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Noel Workshop

My good friend Chantal hosted a Workshop for me on Saturday night. When I placed my last order with Stampin’ Up! I ordered the Etoile de Noel Clear Mount stamp set because I like the Noel better than Christmas on the set. It just so happens that my friend Chantal is French so it worked out perfectly. The card that I came up with for the Make & Take is below. I used Cherry Cobbler Smooth Card Stock and Stampin’ Ink. The Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper is a beautiful set of papers that coordinate perfectly with the Pines & Poinsettias Stamp Set. The card is very simple but looks quite elegant. All of the attendees of the workshop enjoyed making the card and were very pleased with the way theirs came out. I had a great time and I’d like to thank Chantal for hosting the Workshop. I can’t wait for all of the people to get their supplies so they can make their own beautiful Christmas cards this year. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Techniques Class Take 3

Last night was my favorite night of the month, Techniques Class! Sandy had a great trio of projects for us again last night. The theme of the class was tissue paper. We did a faux silk card which looks amazing, a stamped candle which looks so complicated but it’s really easy and a stamped tissue paper bag decorated to match the projects. We used a great Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Just Believe. It has 9 stamps, all of them beautiful. Card Stock colors are Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. The ink was Cajun Craze and Old Olive. I love to learn new techniques and Sandy is a great teacher. We have an awesome time at the class and I can’t wait for next month! You can visit Sandy’s blog at www.stampwithsandy.com. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Hello Baby Boy Booties

I went to a Stampin’ Up! team meeting with my good friend Sandy last Saturday. It was in Washingtonville NY. We had a great time and I got all kinds of new ideas. The fact that it snowed and it took 3.5 hours to get home only made it more of an adventure. I also won the Stitched Stocking Clear Mount Set. I didn’t really think about using it for anything else besides Christmas and then I saw a card where it was used for baby booties. What a great idea! Here is my take on the card below. I used Marina Mist ink and card stock and the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I love the way the card came out and hope you like it too. Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Marina Mist and Very Vanilla

Ink: Marina Mist

Stamp Set: Stitched Stockings

Tools: Stocking Builder Punch, Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL.

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Nature Walk Sahara Birthday

You can never have enough Birthday cards. I make them all the time and always need to make more. I recently acquired some new stamp sets. The Nature Walk set is so versatile because it comes with a bird, eggs, cage, bee, butterfly and plant. I love the vintage feel that the set has. I decided that I wanted to use Sahara Sand Card Stock with Very Vanilla. I forgot to get the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Pad but not to worry because I have the Neutrals Stampin’ Marker set. I use the marker to stamp technique and it worked great. I also used the Square Lattice Texture Impressions Embossing Folder. I think it keeps in line with the natural theme of the card. For a little bling I added 3 little pearls. I like the card so much that I’m going to make it in a bunch of different colors!I’ll post those as soon as I can. Thanks for taking a look and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla

Markers: Sahara Sand

Stamp Set: Nature Walk Clear Mount

Tools: Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL

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PPA117 – CAS Element of Style – Ribbon

This weeks Pals Paper Arts Challenge is to use some ribbon. I’m not a huge fan of ribbon. I have some but I only usually use it as an accent border. I do however really like 3D projects! I recently came across a new web site, Inking Idaho (http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com/). Becky has some great 3D projects and she offers up the Twelve Days of Christmas for you to download for $12.95. It features 12 great projects and instructions on how to make all of them. I made the candy bar gift card holder in Old Olive and used some Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper. I made a few modifications to the top but for the most part it’s exactly as Becky made hers. A piece of Whisper White 5/8 inch Satin Ribbon wrapped around the holder completes the project. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night!

Stampin’ Up! Products used:

Card Stock: Old Olive

Designer Series Paper (My Digital Studio): Letters to Santa

Ribbon: Whisper White 5/8 inch Satin

Tools: SNAIL, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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Mojo 212

This weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge is to use a tag. I love tags! I decided to keep it elegant by using Real Red, Basic Black & Very Vanilla. The vanilla polka dots embossed and then placed on the vanilla card has a nice clean look. I have never used the get well soon sentiment before, probably hoping that I never have to! Thanks for taking a look and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! Products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Brights Stack

Ink: Real Red & Basic Black

Stamp Sets: Delightful Dozen & Heartfelt Thanks (retired)

Tools: Scallop Edge Punch, Bakers Twine, Stamp-a-ma-gig, SNAIL, Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Overseas Cards

A good friend of mine, Chantal, recently went on a trip to Paris to see her family. She asked me if I would make a bunch of cards for her to take with her to give to them. I of course was thrilled. I love it when people like my cards, especially enough to take them international! So here are the cards that I made for her. Thanks to Chantal for being such a great friend and supporter! Thanks to you guys for taking a look and have a nice day!

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Digital Scrapbooking Day.

Stampin’ Up! is celebrating Digital Scrapbooking Day with Free downloads on MyDigitalStudio.net November 4th to the 7th. I recently got My Digital Studio and have been playing around with it for a bit and I really like it. I use it mostly for hybrid projects (a combination of digital printouts and traditional paper crafting elements). If you have My Digital Studio be sure to mark you calendars and head on over in November to get your free brand new content. If you don’t have it maybe now is the time to look into it. It’s a great addition to any paper crafters tools!

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PPA 116

For this weeks Pals Paper Arts the challenge is a sketch. It’s three squares with a band. I decided to do a traditional Christmas card, colors that is. The card itself is 4.25 x 4.25 square. I used some Garden Green Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla Smooth Card Stock. I ran the Very Vanilla through the Big Shot with the new Snow Burst Embossing Folder. The Stitched Stockings Clear Mount Set and the Stocking Builder Punch are a great addition to anyones Holiday craft arsenal. I love the Merry Christmas from the Christmas Greeting Wood Mount Set. I think I will be making some more of these! Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Garden Green & Cherry Cobbler Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Garden Green & Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Stitched Stocking Clear Mount Set & Christmas Greetings Wood Mount Set

Tools: Stocking Builder Punch & Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

SNAIL Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals

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The Open Sea Neutrals

I have to say that without a doubt my favorite Stampin’ Up! Set is The Open Sea from the Summer Mini Catalog. It actual was carried over and can still be ordered. I have used it with blue and red so I thought that maybe some browns would work too. I also tried a new kind of card. It’s called a Z-Fold card and I got the idea from Mary Fish of Stampin’ Pretty. If you haven’t checked out her blog you should (www.stampinpretty.com). She has a bunch of tutorials and also gives a tour of her “Ultimate Stampin’ Zone” which I would like to visit in person! I used The Open Sea Clear Mount set and Travel Log Clear Mount Set (which is retired) both from the Summer Mini. The patterned paper is some that I had lying around from my pre Stampin’ Up! days but really like it. I hope that you like the card and appreciate all of the ways you can use the same stamp set in so many different way just by changing the color or layout. Thank for looking and have a great day!!

Stampin’ Up! Products used:

Stamp Sets: The Open Sea and Travel Log Clear Mount