More Cupcakes

These are the last two cards we made at the crazy for cupcakes class. The first card was cased from Traciac at SCS. I love the designer series paper with the scallop edge folded over the image. On the second card I used Dazzling Diamonds to cover the icing section. I love how sparkly this card turned out. After the class I used this card as a birthday card for my brother-in-law Dave.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Rich Razzleberry Marker, Orchid Opulence Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes

Ink: Black StazOn, Chocolate Chip Maker, Sage Shadow Marker, So Saffron Marker

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Whisper White, To The Nines DSP
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

More Crazy for Cupcakes

Here are two more of the cards we made at the Crazy for Cupcakes class a little while ago. This first card I cased from Linda Heller. The second card was cased from atsamom at splitcoaststampers.com.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulance, Old Olive, Cottage Wall DSP
Accessories: Linen Thread, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Black StazOn, Rich Razzleberry Marker
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Word Window Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

August Thank You Notes

I try to include a thank you note with every customer order. I know I always love to receive little notes, so I like to try to send them as much as possible. I don't nearly send out enough cards but I am trying to send out more, I really need to get my cards more organized so that I can easily grab the one for the right occasion. This is the thank you card I made for all August orders. I have always loved the Tart & Tangy stamp set, it just seems perfect for a summer card. You can't tell in the picture but I used one of the Texturz Plates for the Big Shot to dry emboss the background. I love the way this card turned out.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories: Texturz Plate SU Backgrounds 1, Scallop Edge Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

I have been meaning to post the pictures of the rest of the cards from the Crazy for Cupcakes class, but I have not got around to it yet. I have not been feeling very well lately, and have been very busy, so posting has really slipped from my to do list.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes

Ink: Black StazOn

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Crazy for Cupcakes Class

Recently I did a class with the stamp set Crazy for Cupcakes. When this set first came out, I didn't really think much of it. I thought, how much can you really do with a couple cupcake images and a balloon. But after seeing so many great samples with it, I finally broke down and bought it, used it a bunch, fell in love with it and decided I just had to do a class with the set. It really is so versitile. This is one of the cards that we made at the class. I cased this idea from Tessa at splitcoaststampers.com. You can't tell in the picture, but I added Crystal Effects to the cherries. I just love this stuff, it really adds to a card. I love this colour combination. I tend to use Old Olive and So Saffron quite a bit and now Basic Gray has been added to my go to colors.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive Marker, So Saffron Marker, Basic Gray Marker, Real Red Marker
Cardstock: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Whisper White, Old Olive DS Prints
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, So Saffron Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Crystal Effects

Spotlighting Trees

This is the third card we made at the spotlighting class. I love this card. I think I might use it for one of my Christmas cards this year. I cased this card from Maggie's Mommy at splitcoaststampers.com. It is hard to tell in the picture but I put dazzling diamonds on the popped up tree. This just adds so much to the card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Many Merry Messages, Sanded
Ink: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Always Artichoke Brads, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Spotlighting Cupcakes

This is the second card we made at my spotlighting class this month. I cased this card from Dawn Griffith, I just changed the colours and the layout a little bit (not much, just moved the ovals). She is very talented and comes up with lots of great ideas, if you haven't checked out her blog, you really should, click here to go to her blog.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Cupcakes Wheel
Ink: Black StazOn, Bermuda Bay
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, White Gel Pen, Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals

Spotlighting Class

I have really been slacking on keeping this blog updated lately. The past few weeks have been very busy and stressful and when I get home at I night I am just wiped out. Last weekend I started my monthly classes up again. It was so good to get together and stamp with others again. I have missed the classes. The technique for this class was spotlighting. The first card we made was cased from Linda Heller at Stamping School. I used the same colours and just changed the stamp set.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fresh Cuts
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Bordering Blue
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Modern Label Punch, Antique Brads, 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Day Late

I promised I would post the card I made for my husband's birthday yesterday, but that did not happen. I hadn't been feeling very well most of the weekend, and yesterday after the birthday party at my in-law's I came home and just crashed on the bed. I spent the rest of the day laying down, not a very exciting birthday for my husband. I hope you will forgive me that I am a day late but here is the card that I made for my husband.

Anyone who knows him, knows he loves fish. When I first saw the set Ocean Commotion and it had a fish that looks like an Angel fish, I knew I had to get it. Angel fish are the reason my husband first started an aquiraim and it is the main fish in our biggest tank. I say biggest because we have three tanks. Yes you read that right, 3! One in the living room and two in dining room. And yet my husband had the nerve to ask me for another fish tank for his birthday, however that did not happen. We only have so much room. I did promise him I would think about it when the basement is finished. Maybe he will change his mind by then :)

Anyways, here is the card:

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Ocean Commotion, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Bashful Blue DS, Whisper White
Ink: Black Craft
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, White Jumbo Grommet, Black 5/8 Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Circle Scissors Plus

Dotted Flowers

This week has been a long week already and it is only Wednesday night. I can't wait for the weekend for a couple of reasons. This Saturday my Stampin' Up! classes start again and second I don't have to go to work for two whole days. I haven't done much stamping recently because I have had to bring some work home at night, so I haven't had much time and once I finish the work, I have been so tired. Tonight I did make a card for Andrew's birthday this weekend, which I will share on his birthday. For now, I do have a card to show you. I am so glad I was able to get alot of cards done during my holidays because I still have cards to show you even though I haven't stamped much. I love today's card. If you have been reading my blog for a while you know I love the Fifith Avenue Floral set, so it should be no surpise that I used this set again. This was such a simple card to make. After I stamped the main floral image randomly on the card, it looked a little plain so I decided to add little doodle dots with the white gel pen, I was only going to do a couple of the flowers, but I loved the way it was looking and decided to go ahead and do the rest. I love the way it turned out. The only thing I would change, is the way I stamped the saying, next time I would probably stamp it on another piece of cardstock and pop it up with dimensionals, but again that might be just because I love dimensionals and I didn't use any on this card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: Dusty Durango, Basic Black
Accessories: White Gel Pen, White Organza Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch

Cool Down On A Really Hot Day

The last couple of days have been extremely hot here, in the 30's but with the humidity feeling like the 40's. So I thought what better card to show you today was a card that reminds us of the cooler weather. When it is extremely cold, we are always looking forward to the heat and when it is extremely hot we wish it was cooler. So maybe thinking about snow will cool you down a little. I made this card when I was on holidays in July, I was trying out the reflection technique. I did a couple cards with this technique, this one is not my favourite, but I think it turned out okay. I hope to do a future class on the reflection technique, so I can't show you some of the other cards I did because they will be for the class. Now the card:

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Big on Christmas
Ink: Black StazOn, Real Red Marker, Old Olive Marker, Pumpkin Pie Marker
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Top Note Die, Window Sheet, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Best Ever Scrapbooking

Two things that have made my scrapbook so much simpler are: Stampin' Up!'s Simply Scrappin Kits and my Cricut. I have used both of these items for pretty much every page I have made recently. They just make scrapping so much simpler for me. I love them!!! Here are two more birthday pages I created recently using the Best Ever kit. As you can tell, I am not one to do alot of journalling. Really how much can I say about a birthday party, basically every time is the same, the family gathers at the in-laws, the birthday person or people, open the gifts and that's the party. I figure as long as I have the dates and who's birthday it is, I am good. Simple and to the point, that's the way I like things. For the David page, I actually pulled out some of my alphabet stamps I haven't used in ages and stamped eached letter on the squares with Black craft ink.

Faux Ripped Paper

While I was on holidays last month, I spent alot of time in my stamp room. The goal was to try some techniques I have never attempted before. Most of them were alot easier than what I thought they would be. I was really surprise, because when you see the samples, some of these techniques look really hard to do. Over the next little while, I will be sharing some of the cards that I made. The card below was inspired by a card I saw on Dawn Griffith's blog. She calls this technique 'Faux Ripped Paper'.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Mellow Moss, Regal Rose, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Basic Black, Glossy White
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Black Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Dan!

Last night Andrew and I went over to his parent's house to celebrate his brother's birthday with the family. His birthday is not until Saturday but last night worked for most the family. This is the card I had made for him. I cased this card from Karen Graff-Provis (you can view her blog here). I just made a few changes on the card. I made this card a few weeks ago and forgot to write inside the card, so I left it on my stamp people before I left for work in the morning and planned on doing the inside when I got home from work, before we headed over to the in-laws. However when I got home Andrew said he had already finished the card and sealed the envelope, so I had no idea what he wrote on the inside. When Dan opened the card, Andrew tried to convince Dan that I wrote the card, but Dan knows his brother better than that. Andrew had written some smart comment inside, that only he could have come up with. I will need to ask Andrew what it was, because I can't remember now. There is always alot of laughing when Andrew and Dan get together they are have the typical brother relationship. Andrew constanting tries to pick on Dan and get him going, but being the younger brother, he never wins. It was a good night.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Old Olive DS Prints
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, 5/8" Brad, Corner Rounder, Stampin' Dimensionals

More Scrapbook Pages

I am so excited that I have been able to get lots of scrapbooking done recently. Here are another two pages that I created. I love the look of simple and clean pages. They come together fairly quickly and I get a sense of accomplishment. As you will notice I don't do alot of journalling I figure as long as the page has who, what, where and when I am happy with that. These pages use some paper from the Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin Kit 'Best Ever' (now retired).

Scrapbooking

On my holidays recently I was able to spend some time scrapbooking. It was great to have lots of time that I could dedicate just to stamping and scrapbooking. It was so relaxing. I really need to set aside time to do this more often. The Christmas layout was cased from jaymemuc at Splitcoaststampers. The second layout was a sketch from a recent Creating Keepsakes magazine. I find it so much easier to scrapbook with sketches. Whenever I see a sketch I like, I will copy it and place it in my sketch binder which is sorted by number of photos on the page(s). Since I started doing this it has helped me so much with my scrapbooking.

Cheep Talk Thank You Notes

My newest stamp set in June was Cheep Talk (I know I should have got it a long time ago). I knew I wanted to use this set for my July thank you notes. I cased this card from Dawn Griffith, I just changed the colours. Because it was using the card for my July thank you notes, I knew I wanted to use some of the new in-colors. The colors used on this card are: Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Cheep Talk

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede

Cardstock: Whisper White

Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Nephew's Birthday Party

This past weekend we went over to Andrew's parents for a birthday party for our four nephews. Their birthday are all between the end of May and the beginning of July, and since three of the nephews live about 3 hours away, we usually wait until the beginning of July to hold a birthday party for all four boys together. This year though the party ended up being a little later than normal, so we just had it. The boys are between the ages of 4 and 12. Below are pictures of the cards that I made for them. I have posted the crocodile before (it was one of the cards we made at the Wild About You class), I justed added some googly eyes to it. I also added googly eyes to the little bulldozer. I added crystal effects to the jelly fish and the the cupcake cards.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Little Trucks, It's Your Birthday
Ink: Black StazOn, Close to Cocoa, So Saffron, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Basic Black Markers

Cardstock: So Saffron, Basic Black, So Saffron Prints DS, Whisper White

Accessories: Black 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Googly Eyes, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie Markers
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DS
Accessories: Crystal Effects, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You, See You Around Wheel
Ink: Old Olive
Cardstock: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Googly Eyes, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fishey Friends
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Green Tea DS
Accessories: Bashful Blue Double Stitched Ribbon, Crystal Effects, Stampin' Dimensionals

Soft Suede Kind Thoughts

This is another card I had on display at my new catalogue open house. I used lots of new products for this card, Soft Suede cardstock, Soft Suede Polka-Dot Ribbon, Modern Label punch and two new stamp sets - Kind & Caring Thoughts and Teeny Tiny Wishes. This card was cased from Wendy Bell, I just changed a few things are the card. I love how this card, the picture really doesn't do it just.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Kind & Caring Thoughts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Soft Suede

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Kraft, Whisper White

Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Soft Suede Polka-Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

New In-Colors

These are the cards I had on display at my open house earlier this month. I kept the cards simple and used black cardstock as the mat for the main image, the only thing I changed on the card was the color the image and sentiment was stamped in. Each version is made with one of the new in-colors. When I first saw these color, I wasn't sure if I would like them, but the more I use them they are really growing on me. I am sure by the spring, I will be so attached to them, I will be sad to know that they will not be available after June.

Colors Left to Right: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede

Colors Left to Right: Dusty Durango, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

June Thank You Notes

Okay, I broke my promise and did not post on holidays, however I did do alot of stamping, so I do have lots to share with you. This is the card that I made for my thank you notes for the month of June. This card was cased from a card in the Occasions mini that just ended in June. For this card I kept the colors and just changed the stamp set. I used the new hostess set 'Kind & Caring Thoughts'. This set has so many great sayings, I can see myself using it so much.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Kind & Caring Thoughts, All Holidays
Ink: Rose Red Marker, Mellow Moss Marker, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Rose Red, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Small Oval, Large Oval

New Catty Open House

Last night I held a new catty open house in celebration of the new SU catalogue. It was so much fun. Along with showing off the new in-colors I also had some of my retired sets for sale. Below is the card we did for the make and take. I wanted a card that used the new in-colors and ribbon. As this is the only in color ribbon I currently had it was the starting point for choosing the colours of this card. I love how the new in-colors work so well together.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Accessories: Soft Suede Polka-Dot Ribbon, Glue Dots, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack

Shadowed Daises

This is the third card we did at my Shadowing class last weekend. I just love this card. I have made this card many times before but always with different colours. I really have a thing for stripped paper so it shouldn't be any surprise that every card like this has always used stripped paper. The paper used on this card is from the Designer Series Washington Apple pack (now retired:( ) I think this is such a bright and cheerful card, I just love it.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, Silver Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals

I hope to be able to post quite a bit over the next couple of weeks, I am on holidays and we are staying around the house. My plan is to spend alot of time in my stamp room, stamping and hopefully getting some scrapbooking done too. My husband is suppose to be working on drywalling our basement with a couple of friends, however if the drywalling goes anything like the building the shed earlier this week went, I think I might have to take his spot in the drywalling process. Tuesday evening we starting building the shed and in the process Andrew cut his finger pretty bad, I had to take him to the hospital, got it bandaged, he just has to be careful for a while. So Wednesday morning I called a friend to help me finish the shed. Just as we were finishing up we asked Andrew to just hold something for us and he ends up getting poked a little bit with the drill, nothing serious. But he sure has been accident prone this week. Hopefully we can get through the next couple of weeks without having to go back to the hospital.

The New Catalogue is Here!

The new Stampin' Up! catalogue is here. I am so excited about this catalgoue and all the new products in it. One thing I am extremly excited about is the fact that this catalogue is good for a whole year, so that gives me lots of time to purchase everything I want. The second thing I am so excited about is the new in-colors. I loved this colours we had this past year, and I have to say I wasn't really sure about the new in-colors when I first saw them, but after having some chance to see the actual colors in paper and ink, I have really started to like them. Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry are my favourites right now. My favourite stamp set that I can't wait to order is Greenhouse Garden and the second thing I can't wait to order is the Paper Piercer. I know this seems like such a little thing, but I love paper piercing. This will definately be on my first order. When you have had a chance to look through this great catalogue, let me know what are your favorite things in this catalogue.

Shadowed Cherries

This is the second card we did at the shadowing class this past weekend. I love the stamp set Tart & Tangy and used it tons when I first got it, but lately it has been neglected. It was great to pull it out again. We stamped the cherry image first in the co-ordinating ink as the cardstock, (for example we stamped the cherries in Kiwi Kiss ink on the Kiwi Kiss cardstock), and then we stamped the cherry image again with White craft ink just a little off of the first stamped image so that the image looks like it has a shadow.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy, Really Retro
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Basic Black
Accessories: 1 1/4" Square Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Key Tag Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Shadowing Class

It's been a week since I last posted, but that doesn't mean I haven't been stamping. I actually have got alot of stamping done this past week. However, I can't post any of the cards yet, because they are for my new catalogue open house and upcoming classes.

This past saturday I held a class on shadowing. We made three cards. This first one is so simple. You just stamp the image and then again off to the side of the first stamped image without re-inking stamp and you get a lighter image which looks like a shadow. I have to say I am going to miss Baja Breeze so much. I really got attached to this colour this year.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Pocket Silhouettes, Sweet Little Sentiments
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories: Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon

Happy Father's Day

Thursday night Andrew and I celebrated Father's Day with his dad. This is the card that I made for him. It was very simple, but once again uses my favourite Designer Series paper from the current Stampin' Up! catalogue - Urban Oasis. This card was cased from Kari at splitcoaststampers.com.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: All Holidays
Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Sahara Sand, Urban Oasis DS Paper
Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thank You June

I try to always include thank you cards for my customers with every order they place. This month this the card I made. It was very simple and uses up some of my designer series paper. I am sad that I can't demo this paper anymore at the end of the month. I just love it and currently have three open packages. Guess I got some scrapbooking to do to use up some of this paper.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Note of Thanks

Ink: Black StazOn

Cardstock: Kraft, Urban Oasis DS Paper

Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

All Ocassion SAS Card 4

This is the fourth and final card we made at the Stamp-A-Stack last weekend. I actually made this card almost a year ago for my parents 37th wedding anniversary. It was the last card I ever gave to my dad and it seemed so suitable to be making it again at a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. My dad passed away from cancer and he is the reason that I decided to do the fundraiser in the first place. I have loved this stamp set Upsy Daisy since it came out and it just seems so perfect for either males or females.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Basic Gray
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Glue Dots

All Ocassion SAS Card 3

This is the third card we made at the Stamp-A-Stack last weekend. This was such a simple card to do, but I feel the dotted lines really make the tree image stand out. This would make a great masculine card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Always Artichoke Marker
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Ruler

All Ocassion SAS Card 2

This is another card we made at the All Ocassions Stamp-A-Stack recently. Of course I had to use the set Fifth Avenue Floral. I know I have said this lots but I just love this set. It is so simple to use and always produces a great card. This card would be great for a wedding, bridal shower, or engagement.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Glossy White
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, White Organza Ribbon

Fundraiser for Canadian Cancer Society

This past Saturday I held a All Ocassions Card Stamp-A-Stack as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. Stampin' Up! graciously donated a bunch of items to help this event become a success. I took the items that Stampin' Up! donated and did a silent auction. For a first time event I am fairly happy with how it went, I was able to raise $240.82. For the Stamp-A-Stack portion each person made 3 cards each of 3 designs for a total of 12 cards. I also had a table set up with all my saying stamps, so that each person could choose their sayings and make each card different if they wished. I feel this event went really well for being the first time and I definately plan on doing another one again.

This is one of the cards we made.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Four Square
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Very Vanilla, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Anniversary

Today is my brother and sister-in-law's 1 year annivrsary. I can't belive my little brother has been married for a year now. Time just flies by so quickly. This is the card I made for them. This card was cased from ChristyS. at splitcoaststampers.com

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, White Craft, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Brocade Blue Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon

Another Thank You

I just found this picture of this card on my camera, it was a thank you card I made for some of my customers. I can't remember what month I used this card, but it had to be sometime between January and June because of the designer series paper. I can't believe I never shared this card before now. I just love the simplicity of this card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp: All Holidays
Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS Paper
Accessories: Square Rhinestone Brads, Paper Piercer

May Thank You Cards

I try to send out thank you cards to all my customers each time they order from me. This is the card I used for May order. It was so simple to make, but yet so cute. I thought this was a great card to get us in the summer mood. I love strawberries and can't wait for fresh strawberries.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy

Ink: Real Red, Real Red Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wild About You Class 5

I think this fifth card is my favourite of all the Wild About You cards I made at the class. It was a tough decision though. But I love these little penguins. They are just so cute! The card uses the spiral punch to make the film strip look, I just love this and it is so easy. However it does create a mess, after the class there was so many little punched pieces on the floor from doing all this card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You
Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Spiral Punch, 1/3" Square Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin' Dimensionals

This is a picture of the topper we made for the gift bag, basically we just used the same images and colours on the cards to create this topper.

Wild About You Class 4

For this fourth card I got the layout from a birthday card I made for my best friend Christine a few years ago, I just changed the colours. I love this layout. The stripped paper is from Washington Apple Designer Series paper pack. I have a thing for stripped paper, any pack of designer series paper that has stripped paper in it, I most likely have it or had it at one point. I sponged the edges of the strip of So Saffron paper with Riding Hood Red ink so that it would stand out a bit from the stripped paper.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You, All Holidays
Ink: Riding Hood Red Ink
Cardstock: So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Bashful Blue Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wild About You Class 3

This third card from the Wild About You class would make a create baby congratulations card. I love the apricot colour. The sponging of Chocolate Chip ink around the White cardstock really makes the giraffe image stand out. It is so easy to do but add so much to the card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Brads, 1/2" Circle Punch, Sponge

Wild About You Class 2

This is the second card we made at the Wild About You Clas. I love this card. It is a great masculine card. I also love this paper from the Urban Oasis Designer Series paper. I paired it with Kraft cardstock and Kraft taffeta ribbon. I cut out the lion's mane and popped it up with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Kraft, Really Rust, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Black Brads, Mat Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wild About You Class 1

This past weekend I held a class based around the stamp set 'Wild About You'. I love this set, it is so versitile. I first bought it to make cards for my nephews but I have used it so much more for adult birthday cards. At the class we made five cards and a topper for a gift bag. It was so much fun. Over the next few days I will share the five cards that we made at the class.

This first one was made with the crocodile stamp. This card would be great for any little boys. You can't tell from the picture but I stamped a little greating just instead the bottom corner of the card and when the card is flat you can see it through the scallop circle bite.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Wild About You, See You Around Wheel, Really Retro

Cardstock: Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS

Ink: Old Olive, Basic Gray

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals