I was so excited to come across these frames the other day. They're almost perfect Top Notes!! How fun is that? They were Baja Breeze in color but that didn't work so I painted them white. I'm sure you've guessed it, it's for my bathroom! This particular frame, like yesterday's stamped artwork, uses a piece of the sheer curtains and then I cut butterflies from Whisper White cardstock and used some Crystal Effects and glass glitter that was available in the last mini catalog. Here's another one. Once again, the butterflies were cut out with the Beautiful Butterflies Big Shot die and Continue reading
Lots of Love Letterpress Card
I promised to teach about the Letterpress Plates in the Big shot Magic class. We've had two sessions of the class so far and I think the Letterpress Plates are a hit. We learned by making the card you see here. This is a really simple card but as sometimes happens, it's lovely in its simplicity. If you have not yet signed up for the Big Shot Magic class there is still time! Email me or post a comment to let me know you would like to join us! Thank you for stopping by today! As the winter weather hit us (here in PA) today I hope you will able to find a few minutes to create! Continue reading
Stampin' Up! Bliss Monogram Card
Sale-A-Bration begins tomorrow! I am so excited! Stampin' Up! has so many exciting free things to offer this year, one of them is the Bliss stamp set. I just love the swirly in this set. You know how I like those swirlies! Oh and of course the Framed Tulip embossing folder! Here's a close up for you. The monogram letter was made with the thin cork sold by Stampin' Up! and the Serif Essential Alphabet die. The cork adds a fun, different texture to the card that's not expected. I like it! What do you think? Thank you for stopping by! I hope you'll take a quick minute to leave a Continue reading
Stampin' Up Dasher Christmas Card
Welcome back to the Blog Tour! I showed this Christmas card a week or two ago which we made at the last Christmas Card class. It's it lovely? We did use some retired ribbon on this card so I thought it would be fun to make another card with the Dasher set with a similar sketch but totally different. Here we go. There are a lot of similarities but I'd say it has a whole new look! What do you think? I had fun using the Jolly Holiday DSP, Old Olive Striped grosgrain ribbon, Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon, basic rhinestones, Brights & Regals Brads and the Top Note die. I wanted to Continue reading
Define Your Life in an Elegant Way
I had a great time stamping with the ladies in Rising Sun, MD last night! The hostess asked me to make one of the cards for an "old but new creation." I had to think about that one for a while! What exactly does that mean? Old style, old stamp set, old layout? I finally thought of the card below which was the "old." The hostess made this card at least a year ago (maybe two!) at a friends card party. I decided I could take that basic design but change it up with some new accessories, colors and papers to make it new. I also know I've used the Define Your Life stamp set at that same Continue reading
Northern Hearts Handmade Card
I received the Northern Hearts level 1 hostess stamp set with my order yesterday. What fun! I was able to grab a couple minutes to run downstairs and stamp this card. It has a country feel to it I think. Here's a close up. Along with the Northern Hearts stamp set, I used the new Northern Trim Letterpress Plate, gold brads, the Scallop Trim border punch, some gold embossing powder and Very Vanilla 1/8th inch taffeta ribbon. The colors used were Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla. So what do you think? Is it a keeper? Continue reading
Another Top Note Class Project
We had a great time in class yesterday! Some worked on the Elizabeth class and some worked on the Top Note Fun class. What fun projects we made! We used the Stampin' Up! exclusive Top Note die along with several punches, the Elegant Lines embossing folder, some Concord Grape DSP and Whisper White Taffeta ribbon. Here's a side view. You know, it really was hard to decide whether to use this for the Top Note Fun class or the Gift Card Giving Class! Be sure to check out the Top Note Bag I shared yesterday along with the information on the Top Note Fun class. Oh, be sure to check the Continue reading
Circle Circus Scrapbook Page
It's Scrap Club time of the month again! Here is one of the layouts we will be making this month. This layout is one of those all occasion layouts that will work for most any time. The colors on these scrapbook pages are Whisper White, Ballet Blue, Kraft and Chocolate Chip. I will be making a small change for Scrap Club, we will be using Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White. On the left I stamped with the Circle Circus stamp set. This is one of the stamp sets included in the Stampin' Up! sale of the month! If you purchase the Circle Circus stamp set you can pick a pack of brads for Continue reading
Black & White Beautiful Wings Card
I made this card last night while the ladies were putting together their Punch Pals books. Whew, were those ladies ever working hard! I didn't realize I was giving them so much work to do! In the end I think they were pleased with their books and all the fun little creatures they were able to make! To make this card I used the Stampin' Up! exclusive Lattice Die and Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die. It's hard to see the detail of the ribbon but there are three folds in it on the top right corner just below the pearls. There are a bunch of layers to this card in Whisper White, Basic Black Continue reading
Handmade Pansy Mother's Day Card
I tried something new today that I just learned about. I made these lovely pansies from the Butterfly Punch! I never would have thought these up on my own but I saw them on a couple other blogs today and just had to give it a try. The pansies remind me so much of my alma mater, they always planted tons of these around campus right as spring sprung! (Apparently my husband doesn't have the same memories I do, when I asked him where we used to see tons of them he guessed Walmart and Sam's Club. Oh well!) I think I'm going to plan to give this to my (or for my husband to give this) to my Continue reading
60th Wedding Anniversary Scrapbook Page
Here is the scrapbook page I made of my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. You may recognize this layout from those I did with the Scrap Club last week. When I was looking at these pictures of my grandparent's anniversary I realized they would fit perfectly on this page. For those of you who participated in the Stampin' Up! product share, the items are in and I hope to have them ready for pick-up and mailing on Monday. Thank you for joining us! Continue reading
Scallop Circle Scrapbook Page
Here is the third and final layout for Scrap Club tonight. This is a simple layout with the Scallop Circle die and the Scallop Circle Punch. With this simple layout any pictures can fit in here just perfectly. The pictures I used on this layout are of my kids playing at the park when we were on vacation. They had a great time! For those in the club, your pages are going to be different colors. Regardless of that, the pages are going to be great! Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate any comments you might leave! Continue reading