This card used Jen's SSFYTT sketch for the week. She has a huge give-a-way with it too. I love her sketches tho, and this one turned out nicely.
Supplies:
Stamps: Just Buzzin' By, Fresh Cuts
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Brown, Mellow Moss
Paper: Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Twill Tape, Button Latte, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens, 1 3/8 inch circle punch
I am hoping to get some craft time tonight, but we'll see...! in the meantime I wanted to share this:
One of my customers, Wanda, sent me this card:
Supplies: Stamps: Pendant Park, Fresh Cuts Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun Paper: Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, Whisper White
I thought it turned out really cute! My mom just got that set and I can't wait to play with it too!
I haven't stamped anything in a few days. Its like I've finally gotten spring fever "but it isn't even spring". (it is too hot now to still think Spring) I just can't seem to make myself sit and stamp, even tho I checked out a bunch of challenges and have had ideas floating in my head... just can't quite do anything about it. Sooo, last night I took the opportunity to get some stamping done. Both kids were asleep at a reasonable hour and my husband had to work pretty late, so I was able to get some things done! Posts are scheduled! *grin*
This is for the Whiff of Joy challenge and I'm getting it in barely on time, lol! They wanted brown and blue, which to me "looked" all wintery. haha! I also used the PCP sketch and here's what I came up with!
Supplies:
And my blog friend Bev has more blog-candy to share! better check it out!
Lauren has this freebie Timeless Template download (thru PaperTrey Ink) for a stocking, and a while back when she was looking for a new Saturday challenge team, asked that we try one of her templates too. Then, for her recent Template Challenge, she wanted something that had purple and/or a butterfly. She also wanted it to be a birthday gift, but I didn't have a way to make that work.
I've had this idea floating in my head for a while now. I was going to do it for the DT portion, but again, had no one to give it to or way to use it at that time. I had considered using it as a teacher gift.....and it was a darn good thing that the other night I realized "tomorrow" was the last day of school!!!! The kids and I rushed to the store almost at bedtime, to finally pick out a flower and I came home and put this together!
What do you think?! I wanted it to be like a rain boot, and a flower gift, which seem to go hand-in-hand. Is late May ok for the whole "April showers bring May Flowers" thing?? lol
Here it is with the card we gave her. I used really bright colors because I wanted a bright yellow rain boot. I'm not used to so much bright, but I think it worked out well. His teacher was impressed and hey, that's the part that counts!!! haha!
Here's a close up of some of that detail. I LOVE how that butterfly turned out. (its just vellum stamped with classic ink and then colored on the back side with a Saffron marker and then a Blender Pen dipped in Orchid ink) And, when my son went up for a teacher hug/photo, she pointed to it and said "see, you're all my little butterflies!" She also said something about that in the letter she sent home with him. Who knew Lauren's challenge directly applied to his school teacher?! Yeay for a happy coincidence!!!
(and a shot of what it looked like inside...tho I did line it with plastic wrap! LOL)
Supplies:
Rain Boot:
Stamps: God's Beauty
Ink: Basic Black, Orchid Opulence
Paper: Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore, Vellum card stocks
Accessories: Chunky Sprinkles Glitter, 2-way glue pen, 1/2 inch circle punch, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware, retired green ribbon, lots of glue dots!
Card:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Ink: So Saffron, Orchid Opulence
Paper: Fresh Cuts note card, Green Galore card stock
Accessories: Bold Brights buttons, retired green & purple grosgrain ribbon
Supplies:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts, Rose's Garden (Sarah Kay stamps)
Ink: Black, Buckaroo Blue (retired)
Paper: More Mustard, Buckaroo Blue, White card stock, Real Red Prints DP
Accessories: Blender Pens, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch
Wow! I got THREE Saturday challenges done, in one card, on the same day it was all posted! YEAY!!! lol! So! I took Lauren's color challenge, Jen's SSFYTT and this week's Cinema Challenge plus layers, and made one fancy card! haha!
The only problem is we are having a rain storm that thinks its a blizzard so the sun hasn't come out yet today. The dining room light is the best I have and it makes everything too shiny...So here's the less shiny shot...
And the straight-on shot that is weird colors and too-shiny buttons...
Supplies: Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Fresh Cuts
Ink: Real Red, Basic Gray Paper: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Whisper White card stocks, Real Red Prints DP (retired) Accessories: So Saffron Poly Twill ribbon, Button Latte, Button Bouquet, Mini Glue Dots
I totally agree with Lauren, these are not colors I would normally put together, but it works! I loved Jen's button cluster idea and even had buttons that matched! I haven't seen To Catch A Thief (tho I will put it on my list!) but I figured if Cary Grant is in it, red roses are probably applicable, one way or another. *wink*
The title says it all, I believe... lol
Since I cut the supplies for 350 cards in the last week and a half, I thought I'd share THAT! So here I have some...more tomorrow! (a few of these have images I did not offer in the class becuase they are so long retired. However, these exact cards were made for a gift and since they are stamped, I am posting those, rather than all blank ones!)
Supplies: Stamps: Many, many misc greetings, current and retired! Ink: Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron Paper: Bella Birds DP, Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette & White card stock Accessories: Corduroy Buttons, Button Latte, Jumbo Brads, White Organza Ribbon, Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon, Pretties Kit
truly. This weekend was soo crammed-packed with things going on, and I had to get soooo much done in preparations! So my last few posts have been pre-typed, all done in one evening...maybe last Wednesday? So finally, a current post!
I made this card for my sweet MIL's birthday. It was a milestone birthday for her, so there was a HUGE party on Saturday. Ok, HUGE is an understatement. She herself has a posterity of 95- and-one-on-the-way, AND she is a twin so of course the party was combined!! So you can imagine the crazy crowd! :) It turned out to be a wonderful day for them, and I'm glad.
Supplies:Stamps: God's Beauty, Fresh Cuts
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango
Paper: Apricot Appeal, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Mat Pack, Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool
Our daughter was born on her grandma's birthday, and my sisters birthday is the day before, so we had another family party Sunday evening. here are the fabulous cakes my talented husband made and decorated for them! (Tinkerbell is not 'accurate' but its perfect for my very teenage sister. :) Plus she loved it, so that's great! LOL!)
We're using new stamps, new papers, and new accessories, plus you go home with 35 card for any occasion you need! Hope you'll join us!
Wow, ok, its official...I am tossing my computer out the nearest window....! I have had SO MANY problems today! UGH!
Anyway, here is my latest business news, and be sure and check the side bar for the latest updates!
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Is there anything more fun than getting a hand-stamped card in the mail? Don’t you love knowing that you can brighten someone’s day by sending a card you made yourself? This month’s promo "Get Connected" is all about that! I’m sure you’ve all noticed the single stamps found in the back of the catalog…! Well, until April 30, for every $40 of merchandise you order from the Occasions Mini, you may choose any of the items on page 208 for FREE! That includes two quick kits and eight single stamp images, perfect for making cards! (Some of these stamps are also wonderful for scrapbooking) This promotion is limitless, for every $40 you spend (from the Occasions Mini) you earn a free item!
Any one who hosts a workshop of $150 or more may also select any thing on page 208 FREE. But its always a nice time to host! :D
There’s another great promotion running, if you have ever considered e a demonstrator. Until April 30, you can sign up with a Three-Easy-Payments plan! That means you’ll spend $66.33 during April, May and June and get going on your business in April! This is a really great way to get started because you can use the income you earn to help pay for your starter kit!
I do have a couple more spots in my Stampers 10 club if you still wanted to join. Just let me know before April 15 so we can add your order!!! If you aren’t interested in joining the club but still want to place an order, I will be sending in an order on April 15, so let me know by then!
My 35 Card Class is scheduled for April 17 in Honeyville. I do need your RSVP and fee before then so that I have the supplies ready for you. That needs to be to me no later than April 10. This is a wonderful time to stock up on cards for those events that sneak up on you! You can make them all birthday cards, thank you cards, etc, or choose from a variety of greetings. If you would like to host this same class yourself (rather than travel to Honeyville), simply find four friends who would attend and we’ll get it scheduled!
Now for a quick sketch entry: I wanted to use this stamp set for Charmaine's sketch (from Beate's design team) and I love to use it with the emboss resist technique. I'm just not convinced this is the best color combination ever... haha
Supplies: Stamps: Fresh Cuts ~
LOL! Not I, other people, of course! Nice to be back to sketches, I must say. Its snowing again tho, so the photos are not so great. ...we were wearing shorts Friday and Saturday...
First I did the OCC Sketch. Very simple card but I like it. I think its a great wedding card. And it uses my latest Wish-RAK'd image!
Supplies:
Stamps: To Have & To Hold, Fresh Cuts
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Black, More Mustard Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Kraft & White card stocks Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, White Taffeta Ribbon, Blender Pen
Then this is Jen's Saturday Sketch To Try. Definitely love how this card ended up! Very simple again, but very nice. To get the flower color, I just stamped off the Rose Red ink once for a lighter shade. Jen is also offering a sweet Whiff of Joy stamp as blog candy for participating in this sketch challenge! Can't pass that up! LOL!
Supplies:
Guess what today is?! My BIRTHDAY! Love birthdays! haha! But on top of that, its also my five year anniversary as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! (-yes my start date was my birthday- great gift, I must say! lol!)
So! I wanted to share the joy with all of you, my wonderful friends, family, customers and virtual friends who say nice things! hee hee hee!
I have TWO giveaways! WHOO HOO! To enter to win, you just leave one comment on THIS POST. This one. Not the other ones. (Unless you like the other project and want to say something about it... I like that too... But that won't get you entered!) Then I'll have my kids each draw a winner and I'll post them on Monday!
The first prize: See these cards? In the coming weeks I'm going to be holding a class where we make 35 cards out of these supplies and more (...that have yet to arrive). We'll use the new, dreamy Bella Birds paper, new accessories, new ribbons...its gonna be great. Anyway, I am charging $16 to attend the class, but you can come for FREE! (But if you live too far away I will either mail you the supplies or make them for you and mail the completed cards! You pick!)
The second prize: See this? Yup. You can have it!
(two little stamps, Fiskars Zingz, and 5 cards handmade by me!)
So, leave me a comment and be sure and check back on Monday!!! Now I'm going shopping!
Two of 'em, in fact! First, the current one! LOL!
The movie of the week was Emma, which I borrowed from the library a few months back. (the Gwyneth Paltrow one) I thought it was great! Its funny and light and quite enjoyable. And I'm a sucker for Jane Austen and sooo much 18th century in my movies anyway... haha!
Emma has the best of intentions in helping her friends, even if she 'misses', every time. She thinks she's very sweet, which is a lot of the humor of the movie. When I started browsing my supplies for something to capture Emma, I thought of something sweet, pale pink and airy. This is not exactly it... lol, but it does have a sweetness to it and uses pale colors... And this fabulous flowery paper has always seemed to have that 18th century feel, tho I'm not sure why.
I like the card a lot, but I'm not convinced its totally Emma. Oh well! The card also uses the OCC sketch this week, by Laurie Schmidlin, which was a lot more fun than it looked at first. It intimidated me! haha! Oh, and along with Emma they wanted dots so I have a few, plus the circles in the sketch.
Supplies:
Stamps: Embrace Life, Fresh Cuts Ink: Black, Perfect Plum, Apricot Appeal Paper: Apricot Appeal, Pale Plum & White card stock Parisian Summer DP (retired) Accessories: 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Fiskars Zingz
This card is late but also inspired by the Cinema Challenges. Can you guess which one? My husband couldn't, based on my card, darnit. hee hee! Oh well, it worked for me!
It is Princess Bride, of course, one of my all-time favorites! As soon as I saw which movie, I wanted something pale blue, like Buttercup's princess dress, and swirly.......yeah I couldn't think of anything. Today while organizing my ridiculously-hoarded designer papers I came across this blue sheet and immediately realized that's what I wanted to use! But I also wanted a simple feel because she's a farm girl after all. So I picked some colors from the cd cover art I have (my hints to my husband were that "Its a movie we have on VHS and DVD. And the cd. And the book!")
The card only has two flaws- I really wanted a bow there, and now you all know why I don't do bows, and I scorched my paper while heat embossing!!! ACK!!! So sad.... I've never done *that* before.........
Supplies:
First I have Beate's Inspiration Challenge #28. The room itself kind of had me stumped so I took the colors and just made a card around that. I wanted the black/white to be striking and I think it is.
Supplies: Stamps: Fresh Cuts Ink: Versamark, Basic Black Paper: Really Rust & Whisper White card stocks Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, So Saffron Poly-twill ribbon, Neutral Buttons, Linen Thread
Then, here is my card for the Whiff of Joy Weekly Challenge. This week its a sketch, which is of course the only reason that many layers made it on my card! LOL! I love the look when people can add a bunch of layers but I seem to have a hard time doing that "right". hee hee... However, I am very happy with this card, so I guess it works when someone tells me where to put things!
Here's a bit of a close up shot. I love this ribbon, and the punched flowers turned out cute too!
Supplies: Stamps: Willow With Cookies, To You & Yours Ink: Black, Perfect Plum Paper: Perfect Plum, Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White card stocks, Saffron Prints DP Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens, Scallop Edge Punch, Word Window Punch, EE Brads, cherry blossom punch & ribbon
This one is kinda late for Beate's weekend sketch, but I didn't get to even try it til last night. It turned out ok. Its for a friend of mine and I'm sure I've used this stamp for most of my friends by now... hee hee. I picked the background paper first but I didn't color the image to match too closely. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, LOL!
Supplies: Stamps: Time With You(retired), Fresh Cuts Ink: Basic Gray, Certainly Celery Paper: Whisper White card stock, Just Delightful SS Kit (retired!) Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Stamping Sponge, Watercolor Wonder Crayons & Blender Pens
This second card uses an unknown-to-me stamp. It comes from another RAK. I asked for lighthouse images (LOVE lighthouses!!!) and a very kind person sent me seven different ones! I thought this one worked very well for my brother, even tho he won't get it for about another month...! I used Watercolor Pencils first, then went over that with a Blender Pen. Then to fill in the edges, I sponged ink. I am still surprised how well it all "matched"!
Supplies: Stamp: Unknown Ink: Night of Navy, Barely Banana, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel Paper: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy & Whisper White card stocks Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen, Stamping Sponges, Red Grosgrain Ribbon
If you haven't seen this on other blogs yet, its finally my turn. Carolyn King (Cammie) is a big name in the stamping world. She designs stamps for Gina K and her most recent release is this adorable set, Whimsical Autumn. It's special because she is donating 100% of her proceeds of the sales of this set to the Alzheimer's Association, in memory of her grandmother.
Sunday was World Alzheimer's so Cammie talked to some friends (LOL) and has put together the biggest blog candy giveaway EVER. Really. It includes more than $1000 worth of stamping supplies and other goodies. Part of entering this blog candy requires you to make a card and send it to a care-taker of someone with Alzheimer's.
That inspired me to send cards to many care-takes I know. My paternal grandmother suffered from Parkinson's and dementia. My maternal grandfather had a severely debilitating stroke nearly 17 years ago and has had many, many problems related to that. (he was just admitted to a care facility this past week.) I know first hand how much a card would truly brighten the day of a care-taker, especially if that person is family. So here are four quick thank-you notes I put together just for this. If you can, send along a card of your own- they work so hard and selflessly and if its a person with Alzheimer's, they definitely don't feel appreciated, unless we tell them.
Supplies:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts ~
Ink: Perfect Plum, Regal Rose, Basic Gray ~
Paper: Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa card stocks ~
Accessories: Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Pink Gingham Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware ~
If you checked my SCS gallery since Saturday morning you already saw this one. But I had to post it here too because I just love how it turned out! This follows Lauren's Saturday Sketch. Initially I thought I wouldn't do it because of the circle. I don't have any EASY circle cutting system, just that thing by Making Memories and I can't ever figure out how big the circle is going to be. Its just luck of the draw. But the rest of the card looked fairly simple so I thought I'd try it again...
Then, I wanted the focal point to be really great so I could keep the rest of the card basic. I still have this Lovely As A Tree set I'm borrowing from my mom and I thought I could do something fun for autumn with it. So here's today's version of emboss-resist. its on Vanilla card stock, rather than glossy, so I knew it would end up at least a little different. First I stamped the trees in Chocolate Chip ink. Then, (without a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, or any other way of lining it up perfectly, LOL!) I stamped it again with Versamark ink and clear embossed it. Even without a way of lining it up, it turned out ok because it looks like the first frost of the season! Woohoo! Then I sponged over it with More Mustard, Really Rust and Old Olive inks. Very autumnal.
Oh, I also edged the circle in Chocolate Chip ink to make it more defined. I wasn't even going to try to make a larger circle...!
Supplies: Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Fresh Cuts ~ Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, More Mustard, Really Rust, Old Olive ~ Paper: Really Rust, Old Olive, Very Vanilla card stocks ~ Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, Making Memories cutter
The next Saturday Sketch comes from Jen, and I added in the OCC Saturday challenge, which was to use chipboard. I never have much luck with chipboard! I bought it all excited to use it and my ideas just don't' work out that well. Usually it seems out of place. But here's this attempt! lol! Also, I made the focal point round instead of square, and then the button accent is square instead of round...wonder if that still counts? hee hee!
Here you can see the chipboard layer...
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Some of you didn't think yesterday's injury stories were bad enough. So here's another one! *wink*
Last night I thought I'd make some lemon bars because they are yummy and we needed something yummy. So, you bake the crust for 8 mins at 350* and then pour in the lemon filling and put it back in the oven to bake longer. Well, being the "super-genius" that I am (Wile E Coyote, for anyone who didn't watch Saturday Morning Cartoons...) I pulled the pan out using hot pads, set it on the stove, poured in the filling and then picked the pan back up WITHOUT HOT PADS. So yes, I slightly burned all fingertips and my thumbs! OWWW!
Is that good enough for ya?! haha!
Now, you may wonder how I am typing today if that is the case... (I do pre-type many of my posts and I don't think I'll be stamping today...) First of all, I let go pretty quickly. LOL! But also, my mother gave us this great stuff they use a lot at her work:
So in case you wondered, YES it works and YES its worth buying! my thumbs and pointer fingers are still tender, but I'm good! So if you have super-genius's in your house, you better get some! It works for sunburns too.
