Recycling

Good morning!  I know I've been missing for a little while, but I'm still here.  This is a busy time of year for me and with baseball season and my son's first game is today.  I hope his team does well today.

You may have noticed something a little different about my blog.  I've added tabs along the top and I made a Stampin' Up! Specials & Announcements tab.  I will post any SU news there and I will keep that updated so if you are looking for any SU news simply click on that tab above.

I made this card for my ABC blog challenge and since Earth Day is this week we've decided to go ahead and use something recycled on your card.  There's still time to play along this week some come join us.  The current challenge can be found here.

I was looking through my sewing basket because I had to sew a patch on my son's baseball uniform and I came across some denim patches and I was about to throw them out when it dawned on me that I should try to use one and I did.  My lattice die cut was made from an old denim patch.  I have to tell you I was very surprised at how nicely my big shot and the die cut through the patch.  I never cut anything other than paper so this was a nice surprise.

My white and river rock backgrounds are dry embossed using the perfect polka dots embossing folder.  My flowers were cut out using the blossom party die and the flower centers were punched using a 1/2" circle punch.  I had a small strip of the denim patch left so I cut it and place that towards the bottom of my card.  I have dimensionals under my river rock layer.

I used the ticket punch to punch out my sentiment.  I'll have to create a video showing you how I did that, but basically I stamped my sentiment and then punched it out making sure the words were along the top part of the ticked and then I placed the punch out onto a scrap peice of card stock and I was able to punch it again along the bottom and that is how I was able to make the punched shape more narrow that it really is.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and thank you to my new followers.  I promise I will begin posting more often now.  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Create a Cupcake- for the sentiment
Card Stock:  White, River Rock, International Bazaar DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Lattice Die, Blossom Party Die, 1/2" Circle Punch, Button, Twine, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Ticket Punch
Technique:  Dry Embossing

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Stampin' Up! Color Refresh

Good Morning!  I have some Stampin' Up! news to pass along to you all.  If anyone has any questions about anything please feel free to send me an email and I'll get back to you right away.

Announcing our Color Refresh!

In 2010 Stampin' Up! did a big color renovation and they said they woud have smaller color refreshes every three to five years. Well it has been three years and Stampin' Up! has just announce that the upcoming 2013-2014 annual catalog will include 10 new colors (most of which are returning In Colors from previous years)! We are welcoming back some of your favorites, moving some colors around, and introducing one brand-new color, so take a look! 

Beginning on April 4, 2013, all retiring/discontinued color products (i.e. ink, paper, ribbon, accessories, etc.) will be available only while supplies last.  (Click on the photo below and you'll be able to see the color families a little better).

I also wanted to mention that when the new catalog comes out there will be new color kits that you can purchase.  New color cardstock & pad kit which includes 10 Classic Stampin' Pads in the new colors and 20 sheets of cardstock (8-1/2" x 11"); 2 each in 10 new colors.  There will also be a stampin write marker color kit and that includes markers in the 10 new colors.

The new colors families are:

Brights:  Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive

Subtles:  Pink Pirouette, Calyspo Coral, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist

Regals:  Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Night of Navy, Cajun Craze, Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, Perfect Plum, Garden green, Island Indigo

Neutrals:  Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Here's a great video from Stampin' Up! that shows you the new color families!





Beginning on April 4, 2013, all retiring/discontinued color products (i.e. ink, paper, ribbon, accessories, etc.) will be available only while supplies last.

Free Shipping on Everything for Three Days!

We're excited to let you know that we are offering FREE shipping on EVERYTHING April 6-8 (excluding expedited orders)!  There are no minimums or limits.   Free shipping starts: Saturday, April 6, 2013; (12:00 AM MT) and runs through Monday, April 8, 2013. (11:50 PM MT)  Free shipping is for North America only.

Watercolor Pencils and Crayons Discontinued

Due to unforeseen problems with our supplier, Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Watercolor Pencils are being discontinued.  Watercolor Pencils (item 101879) and Watercolor Wonder Crayons Brights Collection (item 119804), which have been on the Backorder Report for about a week, will no longer be available, effective immediately.  We still have the remaining collections of the Watercolor Wonder Crayons available to order. The Subtles (item 119802), Neutrals (item 119805), and Regals (item 119803) Collections are only available while supplies last.

Petite Curly Label Punch Now Available

The Petite Curly Label Punch that was in the Sale-A-Bration catalog is now available for purchase. You can buy it through May 31st, and it will also be available in the new 2013-2014 annual catalog.

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My email address- pebbles4@ptd.net
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Creative Crew Cards

Hi everyone!  I have a few cards for you today!  These are the cards I made for this month's Splitcoast Creative Crew challenge.  We'd love to have you play along with us!  The challenges this month are great!

This card was made for the color focus challenge which was to use the soon to be retired incolors.  I decided to use all of the retiring incolors in my stamped flower image.  I just stamped the flowers and and I added a few basic pearls in the center of some of the flowers and then I cut out my image using the label framaelits.

My background was dry embossed using my honeycomb embossing folder and they all I needed to do was to assemble my card and add my ribbon and sentiment.

Card #14 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Summer Silhouettes, Petite Pairs
Card Stock:  White, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral
Ink:  Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder
Supplies:  Labels Collection Framelits, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals
Technique:  2 Step Stampin', Dry Embossing


This card was made for the Holiday focus which was to create a masculine card and we were to try using a non-masculine set or try a new technique.  For this card I decided to try a new technique. 

I never tried double embossing before and so on this card I decided to give it a try.  I dry embossed my background using the chevron embossing folder and then using my versamark ink pad and clear embossing powder I heat embossed over the raised embossed background.  It turned out great and it looks neat in person.  I even clear embossed over the blue truck on my image.

To create my image I did some paper piecing.  I really didn't want to color the image so I just did some stamping.  I stamped my image first using cajun craze ink and then I stamped it again onto a piece of scrap paper using night of navy ink.  I cut out the night of navy truck and placed it on top of my main stamped image.  I did the same thing for the 'fresh apples' sign using more mustard ink.  I did use my SU markers to color in some of the grass and the apples.

Card #15 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Countryside, Petite Pairs
Card Stock:  More Mustard, Night of Navy, Cajun Craze
Ink:  More Mustard, Night of Navy, Cajun Craze, VersaMark
Supplies:  Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Heat Gun, Clear Embossing Powder, SU Markers, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, VersaMark Marker
Technique:  Double Embossing, Heat Embossing, Dry Embossing, Paper Piecing

This card was made for the Holiday focus which was to create a masculine card and we were to try using a non-masculine set or try a new technique.  On this card I used the create a cupcake set and I tried making masculine cupcakes.  What do you think?  I think it worked.  The cupcake tops were stamped, punched out and dry embossed using my perfect polka dots embossing folder.  The bottom of the cupcakes were just stamped and punched out.  The center cupcake has a bow stamped on it and I added a small rhinestone gem.

I did some paper piercing along the top and bottom of my baja breeze card stock and I used my scallop border punch along the bravo burgundy card stock layer.  To complete my card I added some twine and then stamped the sentiment.

Card #16 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Create a Cupcake, A Word For You
Card Stock:  White, Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy, River Rock
Ink:  Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy, River Rock
Supplies:  Twine, Scallop Border Punch, Rhinestone Gem, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Cupcake Builder Punch
Technique:  Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing


And lastly, I made another card for the holiday focus which was to create a masculine card and we were to try using a non-masculine set or try a new technique  I'm not sure if I like the way this card turned out, but I figured I'd better let it alone before I mess it up.

I used the leafy image from the SU Just Belive stamp set.  I stamped the leaves and then the sentiment slightly over it.  I then cut it out using the ovals collection framelits.  On the crumb cake oval I added some paper piercing and I did some distressing using my scissors along the oval edge.

I even tried a new technique on this card.  After I dry embossed the chocolate chip layer using my argyle embossing folder I swiped my white craft ink pad along the raised areas to sort of give it the sanded/distressed look.

My background was dry embossed with some lines using my simply score board.  I decided to add some ribbon with a button and twine.

Card #17 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Just Believe, Petite Pairs
Card Stock:  River Rock, White, Chocolate Chip
Ink:  River Rock, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, White Craft Ink
Supplies:  Big Shot, Argyle Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch, Ribbon, Twine, Button, Simply Score Tool, Ovals Collection Framelits, Occasions Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scissors- for the distressing, Simply Score Tool
Technique:  Distressing, Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

Well, that's about it for today, whew!  I'm hoping to catch up with my 100 cards in 100 days goal.  This isn't an easy challenge!  Have a great day, see you tomorrow!

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