Monday, April 21, 2014

Mojo Monday 342, Happy Birthday


Hello stampers!  My mojo monday card today is for my youngest grandson's 15th birthday! I am NOT green person at all, it's one of my least fav colors, however it is his favorite! He wears green all the time and everything of his that can be green is.   I've got green stuff for him for his birthday, it's called money. LOL

Todays sketch was very simple.
Lots of ways to use it, I tried to keep it simple since it was going for a boy card.

I used Very Vanilla, Gumball green and that's about it.. Did I say he is really into green?

Before I give you the list of products, I want to remind you that all this week shipping from SU is free! That's a huge savings. And the retired list is out! You can see what you just have to have with your free shipping.

As of May 1st you will be able to order the new Betsy Higgins PL products as well.  So much cool stuff going on right now.

And now on with the product list.


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Friday, April 18, 2014

Pals Paper Arts 200, Thinking of You



Ok, so, late again. It's taking me longer to get cards done. But getting stronger all the time. Then Typepad went down and our PPA is hosted on Typepad, but it appears to be up and running again, so, here is mine. 
It was an option to do a little twist and make your card Mono, but I'm afraid this is as mono as I get except for very rare exceptions. I'm a color kinda gal.  And we are coming to a close on this years big catalog and I really wanted to play with this pretty piece of Venetian Romance paper.  The one with the text and gorgeous design, also used a different piece under my sentiment piece and cut the butterfly out of that same piece, just a streak of the darker color.

I'm sorry to say, the tangerine tango ribbon is retired, but it's all I had in that color, so do hope I'm forgiven.

Check back on monday, we should have to retired list then and you can go grab all those items that will not be in the next catalog that you haven't gotten yet.   I know I'm going to be very sad that some things I love will no longer be current, but I also know we are going to get some great new stuff.

I have a couple of really important things to tell you.
First, starting the 21st through the 25 SU is having free shipping!!!  That should make it a lot easier to get all those items that are retiring before we don't have them anymore.

Second, we have had a huge announcement!  This year, SU is partnering  with Becky Higgins and Project Life Scrapbooking. SU will have exclusive content for Project Life!

http://s.tamp.in/project-life






How exciting is all this?!


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Monday, April 14, 2014

Mojo Monday 341, Your my best mate


Good morning!  Not for too much longer, but it still is here.

Before we go over the card, I have to tell you, I had the very best time over the weekend! It was touch and go for a long time whether I'd be able to make the trip to Tucson, but in the end I was able to go and meet up with a group of PAL's that I've been interacting with online for 2 yrs.   It was so awesome to meet them in person!

I have to tell you, we have the most wonderful group of Stampin Up demonstrators you can imagine and we have so much fun and get so much inspiration  from each other in our online group.  If you have ever thought you would like to be a part of Stampin Up, just come on in!   If you would like to talk to me about it and get some answers to questions, just leave me a comment with contact info and I'll write or call you.   I can't imagine having more fun doing anything then playing with paper and ink and sharing it all with our group.

Ok, sorry, I'm still on such a high from our meet up I just can't stop thinking about it and I would love to have more people have that fun too.

The DSP today came from the Occasions catalog, if you like it, it's ending soon, you might want to grab it. It's called High Tide. Hubby and I love the ocean and the nautical theme so much, I think this one will be his birthday card.  The sentiment would be awesome for a child too. The sentiment is from the set Hello Sailor, that goes beautifully with the DSP.   I was just in the mood to make a fun card, so here it is.

Colors are Calypso Coral, Pacific Point, Whisper White and Smoky Slate.

If you would like to see more, just click on the images below.  Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.


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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Stampin Up PPA 199



I'm still running behind for most everything.  Still having issues standing too long and doing too much, but it's getting better all the time. 

The featured stamp set on this is Backyard Basics.  I have to tell you, sometimes you just don't see the greatness in a stamp set. I avoided this set, just didn't seem to care for it much.  But, one day I needed a set that had all the flowers and stuff that had dies for the pieces and since this one was still on Bundle pricing, I got it.

Wow! I'm so happy I did. It has become a favorite.  This card could be used for so many sentiments. It would be perfect for Easter, and I'm doing this up for my girls for Easter, but Thank you, Birthday ect work great.

  I stamped the Hardwood using Smoky Slate, stamped off on paper then onto my CS so that it's a very light impression.


I simply stamped the single flower 3 times. I inked the flower head then the stem and stamped. It's pretty easy with the clear stamps to see where to lay it on the pad.
Then I used Morning Meadow hostess set for the green vines

I used one of the punches in the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack for the So Saffron flowers.
And the Modern Label punch for the sentiment, punched it a second time out of So Saffron and cut in the middle, then glued it to each end.

I hope you enjoyed this one, thanks so much for stopping by.  If you are interested in checking out any of the stamps and punches used on the card, simply click on the photos below.


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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Mojo Monday 340, Thinking of you

Slow poke here.  I'm getting better all the time, but still have limits on how much I can do in a day.
So, yesterday the priority was Curves, and while in town, I had a couple other stops. By the time I got home I was bushed and took a nap in my chair. LOL

So, here is my Mojo Monday card, just a day late. I only used 3 colors, I liked Basic Gray for the card base is it gave more of a contrast then the Smoky Slate would have, and I also used Crisp Cantaloupe.

I used the Dictionary background stamp.  After inking it up with Smoky Slate, I stamped on a piece of paper then on my background piece.

The large flower stamp is Gifts of Kindness, and the smaller pieces are from Polka Dot Pieces. Got together very nicely, don't they? I punched the flower pieces out using the 1 1/4" scallop circle punch,  stamped my sentiment, cut the banner end using scissors and inked the edges of that piece a bit.

Candy dots finished it all off nicely.   The sketch used ribbon at the top, but it just didn't need or want that I don't think.





It was a pretty quick card, I think it could be used for many different themes, and the dictionary stamp works really well for masculine cards. 


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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Pals Paper Arts Challenge 198


It's a PPA color challenge today.  I had no idea where I was going with this card. I started out with an entirely different stamp set, but ended up with Language Of Love.  Because I just added as I went without an idea of any kind when I started, I ended up using two retired products. I'm sorry about that.
Both the ribbon, and the embossing folder are retired. The ribbon some time ago, but I forgot that SAB is now over and the embossing folder was one of the choices to get free. I'm hoping we see it again tho, I just love it!

Colors for today are:




Ready to join in? It really is fun to challenge yourself.

Summer Starfruit is not my favorite color by a long shot, but I think it worked well here. I have it peeking out between the white layers, and I used it on the center banner.   To make things easier, I put the banners on Stampin Dimentionals and then added the ribbon behind. Be sure to put your dot more to the middle so you can get the ribbon or twine in there.  I have found that the Anywhere Glue Sticks work really well for ribbon, it is easy to put on, and you have time for a bit of adjustment, but after that it holds very well.  I use it in my classes and it also is fantastic for layering where placement is difficult.

Hope you got some good ideas of your own from this, thanks for stopping by.  And as always, just click on the photos below to be taken to the product in my store.


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Monday, March 31, 2014

Mojo Monday 339, A Stampin Up Birthday SAB card


I decided to use my Gingham Garden DSP as I hadn't used it for quite a while. It was the very first DSP I bought this year.  I was lucky enough to go to a Home Office Regional last spring. As far as I know it was the one and only time they did that. And wow was it special.  At the end of the day we got a new catalog and we got to shop!  No one else had been able to see the catalog and still wouldn't for a few days.  We really felt special and that is a special memory. Also when I met Shannon from my group, we drove up together and shared a room, so a very special weekend all in all.

Ok, on with the card.  Daffodil Delight for the first layer and embossed using the Honeycomb folder, layered the 2 pieces of Gingham Garden then used one of the SAB stamp sets for the sentiment.  It's called See Ya Later, and what a fun set it is! If you think you'd like it today is the very last day to order. Just place a $50 order from any product current and choose it as your freebie from the SAB catty.

I used the Ovals Framelit collection for the sentiment and background for it.

The flower is made using the 1 1/4"scallop circle punch, the Petite Petals punch and the 1/2" round punch with a candy dot on top.   The other side has a butterfly made using the Bitty Butterfly punch.

That's about it, not hard at all and of course you can substitute what you have.  Have a great week, and thanks for stopping by.


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Friday, March 28, 2014

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge 129, Happy Birthday card


I think this is my second or third time to try this challenge. They like cards that are clean, often I do that, but often I grunge it up some too. 
I am doing better and able to stand longer, so I hope I'll be back in full pretty soon, feels pretty good to be able to do more.  I have 4 more PT visits and I'm back at Curves working out some.

I was reminded that we may be loosing Raspberry Ripple soon, it depends if SU picks it up as a reg color or not for the new catty, so I decided I would try to use it and Midnight Muse more for the next couple months, those are the two colors from this incolor set that I really love. I hope they keep them, but we shall see.

I used the Very Vintage wheel on Whisper White CS, trimmed and glued down, then just added the white with the Happy Birthday from Perfectly Penned in Pear Pizzazz and added the Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon.

I stamped the Flower shop stamp on Vellum and layered it over one cut out in white CS, it gave it a softer look, added the Petite Petals on top and a candy dot for a center and my card was done. Pretty quick and simple.

Just a reminder, Monday is the last day for the free goodies from SAB, so if you have your eye on something from that brochure, be sure to get it ordered.



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