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And the winner is...

Debbie Naylor — 2012-01-06T15:40:29-05:00

Thank you to everyone who left me such nice comments on my post and entered to win blog candy! The winner of the free tutorial is Kris, who left comment #8...

Love your ideas, Debbie! I have to try this rose! Congrats on 150,000!

Posted by: Kris | January 04, 2012 at 03:49 PM

Kris, please email me and let me know which tutorial you would like to have. Thanks for playing along!!

You're Just My Type...

Debbie Naylor — 2012-01-06T11:45:36-05:00

This week on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring projects made using one of our favorite new stamp sets from the Occasions Mini catalog that debuted this week. I just fell in love with this typewriter set called You're Just My Type. With just two colors - basic red and chocolate chip - along with whisper white you can make this card very easily. The DSP is from the Brights stack and has polka dots on one side and words on the other. It adds just the right amount of interest to this very simple card. I created the flower embellishment using the triple layer blossom bouquet punch and small flower from Itty Bitty Shapes punch trio.

I have a private stamp-a-stack class this morning and some brand new stampers are coming so I wanted a clean and simple card that they could recreate easily and this fits the bill! Everyone can use a birthday card and if you wanted to make this one more masculine you could flip the DSP over to the side that has just words and eliminate the flower embellishment. I added a sentiment from the On Your Birthday to take up some of the white space left from where the flower embellishment is on the other card.

For more inspiration from our Occasions mini catalog, be sure and visit the Sisters in Stamping blog after Noon EST today. Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! I'll be sharing the cards from my team Christmas Shoe Box swap meeting last month with you this weekend so be sure and come back... lots of great non-Christmas ideas!

December 2011 Scrapbook Club projects

Debbie Naylor — 2012-01-05T11:25:12-05:00

With our crazy schedule in December I totally forgot to share the two scrapbook page layouts that my Club made last month. My hostess Lisa had requested a New Year's page and I was kind of stumped... but decided to feature the fun silver glimmer paper from the Holiday Mini (hurray - you can still purchase it!!) along with the Baroque Motifs stamp set and a fun color palette of basic gray, basic black, naturals white and certainly celery. I like the way it turned out... plenty of places to put your photos and journaling.

Here are some close-ups... the star, numbers and letters for the title were all cut out using the Big Shot - my favorite go-to tool when scrapbooking.

I even took a black permanent marker and colored the rhinestone in the center of the flower.

And here is the second layout - it is a total CASE of the page in the Holiday Mini catalog for the You Are Loved stamp set. I loved it and so did everyone else... I did change a couple of minor things like coloring the heart image with markers instead of the pastels. Here are some close-ups for you... enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by... you've only a little longer to submit a comment on my post here to enter to win my blog candy. The deadline is Noon EST. Have a great day!!

Pinterest Try It Tuesday... something new for 2012

Debbie Naylor — 2012-01-04T12:42:47-05:00

So I have become totally addicted to Pinterest (a social media site where you share virtual bulletin boards of ideas with your friends and followers) over the last couple of days when I had some downtime after Christmas. There are just so many ideas out there - I am constantly amazed at the creativity and imagination of so many people! To justify the amount of time I am spending on this site, I decided to start something new for 2012 and will be posting a project on Tuesdays using my Stampin' Up! supplies featuring an idea I've pinned to one of my boards on Pinterest. Want to see what I'm pinning? Click the "follow me on Pinterest" button on the sidebar to the left.

I realize that today is Wednesday and I REALLY had plans to get this done yesterday as I started my post above on the 1st... but my kids have been sick with the stomach bug and you know what they say about the best laid plans... anyway, I decided to go ahead and post this and pretend that it is Tuesday so pretend with me, okay?

Since I just came up with this idea I'm starting off small... I saw this idea above for making a rose out of colored computer paper and decided to try it with my new Blossom punch from the Occasions mini catalog (available for purchase starting TODAY!) and gorgeous new Everyday Enchantment designer series paper from the Sale-a-Bration brochure (available for FREE with a $50 qualifying order Jan. 24th-Mar. 31st). Mine is the blue flower at the top of the post... pretty close, isn't it? I did change a few things from the video tutorial so I thought I would share them with you here.

First, instead of hand-cutting six flowers I let my punch do the work and punched out 5 flowers from the DSP - it is thicker than computer paper so I deleted one layer from my finished flower. I also could not locate a single toothpick in my house so opted to use a paper clip.

First, take each petal and wrap it around the end of a paperclip or toothpick to curl the ends under.

Next, I lightly misted three flowers with water (I used an old Stampin' Mist bottle and filled it with water - I like the fine mist that it sprays) and wrapped them around the end of a fat highlighter. If you're wondering why I wet the paper it is because our DSP is thicker than computer paper and a little less forgiving when you maniupulate it like this - when it is damp you are much less likely to tear it. I then took the last two and wrapped them around the end of a smaller marker and curled the ends in tighter.

This is how the flower layers should look - two tighly bunched flowers and three not-so tighlty bunched ones. The tutorial called for using a hot glue gun but I couldn't find mine in my mess of a stamping studio (it still hasn't recovered from Christmas!) so I used my trusty Tombow multipurpose adhesive and filled in the centers of the three looser flower layers and set them aside for a minute to begin to get tacky (much easier to adhere them together when the glue isn't as wet).

Begin by laying each flower inside the other, offsetting them so that the petals do not align. I used the other end of my paperclip to kind of mash them together and hold it down for a few seconds for the glue to set. Next, attach one of the tighter flowers to the center holding it down to set with the end of your marker, gathering and bunching the petals tightly around the marker.

For the final layer, really bunch up the flower so it looks like the one above. Add adhesive to the end of this flower layer as well as the inside of the flower and give it a minute to get tacky. Attach it to the flower and voila... you get this gorgeous paper rose!

Now you give it a try... it's really very easy! I'll figure out something to put this rose on next and share that with you soon. And thanks for pretending that today is Tuesday!!

If you haven't already done so, don't forget to leave me a comment on this post to enter to win blog candy in celebration of reaching 150,000+ hits. Since I can email the tutorials, this blog candy is open to everyone, regardless of where you live!!

Woooo hoooo - I've reached 150,000 hits on my blog!!!

Debbie Naylor — 2012-01-02T17:43:58-05:00

I'm not sure when it happened, but sometime yesterday I reached 150,000 views on my blog. WOW! Thank you so much for visiting me here! To celebrate this milestone I will be giving away some blog candy... leave me a comment here on this blog post and I will draw a name on Thursday at Noon EST. The winner will get to choose 3 tutorials from my 12 Weeks of Christmas series.

Choose from these great ideas:

Week 1 - Fold Out Photo Book

Week 2 - Christmas Planner

Week 3 - Mini notecard set

Week 4 - Snow banner

Week 5 - Gift Card Trio

Week 6 - Gift Tag Pouch

Week 7 - Gift Bags

Week 8 - Christmas Scrapbook

Week 9 - Quick Easy Gifts

Week 10 Holiday Shadow Box

Week 11 Mini Organizer

Week 12 - Ornaments

Looking forward to 2012~

Debbie Naylor — 2012-01-01T13:43:07-05:00

Fabulous Sneak Peek of the upcoming Occasions Mini catalog...

Debbie Naylor — 2011-12-30T10:57:51-05:00

I am so excited about our upcoming Occasions Mini catalog... there is a FABULOUS assortment of awesome new Big Shot accessories, fun new stamp sets and gorgeous new ribbon and Designer Series Papers! This week on the Sisters in Stamping blog our Fabulous Friday theme is a sneak peek at the new Mini that begins on January 4th. I created this wedding card using the new Label framelits with my Big Shot to diecut the panel and mat on my card - aren't they great?! You will definitely want to pick up a set of these!!

The DSP I used is from a package called Twitterpated and the beautiful blushing bride pleated ribbon is a satin that is so luxurious.

The beautiful wedding gown image made up of different words and the sentiment are from the Love and Laughter stamp set - a great addition to your stamp collection for those upcoming spring bridal showers and weddings!!

For more sneak peeks be sure and visit the Sisters in Stamping blog after Noon EST today. Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend! Hope your New Year's celebrations are safe and festive!!

Have Christmas cash?

Debbie Naylor — 2011-12-26T09:22:04-05:00

If you're like me and received money for Christmas this year, be sure and check out the Clearance Rack Blitz that Stampin' Up! is offering right now! You'll find lots of our great punches in the old style (but still just as awesome!) for 40% off, the Love Patterns DSP (in real red and pretty in pink - perfect for Valentine's Day which is coming up!) for 80% off and much much more!!!

Find these great deals and more now through January 5th - but hurry, quantities are limited and orders must be placed online to qualify for the savings! Please note that orders can include non-Clearance Rack items, as well.

Keep in mind...

The Clearance Rack Blitz includes old-body style punches.
There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
Qualifying Clearance Rack orders are eligible for hostess benefits/Stampin' Rewards!!
Clearance Rack Blitz items are only available while supplies last. There are no refunds or exchanges on Clearance Rack items.
You may view Clearance Rack Blitz items in my online store here.

Thanks and happy shopping!!

Merry Christmas!

Debbie Naylor — 2011-12-25T13:18:44-05:00

Final project for the "12 Weeks of Christmas" project tutorials from Get Creative with Rachel and Debbie

Debbie Naylor — 2011-12-24T17:24:24-05:00

And we did it! Here is the 12th and final tutorial in our "12 Weeks of Christmas" series of projects for 2011 - two fantastic ornaments. You can make these for yourself or have them on hand to give to others as gifts.

You can purchase each week's tutorial individually for $2.95 or buy all 12 of them for only $24.95 (a savings of over $10!!).

To purchase just the tutorial for our Week 12 Ornaments for $2.95 click the "buy now" button below.

If you want to purchase all "12 Weeks of Christmas" tutorials at a discounted price of $24.95, a savings of over $10, click the "buy now" button below. If you choose to purchase the complete set now, I will email them to you as soon as your PayPal payment is processed. You will receive the complete tutorials with pictures and instructions.

We learned a lot creating this series of tutorials and know what to do and what not to do for next year and going forward. It is a HUGE job designing, photographing and writing these tutorials and we hope you have enjoyed them. Thank you to everyone who has purchased them from me - I do appreciate your support!