Ah .. the Weekends!!!!

I truly love the weekends. You know why? It's because I get to stamp and scrapbook with you! Sometimes I feel like I rush the week to get to the weekend and I only have a four day work week, but it is so worth it! Friday night was the Technique Class, Saturday was Robin Rubbo-Scranton's workshop and Sunday was the Happy Birthday Scrapbooking Class where we made 10, yes, 10 pages!!!! I can't begin to tell you how I enjoyed everything. I thought I would share one thing from each event with you!

The Technique Class is held on Friday night, one Friday each month. For the details on the next Technique Class, CLICK HERE. This is something I have been wanting to do for years, so the fact that it has come to fruition thrills me to no end. You know how you learn techniques, then after a while, you forget them? Yup, I see you nodding!!! Well, below is an example of one of the pages we did on Friday! It's cool because you put the pages in your album and you have the perfect resource!!! Love, love, love it!!!!


On Saturday, we created an Easter Card using the Abundant Hope stamp set. Here is the card!! We had a blast and everyone did an excellent job!


Today was our Scrapbooking Class where we created 10 pages using the Happy B-day Simply Scrappin' Kit. This is a great way to get your scrapbooking done and I'm always surprised at how quickly everyone completes their pages!!!! Below are two pages!



If you are interested in the Class Kit for the 10-page Happy B-day Simply Scrappin' Kit class, you can purchase it for $35.00. The cardstock will be cut and you will have instructions to complete the kit. If you so desire, I will create the pages for you. If the kit requires mailing, the cost of postage will be added to the kit.

I hope you enjoy the above projects. Next weekend is Stamp, Play and Create. Are you feeling the urge to stamp? Come .... stamp, play and create with us next weekend!!

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Hats in the Garden

This is another project we did at the Rich Regals and Bold Brights stamp club last weekend. The first time I saw this stamp set , Garden from the Heart, in the Occasions Mini Catalog, I knew I had to have it!! Of course, I do love images that lend themselves to watercolor, as I find it so relaxing! See, I can color, yup - many years of my new boxes of 64 Crayola crayons proved vital to my coloring experience - he he!! But, I can't draw. Nope, nadda, my drawing is pretty pathetic! I guess that is one of the reasons I was so drawn (get it .. he he) to stamping -- because they do the drawing for me! Anyhow ...

My inspiration for this card was one that I saw on Stampin' Connection, which is a website by Stampin' Up! for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. I think the last count I saw was over 40,000 samples!! Whew! I have so much of this wide Twill Tape and loved the idea to use it as a layer piece! The hat image is stamped with Stazon Jet Black onto Watercolor Paper and I used markers and a blender pen to color in the image.

Below are some of the products used to create this adorable card. If you have any questions, please just let me know. You can post your question or comment by clicking on "Comment" at the end of this post. Thanks!!

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Roof Flashing Rocks!!

If someone told me I'd be using roof flashing for a stamping project, I would have told them they were crazy!!! But, I would be wrong!!! Check out this awesome votive holder made with aluminum roof flashing, the Flower Folds Bigz XL Die and the Big Shot machine . . . and about five minutes of time! All you do is go to your local home improvement store, pick up some aluminum roof flashing. It comes in a roll, the one I purchased as 10' x 14". There are several types so be sure to get the aluminum. If you are unsure, just get the thinnest flashing they have. Then I cut off a piece measuring 5-3/4" x 14" (you can get 20 out of a roll) with my Craft and Rubber Scissors, then laid it on top of the Flower Folds Bigz XL Die. Put an extended cutting pad on the top and bottom, use two shims (two pieces of 5-1/2" x 12" Whisper White cardstock is perfect) and run through the Big Shot. Ta da .. you get four flowers, all cut and ready to go! Using the three largest flowers, just bend the petals up (you can fold back the tips of the petals if you want) and adhere the flowers using dimensionals! You're done - unbelievable!!!

But wait, you have one flower left, right? Well, here is what we did with that one . . .

You'll see that that flower is not smooth, huh! Well, all I did was use the Finial Press Impressions folder and embossed the roof flashing flower. Again, it is sooo easy, it really is scary!!!!

I urge you to try this. I'll be experimenting with different dies and the flashing so stay tuned. We did both of these projects this weekend at the Bold Brights and Rich Regals Stamp Clubs. I think everyone was as amazed as I was the first time I saw someone make the votive holder.

Below are a few of the products that I used to create these projects. If you have any questions, just let me know!!!!!

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Life's A Circle

It's been one of those weeks with working some long hours and getting a cold which knocked my socks off!!! Yuk!!!! So yesterday, I finally took some medicine and at 7:30 p.m. I was out for the count and woke up this morning at 7:00 am! WOW!!! That is why I don't like to take anything!! Geez!!

So, with that being said, I didn't get much time to update my blog, but I'm back and wanted to share this card that we did last weekend at the Stamp-A-Stack class. I do love the look of this card with the red and pinks. I don't know what it is, but really, I love it!!! The DSP is from the Pink Flamingo package and the heart is from a Level One Hostess Set called Out of the Box. Do you like the saying stamped on the lower right corner? I do! It's from the Smarty Pants stamp set!

Below are some of the products I've used to create this card. If you have any questions, just let me know!!! I'm looking forward this weekend to my rescheduled Stamp, Play and Create as well as the Rich Regals and Bold Bright Stamp Clubs!! A weekend of stamping should make my cold go completely away!!! Woo hoo!!!

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Congratulations

It has been a week or so since I shared some of my Sweet Pea Paper Stack projects, so I thought I'd start the week off with another one! I like to clean lines of this card and the bright colors! As you can see, it is a very simple card to make. The word image, Congratulations" is from the Well Scripted Stamp Set found in the Occasions Mini. Love the font!!!

One of the great things about Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Paper ("DSP") is that the paper coordinates with Stampin' Up! colors! For example, the colors that coordinate with the Sweet Pea Paper Stack are: Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Sahara Sand and So Saffron. That's one less decision I have to make!! Love that!!!


I hope you enjoyed your weekend. I did because I was stamping with you!!!!

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Never to Old to Learn!

One of the new items in Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration current mini catalog is the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I have truly fallen in love with this punch!!! In addition, in the Occasions Mini Catalog, there is a Scallop Trim Corner punch that you can use with the Scallop Trim Border. Now, I'm thinking . . . they never offer Sale-A-Bration items for sale after Sale-A-Bration and that's so unfortunate since we will have the Scallop Trim Corner Punch in the Occasions mini. Well, we were talking about this at my class yesterday and someone said, you know, it will be available. Did you see the fine print in the Sale-A-Bration catalog? WHAT????? Could it be too good to be true!!! YES YES YES!!! I know, I don't read the fine print. For example, I did realize the Sending Love Specialty Paper was "glitter" on one side until I saw it and I didn't realize the On Board Boards were so big until I saw them too!!!! What can I say!!!

Below is a video that was released by Stampin' Up! on how to use the border and corner punches. Bonnie Thurber did the video and she is an absolute riot! She shares some great tips on these punches.

If you like this video, at the top of my blog is a tab entitled "SU Video Channel". Go check it out, you'll learn all kinds of things!!!

Happy stamping to you all!




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Snow AND Stamping

I woke up, like many of you, to a nice dusting of white stuff and clear roads and thought, thank goodness it won't interfere with stamping events this weekend. I don't know about you, but I so miss you guys!!! I have a stamp club this morning at 10:00 a.m. and then a Stamp-A-Stack at 2:00 p.m. Tomorrow, Sunday at 2:00 p.m., I have one of the rescheduled Stamp, Play and Create sessions and if you would like to attend, please either email me or give me a call at 757-587-1005. For info of any of these events, look in the sidebar on the right under "Class Schedule".

I thought that I would share one of the projects we are doing today at Stamp-A-Stack. The design on the card was created by making a stencil from the Tulipe Bigz Die. You can either use Whisper White cardstock or Medium Window Sheets to create your stencil, keeping in mind that the Medium Window Sheet will last a long time ... the Whisper White won't! I took a sponge dauber to apply the Cameo Coral ink. It really came out soooo pretty!!!!! Check out the die . . .

I can't wait for the events to begin. With that being said, I need to go get my tables cleaned off and places set! For those of you I'll be seeing this weekend -- see you soon!

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Thinking of You!!

I don't know about you, but I love to get gifts. They are so special because I know someone is thinking about me. That's really nice!

This project is so darn cute!!! Take notice of what it contains - a sweet cookie!! Yummy!!! I don't think it would take much time to create quite a few of these. You could create the packaging and then, when you need a little gift, select a cookie (I think the recipient would appreciate a fresh cookie - he he), put it in a cello bag and insert it into the holder! Ta da! You're all done!!!

Listed below are the supplies used to create this lovely project. If you have any questions, let me know!!!!

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