Birthday Scrapbook Layout

Hello!  Here's another layout I made with the stamp set Another Great Year.  I love this stamp set because it's great for both card making and scrapbooking.

I paired the stamp set with the Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper from the Occasions Catalog, and the colors used on this layout are Costal Cabana, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, and Sahara Sand.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you enjoyed the scrapbook page.  I'll see you tomorrow!

Birthday Card Case

Hello!  I wanted to share a card with you that I cased from my friend Mayra.  She made this card with the stamp set Another Great Year, and I loved it but didn't have black card stock, so I changed up the colors slightly, but kept the design the same.  Here's the card Mayra made:

Sorry it's kind of blurry.  I took the picture with my phone, and my phone camera isn't that great with an unsteady hand!  She used the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder around the edge of the card and embossed the Happy Birthday greeting in Versa Mark and then White embossing powder with a heat tool.

Here's my card that I cased from Mayra's card:

Instead of embossing my stamped image, I just stamped it and colored in the letters with a Costal Cabana Marker.   I used Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Costal Cabana and Real Red on my card.  Thanks Mayra for another great card idea!

I hope you enjoyed seeing how easy it is to case when you see something you like, but don't necessarily have all the supplies needed to recreate the same card.  I case ALL the time!  Thanks for stopping by today, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Cupcake Birthday Card

Hello!  Is it really a birthday without a cake or cupcake involved?  It just doesn't feel the same to me without one or the other.  Here's a cute card I cased from European demonstrator Jenni Pauli. I saw her card and fell in love with it!  I used the stamp set Another Great Year, Silver Glimmer Paper, the 3/4'' circle punch, and the Starburst Framelits, as well as the heart from the Banner Blast stamp set.  I hope you like the card!  The colors I used were Costal Cabana, Summer Starfruit, and Strawberry Slush.  The little banner behind the cupcake I hand cut.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Weekly Deals!

Hello!  Sooooo sorry about forgetting to post yesterday!  It's been a crazy week, and it never seems to slow down!  I went to bed last night and realized I forgot to blog yesterday!  That's how busy I am!  Anyway, here's the weekly deals for this week.
View them in my online store here:

3/16 INCH CORNER PUNCH Price: $6.95 $5.21 A ROYAL DAY ENSEMBLE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $14.95 $8.97 ETCETERA DESIGNER SERIES PAPER Price: $10.95 $8.21 GOLD & SILVER STAMPIN' GLITTER Price: $7.95 $5.96 IN COLOR DAHLIAS Price: $7.95 $5.96 LABEL INSERT POP' N CUTS DIE Price: $21.95 $16.46 PETALS-A-PLENTY TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER DIE Price: $7.95 $5.96 SILVER METALLIC ENCORE PAD Price: $9.95 $7.46

Also, note that the Paper Pumpkin Free Markers deal for NEW Paper Pumpkin Subscribers has been extended through March 31.  Sign up here: www.mypaperpumpkin.com

And here's a stamped project for you today as well!

 These are two scrapbook pages I created for a class I had at my house a few weeks ago.  I loved the way they turned out.  The ideas came straight from my head, under pressure!  I was really happy with the result, and I love this stamp set Another Great Year!  It's a great birthday set!  Possibly my favorite set right now.  And the colors I used were Pistachio Pudding, Costal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Sun, Whisper White and Sahara Sand.  The patterned paper is from the Sale-A-Bration set, Sweet Sorbet.  Get your paper pack for free with a $50 purchase!  Ask me if you have questions.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll see you tomorrow!

Birthday Card and exciting news!!!!

Hello!  I have so much to share with you today!  Yesterday I stamped with a few of my good friends, and I came home with tons of fun stuff to share with you!!!  Enough to share for almost two weeks.  I'm really excited and love all the stuff my friends came up with for us to all make.  I got to play with almost everything from the new Occasions catalog, and I'm in love with everything!  Funny how things change once you see items in person!  The first card I want to share is one I created for all of us to make.  I cased it from demonstrator Angela Rich.  I had all the supplies to make the card, which is rare, so it was easy to re-create!  I only switched out the stamp, because I'm in love with the new stamp set Another Great Year.  The patterned paper is from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper stack, and I cut out the Costal Cabana starburst with the new Starburst framelits dies.  Easy!!!  I wrapped some linen thread around my patterned paper, cut the bottom into a flag shape, punched out a few red circles with a hole punch, and then hand cut out my stamped greeting to make it fit my card.

Colors used on the card: Crumb cake (ink), Real Red, Costal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar and Whisper White.


Next exciting thing I wanted to share:
While my friends and I were stamping yesterday, we all realized we had trouble telling apart some of our supplies (since we're all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and buy the same products :)   ), so when I got home, a light bulb went off in my head.  Instead of labeling our clear blocks we use for the clear stamps, why not use washi tape around the edges to indicate whose blocks/supplies are whose?  You can use a sharpie marker or something like that to mark your blocks, but over time, with use, the sharpie will wear off, and then the problem is back.  Whose blocks are whose?  So I pulled out some of my washi tape and just wrapped it around the sides of the blocks.  It's not permanent, so if I decide later I want to take it off, I can.  But it also will not wear off with use.  You could also use bakers' twine or linen thread to tie around the sides of your blocks if you don't have washi tape or don't want to use washi tape, or need a different way to mark your blocks than your friends.

I was excited about my little discovery!

And my last bit of exciting news is that Stampin' Up! just announced that all new demonstrators that sign up between July 1, 2013 and the close of Convention registration 2014 may attend the 2014 Convention for free!!!!!!!   That's a huge announcement!!!!!  I went to convention last year and FELL IN LOVE with it!  I almost died from all the fun and excitement!  But I have to pay to register every year that I go, and who has $300 to spare?  Not me.  So this is a great deal, by far!  If you haven't signed up yet and want to attend convention in July with me, sign up now!  I'd love to have you join my stamping team!  Contact me if you have questions about signing up/benefits, etc.  It's only $99 to join, you can customize your starter kit with all the products you like, and then your convention fee for this year is waived!  Great deal!!!!  Contact me if you would like to join and have questions, or if you would like to get more information about becoming a demonstrator, I'd be happy to answer your questions!

Thanks for stopping by today, and I'll see you tomorrow!  I have tons more fun stuff to share!!!!