Category: Crafts

Stacked Felt Banner Love

I had another productive day yesterday. I got up nice and early did my morning blog stuff and then ran to IKEA and Lowes. I got Kvartal and panels from IKEA to make a sliding door to cover the closet in the room off the kitchen and then stopped at Lowes to get a cord cover to hide the cords that are draped down the wall by the new wall unit. After my errands I went over to Kim & Brian’s for lunch, we had a few glasses of Cupcake Red Velvet, yum! Then it was off to get a hair cut and I got to see Heather, her appointment was right after mine. As a bonus she brought me a Venti So Vanilla Latte! I stopped home quick and picked up Taylor and we ran out to Scrap-A-Latte so I could give Renee the price gun that I ordered from amazon to her. On the way home I got a really bad headache, I took some Excedrin when I got back to the house and waited about 2 hours before it finally went away. My dad, who Andrew calls Stanley, stopped by and fixed my computer chair, the back had fallen off. I don’t think that it will ever fall off again! I was quite happy with all that I got accomplished! 🙂

When I sat down last night to make my card I had the urge to do something a little different and here is what I came up with. The card starts off with a base of Real Red Card Stock and the background is a piece of paper from the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack*. My banner is a piece of red felt and I used the Banners Framelits to cut it out. The holes down either side are cut out one of the dies from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits* along with the bow from a piece of black felt. My heart in the middle is cut out with a die from the Circle Card Thinlits. I adhered the banner to the base with some Fast Fuse. Finally, I used the Hello You Thinlits* and some Silver Glimmer Paper to cut out the “you”. Some Multi-Purpose glue adheres the bow and the you to the card. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the dies cut through the felt and I love the texture that it gives the card! Change out the bow for an “I” and this would make a great masculine Valentine too! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today and are inspired to use some felt on your project! As always, I appreciate your visit and wish you a super Saturday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: NONE

Ink: NONE

Card Stock: Real Red

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Stacked with Love Stack*

Framelits: Banners

Thinlits: Circle Card, Hello You* and Mini Treat Bag*

Tools: Big Shot, Multi-Purpose Glue, Fast Fuse and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Red and Black Felt (Michaels)

*2105 Occasions Catalog (January 6, 2015)

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

January 3, 2015
Pals Paper Arts 234

Well, that was a nice low key day to start off the New Year! I got up a little late but that’s because I didn’t go to bed until 2:00. I finished setting up the wall unit and then sat and enjoyed some TV. I looked over at the Christmas tree and thought, time for you to come down and that’s just what I did. It’s all packed away and ready for next Christmas. I puttered around the house until 1:30 when I decided it was time to get a move on. I took a ride to IKEA with Taylor to get 2 shelves and some different knobs for the wall unit. It was packed! I put the shelves up as soon as I got home and changed the knobs. Around 5:15 I went over and had dinner with the ‘rents and then came back home and made my card for today. Andrew stopped by a little later, he’s off to Florida early tomorrow morning to see a friend. He’ll be back on Tuesday night and I’ll be picking him up! I squeezed in a movie after he left, Live, Die, Repeat – Edge of Tomorrow. I have to say that I didn’t think that I was going to like it but it was quite good! Today I’m off to the scrapbook store for a bit and then who knows! It’s good to be off from work! LOL! 🙂

The card that I made last night is for this week’s Pals Paper Arts color challenge…

I do love the purples and blues together the silver is the icing on the cake! My card starts off with a base of Whisper White Card Stock, I adhered a piece of Wisteria Wonder to cover the front for the background. The piece of Watercolor Paper is inked with Wisteria Wonder and Night of Navy using the Tim Holts Mini Ink Blending Tool. At first I thought that I wanted to get rid of the line but the more I looked at it the more I liked it so it stayed. Before I adhered the Watercolor Paper to the background I adhered a piece of 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon with some Glue Dots around the back and then used a combination of SNAIL and Fast Fuse to make sure that it stayed in place. The butterfly is cut out from Brushed Silver Metallic Card Stock with the Butterflies Thinlits*. I tied a piece of Silver Baker’s Twine around one of the Mini Metallic Clothespins and used it to hold the butterfly to the ribbon. The greeting is from the And Many More Stamp Set and is heat embossed with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Night of Navy. I used the Bitty Banners Framelits to cut it out and slid it under the clothespin. I love the inked background and the cool way that the butterfly is attached to the card! I really hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts color challenge! Thanks very much for visiting me today! I hope that you all have a fantastic fun filled Friday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: And Many More Clear Mount

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Silver

Card Stock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder and Night of Navy

Specialty Card Stock: Brushed Silver Metallic

Thinlits: Butterflies

Framelits: Bitty Banners

Embellishments: Mini Metallic Clothespins, Silver Baker’s Twine and 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Glue Dots, Fast Fuse, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

January 2, 2015
Mojo 378 & the New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! My wish for the New Year is that it’s great for all of us! I hope that you all had a fun and safe New Year’s Eve. I had a nice low key one. No, I did not move at work again yesterday, I’m over it! LOL! Maybe Monday? I came home and my brother, Erika and little Daniel were at my parent’s. One of their little Dachshunds passed away the night before in the car on the way to the vet. Poor little Nick. They came over to bury him in the backyard. After that the six of us went to Friday’s for dinner. I was surprised at all of the large groups of people that were there having dinner. I guess a lot of families decided to have a low key, fun New Year’s Eve. After dinner we went back to my parents and I chased Daniel around for a bit. Sometimes his little legs move faster than the rest of him! They left around 7:30 and I came home and decided that I would put the new wall unit together and switch them out. The main part didn’t take but 20 minutes, the door and drawer inserts took the longest. I did manage to get everything switched and I love the way it looks now. After that was done it was time for a glass of Cupcake Red Velvet wine and some Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. I text a bunch of my peeps to wish them Happy New Year and then finally went to bed around 2:00, hence my lateness this morning! A different way for me to ring in the New Year but not a bad way at all!

My first card for this year is for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge…

Now that the Holiday’s are officially over it’s time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day! There are a few really fun new sets in the 2015 Occasions Catalog along with some really great Designer Series Paper so that’s what I used for my card! It begins with a base of Calypso Coral Card Stock and the background is a piece of Real Red. The two flags are paper from the Stacked with Love DSP Stack*, I used a Simon Says Stamp die to create the stitching down the sides on the flagged pieces and also on the piece of Crisp Cantaloupe that goes across the top. My greeting is from the You Plus Me Stamp Set* and is heat embossed in Calypso Coral on Whisper White and cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circles Dies. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the card. A little Red Glimmer Paper heart, cut out with one of the dies from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits*, I adhered to the greeting with a piece of Stampin’ Dimensional and completes the card. I really like the colors in the Stacked with Love DSP and the You Plus Me Stamp Set has some cool graphic style images! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge! It’s the first post of the new year, one of 365! Thank you so much for stopping by to see me and I hope that today is the start of the best year ever for all of us!! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: You Plus Me Clear Mount*

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Calypso Coral

Card Stock: Calypso Coral, Real Red, Crisp Cantaloupe and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Stacked with Love Stack*

Specialty Paper: Red Glimmer

Thinlits: Mini Treat Bag*

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes and Stitched Circles Dies

*2015 Occasions Catalog (January 6, 2014)

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

January 1, 2015
Paper Craft Crew 125

Well guess what?! I didn’t move again yesterday! LOL! I’m really not shocked but I’m the only one left in the old space out of my department. They say possibly tomorrow, if not then next Monday because I’ll be off on Friday!! Oh well! What can ya do?! Andrew came up to the office for the meeting and is going to help me with the design of the web site and print materials that go along with it. That will be fun! Oh, and he was officially added to the committee! He he! I did end up going back to IKEA last night to get my wall unit and Heather came with me. She needed to go and get something to wear tonight so we went to H&M. I found a pair of jeans and a pair of corduroys so I was quite happy about that! Oh and a cool pair of Union Jack socks! LOL! We went to IKEA after that, it’s connected to the mall, and I got my wall unit and the accessories that I wanted to go with it. We stopped by As-Is and Heather found a nice chair for $100 so since we had my dad’s truck so she got it. We stopped by and unloaded my stuff first and then I carried the chair into Heather’s and she put it where she wanted it and loves it. I’ll put my wall unit together on Thursday morning. Still not sure what I’m doing tonight, what are your plans for ringing in the new year?!

Wednesday and you know what that means, I’m over on the Paper Craft Crew for this week’s sketch challenge…

I stayed really true to the sketch this week! For my card base I used a piece of Whisper White Card Stock and the “Vintage” Color Spritzer Tool with my Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Markers to create my spattered background. A piece of the new Chalkboard Paper* and the new Yellow Citrus ColorBox Chalk Ink Pad* along with the new Big Day Stamp Set** are used to stamp the cake. The slide frame is a piece of Tangelo Twist that I cut out with the On Film Framelits and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The Starburst Sayings Stamp Set and the Starburst Framelits with Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Hello Honey are used for my “embellishment”. My greeting on the arrow is from the And Many More Stamp Set and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. I used the On Film Framelits to cut it out too and then before I popped it out of the Framelit I used a Liquid Stylus Fine Point Marker to create the outline. More Stampin’ Dimensionals adhered those to the card and complete it nicely! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Show some love by heading over to the blog to see what the other designers have done with the sketch and enter your creation in the gallery! Thank you all for your visits and comments this past year! I can’t wait to see what 2015 brings! Here’s to a fantastic year for all of us!! Have a great new year’s eve and stay safe!! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: Big Day**, And Many More and Starburst Sayings Clear Mount

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Yellow Citrus ColorBox Chalk Ink*

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Crushed Curry

Stampin’ Write Markers: Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey

Card Stock: Whisper White, Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey

Specialty Paper: Chalkboard*

Framelits: On Film and Starburst

Tools: Big Shot, Color Spritzer Tool (Vintage), Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2015 Occasions Catalog **2015 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (January 6, 2015)

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

December 31, 2014
SUO Challenges 113

Yes, we were supposed to move yesterday at work, did it happen, nope! I got in and all of the stuff in my old area was moved around but my new office had no ceiling and no lights. That would make it a little difficult to work in there so I stayed in my old space and we’ll try again tomorrow. After work I headed over to Scrap-A-Latte to meet up with Renee and Andrew. He is going to be working there for two days next week while Renee is at CHA. Andrew will also be coming by my office tomorrow to help out with a Suicide Prevention Web Site that I will be designing. He is going to give his input as to what he thinks will appeal social media wise to the younger crowd. His first big time corporate meeting! LOL! It was nice that I volunteered him and he graciously accepted! 🙂

Every week Stampin’ Up! has new weekly specials and here are the ones for this week!

If you want to order any of them or something that you forgot from the Holiday Catalog click on the catalog to the right!

Today I’m over on the SUO Challenges blog for our Project Life challenge. All you have to do is use something from Stampin’ Up!’s Project Life range in your project. I am by no means a scrapbooker but I do have some of the accessory packs so I thought that I would make a simple note card size winter themed shaker card. The base of the card is Whisper White Card Stock. To create the shaker I used one of the acetate cards from the Hello December Project Life Accessory Pack behind a frame of Lost Lagoon. I backed it with Lost Lagoon and sprinkled in some of the snowflakes from the Frosted Sequins Pack before adhering the frame to the base with some foam tape, a double layer so they would move around a lot! The shiny red dots and the HELLO are from the Hello December Project Life Accessory Pack. Love the nice shine to them! Like I said a nice simple shaker card that would work well for a bunch of different occasions. You know how I love a shaker card and I hope that you you enjoyed it too! There you have my card for the SUO Challenges Project Life challenge. Take a minute to stop by the blog to see what the other designers have done and make a little card or scrapbook layout and enter it in the gallery! Thanks you very much for taking some time out of your day to come by and see me! Have a fun Tuesday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Lost Lagoon

PLXSU! Hello December Accessory Kit

Embellishments: Frosted Sequins

Tools: Paper Trimmer and SNAIL

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

December 30, 2014
Merry Stars Winter Birthday

Monday again… but it’s a Monday of another short week! This morning I’m moving my office at work to a new space in the back of the building. It will be nice because I will have a door! I have a lot of stuff to get accomplished in three days this week, but it will get done! I had a nice day yesterday, I crafted in the morning and then my friend Sandy stopped by for a bit. Heather came and picked me up around 2:00 and we ran to Target. I got some new pillows and other necessities. I came back home and dropped off my stuff and then went over to her house for an early dinner. We decided that we wanted to run to IKEA to look at some stuff. I want a new wall unit and couch and she wants to get a new desk chair and another chair for the living room. I had to stop at my parents and help my Dad get a new washing machine down into the basement, that was nice and light! NOT! We went to IKEA and I found a couch that I love and also a wall unit. I think I might run back tomorrow and get the wall unit and put it together on Thursday. Not too bad for a Sunday!

In keeping with my promise to make cards to have on hand today I have a nice winter birthday card. It’s also a great way to get some more use out of those Christmas stamps! My card base for today is Whisper White Card Stock. I cut a piece of Pacific Point to cover the entire card front. A piece of Pool Party is used for my background and I heat embossed the snowflakes from the Many Merry Stars Photopolymer Stamp Set in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The large star and center star are also from the same set and are cut out with the Stars Framelits, my large one is Pacific Point and the small one is Vellum. Both images are again heat embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and the Vellum star is adhered to the Pacific Point one with Multi-Purpose Glue. My greeting is from the Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set from the upcoming 2015 Occasions Catalog and is also heat embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Pacific Point. I used one of the dies from the Circle Card Thinlits to cut it out. The large star and the greeting are then adhered to the base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Not a bad way to get use some of your Christmas themed stamps after the holidays are over! I hope that you enjoyed my card today and as always, thank you so much for coming by to visit with me, you know how much I appreciate it! Have a magnificent Monday everyone! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: Many Merry Stars and Guy Greetings* Photopolymer

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: White

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pacific Point and Pool Party

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Framelits: Stars

Thinlits: Circle Card

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Multi-Purpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

December 29, 2014
Golden Kraft Butterfly Birthday

I can’t believe that my four day weekend is almost done and that Christmas was three days ago! I have been having a very nice weekend, I actually got to straighten up my house a little yesterday and worked on some of my projects. Last night I went to Fridays for dinner with Anthony and Bill. We got to see our friend Meg and wish her happy holidays. When we were finished with dinner we decided to take a ride out East and see our friend Shane sing with his friend Greg. They play at a place called The View, it’s right on the water in Oakdale. We sat at the bar and had a few drinks and enjoyed the music. Shane was quite surprised and happy that we showed up. he said that it made his night! Here are a few pictures from last night…

That’s my friend Anthony and I and the next one is of Shane and I…

A nice way to end a Saturday! 🙂

My card that I have for you today uses a layout similar to one from a few weeks ago. For the card base I used a piece of Whisper White Card Stock and the background is a piece of Mossy Meadow. I cut a piece of Kraft Card Stock to 3 3/4″ x 5″ and used the stamps from the Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set to heat emboss the dashed line down the left side and greeting in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The fern is stamped in Mossy Meadow. I heat embossed the small butterflies with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder too and punched them out with the Bitty Butterfly Punch. My large butterfly is a piece of Gold Foil Sheet cut out with the Butterfly Thinlits. Some Glue Dots adhere them all to the card. For a little added interest I fluffed up the wings on them all. I love the Mossy Meadow, Kraft and Gold together and the images in the stamp set are just great! I hope that you like my card for today and that you all fully enjoy your Sunday! I thank you for stopping by to share in my day, another 3 day week ahead! Woo hoo! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set

Ink: Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Gold

Card Stock: Whisper White, Mossy Meadow and Kraft

Specialty Paper: Gold Foil Sheet

Thinlits: Butterfly

Punch: Bitty Butterfly

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Glue Dots and SNAIL

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

December 28, 2014
Snowflake Adventure Birthday

I trust that we have all recovered from Christmas! It was a beautiful day here yesterday, not too cold and nice and sunny! It’s a little chillier this morning so I think I will spend a some more time today finishing up my projects. I had a nice day yesterday, I spent some time making thank you cards and then Taylor came by and we ran to Target to pick up a few things. I stopped by Brian & Kim’s for bit and then headed over to see my friend Sam. We haven’t gotten to spend time together in a while and it was so great to see her! We talked and laughed and had some dinner, then we decided to watch a movie. We chose one of our favorites, The Holiday. There are some movies that I can watch over and over again and never get tired of them and this is definitely one of them! I came home around midnight and made my card for today. I even managed to not sleep the day away this morning! LOL! I almost forgot to share this picture of Daniel and I from Christmas day. My brother took it, he really is an excellent photographer!

The ornament that Daniel had in his hand didn’t last but about 30 seconds after that picture was taken. He threw it on the floor and it smashed it loads of little tiny pieces! He looks so cute but he can be quite mischievous! LOL!

Now on to my card for today. I want to make an effort to have a stash of thank you and birthday cards on hand so I have them ready to send out. I have a few people that have “winter” birthdays and we always need some masculine ones, right?! Today’s card starts with a base of Smoky Slate Card Stock. The background panel is actually a piece left over from a card that I made a little while ago. It’s cut out with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles. My greeting is from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The flags are pieces of paper from the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack*, they are adhered to each other with SNAIL at the top and then Stampin’ Dimensionals hold them to the card. I punched out 2 arrows with the What’s Up Punch from Basic Gray and Island Indigo and adhered them to the flags with Multi-Purpose Glue. I used the Simon Says Stamp Maryanne Snowflake Die and some Silver Glimmer Paper for the snowflake that’s adhered to the flags. Down in the lower left corner is some Island Indigo that I punched out with the Chevron Border Punch and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A few Frosted Sequins finish off the card and add a little more sparkle. I absolutely love that Adventure Bound DSP Stack*, it has all of the photo pages and then some really great patterns on the other side! I hope that you enjoyed my simple masculine winter birthday card! Thank you very much for stopping by and I wish you all a simple fun Saturday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: Perfect Pennants Clear Mount

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Silver

Card Stock: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Island Indigo and Basic Gray

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Adventure Bound Stack*

Punches: What’s Up and Chevron Border

Embellishments: Frosted Sequins

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool. Stamp-a-ma-jig, Crystal Effects, Multi-Purpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Simon Says Stamp Maryanne Snowflake Die and Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

December 27, 2014
Pals Paper Arts 233

Apparent;ly I decided to sleep in really late today! I had a nice Christmas yesterday and hope that you all of you did too. Thank you for all of your Christmas wishes and kindness, who could ask for a better Christmas gift?! Daniel got a little Fisher Price music set that came with a drum, maracas, tamborine and flute. He played with it for a while but my brother really liked it! LOL! He played with it a lot much to dismay of everyone else especially Erika! Andrew stopped by later in the day and we just sat a talked for a while. After, Taylor came over and we watched Divergent again. Love that movie! This morning I have a bunch of Thank you cards to make and other projects to work on. I think I will escape the house for a bit too, it’s a nice day outside, not too cold so I can’t stay in all day. I took a really nice picture of the sky last night, a nice sky to complete a nice day!

I did make a card last night and it’s for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge…

I used some new goodies from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog and that cool bird stamp! The base of the card is Whisper White Card Stock and the background is a piece of paper from the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper Pack*. I stamped the greeting from the A Happy Thing Stamp Set* in Soft Suede on the background and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. A strip of Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral go down the left side and some Soft Suede across the bottom. The triangles are also Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral and are punched out with the Triangle Punch and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The bird is also from the A Happy Thing Stamp Set* and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with my Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. I put a little dot of Crystal Effects on his eye and adhered him to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the colors together and that DSP has some really great patterns in it. I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge. Thank you very much for taking the time to come by and comment, I always look forward to reading them and writing back! Have a great Friday everyone! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: A Happy Thing Clear Mount*

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers: Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight

Card Stock: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral and Soft Suede

Designer Series Paper: Best Year Ever*

Punch: Triangle

Tools: Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2015 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (January 6, 2015)

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Current Promotions:

With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.

It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Catalog is ready for you to place your order! It’s packed with fun trendy products and quick kits! Click on the image in the sidebar and place your order today!

Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

December 26, 2014
A Very Merry Christmas to YOU!

Hello and Happy Holidays! I hope that you are enjoying time with your family and friends exchanging gifts and smiles! I was up very late last night finishing up cards for family and I still have a few things to do. I Skyped with my friend Eva for a bit and that was nice! I will get to see Daniel and Taylor along with my parents and brother and sister-in-law in a little bit. Andrew is supposed to stop by later and who knows who else! Christmas to me is not something that comes once a year it’s something that you experience all the time. It’s being grateful for what you have and spending time with the people that you love. I get to do that all the time, with my friends and all of you! Even if I don’t get to see certain people they know that they are loved and missed! Yes we celebrate Christmas once a year but I think that we should experience it all the time! Let’s try to remember that from now on!

I have a bunch of cards to share with you today. No lengthy descriptions, just the cards. There is one that is all Stampin’ Up! and the rest are things from other places. Two are CASES of a card that I have loved for quite a while. I hope that you enjoy them and I leave you with one picture at the end that is sure to put a smile on your face! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!! Thank you for all the time that you take take to share little bits of your life with me! Like I said, Christmas every day! 🙂

Thank you for another great year!! Merry Christmas!! 🙂

December 25, 2014