Happy Birthday Nicole

Today is my cousin-law Nicole's birthday. For her card, I used the Darling Dots level 1 hostess set. I textured one of my layers with my texture plate and Big Shot. I also pulled out some of my retired designer series paper for this one. The dots in the paper coordinate with the polka dots I created with my texture plate. I hope she likes it!

Ingredients:

• Darling Dots stamp set (Hostess Level 1)
• Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, and Whisper White card stock
• Polka Dots & Paisley Designer Series Paper (retired)
• Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, and Rose Red makers
• Pink Pirouette striped grosgrain ribbon
• 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, and Scallop Circle punches
• Texture Plates and Big Shot
• Stampin' Dimensionals

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Fleurette Barrettes

Today I wanted to share with you a super easy way to create some super cute barrettes using Stampin's Up!s Fleurettes crochet flower embellishments. These take all of 2 seconds to make! All I did was take a Pop-Up Glue Dot, stuck it to the Fleurette and then stuck it to a plain old barrette. Easy-peasy! Check out my models - aren't they cute? :) I had my older one wear them during my technique class on Sunday to show my gals how cute and easy these are to make. And wouldn't you know it? I inspired some of them to buy the supplies to make their own!

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Cards from Yesterday's Technique Class

Hi everyone. I wanted to share with you the cards I had my gals do in my technique class yesterday. First up, I showed my gals how to distress embossed images.

For this card I was inspired by this card here. I changed up the ribbon to use the new satin ribbon in the Occasions Mini catalog and used the Urban Oasis designer series paper, but the idea is the same. To do this, all you need to do is lightly sand the ridges of your embossing image with a sanding block. Super easy! Don't you just love the new Manhattan Flower Impressions Die?

Ingredients:

• Oval All stamp set
• Large Oval and Scallop Oval punches
• Whisper White and Baja Breeze card stock
• Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper
• Basic Grey and Baja Breeze ink
• Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die and Big Shot
• Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon
• Sanding Block
• Stampin Dimensionals

Next I showed how to do paper piecing and created a cute Easter card:

Ingredients:

• A Good Egg stamp set
• Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, and Kiwi Kiss card stock
• Chocolate Chip ink
• So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie markers
• Pink Pirouette stripped grosgrain ribbon
• Soft Subtles brads
• Word Window Punch
• Texture Plates and Big Shot
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Next we did a hidden message hinge card:

Ingredients:

• An Egg-Cellent Easter stamp set
• Egg Hunt wheel
• Wheel Guide
• Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, and Very Vanilla card stock
• Regal Rose 5/8" grosgrain ribbon
• Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, and Close to Cocoa ink
• Scallop Edge Punch
• Soft Subtles brads
• Blender Pen
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Lastly, we made a little Easter treat box using the Box #2 die for the Big Shot and filled with candy eggs!

Ingredients:

• Matchbox Messages stamp set
• Kraft, Whisper White, and Cameo Coral card stock
• A Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper
• Box #2 Die and Big Shot
• Medium Window Sheets
• Wide Oval, 3/8" Circle, Scallop Circle Punch, and Slot punch
• Cameo Coral Ink
• Flower Assortment Designer Brads
• Whisper White grosgrain ribbon
• Sticky Strip
• Stampin' Dimensionals

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Daric Barton Page

Today I have another page for you from Chris' scrapbook. You can see my original post for all the details of this project, or click here to see all the pages I have posted so far. This page is for a picture that was published on Sports Illustrated.com on in June 23, 2008. For this I printed out the web page that shows the photo and then added a 5x7 of the actual photo. The stamp for the journaling is from the For the Record set by Autumn Leaves. Sorry the photo of this page isn't the greatest. I was getting a lot of glare from the photo when taking the picture.....

Stampin' Up! Pop-Up Dies Now Available!

Today, I have another exciting announcement for you. Stampin' Up! has released the new Sizzix Pop-Up dies! Why settle for one dimension when you can have three? Create pop-up die cuts using your Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin’ Up! These pop-up dies are the first of their kind. Create perfect wedding, birthday, and party projects with pop-up dies that add dimension and depth! Click here for a flyer with all the details. Contact me today to place your order or visit my web site to order online!

Stampin' Up!s Get Connected Campain

Stampin' Up!s Get Connected Campaign is a great way to stay in touch with those that matter most. In these current economic times, we are spending less and staying closer to home more often; and are looking for ways to still connect with those we love without spending a lot of money. And what better way than through creating a handmade creation! This campaign is designed to help you connect with your family and friends!

Dates: April 1-30, 2009

Customers
Spend $40 on Occasions Mini Catalog products and choose any one item from the "Under $10" page in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for free!

Hostesses
Hold a workshop of $150 or more and choose any one item from the "Under $10" page in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for free!

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Occasions Mini Starts Today!

Good news - the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog starts today! Click on the image to right to download your copy of the catalog. You only have until June 30th to order from this catalog, so contact me soon to place your order or order online via my web site!

Printed Window Sheets

Hi all. Today I have a card for you that I created using the new Clearly Thanks Printed Window Sheets from the Occasions Mini Catalog, which starts TOMORROW! To attach the window sheet to the card stock, I simply stuck a little glue dot on the underside of a couple of the leaves and used my snail adhesive under the ribbon so it is very discrete. This card looks much better in person though. It was hard to get a good photo because of the reflection and glare that was coming off the window sheet.

Ingredients:

• Lavender Lace and So Saffron Textured Card Stock
• Clearly Thanks Printed Window Sheets
• Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon
• 5 Petal punch
• 5/16" jumbo brads
• Glue dots

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Cheep Talk

Here is another card I made using the Cheep Talk set. I was originally going to use the card for our last demo swap, but decided to go with the other one I did instead. I really love this set though. Those birds are too cute!


Ingredients:

• Cheep Talk stamp set
• Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, and Whisper White card stock
• Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper
• Pacific Point Ink
• Chocolate Chip and Old Olive Markers
• Ticket Corner Punch
• Texture Plates and Big Shot
• Chocolate Chip 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon
• Flower Assortment Designer Brads
• White Gel Pen
• Stampin' Dimensionals

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Brett Wallace Page

It is time to share another page from Chris' scrapbook. You can see my original post for all the details of this project, or click here to see all the pages I have posted so far. This page is for a picture that was published in June 2, 2008 issue of Sporting News magazine. For this I printed out a small picture of the cover of the magazine and cut out the picture and article, being careful to include the photo credit (which is on that long "tail" coming off the bottom of the picture). I then put a 5x7 of the actual photo and then used a stamp from the For the Record set by Autumn Leaves for the journaling.