This card is more than Fresh Vintage as it uses the lovely Twitterpated DSP from the Occasions Mini - it actually uses quite a few things from the Occasions Mini!

Stampin' Up! is providing us with so many neat accessories that makes it super easy to come up with wonderful creative projects.

The card base is Riding Hood Red cut 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".  The white layer is cut 5 1/4" x 4" and embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  The Riding Hood Red panel with the Twitterpated DSP is cut 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" and the DSP cut at 2" x 3".

The image from Fresh Vintage is colored with Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzaz Markers and stamped on Whisper White card stock and then cut with the smallest Labels Collection Framelit die.  The Riding Hood Red piece is cut from the second size up Framelit die.

The Riding Hood Red horizontal piece is cut 4" x 1 1/2" and placed in the small hearts Adorning Accents embossing folder and rolled through the Big Shot.

The card is finished with a length of Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Ribbon with small pearls placed on both sides of the sentiment.  Kind Thanks is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set and is stamped in Riding Hood Red classic ink.  It is punched out with the Modern Label punch.  The layered piece is cut using the Punch Windows set on page 221 of the catalogue.  It is one of the moveable magnets that you can use with the Movers & Shapers die (and you can also use it as a stand alone without that die). 

Purchase any of the above items to a total of $60 and you can earn the Fresh Vintage as one of your Sale-A-Bration free products.

Supplies:

Twitterpated DSP, #125406, $12.50

Labels Collection Framelit Die, #125598, $32.95

Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, #125601, $10.95

3/8" Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon, #125560, $9.50

Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, #117335, $9.95

Basic Pearls, #110247, $6.50

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 A huge welcome to Pam Sklofsky who joined my Stampin' Up! team!

Pam saw the wonderful opportunity to sign up during Sale-A-Bration and received her kit for $150 during this special promotion.  Whether you choose to be a hobby demo, would like to get your Stampin' Up! products at a discount or like to build your own business - there is no better time than now to join this dynamic and progressive company . . . and I would love to have you my team!  Whether you live here in the Metro Vancouver area or any province across Canada, you can sign up with me - simply CLICK ON THIS LINK TO JOIN MY STAMPIN' UP! TEAM.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Here's my Valentine's greeting for you today!

A CAS Valentine's Day card using the new Hearts Collections Framelites, Fashionable Hearts Embosslits die and Paper Doily Large Sizzlits die - all in the Occasions Mini.

The card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" in Whisper White.  The front of the card is scored 1/4" on all four sides using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.  The red glitter heart was cut with the Framelits, the white heart was made with the Paper Doily and then cut with the Framelits.  The small red heart was cut with the Fashionable Hearts Embosslits die and the sentiment from PS I Love you was punched out with the Heart to Heart punch.

Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

 

The Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and Ribbon and Brad Pack from this year's Sale-A-Bration brochure are simply yummy!   The organdy ribbon is very easy work with and is, of course, co-ordinated so well with the brads and ribbon.

Crayon Resist is a technique that's been around for so long and yet not often seen so I thought I'd use the Growing Green stamp set (p. 118, #118758, $26.95 WM, #120624, $20.95, CM) to use this technique.

 

The card base is Calypso Coral and the second layer is a piece of the Everyday Enchantment DSP.  The images are stamped on Glossy White card stock (p. 181, #102599, $7.25 for 25 sheets) with Black Staz-On ink and then outlined with a white crayon.  Calypso Coral and Pool Party classic ink is applied to the card with sponges and after applying the ink, use a paper towel to rub over the card front and you will see where the crayon has resisted the color.

Place the Glossy White piece on the Top Note die and run through the Big Shot.  After adding some of the Calypso Coral 1/8" Organdy Ribbon pinched through one of the co-ordinating brads, punch a hole in the corner of the Top Note piece and secure onthe back.

The sentiment is from Thank You Kindly set (p. 168, #111700, $16.95) stamped with black ink on Whisper White card stock and punched out with the Modern Label punch (p. 209, #119849, $22.95).  Punch a piece of Calypso Coral with the Modern Label punch, cut it in half and place behind the sentiment to give it a mat on the ends.

Place some dimensionals on the back of the top note piece and adhere to the DSP panel and also add some dimensionals to the back of the sentiment and adhere to the front of the top note piece.

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Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yes!  It took the Customer Appreciation Event to get the stamping mojo back - lol.  Having not stamped for well over a month, it's hard to get back "in the groove" and it was just the right kick start to get me going.

Don't you just love the Rue des Fleurs stamp set in the Mini? (p. 22, #125485, $36.95 WM, #125487, $28.95 CM). 

Here's my first card using it and I can see a lot more cards and projects froming trom this lovely stamp set.

I also got a chance to put the Adorning Accents Edgelit die and Adorning Accents Embossing Folder to use/

Cut the Whisper White card stock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and score at 4 1/4".  I put the edgelit near the edge of the right front of the card and ran it through the Big Shot.  I next positioned the matching embossing folder just below the cut edgelit side and then ran it through the Big Shot.

Cut another piece of Whisper White card stock 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and cut the edge with the edgelit die.  Then place the card stock in the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and run it through the Big Shot.

Trim this piece to form the third "layer" on the front of the card and adhere it to the front panel of the card with Sticky Strip.

The image from Rue des Fleurs is stamped with Black Staz-on ink and color is added with a Blender Pen picking up color from the Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz classic ink pads.  Tiny pearls are added to the front of the bustier and a bit of dazzling diamons is added to the top to give it a bit of sparkle.

Use the smallest framelit from the Label Collection and run it through the Big Shot.  Cut the next size framelit from Pretty in Pink card stock and mat it behind the stamped image.  This is then added to the front of the card with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from Loving Thoughts in the Mini (p. 15, #125843, $36.95 WM, #125845, $28.95 CM)  It is stamped with Black Staz-on Ink on a piece of Whisper White card stok and then punched with the retired small Oval Punch.  Punch a piece of Pretty in Pink with the current sized small Oval punch and the sentiment is adhered in an offset position on the Pretty in Pink oval.  Add this to the front of the card also with dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by and tomorrow is another opportunity to spend more time at the stamp table - happy stamping!

 

Last weekend I held my Customer Appreciation Event and after planning for about a dozen people, last minute cancellations dropped the attendance but those who were able to make it had a great time.

This was just a small fraction of the food that I still have in my freezer!  Wendy made a fantastic coleslaw that was the perfect complement to the potato samosas - we had spinach quiche, cheese quiche, spanakopitas, fruit tray, veggie tray, Black Velvet Cake - and I still had a strawberry slice and Nanaimo Bars in the fridge!

We also worked on a couple of make and takes - this one is great for using up all those odds and ends of cardstock.

The card base is Basic Black cardstock cut 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2".  Cut five strips of cardstock 1" x 3 3/4" - starting at the top with Real Red, Riding Hood Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette.  The heart was cut with Real Red cardstock using the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit (p. 216, #117332, $14.95) and then punching out some hearts in Pink Pirouette using the Small Hearts Punch (p. 210, #117913, $7.95).

The stamp set we used was PS I Love You from the new Occasion Mini (p. 8, #125460, $42.95 WM or #125462, $33.95 CM).

On the inside of the card, we cut a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock and adhered it to the back panel and stamped the sentiment "p.s. I love you" from the stamp set.

The second make and take is a case of the card on page 9 of the Occasions Mini.

I did not have the Designer Cuts cards and envelopes so we made the card using Early Espresso cardstock, layered with a piece of Very Vanilla cut at 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".  We stamped the heart from the P.S. I Love You stamp set using a Cherry Cobbler marker to ink it up.  My Blushing Bride Smooch Sprtiz hadn't arrived in time (it's coming this week!) so we sponged on some Cherry Cobbler ink.  The button is from the Soft Subtles group of button and we added some Cherry Cobbler twine.  The button is adhered to the card with a Mini Glue Dot.

The sentiment is stamped on the front of the card using Early Espresso classic ink.

I could only manage to watch the Super Bowl game to the start of the 3rd quarter and just had to go to bed as my cough started up and it is so tiring.  So after a spoonful of cough syrup, I was nodding off and went to bed about 5:30 p.m.!  And I was so very pleased with the outcome with the Giants winning the game when I read the papers the next morning.  It would have been a wreck if I had been able to stay up and watch the whole game so it was just as well that I fell asleep.

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Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

 

 

Wowee - I can't believe I was able to make a card!  It's been a long while since I had a chance to sit and play, particularly with all my new goodies from the Mini just sitting there waiting to be opened.

Things have finally settled down that I now have my stamp room/office set up that I can feel comfortable to play with my new toys.  Everything has been so unsettled since our move and only now coming together.

When I saw this set in the Occasions Mini, I knew I had to have it as well as the Labels Collection Framelits Die. 

The framelits are fabulous and makes the cutting of the image so easy!

The card is made with Early Espresso with a mat of So Saffron placed in the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and then rolled through the Big Shot.

The image is stamped with Early Espresso on Whisper White and colored with Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery and Pear Pizzazz markers.  The sentiment is stamped on Pink Pirouette with Early Espresso Classic Ink.

After matting the image on a piece of Pink Pirouette cut one size larger than the stamped image it is adhered to the So Saffron panel with dimensionals.  The sentiment is finished with two half pearls on the ends.

We're also making changes to this site - be on the lookout for those new changes coming soon!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

Have you ever wanted to try My Digital Studio (MDS)?  This is the perfect time as you can experience a FREE 30 day trial.

With the free trial, you will get:

• Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days
• Full design functionality
• Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express - that's $65 worth of content!
• Opportunity to purchase addtional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets and everything in between
• Access to SU!'s professional print services

And if after the free trial, you find that you just have to have it - you can purchase My Digital Studio Express or the My Digital Studio disc version.

Give it a try - not just for scrapbooking but also for some very creative cards.

To access your free 30 day trial click 30 DAY MDS FREE TRIAL.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

 

Sale-A-Bration starts today and you know what fabulous SU! products you can receive for free with a purchase of $60 regular product.  This year's brochure is brimming with lots of goodies - from stamp sets to designer buttons to designer paper and many choices from the main catalogue.

Host a workshop you can also receive a fabulous tote bag!  It's also the best time to sign on as a demo with the Starter Kit for only $150 and every month for the rest of 2012, you will receive a package of free Designer Series Paper or a digital download.

You may recall this stamp set from last year's SAB - Punch Bunch.

Jen made this card using the birthday greeting stamp from the set.  The front of the card was rolled through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder on Very Vanilla card stock.

To host your workshop with me or sign on with my team - please email me.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!