Mini Catalogue Monday-Simply Pink

Hello!  It's been a crazy few days for me!  I was at the Diva Show on Friday night, Scrapfest all day on Saturday and baseball yesterday!  It was busy, but a good weekend.  I'm gonna start today with a simple card made with some Summer Mini Catalogue products and finish off with some great Scrapfest pictures.

This was one of the cards I did for my downline swap a couple weeks ago.  It's a super simple birthday card using some of my favorite Summer Mini products...the Pretty Postage set and Postage Stamp punch!

I started with a half sheet of Very Vanilla (I trimmed it a bit smaller than a half sheet) and tied a piece of Pretty In Pink striped ribbon around it.  When I was tying the knot, I added in a little scrap of Crochet Trim.  My tag is pinned to the knot with one of the Vintage Trinket pins...I sure hope those will be in the next catalogue!

The focal point is the birthday cake stamped with Pretty In Pink, Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray (I colored the image with markers).  I then matted it with a Pretty In Pink postage stamp punch and popped it up with some dimensionals.  So fun and so easy!  This card would be great in ANY color!

Now, here are some pictures from Scrapfest...

Busy scrappin'



These girls were busy making their projects...which I shared with you on Saturday's post



We issued challenges throughout the day and these are some of the projects they came up with

Our Excited Door Prize Winner!  We gave away a clear block set with a case that we personalized

Me and Sherri!

We had a blast and were exhausted at the end of the day!  I will say that there's a video of us goofing off on my LA Stamper Facebook page (you can find the link to the right).

Have an inspired day!

Album in a Tin

Today is Scrapfest and right now, I'm scrappin' the day away with some fabulous people!  All the Scrapfest participants get to do a project in addition to the scrapbooking they brought to do and today I'm going to share the project they're making...an album in a tin!

So sparkly and pretty!  We used the Silver Skinny Tins that are available in the online store here...they're on clearance right now and are a super fabulous price!  Here's a closer look at the belly band.

I used a bunch 'o punches and the Printed Petals and Fabulous Phrases sets to create the belly band.  The Printed Petals set is part of the National Scrapbooking Month special and for the month of May you can get it for 30% off!  Check out the details of the special here and you can see an image of the set here (it comes in both wood and clear mount!).  That little white flower is from one of the sizzlits (I can't remember the name right now!).  Check out all those rhinestones!

The inside has accordion style pages...here's a look.

I used a variety of punches, dies and embellishments (ribbon, buttons, rhinestones) in my color scheme (Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Early Espresso & Whisper White).  I'm not going to give more details because this project was part of the registration fee for the Scrapfest participants.

Well, that's all for today!  I will be sure to share some pictures of Scrapfest next week.  Have an inspired day!

The Possessed Toy and Other Rainy Day Ramblings...

Do you have a possessed toy?  We do!  In the "dishes & food" bin on the toy shelf we have a little toy coffee maker, and it is possessed!  It randomly starts making noise in the bin and drives me nuts!  Seriously, it will start making noise at 10 at night when Kevin and I are watching tv!!!  The funniest is watching Penny go crazy trying to find the toy...she paces in front of the shelf when it makes noise and cocks her head this way and that trying to figure out where the noise is coming from.  Hilarious!

Today it's rainy and kinda gloomy here.  On days like today I feel like I just want to crawl into my nice, warm, soft and very inviting bed (super soft sheets, fluffly down comforter and a pillow top mattress...it's like sleeping in a giant hug!!)!!!  It's all good though...rain means my allergies will be better since the rain washes away some of the dust in the air and washes away some of the molds and stuff that grew under the snow and dead grass over winter.  And, we had out lawn power-raked and fertilized last week, so the rain will help make it nice and green!  Spring is here people!!!!

Anyway, on to some stamping!  I've been holding out on you guys!  I came across some pictures from my Fun Flowers class and demo last month that I haven't shared yet...gasp!  And, since this die is still available (yahoo!) even though the Occasions Mini is done, I thought I would share these ideas with you, starting with this one...

Isn't is purty?!?!?  I started with a Poppy Parade (a color I don't use nearly enough!) base for my card, and layered on some Early Espresso which I stamped with the En Francais background and sponged around the edges.  Then I added a layer of Play Date DSP (which was also sponged around the edges).  Where the two papers meet, I tied a piece of Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon around it.  Check out that bow!

The flower itself is cut from Poppy Parade cardstock.  I used the middle size flower on the die...I call it the pointy flower because the petals have points!  I scrunched the flowers and then peeled apart just the petals for some dimension.  The leaves were also made with the pointy flower...just cut it out with Old Olive cardstock, score down the middle of the petal and cut the petals off so you can arrange them behind your flower like leaves.  I finished off my flower with a 5 Petal Flower punch (from the same DSP as is on the card), a black button and a pearl!  Oh, so fun!

When I originally made this card, I purposely left my sentiment off because I didn't know what I wanted to use this card for.  But, I got some sad news from my dear sister-in-law last week and I think this card is perfect to send to her to brighten her day.  So, I'm gonna stamp a "thinking of you" sentiment on it (on the DSP with Early Espresso ink) and pop it in the mail.  I hope she likes it!

Have an inspired day!

Mini Catalogue Monday-Triple the Fun!

So tonight was my Summer Mini Open House and I had a blast featuring the new Triple Layer Punches with a super fun technique..Inlaid Embossing!

I have to say, the new Triple Layer Punches are FABULOUS!!!  These punches are MUST HAVE projects for any punch "collector" and papercrafter!

The girls started by punching some flowers in Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi, which were then used on a fun little card and tag.

The card is where they got to do the fun technique!  First they selected the flowers they wanted to use on the card and glued them onto the Whisper White piece.  Then that whole piece gets embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and ends up almost looking like a piece of fabric! Once it's embossed, you add a brad to the center of one of the flowers for a little visual interest, some ribbon and a little sentiment.  Then the whole piece was glued onto a piece of Wild Wasabi.

With the leftover flowers, they made a tag.

Of course, the tag was done with the Two Tags die.  I *heart* that die!!!!  The tag is Wild Wasabi.  There's a strip of Marina Mist and a strip of Whisper White across it.  It's finished off with some of the punched flowers layered together, embellished with a brad and stuck on with a Stampin' Dimensional.  Then a piece of Daffodil Delight ribbon was tied at the top.  So cute!

Have an inspired day!

BIG Things in May!

Hello!  I had a wonderful day stampin' with my downline yesterday and I have lots of fabulous Summer Mini stuff to show you in the coming days!  Today is May 1st, which means BIG things are happening in the Stampin' Up! world!

Please check out the Shop 24/7 page (or click on the picture above!) for a link for the new Summer Mini.  There are some fabulous new products in there that I know you're not going to want to miss!  Do you have a copy of it yet?  If not, let me know and I will pop one in the mail for you (Canadians only)!

And, while you're checking things out, you're gonna want to click the link to the right, or visit my Specials & Promotions page to see the May promotion.  Stampin' Up! is celebrating National Scrapbooking Month with discounts on some awesome scrapbooking supplies as well as discounts on digital printing!

With the National Scrapbooking Month promotion comes a discount on the Digital Starter Kit!  Join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator during the month of May, and you'll get 30 percent off the Digital+ Starter Kit! The Digital+ Starter Kit contains over $375 worth of high-quality Stampin' Up! products, including our innovative digital designing software, My Digital Studio--and during this special promotion, you'll pay just $150.50! Click here to see all the exciting products the Digital+ Starter Kit contains.  You can sign up through my website, just click on the Start Your Own Business link on the top right side and you can be on your way to joining my team of fantastic demonstrators as well as enjoying the fabulous perks of being a demonstrator (did I mention that demonstrators get to see and pre-order product from the Idea Book & Catalogue early?!?!?).

On top of all of this, Stampin' Up! has announced that for the duration of the Summer Mini catalogue, they will donate $2 for the sale of EVERY Strength & Hope stamp set (wood, clear AND digital) to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation!  Do you like my blog background?  I made it with one of the digital DSPs in the Strength & Hope digital kit.  The Strength & Hope set is gorgeous, and I plan to offer a stamp camp with this fabulous set!  So stay tuned for an announcement and some samples about that!

Just one more quick reminder...tomorrow (Monday, May 2) is my Summer Mini Catalogue Open House.  Drop by my house between 5 & 9 in the evening for a quick and cute make & take, some snacks, a fabulous door prize, register for some classes and, if you place an order you will get a Stampin' Fortune Cookie!

Back tomorrow with some stampin'.  Have an inspired day!