Fun With My Fun Flowers Die!

I haven't bought a lot of dies for my Big Shot.  I have tons of embossing folders, sizzlits, embosslits, etc., but I'm a bit frugal when it comes to spending a lot of money for a die.  But I did fall in love with the Fun Flowers die when I saw it in the mini catalogue!

I decided that I want to make quick, easy thank you cards to put in with my customers' orders.  And this die is perfect for that!  I can make 16 flowers with eight sheets of cardstock (I used Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi and Rose Red).  The card base is So Saffron, embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  I put the flowers together with Brights glimmer brads (I would have used Subtles, but I don't have those yet!).  It took me about 20 minutes to make all these cards!

I can't wait to make more fun cards with this die.  And I think it will be perfect for some spring scrapbook layouts...

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings to you,

Ribbon Share Update

I have a few spots left in some Ribbon Shares, so let me know if you're interested!  (See my earlier post for more information)  Sign up for as many as you want!  I’ll order the ribbon for each share once I have all the spots filled.  Just email me or leave me a comment to sign up.  (Prices are in Canadian dollars, and you'll need to pay for shipping if you're not in my area.)
 

Spring Ribbon Share

All ribbon comes pre-cut and neatly rolled in clear, labeled Ziploc bags.

½” Seam Binding  - $15 (3 more people)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 7 colours of ½” seam binding (Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red)

5/8” Satin Ribbon - $35 (5 more people)

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of 13 colours of satin ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

Special Ribbon - $10 Filled

·        Whisper White Organza Ribbon (3 yards)

·        Victoria Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Chantilly Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Very Vanilla 3/8” Taffeta (2 yards)

1/8” Taffeta Ribbon - $25 (1 more person)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 13 colours of 1/8” taffeta ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

In Color ½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon - $12 Filled

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of the 5 In Colors Stitched-Poly ribbon (Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz).

February Scrapbook Club Layout

I just realized that I forgot to post the layout we did at my last Scrapbook Club meeting!

We did a cute baby layout, with my club ladies having the choice of Pretty in Pink or Bashful Blue.  The boy layout had Marina Mist accents and the girl layout had Blushing Bride accents.  I used the adorable Baby Bundle stamp set and Baby tees jumbo wheel for this one.  And of course, Bitty Buttons and Subtles brads with satin ribbon to make cute baby accents!

Blessings to you,

We Have A Winner!

My 50 For 50 board filled up this week, and random.org chose number 16!  Our winner this time is Celeste M.  Congratulations on winning a $50 gift certificate from me!

 

Remember that for every $50 you order from me at one time (before tax & shipping), you get to choose a square on the 50 For 50 board.  When the board fills up, I use random.org to choose a number, and whoever has that number wins a $50 gift certificate!  Online orders count as well.

A new round starts now, and the board is already filling up!  Since it's Sale-A-Bration right now, every $60 order gets you a free SAB item AND a spot on the 50 For 50 board AND an entry into my SUPER Sale-A-Bration draw for over $150 in Stampin' Up! products!

Blessings to you,

Spring Ribbon Share!

I don’t know about you, but when I start making Spring cards, I get very excited about putting all kinds of pretty ribbon on them!  It just goes so nicely with the floral stamps and pretty spring paper.  So I thought it was time once again to do a ribbon share so we can all have lots of colours of ribbon without paying for the entire rolls.  Sign up for as many as you want!  I’ll order the ribbon for each share once I have all the spots filled.  Just email me or leave me a comment to sign up.  (Prices are in Canadian dollars, and you'll need to pay for shipping if you're not in my area.)

Spring Ribbon Share

All ribbon comes pre-cut and neatly rolled in clear, labeled Ziploc bags.

½” Seam Binding  - $15 (4 more people)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 7 colours of ½” seam binding (Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red)

5/8” Satin Ribbon - $35 (5 more people)

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of 13 colours of satin ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

Special Ribbon - $10 (4 more people)

·        Whisper White Organza Ribbon (3 yards)

·        Victoria Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Chantilly Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Very Vanilla 3/8” Taffeta (2 yards)

1/8” Taffeta Ribbon - $25 (2 more people)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 13 colours of 1/8” taffeta ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

In Color ½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon - $12 (2 more people)

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of the 5 In Colors Stitched-Poly ribbon (Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz).

March Stamp Club Cards

I've got Spring Fever!  Even though it's still cold and snowy here, I've been itching to get out my spring stamps and colours and make some floral cards.  So we're having a spring theme this month!

I've been wanting to make a clear envelope brag book with this group for awhile, and I love the way the Springtime Vintage designer series paper looks for a little memory book.  I used the Baja Breeze dsp, cardstock and seam binding for this card, along with the Baby Blossoms and Define Your Life stamp sets.

This next card uses a cool technique I learned at one of my upline, Winona's, meetings.  I used my embosslits die to cut out the flower in Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight, then cut window sheets with the embosslits as well.  I attached a window sheet flower over each coloured flower with a Brights brad.  It makes a really fun, bright flower!  I finished off the card with some of the Sale-A-Bration Ice Cream Parlor designer series paper, some Polka Dot embossed Whisper White cardstock and Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, all layered on an Old Olive card.  The sentiment is from the Sale-A-Bration set So Happy For You, stamped in Old Olive as well.

I also thought it would be fun to make a waterfall card, and this one is a simple kid's birthday card.  I used a couple of stamp sets: Look Who's Turning and Animal Stories.  I used some fun kids colours from the Subtles colour collection: Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Rose Red.  For the card and designer series paper (from the Subtles Paper Stack), my club will have a choice of colours from the five listed above.  I also added some Subtles brads to hold the slider part in place.

Should be lots of fun!

Blessings to you,

February Stamp Club Projects

I am very excited about this month's projects!  I learned some really cute techniques and cards at my upline, Winona's, last meeting, and I can't wait to share them.

This first card uses a technique that's popping up all over the place.  We're calling it "Inlaid Embossing", but I've heard it called a few other things!  I CASEd the design from Donna Wizniuk, a talented lady in our downline group.  I started by embossing the card base with the Framed Tulips embossing folder.  Then I put together the center part, layering some Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory, Basic Black, First Edition dsp and an Early Espresso Full Heart. I ran the whole thing through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder.  I finished it off with a pop of colour using a Regals button threaded with linen thread.

Winona showed us how to make this cute present card, so I adapted it to use the Sale-A-Bration designer series paper, ribbon and buttons.  I LOVE the bright colours!  It pops open from the top and there's a card insert inside.  I also used the new Build a Cupcake punch, and I crimped the bottom part of the cupcake. 

The bow on the top is made with the small and large oval punches.  Punch out the small one first, then punch the large oval around the hole left by the small oval punch.  Then arrange them in a "bow" shape!  Too cute!

Those of you who are Stampin' Up! demonstrators will probably recognize the last card from the January issue of Stampin' Success magazine.  I love the builder wheels, and this card is perfect for showing how you can use them for something other than a border.

I embossed the card base with the polka dot embossing folder.  Then I rolled the builder wheels across the Rose Red piece with Chocolate Chip ink and wrapped some Pear Pizzazz twill ribbon around it.  I layered that piece on the Chocolate Chip and Pear Pizzazz cardstock.
 
I've had some requests for learning how to use heat & stick powder, so I added some bling with heat & stick powder and green glitter from the Fine Cosmo glitter pack for the word "wish".

Thanks for reading today!

Blessings to you,

January Stamp Club Cards

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!  I'm such a bad blogger - I don't think I posted once all of December!  Perhaps one of my New Year's resolutions should be to blog more consistently... I'll see if I can find the time!

Anyway, here are the cards my Stamp Clubs will be making this month.  I'm loving all the new products in the Occasions mini catalogue, so we're using lots of them!

I CASEd a card created by Julia for this one.  She showed a cool technique using re-inkers and alcohol that I had to share with my club ladies.  You put a few drops of rubbing alcohol in a container (I use empty SU! brad containers), then a few drops of re-inker in the alcohol.  Then use a sponge or cloth to dab the colour over glossy white cardstock for this cool background.  I used Rose Red, So Saffron and Perfect Plum.  Then, I stamped all over it with the small flower from Flower Fancy in black Staz-On. 

The big flower uses a cool technique that I've learned a few places (including Julia), where you punch out the shape and run a bone folder over it several times until the paper starts to come apart at the edges.  Gently peel back the top layer to get a cool faux-suede-looking flower. 

The ribbon bunch is super easy - just put some sticky strip down and press the ribbon into it as you "loop" it across the front of the card.

I really wanted to use the heart treat cups this month to make a Valentine card, so here's what we're doing.  I borrowed this layout from Cindy and changed up the colours and the method for making the slider.  I like making treat cup cards that you can get the candy out of without ripping the card apart!  This one has the slider tab that you can pull out and get the candies out through a hole in the inside of the card.  (It will be filled with red & white M & Ms if I can find some for my club!)  I used the gorgeous new Real Red glitter paper for this one!  Isn't it pretty?  It goes so nicely with the Early Espresso.

And what Occasions mini stamp club would be complete without the new Petals punch and matching stamp set?  I had to pre-order this as soon as I saw it!

This card uses the Patterns paper from the Filled with Love bundle, along with Rose Red, Blushing Bride, Regal Rose and Certainly Celery.  I used Pretty in Pink satin ribbon across the bottom of the card, but I've ordered Rose Red seam binding which I hope will be here in time for my club on Monday because I think that would look better!

I hope the ladies like them!  Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings to you,

November Scrapbook Club Layout

Nothing like leaving things until the last minute!  My Scrapbook Club is meeting tonight, and I just finished figuring out our layout!  The ladies fell in love with the layout on p. 35 of the Idea Book & Catalogue, so I tried to adapt it to make it more conducive to a club (i.e. affordable supplies and quantities!) and add a second page to it, and this is what I came up with.

 

 I love the combination of Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi and Early Espresso!  I never would have thought to use them together, but it's really striking.  

Anyway, hopefully the ladies like it!

Blessings to you,

November Stamp Club Projects

I have found the cutest Christmas projects for this month's stamp clubs!  I will admit they are all CASEd because they are too adorable not to reproduce!

This gorgeous vintage Christmas card was created by Sherry Roth.  It uses the Deck the Halls designer paper, champagne glass glitter, tinsel, gold waffle paper (so many fun embellishments from the Holiday Mini Catalogue!). 

Kimberly Van Diepen (could she be any more talented!?) posted a fabulous tutorial on her blog about how to make these treat cone decorations, so I came up with a Christmas version using the Jolly Holiday designer series paper.

This cute Christmas card was on a display board at a Stampin' Up! event I attended, so I'm not sure who came up with it, but don't you love the little presents made with the petal card punch!?  I punched out the "gifts", then ran them through the Big Shot in the polka dot embossing folder.

The tree branches are the evergreen tree stamp from Lovely as a Tree (is there anything you can't use that stamp set for?).

I'm so looking forward to Stamp Club tonight and next week!  I have such lovely ladies in my clubs again this year!

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings to you,