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Twins are born

A good friend of mine had twins, a boy and a girl. I made these projects for a while ago for her and I am finally getting around to posting them. I have to say all the projects use a combination of so many retired products. I am just happy to have all these on hand since I it was really hard to come up with some thing for twins, nevermind a boy and a girl. So first came the background paper, the retired Spring Fling. Next came the greeting from the Think Big stamp set stamped in Sage Shadow. I then stamped the safety pins from the Mini Mates stamp set. It's a boy and It's a girl from from the So Many Saying stamp set. I punched them out with the square punches and layerd them onto Sage Shadow. The last touch was the strip of Sage Shadow and pretty in pink and bashful blue buttons.

I also made her a little brag book. I used my friend Colleen's Sizzex tag punch along with some Afternoon Tea paper, some chip board and some Soft Sky paper. The front I decorated with a Chipboard heart I made with her old Sizzex hearts and Pink Pirouette paper. I stamped the booties from the Buggies and Booties stamp set onto the heart as well as the greeting from the set. The finishing touches were the chocolate chip button and the Pink Pirouette ribbon I tied around the ring.

Cheap Talk Homemade Birthday Card

Here is the wonderful Cheap Talk stamp set. I stamped the birdie with Pacific Point, wiped off the ink from the beak and then used my Ruby Red Stampin' Write Marker to color it in. Then the greeting comes from the On Your Birthday stamp set. I then I loved that I was able to stamp the image and then with my clear Sizzex circle I was able to cut the image out just right to fit in the circle. I then layered it on top of the Old Olive Scallop Circle diecut. Next I made a scallop edge border on the bottom. I added the Good Morning Sunshine designer series paper. The Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon and the retired buttons.

Homemade Graduation Gift Card Holder

Here is a homemade graduation gift card holderI made. I stamped the graduation hat from the retired Sketch an Event stamp set. I cut it out and attached it to the circle I diecut with my Circles #2 Sizzex. I stamped the greeting from the Great Friend stamp set. The background of the card, I used the retired Real Red Patterns hostess designer paper. I punched the scallop border and tucked the front of the card under the scallop border. I tied red striped grosgrain ribbon around to keep the gift holder closed. The finishing touch was the 1/4" square punches.

Looks like the Circus is in Town

Here is some popcorn containers I picked up in Michael's. I used yesterday's color challenge inspiration to make dress these containers up and gave them a circus feel. I punched circles with 1" circle punch and attached to the containers. The first container, I used the yesterday's color challenge. The second container, I used the colors: Real Red, Brilliant Blue and YoYo Yellow. I stamped the greeting from the Ovals All and punched it with the Scallop Oval Punch and attached it to the container with Stampin' Dimensionals. Next, I used my crop-a-dile and punched holes in the top of the container. Lastly, I threaded grosgrain ribbon and tied a knot.

Color Challenge in a 12x12 Scrapbook Page

Here is this week's color challenge: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Almost Amethyst and Garden Green. I decided to make a fun scrapbook page just by punching some circles with my 1 3/4" circle punch. I die cut Funny in the title with my Serif Essentials Sizzex Die Cut, the word face was stamped in Basic Gray with my Schoolbook Serif Alphabet. A scallop border, a strip of whisper white and So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon with a tailored bow finish the page.

Make sure to check out the following links for more ideas using the color combos of the week from our color girls: Colleen, Debbie, Lorraine, Kelly, Traci and Tracy.

Inspiration Challenge from the Inkredible Group

One of my fellow Inkthinkers just posted this challenge on our board: Take the photo of the dinnerware. Use the colors, the pattern or whatever else inspires you about this picture and make your project. Well I decided to make a scrapbook page that I am going to put in a shadowbox for two of my friends that recently tied the knot. I started with the background paper, Textiles. I then made a eyelet border on a piece of Night of Navy. I attached the Organza ribbon and made a tailored bow and attached it to the page. Next came the diecut I made with Join in the Cheer. Next, I added three halfback pearls to the page. I stamped the roses from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set and cut them out and attached them to the page with Stampin' Dimensionals. Lastly, I did a little journaling on my computer and put then with Designer Label punch, I punched out the journaling and put in a Styled Silver Hardware frame. Thank you Kelly for the challenge!

Mojo Monday Sketch #88

Here is this week's Mojo Monday's Sketch #88. The designer series paper I choose for this sketch is from the Occasions Mini, Walk in the Park. The circles were made with the Circle Scissors Plus. The butterflies were stamped and cut out from the Great Friend stamp set. I attached the butterflies to the circle with gold staples. The greeting comes from the On Your Birthday stamp set. The finishing touch was the strip of Kiwi Kiss and gold brads.

Congratulations Card for Twins

I just found out that friends of mine are going to have twins. I was trying to figure out what to do. I am so use to going to the yellow and greens when you don't know the sex of the baby. Then I remembered this great designer paper we have called Manchester and I followed my inspiration for the card from there. I stamped the booties from the retired stamp set, Buggies and Booties in Sahara Sand. I then stamped the Congratulations from the Sale-a-bration stamp set, Congrats. Next came the layers, the Kraft Patterns paper and then the Very Vanilla card stock. I made the scallop edge and tied Kraft Taffeta Ribbon. The last touch was the Very Vanilla buttons. I love this card. I am going to have to remember to use the Kraft when sending out a baby card.

Stampin' Up! is now on YouTube

Stampin' Up! is now on You Tube. Yes, you read that correctly! Want to learn the latest techniques straight from the experts and from Shelli herself? Here is the link to all the Stampin' Up! videos. You can also find it under My Stampin' Up Links in the future!

Homemade Graduation Card

Here is a homemade graduation card inpired by Tracy. I started with the graduation hat from the retired sketch an event card. I stamped the hats and cut them out and attached them to the card with dimensionals. The sentiment comes from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set. I corner rounded the edges. The next touch was the horizontal slit punch and the Real Red striped ribbon. Thank you again Tracy.

Thank You Tracy

Here is a beautiful card made by my friend Tracy. I just love the simple elegance of this card and how she corner rounded the edges. I have to say I looked through the catalog, but I could not figure out what stamp set the flower came from. Tracy, if you read this please leave a comment and let me know the set. The sentiment comes from the Thank You Kindly stamp set. She then took the horizontal punch and and threaded the Baja Breeze striped ribbon. Thank you Tracy for the card and the inspiration.

Homemade Sympathy Card

Here is a sympathy card I made for a friend recently. I started with the Top Note that I diecut with my Sizzex. I then colored in the tree and the leaves from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set with my Stampin' Write Markers. The background paper comes from the Kiwi Kiss Patterns Paper. I then added the twill tape with the retired pewter Hodgepodge Hardware. I then added two vintage brads. The last touch was the scallop edge border.

Engagement Wall Hanging

Here is a wall hanging I made for the Engagement party I went to this weekend. I started with the On Board Book Basics Large that I covered with the Walk in the Park designer series paper. I then stamped the title with my lovely letters alphabet and punched them out with my 1 1/4" square punch that I layered on a piece of Baja Breeze followed by a piece of Whisper White. Next came the Pretties that I adhered to the page with large glue dots. The next thing came the eyelet border. The top of the wall hanging, I punched two holes with my crop-a-dile and then threaded the Whisper White Organza Ribbon and tied a bow to the wall hanging.

Mojo Monday Sketch #87

Here is this Monday's Mojo Monday Sketch. The greeting comes from the On Your Birthday stamp set. I then stamped two of the flowers from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. I cut them out and attached them to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I layered the large flower on top of a circle I cut with my Circle Scissor Plus and then on top of a the diecut Sizzex Scallop Circle #2. The background of the card, I added the Walk in the Park designer series paper and then a scallop border, followed lastly with baja breeze card stock ran through with Texturz Plates with the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I. The last touch was the White Organza ribbon and 3 jumbo brads.

Happy Birthday Mom

Here is a birthday card I made for my mom, today's her birthday. I modified the template from this website just a little bit. I took a piece of 4" x 11" card stock. I scored it at 2" and then 4 1/2" The 2" mark I scored. The bottom half, I put the card stock on an angle and then cut it as shown on the site. Next I adhered a piece of the Bella Rose designer series paper and trimmed it. Next came the flowers, I die cut them with my Flower Layers and Leaf and the Flower Layers Sizzex die cut. I layered them and added a Fire Circle Rhinestone in the center. Next I die cut the Sizzlits Little Leaves and aded them to the arrangement. I popped up the flower with dimensionals. The last touch was the Riding Hood taffeta ribbon along with the tag I made with my tag corner punch and the greeting from the On Your Birthday stamp set.

This Week's Color Challenge

Here is this week's Inkredible color challenge: Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, More Mustard and So Saffron. I started with the Tangerine Tango 12x12 card stock followed by some Delicate Dots designer series paper that I earned for free. I love the little swirls in the paper, it kinda reminds of the sun. Next I stamped the surf boards from the Just Surfing stamp set. I stamped them, then cut them out and attached to the page with dimensionals. Next came from title from the retired So Cool stamp set. I masked off the top and bottom with scotch tape and the stamped the Dude in the Tangerine Tango stamp pad. I removed the scotch tape and then colored in the rest of the stamp wtih my Stampin' Write Markers. I stamped the image and the cut it out and attached to the page with dimensionals. The finishing touches were the 3 Saffron buttons, the Polytwill ribbon in So Saffron and the BookPlates Sizzex I cut out and put the journaling in. I attached the bookplate to the page with 2 saffron brads. I love the Summer feel to this page. I especially love the photos of my brother with his son. He is his pride and joy!

Make sure to check out the following links for more ideas using the color combos of the week from our color girls: Colleen, Debbie, Lorraine, Kelly, Traci and Tracy.

Homemade Wedding Card

My mom not only has the engagent party this weekend, but also a wedding. Here is a pocket card I made for her. I made the eyelet border and folded over the card. I covered the bottom of the card before I attached the silver brad with the Bella Rose designer series paper. Next I stamped the greeting from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set. I stamped the hearts from the Always stamp set and cut them out and attached them to card with dimensionals. The insert of the card, I also added some Bella Rose paper and tied a white taffeta ribbon bow and attached with a mini glue dot. The finishing touches is the White Latte Button and all the edges got corner rounded.

Scrapbook page for my Father

Here is this week's color challenge in a scrapbook page with Julie and her Dziadek. Dziadek in Grandfather in Polish. The colors are Really Rust, Baja Breeze and Chocolate chip. I did the title in the Tim Holtz grungeboard. I sponged on Chocolate chip Craft Ink. Next came the layered of paper that comes from the Juntos and the To the Nines Designer Series Paper. The small strip of Baja Breeze comes from the Parisian Breeze Speciality Paper. Next I stamped the bird from the Always stamp set and cut him out and attached the bird to the page with Dimensionals. Next I stamped the greeting from the set as well as well as the berry branches. I also stamped some of the berry branches on the top of the page as well. Next came the twill tape and the retired pewter hodgepodge hardware. The last touch was the paper piercing the retired Really Rust button with Linen thread.

Another Card with Last week's challenge

I had this idea in my head when I was working on last week's challenge to do polka dots. Here is the card I came up with. I punched out the circles with my 1 3/8" circle in the baja breeze and the certainly celery. Next came the one circle in Chocolate chip, I layered it with the Thank You greeting from the Seeing Spots stamp set. Next came the flower from the set that I stamped and cut out. I added a jumbo vanilla brad in the center and attached to the card with dimensionals. The last touch was the wide grosgrain ribbon and the tailored bow.

Another Engagement Card

Here is another card, I made for the engagement party, since my mom is also invited, I neede to make a second card for her. I started with the pink pirouette patterns desinger series paper for the background. I cut the whole with my Coluzzle cutting system. Next came the heart from the Wagon Full of Fun. I colored it in with my ink refill and my blender bens and cut it out and attached it to the card with dimensionals. I stamped the word Love from the Fundamental Phrases stap set. Next came the scallop edge. The extra piece of card stock that comes off when you make the scallop edge I added to the card as an embellishment. The last touch was the white tafetta bow and three half back pearls.

Mojo Monday Sketch 86

Here is this week's Mojo Monday Sketch #86. I decided to use the Summer Love Rub-ons for this week's card. I needed an engagement card for my cousins and how easy was this card with the sketch. I just love the love birds fro an engagement card. The background paper was the Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper. The finishing touch was the jumbo silver brads and the scallop edge punch. The card size is 5 1/2 x 6 1/2, not your average size, but the rub-ons going across needed a little more room.

Chipboard Wall Hanging

Here is a thank you I made for a good friend of mine. She is helping me talking a huge project and here is a chipboard wall hanging I made of her daughter's prom picture. I put a scallop edge border. I covered the On Board Book Basics Large with the Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series paper. I corner rounded the edges before adhered the paper to the chipboard with my anywhere glue stick. The finishing touches were the retired Urban West rub-ons, 3 black buttons and the photo corner punches layered one on top of the other. Lastly, I punched two holes with my Crop-a-diel and threaded through the wide pink pirouette grosgrain.

Happy Mother's Day

Here is a gift I made for my mom and sister-in-law on their special day. It's a wall hanging made with a picture of my niece and nephew. I started with a ON Board Book Basics Large. I covered the chipboard with the To the Nines Speciality Paper and corner rounded the sides. I then took the 2 from a retired chipboard set and covered it with Chocolate Chip Craft ink along side On Board Timeless Type chipboard letters. I also found another chipboard accent that I put the date in and put a jumbo chocolate chip brad thorugh the center. Next came the flower I made with the Flower Layers an Leaf. The brown comes from the To the Nines Speciality Paper, followed by a sage shadow card stock and a coururoy button. I then punch two holes with my Crop-a-dile and then threaded the wide chocolate chip grosgrain and tied a knot.

Dressing my Keycard Holder

At work, I have a security key card I need to use to get around the building, well I like to dress mine up so everytime I use it makes me smile. So here is my latest design. I diecut the butterfly with Beautiful Butterflies in the Riding Hood Red designer series paper and put a Latte Button in the center. The greeting I stamped from the Inspired By Nature stamp set. The background I embossed with the Texturz Plates. The finishing touch was the eyelet border.

Homemade Mother's Day Card

Here's a Mother's Day card I designed for my mom as well as all my friends who take care of me everyday. Thank you ladies!! You are the best. I stamped the floral image from the retired Brocade Basics in Certainly Celery and So Saffron. Then I stamped the word mom with my Lovely Letters and punched them out with the 1 1/4" square punch. I added three certainly celery brads to finish the card. I just love how this came out so simple and I got to use my celery brads!

Homemade Christening Card

Here is a card I made for a Christening my paretns had to go to recently. I stamped the cross with the Special Blessings stamp set and put a half back pearl in the center. The background of the card comes from the Manchester designer series paper I made an eyelet border and stamped the greeting in Sahara Sand. The finishing touch was the Kraft taffeta ribbon around the card.

Homemade Card from Colleen

Here is my inspiration for this month's workshop card. I loved how Colleen made this a pocket card just by folding the Baja Breeze card stock a little bit in the front and tieing the wide grosgain ribbon around it. The background of the card comes from the Walk in the Park designer series paper. I loved how she did the scallop edge on the top of the insert of the card. Lastly, she stamped the for you and the frame and the butterfly from the Great Friend stamp set and cut both out. The finishing touch was the pearl in the center of the butterfly. Thank you Colleen for the card and the inspiration.

Happy Birthday Tracy

In honor of Tracy's birthday, here is a birthday card I made for my friends Tracy and Colleen. Colleen's birthday was just a few days ago. I started with the Riding Hood Red designer series paper and made the two butterflies with my Beautiful Butterflies die cut. I added the jumbo brads in the center of the butterflies to attach them to the card. I then diecut the Sizzex Circle and the Scallop Circle. I stamped the greeting from the On Your Birthday stamp set. The background of the card I embossed with the Sizzex Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I and finished it with another strip of the Riding Hood Red.

Mojo Monday Continues

I decided to do the Mojo Monday Sketch again. I have to say I am lovin' these sketches. They post a new one every Monday. I couldn't wait to try this one today. The background paper comes from the Parisian Breeze designer series paper pack. The floral image comes from the Echoes of Kindness stamp set. Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card so the sentiment comes from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set. The finshing touches was the scallop edge punch, the corduroy button with linen thread and twill chocolate chip ribbon that I adhered a strip and then tied a bow and attached with a glue dot.

Simple First Communion Card

Here is a simple first communion card I made. It starts with the background of the card coming from the Walk in the Park designer series paper. The cross I stamped from the Special Blessings stamp set and cut it out and attached it to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. The finishing touch was the Baja Breeze button with the linen thread.

Mojo Monday Sketch

I decided to play and do the Mojo Monday Sketch. I have to say I am happy I did. I love the way this card came out. The two background designer series paper sets I used were the Bella Rose and the Kiwi Kiss Patterns packs. The stamped images came from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set and the A Little Somethin' stamp set. I colored in the images with my Stampin' Write Markers. The Thanks a Bunch I punched out with my 1 3/4" circle punch and then layered on a circle I cut out with my Circle Scissors Plus. To finish the card off, I added to two gold brads and a strip of Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla satin ribbon accross the middle and a bow tied and attached with a mini glue dot.

Color Challenge of the Week

Here is this week's color challenge: Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip. It is a double page layout using photos of my nephew when he was first born along with my niece. As soon I saw all these pics, I knew the title I was going to put for it. The line from Casablanca, The beginning of a beautiful friendship. As you can see there are some colors not part of the challenge. After I laid out the page, I needed something to embellish it and yet I couldn't find anything that appealed to me in my stamp collection. I kept thinking I wanted a bear for the page. Well I dug into my sticker stash I bought at an EK Success sale a long time ago and found their Pooh bear stickers. How appropriate Pooh and Piglet. So other than the stickers the rest of the colors stick to the challenge. I diecut the title with my Naturally Serif Alphabet. I applied the letters to the page with my two way glue pen. Next came the designer paper bordered on the top and bottom of the photos. The Baja Breeze comes from the Pattern Pack and the Certainly Celery comes from a retired Prints paper pack. The bottom border I made a scallop border with my slit punch. The top of the border, I adhered a strip of wide grosgrain ribbon and added a tailored bow. The finishing touches were strips of chocolate chip on the sides of the pages and three courdory buttons.

Make sure to check out the following links for more ideas using the color combos of the week from our color girls: Colleen, Debbie, Lorraine, Kelly, Traci and Tracy.

May Open Workshop

May's open workshop will be held on two dates:

Tuesday, May 19th 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27th 7 p.m.

We will be making three projects: 2 cards and 12x12 page double scrapbook layout. We will be working with the Big Shot dies: Clear Circle, Naturally Serif and Stampin' Up! Birds & Blooms as well as the Eyelet border, Scallop Edge and Boho Blossoms punches.

Workshop Fee: $15

Bring a friend that is new to stamping and me and you and your friend will pay half price for the class fee! So you and your friend will only have to pay $7.50 for the class. Place a 50$ order or more and your class fee is waived.

Please RSVP as soon as possible for all events so that the card stock is ready for everyone to start stamping when the event begins.

Featuring stamp sets (in order as they appear on this entry): Always, Cheap Talk, On Your Birthday, Eastern Blooms and Great Friend

School Days Scrapbook Page

Here is this week's color challenge: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip. I decided to pull out the Owl from the Bright Delights Rub-ons. I die cut the letters with my Sizzex Serif Essentials Alphabet with chipboard covered with card stock. The bottom of the page although it is hard to see I added a strip of wide grosgrain ribbon. I then followed with some of the rub-on borders from the Bright Delights set. In the center of the page you can find strip of Tangerine Tango and Kiwi Kiss. The background comes from Chocolate Chip Patterns designer series paper. I die cut the journaling frame with the Sizzex Bookplates. I love this die cut. I attached it to the page with vintage brads. The last touch was the 3 jumbo pewter eyelets I attached to the page with my crop-a-dile. Make sure to check out the following links for more ideas using the color combos of the week from our color girls: Colleen, Debbie, Lorraine, Kelly, Traci and Tracy.

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Birthday Gift for My Brother

I just love this picture of my niece and nephew and I just knew I had to make something for my brother with it. So here I took a piece of the large chipboard coasters that I have from American Coasters. I adhered the Pacific Point card stock to it and then added the picture of my niece and nephew. The finishing touch on the right hand side was the photo corner punch. On the left hand side I took a piece of Pacific Point Patterns designer series paper and diecut the Sizzex Clear Circle. I diecut the star from an old Sizzex die cut. The #1 comes from the On Board Timeless Type Chipboard that I sponged Real Red craft ink on top. I then die cut the word kids from my Naturally Serif Sizzlets. The finishing touch on the right hand side was a Real Red button with linen thread. I joined the two sides by punching holes with my crop-a-dile and tieing a knot with the wide real red grosgrain ribbon. I loved the way it came out I made another one for my desk at work.