IT'S A NEW STAMPIN' UP! YEAR

Wow, time certainly flies.  I have been a busy bee and unable to keep up with my blog.  I will do better.  It's already time for the new Stampin' Up! catalog.  Have you seen it? Click on the link at the sidebar to preview it.  Interested in receiving your own 2011-2012 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog?  It's $9.95 and WORTH EVERY PENNY.  It's beautiful with lots of great project ideas.  Shoot me an email (link on right side bar) and I'll send you one.

Anyway, I have been working on projects, just unable to post.  Here is a card from one of my favorite sets in the new cattie:

Card Inside and Envelope Flap

Sorry for the blurry image.  My inspiration came from a card I saw on Monica Gale's blog.  I LURVE her blog.  Here are the images in the set.

Uncharted Territory
Clear-Mount Stamp
120456

Price: $14.95

Wood Mount
116952
Price: $19.95

Flower Fest

One of my new favorite stamp sets from the Summer Mini is Flower Fest.  Here are the images:



It is such a fun stamp set.  Here is a card and envelope I made using this set:

front

side

Isn't that fun?  And best part of the stamp set is that it coordinates with 5, yes 5, Stampin' Up! punches!!!

I LOVE that!!  Here are the coordinating punches:



2 3/8" scallop circle punch





1 1/4" circle punch



5 petal punch



butterfly punch and fancy flower punch

The card is 3x6.

Stamps: Flower Fest, Elegant Thank You
Ink: concord crush, poppy parade, pear pizzaz, basic black
CS: poppy parade, whisper white
Accessories: basic rhinestones, poppy parade poly stitched ribbon, versamark, white embossing powder, small open ended envelope.

If you would like to order any of the above products to make your own card, shoot me an email!

Cathy





Bridal Shower Favors for kids

Here's a bridal shower favor I made for the few kids that were allowed to attend:

It's a coloring pack!  The pack contains a crayon holder and 5 coloring pages.  I got the idea from Tami White, who has a video and pdf. document that can be viewed and downloaded from her site.  Isn't it cute?  I don't have many stamp sets for kid so I used flower and bridal themes.  The favors were for little girls.

Stamps:  Priceless, Thanks for Caring, Fun Fast Notes, Fifth Avenue Floral, Happy Moments (retired)

Cardstock:  Melon mambo, Daffodil delight, Whisper White

Paper:  Ice Cream Parlor (Sale-A-Bration 2011)

Ink:  Melon Mambo, Black staz-on

Accessories:  Scallop border punch, basic rhinestones, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, corner rounder punch, crop-a-dile, various colors of retired ribbon pieces

Non SU!:  1" binder ring, crayons

Workshop Thank You Gifts

I wanted to thank everyone who supported my workshop so I made bookmarks for all the guests:

I used the 4" jumbo clips from an office supply store and simply made flowers out of 10 scallop circles.  I used the instructions posted onto Stampin' Connection by Carrie Dillard.  All you do is punch the scallop circles out of cardstock (I used Whisper White).  Outline the scallops with a marker color of your choice, then spritz with water and let the color bleed into the cardstock.  After assembling the flower, I spritzed with shimmer mist.  It made them very sparkly and really lovely.  Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of all the bookmarks I made.  It would have been nice.  I made them in different colors to match the Beyond the Garden designer series paper:  Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi.  Then I made little holders for each bookmark.  The base cardstock is 4 1/4" x 2 1/2.  The DSP is 4 x 2 1/4.  I used the word windo punch for an opening and then adhered the paper to the cardstock, then slid the bookmark in.  Very simple & quick.

MY FIRST WORKSHOP!!!!

Yup, I finally hosted my first workshop!  My husband's aunt, Susan, hosted the party with her workmates.  It was a blast!  I was nervous, stayed up way too late making the projects and got no sales, but overall, it was a fun and great learning experience for me.  There were 8 ladies, one brought her daughter.  I know they were lured to Susan's house because of her fabulous cocktails....and they were FABULOUS...but why not learn to make a card too?  Well they did and we had a great time.  I did not take pics of the projects, but suffice it to say they were two simple cards.  I showed them stepped up versions.  But, here are the gifts I made:

Hostess gift: card portfolio

Card portfolio, open

Beyond the Garden DSP, Summer Mini 2011

The card portfolio features products from the Summer Mini 2011: Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper and Happy Thoughts stamp set.

Those products are FABULOUS...if you haven't gotten them...GET THEM NOW!! 

I CASEd this idea from Mickey Roberts with minor changes.  Her idea came right on time...I was agonizing on what to make.  When I saw her samples, I thought it was a GREAT way to feature the products.  Check out Mickey's blog!

I don't have the thank you gift uploaded yet, but I will post it tomorrow.  Come back and see me!

Cathy

WHOA!!! One month since I've posted!

Has it been 1 month since I've posted?  I can't believe it...where did the time go?  I feared life would get in the way of posting and it did.  Oh well, I'll just get back on the horse and keep riding...lol

I have been very busy...Here's what I've been up to:

My sister-in-law asked me to make gift card holders for some of her dance students:

Fellow demo France Martin has a great tutorial on how to make these Top Note gift card holder purses....SO CUUTE!

Unwrapped

Open

I used the now retired Ice Cream Parlor DSP from the Sale-A-Bration 2011 catalog.  I love that paper!

Here's the recipe:

Stamp:  Hodgepodge Happiness, Cottage Garden

Paper:  Ice Cream Parlor DSP (retired)

Carstock: Melon mambo, Peach parfait, Pacific Point, Old olive, Daffodil delight, whisper white

Ink: Melon mambo, Peach parfait, Pacific Point, Old olive, Daffodil delight

Accessories:  Top Note bigz die, Scallop oval frame die, slit punch (retired), large tag punch, antique brads, scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Ice Cream Parlor quick embellishments (retired), various pieces of SU! ribbon, velcro dots.

For the boys:

Recipe:

Stamp:  Oval All, Cottage Garden

Ink:  Early Espresso, Basic black

Cardstock:  Early espresso textured, basic black textured, crumb cake, basic gray, whisper white

Accessories:  1 1/4" striped early espress and basic black ribbon, x-large & large tag punches, slit punch (retired), 1 3/4" x 7/8" oval punch, 1 3/8" x 5/8" oval punch, velcro dots

I have more to post!  Come back & see me tomorrow!

Cathy



Love is in the Air!

Wow, it's been a busy week for me!  On top of the regular busy, several of my friends got engaged, married or are having an anniversary.  That means lots of papercrafting for me!  Here is an invitation set I made for my friend for her 3 year anniversary party:

The invitations are 4"x12" scored at 4" & 8" (I cut each end of the base invitation-the eggplant layer- about 1/8" so it would close better.  The mat is 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", the whisper white layer is 3x3.

The Fancy Favor bag was CASEd from fellow Stampin Up! demonstrator Kari Metzger.

Stamps:  Bliss (2011 Sale-A-Bration)

Cardstock:  Elegant Eggplant (textured), Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Whisper White (Textured)

Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Fancy Favor Bigz Die, Scallop Oval Punch, 1 3/8" x 5/8" oval punch, 1 3/4" x 7/8" oval punch, Basic Gray taffeta ribbon (retired), concord crush ribbon

Since I already had the fancy favor die on my craft table, I decided to use it to make a "congratulations" gift for my friend who is getting married.  (Shhhh, don't tell her, but I made it so I would possibly get hired to make the favors for the wedding).  The favors are "conveniently in the colors of her wedding:

The chocolates are Lindt's milk, white and dark.  They match her colors perfectly!

Ok, now I'm off to make more cute stuff!