Sneak Peak at Up Coming Sale-A-Bration

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin' Up!'s biggest sales event! From January 28-March 31, you can get FREE products with purchases of $50.00 or more.  Here is a card made from a kit that you can get for FREE just for ordering during the sale.  Isn't it fun?  I just love the shiny gold insert you can put in the envelopes!

Mini Makeover

More new stuff:) I'm having such a good time using the new colors and stamps! I'm also excited because my husband cut some wood to make a table top for me in my studio. There is this futon in my studio... which I have been wishing would disappear. HE thinks we should keep it, I want it OUT of here! So my idea for a temporary fix is to put a board across the wooden arms of the futon, making a table top. He agreed to make it for me. I rearranged my studio just a bit last night. I found a DVD storage thingy in Walmart and needed to accommodate it into the space.

Project Details
Stamps	Lovely Romance
Card Stock & Papers	Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Venetian Romance dsp
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories	Naturals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Delicate Details Lace Tape
Tools	Apothecary Accents framelits, Two Tags die, Beautifully Baroque embossing folder

DVD tower thingy from Walmart. I love being able to get to my stamp sets easier now that they are not so low to the floor. Also, This horizontal storage makes it much easier to read the titles of the sets.

Here is the temporary fix. I'm so pleased, LOVE my husband!! Love having the ribbon on a flat surface and up higher where it is easier to reach.

Very dark photo because of the window, but I think you can get the idea of that space. I moved the lamp from the corner to make room for the stamp storage. It doesn't look as good here, but functions well this way. I now have more room on my desk with the Big Shot off of it.

Next on my to-do list is to cull through all of these stamps and SELL some! I guess I will have to bite the bullet and open up a Paypal account, which scares me, cause I think you have to give them your bank account number.

Cardigan Card and To the Beach

Project Details
Stamps	By The Tide & Fall Foilage
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo
Ink	Pool Party, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dazzling Details, Rhinestones Basic Jewels
Tools	Fancy Fan embossing folder, Circle die cut,

I saw something similar to this a while back on the net. I made this using the tools I had and worked with measurements on the curved cuts and triangle etc. I made some others with tiny colored buttons. I used the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack along with the Adorning Accents edgelits to make the trim on the sweater and on the shirt.

Project Details
Stamps	none
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Twitterpated dsp.
Ink
Accessories	Pearls Basic Jewels, Vintage Faceted designer buttons
Tools	Argyle embossing folder, Adorning Accents edgelits, Paper Piercing tools, Stampin’ Scorer

Ode To The Little Black Dress

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this stamp set and framelits dies!!!! I have had the most fun playing with them and I have tons more ideas floating around in my head:) The last one is my favorite:)

Project Details
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes, Vintage Verses, Feeling Sentimental
Card Stock & Papers	Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals, Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Ink	Cherry Cobbler and Raspberry Ripple (for sponging edges)
Accessories	Basic Jewels Pearls and Rhinestones,
Tools	Dress Up Framelits, Vintage Wallpaper & Lacy Fan embossing folders, Artisan Embellishment Kit

Best of Flowers

I'm having fun with this new stamp set! The set that has been released for this month has me all aflutter too! One thing I love about these special anniversary sets, is that if  you buy six (save your purchase stickers) you get a free stamp set of  your choice!! How cool is that?

Project Details
Stamps	Best of Flowers
Card Stock & Papers	Tea For Two dsp, Island Indigo, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Ink	Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade
Accessories
Tools	blender pen

Project Details
Stamps	Best of Flowers
Card Stock & Papers	Tea For Two dsp, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla
Ink	Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Baja Breeze
Accessories
Tools	blender pen

 

Flutterby

I just love these punches:) I got the idea for this layout from Chiaki Haverstick. The first one was done using Sycamore Street designer series paper from the Sale-A-Bration that just ended. The second one was made with Twitterpated designer series paper.

Project Details
Stamps	Vintage Verses (SAB) Lacy and Lovely
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Summer Starfruit, Twitterpated & Sycamore Street dsp
Ink	none
Accessories	Pearls Basic Jewels
Tools	Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches, Elegant Lines embossing folder

Terrific Thursday!

I've been busy preparing for a technique class and the card ministry at my church. This first card is just for me, just for fun:) The second one will go on one of the display boards at church.

On a separate note, I gotta tell you what Cricket has been up to. Cricket is one of our Australian Shepherds. Aussies are herding dogs, and Cricket does this very well when we go on daily walks. She just naturally herds me too! Well, somebody forgot to tell her that she is not a hunting dog. While walking the other day, she flushed a bird and then proceeded to display the perfect hunting 'point.' Of course being the commensurate Aussie owner, I gushed and praised her about how naturally smart she was. She must have learned that lesson very well because the next day I came home from Physical Therapy to find Cricket sitting proudly next to a dead blue jay. You may remember last year she killed the Easter Bunny. That action resulted in a couple weeks of walks where each time we saw a bunny, I held her by the collar and carefully explained how cute they were and that she was not to hunt them. Result: no more dead bunnies. I told you Aussies are super intelligent. Our UPS man even agrees. The other day he had another driver riding with him and as he introduced our dogs to the man, he said, "Cricket reads on a third grade level and Sydney is learning algebra." Yep, today's walk will include a lesson on not killing birds, simply point at them. I bet your mother told  you it was not polite.

This design came from Anne Marie Hile. See, I'm trying to teach myself to like Summer Starfruit, so when I saw this pretty design, I had to make it. I don't have a sentiment on it yet, because I'm not sure what I'll use it for... Easter, Birthday, Get Well. The bow got squished on the scanner, but popped right back out.

Project Details
Stamps	Quint-Essential Flower
Card Stock & Papers	Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, and Basic Gray, In Colors DSP Paper Pad
Ink	Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, and Basic Gray
Accessories	Very Vanilla Satin  Ribbon, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Basic Rhinestones
Tools	Fancy Folds & Square Lattice Embossing folders, Scallop Trim border, 2” Circle, 2- 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1- 3/4" Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle, 1/2" Circle punches

 This design came from Paula Dobson. At first I used an embossing ink pad and it looked grainy instead of nice and crisp. Then I tried my Versamark pad and voila! Much better results.

Project Details
Stamps	Mixed Bunch
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla and Soft Suede
Ink	Crumb Cake and Soft Suede
Accessories	Basic Jewels Pearls, Very Vanilla satin ribbon
Tools	Versamark pad, clear embossing powder

Stampin' With Friends

Four of us met at my Friend Pam's house today and created. It was such FUN! The first three were made using things from Pam's stash, the last one I made a few days ago with my new Dress Up bundle.

Project Details
Stamps	Field Flowers, Reason to Smile (retired)
Card Stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, retired dsp.
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Corderoy button retired, Linen thread, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Adorning Accents Edgelits, Word Window and Modern label punches

Project Details
Stamps	Curly Cute
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, retired dsp
Ink	Staz On black
Accessories	Black striped ribbon (retired), Basic Jewels Pearls
Tools	Scallop Trim border punch, Elegant Butterfly punch

Project Details
Stamps	Oh Hello
Card Stock & Papers	Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake  (retired in color dsp)
Ink	Elegant Eggplant
Accessories	Vintage Faceted Designer buttons, Baker's Twine, Basic Jewels Pearls,
Tools	Argyle embossing folder, Elegant & Bitty Buttlerfly punches, Extra Large Tag punch

Project Details
Stamps	All Dressed Up
Card Stock & Papers	Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose
Ink	Black Staz On
Accessories	Basic Jewels Pearls,
Tools	Vintage Wallpaper & Fancy Fan embossing folders, Dress Up framelits die

Oh Baby!

Now I'm on the baby channel. Why you ask? No babies due around here, I'm too old and my son is still a bachelor. My church gives christening blankets to each baby when they are baptized and we're going to add a pretty hand-made card with them.

This is the first dresser card I've made and I have to share a link to fellow Demonstrator, Jackie Topa. She has directions on how to make one and how to make tiny hangers as well. Thanks Jackie!
Side Step Dresser directions
Hanger directions

Project Details
Stamps	Little Additions, Baby Tees jumbo wheel
Card Stock & Papers	Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Ink	Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Suede
Accessories	Crochet Trim, Brads, various embossing folders
Tools	Modern Label & Curly Label punches

Project Details
Stamps	Baby Prints, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock & Papers	Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Beau Chateau dsp (clearance rack)
Ink	Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede
Accessories	Subtles Designer Buttons, Baker’s Twine, Pleated ribbon (clearance rack)
Tools	Modern Label & Word Window punches

Such Cute Little Flowers

I just got this Floral Fusion Sizzlit and I love these little flowers:) I got this idea from follow demonstrator,Dawn Tidd. I used different leaves and added the embossed section on the top.

Project Details
Stamps	Lacy & Lovely
Card Stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Pool Party & Lucky Limeade
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Printed Designer Brads
Tools	Floral Fusion Sizzlit, Owl Builder punch, Elegant Lines embossing folder