So Shelli Creative Challenge

One of the co-founder's of Stampin Up!, Shelli, has a creative challenge every month and this month's challenge is, of course, Halloween. Below is my creative challenge. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the witch's cauldron! This is completely made from punches. Also, the spider web is a design on the Ghostly Greetings designer series paper (you only get two webs, so make the best of them!).

Stamp Set - Occasions Collection (hostess set), Eat Drink & Be Scary (holiday mini), Season of Joy

Ink - Whisper White, Basic Black

Paper - Ghostly Greetings Designer Series Paper, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Basic Black

Miscellaneous - Wide Oval punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Horizontal Slot punch

Talk soon!

Ooooohhhh...Spooky Spider

The Spooky Spider Decor Elements is finally here for you to purchase. We saw this project at Convention this summer and loved it! You can purchase these oversized jars at Target and Wal-Mart for cheap. After applying these spooky spiders, you have a great peice for your home or a great gift for the season.

This fun image comes in three sizes and two colors and is designed to coordinate with our Ghostly Greetings Designer Series paper and our Chills & Thrills Rub-Ons from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog. Spooky Spider is a limited time offer, and will no longer be available after October 31, 2008.

Contact me today to place your order or you can order online 24/7.

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Sock Monkey

My son had two birthday parties to attend yesterday, so I made two versions of the same card. I love the sock monkey stamp set! It's too cute. I went through my scrap bag and used retired designer series paper on these just in case you're wondering why you can't find it in the current catalog. The girlie card was for a 2 year old and the boy card was for a 6 year old, so you can see how versatile this stamp set is!



Stamp Set - Sock Monkey


Ink - Basic Black, Chocolate Chip


Paper - Designer Series Paper (retired), Tempting Turqoise, So Saffron, Pink Pirquette, Whisper White


Miscellaneous - Dimensionals for the balloon so they "pop" out at you, Small and Large Oval Punch, Basic Black Marker for the balloon strings

Stamp Set - Sock Monkey


Ink - Basic Black, Chocolate Chip


Paper - Designer Series Paper (retired), Ballet Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White


Miscellaneous - Dimensionals, Small and Large Oval Punch, Ballet Blue and Summer Sun Markers (candle)
















Have a great rest of your weekend!


Talk soon!

Oops...I forgot my favorite!

I can't believe I forgot my favorite project at the Christmas Card Class...the gift bag. We made a bag very similar to this at Convention, although not a Christmas theme. I can't wait to make more of these to give to people at Christmas time (which, by the way, is in 90 days!!!!!).





Stamp Set - One of a Kind, Many Merry Messages

Ink - Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Paper - Ski Slope Designer Series Paper, Old Olive

Miscellaneous - Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, White gift sack

I apologize :(

I feel so guilty that I have not posted in a really long while! We have a landscaping business and this is the begining of a very busy season with winter lawn installations, not to mention the City of Phoenix has kicked us out of our shop due to the light rail system, but the move is done!

Anyways, last Sunday was my Christmas card class. Everyone had a great time and loved the cards and especially the gift bag (my favorite too)! I wanted to show you what we made.






Stamp Set - Season of Joy

Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red

Paper - Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Miscellaneous - Alpine ribbon originals (holiday mini),
1 3/4" circle punch

















Stamp Set - Season of Joy

Ink - Baja Breeze

Paper - Ski Slope Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Black

Miscellaneous - Little Felt Flurries (holiday mini), real red grosgrain ribbon




This card was featured on my Splitcoast Stampers Gallery for a layout challenge (also posted here on my blog)













Stamp Set - Merry & Bright, Many Merry Messages

Ink - Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Black

Paper - Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Miscellaneous - Silver brads, Pacific Point striped grosgrain ribbon, ticket corner punch, blender pens (on the snowman)

Stamp Set - Sock Monkey Accessories, Occasions Collection

Ink - Black

Paper - Summer Picnic Designer Series Paper, Old Olive Whisper White, Real Red

Miscellaneous - Black grosgrain ribbon, Old Olive marker, Real Red Marker, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, and 1 1/4" circle punch

Stamp Set - Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories

Ink - Old Olive (stamped off), Whisper White

Paper - Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Old Olive, Whisper White, Bashful Blue (truck), Really Rust (the chick's shirt), Close to Cocoa (tires)

Miscellaneous - Alpine Ribbon Originals (holiday mini)



By the way, I copied this card straight out of the catalog. I loved it so much that I had to duplicate it!






I hope you liked these. My goal is to post everyday - NO MATTER WHAT! Please keep me on my toes :)

Talk soon!

Sketch Challenge

Sketch challenges are posted on a website I frequent, SplitcoastStampers, that I will post on my blog to help you get your creative juices flowing. I'd like to thank Roxie for this challenge.

Here's is my finished project using this sketch:

Here I used Baja Breeze card stock on top of the whisper white cardstock with the Ski Slope designer paper layered on black using real red grosgrain ribbon. The stamp set used was Season of Joy with Baja Breeze ink. Down at the corner is a Riding Hood Red little felt flurry seen in the holiday mini catalog (coming out October 1st).

Good luck and I'd love to see what you come up with :)

Baskin Robbins Anyone?

Doesn't this card make you want to to go Baskin Robbins ASAP?? And, I know that I need to get a new camera. I've taken pictures throughout my house trying to get the best lighting and nothing seems to work. UGH! We're going to Disneyland in 19 days (yeah!!!!) and I told Mike that he needs to go buy me a new camera for Christmas but I want it for Disneyland and I NEED it for my blog :) Anyways...as soon as I saw this new designer paper called Sweet Always, I had an unbelievable urge to head over to Baskin Robbins for a scoop of chocolate chip and chocolate mousse royale (although they now say that the mousse is seasonal - whatever!). The brown and pink polka dots get me every time.



In addition to the Sweet Always DSP, I used my new very favorite birthday stamp set, Party Hearty. There's so much to do with this set. I like to get sets that I can use over and over, designing completely different looking cards. I know you can't really tell, but I used pumpkin pie and chocolate chip paper (do you see the theme here - LOL) with pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon. I used the Stampin' Write markers in chocolate chip rose red for the cupcake and pumpkin pie and summer sun for the candle. For the "you take the cake" greeting, I used the Stampin' Write markers in rose red on the writing and chocolate chip for the dots and punched it out with the large oval.

If it wasn't so late, I'd be heading over to Baskin Robbins, but I guess I'm heading to bed instead!

Talk soon.

Cute & Edible!

Today is our Stamp Club Meeting and the hostess picked a Halloween theme. Here are the two projects we're making this evening...

This cute & edible piece comes from the very creative and talented Diana Gibbs. Inside is a kit kat bar! Mmmmm. (By the way, you can see a tutorial on this project on Diana's blog which you can find on the left of your screen.)

I used the Ghostly Greeting DSP to wrap the bar and black and pumpkin pie paper for the belly bands with black and pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon.The pumpkin comes from the Sock Monkey Accessories stamp set watercolored in with pumpkin pie and kiwi kiss ink. I used crystal effects for the stem and leaf and the outline of the pumpkin just to give it a little more. Then I punched out with the 1 3/8" layered on top of the 1 3/4" punch.

I had a lot of fun making this card. The witch's cauldron is made out of punches. I used the large oval punch for the body, a 1 3/8" circle cut in half for the top part of the cauldron, and two horizontal slot punches for the feet.

In addition, I used the swirl from Season of Joy stamp set for the witch's brew and Occasions Collection with basic greay ink.Paper used was the Ghostly Greetings DSP, and black, pumpkin pie, and perfect plum papers all layered with black grosgrain ribbon.

Well, I better go get ready for tonight now that the projects are complete.

Talk soon!

Sneak Peak...

I have my monthly card class and my Christmas card class coming up next week. Please see my calendar of events for details. Let me know if you can join us!

Here's a sneak peak of what we'll be making at each class...

This is a super cute Christmas card that would be very simple to duplicate if you send out several cards. We'll be using Summer Picnic designer series paper on our new Kiwi Kiss paper with black grosgrain ribbon and the Sock Monkey Accessories stamp set.

I Love this card. We'll be using the new Bella Rose designer paper, our new Red Riding Hood paper with our new Red Riding Hood grosgrain ribbon, and One of a Kind stamp set. This card is so versatile. It can be used as a birthday, thank you, get well, anniversary, etc.

Talk soon!

PS - Sorry, I know my pictures are too dark...I need to find a better place to take my pictures! I think I need (want) a new camera.

I Finally Made It...

I'm so excited to have my blog up and running! I've been wanting to do this for a few months now, but something else is always a priority. Today I said, "No More...I'm doing this". So, eight hours later of research here and there, I finally made it! Yeah!

My goal here is to inspire you and to be inspired by you! I will be posting my projects, tutorials, and whatever else pops into my head. I hope you all enjoy!

Talk soon.