Braid Technique and New Weekly Deals

Hi there!  Have you ever seen the braid technique?  This technique has been around a long time.  In fact, I did it YEARS ago when I first got into stamping.  It may have been called something else back then.  It's an easy technique (even though it looks complicated) with a lot of WOW factor.  The Hostess Club girls tried their hand at this technique at our meeting this past Saturday.  Brandy Cox has a video (and a template you can download) showing how this technique is done.  If you're a visual learner like I am, the video will be helpful.  Click here to watch Brandy's You Tube video.  When you have time, watch all of her videos.  She has great ideas!  The Club card used the same layout but with different colors and stamps.  I dusted off my Gifts of Kindness set, which was paired with Blackberry Bliss cardstock and ink (Stampin' Up!s 2014-16 In Colors) - and used Brandy's unique ribbon embellishment.  Love that look!

Yesterday wasn't a very productive day due to the fact that the granddog wanted my undivided attention!  LOL  Oh my, what an attention HOG!  I miss him, though.  He was so excited to see his "mommy" and "daddy" when we picked them up at the airport last night. 
Must get busy.  Thank you so much for coming by for a visit today!

Weekly Deals Oct 28 - Nov 3  click here

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Gifts of Kindness 

Paper: White, Blackberry Bliss 

Ink: Blackberry Bliss 

Tools:  Scissors, flower punch (from Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack) 

Other: Blackberry Bliss Stitched Satin Ribbon, glue dots, pearls (large), clear blocks

Non-SU:  Braid Template, paper clips

Gifts of Kindness

Hi there!  Had quite a night last night due to the storm that hit our area!  You can read about it below if you're interested.  But for now, I'd like to share another card Mary Taylor displayed at our Card Buffet.  She used Gifts of Kindness (by Stampin' Up!) and one of the new In Colors, Lost Lagoon.  The butterfly from Papillon Potpourri was punched out with the coordinating Bitty Butterfly Punch.  It's a clean and simple card.  Love it!


OK, so here's the unabridged version of the story.  I was meeting Jayne Singleton to ride along with her to Arnold for our Christmas Card Workshop meeting with the rest of the team.  Well traffic came to a halt on the interstate, so I took a detour.  Just as I was getting out of my car to get into Jayne's, the sky broke loose and it downpoured!  We had to get back onto the jammed-up interstate to get to our destination, Applebee's in Arnold, to meet up with the girls.  There were a lot of phone calls and texting in that hour of transit while they waited for us.  The girls were enjoying drinks and chatting when all of a sudden, the power went out!  Management told them to finish their drinks (on the house since there was no power) then they had to leave.  We ended up meeting them just across the highway at another restaurant that did have power.  It was strange how the area was randomly affected by the outage.  Well, guess who had no power when they got home a few hours later?  Yep, yours truly!  AmerenMO was on our street when I pulled into the subdivision.  (That was a good sign - they were on the case!)  Hubby and Rocky (granddog) were just hanging out in the dark.  I took Rocky for his (our) nightly walk and noticed electric had been restored to some of the houses on our street.  What???  Then the Ameren trucks started rumbling past us and I'm silently praying for them not to leave yet because it was still dark in the cul-de-sac where we live.  One of the trucks stopped and the driver informed me that they thought the problem was fixed and our power should be restored soon.  (Certainly hope so was my thought!)  Well just as Rocky and I were finishing our walk and going up our driveway, the electric was restored!  Hallelujah!  What a night!

Thanks for hanging in there on this long post and for visiting today!  It's always a pleasure to share with you!

Gently Falling Meets Gifts of Kindness

Hi there!  I have another card made with bits and pieces of projects that didn't "make the cut".  Here only one inch squares of a stamped leftover Gently Falling piece was used and matted on the now retired Stampin' Up! color, Bravo Burgundy.  The white panel is scored on the ends (another leftover) and was spritzed with the color spritzer tool (also retired) to coordinate with the stamped squares. The matted squares were adhered to the spritzed white panel.  A few brads and a sentiment from Gifts of Kindness were the finishing touches.  The focal piece was then added to a Bravo Burgundy card base to complete the card.

That's all for now - must tackle a long "to-do" list.  Thank you for stopping in today!