October 6, 2011



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The card I'm posting today is one I made for a card swap that I signed up for.  In this card swap we were to create cards using scraps of paper, so don't throw away those scraps, you'd be surprised at how many lovely cards you can create using them.

The bottom half of my card is embossed using my big shot and my petals a plenty embossing folder.  I used my SU marker to color the centers of the flowers.  I used my scallop trim border punch to punch my real red card stock along the top of my card.

My image was punched out using my large oval punch, but stamping my image was a bit tricky.  I first stamped my image using my wild wasabi ink and then I stamped it again onto a scrap piece of card stock using rose red ink.  The technique I used is called paper piecing and I cut out the parts of the image I wanted red - (the bird and the merry Christmas sentiment) and then I placed them over top of my stamped wild wasabi image.  I used my black marker to put a dot on the cardinal for the eye.  My image is placed on my card using dimensionals.

One more note about my card...I did use real red card stock, but I used rose red ink.  The rose red ink just seemed to work better with this image.

Stamps: Holiday Best
Card Stock: White, Real Red, DSP
Ink: Rose Red, Wild Wasabi
Supplies: Big Shot, Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder, Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, SU Scissors, SU Rose Red Marker and Black Marker, Dimensionals
Technique: Paper Piecing, Dry Embossing

Before I sign off for the day I wanted to share with you a picture of our puppy, Bella.  Last week she was diagnosed with meningitis and thank goodness she's doing so much better now.  She is a 9 month old Beabull puppy.  She is 1/2 English bulldog and 1/2 beagle, isn't she cute?  Of course, you know she's standing so nice for her picture because I'm was holding a treat in my hand for her.


Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great rest of the day!

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October 5, 2011



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Good evening everyone.  Every year I make goodie bags for my son to take into school for all the kids in his class and this year I thought it might be a good idea to make a little hand stamped card and place it inside his goodie bags.  I figured it couldn't hurt to help 'get my name out' so to speak.

I knew the kids would probably throw them away so I didn't want to put a whole lot of time and effort into these.  I decided to make small 3x3 cards and I kept my stamping to a minimum.   

I began by cutting out all of my card stock and then I ran my old olive paper through my big shot machine using my Elegant Lines embossing folder.  Now this folder does not have the design on the entire front so I had to be suryand place my small strip of card stock on the embossed areas.  I was able to fit 2 pieces at a time onto my embossing folder.

Then I began stamping all of my pumpkin images.  With these I stamped 6 or so at a time.  The stamping part was fun and it went rather quickly.  I didn't get too fussy and I didn't even use my stamp-a-ma-jig.  My pumpkin image is layered onto pumpkin pie card stock and that's about it.  I will stamp Happy Halloween inside and have my son sign the cards.  I hope the mom's like them!  I was even thinking of making some more of these cards and put them inside the treat bags I give out on Halloween evening.

Well, until tomorrow then...have a great rest of the evening.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Stamps:  Jack of All Trades
Card Stock: White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Black Stazon
Supplies: Big Shot, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder
Technique:  2 Step Stampin'


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October 4, 2011



Good morning.  I've been working on some Halloween cards lately and this is another card I made for the card swap I recently hosted.

I love this new stamp set and I've used is several times now.  I have another set of cards I made for my son's 1st grade class (I'll post those tomorrow).

I began by stamping the pumpkin image and then the face using black ink.  Next, I stamped the hats and stars and I cut them out and placed them on top of my stamped pumpkin images.  Super easy!

Since I was making this card for a CAS (clean & simple) swap I kept my card more on the simple side.  All I needed to complete my card was to add my designer series paper, my ribbon, and stamp my sentiment.  You could even eliminate the dsp, the ribbon, and the sentiment if you wanted and it would still be a cute card.

Oh, one more thing before I forget.  Stampin' Up! has updated their clearance rack and there are some great items for sale at fantastic prices.  Here is the link to the clearance rack:

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=493

Also, I wanted to take a minute to let you know about the Stampin' Up! October specials.  There are actually 2 specials.  The first one is a free Big Shot (or $100 worth of free SU merchandise) when you sign up to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and the other special is a free coordinating stamp set when you buy 2 simply sent kits.

If you need any more information about these wonderful deals please feel free to send me an email at pebbles4@ptd.net  (and I also have these specials posted on my blog along the right side).  If you would like to sign up for my newsletter please let me know and I will add you to my list.  I just sent out my newsletter the other day so it's no problem to forward it to you as well.

Have a great rest of the day!  Thanks for stopping by.

Stamps: Jack of All Trades, Spooktacular Greetings- for my sentiment
Card Stock: White, Pumpkin Pie, Black, SU DSP
Ink: Pumpin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Concord Crush, Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Scissors- for cutting out hat and star, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: 2 Step Stampin'

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October 3, 2011



Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  It's a bit chilly here in North East PA, but I guess that's to be expected this time of year.  I wanted to take a minute to quickly explain why I wasn't here last week.  My 9 month old puppy was very sick and after taking her to the vet it turns out she has meningitis.  She will be taking several medications for the next 3 months, but my family and I are so thrilled that she made it.  We thought for sure we were going to lose her.  I'd like to thank you to everyone for your well wishes and prayers for my puppy.

The card I'm posting today is one that I made for my Clean & Simple card swap.  To create my ghost I used the owl punch and I cut off the owl's legs and turned it up-side down.  Don't you love it when you can use one of the Stampin' Up! punches to create something totally different?

I added two small googly eyes that I purchased at my local Dollar store and I placed them on my ghost using glue dots.  My ghost is raised up on my card using dimensionals.  My sentiment is from SU's Holiday Best stamp set and I used a black marker to ink up only the word portion of the stamp.

I punched my white border using my scallop trim border punch and then I added my ribbon.  This was such an easy, quick card to make.  I had all 6 of them finished for my swap in about 30 minutes.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.  Remember once I reach my goal of 200 followers I will be offering a Stampin' Up! prize for one of my followers to win.  See you tomorrow!  Make it a great day!

Stamps: Holiday Best
Card Stock: White, Black, Grey, SU DSP
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Black Marker, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Owl Punch, Scissors, Googly Eyes, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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September 25, 2011


I wasn't planning on posting a card today, but everyone's sleeping and I thought I would check out today's Featured Stamper challenge on splitcoast stampers and so here I am.  Today's featured stamper is bensarmom and this is her card that I decided to case.

I decided to keep the three pumpkins and Thanksgiving theme of her card, but I changed the stamps used and I also added some dry embossing, sponging and I omitted the leaves.

I used the Stampin' Up! Jack of All Trades stamp set to make my card and I love that you can use this set for creating Thanksgiving/Fall cards as well as Halloween cards.   Below is a picture of the Jack of All Trades stamp set and you will find it in the idea book & catalog and it retails for $23.95 for wood mount and $17.95 for the clear mount set. 
To create my background I embossed the front of my card using the Framed Tulips embossing folder. Then I embossed my old olive piece of card stock and I placed that on top of my white card base. My pumpkin layer is sponged using pumpkin pie and riding hood red ink.

To create my three pumpkins I first stamped and cut them out. Then I sponged around the edges using pumpkin pie and riding hood red ink. I stamped the stems using old olive ink and my sentiment is from a retired set called holiday & wishes.

I used dimensionals to raise up my pumpkin layer, but my card is still relatively flat and it would be perfect for sending through the mail.  Have a great day!  See you back here Monday morning.

Stamps: Jack of All Trades, Holidays & Wishes
Card Stock: White, Old Olive
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip
Supplies:  Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge, SU Scissors, Dimensionals
Technique: Sponging, Dry Embossing, 2 Step Stamping

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September 24, 2011


Good morning! I normally don't post on the weekends, but I just realized that I hadn't posted this card to show everyone, plus hubby isn't home so I have time for my blog this morning.

This is a card I made for a card swap I hosted this past summer. It was a Christmas in July swap. I'm sorry this photo isn't that great, but I don't have any of these cards left to retake it- I gave them all away within my swap. This was a real easy card to make and it's perfect if you like to make your holiday cards since this card is flat and it won't require extra postage.

I first stamped my image using bravo burgundy ink and then on another scrap piece of card stock I stamped the same image again using old olive ink. Then all I did was punch out the portions of the stamp I wanted to be green and place them over top of my first stamped image. I used dimensionals so that they would be raised up just a little bit. You can do this with any portion of the image you like; on my card here I decided to punch out 2 of the flowers along the top and the snowflake in the word joy along the bottom.

I know it's hard to see in my photo so I wanted to point out that in the word season the letter O has a rhinestones jewel inside it.

The burgundy strip of paper along the left side of my card is actually a 1/4" edge from my designer series paper that I folded over. I do this a lot when I want a little bit of a different edge and it's so easy to do. Then along the right side of my background paper I punched a small strip of old olive card stock using my scallop border punch.

Well, that's about it for today. I promised my son that we would make cupcakes today so I'd better run.  We are going to try and make those new Fun da-middles cupcakes with the filling in the center.  Have a great rest of the weekend!
 
Stamps:  Season of Joy
Card Stock: White, Old Olive, SU Designer Series Paper
Ink:  Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy
Supplies:  Scallop Border Punch, Rhinestones Jewels, Dimensionals, 1/4" Circle Punch

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September 23, 2011

Hi everyone and I hope you all had a wonderful end to the week. Today I have something very special to share with you. I had a box of picture frames I picked up at Kmart last year on Black Friday and last week I decided to open it. I looked at the frames and try to make a piece of framed art and so this is what I came up with.

I knew I wanted to use the word 'family' and so that was the beginning for my project. From there I picked out my Stampin' Up! designer series paper, and that lead me to using my Heartfelt Thanks stamp set.

I began by creating my background layout and then I worked on stamping the letters and I layered them onto my SU designer series paper. There is a burgundy layer along the bottom that I punched using my eyelet border punch.

Next, I stamped the word happy from my Define Your Life stamp set and placed that in the middle along the bottom and then I stamped and cut out the flower images. Then I added my embellishments and here I decided to go with two pieces from my hodge podge hardware set and I added a small piece of ribbon through the square clip hardware.

The last thing I needed to do was to frame my page.  This was a really easy project and I had fun making it.  I ended up making two more framed are projects and I'll be sharing those projects with you within the next week or so. 

I've posted a few pictures below and the last picture I was trying to get a close up for you.  If you click on the photos a new window will open with a larger image so that you can see it better.

 



I originally made this to sell at an upcoming craft show that i will be attending, but I really like the way this turned out so I might keep it for myself instead. I hope you liked it! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday!

Stamps: Letterpress Alphabet, Heartfelt Thanks, Define Your Life
Card Stock: Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, SU Designer Series Paper
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Mellow Moss, Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Hodge Podge Hardware, Eyelet Border Punch, SU Scissors- for cutting flowers, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Photo Frame
Technique: 2 Step Stampin

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September 22, 2011


Good afternoon!  Today I'm sharing a project that I stumbled on while I was looking through the resources on splitcoast stampers.  Here is the link if you would like the directions to make these adorable buckets.

The pumpkin one was the first one I made and I followed the directions exactly like in the tutorial.  The second (ghost) I made on my own.  Basically all the directions you need are in the tutorial so I won't go into detail explaining how I made them. 

I need to get some candy next time I'm at the store and with a little grass or crimped card stock (cut into strips) these will be just perfect.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Make it a great day!

Stamps: None
Card Stock:  White, Black, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Black, Pumpkin Pie
Supplies:  Pillow Box Die, Big Shot, Brads, Hole Punch, Sponge, Punches:  Large Oval, Photo Corners, 1" Circle, 1/4" Circle, 1 1/4" Square
Technique:  Sponging

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September 21, 2011

Hi everyone!  I feel as though I've been MIA, but I'm back.  My kids are back in school now and these past two weeks I have been working on getting some things made for some local upcoming craft shows so I have lots to share with you.

Today I thought I would share a little something different.  I found these thermos cups/mugs at my local Dollar store and I thought how cute they would be with some Stampin' Up! designer series paper inside them.  They are simple to design.  All you need to do is to use the template provided for you inside the cups and trace it onto your designer series paper and cut out. 

I ended up making 6 of these thermos cups, but I took my photo when I only had three of them made- anyway you get the idea.  If you click on the photos they will enlarge so that you can see them better.  On two of these cups I did add a little something extra, but you really don't need to. 

--The first cup is just designer series paper. 

--The second cup I tried to add a band around the middle with a stamped image layered onto a scallop circle.  The band around the middle was sort of tricky since the cups are a cylinder shape and it was hard to get the shape correct.

--The third cup just has a punched scallop border along the bottom and that too was a bit tricky since the cups are a cylinder type shape plus it took me a few tries to line up the scallops.

The other three mugs I made were just using designer series paper and I think they are just as pretty as the two I tried to embellish.


This photo below is a picture of the what the thermos cups/mugs look like when I bought them at the Dollar store.


Stamps: Razzle Dazzle
Card Stock:  Stampin' Up! designer series paper
Ink: Razzleberry
Supplies: Scissors, Scallop Border Punch, Scallop Cicle Punch,

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July 19, 2011



Hi everyone!  We are in the middle of a heat wave here in PA so I hope you are able to stay cool.  I spent the day working on my Christmas in July card swap.  I made two cards for my swap that this is one of the cards.

I used a retired hostess set called The More the Merrier.  I simply stamped the image and colored it using my Stampin' Up! markers.  I kept the coloring of my image simple and I only used 2 blue markers and 1 orange marker for my coloring.

I was going to add some glitter along the bottom of the snowman image, but I decided not too because sometimes the glitter makes such a mess and I wasn't sure if the people who received my card would want that mess.

My background is embossed using my big shot and my Northern Flurry embossing folder.  This folder is only has an image on part of it so I made sure to place the embossed portion along the top of my card so that I could see it better.

I stamped my sentiment and punched it using my word window punch and that's about it, what a super easy card!   Tomorrow I will be posting the other Christmas card I made for my swap.  Have a great rest of the day and stay cool!

Stamps: The More the Merrier
Card Stock: White, Night of Navy, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Big Shot, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Word Window Punch, SU Markers,
Technique: Dry Embossing

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July 18, 2011


Happy Monday! It was a busy weekend (as usual), but I'm taking a few minutes to share with you the card I made using the new Stampin' Up! Flower Fest stamp set. I made this card for a card swap I participated in a few weeks ago. I'm sorry that my photo isn't the best quality, but I have since mailed my swap cards and so I cannot retake the photo.

I used a technique called 'one sheet wonder' to create my card. With this technique all you basically doing is creating your own pattern paper which is very easy. All you need to do is to take a sheet of blank card stock and randomly stamp your images using any colors you wish. I try to stick with colors that I will be using within my cards. Also, when stamping your images you will want to stamp them close together because once you cut your card stock apart it won't look as busy.

This is a picture of the stamp set I used. It is currently available in our Summer mini catalog. You will find it on page 20 and it is $27.95 for wood mount and $19.95 in the clear mount option. This is such a great set because several of our punches coordinate with it. The 1 3/8" circle, 2 3/8" scallop circle, fancy flower, 5 petal flower, and butterfly punches all coordinate with this set. I love when stamp sets have punches that work with them!
So once my one sheet wonder card stock was stamped I cut it apart and then began creating my cards.  I was able to get 6 cards created using my one sheet of stamped pattern paper.

My main (larger) flower was stamped 3 times.  Twice I stamped in using rose red ink and then one time I stamped it using pretty in pink ink.  I cut out the smaller (pretty in pink) and the smallest rose red stamped flowers using my SU paper snips and then I placed them on top of the first larger flower using my dimensionals.

Lastly, I added my birthday sentiment.  I decided not to add any ribbon on my card this time.  I sometimes do this when I'm mailing my cards in order to help keep the postage down and I did that with these cards because I figured that the swappers who received my card might be mailing them.

Stamps: Well Scripted, Flower Fest
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Certainly Celery
Supplies: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Rhinestones Jewels, Scissors, Dimensionals
Technique: One Sheet Wonder


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Well that's about it for today, but before I sign off I promised (on Saturday) that I would share a picture of our new swimming pool. My yard isn't quite finished, but I'm almost there. What a ton of work it was to get our back yard together! Now I need to throw a pool party!  Hmmm...I think I need to purchase the new Sunny Fun and Summer Splash stamp sets (from our current mini).






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July 16, 2011

Hi everyone!  I first want to say a huge thank you for being so patient with me these past few weeks.  I've had so much going on that I felt I needed to take a break for a while.  I've been busy with the construction of our pool installation and during this process my husband ended up in the emergency room and he had to have his appendix removed.  He is doing much better now and he is since back to work, but he still can't lift anything over 10 lbs.  Of course you'd have to know my husband and how much he is enjoying the 'no lifting' rule because that leaves all the yard work from the pool installation for me to do.  And I never imagined how much yard work there would be once the pool was installed, but it's almost finished- thank goodness!  (I will have to post a picture of our pool tomorrow- it's dark out right now).

Today I'm taking the time to update my blog with our new Stampin' Up! catalog link.  Which reminds me, I have a few of our new Stampin' Up! catalogs available so if anyone is still in need of a new catalog they are only $10 each (which includes Priority Mail shipping anywhere within the US). I accept Paypal, money order, and cash.  Feel free to send me an email if you are interested in purchasing a catalog.  My email can be found at the bottom of this post.

The card I am sharing with you today is one I made for a card swap.  We were able to make any card we wanted and so I decided to make a wedding card.  This was a real quick and easy card to make.


I ran my white card stock layer through my big shot machine using my final press embossing folder, but I was sure to keep the lower 1/3 portion of my card stock outside of the embossing folder so that it would remain smooth (or unembossed).  I wanted the smooth portion below my ribbon so that I could stamp my sentiment in that area.

I colored in the dots on my embossed background black using my SU black marker.  I had to be careful to only color the dots- this was actually easy to do.

Next, I stamped my sentiment using my stamp-a-ma-jig so that I stamped it straight and then I added my ribbon and that's it!  A quick and easy wedding card!

On Monday I will be posting another card I made for the same card swap.  I used the new flower Stampin' Up! stamp set called Flower Fest.  This set is available in our current summer mini catalog (on page 20) and it's also in our newly released catalog.

Have a great rest of the day, see you Monday!  

Stamps: Well Scripted
Card Stock: White
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Big Shot, Stampin' Up! Final Press Embossing Folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SU Black Marker
Technique:  Dry Embossing

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