Homemade Planner for 2008

Every year I look back at my planner and say what a mess. How did I ever keep track of everything? Well this year I decided to make my own planner with Stampin' Up! Calendar stamp set. The stamp is the size of a background stamp and it gives you the full grid for a calendar. So I took our On Board Art Journal and stamped my calendar for each month inside.


Well I took it one extra step, for each month I stamped three calendars. I know that seems a little excessive, but I figured why not I have all the extra pages and I didn't have to fill in all the days of the month right away. The reason for the three calendars was one was for birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. The next one was for work and then another for evening and weekend events. This way I can see right away see what days I had available. In the past they were all jumbled in one box and it was hard to see what I had planned what day.

I stamped the months with my Short Order Alphabet. If I could only have waited, the new Spring Summer Collection has all the months in a stamp set that I could have stamped the months in one quick motion. You know what is on the top of my list for Stampin' Up new catalog wish list. Lastly, I took the Basic Brown Stampin' Journaling Marker and wrote in the dates by hand.
The outside of the journal was decorated with our Fall Flowers designer series paper. I took the On Board Simon Upper number 08 and sponged Chocolate Chip ink on them. The side of the book, I put chocolate chip card stock that I punched the sprial punch on. In between the card stock and the Designer Series paper, I adhered some wide grosgrain chocolate chip ribbon. Lastly, on the binding I tied some chocolate chip tafetta and mellow moss grosgrain ribbons.

Happy New Year! Only one more day until the Spring Summer Collection is released!

Heart Flutters Card Stample

Here's a card made Heart Flutters Homemade Card Sample that I made a Shoebox Swap that attended. What a beautiful Valentine's card. I must have seen the set a hundred's of times in the box and never realized it. Unfortunately, the set is retiring, so here it is. Only 2 more days until the new catalog is out!

The heart was stamped with Rose Red craft pad and then we applied the Heat & Stick powder. Then we heat set the powder after the image changed in colored, we applied dazzling diamond glitter and then heat set it again. We stamped the greeting. We used the ticket corner punch and then attached silver brads. The background we put some Rose Red Designer Series Paper. Then a strip of Pretty in Pink card stock and Black Gingham Ribbon finish it off. The nice thing is that the top of the card is a little shorter so it gives the card a little dimension.

In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight was by far one of my favorite hostess stamp sets this year. I loved how it coordinated with our punches. It made using the set that much more fun to work with. Anytime I don't have to cut something out on my own and their is punch it makes it so much easier. Here I took the snow blossom flower and stamped it in Real Red and used the snow blossom punch to punch it out. I put a silver brad through the middle. To attach it to the card, I put Stampin' Dimensional on the back. I stamped the word snow with the Short Order Alphabet and used the 3/4" inch square punch to punch them out. The Real Red card stock I stamped the Aida Cloth Background. Then the wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon was tied to finish the card off.

Favorite Serene Sunflower Homemade Card Samples

Here are some of my favorite samples made with the Serene Sunflower stamp set. I have to say I will miss this stamp set the most out of all them on the retired list. The best thing about Serene Sunflower, you never had to worry that the images don't line up, because no matter what way you do it, it still looks fabulous.

The first card is one of the first cards I ever made with the set, it was for a card swap. It is a great card because I didn't have to use too much adhesive on the card because the two gold brads keep the card in place. The colors are Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.

The next card is paired up with the So Saffron Prints Designer Series Paper. The greeting comes from the Warm Words stamp set. I used the slit punch to make a notch in the side and then with a mini glue dot I attached a natural button threaded with linen thread. The colors here are So Saffron, Close to Cocoa and Old Olive.

The next card, I put some Vintage brads on the side, The greeting Enjoy comes from the Be Happy Stamp set. The colors are Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun and Old Olive.

The last card is the side of the card I used the Print Pattern background stamp. Two natual buttons were attached with mini glue glue dots. The colors in this sample are Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Creamy Caramel.

Saying Goodbye to Looks Like Spring

I am sorry to say there is only one week left to purchase Looks Like Spring. It comes with a great coordinating punch. Here is one of my favorite cards I made with the stamp set and Kraft and Real Red Cardstock. First, I stamped the large flower and then cut it out. Next I stamped the little flowers and using the Spring Bouquet Flower punch, I punched the flowers out. Next I took the greeting from Polka Dots & Paisleys and punched it out with the Key Tab punch. Next, I put two vintage brads on the side of the greeting.

The Real Red background, I stamped the solid diamond pattern from the set. The bottom of the card, I punched the spiral background and and attached a strip of Real Red card stock on the inside of the card to have the red show through the spiral edge. Also another strip above the spriral edge. Lastly I tied red gingham ribbon finish the card off.

Only One More Week

Now that Christmas is behind us there is only a few more days until the new year. Now with Stampin' Up that means also a new catalog year! So exciting. Have I told you how long my wish list is yet. The best Christmas present of all this year was to get my Stampin' Up! Spring Summer Collection was a week earlier.

Here is a picture of it under my tree. Isn't it beautiful!

Here is a card sample with a new hostess exclusive stamp set, Time Well Spent. The card stock colors are Pink Passion and Basic Black. I stamped the butterflies on the Pink Passion card stock and then punched them out with our 1 3/8" inch circle and mounted the on the scallop circle punches. I then proceeded to stamp the flowers in the background. I colored in the centers of the flowers and the butterflies with the uni-Signal gel pen. It is a match book card and that the top part of the card folds into the bottom of the card. The card stays closed by the notch I made with my slit punch and the white eyelet through the center.

Happy Holidays to Everyone!

I want to wish everyone a Happy Holidays! I can't believe the holidays are here! I have a feeling the next 48 hours are just going to fly by. I am happy to say I am ready as you can see from my Christmas tree. My house is decorated and the presents are wrapped. The only thing left is some cooking and baking for tonight and tomorrow.

I wanted to share with you two homemade Christmas cards I received from my stamping buddies. The first one comes from Colleen. It's a pocket card that she made her card with the Baby Jesus is Born stamp set. The colors are Purely Pomegranate and Wild Wasabi. She rounded the corners of the pocket with the corner rounder and the insert she did it with the ticket corner punch. She also did a little gold embossing on the edge to give it an antique look. The rolled the Sweet Stars wheel on the background of the card and the insert.

The next card comes from Debbie. Here card was made from the Snowfall stamp set. The colors in her cards are Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and River Rock. She embossed a piece of Soft Sky card stock with Iridescent Ice and punched it out with the snow blossom punch and put a silver brad through the center. The large snowflake she used the large circle punch to help her cut the snowflake out. The greeting comes from the Short & Sweet stamp set. Some Blue Bayou double stiched ribbon finish the card.

Happy Holidays!

Holiday Table

Every year at work each department puts together a holiday dessert table. So this year, we decided to scale down the amount of desserts we put on the table and instead collected donations for Homes for Our Troops. So here is our holiday table as you can see the desserts are minimal, someone from our group made yellow ribbon cookies and I stamped red and blue stars on Hershey nuggets with the Starstruck stamp set. I punched stars in Real Red and Brilliant Blue card stock and used them as table confetti.

The rest of the decorations came from my 4th of July stash. I had no idea I had so many things. While I was gathering things, I found that I had great paper from a variety pack that I won at a raffle. It was a great pack of paper with stripes and stars in red and blue. I knew I wanted to make something with them.

So I cut the squares from the designer paper and adhered it straight to the blocks with mono adhesive. Next I took the On Board Simon Lower and sponged them with White Craft Ink and then I put some Iridecent Ice on top and heat set it with my Heat Gun and attached the letters to the blocks.

Homemade Gift Tags

Here are two homemade gift tags made with the It's Snow Time stamp set. I have to say this will be one of the sets I will miss the most from the retirement list.

In both tags, the snowman was stamped in Basic Black and then colored in my Stampin' Write Markers.

The first tag, I punched a hole with our horizontal slot punch and tied some gingham and then grosgrain ribbon.

The second tag, I stamped the snowflakes with the basic black stamp pad, the greeting winter comes from Everyday flexible phrases. Lastly, some fibers were tied to the top of the tag.

Spring Summer Collection has arrived!

I just got the Spring Summer Collection and it is just beautiful. There are so many fabulous new things in there. I started making my have to buy list and my maybe list. I am at about 9 sets I just have to have and I am not competely done going through the book. I am in trouble.

There is a new star punch and another one to replace the spring bouquet punch. Of course there is a stamp set that coordinates. Beautiful paper, Berry Bliss and Ginger Blossom are on the top of my list. There are rub-ons, new glitter and beads. If you love sticky strip there are sticky cuts letters. Same idea sticky tape, but in the shape of letters. Sprinkle glitter or beads and beautiful bling. Another new exciting addition is striped grosgrain ribbon.

So if you are interested in seeing the catalog, email me and let me know.

Host a 150$ workshop or more and you get the catalog for free! So gather some orders with your stamping and scrapping friends or host a workshop and you get the catalog and the hostess benefits for free.

In January if you host a 350$ workshop and you get a stamp set for free from the preview brochure. Click here to see the stamp sets.

In February, Sale-a-bration starts! For every 50$ you get your choice of free stamp set from the Sale-a-bration sets.

This is an addition to all the fabulous hostess benefits Stampin' Up offers. Click here to see them all!

So this is a great time to host a workshop, contact me there is plenty of dates open.

What a great Christmas gift, the new catalog a week before it is suppose to arrive! Well let me go, need to go finish my wish lists.

I will leave you with one more thing. I didn't have time to post a project, but I will ask you take a minute and look at my upline's Christmas tree. It is absolutely beautiful, click here to be brought to her blog. Absolutely gorgeous and a work of art!

Perfect Presentation Homemade Card and Tag

Here is a homemade holiday card and tag made with the snowman from Perfect Presentation. I stamped the snowman with Night of Navy as well as the dot background from Itty Bitty Backgrounds. On the tag, the greeting comes from Everyday Flexible Phrases and the on the card the greeting comes from Sincere Salutations. Lastly some red grosgrain ribbon and Dazzling Diamonds finish the projects.

Homemade Card Tin and Tag

If you ever wondered what happens to all the homemade cards that I make as samples to show you... Well some get sent to family and friends, some are even sold. Since I had an insane amount of full cards that have accumulated, I decided to give them to my family as Christmas gifts this year. I am never at loss for cards, I figured I'd share them with others to enjoy and mail out.

So I was on the quest for a container to put the cards in. The Joann's in the Palisades Center mall was going out of business and lucky me found these tin containers. They were the last three so I wouldn't go looking for them there. If I could have found more they would have went home with me.

So here I stamped the word cards with my Big Deal Alphabet. The colors are So Saffron, Taken with Teal and Certainly Celery. My color inspiration came from the Petals & Paisleys designer series paper, which is retiring and will no longer be available after 12/31. I put strips of the Petals & Paisleys paper and then I used my Flirty Ribbon Originals which were I believe in last year's winter mini catalog. I just love those ribbons. I can only hope they show up in this year's catalog, but I have a feeling they are not otherwise I am sure someone would have posted it letting everyone know. After adhering the ribbon. I made a knot and attached to the container with a mini glue dot. The embellishments were made with the Trio flower punch from the Three for You punch box, 3/4" circle punch and a silver brad.

Since the container was already decorated, I figured I would just add a gift tag to the top of the container. Using the same color combo, I made tags. I stamped the tree from the Tags for All stamp set with my Stampin' Write Markers. I put some Dazzling Diamonds glitter on with a two way glue pen. I punched it out with the 1 3/8" circle punch and then adhered it with Stampin' Dimensionals to the scallop circle that I paper pierced. The greeting comes from the Greetings Galore stamp set. Some paper piercing and the wide Celery grosgrain finish it off.

Homemade Holiday Candy Jars

Here is some homemade holiday candy jars that I made as gifts for a few friends at work. With some Bell jars, Hershey Nugget candy, In the Spotlight and Holiday Blitz, homemade gifts came easily. First I took the In the Spotlight stamp set. I stamped the flower and punched it out with the 5 petal flower. Next came the snow blossom stamp, I punched it out with the snow blossom punch. Next came the 1 3/8" inch circle punch and then scallop circle punch. I did some paper piercing to the scallop. The snow blossom flower, I put a gold brad through the center. Each layer I put Stampin' Dimensionals in between all the layers. I tied a red wide grosgrain ribbon around the jar. The next step was taking Hershey Nugget candy and stamping trees and candy canes.
Then I made two larger Bell jars. The Christmas jar, the same embellishment made it's way to the top. I also added some Dashing designer series paper, red wide grosgrain ribbon and the For You greeting comes from Fundamental Phrases.

Then I also made a Hanukkah jar, the top of the jar has the same embellishment, but different color combination. The background of the jar, I stamped the Polka Dot background stamp. I tied wide Brocade Blue grosgrain.

Since I got a little punch crazy and I had some extra embellishments punched out. I proceeded to make a few tags made with the scraps. The only thing I changed was the red scallop circle and made it a white scallop circle. Some Dashing Designer Series paper and red wide grosgrain ribbon top it off. Then I used my Alphabits and stamped out the word Joy and punched it out with my 1/4" circle. Only one week until Christmas! I think I am finally in the home stretch. Just a few more presents to wrap and next is grocery shopping.

Long Tags

Here are some long tags I made to attach to large gift bags. I stamped the word merry from the Big Deal Alphabet. The snowflakes come from Holiday Blitz.

The tag made with Certainly Celery color scheme, I put beads onto the center of the snowflakes. They were attached with Crystal Effects. The top of the tag I paper pierced.

The tag made with Old Olive color scheme, I punched 1" circle of the Dashing Designer series paper. I then placed a clear button on top that I thread with linen thread.

I topped off the tag with wide red grosgrain ribbon.

Homemade Holiday Gift Bags

Since it snowed last night here in NJ, today's post showcases some homemade holiday gift bags made with Snowflakes. Snowflake Spot to be exact. I stamped the snowflakes in Bashful Blue. I then stamped in Certainly Celery the snowflakes on scraps of Whisper White and punched them out with our Snow Blossom punch. I put a brad through the center and adhered the snowflake punch with a Stampin' Dimensional. The tag, I stamped the word Merry with the Short Order Alphabet. I then stamped some snowflakes on the Bashful Blue cardstock. I put a piece of Certainly Celery wide grosgrain ribbon in the center. Paper piercing was done on the side of the tag next to Merry. Some punched snowflakes were adhered to the card. I tied white and celery grosgrain along with light blue gingham ribbon to the bag.

The next I created some Genie Bags. They are made by adhering card stock to a simple lunch bag. The handles are made with 1 3/8" inch circle and 1 1/4" inch square punch. The snowflakes were stamped and created as described above. I tied a piece of wide celery grosgrain. The bottom Let it Snow greetings were stamped from the Glad Tiding stamp set. Then adhered with a Stampin' Dimensional to the piece of Celery cardstock.

Homemade Holiday Gift Tags

Just as I was going to post today's project, I found out that the Wrapping Up the Holidays Promotion has been extended until the end of December! How exciting is that! So don't miss the opportunity to get all the tools you need to wrap up your holiday gifts! Click here to learn about all the details about this fabulous promotion.

One of the great products from the promotion is the Tags for All stamp set. Here are some quick and easy tags made with the stamp set. As you can see I am getting them ready in time for wrapping Christmas gifts. They are super easy. I stamped the tag image with Wild Wasabi ink. I also stamped the tag a second time in Real Red ink. The image stamped in Real Red ink, I punched out with our 3/4" circle punch. I attached the word merry with a Stampin' Dimensional. Next I adhered the image to a piece of Real Red card stock. I made the tag corners with our Tag Corner punch. I had no idea we had this punch until a recent Stampin' Up! event that I attended. I makes making tags so quick and easy. Lastly, I took the double stiched Wild Wasabi ribbon and stapled it to the tag. To keep in place until I stapled it, I put a little mono adhesive.

Today's new catalog sneak peak is we are getting a new punch to replace the Spring Bouquet flower punch. It is a simiar style and that it is a 3 flower punch, but the flowers are more in a scallop style. Of course if there is a punch there is a coordinating stamp set.

2007 Christmas card that I sent out

Here is the card that finally went out to family and friends. As you can see the from the first card I made I wanted to do the Christmas tree this year. And Christmas isn't Christmas with me unless it is red and green. The tree comes from Perfect Presentation and the greeting from So Many Sayings stamp set. I crimped the Old Olive card stock. Then tied a piece of our gorgeous wide red grosgrain ribbon. Then a strip of the Dashing Designer Series paper was adhered. I have to say overall it was a very easy card to make.

I did a learn a lesson while making my cards this year. Make sure you have plenty of monoadhesive before you start and it helps to have the ink refill handy for the stamp pad because towards the end you will wanting it.

So how are you doing with your Christmas cards? Are they almost done?

Well here's another sneak peak for the Spring Summer Collection, we are getting solid pieces of chipboard that you can cut out or make into books!

Quest to this Year's Christmas Card

Well we are almost there. Here are two more samples I made as I was coming up with this year's Christmas card. The both use similar concepts to the cards from the previous blog entries. The stamp set is of course Perfect Presentation. This time the greeting comes from So Many Sayings and the Dashing designer series paper comes into the design. A strip of Old Olive card stock and some Red Grosgrain Ribbon finish off the first card.

The next card I crimped the Old Olive paper. Although it is hard to see on the red cardstock in the center, that as the Happiness background stamp on it. The greeting was stamped and then punched out with the word window. Then a strip of the Dashing designer series paper and red gingham ribbon finish the card off.

And as for sneak peaks for the new Spring Summer Collection, I am very excited to annouce we are have a sea shell and lighthouse stamp sets coming our way.

Day 2 for the Quest for this Year's Christmas Card

Before I start my post on day 2 of the quest for this year's Christmas card. I have to say start saving your money. Put cold hard cash on your Christmas wish list this year. We just got a sighting of the Spring Summer Collection from our Canadian friends over the border. They received their complimentary copies. You are just going to die for the new things in this book. So save your money, book your parties. In January, if you book a workshop in addition to all the other fabulous hostess benefits, you will get a free stamp set from the preview brochure.

I don't know if I can do my blog entry when I am on a new catalog high, but I will try. Here is the third card in the series came really close to this year's card. It also uses the same colors and stamp set as yesterday's post. The only difference was the JOY greeting on the bottom of the card that I colored using my Stampin' Write Markers and then cut it out. I think the coloring stopped this card from making this year's christmas card.

Next one I cased from the idea from last year's idea book for the Best of Cluck card. It is a monochromatic stamped card. The colors are Always Artichoke and Mellow Moss. The I used the canvas background stamp. The greeting comes from the Greetings Galore stamp set. I tore the bottom of the card and then trimmed the torn piece and attached to the center with silver brads. Then I tied a knot with the Mellow Moss grosgrain and attached it to the card with a mini glue dot.

I will give you a new catalog teaser. There are quite a few new punches. One has arrows. Stay tuned tomorrow for more cards on my journey to this year's Christmas card and maybe a few more teasers. And one more thing I will add there is no 8 1/2 x 11 scrapbook replacement so if you love 8 1/2 x 11 like me. Don't forget to email me your order. I believe it is becoming a rare commodity.

Quest for this Year's Christmas Card

I thought I'd share with you the cards that almost made the cut for this year's Christmas card. The idea was to come up with a great idea that would not be too much work. I will give you a hint the stamp set of choice was Perfect Presentation, but from there it took a few different ideas to get to the actual card.

The first card, didn't make the cut. I just could not see cutting all the each of those trees individually. The stamp set is Perfect Presenation. I first stamped the trees in Real Red and then stamp it Old Olive and cut it out. I adhered the cut out tree with dimensionals. Then I stamped the greeting and punched it out with my circle punches and layered them, putting a dimensional on the Dec. 25 circle. Lastly, some paper piercing and Red gingham ribbon finish the card off.

The next card, uses similar techniques except, I used the cutter kit to make the curve in the red cardstock. The greeting 'tis the season came from the Greetings Galore stamp set and I punched it out using the word window. Needless to say there were a few things that would have taken some time to make this card.

Stay tuned for more cards on the road to the making of this year's Christmas cards that will be going out in the next couple of days to family and friends.

Retiring Accessories List

Here the list of accessories and Stampin' around wheels that are retiring from the Fall Winter Collection. Supplies are limited. As soon as they sell out they will no longer be available. So email me today if there is something on this list that you just have to have.


Item # Product Description
109198 Accents & Elements Borders & Blossoms
109199 Accents & Elements Little Reminders 2
109197 Accents & Elements Tagged
100700 Album Leather Post Black 8-1/2x11
105385 Album Linen Post Mellow Moss 8-1/2x11
104520 Album Linen Post Natural 8-1/2x11
104517 Album Linen Post Navy 8-1/2x11
105382 Album Linen Post Real Red 8-1/2x11
105392 Album Linen Ring Mellow Moss 8-1/2x11
104510 Album Linen Ring Natural 8-1/2x11
104513 Album Linen Ring Navy 8-1/2x11
105388 Album Linen Ring Real Red 8-1/2x11
105067 Boxes & Tags Pockets & Pieces Assortment I
105068 Boxes & Tags Pockets & Pieces Assortment II
108798 Boxes & Tags Tiny Takeout Confetti White
107246 Boxes & Tags Tiny Takeout Kraft
105747 Boxes Stamp & Supply Extra Large
105748 Boxes Stamp & Supply Extra Large Divided
105744 Boxes Stamp & Supply Extra Small
105749 Boxes Stamp & Supply Jumbo
105734 Boxes Stamp & Supply Large
105746 Boxes Stamp & Supply Medium
105745 Boxes Stamp & Supply Small
101052 Brayer Attachment Foam
107293 Cards & Envelopes Greeting Very Vanilla Medium
109149 Designer Series Paper Brocade Background
109161 Designer Series Paper Cerise
109162 Designer Series Paper Charbon
109155 Designer Series Paper Creepy Crawley
109152 Designer Series Paper Darling Doodles
109150 Designer Series Paper Dashing
108503 Designer Series Paper Petals & Paisleys
109156 Designer Series Paper Linen Prints
109147 Designer Series Paper Notations No. 2
109148 Designer Series Paper Outlaw
109158 Designer Series Paper Uptown
109157 Designer Series Paper Wintergreen
107285 Envelopes Open End Very Vanilla Large
107284 Envelopes Open End Whisper White Large
107296 Envelopes Shimmery White Medium
107287 Envelopes Square Vellum Large
107310 Envelopes Square Very Vanilla Mini
107294 Envelopes Vellum Medium
107290 Envelopes Very Vanilla Large
107291 Envelopes Whisper White Large
101016 Eyelet Tool Kit
105317 Eyelets Bold Brights II
105379 Eyelets Silver
105315 Eyelets Soft Subtles II
107282 Fancy Fibers Bella
107283 Fancy Fibers Elizabeth
103352 Stampin' Glitter Romantic Red
103349 Stampin' Glitter Silver Shine
106650 Greeting Glue
102620 Liquid Glue
103145 Page Protectors Post 8-1/2x11
104523 Page Protectors Ring 8-1/2x11
103598 Paper Vellum 12x12
105543 Pastel Refills Bold Brights
105544 Pastel Refills Earth Elements
105547 Pastel Refills Neutrals
105545 Pastel Refills Rich Regals
105546 Pastel Refills Soft Subtles
105962 Perfect Layers Tool
104184 Post Extenders
106522 Punch Spring Bouquet Flower
109722 Simply Scrappin' Creative License Hostess Level 1
109611 Simply Scrappin' Happy Me Hostess Level 3
109596 Simply Scrappin' Out & About
109626 Simply Scrappin' Primary Colors
109649 Simply Scrappin' Round Up
109635 Simply Scrappin' Secret Garden
109663 Simply Scrappin' Winter Bright
107415 Simply Sent Friendship Shapes
109230 Simply Sent Happy Day
105580 Spectrum Pad Blue Frost
101492 Spectrum Pad Celebration
105579 Spectrum Pad Cotton Candy
101336 Spectrum Pad Pumpkin Patch
100000 Spectrum Pad Un-inked
103953 Stamp-a-ma-jig Imaging Sheets Refill
104432 Stampin' Around Cartridge & Ink Refill Clear Embossing
101460 Stampin' Around Cartridge & Ink Refill Whisper White
102391 Stampin' Around Ink Refill Clear Embossing
103017 Stampin' Around Ink Refill Whisper White
103151 Stampin' Emboss Powder Hologram Highlights
105677 Stampin' Kids Pad Bear Brown
105676 Stampin' Kids Pad Beetle Black
105675 Stampin' Kids Pad Boxcar Blue
105674 Stampin' Kids Pad Gumball Green
105673 Stampin' Kids Pad Poppin' Purple
105672 Stampin' Kids Pad Princess Pink
105671 Stampin' Kids Pad Robin Red
105670 Stampin' Kids Pad Yahoo Yellow
103174 Stampin' Pastel Applicators
100852 Stampin' Pastel Erasers
100081 Stampin' Write Marker Going Gray
100945 StazOn Ink Refill Timber Brown
103088 StazOn Pad Timber Brown
107235 Tag Sheets Bold Brights
107239 Tag Sheets Confetti White & Kraft
107236 Tag Sheets Earth Elements
107240 Tag Sheets Kraft
107237 Tag Sheets Rich Regals
107238 Tag Sheets Soft Subtles
100894 Watercolor Brush Flat
101551 Watercolor Brush Medium
101331 Watercolor Brush Small
105395 Wire Works Metallic
105652 Wrapping Paper Whisper White

Stampin Around wheels
100360 Acorns
109812 All about Birthdays*
109690 All about Christmas*
109812 All about Gratitude*
109676 Autumn Dots
104070 Bloomin'
107466 Bodacious*
105750 Bouquet*
107481 Butterflies & Blossoms
104065 Fishy
100267 Happy Jacks
107563 Ho Ho Ho
104312 Hot to Dot
104279 Leaf Prints
106062 Leaves Awash*
107479 Rough around the Edges*
101927 Snowman Fun
107465 Speckled*
105521 Spooky Skyline*
108979 Spotted*
107480 True Hearts
105033 Wings & Things

* Jumbo Stampin' Around wheels

Time Well Spent with So Much

Here is the new hostess exclusive stamp set from the Spring Summer Collection 2008, Time Well Spent paired up with th So Much stamp set. The So Much flowers were stamped in Barely Banana and then another flower was stamped in Brocade Blue and was cut out. I put gold brad through all three flowers and the brocade blue flower was adhered to the card with a dimensional.

The greeting from Time Well Spent was stamped. The flowers were colored in with my Stampin' Write Marker. Next a scallop edge was made with my slit punch and the center was paper pierced. Lastly, a 5/8" brocade blue grosgrain ribbon was tied to the top.

Looks Like Spring Homemade Gift Bag & Tag

Here's a homemade gift bag and tag that I made with the Looks Like Spring stamp set. I can't believe this stamp set is retiring especially now that I know I can use my scallop circle punch to punch out the flowers and not have to cut them out! I also used my coordinating spring bouquet flower punch and punch flowers out with pretty in pink card stock and put a silver brad through the center. All the flowers were attached to the gift bag and tag with dimensionals.

The polka dot circles were stamped in So Saffron ink. The circles come from the Polka Dots & Petals stamp set. Strips of Petals & Paisleys designer series paper were attached as a border on the card and tag. The greeting on the tag was made with my Headline Alphabet and Everyday Flexible Phrases. Lastly, I punched a hole in the top of the tag with my horizontal slot punch and tied pink grosgrain and gingham ribbon.

Stamper's Showcase!!!!

I am in shock. It's been a crazy busy day and I finally had a chance to sign onto the Stampin' Up! demonstrator website today. I looked at Stamper's Showcase and one of my cards is up there today! I am so excited. This is the 6th card that has been on Stamper's Showcase this year in addition to Stampin' Up contest I have won! I have to say 2007 has definately been my year. What can I say except I love Stampin' Up! Click here to see the other projects that have been on the Stampin' Up! website and published in On Stage. For those of you not familiar with Stamper's Showcase, each day Stampin' Up chooses anywhere from 3-6 cards to feature on the Demonstrator website. So from 40,000 demonstrators and thousands of cards submitted to Stampin' Up! monthly, it is truly an honor.

Here is the card that made it today on Stampers Showcase. It just happens to be the card we made at our November open workshop.

Stamps:
ARTFULLY ASIAN STAMP SET
GARDEN SILHOUETTES HOSTESS STAMP SET

Paper:
CARD STOCK VERY VANILLA 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK REAL RED 8 1/2X11

Inks:
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD CHOCOLATE CHIP
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER REAL RED
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER CHOCOLATE CHIP
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER OLD OLIVE

Accessories:
JUMBO WHEEL ROUGH TEXTURE
BUTTONS EARTH ELEMENTS & NEUTRALS
THREAD LINEN
RIBBON GROSGRAIN CHOCOLATE CHIP 5/8 INCH
SNAIL ADHESIVE PERMANENT

Homemade Chipboard Christmas Ornaments

Here are some homemade chipboard Christmas ornaments made from chipboard coasters. The first one is made with the Snowflake Spot stamp set. The cardstock colors are Brocade Blue, Whisper White and Night of Navy. I stamped the snowflakes randomly. Then I took my two way glue pen and then applied some Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the card. I put a silver brad in the center of two of the snowflakes. Next I stamped the greeting and then punched it out with my circle punch and applied it to the scallop circle punch. I corner rounder the corders. With my crop-a-dile, I punched a hole through the chipboard and pulled some Brocade Blue wide grosgrain ribbon.

The next chipboard Christmas ornament was made with Perfect Presentation. The colors on this project are: Real Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla. The tree from the stamp set was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and then mounted on Old Olive card stock. Next I stamped the greeting twice once in Real Red and then in Old Olive. I punched the punched the two pieces of the greeting with two of my circle punches and put the greeting together. The top of the long piece of Old Olive card stock and then tied a red gingham ribbon. The corners were round and red grosgrain ribbon was pulled through the top holes made with the Crop-a-dile.

Glad Tidings and Holiday Blitz

Staying with the holiday theme. Here is another holiday card featuring Glad Tidings and Holiday Blitz. I colored the greeting from Glad Tidings stamp set with my Stampin' Write Markers, Real Red and Garden Green. The background of the card was stamped with Aida Cloth background stamp. I made the curve on the bottom of the Garden Green card stock with my Cutter Kit. The trees on the bottom of the card come from the Holiday Blitz stamp set. The finishing touch is the Red Gingham Ribbon tied to the card.

It's Snow Time

I have a vendor event that I am going to this weekend and I was trying to come up with quick and easy cards that people can make and take home with them. If you are interested in stopping by and making one of these cards, email me and let me know and I'll let you know all the details. The event is in Little Falls, NJ this coming Saturday. Here are the cards I made with the It's Snow Time stamp set. The concept is basically the same in both cards. I stamped the snowman and then colored them in with my Stampin' Write Markers. I mounted the Whisper White card stock on Brocade Blue card stock. I stamped the greeting and stamped the little snowflakes from the set.

In the first card, I adhered a strip of Brocade Blue wide grosgrain ribbon. I then tied a knot and attached the knot to the card with my mini glue dot. On the second card I took my slit punch and punched a slit in the bottom of the card. I threaded linen thread through the button and adhered with a mini glue dot.

I have to say I am going to miss this stamp set. These snowman guys are just too cute! It's is such an easy set to make holiday cards with. It's is on this year's retirement list. So don't miss an opportunity to own these guys.

Quick and Easy Homemade Card

Here is a quick and easy homemade card made with a combination of two of my flower punches.

First I stamped the swirls from the Priceless stamp set with Wild Wasabi. Next, I stamped the large flower from the In the Spotlight stamp set in the Purely Pomegranate ink and punched it out using the 5 petal flower punch and put a silver brad in the center. The next step was stamping the small flowers from the Three for You punch box and punching them out with the Trio Flower punch from the set. All the flowers were popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals onto the card. Lastly, I stamped the greeting from the Holidays & Wishes stamp set and added some Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter with my two way glue pen.

Baroque Motifs

Here is a card sample made with the Baroque Motifs stamp set. I stamped the large swirl image on the Vellum card stock with White Staz-On ink. I then stamped with white Staz-On the little flower in the stamp set. I then punched it out with my Spring Bouquet Flower Punch and put a silver brad through the center.

Next I stamped the word kind onto Eggplant Envy card stock. I attached the strip of Eggplant Envy with the greeting onto the Vellum Card Stock with two silver brads onto a larger piece of Eggplant Envy. The bottom of the Eggplant Envy was torn and then mounted onto of Going Gray card stock