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Monday Inspiration

Happy Monday! We are enjoying sensational weather here in the mountains. I mean just gorgeous weather. Puts a big smile right on my FACE!!

I have finished my customer cards and wanted to share a few with you.

Who doesn’t love GLITTER? I stamped, colored and then cut out the flowers and added some sparkle to them to give them a little spunk. I stamped on vellum and did some dry embossing on the doodles to pop out some of the doodle marks. This looks very fun in real life. The pic doesn’t do it justice. Simple card. This was one of the cards I made with no sentiment. Just a notecard.

This second card is another boy birthday card. Again, simple but fun!

Lastly, another crabby card. I love this set. There are so many ways to use this stamp set. I colored these images using Stampin’ Up! colored pencils. I blended with gamsol. I love how soft our colored pencils are. They color so nicely.

Well, that is it for today. I have lots of errands to run and work still for the craft fair this weekend. Have a terrific Monday and I hope you get some stamp therapy in today!

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Posted on : Apr 30 2007
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Projects Galore!

I have been busy stamping away. The days seem to get away from me lately. I am so PROUD to report the weather has been gorgeous here. Hard to believe Brandon had a SNOW day last week. Yesterday we went to the Flea Market and had a blast. I put sunscreen on the kids, but totally forgot about little ole me. Needless to say, I got a sunburn. Today is another beautiful day, I think I will lather myself up with the sunscreen before going outdoors. Being a little closer to the sun, you get sunburned much faster than down in Florida.

I have a ton of projects I want to share with you. It has been a stamping frenzy here. Lets get started!! The first one is the scrapbook page I demo’d at a workshop this past week. I always love to show the ease of scrapbooking. When I demo a page I like to showcase how to use our great background stamps as well as chalk, and versamark. I used the Level 3 hostess set

and colored the image in using chalks and blender pens. This technique always makes me go WOW. Of course the picture makes me say WOW as well. LOL!

The second photo is a Fathers Day card. I am still working on cards for a customer and happy to report they are almost finished. Manly cards are the worst for me. I guess because I don’t want to put to much fu fu stuff on it. I like the colors of this one. That True Thyme is so pretty with the Cool Caribbean. Remember, these colors retire June 30th. What will we do without Cool Caribbean? The thought kills me!

This third card was another project I demo’d at my workshop. Isn’t this a fun card. My girlfriend Lisa helped me with this project. It uses the small tag punch and made a pinwheel. I see many more possibilites with this card.

The fourth card is a get well card using my favorite Farm Fever set. I popped the head and hands of the pig with dimensionals and it really made this card fun.

Lastly is my worm jar. This was really taken right out of the catalog, but I changed it up a bit. Brandon had a birthday party yesterday and I made a card to match the jar. I put gummy worms in the jar and I have to say, I thought it was the cutest thing.

Okay, I think this is it for now. There were many more projects and I will share throughout the week. I hope you have a fantastic Sunday.

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Posted on : Apr 29 2007
Posted under 3-D Cards, Birthday, Cards, Scrapbooking |

I’m Late…

Wow wee, where does the day go? I was kept busy getting ready for my workshop tonight. I had a blast and always feel in my element when I am teaching. So much fun. I would do it every night if I could.

Getting ready for this workshop I was a scrappin’ fool. I love to showcase scrapbook pages. Maybe because I am just HOOKED, i dunno. Anyhoo, these were the pages that actually didn’t make the cut. Tomorrow I will show you the page I demo’d. All in all, the workshop went fantastic. I’ve

got some great stampin’ ladies here and I am excited to show them lots of fun things to do with stamps.

On to the pages and a card…

This first page uses the new spiral punch. I wanted it to look as if it was a roll of film. Kinda fun. Great 12×12 page to showcase a lot of pictures. I love these pics as well since they were taken at our favorite little duck pond in Rhode Island. Makes me miss my Brother and his family. The kids look so young here. I used a lot of my hardware to focus on the stamped words. I actually liked this page better as a 8.5 x11, but then went ahead and put it on a 12×12.

The second layout was easy peasy. That Big Blooms set is a GREAT set to scrapbook with. There are so many ways you can stamp those crazy blooms. I love that! More bang for my buck.

I really like these colors together, Real Red, Celery and

Cool Caribbean. Very spring and fun. I added a button in the middle of the flowers and it really added nice dimension to the pages. Again, very easy layout.

Okay, so now for my card. Don’t laugh. There is a story to this card. Yes, it is 100% easy and nothing special about it really. But do you notice that crazy circle punch? Well, I was browsing Micheals the other day and noticed that the isles had dramatically changed with tons of Martha Stewart stuff. Ya know… she has her hands in everything. I knew it would only be a matter of time before she put her hands in the paper crafting industry. With that said, some of her stuff was really cute. Yes, I know. But I must be honest. I really liked this punch. Her packaging is awesome. Very fresh. So, I made this card in 10 minutes. When I spied the punch, I had Little Pieces in mind. Quick, simple and very bright card. Not my usual since I am not a Bold Bright girl!

So that is all for today. I will show you what I demo’d tonight later. I think you will like it.

I better get my stuff unpacked. I have an early stampin’ date. These girls are serious stampers. I don’t stamp early, typically. I sure do love the company though!!

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Posted on : Apr 26 2007
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Crazy Day

Ewww Weee! I’ve been a busy lady today. Creating, cleaning, shopping. I have things to share tomorrow. I have also been tagged by Eleonor! Be sure to check out her blog. Very FUN. I have to tell you 7 things that you don’t know about me. Gosh, I really think you know all about me. This could be tough. Here it goes!!!
1. I hate cold weather… okay, so you already know that!!!
2. I had my belly pierced prior to children. It looked ridiculous as the belly grew. Out it came!
3. I was a cheerleader in high school and thought I was a hottie. Looking back at those pictures I am not really sure what I was thinking. My hair was 4x bigger than my head.
4. I hate bugs of any type. Even rollie pollies.
5. Although I call Florida my home, I’m a military brat and lived all over the United States growing up.
6. I visit Starbucks almost every day. It is a really bad habit.
7. Prior to Stampin’ Up! and children I was an RN working in the ICU’s and Neuroscience. I don’t miss nursing AT all.

There you have it. A small glimpse into Kimberly’s life. I will tag a few folks tomorrow. It’s late and my pillow is calling my name. Actually, another fact… I watch my soap opera late at night. General Hospital, here I come. I am so grateful for my DVR. Pathetic really!!!
Smooches!

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Posted on : Apr 25 2007
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Snowy days brings….

Scrappin’ Days! Ever had one of those moments where you just need to rejuvenate your creative juices??? You know the days where you think what you are making is all "THAT" but later you look at it and tell yourself… "What was I thinking?" Ummm… I have had a few of those days lately. Usually just taking a break can fix that problem pretty quickly. I’ve had this problem making cards lately. Just seems that nothing is coming out the way I want it too. To help this problem I go back to my craftin’ roots. Scrappin’! You would think working with a larger canvas would be harder. For me it’s easier. I love to scrapbook just for ME! These latest pics have been sitting in a box by my desk and I finally pulled them out and went to town. I will confess that the paper I used yesterday for the challenge is NOT my favorite. Everyone raves on it, but personally I don’t like it. I thought I would challenge myself to use the Rebecca paper today. Still not my favorite, but I do like how this turned out. I have to chuckle to myself because you will notice at the top left of the page is my version of *frayed ribbon*. I am afraid I will not be showing you how to do this until I master the technique. That is NO where near frayed ribbon. It is more like cut up and then rolled in between my hands. LOL! But in all honesty, I kinda like the way it turned out. LOL! I am in love with circles on scrapbook pages. I love the way they can add dimension. I used the Polka Dot and Paisley set for the Paisley going down the page on Kraft paper. I only highlighted a few areas on it with my white gel pen. I liked that the designer paper coordinated with the paisley stamp.

For the next page, I used my new stamp set from Regionals. Double Line Doodles. Love this set. You will see this set in the NEW catalog coming out in July. I can’t wait. This page actually had me laughing while I was scrapbooking it. Another reason I love this craft. It brings back those warm and fuzzy memories. My daughter is quite the girly girl. Loves to put on lipstick. As you can see, she is not that good at it yet. A lesson in application is on the horizon. The point was she had a great time trying. Once again, I used lots of circles. I loved using the Doodle Alphabet for the title and you will notice I used the flower for the *L* in Glamour. Since the pictures really tell the story here I did very little journaling . More like prompts. ***The compact, The application, Oops… missed, Messy***

Here are a few close ups of the layout.