Amazing Birthday | Fabric

 I have a dear friend that will be celebrating a big milestone birthday this month. I wanted to make her a card and didn't mind if it took a little extra time. So I pulled out some products that I've not used before and started playing. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out. Its my first fabric card! The yellow chevron, pattern strip and envelope are fabric! I used a little adhesive on the envelope before adding some red hand-stitching. The strip of fabric is held in place with a little adhesive under the sentiment and then staples with Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. 

I used this card from Carissa Wiley at Sprinkled with Glitter as inspiration....

The sentiment is from this stamp from Simon Says Stamp.

 

The rest of the supplies are all from Stampin' Up!

Unfortunately the fabric is discontinued, the red ink splatter from this stamp set Gorgeous Grunge and Real Red ink. 

The little hearts are from the Builder Owl Punch.

 

 

Starting a Tradition | Traditional Scrapbook Page

this is a traditional page that i did this week of my dad and reagan at the County Fair. they are "starting a tradition" of riding the Merry-Go-Round each year, they have done it every year since 2009! 
i used the summertime collection from echo park for most of the layout, there is some creative memories and i think dcwv.

 i used the "life is good" & "life is celebration. life is right here and now." from two different Studio AE monthly stamp sets from technique tuesday. and the "snap shot" is from Heyday by Studio calico & hero arts. i LOVE all those stamps! i use them alot when scrapbooking!!

 i used "oh happy day" stamp set for the years and i stamped it in Eggplant elegance ink from Stampin' Up! and i used my big shot to cut out the tabs using this die from Paper Trey Ink. also use that alot when scrapbooking. 
 

 for all the die cuts i use country fair cricut cartridge to cut out different things that reagan loves to get at the fair. I love how overall bright and energetic the page is. it took several sketches to get it to look the way i wanted but patience won in the end because i LOVE this page!!!!

hello | card

since i missed posting on Wednesday i thought i should post twice today to make up for it. so here is a card, its kinda a weird size, its 4x8 (business size envelope). I found this stamp set while we were on vacation in florida, it was on major sale at michael's.

the sentiment is from an Alpha set. the clouds are a punch and i free handed the "talking bubble". the rest is all from the one stamp set. I paper pieced the house, using Stampin' Up! paper. Here is the colors i used.

 Pacific Point • Lucky Limeade (my favorite) • Rich Razzleberry • Crushed Curry (retired)

i'll be back tomorrow with another post! please feel free to leave a question or comment!

Workspace Wednesday: 07/11/12

Ok I realized that I didn't post my workspace picture for last week! So here it is.. Im working on alot of things, first of all starting on the left, I have my color coach out trying to come up with some new color combos to play with, right now I'm loving Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point (both from Stampin' Up!) and a lime. I don't have a good Lime color ink :( I was using Green Galore from Stampin' Up! but that pad is now dry (sniff sniff) and they don't have that color anymore. So I gotta find a new one! Next on the desk is the GYPSY! I LOVE LOVE LOVE my gypsy, I can't do anything without it! the Rolodex is a project I'm working on using THIS stamp set from Paper Trey Ink to help me keep all thoughts in one place. I'm really loving it, when I'm working on a project and need a little something I just flip through whatever section I'm needing help with and I find what I need! Its just simply great! All the little white hearts you see are from this die from Stampin' Up!. The big notebook is out because I'm gonna enter a design team call!!! I've never done that before but I've wanted to. So I thought I'd give it a try, I gotta get a couple more pictures printed before I can submit it, I'm pretty excited about it all!! So that's my desk for last week. I'm working on different stuff this week so things will look different for the post tomorrow!

Cards for Teachers

This is the last week of school so I thought I'd put some Teacher cards together. This stamp set is from Papertrey Ink, the ink & paper is Stampin' Up!. The colors I used were, Whisper White, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso and Always Artichoke. I don't think we thank our teachers enough, they have a tough job, so to all the teachers out there... Thank You for all you do!!!

The 411 on NEW Stampin' Up! Promotions

STAMPIN' UP! RETIRING ACCESSORIES LIST UPDATED.  Select products discounted to 70%.  Products are ONLY available while supplies last.  Please note that items with an "X" to the right are sold out.

STAMPIN' UP! RETIRING STAMP SETS.  Available through May 31, 2012.

STAMPIN' UP! OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG CARRYOVER LIST UPDATED.  Please note that Stampin' Up! has added even MORE products to the carryover list.  "Carryover" means that the products are stil available for purchase even though the catalog expired 4/30.  This does not guarantee the products will be in the new catalog.

 NEW!!  $99 STAMPIN' UP! STARTER KIT.   Your choice of $125 worth of your favorite Stampin' Up! catalog products.  Ships FREE.   Loads of resources PLUS $65 in business supplies.  Hobby or business demonstrators welcome.

Beginning May 1 (and for the duration of the new catalog thru May 31, 2013), Stampin' Up! will be offering a new, customizable Starter Kit at a lower price of $99!

MORE CHOICES:  When you purchase the kit, you can choose up to $125 of ANY Stampin' Up! high-quality products.  You'll also receive a business supplies pack (valued at $65) to create a kit with a total value of $190 that still ships for FREE!

In addition to filling the Starter Kit with your favorite Stampin' Up! products, you'll enjoy Stampin' Up! demonstrator discounts and benefits.  If you select me as your upline, and your local to me, you will get to join our monthly make-n-take & swap. And if you aren't local you'll become part of my upline's (Mary Fish) friendly, virtual community of passionate stampers, the Stampin' Pretty Pals.   Think about it . . . great deals, exclusive resources and new stamping friends with no pressure to sell or hold workshops (but lots of advice and support if you do).  There's no penalty to drop!

***PLUS EARN A FREE STAMPIN' UP! 2012-2013 CATALOG FROM ME WHEN YOU BOOK A WORKSHOP OR HAVE A QUALIFYING ORDER!***

More Cards

Here is another set I did as a "Thank You" for a customer. I love making cards to have on hand to give to people! I cleaned of my workspace before I made these so I tried to use up my scraps. The stamp set I used is one of my favorites from Stampin' Up! but has been retired for quite awhile. The cherry one is probably my favorite from this set! I used 1 1/4 circle punch for the cherrys and another VERY small circle punch for the "highlight", then I stamped the stems from the stamp set & stamped teh leafs on Lucky Limeade Cardstock & cut those out and paper pieced it all together. Fun times!

These is the "tag" for the package

Birthday card

This is a cute birthday card I made for a farmer themed 1st birthday! I used"Create a Critter" (of course), Stampin' Up! card stock, red stickles and some bubble wrap as a background stamp with "Lucky Limeade" ink. I also used 2 different white gel pens. For the sentiment I used  Stampin' Up! "Happiest birthday wishes" and some black ink.

simple card set

Here's a card set I made as a gift to say "thank you" to a loyal customer of mine. My camera ended up going home in my sisters car but hopefully I will get it back this weekend. So, these pictures were taken with my cell phone, so I'm sorry the quality & color is so off, these cards were so pretty in real life! Make some for yourself & see! The design was inspired by another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Catherine Pooler.

Products Used : In-Color 2011-2013 Card Stock (124329) - Friendly Phrases Stamp Set (w:126149 c:126151) - Party This Way (w:118744 c:120609) - Retried Stamp Set - Whisper White Card Stock (100730) - Snail Adhesive (104332) - Stazon Black Ink (11406) - Daffodil Delight Ink (119667) - Pumpkin Pie Ink (105216) - Real Red Ink (103133) - Lucky Limeade Ink (122935) - Pacific Point Ink (111837) - Rich Razzleberry Ink (115658) - Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write Marker (120970) - Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker (100082)

New Blog I'm Following!

I found a new blog to follow! Its a Stampin' Up! demonstrator's blog, so she makes beautiful cards & other projects with Stapmin' Up! products. I LOVE Stampin' Up!, the stamps are a GREAT quality, the CARDSTOCK IS FABULOUS and the INK IS AMAZING! For a color junkie like me, I love that you can have the exact same color in cardstock, markers, buttons, ribbons and more! Plus now you can get a stamp set "wood mounted" or "clear" and I LOVE clear stamps and with Stampin' Up! the clear ones are less expensive!!! And in the catalog, the size of the images are the size the stamp is. So you aren't expecting the stamp to work with a 2" punch and then when it comes in its 5". Another thing I love about Stampin' Up! is that you make really awesome cards really fast! I have stamps that I bought over 6 years ago that I STILL use and get the same results that I did the first time I used them! Its a WONDERFUL company! LOVE LOVE LOVE them! 

Here is the blog...

http://www.stampinpretty.com/

Halloween Mini Goody Bags!

Cards

Cheer Up

Here is a card that I made this morning using a stamp set I picked up at Michael's in the $1 bin!!! There are 3 images and 4 sentiments in this little mini set. When I make a card, I like to make 2 at a time, of the same card of course. Since you've got all the stuff out why not make two! So, the first one I made I had the front all done and was about to stamp my "Handmade" stamp on the back. The card was unfolded and laying flat on my desk so I could get a good stamp on the back. I had my Stazon ink pad in my hand and DROPPED it on the front of the card!!! GGGRRR!!!! Oh well, that was a practice card.:D I gave it to Reagan, she was THRILLED to get it!!! The papers I used were scraps from different packs. To color in the Rainbow I used Stampin' Up! Watercolor pencils and a Blender Pen also from Stampin' Up!