A Snowman Pin

I made the most adorable pin. I was wanting to make a poinsettia pin that I saw a tutorial for on SCS, but I don't seem to have a poinsettia stamp. However, I came across Amy Celona's blog and she made the cutest pin using the line of snowmen from Holiday Lineup. You can find her pin here. Hers is so much cuter because the detail is so clear. I worked and worked and struggled (and made my kids work on it too...) but just am not doing something right to get good lighting and details of the picture to show up well.Anyway, this is my pin above. It is a little time consuming to make as there is a lot of cutting. There are four layers of the line of snowmen and then an additional four layers of the middle snowman on top of that. All of the hats, scarves, mittens and noses are stamped and cut out as well. The layers were put together with Mod Podge and after all was said and done, Crystal Effects was added to the top, back and sides to make it glossy. A pin clasp was added to the back with Crystal Effects as well. The images were stamped in Black Stazon. It is really cute in person....wish you could see it! My mom is a camera person....we call her "Phil Photo", so while I am visiting her I am going to have her play with my camera and tell me what I am doing wrong.

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Holiday Gift Box

Above are the projects we made at our stamping class last night. A gift box and four coordinating Christmas cards, all made using the Holiday Treasures Designer Series paper packet along with Old Olive, Ridinghood Red, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip cardstock and inks.

The snowflakes are from the Snow Swirled set and the sentiments are from the Level I Hostess set Punches Three, Heard From the Heart, as well as, again, Snow Swirled.

Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain, Ridinghood Red taffeta and Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbons were used along with gold and red brads. We used the square scalloped punch, the circle scalloped punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, 1-1/4" circle punch and the photo corners punch. The box dimensions I believe originally came from Dawn Griffith. You can find her website here.

Thanks for stopping by and looking. I would love your comments and constructive criticism. Any ideas for future posts and / or what you would like to see on this blog are welcome as well. Thanks for your support. Have a wonderful day!

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Isn't this card simple, yet elegant? I saw a version of this card here on Melissa Kaufman's blog and thought it was so beautiful. It just begged to be CASE'd! The base of the card is Shimmery White and the ink used is Sahara Sand. Once again, I used the Snow Swirled set as that is the only set I have with a snowflake. I adhered half-pearls to two of the snowflakes with mini glue dots. So simple and elegant! I know the picture quality is awful, I just can't get the hang of that yet. Thanks for looking. Have a great day!

Another cupcake card.... I did use a layout that I saw on someone's blog, but I can't remember whose at the time of this posting. Sorry about that! The stamp image is also from the Crazy for Cupcakes set, but this time I colored in the image with markers. The base of the card is Kiwi Kiss with the balloon image from this same set stamped here and there so it didn't look quite so plain. The other layers of cardstock are Pale Plum, Barely Banana, Whisper White, and a retired SU! designer paper that seemed to call to me. I again used non-SU! lavender brads as the space in that corner seemed a little bare. I used striped grosgrain Kiwi Kiss ribbon. The inside of this card was decorated as well.

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Happy Friday everyone! I got some new stamps in last week so I figured I would take a break from the Christmas cards. This card uses the Crazy for Cupcakes set. It was one of the stamp sets on sale during Stampin' Up!'s birthday promotion. The base of the card is Bashful Blue with layers of Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White along with Washington Apple Designer Series paper. The sentiment was cut out with the oval punch and layered on Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie oval punches as well, adhered with a dimensional. Vanilla 5/8" grosgrain ribbon runs across the middle of the card and three light blue brads (non-SU!) were placed in the upper righthand corner. I colored the cupcake image with the blender pen and Barely Banana, Bashful Blue, Ridinghood Red and Pumpkin Pie inks. I did decorate the inside of the card as well, shown in the second picture. Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Yet Another Snow Swirled

This morning we have yet another Snow Swirled card. I just love this set! In addition to this set, the Jumbo Snow Wheel was used, rolled in Pacific Point ink across a piece of Whisper White. The base of the card is Baja Breeze followed by layers of Pacific Point and Whisper White. The ribbon is Baja Breeze striped grosgrain. I stamped one snowflake in Baja Breeze and cut it out, adhering it to the card with a dimensional to make it "pop". The greeting is also attached with dimensionals. The top and bottom of the card seemed a little bare so I pierced two rows on the bottom and one row on the top. I am not really sure I care for the way that part of the card came out, but what is done is done, so..... Hope you enjoyed this card.

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Another CASE...

Still trying to get back into the swing of things after being sick for so long, I found this card by Adriana Gray and chose to CASE it. Adriana's card had designer paper instead of the ribbon that I chose to add. Plus, I believe instead of the rhinestone brads, she used half-pearls from the Pretties Kit. It is really stunning in person! This card uses the stamp set Snow Swirled. The base of the card is Baja Breeze followed by layers of Pacific Point and Whisper White. Inks used were also Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. The ribbon is Pacific Point grosgrain as well. It was a really quick and easy card to make! Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

A Goody Bag

My daughter had her first gymnastic meet this past weekend. She (and her teammates) did so well and we are so proud of her! I made her this little treat bag in her team colors for her. Maybe I can get some done for the other girls too before their practice. They have all worked so hard!
Caroline took 3 medals. Below she is holding the team trophy award. It is almost as big as she is!

Congratulations, baby!

The base of the treat bag is Tangerine Tango with layers of Brushed Silver and Night of Navy. The Tangerine and the Navy colors actually should have been reversed for her level colors, but I already had the template cut out in the Tangerine as it was left over from helping a customer make some Halloween treat bags. The stars were punched using both the small and large star punches. Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon was attached through jumbo white eyelets set on the sides with the Crop-A-Dile. I did use a stamp from the retired Sun, Moon and Stars on the Navy in Silver Mettalic Encore ink. Easy!

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For those who were unable to attend, we missed you at the last Christmas card get-together (last Monday evening). These are the cards that we made.
This first card was CASED from Gretchen Barron. Very different by the way of Christmas colors, though I think this is such a pretty card using the Snow Swirled stamp set. The cardstock and ink colors are Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey and Whisper White. The ribbon is white grosgrain and I also added a small piece of silver cord to the knot. The scallop die was cut using the Big Shot. I am really loving this new machine (new to me anyway!)

The second card has a base of Whisper White with layers of Ridinghood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Bella Rose Designer Paper. The sentiment was stamped in Ridinghood Red and the swirls were stamped in Kiwi Kiss. The flowers were stamped in Ridinghood Red as well on Whisper White and cut out (2 of them), adhered with a gold brad. The stamp sets used were Priceless and Best Yet (Hostess, Level 1). Ridinghood Red striped 5/8" grosgrain ribbon completes the card.

The final card we made again uses the Snow Swirled stamp set. The base is Whisper White followed by layers of Always Artichoke and So Saffron and another layer of Whisper White. The ink is Always Artichoke. The ribbon is actually from last year's Level 3 Simply Scrappin Hostess set (Ssshhh!, don't tell). I know it is retired, but I really liked the way it looked with this card. The snowflake is cut out and adhered with dimensionals and the ticket corner punch was used on the two layers with the tree.

If you missed this class and would still like to make these cards, just contact me and I will be happy to put together a kit for you! This was our third Christmas card class so those who have been coming to each class have already completed 45 handmade Christmas cards!

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I had this cute little glass jar and clothespin laying around. I tend to buy things like these with very good intentions, but don't always get around to completing my altered "project". However, in my search for my stamping mojo, I decided to be brave and grabbed some paper scraps. Naturally they were floral! Now I feel compelled to at least do a jar in the current holiday theme so I will grab another on my next Hobby Lobby trip. They were definitely quick little projects. The jar can be filled with candy, peppermints for Christmas, bath beads... tons of possibilities to make a quick and inexpensive gift for a teacher or a coach as the jar was only $0.99. Can you guess what my daughter's gymanstic coach will be receiving come holiday time...? Thanks for stopping by!

Spooky Spider

Look at this adorable spider! He is more cute than spooky. I came across him on Barbara Welch's site. She had a peppermint patty in between the two scalloped pieces. How clever! I decided to have our co-op group do this spider tomorrow. It should be relatively easy to prepare since all I have to do is punch.

Supplies: Punches used are the scallop circle, photo corner, 1/2" circle, 1/4" circle. Colors of cardstock are Basic Black, Tangerine, Real Red and Whisper White.

It was my grandson's 3rd birthday on Friday and we went to see him Saturday night. An excuse to make a card! Unfortunately, my mojo has been missing for the last couple of weeks. I really enjoyed making this card, though, so maybe it is coming back. The base of this card is Bashful Blue with layers of Real Red, Barely Banana, Whisper White and Washington Apple Designer Paper. The dinosaur is from Prehistoric Pals (stamped in Bashful Blue) and the sentiment from Curvy Verses (stamped in Pumpkin Pie). The grosgrain ribbon is Pumpkin Pie as well. My Stamp-a-majig gets lots of use and I used it again here to separate the sentiment. The dinosaur and its layers were adhered with dimensionals to make it "pop".

Thanks for looking. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend!

It's a Birthday Sale

Birthday Promotion
Dates: October 1-31, 2008
Promotion Details:
Spend $20 in regular catalog merchandise and qualify to purchase any preselected birthday/celebration stamp sets at 20 percent off.

Item # Page # Description Retail Price 20% Off Price
109439 62 Big Bold Birthday $27.95 $22.36
112895 62 Cumpleaños genial y divertido (Spanish Big Bold Birthday)* $27.95 $22.36
111532 63 Party Hearty* $26.95 $21.56
110994 64 Bitty Birthday $12.95 $10.36
111618 64 Crazy for Cupcakes* $23.95 $19.16
111546 65 Simple Birthday Thanks* $17.95 $14.36
111702 65 Time to Party* $16.95 $13.56
108559 68 Crab & Company $27.95 $22.36
*Stamp sets are die cut.