Fun 3x3 Valentine

Here is one of the projects we are making for my Ladies' Night tonight. All of the Ladies' Night projects feature the Love You Much Bundle. So fun!For this card I did some paper piecing for the birds. I also used a heart punched out of the Riding Hood Red paper using the Heart to Heart punch. Supplies:
Stamps:Love You Much , All Holidays

Paper: Candy Lane DSP, Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: 1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch, Heart To Heart Punch

Super Sorry!

Wow! I have been missing for over a month, aack! I have been supper busy and also have been out of town for the majority of December. Well enough with the excuses. I thought I would finally show you my Christmas card for 2008, just a little bit late.

I used all the left overs from this card to make the curly accents on the card. Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Winter Post

Paper: Chocolate Chip Textured Card Stock , Pink Pirouette , Chocolate Chip, Bella Rose DSP , Close to Cocoa DSP (retired)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories: Scallop Circle Bigz Die , Tulipe Bigz Die , Coluzzle Starter Set , Boho Blossoms Punch , Silver Brads

Season of Joy

This is a card I made for a class I had at my friend Emily's house. We three others besides this one. I had a really great time and I think the ladies did too.

This card definitely look better in person, I don't know what it is about my photographs. Sometimes the colors get a little distorted. Anyway, until I have a professional photo studio (which will probably never happen, who knows?) there may be some flaws.Supplies:

Stamps: Season of Joy

Paper: Sahara Sand, Kiwi Kiss, Real Red

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Cutter Kit , 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon Old Olive , Ribbon Striped Grosgrain Real Red , Staple

Thanksgiving Place Cards and Napkin Holders

I apologize for not posting in such a long time, when it gets near the holidays, my life gets 10 times crazier than normal, or more! lol! So my posts may not be as often. I will really try though.Anyway, I started out with this simple no frills place card for my Thanksgiving table, and I thought it was cute but needed a little more so I came up with . . . This. I added some ribbon, sponging , and paper piercing. I really like the final look. But I wasn't done yet. I needed something else so I made a matching napkin holder.If you look closely at my "napkin" you will see that it is really a wash cloth. I didn't have my pretty napkins until after I took these pictures. It at least matches! :) I used these for my Ladies' Night this month. I think they really enjoyed making them.

Supplies:

Stamps: Autumn Harvest , Holidays & Wishes
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Really Rust, More Mustard, Whisper White, Bali Breeze DSP(retired)

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Really Rust, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Top Note Bigz Die , 1-1/4 Inch Circle Punch , 1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch , Scallop Circle Punch , Crafters' Tool Kit , Mustard 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon , Bravo Burgundy 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, sponges, Mini Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive

Happy Halloween

So this is variation of the Swirly Pumpkin Lantern. It seemed to be a lot easier. I made these to give away to the people I visit teach. I put some candy in the middle. These can be used for Halloween and through Thanksgiving. I took thin strips of paper to make the curly cues. I just used a pencil and rolled them. Supplies:
Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Versa Mark Inked Cartridge
Paper: Pumpkin Pie , Old Olive
Accessories: Silver Brads , 5-Petal Flower Punch

Krafty Christmas

Here is the third card we did for October's Ladies' Night. I did a lot of sponging on this card. I thought it added to the old time look of it. I also like the dimension it creates.I got this great idea for the sentiment over at Beate's Blog I love how she uses punches.I love my big shot and thought I would incorporate it into all of my ladies' night cards. So I used the top note die. Supplies:
Stamps: Winter Post , Punches Three
Paper: Kraft , Riding Hood Red , Chocolate Chip , Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip , Riding Hood Red , Mellow Moss
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch , Small Oval Punch , Wide Oval Punch , Top Note Bigz Die , Alpine Ribbon Originals , Stampin' Dimensionals , Stamping Sponges

Peace & Joy

This is one of the cards we did for my Stamp a Stack on Wednesday. I took the words from the Join in the Cheer Decorative Strip Die and cut them apart for this card. This card was kind of having a funky feel to it so I added staples and paper piercing to give it a crafty look. Supplies:
Stamps: None (what?!?!)
Paper: Frosty Day DSP, Old Olive
Ink: None (what?!?!)
Accessories: Join in the Cheer Decorative Strip Die , 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon Chocolate Chip , Mat Pack ,Staples

Tulipe Christmas

This is one of the cards that we will be making for my Christmas card Stamp-A-Stack. I used the negative image from the Tulipe Die so I wouldn't have to do a lot of piecing. This is a very simple card, I love my big shot! Supplies:
Stamps: Holidays & Wishes
Paper: Ski Slope DSP, Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Versa Mark
Accessories: Tulipe Bigz Die, White Stampin' Emboss Powder

Ladies' Night Preview Card

Here is the other card we will be doing for my upcoming ladies' night. I L-O-V-E this ribbon, it is so pretty! If you would like to see a better pic of the main image scroll down, the image is on glossy white so it is hard to photograph strait on.
Supplies:
Stamp Sets: With Gratitude, Holidays & Wishes
Paper: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Glossy White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip reinker, Old Olive reinker, More Mustard reinker, Pumpkin Pie reinker
Accessories: Brayer, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, 1" Double-Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain

Swirley Pumpkin Lantern

Just a quick post today. This is one of our ladies' night projects. When I showed my husband, he said "hey its a Japanese lantern". We both just laughed. This project is kind of designed like a lantern, it was a lot of fun to make.
Supplies:
Stamp Sets: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Ink: Versa mark inked cartridge
Accessories: Hemp twine, 5 petal flower punch

Mr. Frank

So I am starting to posting my ladies' night projects a little earlier than last time. We are moving into Autumn weather, I can almost taste it! There are those mornings when I wake up in the morning and go outside and there is a crispness to the air. I love it! This also means that Halloween is just around the corner. So I had to have a Halloween card at my Fall Cards Ladies' Night. I saw this great idea over at Dawn's blog, were she used the top notes die to create a cute Frankenstein. I think Mr. Frank is a cutie pie. He was lots of fun to make!

Supplies:

Stamps: All Holidays

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker, White Signo Gel Pen

Accessories: Top Note Bigz Die, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Sponge

Happy Late Father's Day

I meant to post this yesterday but was too busy spending time with my family. We had a great Father's Day. I hope you all did too!
Anyway, I made these for my Dad and my Father-in-Law. Instead of the Supermarket cards, I inserted Gift Cards. I saw this idea over at Dannie's Designs. She has a great ideas. You should go check it out!

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: All Holidays, Linen
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Craft Chocolat Chip
Accessories: Clear EP, Mat Pack, paper piercer, sticky strip, 3/16" Corner Rounder

Quick Easter Baskets

These are some quick and easy Easter Baskets that I made for the Young Women at Church. I used some retired DSP and cut them to be 6"x6", I scored them at 1.5" on all sides. I made a scallop punch all the way around using my corner rounder. I then used some of the SU! Retired Organdy ribbon and attached it with a staple on either side!

He is Here! and Happy Valentine's Day!

My son was born February 1st weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. we named him William. We are so excited to have him as a part of our family! He is definitely a blessing sent from Heaven. I thought I would share this picture with you.

These are some valentines that my daughter made for preschool today to give to her friends. Okay so I helped with the main image, but the rest of the stamping she did.

Here is a closer picture of the outside and below is a picture of the inside. You can see more of the background stamping she did in the close-ups.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Time Well Spent, Holidays & Wishes

Paper: Pixie Pink, Orchid Opulance, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black, Pixie Pink, Orchid Opulance

Accessories: Blender Pen, Slit Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Accent Element tins

So what are you supposed to do with those leftover tins? Don't throw them away! You can decorate them and use them as gift card holders! At least that is what I did. For Christmas I made these tins for members of my family. I lined them with the DSP and made a belt around the outside with a tag attached. I know these are Christmas projects but they can be easily altered to be a birthday, baby, or just because gift.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Warm Words, Perfect Presentation

Paper: DSP Dotted, Old Olive, Real Red, Prints DSP Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Crop-A-Dile, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Metallic Eyelets, Hemp Twine, Ribbon Originals Theater, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon Real Red, Sponge

Just B

No I have not fallen off the earth and no I haven't had the baby yet (I wish). I have just gotten out of the habit of stamping (gasp!). Yeah, before the holidays I was stampin like a maniac and then I took a break when I went to my sister's wedding and just haven't really done any stamping since . . . until this week! Anyway, these cards are made with one of the new sets in the Spring-Summer Catalog. I just LOVE this set, and it is so versatile. The stamp set is called "Just B". I made two cards using the same colors and layout and just switched the sentiment a bit and I got two completely different occasion cards! So a cool thing about this new catalog, they have different colored micro beads! They come in packets that have beads to match them too, they are called Bead Duos! On this card I used the Bead Duo Red for the vertical red strip, I just took my sticky strip and put it on the Pretty in Pink CS and removed the red plastic and applied the Red Micro beads, I really love how this turned out, it looks really pretty in real life.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Just B, Twill Background, Priceless

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Naturals Ivory

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Real Red

Accessories: Bead Duo Red, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, sponge

My Christmas Cards

I don't thing I have realized how long it has been since I last posted. I have been getting all wrapped up in this Holiday Season and trying to get Christmas Presents and projects all ready for Christmas and for a wedding that is just after Christmas. So anyway, this year I mass produced my card like I did for the past two years. I think I ended up with 46 cards.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Glad Tidings, Linen Background (retiring), Season of Joy

Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, River Rock, Very Vanilla, DSP Dotted (retiring)

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive

Accessories: Tab Punch, Spring Bouquet Punch (retiring), Silver Brads, River Rock Double Stitched Grosgrain, Sponge

Joy and Chocolate Truffles . . . Yummm!

I work with the young women in church and I have some great counselors who help me organize all the activities. For Christmas I thought I would make them something special that I could add to their gifts, so this is what I came up with.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Season of Joy

Paper: DSP Dashing, Whisper White, Real Red, River Rock

Ink: Real Red, River Rock

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain, Metallic Eyelets, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Crop-A-Dile, linen thread, sponge

This is what I came up with for the month of April. I love the Big Pieces and Little Pieces Stamp Sets.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Big Pieces, Little Pieces

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Apricot Appeal Grosgrain Ribbon, Taupe Grosgrain (retired)

Here is the last card that I have for the Christmas Card trade that I participated in.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Snowflake Spot

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Bordering Blue

Ink: Night of Navy, Bordering Blue, Creamy Caramel

Let me tell you how Awesome Stampin' Up! is!!!

Just yesterday I received a package on my doorstep! First of all, who doesn't like packages! To my wonderful surprise it was a FREE stamp set from Stampin' Up! Around this time of year Stampin' Up! sends all their demonstrators a stamp set just to say thank you for all the hard work we do. Aren't they Fabulous! This is a little preview as to what will be available in the new Spring Summer Catalog. This is a Level 3 Hostess Stamp set that you can only get by hosting a workshop. I am so excited to cut and mount my stamp set so I can start playing!

This is another card from the Christmas card swap that I participated in.
This is a view of the inside, how clever!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Snow Flurries, Lovely as a Tree, Retired Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set

Paper: Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Mellow Moss

Ink: Night of Navy, Mellow Moss

Accessories: 1-3/8" Circle punch, 1/4" Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch

Here is March for the Birthday Calendar. Some bright colors!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Bugs & Kisses

Ink: Reinkers in Yo Yo Yellow, Pink Passion, and Green Galore, Versa Mark

Accessories: White EP, Heat Tool, Sponges, Birthday Calendar