Happy Grad

Happy Grad

This card showcases the new single stamp called Happy Grad - Item #117006 - $8.95

It can be seen on page 31 of the SU! Summer Mini Catalog!

The card was embellished with small stars and real red striped grosgrain ribbon.  It was created by Sue D

from Moosup, CT. She is one of the members of my coffee clubbers.  If you look closely, she created faux stitching using her basic black SU! marker.  Great job, Sue!  Thanks for sharing!

Zoo Animals - Punch Art!

Punch Art Scrapbooking

Today's post is showcasing how SU! punches can be used to create the most adorable scrapbook pages!  These pages were created for friends who is expecting their first child in September.  The baby's room is going to be decorated with cute zoo/safari animals and as a result...these were created!  Other than the long necks of the girraffe's, the remaining pieces were all created with SU! punches!

The girraffes are so stinkin' cute that they were worthy of a close up...thus the next photo for you to truly appreciate them!  lol  If you'd like to learn how to use your punches for more than layering stamped sayings, call me today to schedule an in-home workshop and I can teach you and your friends how to make some creative punch art!

Watercolor Trio - Birthday

Watercolor Trio - Birthday

Today's project was created by one of my coffee clubbers!  I want to give credit to the creator and I apologize but I'm not sure if it was Marlene's or Madonna's!  Our swapping took place so quickly that I didn't make a note of it!  Sorry!

The card is made from Always Artichoke and Mellow Moss Cardstock and offset by Pretty in Pink cardstock and tafetta ribbon!  The stamp set is called Watercolor Trio and is available in the SU! Summer Mini Catalog on page 16.  Remember, the items in this mini catalog are only available until August 31, 2010!!

Watercolor Trio - Item #117050 - $22.95 - Wood Mount

Watercolor Trio - Item #120084 - $16.95 - Clear Mount

Go, Graduate!

Go, Graduate!

I created this card for an awesome young man that recently graduation

from Dr. Helen Baldwin School in Canterbury, CT.  He is the son of some

great friends of ours!  He is a really easy going, mellow guy and for those of you

that know him... his feet are the high-top sneakers almost in the center! (His

favorite footwear!)

This card was made on Whisper White Cardstock, the layer is Real Red and Whisper White.

The stamp set is called, "Go, Graduate" 

Item #120054 $14.95 - Clear Mount

Item #118519 $19.95 - Wood Mount

My Digital Studio Introduction Video

I have many customers that have recently been asking for some training on the SU! My Digital Studio so I thought I would upload one of the best training videos there is!!  The one done by Stampin' Up!

Contact me today if you want a personal tutorial or more information about this amazing software!

MDS - Wedding Album

All A Flutter - Embossed

All A Flutter

Dry and Heat Embossing

This beauty has both dry (Big Shot) and Heat embossing techniques!  I used the All A Flutter stamp and stamped it in VersaMark ink on vellum cardstock.  I then used white emboss powder and the SU! heat tool.  After embossing I layered the vellum on a piece of Elegant Eggplant cardstock.  The overall card is done with Lavendar Lace and the polka-dot layer is Almost Amethyst.  It is finished off with a piece of Eggplant grosgrain ribbon and the greeting is from the new stamp set called Favorite Thoughts - Item #116968 $15.95 - Wood Mount / Item #120048 $11.95 Clear Mount.

The saying reads: 

"There is nothing wrong with the world that a sensible woman could not settle in an afternoon." -Jean Giraudoux

Punched Posies

Punched Posies

I created these samples using the Stamp Set - Punched Posies.  This set is only available to Hostesses whose workshop totals $300 or more!  Would you like to have this set?  I'd love to give it to you!  Schedule and hold a qualifiying workshop with me and you will receive it!

This set is called Punched Posies because you will see that each of the images matches with one of SU!'s exclusive punches!  Contact me today and schedule your workshop!

Elements of Style and All A Flutter

Elements of Style

&

All A Flutter

Today's sample was created using two stamp sets; both of which can be found in the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog.  These sets are available until August 31, 2010.  I used the Elements of Style - Item #118611 - $27.95 - Wood Mount / Item #120045 - $19.95 - Clear Mount  as well as the Single stamp called All A Flutter - Item #118284 - $6.95.

This photo really does this card no justice!  You have to see it in person!  The butterfly was stamped on vellum cardstock and colored (on the back side) with So Saffron and Only Orange marvelous markers.  I then used a dimensional to give it some "pop"!

 

All A Flutter

I recently purchased the new single stamp - All A Flutter - Item #118284 - $6.95 from the new Summer Mini Catalog.  I decided to take some time to experiment with it and see what I could do.  I had a ball!  Over the next few days I will be posting several samples that I created using this "one hit wonder"!!  I LOVE it!  Perhaps it is my love of the spring/summer months that make me like it so much!

This card was made using Lavendar Lace Cardstock.  The layer (textured with the Perfect Polka Dot Texture embossing folder - Item #117335 - $7.95) is made with Almost Amethyst.  Both of these colors will be retired as of June 30th.  I then used my 1-3/8" and my 1-1/4" square punches to create the backgrounds for my butterflies.  I stamped the two butterfilies on whisper white cardstock and used my blender pens and pastels to put some color in their wings. I then cut them out and used dimensionals to give them some "pop"!

Beautiful Wings - Embosslit

I created this card as a project for my recent Big Shot Club!  This card was not so much about the card itself...but the technique and the use of the Big Shot Machine!  The colors are Blush Blossom, Mellow Moss, and Elegant Eggplant.  If you saw my post a few days ago, you will recognize the textured layer!  If you didn't see the post, look carefully and you will see that the textured layer is two different colors!  I'd love to show you how I did this!  Contact me and I would love to do a workshop for you and show you how this is done!  The focal point of this card are butterflies cut and emobssed using the "Beautiful Wings" Embosslit - Item #118138 - $11.95

Contact me today!  I'll show you how its done!

Island Oasis

Island Oasis - Birthday

This is perfect for someone celebrating a birthday this summer!  The card was created using Bashful Blue cardstock.  I stamped the palm branches as a border on the left side using Bashful Blue Ink.  The card is then layered with a strip of DSP - from the Island Oasis paper found in the new Summer Mini Catalog!  The focal point is stamped on Whisper white cardstock and layered on a piece of Rose Red cardstock.

Supplies:

• Tropical Party Stamp Set - Item #118515 - $17.95 (Wood)
• Tropical Party Stamp Set - Item #120081 - $13.95 (Clear Mount)
• Cheers to You Stamp Set - Item #114944 - $17.95
• Bashful Blue, Rose Red, Whisper White cardstock
• Island Oasis DSP - Item #117173 - $9.95
• Marvelous Markers - Rose Red, Soft Suede, Bashful Blue
• Ink - Bashful Blue and Rose Red

Wise Ol' Owl - Big Shot - Top Note

Wise Ol' Owl

Isn't he a cutie?!!  I created him using my Big Shot machine and the most popular die sold by SU! demonstrators...The Top Note Die

Supplies:

• Top Note Die - Item #113463 - $21.95
• Scallop Circle Punch - Item #109043 - $15.95
• 1-3/8" Circle Punch - Item #104401 - $15.95
• 1" Circle Punch - Item #109046 - $10.95
• Close to Cocoa Cardstock
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Basic Black Cardstock
• Only Orange Cardstock

I thought I would also share a close up of just Mr. Owl's face so that you could really see just how cute he is!

Garden Whimsy

Garden Whimsy

I LOVE this card!  I created this card for a friend's workshop recently.  It wasn't really about the stamp set when I did this...it was all about the technique!  If you look real close you will see that the textured card stock appears to be two different colors.  That's because it is!!! 

Want to know how I did this? 

Schedule a workshop with me and I will show you!

The base of the card is Pretty In Pink and the textured layer is Mellow Moss.  It was textured using the new Texture Embossing Folder - Square Lattice - Item #119976 - $7.95

Stamp Set - Garden Whimsy - Item #113502 - $26.95**

Ink - So Saffron, Perfect Plum

Ribbon - Pink Satin117289 - $8.95

Scallop Oval Punch - Item #114889 - $15.95

Large Oval Punch - Item #107305  - $15.95

** Retiring Stamp Set - I am offering 15% off!!!  Only until June 30th!

A card for that special Guy

I needed a card for a special young man and this is what developed!  I used the Specialty Designer Serie Paper called - To the Nines!  This is probably the best DSP that SU! has ever had!  The colors are Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, and Close to Cocoa.  I used the X-Large Star punch, and the corner rounder punch for the focal point.  I then stamped the Congratulations on the DSP with Chocolate Chip Ink!

Baroque Motifs

Today's post is one using the the stamp set - Baroque Motifs.  The card is done in Ballet Blue

(soon to be retired cardstock) and layered with Cameo Coral (also retiring). 

It is embellished with 1/4" White Grosgrain Ribbon.  The greeting is also from the Baroque Motifs set and is stamped in Ballet Blue on Whisper White Cardstock.  It was punched using the Large Oval punch and then layered on a piece of Cameo Coral Cardstock that was cut using the Scallop Oval Punch!

This would be a great wedding or anniversary card!  If you'd like to get these retiring colors before they are gone, be sure to contact me ASAP.  Once they are gone...they are gone!

 

Big Shot Daisies

Today I am sharing a card that I created using my Big Shot Machine!  Oh, how I love that wonderful piece of equipment!!  I used the following supplies:

Daisies #2 Bigz Die - Item 114520 - $19.95
Little Leaves Sizzlet - Item 114511 - $5.50
Choc. Chip Courd.Button -114339 - $4.98**

** On the clearance rack at 50% OFF!

King of the Grill

Today's card is one of my own creations.  I used a stamp set from SU!'s new Summer Mini catalog called King of the Grill!  - Item #121707 - $18.95 - Wood Mount

Item #120066 - $14.95 - Clear Mount

The card is created using Creamy Caramel (which is retiring as of June 30th!).  The second layer is Close to Cocoa (which is also retiring).  I used my Big Shot Machine and the newest Texture Embossing Folder from SU! called Square Lattice - Item #119976 - $7.95 to texture this layer.

The focal point was created using watercolor paper - Item #105019 - 6.95, Stampin' Pastels - Item #105542 - $24.95, and Aqua Painters - Item #103954 - $16.95.  The card was finished with 1/4" Chocolate Chip Grossgrain Ribbon - Item #111367 - $4.95 and the Scallop Oval Punch - Item #114889 - $15.95 and the Large Oval Punch - Item #107305 - $15.95.

Petal Pizzazz

Today's post is a card done with the stamp set, Petal Pizzazz!  It is entirely done in the Earth Elements color family.  The card itself is Ruby Red.  The layers are Garden Green and Very Vanilla.  The large flower is stamped in Ruby Red ink, the flower that looks like an orange is done in Pumpkin Pie, the open petaled flower is done with More Mustard, and the smaller flower is stamped with Summer Sun.  Of course the leaves are Garden Green to match the layer!  It is finished with a piece of 5/8" Vanilla Grossgrain ribbon!

My Dear Friends......

Got this beauty in a swap recently.  I absolutely LOVE it!  This card demonstrates several techniques, stamp sets, and colors! 

Stamps:  Vintage Vogue, Great Friend, All Holidays

Ink:  Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Old Olive

Paper: Mellow Moss, Old Olive

Accessories:  Versamark, Clear Embossing Powder, Stampin' Sponges, Spritzer Tool

If you'd like to have me demonstrate these techniques at a workshop for you and your friends, contact me today to schedule it with me!

This was supposed to post yesterday...I don't know what happened! Sorry!

Trendy Trees

This card is a great way of showing off a group of colors from the same color family!  This one was created using the 2009-2010 "In Colors".  The card itself is white and then layered with Soft Suede.  The greeting is backed with Bermuda Bay; while the scalloped circles are one each of Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry.  The greetingi s from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set!

Can't wait to create this same card using the NEW  "In Colors"!  You're going to LOVE them!  Contact me today to find out how you can get the new colors for FREE!!!!

G & T Clubbers!

Today I thought I would introduce you to my newest club group:  The G & T Club!  They are so much fun!!! 

They are (Left to Right):  Chloe (Secretary), Aunt Neasy, Brooke, Grace, Pam, and Mom P.

Missing from the photo are Leslie, and Carla !

These girls are most known for the G&T and their love of high fat dips, chips, and wine!  Don't you love their new aprons?  Thanks so much to Chloe!  She is so awesome!

See you girls soon!

Watercolor Trio / Matchbox Bigz Die

Isn't this aweseome?!!!  This is the beautiful gift that I received from Jill for my Top 30 sales in March!  Not only is the necklace an original...but so is the packaging!  The package was created using the matchbox Bigz Die from the SU! catalog!  It was adorned using the Water Color Trio stamp set that is in the Summer Mini catalog!