DRAGONFLY CARDS AND GLIMMER PAPER

HEY BLOGGIES,

My friend, Dee, came over and we made some FUN dragonfly cards with only the DIES that match the stamp set from Stampin' Up!!!!!  Well, we did use one of the sentiments from the set, but the paper did our work for us as we used GLIMMER PAPER for the die cuts of the dragonfly.

Let me show you a few cards:

 Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette with silver twine

 Brushed silver card stock for the die cut, delicate doily, soft sky and another blue I can't remember which one right now... sorry.

 Getting fancier and more beautiful here:  Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette, Outside the Lines SAB FREE designer paper, chalk markers coloring, and Pink Glimmer Paper die cut dragonfly.

Same idea as the pink card above, but I used Bermuda Bay and some chalk markers for minimal coloring of the Outside the Lines SAB FREE designer paper, with Brushed Silver Cardstock for the die cut.

Come back this weekend to see the "Piece de Resistance" of the cards I have made this week.

Thanks for stopping by!!

ONLY SIX MORE DAYS--- SAB COMING TO AN END MARCH 30TH

HEY BLOGGIES,

Oh no!!  Sale-a-Bration is about to end.  Did you get everything for FREE that you wanted to get??  I still have one or two more things I wish I had gotten!  Remember order $50 in product and you get to pick a FREE ITEM from the two different SAB flyers. .. order $100, you get TWO FREE ITEMS, etc.  This only happens once per year, each year.

ALSO, how would you like to get a minimum of 20% discount on each and every item you want to have from Stampin' Up!  YOU CAN!!  All you have to do is sign up to be on MY TEAM and all your orders are a minimum of 20% off. (more ordered, more discount given)  When or if you get others to order, you get a small percentage of their order total as cash back!!  And there are always ways to get additional items discounted or free as well.  PLUS, it is FUN!

Become one of "MY PEEPS" or team members and you will get your customized kit for ONLY $99.  It is worth $155 during SAB.  YOU pick what you want in it, so it is like a special discounted order!

The best part is that there is NO OBLIGATION ever.  You can quit at any time.  If you wish to continue, just make a minimum order per quarter.  Any quarter you don't want to order anything, you are automatically finished!!  Easy and no pressure.  BUT you get all the items you have been wanting and will be able to order the NEW CATALOG items coming out in June at a discounted price!!  WOO HOO

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PAPER PIECED CARD - EASTER WISHES

HEY BLOGGIES,

I am right in the middle of getting our house ready to sell so we can move.  Same area just into the country more.  SOOO because of that, I have most of my craft room all packed and stored away safely.

But how can anyone go weeks without stamping or crafting??!!  I know I can't.  I made a paper pieced card today and used the sentiment of one of the 5 that I kept from packing away.

I made this card to enter at TECHNO STAMPER MONDAY.  My second card for this week on this challenge.  Also entered at Around the World Stamping.

I used the FREE DSP from Sale-a-Bration called SWEET SORBET and I sure do L O V E that paper!!  I fussy cut out some of the printed flowers from the paper as well as stamped some Petite Petals flowers and punched them out.

 Here is the card all finished.  I added some water coloring onto the DSP for shading, coloring and emphasis to some of the flowers.

 You can see the paper pieced flower and leaves in this upper lkeft hand corner.  I then popped it up on dimensionals and used my markers and aqua painter to add shading, filling and layering of colors,  LOVE IT

 The twine is the FREE SAB SWEET SORBET ACCESSORY PACK and I am loving this thicker twine.  I used a trick I saw on the web recently - I used a bit of gesso or elmer's glue in between my fingers and rubbed it on the tails of the twine.  Then I shaped it how I wanted it to be and let it almost dry before I attached it to my card.  AWESOME how it makes such a difference with the bow all shaped and pretty.  (this is before I added the other candy dots to my card.

Now you can see my candy dots (I changed out the one on the twine bow) and the completed card with the shading and coloring.  What do you think? I really REALLY liked the process because I was so much more involved with the creation by coloring, shading, layering colors and then paper piecing and adding punches.  You will see some more of these types of cards from me again.

OOPS, I forgot to show the inside of my card:

I believe the most important part of Easter:  HE IS RISEN.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Please stop back by again.  If you have any questions, let me know.
The colors I used are:

Soft Suede ink (for sentiment)
Crisp Cantaloupe
Pool Party
Calypso Coral
Coastal Cabana
Summer Starfruit

SALE A BRATION GOOD AS GOLD KIT AND SWEET SORBET ACCESSORIES PACK

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have a card made with the FREE Good as Gold Card Kit and the FREE Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack.  I used the items in a different way to create my own version of card.

I used the Sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday by Kim.  Here is my card.

I used Coastal Cabana card stock for the base and cut one of the card kit cards as my designer paper for the top.  I added Crisp Cantaloupe card stock cut by the FRINGE SCISSORS below the designer paper.

 I used the tags that are included in the Good as Gold Kit for my banners and attached them to the Coastal Cabana twine.  I used washi tape in coastal cabana to attach the twine to the card.

 These cork flowers are in the accessory pack.  I colored them crisp cantaloupe and coastal cabana as you can see.  I also put a piece of washi tape at the bottom of the card.

Here is another view of my complete card.  I hope you enjoyed it.  These kits are so awesome and with a few added details or changes, you can come up with so many different cards OR you can just make them as the kit suggests and you have 8 wonderful cards to use!!

Go to the Sketch Frenzy Friday site to see what the other design team members created and then create YOUR card and upload it to our site.

Thanks for stopping by.  Come on back again!!

FREE ON LINE STANPING CLASS WITH STAMPIN' UP!

Oh What Fun!

Stampin' UP! is offering a fun free online class on March 26!

Just purchase your bundle soon HERE in my online store and you'll be ready to create along with crafters across the country who tune in to this fun live event! 

Order your All Wrapped Up Bundle today!

with Clear Mount Set #135340

with Wood Mount Set #135339

 This fun live streaming event (on youtube) will also feature the Sweet Sorbet 12x12 Designer paper #133521 (FREE Sale a Bration product) so you might want to select that as your FREE item with your order above!

USE YOUR BUNDLE IN THE FREE CLASS:

When: March 26, 2014, at 5:30 PM, 7:30 PM, and 11:00 PM (all times MT). We'll demonstrate the same projects each time, so choose the one that's best for you.

Where: You don't even have to leave home;  www.youtube.com/stampinupvideo at your chosen time, and be prepared to stamp!  We'll also award door prizes to random participants.

If you have any questions, just let me know.

RAINY SKIES AND HAPPY THOUGHTS

HEY BLOGGIES,

This weekend has been rain, rain and more rain.  No complaints here though because we have desperately needed it.  Now we have very cold winds blowing in a cold front.  brrrr

This card comes from one I saw on fellow demo Jaydee's site and I loved the idea so much I had to make one like it.

The Sale-a-Bration set SEE YA LATER is what I used as well as the SCALLOP TAG TOPPER PUNCH and the PETITE PETALS PUNCH.

 Oh, and I also used the candy dots for the middle of the petite flowers, a stencil and my spritzer for the sun rays, and the sun and clouds are from a bag of accessories I got at the M store.  I thought they worked perfectly for this card.

I used crushed curry chevron ribbon tied with some early espresso bakers twine.

I have entered this in the JUST ADD INK challenge - Sale a Bration., and to RETRO SKETCHES.

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BIG SHOT SPECIAL PRICING

HOLA, CIAO, HALLO, HEY THERE

HAVE I GOT AN AMAZING DEAL FOR YOU!!

DON’T MISS OUT!

BIG SHOT SPECIAL:   Now through March 22 only, I am making a special offer to anyone who buys a BIG SHOT from me. Not only will you get TWO Sale-a-Bration items of your choice** , but I will send you TWO Embossing Folders (your choice) as a thank you gift.  This offer is ONLY from ME TO YOU.

**since the Big Shot is $99.95, you’ll have to buy something small to push the total over $100 to receive your second SAB item. (ink refills, adhesives, bottle caps, etc.)

ISN'T FREE WONDERFUL??!!  YOU GET TWO FREE SALE-A-BRATION ITEMS FROM STAMPIN' UP! WHEN YOUR ORDER IS $100 OR MORE, AND YOU WILL GET TWO FREE EMBOSSING FOLDERS FROM ME AS MY WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR ORDERING THE BIG SHOT FROM ME!!

What are you waiting for?  You know you have wanted that big shot for a very long  l o n g  time!! Here is your chance to get it AND get free items as well.

(I think this one has YOUR name on it!!)