Brick Butterfly Page & March Class Cards

Well, I started off my weekend with some fun last night with some of my peeps from work! We went out to the bar and celebrated my friend Rob’s Birthday. The usual suspects were there and Fred being the bad influence that he is made me stay out until 2:00am! Hence my lateness this morning. I do have to say that watching everyone else drink is much more fun than drinking yourself! LOL! The rest of my day yesterday was nice, it was sunny and warm here again. I came home and had dinner, one of my favorites, homemade mac & cheese! I spent a little time in the Stampin’ Galley organizing and then Taylor came over and we took a ride to the shoe store to see if she could find some new sneakers. She didn’t but we’ll look again tomorrow. After that it was off to meet the rest of hooligans at the bar. Today I’m supposed to see my friend Sue for some lunch! That should be fun!

The project I have for you today is my Mother’s Day present as promised! I also have the cards from the March class at Scrap-A-Latte. But first I’ll get to the… I guess you would call it a layout! I used some papers from the Prima Butterfly Collection. I cut one slightly smaller and adhered Fun Foam behind it and adhered it to the 12X12 page to serve as my base. My brick wall is created using some Light Modeling Paste and a few drops of “Vintage” Bravo Burgundy Re-Inker. I mixed up the paste and color and then used a palette knife to apply it to a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. The “bricks” are a piece of chip board from Blue Fern Studios called Shabby Brick Bits. I heat embossed the front with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and pushed it into the paste. Once it had dried I adhered it to the page and surrounded it with some Prima Flowers, also from the Butterfly Line. The leaves are cut from Vellum and The Paper Cut White Gold Curious Metallic Card Stock with the Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves Die. They are adhered under the picture which is mounted to more Fun Foam and adhered to the page with SNAIL. The large butterfly is a combination of the Simon Says Stamp Paulina Butterfly, cut from Vellum, and the Devonshire Butterfly, cut from Blushing Bride. They are adhered to each other with 2-Way Glue and to the page with a thin piece of Foam Tape. The three smaller butterflies are the negatives from the Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Drift Die. A few sequins from the Prima Butterfly Chipboard Stickers Kit are adhered randomly around on the top part of the page with Glossy Accents and one of the stickers is added under the picture. Finally I used some Ranger Onyx Liquid Pearls for the bodies of the butterflies and brushed over the smaller ones with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen. I did end up giving this to mum in a frame last week because I couldn’t wait! LOL! Since I finished it way before I also managed to take it outside and get a nice picture, you can even see the sparkle from the Wink of Stella on the butterfly wings!

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Next up I have the cards that I created for the March Card Class at Scrap-A-Latte. They use all Lawn Fawn Stamps and Dies. I think that my favorite one is the birthday card!

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So there you have my Mother’s Day Layout and the cards from the March Scrap-A-Latte card class. I hope that you enjoyed them all! Thank you so much for your visit and I wish you all very craft Saturday! 🙂

Page Supplies:

Re-Inker: Bravo Burgundy (Vintage) (Stampin’ Up!)

Card Stock: Blushing Bride and Vellum (Stampin’ Up!) and White Gold Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Patterned Paper: Butterfly (Prima)

Dies: Paulina Butterfly, Devonshire Butterfly, Clustered Leaves and Butterfly Drift (Simon Says Stamp)

Embellishments: Shabby Brick Bits (Blue Fern Studios), Butterfly Collection Flowers (Prima), Chipboard Accents Kit (Prima) and Onyx Liquid Pearls (Ranger)

Adhesives: 2-Way Glue, Glossy Accents and SNAIL

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

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SUO Challenges 121

Does it seem like the days just melt into one another for you or is it just me?! Time is just moving along at a rapid pace! It was sunny and not too windy today which was nice. We are supposed to get back up into the 70’s later in the week! Top down weather is just around the corner! Last night after dinner Taylor came home with me and she made a card in the kitchen while I Skyped with Andrea and crafted in the Stampin’ Galley. We ran to Michaels to pick up a container to put a bunch of my cards in for Bill to pick up tomorrow and donate for a raffle prize. Taylor has been making a lot of cards lately and I think that I mentioned that she is going to start a blog of her own. However, we are having a little trouble coming up with a name for it so I thought who better to ask than you guys?! You helped me with the name of my craft space! If you have an idea for a name please leave a comment! Thanks in advance for your help!

Today I’m over on the SUO Challenges blog for our Mother’s Day challenge. It’s coming up so this will be a perfect excuse to get started a little early! My card starts off with a base of Whisper White Card Stock. I adhered a strip of paper from the Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper Pack off center to the left. For the tag I used the Ornate Tag Topper Punch on some more Whisper White. I stamped the flower from the Lotus Blossom Photopolymer Stamp Set in Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, the stem is Pear Pizzaz and Mossy Meadow. A piece of Hemp Cord is tied through the top and left extra long. The tag is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I stamped my greeting from the Crazy About You Photopolymer Stamp Set in Versa-Mark on Sahara Sand and heat embossed it in Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder. A combination of Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL adhere them to the card. I love the simplicity of the card and I think the Lotus Blossom looks really cool in those soft muted colors! I hope that you enjoyed my card for the SUO Challenges Mother’s Day challenge! Head on over to the blog and check out the rest of the Design Team’s projects and upload your Mother’s Day project to the gallery! Thanks for stopping by for a visit today, I look forward to seeing your ideas for a blog name for Taylor! Have an amazing Tuesday! 🙂

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Products used:

Stamp Sets: Lotus Blossom and Crazy About You Photopolymer

Ink: Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzaz and Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Black

Card Stock: Whisper White and Sahara Sand

Designer Series Paper: Something Borrowed

Punch: Ornate Tag Topper

Tools: Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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SUO Challenges 118

Well, it was warm enough today to go outside without a jacket! You couldn’t stay outside for very long! LOL! But you didn’t freeze instantly! The sun was shining too and the snow has started to melt, which creates big ponds everywhere but I’ll take that over white flakes from the sky! Work was pretty good, not crazy. I watched the Apple Keynote on the new Apple Watch and yes, I must possess one immediately! It’s like a Dick Tracy communicator! You can take calls and do all sorts of things right on your wrist! Yes, it’s $400, but that’s what you would pay for a really good watch anyway. Here is the part where I’m convincing myself to spend the money! See how that works?! Anyway, the pre-order starts on April 10th and the watch is available on April 24th! I can’t wait! How many other techies out there will will be sporting a new Apple Watch? Oh, there is one that is solid 18 karat gold and goes for $17,000!! WHAT?! Makes $400 seem cheap! LOL!

It’s Tuesday so it’s time for this week’s Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals…

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Now on to the card for today. It’s for the SUO Challenges Easter Fun challenge. I have to tell you that I don’t really ever sit there and look at a card that I make and think, oh I really love this one, but this one I really do love! My card base is Whisper White Card Stock and the card front is a piece of Blushing Bride. I stamped the image from the Indescribable Gift Stamp Set in Versa-Mark and heat embossed it with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The image is watercolored using Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz and Soft Suede Ink. My greeting is from the same set and is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I adhered the Watercolor Paper to a piece of Brushed Gold Metallic Card Stock and then adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love simplicity, the softness of the image and the variation in color. I’m really enjoying the watercoloring with the inks, one day I will use actual watercolors! You also don’t realize how detailed the image is until you spend some time coloring it in. I really do hope that you enjoyed my card for the SUO Challenges Easter Fun challenge. I had a lot of fun making the card! Be sure and stop by the blog to see what the other design team members have come up with. Thank you so much for coming by to see me! Have a terrific Tuesday! 🙂

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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: Indescribable Gift Clear Mount

Ink: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz and Soft Suede

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: White and Gold

Card Stock: Whisper White and Blushing Bride

Specialty Card Stock: Brushed Gold Metallic

Specialty Paper: Watercolor

Tools: Heat Tool, Paint Brush, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Pals Paper Arts 239 & Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Saturday and a very happy Valentine’s Day to you all! I had a lovely day yesterday. It started off with my meeting in the morning off-site and then Andrew came and took me out to lunch. We went to Villa Monte which is a really good pizza place not too far from my office. It was good to catch up with Andrew! After work I came home and little Daniel was at my parents so I got to see him for a bit. Heather stopped by with a little treat for me to try. She made Creme Brûlée for the first time and it was delicious! Anything that she puts in an oven always comes out amazing! After that I went home and straightened up a bit and talked with Taylor, who stopped by, then Sandy came by to pick me up so we could go and have our Un-Valentine’s dinner. We went to Friday’s and they had 1/2 price bottles of wine… yes please, some Cupcake Pinot Noir! We had some of the warm pretzels with the craft beer cheese and the salads for dinner. We came back to my house and I showed her some of the new things that I have gotten and some of the cards that I have made but not posted yet. After she left I made my card for today but then wine took over and I got really tired so I went to bed a little early. I would say that’s one of the better Friday’s on record! A very nice day indeed!

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

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Today’s the last day for a Valentine so I did one more for you! The card base is just a piece of Real Red Card Stock. For my background I stamped the Hardwood Background in Soft Suede on a piece of Crumb Cake and adhered it to the base. The greeting is from the Build a Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on a piece of Vellum. I punched out the hearts from a piece of Real Red using the Confetti Hearts Border Punch and randomly adhered them to the vellum with some 2-Way Glue. A few dots of the same glue behind the hearts adheres the Vellum to the card. I never noticed the greeting before but I love it, perfect for Valentine’s Day! Sandy also gave me a little treat bag filled with Hershey’s Kisses so I thought it would be fun to include it in the picture for today! I hope that you like my simple Valentine for this week’s Pals Paper Arts color challenge! Thank you for stopping by and giving me some love, here’s some love right back to you! Have a lovely Saturday! 🙂

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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: Build a Bouquet Photopolymer and Hardwood Background Clear Mount

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Gold

Card Stock: Real Red and Crumb Cake

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Punch: Confetti Hearts Border

Tools: Heat Tool, 2-Way Glue and SNAIL

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Piglet MAT

SUO Challenges 116

So remember yesterday when I said that it was raining, well I was wrong, it was freezing rain! I had to let my car warm up for 20 minutes before I could chisel the ice off of the windows and then skate to work! Who wants to find me a job somewhere warm? I really am over this whole Winter thing. I’m not meant to be cold! LOL! Yesterday was pretty uneventful. I came home after work and had dinner and then puttered around in the Stampin’ Galley for bit and then I decided that I would relax for a while. I really do need to do nothing more often. It was nice to just be for a little bit last night.

Before we get to today’s post here are the weekly deals for this week:

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Today I’m over on the SUO Challenges blog for our shaped cards challenge. I don’t really ever make a shaped card, I don’t know why either, it was fun! I went with a heart shape, you know… for Valentine’s! I also haven’t made a shaker in a while. The base of my card is Real Red Card Stock. I used the Hearts Collection Framelits to cut out all of the hearts. The card itself is two hearts that I scored the top left on the back one and used some Fast Fuse to adhere them together. For the shaker part I cut out the background from a piece of the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack. The front is two that I taped together and cut out from a piece of Basic Black. I also cut out a piece of Fun Foam instead of using foam tape or Stampin’ Dimensionals. A piece of Window Sheet is also cut out and some sequins are sprinkled inside and the shaker assembled with Multi-Purpose Glue. The greeting is from the Snuggles and Smooches Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder on a piece of Vellum and cut out with my Paper Snips. Using the Fun Foam for the shaker was great, I got the idea from Jennifer McGuire. I was missing the shaker cards and hope that you were too! So there is my shaped card for the SUO Challenges blog. Click HERE to stop by the blog and see what the rest of the Design Team have made and enter one of your projects in the gallery. Thank you for visiting today! I hope that you all have a terrific Tuesday! 🙂

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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: Snuggles and Smooches Photopolymer

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: White

Card Stock: Real Red and Basic Black

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Specialty: Window Sheet

Designer Series Paper: Stacked with Love Stack

Framelits: Hearts Collection

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

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Current Promotions:
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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!

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Can You Case It 56

This is my second post for today! If you are looking for the Creation Station Tour post scroll down a bit!

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Hi there! Yes, this is post number 2 for today! My friend Eva asked me to be a guest designer on her challenge blog and I couldn’t say no! More on that in a minute. So yesterday I drove into Manhattan and parked in the garage, between the snow and construction there were no spaces to be had on the street! My friend Kim and I went and had breakfast at the diner, I had a Belgian waffle and some bacon, and then I walked down to my friend Isabella’s to drop off her Stampin’ Up! order. She wasn’t there so I left it in the entryway and then walked back up to my car. A nice walk, 60 blocks! It was a little bleak and overcast but I did take this picture of 69th Street on my way back…

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They did a better job of getting rid of the snow here than they did further uptown! I stopped at Starbucks and got a Venti soy no foam Vanilla Latte (my signature drink!) for the ride home which wasn’t too bad. I also snapped this picture of the bridge as I came across it, not too much traffic!

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See how cloudy it was, not a very nice day and it was actually snowing at this point and continued to do so for a few hours. My friend Sue came by and picked me up for lunch and we headed over to the diner out here. I had a Greek panini which was sort of like a gyro and was pretty good. We stopped at AC Moore and then came back to my place for a while. It was so good to catch up with her and we will see each other again soon! I watched a few YouTube videos and then went overt to see Brian and Kim for a while. When I got back home I realized that I had forgotten to make my projects for the Creation Station Tour so I did those, wrote the post and finally got to bed around 2:00! A long but really great day!

Now back to the reason for today’s second post! This week’s challenge over at the Can You Case It blog is a color one just perfect for… well… Valentines!

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They are very forgiving at the blog too, you can use any product that you want and also like colors if you don’t have exact! I had the idea in my head for the card as soon as Eva asked me guest design, I just had to wait for a few supplies! As I have been doing a lot lately the card base is just a piece of Whisper White Card Stock. My background is a piece of Basic Black that I heat embossed the Something Lacy Background Stamp in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder on. For the greeting I used the new Hello You and the “Vintage” Expressions Thinlits to cut out some Real Red. I then heat embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Clear Fine Detail Embossing Powder a few times. I heated the powder and then immediately put it back in the embossing powder and repeated the process a few times. They are adhered with 2-Way Glue to a heart that is cut from Vellum with the Hearts Collection Framelits. I used Clear Foam Tape to adhere the heart to the card and a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear and Red Sequins complete the card. I absolutely love the way the heat embossed words came out, they look like red shoelace licorice! I really hope that you enjoyed my second post and third card for today! Make sure that you stop by the Can You Case It blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have done with the colors and if you have some time make something and upload it to the gallery! Thank you so much for stopping by to hear about my day and see my card! I hope that you all have an incredible Sunday! 🙂

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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp: Something Lacy Background Clear Mount

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: White

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black and Real Red

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Thinlits: Hello You and Expressions (Vintage)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Crystal Effects, 2-Way Glue and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Simon Says Stamp Clear Fine Detail Embossing Powder, Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear and Red Sequins, Kool Tak Clear Foam Roll Tape

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Current Promotions:

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

It’s here! The 2015 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 newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

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Pals Paper Arts 238

Still a little chilly here! Yesterday work was not too bad, I did get to run to the Apple Store to pick up a new iMac for work. Probably my last time, sigh. After work I went and got my haircut and then headed over to Scrap-A-Latte to see Renee. She got a whole bunch of stuff in and I helped put some of it out. I love looking at all of the new goodies and of course I had to buy a few things! LOL! I also got to talk to my favorite person in the whole world while I was there!! I came home and realized the I had a few cards to make so I was up pretty late and up early this morning to head into Manhattan. I’m going to meet my friend Kim for breakfast and then head over to see my friend Isabella. After that I’m coming back out to the island to meet my friend Sue for lunch. I’m looking forward to all of it. 🙂

So the card that I have for you for today is for this week’s Pals Paper Arts color challenge…

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I definitely haven’t used Rose Red in a long time! I also wanted to use the new Snuggles and Smooches set so here is what I came up with. The base of the card is Whisper White Card Stock. I took another piece of Whisper White and stamped the scribbles from the Snuggles and Smooches Photopolymer Stamp Set in Rose Red, Pink Pirouette and Basic Gray randomly to create my background. The Love is heat embossed in Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder on a strip of Vellum Card Stock. I wrapped that around the background and then adhered it to the card base. Some of the hearts are also heat embossed and punched out with the heart form the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. 2-Way Glue holds them in place. A quick simple and fun card, and yes, it’s technically another Valentine! LOL! Just way too much love lately, I know! I do hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge. Thanks you so much for stopping by and I hope that you all have a superb Saturday! 🙂

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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: Snuggles and Smooches Photopolymer

Ink: Rose Red, Pink Pirouette and Basic Gray

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Card Stock: Whisper White

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Punches: Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Tools: Heat Tool, 2-Way Glue and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder

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Current Promotions:

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

It’s here! The 2015 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 newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Piglet MAT

Fab Friday 57 & One Last Pic!

Oh yes, it’s Friday!! Woo hoo! Friday’s always make me happy!! I had a 2 1/2 hour meeting at work yesterday, that was fun! It also got a lot colder as the day went on and windy. We are supposed to be in the negative numbers tonight, thankfully I have my electric blanket that my friend Eva sent me! It’s like a warm hug every night! I puttered around in the Stampin’ Galley for a bit playing with some of my new goodies and then made a few phone calls. Not an overly exciting evening but they all can’t be right?! I have one last picture to share with you from Leadership. It was taken after it had ended and it’s of Me, Maggie, Robyn and Nicole…

Me, Maggie, Robyn & Nicole

LOVE them!! I think the only thing that I regret was getting on the plane to come back to NY! LOL! I so miss the warm weather!

So today I am over on the Fab Friday blog for our color challenge. We have been away for a bit but we’re back!! Here are the colors…

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Those look like the colors of love to me! LOL! Yes, another Valentine! To start off today’s card I used a piece of Whisper White Card Stock and adhered a strip of paper form the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack down the right side. The background is a piece of Watercolor Paper, I used my Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool and some Crisp Cantaloupe Ink to create the pretty gradient. The panel is then mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Two more strips of the DSP are flagged and adhered along the bottom. The large Vellum heart is cut out with the Hearts Collection Framelits. For the LOVE I used the Little Letters Thinlits and some Real Red. The you is cut out with the Hello You Thinlits and they are both adhered to the card with 2-Way Glue. A few strategically Stampin’ Dimensionals pieces adhere the heart to the background. Across the top are some hearts that I punched out with the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack from Calypso Coral and they too are adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A little Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Pen is brushed over all of the letters for a little sparkle. Yes, I know, I have made a lot of Valentine’s this year! LOL! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for the Fab Friday color challenge. Please take a minute to stop by the blog and see what the other designers have done and enter your card in the gallery! Thank you so much for sharing in my week of Leadership pictures! I hope that we all have a Fabulous Friday!! 🙂

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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: NONE

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin’ Ink

Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red and Calypso Coral

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Specialty Paper: Watercolor

Designer Series Paper: Stacked with Love Stack

Framelits: Heart Collection

Thinlits: Little Letters and Hello You

Punches: Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Tools: Big Shot, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool and Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

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Current Promotions:

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

It’s here! The 2015 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 newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

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Mojo 383 & More Pics!

What a Monday that was! It was raining in the morning and then got really cold so all of that froze and then it started snowing again! Hmm… me thinks that someone is trying to tell me to go back to Florida! LOL! I missed the first storm but we didn’t need another one to make up for it! LOL! My office had a delayed opening and I was all over the place. Learning some of the new stuff and taking care of some old stuff. We got out early too because of the snow and my usual 12 minute ride turned into a 40 minute fiasco. The person in the front of the line of cars refused to go over 5 miles an hour! I know it best to err on the side of caution but lets not be silly! When I got home I had some dinner and then spent the better part of the evening crafting the stress of the day away! Oh, I have some more pictures form Leadership to share with you so here we go!

This is the wonderful Claire from the Australian Home Office, I could listen to her speak all day!

Stampin' Up! Claire & Me

Here are the lovely Lisa and I, such a sweet person!

Lisa Crucio & Me

And the last one for today is my friend from the UK Michelle. I think the bag says it all and as a bonus she brought me some Toffee Crisp!! Yay!!

UK Michelle

I love getting to meet everyone, especially people that I talk to on the blog! 🙂

Speaking of pictures, mine made it onto Shelli’s blog!! You can see her post here! 🙂

Before I forget here are this week’s Tuesday Specials:

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My little bit of craft therapy last night yielded my card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch…

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I did a fun card with a pocket for a gift card on the front! My card today starts off with a base of Whisper White Card Stock and the background is a piece of Basic Black. The strip of paper is from the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack. I cut out the gift card holder with the Gift Card Envelope & Trims Thinlits from a piece of Vellum Card Stock and adhered it together and to the card with some Vellum Adhesive. The flags across the lower left are also pieces of paper from the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack. I used the heart form the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits to cut out a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper to back the heart that I stamped in Real Red from the Groovy Love Stamp Set. It’s punched out with the Sweetheart Punch and they are both adhered to each other and the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is also from the Groovy Love Set and is heat embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Vellum and cut out with the Banners Framelits. A few dots of 2-Way Glue adhere it to the heart and complete the card. Yes, by far my two favorite things are heat embossing and Vellum, combine them and I’m in heaven! LOL! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge. Thank you so very much for taking some time to come by and share in my day! Here’s to a terrific Tuesday! 🙂

Mojo 383-WM

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: Groovy Love Clear Mount

Ink: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: White

Card Stock: Whisper White and Basic Black

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Stacked with Love Stack

Framelits: Bitty Banners

Thinlits: Gift Card Envelope & Trims and Mini Treat Bag

Punch: Sweetheart

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON-Stampin’ Up!: Vellum Adhesive

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Current Promotions:
With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Click HERE for a PDF of the flyer.
It’s here! The 2015 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 newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!
Piglet MAT

Germaine’s Paper Pumpkin Class

Am I happy to be back in freezing NY… that would be a no! LOL! I’m glad to get to see my peeps again but I’m really missing the Florida sunshine and much warmer temps! I had a nice flight home last night, the plane actually left 10 minutes early and it didn’t take forever to get my luggage. Andrew picked me up and came in for a little while once we got back to my house. I will miss all of my friends, especially Maggie, Nicole and Brian, but I’ll see them again soon. As you can see I’m a little late today, I think I went to bed at 2:00am. I will also get all caught up on all of my comments today, yesterday I got caught up on my emails at the airport and on the plane, all 620 of them!! I needed a little vacation from it for a while!

Today I’m sharing the cards that were made at my friend Germaine’s Paper Pumpkin class. She was nice enough to let me play along with them last Monday and I had so much fun! I made three cards, Germaine made one and her friend Susan made four cards and the treat bags. So enjoy the pictures of the cards, they use supplies from the kit and some other punches, stamps and card stock. I hope that they give you lots of ideas as to what else you can do with the amazing little Paper Pumpkin kits! Enjoy!

Here are the ladies from left to right starting in the front, Dawn Walker-Randall, Dale Strileckis, Germaine Meilach, Barbara Jones, Mary Lou Kopinj

GM PP Class Ladies

Here is Germaine’s card

GM PP Card

My three

GM PP Class JK Card 1-WM

GM PP Class JK Card2-WM

GM PP Class JK Card 3-WM

And the four cards and treat bags that Germaine’s friend Susan Superak made

GM PP Class Susan Card 5

GM PP Class Susan Card 4

GM PP Class Susan Card 3

GM PP Class Susan Card 1

GM PP Class Susan Card 2

 

I hope that you enjoyed them all! Thank you so much for coming by today! I’ll have more pictures from Leadership tomorrow! Have a super Sunday! 🙂

Current Promotions:

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

It’s here! The 2015 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 newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Piglet MAT