& Me

I think these pages are pretty self explanatory.

Supplies
Stamps: I {heart} Hearts, Contempo Alphabet
Ink: Ruby Red, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Paper: Ruby Red, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White

Landon

This page will be great for that first hospital picture.  The tags will allow mom to circle Landon's birthday.  Not that she'll ever forget what day it is.

Supplies

Stamps: Short Order Alphabet, Fox & Friends, It's a Date

Ink: Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Paper: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP

Accessories: Small and Large Tag Punches, Big Shot, Top Note Bigz Die, Slot Punch, Hemp Twine, Buttons, So Saffron 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals

Landon's Baby Book

My cousin is going to have a baby boy any day now!!  As a gift I made an 8" x 8" scrapbook page for her so all she'll have to do once Landon arrives is print some pictures and glue them down!  So the next few posts will be pages of the book. 

This is the book cover.  It's just a plain brown scrapbook, so I added some ribbon and a Chipboard Element to fancy it up a bit.

Supplies
Stamps: Rough Edges Mini Alphabet
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Old Olive, Sweet Pea DSP
Accessories: Pumpkin Pie 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Hemp Twine, On Board Chipboard, Word Window Punch

Rose Whale

Another thank you card!!! This one came together really quick, mostly because it was inspired by a card I saw on SCS. I don't remember the last time I used my Stampin' Sponges so it was fun to get them out again.

Supplies
Stamps: Animal Stories, Short & Sweet
Ink: Rose Red
Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP
Accessories: Stampin' Sponges, Corner Rounder Punch

Pick a Petal of Thanks

Corinne is still being given gifts and I'm still making thank you cards! I recently acquired Pick a Petal in a trade so I was so excited to use it for the first time! I love the look for the paper pieced petals so I had to do that first. And I liked the drawn lines of the petals and the center of the flower so I hand-drew the lines around the edge of the card.

Supplies
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Short & Sweet
Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Whisper White Craft

Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White
Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wonderful Father

This is the 3rd Father's Day card I made. This one is for my dad. I dug through my stamp sets to find one I hadn't used in a while. I veered from the norm with this card, because I usually only use Wonderful You for fall cards and scrapbook pages. I think this is the first time I used it without using a brown or orange color.

Supplies
Stamps: Wonderful You, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Hemp Twine, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

1st Father's Day

Today is my hubby's first Father's Day!! We've got a nice day planned including a small present! Accompanying the present will be this card. I wanted to make a robot for DH and I saw a card on SCS with a punch robot so I used it for inspiration. DH liked the Smooch Spritz on his dad's card so I used some Smooch Spritz on his card, too.

Supplies
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Foil Smooch Spritz, XL Cog Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Small Tag Punch, Double Circles Punch

Gearing Up for Father's Day

Father's Day is tomorrow!  Are you ready?  I had a heck of a time getting this card done and in the mail.  Not because it was terribly difficult, but because I had a fussy baby hanging out with me while I was stamping.  It took me all day, but I finally finished it, but I don't think it's going to make it to it's destination in time.  I'm sure my father-in-law will understand, though.

Supplies

Stamps: Contempo Alphabet, Everything Baby, Celebrate Everything

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Old Olive

Paper: Closet to Cocoa, Sweet Pea DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: XL Cog Punch, Log Cabin Smooch Spritz, Word Window Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Cutter Kit

Welcome Baby

Today I am going to a baby shower!!  And for the first time in the past few months it's not my own!  :)  This mom-to-be is having a little boy so I had to go with the monkeys!

Supplies
Stamps: Fox & Friends, Cheep Talk, Everything Baby
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Taken with Teal
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Spiral Punch

Thank You Elephant

The amount of stamping time I have has significantly decreased lately, but thank you cards are still needed, so I managed to whip this one up really quick.  It's nothing fancy, but then again, I am a clean and simple stamper.  

Supplies
Stamps: Out of the Box, Short & Sweet
Ink: Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig

Last Chance List

 The Last Chance List is here!  These are the stamp sets that will no longer be available after June 30th.  Be sure to get your must haves before then!!  To view the list of retiring sets click on the picture to the right.

Happy Mother's Day

Today is my first "almost" Mother's Day.  My little one didn't want to arrive before Mother's Day, but I still got some snuggle and love from my first born furbaby.  I did send out two Mother's Day cards, though.  One for my mom and one for my mother-in-law.  And they have a good story to go with them!

I wanted to emboss on my cards, so I got out the glossy cardstock, inked up my stamp with Versamark, stamped, painstakingly colored the image with Stampin' Pastels, inked up the stamp with Versamark again and overstamped, poured embossing powder on my cardstock................and my embossing gun wouldn't work!!!!  I tried it in a different outlet (even though the lamp plugged into that outlet was working) and it still wouldn't work!!  I was so upset!  Not that it is now dead.  It is almost 6 years old after all, but because I took all that time to color in the image and now I had no way to heat it.  So, with a resourceful eye I scanned the craft room to see what I could do.  And it hit me!  The iron!!  So I headed over to sewing land and grabbed the iron.  I turned it on, held it upside down, and set my cardstock on top of it.  It worked!!!!!!  I did have to kind of hold the cardstock down on the iron (not with my fingers!) to melt all the embossing powder and it did overcook the embossing powder easier, but it turned out OK.

Supplies

Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Whimsical Words

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Versamark

Paper: Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Circle Scissor Plus, Earth Elements Buttons, Stampin' Dimensionals, Lattice Texturz Plate, Big Shot, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Sponges, Clear Embossing Powder

National Scrapbooking Month

Take your scrapbooking to a whole new level with Stampin' Up! Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month throughout May by stamping in your scrapbook. Stamping is great for creating titles, journaling, and embellishments on scrapbook pages, and this month you can earn free Designer brads when you purchase a qualifying scrapbooking stamp set.

During National Scrapbooking Month, May 1-31, get a FREE package of Designer brads with the purchase of My Digital Studio (item 118108) or any of the following stamp sets:

Page	Description	Wood-Mount Item	Wood-Mount Price	Clear-Mount Item	Clear-Mount Price
81	Extreme Elements	115181	$26.95	---	---
119	Framed with Love**	114389	$27.95	---	---
128	Certified**	113706	$27.95	---	---
129	Circle Circus	115778	$28.95	---	---
12*	Elements of Style	118611	$27.95	120045	$19.95
13*	Momentos	119910	$27.95	120105	$19.95
13*	Éléments de style	119900	$27.95	120099	$19.95
14*	Rough Type	118659	$26.95	120072	$18.95
22*	Sentimental Journey	118513	$23.95	120075	$17.95
25*	First Day	118521	$23.95	120051	$17.95
25*	Camino a la Escuela	120152	$23.95	120154	$17.95

*From the Summer Mini Catalog
**A Last Chance stamp set!

Choose from the following Designer brads with qualifying purchase:

Page	Description	Item
179	Flower Designer brads	112579
179	Filigree Designer brads	112577
179	Circle Designer brads	112571
179	Star Designer brads	112572

Smooched Butterflies

My 8 year old niece had a birthday this weekend so I had to make a girly card.  This was the perfect opportunity to use my new Smooch Spritz that will be available in the Summer Mini starting next month.  I used the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz on my Bashful Blue card base.  It gave a very soft shimmery effect.  I can't wait to use this spritz on more projects (and get the other two colors I didn't preorder).  I'm going to have fun with this stuff!!!!!

The four colors of Smooch Spritz coming are Vanilla Shimmer, Silver Foil, Gold Glow, and Log Cabin.

Supplies

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly

Ink: Pixie Pink, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink

Accessories: Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Piercing Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

Punch Buggy

No, no, not the VW kind.  The baby kind! 

So are you tired of the baby thank you cards, yet?  Sorry........I have a one track mind these days.  And a lot of thank you cards to write.  This baby buggy is so easy to make with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch.  And using the 1 3/8" square punch for the "cut out" part.  This card was so easy to make.  Just piece everything together, glue it down, stamp your sentiment and you're done!

Supplies

Stamps: Trendy Trees

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 3/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Square, 3/4" Circle, Double Circle, Scallop Square Punches

Color Rennovation

You wanted retired In Colors to come back?

There are several colors in the core 48 colors you don't like?

You want new In Colors to stick around for more than 1 year?

Well, guess, what!  You get it!  Stampin' Up! announced a renovation to the core colors they offer.  There will be 4 color collections with 10 colors each.  25 of those colors are carryover colors (colors from current color families).  10 of those are returning In Colors.  5 are new colors.

Just think of all the fresh and new color combinations you can make!!  Here's a chart of what the new color collections will be.  This will get your brain juices flowing!!

And if you are can't live without some of the colors that are on their way out you have until the end of June to stock up.  Here's a chart of the colors that will be leaving us.  I know there are a few that are on my "must stock up on" list!

Two Step Into Spring

April's promotion will have you two-stepping into spring with a great new stamp set!! This stamp set will be available in the new Idea Book & Catalog in July, but you can get it early!!! You can earn the new set, Awash with Flowers, for FREE by hosting a $350 workshop in the month of April. This set will make beautiful cards and scrapbook pages for Easter, spring, sympathy, thank yous, and any other occasion you can think of!!

As a customer you can purchase this stamp set before it is released in the IB&C.

Item	Description	Price
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)	$39.95
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)	$27.95

You can also save 20% on select two step spring sets.

Item	Page	Description	Discount Price
113824	94	Greenhouse Garden	$20.76
113734	98	Fifth Avenue Floral	$19.96
111578	101	Flower Fancy	$29.56
113258	112	Trendy Trees	$14.36

This promotion is only good for the month of April, so act fast!

Last call for........

No, no, not alcohol!! It's the last call for Sale-a-bration freebies!!! Today is THE LAST day of Sale-a-bration, so if you haven't taken advantage of this great promotion CALL ME RIGHT NOW to place your order. Don't miss out on the limited edition items that are available or go ahead and pick one of the free items from the IB&C.

More Thank Yous

It was fun to make a card here and there as gifts trickled in, but since I now need a bunch of cards at once I had to go the mass production route.  But I think I came up with a cute design that was quick to put together.  I made several cards with each animal assembly line style.  I'll probably make some more using the lion, owl, and fox, which I didn't use in these ones.  I love this stamp set!!  The animals seem to be perfect for every baby/birthday/thank you card I need these days!!  If you don't yet have it it's in the Occasions Mini which is only going to be around until the end of April, so get it while you can!!

Supplies

Stamps: Fox & Friends, Circle Circus

Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke

Paper: So Saffron, Temping Turquoise, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss, Whisper White

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Technique: Masking

Whale of Thanks

As the gifts trickle in I make cards!  I guess I should try to make a few ahead of time.  Maybe I will get working on that this week!  This one is going in the mail tomorrow.  I used last week's card sketch from SCS as inspiration.  I thought the Summer Sun panel needed a little something so I made a faux button!  It looks way cuter in real life!! 

Supplies

Stamps: Fox & Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Photo Corner Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Crop-a-dile, Linen Thread