Delicate Box

Good morning my friends.  Today I want to share a box die with you that's been one of my favorites for a very long time.  I love the Box #2 Die Cut and you can use it for so many ideas.  Today I decorated it a little different and used it to house a few small cards. 

I used all kinds of new products on this little guy.  I used the Papaya Collage stamp set with Pool Party ink.  You can see I added a small piece of Vellum across the front of the box too.  I also used our new Apothecary Accents Framelits with a Glass button.  Super pretty and delicate looking. 

On the inside there are three cards.  All 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in size. 

Each card is just slightly different than the other.  I used Vellum on all three cards and then embossed the vellum on each using the Fancy Fan Folder.  I used the stamp set World Treasures for the greeting on each.  There is a little sewing on two of the cards but it's not over the top.  Just a wee bit.   I love these colors together… Soft Suede, Pool Party, Crumb Cake and a tad of Whisper White. 

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Have a GREAT day!!

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Purse-onally Speaking!

When this die cut arrived at my house the first person to SQUEAL with delight was the one and only American Girl Doll Lover…. Alexis.  You could hear that child scream for miles.  She was so excited that she could make ANY kind of Purse for her American Girl Dolls.  Stampin' Up! had no idea they made a little 9 year old so stinkin' happy.  This die cut is just too cute.  It's great for any party favor.  When I was in Michigan a few weeks ago one of our team members, Dawn showed us her darling purses that she had made and she used our Stampin' Up! fabric.  I thought she was a genius.  I loved how the fabric made the purse look more "real" so to speak.  My stamp club made these darling purses and loved how quick and easy they are to put together.  We took the Sizzix Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets and adhered the fabric to them before placing it on the Big Shot.   I used a piece of cardstock on the front flap to make the purse a little stronger and I wanted to stamp on the front just a wee bit.  We then just added a few ribbon embellishments to make this purse a little fluffy and girlie. We used the Styled Beautiful stamp on the front flap as it was just enough to add a little stamping touch to it.  Lastly, a little Antique Brad topped it off. You will be able to order this new die on June 1st.  It's SUPER exciting. 

Now Alexis has her first American Girl Doll purse.  I'm sure this won't be the last. 

Here is another layout for my Disney Album as well:

I used the downloads listed below for this layout:

Check this out Punch-129921
Circle Punches
Vintage Overlays-121061
Grad Party Digital Kit-129877
Font-Worstveld

Have a FANTASTIC day!!

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An Extra Hour of Light= Extra Fun!

I don't know about you but the extra hour I have of sunshine makes me extremely happy.  I love, love, love it.  Last night we spent the extra hour by a campfire in our backyard making s'mores.  We were all a sticky mess but they were so yummy.  It was nice to play outside a little longer.

First I want to say a big thanks to all the Mama's and the love and support you always show.  Your advice is always welcomed in my home.  It's also good to read that I'm not alone in my struggles and that many of you are experiencing the same.  I loved hearing your solutions and experiences and I shared them with Russ.  I have confidence that our *stage* will get better but in the mean time I will do as many of you said and keep my hair dresser wealthy with my color appointments.  <sigh>

I have a quick share for you today.  I love the Mouthwatering stamp set in the Occasions Mini.  I love every image and the images are great for cards or scrapbooking.

The best part about using this stamp set is pairing it with our Scented Embossing Powder.  I hope you've tried a few of them.  They smell fantastic and the kids just love the idea of smelly good stamped pretties. 

This first card uses the Sweet Shop DSP and the fun Edgelits.  For this card I stamped the Popsicle in Lucky Limeaid and then used VersaMark over the image so I could use my Melon Embossing Powder.  Once I had the image embossed I cut out the Popsicle and placed it onto a small Popsicle stick using a Mini Glue Dot.  I love all of these colors together as I think they are very spring and fun. 

For this card (really the same card) I decided to take a bite out of it. Ha Ha! Okay, I took a bite with my Scallop Circle punch.  How fun is that.  Want to know the best part? On the inside of this card I used the Sweet Shop Designer Stickers.  LOVE THESE. 

Here is a peek at them:

Of course I used the Fudge Pop sticker and it matched the one I made.  I love this card because it smells yummy and all the bright colors. 

With my extra hour I was able to make TWO Digital Studio layouts too.  I KNOW! Crazy!!

Here are my layouts to share:

The downloads I used on this Digital Page are below.

Jandra Snickerdoodle font
Springtime Vintage DSP
Tempting Turquoise Small Polka Dot
Circle Punch
Tasteful Trim punch Shape 3
Eggceptional Easter Doily
Happy Birthday Large White Flower
Spring Fever Flower 12
Spring Fever Flower 27
Kraft background
Downtown Grunge Frames

Below are the downloads I used for this layout.

Strength & Hope-Love
Strength & Hope DSP
Everyday Enchantment DSP
Scallop Circle Punch
Flag Punch
CK Script
Downtown Grunge Frame
Scallop Border Trim

Well, I think that is a lot to take in on a Monday. I hope your day continues to be fantastic and enjoy the sunshine if you have it.  The East Coast is beautiful right now and the Cherry Blossoms are getting ready to bloom.  Hopefully in between the nice weather you are able to craft up something good.  If you need products to browse, check out my Online Goodie Store and see what's SPRINGING up in there. 

XOXOXO

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Back to Normal…Again

After a weekend of sickies I've de-funked the house with BLEACH and we are back to normal. Well, sorta.  My family is never fully normal but we try hard. Ha Ha. 24 hours after Alexis had antibiotics on board she was feeling fabulous.  Running around like my normal girl again.  Hearing the kids giggle has been music to my ears.  I hate when my kids are sick. 

I took a day off yesterday from stamping and literally spent 6 hours cleaning and laundry.  It had to be done.  This made for a creative Monday.  I like when that happens.  I've been working on all kinds of projects.  I was lucky to have my bestie in the stamp room this morning helping me with some stamping projects too.  I love when Denise can come visit because we can make LOTS happen in my stamp room.  While we were stamping today we listened to the Piano Man tune the ole' Player Piano.  It was pretty unbearable until the very end when he finally played a song!  It sounded beautiful.  Now if someone in our house could learn to play the piano I will be very happy. We played a few piano rolls tonight and Russ and I danced in the piano room.  We smooched and the kids just giggled.  They are so funny.  Sigh!

I have another Blossom Builder card to share tonight. 

I was inspired by a card in the Occasions Mini on page 18.  I followed the same design almost and tweaked it a little for my class because we used the Hat Pins.  I love these colors and I'm not one to typically use bright colors.  I'm finding myself drawn to them more and more.  You can see that bright colors are very trendy in the fashion world too.  Again, I highly recommend the Blossom Builders Kit because it's a fast and fun way to make lots of cards. 

I've still been going strong with My Digital Studio too. I have a layout to share.  I'm working on a 3-D project using the program as well.  I am super excited about it and can't wait to share.  Here is the layout:

I couldn't wait to scrap this moment.  Since I was nursing my girl back to health I didn't want to leave her side and work in my stamp room.  I brought my stamp room next to her bedside with my laptop.  WHOO HOO! Now that is awesome.  *giggle*  I can't help it. I have to share one more….

I'm going to work harder to describe which downloads I am using in my next posts.  I've been paying more attention to learning than what product/downloads I'm using and I realize this is not helping you at all.  I will pay closer attention. 

Hope you had a FABULOUS Monday. 

XOXOXO

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Spring-Bring it On!

Holy Cow, Spring must be around the corner after the day we had in VA today.  Just beautiful.  I wanted to stay outside all day but work called.  Stamp work that is.  I've got many projects up my sleeve that I'm working on this week.  I have two projects to share today.  Bare with me as I share more My Digital Studio layouts this week. Totally addicted to digital designing because I can throw my laptop in my bag and off I go to the next kiddo activity.  I sit and design (look kinda important too) away while the kiddo's are enjoying their activities.  We all win in this situation.  <smile> 

Let me share a few fun cards first.  These are from my Card Buffet I've held this week. 

This first card uses the You're My Type stamp set.  WHAT a CUTE set.  This is a super easy card that you can sit down and make tons of.

My next card uses the Elegant Bird Die cut along with the Sale-a-Bration set Fresh Vintage and Everyday Enchantment DSP.  You can receive the Fresh Vintage stamp set and Everyday Enchantment DSP FREE with each $50 purchase.  GREAT GREAT DSP.  I love it.  Again, this is a fast card and easy to duplicate LOTS and LOTS of times.  The "Happiest Birthday" sentiment comes from the Apothecary Art stamp set. I love the font of this sentiment. 

Again, I'm diving into My Digital Studio so that I feel comfortable teaching my first basic class next week to my local customers.  I am really excited about this class because it will be my first Digital Class.  Tonight I want to share a layout that I made after seeing a layout on Pinterest. 

I love these pictures of the kids and it was a fun day that we had with Russ when he popped into the states from Iraq during his deployment.  I'm not sure if I ever told you about the scrapbook I made for Russ at Christmas time.  I made a book for him before he came home that took about 3 weeks for me to finish.  It was completely done using My Digital Studio.  My book was 100 pages and it's my most prized gift I've ever given to him.  I love it so much because the digital book told the story of Myself and the kids over the 7 month deployment.  It was filled with the good, the bad and the ugly. I left nothing out of this book and the reason I love it so is because of the journaling that is written in the book.  I've been a scrapbooker since 1996.  I cannot tell you how many traditional pages I have that do not have a stitch of journaling on them.  Why, you ask? Because I'm a procrastinator and I told myself I would go back and journal.  Guess what? I haven't gone back to journal.  I think this is one of the reasons why I'm enjoying My Digital Studio.  I journal right away because I know I'm going to send the page or book to print soon. 

Again, I encourage you to take a minute and download the FREE trial.  Give it a whirl.  It's a GREAT program. Go to my Online Store and you will find lots of fun things. Oh and GUESS WHAT???? Exciting news!!! There is a new product that you can purchase today. 

You can start ordering the Diagonal Plate for your Simply Scored today.  I'm super excited about this.  Visit my Online Store to order your own.  You will love it. 

I hope you have a FANTASTIC day!

XOXOXO

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