The Holiday Mini is Here!!

That's right. . . .it's that time of year again!

The Holiday Mini is officially live and I am excited to say it is my favorite mini!  If you haven't received your copy, leave a comment or you can check it out on my website

Also, you can find my list of Fall Classes here.  Check back often since I will be adding to the class list!



The New Catalog is Here!!!

The 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog. . .

Isn't it beautiful?!  I've had my hands on this for the past month (A demonstrator perk) and have lost count of how many times I have gone through it already!  There is something for everyone in here.  I cannot believe the amount of stunning new stamp sets.  I can hardly wait to get my stuff and start playing.  I still have a few copies on hand if you haven't received yours yet.  Just leave a message and let me know.



Father's Day Card

This is a Father's Day Card that I made a couple of weeks ago.  One of my client's requested a card for her dad and this is what I whipped up.  All products are from Stampin' Up!  She loved the card sooooo much, that she wanted another!

Products:

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Messages, Sail Away (Summer Mini)

Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Brocade Blue (retired), Very Vanilla

Nautical Expedition DSP (from Summer Mini)

Accessories:  Build-a-Brad, 3/4" circle punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, twine

You might also note that the picture is MUCH better than previous.  My new camera finally arrived.  I've done some experimenting.  So loving the DSLR.  Wish I had gotten one years ago.

Baby Announcement Bag Topper

Well, it seems as though there is a baby boom again amongst my friends.  Within the last year, many of them (including me) have given birth to our 2nd and 3rd babies.  I just love seeing all the pictures!  They are all one cuter than the next.  My next few posts will be dedicated to baby themed items. 

This past Friday some ladies from church came over to make 50 baby announcement bag toppers.  They had done something similar in the past so it made it much easier to put it all together.  This is what you will need:

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

1. Top Note Die
2. Cardstock color of your choice (we used Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White)
3. Scallop Oval punch
4. Large oval punch
5. 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon
6. Early Espresso Classic Ink
7. Glue Dots
8. SNAIL adhesive
9. Big Shot die cutter
10. Small cello bags
11. Sticky Strip tape

I apologize for the horrible picture.  My camera died last week and this was resized from my phone.

Directions

1. Take the Pretty in Pink cardstock with the Top Note die and run through Big Shot

2. Fold in half.  Use a scoring blade to achieve a nice crease to fold.

3. Take the Pink Pirouette cardstock and punch with scallop oval

4. Take Early Espresso ink and stamp "it's a girl" onto Whisper white and punch using large oval punch

5. Make a bow with the ribbon and adhere using glue dot.

6. Layer and adhere ovals with SNAIL

7.  Take the cello bag and fill with whatever you want and adhere topper to bag with the sticky strip (this part is not shown).

My client was going to type up the baby's stats on a label and stick to the back of the topper to give. 

It took about 2 hours to make these with a 4 person assembly line.  Not to bad considering we made 50.



Changes are coming. . .

Hi everyone!

Not sure if anyone stops by here anymore since I haven't updated since NOVEMBER.  Yikes!  Guess I got a little side tracked with a new baby, holidays, etc.  Well, the good news is that during this time I have been doing lots of thinking as to what the next step in my crafty pursuits should be.  I think I have come up with some good ideas.  Stay tuned, especially over the summer as I revamp the blog and hopefully become a blog that you will follow for ideas and inspiration :)

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August Stamp Club Projects

This past Friday was our monthly stamp club meeting.  We had a wonderful time as always making some Halloween themed items.  As you can see in the picture above, we made 2 cards and 1, 3-D item.

As a special surprise, the ladies brought some special treats for my upcoming birthday.  Thanks!  That really made my day. 

Onto what you probably came to see are the supplies used in the above photo.

Card #1 (Left)

Stamps:  Wicked Cool

Paper:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Black embossing powder, dimensionals, scallop oval punch, large oval punch, rhinestones, In-color markers

Card #2 (Right)

Stamps:  Wicked Cool, Season of Friendship

Paper:  Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink:  Chocolate chip, Basic Black, Old olive, Pumpkin Pie

Heat embossing

Milk Carton

Sizzix BigShot Milk Carton die

Stamps:  Wicked Cool

Paper:  Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories:  1/8" Taffeta ribbon black

Next month we will be making some Thanksgiving/Fall items.  Remember, if you are not part of the stamp club, you can always join us as a class.  In September I will also be adding and extra class or 2 plus some product shares.  Stay tuned!