Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Hi Everyone,
I am so sorry I didn't make my post yesterday. I spent most of the day preparing for my evening class and when the class was over I was just exhausted! You know that say "getting old isn't for sissies"? Well it certainly isn't! Don't get me wrong, I'm not old by any stretch, I just feel it! Anyway, I am glad to be back. I want to share a couple cards I did for yesterday's class. I have to say right up front that these cards are totally CASE'd. Case'd is stampers lingo for copied. Maybe with changes, maybe not. The first card I cased from Jane Baldwin (Thank you Jane) In this case I made a few changes but it is still definitely Jane's design. Here is my version My card has a pink pirouette cardstock cut to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded. I then took baja blue and cut a piece 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" which was then punched with our scalloped border punch on two sides. I stamped the the blue with stamp set with baja blue ink. I then cut a strip of pretty in pink strip 5 1/2" x 1" and stamped the sentiment from God's Beauty and punched the end with the scalloped punch again. I stamped on white cards stock the flower from God's Beauty three times with pretty in pink and cut them out. I attached those to the pink strip. That's it. My second card was cased from Maria Pobre (thank you Maria) The only thing I changed here was the ribbon. Again this card base is Pink pirouette. This time cut 4 1/4" x 11 1/2" with a top fold. Our two square punches are used. The large one was used to cut 4 squares with Kiwi Kiss. Then the small square punch was used to punch 4 squares. Two were rose red card stock and two were Raspberry Tart DSP. The butterfly is and sentiment are from the Friends set in our Occasions Mini (love this set)the butterfly and sentiment are stamped in Kiwi Kiss. The butterfly was cut out and attached with a dimensional. The antenna and the little dashed were added with our black marker. The ribbon is our satin Kiwi Kiss. Thanks again to my fellow Stampin' Up demonstrators for their great ideas. I hope you have enjoyed these cards! Check back tomorrow for some more cards.
Happy Stamping!!

Welcome to the May 15th & 16th Blog Tour

Welcome to the May 15th & 16th Blog Tour. Stop # 22, Tour #6

This tour features 22 blogs! Each blog will show case a beautiful project using items from Stampin' Up!'s - Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog.

Don’t forget to bookmark your favorite blogs as the links that make up this tour will disappear at midnight on May 16th.

I am featuring the Level 1 Hostess Set "God's Beauty". It is a simple set but beautiful. I have had so much fun creating these samples for the tour. If you like them and you would like to have this stamp set, it can be yours FREE! Invite me to come and do a workshop for you and your friends and with a $150.00 order you can get this set absolutely FREE! I'd love to help you get it. Now here are my creations. This card base is Pirouette Pink, with a strip of Tea Party DSP punched with our eyelet punch on both sides. I stamped all the butterflies, leaves and flowers on white cardstock and colored with our Markers, They were all cut out and the flowers and butterfly are adhered with a dimensional.
My second card is made with a base of Not Quite Navy with a second layer of Kiwi Kiss punched on the bottom with the eyelet punch (I love this punch)I then stamped the leaves twice with Kiwi Kiss in the center of the Kiwi Kiss cardstock. The butterflies were stamped in black, colored with markers and cut out. I added some Dazzling Diamonds and adhered with a dimensional..

My last card is on Kiwi Kiss with a top fold. I used the Scallop Circle #2 Sizzix die cut to cut out in Tangerine Tango the scallop circle and adhered to the center of the card. I cut a circle of Very vanilla for the center and stamped the saying in Kiwi Kiss. The flowers were stamped in black on white cardstock and cut out. I then attached each one with a dimensional.

The last thing I want to share is a Butterfly Pin that I made with a the help of a great tutorial made by Amy Celona inspired by Kelly Purkey. I love them and they are so fun to make. You can view Amy's tutorial on her blog at Ustamp4fun.com
Here are my butterflies
Please bookmark my blog or subscribe to it as I will be giving away some Blog Candy next week. I'd love to hear your comments today. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your tour!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Well, I blew it last night. No Post. I did however, have a very good reason. My computer went out. I finally got it working but it was very late and I didn't think anything I wrote would make sense. Anyway, I do have a card to share today. This is a technique that Patty Bennett came up with! It's beautiful, fairly simple and lots of fun!

The base of the card is Cameo Coral (one of my favorites). The next layer is So Saffron. The top is our Exclusive Textured Impressions Die, Manhattan Flower. On the debossed side (that is the side with depressions, I brayered lightly and hit & miss the following colors,
barely banana, so saffron, pretty in pink and cameo coral on white cardstock. I then cut out the image. The Ribbon is So Saffron from the Sale-brations ribbon duos.
Tomorrow is the Big Day! The Blog Tour Begins. Check my blog first thing in the morning. Grab your doffee and be prepared to be dazzled! These ladies are super talented! You will enjoy it.
Happy Stamping.

Wednesday, May 12, 2009

Hi Everyone!
I am pretty proud of myself but I sure could use some comments to spur me on to keep posting daily! I am really trying to stay motivated to post everyday if possible and at least every couple. Is everyone getting excited for the Blog Tour! I am. I've been very busy trying to create great projects for everyone. I sure hope everyone will like them as much as I have loved making them.
Tonight I want to share two cards I made for a Man's Card. These are both made with the And Many More Stamp Set from the great Occasions Mini.

Both cards feature background paper from To the Nines Specialty paper. This paper is fantastic. If you haven't tried any of our new Specialty DSP's I strongly suggest you try it. It is so heavy you actually don't need card stock. This is a great time to try it since we have our DSP special this month. Buy 3 packs of DSP or 12x12 Textured Card Stock and get 4th free! Both cards also feature our Ribbon. One has 5/8" Olive Grosgrain and the other is 1" Double Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain. There is also an olive button. This set is great for manly cards.
That's it for tonight. See you tomorrow.
Happy Stamping!

May 11, 2009

Good Evening,

I hope it is as beautiful a day where you are as it is here. It wasn't super warm but the sun has been shining beautifully all day. Doesn't the sunshine just make you feel better. I have been stamping today preparing for the Blog Tour on Friday. Please don't miss it. There are some extremely talented people participating and you will undoubtedly see some real works of art! I will be giving some "Blog Candy" away that visitors to my blog during the tour will have a chance to win. So please keep watching for details.
I want to share a card with you tonight that I made for a friend to give her Mother for Mother's Day. I cased this card but I am going to have to look up where the original idea came from. I hope you like it. If you would like to learn how to make this card, sign up for one of my classes and learn how. This card was a lot of fun to do. The technique used on the butterfly I got from a tutorial by Amy Celona who got the technique from Kelly Purty. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Stay tuned for more......
Happy Stamping!

Mothers Day, May 10, 2009

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers, Mothers-to-Be, Step-Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunts, Friends and anyone else I may have missed. Being a Mom is definitely the toughest job I've ever had. Of course, I have had a lot of experience - not with a lot of children, as I have two. A grown son with two sons of his own and my daughter who will be 30 next month and is severly Mentally Impaired. She is both a blessing & a joy! But as her Mother's Day card said, she can also be a real STINKER! Since I have never shared her picture I thought today would be a good day to so. Here is my baby - Andrea. She is a cutie if I do say so myself. This picture doesn't show you how little she is. She is 4'9" and weighs a whopping 90 lbs.
I do want to share a card with you today also. This is a quilt card. Trust me, this is the only type of quilt I will ever make. Sewing is not something I do. This is made by punching out squares of Bella Rose DSP and covering in rows a piece a little larger than
exclusive Stampin' Up Top Note die. I used our glue stick, when dry I put it through the Big Shot and presto, you have a quilted Top Note die cut. Then put a ribbon through and finished card. This is really a fun way to quilt without having to sew. Hope you like the card. Thanks for looking.
Happy Stamping All

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Good afternoon everyone,
I am very excited. If you notice on my sidebar I am going to be participating in a Blog Tour! They had done these a few weeks ago and I wasn't a partipant but I was a visitor. What fun! The creations that I saw were amazing. So I hope you will join me on the adventure. It will be one of the best trips you take and you can even go in the comfort of PJ's & slippers! Keep watching, more details will be coming!
Today, I want to share a couple of cards that are so much fun & easy to create. I have to thank Patty Bennett as she is the one who came up with this idea. You can see Patty's blog by clicking going to http://pattystamps.typepad.com/. She is awesome! Here is the first one:
This was done using Pink Pirouette Cardstock for the card base. The dress and the border are made from Raspberry Tart DSP. The Ribbon is our Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon. The dress is made with the Big Shot Scallop Circle. Isn't it great? I have a second one I want to share. I was asked to make a card for a friends daughter who is pregnant with her first child. So this is what I came up with: I made this one the same way as the other but I used cotton to make the belly. Making these dresses is so much fun. It's like shopping for a dress. You pick out the dress and then the accessories. My friends & I had such a good time. I hope you enjoyed these. There will be some more tomorrow, so be sure to check with me then.
Happy Stamping!!