First Undefined Stamp!

Check out what my hubby made...

We were talking about making some custom stamps that coordinate with our punches & hubby sketched this one to go with the owl punch! Not bad for our first try!
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Time for Paper Pumpkin Night!

This months kit is so perfect for me! I needed a card for my brother -in-law and this worked perfectly!  So this is one of the cards my club members will make this Friday...

Don't forget YOU can join today for just $10!

$10 PAPER PUMPKIN KITS for new subscriptions! Now you can try Paper Pumpkin for just $10 for your first 2 months!  To join click HERE or the Paper Pumpkin icon on the right side bar & make sure you put my name in as your demo to automatically become a member of my Paper Pumpkin Club and get more FREE projects sent to you!

Offer Dates: July 18, 2013 -August 31, 2013
Offer Details: Use the promotion code PUMPKINDEAL to join Paper Pumpkin before August 31, 2013, and pay only $10 a month* for the first two months.
*plus tax, where applicable. Shipping included!
The Fine Print:

• For new subscribers only.
• Promotion applies only to the first two months of a new subscription. After receiving two month's worth, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $19.95.
• You and your customers need to visit mypaperpumpkin.com to join.
• You must click "Add Promo Code" and then enter the promo code PUMPKINDEAL in the "Promo Code" field when you sign up on the mypaperpumpkin.com website to take advantage of this promotion.
• You must join by Saturday, August 31, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT).

 



Notable Notions

Exciting day for me as I got a New Member of my Paper Paradise Stamping Team!

Welcome Daniela! Woo Woo! Being a part of the SU family is truly amazing & I can't wait to share it with you! I also wanted to take a moment to say Thank You to all of you that have left me such sweet comments lately & it was a pleasure to meet some of you at Convention! Looking forward to attending Leadership in January so keep an eye for me there. I'd love to meet you!

 

OK on to some eye candy...

Here are a few more display board samples! Made with the Notable Notions stamp set. I love how this set lends itself to a variety of styles from clean & simple to my favorite...vintage!

 

Supplies- Stamps: Notable Notions, Four You Cardstock: Whisper White,Starfruit, Smoky Slate, Pool Party  Ink: Starfruit, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Basic Gray Other: White Bakers Twine, Jewels, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Supplies- Stamps: Notable Notions Cardstock: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Etcetera DSP Ink: Soft Suede (?) Other: Vanilla Seam Binding, Vintage Buttons, Pearls

Supplies- Stamps: Notable Notions Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Etcetera DSP Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party Other: Vanilla Seam Binding, Vintage Buttons, Doily

Supplies- Stamps: Notable Notions, Hello Doily, Amazing Family Cardstock: Very Vanilla Ink: Staz On Black, Blushing Bride  Other: Vanilla Seam Binding, Pearls, Secret Garden Framelits

Thanks for stopping by today!

More Gorgeous Grunge

Oh yes there is more! I am still trying to recover from Convention but I wanted to continue to share the projects I made for the display boards. So check it out...

Supplies- Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Label Love Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, I Am Me DSP Ink: Same as Cardstock Other: Oval Framelits, Cute Clips, Artisan Label Punch

Supplies- Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Chalk Talk Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe Ink: Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe Other: Wide Oval Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (Flower), Pearl, Finishing Touches Edgelit

One of my FAVES! This is my daughter #2.

Supplies- Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Chalk Talk, Hello Lovely, Amazing

 Family, Epic Day Rotary Stamp Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Epic Day DSP Ink: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Summer Starfruit, Wild Wasabi Other: Hemp Twine, Cute Clips, Chalk Talk Framelits, Hexagon Punch

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Stay Tuned For Info About My NEW PAPER PARADISE REWARDS PROGRAM!

 

Convention 2013!

All I can say is WOW!!! What an amazing experience! So much to share almost don't know where to start...ok how about with THE biggest announcement ...ARTISAN DESIGN TEAM 2013! You might want to cover your ears...SQUEALLLL!!!

My dream of becoming part of this amazing team has finally come true and I am Over The Moon! Even more exciting is the other 9 gals that made it! They are just totally FABULOUS! And I must say the whole top 20 group is pretty much amazing! So awesome in fact that we are doin one giant blog hop with all 20 of us!! You won't want to miss this- trust me their creativity will knock your socks off!
I want to take a moment to thank a few people, first and for most I have to thank the Lord for blessing me with the ability to be creative & the strength to persevere & follow my dreams. Next I have to thank my family. First my husband who is truly my biggest cheerleader (whew getting teary as I write this), he pushes me to be better than I ever thought I could be, he believes in me even when I don't believe in myself, and he supports me even when my ideas seem crazy even to me!
 Next my kids for being totally awesome and putting up with my insanity, for being good sports while I snap a zillion photos for scrapbooking, for behaving like angels when I have a house full of stamping friends, and mostly for their love and encouragement & being my inspiration for many of the things I create.
Next my Mom who has ALWAYS supported me & also puts up with my craziness! LOL! I am beyond blessed to have her here with us!
Next I have to thank ALL my Stamping Friends!
My Fabulous demo friends that inspire me with their creativity and have encouraged me to follow this crazy dream! Big shout out to Lynda, Sandy, & Margery who attended Convention with me this year. It was SO much fun because of you ladies! Thank you for being my cheerleaders on Awards Night! It was an honor to have you there. =)
Now my AMAZING friends that stamp with me every month...Love You Gals! I enjoy your company So very much & I truly look forward to our time together! I thank you for your keeping my Stampin "business" going, for your friendship, & for spending so many evenings creating with me. Next I have to thank all of You! I am so grateful that you stop by to see my creation & I truly appreciate your sweet comments. I am so blessed by all of you! Ok now that I have finished my Academy Awards speech (LOL) how about some more Fun News!
New Products Coming Soon! So here's the scoop-
#1 Envelope Maker!
#2 New Framelits
 #3 Carve Your Own Stamps What?!

2 words about these new products...Uh. Mazing. Seriously Fun stuff!

Other News....

$10 PAPER PUMPKIN KITS for new subscriptions! Now you can try Paper Pumpkin for just $10 for your first 2 months!  To join click HERE or the Paper Pumpkin icon on the right side bar & make sure you put my name in as your demo to automatically become a member of my Paper Pumpkin Club and get more FREE projects sent to you!

Offer Dates: July 18, 2013 -August 31, 2013
Offer Details: Use the promotion code PUMPKINDEAL to join Paper Pumpkin before August 31, 2013, and pay only $10 a month* for the first two months.
*plus tax, where applicable. Shipping included!
The Fine Print:

• For new subscribers only.
• Promotion applies only to the first two months of a new subscription. After receiving two month's worth, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $19.95.
• You and your customers need to visit mypaperpumpkin.com to join.
• You must click "Add Promo Code" and then enter the promo code PUMPKINDEAL in the "Promo Code" field when you sign up on the mypaperpumpkin.com website to take advantage of this promotion.
• You must join by Saturday, August 31, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT).

Now I am Super Excited about this...my PAPER PARADISE REWARDS PROGRAM! Yep that's right starting August 1st you will start receiving Rewards points for shopping with me! More details to come but basically when you place orders with me you will earn points that you can redeem for FREE products!!!!! ALSO how about a chance to get some Hostess Rewards including exclusive Hostess Stamp Sets (Woo Hoo!) with the "Crack The Code" program you will have a chance to do just that! PLUS if that didn't get you excited enough everyone that places an on line order using "The Code" will get a project kit in the mail from me! Keep an eye out for more details about all these fabulous new promos! 

Holy Cow! That was a long post but glad you stuck with me now how about a little eye candy....

This was one of the cards I created for the display boards. Can I just say the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set is a Must Have! I have a bunch more projects to share so stay tuned! ~Hugs

Supplies-

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Animal Talk 

Cardstock: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Basic Black, I Am Me DSP

Ink: Versamark, Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate

Big Shot: Square Framelits, Alphabet Press Embossing Folder

Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Neutrals Buttons, Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon, white, Bakers Twine, Hung Up Cute Clips

Ice Cream Shop Swap

I just had to share another of the swap cards I will be taking to convention...

I thought it came out cute! This one is also great because my girls are always wanting to help and this card is definitely one they can help with. They are Big Shot pros and can punch like nobody's business. Lol!
Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

Save the date!

Just a little teaser for our Red Cross Stamp a Thon on Aug 3rd.
Everyone that signs up for this event will get this bonus project with there kits.

Kits will include the following:
Flower Shop Stamp Set
Pansy Punch
8 Projects
Plus a fun assortment of accessories

More details coming soon!

Pretty Flowers

Just a quick post...

I have been playing with these flowers for days but they are just so pretty! Anyway I made this card for a friend that let me borrow her "Best of" stamps. Of course then they end up on my wish list! Lol!     Thanks for taking a peek today! 

Let the crazy begin!

Less than one week till convention! O my there is SO much to do! Sorry I have been a little behind sharing here but you know how it is getting ready for the biggest stamping party of the year, right? Anyway enough about my crazy to do list cuz I gotta keep it short and sweet so here are a couple cards I have made recently...

This card is super simple but that was the intention. I used the hexagon punch to make the chevron pattern, added this cute sentiment & a little Pool Party bakers twine...moment of silence please. It was is one of my faves.

For this one I made the Chalk Talk scrap tag like I showed you last time but instead of leaving the tab sticking up I folded it over so it had a straight edge. My daughter (#2) wasn't fond of my choice to pair the tag with this card base though. She says it doesn't go. But she did love the tag. Lol! At first I agreed but its kinda growing on me. Oh well you can't win 'em all!

Ok I will be back tomorrow. Hope your day is blessed!

Scrap Tags

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th! We took the kids to the local parade and my hubby got called to work for a bit so I got to man the BBQ for the first time! Just did hot dogs for the girls but they came out perfect! I made potato salad and when hubby got home he did the burgers...So Good! One of my favorite things about summer, Grillin'! Hubs is not too fond of standing in the scorching sun manning the grill but he does it because he's just awesome like that. Ok enough about that, it's making me hungry. Anyway I have been die cutting like crazy the last couple days, see...

 prepping my swap stuff & I found I had a bunch of these...

So as I was getting ready to toss them I started thinking...and came up with a super simple way to use that little tag part.

I kept it super simple since time is not on my side right now but you could do a lot with this little tag piece! Even made a little pocket for these tags.

Tags measure 2"x 4". 

For the pocket ignore the first score line that was a boo boo. I started with a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 piece of DSP, score at 2 1/8 & 4 1/4, and along the bottom at 1/4". Snip tabs, punch with Large Oval & use sticky strip to adhere. Easy Peasy!

Hope to have more time to play with this idea more later...Hugs~

Just Because

Swaps are always a great part of going to Convention but the Artisan Finalist swaps are just spectacular! So the pressure is on to get mine going since they take quite awhile to complete. Yesterday I was playing around with a few different ideas and I finally decided on which one it will be but of course in the process I have a few "prototypes" so thought I would share one...

I had decided on a color combo & stamp set and got to stamping! Adding things and taking things away until I came up with something I thought was a winner but I usually ask Hubby for his opinion before deciding and since his initial response was "This is a swap?!" I knew it should be a good one. Stay tuned for a peek after Convention of course. 

Yesterday I also got to chat with some of the other finalist! Such a fun group of wonderfully talented ladies! Stiff competition let me tell you! It was neat to see some new faces and  friends from the 2012 group. I am so looking forward to meeting up with them and of course seeing their entries displayed! Ok enough chatter I got to get crackin on my swaps....

Hugs~

I Love Free Paper!

It's July?!! I must be having way too much fun because time is just flyin' by!
I was excited to see what fun SU had in store for this month and was super happy to see one of my favorite promotions going on this month...Free DSP! I am a HUGE DSP hoarder  collecter. Pretty papers just make me happy & getting them free makes me even happier! There is just something almost magical about being able to choose perfectly coordinating papers to complete my projects. No guess work needed, SU has taken the hassle out of trying to match this to that and even lists the colors that coordinate with every pack of DSP on the back of the packages! Easy Peasy, right?

Ok now how about a new "clear" set...

Click Here to see all the cute stamps!

And a new Best of set...

Click Here for the info.

I will leave you with a very simple card that we made at Paper Pumpkin night...

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Big News!

Woo Hoo! I was notified by Stampin Up that I was selected as one of the 20 finalist for the Artisan Design Team! It is such an honor to have made it this far & I'm excited to find out who else made it! I am sure there will be some amazing entries on display at Convention! Can't wait to see them!

Speaking of Convention, how about a little peek at one of my convention swaps...

These are 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 and I am making some custom size envelopes too. I LOVE the new In Colors so I did 3 variations with this card. Well thanks for reading my exciting news and taking a peek at my cards! It's been an exciting few days around here and I'm beat so I've gotta hit the hay. ;)

More Paper Pumpkin!

I used a bunch of my Paper Pumpkin stamps to make a card for my hubby. Next week we will be celebrating our 9th anniversary!

"Guy" cards are always challenging, especially for my sweetie. But I really liked how all these sentiments worked together and I think he will like it so mission accomplished!

Here are the other two projects my Paper Pumpkin Club members made...

Well thanks for stopping by today! Hope you're enjoying the weekend!

June Paper Pumpkin

Well this months Paper Pumpkin was a little challenging for me. The three colors they put together for this kit were just a bit off for my taste so I covered the mustardy color with the other elements in the kit and I was much happier with it! Anyway here is one of the cards my Paper Pumpkin club members will be making tomorrow night...

I love this new sentiment set called "A Dozen Thoughts"! It worked perfectly with this card. The cute little bees are from a new hostess set called "Postage Collection" which is so fabulous and totally worth hosting a party to get it, for free I might add! Anyway I gotta get back to getting the house in order for tomorrow. I took the girls to see Epic this morning so we are a bit behind...I 'll be back with more soon.

New Hexagon Punch

I Love the new hexagon punch! It makes creating banner tails super easy plus you can make other stuff like cute little arrows which seem to be very popular right now. Anyway let me show you how simple it is...

 

Easy peasy, right?

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you're inspired to give this new punch a try!

Happy Birthday Grandma

Tomorrow is my Gramma's birthday! I was happy to have actually gotten her card out on time! It's ridiculous that I am so bad with actually sending out the cards I make. Anyway here is a peek at the card I made for Grams...

I used a couple retired products but other than that it's mostly new toys! If I haven't said it yet "Smoky Slate is just Uh-Mazing". I seriously want to use it on every project I've made lately. 

Anyway thanks for taking a peek at my card. ;) I hope to be back soon with more...

Chalk Talk

Just a quick post...

Love the new Chalk Talk set! Made a couple cute bag tags for this months customer orders. The new chevron ribbon is super fabulous too & now it's on my wish list in every color!! 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Birthday Love

I wanted to make a special birthday card for a friend so I took a break from my projects & made this little beauty...
 
I really like the Label Love stamps set & the clay flowers are so pretty, I just had to use one! Well I'm off to get a much needed hair cut...hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies-
Stamps: Label Love, Papaya Collage
Cardstock: Natural Ivory, Smoky Slate, Very Vanilla, Soho Subway DSP
Ink: Smoky Slate, Summer Starfruit (Marker)
Accessories: Pressed Clay, Pistachio Pudding Re-Inker, Edgelits, Doily, Crochet Trim, Vanilla Seam Binding

Inspired Thank You

I needed to make a gift card holder for the girls teacher & I was inspired by some cards Shelli had up on her blog today. While digging through the ridiculous mess I have created while making my display board projects I found the make n take kit we received at the SLC regionals & it was perfect for my project! Sad to see the 2 tags die & one of my favorite DSP's go but they paired perfectly with some new stuff to make something pretty for the teacher...

I totally stocked up on the rose trim too. I was really really really hoping it would carry over to the new catalog.(insert sad face) Anyway, thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies-

Stamps: Label Love, Notable Notions

Card stock: Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla

Ink: Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe 

 

Punch: 5 Petal Flower