Sheet.  This time it peeks out from underneath a piece of gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum.  Here again, gold Baker's Twine was used.  

The sentiment is from Perfect Pennants (found on page 27 of the Occasions Catalog).  It was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed using gold embossing powder.

The same patterns in silver can also be found in Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, as used for the following card.

A different sentiment from The Perfect Pennants stamp set was used - only this time, we stamped the sentiment with silver Encore ink.  The banners were cut out with the Banners Framelits Dies.

Isn't this a fun card?  The background was made with Washi tape.  Love Washi tape!  It is so easy to use.  Gold Baker's Twine was wrapped around the panel a couple of times and embellished with a strip of Gold Sequin Trim and a button from the Very Vintage Designer Buttons collection.  This time a sentiment from a Sale-A-Bration freebie set is used, called See Ya Later.  Cute, cute, cute!

Our last project has become very popular on the internet.  You may have seen similar boxes.  What a presentation for the recipient!  It  wasn't difficult - just a little more time consuming but so worth it!  Cheryl did a lot of advance prep work, which made it go quicker.  Here again, the same elements are used as those in the above projects.  The sentiments are from See Ya Later and Just Sayin'.  Modern Medley Designer Series Paper (found in the Annual Catalog) was used on the panels and for some of the banners.

Here's a better view of the inside workings of the box.  The great thing about this box - it folds flat for mailing! 

What awesome projects, huh?  I just can't express how much I love being a part of Stampin' Up! and among such creative talent!

Not sure what is going on with Blogger today - spacing is all wonky.  I've tried to fix it but it's not happening.  Sooo, I'll sign off for now.  Thanks for stopping by today!