All About R-einkers

I am so excited to share these fun cards with you at my Stamp Club this month! Each of them is made using Stampin' Up! Re-inkers with different techniques. I still have time to prep for more people if you would like to join in!

Candle Boxes completed!

Back in you June you may have viewed a picture of a box I had designed to be used as a wedding favor - sized just right to hold a Yankee Candle Votive. Today I finally finished all 96 of these little babies - Sorry Kim I am keeping two - Rick and Emma deserve a treat for entertaining themselves for the past two days :) If you missed June's post, you can view it here! It was hours worth of work, but I loved every minute of it - and I hope Kim and Pat like these little boxes as much as I do!

I put together a brief tutorial with the measurements and directions - cut on the solid lines and score on the dotted lines (except for the error!) please don't mind my horrible writing, and take note of the error on the box top where it's noted to score and not cut! I added a picture of a cut box top to help.





Thanks for stopping by today - GO PATS!

Beau Chateau

I have had this package of die cuts called Side Notes (#122379 $5.95) from the Belle Chateau Product Suite since July and just opened them this past weekend. Can you believe that I held onto these little darlings for this long? I needed a quick Birthday card the other day and these worked to make a perfect collage on the top of this card. I quickly put them together with a piece of Beau Chateau designer paper, a quick punch, a few pearls and a spritz of Log Cabin and Vanilla Smooch, and I was good to go....I think the recipient loved it too - well.... who wouldn't?

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World Card Making Day

Hi everyone,

Did you know that today is world card making day? I can't think of a better way to spend a dreary October afternoon inside than pulling out my stamps and paper supplies to make something fun and special, and I know that many of you feel the same! In honor of World Card Making Day I wantl to let you know that I have accepted a challenge of booking three Workshops in November. I have decided to offer an incentive - book your workshop in November and receive a *FREE* package of Winter Wishes Stitched Felt Accents. If you have $100 in outside orders on the night of your workshop you will also receive a *FREE* package of Mini Jingle Bells. You have to see these to believe how cute they are, it's a fun way to add a little Jingle to your holiday cards, tags and projects. All this is in addition to Stampin' Up!'s fabulous new Hostess Plan which gives you more options that they've ever offered before, plus the opportunity to purchase a Half Price Item. This is a great way to purchase the new Simply Scored scoring tool for only $14.98 - making your 3-D projects easier than ever before. You can see it HERE

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I have been busy working on some 3-D projects for a friend's wedding, but in Celebration of World Card Making Day today I decided to share this past card with you. This little cutie was made using Fabulous Florets, and the 2010-2011 In Colors - Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait. I spiced it up a bit using Vanilla Smooch Spritz. Have you tried this stuff on your paper crafting projects yet? It's something you definitely will want to add to your collection!

A Big Shot Christmas - 2011 Edition!

I must be on a roll because I just scheduled this class for November 6th @ 1:00 and my samples are already made and ready for a pre-view! I have been really having fun making Stocking Banners for the upcoming holiday season and I thought I should share them with YOU! Join me for this class on Sunday November 6th where we'll be making this Stocking Banner using some of the 2011 In Colors, two Petal Cone Ornaments and a stack of Match Boxes. I can just imagine some moss and a teeny little Cardinal in there, so I will most likely be making a trip to the craft store this week too!

I think the top of this match box is just the cutest thing, don't you?!

August Card Club

This month's Holiday Card Club was all about Fabulous Folds. We folded a Big Shot project with the Mini-Milk Carton Dies, made an easel card, and folded with some new quilted satin ribbon.

It took awhile to get these posted - guess I got a little busy with the start of a new school year!

Fabric Embellishments

Did you know that Stampin' Up! has a line of fabrics that can be used to spice up your cards and projects? Here I used some fabric from the new Holiday Mini to dress up these cute little bags. The tags were inspired by a card that Sandi McIver recently posted to Splitcoast Stampers. I love the color combination of Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, and Island Indigo that she used on her card - so I brought it over to my tags. They aren't necessarily traditional fall colors, but I like the different look it gave to my French Foliage Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Layered Punches

I have been coming across these cards recently and thought it was time to try making one of my own. Unfortunately it ended up that I needed two this week, but of which were not for happy occasions. I hope they touch someone's heart in a positive way - even if it's just to let them know I'm thinking of them!

Out On A Limb For You

Today I cased a card by Lydia Fiedler who is the featured stamper this week at Split Coast Stampers. You can see Lydia's card here or visit Lydia's blog to see what else she has conjured up. Whenever I need to lighten my mood I like to pop over to read Lydia's latest post and if you stop by her blog you might understand why!

I especially like the way Lydia includes her Fur Babies in her posts. This past weekend my cat has taken up residence in my stamp room - she likes the corner behind my desk when she's not sitting right on my work space. So I altered this card a bit in honor of my cat Salem - and Lydia's babies as well!

Hope everyone stayed safe during Irene's wrath - or her teeny little hissy fit, as we witnessed here in Western Mass!

Haunted House with Matching Card

I love making these little houses - they can be decorated to match the season and easy enough to make more than one to give away as gifts! Today I decorated mine with items from the upcoming Holiday Mini-Catalog available for purchase starting Sept. 1st.

On this project I used the new "Out On A Limb" stamp set, new In Colors,and some favulous Glimmer Paper. You can make one of these houses with the matching card for yourself at my upcoming class on Saturday September 24th @ 12:30. Call me to reserve your spot today!

One For The Weekend!

Here is a bottle I made for a friend of Rick's who recently got married. It was fun, quick and easy to create, using Nature Walk, and the Just Believe stamp sets, along with Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Soft Suede inks and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. It's probably hard to see, but there are butterflies and bumble bees stamped on this in Smooch Illuminate Ink.

I love the signs behind them too - Rick made those - pretty neat, huh?

Birthday Banner

Today's post was inspired by a project that Andrea Walford recently made. In my version I used up some of my retired DSP to make Emma's Birthday Invitations! I think the banners are adorable on this card....and I also find it so hard to believe our baby is going to be 8 in just two weeks!

I combined lots of elements and accessories to create this card - Create A Cupcake Stamp Set, Just Add Cake DSP, 1/2" & 3/4" Circle Punch, Pennant Punch, paper piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Build a Cupcake Punch,and Crochet Thread. Do you just love it?

Kindness Matters

I had so much fun with this set last weekend, can you tell? I am in the process of putting together baggie books to showcase the many ways you can use just one stamp set to get different looks and styles. On this card I used a layered marker technique similar to the one I used here. Karen Barber, one of my favorite bloggers recently posted a video tutorial using this technique on her blog A Stamper's Diary..

On this card I used a combination of fun stuff from the current Idea Book and Catalog - you can download a copy of this from the toolbar on the right or call me to book your fall workshop and get your own catalog for FREE! Here are the supplies I used:

Designer Frames Embossing Folder
Silver Foil Smooch Spritz
Always Artichoke Seam Binding
Linen Thread
Beveled Windowpanes
Stampin' Write Markers: Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, Mambo Melon
White Gel Pen
Always Artichoke Classic Ink Pad
Basic Black Classic Ink Pad

Thanks for stopping by to peek!

More Kindness

Kindness Matters is absolutely one of my favorite sets from this year's Idea Book and Catalog. It's one of those teeny stamp set with big possibilities. For this card I paired it up with the Designer Frames embossing folder, some punch art and a few embellishments. Here it's paired up with the Flower Garden embossing folder, Log Cabin Smooch Spray, punches and vintage embellishments.

Mega Halloween Class Part I

Join me next Saturday @ 10:30 for my Mega Halloween Class Part I - part two to follow next month! This was an awesome class last year, and I have some great new projects for this coming year. It is $15 to attend and I will take $10 off your Stampin' Up! order of $25 or more on this day. Call to save your spot!