Petie Pocket Mini Album!

Wow I am SO excited to finally share my first project for the U Stamp with Dawn & Friends Paper Parade 2011! I LOVE how this one turned out! It was exciting to go on & read all the wonderful comments people have left about my project! Its always a bit nerve racking to wait to hear if folks will enjoy what you have designed. So a HUGE Thank You for all the lovely comments! They are really truly appreciated! Hope you will head on over & check out the other fabulous creations plus all the directions for my project are posted over there. Hope you enjoy!

My Babies!

OMGosh totally freaking out right now! I can't beleive ... well I can beleive because they are the cutest photos EVER! Ok anyway we had Logan's pictures done by Ultra Spective Photograpy last week & She has now been featured on their blog! You have got to check it out & leave Logan some love on their comment page! If we get 50 comments they will send us some extra pictures from the shoot! That would be such a blessing to us! Thanks in advance! http://ultra-spective.com/blog/2011/09/logan-is-the-cutest/

Stamp a Stack Samples Complete!

Stamp a Stack!

Oct 08  11:30 am                                     
5 card designs available! You will choose which cards & how many of each you want to stamp!
Class Fee: $30 for 15 cards  Add an additional set of 5 cards for just $5!  
RSVP & card choices due by Sept 29
*Please bring your adhesive, scissors, dimensionals, & liquid glue*
(All marked with your name.)

Here are the 5 card choices:

 

New Stamp a Stack Coming Soon!

I can't beleive this month is already half over! My list of things to do for this week has been ridiculously long I am praying I can get it all done in time. Anyway here are 3 of the card samples for the next Stamp a Stack on October 8th!

Ok now off to conquer another task...
Thanks for stopping today!

New Stocking Die!

I received a wonderful swap card made by Barb Faulkner & I loved her idea of making a card from the stocking die! Had to break open the adorable new felt accents & this was a perfect place to use one. This was my project for my last downline get together.

I made another version for our last demo stamp n chat & I will share that one later.

Thanks for taking a peek at my blog today!

Recycled Butterfly!

I am kicking myself  right now for throwing out my daily Starbucks cup sleeves! I am sure most of you have seen the adorable corrugated cardboard embellies you can purchase here & there. Anyway today I was about to throw out my Starbucks cup & the kids had pulled the sleeve off & inside I saw the cutest corrugated cardboard! So off to my beloved Big Shot I went...

Now I am sure lots of other wonderful crafty gals have already had this idea but this is a first for me so humor me, ok? LOL! I have thought about using the boxes my SU products come in but then the embellishments are so bulky, which is ok if your not mailing the card. Anyway this works great for me since the sleeves are so thin plus the corrugated lines are a lot smaller. So Cute! Gotta Love Free Embellishments!  Hope you give this a try if you haven't already & I'd love to see what you've done with your recycled embellies! Post a link to your project in the comment section & I am going to put together some blog candy for my favorite one. I'll pick a winner on Friday 9/16. Good Luck!

Congrats Annette & Big News!

Ok here is the card I made for my friend, Annette, to congratulate her on the birth of her second grandson! I am so excited for her! Babies are so great!
I have one more card that I made for a friend that likes Marilyn.

I picked up the Marilyn stamp in Vegas awhile ago. If you haven't noticed I LOVE the Hand Penned Holidays set! I hope this set stays around for a long time & hopefully they'll have a hand penned all occassion set too! Ok now on to some Big News for me, I was contacted by Dawn Rapsas to be a guest designer for...

Squeel!!! So excited & honored to have been invited to be a part of such a talented group of gals!
Since I am an absolute PAPER ADDICT I am even more excited about not only creating something fabulous for you but also seeing all the amazing creations the other designers make for you! As a designer I have already gotten a sneak peek at some of the projects & they are BEAUTIFUL!

Paper Parade will be focusing on showcasing Stampin' Up! Paper from the USA/Canada 2011 - 2012 Idea Book & Catalog as well as the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog!! Obviously not all papers are available in all the Stampin' Up! countries, so Designers from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand will be showcasing the Paper Designer Series Paper Stacks (which by the way are some of my FAVES!!).

This is a HUGE Challenge to cover all the papers in 40+ projects...but all the Designers are way excited and are more than up for the challenge!! Keeping in mind that the most important element is the AWESOMENESS of the project, each Designer is working MAGIC with the Stampin' Up! Papers!!

Here is the list of all the Stampin' Up! papers that the Designers will be covering...

Cardstock

In Colors (10)

Brights Collection

Subtles Collection

Regals Collection

Neutrals Collection

Basics

White Vellum

Glimmer Paper

Waffle Paper

Watercolor Paper

Specialty Designer Series Paper

Designer Series Paper

Paper Stacks

Simply Scrappin'

 Since our focus this round is PAPER and not just the upcoming Holiday Season, we have a VAST VARIETY of FANTASTIC Projects!!

Come join us and take advantage of the Early Bird Savings!! ONLY $19.99!

 Click the blinkie below to start the payment/signup process....it's E*A*S*Y*!!


The Paper Parade website is OPEN NOW,
so you will not need to wait for an invite on Opening Day!!

Remember, with the implementation of the new payment process allows YOU to enter the website as soon as you make your payment!! Woohoo!!

Hope you join us...I will "see" you over at the Parade Parade Website!!

& the stockings were hung...

The Holiday mini is full of amazing project samples! I loved the card they made with the new Stitched Stockings set & I just had to case it! I made a couple little changes but I think it came out great! I embossed the sentiment with silver & added some of the new Silver Glitter Paper (OMGosh That stuff Rocks!). I'll be back later to upload a card I made over the weekend for a special friend...
Hugs,
Mercedes

Holiday Mini Kick Off Party!

Just a peek at one of the cards we will be making next week!

This new DSP & the Hand Penned Holidays set are 2 of my FAVS from the new mini! 

Give Thanks Box

Hello Friends!
Sorry I have been MIA for so long but today I finally had a chance to photograph a few things & wouldn't ya know it my camera battery went dead! Ugh! Anyway I managed to snap a quick shot of this...

I love the new Petite Pocket Die! I cut two of them to make this cute little box. I will have a video tutorial up for this & another version hopefully sometime this weekend. Thanks for stopping by today & I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Exciting Promo!

Click Here For August Promo Info!

If you're a Paper Addict, like me, this promo is for you! I am super excited about this one! Every one of the new dsp's are on my wish list so the timing couldn't be better for me to stock up on all these georgeous papers!

On another note I wanted to post a few photo's of the projects I made for the Artisan contest.

 Thanks for stopping by today!

Christmas in July

I am anxiously awaiting the demonstrator pre order to start for the Holiday mini catalog! So I wanted to share a few more photos from convention showcasing some of the beautiful products coming out soon! Squeel!!! I can't wait to get my hands on the stocking punch & matching stamp set!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Case of Shelli's Card

Just a quick post...

I Loved the card Shelli showed at convention & I just had to make one!

Convention 2011

Just a few more of my favorite photos!

More Convention Eye Candy!

I have to share with you the sweetest thing I saw at convention...

My babies! It was cool to see my artisan award entries on the display boards! I might have scared the lady next me when I squeeled with excitement. Seeing my cards was nice but seeing my kids up there, it made my heart smile to see them. Especially since I miss them like crazy! So in the top photo is my 6 year old & 18 month old and in the bottom photo, the butterfly page, is my 5 & 6 year old. Anyway back to some other things you will think are sweet...

The black shadowbox clock in the second photo was one of the items I entered also! It was so hard to part with it so it was nice to see it again. Anyway I will share more once I get back home.

Hugs,

Mercedes

Quick Peek!

Its late and I'm exhausted but I want to show you a couple of the amazing displays at convention!

I'll be back tomorrow!

CONVENTION OR BUST!

I loved this quote from Twilight & I just couldn't resist making a special jacket for my trip to convention! I'm off to Salt Lake City early in the morning but I am going to try & blog while I'm there for everyone that couldn't go this year. I am sure there will be lots of eye candy to share!
See ya soon from SLC!

So Many Swaps So Little Time!

As soon as I saw the Kindness Matters set in the new catalog I knew I had to have it asap! I am a sucker for beautiful butterfly stamps. I paired that with my new favorite dsp Beau Chateau. So pretty!

I got my box of new goodies yesterday! The Berry Blossoms DSP is adorable! Love the new stripe embossing folder too. I added some white gel pen details to really tie it all together. I think they came out super cute! These will be a couple of my swaps for convention. My goal was to do 100 cards, 25 of 4 different designs, but making a bunch of one card is not exactly my cup of tea so we will see how that goes. Thanks for stopping by today, hope you have a lovely weekend!

Im Back!

OMGosh I can't beleive I have been away so long!! I have thought about blogging alot but its been one thing or another keeping me from getting to it but alas I decided today I was going to make time to share something with my cyber friends. So with out further ado...

Since this was first post featuring new catty goodies I wanted to use lots of them! I used 2 of the fabulous new In Colors, Pool Party & Calypso Coral. Also new scallop ribbon, border punch, pennant/doily die, & the My Friend stamp set. All Totally Yummy! I was inspired by the new Berry DSP. Loved the punch art strawberry idea I saw on SCS. Don't know who the original creator was but its So cute! I don't have the heart die they have been using so I just used the heart punch & polka dot embossing folder. Made the little one with the small heart & boho flower punches. I made a bunch of the big strawberries for my convention swaps! SO EXCITED to be going this year!

And just in case you haven't already seen this...

Oh my the catalog is absolutely gorgeous & its crammed with so many must haves & amazing eye candy! Well friends thats all for now. I gotta get back to making those swaps!
Hugs,
Mercedes