Vintage Vogue and Last Chance for Occasions Mini

Hello,

Well, today is the last day that you can order from the Occasions Mini. You will wanted to stock up on all those favourites before they are gone. I can tell you that you can no longer order the On Board Chipboard Hearts, The Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Flowers and the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper. They have been so popular that they ran out of their inventory.

If you would like to order anything from this mini, you can email me your order or order on-line but you must do it today!!!

I wanted to share with you one of the stamp set that I enjoyed making cards with. This stamp set is not my usual style, but I love how it makes me think outside my creative zone!! If you guessed the Vintage Vogue set, you are right!!

This was one of the cards that we made in our Vintage Vogue Class.

 

Recipe: Rich Razzleberry, Kraft, and Very Vanilla card stock, Vintage Vogue stamp set, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, On your Birthday stamp set, Very Vintage Wheel, Very Vanilla Brads, and Rich Razzleberry ink.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day,

Butterfly Punch Scallop Bag

Hello,

One of my favourite things is to make creatures using our punches. It's amazing what you can do with circles and ovals!! This was one of the projects that we made in my kid's punch class. They really enjoyed making the Scallop Bag.

The Scallop Bag was made using the Scallop Die and the Big Shot machine.

The Butterfly was created using the Small Oval, Wide Oval, 3/4" Circle punch and 1 3/8" circle punch.

 

Recipe: Lavender Lace, Regal Rose, Whisper White and Almost Amethyst card stock, Scallop Circle Die, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Small, Large and Wide Oval Punches, 3/4" Circle Punches, 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Big shot Machine, and 1/2" circle punch.

Don't forget you only have 1 more days to order from the Occasions Mini. You can either email me your order or place your order on-line. If you place your order on-line with me, then you will be entered into my draw to win a Level 2 Hostess Stamp Set. This offer is good till Friday April 30th.

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day,

Crazy for Cupcakes

Hello,

I wanted to share with you another card that we made in our Technique Class. This month we learned about Paper Piecing. This is a really cool technique. All you do is stamp you image onto card stock or pattern paper and cut out the image. Then you piece the images together to create your stamp image. It works really well with an outline images.

For this card, we used the Crazy for Cupcake stamp set. We stamped the cupcake image onto Chocolate Chip card stock and then on to the To the Nines Designer Series Paper. We then cut out the images and pieced them together on our card.

The colours on our card was Sage Shadow, Kraft and Chocolate Chip!

 

Recipe: Sage Shadow, Kraft, and Chocolate Chip card stock, Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set, On your Birthday stamp set, Chocolate Chip ribbon, Chocolate chip ink, To the Nines D.S.P, and a Pumpkin Pie marker.

Have a super day,

Heartfelt Thanks

Hello,

I wanted to share with you one of the cards that I made in the ShoeBox Swap. This card was designed by the very talented Martha. I really like how Martha outlined the stamp image with a marker when she was finished stamping. It gives a really cool shaded look. Check out the leaves, as this will show you the shading part done with a marker.

The stamp set is Heartfelt Thanks. I love the colours on this card.

 

Don't forget you only have 4 more days to order from the Occasions Mini. Plus if you place an On-Line order with me you will be entered in to win a Level 2 Hostess stamp set. You can read all about it here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

A Special for my Friends.....

Hello,

I hope you are having a great day. Since we only have 5 more days to order from the Occasion Mini catalogue, I thought I would have a SPECIAL FOR YOU!!

If you place an On-line order with me from Monday April 26 to Friday April 30, you name will be entered in to win a Level 2 Hostess Stamp Set. Just a reminder that you have to be Canadian to take advantage of my special. Plus you will also receive a special gift from me!! So click on the link below my signature to place your order today or click on the On-line Order button on the right side tool bar!!!

So grab your Occasion Mini, and make sure you order your favourite products before they are gone. I know that I will miss Fox and Friends, the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Flowers, the Polka Dot Impression Folder and the Epoxy Brads. 

One of my favourite stamp set is the Vintage Vogue stamp set. I wanted to share with you another card that we made in our class last week. My inspiration for this card comes from my good friend Heather!! Thanks Heather!

 

Recipe: Kraft, and Very Vanilla Card Stock, Bella Bleu D.S.P, Vintage Vogue stamp set, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Very Vanilla Brads, Very Vintage Wheel, Sponges, Brocade Blue, Close to Cocoa and Bordering Blue ink.

Have a wonderful day,

King of the Grill

Hello,

I hope you are having a great day. It's been a busy one around here with running errands and hockey.

Last week, I had a great time stamping with a great group of ladies at Heather's downline meeting. At this meeting, Heather organized a Shoe Box swap for us to do as something different. It was so much fun!! We each made 6 cards and I learned some new techniques!!

I wanted to show the ladies how to do the Spotlight Technique. The Spotlight technique is where you stamp your main image onto a piece of card stock and then stamp it again onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Then you punch it out with 1 3/4" circle punch. Colour in your image using markers, pencil crayons or watercolour crayons. Now you are going to pop up your image onto your piece of card stock. This will create the spotlight as you are only highlighting certain areas of your image.

 

Recipe: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Kraft and Whisper White card stock, Island Oasis D.S.P, King of the Grill stamp set, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Sanded Background stamp, Staz-on ink, Markers, 1 3/4" Punch, and Black Ink.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Simply Sketch #9

Hello,

First I want to say a Big Thank you to all the ladies that came out to my Vintage Vogue class last night. I had so much fun with you and I look forward to stamping with you again soon!

For one of the cards that we made last night, I used Heather's Simply Sketch. This was a fun sketch and I think I will try it again this weekend with a different stamp set.

The ladies really enjoyed the colours in this card...Elegant Eggplant and More Mustard.

 

Recipe: More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant, and Very Vanilla card stock, Vintage Vogue stamp set, Elegant Eggplant ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, 1/4" and 1/2" circle punches, More Mustard Brads, Always Artichoke and Elegant Eggplant ink.

Don't forget you only have 7 more days to order from the Occasions Mini Catalogue! Double check your list and see what you still have on it....once May 1st comes these products will be gone. You can click on the link below to order on-line or you can email your order.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Vintage Vogue

Hello,

I'm super excited as tonight is our Vintage Vogue class. I'm really looking forward to see all the ladies in the class and I'm excited to share this fun stamp set with them. The vintage look is not something I do a lot of but I do love the look! I know that this trend is very popular right now in the Stampin'  and Scrapbooking industry.

While I was searching for some inspiration, I turned to my favourite place which is the Stampin' Connection. This online community is for Demonstrator's and it awesome. You can spend hours on it!

While searching the Vintage Vogue samples, I came across this one made from my friend Jodi K. Jodi is a very creative and talented demonstrator. I loved the card so much that I had to CASE it. Thanks for the inspiration Jodi!!

 

Recipe: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla and Kraft card stock, Large and Small Tag Punch, Very Vanilla Ribbon, Vintage Vogue stamp set, Very Vanilla Brads, Very Vintage Wheel, Jumbo Handle, Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry ink, Colour Spritzer Tool and Scallop Border Punch.

Have a wonderful day,

Fifth Avenue

Hello,

It's been a busy week around here and it's only Wednesday!!! It feels like it should be the weekend already!

I wanted to share with you another card that I made using the Fifth Avenue stamp set. I have been working on my watercolouring. This is one technique that you need to practice at. I have learned that you need to have just the right amount of water on your Aqua Painter tip so that the colour flows better!! You don't want too much water as it takes forever to dry.

So what do you think??

 

Recipe: Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Very Vanilla and So Saffron card stock, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Button Latte buttons, Aqua Painter, Watercolour Paper, Fifth Avenue stamp set, and Staz on ink.

Have a super day!!

King of the Grill

Hello,

I'm super excited to show you this fun technique called Spotlighting. This is one of the new stamp sets in the upcoming Summer Mini called King of the Grill. It's a great set for all the men in our lives. You can create either a birthday or a Father's Day card with this set as there is greetings for both.

So for Spotlighting.... First you are going to stamp you main image onto a piece of card stock and then stamp it again onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Now you are going to punch it out with 1 3/4" circle punch. Colour in your image using markers, pencil crayons or watercolour crayons. Now you are going to pop up your image onto your piece of card stock. This will create the spotlight as you are only highlighting certain areas of your image.

As you can see from my card, I'm only focusing on the Chef and some of the BBQ.

 

Recipe: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Kraft and Whisper White card stock, Staz-on ink, King of the Grill stamp set, and a variety of markers.

Later this week, I will show you the Shoebox swap card I made using this technique!

Thanks for stopping by!!