November 24, 2011

Hi everyone!  I don't have a post for today, but I wanted to check in and say
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

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November 22, 2011

Good Morning!  Last night I sat at my computer to post this card and next thing I knew I fell asleep.  When I woke up I figured it was time for bed and I would post this tomorrow, so here I am! 


I came across this card created by peebsmamma on splitcoast stampers and I wanted to case her card, but I didn't have the stamp set she used.  Don't you hate that when you see a card you love, but you don't have the stamps to create it?  Well, as I was looking through my stamps the other day I realized that the one stamp in my watercolor trio set looks very similar to the stamp in the peaceful wishes stamp set that Susan used, and so I was off to create my card.

The sketch/layout was from a previous challenge on the clean & simple stamping blog so I used the same layout and the same colors.  Basically the only thing I changed was the stamps and that I added a rhinestone jewel next to my Merry Christmas sentiment.

I first stamped my image using wild wasabi ink and then using my real red Stampin' Up! marker I added a few red dots around my stamped image.

This would be a perfect card for sending out to friends and family this year since it's relatively flat and it wouldn't need extra postage.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you ever have any questions feel free to send me an email.  You will find my email address at the bottom of this post.

Stamps: Watercolor Trio, Christmas Greetings
Card Stock: White, Real Red, Subtles DSP Paper Pack
Ink: Real Red, Wasabi
Supplies: SU Real Red Marker, Rhinestones Jewels

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Good Morning!  I'll be back later today with another post and a project, but I wanted to take a minute to let you all know about the online extravaganaz sale Stampin' Up! is currently having.


Beginning today, (Monday, November 21), through Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Stampin’ Up! is holding an Online Extravaganza.   These are great deals to start of the holiday shopping season!  You will recieve hostess benefits for orders over $150. 

You can go to my website : http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/lalatty/promotions
and view the items on sale. To place your order simply click on the shop now tab.
Items are discounted up to 60% off

Two of our brand-new products will be discounted 20 percent today only!
122334 Simply Scored $29.95 $23.96
125152 Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps $16.95 $13.56

Please email me with any questions of if you would like me to email you the pdf. flyer.
Happy Stampin’

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November 18, 2011

Good morning!  I wanted to remind you all again to be sure and sign up for my newsletters so that you will be able to enjoy my specials when I offer them.  

Today I'm posting 2 cards for you.  These two cards I made using my new Leaves of a Tree stamp.   This is an a la carte stamp in the current holiday mini catalog and it sells for $9.95.

I stamped the tree image using chocolate chip ink and then I began to assemble my card.  My old olive border was punched using my scallop border punch and then I decided to try and use up some of my ribbon scraps and I placed two small pieces of ribbon along the left side of my image panel.  I wanted to try and keep my cards more on the flat side so that they would be good for sending through the mail without needing to pay for extra postage.

Stamps: Leaves of a Tree
Card Stock: White, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Spice Cake DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch


This card was created almost the same as my card above; in fact I made these two cards together with some of the paper scraps I had left over from when I made my lollie wreaths a few weeks ago.  My tree image was stamped using chocolate chip ink and then I simply assembled my card.

Stamps: Leaves of a Tree, Holiday & Wishes
Card Stock: White, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Spice Cake DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Supplies: Ribbon, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thank you to you all for stopping by!  I'm only 15 followers away from having my Simply Score tool giveaway so if you haven't done so already I'd love to have you follow me.  Enjoy your weekend!

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November 17, 2011

Hi everyone! I've been busy this week so I must apologize for not posting sooner. I wanted to take a moment to thank all of my new followers. If anyone would like to sign up for my monthly newsletter please send me an email at pebbles4@ptd.net  I will be having special offers that I will be giving to my newsletter subscribers only. For those of you who already receive my newsletters be sure to watch for my special email next week!

Also, we only need 16 more followers and I will be giving away a new Simply Score Tool from Stampin' Up! If you would like to enter you need to leave a comment for me on this blog post found here-----> Simple Score Tool Giveaway.  If you sign up to receive my newsletters I will enter your name twice. If you already receive my newsletters I will be entering your name twice as well.

I also wanted to let you all know (and I forgot to mention this in my newsletter) I do have Stampin' Up! gift certificates available for anyone who would like to purchase one for a holiday or other gift.  I will include a lovely holiday hand stamped card with every gift certificate purchase.

Now on to today's projects. I wanted to make some Christmas cards using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set just to show you how versatile this set it. Lovely as a Tree is one of my favorite sets and it's perfect for so many occasions. I've used it for sympathy, masculine, fall, and Christmas cards too!  The two cards I am sharing with you today would be perfect for your holiday cards since these wouldn't require extra postage.

The first card I'm sharing with you is a case of myself.  I made a card similar to this one awhile back when I was on the Clean & Simple design team on splitcoast stampers.  This time when I made this card I made it even easier.


I simply stamped the tree image using chocolate chip ink and then I stamped some smaller snowflakes using night of navy ink, but I stamped off onto a scrap piece of paper first so that they would appear lighter. Then I did some sponging for my background and next, I punched out my 4 squares. When you are punching the squares to make it appear like a window you will want to try and punch as close to each square as you can.

To complete my card I layered my squares onto my night of navy card stock and and then using a scrap piece of designer series paper I punched the bottom using my scallop border punch and that completed the window look I was going for. My dsp was placed on my card using dimensionsals.

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Curly Cute, Merry & Bright- for the small snowflakes
Card Stock: White, Night of Navy, SU DSP
Ink: Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip- for the tree image
Supplies: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Scallop Border Punch, Dimensionals, 1 3/8" Square Punch
Technique: Sponging

The second card I made uses the same stamp sets and card stock colors, but my card is a little different. 


I used night of navy in to stamp the tree image and then I applied a nice amount of dazzling diamonds glitter over the trees using my 2 way glue pen.  It's very glittery in person.  My tree panel was placed onto my card using dimensionals.

My background is embossed and I created the horizontal lines by using my simply score tool and scoring my lines every 1/4" (another great use for the simply score tool).  I only placed the scor lines on the upper half of my background so that the bottom half would be unembossed and I would be able to stamp my sentiment below my main tree image.

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Curly Cute
Card Stock:  White, Night of Navy
Ink: Night of Navy
Supplies: Simply Score Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Dimensionals
Technique: Dry Embossing

Well, that's about it for today.  I'm off to work on a piece of framed art that I started a few days ago.  Have a wonderful day!

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November 11, 2011

Happy Friday! My kiddos have off from school today so I have to make this short today. They are waiting for their breakfast. I recently hosted a Christmas cookie recipe swap and this is the page that I made for my swap.  The cookie pages were to be designed with a holiday theme in mind.


The recipe I used is for my famous Chocolate Chip cookies. Really, everyone loves them. When I take them to bake sales they sell out fast and I have friends that wait for me to make them every year. I'll post the recipe below so that you can save it for yourself.

To make my page all I really did was to randomly stamp my background using old olive and cherry cobbler ink and then I decided to hunt for my spritzer tool and splatter my background. I really had to dig for my spritzer tool; I think it's been ages since I've used it. I used my cherry cobbler Stampin' Up! marker for my spritzing.

Then I printed my recipe from my computer and I decided not to go with the traditional black ink and so I tried picking a burgundy color ink that I thought would match. For my embellishment I used a spiral clip with a small piece of ribbon attached. That's a great way to use up some of your ribbon scraps.

That's about it for today. Just yesterday I decided to host my first cookie exchange party so I'm hoping all the new recipes from my swap will come in handy.

Have a great weekend. I'll be back on Monday!  And before I forget here is my cookie recipe just in case you aren't able to read it from my photograph:

The best Chocolate Chip Cookies ever!

 Ingredients-
4 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 sticks of marg or butter softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 (12 ounce) packages Milk Chocolate Chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions-
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking soda and
salt & set aside. Beat butter sugars and vanilla in mixer bowl
until creamy. Add eggs & mix well. Gradually beat in flour
mixture (I use my dough hooks when adding the flour since the
batter will become thick). Stir in morsels and nuts- (I mix in
these by hand). Drop cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet.
(They do not spread very much so you can place them close
together). Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Let
cool, move to cooling rack, & let cool again. Enjoy!

Stamps: Bells & Boughs
Card Stock: White, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Supplies: Ribbon, Spiral Clip, Spritzer Tool, SU Old Olive & Cherry Cobbler Markers,
Technique:  Spritzer Tool

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November 10, 2011

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing with you the cards I made using the leftover scraps from when I made my fall and Christmas lolllie wreaths.  (I posted those wreaths the other day).



I think the spice cake and holly berry bouquet designer series papers are so pretty and I just couldn't bring myself to throw out my scraps. I ended up with some 1" strips of paper leftover and so this is what I came up with. My fall card does have one strip of dsp from a paper pack from Sale a bration 2011.

First, you will want to take a quarter sheet of card stock and cover it with adheasive. Then starting at one end lay your strips of paper on top of your card stock. You will want to try and keep the straight and line them up so that there is not any space between each strip.

Next, all you need to do is to place your designer series paper onto of your die (I used my Stampin' Up! top note die on my cards) and then run it through your big shot machine.  You will want to try and line up your die with your card stock so that it's in the middle of your die.  And now you are ready to assemble your card.  I added my sentiment using dimensionals.  It's as easy at that!  I made these two cards in about 10 minutes.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed my project today!  See you tomorrow!

Stamps: Best Yet, Happy Harmony
Card Stock: Christmas Card- Very Vanilla, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Holly Berry Bouquet Paper Scraps.  Thanksgiving Card- More Mustard, White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Spice Cake Designer Series Papers
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Big Shot Machine, Top Note Die, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Dimensionsals

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November 8, 2011

Hi everyone! I'm at it again! I just can't seem to stop making these wreaths. I made 3 of each of these last week. You know when your friends and family see them they all want one! If you would like to see how I made these wreaths (and enter my simply score tool give away) I posted a tutorial awhile ago you will find that thread here--->click here.  If you have any questions about how I made my wreaths feel free to send me an email at pebbles4@ptd.net

It took me about 1 1/2 hours to make each wreath (don't forget I have a little one I'm chasing so it might take you a little less time).  Plus, I have found that the quickest way to make the lollies is to score first and then cut.  In other words, if you are using two sided designer series paper then most likely you will be using the pattern on the other side, so cut your dsp at 3" x 12" and score every 1/4".  Once you are finished with your scoring then cut your dsp in half so that now you should have 2 strips of scored dsp that measures 1 1/2" x 12".  Since I was making more than one wreath using the same dsp I cut my dsp at 6" x 12"- then I scored every 1/4" and then I cut my paper into 1 1/2" x 12" strips.

I forgot to mention yesterday that I do have two size lollies on my wreaths.  For the larger size I cut my dsp at 1 1/2" x 12" and for the smaller lollies I cut my dsp at 1" x 12".  To make it even easier, I'll cut my strip of dsp at 2 1/2" x 12" and then score every 1/4" and then I'll cut off my 1" for the smaller lollie.  This way you will not be scoring so much and you will be able to make your wreaths so much faster.  I also wanted to mention that cardboard will work for the backing of your wreath.  Just do like I did and find two larger round items to place on your cardboard and trace around.  A dinner plate and a salad plate work perfect for this.

This is a fall wreath I made using the new designer series paper found in our current holiday mini catalog. I was able to make 3 wreaths out of one package of designer series paper and I have enough to make 1 more. I also used my paper scraps to create some fall cards. I'll post those cards tomorrow so be sure to stop and visit me tomorrow.


Below I posted photos of the Stampin' Up! designer series paper and buttons that I used to make my fall wreath.  The designer series paper and buttons are both available in our current holiday mini catalog.  I also use some neutral buttons and 1 1/4" grosgrain ribbon which are both available in our idea book and catalog.

Designer Series Paper Spice Cake       # 124003 - $10.95
Designer Buttons Spice Cake               # 124113 - $7.95
Designer Buttons Neutral Collection     # 119743 - $8.95
1-1/4 Inch Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Soft Suede   #125060 $9.95
(I didn't use soft suede ribbon- my ribbon is a retired color, but soft suede is the current color that would match the Spice Cake designer series paper).


And this is the Christmas wreath that I made using the new designer series paper from the current holiday mini catalog.  Again, if you would like to see how I made my wreath please see my tutorial that I posted here----->click here.


Below I posted photos of the Stampin' Up! designer series paper and buttons that I used to make my Christmas wreath. The designer series paper and buttons are both available in our current holiday mini catalog. I also use some neutral buttons and 1 1/4" grosgrain ribbon which are both available in our idea book and catalog.

Speciality Designer Series Paper Holly Berry Bouquet # 124004 - $12.95
Designer Buttons Holly Berry Bouquet                        # 125636- $8.95
Designer Buttons Neutral Collection                            # 119743 - $8.95
1-1/4 Inch Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Cherry Cobbler #125056 color) $9.95













I hope you liked the wreathes I showed you today.  Be sure to visit tomorrow and I will share the cards I made with my leftover scraps I had from making my wreaths.  Have a wonderful rest of the day!

Stamps:  None, but I bet Hand-Penned Holidays (in the current mini) would be perfect on these wreaths.
Card Stock: Designer series paper- Spice Cake & Holly Berry Bouquet, and I have 1 real red lollie on my Christmas Wreath
Ink:  None
Supplies: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Buttons, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Ribbon, Glue Gun, Glue Sticks, Scissors
Technique:  Paper folding, Scoring
 
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November 6, 2011


Happy Monday! I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you for being patient with me. This past week has been real busy and I wasn't able to update like I wanted to so today I am posting early. Also, thank you to all of my new followers and don't forget that once I reach 200 followers I will be giving away a new Stampin' Up! Simply Score Tool to one of you.  If you aren't sure what I am talking about, please see my blog post found here--->click on this link here.

I saw the clean & simple challenge posted on Splitcoast stampers and I knew right away what card I was going to make.  I just ordered this stamp set because I knew it would make lovely Christmas cards.  If you just beginning to stamp this card is perfect for you since you wouldn't need to purchase a lot of items plus this card is so easy to make.  It only took me about 5 minutes to make and if you leave off the pearls it would be perfect for mailing. 


I used the Bells & Boughs stamp set to create my card.  I stamped the larger poinsettia stamp in two of my corners using old olive ink and then I stamped it again just at the edge of my corners using cherry cobbler ink.  My sentiment was stamped using cherry cobbler ink and then I simply added three tiny pearls.  I also decided to use my cherry cobbler marker and put a few dots in the centers of the old olive poinsettis and that was it- super cute, quick, and easy.   

I hope you liked my card today.  I have quite a few projects ready to share with you all the next few weeks so be sure to check be when you can.  Make it a great day!

Stamps: Bells & Boughs
Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Supplies: Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SU Cherry Cobbler Marker

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