Still Available!

Stampin' Up! gave us some good news today...the following products from the Holiday Mini catalog will continue to be available AND will appear in the new Idea Book & Catalog (which comes out this summer.)

Item #	Description	Price
116794	Ornament punch	$15.95
116806	Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint	$5.95
116854	Frost White Shimmer Paint	$5.95
116807	Platinum Shimmer Paint	$5.95
116829	Décor Elements Blocks	$9.95
116824	Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Folder Petals-A-Plenty	$7.95
116821	Stampin' Up! Holiday Windows Magnetic Movers & Shapers	$29.95
116819	Stampin' Up! Table Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95
116820	Stampin' Up! Embosslits Merry die	$11.95
116823	Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Merry Details die	$5.50
116822	Stampin' Up! O Christmas Tree Pop-Up Bigz XL die	$42.95
118140	Stampin' Up! Tree Decorations Sizzlits die	$5.50
118108	My Digital Studio	$79.95
116519	Charming stamp set	$19.95

Scallop Circle Card

Here's another one we'll be making at the Stamp-a-Stack on Sunday.

 

I cut out the card and strips of card stock with the Scallop Circle die and my Big Shot.  The animals are colored with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aquapainter.  I am well aware that the white part with the animals looks awful!  I dabbed some Sahara Sand ink around the white part, but it went terribly wrong :)  The truth of the matter is that I put the entire card together and the white seemed too stark, and I realized that I should have dabbed a little bit of Sahara Sand ink around the edges.  I tried to do that, but it definitely should have happened before adhering the white to the card.  And I just didn't have time to make another one.

The stamp set is Picnic Parade, a hostess set in the Occasions Mini catalog.  I decided to get the clear mount set rather than the wood set.  I still love the wood mount stamps best, but I definitely like the clear mount ones a lot more than I thought I would.  It's nice to be able to see exactly where I'm stamping the images.  If you'd like to try them out, give me a call...I'm happy to have you come over and play with my stamps before you buy.

Butterfly Birthday

Once again, it's been almost a month since I posted.  So much for keeping this blog up to date.  This is a card we'll be making at the Stamp-a-Stack that my friend Kelly and I are having on February 21.  There's still time to sign up, so if you're interested in making 12 birthday cards, just let me know!  You can also click here for more information.  Almost all of the products used for this card are from the SAB or Occasions Mini Catalog.  Click on the picture to the right to download the catalogs.

Wedding Card

Yesterday was my niece's wedding.  She was the flower girl at our wedding and it's a little hard to believe that she's now married.  I decided to use a few of the things in that box that came on Thursday to make a wedding card and matching envelope for Rachel and Peter.

I used leftover DSP from last year's mini catalog to make the envelope, then tied some kraft taffeta ribbon about it.  The card was folded into three sections, then tied on the outside with more of the same ribbon.  I forgot to take a picture of it, but the inside flap of the card had a scalloped edge, which I did using the new Scallop Trim Border punch (that I got for free...it's a SAB selection!)  For the front of the card, I used confetti white card stock and ran it through my Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet impressions folder.  I used a sponge dauber to dab Stampin' Pastels on the raised flowers to make them pop a bit.  The colors are Ruby Red, Cameo Coral and Old Olive.  The little label at the top is from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware.  I stamped the little flowers inside with my new clear-mount set called Tiny Tags (in the Occasions Mini catalog.)  I used VersaMark to stamp the flowers and "Mr. & Mrs." then used the same color pastels as I had used on the flowers.

I was pretty happy with the way it turned out, especially since I waited until the day before to make it!

Look What Came Today...

A great big box full of fun new toys!  And right there in the middle are two of Stampin' Up!'s new clear mount stamp sets.   I'm not sure how much time I'll have to play with this stuff in the next few days, but I'll try to get some samples posted as soon as I can!

It's Sale-a-Bration Time!

It's that time of year again...Sale-a-Bration!  For every $50 you spend, you'll earn a free product from the SAB brochure (click on the SAB button on my sidebar to view the brochure!)  There is great stuff this year....stamps, of course, but also Designer Series Paper and a punch!  And this year, there's a new option...instead of product from the SAB brochure, you can also choose select stamp sets from the Idea Book & Catalog.  And, if you host a workshop totally $300 or more, you'll earn an extra SAB product!

And not only does Sale-a-Bration begin today, but the customer ordering period for the Occasions Mini Catalog also starts today!  There is so much good stuff in there that you can easily earn lots of SAB products with an order just from the mini catalog! (Trust me, I'm having a hard time keeping my own wish list under control!)

Call me to place and order or schedule a workshop!

Advent Calendar

I know, it's after Christmas, but I wanted to show you all a unique Advent calendar that I made for my sister-in-law for Christmas.  Each year we exchange handmade gifts with one another, and as soon as I saw this, I knew it was what I wanted to make for her.  I CASEd it from Tracie Hudson at this site.  But of course, I had to put my own spin on it.

I chose some leftover Christmas paper from last year, then used Ruby Red for the drawers.  There are 24 drawers, but they don't contain the candy that you would imagine (although I would highly recommend adding chocolate!)  Inside each drawer is a little card containing a passage of scripture to read.  I chose Bible verses that followed the Jesse Tree our family did this year.  So each day next December, my lovely SIL will read a different passage that traces the lineage of Jesus all the way from Jesse.

This was a very fun gift to make, and not nearly as complicated as I first thought it would be.  The drawers are all made with the Matchbox die and my Big Shot.  Everything was stuck together using Sticky Strip.  That stuff is great, although I did use quite a bit of it on this project.  Hopefully my SIL enjoys this gift as much as I'm hoping she does!