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January 1, 2013January 6, 2016

Mojo 274 & Sneak Peek

Happy 2013 everyone! I hope that you all had a very nice New Years Eve and that we all will have a safe, happy and prosperous New Year! I went to my friends Brian & Kim’s house and we watched Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve. Izzy and I had some hummus, I love when little ones eat stuff like hummus. It was a nice evening spent with some great friends, I can’t think of a better way to start the new year!

My first post of the for the New Year is my Mojo Monday card. This week we have a nice simple sketch from Carole Burrage…

A nice simple sketch deserves a nice simple card. The base of my card is Chocolate Chip Card Stock and the background is a simple piece of Marina Mist. The patterned paper is from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack*. I used the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* along each edge and a Sponge Dauber with some Chocolate Chip Ink to make them stand out. A piece of Early Espresso 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired) is adhered around the back with Sticky Strip and another piece is knotted towards the top. The greeting is from the Cross My Heart Stamp Set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip. The butterflies, from the same set, are stamped in Marina Mist. I backed the circle with a piece of Chocolate Chip that I punched out with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch and mounted it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I think that best wishes is a good greeting to start off the New Year. I hope you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card and thank you very much for your first visit of 2013! Have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack*

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Cross My Heart* Clear Mount

Embellishments: Early Espresso 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)

Punch: 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle

Embossing Folder: Needlepoint Border*

Tools: Big Shot, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Non-SU: Sizzix Circle Framelits

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

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December 31, 2012January 6, 2016

Snowy Owl Birthday

Happy last day of 2012! I can’t believe the year is almost over, like hours away from being over! I want to take a minute to thank all of you for visiting, leaving comments and just being awesome. People from over 115 different countries have stopped by! Wow! A special thanks to Canada and Australia for so many visits! At the beginning of the year I set a goal for myself, to have a post every day. I’m extremely happy to report that I accomplished that goal! Today marks my 366 post for 2012! I also am happy to report that I have had over 100,000 visitors this past year. So, for me this has been an amazing year and I have all of you to thank!

For today’s post I have a birthday card that friends of mine asked me to make for their mom. I was told that it should have a winter theme and that she likes owls and here is what I came up with.

The base of the card is Sahara Sand Card Stock and for the background I embossed a piece of Whisper White with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The branch is form the Take Care Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso and cut out with my Paper Snips. The little owl is punched out with the Owl Builder Punch from a piece of Sahara Sand and his eyes are Whisper White, Pool Party and Basic Black. His little vest is a teeny tiny sneak peek at the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper**. I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals to mount him to the card. The greeting is from the Wacky Wishes Host(ess) Stamp Set and is stamped in Pool Party. A nice simple card with both of the requests added. It was good to use the Owl Punch, he was feeling a little neglected! I hope you like the birthday card as much as my friend’s mom did. Thank you for you visit and I’ll see you next year! 🙂

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Pool Party and Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street**

Ink: Pool Party and Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

Punch: Owl Builder

Embossing Folder: Northern Flurry

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

**2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 to March 22, 2013)

December 30, 2012January 6, 2016

Pals Paper Arts 149 & Sneak Peek

Good day peeps! Yesterday was a busy day in Manhattan. It snowed huge flakes for a little while, I looked like a snowman walking down the street at one point. It rained after that… not the best day weather wise in the city from recent memory! I still had a good day and got to spend some time with my friend Kim! We went to the diner for an early dinner and then just relaxed. I have come to the conclusion that I am unable to just sit and relax in my house, I always feel like I need to be doing something so apparently I need to go elsewhere to relax! 🙂

Enough babbling, now on to today’s post which is for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge. This time we have a simple sketch from Margaret Moody…

A really nice simple sketch. I needed some bright colors after yesterday’s dreary wet weather and I think this card fits the bill. The base of the card is Tangerine Tango Card Stock. For the strips of paper I used two different patterns from the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper* and adhered them to the base with SNAIL. The circle is punched out from Pool Party with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch. I embossed it with the Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*. The flowers are from the Madison Avenue Stamp Set*. I stamped the flowers in Rich Razzleberry and cut them out with the Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies. The centers are stamped in Summer Starfruit and are punched out with the Itty Bitty Bits Punch Pack. Both the flower and centers are mounted to each other and the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Bloomin’ Marvelous* Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and punched out with the Large Oval Punch and also adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the colors in the DSP, the brights and more subtles compliment each other nicely. I hope you enjoyed your Sale-A-Bration sneak peek today and thanks for checking in with me. Enjoy your day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street*

Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Madison Avenue* and Bloomin’ Marvelous* Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies, Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Large Oval Punch, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 to March 22, 2013)

December 29, 2012January 6, 2016

Swallowtail Christmas Sneak Peek

Happy Saturday peeps! I’m off to Manhattan this morning and I’m taking the train in because of the snow they say we are going to get. The only good thing about the train is that I will get some reading done. I’m trying to get through the second Hunger Games book Catching Fire, I usually only get to read on the train and I haven’t been taking the train in a lot so it’s taking me a long time to get through it! Hopefully I can finish it today.

My post for today is the Christmas card and gift bag that I gave my mum. I have mentioned before that she is a big fan of butterflies. When I saw the Swallowtail* in the new 2013 Spring Catalog I knew I had to have it. The base of the card is Gumball Green Card Stock. I stamped the Swallowtail Stamp* in Raspberry Ripple on Raspberry Ripple Card Stock. I like that the stamp is so large that it goes off the card stock. The greeting is from the More Merry Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Versa-Mark and heat embossed with some Gumball Green Stampin’ Emboss Powder. For the bag I used a small size white bag that I got from the craft store. I stamped the Swallowtail Stamp*, again in Raspberry Ripple on Whisper White Card Stock. The image is the same as the card but I stamped it in Gumball Green ink this time. My mum loved the card and gift bag. This is a great simple elegant card and could be used for so many occasions with a simple greeting change. I hope that you enjoyed the Swallowtail card and bag. Thank you for checking in with me today. I hope that you have a great Saturday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple and Whisper White

Ink: Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Vers-Mark

Stamp Sets: More Merry Messages and Swallowtail* Clear Mount

Embellishment: Gumball Green Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Tools: SNAIL

2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

December 28, 2012January 6, 2016

Create with Connie and Mary 232 & Sneak Peek

FRIDAY! FRIDAY! FRIDAY! A very good Friday morning to you! I have finally recovered from all of the junk that I ate on Christmas day. I do love some chocolate and I made some Chocolate Walnut Fudge that was not bad if I do say myself! LOL! What are you all up to this weekend? I’m off to Manhattan tomorrow morning, I think I will be taking the train in because we are supposed to get some snow. Have mentioned before that I’m not a fan of the white stuff? I hope it will be minimal and gone fast.

For today’s post I have my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card. I was one of their top three picks for last week! Thank you very much ladies! This week we have a color challenge…

Nice and cool colors and and some bling! I went with a Valentine’s theme for my card. The base is Whisper White Card Stock and for the background I embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I used the 1/2″ Circle Punch to “ticket” the corners and adhered it to the base with SNAIL. The main image is from the Love Heart Single Stamp and is stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the Full Heart Punch. Under that is a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper that I cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*. The heart is adhered to the Glimmer Paper with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The larger heart under that is cut out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and I used the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack* and Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce around the edge. The tickets are from the That’s the Ticket Stamp Set* and are stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. For the smaller hearts I punched out some more Silver Glimmer Paper with the Small Heart Punch. All of the elements are adhered to the background with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really like the cool color combination and the ticket stamps are one of my favorites out of the Spring Catalog. I hope that you liked this week’s card for Create with Connie and Mary. Thanks for checking in with me and enjoy the rest of your Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, and Pool Party

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Ink: Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Love Heart Single Stamp and That’s the Ticket* Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Full Heart Punch, Ticket Duo Builder Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack*, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

December 27, 2012January 6, 2016

Mojo 273 & Sneak Peek

Good day to you all! I do love a short work week, but then again, who doesn’t? I’m looking forward to this weekend and to another short work week next week too! The last two weeks of the year are the best! Do you all have some fun New Year’s Eve plans? I’m going with some friends to a another friends house, it should be fun. It’s so funny that I live so close to Manhattan yet I have no desire to go into Times Square for New Year’s. Must be the crowds that keep me away! I’m rambling, on to more important things now.

Today’s post is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week our sketch is provided by Teresa Kline…

My card features some more new products from the 2013 Spring Catalog. The base of the card is Summer Starfruit Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of Baja Breeze and stamped it with the Netting Background Stamp in Baja Breeze. All of the images on the card are from the By the Tide Stamp Set*. The coral on the circle is stamped in Summer Starfruit and the fish is stamped in Basic Gray. The strip of Basic Gray Card Stock has a piece of Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon* that I adhered around the back with some Sticky Strip. The seahorse is stamped in Summer Starfruit and the image next to it is stamped in Baja Breeze and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch. I used my Paper Snips to cut out the fish and the seahorse. The fish is mounted to the circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the seahorse and image are adhered to the ribbon with Mini Glue Dots. For the greeting I used a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched it out with the Word Window Punch. It is mounted to a piece of Basic Gray that is cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. This is a great masculine card, especially for the outdoorsy type! If you have a fisherman in your life, well this would be perfect! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. Thanks for visiting and have a awesome day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Simmer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray and Whisper White

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze and Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: By the Tide* Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes and Netting Background Wood Mount

Embellishments: Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon*

Tools: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, 1″ Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Paper Snips, Mini Glues Dots, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3,2013)

December 26, 2012January 6, 2016

Paper Craft Crew Sketch/Color Challenge #22

Happy day after Christmas! I hope that Santa was good to you all, he was very good to me! The best part of the holiday is spending time with family and friends. I had a nice relaxing day and still found some time to craft a little and watch a movie. With Christmas over I can;t believe that year is almost over. I think it went really fast, how about you? In the blink pf an eye it will be 2013, thankfully the Mayans were wrong!

Today I have my post for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge. This week we have a sketch/color challenge. You can do just the sketch or both, this week I did both. The colors are Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard and Crumb Cake and here is the sketch…

You all know how I feel about flags… love them! The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. For the background I stamped a piece of Crumb Cake with the Parlor Prints Background Stamp in Crumb Cake. The flagged piece is Bravo Burgundy and I embossed it with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting is from the Amazing Family Stamp Set* and is stamped in Bravo Burgundy. The “ribbon” strip is More Mustard and I stamped it in More Mustard with the Travel Journal Builder Wheel. For the embellishment I used a Soda Pop Top* and stamped some images from the Collage Curios Stamp Set* in Crumb Cake and Bravo Burgundy. The image is punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch and adhered to the inside of the Soda Pop Top* with some Multipurpose Glue. I backed it with a piece of More Mustard that I cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies* and mounted them to each other with some Mini Glue Dots and to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I like the way that all of the elements coordinate together and give the card a slightly vintage look. I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Challenge. Don’t forget to submit your projects for me to see! Thank you so much for your time and I hope that you all have a fantastic day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard and Crumb Cake

Ink: Crumb Cake, More Mustard and Bravo Burgundy Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Amazing Family* and Collage Curios* Clear Mount, Travel Journal Builder Wheel and Parlor Prints Wood Mount Background Stamp

Embellishments: Soda Pop Tops*

Tools: Big Shot, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

December 23, 2012January 6, 2016

Artichoke Sand Burgundy Thinking Hello & Sneak Peek

It’s Sunday and that means that today is the last full day for last minute holiday shopping. Tomorrow being Christmas Eve the stores will be closing at 6:00. I’m thinking that I forgot to get some stuff so I will need to go out today, most likely earlier rather than later. I have some serious crafting to get done today too. Will someone please be kind enough to remind me in August next year that I need to start making my holiday stuff? Thanks, it’s much appreciated!

Today I have some more sneak peeks of the 2013 Spring Catalog. Some stamps and and a new embellishment. For the base of my card I used a piece of Always Artichoke Card Stock. The background is my new fave the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* on Sahara Sand. The strip of chevrons is stamped in Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy from the Oh, Hello Stamp Set*. The main image is from the Just Thinking Wood Mount Stamp. I stamped it twice, once in Bravo Burgundy and again in Always Artichoke and the Artichoke piece is cut out. Before I adhered it to the Burgundy piece I used one of the new Designer Builder Brads. The image in the middle is from the Itty Bitties Stamp Set, punched out with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, and is stamped in Bravo Burgundy with an epoxy bubble on top. Both of the stamped pieces are mounted to each other and the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the chevrons form the Oh, Hello* set and Sahara Sand is becoming my neutral of choice lately. I hope you enjoyed today’s card and thank you for taking some time from your busy Holiday schedule to stop by! Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla

Ink: Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Oh, Hello* Clear Mount and Just Thinking* Wood Mount

Embellishments: Designer Builder Brads*

Tools: Big Shot, Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3,2013)

December 22, 2012January 6, 2016

Create with Connie and Mary 231 & Sneak Peek

Ahh, Saturday… how I enjoy thee! Happy weekend everyone! What kind of weekend are you going to have? Is it a mad dash to finish your Christmas shopping or are you all done and you just have to get the house ready for your company?! I think I would rather do Holiday shopping than clean the house! It’s off to Manhattan this morning and I’m going to try to go to Bryant Park and browse the shops they have set up there weather permitting. I also have some crafting left to do before Monday so I’ll be very busy this weekend. But it’s a crafty good kind of busy! 🙂

Today’s post is my card for this week’s Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week we have a sweet little sketch…

For the base of my card I used some Very Vanilla Card Stock. The background is made from a piece of Tea For Two Designer Series Paper* on the left and a piece of Bashful Blue that I embossed with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* on the right. I adhered a piece of Lucky Limeade 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon across the seam around the back with Sticky Strip. I used stamps from the set Oh, Hello* for the greeting that is stamped in Calypso Coral on a piece of Very Vanilla that I stamped in So Saffron and cut out with the Ovals Collection Framelits Dies*. The piece is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. On the left there is a another piece of Lucky Limeade 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon adhered under a Soda Pop Top. On the inside of the Soda Pop Top is a piece of Calypso Coral that I punched out with the 1/2″ Circle Punch and a Basic Jewels Large Rhinestone* is adhered in the center. The two little bees are from the Itty Bitties Stamp Set* and are stamped in So Saffron, punched out with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and adhered with some Mini Glue Dots. I love the different color combination of the Lucky Limeade and Bashful Blue and the Soda Pop Tops are just the coolest embellishment! I hope that you enjoyed my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card for this week. Thank you for checking in with me and have a fun Saturday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue and Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: Tea For Two*

Ink: Calypso Coral and So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Oh, Hello* Clear Mount and Itty Bitties* Wood Mount

Embellishments: Lucky Limeade 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon, Soda Pop Tops* and Basic Jewels Large Rhinestones*

Tools: Big Shot, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Ovals Collection Framelits Dies*, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

December 21, 2012January 6, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches #66 & Sneak Peek!

Good day to you all! What’s the best part about today… it’s FRIDAY! TGIF! This has been a long week and I’m so glad that the weekend is here. Well, assuming that the world doesn’t end today… which would be a bit of a bummer don’t you think?! It is very windy and rainy outside this morning but I think we’ll be ok. I still have more goodies to play with! 🙂

Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. This week we have a nice sketch from Tui…

My card for the sketch is chock full of new goodies from the 2013 Spring Catalog. The base of the card is Pink Pirouette Card Stock. For the strip across the lower half of the card I embossed a piece of Primrose Petals with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. The piece of paper and the large Real Red heart are from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack*. I adhered the rectangle of DSP to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the heart is adhered with SNAIL. The two hearts on top of that are form the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set*. The the larger doily like heart is stamped in Primrose Petals on Very Vanilla and the smaller heart is stamped in Real Red. Both of them are cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*. The greeting is from the Cross My Heart Stamp Set* and is stamped in Pool Party. I used my Paper Snips to cut it out and the Owl Builder Punch and some Red Glimmer Paper provide the little heart in the middle. With all of the hearts on this card does’t it just whisper sweet love?!?! LOL! I think that my new favorite color combo is Pool Party and Primrose Petals, don’t they look great together? I hope that you enjoyed my Freshly Made Sketches card for this week. Thank you all so very much for visiting me and for your comments. Have yourselves a stupendous Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: More Amore Specialty*

Specialty Paper: Red Glimmer

Ink: Primrose Petals, Pool Party and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter* and Cross My Heart* Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Owl Builder Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)