Use Your Supplies

Ahh… You've seen this title before.  Since I've been cleaning out my stamp room getting ready for the big sale coming up, I have found tons of kits from past conventions that I may have started but I was too chatty to finish.  I am the WORST to stamp with in public.  Not because I want to hog all the supplies but I will run my mouth the entire time and you will get nothing done along with myself.  I can't help that God gave me the gift of GAB.  <sigh>

Anyhoo, I wanted to make our school nurse a nice gift for Nurses Week and used my old supplies to make something with new supplies.  Best of both worlds.

I used our awesome Whisper White Note Cards.

I started with a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock and stamped the greeting from Forever with You stamp set.  This is a new set that's gorgeous.  I die cut it using our Apothecary Framelits.  I then mounted it onto a Whisper White 21/2" Circle punch and added a little of that fun Polka dot ribbon.

 To make the pocket simple seal your envelope and cut off one end so the entire length is 4 1/8".  I cut a half moon circle using my 2 1/2" Circle punch.  Now my card slips in nicely.  The front of the card is all flat stamping except I added a few tiny pearls to add a little more texture to the card.

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Have a GREAT weekend.  See you Monday!

XOXOXO

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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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The Sky is the Limit

Good things are happening in my stamp room lately.  I'm not sure if I had told you about this earlier but I'm on a mission to complete a challenge.  A little goal setting if you will with a lovely Stampin' Up! staff member.  I believe 100% in setting goals and I love to set goals and adjust them as I see fit.  Lately I've had to be realistic with myself and come up with a better plan on how I'm running my business with two beautiful but ACTIVE kids.  I'm on the go a lot… however I know that this doesn't mean I can't do my business.  In fact, I think that's the beauty of a good challenge. Just seeing HOW I WILL make it happen.  I'm keeping my challenge a secret for now… but you will understand it soon.  I'm learning that the Sky is the Limit and just as I've always said to my kids and my downline, "You can do anything that you set your mind too!" 

Speaking of the Sky is the Limit… this card is perfect for today.

I love Hot Air Balloons and we are always lucky when we go home to Iowa to see a few in the air as his family lives near the Balloon Field.  The last time we were there Russ went up in one and he loved it.  I had fun chasing it. 

This card uses one of our new Designer Series Papers called World Spectacular.  LOVE, love this paper.  Every single sheet.  I pulled out my Up, Up & Away stamp set and put it to good use tonight. 

I started with Island Indigo cardstock for the base and added a piece of Whisper White CS to mat the DSP onto it.  The balloon is stamped onto Crumb Cake cardstock.  I punched that tiny little Decorative punch using my Decorative Label punch.  Have you seen this done before? Maybe I should do a little tutorial on it? I doubled up the Natural buttons and tied a little Linen thread into them.  I also placed a Daffodil Delight brad on the card to hold my greeting.  Confession… I have barely used my colored brads.  I love how this brad looked on the card.  I will start using more of these.  It's super cute. 

Hope you are having a GREAT week. 

XOXOXOXO

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Catalog Case Take 2

We all get so excited when we see the new products in the catalog but one of things that I get really excited about is the beautiful artwork in the catalog.  I love thumbing through it to find projects that I want to re-create.  I was having a hard time coming up with a card to make Brandon for his birthday.  I do not have many "boy" sets on hand so I was really racking my brain.  I went to the new catalog and found a card that I thought would be boyish enough and use a few new products too- SCORE.

I used the Forever Young stamp set.  Honestly, this stamp set hasn't seen a lot of ink and after making this card I'm sad it's been neglected.  For this card I used a few new In Colors such as Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit.  I love that the First Edition DSP is sticking around.  I could kiss the person that made that decision.  I love that paper and use it on just about everything.   The little button at the top of the frame is from our New Naturals Designer Buttons.  Love that they are neutral and you can use them on anything.  Even a manly card.  The stitched ribbon is also a new product.  These will come in our new beautiful In Colors.  They won't disappoint you.  I stamped the bottom greeting using my Fabulous Phrases stamp set and the only reason I did it like that at the bottom with another piece of cardstock is because I screwed up.  Yes, totally messed it up but I recovered it.  SCORE!

The one thing you are going to be excited about with our new catalog coming soon… the change in our ink pads.  They are incredible.  I can't wait to show you the MANY reasons I love them.  If you have ever tried an Ancient Page Ink Pad—–> That's what our new pads remind me of.  Just pure incredible. 

Most importantly Brandon liked his card. Alexis wanted to know how I got his picture in the frame.   LOL.  Silly kids. I want to thank you for taking the time to wish Brandon a happy birthday.  He loved it and he really had a GREAT day. 

You are amazing readers and I appreciate you SO SO SO SO much.  Thank you. 

XOXOXOXO

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Catalog Inspiration

My house is a happy place right now because I'm holding my NEW handy dandy Stampin' Up! Catalog. My eyes cannot gaze away.  I love the artwork.  I love it so much it was the inspiration for this card.  I found this very fun layout in the catalog and thought it would be great for my Tea Shoppe stamp set.  You can't begin to understand how excited I was to see this stamp set carry over.  It made me so happy.  The card itself is very simple.  I started with Whisper White Cardstock and used my Striped Embossing Folder directly to the base of the card.  I used a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock (3.5 x 3 3/4) and scored along each edge at 1/4" using my handy Simply Scored Tool.  Have you fallen in love with that product yet? It doesn't take much to fall madly in love.  I stamped my images onto Whisper White cardstock using Early Espresso and Rose Red ink colors.  The tea cup images were punched using the 1" Square punch and then matted onto a piece of Whisper White that was punched with the Postage Punch.  I added a little Rose Red Scallop Border punch under the Crumb Cake just like the card in the catalog.  You will notice the little flower on the safety pin… that's a yummy new embellishment in the catalog.  It's hanging on with a Mini Glue Dot for dear life.

Now, the big question… If you have the same beautiful new catalog I have, can you find the card I CASED?  If you do not have the NEW catalog I know a way you can get one FAST!  Sign up to be a demonstrator today and  you can have 4 of them sent to you!  It's so easy to become a demonstrator and even better now that Stampin' Up! has the $99 My Way Starter Kit.  YOU choose what you want in your starter kit. 

You can find out more about this great opportunity by visiting my website HERE.  I'd love to have you join my team. 

Hope you're having a GREAT week. 

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