Cards by Kim

Baby Ladybug!!

2011-06-16T08:01:00.000-07:00

I was asked to create baby shower invites and thank you cards using a ladybug theme, so here is what I came up with:

Kindergarten Celebration

2011-06-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my little guy will no longer be a Kindergartener... time sure flies by! Ashton and his friend decided to host a Kindergarten Graduation Celebration and here are invites and favors I came up with!

Oh Baby!

2011-02-15T12:42:00.000-08:00

Just recently I co-hosted a baby shower for a friend who is having a baby boy! Here is the invite and thank you cards I created for her!

Happy Valentines!

2011-02-02T09:05:00.001-08:00

Cork Board

2010-11-09T21:19:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick project I made using a picture frame and the Stampin' Up! Cork Sheets (#119819). Ribbon and felt flowers are both retired, but I love the colors and have been holding on to them just waiting for the right project.

Happ Halloween!!

2010-10-17T19:12:00.001-07:00

Just a quick post...

Oh the Fabric....

2010-10-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a card that I made for my upline's daughters 2nd Birthday and all I have to say is I LOVE the fabric in the Holiday Mini Catalog!

This is the front of the card, very simple but I wanted to really just showcase the fabric.

And here is the inside...more fabric!

(I will list supplies soon)

Halloween Treats!

2010-09-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

I was playing around with the Milk Carton Die this afternoon to try and come up with Halloween goodies for my son's class and I came up with this. I am pretty sure that when it comes time to make 20 of them I will have a simpler version, but it actually ended up fitting the requirements for my Demo swap this month!

116539 Haunting Hill Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel

115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set

105117 Pumpkin Pie Card Stock

120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock

100730 Whisper White Card Stock

101179 Basic Black Classic Ink

105115 Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker

120970 Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write Marker

100079 Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker

100059 Not Quite Navy Stampin' Write Marker

120967 Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker

109857 Mini Library Clips

119849 Modern Label Extra-Large Punch

119857 Word Window Large Punch

119279 Bitty Bat Large Punch

119873 3/4" Circle Medium Punch

113439 Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

117310 Mini Milk Carton Bigz L Die

Halloween here we come!!!

2010-09-19T21:37:00.000-07:00

Every year my husband spends hours decorating for Halloween (his holiday, mine is Christmas), so this year I decided that I would help out and here is my contribution. Of course these cute pumpkins are made with Stampin' Up! products from the amazingly cool Holiday Mini Catalog!

120909 Spooky Things Decor Elements

120987 Black Flourish Designer Jewels

109027 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon

Big Shot Letterpress Plates by Stampin' Up!

2010-09-09T14:55:00.000-07:00

Letterpress Plates now available in the Holiday Mini Catalog! Check out the Stampin' Up! video below and if you have any questions please let me know, but if you want to try them out come to my workshop on Sunday September 26th @ 11am (more information contact me)!

Thank you (fold out)

2010-09-07T11:38:00.000-07:00

104430 Stampin Dimensionals

119857 Large Word Window Punch

117167 Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper

120453 Stamp Set Clear Just Believe

119264 Ribbon Stitched Poly Peach Parfait 1/2

119784 Classic Stampin Pad Pear Pizzazz

119680 Stampin Write Marker Early Espresso

119783 Classic Stampin Pad Peach Parfait

119794 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Peach Parfait

100730 Card Stock Whisper White 8 1/2x11

104199 Thread Linen

119801 Stampin Write Markers In Color Assortment

103305 Dotto

Motorcycle

2010-09-07T11:36:00.000-07:00

102892 Sponge Daubers

104430 Stampin Dimensionals

117657 Motorcycle Wood Mount Stamp

109025 Ribbon Grosgrain Whisper White 1/4 Inch

115605 Ribbon Grosgrain Basic Black 5/8 Inch

119976 Sizzix® Textured Impressions Square Lattice

113439 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

113475 Sizzix Accessory Replacement Cutting Pad

121045 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Basic Black

109120 Classic Stampin Pad Basic Gray

115658 Classic Stampin Pad Rich Razzleberry

115316 Card Stock Rich Razzleberry 8 1/2 X 11

100730 Card Stock Whisper White 8 1/2x11

Bird (or should I say) Owl House!

2010-09-07T11:34:00.000-07:00

119683 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Daffodil Delight

120953 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Crumb Cake

102128 Card Stock Chocolate Chip 8 1/2x11

100702 Card Stock Old Olive 8 1/2x11

117168 Play Date Designer Series Paper

109857 Library Clips - Mini

117191 Punch Two-Step Bird

118074 Punch Extra Large Two-Step Owl

119860 Large 1-3/8" Circle Punch

119861 Large 1-1/4" Circle Punch

117310 Bigz L Mini Milk Carton

113475 Sizzix Accessory Replacement Cutting Pad,

113439 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

117172 Play Date Quick Accents

Three little Monsters

2010-08-28T22:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a sneak peak of what we will be doing in tomorrow's workshop! I am in love with the Make A Monster Stamp Set! They are 3x3 cards each a little different, simple and fun!

104430 Stampin Dimensionals

100908 Classic Stampin Pad Chocolate Chip

102128 Card Stock Chocolate Chip 8 1/2x11

105114 Stampin Write Marker So Saffron

105118 Card Stock So Saffron 8 1/2x11

100058 Stampin Write Marker Tempting Turquoise

102067 Card Stock Tempting Turquoise 8 1/2x11

100052 Stampin Write Marker Real Red

100079 Stampin Write Marker Old Olive

102277 Classic Stampin Pad Old Olive

107309 Envelopes Square Whisper White Mini

120606 Stamp Set Clear Make A Monster

115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set

117168 Play Date Designer Series Paper

100730 Card Stock Whisper White 8 1/2x11

Back to School

2010-08-24T08:41:00.000-07:00

August has been one crazy month! My son officially started Kindergarten yesterday (sniff sniff) and I wanted to share with you a little note I made for him and slipped it into his lunch box. The funny thing is when he came home yesterday he hadn't even opened the envelope! He said, "Mom I wanted to wait and open it with you." What a sweet guy he is!

120139 Apple Blossoms Stamp Set (Hostess Level 2)

120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock

102482 Real Red Card Stock

102128 Chocolate Chip Card Stock

100730 Whisper White Card Stock

117168 Play Date Designer Paper

100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

118074 Two Step Owl Extra Large Punch

119857 Word Window Large Punch

119849 Modern Label Extra Large Punch

My little man is now 5 years old!

2010-08-19T20:07:00.001-07:00

I wanted to share with everyone the card that I made my little man! Wow I can't believe he is 5 years old, time sure flies. Using the Make a Monster stamp set was so much fun, the hardest part was settling on a monster to make!

I couldn't resist sharing a picture of my guy waiting to eat his birthday sushi (he has been having sushi for his birthday since his 2nd birthday).

Party Banners

2010-08-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

I am officially in love with the Celebration Party Banner in this years catalog! I bought one kit and I was able to make 2 banners for Ashton's Birthday Party. "Lego Space Police Training" and "Ashtons 5th Birthday"

They were amazingly simple to use and I can reuse them for another event (my hubbys birthday party)!

Happy Birthday Ashton!

2010-08-18T07:53:00.001-07:00

This past Sunday we had my son's 5th Birthday Party! Below are the goody bags that Ashton and I made for all of his friends. I used the Celebrations DP, So Many Thanks Stamp, Bigz Top Note Die, Extra Large Punch Decorative Label, Modern Label Extra Large Punch, and some printed out images from Lego Space Police (his theme this year). I will post some more pictures later today of some of the other great things I used for his party!

Mom's 1st day

2010-08-10T21:09:00.001-07:00

For the Mom's coming to the Back to School lunch tomorrow, I threw a few things together that I thought they may need on the 1st day of Kindergarten. Kleenex and Chocolate!

Back to School!

2010-08-10T09:42:00.001-07:00

This year since Ashton is making the big leap to Kindergarten (sniff sniff for mom), I decided to host a Back to School Lunch for him and a couple of his friends. So each of the kid got a few school supplies I picked up at our local office supply store and then just embellished using the Play Date DSP and Quick Accents.

Countdown Pennant!

2010-07-28T07:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Wednesday! Today I wanted to share with you a project my son and I did together (mostly my son)! I used retired card stock and retired DSP alone with the Bigz XL Pennant Die, Decorative Strip Billboard Die, Smooch Spritz Vanilla Shimmer and 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon. 22 MORE days until my baby turns 5...can't believe it!

2010-07-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick reminder card I made to send all my friends using the Level One Hostess stamp set Because I Care. You can earn this set free when you host your own workshop!

Extra, Extra Hostess Promotion

2010-07-27T07:58:00.000-07:00

Earn an EXTRA $25.00 in free merchandise when you host a workshop totaling $350 or more! Call me for more information or to book your workshop!

Convention 2010!!!

2010-07-26T08:58:00.000-07:00

Just returned from our annual Stampin' Up! Convention...OMG! There were some many new products and techniques that we saw, I'm almost having a hard time remembering them all!

I am super excited to show everything to you, so if you are interested in attending one of my classes or hosting a workshop of your own (earn FREE product) or better yet if you would like to join the Stampin' Up! family send me an email for more information.

LEGO Lots of Bots

2010-07-26T08:49:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday!

Here is a quick LEGO card I made for my son's friend who had a LEGO party. I am always trying to come up with new LEGO cards, since my son is such a fanatic!

Convention Bag Tag

2010-07-08T15:11:00.000-07:00

Convention here we come!!! Here is my tag for my convention bag and I am loving that I was able to use the Build-a-Bear dies this year. Of course I had to add some sparkle and a little bling!

Skinny Tin Gift Card Holder

2010-06-28T08:49:00.000-07:00

Ashton and I made these Gift Card Holders for his Preschool Teachers. I used some retire DP and skinny tin. Here is the outside:

Close up of the flower I used the Fancy Flower Extra Large and Island Floral Bigz Die.

Here is the inside Ashton did the stamping and the coloring using the Beary Best Friends and Beary Nice Wishes Stamp Sets.

Chalkboard Decor Elements

2010-06-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

Join the Stampin' Up! Team!!!

2010-06-21T13:33:00.001-07:00

June Workshop

2010-06-21T13:31:00.001-07:00

May Workshop

2010-05-23T16:27:00.001-07:00

Here are the projects that we did in my May workshop (I am slightly behind in my posts), hope you like them!

I still love this set, so great for guys and their tools.

I love this one...I use use the Fancy Flower Extra Large Punch, ran the paper through the Crimper and separated each flower into two.

Here I used the new builder wheel which is super cool

ARGGGG! Beware Pirate!!

Totally Tool Happy Birthday

2010-05-09T20:21:00.000-07:00

Totally Tool!!!

I made this card for my father-in-law's birthday...I still love this set so manly and so simple to throw together!

Time for a Change...

2010-04-27T11:42:00.000-07:00

I am very excited that with the release of the 2010/2011 Idea Book and Catalog on July 1st there will be a Color Renovation! Stampin' Up! has renovated their color collections into 4 Core groups; Brights, Subtles, Regals, and Neutrals that include 25 Carryover colors, 10 returning In-Colors (now core colors), and 5 Brand new core colors.

Along with the new Core Colors each year SU! will introduce five new In-Colors and they will have the lifespan of 2 years. So we will introduce 5 new In-Colors in July (2010/2011) and the next year (2011/2012) we will introduce 5 more , then the falling year (2012/2013) we will introduce 5 more and retire the 5 we introduced this year (2010/2011).

But with all good things sometime we have to say goodbye...Goodbye I mean to some of the existing colors.

So if there is a color that is listed to retire and you've had your eye on or you want to stock up before it is all gone, contact me now to place your order! Supplies will run out fast!

Happy Birthday Build a Bear!

2010-04-14T14:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a card that I made for a few birthday's...Loved it so much I made a few a gave them to two different girls for their birthday. Since I have a son, I sometime go a little over board with the girl cards for my friends...

Ingredients:
Kraft Card Stock
Pretty in Pink Card Stock
Old Olive Card Stock
Very Vanilla Card Stock
Sending Love Specialty Designer Paper
Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
Sweet Pea Stitched Felt
Big Shot
Stampin' Up! Bear Die
Stampin' Up! Beary Essentials Die
Stampin' Up! Beary Girl Die

Without the "Sweet"

2010-03-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

Here is another card using the sweet treat cups without the "sweet"! Hope you enjoy!

Click here see the previous post Fishy Gumball

Stamp-a-Stack Class

2010-02-28T08:07:00.001-08:00

I wanted to share with you the cards that we made at my Stamp-a-Stack Workshop. This was my first of this kind and I feel that it was a big success! They made 5 each of the designs below and this quarter we focused on Birthday Cards. Hope you enjoy!

Baby Shower Invite

2010-02-04T08:28:00.000-08:00

This morning I wanted to share a couple samples of Baby Shower Invites I made for a friend. She requested black and white with a pop of color, not knowing the sex of the baby I went with So Saffron as my pop. I just LOVED the way they turned out!

Jan Workshop

2010-01-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

This month was the launch of the new Occasion Mini Catalog and the fabulous Sale-a-Bration promotion! Here are what the gals made a few weeks ago at my Jan workshop, hope you enjoy!

Crushed Curry Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Bermuda Bay Card Stock

Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Pad (SAB)

Bermuda Bay Classic Ink

Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Heart Treat Cups

Sweetheart Stamp Set

Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set

Full Heart Punch

1-1/4” Square Punch

Round Tab Punch

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Pretty in Pink Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Pad (SAB)

Melon Mambo Card Stock

Bermuda Bay Card Stock

Soft Suede Stampin’ Write

Melon Mambo Stampin Write

Bermuda Bay Stampin Write

Melon Mambo Classic Ink

Small Heart Punch (Mini)

Scallop Trim Border (SAB)

Scallop Trim Corner (Mini)

Melon Mambo 1/2” Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Clear Buttons

Linen Thread

So Saffron Card Stock

Old Olive Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stock (Mini)

1-3/8” Circle Punch

Scallop Circle Punch

Whisper White Organza Ribbon

Love you Much Stamp Set

Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write

Real Red Card Stock

Vary Vanilla Card Stock

Pretty in Pink Card Stock

Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper (Mini)

Small Heart Punch (Mini)

Stampin’ Up! Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die (Mini)

Full Heart Punch

Eyelet Border Punch

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Picture This Stamp Set Hostess level 1 (Mini)

Real Red Classic Ink

Make a Difference!

2010-01-21T09:00:00.001-08:00

From now until February 28, 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set you sell will be donated to the American Red Cross' Haiti Relif and Dvelopment Fund. The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

Contact me today to place your order!

Product Name	Item #	Price
I {Heart} Hearts - clear-mount (block D recommended)	118571	$18.95
I {Heart} Hearts - wood-mount	117010	$26.95

Fish in GumBall Machine

2010-01-21T08:09:00.000-08:00

For our January Demo Swap we had to use anything from the new Occasions Mini (which I love) and saw the Something Sweet Stamp Set and thought how cute would it be to make a gumball fish tank.

Here you can see that I used the window sheets to hold up the fish so that they look like they are jumping out of the water.

Another close up...

And here I used 2 stampin' dimensionals stacked on top of each other to separate the "waves"

Ingredients:
Chocolate Chip Card Stock
Whisper White Card Stock
Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack
Something Sweet Stamp Set
Sweet Treat Cups
Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink
Blender Pen
Flower Assortment Brads
1/4" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon

Clear Block Holder

2010-01-12T19:15:00.001-08:00

It was totally driving me crazy trying to figure out how to store my new Clear Mounting Blocks in a way that they would be accessible and compact (I am very limited on my crafting space), so this is what I came up with:

I used a old diaper wipe dispenser, took the lid off, Chip board, and embellished with some retired DP. Also I wanted to try out some of the new punches in the Occasions Mini Catalog.

Snowflake Punch Card

2009-11-08T19:49:00.000-08:00

Here is a card that I had my girls make in my last workshop using the snowflake punch and shimmer paint. I had them punch out the snow flake image, keeping the reverse image to stencil the snowflake with the Shimmer paint right on the whisper white card stock. I also sponged on shimmer paint on the Bashful Blue snowflakes before gluing them on.

Inside the card!

Happy Birthday

2009-11-02T19:54:00.001-08:00

I wanted to share today with you this card that I made for a friend. I used this cool technique where you stamp the image on one side of a window sheet and fill in the image using a silver, orange and blue marker on the other side. Super easy and lots of fun!

Rock-a-bye baby

2009-10-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I hosted a Baby Shower for a good friend who is have their first baby...a baby BOY! The guest of honor and her husband love to sail and one of her favorite colors is orange, so we came up with the theme Rock-a-by Baby!

Here is the banner I made

Here are the invites and the Thank you cards that I made

September's Workshop

2009-09-26T07:44:00.001-07:00

Happy Saturday to all! Here is what my gals will be doing for tomorrow's workshop...All about Halloween!

Ingredients:

Chocolate Chip Card Stock

Pumpkin Pie Card Stock

Not Quite Navy

Very Vanilla Card Stock

Eat, Drink & Be Scary Stamp Set

Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write

Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink

Vintage Brads

Pumpkin Pie 1/4” Grosgrain Ribbon

Chocolate Chip 1/4” Grosgrain Ribbon

Tag Punch

Small Tag Punch

Crop-A-Dile

Ingredients:

Dusty Durango Card Stock

Basic Black Card Stock

Crushed Curry Card Stock

Close to Cocoa Card Stock

Basic Black Classic Ink

Basic Black Stampin’ Write

uni-ball Signo Gel Pen White

Twick or Tweet Stamp Set (Mini)

Night & Day Specialty DP (Mini)

The Tearing Edge

Spiral Punch

Dusty Durango Polka-Dot Grosgrain

Ingredients:

Perfect Plum Card Stock

Dusty Durango Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Perfect Plum Classic Ink

Sweet Centers Stamp Set (Mini)

1-3/4” Circle Punch

1-3/8” Circle Punch

Sweet Treat Cups (Mini)

C is for Cat!

2009-09-23T08:26:00.001-07:00

Here is a card from last months workshop! I love the colors and the stamp set!

Ribbon Grosgrain Whisper White 1/4 Inch

Classic Stampin Pad Chocolate Chip

Classic Stampin Pad Tempting Turquoise

C Is For Cat Stamp Set

Punch 1 1/4 Inch Circle

Punch Corner 3/16 Inch

Designer Buttons Playground

Card Stock Tempting Turquoise 8 1/2x11

Card Stock Whisper White 8 1/2x11

Designer Series Paper Kaleidscope 12x12

Punch Oval

103683	Glue Dots Mini
109025	Ribbon Grosgrain Whisper White 1/4 Inch
100908	Classic Stampin Pad Chocolate Chip
100814	Classic Stampin Pad Tempting Turquoise
115764	C Is For Cat Stamp Set
104294	Sticky Strip
104403	Punch 1 1/4 Inch Circle
109047	Punch Corner 3/16 Inch
116313	Designer Buttons Playground
102067	Card Stock Tempting Turquoise 8 1/2x11
100730	Card Stock Whisper White 8 1/2x11
115680	Designer Series Paper Kaleidscope 12x12
107305	Punch Oval Large
104430	Stampin Dimensionals

103683	Glue Dots Mini
109025	Ribbon Grosgrain Whisper White 1/4 Inch
100908	Classic Stampin Pad Chocolate Chip
100814	Classic Stampin Pad Tempting Turquoise
115764	C Is For Cat Stamp Set
104294	Sticky Strip
104403	Punch 1 1/4 Inch Circle
109047	Punch Corner 3/16 Inch
116313	Designer Buttons Playground
102067	Card Stock Tempting Turquoise 8 1/2x11
100730	Card Stock Whisper White 8 1/2x11
115680	Designer Series Paper Kaleidscope 12x12
107305	Punch Oval Large
104430	Stampin Dimensionals

Ashton's 4th Birthday

2009-09-23T08:16:00.000-07:00

After convention I went straight into my son's birthday party, it was last month and I still can't believe he is 4!

Ashton wanted a Power Miner Lego Party so here is the cake that I made for him, it was my first attempt at fondant. He also only wanted 3 candles, because he was 3 years old and he wanted 4 rock monsters because he was turning 4 years old.

He decided that he wanted to have a cupcake like everyone else...fondant is really sweet.

A long time....

2009-09-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a long time since I have blogged! The craziness started with a trip to Salt Lake City for Convention, which by the way ROCKED! Some many cool ideas, new tips, new products, and wonderful people that I am still trying to take it all in.
Here are a few glimpse of what I saw:

More Convention Swaps

2009-08-04T14:19:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that I will be leaving for convention tomorrow morning! WoooHOOOO!

I wanted to share a few swaps that I came up with just for this grand event. Sorry for not listing all of the ingredients, but I am really behind in the packing department so I need to get to it. Hope everyone has a great week and I will check in next week to share some of the great things I see at Convention.

Quick Convention Swap

2009-07-31T16:57:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick card I did for convention, I used Crystal Effects on top of the Metallic Silver dots to give them some dimension.

Ingredients:

Real Red Card Stock
Brushed Silver Card Stock
Metallic Silver Ink
Stampin' Up! Elegant Bouquet Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Large Oval Punch
Scallop Oval Punch
All Holiday Stamp Set

Convention Tag

2009-07-29T09:45:00.001-07:00

Okay so here is my convention bag tag...I may add some more flowers but I am just not sure yet.

Happy Hump Day!

2009-07-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

Good Morning everyone!

I wanted to share with you guys the 3 projects we will be doing at Brenda's workshop! She will be my first hosted workshop outside my home and I am super excited!

This first card is very similar to my July workshop card, but I changed it just a bit and I think I like this one better.

Ingredients:

Bashful Blue CS
Soft Suede CS
Whisper White CS
Bashful Blue Classic Ink
Soft Suede Classic Ink
Melon Mambo Stampin' Write
Circle Circus Stamp Set
A little Birthday Cheer Stamp Set
Animal Stories Stamp Set
1-1/4" Circle Punch
1-3/8" Circle Punch
3/4" Circle Punch
1/2" Circle Punch
1/2" Polka Dot Grograin Ribbon Soft Suede

Ingredients:

Rich Razzleberry CS
Whisper White CS
Cottage Wall DP
Rick Razzleberry Classic Ink
Old Olive Classic Ink
Priceless Stamp Set
Organza Ribbon WHisper White
3/16" Corner Rounder Punch
2-Way Glue
Dazzling Glitter
Stampin' Up! Top Note Bigz Die

I would love to take full credit for this card, but I cased it from my upline Jennifer who has the best ideas!

Ingredients:

Melon Mambo CS
Apricot Appeal CS
Whisper White CS
Melon Mambo Classic Ink
Apricot Appeal Classic Ink
Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set
Scallop Edge Punch
Boho Blossoms Punch
1/4" Black Grosgrain Ribbon
Clear Rhinestone Brads
Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die

July Workshop

2009-07-28T08:03:00.001-07:00

Here is what we did at my July Workshop last weekend. As always it was lots of fun to share and create with friends!

Ingredients:

Bermuda Bay Card Stock

Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper

Dusty Durango Card Stock

Crushed Curry Card Stock

Window Sheets

Dusty Durango Classic Ink

Scallop Oval Punch

BigShot

Box #2 Bigz xk Dies

Extended Cutting Pads

Stampin’ Up! Birds & Bloodms Sizzlits Die

Standard Cutting Pads

Multipurpose Platform

Ingredients:

Rich Razzleberry Card Stock

Pale Plum Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Rich Razzleberry Classicl Ink

Pale Plum Classic Ink

Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write

Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write

Blender Pen

Jumbo Grommets

1/2” Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon Rich Razzleberry

Animal Crackers Stamp Set

1/2” Circle Punch

Eyelet Border Punch

Ingredients:

Bashful Blue Card Stock

Soft Suede Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Bashful Blue Classic Ink

Crushed Curry Classic Ink

Soft Suede Classic Ink

Circle Circus Stamp Set

Defining Alphabet Stamp Set

1-1/4” Circle Punch

1” Circle Punch

3/4” Circle Punch

Wide Oval Punch

1/2” Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon Soft Suede

Soft Subtle Brads

Stamp-a-ma-jig

Ingredients:

Regal Rose Card Stock

Summer Sun Card Stock

Tempting Turquoise Card Stock

Pink Flamingo Designer Paper

Flight of the Butterfly Stamp Set

Regal Rose Classic Ink

Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink

Butterfly Punch

1-3/8” Circle Punch

Scallop Circle Punch

Button Latte

Linen Thread

BigShot

Swirly Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die

Decorative Strip Spacer Platform

Decorative Strip Cutting Pads

Reach for the Stars

2009-07-24T09:03:00.000-07:00

Here I used the Animals Crackers Stamp Set which I love on two different cards. I love the Rich Razzleberry CS! Hope everyone has a great FRIDAY!!!

Lots of Bots

2009-07-24T08:58:00.000-07:00

I am having loads of fun using all the new stuff from the 2009/2010 catty!

Ingredients:

Basic Gray CS
Basic Black CS
Crushed Curry CS
In Color Stampin' Markers
Lots of 'Bots Stamp Set
Small Tag and Tag Punched
1/4" Black Grosgrain Ribbon
Basic Gray Classic Ink

July Make N Take Swap

2009-07-21T15:48:00.000-07:00

For July Merrigrace chose this sketch right out of the July's Stampin' Success.

Here is mine, I used the Swirly Die to create to border!

Merrigrace's Swap

Jennifer's Swap

Happy Hump Day!

2009-07-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

So I am completely in love with Butterflies, so when Stampin' Up! release a Butterfly punch I was all over it AND it coordinates with the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set! Hope you enjoy!

Baby Shower!

2009-07-10T11:26:00.000-07:00

TGIF!!!!

Here is the invite that I created for my friend, Lenore who is having her second baby (a girl) and with the help of another friend we are throwing her a Scrapbook Baby Shower.

Ingredients:

Pretty in Pink Card Stock
Chocolate Chip Card Stock
Whisper White Card Stock
Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
Pretty in Pink Classic Ink
Circle Circus Stamp Set
Animal Stories Stamp Set
Linen Thread

Business Card Holder

2009-07-08T11:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Hump Day!

I wanted share this business card holder that I made. The best part is that I used magnets to attach the embellishment so that I can change them out depending on the holiday or theme of my workshops!

3-D Lego Birthday invite

2009-06-19T11:48:00.000-07:00

My son who is a Lego fanatic wants to have a Power Miner's Lego Birthday Party. So even though his birthday is not until August I thought I would get a jump on them, because this summer is so busy I wasn't sure I would have time right before his birthday to put them together.

I used the Pop template that was in July's Stampin' Success Magazine, which is totally simple! My son picked out some images on Lego.com, did a little editing and cropping to get just the right pictures.

Here is the front, I used Tangerine Tango, Basic Black card stock, and I used the word window punch for the "you're invited" that I printed out on my computer.

In order to hold the card closed I used self adhesive magnetic dots that I got at a Teacher Supply Store.

Here you can see the placement of the magnets.

Here is how it looks when start to you open it up. On the inside right panel you will notice that I only used adhesive on the top diagonal so that the picture in side did not have a crease.

In order to keep the right panel open I used the magnets again.

And here is the invite when it is completely open!

Ribbon Heart!

2009-06-15T17:05:00.000-07:00

I just love this card! A week ago at Jennifer's (my upline) Monthly Technique workshop we made this card. Super easy and very cute!

Sunday Morning's Demo Swap (Make & Take)

2009-06-13T07:04:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Everyone!

I wanted to share that for this month's Demo swap Challenge I chose to create a simple outline and let my fellow Demos at it. I am very excited to see what everyone come up with and especially since we will be getting together for a make and take!

Sunday's Workshop

2009-06-12T20:06:00.000-07:00

This month was all about Birthdays! I am always searching for new and creative birthday cards, so I decided why not base my monthly workshop on Birthday!

...and you thought I forgot!

Ingredients:

Kraft Card Stock

Night of Navy Card Stock

Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Night of Navy Classic Ink

Stampin’ Pastels

Sponge Daubers

Watercolor Pencils

Blender Pen

Large Oval Punch

Scallop Oval Punch

Linen Thread

Under the Stars Stamp Set

A Little Birthday Cheer Stamp Set

Relax!

Ingredients:

Old Olive Card Stock

Sahara Sand Card Stock

Pumpkin Pie Card Stock

Watercolor Paper

Basic Black Classic Ink

Watercolor Crayons

Aqua Painter

Spiral Punch

3/16” Corner Rounder Punch

1/4” Black Grosgrain Ribbon

Jumbo Eyelets Pewter

Crop-a-Dile

Any Many Mower Stamp Set

B is for birthday

Ingredients:

Certainly Celery Card Stock

Glossy White Card Stock

Real Red Card Stock

Close to Cocoa Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Certainly Celery Classic Ink

Real Red Classic Ink

Close to Cocoa Classic Ink

Sanding Block

Stampin Sponge

1-3/4” Circle Punch

1” Circle Punch

3/4” Circle Punch

Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds I Texturz Plate

Big Shot

Party Hearty Stamp Set

Birthday Wishes

Ingredients:

Summer Sun Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Regal Rose Card Stock

Pink Flamingo Designer Paper

Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink

Regal Rose Classic Ink

Summer Sun Classic Ink

Whisper White 1/4” Grosgrain Ribbon

Garden Greeting Stamp Set

1-1/4” Square Punch

Happy Birthday Merrigrace

2009-06-11T12:46:00.000-07:00

Here is a card that I made for my Upline's Upline for her birthday. Funny thing is I forgot to take a picture of my card before I mailed it so I had to wait until Merrigrace posted it...Thanks Merrigrace.

I had a lot of fun coming up with this one using Top Note, Birds & Blooms and Card, Telephone & Address Clear die. For the flower I actually peel the card stock apart to give the flower more full look.

Box Bag

2009-06-09T07:44:00.001-07:00

I put this bag together for my son to give to his preschool teacher at the end of year bbq. It was simple and quick and just the right size to fit a few mine stamps in there.

I used the Box #2 Die and Clear Card, Telephone & Address Die with some Designer paper and card stock. The handle I used some 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.

Hope you enjoy, I know my son teacher did!

2009-06-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

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