Just a quick reminder the 2014/16 In Color will be retiring in May just wanted to give you a heads up now in case you want any of those colors and accessories .
Here is a card I made over the weekend I love Watermelon Wonder and Tip Top Taupe together . I also used the Wink of Stella on the tiny stars and also on the Celebrate ( LOVE IT! )
I used the Star Framelits # 133723 and also the Lucky Stars embossing folder # 135817 for the back ground.
I even tried to get a up close photo of it & this was the best one .
trust me this card is so shimmery in person .
Here are the measurements of today's card
Tip Top Taupe card stock #138336
cut at 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2"
cut at 1 1/4" x 4 1/2"
cut at 1 1/2" x 5 "
Watermelon Wonder card stock #138334
cut at 4" x 5 1/2"
In Color Designer paper stack # 138432
cut at 3/4" x 4"
All supplies are listed below .
Thanks for peeking in today .
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Above is a collage of a few photos of the fun time we had stamping .
This past Tuesday was the 2nd sitting on my hubby's next phase of his tattoo sleeve that Larry is working on .
WOW! I will share photo's when Larry does some shading, right now it's pretty much the outline BUT it's so awesome !
So You are probably wondering what I got from Stampin'Up! about a week an a half ago ...
I got a call from Stampin'Up! home office asking me to do a Main Stage presentation for On Stage aka "Convention" next month... BUT if that wasn't exciting enough guess what else ???
I get to do my presentation using my Million Dollar stamp set we designed .
OH MY GOODNESS~ I am so stinking excited !!
As much as I would totally love to share with you my stamp set ( It's so AWESOME!!! ) I can't share any details until it's actually released which my set will be in the next NEW Annual catalog.
So needless to say I have been so obsessed with this stamp set ~ I love everything about it ~ yes EVERYTHING!!
I filmed ( 2 ) videos for you this upcoming week both will be cards we made from our Stamp-a-Stack .
The other cards will be showcased in April & May for only my FSM club members.
I wanted to share with you all so you can mark your calender's for next
Saturday April 2nd at 8 pm Eastern time .
I was invited to be a guest stamper with Kylie Bertucci & her team from Australia .
The idea was that her and her team will case a project they found on my blog, Then they will
Re-create / CASE = Copy and Selectively Edit
one of my designs into a design of their own . The case can be really anything they get inspiration from..
I will also be joining in on "Casing "myself ( That should be fun ! )
The card design
The designer paper
The stamp set
or whatever they choose .
I'm pretty excited to see what everyone makes using my designs as inspiration to their creative project/s .
Today's video we will be making the card and envelope that is in this month Paper Pumpkin kit .
Oh My Goodness this month's kit is so cute~ You all know I love gift card holders and this month's kit has a bunch .
This month's kit has a Bermuda Bay color box instead of our normal orange color
Plus you will notice there is a special note inside the box that says in celebration of our 3 year anniversary and the millionth box mailed out next month for April we will be a little extra surprise inside April's kit . check out this video ( below ) from Sara Douglas .
You want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin kit ?
Please do so before April 10th so you will get the extra surprise Click HERE to sign up or click on one of the boxes below to find out more details ....
PLUS if you sign up for the 3 Month subscription to Paper Pumpkin you will also get a discounted price
PLUS you will get to pick a Sale-a-Bration item for FREE.
Paper Pumpkin for me personally is awesome, Since I am always designing projects for my blog, but with Paper Pumpkin everything is designed for me to put together and that's a HUGE treat for me to just make the project that are all cut and ready to stamp and assemble~ Easy Peasy !
It's always a fun surprise when my Paper Pumpkin arrives in my mail box each month .
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We had 4 ladies ( Michelle, Megan, Terrie, Kathy ) who visit my blog come and stamp with us ...
(one day I will have to share the story of Michelle and Megan) .
Plus (2) ladies ( Patty & Cathy ) from my LOH ( Ladies of Harley) group and my friend Peggy all stamped yesterday .
After of course a few tips & tricks on all the cards they were going to make everyone signed a bag with their name so they could keep all their cards in one place without mixing them up with someone else .
Everyone got their own sheet of Stampin' Dimensionals and they could use however many they wanted since they were using their own LOL! . Then it was on to all the stamping fun!
We finished up around 9/ 9:30 which was amazing since we had 7 ladies and all stamped 8 cards.
It was so much fun! .
Remember we are doing it again this upcoming
Friday March 25, 2016 at 3:00 pm
I still have spots open if you want to attend . I just need to know .
I thought I would share this video again about the updating your account( No contact) .
I have been getting many orders lately form some that are clicking the box that tells me they do NOT want any contact BUT then they use my hostess code . I have no idea who is placing the order so I can 1st of all send you a small Hostess code gift PLUS I would love to send you a thank you note as well as catalog/s .
Please know if you have been placing orders from me and have NOT heard anything from me this is probably the reason . Please watch this video ( below) and I will show you how to changed that information, That's if you want to change that .
You can click HERE for more details on my FSM Club/ Rewards
This afternoon we are getting our taxes done . Always a relief to get them done but it's very stressful thinking if I remembered everything since our tax accountant is like 45 minutes-hour away it's not like I can just drive home and get something if I forgot it ....and then the "I hope we paid in enough".
I pay in quarterly for my business and even though my account adjusts my payments for the upcoming year it's always based on the previous year. I will just been happy when it's done .
I have been busy making the stamp -a-stack cards PLUS I got something from Stampin' Up! which I can't share details just yet but I'm so excited ! I will share more about all that when I can.
Plus I have to make 40 swaps for Stampin'Up! On stage event that's coming in just a few weeks YIKES! so much to do I just wish I had an extra 12 hours in my day .
I did get only (1) video filmed for this upcoming week I will try and get another video filmed in the next couple days .
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I forgot to share the little Easter goodies I had for the LOH ladies (Ladies of Harley) last weekend .
I showed them how to make the cute Sour Cream container and they all made the Easter bunny card I also added
the Easter Bunny envelope gift card holder.
All week I have been cutting and preparing for my local Stamp-a-Stack.
Oh my goodness I am exhausted from cutting card stock .
We nearly have a studio filled with stampers coming tomorrow . I have a limit of 10 that can stamp comfortably. We will passing a box ( 8 boxes total ) with everything in the box ( stamps / card stock/ punches etc..) to create (1) of the 8 cards.
I took this photo yesterday after I finished designing the 8th card.
The next stamp-a-stack will be Friday March 25th, 3:00 pm
Anyone local to me in Waterford, Michigan and wants to come cost is $12.00.
Everyone will be making the same cards that we will be making tomorrow .
If you want to attend please message me (space is limited ).
ICYMIthese are the 2 videos that were posted this week .
Here is a birthday card I made last week using the Sale-a-Bration stamp set Honeycomb Happiness
the It's Your Day is from Party with Cake stamp set
(w)#140669
(c)# 140672
The ice cream cone is easy to make, I just stamped the ice cream scoop a few different times on to different color card stock
Mint Macaron
Pink Pirouette
Crumb Cake
I then hand cut out each scoop and popped them up on Stampin' Dimensionals # 104430.
The photo doesn't show the Wink of Stella # 141897 I added all over the ice cream scoops ,around the Basic Rhinestones and also added to the "It's your Day " ~Oh my goodness it really sparkles and it's such a sweet card.
Have a great Tuesday friends !
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Here is a card I made over the weekend. I got the idea for my card off of a awesome card I seen on Pinterest by Lillian .
I used Whisper White card stock # 100730
with In The Meadow stamp set
(w)#140751
(c)# 140754
I stamped the images in Archival Black ink # 140931.
With my Stamping Sponges #141337 and Sponge Daubers # 133773 I used Soft Sky #131181 and also Early Espresso classic ink # 126974 to add color to the mountains and the trees and the water/ground .
I think the next one I make I will use different shades of the neutrals colors and also use a early Espresso marker to color in the base of the tree's. But over all I love the softness of the card .
Dawn's side note: I spent a lot of time adding the Early Espresso classic ink in certain areas to get it darker . This is where I think a markers would have been a lot quicker but for the 1st one I still like the way it turned out .
I did add Dazzling Diamonds#133751 to my moon and just tiny touches of glitter randomly in other places like in the tree and grass. I was thinking at 1st it would be a nice birthday card but changed it to a thank you just because I love the font of this stamp which is from the Sale-a-Bration set What I Love #
Reminder Sale-a-Bration last day is March 31, 2016
You still have just over 2 weeks to get your favorites.
This week I am planning my local Stamp-a-Stack.
I have (2) dates set up if you would like to come please email me and let me know .
Saturday March 19th, 2016 at 5:00pm
Friday March 25th, 2016 at 3:00pm
We will be making (8) cards for $12.00 . Both dates we will be making the same cards .
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WOW what a week seriously I do NOT want to hear about anyone else dying any time soon . It's so sad saying good bye to our friends but Praise God we shall see them again 1 day .
I do have a happy spot in the week which was Friday evening... if you remember I was having a last minute get together to stamp with our LOH ladies ( Ladies of Harley) and with it being such short notice less than a week we had a awesome turn out . It was so much fun stamping with these ladies .
We all made 2 cards, 1 of which I will be posting a video on later this week .
Here is my Sunday share video posted below .
This was played at our friends Steve & Linda his mom ( Mary) funeral yesterday .
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I usually try and get a tad bit ahead in making my glitter queens monthly goal cards made up but then something always happens BUT this month for my team February cards I had the design picked out but didn't start making them until after our team newsletter went out ~ So the pressure was on and I'm happy to report I got them all made and sent out the very next day WHEW !!!!
PLUS I got a video filmed and ready to share with you all tomorrow :) .
Here is what their cards look like but the card we will be making in tomorrow video will be using different color card stock and Designer paper .
I will be showing you inside of this awesome fold card tomorrow .
It's a take on a "Z" fold but with modifications . I actually have (2) videos this week on types of Z fold cards.
The z Fold card is such a great base to use for any type of card and that usually means for me a fun fold . Stay tuned for those 2 videos this week .
The items I used on today's cards are listed below with quick click links.
You may notice I have the Balloon Bouquet Punch and Whisper White Bakers twine listed below in the quick links those items were used on the inside .
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This upcoming Monday (mark your calendars) at Midnight Mountain time early Monday morning the #imbringingbirthdaysback stamp is going to be available again for the next batch .
PLUS Sara posted a video on Face Book with Shannon that this stamp will NOT be as a "while supplies last" item YAHOO! So that means everyone who wants one will be able to get one :) .
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Can you tell by the last few blog posts I really love this Melon Mambo Star designer paper in the It's my Party DSP stack ?
I love it so much that I didn't have enough for my club to make the melon Mambo version so We made the Mint Macaron version . At club I gave my ladies a choice of what color Glimmer paper they wanted to add to their Make & Take
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper # 135315
Silver Glimmer paper #135314
Gold Glimmer paper #133719
Still so adorable and you all know I love those interactive cards that move / pop up / slide etc...
I thought I would share the Get Better Quick Kit using Real Red card stock # and with a bunch of cute cherries.
Once again I am playing off the cough drop flavor for the theme of the kit . Now if they would make chocolate flavor cough drops then maybe getting a cough wouldn't be so rough LOL!
I found this flavor and name brand cough drops at my local 7-Eleven . I have updated the lists of other places I have heard from so many of you where you got yours since they can be hard to find in the individual packs . The updated lists and the video on how to make the Get Better Quick Kit are posted HERE
Here is what the back side looks like with the cherries .
I punched out the cherries with the 1/2" Circle punch # 119869
I used Real Red card stock #102482 with the Polka Dot designer paper which is from the Brights Collection designer paper stack # 138434
I used the following colors in the classic inks
Real Red #126949
Early Espresso #126974
Old Olive #126953
Black Archival # 140931
The stamp sets:
Fabulous Four
(w) #134171
(c) #134174
Apple of my Eye # 149736
I hand cut out the leafs & the cherry stems.
Here is the info on the #Imbringingbirthdaysback stamp that I shared with youHERE .
UPDATE: The stamps have sold out BUT Stampin'Up! is working on the next batch so sorry . Will keep you posted on the next set and when it will be available .
You can get yours starting today March 1st, 2016
#Imbringingbirthdaysback stamp ( wood mount ONLY) #143573 for $12.00 while supplies last .
