Gifting....

chocolate gifts...for my students this weekend..

been looking on pinterest, and saw this on pinterest! 

cute boxes...!!!

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3 D Roses - soft and pretty!

 

Another card from Pinterest!  I love to be inspired by Pinterest!

This card uses the Sale A bration papers,... (love it!)

using the die cut rose and rolling it around to create a cute card perfect for spring!

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Make a wish!

 

This is missing something which I'm working on..but I wanted to play with this set, and the dies... The camera doesn't match up with the stamp set (duh, what were they thinking?????)  

That was a huge disappointment but the polaroid frame is way cute!  I love that the arrow and the die matches up...So, camera stamp and die aside, it is a nice way to play with a more masculine card!

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Sweeter than the Honey in a honeycomb

"Sweeter than the honey in a honeycomb"

from an African poem...I couldn't copy the rest because it got a little ....erotic...at least it seemed like it... but I wanted to find something that had to do with Honeycombs!

This is the honeycomb die by Stampin' Up! and I used it to punch the smaller hexagons which is a 6 sided shape! 

to offset the geometry, I added the bitty banner "thank you"...and the Petite petals!

easy peasy!

Gumball Green

Tangerine Tango

Delightful Daffodil

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Baby Pop N Cuts

 Love love love!  I am having fun making these pop up cards using Karen Burniston's and Stampin' Up!'s pop n cuts die!

 Adding the stamped baby onesies that were colored and cut out to a line that runs across and is held on using glue dots

 

Another card that will be made at this Saturday's class!

 

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Telescope Card -BABY Girl

 

Making a Baby girl Telescope card was fun...using The Circle Framelits die, the Bigz Scallop circle die (and a nesties die for the smaller one)  I think I probably could've used a punch but I didn't think of that until now..(oops!)  Using Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride and Whisper White cardstock and several stamp sets....

 I love how this came out and I'm probably going to be making more of these...

This is going to be one of my cards for this saturday (sept 7th)!

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Joyful Tidings Flip Card

 I love how easy it is to make these cards now!

The dies that Stampin' Up! has really makes this super easy!

They coordinate with stamp sets, and you can see if they will fit because you can place the stamp onto the area to test it! (HOW EASY IS THAT?)

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Sharing in your Sorrow

 Sympathy cards is a hard card to make but easy if you use color to share your sorrow.  I decided to make the card for a friend who had passed recently.  Today is his funeral, and although I haven't seen these friends in a long time, funerals are always a hard time to get together with friends. It will be bittersweet.....

 To start, I cut an oval using the framelits oval from cardstock. I laid it on the card, and sponged my colors onto the card using the oval to mask the space.  So Saffron in the center, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz

 

Stamp the images Over the mask and in the sponged areas.

 

Remove the mask (held on with post -its on the back)

 What you will see is this! 

 Stamped the words and then placed a larger oval on the cardstock - run through the Big Shot

I cut out black scallop oval (which is larger) to layer

 used Dazzling Details

 Voila!  

Remembering friends, and seeing old friends...

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Merry Christmas!

 No, I haven't lost my mind!! But I have started to think Christmas...I don't have much paper from the NEW MINI yet so this paper is from last year, but the idea is sweet anyways...!!!

 Stamped the dove using Smokey Slate and then the Peace in Gumball Green

All is layered on Gumball Green...

The pop up brings out the die cut out which fit perfectly!!!

Still need a few more details added....

I am just happy I got a card stamped!

Even though the papers are last years....I can still send it out to someone special!

Now I need to stamp a card for my dad....

stay tuned!

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Stampin' Up! Thinlits Card Dies

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Stampin' Up! Interactive Program for the New Mini Catalog!!!

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ThinLit Dies! Fancy folds and cuts!!!

 

Thinlit DIES...!

...Available AUGUST 1st!

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Pop N Cuts Card - Love it!

 This was my first card with the NEW POP N CUTS by Karen Burniston exclusively for Stampin' Up!   I love that there is a coordinating framelits die to match so that you can get more from your designs!

 Using the stamp set - Cycle Celebration, I made this sweet card and some of the new colors mixed with In-Colors from last year!

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Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape

 Strawberry Slush and Pistachio Pudding..sounds yummy!  I decided to play with some of the new colors, and make a Thank you card for my friend Valerie...she gave me Christmas gifts..it's been a long time since we've seen each other....and Stamped! 

 Sorry this one is blurry but you can see the washi paper attached to a strip of white cardstock and then layered over the Strawberry Slush strip.  The label was stamped in pistachio and strawberry and then punched with the label punch and the modern label and then layered together...bling'd  

and Voila!

Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape

 129314  $4.95 (a bargain!!!!)

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Mosaic Madness

 This was my sneek peek card I demo'd at the Bright Blossom class...I love it. I wasn't sure about this one because it wasn't my 'style' but I don't know if I really have a style!  I cased this card from Ilina Crouse. I tweaked it a bit to use the banner stamp set.

 The colors used was Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar.  The mosaic is punched out using the mosaic punch and it fits perfectly in the embossed cardstock.  The flower is punched with the teeny punch and then they are all embellished with a jewel BLING!

The banner is stamped in pistachio and then hand cut out and attached to the string.....so it 'moves'.  but it just looks so cute!  (the Banner is a hostess only set!)

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Mosaic Madness......

Just a preview of the card we're making today....NEW Products, punches, stamps, inks and embossing folder!  I can't wait to share it with you!!!!  It is so much fun! I was inspired to make this card by Ilina Crouse, so this in my adaptation of her card...tweaked it a bit.....but it is so nice to NOT have to fussy cut the little flowers...only the banner was cut by hand.  (but it is all straight lines so no worries, right?)  


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Mother's Day 2013 - Secret Garden

 I decided to start making my Mother's day cards today since I had the time and the creative juices were trickling down...I say trickling because I really haven't been doing much stamping lately and although the new catalog is coming out, I haven't purchased anything from the preview as of yet (not that I don't want to but....it takes some urge to create and if you don't create, then you don't need to buy!)  So, making a card from this set was fun! I love that the dies match the flowers, and I know you can't get this right now because it was in the Mini Catalog....it will be available in the NEW catalog!

 Stampin the flowers and the cutting them out using the matching dies was easy. I sponged the color onto the cut flowers and then added a teeny little pearl to the inside....

 SWEET!

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Get a BIG SHOT...and see the entire catalog here!

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Get the doctor bag to carry your BIG SHOT! (GIFT ALERT!)

now, isn't this a curious thing? I just found this on the Stampin' Up! website!  You can emboss only by using this cute little texture machine!  It's so cute, looks like a pretty purse!

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Beige Birthday!

 I have been seeing trends where everyone comes to a birthday party in the same color, and one that struck me was a friend's daughter who had a celebration at the park, where everyone wore beige/cream colors. It was a 30th birthday and it looked so cool! The table cloths were beige, and the decorations were beige, the servers were wearing beige...sooo cool!  I decided to make a beige pop up card!

 I used my spinning platform die by Karen Burniston, to create the base of the card, and then stamped in black on white cardstock (well, there has to be something different, right?)  and colored in using neutral colors.  (this is crumb cake)

All I need to add is the gift .....(gift card!)

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Happy Birthday MOM!

 My mom's birthday was on Saturday, ...we planned a get together on Sunday, so this was my little gift to my mom. Nothing fancy, she doesn't really need anything and she knows that money is a bit tight..We took her out for dinner and this is what I gave to her (skin so soft by Avon..she loves the stuff!)

 I used colors that coordinated with the package (wrapped NON SU paper around the label) and it sort of matched the colors I chose.  I used Pool Party, Delightful Daffodil and Real Red.  I was looking though my stamps to see what kind of bold flower stamps I had on hand, and found this one, PRINTED PETALS!  120444 14.95 clear, 116679  19.95 wood mounted

I punched a hole at the top and added Real Red Stitched ribbon and tied it to the bag!

My mom - 76 years old!  Life has changed, and she's doing pretty good with the changes but she's losing her memory and that's not making her as happy as she should be...but gotta love her!  She's looking GOOD!

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