Flower Patch!

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006Yes, I’ve been absent all week.  I’m not sure why.  Just busy with this, that and the other I guess.  It’s time to get back in the game though and stay on top of things.

Here’s a fun and easy card for a Friday.  I used the really fun new stamp set Flower Patch and the COORDINATING Flower Fair framelits!  You know how much I like coordination!  🙂

This is the card I designed just so I could use the gorgeous Calypso Coral Seam Binding!  Who else do you know that designs a card around the embellishments?!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Kind Koala

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010When I first saw the new catalog the Kind Koala stamp was one I thought was absolutely adorable but didn’t think I really needed….ha!  It was one of the first stamps I purchased!

I wasn’t sure what to do with the adorable little critter so I decided to go simple.  I stamped him on Smoky Slate card stock and just colored the flower in with my Chalk Marker.  Of course I then had to add a bunch of layers and some ribbon.  I also used my favorite new embossing folder:  Zig Zag.  Too fun!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple Saturday: You Rock!

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035It’s got everything:  layers, ribbon, designer paper and it’s still simple!  🙂

We made this card at my team meeting last Saturday.  Cute, simple and fun!  The image is from the single stamp “You Rock” and the designer paper is from the Flowerpot pack.  Isn’t the Calypso Coral Seam Binding gorgeous?  It’s just so bright and true to color!  I love it!  I had to design a card just so I could use that ribbon!  We made it in class last week and I’ll show it to you in the next few days.

This card just makes me smile.  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Be the Star!

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013Stars are so fun and they’re really big this year.  Wait until you see the new Holiday Catalog (wink, wink!)!  The big star and the saying are from the new Be the Star stamp set and the small star is from the Something to Say stamp set.

Not only are these stars cute but there’s COORDINATION involved!  Yep, my favorite word!  Be the Star coordinates with the Stars Framelits while the small star from Something to Say can be punched out with the little star punch in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.  Coordination!  Woo Hoo!!!!

Isn’t this a fun card?  It definitely brightens the cold and wet day we’re having here in Denver today!  I CASEd the basic design of the card.  I think the double tags are kind of fun, don’t you?   Of course you can’t be sad when you look at these colors either.  Bermuda Bay and Tangelo Twist are just fun colors!

I hope your day is bright and fun!  Have a good one!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Swipe!

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032It’s Technique Tuesday and I have a fun and simple technique for you.  Swiping!  At least that what I call it….

This is another card we made at our event on Saturday.  My friend and convention roomie, Laura C., designed this card.  Isn’t it beautiful?

Laura used the “Swiping” technique on this card.  She started by simply swiping the opened So Saffron ink pad across the top of the Whisper White card stock and then repeating the technique on the bottom with the Pool Party ink pad.  How fun is that?  The Old Olive ink is sponged to form the grass.  Wow!  Simple yet striking!  I love it!

The birds and grasses are from the Wetlands stamp set.  The sentiment is from the And Many More stamp set.  I told you we had fun on Saturday!  🙂

Time to get ready for today’s classes.  It should be interesting because they closed my street to resurface it!  I hope the girls don’t have to walk to far to get to my house!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Amazing Birthday With Stars!

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028Hello!  On Saturday I had a team meeting/shoebox swap for my team and some of my Stampin’ Sisters.  We had a really nice time.  We talked about all of the fun those of us who went to convention had as well as what’s going on in the world of Stampin’ Up!.

The best part was our shoebox swap.  With a shoebox swap every participant designs a card and brings everything needed to make that card in…you got it….a shoebox! (or some other type of container)  🙂

We made some really fun cards.  This card was designed by Laura K..  Laura joined us at convention this year.  It was her very first one and she had a ball!

Laura used the Amazing Birthday stamp set that we received at convention.  Too fun!  I love all of the stars.  Of course I changed my card up a little from Laura’s sample.  Who wants to stay inside the box?  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Little Duckies in a Row

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027Hello!  Today’s card is one I made as a possible entry for a swap in June.  It didn’t make the cut for the swap (in my opinion) but it is pretty darn cute.  Love the duckies!  🙂

The Something for Baby stamp set is perfect for….well…baby cards!  Ha!  It’s great to have many images to choose from.  I’d have to say that the ducks and the onesie are my favorite images in the stamp set.  Best of all though are the MATCHING Baby’s First Framelits!  Coordination!  My favorite word!  🙂

If you’re wondering how I got my duckies lined up so perfectly it’s because I stamped them and then die cut them with those matching framelits!  I could have mounted the ducks to a plain old rectangle of card stock but I wanted something a little different so I used the new File Tab Framelits on the Whisper White card stock.  Kinda fun, isn’t it?

I made the wave my punching half circles with the 3/4″ Circle Punch.   The Decorative Dots Embossing Folder is still one of my favorites.  Doesn’t it look like bubbles!  I love it!  I hope you like this card as much as I do.  Let me know by leaving a comment.  Thanks!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

3 x 3 Thursday: Sea Street

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024It’s 3 x 3 Thursday!  TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!  That’s what I thought when I finished this little card.

The more I use the Sea Street stamp set the more I love it.  All the little critters on it are SO cute!  This little crab is probably my favorite.  It could be because my Zodiac sign is Cancer….  🙂

The little “thanks!” is from the Lots of Thanks stamp set.  It’s fun to have a stamp set that gives you lots of options….we should have more stamp sets like this that give us so many options.   We could have one for birthdays, sympathy cards and more…..Hmmmm….I better mention that to Stampin’ Up!…..

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Amazing Birthday!

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001Today is my oldest son’s birthday so I thought I’d share this adorable make-and-take project from convention.  Don’t you love it?!

The stamp set used on this project is the new Amazing Birthday.  It’s a fun birthday set with lots of great images.

The pocket holder for the cards is made from one of pieces from the Gift Card Enclosure Pack (pg. 194 in the catalog).  The pocket holds three note cards and envelopes.  What a great gift!

I have so many little projects and chores to do but I don’t know where to start.  My craft room is a mess, I have a class to prepare for and an open house to get ready for as well as all sorts of other little projects.  At least I have time to work on things this week but it’s trying to get motivated that’s the problem.  Has that ever happened to you?  🙂

I guess I better get to work.  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Paper Pumpkin Sneak Peek!

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Convention 2014 350It’s a sneak peek!  Isn’t this little gift bag adorable?  This gift bag is part of the September Paper Pumpkin kit.  Woo Hoo!  In the kit you’ll get enough supplies to make 6 of these fun little bags!  We had a special Paper Pumpkin night at convention and got to make these.   Too fun!

I’m loving Paper Pumpkin.  I got my July kit while I was at convention so I need to get that out in play.  It is pretty darn cute…and the August kit is just as cute!

You really should give Paper Pumpkin a try.  It’s a monthly craft kit that gets delivered right to you!  All you might need for the project is adhesive and scissors.  Everything else is included in the kit!  All for only $19.95 per month (shipping is included)!  Sign up before September 10th with the promo code HALFOFF2 to save 50% off your first two months!

You can go directly to my site and sign up today!  Or go to www.mypaperpumpkin.com.  Please enter me, Cindy Russell Highlands Ranch CO, as your demonstrator.

Give it a try….you can cancel at any time.  I know you’ll love it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Back from Convention!

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10530754_10152568439498966_274825824572240807_nWow!  We definitely had a good time at convention….Well, we always do!  It’s always a blast spending time with friends, old and new.  We get to see new product, learn new techniques and new ways to run our businesses.  I look forward to it every year.

This is one of the make-and-take projects we made at convention.  Definitely not a design I’d come up with but I love this card.  I’m sure we’ll be making it in class sometime or at least something similar to it.

The stamp set is the new Kinda Eclectic set from the new catalog.  I love how the background was made.   We just inked up one side of the Honeycomb Embossing Folder and pressed it on the paper.  Too fun!  I love learning new stuff!

Selfie.0714Speaking of learning new stuff….here is my very first selfie!  I took this on our very first day in Salt Lake City.  We were having a little happy hour in our hotel room.  In the picture you see Jan, myself, Janet and my roomie Laura.  I think it turned out pretty good!  🙂

Well, it’s back to reality.  Time to clean, do laundry and of course, play with my new stamps!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I’m Off to Convention!

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004It’s time to Party With My Peeps!  I’m off to convention in just a bit.  Can’t wait!  Woo Hoo!  There’s just something about hanging out with my fellow demonstrators, stamping, learning new techniques and checking out new products.  I LOVE it!  I’m so grateful that I can go.  Maybe you’d like to join me next year!  I’d love to show you the ropes!

This is my swap card for convention.  I’ll trade it for other cards and come home with tons of new ideas!  Of course I had to use my favorite Flamingo Lingo stamp set and my favorite color Melon Mambo because it’s PINK!  🙂

I’ll try to keep in touch over the next few days but if you really want to see what I’m up to at convention be sure to check (and LIKE!) my Facebook page.  Gotta go and get my bags in the car!  Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

Have You Missed Me?

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Well….I’m back once again (at least for a few days!)  It seems like it’s been forever since I’ve chatted with all of you!  Vacation was good.  We had good visits with all of the relatives in MN and I got to see a few of my friends from high school.  The weather wasn’t bad.  Not too hot, not too cold and not too much rain.  Unfortunately my son caught the crud the second week of vacation and was kind enough to share it with my husband and I.  The three of us have been sick all this past week at home.  My son and I were smart enough to head to the doctor on Friday and the two of us are now on antibiotics and feeling and sounding much better.  I wanted to make sure I wasn’t sick for convention this coming week!

Since you’ve missed me so much you’d probably like to see an adorable project.   Yesterday I opened my home to a baby shower.   I only had to supply the air conditioned house.  My friend’s daughter did all the work.  The mother-to-be is expecting twins ( a boy and a girl) so there were TONS of adorable gifts on hand.  On Friday I decided I had better make a card for the occasion.  I know I have an old stamp set somewhere that would be perfect for twins but of course I couldn’t find it anywhere!  (I really need to get organized!)  I decided to then work with the adorable Zoo Babies stamp set.

002TSC!  This card turned out Too Stinkin’ Cute!  I’ve seen these adorable Card In A Box projects and thought I’d give it a try.  I love the way this one turned out!  They’re really not too hard to make.  I will work on making a tutorial for you….and those of you who come to my classes….we’ll definitely be making them in the near future.  I know you’ll love them!

So was missing me worth the wait?  I hope so.  Stick with me because I’ll be gone again in a few days.  I’m heading to Salt Lake City for Stampin’ Up!’s annual convention.  Woo Hoo!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

 

 

 

 

I Love Flamingos!

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014Why am I so enamored with flamingos?  I have no I idea….maybe because they’re PINK?  Whatever the reason they sure make a cute card!  🙂

Yes, I used the Flamingo Lingo stamp set again!  I hope you’re not bored with this stamp set yet because I’m not done with it!

This flamingo is stamped in Strawberry Slush so I was able to use the really cute Thick Baker’s Twine on the card.  I love the new Zig Zag Embossing Folder.  It reminds me of a straw hat or woven basket and it works perfectly with pink flamingos!

I’ve started packing for convention and what’s not already in the suitcase is organized and ready to be put in.  I’m still doing a bit of laundry but all is well.  Only two more day until Salt Lake City!  Woo Hoo!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Easy Sea Street!

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025I am so glad I have the Sea Street stamp set.  It’s adorable!  I think I first fell in love with the little crab, then the octopus.  Of course the little lobster is pretty darn cute too.

Have you checked out the adorable COORDINATING (yep…there’s my favorite word again!) Maritime Designer Paper?  I LOVE it!  Back in May I had a post that showed two cards made with the just the designer paper….no stamping!  This paper is that cute!

I made this card back before the new catalog actually was out so the ribbon on this card is retired.  We used the new Real Red 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon on the card in classes this week.  It’s just as cute.

I’m looking forward to July when I get back from vacation.  Then I’m going to invest in all of the new ribbons and designer papers.  I like to have all my options available when I’m designing a card!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!