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and more cute little flowers

Posted on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 | Comments (0)

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

so, while my little creative mess was still spread out all over my worktable, (see yesterday’s post here) another idea came to mind!…a bit of a scaled down version, with ever so slightly, less flowers

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As you can see, the FLORAL DISTRICT DESIGNER PAPER really spoke to me, tee hee….I just love the bright vibrant colors in it.

This time, I added a little tag, cut with the BITTY BANNERS FRAMELITS they are just perfect for adding little sentiments to your artwork.

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PRODUCTS USED:

Floral Fusion Sizzlits #115969

Fun Flowers Bigz L Die #121812

Fancy Fan Folder #127751

Blossom Petals Builder Punch #121808 (for the leaves)

Floral District Designer Paper #126919

Boho Blossoms Punch #119858

1-3/4″ Circle Punch #119850 (swirly flowers)

Designer Buttons – Brights #119747

Basic Pearls #119247

Essentials Designer Fabric #126892

Whisper White Bakers Twine #124262

I hope you enjoyed my little share today, and I love hearing your comments, so please leave me one~!…See you tomorrow!.

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Hugs and Happy Stamping and if you need stamping supplies, I would LOVE to be your Demonstrator!
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Get your Free Paper Piercing Pack and 4 FREE CARD Project sheets

Posted on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 | Comments (0)

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

and if you like FREE GIFTS - check this October Special from Stampin Up!

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this awesome Piercing Pack is yours for free in October, if you order either of the Bundles below!.

Bundle #1

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or Bundle #2

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and if you place your order through me, I will send you Four Project Sheets, for four cards, all showcasing this beautiful Candlelight Christmas Designer Paper from Stampin Up. You will have your Holiday cards all done before November 1st!…whoo Hoo!…

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The Perfect Bouquet

Posted on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 | Comments (2)

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

4 days left to sign up for my NEW CATALOG SHARE - details here

I had to share this with you, I ordered the BLOOMIN BOUQUET PROJECT KIT from STAMPIN’ UP! and it arrived the other day….well, it looked so fun, I just sat down and created it….my goodness, how can so much fun come from one package? there should be a warning label, tee hee.

Here is my finished pretty bouquet, I LOVE THE SENTIMENT

“You Matter” – says it all right?

Everything you need comes in this kit, the flowers, the sentiments already on flags, the stems, the crystal centers, (I added the bow and the bottle)

You simply pop out the flowers and other pieces – HELLO STENCIL for later!….

use your bone folder to shape the flowers

Use your glue gun to glue the flowers together and add the stems

Pop them into a bottle or jar, add your sentiment to the front, and a fluffy bow….lovely and no watering required!…I wish I had ordered 3 of these, they would make beautiful gifts for friends.

the BLOOMIN BOUQUET PROJECT KIT is only available while supplies last

Item #134542 – $12.95

Something to keep you busy while you wait for that new catalog to go live, LOL….thanks for stopping in, see you again soon for more fun stamping!.

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Card Class and some weekend Blog Candy

Posted on Friday, May 24th, 2013 | Comments (43)

Friday, May 24th, 2013

Hi Stampers, it’s been nothing but rain, rain, rain here in Portland Oregon, what better weather for a card making class with your buds right?

This class was all about Fathers!..Father’s Day and Birthdays all created with the cute DAPPER DAD stamp set from the STAMPIN’ UP! SPRING MINI catalog….I am totally in love with this stamp set for guy cards, it’s a keeper for sure!…and everyone at class thought so too. Here are some of the cards we made!

didn’t we have fun!

Dapper Dad Stamp Set

wood #129195, clear #129198 – Only available until May 31st.

Missy and Merian working on their cards

And speedy stamper Kristi finished hers already, LOL

and as you can image, after you do a tutorial, 4 videos and classes, you have a few spare Father’s Day Cards left over….so, if you don’t have yours made yet – I wanna help yah all out!…

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Two Gifts – of 3-card gift box of Father’s Day Cards

Leave Me a comment answering this question: what’s your favorite thing you did with your father?

Mine was Ice Fishing. We got up early, dressed warm, drove up into the mountains to the lake, and spent the day fishing and talking. Dads are busy, so it was nice to have one on one time to talk about “stuff”!

Winners (2) will be announced Monday morning, and cards will go in the mail that day so you have them in time for your Father’s Day!

Thanks so much for stopping in, see you tomorrow for some more STAMPING FUN!…

Don’t forget to sign up for shares – it’s almost time!…..details here:

Hugs and Happy Stamping,

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Fabulous Florets Triple Time Card Tutorial and Video

Posted on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 | Comments (12)

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Hi Stampers, sorry for being away for a couple of days, I was trying to get a few videos finished, and we had some major technical difficulties…..seem to be fixed now thankfully, as one of them was this pretty card.

I had some friends over stamping a bit ago, and Sherri was trying to make a Triple Time card, so I thought I would give it a go, make a video to help her out, and share it with you too.

This technique has been around for a very long time, I remember doing it 25 years ago, but it’s always fun when it comes around again, and you can try it with new stamp sets, so I picked my two all time favorites from Stampin Up, SUMMER SILHOUETTES AND FABULOUS FLORETS, then I had to thrown in my NEW favorite sentiment set from the upcoming new Annual Catalog – REALLY GOOD GREETINGS. Then of course I had to sneak in a second technique – STAMPIN RESIST, LOL..so you get a lesson on HEAT EMBOSSING too!..LOL…

I even did a full tutorial for you as well, you can find it here: Fabulous Florets Triple Time Card-S

and here is the video!

STAMPIN UP PRODUCTS USED:

Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, 132082 – wood #126447 – clear, Fabulous Florets #128574 – wood #123027 – clear, Really Good Greetings #130330 – wood #130333 – clear

Ink: Real Red, Lucky Limeade or Old Olive, Baja Breeze or Pool Party, Crumb Cake and Versa Mark.

Card stock: Crumb Cake #120953, and Very Vanilla #101650

Tools: White Embossing Powder #109132, Heat Tool #129053, Embossing Buddy #103083, Snail Adhesive #104332, Dimensionals, #104430, Stampin Trimmer #126889

That’s it for me today, I have a class tomorrow so I have to run and finish cutting my kits – hope you enjoyed my share today, and I hope you will give this fun technique a try too!…

Hugs and Happy Stamping,

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Catalog Q & A – May 31st

Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 | Comments (0)

Monday, May 20th, 2013

I’m getting this question a lot – DID you know?

That on May 31st you will be able to order from all 3 catalogs? First Time Ever!….Yeah Stampin Up!

1) – The Brand NEW 2013 – 2014 Catalog

2) – Last day of the Spring Catalog – NOTE – Last chance on some of those retiring items.

3) – Retired items from the 2012 – 2103 – Catalog – deadline for these is June 3 (or while supplies last in some cases).

May 31st -is going to be a FABULOUS DAY – we can combine all our lists – and if you get to $150. you can order the new totally amazing HOSTESS Sets I can’t wait!.

AND – Mystery Hostess will be back for that weekend, there will be 3 numbers and 3 changes to be the super Mystery Hostess

PLEASE REMEMBER – if your order is going to be $150. or higher, Do NOT enter the Mystery Hostess code, as you will have earned your own hostess dollars. (I’ll have a separate prize just for you)!…..stay tuned, it’s going to be fun!

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Pop-Up Posies Thank you

Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 | Comments (0)

Monday, May 20th, 2013

10 days left to sign up for my New Catalog Product Share - details here

Hi stampers, happy Monday hope you had a wonderful weekend. My share today is some thank you cards I made for some very special people, and I’m sharing some that I received from some very special people too. I have the best customers/friends.

My thank you cards are created with the lovely (and oh so fun to play with), POP-UP POSIES DESIGNER KIT, page 18 of the Spring Catalog….and it comes with this cute stamp too!…and the embossed tags (in crumb cake), and all the cut out flowers, in Calypso Coral and Pool Party. So, I simply grabbed some designer paper, created a card base also from Crumb Cake, and these cute cards came together in no time….and then they went out into the mail

And I received some beautiful cards and gifts from friends recently that I wanted to share with you

Like this lovely card and gift I received recently from Jacqueline. Don’t you love how she used the outline from the JUST THINKING STAMP, and instead of the sentiment, she added that beautiful flower from CREATIVE ELEMENTS – and the Maple Syrup, was absolutely lovely over blueberry waffles, LOL Ian and I thank you again Jacqueline.

and my friend Chris sent me this beautiful thank you card. Chris is the Queen of die cutting and layering, check out all the beautiful layers on this card, thank you Chris. She used the En Francais background Stamp and then over-stamped the seed pods for a stunning 3/d effect on the art work. Thank you again Chris.

and then I have to thank my friend Lynne for this very special gift

A whole book about Corgi’s, LOL…Ian and I enjoyed reading this so much, and afterwards, I think Oscar and Miss Lucy enjoyed me reading it to them, LOL..this is a treasure, created by Tasha Tudor, thank you again Lynne, that was so very thoughtful of you.

and thank you for stopping in today, see you tomorrow with more shares.

Hugs and Happy Stamping,

and if you need stamping supplies I would LOVE to be your Demonstrator!
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Mystery Hostess Winner – And New Catalog SHARE sign up

Posted on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | Comments (1)

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

Mystery Hostess Winner for this week is: Patricia O – Congratulations

and a huge thank you to everyone placing orders this week, I’m finishing packing up the last sets of cards today, out in the mail to you very shortly.

New CATALOG SHARE - if you have joined one of my shares before, you know how exciting it is to receive that box full of all the new items in the catalog, all the new designer paper, all the embellishments, all the new ribbon.

Sign up deadline is May 30th to be included in my May 31st order (and I’m paying for the expedited shipping)

NEW DESIGNER PAPER BUNDLE: (new designs only) – there are 2 carry forwards that I didn’t include

11 new designs- each share includes a 6 x 6 piece of each – 66 pieces total

$15.00 plus – $5.60 priority mail

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EMBELLISHMENT BUNDLE: (new designs only)

72 new buttons, 5 In Color Embellishments, 6 Clips, 80 Candy Dots and 1 package of brad bases (25) (for the candy dots), 2 gift bags

$20.00 plus $3.50 – first class mail

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NEW RIBBON BUNDLE:

3/4″ New Ribbon Style – in 12 Colors – 2 yards of each – 24 yards total

3/8″ New In Color Ribbon – in 5 NEW In-colors – 2 yards of each – 10 yards total

34 yards total – $33.00 plus $3.50 first class mail

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Best Deal

I WANT IT ALL – WITH THE PAPER STACK BONUS

DESIGNER PAPER BUNDLE

EMBELLISHMENT BUNDLE

RIBBON BUNDLE

plus:

NEW DESIGNER PAPER STACK (all new designs in 4 color families)

1 – 6 x 6 piece of 10 colors in each family = 40 sheets $10.00 (only available in the “I Want it All” bundle).

FREE BONUS – NEW – In – Color Designer Paper Stacks (all new designs in 10 colors)

1 – 6 x 6 piece of each = 10 FREE SHEETS – my thank you to you for your order

I WANT IT ALL BUNDLE $75.00 plus $8.00 Priority shipping – in my special (very sturdy) share boxes.

will save you over $10.00 in shipping, and if ordered separately would cost you well over $480.00

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To Sign up:

Send me an e-mail with the following information:

Your full name, mailing address and phone number
Which Share you would like
e-mail address your paypal is hooked up to

On May 24th I will start sending out Paypal Invoices, payment confirms your inclusion

I am expediting this delivery, my goal is always to get it cut, sorted and back out to you as soon as I can, (excluding backorders of course), you can expect your order within 7 to 10 days. I will announce shipping here on my blog.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, and thanks so much for helping us share!

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My Paper Pumpkin Cards

Posted on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments (1)

Friday, May 17th, 2013

MYSTERY HOSTESS code for this week V4P2RY37 – today is the last day to join in, winner will be announced tomorrow morning

In my efforts to clean up and finish projects in my studio (UFO’s),. I discovered I had not created my Paper Pumpkin Projects for April. Gasp!..I know right!…I love getting this little box of love each month

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My heart skips a beat when I open the mailbox and see this little guy!….inside, is everything you need to create the projects except adhesive, and you don’t know ahead of time what it is going to be, which adds to the excitement.

and here are my 4 cards, I added the red designer paper to add a pop of color, and of course, I didn’t follow the instructions, LOL

and here are my previous months cards as well, to give you some alternatives….that’s what I love about the kits, you take the idea they give you in the instructions, and just expand on it!. and GUESS WHAT?

This Month’s are on their way, all that creativity in those cute little boxes….

If you want to join the fun, you have to sign up – and receive these little boxes full of fun each month - here are the details

and, here is an idea for you, I used one of the clear stamp cases and started collecting all the cool stamps I’m receiving from Stampin UP in all these kits they have been creating lately, I know I’ll be using them again,

one more box emptied out this week in my “studio clean up”…..Yeah!

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Just Married Birthday & another Sneak Peek!

Posted on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 | Comments (2)

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Online Ordering – Mystery Hostess Update – orders are piling up and someone is going to earn the MYSTERY HOSTESS rewards – of at least $95.00 (this mornings total so far), you have until Friday midnight to place your order and be included the code is V4P2RY37 – details here:

NEW CATALOG PRODUCT SHARES – Sign ups will start next week (to conform with Stampin Up rules), my first order will be going in on May 31st – get your e-mail ready for sign up!…lots of new goodies to SHARE WITH YOU!…

New in studio Class announced yesterday -check it out here

and, Tuesday I took a day off from creating, and cleaned my studio….mostly because I ran out of room and could not find ANYTHING – LOL – cleaning always renews my creativity so yesterday I had a full day of creating. I made the cutest little gift card holder for Stamping and Blogging – a brand new design – ladies (and gents Hi Darrell!), the video and tutorial will both be loaded this morning. Then, I started creating with a new stamp set, JUST MARRIED from page 8 of the Spring Catalog – not because I needed a wedding card, but because I needed a birthday card, and I absolutely adore the cake in that stamp set – and this would make a very nice wedding card too – just change the sentiment to “congratulations” and color the cake the colors the couple chose for their wedding.

Card Recipe is at the bottom of this post (in pink)

isn’t it cute!….love, love love!…here is how I colored it.

I used my Stampin Write Markers, Gumball Green, Melon Mambo, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Regal Rose, colored right onto the stamp. Then, I cut them out with my Labels Framelits and my Big Shot.

Next, I got rid of a little frustration by stabbing my card stock – multiple times, tee hee…ok, we call it “Piercing”, with the piercing tool, piercing mat, and the Festive Paper Piercing Pack.

Which adds a nice detailed layer without adding bulk. love the clean lines, and white on white!…really makes that cake pop!..

and did you happen to notice this little goodie at the top of my card? It’s created with Stampin’ Up’s! new, SIMPLY PRESSED CLAY and the BUTTONS & BLOSSOMS CLAY MOLDS….crazy fun, and sorry, I can’t demo them until the catalog goes live, but I can show you some finished ones that I have been playing with.

The clay is very pliable, comes white, so you add a couple of drops of reinker, blend it and then pop the clay in the mold…The instructions tell you to wear rubber gloves for this – very good idea – I had Melon Mambo fingers and nails for two days!…..hair shampoo gets rid of it by the way ladies…..LOL…

anyway, that was yesterday, today is a brand new day!…so I’m off to get my chores done so I can play (ehem, work in my studio for the day), I have new ideas burning a hole in my little brain, LOL. I’ll share them tomorrow – another for you, and another for Stamping and Blogging…..until then…Happy Stamping

CARD RECIPE:

Stampin Up Tools and Accessories used:

Stamp Sets: Just Married #131925 – wood #129210 – clear, Itty Bitty Banners #132022 – wood #126257 – clear

Ink: – Markers, Gumball Green #126856, Melon Mambo #119702, Raspberry Ripple #126856, Primrose Petals #126856, Regal Rose #119702,

Card stock and Designer paper: Whisper White #100730, 4-1/4 x 11, card base, 4 x 5-1/4 – embossed background, 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 – art piece, 3 x 4 – mat for art piece, 1 x 2, to stamp and cut out sentiment, Floral District Designer Paper #126919 – 2-1/2 x 5

Accessories: Labels Framelits #125598 (#2 and #3 from center), Bitty Banners Framelits #129267, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder #127751, Chevron Embossing Folder #127749, Piercing tool #126189, Piercing Mat #126199, Festive Paper Piercing Pack #127857, Basic Rhinestones #119246,

Sneak Peek Items: Available May 31st, 2013

Simply Pressed Clay #130685, Buttons & Blossoms Clay Molds #131272 – page 167 of the new catalog

Hugs and Happy Stamping,

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