Dress Up Framelits

Today is "Girly Day" at our church Card Ministry. We're making birthday cards to send to the senior ladies. Then just for fun, we're going to make the lipstick holders  you see below. I'm excited because I think everyone will have fun playing and experimenting with lace, ribbons, pearls and paper dolls!! I made these samples just to give the girls some ideas, but I'm packing all kinds of stuff to take for them to play around with. The directions for the lipstick holder came from my friend Brenda. You can find them on her blog. On one of them you can see I added the dress form. Instead of cardstock, I used the cardboard backing from a package of designer series paper.

Stampin' Up's Sturdy Cardstock

SU's cardstock is thick enough to make these adorable little favors. I'm going to give some away at a vendor fair and make some for a craft show.  Just who came up with the design construction of these keen kisses? Not me, no unh-uh. That would be my friend Brenda. She is amazingly talented! She has tutorials on her website.

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A Sneak Peek and a Challenge

This post offers two things in one. A sneak peek at products from the new Holiday catalog and an entry for the Friday Mashup Challenge.

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles
Card Stock & Papers	Winter Frost Designer Series Paper, Brushed Silve and Bermuda Bay cs
Ink	Bermuda Bay
Accessories	Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensional
Tools	Christmas Ornament Punch

Sketch Challenge!

Hey everybody! I saw this sketch challenge at Pals Paper Arts, and decided to play along. Here's another peek at the beautiful designer series paper that you will be able to order in the new Holiday Catalog on August 1st.

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles
Card Stock & Papers	Winter Frost dsp and Island Indigo, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White and Brushed Silver cs
Ink	Island Indigo
Accessories	Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Christmas Ornament Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch

Mojo Monday Challenge

This is my entry for the Mojo Monday Challenge. Even though the star from this stamp set is retired, I still love it:) I paired it with the sentiment from More Merry Messages which is current. I think this script is so beautiful. The ribbon and designer series paper are from the upcoming Holiday Catalog, which will be available the first of August.

Project Details
Stamps	More Merry Messages, Scandinavian Season (retired Stampin' Up!)
Card Stock & Papers	Island Indigo, Whisper White, Brushed Silver cs and Winter Frost dsp
Ink	Island Indigo and Bermuda Bay
Accessories	Silver 1/8" Ribbon
Tools

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #95

This is my entry for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. I'm using the new Winter Frost designer series paper that will be available in the Holiday Catalog on August 1. Isn't it gorgeous? There are some beautiful silver snowflakes with a rhinestone in the center that would be perfect for this card. I'm putting them in my next order:)

Project Details
Stamps	Scandinavian Season (retired Stampin' Up!)
Card Stock & Papers	Smokey Slate, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Brushed Silver cs and Winter Frost DSP
Ink	Silver Encore Metallic
Accessories	Snowflake brad from my stash
Tools

This and That

I got the holiday This and That journal and all the embellishments that coordinate with it. It's the "Seasons of Style" pattern. I designed my cover today and I'm so pleased with how it turned out!!

I can't wait until next month when I offer the scrapbooking class using these wonderful new toys. I can't wait to see what fabulous ideas everyone comes up with. We are going to have soooo much fun:)

Project Details
Stamps	Lovely As A Tree, Word Play (retired), and Fall Foilage (retired)
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede
Accessories	Crochet Trim Ribbon, Seasons of Style Wash Tape and Soft Suede Wide Striped Ribbon (retired)
Tools	Bird Builder punch, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Chalk Talk Framelits

These are the gorgeous coordinating embellishments I'm using

Taggin' Taggin' Taggin'

For some reason, that Rawhide song is stuck in my head. My Daddy used to watch that show all the time when I was little. It was the first big thing Clint Eastwood ever did I think. Anyway that cowboy song is stuck in my head! Wanna see a handsome young Clint Eastwood?  Don't have any idea what I'm talking about and want to see?  Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StueBUdq80k

So here are my tags, that have absolutely nothing what so ever to do with cowboys or Clint Eastwood. lol

Project Details
Stamps	Very Merry Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Seasons of Style dsp
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	5/8" Organza Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine
Tools	1 3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Two Tags Die (retired)

Project Details
Stamps	Lovely As A tree, More Merry Messages, Snow Swirled (retired)
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Gold Encore Metallic
Accessories	Antique Brads, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Striped Ribbon (retired)
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelits

Project Details
Stamps	Lovely As A tree, More Merry Messages
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Gold Encore Metallic
Accessories	Antique Brads, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Striped Ribbon (retired)
Tools	Two Tags Die (retired)

Project Details
Stamps	Lovely As A Tree, French Foilage
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Crochet Trim, Antique Brads, Pearls Basic Jewels
Tools	Scallop Trim Border Punch, Tag Punch (retired)

Project Details
Stamps	Very Merry Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler Crumb Cake and Seasons of Style dsp
Ink	Old Olive, Soft Suede
Accessories	5/8" Organza Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine
Tools	Extra Large Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Two Tags Die (retired)

Holiday Catalog Peeks

Greetings from the swampy south! Lol it's still raining cats and dogs and chickens and frogs EVERY DAY, but I'm not complaining. After several years of drought conditions all this rain is such a welcome relief. The biggest plus it all the rain gives us a nice break from the heat!

Project Details
Stamps	Very Merry Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler Season of Style dsp
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Striped Ribbon (retired) Linen Thread,
Tools	Chalk Talk Talk Framelits, Extra Large Oval Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles, Lovely As A Tree, Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Season of Style dsp
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories	Silver 1/8" Ribbon
Tools	Stampin' Dimensionals, Christmas Ornament, Word Window and Modern Label Punches, Argyle Embossing Folder

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles, Flowering Flourishes, More Merry Messages
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Pearls Basic Jewels, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon
Tools	Christmas Ornament, Stampin' Dimensionals

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles, Flowering Flourishes, More Merry Messages
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories	Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, Old Olive Gros Grain Ribbon (retired) and Dazzling Details (covering up ink smudges)
Tools	Christmas Ornament Punch

Project Details
Stamps	Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp, Very Merry Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White and Season of Style dsp
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Word Window, Modern Label, Petite Curly Label and 1 3/4" Circle Punches

Rainy Days Make Me Create!

I love the things from the new Holiday Catalog! The Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp is so much fun. All those great images and sayings for 5 dollars! Can you see the tiny little lights on the bottom of the tag? They are from that rotary stamp as well as the Ho Ho Ho. I just LOVE those cute little bows! Aren't they adorable?

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectables, Tag It!, Very Merry Tags, and Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp
Card Stock & Papers	Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cs and Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper.
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Simply Styled Embellishments (Old Olive bow paper clip), Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Christmas Collectables, Petite Curly Label, Word Window and Modern Label Punches, Chalk Talk and Labels Collection Framelits, Argyle Embossing Folder

Project Details
Stamps	Tag It!
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse cs and Print Poetry dsp stack (retired)
Ink	Pacific Point
Accessories	Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin Ribbon, Build a Brad, In Color Dahlia, Linen Thread
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelit