Another Sneak Peak for World Card Making Day Event

Here's another sneak peak for my World Card Making Event this coming Saturday, October 6th. It starts at 7 p.m. and you get to make 5 cards for $10.

To see the other cards we will be making click on the following links:

Celebrate Life Dry Embossing Card
Happy Birthday Scallop Card

Looking forward to having all of you attend. Please email me to reserve your spot.

October Open Workshop

Thursday, October 25th, I will be holding my monthly open workshop. It starts at 7 p.m. and will end by 9. This is a great overview of stamping where you will create 3 projects to take home.We will be making 3 projects. One of the projects is a 2 page 12x12 scrapbook page spread using So Much and Big Deal Alphabet stamp sets. The 12x12 two page spread that we will be making is shown below. The $12 fee will be waived with any purchase of $35 or more. Please RSVP as soon as possible so enough projects will be cut up for everyone when they arrive. Hope to see you there!

Simply Goodbye Scrappin'

A good friend of mine resigned the other day. Although I am happy for his future career opportunities, it is going to be really sad to see him leave. We worked together for three years and I am really going to miss him.

In what has become a department tradition, I have made a going away card for everyone to sign. If you opened the card, you would see additional sheets of papers in the middle folded in half that I attached to the card to ensure everyone has plenty of room to wish him well on his new endeavor and to remember old memories.

I was so excited that I was able to find a reason to break open the Creative License simply scrappin' kit that I earned with my hostess benefits! Yes even demonstrators can earn hostess benefits. Isn't it great, we stock up on our supplies and earn free merchandise.

Most of the pieces on the card are from the Simply Scrappin' kit. The only additions were Wild Wasabi double stiched ribbon that I tied on the side to keep the page inserts together with the card. To thread the ribbon, I punched the small horizontal slot on the side of the page. I used my spiral punch on the Wild Wasabi card stock to give the office notebook look. I paper pierced the pumpkin pie strip of paper. I added some silver brads to the bottom of the card.

The only stamping was using greeting with the Amazing to Zany stamp set, the one and my date stamp to put the date that he is leaving us. What a great kit to use to make cards for office co-workers. It was so easy to put together. I have to say simply scappin' is the way to go for fast scrappin' and card making!

12x12 scrapbook pages

Here is the last of my Stampin' Up projects I have made at recent events. The first one is the 12x12 page we made at Regionals. The stamp sets are So Much and the Big Deal alphabet. The card stock colors are Khaki, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Bashful Blue and So Saffron. This is another great photo of my niece in her winter jacket and hat.












The finishing touches are the circles stamped in Versamark on the background of the Khaki paper, the So Saffron button with line thread and the dry embossed circles with the Crop-a-dile and the Mat pack as a guide. We cut the circle out with our Coluzzle cutting system. Here is a closeup of the dry embossing.


The next 12x 12 photo was done at Convention. The staff at Stampin' Up! had hired people to come in to take pictures of us at convention for free, how great was that. Then all we needed to do was just put the picture in the scrapbook page that we made at the make & take session. The picture was of me and my friend Debbie at convention. The card stock used on this page are Khaki, So Saffron Prints Designer Series Paper and Wild Wasabi. The alphabet stamp set we used was the Jumbo Outline Alphabet. We colored in the letters with our Versamark marker to add depth. We used the accents and elements from the Build-a-Flower kit. The finishing touches were the Wild Wasabi double stiched ribbon stapled to the bottom. We put Build a Brad in the middle of the flowers. The large flower we looped some Natural cord. The grass was made by cutting the card stock with our paper snips. We also used the photo corners punch on the right hand side of the photo. The stems were made by tracing the On Board Ginormous Pieces.

I hope you have enjoyed the projects that I have shown from my recent Stampin' Up! events. Stayed tuned tomorrow for some new projects that I have been working on. Thanks for looking and reliving my Stampin' Up event memories.

6x6 scrapbook pages

Here are some 6x6 scrapbook pages that we made at the last two Stampin' Up events. I am always amazed what I think is an great page turns out to be a fabulous scrapbook page when photos are added.

Here is a page we made at Convention. It uses the Wanted stamp set and the Outlaw designer series paper. We also used the Sanded background stamp on the really rust card stock. We used the star, photo corner, 1 inch circle and the scallop punches on this page. We finished the scrapbook page off by adding some paper piercing to the scallop punch and some vintage brads. I just love this picture of my niece that I added to the page. I can't believe she is going to be 2 in just a few weeks.

The next page we made at Regionals. The stamp sets we used were True Friend and Fundamental Phrases. The punches on this page are Corner Rounder, circle and scallop punches. We finished the card off by putting Rhinestone brads and purely pomegrante double stiched ribbon. The picture is of my parents at my brother's wedding. I love how all the colors came together on these pages.

Philadelphia Regional Projects

Here are some of the cards that we made at regionals. I loved the unique ideas that are in each of these projects. The first one is my favorite. It uses the True Friend stamp set. The colors are basic gray, purely pomegrante and soft sky. What a stricking color combination. I love how we highlighted the word Friend by just stamping it on a piece of Soft Sky and cutting it out and adhering it to the saying. We used the Spring Bouquet Flower punch to punch a flower in the Purely Pomegrante and adhered it with a silver brad. We rounded the only one side with our corner rounder. Who would have thought that. I would have done all four sides not just 2. That is why I love coming to these events to get little tips like this. Then there is my favorite ribbon, the polka dots from the Sherbet Ribbon Originals which we stapled to the card.

The next card uses the So Much stamp set that we got for free. At first when I heard that we were getting this set at regionals, I have to admit I wasn't really happy. Although I have learned that throughout the years the stamp sets we have received a regionals end up being one of my favorite sets. For example, Natural Beauty, that just recently retired. I have come to enjoy this set and see the potential in my scrapbook pages and I have to say I love the dotted circle and the flower. So stay tuned, I am sure I will be coming up with some projects with this set in no time.

So enough about the stamp set, let's talk about the Thanks card. It uses the same color combo, except now the background is our Kraft paper. The circles were cut out with our Coluzzle cutting system. I have to say my favorite part of this card is the way we attached the ribbon to the card. We used a silver brad which of course was attached with our new crop-a-dile. We then threaded the soft sky double stitched ribbon and tied some linen thread around it. We made the scallop edge with our corner rounder and added a button to the middle of the card.

The last card, we used the Real Red, Kraft, So Saffron and Soft Sky card stock. We cut the flower out and put a pewter jumbo eyelet in the middle. We stamped the swirl in white ink and then we paper pierced some of the lines in the circle. My favorite part of the card was the fold. We ended up folding the card, so it made a pocket on the inside. What a great way to give a gift card or make it a little bigger and it can be a cd holder.

More Paper Crafts Projects from Regionals

My project postings from Regionals are slowly coming to an end. Here are 4 more projects that were created by the wonderful staff at Stampin' Up! staff. I just love the projects they come up with. I always enjoying seeing what they will come up with next.

The first sample uses the All in the family stamp set and Just so Saying stamp sets. The colors are Not quite navy and pumpkin pie. It uses the District Ribbon Originals and a Certainly Celery button.

The next card uses my favorite polka dot background and the Three for You punch box. There is some dry embossing happening on this card with the Punches Plus template along with paper piercing. Did you know you can use our Classy Brass Templates for paper piercing as well! The card is finished off with our beautiful Wide Grosgrain Chocolate Chip ribbon. The card stock is Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi and Kraft.

The second is a scrapbook page made with Prints Designer Series Paper and the On Board Simon Lower stamp set.

The last project is by far the cutest. They are lollipop holders made with the Batty for you stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed these projects and hopefully it will get your creative juices started to make some projects for yourself.

Holiday Mini Card Making Samples

First I want to remind everyone that today is my Email-a-thon, click here to read all the details. Hope to hear from everyone after 4 p.m. EST. Don't miss the chance to get 10-50% on a stamp set.

Now, here are a few projects made from the holiday mini from my friend, Colleen, that she shared with me at regionals that she made recently.

The first card uses the Season of Joy stamp set. It uses my favorite new color combination, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink and Old Olive. Thanks Colleen for the inspiration. I love those colors.

The next card uses the Autumn Apparitions stamp set and Batty Jumbo wheel and the great Halloween paper, Creepy Crawly. The colors are Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black.









The last sample uses the Snow Burst stamp set, the Dotted background stamp and the Snow Jumbo Wheel. The colors are Soft Sky and Basic Black with some Silver snowflakes in the mixed into the dotted background. She also added some rhinestone brads to the middle of the snowflakes to add a little bling to the page.

More Card Making Ideas For You

Here are a few more of my favorite swaps from Regionals. The first one comes to us from Jane Munsey. She gives credit to this card Judy Jackson/Patstamps, so I guess someone else was the initial creator of this idea. Just goes to show, you don't have to be original to make a beautiful card.

In this cards, she uses the beautiful Illuminations set, Baroque Motifs and the Secret Garden Simply Scappin' Kit. Just goes to show you are kits can be used for more than just scrapbooking.

Isn't this card gorgeous. She heat embossed the Cherish. The card even has a unique fold. See the photo to the right. The colors in this card are: Groovy Guava, River Rock and Always Artichoke. To finish the cad, she put some Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon and gold brads.

The next card comes to us from Barbara Moore. She also uses the Baroque Motifs stamp set. She also used some our fabulous new InColors, Soft Sky and Blue Bayou. The card uses the Soft Sky Prints Designer Series Paper. She used the slit punch to make the scallop edge on the card. She uses the ticket corner punch, the flower trio from the Three for You punch box and the 3/4" circle The finishing touches are some silver brads, Blue Bayou double stiched ribbon and some paper piercing around the ticket corners. The top piece actual opens up as well for a little pocket.

Dry Embossing Card

I am taking a little break from posting my favorite projects that I saw and created at Philadelphia Regionals. I'll resume tomorrow. I still have a couple of homemade cards I want to share with you that I know you are going to love.

At the moment, I want to show you another card that we will be making at World Card Making Day on Saturday, October 6th at 7 p.m. I came up with the idea earlier tonight and I couldn't wait to share it with all of you.

The card is made with the dry embossing technique. I used the brass stencils as well as the crop-a-dile to do dry embossing on this card. So if you never dry embossed, this is a great opportunity to learn how to do so. It uses two of my favorite stamp sets, Wanted and Just So Many Sayings. As well as the gorgeous Outlaw Designer Series Paper.

For more details on my October 6th World Card Making event, click here. Email me to reserve your spot.

Fall Themed Cards

Here are some of my favorite fall themed cards that I received at the Stampin' Up Philadelphia regionals. The first one comes from Victoria D'Amico. The card is made with the True Friend stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The Colors are Groovy Guava and Chocolate Chip. The extra touches to the card are some Groovy Guava Double Stiched Ribbon, Gold Brad and the uni Signal Gel pen.

The next card comes from Natalie Gramley. Her card was made with the With Gratitude stamp set. The colors are So Saffron and Chocolate Chip. She sponged the color on with Stampin' Pastels and added some Soft Subtles Brads for the extra touch.

The last card unfortunately, I do not have a name to tell you made it. The stamp set is Autumn Apparitions. The colors are Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and River Rock. For an added touch the pumpkin behind the black cat was stamped in orange craft ink and then embossed. The black cat was cut out and popped up with Stampin' dimensionals. Black brads put the finishing touches on the card.

Hope you are enjoying my the projects that I swapped and the homemade card samples I have been posting inspire your fall card making creations.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Here are two samples made with the Snow Jumbo wheel from the Holiday Mini catalog. They both use the Soft Sky card stock and ink.

The first card swap I received from Gail Micca. She used the Snow jumbo wheel with the little snowman from the Merry & Bright stamp set. She also stamped little snowflakes on the Soft Sky card stock from the Snowflake Spot stamp set. She colored in parts of the snowman with the uni-Signo gel pen. She finished the card with some Blue Bayou double stiched ribbon.

The next card comes from Beth Wilson. She rolled the Snow Jumbo wheel with Versamark and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. She layered the Snow saying onto of the Wintergreen double sided paper and Sage Shadow card stock and finished the card with some Whisper White Taffetta Ribbon.

Swaps from My Stamping Buddies

Here are swaps that I received from my stamping buddies, Colleen and Tracy.

Here is a thank you card and coordinating 6x6 double page Scrapook page from my friend Colleen. I just love the color combination. Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate and Old Olive. I think this is going to be my new color combination that I am going to have to try out. The stamp set is Think Happy Thoughts. She used the circle punches, scallop circle punch and the flower trio from the Three for You punch box.

Tracy used the Hostess Exclusive stamp set, Garden Silouettes. She did a phenomenal job with these two cards. The card on the left she stamped the florals in the White Craft pad. Who says you need to stamp your florals in colors and not neutrals. I've seen a few cards in the black, white and grey and the look beautiful. The second card, I have to say the way she did the label for the greeting, I absolutely love it. I can't wait to try on my next card samples.

Favorite WOW swaps

Here is my favorite WOW swaps I received at Regionals. The first is a jumbo paper clip using the snowman from the Merry & Bright stamp set and the Scallop Circle Punch. The next one is a mini clipboard using the Bronc Buster stamp set made by Sondra Jumper. Lastly, it is a pin using the Autumn Harvest stamp set. The jumbo paper clip and the pin did not have any contact information attached, so unfortunately, I can't post who made them. Stay tuned tomorrow for more fabulous swaps I received at Regionals...

Email-a-thon Sunday, September 23rd

Do you have your eye on a stamp set in the book that you've wanted and wish you can get it for a discount?

Well I have a great opportunity for you! On Sunday, September 23rd from 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST I will be hold my Fall Equinox email-a-thon.

Depending on what number you contact me, you will get to choose one stamp set at a discounted price when you place a 10$ or more order with me. The order that you contact me will determine how much of a discount you will receive on the stamp set of your choice.

Contacts 1-3: will receive 50% off any one stamp set in the book when they contact me an order of 10$ or more

Contacts 4-6: will receive 40% off any one stamp set in the book when they contact me an order of 10$ or more

Contacts 7-9: will receive 30% off any one stamp set in the book when they contact me an order of 10$ or more

Contacts 10-20: will receive 25% off any one stamp set in the book when they contact me an order of 10$ or more

Contacts 21-30: will receive 20% off any one stamp set in the book when they contact me an order of 10$ or more

Contacts 31- 40: will receive 15% off any one stamp set in the book when they contact me an order of 10$ or more

After 40, anyone you contacts me an order of 10$ or more they will receive 10% off any one stamp set in the book

The last order of the day will also receive their choice of any Hostess Exclusive Level 1 stamp set in addition to their discount.

Don't forget that the September Fall Frenzy special, if you place a 30$ order you get to choose 1 of the 6 Fall Frenzy promotion stamp sets at 30% off, see details below.

So check out the online catalogs and type up your orders and get them ready to hit send on Sunday, the 23rd. The Fall/Winter Collection and the Holiday Mini catalog can be viewed by clicking here.

Stampin' Up Regionals

Well it was a long day. We were on the road at 5:30 heading down to Philly for the Stampin' Up Regionals. We got there with just a little time to spare. So the swapping frenzy started. I raced around trying to get all my swaps out of my little hands and getting new ones in return. That madness continued during the breaks until all my swaps were done. Hopefully tomorrow, I'll get some photos together of my favorite swaps and post them. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite projects from Regionals that they demonstrated. On the right, here is a picture of me and my stamping buddies, Colleen and Tracy.

My first favorite was this wall hanging. It is made with the Autumn Harvest stamp set, Fall Flowers Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon and On Board Simmon Upper Chipboard Letters. I am thinking about having a class and making this project with some of you. Email me and let me know if you are interested in making this and we'll see if we can make this fall!

The next project was a corkboard memo board. It is made from the On Board Ginormous Pieces, Prints Designer Series Paper, Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon and Corkboard. How beautiful is that! I absolutely love it.

I was happy that one of the topics they covered yesterday was dry embossing. I did some dry embossing when I first started stamping, but I forgot some of the technique steps. So it was great getting a refresher and of course they gave us some great tips and ideas. Here is a Christmas card they did with the Priceless template on vellum. Isn't it gorgeous!

It was a long day, I didn't get home until 9. You have thought I would have just drifted off to sleep, we'll that was not happening with Starbucks still running through my veins and the 101 things that I learned and saw! :)

Everytime I go, I am just floored by the talent and all the wonderful things we can make with our products. Did I mention the beautiful make & take projects we made with our free stamp set, So Much. Well I'll share those another day with you. This is just one of many things I love about Stampin' Up. I love going to events and learning new things. Hopefully next time you can join me. Email me and let me know if you want to learn more about being a demonstrator and coming to great events like this.

Off to Regionals

Well I'm off to the Stampin' Up Regionals in Philadelphia. I can't wait! I get to spend day with my friends, stamp and learn new stamping techniques. I can't wait to learn what new things they are going to teach and demonstrate. Of course, I had to make a few more swaps. For those of you who have not heard of card swapping. It's when you make a x amount of cards in the same design and then get the same amount of new card ideas in return. It is so great, you get so many new ideas.

Here is one of the cards that I'll be swapping that I was working. I first used my my Stampin' around handle with my Baroque Border Wheel and wheeled the image onto Brocade Blue card stock. I then used the Baroque Motifs stamp set, stamped the circular image and cut it out. Next I used the scallop circle punch and punched a piece of Brocade Blue card stock. I mounted the circular image onto of the scallop piece and put a silver brad through the images. I stamped from the heart from the Holidays & Wishes stamp set. I finished the card by doing some dry embossing with my crop-a-dile in the bottom right hand corner.

It's a Boy!

I just found that my upline, Sharon, is having a baby boy in December. Here is a card I made to mail to her. I used the Polka Dot background stamp to stamp the background of the card. Next came the baby carriage from my Fun & Fast Notes. The carriage was colored in with my Stampin' Write Markers and the polkas with my uni-Signal gel pen. The scallop edge along the bottom was made with my slit punch and then used my paper piercing tool to punch holes into the middle of the scallops. Lastly, I added some Whisper White taffetta ribbon.

Holiday Glitz Card Kit Promotion

Just in time for the holidays you can purchase the Holiday Glitz Card Kit.

Do you wish every year that you can make homemade holiday cards? Well this year Stampin' Up has made it super easy. They have all the card stock precut and designs already made for you. All you need to do is assemble.

This promotion starts October 1st and ends when the card kits sell out. There is no limit to how many you can purchase.

Here are all the details on this fabulous promotion.

Each Holiday Glitz card kit makes 15 cards and includes:

• Precut card stock and Designer Series paper (15)
• Whisper White Envelopes (15)
• Rhinestone brads (15)
• Real Red zigzag ribbon (15)
• Full-color instruction sheet (1)

You can take advantage of this fantastic kit two different ways:

Purchase one of holiday stamp sets (below) and get the Holiday Glitz card kit for the special price of $24.95 each.

or
Purchase the Holiday Glitz card kit for $28.95 each with no additional purchase required.

Item Price Stamp Set
109234 $23.95 Snowfall
106786 $20.95 The Snowflake Spot
109266 $18.95 Big on Christmas
110359* $23.95 Love & Joy

*Holiday Mini Collection 2007.

More Holiday Mini

Here is another card I made with the Tags for All stamp set. I love that you can make quick and easy tags with it. I also like the challenge of coming up with cards with the stamp set since it is primay use is to make tags. I colored only the snowmen with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. I then colored them in with my markers as well. I stamped the greeting from Short & Sweet stamp set. I stamped with Bashful Blue the snowflake background from the The Snowflake Spot. Lastly, I adhered some red gingham ribbon to the card.

Polka Dot Fun Continues

Here's another card created with the red and white polka dots. This time I used the Looks like Spring set. I took the suggestion of using the punches and used the scallop punch to cut the flower out. So how many hours have we lost cutting the big flower out, now we don't have to all we need to do is use the scallop punch.

I also used the Spring Flower Bouquet to cut out the small flowers and used dimensions to pop the flowers up. I put a Natural Button with linen thread in the middle of the large flower. The Hey There comes from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set. I used paper piercing to finish the card off.

So Many Things You Can do With Our Punches

A fellow demonstrator put this list together and I wanted to share it with you. Here are all the stamp sets you can use with our punches. I was so happy to see this list. I love our punches and I can't wait to try a few out!

Scallop Circle Punch: In the Spotlight, Glorious Garlands, Punch Pals, Double-Line Doodles, Wanted, Priceless, Big Flowers, Big Deal Alphabet, Looks Like Spring, Fabulous Flowers, Ginormous Flowers, Sweet Shapes, Illuminations, It’s Your Birthday, Warm Words, Pictograms, Short and Sweet, Sincere Salutations, All Holidays, Jumbo Alphabet, All About Occasions, Brocade Basics, Baroque Motifs, Sparkling Sayings, So Much, Fun & Fast Notes, On Board Blossoms and Basics

Tag Punches: Perfect Presentation, All About Occasions, Flaky Friends, Punch Pals, Be Happy, Tagger’s Dozen, Bundled in Love, Business Boosters

Designer Label Punch: Party Punch, Labelicious

Round Tab Punch: Party Punch, Office Accoutrement, Totally Tabs

1” Circle Punch: Sending Happy Thoughts Simply Sent Kit, Perfect Presentation, Glorious Garlands, The Snowflake Spot, Perennial Favorites, Holiday Blitz, Double-Line Doodles, Polka Dots & Petals, Create a Coupon, Genuine Articles, Business Boosters, Calendar Cues, On Board Blossoms and Basics1

¼” and/or 1 3/8” Circle Punch: Simple Delights Simply Sent Kit, Perfect Presentation, Batty For You, Holiday Tag Team, Sparkling Sayings, Be Happy, Figures of Speech, Double-Line Doodles, Polka Dots & Petals, Big Flowers, Stamp of Authenticity, Carte Postale, Think Happy Thoughts, Big Pieces, Seeing Spots, So Happy, Dots Are Hot, Brocade Basics, Labelicious, Genuine Articles, Circle of Friendship, It’s All Good, Sporting

½” and/or ¾” Circle Punch: In the Spotlight, Holiday Tag Team, Glorious Garlands, Cold Play, Snow Flurries, Merry Merry, Punch Pals, Forever in My Heart, Holiday Blitz, Double-Line Doodles, Sweet Thing, Wanted, Star Struck, Little Flowers, Little Pieces, Please Come, Dot Spot Background, Alphabits, Art by Design1

¼” and/or 1 3/8” Square Punch: Simple Delights Simply Sent kit, Perfect Presentation, Forever in My Heart, Sealed With A Kiss, Be Happy, Figures of Speech, Tagger’s Dozen, Sweet Thing, Office Accoutrement, Stamp of Authenticity, Carte Postale, Glad Tidings, It’s All Good, Art by Design,Sporting, Business Boosters, It’s a Date

¾” Square Punch: Punch Pals, Calendar Cues

Large Oval Punch: I Did It, many of the word sets

Star Punch: Wanted, Starstruck, Sporting, Wild West Alphabet, On Board Blossoms and Basics

5-Petal Flower Punch: In the Spotlight, Be Happy, Priceless, Simply Said, Looks Like Spring, Heartfelt Thanks, Ginormous Flowers, Office Accoutrement, Big Pieces, Cutie Pie Double Sided Paper, On Board Blossoms and Basics

Snow Blossom Punch: In the Spotlight, Simple Snowman, Wondrous Gift, Snowflake Spot, Merry Merry, Snow Flurries, Punch Pals, Snowfall, Be Happy

Spring Flower Bouquet Punch: Looks Like Spring

Three for You Punch: Three Thoughts Simply Sent Kit, Punch Pals, Take Three, Three for You punch box

Word Window Punch: So Many Sayings, Block Party, Boatloads of Love, Fun & Fast Notes, Take Three, Everything Baby, Short & Sweet, Happy Everything, Wonderful Favorites, Warm Words, All Holidays, Everyday Flexible Phrases, Amazing to Zany, Fundamental Phrases

October 6th: World Card Making Day

Our celebration plans for World Card Making Day has just been changed. It will now be Cake, Coffee and Cards and the event will be held in my stamping studio.

We just received word that there was a mixed up with our original location. It appears that is the only day they could work with their contractors and have them do the construction work.

We will now be doing the 5 cards in my stamping studio at 7 p.m. The fee will be 10$. Cake and coffee will be served. One of the cards we will be making is shown above.

In honor of World Card Making day there is a fantastic limited time special. October 4th through the 8th, all the Simply Sent kits will be 20% off

Looking forward to having all of you attend. Please email me to reserve your spot.

More Polka Dots

Here's another card made with the fabulous polka dot background stamp. Here it is in Real Red on Whisper White cardstock. The flowers come from In the Spotlight. I put Crystal Effects in the middle of the flower and sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds on it while it was drying. Hi There comes from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set. I stamped in the White Craft Pad. I made a bow with the Whisper White Tafetta Ribbon and attached it with a glue dot. On the bottom of the card, I did some paper piercing on the bottom of the card with the mat pack.

Love the Polka Dot Background Stamp

Here is a card made with the Polka Dot Background Stamp Set. You should have seen how I kept convincing myself that I didn't need this stamp set. I was like you have the polka dots in the Polka Dot & Paisleys stamp set, you also have polka dots in the Three for You stamp set. Well the first time I tried this stamp at my friend Tracy's I just just knew I needed to have it. That was also the day that I decided I needed the 5 petal flower punch.

The colors are: Apricot Appeal and Regal Rose. The stamp sets are Polka Dot background stamp, the happy comes from the Polka Dot & Paisley set, the days comes from Happy Everything. The punches are Spring Bouquet Flower Punch and th 5 Petal flower punch. The card is finished off by using the Regal Rose Grosgrain and Apricot Appeal Brads.

Inspiration from the Holiday Mini

One night while stamping with friends we were talking about what stamps we absolutely loved from the Holiday mini. The one that everyone just had to have was Season of Joy. Then we started to realize that we can actually make the block of words stamp set by on our own. So here is my interpetation using Perfect Presentation.



I colored in the stamps with my Stampin' Write Markers. The great thing about the markers is you can color the stamps with two different colors, you can color in part of the stamp and omit the rest. Thanks Laura for the inspiration!