Flowerfull Heart Gift Card Holder

This is the gift card I will be offering at my Valentine Buffet Event.  This has to be the quickest and easier gift card I have ever made.  I used the tutorial from Dawn Oshefske's blog.  I used the DSP from the Fresh Prints Designer Paper Stack to create the gift card holder.

The stamp is a single stamp that Stampin' Up offers.  It is the Flowerfull Heart Stamp.  The colors are Real Red and Coastal Cabana.  When you see the opposite side of the DSP you will see why I used that color combination.

 I rounded every corner using the Envelope Punch Board.  There is a corner rounder punch at the top of the board.  Love it!

This is a great gift card holder to make if you have a lot to make in a short time.  Tomorrow I plan to post another offering from the Valentine Buffet.

I will be hosting the Buffet at my house on January 25 @ 10 PM.  If interested in more info, contact me.  Enjoy the day!

A Rose for You

Another project that will be offered at the Valentine Stamp Buffet.  This is a mini frame that is decorated with a rose which was made using the Spiral Flower Die.  That is a new die which can be found in the Occasions Catalog.  You can use the die to create 3 dimensional flowers.  We made those flowers on Saturday and decided to use them to decorate the frame.  The frames were found on a "field trip" to some discount stores.  I love it when I am able to find cheap items that I can decorate using Stampin' Up products.

What we did was to stamp an insert into the frame.  We used the Eiffel Tower from the stamp set, Follow My Heart.  And here is the great part…  If you do not like that image, you can stamp on other card stock or DSP and place that in the frame!  You make a lot of different inserts and so you will be able to use it for a number of different occasions.

The 2 stamp sets that were used for this project were Perfect Pennants and Follow My Heart.


What a cute little gift to give a friend, co-worker, teacher, or family member.  It is small enough to fit on a desk at work.  I love it because it can be used all through the year not just at Valentine's Day.  Check back all this week to see other projects that will be offered.

I will be hosting this event at my home on January 25 @ 10 AM.  If interested or would like more information, please contact me.  Enjoy the day!

Valentines in the House

Myself, Susan and her downline Karen got together onSaturday to come up with ideas for a Valentine Stamping Event.  This is one of the projects that we came up with for that event.  I really enjoyed doing the collage for my Christmas gift exchange, and Susan and Karen really like it, so we decided to come up with one for Valentine's Day for our stamp camp.  So this is what the three of us came up with.  It took a while to make because we had so many ideas and we needed to to come up with 9 for the number of squares we had.  We also needed to decide on a color scheme.  Also we needed to split up the sentiments and Valentine shapes.

It was a long process to come up with the idea but once we finally decided the layout and everything, it did not take long to finish.  These are the supplies that we used for this project:


STAMP SETS:  The Best of 25 Years… Love, Perfect Pennants
PAPER:  Red Glimmer Paper, Silver Foil, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Whisper WHite, Real Red, Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack
INK: Versamark, Black Stazon, Real Red, Old Olive
ACCESSORIES:  Circle Card Thinlets, Label Card Thinlets, Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Blender Pens, Black Embossing Powder, Jewel Rhinestones, Red Sharpie (non SU), Dimensionals, Basic Black and Real Red Markers

This will be one of the projects that we will be offering along with 4 more for a Valentine Stamp Class.  Although we came up with our ideas together, we will be offering our classes at different days and times.  I will post that information in a future post this week.  I am trying to finalize a date and time.  Today is an all 3 grandson day so it should be very busy today.  Enjoy the day!

Alright... Time to Shop!!

I am soooo excited today.  Not only did we have snowfall overnight and it looks beautiful outside.  But today starts the first day that everyone can order from the OCCASIONS Catalog!!  Now that is a reason to celebrate!  

This is a card that I made for a swap that I was planning to attend tomorrow.  It is cancelled because of the weather but I thought I would post a picture of it anyway.  We were asked to create a card using some of the products that you can find in the Occasions Catalog or the SAB items that you can earn starting January 28th.  I used some products from both.

The product that I used from the Occasions Catalog is the stamp "Blessed Easter".  The stamp features those beautiful Tulips and an Easter sentiment.  For this card though, I only wanted the Tulips to show.  So I masked the sentiment off with a post it, inked up the stamp, removed the post it from the stamp and finally stamped the image.   

The supplies that I used for this project were:

STAMP SETS:  Blessed Easter, Petite Pairs, En Francois
PAPER:  Strawberry Slush, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
INK:  Strawberry Slush, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Black Stazon
ACCESSORIES:  Oval Framelits, Banner Framelits, Big Shot, Pistachio Pudding Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals, Blender Pens

When I was finished with all the pieces and was trying different arrangements, something seemed to be missing.  So I tried the Pistachio Pudding Ruffled Ribbon and I think that helped.  It helped to make the green that was used for the leaves pop.  It is subtle but I think it was needed to tie everything together.  

If you have not yet received your Occasions Catalog, contact me and I will get one to you or CLICK HERE 

If you live where it is snowing and you can't get out, today is a great day to go through the new catty and go shopping for your favorite new products.  Enjoy the day!

Downline Congrats!

Every month I send out Congrats cards to my top 3 sellers.  This card is the one that I will be sending this month.  I just made a VERY simple card using some of the "NEW" products that you can find in the Occasions Catalog.  Tomorrow is the first day that you can order from the Occasions Catalog.  I am not allowed to give you details yet about the products used from the catalog until tomorrow.  But I guarantee you that you will love the new products available.

If you have not received your catalog yet, please contact me and I will get one to you.

Today I plan to do a lot of stamping using the new products so I can show you what you can do with all these great products.  There is a big snow storm that is supposed to arrive late this afternoon.  So it should be a great day to fire up the fireplace, stamp, and watch the snow fall.  We are supposed to have all 3 boys tomorrow but with the weather, it might just be 2.  But I will stamp today when I do not have to worry about watching the little guys.  If you are somewhere where it is supposed to have snowfall today, stay warm.  Enjoy the day!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Have a wonderful Holiday!  I will be taking a week off to enjoy some relaxing time with my family.  Will begin posting again January second.  Enjoy the Holiday Week with your families!

A Merry Christmas from my Sideline!

As you know Susan and I coordinate a lot of our stamping events together.  We often attend SU events together also so of course we exchange Christmas cards.  This is the one that Susan sent me this year.  I find it difficult to make cards for Susan because we do so many Christmas events together that I find it hard to find time to come up with a design that she does not know about.  I am sure that she feels the same way. 

I loved the card that she sent me this year.  It is so simple and clean and the feeling it gives to me is the feeling of peace and calm.  I LOVE it!  The supplies that she used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Joyous Christmas
PAPER:  Whisper White, Brushed Gold, Cherry Cobbler
INK:  Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
ACCESSORIES:  Gold Embossing Powder, Heating Tool, Pearl Jewels, Dimensionals, Scissors

Thank you Susan!  Short post today.  I still have a lot to get done before Christmas.  Enjoy the day!