Birthday Card!

Its a new week and that means a fresh start, right? Well last week was a different kind of busy for me, and included a painting project that I hope to share in the next week or so. In the meantime, I hope to be able to share a stamped project each weekday again!
Today I have a bright birthday card! I used the latest Freshly Made Sketches for this (but played too late to link) and some Sale-A-Bration products! Remember- you can only get the fun DP and the Twine until March 31

Supplies:
Stamps: Perfect Pennants
Ink: Coastal Cabana
Paper: Coastal Cabana & Whisper White card stock, Sweet Sorbet DP
Accessories: Natural Buttons, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (Twine), Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Banners Framelits Dies, Glue Dots

Week 9

Hello again! Today is kind of a big day for me........
not only is it my 10year anniversary date with Stampin' Up!
....no wait,
not only is it MY BIRTHDAY its also.......
hmm.....which one is the bigger deal? hahaha!
While I worry about that, you enjoy the latest of my weekly pages!

I used Cheryl's EMS 52 sketch- which is open to play with all month long! I found the color combo by picking a shade of blue in MDS (Marina Mist) and clicking the "color combo" tool under Stamps. I love that tool! I use it even when I'm not digi-crafting.

Supplies:
MDS: SAB14 digi content

Blog Hop: Promotion Playtime!

Its March 1 and that means its time for a fun, new blog hop!!

This month we thought we'd focus on some of the promotions you might not be as familiar with- things that aren't in the catalog, but things that are just as fun to create with! That should mean you'll see really different things at each blog- that makes it even more exciting, doesn't it?

 

I chose to focus on the photopolymer stamp sets!! They are 100% clear stamps and they stick very well to any of our blocks- including my wonky block that nothing will stick to! They can be curved if you want and they are much better quality than other totally clear stamps I have tried. These aren't in the catalog, but there was a new set released most months in 2013, and I own two of them! I've created two cards for you to enjoy today, each card focusing on the stamp set and how versatile it is. Yeay for getting plenty of mileage out of your stamp purchases!!!

 

First up, I have this happy card. I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch for the layout. I love this stamp set!! I bought it for scrapbooking but mostly I've used it for cards, which makes me laugh. I don't care for air travel but the tiny airplane and the heart jet stream is my very favorite part of the set!   

Supplies:

Stamps: Wanderlust (photopolymer)

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango

Paper: Very Vanilla & Baked Brown Sugar card stocks, Retro Fresh DP

Accessories: Dimensionals

Next up is a pretty card using the latest sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches blog. The greeting, the arrows and the banners all come from this fun stamp set! And the pretty DP is from the Sale-A-Bration brochure and only available with a $50 purchase until March 31!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Show & Tell 1 (photopolymer)

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso

Paper: Sahara Sand & Whisper White card stocks, Sweet Sorbet DP (SAB14)

Accessories: 1 3/8 inch circle punch

 

What do you think? Do you want to give the photopolymer stamps a shot? Well, while you think about that, go check out what Cheryl has made to share! Then be sure to stop by all the other blogs and see what promotions you might be missing out on!! 

(and leave us some comments- its an easy way to brighten everyone's day!)

 

Birthday cards!

My mom's birthday was this past week and this is card I made for her. I used the latest Clean & Simple sketch as the inspiration but my card turned out a bit different... I got this very cool new die I wanted to use, so I left off the strip across the middle, but I think you can still see the sketch here.

Supplies:
Stamps: Make A Cake
Ink: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White card stock, Sweet Sorbet DP
Accessories: Pool Party baker's twine (SAB14 Accesssory Pack), Basic Pearls, On Film Framelits Dies, Big Shot

When I started this blog I always shared the cards that my kids would make for people. I haven't done that in a while but this was funny to me... My son who used to loooove to stamp cards helped himself to a piece of white card stock and wrote on it, haha. But then he also made an origami grandma, to send to her, haha!

So there you go! Too bad it went in the mail late.....

Week 8!

Just a quick post for today... I got the page completed for Week 8. I love that I'm staying on top of it, haha! It was a sorta fancy, super exciting week, so I dolled the page up a little, tee hee.
Also, I used one of the challenges from the Virtual Scrapbooking Night, to recreate a page you've already made. I based this page off of the first page you can find HERE. But since this is a 12x12 page I was able to easily fit on a journaling box for the purposes of this project. *grin

Supplies:

MDS, SAB14 digital content (punch & twine), Glimmer Paper download

Hanging Banners

I found this card on pinterest, and then visited the blog shown in the watermark. Wow, she has lots of very cool projects- more than one that I'd already pinned, haha!
Anyway, I loved this idea and made it a valentiney card, for my upcoming class!

I also made a friend option, incase you don't want so many Valentine cards! :) For the 'friend' card, I thought the hanging towel look suited this word stamp, haha.

and here they are side by side! The banner stamps, the punch, and the DP all are Sale-A-Bration items, so if you want them, don't miss out! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Banner Blast (SAB14), Crazy Mixed Up Love, Creative Elements
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe
Paper: Coastal Cabana & Whisper White card stocks, Sweet Sorbet DP (SAB14)
Accessories: Banner Punch (SAB14), Hung Up Cute Clips, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Blog Hop: Sale-A-Bration!

Welcome to our February Blog Hop!!!

Most of you know that Sale-A-Bration began this past week, and that is Stampin' Up's biggest promotion of the year! There are 13 fun items to choose from, FREE (with a $50 purchase or $400 workshop) and who doesn't love that?? This year, you can choose from 4 stamp sets, a punch, 2 digital content disks, an embossing folder, a card kit, a treat giving kit, an accessory package, some Designer Paper, and a banner kit! In honor of this exciting time, we thought this month we would use some fun Sale-A-Bration products in our blog hop projects!

First up, I have the scrapbook page I demonstrated at my workshop Thursday evening! I demonstrated the first page and had the second page ready to show with it. This features mostly Sale-A-Bration products, with a few other things to note... The DP, and the smaller banners come from Sale-A-Bration- that's the punch and the stamp set. The tiny black pennants come from a photopolymer stamp set! And the Chevron Punch was in the Holiday Mini and carried over to the Occasions Mini!

Supplies:

Stamps: Banner Blast (SAB14!), Show & Tell 1 Photopolymer
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Basic Black
Paper: Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White card stocks, Sweet Sorbet DP (SAB14!)
Accessories: Banner Punch (SAB14!), Chevron Punch, Pennants Die, Big Shot, Dimensionals

Next, I wanted to let you know that thanks to being a Demonstrator and getting to pre-order products, I've actually been showing off stuff from Sale-A-Bration since December! The row of little black flowers in my blog banner? That's from the Sale-A-Bration content disk! Remember the calendars I made for Christmas? Here is the cover which I never shared, and check out those fun banners!!

Supplies: MDS

One Big Sale-A-Bration 2014 content disk, Lemonade Stand content disk, Burlap download, Moments Ago download, recolor tool

 

If you're dying to know, everything else I have made with the new Sale-A-Bration products can be found right HERE!
Now go check out Cheryl's blog and see what she made with the Sale-A-Bration items! (and give her a big welcome, she's new to our hop!)
Be sure and leave comments as you stop by all of our blogs- we love hearing what you think of our projects!

Sneak Peeks!

Today I am showing off a little Sale-A-Bration preview! The DP on this card (the stripes and polka dots) and the punch I used to make the cute banners are going to be available in just a couple more weeks! :)
The card uses the latest Verve sketch, and kind of an odd color combination, but it comes from the DP so whatever, lol! I thought the pop of Summer Starfruit peeking out at the bottom was a good way to tie it in...

Supplies:
Stamps: Six Sided Sampler
Ink: Basic Black, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Sahara Sand, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White card stocks, Silver Glimmer DP, Sweet Sorbet DP
Accessories: Banner Punch, Designer Label Punch, Rhinestones

A birthday card!

So the other day when I had some stamping time, I was perusing blogs and came across Christy's- where she had just shared the latest Nacho Average Sketch Challenge, and I thought I'd play along!

Here is the result- a birthday card for my childhood best friend, who's birthday is TODAY! Yeay!

Supplies:
Stamps: Show & Tell 1 (photopolymer), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Soft Sky, Basic Black
Paper: Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White card stocks, Sweet Sorbet DP
Accessories: White stitched grosgrain ribbon, Neutral buttons, Glue Dots

That DP that you're wondering about? Or maybe you saw it in my calendar pages... anyway, that would be a sneaky-peek to the upcoming Sale-A-Bration catalog!!

And this card has already been mailed! Yeay!
What about you? Are you mailing anything off this year? That IS why we make cards...right?

December Pages

Happy Friday to you! I think this is the end of the calendar pages! (are you excited to see them go or did you enjoy the daily dose of monthly-themed scrapbooking?) I thought I'd end with the December pages to carry on the Christmas mood.

This page is for my in-laws and uses THIS sketch, and two new-to-me downloads! The glimmer paper, and then a sneaky peek to the brand spankin new Sale-A-Bration content disk!!! Yeay for new stuff!!

This page is for my parents and uses another MDS photo layout, which is a good way to cram everyone on there, haha! Most of these photos are of last Christmas, but the two tree shots are this year- my tree and my brother's tree! And I threw on that little Santa stamp for just a little somethin'.

Supplies:
MDS, October December Whenever content Disk, Glimmer Paper, Lemonade Stand content disk, Sale-A-Bration 2014 download!

Its the last weekend before Christmas- how will you be spending it? We have some fun things planned, like baking and taking treats to neighbors...
Soon I've got to get back to my weekly pages because I really wanted to have that project done with the new year...but that's okay if it isn't, haha! But I have posts ready to go for you next week too, so if you're around, stop by for a visit! :)

March Pages!

Sooo the people receiving these calendars know I highlighted peoples birthday months but you might be wondering why I'm the star of these pages- March is MY birthday month and that is why. Two of these pictures were taken last week- for these pages, haha!

This page is really simple. My creativity was about gone by that point but I really needed to get these done! I used a sketch I found HERE and I am happy about the unique color combination I used.

and this March page used THIS sketch, but I altered the 4 photos to be the same size.

Supplies: MDS, Content disks

Are you ready for Christmas? Its only a week away!!! (gasp! what?!)
There's always fun stamping accessories and tools for quick little gifts and stocking stuffers...!

 

January Pages

First up, this lovely snowy page, is my in-laws January calendar top. This is exactly what it looks like outside...these pictures were taken last week, haha! I used THIS sketch for the page and broke up the photo box.

And this is the January page for the calendar my parents are giving my aunt. Mostly indoor pics here, but I need to fit more people on to these pages, lol! I think I did pretty well this month, especially considering there are only 6 pics!

Supplies:
MDS, various content disks, recolor tool

November Pages

Here are my November Calendar pages!

This one uses an older sketch, but it worked well for what I needed. Does it look like November to you?

Supplies:

MDS, Days To Remember content disk, Banner Blast

And this page just cracks me up... I wanted to use a bunch of random shots from Thanksgiving to show "real" sides of us, if that makes sense. And then I found this stamp image "Love you just the way you are" and I thought it fit perfectly! hahaha... I love that we can crop and recolor bits of stamp images too!