Tag: Crafts

  • Paper Players 181

    So, the Superbowl was great huh?! Ok, I’ll admit the only thing that I watched was the half-time show. I thought that it was a pretty good show, Bruno Mars sounds good live and appearance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers was neat if not a bit odd. There was plenty of food and friends to keep me occupied. My friend Michelle brought over fresh strawberries with caramel, chocolate ganachè, peanut butter and cream cheese dip for them. They were delicious and I had a hard time picking a favorite, so I sampled them a few times! LOL! I also had a nice day in Manhattan, I visited some people in the morning and then met my friend Kim for some lunch. We ate fresh, I had my usual BMT, I haven’t had it in a long time and it was yummy! I then stopped by my friend Julia’s house and her little girl Cecily gave me a card that she made for me. It’s so cute! I think we have a future crafter on our hands!

    Cecily Card Open

    Cecily Card Front

    I even got some pictures for you. I was walking down the famous Park Avenue and snapped these. The first one is facing downtown and the second one is facing uptown.

    Park Ave Downtown

    Park Avenue Uptown

    My post today is for this week’s Paper Players, but before I get to that I wanted to thank LeAnne for choosing my card for her Cut Above in last week’s challenge. You can see my original post HERE and the Paper Players winners post HERE. Now for this week the lovely Anne Marie has given us this theme challenge…

    Paper Players #181

    As I was siting there pondering what I was going to do I spied a Vintage set of Framelits and that’s where the idea for this card began. My card base is Whisper White Card Stock. I stamped my sentiment on a piece of Coastal Cabana from the Countless Sayings 2 Photopolymer Stamp Set in Baked Brown Sugar. On the bottom part I embossed a piece of Baked Brown Sugar with the Scallops Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. My lollipops are form the Sweets for the Sweet Stamp Set and are stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch. I used bamboo skewers for the sticks and adhered them to the card with Multi-Purpose Glue. A piece of Window Sheet stamped with the “Vintage” Perfectly Preserved Stamp Set in Opaque White Staz-On and cut out with the “Vintage” Cannery Framelits Dies is adhered to the skewers with more Multi-Purpose Glue. To cover up the glue I cut out a piece of Champagne Glimmer Paper with the heart from the Circle Card Thinlits Dies and adhered it with a Stampin’ Dimensional. I love the Window Sheet stamped with the Opaque White Staz-On, it really does look like glass and the Champagne Glimmer Heart give the card just a little bit of sparkle! Thank you for stopping by to see my card for this week’s Paper Players theme challenge. I hope you all have a great Monday! 🙂

    Paper Players 181-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana and Baked Brown Sugar

    Specialty: Window Sheet

    Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Countless Sayings 2 Photopolymer, Sweets for the Sweet and Perfectly Preserved (Vintage) Clear Mount

    Framelits: Cannery

    Thinlits: Circle Card

    Embossing Folder: Scallop

    Punch: 1″ Circle Punch

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

    Countless Sayings 2 PP

    Sweets for the Sweet CM

    Champagne Glimmer Paper

    Cannery Framelits Dies

    Circle Card Thinlits Dies

    Scallops TIEF

    1%22 Circle Punch

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    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • Freshly Made Sketches 121

    Well, that was a very relaxing Saturday and after my fun week at work I needed it! I spent some time in the morning at the craft desk and got a few projects done. I went out for a bit and ran some errands, I even watched a movie! It definitely was a much needed relaxing day! This morning I’m off to Manhattan for a bit and then later on I’m going over to Brian & Kim’s for a Superbowl party. Will you be attending any parties later on? I won’t lie, I’m in for the commercials and food! LOL!

    Today I have my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. The sketch this week is provided by Linda…

    Freshly Made Sketches #121

    A super clean sketch, I was a little stumped when I first saw it but I let it sit in my brain for a bit and this is what I came up with. The base of my card is Crumb Cake Card Stock. I used the Window Frames Collection Framelits to cut out a piece of Epic Day This & That Designer Series Paper. The larger hexagon is also This & That and is cut out with my Paper Snips. I used the Six Sided Sampler Stamp Set and some Daffodil Delight to stamp the image on top of the large hexagon and the Hexagon Punch to punch it out. My greeting is from the Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit and is stamped in Calypso Coral and cut out with the Squares Collection Framelits. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere the greeting and the hexagon to the card. A sprinkling of grey iridescent sequins finishes off the card. I really am glad that I went digging around in my craft supplies, I had completely forgotten about the Epic Day Designer Series Paper! So there is my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I hope that you enjoyed it and that you have a great Sunday! Thanks for visiting and enjoy the game later! 🙂

    FMS 121-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla

    Designer Series Paper: Epic Day This & That

    Ink: Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Set: Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit

    Framelits: Squares Collection and Window Frames Collection

    Punch: Hexagon

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

    NON-Stampin’ Up!: Gray Iridescent Sequins

    Hip, Hip Hooray Card Kit

    This and That Epic Day DSP

    Squares Collection Framelits

    Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies

    Hexagon Punch

    Current Promotions:

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    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • Catherine & Cathy Create 22

    Hello my peeps! Are you as happy that week is over as I am?! Work was actually pretty good yesterday, the job fair went as planned and I even got out an hour early. I met up with Anthony, Danielle and Bill for dinner, yes, we went to Friday’s again. Danielle and I needed more of that Tennessee Whiskey Cake! LOL! It really was that good! We stopped at Target after dinner and I came home and made my card for today. So all in all a pretty good day.

    I’m over on the Catherine & Cathy Create blog today for this month’s Hearts a Flutter challenge. We ask that you make a project that has a love theme.

    CCC Challenge General Logo

    I decided to go with a French theme for my card. The base is Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. For the background, I stamped the En Français Background Stamp in Sahara Sand on Very Vanilla. I cut out three Vellum hearts with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and spritzed them with my concoction of Bermuda Bay Re-Inker and Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. After it had dried a little I rubbed my finger across it to give it little bit of a vintage look. The hearts are adhered to the card with Vellum Adhesive. The stamped image is from the Follow My Heart Stamp Set, stamped in Soft Suede, and cut out with my Paper Snips. A piece of Cherry Cobbler is cut out with the “Vintage” Expressions Thinlits Dies and adhered to the card with 2-Way Glue. Three hearts punched out from Brushed Gold Card Stock with the Small Heart Punch complete the card. I really love the Vellum spritzed with the Bermuda Shimmer mix and yes there are those blue and reds that I can’t see to get away from lately! LOL! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this month’s Catherine & Cathy Create challenge. Don’t forget to pay a visit to the blog and see what other interpretations of the challenge my fellow designers have come up with. Play along with us this month for your chance to with the Happy Watercolor Stamp Set! Thank you for visiting and enjoy your Saturday! 🙂

    CCC 22-JK-WM

    CCC 22 Close-JK-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla

    Specialty Card Stock: Brushed Gold and Vellum

    Ink: Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Ink and Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Ink Re-Inker

    Paint: Champagne Mist Shimmer (Vintage)

    Stamp Sets: Follow My Heart Clear Mount and En Français Background Wood Mount

    Framelits: Hearts Collection

    Thinlits: Expressions (Vintage)

    Punch: Small Heart

    Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Spritzer, Paper Snips, 2-Way Glue and SNAIL

    Follow My Heart CM

    En Francais Background

    Brushed Gold CS

    Expressions Thinlits Dies

    Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

    Small Heart Punch

    Current Promotions:

    It’s time for Sale-A-Bration! January 28th thru March 31st get a free product from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend (does not include tax and shipping). Click HERE for a PDF of the Catalog!

    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • Fab Friday 34

    It’s Friday! Thank the lord! This week has been a not that great week at work. We have the Job Fair at the college this morning and I need to be there at 7:00. I was working on three different projects all at the same time yesterday, if I was a computer my processor would be fried! LOL! But today will be a good day, I will make it a good day! How’s that for some positive thoughts! I also got to see my buddy Andrew last night, always a nice way to end the day! And you guys always brighten my day with your comments. Danielle wanted me to thank you all for your lovely comments about her card. She showed everyone at work yesterday, she was so proud! Making peoples days brighter, that is what my amazing blog readers do! 🙂

    It has been a few week’s but we’re back! It’s time for the Fab Friday challenge!! This week we have a fun color combo for you…

    Fab Fri 34 Sketch 1-31-2014

    As I looked at I thought… those colors look familiar, where have I… ahh… the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (Cue lightbulb above head! LOL!). The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. I used a few different patterns from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack for my strips. The Crumb Cake Circle is punched out with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch. My flowers are from the Simple Stems Stamp Set and are stamped in Pool Party and Real Red. Have you noticed that when I use this DSP I have a mental block?! I always want to use Pool Party instead of Coastal Cabana! I actually do like the Pool party for the flower though! My greeting, from the Express Yourself Host(ess) Stamp Set, is stamped Versa-Mark and White Stampin’ Emboss Powder on a piece of Real Red with flagged ends. A few Basic Jewel Rhinestones scattered around complete the card. Not overly complicated but I really do like the layering. And there you have my first Design Team card for the Fab Friday challenge for 2014! Pay a visit to the blog and see what my fellow design Team members have come up with and enter your card in the gallery for us to see! Thank you so much for checking in, you guys really do make my day and I hope that you all have a fabulous Friday! 🙂

    Fab Friday 34-JK-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake and Real Red

    Designer Series Paper Fresh Prints Stack

    Ink: Real Red and Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White Stampin’ Emboss

    Stamp Sets: Simple Stems and Express Yourself (Host(ess)) Clear Mount

    Punch: 2 1/2″ Circle Punch

    Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

    Tool: Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Simple Stems CM

    Express Yourself CM

    Fresh Prints DSP Stack

    2 1:2%22 Circle Punch

    White Stampin' Emboss Powder

    Basic Rhinestones

    Current Promotions:

    It’s time for Sale-A-Bration! January 28th thru March 31st get a free product from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend (does not include tax and shipping). Click HERE for a PDF of the Catalog!

    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • Mojo 330 & Guest Card Maker

    Ahh… Thursday, one more day to go! Don’t you just love the countdown to the weekend?! I know I do! Most of the snow that we got yesterday morning has blown away, it was nice and windy and cold here again. Work you ask, well it was crazy busy again! I did have a fun evening though. Danielle came over and we went to Friday’s for dinner. We even had some desert, the Tennessee Whiskey Cake and it was mind blowing-ly amazing! After dinner We came back to the house and Danielle sat at the craft desk and made her very first card. It’s a Valentine’s Day card for her boyfriend Derek. I think that she did a fantastic job! I love the colors and there is just enough grey to make it masculine but a good bit of love too! Here it is…

    Danielle V'day-WM

    She colored the love in to make it look a little chalky and the Designer Series Paper is the “Vintage” More Amore from last year’s Occasions Catalog. I love the Smoky Slate with the paper, too bad we didn’t have that color last year! 🙂

    Now on to my post for today which is for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch…

    Mojo330

    A fun tall & skinny card! My card starts off with a base of Whisper White Card Stock. A piece of Strawberry Slush and a piece of Gold Designer Vellum with some Gold Sequin Trim create the background. Next up is a piece of Blushing Bride that I embossed with the Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Sale-A-Bration. I stamped the Flowerful Heart in Strawberry Slush and cut it out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies. A piece of Coastal Cabana is cut out with them too and paper-pierced using the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack. My greeting is form the “Vintage” Perfectly You Host(ess) Stamp Set form the 2013 Holiday Catalog and is cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies. I backed it with a piece of Gold Foil Sheet that I cut out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it all to the card. I really liked the sketch this week and love the heart hanging off the side of the card. I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge and my friend Danielle’s card! Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy your Thursday! 🙂

    Mojo 330-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride and Coastal Cabana

    Specialty Card Stock: Gold Foil Sheet

    Vellum: Gold Designer

    Ink: Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Perfectly You (Host(ess)) (Vintage) Clear Mount and Flowerful Heart Wood Mount

    Framelits: Hearts a Flutter and Hearts Collection

    Embossing Folder: Decorative Dots

    Embellishment: Gold Sequin Trim

    Tools: Big Shot, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Flowerful Heart WM

    Perfectly You Host(ess) CM

    Gold Fancy Foil Vellum

    Hearts a Flutter Framelits

    Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

    Decorative Dots TIEF

    Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack

    Gold Sequin Trim

    Current Promotions:

    It’s time for Sale-A-Bration! January 28th thru March 31st get a free product from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend (does not include tax and shipping). Click HERE for a PDF of the Catalog!

    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • Paper Craft Crew 78

    Yeah, Wednesday! Halfway through! I know, I keep wishing my weeks away in flavor of the weekend. But I really do enjoy my weekends! It’s nice and crisp here and I woke to about another inch of snow. No more complaining, just patiently waiting for winter to finish. Work yesterday was really busy, we have a job fair on Friday and when is the best time to start doing everything of it you might ask… well that would be three days prior. Sadly that’s actually a lot of notice for my place. On a happy note my friend Danielle is coming over tonight and we are going to have some diner and she is going to make her boyfriend a Valentine’s card! It will be her first one! If she lets me I’ll share it with you tomorrow! 🙂

    It being Wednesday and all means that it’s time for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. This week we have the following for you to work with…

    PCCCS078 1-29-2014

    I stayed pretty true to the layout but I also changed things up a bit. The base of my card is Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock and the background is a piece of Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper. I cut out a piece of So Saffron with the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies and I used the Peachy Keen Stamp Set to stamp the squares in So Saffron. The tag looked a little naked without it! My little shoes and brand new are from the Baby, We’ve Grown Stamp Set, the shoes are stamped in Coastal Cabana and cut out with my Paper Snips and the brand new in Tangerine Tango and cut out with the Starburst Framelits Dies. I flagged both ends of a piece of Coastal Cabana and stamped the greeting from the A Dozen Thoughts Stamp Set in Baked Brown Sugar. Stampin’ Dimensionals help give it a little oomph! So there is my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch. I hope that you enjoyed it and don’t forget to check out the blog and see what my clever team-mates have for you for inspiration. Enter your’s in the gallery and you might be picked to be a Featured Artisan! Thanks so much for checking in, have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

    PCCCS078-JK-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron, Coastal Cabana and Very Vanilla

    Designer Series Paper: Retro Fresh

    Ink: Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango and Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Baby, We’ve Grown, A Dozen Thoughts and Peachy Keen Clear Mount

    Framelits: Chalk Talk and Starburst

    Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Baby, We've Grown CM

    A Dozen Thoughts CM

    Peachy Keen CM

    Retro Fresh DSP

    Chalk Talk Framelits

    Starburst Framelits Dies

    Current Promotions:

    It’s time for Sale-A-Bration! January 28th thru March 31st get a free product from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend (does not include tax and shipping). Click HERE for a PDF of the Catalog!

    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • SUO Challenges 89

    Well, we had a little reprieve from the cold today, it got up to 38! That’s warm for us as of late, sad huh?!?! I know that most of the rest of the country is experiencing the same thing as we are here in NY. This has definitely been the worst winter we have had in a long time. Let’s hope that spring gets here quick and that the summer makes up for all of the cold we have had. My day today was quiet, work was calm and I came home and crafted for a bit and then watched a movie. nothing special, just needed to get lost for a little while. I find that if I have a lot on my mind watching something clears it for bit. I also forgot to ask yesterday who watched the Grammy’s? I thought that the best performance of the night was P!nk, that song try is one of my all time favorites! Who did you think was the best?

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    Are you all ready for Sale-A-Bration? It starts today so get your wish lists made into orders people! LOL! I had a few orders to place bright and early this morning! Also, the Whole Lotta Love promotion has been extended. There are still some of the Wood Mount Stamp Sets and Paper goodies left. They are only available while supplies last so if you were thinking about getting some now is the time! Click HERE To see a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Catalog!

    Stampin’ Up! has also released their own Texture Boutique Embossing Machine! It’s embossing made easy. Texture Boutique is the perfect, portable tool to create embossed cards, tags, embellishments, and more. Use it with our Stampin’ Up! exclusive Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. Order yours today for only $29.95. Click HERE to download a pdf of the flyer or see it below!

    TexturedBoutique_Demo_Flyer_US

    Today my post is for the SUO Challenges blog. This time around we ask you to create a one layer card! I do love to make them, though they can be a little challenging, I’m more of a layers person myself! My card is a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock. All of the stamps are from the Follow My Heart Stamp Set except for the “string” the banners are hung from, that is from the “Vintage” Little Additions Stamp Set. The banners and greeting are stamped in Cherry Cobbler and the Eiffel Tower in Soft Suede. Oh, I told a fib, the little Cherry Cobbler Heart is from the Countless Sayings 1 Photopolymer Stamp Set. Neat how it fits right inside the Eiffel Tower! My trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig helped me line everything up perfectly! A simple but fun one layer card. I hope that you enjoyed my post for the SUO Challenges blog. Don’t forget to head on over to the blog and see what the other design team members have for inspiration for you and then enter your card in the gallery for us to see! Thank you so much for dropping by, have a great day! 🙂

    SUO Challenges 89-JK-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla

    Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Follow My Heart and Little Additions (Vintage) Clear Mount and Countless Sayings 1 Photopolymer

    Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig

    Follow My Heart CM

    Countless Sayings 1 PP

    Current Promotions:

    It’s time for Sale-A-Bration! January 28th thru March 31st get a free product from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend (does not include tax and shipping). Click HERE for a PDF of the Catalog!

    Big Clearance Rack Sale starts today! New items added up to 80% off!

    It’s here! The 2014 Occasions 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 latest ones are Countless Sayings 1 & 2. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

  • Paper Players 180

    It’s Monday again already?! I did have a nice weekend, Saturday was fun and Sunday was relaxing. I ran some errands in the morning and spent some time crafting and the rest of the time surfing the internet. You can always find something to look at on-line. The ways that you can waste your time are almost limitless! Between Facebook, Pinterest and Movie Trailers you could easily kill a whole day! LOL! Oh, Thank you for all of your birthday wishes for my grandmother yesterday, I will be sure and pass them along to her! 🙂

    Tomorrow is the big day people! Sale-A-Bration starts! Do you have your lists ready?!?! I have a few orders to put in for customers already! Sale-A-Bration is really good this year, so many fun new goodies! Just a reminder that today is also the last day that you can order from the special Valentine’s Whole Lotta Love Promotion. If you wanted any of the stamp sets, bags or monsters better place that order today!

    Today is Monday and that means it’s time for this week’s Paper Players challenge. This week the lovely Ann has an interesting sketch for us…

    Paper Players #180

    A little pocket on the front with a tag! My card starts off with a base of Real Red Card Stock and the background is a piece of paper from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack. The pocket for my tag is a piece of Crumb Cake that I stamped in Crumb Cake with the Off The Grid Stamp and adhered to the base with Sticky Strip. My greeting is from the Love You More Stamp Set and is stamped in Real Red. I rounded the corners with the 3/16″ Corner Rounder and backed it with a piece of Coastal Cabana. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the pocket. My tag is made with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch, I used the same stamp set for the greeting and stamped it three times in Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay. A piece of “Vintage” Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon fashioned into a bow is adhered to the tag and the tag is slipped into the pocket. Three hearts punched out with the Small Heart Punch from Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake complete the card. I do love the idea of the tag in the pocket, it would also be a great place to slip a gift card into! Thank you, as always, for stopping by to see my card for this week’s Paper Players challenge. I hope that you all have a mayhem free Monday! 🙂

    Paper Players 180-WM

    Paper Players 180 Open-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana and Whisper White

    Designer Series Paper: Fresh Prints Stack

    Ink: Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Love You More Clear Mount and Off the Grid Wood Mount

    Punches: Scallop Tag Topper, Small Heart and 3/16″ Corner Rounder

    Embellishments: Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Vintage)

    Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Love You More CM

    Off the Grid WM

    Fresh Prints DSP Stack

    Scallop Tag Topper Punch

    Small Heart Punch

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  • Happy 95th Birthday!

    Yesterday didn’t go as slowly as I would have liked! LOL! I did have a nice day. I spoke to Mr. King in the morning and did some crafting. After that I ran some errands and got my haircut and had lunch with a friend. I had a few hours to kill before I headed out to my work party so I did some research for a project. It started snowing here around 4:00, just enough so I had to clean the car off! I stopped and picked up Danielle and the drive was a little slippery but we made it. The party was fun and I do enjoy the people that I work with. I got home around 11:30 and puttered around the house for bit before turning in for the night. How was your day, do anything fun or exciting?!

    My card today is for my Grandmother who lives in Pennsylvania. She is turing 95 on January 30th! I hope I make it that age and be in as good a shape as she is! She loves flowers so I had to put some on the card. The card base is Pear Pizzaz Card Stock and my background is a piece of Soft Sky that I stamped with the Woodgrain Background Stamp inked in Soft Sky. A piece of Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper goes down the left side. I stamped the flower from the Peaceful Petals Stamp Set in Basic Black and colored the flowers in with Soft Sky, So Saffron and Pear Pizzaz Stampin’ Write Markers. The Scalloped Tag Topper Punch was used to create my tag and I rounded the bottom corners with the 3/16″ Corner Rounder. A piece of Pear Pizzaz 3/8″ Seam Binding Ribbon tied with some White Bakers Twine completes the tag. My greeting is from the Simply Sketched Host(ess) Stamp Set and is stamped in Basic Black and punched out with the Large Oval Punch. Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere the tag and the greeting to the card. Not overly complicated but I love the way the flowers look colored in! Thanks for dropping by to see my card for today and I hope you have a fun Sunday! 🙂

    Gram B'day 2014-wm

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Pear Pizzaz, Soft Sky and Whisper White

    Designer Series Paper: Gingham Garden

    Ink: Basic Black Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Markers: Soft Sky, So Saffron and Pear Pizzaz Stampin’ Write

    Stamp Sets: Peaceful Petals and Simply Sketched (Host(ess)) Clear Mount

    Punches: Scallop Tag Topper, 3/16″ Corner Rounder and Large Oval

    Embellishments: Pear Pizzaz 3/8″ Seam Binding Ribbon and White Bakers Twine

    Tools: Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Peaceful Petals CM

    Simply Sketched Host(ess) CM

    Woodgrain WM

    Gingham Garden DSP

    Scallop Tag Topper Punch

    Large Oval Punch

    Pear Pizzazz 3:8%22 Taffeta Ribbon

    White Bakers Twine

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  • Pals Paper Arts 189

    Ahh… Saturday, your lack of work makes you a wonderful day! LOL! I had an ok day at work yesterday. I got a box of goodies from Stampin’ Up! which is always nice. I came home and mounted some stamp sets and checked some stuff on the computer. Around 6:45 I went over and met up with Brian and we waited for Heather to come and get us so we could go to dinner. We ended up at Chili’s and I have to say that the portion sizes have gotten noticeably smaller, not that it’s a bad thing but there is definitely a lot less on the plate! After dinner we stopped at Walmart to pick up a few things. I have been looking for a backpack to take with me to Manhattan when I have my little overnight stays and I found one that I think I like. Then I stopped at Starbucks on my way home and saw my friend Meghan. Got home, let Winston out and thought about doing some stuff but changed my mind and decided to relax for a bit instead. All in all a pretty good day!

    I just thought I would mention the Paper Pumpkin promotion that Stampin’ Up! has going on right now. If you sign up by February 10th you will get a free set on 2012-2014 In-Color Markers. You can sign up by clicking HERE. You will definitely not be disappointed with the February and March Kits, we got a preview at Leadership and they are great, I have actually ordered two of each! 🙂

    Now on to today’s card which is for this week’s Pals Paper Arts. This week Nicole has given us an interesting sketch…

    PPA 189

    My card begins with a base of Gumball Green Card Stock. The first panel is a piece of Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper backed with some Island Indigo. The strip across the bottom is also from the Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper Pack and is backed with a piece of Smoky Slate. I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere it to the base and used the Angled Tag Topper Punch to make my tag. The greeting is from the Love You to the Moon Stamp Set and is stamped in Island Indigo. A piece of Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon is tied with a piece of White Bakers Twine on the tag. A few random Basic Jewels Rhinestones scattered across the Moon finish the card. I was trying to think of a way to use the stamp and I think that a tag is perfect! But then again, I’m a little obsessed with tags lately! Thank you so much for stopping by to see my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge. I hope you enjoyed the card and that you have a great Saturday! 🙂

    PPA 189-WM

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Gumball Green, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate and Whisper White

    Designer Series Paper: Watercolor Wonder

    Ink: Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Set: Love You to the Moon Clear Mount

    Punch: Angled Tag Topper

    Embellishments: Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, White Bakers Twine and Basic Jewels Rhinestones

    Tools: Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Love You to the Moon CM

    Angled Tag Topper Punch

    Daffodil Delight 1:4%22 Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

    White Bakers Twine

    Basic Rhinestones

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