Christmas is Coming

My " event will soon be here. My sideline Susan and I are doing an event together and we are so excited! This is one of the projects we will be making. This is a gift card holder which hopefully looks like a present. I saw the directions on "Stamp With Heather"s Blog and liked the construction of the holder. I used the new Merry Moments Designer Paper. The base of the gift card was Real Red cardstock. I used the 5/8" Red Grosgrain Ribbon for the bow. The gift tag was punched from Whisper White cardstock after we stamped the snowflakes on using Garden Green. We liked that it was the opposite of the designer paper. The stamp comes from the level 2 stamp set, Christmas Punch. This is one of five Christmas projects we will be working on. I am hoping that everyone has a good time and can get a jump start on the holiday. And by the way, the Christmas cookies that I was baking last week will be there!!! Something to look forward to this week.

Razzle Dazzle Me

I am back and up and running.  My daughter helped me figure out how to get my pictures on this computer.  How simple!  I thought it would take me days to figure it out!  This note card was one of my Make and Take projects at my Open House.  How cute and simple.  I was showing off a few of the new products from the 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalog.  We used the new stamp set "RAZZLE DAZZLE" to stamp the image onto the RICH RAZZLEBERYcardstock   -one of the new In Colors. The designer paper that was used is my favorite from the new catalog.  It is the "COTTAGE WALL" DSP.  The color combination is gorgeous.  It combines, Orchid Opulence,  Rich Razzleberry, and Old Olive together in various designs.  It really is my favorite DSP so far!  Lastly, we used the brand new Rich Razzleberry Polka Dotted Grosgrain Ribbon.  Another outstanding product.  I wanted my customers to get a small taste of the great products Stampin' Up has this year in their new catalog.  So far they are loving it too.  Wait until they see the other new products that are coming that are in the Holiday Mini.  All I can say is WOW!!

Virus

I have had an up and down weekend.  First, I got a new laptop!  It is a birthday present!  But before I could get to the Apple store and have all my files , transferred from my PC to my Mac,  my PC got a virus and I cannot access anything.  It has shut me down completely!  So until I can get my files or figure out how to transfer my pics to this computer, I am stuck.  Unfortunately I didn't have any of my One on One lessons at the Apple store( birthday gift from my daughter), so it will take me a few days to figure things out.  Please be patient and check back later.  I will post the new Deal of the Week later today!  Enjoy the rest of your day.  I will be trying to figure out this new computer.

Midnight Madness- Flower Fancy

It felt so good to be able to sit down and work on my projects this week. The past two weeks have been crazy and not really my own. I have been trying to get ready for two events that I have been planning in addition to the three technique classes that I held this past week. Add that to making room for my daughter to move back in until she and her husband find an apartment near her new job. You have a crazy crazy couple of weeks. So now that I can breathe again, I sat down and worked on this challenge. I have been wanting to use this stamp set "FLOWER FANCY" for a while but just have not been able to find the right card to use it on.This card just seemed to fall into place. First I just love the new "COTTAGE WALL DESIGNER PAPER"! The color combination in the paper is beautiful. I used the new Orchid Opulence for the base of the card. I then mounted a piece of the Cottage Wall DSP onto a slightly larger piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock an placed that onto the base. Then I stamped the flower on to Whisper White with Staz- On and colored in the flower an leaves using the blender pens. The small trio of flowers are from the same set but I used the two step stamping technique for those flowers.. The background rectangles were run through the big shot to add texture. The ribbon is the new Rich Razzleberry Polka Dotted Ribbon but I used the other side. I thought that the polka dots would be to much for this card. And to finish it off I used the half pearls from the Pretties Kit to add embellishment in the upper corner. All in all, I am happy with the way it turned out. The women that were over at my house on Wednesday for class, really liked this card also. They asked me when they could make this card. The supplies that I used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Flower Fancy
PAPER: Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry, Cottage Wall DSP
INK: Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Black Staz-On
ACCESSORIES: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dotted Ribbon, Pretties Kit (1/2 pearls), Dimensionals, Blender Pens, Flourish Texturz Plate, Small Dots Texturz Plate, Big Shot

Well since things have slowed down here a bit, I plan to bake some cookies today. I am going to bake Christmas Cookies today! Yes, Christmas cookies for my "Christmas in July" event. Next week I will post samples on my blog. Go have a great day.

Mojo Monday 95

I am so excited that I even was able to get to work on my own cards this week. My daughter from Arizona arrived 3:30 am Monday morning. Needless to say the whole week so far has been crazy! She is back in Pennsylvania because of relocating for a new job which she will start in a week. It has been hard to find time to do my own things because of all that had to be done before she got back. I needed to get all of my things out of her room to make room for her. My stamping and craft items have now been relocated various locations throughout the house. It takes me more time to remember where they are than to do the projects!

Any way... this is what I came up with for Mojo Monday. It feels good to do these challenges again and I hope to be able to keep up with them. For some reason, I am in the Christmas mode. It could be that I am gearing up for Susan's and my "CHRISTMAS IN JULY" event on the 25th. More about that during later posts. But I was very pleased how this turned out. I love the designer paper in the background. That came from the new SU Merry Moments Designer Paper. The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the Level One Hostess set, "HOLIDAY BEST". That is a cute set with four different holiday sentiments. For this card, the supplies I used were:

STAMP SETS: Holiday Best, A Cardinal Christmas

PAPER: Merry Moments Designer Paper, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

INK: Real Red, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive

ACCESSORIES: Red Micro Beads, Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware. Dimensionals, Blender Pens, 1/4 inch Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Last night I had my last Technique Class for July and I was showing the girls what I was working on. They really liked this card. They also remarked about the new Holiday Designer paper that I was using. I showed them the whole package of paper and they all were so excited about it. I think I have got them all in the Holiday Spirit also! I need to stay in the Holiday Spirit because today I will be finishing up bagging all the supply packages for next Saturday's Christmas in July event. So have a great day and Merry Christmas!

Technique Class-Card 3

This is the last card that we will be making in this month's technique classes. The theme this month is "BLEACH" and all the cards are made using bleach in different ways. This is Shadow Stamping with Bleach. I wanted to use the new In Colors on a project and I think combining the Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Pale Plum together looks really good. This is a more subtle look. I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment. The supplies that I used for this card were:

STAMP SETS: Close as a Memory, Teeny Tiny Wishes
PAPER:Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
INK: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry
ACCESSORIES: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dotted Ribbon

This is a retirement card for one of the women that I used to work with. She retired this June. Happy Retirement Elaine! Enjoy it.

Matthew's New Room

My friend from work, Nicole, had her second child in April. He is adorable!! This is a picture of his room. On his wall, you will see one of the Decor Elements.. This one is Snips and Snails in Chocolate Chip. She had ordered this before he was born. After he was born, I went up to the house and placed it on the wall for them. It was so easy to do! It did not take long to do and looked so nice when it was done. It really made the room look better by having something there instead of a big empty wall. While I was there, Nicole made us lunch, (delicious!) and I had a wonderful time visiting and holding Matthew. So take a look at the new Home Decor items. I am sure you can find something in there that can help you bring more personality to your room.

Have a great day!