Stamper's Showcase Again...

Yep...I made stamper's showcase again...Here is the CUTE card...


I did this card for a swap a couple of months ago...using the Pretties Kit...I thought that it turned out so cute...I was just a bit sad when I was done as I had used ALL of the Stick Pins from my kit, but I can't justify buying another Kit yet as I have so much of the rest of the stuff left...Anyone have a source for just the pins???

The folder is actually held closed by the Stick Pin...I used the Word Window punch and then stamped the words...then I used my Hobby Blade to make slots for the Pin to go through...

Well...hopefully now that the holidays are over I can get back to stamping...so stay tuned and keep checking back...you never know when I may post again...

December 19th...

It's been almost a week, but things have been HECTIC... I have been trying to get everything done for Christmas...finishing up my Christmas cards and getting them out...the ones that needed to go to other states went out last week and the local ones...well, I tried to get those out yesterday, but the Post Office branch I normally use closes at 3:00pm and I got there at 3:08...so they will be going out
today, but here are some photos...









I am still anxiously awaiting on my NEW SU! catalog to arrive...my friend Elaine received hers yesterday...she lives TWO minutes away, and I didn't get mine, anyway...she got hers yesterday, so I showed up at her door last night after dinner and said HAND-IT-OVER...you've been looking at it for an hour now...she said that she was waiting for me and hadn't even opened the package yet...WHAT...HAVEN"T OPENED THE PACKAGE YET!!! I couldn't believe it...patience of a SAINT...I ripped that plastic and stared at it in all it's Groovy Guava glory! so pretty...they I dove right in and looked through it about 20 times...GOTTA have THAT...that's CUTE...NEED THAT!!! Then it was time to go, I had stuff to do and I needed to make sure that the kids get to be at a DECENT hour...so I started getting ready to go...looking LOVINGLY at the catalog, and sighing because I didn't have mine...then she said that I could take it home...i said NO WAY...you are going to want to look at it some more...she said go ahead and take it...so I brought it home...She is my NEW BESTEST FRIEND...I am taking it back to her this morning, but OF COURSE I looked through it MANY...MANY...MANY times last night and I have made my wish list...Can't wait to place my first order...I will probably wait until AFTER Leadership to see what FAB things they are going to show us...that I am gonna HAVE to have, but until then I will be satisfied with the FREE stamps that I already have from the new catalog and just use those to get me through...well...I am off to work and to return the catalog to it's rightful owner...I am really hoping that mine will be here today...

Dec 13th...Ornaments...

Todays post is VERY long, but it is ALL photos so make sure you scroll down to see them all. I made a set of tag ornaments for our Ornament Exchange at work...of course I had to make a set for myself so I made two of everything...



Here is the gift / storage box. Made the box to fit the ornaments you can use it for storage after you open it as you can just slide the ribbon off the edge...














Here is the box open with the ornament tags inside.









Here is the first of the ornament tags...I used the Punch pals snowman with a bit of the Dashing DS Paper...LOVE that paper...and a few buttons, and ribbon to finish it off...














On the second tag I used the Baby Jesus is Born stamp set and I kept it very simple...didn't even color the image in, but I did use jore Dashing DS Paper to coordinate it with the project. I also used Crystal Effect and Microbeads around the opening to make it more special and then finished it off with ribbon.












On the third ornament tag I made a pocket with theDashing DS Papers and used the stamp from Punch Pals and my scallop punch. I added some bling with the Rhinestone Brads from the Pretties Kit and edged the pocket with a scalloped edge using the slit punch. Finished off the tag with yes...more ribbon...










On the fourth tag I used the Penguin from the Punch Pals stamp set...he is such a UTE little guy...and I just have him standing on top of the Merry Christmas saying. Used the Dashing DS Papers for coordination and added some half-pearls from the Pretties kit to make it a bit more special.










On the fifth day of Christmas...oh sorry...I got a bit distracted with the numbers and that song just came spliing out of my finger tips...on the fifth tag I used the Dashing DS Paper for coordination and I wanted more BLING and SPARKLE...so I used decorated a chipboard star with Gold Encore ink and then sprinkled it with Heat & Stick powder and added Dazzling Diamonds glitter...then I added the smaller red chipboard stars and the saying. Finished it off with ribbon...







On the last tag I used the tree from the Punch Pals stamp set and of course the Dashing DS Papers...Have I said that I LOVE these papers...added red brads to the tree and microbeads adheared with Sticky Strip and finished off with ribbon...












Well...I hope you enjoyed viewing the ornament tags as much as I enjoyed making them. The lady at work who received them was very excited and couldn't believe that they were hand-made including the box...I got a lot of eeewwwws and aaahhhsss...which is what I am ALWAYS after...

December 12th...

Well...I have been hard at work on Christmas projects, and this is my last card from the weekend using stamps from the Spring / Summer Collection.

Be sure to check back tomorrow I did a project for an ornament exchange at work and of course I made a set for myself...It took me HOURS, but it was worth it...TOO CUTE...

I am also STILL...yes...STILL working on my Christmas cards. The first round to family and friends that live out of state went postal on Monday. Now...I am working on getting the cards for my friends and my customers here in California done so they can be in the mail on Monday...once they are ALL mailed...I will be showing them off!

December 11th...PUBLISHED!!!

I had a New Year's Resolution last year...Send things into SU! for ALL Contest and subit things to magazines for publication...WELL FOLKS...it's been a GREAT year for me!

I was chosen to be a Display Stamper for Convention, I WON one of the contests in Aug. I was chosen to be a Display Stamper for Leadership...and then...yesterday...I found out from a friend that I had been PUBLISHED!!! I was like SHUT UP! No way...but YES WAY!!! I have officially been published in a NATIONAL magazine. Wanna know which one? Here it is...

YEP...I was published! I still can't get over it. I was shocked to learn that I have not only one...not two...but FOUR cards published in the Stamper's Sampler's Take Ten, Winter 2008 issue...here are the pages if you want to take a gander at which cards were published...Pg. 9, Pg. 73, Pg. 92, and Pg. 116. SO...I guess that my New Years Resolution was fulfilled this year...now onto next years...

Thanks, for sorting through me gushing over being published...I just love saying that...I was published...okay...got a bit distracted again...Here is a card I made over the weekend while taking breaks from the Christmas cards...some of the Christmas Cards went postal yesterday so I will be able to share them with you soon. I am hoping to have them ALL done and in the mail by Monday. Okay here is...PUBLISHED...still can't get over it...okay...here is the card that I wanted to show you...

YES...it's another card made with A Little Bird Told Me...this is just TOO cute of a set. I used the Groovy Guave cardstock for the base and some of the new Bali Breeze DS Papers, a few brads and a bit of ribbon...Viola...Gorgeous card...if I do say so myself!

I am really excited to see what sets are going to be in the new catalog in Jan. Hopefully mine will be shipping and arriving before the end of the month, guess I need to place that order so that can happen...I hopefully will have time to DROOL over the pages before I go back to work after Christmas / New Years.

Dec 10th...It's Monday...

WWWAAAAHHHH!!! I gotta go back to work, when all I really want to do it sit at home and play with ALL of my stuff old and new. Oh well...gotta support my habit somehow...Here is another card that I made this weekend...using the Happy Heart Day stamp set...I love the little mouse almost as much as the elephant and the little birdies...isn't he handsome? I wanted to use some colors that wren't so Valentineiny...is that a word? So I choose the Pumpkin Pie Print from the new DS Papers Bali Breeze and left my heart white instead of red. Since blue is a complementary color to orange and I had just gotten the Brocade Blue wide gingham ribbon I also wanted to use that...the card base is Basic Gray...can you tell that I am really loving that color as a neutral...well...hope you like my card and it makes you want to keep checking back...there will be more tomorrow...

December 9th...LOVIN' this stamp set...

A Little Birdie Told Me is becoming my favorite stamp set. I am really LOVIN' IT!! I am working furiously on my Christmas cards and hope to have the first batch out tomorrow...but, I have to take a breaks to relax...deadlines are stressful, even if they are ones I set for myself and I know that those can be flexible. So, to relax...I stamp...this is just one of the cards that I stamped yesterday evening. I made a few different cards but as I am going to be really busy this week...I am going to show them to you one at a time and stretch them out. Here is the first one...

Like I said in the beginning...I am REALLY liking this stamp set and find myself wanting to use it over and over...just like right now. I am on a break from my Christmas cards and I am going to go and stamp...and I think I will make another adorable card using this cute set and some more of the new Designer Series Papers...I will be back tomorrow with more...so please check back...also I would like to know what you think and if there is anything specific you have questions about that I could answer for you...just please leave me a comment...

December 8th...

I was so upset when I got home at 6:00 last night to find that UPS had not been here... I mean, come on, they had ALL day to deliver my new stamps before I got home from work so that I could play as soon as I walked in the door, after I said hi to everyone, cooked dinner and ate, then I was gonna have to put all the stamps together...well, maybe not AS SOON AS I walked in the door, but I was excited to see my pretty new stamps and paper...well...I got home and NOTHING...I was upset...ran to the computer and checked, maybe they got delivered to the neighbers and I would have to scour the neighborhood to find my new rubber, but NO the site still said OUT FOR DELIVERY...so I still had hope...I hoped that my UPS guy didn't forget about me and go back the the hub with my stuff cause it was so late, and I hoped that it would be delivered SOON...

Well...about 45 minutes later...DING DONG...the doorbell...you should have seen me push the kids out of the way as I ran to the door...I just KNEW it was my goodies...FLUNG open the door and there...at my feet...was a box from Stampin' up! I GOT SO EXCITED...I grabbed it and pushed my way inside, cause by this time the kids were huddled around me at the door trying to figure out WHY I was so excited...I opened my box and fell in LOVE with all my new stuff...got my stamps put together and started playing...

Want to see what I made? Well, of course you do that is why you are visiting my blog...

Here is the first card I made. I was really excited to see this set in the Preview Brochure. I LOVE the little birds and ALL of the different sayings that come with it...

I also LOVE the new DS Paper Bali Breeze...the colors are my kind of colors...Bold Jewel colors that I like to play with...

I am VERY sad that SU! is retiring the Linen background stamp and that I really can't use it anymore, but the Sanded background stamp is becoming my new favorite. Sometimes...well, most of the time...I don't like a heavy background...just a bit of texture and Linen did that, the Sanded backround is a little heavier than I like, but it does the job...so what do you think...what did the little birdie tell you?

I had to spread the love between the sets that I ordered...So, here is the second card I made...I used the Happy Heart Day stamp set...

I couldn't wait for Jan to order the bundle, so I went ahead and ordered the set...I already ahd cello bags, and BOTH of the ribbons, so I didn't feel TOO bad...and I LOVE the elephant stamp...TOO CUTE!!! So of course that was the one that I had to use FIRST. This card is pretty simple as cards go, but I did use a new technique that I discovered over the summer...

I stamped on the dark cardstock and colored the butterfly with the white gel pen. Once it is dry you can color over the white with your markers and you have light color on dark cardstock...here is a close up...The colors aren't as prety in the photo as in real life, but you can see the pink and green tint to the butterfly...

Hope you enjoyed my stamping creations...please leave a comment and let me know what you think...and come back to visit me again...

December 7th...

Here is another card using A Beautiful Thing...I am anxiously waiting on my stuff from the Preview brochure that I ordered on Monday to arrive. I can't wait to play with new stamps. I've had A Beautiful thing for a couple of months now and since I HAD to use it for the Display samples I am kinda burnt out on it...don't get me wrong it makes some CUTE cards but I need new stamps...so my stuff arrives today...I will have to whip something together tonight when I get home...Can't wait to play with my new stuff!

Just in case you are wondering...I used the Three for You Punch to punch out the flowers in this set. You can't punch out all four, cause the punch only has three flowers and the flowers are a bit closer together in this set, BUT you can punch out every other one...one at a time, but it is WAY easier than cutting them out by hand...Just thought you might like to know...

I made Stamper's Showcase again this morning...

YEAH...Here is the card that I had posted a while back for my Christmas Card Class. Of course I had to send it to SU! you never know when one of your creations might win you some FREE rubber...so I always make a least TWO of every card so that I can send one in for the contests even if it is just for the WOW! Art File...okay...Drumroll...here it is, again...


I really LOVE the versitility of this set...so many stamps that work together or seperately in so many ways for so many different looks. This was the stamp set that I pretty much used for ALL of my Christmas classes and workshops...TOO CUTE!!

December 6th...

Here is another sample with the NEW stamp set A Beautiful Thing...I have been busy creating samples with this set, so keep checking back you never know when more will pop up...

You Make My Life A Beautiful Thing...

I LOVE the saying that comes in the stamp set A Beautiful Thing...it can be used for so many occasions...

I couldn't resist being the first to post a card from the Preview Brochure on Splitcoast. OF COURSE, I also wanted to post it here too! Here is the one of the cards I've created this week...now that the pressure is off and I am done with the Leadership Display samples. Keep checking back everyday as I have more cards that I have made that I need to show you...

Dec 5th...

Ahoy there...MATEY...

I made some Birthday Party invites for my friends son...they turned out so cute! She was talking yesterday about going and buying his invitations and I asked her if she wanted me to make some...see...I had some virgin rubber laying around that had never seen ink...and I wanted an excuse to play last night rather than working on finishing my Christmas cards which is what I really should have been doing...Oh well...They will get done eventually...hopefully this weekend. I would LOVE to get them in the mail on Monday...

Okay back to my invites...

TOO CUTE...Huh!!! Well...make sure that you check back tomorrow...I will have some samples to show you from the Spring/Summer Collection...

Here she is...

A while back I posted a photo of my older daughter Kaitlyn with her new glasses and her same old attitude...well, here is my younger daughter Colleen...she is so cute in glasses that match her personality...I think she is a bit QUIRKY and so are her glasses...

I am excited to show them to you... so check back starting Thursday morning for a cards made with stamps from the Stampin' Up! "Spring/Summer" Collection...they are TOO CUTE!!!