Birthday Colors!

I actually went to my desk and got two pages put together. Suuuper simple pages, just gluing down some 6x6 chunks of very old DP and buttons, but hey, two more for the books! YEAY!!

Supplies:
Stamps: NONE
Ink: Pure Poppy Marker
Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise card stocks, two very old simply scrappin' kits...
Accessories: retired Buttons

These pictures are from this summer, of my son's birthday. It seems I use a lot of red and turq with him but those have consistently been his favorite colors so there you go. It was nice to get some craft time. Hope you can get some time too!

School Page #3

I promise I have other photos to scrapbook, but this is what I have done. The good news is now there are three copies of the first day of school and it IS time to move past it, lol!

Supplies:
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Just Perfect Alphabet
Ink: Basic Black, Not Quite Navy
Paper: Newsprint DP, More Mustard & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Spiral Punch, Blender Pens, Watercolor Wonder Crayons

a bit of October

I forgot to schedule any posts over the weekend! Here is another card that uses a sketch for World Card Making Day. I kept it very simple...

Supplies:
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pens, Wide Oval Punch, Black grosgrain ribbon


I don't have too many people to send Halloween cards to, usually I just do a lot of October pages. But I really love this Greeting Card Kids set and had to play with this image too!

Time in Green...

I think everytime I've used this set I've done blue or brown. This time I went with green. I used a fabulous sketch provided for World Card Making day found HERE. I love to use this set for masculine cards. And its the best thing I have for large circles! Can you see the gears on the greeting part?

Supplies:
Stamps: Sense of Time
Ink: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery
Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Whisper White card stocks, Pear Pizzazz hostess DP pack
Accessories: Artichoke seam binding, Silver brads, Mat Pack

Thankful Thank You's

I needed to make a cute and quick thank you cards so this is what I came up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Bright Blessings Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Mat Pack, Bold Brights Brads

Perfect for this lovely autumn weather that has finally reached us! At the moment we are being pounded with hail...but that's better than the 90* weather we've had for a month!

Great ideas...

You know, every time Stampin' Up! offers a new bonus for signing up to be a demonstrator someone asks me to give them reasons. This time, with the super cute tote as a free gift, I've had two ask. So here's a fun perk: Ideas. Unlimited ideas. See this card?

It is completely based on a card I found on the demonstrator site as a possible workshop idea! My only modification was putting on a vanilla base, and making it full card size, instead of the cute 3x3 they designed. I love it!

Stampin' Up! has monthly workshop suggestions with a full list of what you need to make the projects, and it often has a time frame, like, "this card will take under ten minutes", "this page under 15", so that you can plan your workshop accordingly.

Want more reasons to join? Here's what I think...

- Having this as a business MAKES me craft. It MAKES me take time out for myself to do something I truly enjoy. As a mom I tend to forget that. I'm lucky enough to have a supportive husband who lets me spend some time crafting, and I justify it by calling it business.

- Classes and workshops give me a chance to teach people a fun and fairly quick way to be creative. I get to hang out with grown ups for a while and enjoy some fun girl time!

- I already addressed unlimited ideas, but I'm not kidding. Stampin' Up! offers all kinds of ideas online and in our monthly magazine. There is also a demonstrator website bursting with stamp ideas.

- Training. Stampin' Up! spotlights techniques and tools (both online and in the magazine) so that you actually knwo what you're doing with that cool new product you just bought. Stampin' Up! offers business training on all aspects of the home business. Plus, Stampin' Up! offers awesome group training with a yearly Convention and regular, smaller Regional trainings. I have attended one of each and wish I was able to do more. They are so. much. fun. and so inspiring, for all levels of your life.

- I get a discount on my crafting supplies and am able to spend "my" money on scrapbooking instead of "family" money. Its also taught me to be pretty good at keeping to a budget and keeping track of where I am financially. I have been fortunate enough to not need this income, but its a wonderful thing to know that I could do more if I choose, or if I do need to.

So. If you are ready to have these fun perks in your life, and have the chance to run your own business, and get this super cute craft tote bag,

let me know and we'll complete your paperwork before October 18th!

World Card Making Day!

Oh yes, that is today! Are you doing anything exciting to celebrate? I am! This evening I am holding a Card Buffet! Never heard of that? It means I put out kits of cards (usually left overs from workshop make & takes or card class extras, and you come make which ever ones you like, as many as you like for a set price each. You're here as long as you need to do the cards you want and that's it! Once each kit is gone, its gone, so its the kind of thing you don't want to be late to. Which means, if you're local, be here at 6pm! We'll have it wrapped up at 8 so that everyone can be home for bedtime and there will be yummy treats too!

Here is a sampling of a few super quick cards we did last Saturday, and the extras will be available tonight!

grrreat!

Its high time I post something new, don't you think? Well, except for five of you out there, this is new! This card was suggested by a friend and comes from the class my niece hosted last Saturday. Its the most boyish card we did that afternoon and I think my son would love it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Under the Stars
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Night of Navy
Paper: More Mustard, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake

I've quit thinking my life is ever going to calm down, I am just trying to figure it all out the way it is! LOL!

Scrapping School!

Its funny that even knowing I have like a decade worth of photos to scrap, and how very daunting the idea is, it is *so satisfying* to scrapbook current events!!! Half of the point of scrapbooking is to have fun and enjoy these memories. I am having fun catching up on the excitement of September 2010. So that is what I am doing in the little spare time I can find! Yeay! These pages are nearly identical, and were for my September scrapbook class. I wanted to use this adorable pair of school children on a back-to-school page, and I also thought this map DP was perfect for a school theme. I'm just undecided on how to go about a title. And I thought I'd share them un-titled, since you need something new to look at!

Supplies:
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White card stocks, Newsprint DP
Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens, Bold Bright button assortment

Simple Blessings

A year or two ago I was doing posts counting my blessings in the month of November, which later turned into Thankful Thursday themed posts. Why we forget to count our blessings I am not sure, but I am certainly guilty of it. So today I am thankful for my family who are my greatest blessings.

I am also thankful for a suddenly booming business, or at least one that is keeping me very busy. This card will be part of an upcoming event...or two... It is very straightforward and simple, but I am pleased with it. I used some new DP with a new In-Color and new things are always a fun change.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bright Blessings Jumbo Wheel

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Peach Parfait & Very Vanilla card stocks, Sunny Garden DP

Rock & Roll

This is my favorite technique. It's fun, and I love the look. I have a class coming up where the ladies wanted to learn a few new things. I don't know if this one is new to them, but its easy and we're going to do it! *grin

All you do is pick two coordinating ink colors, ink your stamp just like normal with the paler shade, but then roll the edges in the darker color and voila~

a very pretty effect! Yeay!

And this particular card I left greeting-free, until I need to use it. Hence the empty space at the bottom.

Supplies: Stamps: Vintage Vogue Ink: Old Olive, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White card stocks

Current Scrap Page!

Seriously, stop the presses people, I have scrapbooked two layouts worth of photos from this month. Whoa. LOL! For this one, I used two sketches from SCS, and retired DP and retired brads, and I LOVE these pages! This is how we spent the first half of Labor Day weekend. We had a bunch of family and friends come down for my son's baptism. The day was a little hot, but otherwise perfect. And it had to be scrapped asap! So it was! Supplies: Stamps: Letterpress Alphabet (retired) Ink: Soft Suede Paper: Whisper White card stock, retired DP Accessories: Mat Pack, retired soft subtles brads And here are his portraits, which I took a few weeks ago. I love his new church clothes and had to get that adorable hat just for the portraits, lol! It was such a hot day but he was great and had a lot of fun posing for me. Supplies: Whisper White card stock, Retired Stampin' Up! DP, old Chatterbox scrapbook kit