Tried to give this gorgeous set a masculine feel. I don’t know if I succeeded or not but I like the color combination all the same.
Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sets: My Friend
Cardstock: Lucky Limeade, Not Quite Navy, Daffodil Delight
Stampin’ Up! Ink: Not Quite Navy
Embellishments: Gold Eyelets from Provo Craft
Make A Monster
This card was made for a swap with other demonstrators. I absolutely adore the color combination and it was recently used on http://www.palspaperart.com. It’s such a striking combination.
Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sets: Make A Monster, Swirls & Curls Hostess
Cardstock: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo
Stampin’ Up! Ink: Basic Black
Embellishments: Whisper White 1/4” grosgrain ribbon, Square Lattice embossing folder
Holiday Mini Catalog
Today is the start of the Holiday Mini Catalog!!
There are some great new items that I am so excited about. My top five items are:
1. The simply scoring tool. It’s about time Stampin’ Up! came out with a scoring tool. And I love the little storage box underneath along with the markers to remind me where to score if I’m making multiple items. Huge help!
Simply Scored 122334
Preferred Price: $29.95
Take the chore out of scoring! The Simply Scored Scoring Tool’s base fits paper or card stock up to 12″ x 12″ and features score tracks every 1/8″. Features two easy-to-read rulers (with inch markings down to 1/8″) along top and left side for perfect scoring. (One standard left-to-right ruler and one zero center ruler.) Includes three markers and stylus. Bottom of base has nonmarking and nonskid feet to secure it on your work areach Base measures Approximately
15-1/8″ x 13-1/4″ x 1″.
2. Cellophane Bags. These are very competitively priced and now they can be on one single order.
1″ X 8″ Cellophane Bag 124134
Preferred Price: $2.50
Narrow cellophane bags perfect for filling with a row of treats, a pencil, or anything! Great for gifts—add a tag or topper you’ve created using any punch or Big Shot die. Adhesive on top keeps everything inside. Each measures 1″ x 8″. 50 per package.
3. Frostwood Lodge DSP. This paper is very manly, very woodsy. I can see myself using it on quite a few projects, not just petting the very pretty paper.
Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper 124002
Preferred Price: $10.95
You’ll want to wrap yourself up in the warm textures of this paper! Holiday colors and cozy designs make this a great choice for your holiday projects. 12 sheets total. 2 each of 6 double-sided designs. Acid and lignin free. 12″ x 12″.
4. 3/8″ Quilted Satin Ribbon. The ribbon is super cute. I love the texture of it and it goes great with the Frostwood Lodge paper. It adds a soft touch without adding a feminine touch. I think it’s the fact that the ribbon is quilted and takes away that sheen that takes away the feminine feel.
3/8″ Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon 124105
Preferred Price: $7.95
Add subtle elegance to all your holiday projects with the quilted
texture and softness of this ribbon. Coordinates with the Frostwood
Lodge Designer Series Paper. Approximately 10 yds.
3/8″ Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon 124104
Preferred Price: $7.95
Add subtle elegance to all your holiday projects with the quilted
texture and softness of this ribbon. Coordinates with the Frostwood
Lodge Designer Series Paper. Approximately 10 yds.
5. 1″ Square Punch. So excited to have a smaller square punch. There are so many layering options with the circle punches and while having a 1/2″ square punch doesn’t make sense to me, one inch is perfect. Stampin’ Up! needed this size to round things out.
1″ Square Punch 124094
Preferred Price: $15.95
Use this new punch with the 25 and Counting Set and Peekaboo Frames Bigz L Die to create a personalized advent calendar. Or use with the Petal Card Double Punch to create darling gift tags.
So there you have it! I’m pretty easy to please, I’m noticing. I guess I just like to pick items that will really give me the most bang for my buck. If you’d like to order through me, please don’t hesitate sending me an email and I’ll be in contact with you by the end of the day.
What A Long While
I haven’t posted a blog entry since April. Summer just gets away from me. The family is super busy and I just can’t be consistent in my blogging so I just resign from my duties. I’ll be back up and running full steam Thursday September 1st.
I plan on taking full advantages of my Stampin’ Up! demonstratorship from here on out. As such, I’ll be making items to sell at craft fairs. I’ll therefore be showing items that I’ve made and then linking them to my Etsy store. Those items will be posted on Wednesday’s.
RFKC- FYI
I still had the Ranger Inks Clear Dimensionals out so I played with it on some pretty patterned paper. I like how it added a little sheen. I love making these cute, little cards though. It’s fun to be able to not have anyone or any theme in mind.
First up is this one where the ribbon is in on the edge of the card. I have had this ribbon for quite some time and decided to just go ahead and make the card bright. The colors look a little off, but the ‘you make me smile’ part is actually the same color orange. That and the eyelets match a little more than the image suggests.
Here are two closeups of the flowers and how the dimensionals pop.
Here’s a slightly different take on the card. Little more simple but still fun.
Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sets: FYI
Cardstock: Bazzill
Stampin’ Up! Ink: Real Red and Pumpkin Pie
Embellishments: eyelets from Provo Craft, punches from Stampin’ Up! and I don’t know where the ribbon is from
Changito Blowing Bubbles
Here is the second set of cards for Royal Family Kids Camp. I always look for an excuse to use Stampendous Changito stamps. I also was excited to use Ranger Ink’s Clear Dimensionals. The other item I was using didn’t have the natural smoothing out option.
Stamp Sets: Stampendous Changito Bubbles, Stampin’ Up! Vintage labels and Fabulous Phrases
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Have no idea
Stampin’ Up! Ink: Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: Ranger Ink clear dimensionals, all other products from a huge pack of things from Costco
Royal Family Kids Camp
Well it’s that time again. I have made more cards for Royal Family Kids Camp. I’m only making twenty cards this year. I’ll be making five different cards, with four of each. It’s the easiest way for me.
First up is this card. I love this stamp set since I have quite the love affair with Changito from Stampendous. I also finally got to use Stampin’ Up!’s heat and stick powder. I have continually wanted to buy it but I’m not a huge glitter user. But yay, I have it now!
Stamp Sets: Stampendous Changito, Stampin’ Up! Vintage Labels and Fabulous Phrases
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Have no idea
Stampin’ Up! Ink: Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up! Heat and Stick powder, random glitter, ribbon is from a huge pack of things from Costco
Las Vegas
This is the last scrapbook page I’ll be doing of myself for a while. I will be getting quite a few pictures mailed to me of the boys so I’ll have some catching up to do!
The town I went to in college is in southwestern Utah and is only about an hour and a half away from Las Vegas. So needless to say, we would go to Vegas quite a bit. I had friends who lived there so we went to things like car shows and went bowling and things like that.
This page is of my roommate and I, going down to Las Vegas to meet her older sister. At the time, her older sister was turning 21 so she was celebrating in Vegas. While we were there, we took a tissue holder from a bathroom at the Hard Rock hotel, and I still have it!! It was quite immature to take a tissue holder but it was a memento as we liked to believe and it obviously did its purpose.
Alphabet stickers from American Crafts, eyelets from Provo Craft, crystals from Hero Crafts, corduroy buttons from Stampin’ Up!, ribbon from Target Dollar Spot, rub-ons from Making Memories, border punch from Martha Stewart.
Sunday Funday
Silly Giggle
One of my friends had made her own hair mousse. Apparently you can do it using egg. I don’t know, I’d never heard of it and have never seen it since. So we got her hair wet and tried to get it to stand straight up. The bottom picture is of us blowing her hair dry.
The picture on the blue mat lifts up to reveal the journaling underneath and a picture of us later in the evening.
The blue mat itself needed a little extra depth so it would be easier to lift up. So I added quite a few rhinestones and one large star gem in the corner.
Ribbon and brads from Target Dollar Spot, rub-ons from Making Memories, flowers from Archiver’s, star and red crystals from Bo-Bunny, border punches from Martha Stewart, monogram rub-ons from Me And My Big Ideas
Crafting by Kendra 