Baby Boy Gift Bag and Card

I finally got to see my friend's little guy that was just born. I can't believe how tiny he is. You forget how small they are until you hold a newborn.

Here is a gift bag and card I made for him. The designer series paper used on the bag is Fall Flowers. I punched the designer paper and the Soft Sky card stock with my 1 3/8" square punch. I arranged the squares in a quilt like fashion. On the Soft Sky, I attached stars punched with Old Olive card stock and attached a silver brad through the center. Then some Mellow Moss grosgrain ribbon strips and bows to finished it off. On the bag, I stamped the little guys name with the Best Friends Alphabet Lower. On the card, I stamped the greeting from Holidays and Wishes.

Check back tomorrow, the Stampin' Up Retirement List will be out. Can you believe it is already here! I can't wait to see what stamp sets are on the list.

Happy Happy Happy Birthday

Here's a birthday card for today's post. It used our Petals & Paisleys Designer Series Paper. Don't forget there is only one more day left for the Party Paper Promotion!

I stamped the word happy from Everyday Flexible Phrases on Pretty in Pink, Cool Carribean and Old Olive card stock and then I punched out words with our 3/4" circle punch in. Then, I stamped in Old Olive a circle from our Sweet Shapes stamp set and stamped the word birthday in the center of the circle. Then using our circle punches, I punched the word and layering card stock. Then I tied Certianly Celery grosgrain around a piece of pretty in pink card stock and adhered to the card. Lastly, I did some paper piercing.

My Favorite Time Well Spent Card

Here is by far my favorite card that I have made with the Time Well Spent. I think the thing that appeals the most to me is the color combinations. The designer series paper used in this card is Fall Flowers. The card stock is Ruby Red. I stamped the flowers and the butterfly and colored them in first the outline with my Ruby Red Stampin' Write Marker. Then with my ink refill and my blender pens, I colored in the Groovy Guava center of the flowers. Lastly, I used my uni-Signo White Gel pen to color in the white pieces. All the pieces were cut out and attached with dimensionals. I put a strip of wide grosgrain ribbon. Lastly, I tied a knot and attached the knot with a mini glue dot.

Time Well Spent

So I've been playing with my new set, Time Well Spent. Here is a sample made with Groovy Guava and Chocolate Chip. The large flower and butterfly were stamped on groovy guava card stock and cut out and adhered to the card with dimensionals. The greeting and the tiny flowers were stamped directly to the card. With my chocolate chip Stampin' Write marker and uni-Signal Gel Pen I colored them in. The side of the card, I covered with chocolate chip card stock. I made a scallop edge with my slit punch. I paper piereced the center of the scallops. Lastly some Groovy Guava double stiched ribbon finished the card off.

Enjoy Every Moment

Here is a card made with a new stamp set coming your way. It is called Enjoy Every Moment. As demonstrators we were able to earn this set for free. I have to say it is becoming a fast favorite. Here it is paired up with Cutie Pie Designer Series Paper. I cut the large flower from the set and punched a rose red circle and popped it up with a dimensional. Using the same punch, I stamped the small flower from the set and also punched it out and attached with a dimensional and put in the circle in enjoy. Lastly a piece of Whisper White grosgrain ribbon was tied in between the designer series paper and the white card stock.

Can you believe only 1 more month and a new catalog! I can't wait to see what Stampin' Up! has in store for all us!

Tags for All

I love the Tags for All stamp set. Just by omitting part of the stamp you get a whole different look. Here are some tags made with the set. Then I turned around and made a full card with just repositioning things. My next objective is to make a scrapbook page with the same colors and design. The colors are Old Olive and Bravo Burgundy. I colored in the holly with my Stampin' Write Markers. I punched with my circle punches and my scallop circle. I also paper pierced the scallop. I used dimensionals to pop up the scallop. The background uses the Flannel background stamp. I stamped the greeting from the Holiday and Wishes stamp set. An Old Olive brad finishes the card and the tags With the tags I tied some Bravo Burgundy grosgrain with some Mellow moss gingham ribbon. Don't forget that the Tags For All Stamp Set is 20% off until supplies last, so email me today to purchase your stamp set!

Wrapping Up The Holidays Promotion

How exciting! Stampin' Up! has a great new promotion. It is called Wrapping Up the Holidays! It runs until December 15, 2007 or until supplies last! *This item is from the current Holiday Mini Collection. Only this and other items indicated will be extended through the promotion period while supplies last. All other Holiday Mini items will be available until November 30.

110380 $24.76 Tags for All Stamp Set * (20% off)

110264 $4.55 Designer Gift cards* (30% off)

$9.95 Buy 1, get 1 free! Satin Ribbon choose from

109862 Chocolate Chip satin ribbon

109863 Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon

110228 $8.21 Hand Selected Accents & Elements (25% off)

112409 $4.95 Holiday Tag Bundle

112410 $9.95 Tin 3-Pack

Time Well Spent

Here is a sample made with the Time Well Spent stamp set that we received for free as demonstrators from Stampin' Up! I have to say the more I play with the set the more I am loving that this is a part of my stamp collection.

Here is a card made based on an idea that Stampin' Up! gave us on the demonstrator website. The large flower from the set was stamped onto Rose Red card stock and then with my Versamarker, I colored the outside outline of the flower. Next, I punched the holes from the flower with my handheld punch. Then I took the scallop punch and punched a piece of So Saffron card stock and adhered to the back of the flower so the So Saffron color came through. Next I stamped the large flower again but this time onto the So Saffron card stock. This time I punched the middle of the flower with my circle punch and colored in the inside of my flower with my So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker.

After the flowers were complete, the rest of the card was pretty straight foward. I adhered some So Saffron Prints Designer Paper and attached some Rose Red brads. I made a scalloped edge with my slit punch and paper pierced the center of flowers. Lastly the greeting was stamped and colored in my Stampin' Write Markers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! Hope everyone enjoys their day with family and friends.

Here is a fall themed card that I'd like to share with you made with Artfully Asian today. For the background of the card I took a piece of glossy cardstock. Next I took my Pumpkin Pie Spectrum Pad and some sponge daubers and sponged starting with the lightest color and then the next darker color, blending as you go. Then I took the leaves from the Artfully Asian stamp set and stamped the leaves with my Basic Black. On the side of the card, I took the small oval punch and folded in half and punched a brad through it. Then the finishing touch was dry embossed circles with my Crop-a-dile.

Supersize Snowflake Scrapbook Page

Here is the last of my holiday scrapbook pages for this week. Here is one made with the Supersize Snowflake stamp set and Snow Jumbo wheel from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The colors are Bashful Blue, Whisper White and Basic Black. The snowflake was stamped and then cut out, but only a part of it. I just could not see cutting it throughly out without ruining the snowflake in the process. Lastly, Basic Black buttons were added to the centers of the snowflake.

Don't you just love the photo card on the left side of the scrap page. It was made by Cythina's husband, he really does amazing One of a Kind Digital Photo Art. Check it out.

Snow Burst, Dashing and a little of Season of Joy

This scrapbook page. I took the Snow Burst stamp set from the Holiday Mini and stamped it in the middle of the circles in the Dashing Designer Series Paper with Old Olive ink. Then I stamped the Season of Joy and added some gold brads. After I laid the designer series paper down. I put strips of Old Olive card stock on the top and the right of the right hand side of the page layout. I also put a strip under the Dashing paper on the left hand side. Lastly, some snowburst snowflakes were stamped in the bottom right and some gold brads finish the page off.

Another Season of Joy Scrapbook Page

Here is another Season of Joy scrapbook page. This time I used the poinsettias and the swirls from the set. The colors are Bravo Burgundy and Always Artichoke. I can't believe that I have not played with these colors in so long. I think I may have picked up the Bravo Burgundy stamp set, but I am pretty sure Always Artichoke has been sitting on the shelf collecting dust.

I stamped the poinsettias and the swirls and then I cut swirls on the card stock. I then mounted a piece of Always Artichoke and cut a layer around the Very Vanilla card stock. Since I was at a crop I didn't have my Cutter Kit, so I just did it free hand. Not too bad if I have to say so myself. The right border, I also did some paper piercing and added a strip of Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon. The bottom corner, I stamped the greeting Many Merry Messages. I added a Always Artichoke Border on the right side as well as the top and bottom. Lastly some gold brads were added to the center of the poinsettias.

Season of Joy Scrapbook Page

I am so excited. I went to all day scrapbooking crop yesterday and I actually got some scrapbooking done! I know you are thinking isn't that the point. Well actually my objective was to finish making my Christmas cards and I am happy to announce they are done. They just need to be addressed and put in the mail.

But after making all the cards, I treated myself to some play time. My friend, Colleen Triglianos, a fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator, was with me and I got to play with some of the new sets that she purchased from the Holiday Mini. So since my holiday cards were done, I came up with some 8 1/2 x 11 scrapbook pages for my Holiday photo cards that came last year. I know I am a little behind.

So here is a scrapbook page made with Season of Joy and the Dashing Designer Series Paper. I adhered some wide red grosgrain ribbon along the border. I tied a red bow and attached to the page with a mini glue dot. The snowflakes were added were punched with my circle punches and adhered onto the scallop circle. I added a red brad to the center and paper pierced the scallop.

Stay tuned for more scrapbook pages tomorrow....

Free Stamp Set - Time Well Spent

I have to say I just love Stampin' Up! As demonstrators we received a free stamp set in the mail today as a thank you from Stampin' Up! How great is that!


The stamp set is called Time Well Spent and it is a 12 piece stamp set that will be in the new Spring Summer Collection that will be release come January 1st. The stamp set will be a Hostess Level 3 stamp set in the new book. So if you love the stamp set, book your party now so you too can get it for free! Also as an added bonus, if you have a party in January and it is over 350$, then you get to choose an additional stamp set for free from the Spring Summer Collection Preview Brochure in addition to the fabulous hostess benefits already. We got a sneak peak at this preview brochure today and let's just say we are in for a treat come January. There are rub-ons, fabulous new paper designs, Bali Breeze and Ginger Blossom a new punch. You'll be able to view the Preview Brochure December 1st on the Stampin' Up website.


Since the new set arrived, I just had to cut it up and play with it today. Here is my sample. I stamped the 3 of the 5 flowers from the set. I stamped them on watercolor paper with Black Staz-On and colored them in with Stampin' Write Markers. I cut them out. The small flower I put a silver brad through it and put in on top of a dimensional onto the large flower. The white coloring was done with my uni-Signal white gel pen. The background is the Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series Paper. I folded over the edge and put a little piece of the designer paper on the edge and attached a silver brad. Lastly, I put a strip of Certainly Celery Grosgrain in between the designer paper and the Pretty in Pink card stock.

Homemade Gift Bag and Card to Match

Okay, so I thought I was done with my cousin's gift, but I could not stop myself. I had to have a coordinating homemade gift bag and card to match her homemade gifts that were made with the Cutie Pie Designer Series Paper.

First, I punched out squares of the 1 3/8" inch square punch of the Cutie Pie paper. I lined them up. I love the look of these squares lined up. It reminds of a patchwork quilt. What a great way to use up scraps. This is yet another reason why I love our double-sided paper. I had two designs to choose from when laying down the squares.

Next, I adhered strips of white grosgrain ribbon to the sides of the paper punches. Then some Rose Red card stock followed. I made some faux stitching with my uni-signal white gel pen on the Rose Red cardstock. I then stamped the word happy with my Big Deal alphabet and Headline Alphabet and layered them on the Rose Red card stock. I took our Medium Square Envelope and cut the top layer off. I added some punched out squares onto the envelope and white grosgrain ribbon just like on the bag. Lastly, I added some punched Three For You flowers with a silver brad in the middle. Also the white bow was tied and adhered with mini glue dots to the side of the bag.

Then came the card. Same square were punched again from the Cutie Pie paper. This time I used my Apricot appeal grosgrain ribbon down the side of the punches. I stamped the greeting with my Happy Everything stamp set. I took out my Coluzzle and cut out the circle. Then with our 3/4" circle punch, I punched So Saffron circles and adhered them to the back of the white circle greeting. Lastly a bow was made and attached as well as So Saffron buttons to complete the card.

Quick & Easy Cards with Designer Series Paper

Here are some quick and easy homemade cards made with our wonderful Designer Series Paper. It's on sale this month, so don't miss an opportunity to own such wonderful paper like Cutie Pie and Dashing. Click here to read more about the promotion.

The first card uses the Dashing designer series paper and the Tags for All stamp set from our Holiday Mini. I stamped the Tags for All image and then cut it out removing the to and from section from the tag image. I mounted it on a piece of Real Red card stock and popped it up with our Stampin' Dimensionals. The finishing touch is the Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon.

The next card uses our Cutie Pie Designer Series Paper. The designer series paper was mounted on a piece of Rose Red card stock on top and then a scallop border made with our slit punch and the I used our 1/8" handheld circle punch to punch the holes in the center and that was adhered to the bottom. I tied the white grograin ribbon and then stamped the best wishes from the Short and Sheet stamp set.

A New Twist on a Scrapbook Page

Here is same theme that was done on this scrapbook page, but with different colors and layout and of course featuring my little sweetheart, my little niece and my sister.

The colors on this page are the fabulous Wild Wasabi, River Rock and just pieces of Reall Rust. The background of the Wild Wasabi, I used my Versamark ink to give a lightly stamped background look. I layered my photo onto Really Rust card stock.

Then I stamped onto the River Rock card stock the scallop stamp set from the Wanted set. I punched it out with the circle scallop punch and set the jumbo pewter eyelet in the center. Then I stamped another circle scallop punch with the Really Rust card stock and layered underneath. I punched up the river rock stamped scallop with a dimensional. A strip of the Apple Cider designer series paper was adhered and the bottom edge was distressed. Right above the Apple Cider strip, I used my Crop-a-dile to do some dry embossed circles. Lastly, some vintage brads were added and the greeting was stamped and the journaling was added.

Homemade Birthday Card to Finish it Off

Here is a homemade birthday card to finish off the homemade birthday gifts I made for my cousin. The cake comes from Fun & Fast Notes. I colored it in with my Stampin' Write Markers. Then I applied some Crystal Effects to the icing part of the cake and added some glitter to make it shimmer.

The pretty in pink background was stamped with the Polka Dot background. Lastly a strip of pretty in pink taffeta ribbon was adhered to the card. I made a bow with the taffeta ribbon and adhered it with a glue dot. Lastly, I colored our pretties flower with pretty in pink classic ink refill and a blender pen. After the pretties flower dried, I added a rhinestone brad from the kit to the middle. I attached the flower with a glue dot.

Dressing up the Everyday

Here is a few more things I made for my little cousin for her birthday present. Here are a few more things I dressed up that are our everyday Stampin' Up supplies. The first is a craft keeper. I stamped the word paper with the Best Friends Alphabet stamp set. I cut the circles out with my Coluzzle. I attached one inch circles punched with So Saffron card stock to the back of the Regal Rose circle. I adhered a bow made with wide regal rose grosgrain ribbon. The So Saffron flowers I punched out of the Cutie Pie Designer Series paper and punched the little flower from the Spring Flower Bouquet punch. The bottom layer was a 1 3/8" inch circle punched out of Certainly Celery card stock. A gold brad finishes the embellishment off. Lastly the embellishment was adhered with Sticky Strip to the craft keeper to make sure it didn't go anywhere.

The next thing I decorated was the Silver Brads container. With a little punching, brads and Stampin' Dimensionals, the embellishment dresses up the little container.

Lastly, I took our 5x5 art journal and made her a little personalized notebook. I adhered some Cutie Pie Paper to the journal and a strip of chocolate chip card stock to the left by the spiral. I used our spiral punch to attach the card stock. I learned a little trick that best way to attach paper to chipboard is to use our anywhere glue stick. When you attach the paper, use your bone folder and rub it across the card stock this way your glue will go into the chipboard. Any excess paper that is still left on the edges of the chipboard sand away with our sanding blocks. Next I put a strip of wide grosgrain Chocolate chip ribbon between the chocolate chip card stock and the Cutie Pie paper. I colored the On Board Simon Upper chipboard J with our craft chocolate chip ink with a sponge dauber. I attached the J with sticky strip to make sure it wasn't going anywhere. Lastly, I tied some chocolate chip taffeta ribbon and some purely pomegranate double stitched ribbon to the spiral of the notebook. Well I know it was hit because my sister wanted to run off with it since her name starts with a J. So I guess I know what is on my next Stampin' Up order more chipboard letters and 5x5 art journals.

Ribbons and Punches Oh My!

I was trying to come up with some cute gifts to give my little cousin for her birthday this coming weekend. She has been becoming a stamping addict. I have lots of retired ribbon that has just been sitting on a shelf, so I decided to put it good use as well as my paper scraps.

I came up with two jars, one filled with ribbon and the second filled with card stock that was punched with all our Stampin' Up! punches. I punched circles, scallops, flowers, ovals and tags. She'll be all set with a jar filled with punches. I decorated the the rim of the jar with our Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon. I adhered it with mini glue dots. The background of our top is decorated with our Cutie Pie Designer Series paper, So Saffron Card stock and a strip of Regal Rose wide grostrain ribbon. The center is Bashful Blue card stock punched and pierced with our Scallop circle punch. Then a Regal Rose circle follows. Then I punched one of the So Saffron flowers out of our Cutie Pie Designer Series paper. Lastly, I used the Spring Flower Bouquet Punch and put a gold brad through it. Each layer, I adhered with dimensionals to give add height to the embellishment. Lastly, I used Alphabits stampset and our 1/4" square punch to punch the letters out.

The second jar filled with ribbon. I decorated the outside of the jar with Cutie Pie Designer Series Paper. The top of the jar, I used my Build-A-Flower accents & elements. Did you know that you can make our accents not sticky by rubbing the Embossing Buddy over the adhesive part? I did that with the flower and the greeting that way I can adhere them with dimensionals to add height. If I didn't use the embossing buddy, it would have stuck to the card stock on the edges and would have not pop consistently. Lastly, a So Saffron button was added along with Purely Pomegranate Double Stiched Ribbon was tied around the jar.

Easy Homemade Card to Make

I just finished up a vendor event, so I want to say hello to all my new friends I meet tonight as they sign on to check out my blog.

Here is the easy homemade card that they all got to make and take home with them. It uses the Garden Whimsy stamp set. The card stock colors are Pretty in Pink and Old Olive. It uses a strip of the Petals & Paisleys designer series paper. The background of the Old Olive paper, I rolled with my Whimsy Jumbo wheel. Lastly, two silver brads were added to the card.

When coming up with the make and take project for the event, there was another variation of the card that I came up with. This takes the project to another step up. So you can say the first step was beginner and the next is intermediate. Although both a very easy cards to make.

Here we added some dazzling diamonds to the butterfly. The sides of the cardstock were punched with our spiral punch. Then some pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon was tied to a paper clip and added to the card.

Inspiration from a Dress?

The other night I watched the Country Music Awards and as some of you know I am a very big fan. I even had the pleasure of being at the CMA's one year when they were in NYC. I was a volunteer usher and I was suppose to tell people where to go. Guess what no one asked or talked to me, but I didn't care. I was in the prime area of all. I was right in the path from the elevator from the red carpet to the side of the stage where they had to go sit. So I got the side view of the stage. The great thing was after awhile, they told me I was done and I didn't need to stand there anymore. Then I got to the press room where they all went after they won the award to talk to the press. It was an amazing night and I'll never forget it.

So it's become sort of a tradition for me, I watch the CMA in the fall and the ACM in the Spring. My favorite line of the night from the CMA's was when Taylor Swift won the Horizon award and said "this is the highlight of my senior year". So onto my inspiration... Carrie Underwood's dress when she sung "So Small". It was yellow with 2 jade green butterfly pins on it. I was like wow what a great color combo. So off to my stamping room I went today to see if I can do something with that inspiration.

Here is what I came up with.

The stamp set is Priceless. The greeting comes from Just so many sayings. The colors are YoYo Yello and Glorious Green. I cut the butterflies out and put them on dimensionals. Some paper piercing and a white taffetta ribbon finish the card.

Sweet Little One

Here's a card for my friend Kathy who just had a baby boy, Matthew Thomas. I stamped the Flannel background stamp on the side of the card. The rattles come from Holiday Blitz stamp set. I punched them out with my circle punch and layered them. The greeting comes from Holidays and Wishes. I embellished the card with a bashful blue button threaded with linen thread and a bashful blue gingham bow. Some strips of bashful blue card stock finish the card off.

So Much Tags!

So much tags! So it's a play on words, but here are two tags made with So Much stamp set. I have to say Stampin' Up knows what it is doing when it gives us stamp sets at their events. We received the So Much stamp set at the last regional event in Philadelphia. At first, I was like I don't know about this set, but I have to say it has become one of my fast favorites. A lot of my favorites over the years has been stamp sets we received for free.

The card stock on the first tag is confetti cream, always artichoke and pumpkin pie. I stamped the flower in always artichoke on pumpkin pie card stock and cut the flower out. I put a pewter jumbo eyelet in the middle with my Crop-a-dile. I attached the flower with Stampin' Dimensionals. The tag hole was made with my horizontal slot punch. I pulled some twill tape through the slot and then tied some natural hemp to keep the tag in place.

The next tag uses similar techniques as the first. The difference is the card stock colors. They are brocade blue, very vanilla and chocolate chip. The other difference is that strip of chocolate chip I used my Rough Texture Jumbo Wheel to wheel the background of it and I stamped the circle images in brocade blue on the blue card stock.

Cute and easy tags to put on thank you presents and treats. I have to say my twill tape has never gotten so much use as it has in the last couple of days.

Artfully Autumn Cards

Keeping with the fall theme as most of my projects have been the last couple of days. Here is some cards made with Artfully Asian stamp set.

The first one the card stock colors are Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip and Really Rust. The Ruby Red card stock was stamped with the Canvas background stamp. The leaves were colored in with my Stampin' Write markers. Some twill tape with Vintage brads finish the card. I used the Crop-a-dile to do some dry embossed circles in the bottom right hand corner.

The next card uses similar colors and style except the leaves were stamped on Kraft card stock.

Home Sweet Home

Here's a card I made for a friend of mine that just bought a new home. The inspiration came from the saying Home Sweet Home and the word "sweet" from the Sweet Shapes stamp set. So this is where my inspriation took me.

I cut circles out with my Coluzzle cutting system to make a donut. I stamped the word home twice on the inside ring. I then took the 3/4" circle punch and punched many little chocolate chip circles and adhered them under the cut out Coluzzle shaped. I paper pierced the center of each of the little chocolate chip circles. I then placed a piece of chocolate chip under the inside circle (inside of the donut) to cover it up. Then I stamped the word sweet and punched it out with my circle punch and put into the center with dimensionals. I punched Rose Red card stock with my Trio Flower punch from my Three for You punch box and put a vintage brad in the center and popped up with a dimensional.

The background of the card is creamy caramel card stock and Outlaw designer series paper. I put a strip of Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain in between the two backgrounds. I also added a knot of chocolate chip to the bottom of the home sweet home. Lastly, two vintage brads were added to the top right hand corner.

Vendor Show

I'm getting ready for a vendor show that I am doing on Friday night. Here is some decorated lollipop holders. They are super easy to make. All you need is the large circle and circle scallop punch, Holiday Blitz stamp set and some stamp pads. So cute and so easy. Great little table decoration to add to your fall festivities.

Another Card Sample with the Same Fall Theme

With the temperatures dropping here in NJ, I am in a Fall state of mind.. Here is another Fall themed card with the same style as yesterday's post.

The vines were made with the Baroque Motifs stamp set and stamped on top of Confetti Cream card stock. The pumpkins were made with my large oval punches and word window punch for the stem with Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie card stock. This time I sponged with pumpkin pie stamp pad the oval edges to add a little dimension to pumpkin. I also sponged the edge of the large pumpkin pie card stock after I tore the bottom. The greeting comes from In the Spotlight stamp set which I made with my circle punches and layered on top of the Desiger Label punch. The sides of the designer label punch, I made slits with my rectangle hand held punch. I threaded the twill through the side and kept them together with some Old Olive brads.

Fall Homemade Gift Bag and Tag

Here is a fall themed gift bag and tag that I made for a friend. They were inspired by Donna vanVugt. It was a card swap that I received at convention that was even on Stamper's Showcase one morning. Click here to see my inspiration for the project. She used Baroque Motifs to make it look like pumpkin vines. How clever. Here is my version of the project on the gift bag. The gift bag is actually a paper bag cut down with card stock covering the front and the back. The handle is made with our word window punch.

The colors are Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. The pumpkin was made with my large oval punch and word window punch. I attached a pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon bow to the bottom of the pumpkin. The greeting comes from the stamp set, Priceless. Then the scallop edge made with the slit punch put the finishing touches on the bag.

The gift card, I made with the Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper. The pumpkin comes from Holiday Blitz and I used my punches to punch out the circles and the scallop circle punch. Then did some paper piercing along on the pumpkin pie pieces. Lastly the greeting comes from Fundamental Phrases and I punched it out with my word window punch.

Card on Stamper's Showcase!

What a great day! I started off the morning signing onto the Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Website to find one my cards is featured on Stamper's Showcase. Stamper's Showcase is a great honor for us Stampin' Up Demonstrators. Every morning Stampin' Up! hand picks 3-4 projects to post on our website each day. I can't tell you what a thrill to be chosen out of thousands and thousands of cards submitted by 40,000 demonstrators!

I have had the privilege to have a few projects this year on Stamper's Showcase and I have even had a card win one of Stampin' Up's monthly contest. It truly has been an amazing year.

Click here and you can see my other accomplishments.

What else can I say except I love Stampin' Up! and all the opportunities that have come my way from being introduced to their products to becoming a demonstrator. I am truly amazed and blessed. Thank you for sharing in my excitement.

Here is my card that was posted this morning.

Stamps:
GARDEN WHIMSY STAMP SET

Paper:
CARD STOCK WHISPER WHITE 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK TEXTURED IN COLOR 12 X 12
CARD STOCK PURELY POMEGRANATE 8 1/2 X 11
CARD STOCK WILD WASABI 8 1/2 X 11

Inks:
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD PURELY POMEGRANATE
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD WILD WASABI

Accessories:
EYELETS BASIC
GLITTER DAZZLING DIAMONDS
PUNCH SLIT
PUNCH 1 1/4 INCH CIRCLE
PUNCH 1 3/8 INCH CIRCLE
PUNCH SCALLOP CIRCLE
RIBBON DOUBLE STITCHED PURELY POMEGRANATE
CRAFTERS' TOOL KIT

Party Paper Promotion

Starting today until November 31st, Stampin' Up is offering: Purchase 3 packs of Designer Series Paper and get one for free. All of our 12"x12" designer series paper features patterns printed on both sides. So you get 12 sheet: 2 each of 6 double sided designs. All our paper is acid and lignin free.

Click here to see all the samples made on my blog with the designer series paper.

Click on the following links to check out the paper in the Stampin' Up Online Catalog:

Outlaw
Fall Flowers
Brocade Background
Linen Prints
Porcelain Prints
Le Jardin
Uptown
Wintergreen
Flowers for You
Petals & Paisleys
Creepy Crawly
Notations No. 2
Charbon
Cerise
Dashing
Cutie Pie
Darling Doodles
Prints Designer Series Paper available in 16 of our popular colors, 2 each of 6 double sided designs. Colors available: Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, Brilliant Blue, Blue Bayou, Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, River Rock, So Saffron, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Groovy Guava and Rose Red.


Here are the designer series paper available in the Holiday Mini that are also a part of this special:

Holiday Harmony
Apple Cider

Contact me today and don't miss an opportunity to own such fabulous paper for all your paper craft and scrapbooking needs!