Stampingly Yours

Savvy Stamper STARTER KIT

2012-01-20T14:35:00.000-08:00

SALE-A-BRATION STARTER KIT DEAL!

Savvy Stamper Customizable Starter Kit

Sale-A-Bration is an ideal time for all you savvy stampers to SAVE $$$! Starts Jan. 24, 2012.

The Starter Kit is discounted to $125! SAVE $50 and it ships FREE. With the special bonus bundle products being offered, you’ll receive nearly $400 in products! Already have some of the stamps and colors shown? No problem... the kit is customizable - you pick the stamp sets and colors you want!
Receive your choice of either FREE Designer Series Paper (you pay for shipping) or a FREE My Digital Studio Download (no shipping charge) EVERY MONTH that you place an order, from Feb. through Dec., 2012. Up to a $120 value!
Enjoy demonstrator discounts and benefits thru June 30, 2012 with no obligation to purchase anything further or host workshops. PLUS your first order is at 30% off! There’s no penalty to drop... but you will find a gazillion reasons to continue!
Perfect opportunity for both hobby and business demonstrators... buy from yourself or share with a friend... the flexibility is fabulous.

QUESTIONS? If you are interested or simply curious about purchasing the Starter Kit and becoming a member of my Stampingly Yours group, please email me with any questions.

Untimely Christmas Goodies

2012-01-11T02:36:00.000-08:00

Well... you know the saying 'better late than never?'

Here are the fun Christmas goodies we created in December! Somehow, the blog did not post through... so you can now view them with an eye asking 'how can I turn that into a Valentine goodie?' Alas!

Mini Milk Carton Die - Gingerbread House

Origami Paper Star

Amazing Quick-fold DSP Purse

Okay! Go play stamps!

Oh the weather outside is frightful...

2011-12-01T20:12:00.000-08:00

... but the fire is sooooo delightful! Imagine sharing a fireplace complete with chocolates with your friend... maybe they will giggle with glee like my mom did when she saw it all put together!!!

The fireplace box is a cinch to put together... it uses just ONE sheet of Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock!

Go ahead - take a look inside! No coal here... just yummy wrapped chocolates, a battery lit candle (ummm, yeah... can't put a live flame in here), and a picture for the mantle!

Would you like to order my tutorial? It's just $2.95 for a download with instructions and tips!

Please allow up to 24 hours for tutorial to arrive in your email box, though it will not likely take that long!

Fun Folds - Oh BOY!

2009-11-03T17:01:00.000-08:00

Welcoming two new baby boys into the world deserves some special cards, right???

These are for you Cameron and Jackson!

Using the delightfully bold and colorful Stampin' Up! scrapbook kit Crew Kids... some fabulously fun folds were created!

These cards look a bit tricky, but are surprisingly simple to cut and fold (just how I like 'em!).

My next post will show you HOW to make this card using the current Christmas scrapbook kit... and it is super cute... just like YOU!

convention swaps... reaaaaally!

2008-10-01T14:45:00.000-07:00

It has come to my attention that I never posted my convention swaps... lol.

Our family had such a busy summer that we just hopped from one change of plans to another.

So... here they are! I love punches and utilize them in swaps because they are easy and fast - just like they were designed to be!

Our sweet little baby boat is rocking on a scallop edge punch through basic black cardstock and backed with bliss blue for water - backed with white for clouds above! Our Mickey face uses two different size punches - including the baby ears punched with the 'pig nose' punch. tee hee

Those of you who have been to my workshops know that I like to rename all my tools. We have whale tail punches, a pig nose punch, a camel spit ink pads. If you need a translation for any of those... let me know!!! lol

Baja Belly!

2008-09-07T00:22:00.000-07:00

WHO is grrrooooowing??? It's my special lil' sistah! And my lil' sis is expecting a WEE WEE Baby... all the way from Paris, France (well, that is where she was vacationing... ya know). It just dawned on me that I should have added an Eiffel Tower in the background of the journal! Ahhhhh - I already popped the journal in the mail! Se la Vie... course I studied Spanish and have no idea how to spell in French.... sorry!

The cute little journal uses the new In-Color Baja Breeze... the new designer series paper in Baja Breeze and the new Baja Breeze ribbon!!! Our darling prego stamp is a retired set by SU!... definitely an old favorite that I will not part with! The edgings of the papers are cut with the new scallop edge punch... looooove it! And I did also use the spiral punch for the nifty holes that line up!

Go make your own today!

Some day my fairy will come...

2008-09-02T23:45:00.000-07:00

Forget about the prince... a six year old little girl has bigger things to think about... like dreaming that one day she will lose a TOOTH and her fairy will come!

Of course, my brother dispelled this vision for my own little sister. Instead, he told tales of a big ugly TROLL who liked to hunt for loose teeth and would actually dare hike across your face and snatch them from your sleeping lips.

Howdya like that for big brothers!!!

Well, my little six year old girl is waiting - and waiting - to lose a loose tooth. So we created a beautiful tin watchmaker's palace for the pearly whites to reside in when they finally do shake loose.

The tin is decorated in Stampin' Up! supplies we had around the craft room. Retired Slumber Party paper in fanciful pinks and plums made perfect backdrops to IF THE HALO FITS - a SU! Dormant stamp (which means you can purchase it but it isn't displayed in the catalog). Of course, a fairy isn't complete without some ribbon, glitter, hodgepodge hardware in styled silver, pink reinkers and crystal effects!!!!

2 of YOU

2008-08-18T11:10:00.001-07:00

My two very favorite girls in the world... my daughter and my sister. The two of you make this girl feel very blessed!

And to think that I did 'potty prayers' for both of you!!! (Little inside joke about being 3 years old and praying in the bathroom for a baby sister.)

We made this adorable scrapbook page at convention. It was 8.5 x 8.5 to fit in the new chipboard photo albums - go see that new catalog!!! When I returned home I had this amazing picture of my 2 girls sitting on my nightstand... so I added it to the page and mounted everything on textured Baja Breeze and Rose Red cardstock to place in my 12x12 frame. It sits on my kitchen counter!

This cute page uses a felt flower, a flower button, grosgrain ribbon, chipboard alphabet letters, white craft ink, the new scallop punch - that is a marvelous invention - and the new butterfly stamp set called Flight of the Butterfly. Colors are Baja Breeze, Rose Red, More Mustard, and Mellow Moss.

Weblog Award ~ how sweet!

2008-08-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

My dear sweet Debbie from Cornwall England has nominated me for an award!

The rules for this award are:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

So, I nominate:

Enjoying 'paying it forward'!

Convention Craziness!

2008-08-16T20:14:00.001-07:00

What can make 6,000 ladies go crazy? FREE stamps... Stamping friends... On Stage recognition! It really doesn't take much... that many women together just creates a tizzy of excitement. Which is why I go back each year!!! My treasured week with MOM - she is the CRAZIEST one of the bunch!!!!! (Right Katie?)

Happiness

2008-07-16T10:30:00.000-07:00

I did it! I put a little Happiness in Shaela's bedroom! I thought I would put up a small Decor Element for my first go at it. It was really simple! (note to self... white shows up better on darker wall colors!).

The steps are simple and are included when you purchase the Decor Element. Mark the grid on your wall with a pencil. Rub the entire transfer so it is no longer sticking to the grid sheet. Peel the grid sheet off. Place sticky sheet with element on your wall right in the corner marks you made. Rub, rub, rub! Peel off the sticky sheet. Yippeee!!!!

Remember! My Shauna Special for Decor Elements includes a FREE Classic alphabet letter with each $20 purchase... now through July 23rd!

Shaela said that the Happiness is so light that you need to look for it. And you know what??? That is so true of happiness. It is always there. You just need to look for it.

2008-07-14T15:00:00.000-07:00

See my three munchkins? I thought the All in the Family stamp set was perfect for stamping a happy little hello to neighbors who moved away last year.

My letter U features the 'Rock n Roll' technique. Just ink your entire stamp in the main color (here Cool Caribbean). Don't stamp yet!!! First rock only the edges of your inked stamp into a darker color - now you can stamp!! Isn't that fun?

A hobby knife is the perfect tool for making the little girl 'climb' through the U. Let's see what else these kids can climb through... any ideas?

Boys Only

2008-07-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

Dominic is a stamping artist! He is so proud of his extreme and totally shredding cards that he decided to open his own 'Boys Only Webstore' to sell them in! He has big plans to sell ten sets of these cards and add more selection too. I'm all for it! I love his entrepreneurial spirit!

These cards use some great colors together - Always Artichoke, Creamy Carmel, Bravo Burgundy, Not Quite Navy, and Bordering Blue. The stamp sets?? They are retired sad to say... aren't they awesome? BMX, Wakeboard, Skateboard, Quad, and Snowboard are all individual sets with the 'cool' dude words included. However... I betcha Dominic will eagerly stamp scrap mats and journal tags for you upon request... for a small fee! *WINK*

I treasure you Daddy!!!

2008-06-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

Daddy, my little daddy... I love you!

We celebrated Father's Day yesterday with our wonderful man. In preparation, I helped Shaela and Devin stamp fun little cards. They have such great big 6 and 8 year old ideas. Kids really know how to think out of the box! Of course Daddy loved the cards and sentiments! And he noticed the 'bird' theme... guess the kids miss their cockatoo.

I opted to create this fun little pocket card as seen on Patty's website. Begin with a 12" x 4" piece of Buckaroo Blue cardstock. Score at 4" and 8". You will have three even sections. Score a diagonal on the middle panel. Doesn't that make a nice little pocket? I mounted my 4" x 4" pocket card onto a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of Ruby Red... added some stars and In-Color River Rock double stitch ribbon. A tag... a star... designer paper... a brad... all done!

Recipe: Ahoy Matey, All In the Family, Wild About You, Make it Count (HS)

In-Colors - NEW!!!!

2008-06-12T14:34:00.000-07:00

WOWZA!!!

I am a nut for color. I always have been! In high school I picked a fav color each year. One year it was green, the next it was purple. I bought purple pens, purple notebooks, purple backpack, purple socks (can you say Donny Osmond anyone?), purple sweaters, and purple hair accessories. It was MY color and everyone knew it! lol

So it should be no surprise that I go oodly cazoodly when the new In-Colors are announced each year! Of course I will miss the old In-Colors, but I will keep my secret stash of cardstock, ink pads, and reinkers and use them sparingly until they are gone. BUT... what is not to love about Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango... bold and vibrant and FUN contrasting colors. I think those are my new picks! Of course, that changes with each new sample I see and the more I play with them myself... which won't happen until I get my demonstrator sneak peek order in July!!!!

Enjoy your sneak peek - and don't forget to get all the great 'OLD' In-colors before they are gone!

2008-06-01T00:10:00.000-07:00

Remember when you got letters from the mailman? REAL letters that you could hold and open and that showed the personality of the sender?

This month Stampin' Up! is inviting you to reconnect with loved ones the 'old fashion' way... through handmade cards.

The eScape bundle was designed for you! Take advantage of the 25% discount on select products in one nice bundle of crafting joy.

Circle of Friendship, Love Notes assortment, Rose Red ink pad, Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon are all bundled together for $36.05 (non-bundled total is $51.70).

Enjoy!

Mother's Day Booklets

2008-05-24T15:29:00.000-07:00

Shaela is quite my little stamping buddy!!

We worked together to make little booklets of love for all the mothers in our lives! We created booklets for grandmas, aunties, and sisters!

The fun part was filling them up when we were done! Each page is a tiny pocket... perfect for wallet size pictures, tags, and even gift cards.

Enjoy the variety of booklets we made... each had it's own style and flare! Now I need to make one for myself... and have a chance to play with my Bind-it-all machine again!

The best part about making these booklets is that they only use ONE sheet of paper!!!

Instructions can be found on Vicki's blog.

If you don't own a Bind-it-all machine, the booklets can be held together with ribbon and eyelets and other types of clips.

If you would like me to cut and score and bind a piece of SU! decorative paper for you, I certainly can! Each booklet is $5 including shipping.

Enjoy!

Carousel Joy!

2008-05-03T10:30:00.001-07:00

Oh JOY!!!

I don't know where I originally saw this darling purse scrapbook, but I printed out a copy and then it sat waiting for me for over a month on my workspace! My mom came to visit and we courageously tackled figuring it all out ~ we did it!!! Of course, then it sat for another month waiting for me to invite you to a workshop!

Now the figurin' is done for you! I have all the little pieces and embellishments ready for you to assemble - everything is cut and scored and if you don't have the coordinating stamp set I can even pre-stamp it for you!

If you aren't able to join me tomorrow to play stamps, you can purchase the carousel purse scrapbook as a kit in the mail!

$20 ~ materials, ribbon, embellishments, instructions and postage!

Enjoy!

2008-03-07T22:34:00.000-08:00

TAG - I'm IT!

My sweet Scottish online friend at http://elaine-stamp.blogspot.com tagged me! Here are my Qs & As!

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

Nurturing my first baby boy after moving from California to Virginia.

2. What were you doing 1 year ago?

Planning a birthday tea party for 10 five year old girls.

3. Name your 5 favorite snacks?

Almonds, strawberries, M&M's with pretzels, jalapeno humus with pita bread, dark chocolate anything!

4. Name 5 things you would do if you were a millionaire?

Adopt a gazillion children, rent out a plane and fly all over the world with them, rescue an animal for each child, move next door to my sister, buy an island

5. Name 5 things you like doing?

driving with the windows rolled down, laughing hysterically, reading, stamping, watching the sun bring color into the day

6. Name 5 things you would never wear again?

Maternity underwear (eeeek), green valour short shorts, bikini, a watch, and I have to agree with leg warmers

7. Name your 5 favorite toys!

iPhone, Rubix cube, scallop circle punch, apple computer's photo booth, rubber stamps

8. Your favorite quote:

"God is never late, but is seldom early. For in His perfect timing, He grows in us perfect trust."

Thanks Elaine! What fun to play along!

the crab dude!

2008-02-21T22:14:00.000-08:00

Is it really 2008?? I have really neglected my blog! But here is why... we spent half the month of January in HAWAII Baby!

My darling husband and I celebrated our 16th anniversary in Kauai which is the same place we spent our honeymoon. It was pure delight. We went crab hunting out on a jetty and found some pretty neat little snappers. Then we also found a random crab walking along at the beach - which was stolen from us by a 12 year old surfer dude. Go figure... we let him have it and chalked one up to the Aloha Spirit. teehee

So when we returned and celebrated my husband's birthday, my favorite little crab came to mind. So this is his cute little card... an easy fold and some simple stamping with the rock n roll technique and my card was done IN A SNAP!!!

Crab & Company, Big Deal Alphas, Retro Alphas, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Real Red - all SU!

Pomegranates & Artichokes

2007-12-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

Sound like a delicious salad combo?

Perhaps, but I'm referring to the scrumptious colors of cardstock and designer papers from SU! tee hee

The first photo montage displays three fun gifts I'm giving this year.

One is an empty Pringles can filled with KitKat candy bars wrapped and tied with In-Color ribbons.

Then there are two wrapped KitKats displayed in a cello bag with a topper. I think the paper looked as elegant as my dear friend Jeanne... so that is for her!

Then that adorable little matchbox dresser - Barbie sized. Five empty boxes are stacked together, wrapped with paper, drawers lined, and brads added for draw pulls!

It is, after all, the little things in life!

Dash Away ALL!

2007-12-01T11:47:00.001-08:00

Don't you just LOVE the Dashing designer paper too?

Starbucks Mocha bottles are transformed into a fun gift-giving idea. How many things can you think of to put inside the bottles?

Here is a starting point: erasers & thumb tacks, kisses & malt balls, cocoa powder & marshmallows

Boxes are easily made from 6x6 squares of paper... just score a tic-tac-toe, fold, staple, and embellish (of course)!

Half inch strips of paper curled around a pencil turn glass ornaments into an eye full of delight!

Recipe: Dashing paper, scallop punch, rhinestone brads, Love & Joy, real red, old olive

My Family is In-Color

2007-10-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

I took my In-Color layout that I taught at Stampers Six and created a new one complete with family photos from Easter this year!

You will notice if you read yesterday's blog that I did not use Wasabi in this layout. The two In-Color blues plus pomegranate were a perfect color balance for these photos. You may also notice that I switched out my 12x12 cardstock and 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock colors. I am really enjoying the In-Color scheme this year!

Stamps: Be Happy, Little Pieces, Big Deal alpha
Paper: designer series paper in Soft Sky, CS Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, and Pomegranate
Accessories: Double stitch ribbon, RR brads, tag punch, circle punch

Make sure you stock up on ink refills for your stamp pads and get your coordinating cardstock and ink pads! They all go so well together!

In-Color Scrapbookin'

2007-10-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

Hello! Here is the empty layout I designed using the wonderfully rich In-Colors by Stampin' Up! The idea behind this page is that you begin with a 6x6 layout, place that on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock and then finish embellishing on your 12x12 page. I like these progression layouts because they tend to have a very balanced color scheme. Give it a try!
Stamp Sets: Little Pieces & Be Happy
Paper: Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, & Purely Pomegranate CS, Prints Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Tag Punch, Double Stitch Ribbon, RR & EE Brads

More Jumpin' Jingle!!!

2007-10-22T23:50:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have purchased the Jumpin' Jingle card kit, here are a few more samples to view!
You will notice that some of the background papers have been cut in half to give a two-tone effect - decorated on top with solid cardstock color on the bottom. Others use a paper strip to add contrast. And still another uses the cute little adhesive border strips to add some fun elements!
There is still plenty of time before Christmas to purchase the card kits! And as fast as they go together, you will be ready for another kit to make birthday cards and other occasions too!

Pretty Mantis Pumpkin Patch!

2007-10-06T23:39:00.000-07:00

My sister is CORRRRECT!!! I need to post a picture of my munchkins on my blog!

Since the temperatures dropped nearly 40 degrees yesterday, the fall chill whispered in my ear...

... GO PICK PUMPKINS!!!

So off we went to the Faux Pumpkin Patch! There is only one REAL patch in Las Vegas... and it is at the far extreme end of town and is only open during the mornings hours. So we went to the KMart shopping center pumpkin patch instead.

To our delight... the pumpkins had just arrived and were not picked over yet. We selected a nice plump pumpkin and a taller oblong pumpkin. When Shaela picked up a cute pint size pumpkin, it had a bonus gift! A little praying mantis was perched on it! She still calls this bug a 'Pretty Mantis' and I don't want to correct her... it's just too cute!

Shaela - 5
Devin - 7 (for 7 more days)
Dominic - 9
Mommy - Angels don't Age

Happy World Card Making Day!!

2007-10-06T22:54:00.000-07:00

And it was happy!

We had a lively kitchen and living room full of crafting activity. We made the two kit projects Jumpin' Jingle and Quick n Classy. Between everyone I think we fnished 195 cards in our class today!!!! WOW!!!

Our bonus project made from 2 sheets of leftover textured cardstock - this cute card purse! It holds 20 cards and envelopes!

Enjoy!

World Card Making Day!

2007-09-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited to share a WHOLE day making cards with friends!!!
I hope you can join us!!!

If you are not able to play for the day, you can still pay for the class plus $5 and I will ship all the pre-cut goodies to you along with instructions and an email file with close ups of the samples!

Class #1 - Get a Jump on your Jingle
Create 30 cute Christmas cards and envelopes from ONE simply scrappin' kit!
Create another 30 cards at home with the leftovers!
Class Fee $35

Class #2 - Quick n Classy Christmas Cards
Create 15 quick n classy Christmas cards and envelopes from the holiday mini Accents & Elements tin plus the beautiful holiday mini designer series paper!
Create another 15 cards at home with the leftovers!
Class Fee $25

All proceeds go to the Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada in support of Baby Maggie.

2007-09-05T14:43:00.000-07:00

I know! It can't be! It is already SEPTEMBER!!!

I am a bloggin' flake. To make it up, I'll share my last Stampers Six scrapbook page with you! lol
I don't generally spend this much time with embellishments on a personal scrapbooking page, but I loved being able to show a gazillion different techniques all on ONE page! AND I loved playing with the free stamp set Wanted from convention and the matching Outlaw designer paper! AND chipboard! I was in crafting heaven! teehee

Here is the page blank, BP - before pictures.

Can you find: a button, rock-n-roll technique, colored chipboard, ribbon, twine, scallop punch, paisley stamp, jumbo snap, sage eyelet, photo corner punch, star punch, paper-covered chipboard, sponging, and designer paper?

Perhaps a close-up will help!

And here is a wonderful alternate decoration to go with the Outlaw paper using the Wanted stamp set... Running Horses!
Simply put your stamp to the ink and then to the paper... DRAG it backwards! Create quite a co-motion this way!
Enjoy!

World Card Making Day

2007-08-08T00:13:00.000-07:00

OCTOBER 6th!!!!

Get ready to celebrate with me and every other cardmaker on World Card Making Day!!!

http://www.worldcardmakingday.com/

Take a look at the cards I have posted in the gallery... did you find them??

I can't wait to stamp the day away!

Tag: You're It!

2007-07-30T23:36:00.000-07:00

This is my first time being tagged. Charmaine is my long lost stamping friend from the old Divas stamping group... she found me out in blogland!!! She is a total sweetheart with bubbly excitement - and Girl, she can STAMP!!!

Okay now... I need to post seven little known facts about me. Hmmm, that's tough, let's see...
1. I married my highschool sweetheart while on a mission trip to Panama!
2. I accidently vacationed for 7 hours in Fiji.
3. No furry pets at our house... we have an 80 pound African Silcada tortoise named Tank.
4. I detest ironing... in fact I had a job that lasted 2 visits assisting an Indian woman... but I was fired when I burned her husband's silk shirt.
5. I do not have cable television (which is why I have time to stamp).
6. I was on tv when I was in 6th grade - on TBN's One Way game show featuring Bible memory.
7. I use to eat peanutbutter on my hotdogs, but now I'm much more civilized and eat it on my pancakes.

There you have it. Email me and let me know how many of my seven items were 'new news' to you!

Now then... I am going to tag my two favorite people in the world:

My SIDDY! - http://slaydenmom.blogspot.com
My MOM! - http://ccmestamp.blogspot.com

Stampingly Yours & His,
Shauna!

Freedom Thanks

2007-07-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

Thank you - all of you - who serve our country - who wear the uniform of freedom - who live and die under the colors of our flag.
These cards are on their way to Iraq for soldiers to use to write home. I pray for each soldier who uses them to communicate with loved ones... and I pray for the loved ones who are home waiting to hear from their soldier.
Happy 4th of July.

Cherished Wrap

2007-06-24T00:11:00.000-07:00

Cherished Wrap - as in wrapping paper - ideal when you don't have the appropriate wrapping paper . I had a bit left over from last Christmas... and I'm so glad! I wanted the gift to match the card I made her (shown in a previous post). I'm loving this new set from Stampin' Up!

Baroque Motifs, wrapping paper, purely pomegranate, gold encore

SU! has done it again!

2007-06-23T14:57:00.000-07:00

It's HERE!!!! I'm tickled and thrilled to find that SU! has done it again! Every year I wonder the same thing... how could they make this catalog better than the last? And every year they DO!!!! I can't wait to share it with you!!!!!

Snappy Birthday

2007-06-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

This little lady is from the summer mini catalog - Crab & Company. It was a 'he' lookin' crab... but a few eyelashes and some makeup made 'her' look adorable!
So if you have some birthdays to celebrate... he or she... this fun lovin' crab can help you celebrate - in a snap!

Howdy Baby Jacob!

2007-06-10T15:10:00.000-07:00

Baby Jacob was adopted into a horse-lovin' family... so this little cowpoke will look great in his stable (I mean bedroom)!

Decorating tins is easy and fun! Your best adhesive for gravity defying projects is sticky strip. Glue dots and dimensionals work well for adding additional elements to a tin - like the ribbon and twine for a lasso.

There are so many great ways to use these once some paper has been glued on. This tin is holding 8 photo dividers for the first year until Mommy has time to scrapbook them (which amazingly I think she is caught up so far!!!)... and it also holds a plaid shirt and denim shorts.

Can you think of ten more uses for a personalized tin?

Beautiful Baroque

2007-06-10T14:36:00.000-07:00

I loooove being a demonstrator and PRE-ORDERING goodies!!!!

SU! was awesome and gave us all an extra discount on the stamps in the preview catalog... so of course I ordered them all! Now they are all cut out and happily asking me to play with them! No problem!!!

My backdrop is the new Brocade designer series paper... double sided for double pleasure. The card is stamped on shimmery white cardstock with the new Baroque Motifs set in Gold Encore metallic ink and the new in-color Purely Pomegranate. Add some Pomegranate Palette O'Prints paper, wine organdy ribbon, and vintage brads for finishing touches.

Father's Day Folds

2007-06-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

I love folding clothes... when they are made out of our new palette o'prints paper!!! In fact, I seem to have turned all the household chores into stamping techniques. The iron is for wax resist, the mopping cleaner adds shine to my projects, bleach works great on dark cardstock, the oven is for polyshrink, and the blender is for handmade paper! lol

I had fun uisng the old in-color Vintage Violet and the new in-colors Soft Sky and Pomegranate!! Don't they look nice and crisp together? If you live nearby, come on over Thursday night and we'll make this card together.

I had not posted in awhile... technical difficulties. But as they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat (is that the right saying... why would you want to do that?). I can't connect my camera to my computer, the scanner and computer aren't talking, the computer won't read the USB memory stick where my photos are stored as I could only download to the computer without internet access... urgh! So... that new little camera on the computer will have to take my card photos for now! I feel like a 'MacGyveress' having figured that one out!

All Year Cheer II, Circle of Friendship, Vintage Brads,Violet Stitched Ribbon - all items by SU!

Spell That?

2007-05-21T00:29:00.000-07:00

Thunderclap - did I hear you right? Could you please spell that??? OooooooooooK!

My brother and his wife are adopting a baby - THIS WEEK. However, they will not reveal the name they have selected, if they even have one chosen yet! So my sillyhead bro began referring to the baby as Thunderclap Neuman!

This card coordinates with a blanket my friend made (don't you love doing that?) for the baby shower. I think this is the happiest color on earth - this Cool Carribbean. But to put it next to Chocolate Chip makes it even yummmmmier.

Charlie has some adorable baby goodies at sweetbabytot.com that you will want to check out!!! I never did learn how to sew... took a class but my mom finished all my projects for me - usually at a very unreasonable hour. Yeah Mom!

Fontastic & I'm Here

Cool Carribbean, Chocolate Chip, Irridescent EP

Mooooood Lift

2007-05-21T00:06:00.000-07:00

I pulled out an old favorite retired set the other day.

My Scottish cyber-stamping, bovine-loving friend needed a bit of cheer if even for a brief moment.

Enter the COW.

Who doesn't love cows - espcially one in a floral moo-moo??!! A little tilt of the hand and this cow was sure to 'lift' her moooooood...

I was udderly excited to hear that it did just that!!!

Birthday Banter & Daisy Field Wheel - Aqua Painter

Neigh-bor

2007-05-20T23:49:00.000-07:00

Howdy Neigh-bor!

Devin and I enjoyed making this personalized journal together for a neighborhood friend who is a huge horse enthusiast!

It was a fun gift to give... Logann is 9 years old and can't wait to start her horse diary using a different tab for each of her favorite horses down at the ranch! She was especially delighted to have her name on the front as she doesn't find many items that spell her name like she does.

Ooooo... I can agree with that! I remember turning many a display rack of items only to find Shannon and Shawna but, alas, no SHAUNA!

And never with an exclamation mark!!!!!

Bareback & Rough Edges Alphabet

Art Journal, Rounded Tab Punch

Puffy Bride

2007-04-16T21:51:00.000-07:00

I love weddings! AND I love the Puffy Bride - I simply adore her! LOL!! Not that anyone would want to be called that... but she is the prettiest Puffy Bride!

This sweet card is a bridal shower invitation I helped Bobbie Garcia make. Didn't she do a great job?? Sweet Bobbie had NEVER stamped before... and just look what she created!!!

She stamped Happily Ever After on white cs and then chalked in the flowers and bride. She stamped with Silver Encore ink on vellum (actually we ended up using hearts in the background on the final version) and set it all on Elegant Eggplant with a Pale Plum tag. Delightful!

The best part, as always, was sitting and chatting and laughing and discovering things about each other. For instance... we both married our high school sweethearts... how charming!

Blah Blah Blah Blog

2007-04-16T00:01:00.000-07:00

I would like to begin my new blog by typing complete and udder nonsense to test my new posting abilities!!!

So... blah blah blah BLOG (kinda like duck duck duck GOOSE).

Doodley oodley bloggety oggety boo!

Shaela's hand was the maximum size for this Stamp With Me Mommy project from Charlie's house. I couldn't believe her hand filled a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" square! Good thing we captured her hand at this age. Shaela stamped her hand in Camel Spit (aka Versamark) and chalked with a cotton ball. Her name and embellishments are featured in the Spring Mini - Doodle This and Doodle Alphabet.