Sentimental Indigo Ticket Wish B’day & Peek

A very good Sunday morning to you! I hope that the weekend is being good to you. I had a very nice time at my Holiday party last night, good food and fun people. Today’s post is for my friend Greg. It was his birthday a few days ago and I had a lot of fun playing with some new stuff to make his card. He reads my blog so I hope that he got the card already!

The base of the card is Island Indigo Card Stock. I used the 1″ Circle punch to round to opposing corners on the card and each one of the layers. The background is Fan Fair Designer Series Paper, I love the grid pattern with the script. The main stamped image and the Celebrate is from the Feeling Sentimental Stamp Set** and is stamped in Island Indigo on Very Vanilla. The greeting is from the Make a Wish Stamp Set* and is stamped in Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla. Both are backed by Island Indigo and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I thought it needed a little something else so I stamped two of the tickets from the Take a Ticket Stamp Set in Island Indigo and punched them out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. They are adhered behind the main image with some SNAIL. Feeling Sentimental is definitely my favorite stamp set from Sale-A-Bration, I love the vintage feel and great images. I hope that you enjoyed Greg’s birthday card. Thank you for sharing some of your time with me today. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Island Indigo and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Fan Fair

Ink: Island Indigo and Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Make a Wish*, Take a Ticket* and Feeling Sentimental** Clear Mount

Tools: 1″ Circle Punch, Ticket Duo Builder Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013) **2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 to March 22, 2013)

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Fan Fair DSP

1%22 Circle Punch

Ticket Duo Punch

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

Today is the last day for the Ink-credible promotion! When you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

By the Pool Mist

Happy Saturday! What are you up to today? I had a very nice time at my party last night with my peeps, and even slept a little late today. We had some good food and my hummus and fudge (eaten separately!) were a big hit! We also caught the end of one of my favorite movies, Love Actually. I still love it, especially around the holidays, even 10 years later! I have some more sneak peeks for you today. I used one of my favorite sets from the Spring Catalog, it’s called By the Tide* and contains some great sea related items.

The base of my card is Pool Party Card Stock that I stamped with the Netting Background Stamp in Pool Party. I cut out a piece of Sahara Sand with the Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies. Before I adhered it to the card I embossed it with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The shell images are from the By the Tide Stamp Set* and are heat embossed with Versa-Mark and some Pool Party Stampin’ Emboss Powder*. I decided that I would paint some Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint over it for a nice shimmery sand like effect. I got the idea from one of the samples in the Spring Catalog. They are cut out with my Paper Snips and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Amazing Family Stamp Set* and is stamped in Sahara Sand on Very Vanilla. I used the Ovals Collection Framelits to round the ends, punched holes in either side and ran a piece of Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon* through the holes and adhered it around the back with some Sticky Strip. I love the way the Champagne Mist looks painted over the Pool Party Emossing Powder. The card has a nice beachy feel and would be a perfect masculine card. I hope that you enjoyed my sneak peeks for today and the card. Thank you so much for taking some time to visit me today. Have a great Saturday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Pool Party, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla

Ink: Pool Party and Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: By the Tide* and Amazing Family* Clear Mount and Netting Wood Mount Background

Embellishments: Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon*

Tools: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

By the Pool Mist

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Netting Background Stamp WM

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge 230 & Sneak Peek

Woo hoo! It’s Friday! I’m always doing the happy dance on Friday! Last night I made some Hummus and some Fudge. I know what you are thinking… what an odd combination. Well, if you ate them together I would think it would be a little nasty. The hummus is the appetizer and the fudge (if it makes it through today) is for desert. I have sampled both and they are good but I am wanting some more of the fudge! 🙂

Today’s post is from this weeks Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week we have a color challenge…

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A very simple color combination and one with a little bling! The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I used the new Ovals Collection Framelits Dies* to cut out a two pieces of Very Vanilla, one with the scalloped edge, and two pieces of Champagne Glimmer Paper. All of the pieces of Very Vanilla are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the Glimmer Paper is adhered with SNAIL. The Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack* and Paper-Piercing Tool are used to piece around the edges of the Very Vanilla pieces. I stamped the Merry Christmas from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler and flagged the ends. For the piercing on that I used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack. Even with all of it’s layers and glitz it was a very simple card to make. I have to remember to order some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, the Merry Christmas would have looked rich in that. Did you enjoy today’s sneak peek? What has been you favorite peek so far? Let me know by leaving a comment. I hope that you liked this week’s Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge card. Thanks so much for stopping by and have an amazing Friday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla

Specialty Paper: Champagne Glimmer

Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Greetings of the Season Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Ovals Collection Framelits Dies*, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack*, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

CCMC 230

Greetings of the Season CM

Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Freshly Made Sketches #65 & Sneak Peek

Good morning everyone! How are we all doing on this fine Thursday? I’m getting better and that’s because we are approaching Friday! I have two Holiday parties this weekend, one on Friday night and one on Saturday night and I’m looking forward to them both. I’m also continuing on with my Spring Catalog sneak peeks for you. Today’s card features products from the 2013 Spring Catalog that you can order from on January 3rd.

For this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge Linda C. has given us this very nice sketch to work with…

Freshly Made Sketches #65

Nice and simple and I kept my card the same. The base of my card is Primrose Petals Card Stock, for the background I embossed a piece of Very Vanilla with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* (fast becoming a favorite!). After I embossed it I thought what better to put in a honeycomb than some bees! The bees are from the Collage Curios Stamp Set* and are stamped in Summer Starfruit. The two hearts are form the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set. The lager one is stamped tone-on-tone with Summer Starfruit and the smaller one is stamped in Primrose Petals on Very Vanilla. Both are cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*. The are mounted to one another and to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Take a Ticket Stamp Set* and is stamped in Primrose Petals and punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. What do you think of the color combo? I’m really liking the two together broken up by some Very Vanilla. I hope that you are enjoying your new catalog sneak peeks and that you like my Freshly Made Sketches card for this week’s challenge. I always appreciate your stopping by and your comments. Here’s to hoping that you have a very nice day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla

Ink: Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter*, Collage Curios* and That’s the Ticket* Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Ticket Duo Builder Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

FMS #65

Ticket Duo Punch

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #20 & Sneak Peek

Good morning peeps! This week is just flying by isn’t it?! I’m falling behind on my to do list and a little bit of panic is setting in. I’ll try to catch up some tomorrow night. How are the holidays coming along for you? Are you all on schedule? My daughter did come over tonight and put the tree up for me. Now some decorations and that will be all done! That will put the cap on my festive holiday needs!

Today’s post is for my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. This time around we have a sketch…

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It has a flag on it and some brads, I’m already a fan! The base of my card is Midnight Muse Card Stock. I used the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* on a piece of Sahara Sand for my background. I have been using Sahara Sand a lot more lately, it makes a great substitute for Crumb Cake or Very Vanilla. The main stamped image is from the Vintage Verses Stamp Set** and is stamped in Midnight Muse on Very Vanilla. I used the 3/16″ Corner Rounder on it and the piece of Midnight Muse that I backed it with. A piece of Raspberry Ripple is punched out with the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch and mounted behind the stamped image. I pierced three holes in it and put three Metallic 3/16″ Brads through it. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the card. The flagged piece is Raspberry Ripple and adhered with SNAIL. The flower image is from the Madison Avenue Stamp Set** and is stamped in Raspberry Ripple. The Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies are used to cut it out and I backed it with a piece of Raspberry Ripple that I punched out with the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch. Another Metallic Brad holds them together and a Stampin’ Dimensional adheres it to the card. I love the colors together and I think this would even make a great masculine card. The flower is more a hint that an actual flower and the colors bright but subtle at the same time thanks to the Sahara Sand. I’m in love with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder, it’s so versatile! I hope that you enjoyed you little sneak peek and my Paper Craft Crew Design Team Crew card for this week. Hop on over to the site and check out what the other designers have come up with and post one of yours for us to take a look at. Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla

Ink: Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Vintage Verses** and Madison Avenue** Clear Mount

Embellishments: Metallic 3/16″ Brads

Tools: Big Shot, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 3/16″ Corner Rounder, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013) **2013 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (January 22 – March 22, 2013)

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Floral Frames Framelits Dies

1 3:4%22 Scallop Circle Punch

1 1:4%22 Scallop Circle Punch

3:16%22 Corner Rounder

Brads Metallic 3:16

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Paper Players #125 & Sneak Peek

And into another week we go! Happy Monday! I have a ton of stuff to do this week and I’m hoping to get to all of it. Isn’t it funny how busy the Holidays really are?! Is everything kicking into high gear for you too? I spent the afternoon in Manhattan yesterday seeing some friends and it was rainy but for some reason I don’t really mind it when I’m in the city.

Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Players. Nance has given us a color challenge…

Paper Players #125

Pool Party and Cherry Cobbler make for a nice color combo when paired with a neutral don’t you think? The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. I took a piece of Pool Party and stamped it with the Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set in Pool Party for a frosty tone-on-tone effect. The new punch and stamp set from Sale-A-Bration are used to make the backgrounds for the ornaments. I stamped the images from the Pretty Petites Stamp Set** in Cherry Cobbler and punched them out with the Petite Curly Label Punch**. The ornaments are from the Merry Minis Stamp set and are Stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack. Both are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I used a piece of Cherry Cobbler to back it and that too is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really do like the colors together and the simplicity of the card is fun too. I hope that you enjoyed you little sneak peek and my Paper Players Challenge card for this week. Thank you very much for your visit and I hope that you have a good Monday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party

Ink: Pool Party and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Snowflake Soiree, Merry Minis, Greetings of the Season and Pretty Petites** Clear Mount

Tools: Merry Minis Punch Pack, Petite Curly Label Punch**, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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

Paper Players #125

Snowflake Soiree CM

Merry Minis CM

Greetings of the Season CM

Merry Minis Punch Pack

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Pals Paper Arts 147

Ahh… the weekend, how I love thee! Happy Saturday! I’m off to Manhattan to see some peeps and have some diner breakfast! Hopefully traffic will light, I can dream can’t I?! What are you all up to this weekend? I will be in Holiday card mode tomorrow, I haven’t started my cards to send out yet, yikes!

Before we get to today’s post Stampin’ Up! had a bunch of announcements the other day. The first one and the one I found the coolest, they have an App! That’s right, go on over to the iTunes App store on your iPhone and download the new Simply Sent App for FREE. You can create cards and send them or post them to Facebook and Twitter. It’s a neat way to take Stampin’ Up! wherever you go! You can find it by clicking here:

The next big announcement is that for a limited time you can buy the Sizzix Texture Boutique directly from Stampin’ Up! This is a great tool for those of you not ready to commit to a Big Shot but still want to be able to emboss. See the flyer below to see the 2 great ways you can get it:

Finally, here is another really cool way to add something extra to your cards and other projects. It’s called Talking Tag. You purchase the Talking Tag Message Tags and adhere them to your project. To make it work you download the App from either the iTunes App Store or the Google Play Store and use it to record your message. When the recipient gets the card there is a QR Code for them to scan that will take them to get the app and then it will play back your message or short video to them. What a neat way to marry traditional card making with a little technology! See below for more info.

That was a lot of news for one day! I hope that you will take a look at all of the offers and pick one or all up for yourself! You can order by clicking on one of the catalogs to the right!

Now for today’s post, it’s for Pals Paper Arts. This time we have a nice sketch with panels…

I decided that I wanted to use Pool Party and Primrose Petals, They are my favorite In-Colors. Something a little odd happened, but we’ll get to that at the end. The base of my card is Primrose Petals Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and sliced off a piece of the left side. I then adhered it to the card front leaving a little space between the two pieces. A strip of Silver Glimmer Paper goes down on the right side. The panel with the greeting on is stamped with the pine needles from the Watercolor Winter Stamp Set in Pool Party. The greeting is from the More Merry Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Primrose Petals. I backed it with a piece of Primrose Petals and used some Stampin’ DImensionals to adhere it to the card. Some more Silver Glimmer Paper is punched out with the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch. The image is 2-Step Stamped in Pool Party and Primrose Petals, also from the Watercolor Winter Stamp Set and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere them to each other and the card. Now for the odd thing, if you look at the pinecone it kind of looks like its 3D, like old 3D on a TV. Kind of cool! I hope that you enjoyed my Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge card. Thank you for checking in with me today. I always appreciate your visits and love reading your comments. Oh, one last thing before I go, if you look in the Talking Tags flyer you will get a sneak peek at a new product from the upcoming Spring Catalog. Can you tell me what it is?!?! Have a great Saturday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Pool Party and Whisper White

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Pool Party and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Watercolor Winter and More Merry Messages Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Paper Craft Crew Grand Opening Blog Candy Winner!!

Last week I announced the grand opening of the Paper Craft Crew Challenge Blog. I also said that I would be giving away some blog candy. The winner will receive a $25 Stampin’ Up! Gift Certificate, redeemable through me. I’m happy to announce that the winner is…

Sarah Biswabic!!!!

Congratulations Sarah! Please use the contact me button at the top to get in touch with me and we’ll go from there! The winner was selected randomly from a list of people that commented on my post and then commented on the post on the Paper Craft Crew Blog and mentioned me. I hope that you will all keep checking out the Paper Craft Crew Blog and start playing along! We will have more prizes in the coming weeks!

Thank you and congrats again to Sarah!

Paper Craft Crew Sketch 15

Happy Wednesday! I hope that you are all well today. Yes, I still have no power, it’s been over a week. Sigh… it’s getting colder and electric would be nice! I hope that all of the other people have found a warm place to stay, I’ll be at Louis’ again. I’m sure that he will eventually tire of me! LOL!

Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew.This week’s sketch is pretty neat. I liked it so much that I didn’t change anything! Here it is…

My card starts off with a base of Lucky Limeade Card Stock. On the right side we have a piece of paper from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack. On the left side I took a piece of Crumb Cake and cut the edge with the Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies. I then ran it through the Big Shot again with the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder. Both of the background pieces are adhered to the card with SNAIL. The next element to go on the card are the fagged pieces of Lucky Limeade and Cherry Cobbler. The Very Vanilla piece is stamped with the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set in Crumb Cake and mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I cut the heart out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and then embossed it with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It too is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The cute little gingerbread man is from the Scentsational Season Stamp Set and is stamped in Crumb Cake and cut out with the Holiday Collection Framelits Dies. I love the gingerbread man with the heart behind him, he’s a very happy guy! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Design Crew Challenge. Don’t forget to head over to the blog and check out the other designers cards and enter one of your own! Also, come back later today, we will be announcing the winner of our respective blog candy! Thank you for your wonderful comments and good luck once again. 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler

Designer Series Paper: Festival of Prints Stack

Ink: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Scentsational Season Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Holiday Collection Framelits, Hearts Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Delicate Designs Embossing Folders, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

Paper Craft Crew Grand Opening!

Hello! Welcome to the Grand Opening of the Paper Craft Crew Challenge blog! I am so happy to be a part of this great team. We have lots of giveaways and surprises in store for you along with some great challenges! To celebrate I will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to purchase whatever you want from Stampin’ Up! The $25 dollars is for merchandise and I’ll pick up standard shipping and tax too! All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post and another on the Paper Craft Crew post for this challenge mentioning my name. The winner will be randomly selected next week, simple! While you are over at the Paper Craft Crew blog why not make a card and post it for this week’s challenge. This week we have a great sketch to celebrate our Grand Opening…

Lots of elements and room for interpretation. My card starts with a base of Always Artichoke Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Crumb Cake with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Across the bottom is a piece of Riding Hood Red that I stamped with the Good Cheer Builder Wheel in Riding Hood Red. A piece of retired Riding Hood Red Satin Ribbon goes across the middle. The image is from the Winter Memories Stamp Set and is stamped in Basic Black and colored in with Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke,  Marina Mist, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers. I cut it out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies, turning it a second time to get the squared shaped. Some piercing with the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool helps dress it up and it’s adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The Merry Minis Stamp Set and the Merry Minis Punch Pack make the little banner stamped in Riding Hood Red and Always Artichoke. Some Whisper White Bakers Twine strings them together. The greeting is from the Winter Memories Stamp Set too and is stamped in Always Artichoke and underlined with the Always Artichoke Marker. I edged it with the marker to before I adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The button is a Naturals Designer Button with a Whisper White Bakers Twine bow. I adhered it to the card with two stacked Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the homey warm feel of the card, it makes all of the coloring worth it! I hope that you enjoyed my Paper Craft Crew Design Team card for our Grand Opening! Don’t forget to leave your comments! You can visit the other designers by clicking on the list  in the sidebar. Have a great day everyone!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red and Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets: Merry Minis and Winter Memories Clear Mount and Good Cheer Builder Wheel

Ink: Basic Black, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke,  Marina Mist, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers

Embellishments: Riding Hood Red Satin Ribbon (Retired), Whisper Whit Bakers Twine and Naturals Designer Buttons

Tools: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

Today’s the last day! It’s only October, but Stampin’ Claus is coming to town! Get a FREE Festive Paper-Piercing Pack when you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes Set and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. Get your FREE paper-piercing pack by purchasing the Ornament Keepsakes Set and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper or the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. Remember: the bundle gets you an additional 15 percent off the set and the Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies. So many options!