Valentine Sale-A-Bration Elements!

 

Valentines Day can bring much happiness for some, and sadness for others. Here's hoping this one brings you joy as you share your love for your family, sweethearts and friends. :-)

There may be those people in your life that seem un-lovable, but everyone needs to be loved.:-) Don't forget to spread yours and bring joy to someone's day or life!


The Designer Paper 'Everyday Enchantment' pack in SAB is gorgeous!! You'll absolutely LOVE it! I'm amazed that it's included in the FREE zone with a $50 purchase. So many awesome choices are yours this year!!

Peruse the Sale-A-Bration catalog, print it off  HERE and be amazed! :-)

The following is a Valentine card I designed for my daughter.....hoping she likes it. I used the SAB Designer Paper and new ribbon and die cut from the Mini Occasions catalog.  Beautiful items!

Stampin'Up! items used:

Pear Pizazz, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla card stock, Everyday Enchantment DSP (SAB option),  3/8 Pleated Satin Pear Pizazz ribbon, Designer Frames embossing folders (SAB option), Heart to Heart punch and glitter glue.

SALE-A-BRATION is HERE!!!

YES!! Sale-A-Bration is here!! 

FREE items with every $50 purchase! :-)

What a FANTASTIC selection this year too!

You will LOVE the items you can select from!

Enjoy your shopping experience!

Field Flowers!

I'm so sorry that it's been so long since I've posted any card designs. Life truly has become non-stop, so I'm grabbing a minute as I sit home with my sick child as we both recover from a nasty flu to try and post a card I designed a few months ago. :-)

This stamp set, Field Flowers, is a great 2-step stamping set!! You'll love it! I used Marina Mist.....I know, unusual color, but it makes it so easy for you to use any other! :-) So, have fun playing with other colors!! :-)

Happy New Year to everyone!

Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Field Flowers stamp set, Marina Mist, Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Old Olive cardstock, Large Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval punch and Small Oval punch, Basic Black, Marina Mist and Old Olive Classic Ink, Beau Chateau and First Edition Specialty Designer Series Papers, and Victoria Crochet Trim.

Mini Occasions is here!

                     CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!!

         LOVE this mini catalog......and so will you!!
Great news is that Stamp'in Up! has added some accessories that work like the Nestibilities that so many of you are collectors of!
 I'm SOOOOO excited to be able to show them to you!!

So, what do you think?! Are you as excited as I am? :-)

QUICK! Go on-line to my website HERE and check out all the new and exciting goodies!!

Christmas Fast Approaching!!

......and I'm not ready yet! Are you?! If you are one of those ultra organized people that was done with their shopping in August....well, I don't want to hear from you! :-) lol.

Life happens.....and it's been happening so much, I have had no time to sit down and actually post! :-) I'm not complaining one bit....just feel guilty that I haven't been able to post ideas for you to run with!

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is almost here?! It's amazing to me how quickly time flies....simply amazing.

Ok. ok. Time for some new samples to get you ready for your Holiday card creating! :-)

This Christmas Card I made using the stamp set "Beautiful Season"....was really struck by the beauty of the image. Hope you find it as fun to color as I did! I had fun deciding how to layer the Sentiment too.....End up using "Four Frames" and the coordinating punch. Enjoy!!

Items Used:

Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Basic Black, Whisper White and Marina Mist cardstock. "Beautiful Season" and "Four Frames" stamp sets. Decorative Label, Large and Small Oval  punches. Houndstooth Embossing folder. Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper.

Colored the image using Stamp'in Write markers and Blender pen:

Certainly Celery, Pear Pizazz, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight

My Baby Sis!

She's certainly not a baby anymore, but thank goodness she's always my Sis!! Can't wait to get a picture of my middle sister, so I can design a page around her too! :-) I'd have to get her to sit still though, and that might be impossible with all the running she does with her kids! :-)

Again, this page was designed using the elements in 'My Digital Studio'.....an amazing, fun and easy program to navigate and create with! Check it out HERE and order your own!

My little Sis loves the outdoors, like the rest of my family, so this seemed an appropriate color and style to do with her picture!

Hope you get busy playing with your MDS program!

You don't have MDS???

BUY IT! You won't regret it! :-)

Holiday Mini is Here!!

It's wonderful, as usual!! This Holiday Mini is filled with the nostalgia of the Holidays.....it makes you want to get busy crafting and getting ready for your favorite time of year!

Click HERE to see the catalog! Enjoy the ideas and have fun planning your craft projects! Order today to make sure you have time to get those cards and projects done before the Holidays! :-)

The Open Sea!

LAST CHANCE to get this stamp set is August 31st from the Summer Mini Catalog!! Don't miss out on it! It's such a great grouping of designs! :-)

This card was made using the 'Open Sea' stamp set. The set is also available in MDS graphics too!!

Hope you enjoy the fun I had with it and it inspires you to get busy creating your own! :-)

Stampin' Up! suppies used:

Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Crumb Cake cardsock. Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Silver embossing powder, Crimper, 'Nautical Expedition' Designer Series Paper and Silver Eyelets.

More MDS Pages!

Between work and fighting with my Internet service, I have had little chance to photograph card designs and post lately! So sorry for the delay!
I will endeavor to post some later this week.....if my Internet cooperates! ;-)
In the meantime, here's a few more Scrapbook pages made with Stampin' Up!'s Digital Studio! Hope you are inspired and can see all the fun things you can do with it!

My Beautiful Daughter!

Our children sure have a way of stealing our hearts, don't they?! They may make us crazy with the testing of our patience, the talking back, the dis-obeying or just plain ignoring us......but we love them from the depths of our heart and wouldn't trade them for anything! We treasure the moments that they want to talk, want to cuddle, want to still hold our hand in public....knowing those days will come to an end as soon as they 'grow up.'

So, thats the lesson for the day......
Enjoy every moment! Even the ones that make you crazy and want to pull your hair out!! :-) 

Here's a scrapbook page done, with MDS, of my beautiful, wonderful daughter! I love her so much!!

Faith In Nature!

Take a look at one of the wonderful stamp sets you can get with your Hostess Benefits!

I love "Faith in Nature".....was so inspired to make a vintagy card with it!
Opened my new pack of In-Color cardstock and decided on "Peach Parfait!" What a yummy color!
Hope you like the outcome!

Stampin'Up! supplies used:

Very Vanilla, Basic Black and Peach Parfait cardstock. Peach Parfait, Basic Black and Crumb Cake Classic ink. Basic Black 1/8"Taffeta Ribbon, Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper, Matt Pack and Basic Black Stampin' Write marker.

Delightful Nephew!

I forget how much fun "My Digital Studio" is until I'm inspired by a photo and take time to play!!

I'm so enjoying my little nephew, Timothy. It's been a year since I've seen him and he's such a delight! A happy baby, he is! :-)

Thought I'd share some scrapbook pages I've had a few minutes to create. There are so many options to MDS.....scrapbook pages, cards, calendars, journals, flyers.....whatever you want to create! If you don't feel like you can create something from scatch, then just use the templates that are there for you!
It's great to be able to open your lap top on vacation and create your pages in your down time....or while watching TV!
CHECK IT OUT HERE!

Click on the image to see the catalog of images available for MDS or other programs.

                                                                             Enjoy!

New Hostess Benefits!!

Have you seen the new way you can use your Hostess Benefits towards stamps?!


I love the way it works! Once you have reached a qualifying purchase amount, you have $ to use towards your Hostess stamps! The value of the stamp sets are far more than the $ amount you spend on them......and there are many beautiful sets, digital pkgs and paper to choose from!

Hurry up and go look!! CLICK HERE to see the new HOSTESS SETS! Remember, you don't have to host a workshop to get your free stamps....just spend enough to qualify!
Have fun shopping!!

Sea Fairing B'day!

This is, by far, my favorite 'masculine' stamp set! Love it, Love it, Love it!! It has so many great elements...and great stamps to create your own background paper with too!

If you like it as much as I do, then you'll need to check out the Summer Mini Catalog and see all the matching paper and accessories that coordinate with the set. It's all wonderful!

Don't forget that it will no longer be available after August 31st....so Shop Soon! I'ts called "Open Sea."

I colored the image using a water brush after stamping the image on watercolor paper. The edges were distressed using a distressing tool and then by brushing color on the edges with a dauber.

                                                           Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, and Very Vanilla, Watercolor paper, Hemp Twine, Matt Pack, Paper Piercer, Sponge Daubers, Aqua Painter, Crimper, Word Window Punch, Large Oval Punch, Not Quite Navy, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler Classic ink.

Father's Day Fun!

These days I am horribly late with getting mail out on time to any one! My poor Dad didn't get his Father's Day card until almost his Birthday..which was a couple days ago! Now, ask me if he's gotten his B'day card yet?! Ummmm.....the answer is no....because I haven't sent it yet! 
My little sister's Birthday is today and I haven't mailed her card either!!
See?? Just terrible these days.


As much as we all love 'real' mail, it is so much easier to get instantaneous e-mail and text messages. I don't know about you, but I miss receiving 'snail mail'....handwritten, thoughtful messages from friends and family. It makes my day! :-)

Here's my Father's Day card this year. Cute set! Hope you enjoy the simplicity. It's great for Birthday's as well! Maybe you'll do better than I did and next year you'll have yours ready and in the mail early! :-)

The set is called "Best Dad Ever."

Stampin' Up! supplies used:

Crumb Cake, Tangerine Tango, Brocade Blue (retired), So Saffron and Whisper White cardstock, Stylus, Sticky Tape, Signo white gel pen, Kraft Corderoy buttons (in Clearance area), Tangerine Tango, Crumb Cake, Brocade Blue and So Saffron Stampin' Write markers. 

It's Here!!

The NEW Stampin' Up! catalog is here and open to order from!! :-) Whoo Hoo!! It's gorgeous! Great stamps, papers, and accessories sure to please everyone!!
My "want it now" list is HUGE!!
Enjoy perusing! Just click on the catalog below or on the right side bar to go directly to it!

There's also a Spanish catalog available to shop from with sentiments in Spanish and wonderful stamped images to reflect the culture of that country!! As you peruse the catalog, you'll see some of the stamp sets in several diferent languages....just take your pick! :-)

Vintage Embossing

Soooo.....how many of you own stamps that you HAD to have because you loved them so much, and are JUST now getting around to using them?!

Well, this is one of those stamp sets that I KNEW if I didn't get before the Mini Occasions ended, I'd regret it. Guess what? I am JUST now using it!! But I DO love it and think it's a perfect image for this card. I hope you agree and that it inspires you to dig out some stamps you haven't used yet! :-)

If you like it too, just wait.....we never know what stamps they will include from the Mini's into the BIG new Idea Book and Catalog due out in July!

You'll find that all the other items used in the card design are still available to order! So, don't fret. :)

This is the Designer Series Paper I used...."First Edition Newsprint"

This month is your last chance to get this paper as it's on the Retiring List!!! 

This is the NEW embossing folder, from the Summer Mini, called "Flower Garden." 

I used this embossing folder on the birdcage image to give it that 'quilted' look. It's called "Square Lattice"

Here's the card!

Stampin' Up items used:

Early Espresso, Pearly Pizazz, Very Vanilla, Pacific Point and Crumb Cake (formerly known as Kraft) cardstock, First Edition Newsprint DSP, Early Espresso Taffeta 1/4" ribbon, Square Lattice embossing folder, Flower Garden embossing folder, 3/4" Circle punch, Large Oval punch, Hemp twine, Jewelry Tag punch, Scallop Edge Border punch, and Pacific Point, Pearly Pizazz, Basic Black and Early Espresso Classic Ink.