Ready for birthdays

Here's a card  I made with my neighbor yesterday.  We had a blast making cards with our daughters, I would love to make this a regular event!

We made the Sock Monkey birthday card from an earlier post and this one, after all you can never have enough birthday cards!  This one uses the stamp set Vintage Vogue and of course an embossing folder with the Big Shot.  If you would like to make cards with your daughters and/or friends send me an email!  I'd love to show you how easy it can be!
I have one more project to show you, but I'll save it until tomorrow!

Come on Spring!

I am so ready for Spring, it is dreary, cold, and rainy today.  I guess I am trying to make spring hurry up with this card.

I used the Fancy Flower extra large punch and the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die for this card.  I like the crisp color scheme of Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Whisper White and Daffodil Delight.  The Tasteful Trim die is from the Holiday Mini Catalog but you can still order it using this item # 120893.  

Have a great weekend!

Playing around...

Here's a card I made last week when I was just playing around with my stamping stuff, actually just stamping for fun instead of trying to meet a deadline!

I used the Big Shot to make the scalloped circle and punches for the smaller circles.  The image in the center is from the Friends Never Fade stamp set.  The dsp comes from the Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack-Brights (item #117155).  The 5/8" Organza ribbon (item #114319) in the center helps to hide where the two patterned papers meet.  Hope you enjoy another easy-peasy yet elegant card! 

I was mugged today!

 Ok, not in the sense you're thinking of- It was actually a gift of a coffee mug filled with various hot drink mixes from the principals at the middle school where I work. 

Wouldn't this idea be great with our Morning Cup stamp set or Take a Sip wheel?  I can't wait to reuse this idea-Stampin' Up! style!

Framed craft poem for my secret sister

I mailed out my secret sister box Monday and thought I'd share the craft poem that I sent to her.  I found the poem online and decorated the photo mat and put it in a nice frame.  It was fairly quick and I love the blues and greens in the dsp.  Speaking of the designer series paper, can you guess which two I used?

I think the strip of dsp in the middle is pretty clear-it's the Springtime Vintage.  The paper that is Old Olive with polka dots is the tricky one, it's actually from the Jolly Holiday dsp.  I've also used the bird punch and the Friends Never Fade stamp set (item #118750 wood or 120618 clear).


I'm not sure if you can tell but the cardstock was embossed with different embossing folders and then the bird was punched out and a pearl used for the eye.

Here's the poem in case you want to make one for your craft room:

This Craft of Mine




All I need to pass the time

and lose my thoughts of

reason and rhyme

are brushes and ink and

blocks of wood

to color and press onto

paper so good.



Each cut true, my work of art

I place and glue and

savor each part.

This gift of mine is

more than a craft

it’s a memory, a moment,

a time that we laugh.



Now I share what I have made

at a time I was quiet

a time that I played.

May a smile cross your face

when this card you first see

it is sent with the hope

we are all we can be.





-- Pauline Whitchurch

Have a great weekend!

Antique Brads Bracelet

Today I have a non-stamping project for you.  Stampin' Up! demonstrators have access to a resource called Stampin' Connection.  This is an awesome resource where demonstrators from across the world can upload pictures of projects they have made.  Today I saw a picture from one project by a lady named Frenchie, and I have recreated it here for you!

It was so easy, all you need is our Antique Brads (20 in a package for $5.95 item #117273) and some jewelery making supplies from your local craft store.  I used part of a flat circular chain found near the beads in an antique gold finish. 

Here is a picture of the back so you can see all I did was open the prongs and use a pair of pliers to fold the prongs around the circular chain.  If I can make this so can you!

Sideways photos?

I'm not quite sure why, but when trying to upload my photos for some reason they are being rotated.  I haven't figured out what is going on but maybe my tech gurus (Ryan and Greg) can help me out later this week.  In the meantime check out this card, you could switch the greeting and the design would work either way I suppose.

Here's another version, actually made before the whole photo rotation mess, and after seeing the photo of the card I actually used my blender pens and ink pads to color in the flowers and leaves-it looked much better than this one.