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February 20, 2010

I've been patiently (NOT!) waiting for my 2-step bird punch to arrive. It finally came today. This punch makes the bird, wing and branch.

I sat down and made this card in no time flat. Between the punch and the Big Shot (Top Note Die and Beautiful Wings Embosslit), the card almost made itself! And I realized I've been so in love with this year's In-Colors that I've been neglecting my pretty blue colors. The sentiment is another stamp from the Sale-A-Bration set, Whimsical Words. I hope you like this card!

Blue Bird Punch

February 19, 2010

I've been enjoying the new stamp set, Vintage Vogue. My February 10 post shows one card that I made with this set; here's another.

Vintage Vogue Pink

The colors in this card are Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Garden Green. It also uses the new Scallop Trim Punch that you can get for free during Sale-A-Bration, some pink brads and a rhinestone brad, as well as a strip of Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon. The sentiment is from the set "Whimsical Words," which you can also get for free! It is available in wood mount or clear mount.

Thanks for stopping by!


February 17, 2010

It's a frequent joke among demonstrators that we are our own best customers. I don't know whether that's always the case, but it's certainly true of me! I got this set, "Things I Love," FREE as part of my Sale-A-Bration freebies. I love free stuff!

Things I Love

As you might guess, the inside says, ". . . but most of all, YOU!" I think this set would make a great card for an anniversary or birthday, and I know it was used a bunch for Valentine's Day.


February 12, 2010

I sent out some Thank You notes to customers for orders and sign-ups, and I thought you might like to see them. This card is made using the new Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder for the Big shot, and also the amazing new Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, also with the Big Shot. This amazing gadget turns a scrap of cardstock into a bevy of beautiful butterflies with a couple of cranks of the Big Shot handle!

It occurred to me that size/scale isn't necessarily easy to judge when you look at a card online. This is a little 3 x 3 card.

Butterfly Thank You

BTW, the Real Red and Creamy Caramel Vintage Vogue card just below is a generous 5-1/4" x 5-1/4" size.


February 10, 2010

I'm back with the first of several cards made with the beautiful new set, Vintage Vogue. It's in the Occasions mini-catalogue, and it's available in both wood mount and clear mount. The stamps are the same high-quality red rubber either way, and I am falling in love with the clear mount. Advantages: takes up much less storage space, costs less, saves a tree! Also, since you can see right through the acrylic block, it is easy to place elements without always having to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, which saves a lot of time.

This card also uses the coordinating wheel, Very Vintage, which I absolutely love!

EGA girls, this is one of the cards you'll be making at your stamp camp in March.

Vintage Vogue Square

January 17, 2010

We're back from our wonderful week in Hawaii. The warm sun was wonderful, but Dorothy was right. There's no place like home!

I'm a little behind on getting the Sale-A-Bration and Occasions brochures on my blog. If you haven't received your copies of the brochure, just let me know and I'll put them in the mail to you. Please send me email with your request.

It felt so good to play with my stampin' toys again today. This card uses a beautiful set with an Asian theme, Dream Garden. It uses a retired Designer Series paper called Haiku, which I love and really miss. I am using what I have left very sparingly!

Dream Garden

To make the center design, I stamped the woman with black Craft ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I colored in her dress and fan with markers. Then I went over the colored parts and the white bird with a VersaMarker pen and clear embossed again. The last step was to sponge So Saffron ink all over the white cardstock, with Tangerine Tango sponged on the edges.


December 28, 2009

Lemonade Time!

Merry Christmas! Yes, I know I'm a little late, but I had to wait to show my Christmas card until all the recipients had received theirs. I "borrowed" the color scheme from the very talented and creative Lee Ann Greff.

Funny story, I made about a dozen of this card. They were the regular size and kind, with the fold along the top. When I came to signing and putting them in envelopes, I realized, much to my horror, that one had the fold at the bottom!

Well, that gave me the perfect opportunity to turn a lemon into lemonade. I'd been wanting to try an easel card, but just hadn't gotten a chance to do it. I cut the card front off, just a hair above the fold line, and this is what I came up with. The neat thing is, this card folds up and fits into a standard A2 envelope, just like a regular card!

Want to learn how to make easel cards? Sign up to host your own Stamp Camp, and we can add this style to your projects!

Merry Christmas!

We spent Christmas Eve with our son-in-law's family. We had such a good time, meeting some new people and catching up with those we hadn't seen in a while. I made these Treat Box favors for their niece and nephews, and they were a big hit!

These little boxes are made with two of the Scallop Envelope die and the Big Shot. You just trim the bottom flap to 1/2" and glue the flaps to each other. One scallop stands up at the back, and one folds down at the front. The gingerbread man is from a retired hostess set called "Deer Friends."

Treat Boxes

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