Friends 24/7 and RBT Clue #1

Hi Everyone,

As you my know the Royal Blog Tour will commence in the next several days.  There will be one lucky winner who will win a Fabulous Prize…read below for Clue #1 and what you need to do. Make sure you fill out those entries correctly. Good Luck!!

 

I wanted to share this simple but Elegant card with you that I did with the Friends 24/7 Stamp Set. It’s such a pretty delicate image. I decided to use our gorgeous Cherry Cobbler Card Stock and colored the flowers in with my blended pen and ink pad.

 

Unfortunately the color didn’t photograph true to life as it’s starting to get dark but you get the idea. I’ve also used a mat of Early Espresso and a Embossed Vanilla Mat using our Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. …and don’t you love the Ribbon? It’s the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and just luscious!

I hope you enjoyed my little share today.

Stamping 411 Sketch 175

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to another Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge. I had a tough time with this one and took the liberty of changing the image design a bit. I hope you like it.

Here is the sketch:

….and my interpretation:

The base of the card is Always Artichoke and cut at                      5 1/2 x 8 1/2, The Cherry Cobbler Mat is 4 x 5 1/4 the thin Always Artichoke Mats are 1-1/8” x 4” and on that I used some of the fabulous Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper. The design was actually one that is very simple…kind of an open check design in Vanilla and Crumb Cake…I added some stamped images (Elements of Style ) in Always Artichoke and (French Foliage Dots) in Cherry Cobbler to tie in the colors even more.

The oval is one of our Big Shot Dies and is the inside of the large Scallop Oval. I sued the Bells and Boughs set which so compliments this DSP as well as the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon. OMG!! that ribbon is the BESTEST!!!! As you can se I did a Triple Bow!! How fun!! That ribbon is so easy to work with.

Well I hope you enjoyed my little post today and hope you’ll come back soon. In the meantime please hop on over to the Stamping 411 Blog and  play along. It’s fun!!!

Thanks for stopping by and as always…..

Have a Stampinglee Good Day!

Blog Under Construction & Loads of Love Card Share

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick hello to let you know that my Blog is getting a bit of a blog lift…I hope you will enjoy it when it’s done. Hopefully that will be in the next day or two, so bear with me.

Just a quick share I did for a workshop earlier in the week. The Hostess wanted to use the Loads of Love Stamp Set…so this is what I came up with.

 

Loads of Love is a cute little set that has lots of accessories with it and then another set of purely accessories…it’s an easy set for any occasion. On this one we masked the truck and added a Christmas Tree….they had fun with that. It was colored with the Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens….my new favorite way of coloring.

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for the rest of my new blog updates.

Don’t forget to add yourself to my newsletter list now located on the left sidebar under the Alaskan Cruise Picture. You’ll get the pdf for the Tri-fold card and the rest of the “Countdown to Christmas Newsletters. You only have to subscribe once.

Countdown to Christmas #2 Greeting Card Kids

Hi Everyone,

Today is Tuesday and that means another FREE pdf file for you. That is if you sign up for my newsletter. If you have already signed up don’t worry you will get it, no need to sign up again. If you haven't signed up yet please go to my right side bar and sign up. You can find it right under the Honorary Queen Badge.

My share for today is made with the Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set….isn't it cute?

Please let me know if I can assist you with any of your stamping needs or feel free to shop at my online store.

Thanks for stopping by and of course…

Think Pink and Almost Time For the Christmas Countdown #2

October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Inspire, Create & Share with Pretty in Pink to Spread Awareness

Aren’t these Pinks just the best? What an awesome time to remember someone that has had Breast Cancer with a homemade Gift Of Love. Remember Ladies to do those self exams and to get those Mammograms….it’s that simple and that important.  In the meantime….enjoy our Pink Products brought to you exclusively from Stampin’ Up!

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Pretty in Pink Products

  1. Cardstock – 8-1/2 x 11 & 12 x 12 pkgs.

  2. Classic Ink Stamp Pad  

  3. Classic Ink Refill

  4. Stampin’ Write Marker

  5. 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon

  6. Craft Ink Refill – use with new uninked Craft Pad (Holiday Mini item)

  7. 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

  8. 1-1/4” Wide Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

  9. 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon

10. Simply Adorned Charm – pink the insert

11. Supernova Fine Stampin’ Glitter (inc. pink)

12. 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon (white borders)

13. Décor Element – Manhattan Flower

14. Simply Sent Sweet Hello Kit – includes pink ribbon rosette flowers to attach to card

15. Décor Element – Upsy Daisy

16. Jumbo Stampin’ Around Cartridge (blank) – ink with the classic or craft pink reinker of your choice

17. Ribbon of Hope – Single Stamp

18. Décor Element – Faith, Hope, Love & Life

Many of these products are also available in other light or “ dark pink” colors: Rose Red, Melon Mambo and the lighter newly returned Pink Pirouette or Blushing Bride!

There are more Pretty in Pink Décor items and Stencil images for inking in the new Definitely Decorative Catalog.  More wonderful stamps too in the full catalog.

Décor Elements can be broken up into smaller pieces for small projects and applied to mugs, tiles, votive candle holders, plates, laptops, pictures. Many other imaginative uses as well – apply to walls, mirrors, windows, Cars or other large surfaces.

Please feel free to order these products from your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator or if you don’t have on….visit my website here an place your order there.

Christmas Countdown #2

Are you ready for a sneak peek? Sign up for my news letter (you don’t have to if you already have) on my right side bar and you will receive the Free PDF file showing you how to make this.

Hope to see you back tomorrow with the full shot of this cute little card.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you back tomorrow.

Have a Stampinglee Good Day!

Stamping 411 Sketch 174

 

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back! I have a fun, fast and fabulous card for you today. It’s time for the Stamping 411 sketch challenge again.

Here is the sketch

…..and her is my card…..I deviated a bit on the bottom….it was just screaming Ribbon to me so I did it.

This card is so easy and I think a WOW!! Cards don’t have to be difficult to be a WOW….let me tell you what I did.

Stamp Set is a Level 2 Hostess Set called Peaceful Season

Card Base is 4 1/4 x 11 in Very Vanilla

Black Mat is 3 –7/8 x 5 1/8 and DSP is 3-3/4 x 5

I sponged the edges of the DS with Black Stazon and adhered to the black Mat. I then cut a black mat 2-1/8 x 3- 1/8 and my image piece is 2 x 3

I stamped the image with Black Stazon to give it that rich black look. I then added the Peace on Earth image and mounted it with dimensionals onto the black mat. I felt it needed a little POP so I took my 2-Way Glue pen and ran it down the edges of the image piece and sprinkle on some Dazzling Diamonds. WOW!! It popped alright.

I made a bow and wrapped it around the matted DSP Piece and attached to the card front with dimensionals. Then I assembled…..I still felt it needed a little something….so I stamped the world and cut it out and attached to the center of the bow. Then I thought why not add the sparkle to the edges of the card……oh my…it’s so pretty in person. I actually had to go outside to capture some of the sparkle and still didn’t capture all of it.

So that’s it….an easy, fun and WOW card that took very little time. I hope you enjoyed your visit and will go over to Stamping 411 this week and play along.

Have a Stampinglee Good Day

Oh My! Two Guest Stampers!!!

Hi Everyone,

Guess what? I’ve got two more boxes to show you using the Tutorial that was offered to you the other day.

The only way to get that Tutorial is to sign up for my newsletter on my right side bar.

Now my two friends Carole’ Anne and Sandi have share the boxes they did with it. Are you ready? Hang onto your hat…these are Fabulous!!!

Here is Sandi’s box using the same template. Isn’t it just beautiful? See more of Sandi’s fabulous work by just clicking on her name above.

…and now Carole’Anne’s

Equally as beautiful!!! Click on Carol’ Anne’s name above to visit her blog of Fantabulous Creations.

Funny how we all did the same box and came up with three totally different things. This was a lot of fun…we’ll have to do this again. Remember you can get the Free pdf Tutorial just by signing up for my newsletter on the right sidebar of my blog. It’s that simple. Thanks for stopping in and as always…..

Have a Stampinglee Good Day!

Did You Guess My Countdown to Christmas Idea? …and Special Bundles From Stampin’ Up!

Have you figured it out yet?

Isn’t this an elegant box? For those of you that signed up for my newsletter on my right sidebar you will be receiving this Box Tutorial in you email inbox..

View from the side…….

Here is an view from the top? See the Truffles? Yum!!!

This box just reminds me of a Black Tie Event….don’t you think. It was fun to make and hopefully my recipient will like it.

Keep checking back and watch for my next Countdown to Christmas!! Remember all you have to do to get the Tutorial is sign up for my newsletter on my right sidebar.

More box ideas coming tomorrow……

On to the Bundles

Here is the Bundle Deal of the Century...make sure to check it out. I mean really...the Vintage Christmas Bundle is only $19.92 for the Clear Mount Stamps Set and the Fabulous Designer Paper that goes so well with it. Make sure to check it out below.
If you decided to purchase you can either email me here or place an order online at my Stampin' Up! Store....click on Products and then Shop Now.
THE BUNDLE SALE

Vintage Christmas Bundle #124067 wood $23.92
Vintage Christmas Bundle #124068 clear $19.92

Contempo Christmas Card Bundle #124071 wood $20.72
Contempo Christmas Card Bundle #124072 clear $17.52

Tags Til Christmas Bundle #124077 wood $38.32
Tags Til Christmas Bundle #124078 clear $31.92

Gift Packaging Bundle #124083 wood $26.32
Gift Packaging Bundle #124084 clear $19.92

Simply Adorned Gift Bundle #124076 $39.88

Frame Gift Bundle #124075 $19.92
ALL bundles represent a 20% savings from catalog pricing.
Thanks for stopping in and I will be back in a week or so with more Stampin' Up! News.

Thanks for stopping in and as usual……

Have a Stampinglee Good Day!

Countdown to Christmas & Free Tutorial for You

Hi Everyone,

Once a week I will be doing a “Countdown to Christmas” for you. Each week I will be offering a free PDF Tutorial….all you have to do is sign up for my newsletter on the right sidebar. That’s all it takes. So starting right now until the end of the week you can sign up for this weeks newsletter and it will start mailing to you tomorrow.

Here is a little peek of what you’ll be able to make…..remember all you have to do is sign up for my newsletter on the right sidebar right under the Honorary Queen box .

Can you guess what this is?

I’ll be back soon…make sure to have a Stampinglee Good Day!

Stamping 411 Sketch 173

Hi Everyone,

What a fast week, huh? It’s already time for yet another Sketch Challenge from Stamping 411

Here is the sketch:

…and my interpretation.

….as Patty Chesky said: “She’s backkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!” She cracks me up. So I know I use a lot of white and I challenged myself to do more color cards and I did…..but I just couldn’t with this one. All because I wanted to put a moon in the image piece…makes sense, right? hehe

This is just my own personal vision of how Old St. Nick would have looked. Doesn’t the white and blue make it sort of icy cold looking…just like it should be? It was fun creating this….I hope you enjoy it.

The white Card is cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

The Marina Mist Mat is 4 x 5 1/4

White embossed piece is 3 7/8 x 5 1/8

Image Piece was stamped on a scrap and cut out.

I colored the image with Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens.

I made mask for the moon with my 1 1/4” circle punch and cut the circle out of a post it note with some sticky on it. Placed it on top of the reindeer and part on St. Nick and added the blue with my pencils and blender pen. Then removed the mask. Once I was finished I cut all around the Holly (not for the weak of heart)!! It was a lot of little cuts that’s for sure. I then mounted it on with dimensionals and added my double bow. That’s it.

I hope you will play along this week or just stop by the Stamping 411 blog and see what the other Operators are up to.

Thanks for stopping in and hope to see you back soon.

Have a Stampnglee good Day!

Stamping 411 Sketch 172~Peace Within

Hi Everyone,

I’m going to get away from my Christmas Creating for today.

It’s time for another Stamping 411 Sketch and I’m saying Good-bye to summer with this card.

Here is the sketch:

…and my interpretation.

Did you ever have a day at the end of the summer and just know fall was coming? that’s how I felt when I created this card. As you my know I live in Florida and we have lots of Hot weather but the other day as I was creating this it was a bit cooler and the air was crisp and I thought…..fall is almost here. So I wanted to say Good-bye to the Pool and the Beach and the Lake…..by doing this lazy ode to Summer Card. Can’t you just feel the air getting cooler?

Anyway enough of my daydreaming…..the card was done with "The Peace Within" Set and colored with my trusty Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens….love those things for coloring.

The card base is Crumb Cake and is cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Early Espresso Mat is 3 7/8 x 5 1/8

Pale Plum is 3 3/4 x 5

Early Espresso Mat is 3 1/8 x 3 5/8

Image Piece is Whisper White and 3” x 3 1/2”

Stamped the image in Black Stazon and colored with my Watercolor Pencils outlining the image and the lines. Then with my Blender Pen I swirled the color from the edges in to create the varying color. I added some brown for the sand and blue for the water and a lighter blue for the sky. I added a few seagulls…..don’t you see more of those at the end of the summer??? That’s about it except I did emboss the Pale Plum with the embossing folder and added a bit of choc. Chip Grosgrain and one of our fantabulous brads (Antique Brads).

So that’s it….I’m so happy you stopped in. Hope you’ll take a little time to play along this week over at Stamping 411!!

Have a Stampinglee Good Day!