Stampin' Up! Scrapbook Special!

What an exciting opportunity for scrapbookers to become a demo!

Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion


Dates: May 1-31, 2009

Promotion Details
In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator for only $75 with our limited-time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit contains the following:

Item Code Description Retail Value
113510 Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamp set* $42.95
113059 Simply Scrappin' Petal Party $19.95
108697 Earth Elements Assorted textured card stock $11.95
105240 Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad $7.50

*Substitutable for any stamp set up to $43.95 value.



Email me for infomation on how you can sign up for this special to become a SU! demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team.

Mother's Day gifts

This is a photograph envelope that I am giving to my mother and my mother-in-law for Mother's Day this year.

I found the instructions at Becky Oehler's blog. She made her photo pouch from Papetrey Ink envelopes. I decided to make my own envelopes from textured cardstock.

The directions for custom envelopes can be found on the Scor-Pal website.I cut my cardstock to 6-3/4" by 10-3/4" the sentiment was compute-generated and printed on Very Vanilla (StampinUp!) cardstock.

Two new cards

This is my card for today's Limited Supply challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com The challenge was to make a card based on a room in your house. I chose to use the colors in our guest bathroom, olive and wine. The pattern on the shower curtain and towels is roses, so of course I needed to use a rose stamp.

I am a bit proud of myself with this card; I actually used some of my hoarded retired In Color stuff!

Recipe:
Cardstock: True Thyme, Purely Pomegranite,Very Vanilla
Stamp: Inkadinkadoo clear stamp, Stitched bg
Ink: True Thyme, Purely Pomegranite, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Purely Pomegranite satin ribbon, brads, word window punch






This is my card for tomorrow's shoe box swap for the FL Stamping Sisters group. This was a fun card to make.

Go here to sign up for a newsletter on how to make the die cuts with SU!'s Top Note Die. It is so simple!

Recipe:
Cardstock: Rose Red, So Saffron, Rose Red DSP
Stamps: Soft Summer, Oval All
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, So Saffron, MellowMoss
Accessories: Top Note die, brads, large oval punch, scalloped oval punch.

Blog Candy Alert!

(not me! one of these days I'll offer some blog candy!)

Mary Giemza is celebrating 3,000 hits on her blog and is giving away some awesome candy! (nesties among other stuff!!)

Head over to her blog, http://mycardz.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/blog-candy-2/#respond , and leave a comment. She does ask that you post on your blog about her candy.

Happy Easter (belated!)

I hope everyone had a happy Easter and enjoyed some family time.

My husband and I (and his parents) drove to Orlando after church to have dinner with my family. It was a great afternoon; everyone (except my older brother & his family who live in VA) was there. We enjoyed ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes (yum!), veggies, pies, fruits, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something!

A couple of challenge cards

This is a double challenge card!

FTL34 and IC172 I really like this sketch and will be using it quite often!

Recipe:
Cardstock: So Saffron, Kiwi Kiss, BellaRose dsp, cs from Michaels
Stamps: Elegant Thank You
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Martha Stewart flat-back pearls









This is my other card for the FTL34 challenge.

I used PTI cardstock, dsp, and ribbon that I received in one of the PIF threads at SCS. The white layers are embossed with Cuttlebug folders and the flower is popped up.

Recipe:
Cardstock: PTI cs and dsp, Whisper White
Stamp: Embrace Life (sentiment is from a set I picked up at Joanns)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant (retired color)
Accessories: MS flat-backed pearl, PTI ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folders (D'Vine Swirl and Swiss Dots)

Black Rose Artichoke

Today's challenge at SCS was a color challenge: CC209 The colors were Black, Rose Red, and Always Artichoke.

This was a "quick and simple" card that took all of about 15 minutes from start to finish (including clean up!).

Recipe:
Stamp: Sweet Stems
Cardstock: Whisper White, Rose Red, Basic Black, and Always Artichoke & rose Red DSP's
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Stampin' Up markers, Cuttlebug embossing folder, marvy punches

Two challenge cards today!

This is my card for the Cinema Saturday Challenge, #19. The movie this week is "Emma" with Gwyneth Paltrow.

I have never seen this movie. I took my inspiration from one of the movie posters where Gwyneth was holding a teacup. Part of the challenge was to incorporate dots; I used the dotted ribbon and the pink brad.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Stamp: Stitched background

Accessories: Metallic gold marker, dotted ribbon, primas, pink brad

This is my card for Gabby Green Eye's Saturday Challenge. BLOGC3

Gabby posted a heart template with instructions to create a basket of flowers.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Rubber Stampede (basketweave), Clearly Wordsworth (sentiment), Kinen background

Accessories: Dollar Store flower, dew drops, Chocolate Chip marker

Sympathy Card

This is definitely the type of card I don't like to make, but unfortunately, sometimes a sympathy card is needed. This is for a sister Wish-RAK'er on Splitcoast.


I thought it was appropriate to use items that I received through Wish RAK - the image, inside sentiment, and round tab punch. The image was watercolored using Stampin' Up! markers


Recipe:
Cardstock: Soft Sky, Kiwi Kiss, chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon black
Stampset: Serene Spring, Close as a memory
Accessories: SU! markers, watercolor pen, round tab punch, self-adhesive flat backed pearl





This is a picture of the inside of the gate-fold card.

New Challenge on Splitcoast!

Woohoo! There is a new weekly challenge at Splitcoast! It is the CAS Challenge (CAS = "Clean and Simple"); this week's inspiration piece was flannel posted in the thread.

This card is my take on the butterfly flannel. I used the front of a 3x3 notecard I had made as the focal image. I stamped the card base with SU!'s Polka Dot background stamp. Talk about quick and easy! This card was done in about 5 minutes!

Recipe:

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranite, Whisper White, Au Chocolat DSP

Ink: Purely Pomogranite, Craft White

Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Polka Dot BG

Accessories: ribbon, sakura glitter pen, ticket corner punch, scalloped circle punch, 1-1/4" circle punch, white gel pen