Fable Friends

Just received my Fable Friends stamp set in the mail and couldn't wait to make a quick card with it!  I also received my Gingham Gala paper in the mail.....it just came off backorder!!!!  Yeah!!!  This paper is so cute and perfect for those Easter projects!!!  The ribbon on this card is the Whisper White Flax ribbon.  I can't wait to ink up the other stamps in this set.

Paper Pumpkin Extra

Here is a sweet card I made from the stamp set that came with this month's Paper Pumpkin.  Love this little teacup planter!!  I used Bermuda Bay cardstock and a print in Bermuda Bay from the Brights Designer Series Paper.  I also used Bermuda Bay mini chevron ribbon that I just purchased off the clearance rack recently (be sure to check there regularly for some great deals).  I colored the image with my favorite Stampin Blends!!  Love how Stampin Up has everything you need to make a project from start to finish and all coordinating!!  The sweet sentiment is from the Sale-A-Bration freebie set called Lasting Lily.

If you haven't signed up for Paper Pumpkin this is a great time to do so as if you sign up by March 10 you will get a special birthday celebration kit!  This kit includes not one but TWO stamp sets!!  These kits just keep getting better and better!  You always get a stamp set and an ink spot and all the product you need to make the projects plus there are almost always plenty of left overs to make other things plus you can always use the stamps on other projects!

I would love it if you sign up with me as your demonstrator.  You can use my link here.   Plus if you prepay you can earn Sale-A-Bration items!!!  If you want to go the prepay option please purchase here.  You will receive an email with a code to enter at the first link to begin your subscription.  Clear as mud???  If you have any questions, please just send me an email and I'll get right back to you.  I am usually able to check my emails several times a day.

Happy Crafting!

All for You

I don't know why I don't use my vellum more as I LOVE the look!  This gorgeous floral from the All for You stamp set in the new Occasions Catalog was stamped in Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder.  I colored the image from the back side with my amazing Stampin Blends markers in Daffodil Delight and Old Olive.  This technique gives such a beautiful soft look!  I paired it with a piece of designer series paper in the brights collection and some of this gorgeous polka dot tulle ribbon in whisper white.  The greeting was stamped with a stamp also from the All for You stamp set and then cut out with a framelit from the Stitched Shapes framelits set.  Here is a closer look:

Purchase this stamp set and the stitched shapes framelits and you earn a free level 1 Sale-A-Bration item!!  For every $50 purchase you earn one freebie from the level 1 items and with every $100 purchase you earn two level 1 items or one level 2 item (check out that Lasting Lily stamp set) or order $150 in product and earn the salebration items but also stamping rewards!  Any order over $150 starts earning stamping rewards and earns monies that you can spend on special hostess sets or any items out of the annual or occasions catalog that you choose.  

Thought this sunny sweet card might bring a little "spring" into your day!  I'm so ready for warmer temps!!  If you would like to place an order or just get together and stamp, please let me know!  Thanks and Happy Crafting!!

It's Been Too Long!!!

WOW!!!  It's been a really long time since I've posted anything.  My hubby retired and we moved to Indiana.  My boys are now in college and I have one about to start middle school.....where has the time gone?

Just wanted to hop on here and say that I am still around and I am still a Stampin Up demonstrator and this is the best time to stock up on supplies as it is Sale-A-Bration!!  With every $50 you order you can pick something out of the level 1 Sale-A-Bration items for free or with every $100 you order you can pick two level 1 or one level 2 Sale-A-Bration items.  This goes through the end of March!

I just received this Lasting Lily stamp set (pictured above) and I can't wait to share some of the projects I've cased from pinterest!!

It is also the best time to join as a demonstrator!  If you sign up during Sale-A-Bration you get $175 of your choice of products for $99 and free shipping!!!  There is also another option that includes an awesome tote with your kit and it costs $129.  There are no strings so if you want to just sign up to take advantage of the super sweet deal on the kit you can do that, plus then you get your demonstrator discount!  If you haven't met your minimum sales by the end of your first full quarter (end of June) then you just go into pending and then you can just drop your demonstrator status.  You never know though you may well find that you are meeting the minimums and want to continue on!!!  New annual catalog comes out in June!!!

New Pop N Place

Great new product for the holidays!  Discounted bundles available, too!  The Pop & Place Book alone is $9.95 (134975) or you can take advantage of the Tag Book plus the New coordinating Polymer Stamp Set for $19.95 (135921) or if you are brand new to stamping we have a special bundle deal for you.....this one contains the tag bundle and stamp set plus an acrylic block and ink spot so you will have everything you need except adhesive to get started for just $24.95 (135290).  As always if you have any questions, please send me an email....see my sidebar for email me button.

Baby Girl

I had to put together a baby shower card super fast and this is what I came up with.  I love tone on tone with lots of texture!  That cute stamp is from the new Label Love stamp set.  This set has a coordinating punch (Artisan Label) .... you know how I love to have a coordinating punch or framelit as I hate to fussy cut.  

Sweet Flower

Can you guess what shape I used to make those flower petals????  Believe it or not it is the full heart  punch !  Ever since I saw Connie Collins' card here I couldn't wait to try it.  It was so super easy to make and is a great way to use up those scraps of your favorite patterned papers.  This is that awesome Sycamore Street DSP from Sale-a-bration.  Love how this turned out....will definitely be using this technique again!

Aloha

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this "scribble" technique.  Not sure if that is the proper term but that is technically what you do is just scribble your background on with markers.  I was going for a sunset look here.  I used the Fabulous Florets stamp set for my main image.  The "aloha" was just a local stamp I picked up somewhere, however, I used my go to punches the word window punch which layers beautifully on the modern label punch.  I added some burlap for a little added decoration and I was done!  I made 25 plus of these for invitations to a goodbye dinner for some friends of ours and it only took me a very short time to mass produce these.  I will definitely be using this technique the next time I need some cute projects in a hurry!

I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL Memorial Day weekend.  God Bless all of our men and women who have served and are serving our beautiful country.



Mojo Monday Challenge

 

I finally found time to play along with Mojo Monday's Challenge although I'm too late to participate this week.  I just recently ordered the Best of Flowers stamp set and I LOVE it!  I stamped these beauties in marina mist (one of my all time favorite blues) and old olive.  I just used my markers to ink up my stamp so I could get both colors on one stamp.  I'm still amazed how easy it is to do this!  That gorgeous patterned paper is from the Beau Chateau DSP which is retiring....don't forget to go check out all the deals on the retiring accessories and the clearance rack before they are all gone!  The new catalog starts in just a few days!  Stampin Up is letting us order early this year since the 1st falls on the weekend so we can begin ordering on the 31st of May (that sentiment on the card above is from one of the new hostess sets that is full of wonderful sentiment stamps in that gorgeous font).  



Happy Graduation!

 

Isn't this just too fun!  You won't believe how easy these are to make!  Here is the tutorial I found.  She always has awesome tutorials and if you scroll down she even has a tutorial showing how to make the cute tassles!  I used the Perfect Pennants Die to make the "V's".  The background is embossed with the Stripes Embossing Folder.  The Happy Graduation sentiment I used came from the Teeny Tiny Wishes  stamp set.....LOVE that one.....has something for almost every occasion!

 

Hope all of you Moms out there are having a Wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

Watercolor Love!

 

This card uses the beautiful Love & Sympathy stamp set.  We made this card at my stamp and stack also and it was a favorite.  We used Marina Mist and Old Olive (I believe that is the right green) markers to ink our flowers and everyone was amazed at how easy the marker to stamp technique is and how well it stamps!  That gorgeous texture peeping out is the Honeycomb Embossing Folder.  I apologize as I can't find the original pin where I saw this card either.  I have to stop pinning and start creating original works...LOL!  

Take Care

 

This sweet card uses the Take Care stamp set and the Bird Builder Punch.  The sentiment is from Petite Pairs and I used the Scallop Rectangle Clearlit for the "sign" .....I hate to see it go but it is retiring and is on sale right now for only $4.50 ..... be sure to check out all the accessories and stamps that are retiring.....there are some really good deals!  You can find everything here.  I also used the Woodgrain Embossing Folder that is being carried over from the holiday catalog!  It's quickly becoming one of my favorites!  The sweet ladies at my stamp and stack made this card also.....I know I saw the idea on someone's blog but I can't find it again.....I must have forgotten to pin it.....so sorry I apologize.  

Ok....Ok....Just One More.... for Now!



 

I know you are probably getting anxious for me to move on to another stamp set ..... I promise this is the last one for a little while at least.  I have a couple of other projects to share that don't involve By the Tide ... LOL!  This card is one that we made last week at my stamp and stack...I have so much fun having ladies come over and stamp with me!  For this project I wish I could say this was an original idea but alas I saw it on guess where.....pinterest.  Here is the post from the original.  I used some inexpensive muslin fabric to stamp on and the sentiment is placed in one of Stampin Up's Soda Pop Tops.  I don't know what it is about flattening a soda pop top with my big shot that is so much fun but everyone at my stamp and stack agreed that it was a great stress reliever....LOL!  There are so many fun things you can do with these!  I will share a necklace I made soon.  A couple of the ladies were playing around with the smaller size (one on this project above is the larger size) and as I watched them work I thought what a super cute charm bracelet we could make with those!  Probably someone out there as done that already but if so, I haven't seen it yet.  I'm working on one now....I'll be sure to share when I get it completed.  

By the Tide Again...

 

While my friend and I were playing with the card I posted yesterday we also made the card above based on this one which I found on pinterest!  I inked up some retired patterned paper I had left over and then white embossed that gorgeous seaweed fan from By the Tide .....I wish you could actually see this IRL and feel the raised embossing....so cool!  Just wanted to share another look made with this same fun stamp set.....if you scroll down a week or so you can check out my seahorse "hair gel" card....guess what....it's this same stamp set....totally different look.  I will definitely be playing with this one more in the near future!!!  This stamp set is in the spring mini.......hope it makes the cut to the new main catalog....he! he! he!