Moving Forward!

As soon as I saw the "Moving Forward"set in the new catalog, I knew I had to have it! 

It's this year's Ronald McDonald set from Stampin'Up. 

SU donates $3.00 to RMHC for each purchase of this stamp set.

The greeting is from a retired SU set in French. 

I made this card for my nephew, it won't arrive on time unfortunately...

Stamp Sets: Moving Forward, Up Up and Away (birds), Petits Mots Rigolos (retired)

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Midnight Blue (2012-13 In Color), Whisper White

Ink: Midnight Blue (in color)

Punch: Cupcake Builder (clouds)

Big Shot Framelits: Labels and Bitty Banners  

Other: Paper piercing tool and mat, 1/8"Mini Brads, Versamark, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, embossing buddy, heat gun, Baker's Twine in Cherry Cobbler, Dimensionals.

Father's Day Card

We made this Father's Day card at my last Stamp Camp. Here are 2 versions of it. 

We used the Scoring Tool to make an embossed design in the back.

Stamp Set: Best Dad Ever
Cardstock: Marina Mist - Wild Wasabi - Whisper White
Ink: Marina Mist - Wild Wasabi
Punch: 1" square (for the flag)
Accessories: Scoring Tool - Paper Snips - Dimensionals - Snail adhesive

Sneak Peek of my Open House Make & Take

As promised in my Open House invitation, here's the Make & Take that we'll make at my New Catalog Open House on May 25th. I can't tell you the name of the Designer Paper, and I can't show you all the choices. Come to my Open House to see it all!!

The New Stampin'Up 2012-2013 Catalog

is simply awesome!!

So come to my 

NEW CATALOG OPEN HOUSE

Friday May 25th at my house

Come anytime between 10am and 2pm or between 4pm and 7pm

New Catalog ✦ New Products ✦ Make & Take ✦ Prizes 

Retired Products Sale ✦ Refreshments

Want more information?

click here to contact me!

College Graduation Card

My niece, Michelle, is graduating in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University on Friday, magna cum laude. Yeah!!

Here's the card I made for her. A little time-consuming but Michelle is worth the effort :-)

Here are the supplies:
Stamp Sets: En Francais, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie
Punches: Owl, Curly Label (for hat), Modern Label
Framelits: Labels Collection
Other: Stripes embossing folder, daubers, linen thread, sticky tape, dimensionals, piercing tool, scoring tool

Notecards Gift Set Stamp Camp

The Notecard Gift Sets we made at this Stamp camp are great to give to teachers, family or friends.
But you can certainly make a set for yourself too :-)

The stampers had a choice of 8 Monogrammed notecards or 8 Thank You notecards.

The DSP is Summer Smooches which is in the 2012/2013 Catalog... Love it.

The 8 notecards and 8 envelopes were presented in a Clear Stamp Storage Case.

We used more Summer Smooches Designer Paper to decorate it. Also 1 1/4" Stripes Grosgrain Ribbon (Daffodil Delight) and 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (Real Red)

The colors in the Summer Smooches DSP are:

Tangerine Tango

Daffodil Delight

Real Red

Rich Razzleberry

Tempting Turquoise

Lucky Limeade (in-color)

Island Indigo (in-color)

MONOGRAM NOTECARDS

THANK YOU NOTECARDS

The envelopes were embossed

Bird-watching

I have been wanting to take a photo of a cardinal for a while. This morning, I went outside and saw this beautiful cardinal on our fence. I quietly stepped back and ran to get my camera. 

Not a National Geographic photo, but I'm glad I could get a picture of it... 

 ... which reminded me of the birds nest that was made inside our front porch light!! Here it is. I found it a few days ago. As my friend Sheila said, I guess I won't be turning the lights on for a while... 

If anything exciting happens (baby chicks?), I'll keep you posted...

Spring Stamp Camp

My Spring Stamp Camp was last night and today.

Here are the projects we made. The supplies are given but if you need measurements, 

or more details about any of the projects, email me or call me.

Easter card

Stamp Set: Everybunny
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Stazon Black, Old Olive, Watercolor Crayons
Big Shot: Framed Tulips Embossing folder
Accessories: Stampamajig, Blender Pens, Snail adhesive, Dimensionals

Note: the greeting on the stamps says "Happy Easter everybunny". I used the Old Olive marker so I could have "Happy Easter" only.

I used mostly Subtles watercolor crayons on my card, but Lynn made hers with the Brights crayons and it looked very good. Wish I had taken a photo...

Here's the card with the envelope stamped with another stamp from the Everybunny stamp set.

Easter basket

Front

Side

Stamp Set: Every Egg Wheel, Delightful Dozen

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive (refill for cartridge), Soft Suede

Punches: Decorative Label, 1/16" circle, 1/2" circle, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

Ribbon: 5/8" Satin in Old Olive

Big Shot: Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die

Accessories: Standard wheel handle, Stamping Sponge, Brads (brights), Medium Cellophane bags, 

Non SU: Cadbury's Mini Eggs (yummy) and "paper grass" 

Here's the candy!!

The 1/2" circle punch is used to hide the brads on the inside.

"Your choice" card and DSP Envelope

I had several stamps available for the greeting.

Note: I used Whisper White on my sample, but when I was looking through the DSP stack, it has Very Vanilla in it so I provided Very Vanilla cardstock for my stampers, and it works much better (see Dianne's card below)...

Stamp Set: Apothecary Art
Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White (but Very Vanilla works better!), Soft Suede
DSP: Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)
Ink: Early Espresso ink pad, Markers: Pool Party - Calypso Coral - Lucky Limeade
Punch: Eyelet border
Big Shot:  Labels Collection Framelits
Accessories: Basic Pearls Jewels, Stampamajig, Snail adhesive, Dimensionals

This is the front of the envelope made with the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate.

I love this new addition to the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. 

I like how by using DSP, which is double-sided, you can make nice envelopes very quickly.  

Inside the envelope.

Dianne was very happy with her card, and she should be! It turned out beautiful. 

She used the Calypso Coral and the Wisteria Wonder markers on her flowers.

Here's a closer look.... very nice!!

(the greeting is from Delightful Dozen)

Mothers Day Card

aka "the Sale-A-Bration card" :-)

My inspiration was the notebook which is in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog...

Stamp set: Fresh Vintage (Sale-A-Bration), Messages for Mom

Cardstock: Whisper White, Textured Lucky Limeade

DSP: Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)

Ink: Versamark, Soft Suede

Punch: 1/16" circle

Ribbon: Everyday Enchantment Ribbon (Sale-A-Bration)

Big Shot: Adorning Accents Edgelits, Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die.

Accessories: Scented/Clear Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Everyday Enchantment Brads (Sale-A-Bration), On Board sheet, Stampamajig, Paper piercer, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Here's a closer look at the embossing... too bad you can't smell the Cherry scented embossing powder :-)

Here's the card with a stamped envelope.

"MOM" is from the Message for Mom stamp set.

The flowers are from the Fresh Vintage stamp set (Sale-A-Bration)

This is the one I made for Sheila since she had to leave early. She requested the brad with the butterfly (of course!!). The stamp on the envelope is the same one that is embossed on the butterfly.