BOO!!!

Boy, when I said "Good-Bye" to Stamp Sets back in May, I didn't really mean it to be "forever"; but it almost has been.

I have to show you the cutest card for Halloween using Totally Tess. When I was looking at the new Bingo Bits Stamp Set, I thought Tess needed to dress up for halloween!!!!! I also needed a swap for our demonstrator meeting this month and thought this would be a fun share so I made "lots".

Isn't this just the cutest???????? I used the spider page from the Frightful Sights to highlight the occasion and a little bit of the 1/8" black ribbon for dimension. The Skull and the Treat Bag are set up on dimensionals, but the pumpkin is adhered to the card base.

I hope you like this and it inspires you to make more of these with Tess using your own ideas. I would love to see what you come up with. Please link back to me so I can see!!!

Have a Wonderful Tuesday!!!!!

Good Bye!!!!!!!

Just a quick announcement so that you don't let June 1st sneak up on you unprepared.....

Retiring Lists:

On June 1st, Stampin' UP! will announce the list of stamp sets, wheels and all accessories that will be retiring on June 30th. Please check HERE on my Blog on June 1st for links to the retiring lists because all of the accessories will be available on a first come first serve basis...once they are gone, they are gone!!! Don't miss out.

On June 1st, I will be ordering the new 2011/2012 Stampin' UP! catalogs!! I'd love to know how many to pre-order! My customer catalogs are free, I just ask that you pay the shipping costs to get your FREE CATALOG with EXCLUSIVE COUPON for my customers!!!
Customers may begin ordering from the new catalog on July 1st. Demonstrators are able to order a select group of "sneak peek" products from the new catalog on June 1st. Let me know if you would like to join Stampin' UP! to take advantage of this FUN PERK.

Scrapbooking from Scrappin' Kit

Oh my gosh, look at these cute little birds. I had never seen these before so I had to look them up in my bird book and it appears these are BUNTINGs. They are colored so brilliantly blue and orange. Over the last week we have lots of them eating the seed we have put out for the sparrows and doves that are our usual guests. I had to get some pictures of them from inside the house as they are really spooky.

Have you all seen the really cute "Playful Polka Dots" Scrappin' Kit in the Summer Mini Catalog? The colors are so gorgeous together and bright and energizing!!! I'm not a big scrapbooker, but when I saw this, I had to put together a cute mini scrapbook using these papers and self adhesive images.

I had so much fun putting this together and making little pockets for additional places for photos.

Have a nice week!!!

Summer Mini Catalog AND More

The new Summer Mini Catalog launches TODAY.... I have gone crazy with everything new; there's so many really gorgeous stamp sets, papers, and NEW accessories.....

Click HERE to view the catalog

Click HERE to view the supplies to make the projects/cards shown

Did you also know that May is SCRAPBOOKING month??? Stampin' UP! is offering many Stamp Sets at discounted prices (30% off) and Digital Products at discounted prices as well. Click on the above links for the pricing of each.

During April you were able to purchase the Four Frames Stamp Set and the Petals Paisley Designer Series Paper as a pre-order from the new 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog. I was playing with the Stamp Set and came up with this cute tag holder using the Scalloped Envelope Die for the Big Shot.

I punched out 10 tags using the Large Tag Punch, but placing the punch on a fold so it would be like a small card. Then I punched 10 Small Tags in Whisper White to place an image on the front of each tag.
I used the Raspberry stamp from the Clearly For You set (Occasions Mini catalog) to stamp onto the front image.
Aren't these cute? You may, however, want to make fewer tags to put into the little envelope because I found that 10 was too many to fold the top down on the envelope and keep it shut.

This is a fun idea to give to a friend or use as an incentive gift for a workshop.

Have a beautiful Sunday.

Copying

I loved the card in the new Summer Mini catalog on page 22 using the Tangerine Tango. I told you I loved this color cardstock LOL.

Anyway, I copied the card exactly as it is shown. It was really fun to make.

The card is made from the Tangerine Tango cardstock, and embossed with the NEW Flower Garden embossing folder. Then I tied the Daffodil Delight 3/8" taffeta ribbon around the card. On top of that I attached some of the NEW Beyond the Garden DSP after the bottom was punched with the Scallop Edge Punch.

I cut two strips of cardstock, one in Pacific Point and the other in Wild Wasabi and attached onto the DSP at the bottom edge above the embossed portion.

Then I stamped the leaf in Wild Wasabi and one of the flower images in Daffodil Delight on scrap paper and cut them out. then they were attached to the front of the DSP with Dimensionals.

The greeting I used was from the Thanks for Caring stamp set from the Occasions Mini catalog that is expiring on 4-30-11. Don't forget to check through the Occasions catalog to make sure you have all you want out of it before it's gone.

Have a Great Day!!!

LOVE the colors

I was looking at some of the new Designer Series Paper in the Summer Catalog called Beyond the Garden. The colors in the paper are the ones shown in the New Color Coach (Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango).
The photo of the cards just doesn't do them justice; they are sooooo gorgeous together. I wanted to make a card using ALL OF THE COLORS, but that's for another day.

I did use some of the paper and some other new items from the Summer Mini Catalog to make this card.
Again this photo of the card doesn't do the colors justice; the base of this card is Tangerine Tango... one of my most favorite colors of all the Stampin' UP! colors. The first thing I did was to stamp one of the flower images from the new Fabulous Florets stamp set randomly all over the front using my VersaMark stamp pad, so basically, they are watercolor marks. I punched the edge of the card with the Scallop Edge Punch, then using the NEW Flower Garden embossing folder, ran the card front through the Big Shot imprinting this new fabulous image.

I stamped the leaf image on Whisper White cardstock in Wild Wasabi and attached the cardstock to a piece of the new Beyond the Garden DSP and attached them to the front of the card. I also ran a sheet of Tangerine Tango through the Big Shot and used the Square Lattice embossing folder, cut the paper into thin strips, then attached a strip to the edge of the Whisper white cardstock to give the card a little more dimension. Using some Whisper White scraps, I stamped another of the flower images in VersaMark then applied some NEW Tangerine Tango embossing powder to the image and heat embossed it. I stamped two images then cut them out, and attached them together using a dimensional. I also used my Aqua Painter and applied some Daffodil Delight classic ink in the center of the top flower and little dabs of Tangerine Tango classic ink from the center out toward the end of the petals. Lastly, I applied some Smooch pearlized top coat on the petals to give them some shine. I attached the flower to the card with another dimensional, then tied some 3/8 Whisper White Taffeta ribbon around the card for the finishing touch.

Here is a closer view of the flower showing how shiny it is with the Smooch top coat.

What the card doesn't show you is what I put on the inside. I used a 1" strip of the same Designer Series Paper on the edge of the inside so it shows underneath the scallop edge when the card is closed. I also corner rounded the inside corners to go along with the scalloped front.

The card turned out pretty amazing. I made it for a swap I'm in this month.

Have a wonderful Day!!!

Ice Cream Cone

This is the last project we made in our first Big Shot class this month...... Isn't this the cutest thing? The Petal Cone die again!!! We cut the cone with the Big Shot using Crumb Cake cardstock and then ran it through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder to make it look like a waffle cone. The banner in the die cut was also embossed and adhered to the top portion of the cone to finish off the edge. The we cut one section of the cone in Whisper White for the inside greeting, trimmed to fit and adhered to the inside of the card. Next we ran three pieces of Pretty in Pink pieces of cardstock through the Petal Cone Die on the scallop half circle section. Then each piece was sponged with Regal Rose classic ink. The first piece was placed on the cone as it is originally cut. Then to make the other three pieces smaller, we fit the cut piece into the 2 1/2" circle punch, placed the scallops evenly inside and punched. Then these altered "ice creams" were placed on top of the cone for additional scoops. I then sprayed the ice cream with the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz to finish it off. I thought this turned out pretty cute.