More Convention Swaps

For some reason this year I just wasn't feeling like making cards to swap at Convention. I guess it's because I already get so many great ideas on Stampin Connection. So, I tried to think of another 3D swap that I had the stuff for and would be easy to make.

This is what I came up with. Magnets!!!! I took the magnet sheets that Stampin Up sells and ran them through the Big Shot with the Fun Flowers die, and then cut out some textured cardstock that I had on hand, and this is what emerged.

I really liked the flowers when I put them on a card recently.....see a few posts down.....so I thought they would make a cute magnet. The one pack of magnet sheets made 18 flowers, and then I also got 6 butterflies. Those I will show you tomorrow. I popped each layer up on a Stampin Dimensional and they turned out pretty cute. They really do look better in real life than these silly pictures.
I wonder what fun things I will get in exchange for these?????
Today is the kickoff of convention.
I can hardly wait to go shopping at Momento Mall.....I can't wait to see the fun things they have for us there. For those who have never been to convention, or know what Momento Mall is, it is a little shopping place set up that sells stuff that you can only get at Momento Mall. It's fun!!!!
I will share with you my Momento Mall treasures when I get home.

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Convention Swaps

Oh my goodness.....Today is the day I leave for convention. I am sooooo excited. I can't wait to hang out with the wonderful Chris Twardowski. We were roommates last year and had soooo much fun. I know this year will only be better.

Last year I went to Convention with lots of swaps. This year, not so many.

I made some bookmarks similar to these for my club girls for their new catalogs, and had lots of bookmark cases left over. So, I figured these would make great 3D swaps for Convention. They take a lot of work, but I think they turned out cute. They have the 5 new In Colors as the main theme. I made 30, 6 of each color. Here they are one of each color and a closer view.
And a really up close and personal view.

This uses not only the new In Colors, but also the new Pennant Punch and the Pennant Parade stamp set. I also punched a little flower from the Itty Bitty Punch and added a little pearl, for some fun. I used the new In Color ribbon......I LOVE this new ribbon.

Hopefully I will get 30 more really fun 3D items in return. I'm sure I will, and then I can show you when I get back home.

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Have fun.....I know I will.....I'M AT CONVENTION.....how can I not???

Pure Joy and Happiness....

Yes, that's what this box of goodies brings me. Pure Joy and Happiness!!!

This is one of two boxes of fun new stuff from the catalog. I should have laid it all out, because you can't really see all of the wonderful treasures that await in that box....they are buried underneath the top treasures.

I want so badly to go in my craft room and play with them right now, but my younger daughter spent the night last night, and is sleeping in there right now......WAKE UP already!!!! LOL I'm hoping to make some fun projects with these to show you here soon, but for now I will wait patiently.....oh who am I kidding.....not so patiently.....for my daughter to wake up so I can get my hands on these new toys of mine.

I do have a really cute card that I spent all day making 8 of them for my club girls yesterday. But, I don't want to show it until they have had a chance to get it in the mail. I plan on sending them at Convention.....I can't wait for Convention....just a few more days.

Thanks for peeking in today.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Stampin Success CASE

Since I can't really do to much right now after surgery. I was laying in bed purusing the Stampin Success magazines we get as Stampin Up demonstrators. In one of them I saw this card and loved it. I loved the flower .... I loved the fact it was a 6 x 3 card....I loved the textured cardstock that was used. ....And the fact that I could get 4 cards out of 1 piece of 12 x 12 cardstock. I added the cute little heart from the Owl Punch to the center of the flower for some fun. I love how when you pop up each flower layer with a dimensional, it really brings the flower to life.
Since I could get 4 cards out of the one sheet of cardstock, I wanted to use a few different colors for the flowers. The card above uses Melon Mambo, and the one below uses the new In Color Island Indigo. It looks really pretty in real life. This picture just doesn't do it justice. Then I used Poppy Parade for the Tasteful Trim die across the center. I left the sentiment off of 2 of the cards so I can go back and add whatever I need when I need to use this card. I actually need some Thank you cards for some sweet friends that have stopped by and brought me flowers and treats after surgery, so that's probably what will go on there.

And the set of 4. These made up really quickly and were a lot of fun to make.

Thanks for peeking in today.

Make it a great day.

I'm such a slacker

So graduations have been over for how long now??? I feel really bad because I got a graduation announcement in May and just now made the card and sent it......what a slacker!!!!

These are her school colors, and I tried to make it somewhat feminine.....that's why the butterflies, bling and lacey border.

This card is for a sweet girl I used to babysit. In fact, I was watching her older brother, and her parents asked if it would be okay if they had another baby, if I would watch that baby as well. Of course I said, YES!!! It's so hard to believe that that little baby is now out of high school and heading to college. Wow, that ages me.....hahahaha Here's what I did to the inside. I used the Word Play stamp set and embossed with gold embossing powder the sentiment. Thanks for peekin in today.

Big Blue Eyes....

How adorably cute is this little guy? My oldest daughter Heather is having her first baby, and I'm throwing her a baby shower with my youngest daughter Amy. Heather saw some really cute invitations online with a darling owl that she went ahead and ordered....Yes, didn't let Mom make the invitations instead.....oh well....it is her shower. So, I told her that I wanted to make some party favors as thank you's.

I saw an owl similar to this one on Lynn Put's blog and knew immediately that this little guy was what I would be making for the party favors. He is made with the Pillow Box die. I think he is so cute, I might even try to get a few of these made for swaps at Convention.

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You always do the nicest things

Can I just say that I think this years Stampin Up catalog is one of my favorites!!!

I can't wait to get my first box of goodies ordered so that I can just play, play and play some more.

As a demonstrator we get to preorder some of the items in the catalog. This cute Just Add Cake DSP was one of those items, and the new Lace Ribbon Border punch was too.

While playing one night, this is what evolved. I love using buttons on cards and can't wait to get the new Button Buddies stamp set in the catalog.....guess I better check on my stash of buttons huh? I might need to order more of those.....I took some scraps and decorated the inside as well.

Thanks for peeking in today. I'm still recovering from my surgery, so we don't have any BIG plans for the fourth tomorrow. What are you doing fun? Maybe I can live vicariously through you? hahahahaha

Customer thank yous

When my club ladies pick up their "new toys".....I always like to have a little thank you in the bag for them.

This month I made each of them this card. I love how simple it is to make and what a great way to use up scraps too.

I used the Beyond the Garden DSP. I love how nice Pacific Point and Wild Wasabi look together. Then I randomly stamped the inside with the stamp set Fabulous Florets with some Pacific Point and Wild Wasabi ink.

Fun huh?
Thanks for peeking in today.

Quilt cards for Mom

My mom is a big quilter.

I play with paper to relax, my mom plays with fabric to relax. It's really nice to have so many beautiful quilts to use because of my mom's hobby.

Well Monday night while watching The Bachelorette I needed to play with paper. I had no projects in mind at the time, but had seen some cute "quilt" type cards out in cyber space and decided to make my mom some cards for her stash. She is in some quilting guilds, and I thought she might like some quilting cards to give to her friends in her guilds.

I made her six similar but different cards using the Lattice Bigz die and Springtime Vintage DSP from the Summer Mini catalog.

So that's it for today.

While I'm typing this before my surgery. It's going to post after my surgery is over, and I'm not sure how I will be feeling, so I have no idea when I will get to play again. BUT, I will be playing again soon I guarantee that.

Thanks for peeking in today.

Have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend.

CASEing sample #3

This case comes from the wonderfully talented Sandy Hancock.

I loved this card for a few different reasons.

1. It's simple yet classy.

2. It uses the Brushed Gold cardstock. (which I think gets overlooked)

3. And did I mention that it was simple, yet classy? Did you see that little bit of bling on that ring? Love it!!!!

We had a wedding to go to on Friday night and I needed a card quickly. For some reason I don't have a stash of wedding cards. I need to change that. So, remembering this cute card I saw made by Sandy Hancock, I whipped it out really quickly.
It uses the stamp set Word Play for the sentiment and the Elegant Lines embossing folder.

I am having surgery today, so hopefully it all goes well and I can get back to crafting and playing with paper really soon. I have to get better soon, because I'm going to Convention and that is in 12 days.....I am so excited.

Thanks for peeking in today.

CASEing sample #2

This card was CASE'd from Laurie Zoellmer. I love the simplicity of this card. It is a lot like the card we made at June's club, but a little simpler. I wanted the ladies to see that are so many different ways that you can use that great Flower Garden embossing folder and the embossing powders as well.

I used the Fabulous Florets stamp set and I am soooo glad that it made it into the new Stampin Up catalog this year. For the sentiment I used the Happy Greetings stamp set, which sadly did NOT make it into the new catalog.

Thanks for inspiration Laurie.

Thanks for peeking in today.

Tomorrow I have another great case of a wedding card I made.

CASEing sample #1

I have to say that I love Stampin Connection. It is a website for Stampin Up demonstrators to share their projects and ideas with other demonstrators. I have CASE'd many of these cards, maybe giving them a little twist to make them my own, but usually just copy them straight out. There are some pretty talented people out there in blogosphere.

This card was originally done by Teresa Giordano. I thought it was simple, sweet and too darn cute. It uses the Fancy Flower punch and for the leaves I used the Build a Blossom punch. The buttons are some buttons I had from Mini catalogs that are no longer available for purchase, but could easily be replaced with other buttons from the catalog. The sentiment is from the Happy Greetings stamp set in the Summer Mini catalog.

Super easy, and super cute!!!

Thanks for peeking in today.

June club projects

June's club has come and gone, but because I had a few ladies that weren't able to make it that night, I am posting the projects here on my blog so they can see what they missed.

This card was to use the new stampin emboss colors of Melon Mambo and Tangerine Tango. I also wanted to use two of the punches that are going away. The smallest oval punch and the designers punch.....but alas....they are all gone.
This is the other card we made. This card was to show the ladies how to use the sponge daubers. We just put a little ink from the ink pad on a sponge dauber and rubbed it over the embossed image to give it a little color.
This was a fast and easy card to make, but looks really nice. You could whip out a stack of these in no time for a nice gift. This card also used the Marina Mist grosgrain ribbon which is going away after June 30th.

Then we made these adorable little cake slice boxes. We only made one each, but when you put 12 together you get a really cute "faux" cake that is perfect for a birthday party, or shower, or whatever you want it to be for.

Here is a side view.

And here we have one opened to show you can put treats inside for the party favor. Cute idea huh?

So, these were our June club projects. I am so excited for July's club meeting. I have NO idea what we will be making yet. I will have to wait until after convention to see what fun and exciting things they teach us there. I know there will be something ..... if not many things.....that I will want to come home and share with my wonderful club ladies.

I do have some fun cards that I made from casing (copy and share everything) some very talented ladies from Stampin Connection.

I will share some of those with you tomorrow.

Thanks for peeking in.

Have a wonderful day.

Playing with On The Grow

The other day I thought it would be fun to play with the new On The Grow stamp set and this is what evolved.

I stamped it with Staz On Ink and then colored it in with Stampin Up markers. I added a little dazzling diamonds to the vase and the center of the flowers. It gives it a little bit of bling. It looks so much better in real life.....trust me. I added a button on the bottom with some of the new Bakers Twine for a little fun.
For the sentiment I used the Happy Greetings from the Summer Mini catalog and then just used the word window punch.
Easy Peasy.

I think I've figured out the problem and hope to have more posts now that bloggers working.

Thanks for peeking in.
Have a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday

Okay, I'm going to try this one more time....hahahaha

I figure if I do this with just a few pictures that maybe I can get a decent post up. My main computer is still not letting me download pictures right now, and blogger is giving me grief on that computer. So, for now it's blogging on my laptop, which freaks out on me occasionally and I lose patience and give up.

Anyway, onto the card I made.

My oldest daughter just celebrated her 30th birthday, and this is the card I made for her.

I saw this card on Stampin Connection, and I'm sorry I don't remember whose it was....if you know, please leave a comment and I will give them the credit.
I LOVE the new layer punches!!!!! There are so many fun things that you can do with them. This card is just one example of that.

So, excuse my messy blog for now. I'm hoping to clean it up and get back to the clean and simple way of blogging.

Until then, thanks for peeking in and have a great day.

Not lost, just frustrated....

OMGosh. I am sooo darn frustrated with my computer and Blogger. I haven't posted in forever because, everytime I try to blog something, I want to throw the darn computer through the window. I don't know what the problem is, but I really need to figure it out.

Anyway, enough of my woo's. Let's get to the task at hand.

This is the latest card I've made.....and yes....I cased it. I just had to. It's too darn cute not to. I think the next one I make will NOT have so much bling on it though. I cased this cute card from Vicki Burdick. Love her work.
























How cute are these flowers. I just stamped the flower from the new Flower Fest stamp set....which I am happy to say made it into the new catalog...woo hoo....I stamped it with White Craft Ink and then embossed it with White embossing flower. I stamped two flowers for each flower. I then cut them out and cut out the little flower piece on top and attached it with a stampin dimensional. Love it!!!

Then I had to give the inside some love too.

Then one last look at this fun card again. I love this DSP and will be sad when it's gone.

Thanks for peeking in today. I hope to figure out the problems and post more cute pictures, because I got my new stuff from the new catalog and have lots of fun things I want to make and post on here.

Love Beyond Measure

I have to say first off, that this is a case from Becky Roberts from last year.

I liked this card so much, that I bought this stamp set just to make this card.

I think we are going to make this card for club in May. Unfortunately, my dad is no longer here with us. He passed away four years ago the day before Father's Day....not nice!!!

So, this will have to be for my hubby this year.

Thanks for peeking in .

Have a wonderful day today.

Casing my case.....hahahaha

Does that title confuse you? Hahahaha

Since I already had this stamp set out from my previous post card I made, I decided to case my own card.

I really like the way it turned out. This is the card I originally cased from Dawn Olfcheske a while back using the Bliss stamp set. Since that stamp set is no longer available, I decided to make one just like it using the Strength and Hope stamp set. Since I already had a plan, the card made up really quickly.
Thanks for peeking in today.
Have a wonderful day.

Stamping 411 challenge

I finally got some free time to play in my craft room this morning. It has been one crazy week, so it was very nice to be able to play again.

I saw the sketch over at Stamping 411 and thought it would be lots of fun to play along this week. So, out came some of my new toys and this is what I came up with.

This is the new Strength and Hope stamp set and $2.00 of the proceeds go to Breast Cancer Research Foundation. So, I used pink colors.....Rose Red and Pink Piroutte to be exact. My sentiments came from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set. Not the best picture taker in the world.....hahahaha, but you get the idea.
Thanks for peeking in today.
Why don't you go and make a card for the Stamping 411 challenge today!!!

Have a great day.

Explosion Boxes

I have seen these adorable explosion boxes out there in cyberland, but have never made one. Since the month of May is National Scrapbooking Month, I thought for club we should make something along the scrapbooking lines. So, I googled explosion boxes and found a tutorial on You Tube and made one of my own.

What do you think? I think just as a box it's cute using the PlayDate DSP.Then you take the lid off, and viola.....you have pages inside for scrapbooking.
I had so much fun coming up with decorations for each page. I only adhered the flower in the lower corner at the bottom, so you could slide the picture underneath it.

I busted out my Playdate rubons and used those as well.

Here it is completely open on the inside.

Now I just need to get some pictures of my adorable grandchildren to put inside. I definetly think we will be making these at club in May.

This was just too much fun to make.

Thanks for peeking in.

Have a wonderful day.