Masculine Love and Sympathy Card

Love and Sympathy.1212Here’s another sympathy card.  They’re always tough to make, don’t you think?  We actually made this card in classes back in December.  Do you think I have enough layers on it?  I started out with just a few layers but it didn’t look complete until I had all six, yes six!, layers on it.  I know….I got carried away but it sure is a nice looking card!  🙂

This would have been perfect for my neighbor.  Unfortunately I didn’t have any on had and since I had to start from scratch I figured I’d create something new!

Sunday’s Super Bowl Party went well and we did have tons of wings leftover.  That’s what they make freezers for isn’t it?  I love throwing these parties but I never actually get to see the game (or the commercials).  Every year I keep saying that I’m going to sit and watch the game but then someone new comes in and I have to great them and start chatting away….maybe it would help if I was shy….. HA!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

A Masculine Sympathy Card

Sympathy.0213Masculine cards of any sort are tough for me but this sympathy card came together rather quickly.  The mother of our neighbor across the street passed away last week so I needed to make a card for them.  It was his mother so I didn’t want to go with too many flowers or anything.  I do have flowers on the card and of course the doily and pearls but I think overall it’s an ok card for a guy, don’t you?

I love the font on the “Loving Thoughts” stamp set.  I’d love to see Stampin’ Up! come up with another similar set.  This is a pretty basic card but I think the doily adds a lot to it, don’t you?  Let me know what you think….leave a comment!

Itty Bitty Banner Valentine Card

Itty Bitty Banners.0113Happy Super Bowl Sunday!  I sure wish my Denver Broncos were playing but a girl can’t have everything!  🙂  We’ll have a party anyway.  We try to plan the food with a theme corresponding to one or both teams.  This year we had it easy….the Ravens are playing….they’re a bird….so we’re serving wings!  We are making three different types and I’m sure we’ll have WAY too many.  I’ll keep you posted.

There’s still plenty of time to make your Valentines.  Here’s a cute and simple one we made in our classes last week.  The scallop heart is actually cut from one of the pieces of designer paper from the More Amore pack.  On one sheet the one side is white and the other side is Real Red and on the second sheet the other side of the heart is Primrose Petals.

It’s hard to tell from the picture but the large piece of Real Red card stock is Real Red Core’dinations card stock.  That little bit of texture really adds a lot to the card.

Have a great day!  Take care, Happy Stamping and go 49ers!

Oh, Whale! Valentine Treat Holder

Oh, Whale Treat Holder.0213Oh, Whale Treat Holder.1.0213Have I told you that I LOVE this little whale? Ha!  I probably have mentioned it a time or two!  Isn’t this the cutest treat holder you’ve seen in a long time?  I came across it online the other day and had to drop everything I was doing to make it!  Did you notice my cute little whale is PINK?  😉

I made the lollie with the Simply Scored, scoring at every 1/2″.  I used two strips of 1 5/8″ x 12″ pieces of designer paper from the Sale-a-bration Sycamore Street pack.  Can you guess where the clouds came from?  The Cupcake Builder Punch!

Check out the second picture….whoever thought of using a button/brad container for treats?!  Some people can definitely see outside the box!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Stampin’ Up!’s New Sent With Love Products

Sent With Love (2)Stampin’ Up! has some fun new products for us!  They’re offering  a special limited-time stamp set and Designer Series Paper that’s all about travel. The Sent with Love Stamp Set and Designer Series Paper are perfect for documenting family vacations, creating unique invitations, or myriad other fun paper-crafting projects!  Check out the cute stamps below.  I’ve ordered my products….have you ordered yours?  Check out the images and patterns here.   Don’t wait too long….these items are only available until April 30th!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Are Loved Fancy Fold Card

You are Loved.1.0113It’s February 1st!  Have you started making your valentines yet?  Lucky for me we made them in classes last week!  This card is made using the “You Are Loved” stamp set.  (Aren’t you glad I didn’t use “Hearts a Flutter” again!)  “You Are Loved”  first made it’s debut in the 2011 Holiday Catalog and can now be found in the current regular catalog.

Fancy folds are a great way to make your cards…well, fancy!  🙂  Ha!  This is a Z-fold card and is pretty easy to make.  Start with a piece of card stock 4 1/4″ x 11″.  Score along the long edge at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″.  Fold the card in half at the 5 1/2″ score mark.  Now fold back the small portion on the front at the 2 3/4″ score mark.  Check out the second picture if you’re having trouble figuring out what I’m talking about.  That’s it for your fancy fold.  Decorate to away and you will have a beautiful card!

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Hearts A Flutter Banners

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Stamp Set: Itty Bitties
Card Stock: Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla
Specialty Paper: More Amore Designer Paper, Pool Party and Primrose Petals Core’dinations Card Stock
Ink: Pool Party
Accessories: Pool Party Seam Binding, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Designer Builder Brads, Basic Pearls
Tools: Big Shot, Hearts A Flutter Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Bitty Butterfly Punch

I want you to know that I didn’t actually use the Hearts A Flutter stamp set on this card (although I could have)!  I just used the wonderful coordinating Hearts A Flutter Framelits for the banners!  No Hearts A Flutter stamps on this card! I do have hearts though.  They’re from the fun new set “Itty Bitties”.  Have you checked it out on page 25 of the Spring Catalog?  You get 56 images in this stamp set!  These adorable little images (which you have a hard time seeing on my card) fit perfectly in the gorgeous new Designer Builder Brads!  I LOVE these designer brads!  (OK….I know what you’re thinking….I LOVE everything!…but that’s why I’m a demonstrator….I can “justify” getting everything that I LOVE! :D)

Back to the Itty Bitties Stamp Set….after you stamp the cute little images just punch them out with the circle punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack….it’s the perfect size to fit in the center of the Designer Builder Brads.  Did you notice the other new items used on this card (no, I did not design it…it’s CASEd!)?  They are the Bitty Butterfly Punch (too cute!) and the Pool Party and Primrose Petals Core-dinations card stock.

There’s certainly a lot of fun and exciting products in the new Spring Catalog.  What’s your favorite?

Another Simple Hearts A Flutter

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Stamp Sets: Hearts A Flutter, Pennant Parade
Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Very Vanilla
Specialty Paper: Primrose Petals Core-dinations, More Amore Designer Paper
Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools: Big Shot, Hearts A Flutter Framelits, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch

Can you see why this Hearts A Flutter stamp set was one of the first ones I purchased?  It’s fun, easy to use and it has coordinating Framelits that you can purchase!  It makes cutting out those hearts and banners SO much easier!  Woo Hoo!

I really like this color combination of Pool Party and Primrose Petals, don’t you?  So pretty!  (and it’s not just because one of the colors is PINK!) The designer paper is from the More Amore Package.  I love the way everything coordinates!  Did you notice that I didn’t even have ribbon on this card?  What’s with that?!

I think I got a lot done yesterday.  I finally got my class schedule nailed down for the next few months and designed all my cards for the next class.  Whew!  Now I just have to order supplies and start cutting!  😀

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

Simple Hearts A Flutter

Hearts a Flutter.simple.0113Hello!  I have a workshop/class coming up and I needed some fairly simple cards.  I saw this basic design on-line and knew I had to make it!  This Hearts A Flutter stamp set is SO darn cute!

I originally designed (CASED) this card for a workshop/class I have coming up.  I like this design and color combinations because even with the hearts  it doesn’t have to be a valentine.  It could be for many other occasions too.

For the class I didn’t emboss the Pool Party Core-dinations paper but I used this card for the second make-n-take project at my team meeting the other night and wanted to step it up.  I just love this Chevron Embossing Folder and hate to admit that this was one of the first times I’ve used it….YIKES!  I also had the new Honeycomb Embossing Folder available to use on the card and those turned out cute too.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Best of Birthdays…..Leadership CASE!

Best of Birthdays.leadership2013.0113Hello!  Last night I had a team meeting and this card was one of our make-n-take projects.  The meeting went well and of course everyone loved the make-n-takes!  Who doesn’t love to make a card they didn’t have to design or cut for!  😀

I CASED this card straight from Pam Morgan at Leadership.  I did have to add a few extra layers and outline part of the stamped image with my White Gel Pen!  Isn’t this a fun card?!

I love the idea of the “Best of” stamp sets that Stampin’ Up! is rolling out this year on a monthly basis.  Each month Stampin’ Up! will feature a different theme and bring back favorite stamps from the past in that month’s stamp set along with one new image.  January’s theme is birthdays and this image is the new image in the set.  I need to get to work and make some cards using the older images.  Of course, February is sneaking up on us later this week so I’ll have to get that stamp set and work with it!  I LOVE being a demonstrator!  It’s so much fun to play while you work!

If you’ve ever thought of becoming a demonstrator, now is the perfect time.  During Sale-a-bration you receive 25% more stuff in your Starter Kit!  That’s $156.50 worth of product for only $99!  You can’t beat that!  😀  Contact me if you’d like more information!

Well, it’s time to go play (oops…I mean work!) some more!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Oh, Whale! Valentine

Oh, Whale.0113I  just LOVE this card!  It’s got the adorable little sparkly whale on it and it’s PINK!  And not just any PINK….it’s my favorite PINK….Melon Mambo!  Woo Hoo!  It’s almost the perfect card!  🙂

As I’ve mentioned a time or two…I can’t get enough of this adorable little whale!  He’s especially cute when you make him sparkly.  I know you can’t see him sparkle in this picture, but he does.  I mixed the Frost White Shimmer Paint with 90% Rubbing Alcohol in one of the spritzers and spritzed away!

Isn’t the designer paper cute?  It’s from the new Sunshine and Sprinkles pack in the Spring Catalog.  What a great catalog!  Don’t you just LOVE it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s Sale-a-bration 2013!

SAB2013Sale-a-bration 2013 is here!  Woo Hoo!  I love this time of the year!  How about you?  Do you have your wish list made out and all of your Sale-a-bration items chosen?  There are so many fun items to chose from!  What’s your favorite?

Have you seen the Sale-a-bration brochure yet?  Check it out here!  I’ve only made a few samples with the items from this brochure but I can’t wait to play more and share my samples with you!

Did you know that there is more than one way to take advantage of Sale-a-braton?  Let me share them with you:

Host a gathering of friends….if between you all you spend $150 you, as hostess, will receive a package of Silver Glimmer Paper.  If you all spend at least $400 you, as hostess, will receive the Silver Glimmer Paper AND a free Sale-a-bration Product Bundle (Sycamore Street Designer Paper, Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack and the Madison Avenue Stamp Set) as well as regular hostess benefits!  Wow!

Shop!  For every $50 you spend on Stampin’ Up! merchandise from the regular catalog or the Spring catalo you can choose one item from the Sale-a-bration brochure!  If you spend at least $150 you are your own workshop and will receive the benefits listed above.

Join Stampin’ Up!.  Did you know that if you join my team of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators during Sale-a-bration you will receive 25% more product in your Starter Kit!  That’s $156.50 of Stampin’ Up! merchandise for only $50!

Don’t miss out on these fantastic opportunities!  Sale-a-bration ends March 22nd!

 

Spring Catalog Accesories Share

Spring2013I hope you’ve had a chance to check out Stampin’ Up!’s exciting new Spring Catalog.  I can’t believe all of the fabulous, gorgeous and fun items in it.  Do you love the great accessories as much as I do but would like to just try them out before purchasing the whole thing?  Now’s your chance!

It’s time for my 2013 Spring Accessories Share!  Get a little bit of ALL the fabulous accessories in this new catalog for only $25 (US).  Shipping, if necessary, is separate.  In my accessories share you will receive:

Delicate Details Lace Tape – 12″ each of 2 different designs  (pg. 3)

5/8″ Flower Trim – 12″   (pg. 5)

Paper Doilies – 6   (pg. 5)

Creped Filter Paper – 2 squares, 2 circles   (pg. 6)

Large Basic Rhinestones – 10  (pg. 8)

Designer Builder Brads – 4 (pg. 12)

Core-dinations Card Stock  – 2  6″ x 6″ pieces of 3 different colors (pg.12)

1 1/4″ Two-Tone Ribbon  – 2 feet each of 2 different colors  (pg. 13)

Print Poetry Designer Series Paper – 12/ 4.5″ x 6.5″ sheets  (pg.16)

Basics Designer Buttons – 2 each of 2 different designs (pg.20)

Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon – 2 ft (pg. 20)

Soda Pop Tops – 2 each of 2 different sizes (pg. 24)

Cute Clips – 1 each of 6 different designs (pg. 28)

3/8″ Striped Organdy Ribbon – 2 ft each of 3 different colors  (pg. 30)

Tea for Two (pg. 3), More Amore Specialty (pg. 10), Parker’s Patterns  (pg. 20) and Sunshine & Sprinkles (pg. 28) Designer Papers – 6 – 6″ x 6″ pieces of each designer paper Pack

Check out the fabulous Spring Catalog here!  Please contact me if you’d like to participate in this accessories share.  have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Sealed With Love Simply Sent Kit

Sealed With Love Simply Sent.0113Here’s a little project I made with the Sealed With Love Simply Sent Kit that you get when you order the My Little Valentine Stamp Set (#132242) for only $9.95.  I made a little pocket with the flowered fold-out envelope and then trimmed down the card piece and mounted it on Real Red card stock.  I punched out a heart from Real Red card stock to use to pull out the card from the pocket.  So simple!

Don’t forget that the last day to order these fun Valentine items is tomorrow!  (Monday 1/21!)

My Little Valentine (#132242) $9.95

Valentine Treat Bundle (#132771) $5.95  (see Thursday’s post for samples)

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

My Little Valentine

My Little Valentine.1.0113Today’s card is made with the My Little Valentine Bundle that I told you about yesterday.  The little images fit perfectly on the banners you can die cut with the Hearts A Flutter Framelits.  If you’re wondering about the red/white baker’s twine on the card it’s from the Sealed With Love Simply Sent Kit that’s included in this bundle.

Don’t miss out on these cute bundles that you can use to make all of your valentines!  The last day to order them is Monday 1/21!  Contact me or order from my on-line store.

My Little Valentine Bundle (#132242) $9.95

Valentine Treat Bundle (#132771) $5.95

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!