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Valentine’s Mini Card Box

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope that everyone had a great weekend and is enjoying today. I’m listening to Winston, my dog snore sleeping on the bed. 🙂 For today’s project I was inspired by my good friend Sandy’s Valentine’s box post earlier in the week (www.stampwithsandy.com). She is so talented and clever and the set that she designed is beautiful. Mine is a little less complicated and would work great for some Valentine’s for the kids. I used some Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla Card Stock, sounds like such a yummy combination! The box was made using Sandy’s tutorial with the Simply Scored. The top has a piece of Very Vanilla that I ran through the Big Shot using the Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1. I’m really liking these for the subtle effect that they produce. The stamped heart is from the Take It To Heart Set in the Occasions Mini and was cut out using the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and mounted on a Chocolate Chip heart cut out the same way. The sentiment was punched out with the Word Window Punch and backed by another stamp from the P.S. I Love You set and then punched out with the Modern Label Punch. For the cards inside use stamps also from the P.S. I Love You set and were punched out with the 1 3/8″ and 1″ Circle Punches and popped up on a Stampin’ Dimensional. I ran some Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot with the hearts from the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. The Chocolate Chip heart was punched out with the Heart To Heart Punch. Some Mini Square Envelopes complete the project. Thanks for coming by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You and Take It To Heart Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, 1 3/8″ and 1″ Circle Punches, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Heart To Heart Punch, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Simply Scored, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Sale-A-Bration is just three days away! Click on the Catalog over to the right to get ready!

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PPA 127 & Sneak Peek

Good morning everyone. It’s snowing here on Long Island this morning. I’m not a fan of snow! It’s perfect day to play with my Stampin’ Up! stuff though! For this weeks Pals Paper Arts Sketch I used some more new items from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. Only four days left until Sale-A-Bration starts!

The base of the card is Very Vanilla. I used the Fresh Vintage Stamp Set from Sale-A-Bration (January 24th) stamped in Pool Party and then I punched it out with the Ornament Punch and cut a little bit off the bottom to make it look like a vase. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake to give it a little more definition. I used the Texturz Plates for a subtle background paired with some of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper also from Sale-A-Bration. The Little Leaves Sizzlits Die and the Boho Blossom Punch create a great bunch of flowers in Calypso Coral and Peach Parfait. Some Basic Jewels Pearls add a little elegance to the flower centers. I used Mary Fish’s tutorial from the other day (http://www.stampinpretty.com/2012/01/new-ppa-sketch-and-1-minute-to-wow-video.html) for the sentiment. She always has such great ideas. The edges are also sponged with some Crumb Cake. A little Scallop Trim Border Punched piece of Peach Parfait completes the card. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Peach Parfait and Pool Party Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment (2012 Sale-A-Bration 1/24)

Tools: Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, Ornament Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sponge Dauber, Simply Scored, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Sale-A-Bration is just four days away! Do you have your lists ready? 🙂

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The Paper Players Challenge #78

Hello everyone! I hope that you all are having a good week so far. It was a little rainy here yesterday but as long as it’s not snow I’m happy! This week I decided to give another challenge a try. The Paper Players has some really great talent. I was excited to sit down and make my card using the colors for this week: Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzaz. I immediately thought of the new Designer Series Paper Everyday Enchantment from the 2012 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (starts January 24th). I love the colors in the paper and it actually prompted me to get all of the In-Colors for 2010-2012 and 2011-2013. The greeting is from Outlined Occasions also in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. I stamped it in Pear Pizzaz and then used a Blender Pen to color in the confetti around the word Celebrate. The flowers are from the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set available in the 2012 Occasions Mini. They coordinate with the Blossom Punch and the 1″ Circle Punch. I also punched out some Pear Pizzaz Card Stock to back the flowers. The brad in the middle is from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack from Sale-A-Bration too. There are so many great items in the catalog I can’t wait for you to get your hands on them too! I popped the flowers up on some Stampin’ Dimensionals and framed the greeting with some more Pear Pizzaz Card Stock. I really like the color combination and hope you like the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Pear Pizzaz Smooth Card Stock

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment (2012 Sale-A-Bration Catalog available Jan. 24th)

Ink: Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Outlined Occasions Clear Mount (2012 Sale-A-Bration Catalog available Jan. 24th)

Embellishments: Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack (2012 Sale-A-Bration Catalog available Jan. 24th)

Tools: Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Blender Pen, Blossom Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Sale-A-Bration starts in less than a week! Click on the catalogs to the right  to start making your list. Remember, for every $50 you spend you get one item from Sale-A-Bration!

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Mojo 224

Good morning all. I hope that everyone’s Monday was good. For this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge I finally got away from my blue and brown! I went with Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso and Pretty in Pink.

The P.S. I Love You Stamp Set in the Occasion Mini Catalog is the perfect Valentine’s Day set. There are so many great images and phrases. I stamped the Cupid in Rich Razzleberry Ink on some Pretty in Pink Card Stock and punched him out with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch. He was then mounted on a die cut from the Perfect Pennants Bigz Die in Early Espresso. The Love You is stamped in Early Espresso Ink and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch. I added a brad from the Brights Collection and popped it up on a Stampin’ Dimensional. A little Very Vanilla flag punched with the 1″ Square Punch (for the flag end) and some more Stampin’ Dimensionals finish off the greeting. I ran some Pretty in Pink Card Stock through the Big Shot and used the Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1 large polkadots to coordinate with the Brights Stack Designer Series Paper I used on the background. The Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and the Early Espresso flag punched with the 1 1/4″ Square Punch on the end completes the card. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso and Pretty in Pink Smooth Card Stock

Designer Series Paper: Brights Stack

Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: P.S. I Love You Clear Mount

Embellishments: Brights Collection 3/16″ Brads

Tools: Big Shot, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, Perfect Pennants Bigs Die, 1 3/4″ Circle, 1″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Square Punch, 1″ Square Punch, Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Sale-A-Bration starts one week from today! Get your orders ready! Click over on the catalogs to the right to start making your lists! 🙂

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Butterfly Prints & Sneak Peek

Happy Saturday morning to you all! I hope that you all enjoy your three day weekend. For today’s card I decided to mix a little old with the new. For the old I used the Butterfly Prints Stamp Set with the Butterfly Punch. The butterflies are stamped in Concord Crush and Pretty In Pink. The greeting is from the set Outlined Occasions in the new Sale-A-Bration Catalog (available January 24, 2012). I like the fact that it’s outlined so that you could color it in if you want but it looks great just by itself. I used the Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background on Concord Crush Card Stock. For a nice finishing touch I used the Floral Fusion Sizzlits die held together with a small Silver Brad and mounted it to the card with a Glue Dot. It’s a nice fun clean card that looks like it’s celebrating all on it’s own! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Concord Crush, Pretty In Pink and Whisper White Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Concord Crush Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Butterfly Prints and Outlined Occasions (2012 Sale-A-Bration Catalog) Clear Mount

Embellishments: Silver Brads

Tools: Big Shot, Floral Fusion Sizzlits Die, Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Butterfly Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to take a look at the Occasion Mini Catalog and get your lists ready for Sale-A-Bration! One free product from the catalog for every $50 you spend! Host a Workshop over $150 and get a free tote! Email me for more details!

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Up in the Air Thanks

Morning all. It’s a rainy windy day here on Long Island. It was hard to get out of bed this morning! I hope the weather is nicer where you are. For today’s card I used the new host(ess) set from the Occasions Mini Catalog called Up in the Air. I really like the set with it’s three stamps, one is a birdhouse on a branch, one is some birds with a nest on a branch and the last one is some flowers and butterflies. All of the have a silhouette and some outlined images that are perfect for coloring in with your Stampin’ Write Markers. I stamped the image on Whisper White Card Stock with Chocolate Chip Ink. I the used some Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade to color in the flowers and leaves. I stamped the bird house again, cut it out and popped it up on a Stampin’ Dimensional. The scalloped edge across the top was cut with the new Adoring Accents Edgelits Die. The greeting, from Petite Pairs, was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Lucky Limeade and I used the 1 1/4″ Square Punch for the “flag” ends that were slightly off on purpose. Some glue dots and a little bend give it some nice dimension. For a finishing touch I used the Lucky Limeade ribbon from the Ribbon and Brad Pack in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog (available January 24, 2012). I love the color combination, It reminds me that spring is on the way! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Set: Up in the Air Host(ess) Clear Mount

Ribbon: Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (2012 Sale-A-Bration – Jan. 24, 2012)

Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelit Dies, 1 1/4″ Square Punch, Papar Snips, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out all of the great new products in the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog. Click over to the right to take a look!

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Mojo 223

Good morning everyone! I hope that everyone is having a good week. For this week’s Mojo Monday sketch I went with a Valentine’s card. This week’s sketch is also one of my favorites so far.

I used some of the Love Letters Designer Series Paper from the Clearance Rack. I think it goes quite nicely with one the flowers from the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set in the new Occasions Mini Catalog. The flower is stamped in Riding Hood Red and punched out with the Blossom Punch. I also punched one out in Chocolate Chip to put behind it. I love the P.S. I Love You Stamp Set, there are so many great sayings and images. I especially love the stamp that goes with the Modern Label Punch. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the greeting for perfect placement. The 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch makes a perfect backdrop for the cute circle of hearts punched out with the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch. The 1″ Circle punch works great with the Hand Crafted Stamp and I used some dimensionals for a little pop. I am also liking the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder that I used some Crumb Cake Card Stock with it to break up the color a little. The decorative Label Punch is the perfect little addition to the the bottom of the polkadot paper. For the lower background I coordinated with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The perfect finishing touch, some 1/4″ Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon. I hope that you like this weeks Mojo card and as always, thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You and Mixed Bunch Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Love Letters (Clearance Rack item, may not be available)

Ribbon: Very Vanilla 1/4″ Grosgrain

Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Blossom Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Modern Label Punch, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to place your Valentine’s Day supply orders. Click on the Catalog over to the right to go to my store.

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Flower Fest In-Color Birthday

Good morning everyone. I hope that everyone had a nice Monday. For today’s card I used the Flower Fest Stamp Set and the 2010-2012 In-Colors. The base of the card is Very Vanilla. The images are also stamped on Very Vanilla using Concord Crush, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade Ink. I like the way that the stamped images look a little like they were drawn using crayon. The Flower Fest Set coordinates with five different punches. I used three, the 2 3/8″ Scalloped Circle, Fancy Flower, and 5 Petal Flower Punches. For the background I used Pear Pizzaz Card Stock and the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes Set and Is stamped in Concord Crush and put on some Peach Parfait Card Stock. I needed a little color boost and this card provided the perfect outlet! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzaz Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Happiest Birthday Wishes and Flower Fest Clear Mount Stamp Sets

Tools: Big Shot, Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 2 3/8″ Scalloped Circle Punch, Fancy Flower Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to get your orders in for you Valentine’s card making supplies! Click the Catalog over to the right to go to my on-line store.

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Aviary Birthday & Sneak Peek

Good morning all. I hope that everyone had a nice weekend. Mine was great! For today’s card I used another one of my favorite sets, Aviary. I love the little bird cages and assortment of birds. The set works so well on so many different cards. The cage was stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink and the little bird in Calypso Coral Ink. I used some Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip Card Stock. The Designer Series Paper is from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog (available January 24, 2012) and is called Everyday Enchantment. There are so many great products in the catalog, I can’t wait for everyone to see them. I used the Scallop Edge Border Punch and some 1/4 Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon to give it a little bit of an awning look. The greeting is from Happiest Birthday Wishes and is punched out with the Extra Large Oval Punch. It’s a nice quick birthday card and I hope that you like it. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip Smooth Card Stock

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration 2012)

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Happiest Birthday Wishes and Aviary Clear Mount

Tools: Large Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the new Occasions Mini Catalog! Click the link to the right to take a look at all of the great new products!

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Jelly Belly Treat Card

Morning all. I hope that you are having a nice weekend! For today’s card I finally used the Sweet Treat Cups that I purchased a while ago. Who doesn’t like a little candy with a card?! I filled it with some Jelly Belly Jelly Beans. Using the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch you punch out holes in the card stock and in the card. I used Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Whisper White Card Stock. I then crated the sliding door and used the Round Tab Punch for a pull tab on top. You create a little slider door on the inside of the card so you can get the treats out without having to rip the card. There is a good YouTube video tutorial from froggystamps on how to do it, I just modified it a bit for the card I was making. You can find the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrzmHWSdIao. I hope that you enjoyed todays card and thanks for stopping by!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Whisper White Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Something Sweet Clear Mount

Accessories: Sweet Treat Cups

Tools: 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to place your order to make your handmade Valentine’s Day Cards! Click over to right on the Catalogs to go to my online store. If you want a hard copy of a catalog email me!