Lace Tape Masking

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001Hello!  I’m back from Salt Lake City and the regional event.  It was a lot of fun and I learned so much!  Oh yeah….the new catalog is AWESOME!  That’s all I can say about it right now but I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!  😀

I copied this card from my wonderful and talented upline Tara.  Isn’t it cute?  It’s one of the cards we’re making in a private class I’m doing today.  A private class is simply an event for you and your friends.  You pick the day, time and the people you want to invite!  Wouldn’t you love to have your own private class?  I’d LOVE to do one for you and your friends!

This card is easy and fun!  I took a piece of the Delicate Details Lace Tape and stuck it to the bottom of the card front.  Then I took a sponge dauber and rubbed Lucky Limeade ink over the tape.  Once you remove the tape you have this great masked image!  FUN!  The designer paper is from the Tea for Two pack and the sentiment is from the Curly Cute stamp set.  Add a flower from the 5/8″ Flower Trim as well as some Rhinestone Jewels and your card is done!

I need to finish up getting ready for today’s private class.  Contact me today and let’s schedule yours!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Easy Best of Flowers

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008Have you checked out the special stamp sets that Stampin’ Up! is coming out with each month to help celebrate their 25th Anniversary?  I love the stamp sets.  Each month they are bringing back some favorite stamps from the past for that month’s theme.  Along with the chosen stamps from the past is one brand new stamp that goes with that theme.  January was “Best of Birthdays”.  February was “Best of Love”.  March was “Best of Flowers” and this month’s theme is “Best of Butterflies”.  I can’t wait to see what the next 8 month’s hold!  If you want to check out these fun stamp sets just click here and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! website.  Try to see if you know which retired stamp sets some of these stamps are from!

On this card I used the new stamp from the “Best of Flowers” stamp set.  It’s a cute little daisy that perfectly fits in the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch!  I love when things go together like that!  This cute chevron paper is from the Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper pack in the Spring Catalog.

Don’t you love EASY?!  I’m using this card next week for a class with some beginner stampers.  I hope they like it!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy stamping!

Summer Silhouettes

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Summer Silhouettes

Hello!  I’m SO excited!  I’m in Salt Lake City today for a Stampin’ Up! regional event and a sneak peek at the new catalog!  Yep…..the 2013-2014 Catalog.  I can’t wait!  It should be a lot of fun and best of all I’m here with my buddy Laura!  We have so much fun together!

Today’s card is my swap card for this event.  We also made it in classes this week.  I saw this fun color combination on Pinterest and just had to copy it. Isn’t it a great combination?  The Pool Party and Early Espresso look so good together!  This might be a new favorite color combination.  Of course, with the Color Refresh that’s coming it might not be my favorite for long!  Ha!  This is my first time using the “Summer Silhouettes” stamp set.  Isn’t it fun?  You’ll definitely be seeing more of this one!

Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Look What I Got!!!

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006It’s Paper Pumpkin time!  Yesterday I got this month’s Paper Pumpkin!  Woo Hoo!  I can’t wait to play with it!  Unfortunately it will have to wait until I get home from my fun weekend.  This afternoon I’m heading to Salt Lake City, UT for a Stampin’ Up! regional event.  Not only will I learn lots of fun new stuff but I get to have a sneak peek at the new 2013-2014 Catalog!  Woo Hoo!!!!  I’m SO excited!

Back to Paper Pumpkin….have you signed up yet?  It’s so exciting getting a fun little package in the mail every month.  Look at this cute little Thank You note that came with the package.  It says “Kick back, take your shoes off, and find your creative zen –it’s time for yourself.  Let’s create.  I’m so excited to escape with you every month.  Are you wondering what we’ll create next?  Don’t worry.  I’ve got all our adventures planned out!  Until next month….XOXO, Paper Pumpkin.”  Too cute!

Be sure to go to www.mypaperpumpkin.com before May 10th to sign up for this FUN program!  When you do sign up be sure to put my name, Cindy Russell, as your demonstrator.  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

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Swallowtail

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Swallowtail.0313Well, I just discovered that I never actually posted this beautiful card.  Yikes!  I wrote up the post but never published it!  It was suppose to have posted a month ago.  I guess I need to keep better track of things!  Here’s what I wrote back on March 14th that you never got to read:

A beautiful spring card for a beautiful spring day!  The high today is suppose to be in the mid 60’s and it’s only the middle of March!  I LOVE it!  😀

My inspiration for this card is straight out of the Spring Catalog.  I just changed up the colors a little.

I embossed the butterfly with the new Pool Party Embossing Powder and then I “painted” the butterfly with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint and an aquapainter.  Simple and Stunning!   Don’t you love learning new techniques?

It’s time to go enjoy this beautiful day!  Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!  Ha!  The weather was nicer in the middle of March than the middle of April!  We had more snow this week and it’s been COLD!  Brrr! 

Oh, Hello Flower Trim

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Oh, Hello.0413Oh, Hello!  My blog is back in business.  I haven’t been able to post recently because my blog has been down.  I couldn’t log into it to update but all is well now.   I saw this card on Pinterest a while ago and have been wanting to CASE (copy and steal everything) it for some time.  I finally made it and now we’re making it in classes this week.

My two favorite parts of this card are the Delicate Details Lace Tape and the 5/8″ Flower Trim.  I love the fact that you can color the Flower Trim.  You can either highlight the edges with your marker like I did on this card or you can actually dye the flowers in a mixture of water and re-inker.  How fun is that? 😀  The doily really adds a lot to the card too.  So many fun embellishments and they’re all from the Spring Catalog!

Yesterday I registered for the Stampin’ Up! Convention to be held in July!  Woo Hoo!  I can’t wait!  It should be a lot of fun because this year is their 25th Anniversary.  Did I say Woo Hoo yet?  Convention is one the great parts of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.  Did you know that now until May 30th you can receive an extra $30 of product in your Starter Kit if you sign up to be a demonstrator.  What a deal!  $150 worth of product for only $99!  Wow!  Let me know if you’d like more information on this GREAT opportunity!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Bombs Away Birthday

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Stampin’ Up! came out with another Photopolymer Stamp Set called “Bombs Away Birthday”.  It will be a good set for guys.   I will definitely have to put it on my next order!  Check it out….Bombs Away.0413Will you be putting it on your wish list?  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Look What’s Coming…..

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Don’t these new Stamp Cases look great!  They will be SO much easier to store!  Leave a comment and let me know what you think!  I know I’m going to LOVE them!  😀

By The Tide Reverse Masking

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002It was a bit chilly here in Colorado yesterday so I thought I needed something that made me think “WARM!  Our BIG snowstorm was kind of a bust but it did get cold.

This “warm” card was made using the “By The Tide” stamp set from the Spring Catalog.  I made this card at a team Shoebox Swap a few months ago.  We used the Reverse Masking technique on it.  We used one of the Oval Framelits and die cut an oval in a piece of card stock.  We laid it over the piece of Whisper White card stock and then sponged Marina Mist ink into the oval.  Then we stamped the seaweed into the sponged oval.  The final touch was to use the Occasions Paper Piercing Pack to pierce holes all around the sponged oval.

It’s not a difficult card but I do have to admit I messed it up big time the night we were making it.  Someone (and I won’t mention any names, Cindy) managed to sponge and pierce her oval right on the card front.  It did look fine but the Marina Mist border does add something to the card and brings out the sponging.

Have a warm day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Designer Type Birthday

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006Do you have any birthdays coming up that you need cards for?  Here’s a fun card for you!  I used the new Designer Type Photopolymer Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up!.  Here’s what Stampin’ Up! has to say about these fun new stamps:

“Our top-quality photopolymer has just enough give to create a perfectly stamped image every time and with the introduction of our firm-foam pads, let’s just say they’re meant for each other! Photopolymer stamps will also be unique, fun designs that will inspire you and provide more versatile options you may not see in our traditional wood- and clear-mount stamp options.”

“What makes them so great?

  • They’re entirely transparent for perfect placement every time!
  • They are durable. The photopolymer material is designed to last.
  • Can you say sticky? (Don’t worry; in a good way.) These stamps stick amazingly well to our clear blocks.
  • They’re age tested. They won’t yellow or cloud up over time.
  • We could go on, but we’ll let you try them for yourself.

They are clearly a great choice.”

The photopolymer stamps are fun to play with and it is easy to see what you’re doing.  They bend too.  This pennant stamp comes as a straight line but you can curve it when you place it on the clear block.  It is easy to place the little letters and numbers in the pennant.  You should try playing with these stamps.  They’re FUN!  😀

Click here to find out more about these fun new stamps and to see all of the designs included in this new stamp set.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Wishes Your Way Pinwheel

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Pinwheel.0413Aren’t pinwheels fun?  Here’s a fun one made with the adorable Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Paper and to set it all off is the really cute Melon Mambo 3/8″ Striped Organdy Ribbon!  How could I go wrong with this card when I was using my favorite color?  MELON MAMBO!!  I’m SO glad that this color is sticking around when the Stampin’ Up! colors get refreshed!  I can’t wait to try it with the new Smokey Slate or reacquaint it with Bermuda Bay.  Those two colors work so well together.

This card just shouts SPRING and we definitely need that!  We could get 6″-12″ of SNOW tonight and tomorrow.  🙁  The worse part about it is that hubby is out of town and I’ll have to shovel it all myself!   I’ll let you know if that really happens though.  They haven’t predicted the last few storms accurately so we’ll see about this one!  Have a warm and dry day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Last Call For FREE Shipping!!!

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free shipping.2.0413 (2)Don’t miss out!  Last call for FREE shipping.  It ends at 11:59 pm MST!

It doesn’t happen often so you better take advantage of it now!  Call me, e-mail me or shop my on-line store but do it SOON!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Rain or Shine

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Rain or Shine.0413Rain or Shine?  What’s your choice?  I do love a sunny day but we do need moisture here in Colorado so I think I need to choose rain.  I said rain….not snow!  It’s April and I’m kind of over snow but of course the weatherman is predicting snow in the next few days.  I guess that’s part of living in beautiful Colorado!  Anyway, enough of the weather!  Let’s take a look at this cute card!

The first thing you should notice is that I could have shown you this card last month during “What Can You Do With A Circle?” month.  I just love the way this technique highlights the stamped image.  Isn’t it fun?  My piece of Real Red Card Stock is only 2 1/4″ wide.  After I ran it through the Big Shot I used the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch to punch the circle.  This way it “cuts” the card stock in two pieces.    I also used another circle technique on this card.  I used the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch to round the two corners.  Gotta love those circle punches!

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

P.S.  Don’t forget about the FREE Shipping through tomorrow!!!

FREE Shipping!!!

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Did you hear the news?  You can get FREE shipping from Stampin’ Up!!  For 3 days only so don’t miss out!  Contact me today with your order or click the Order Online button at the right to place your order in my on-line store!

Don’t forget that if your order totals at least $50 (in merchandise) you can choose the Hung Up Cute Clips, the Elements Cute Clips, the Soda Pop Tops, the Paper Doilies or the Designer Builder Brads from the Spring Catalog as a FREE gift from me!  If you order on-line just let me know which item you’d like and I will get that to you.

Have a great day and have fun shopping!!!

Sent With Love

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Sent With Love.1I finally got out my Sent With Love Bundle and started playing.  I CASEd this card right from Pinterest.  Are you a Pinterest addict?  I know I am.  I try to limit myself to checking it only a couple times a week unless I’m looking for something specific.  In this case I was looking for cards made with the Sent With Love stamp set so I just did a search on that.  Great stuff!

What a fun card!  I’m so glad that both of the colors on this card, Island Indigo and Calypso Coral, will be staying around.  Did you check out yesterday’s post about the Color Refresh?  If you haven’t yet, you better do it!  🙂

This Sent With Love Bundle is only availble through the end of this month so be sure to check out the details here.  It’s a fun stamp set with fun designer paper to match.  Don’t miss out!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

P.S.  Don’t forget that FREE shipping starts tomorrow!  Get that order ready now!