Green Christmas

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As promised here is the other little guy's Christmas ornament:

Green is the favorite color of this little one's mom so I just had to make his green; Gumball Green to be exact :) I have fallen in love with that particular green for the holidays this year, especially paired with Cherry Cobbler..oh well, that's a post for a different day :) For this gift I paired it with Early Espresso & Crumb Cake tulle. Wouldn't this look cute hanging up on a wall in his room as well?  I want them to be able to enjoy the ornament on their tree during the Christmas season so I will be mailing these at Thanksgiving time; I don't know exactly when they're going to put up their tree & I want these ornaments to get plenty of face time :)

I am making a few for teachers & I've got everything stamped & cut out already so I have plenty of time to get them all finished on time. I won't be sharing every single one of them since they're going to look just like the first one ;) I will have new projects to share with everyone next week so stay tuned!

Hope y'all get some time this weekend to get inky!

Supply List:

Stamp Sets: Ornament Keepsakes; More Merry Messages (greeting I stamped on the back; not pictured)
Ink: Gumball Green; Early Espresso
Cardstock: Very Vanilla; Gumball Green; Crumb Cake
Accessories: Big Shot; Holiday Ornaments framelits; Labels Collection framelits; Gumball Green designer series paper; Linen thread; 1/8" Taffeta ribbon in Early Espresso (for hanging); 3-1/2" Scalloped Tulle ribbon in Crumb Cake; Silicone craft sheet; hot glue gun (non-Stampin' Up!)

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Blue Christmas

Pin It Now! This week has been a little busier for me & I haven't finished as many projects as I would have liked to. Monday's are now my day to volunteer in my youngest son's classroom for the morning so I'm not spending much time getting my fingers inky that day ;) My husband has a crazy work week this week as well: he has a 4-day weekend due to Columbus Day on Monday. Then for fun his unit is attending an all day fun-filled event with another unit today & he wants me to go with him. By the time this week is over I will only have spent 2 full days by myself getting inky ;) Lucky for you guys I have a couple of things to share today & tomorrow. Remember the ornament I shared last week? Did y'all catch it when I said "Here's my first one"? Well, after I finished it I was so amazed at how fast it went together & started kicking ideas around in my head, wondering what colors I could play with next. In the midst of all that rattling around up there I thought about making ornaments for a couple of cousins who had babies this past year; sort of like "Baby's 1st Christmas". Needless to say they didn't turn out exactly how I imagined them but I love them just the same :) I'll share one today so y'all need to come back tomorrow & check out the other one ;)

I really didn't want to do the traditional Christmas colors & in the process of making it I decided to make it using colors that could potentially go with the baby's room in case the parents want to display it on the wall all year or something. One never knows, right? I added their son's initial to personalize it; I had to get out a retired die for that & the label behind it, though. I don't like posting projects that use retired products but I used what I had on hand because I couldn't wait for new goodies to arrive ;) I'm not impatient much lol.

Speaking of impatient I was soooo happy with how the ornaments have turned out that I just HAD to show my mom when we Skyped (I believe it was even before I posted too!) Then I couldn't wait so I had to show the little one's grandma when I Skyped with her as well. Isn't that awful!? lol BUT in showing the grandma (my aunt) I've gotten her interested in making them herself; she's even watched the video on YouTube! lol I may just make a stamper out of her yet ;)

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow to see the other one...

Supply List;
Stamp Sets: Ornament Keepsakes; More Merry Messages (greeting I stamped on the back; not pictured)
Ink: Marina Mist; Crumb Cake
Cardstock: Very Vanilla; Marina Mist; Early Espresso
Accessories: Big Shot; Holiday Ornaments framelits; Labels Collection framelits; Crumb Cake designer series paper; silver cord (non-Stampin' Up!); 1/8" Taffeta ribbon in Very Vanilla (for hanging); 3-1/2" Scalloped Tulle ribbon in Early Espresso; Silicone craft sheet; hot glue gun (non-Stampin' Up!)

Please email me if you'd like to request a catalog or if you have any questions.

Are those real?

Pin It Now! Over the past few days I've noticed the trees have started to get some more color to them; I'm going to have to make sure my camera is always with me from now on so I don't miss the brilliant display :) Although we don't send out very many Thanksgiving cards I've been trying to come up with a design for the few we do send & I really wanted to use colorful leaves so I grabbed my sponges & several ink pads & started to play around with some leaves made using the Autumn Accents die. I didn't know what I was going to use them for until I got them done but then this card came together quickly:

I wanted them to be the main focus so I kept the rest relatively simple. I used a scrap piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations card stock that I had laying around; it had already been run through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder. I punched out a scrap of Cajun Craze to layer behind the sentiment & adhered the entire panel to the Crumb Cake base. I kept moving the leaves around until I had them where I wanted them & then I stuck them down. 

I just love pairing the Autumn Accents die with the Woodgrain embossing folder; it adds so much texture. I love how this turned out! I'd love to hear what you think. :)

Supply List:

Stamp sets: Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: More Mustard; Always Artichoke; Cajun Craze; Early Espresso

Card Stock: Crumb Cake; Early Espresso  Core'dinations; Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Big Shot; Woodgrain embossing folder; Autumn Accents die; Large Oval punch; Scallop Oval punch; sponges; Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz; water bottle

Please email me to request a catalog or if you have any questions.

Single Stamps!

Pin It Now! SINGLE STAMPS

We're trying out something new! We're excited to offer you the chance to buy single pieces from these select stamp sets: Word Play, Perfectly Penned, and Seasonal Sayings. The offer will be available now through January 2, 2013.

Note that these single stamps will only be offered in clear-mount, they'll come without a block, and they'll be packaged in cello bags versus the plastic cases you're used to. Also, since this is a pilot program, Spanish and French stamp sets are not included in this offer. We're keeping things sweet and simple!  

Click on the links below to view the stamps & prices:

Single Stamps: Word Play

Single Stamps: Perfectly Penned

Single Stamps: Seasonal Sayings

Please email me if you have any questions!

Proud of myself

Pin It Now! Being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator has numerous perks but the one I really enjoy is being able to see the new catalogs a month or so before customers do :) I got my first look at the Holiday Catalog back in June & to be honest I only glanced at the ornament pictured on the front cover & was intimidated; where would I start to even attempt to figure out how to do it? Oh a part of me wanted to, no doubt, but a bigger part said it was too hard. Well thanks to another perk of being a demo, I was surfing the demo-only Stampin' Connection last week & a fellow demo Linda Heller had a video with amazing step-by-step instructions; a HUGE help for someone who is a visual learner (me) :) She made it look sooooo easy & I was inspired to go ahead & try one for myself. Here's my first ornament:

I love it! And I have to admit I am quite proud of myself considering I was extremely intimidated by it back in June. I hardly attempt 3-D projects; thinking about it the only time I made any was at a fellow demo's monthly stamp club back in Texas...so this was kinda a big deal for me :)  In fact I no more than got this one finished & my mind started thinking about gifts for teachers. So I'm going to make two for my youngest's teachers; not to mention a few other people ;) I didn't take a picture but on the back is a greeting & a place for our signature created using the Labels Collection framelits. This was so easy with the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set & coordinating Holiday Ornaments die. What's even better is purchasing the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle & saving 15% :) 

Let me know if you have any questions or want to place an order to get started on your Christmas ornaments :) 

Supply List:

Stamp Sets: Ornament Keepsakes; More Merry Messages (greeting I stamped on the back; not pictured)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler; Gumball Green
Cardstock: Very Vanilla
Accessories: Big Shot; Holiday Ornaments framelits; Labels Collection framelits; Be of Good Cheer designer series paper; Linen thread; 1/8" Taffeta ribbon in Very Vanilla (for hanging); 3-1/2S" Scalloped Tulle ribbon in Early Espresso; Vintage Faceted designer button; Large pearl; Silicone craft sheet; hot glue gun (non-Stampin' Up!)

Please email me today to request a catalog.

My Digital Studio to the rescue

Pin It Now! Today is my good friends' birthday & I didn't mail her card out in time; she live in Hawaii & I should have mailed it out a couple of weeks ago  :( Instead of beating myself up about it I decided to send her a card via email. I did something I haven't done before: I created a card using My Digital Studio 2. I've had MDS for quite awhile now (a couple of years) but just haven't spent time playing around with it; the most I've done was create my blog signature with it. Anyway, here is my very first email-able card using MDS2:

                                                                            Front:

Inside:

It was a lot of fun playing around with everything. What I like about MDS2 is you can re-do things as many times as you need to with out wasting paper ;) I may have "thought" I wanted to use certain colors but once I saw the results I wondered what other color combos would work; I didn't have to waste time cleaning, re-inking, & stamping over & over until I liked it. I just hit the "undo" or "delete" button until I got it right. I didn't have to fuss with the stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect alignment, either. There are so many reasons to fall in love with My Digital Studio; I will be making time to play around with it more :) It will be my go-to for if/when I don't get cards mailed out in time; instead of just not sending one at all I have no excuse not to email them one on the same day :) 

If you don't already have MDS & would like more information or have any questions about anything you've seen please email me. I look forward to hearing from you! Have a wonderful day!

Super quick today

Pin It Now! We have been taking turns having nasty colds at our house since last week; one downside to the weather change :( Yesterday was the worst for me plus our 5 year old was home sick as well; I didn't get much accomplished it seemed like. With him out of the house today it was time to get back at it :) I needed a birthday card for a friend back in Texas who's favorite colors are red & blue. Here's what I accomplished today:

There was hardly any stamping done for this one. I used the Floral Frames framelits on the layer of River Rock before putting it over the card base. I didn't adhere it right away but used some removable tape to hold it in place while I lightly traced the outlines. After I removed the top layer I applied some sticky strip to the traced images. Then I cut strips of ribbon & put them on the sticky strips. I saw somewhere (sorry but I don't remember who I originally saw this tip from) you can used the new jumbo sticky rounds from Stampin' Up!; I wanted to try this out & didn't have any of them (I'm impatient lol) so I used the sticky strip I had on hand. I used sponges to add some color to the cut-out images before running it through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals. It wasn't a time consuming project but I hope she likes it :)

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope y'all stay healthy :) Signing off until next time!

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Midnight Muse; Real Red
Cardstock: Whisper White; River Rock; Read Red
Accessories: Big Shot; Fancy Fan embossing folder; Floral Frames framelits; sponges; Modern Label punch;  Word Window punch; Midnight Muse 3/8" stitched satin ribbon; Real Red 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon

Please email me to request a catalog or if you have any questions.