ENDLESS BIRTHDAY WISHES ..HURRY BEFORE IT IS GONE!!

HEY BLOGGIES,

Endless Birthday Wishes is retiring this month, but it is a stamp set bargain I believe.  This photopolymer set includes 19 stamps and is so versatile.

 First up we have a card I made back when I first purchased this fun set.  I love the colors I used and think it looks very pretty together.

The bitty banner punch was used to make the two cute banners along with the little star punch.

Next we have 4 simple but beautiful cards I made this afternoon while watching the Kentucky Derby on Television.  My living room is a mess because I had to bring ALL my goodies out to the coffee table so I could watch the race.  But I am so pleased with the cards that I am no even concerned that I have to clean up now!!  LOL

I used three colors that go with the Bohemian DSP:  Hello Honey, Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss.  The DSP is retiring as well and as of today it is still available if you want to purchase some before it is all gone. Enjoy:

Thanks for visiting me.  If you are looking for a versatile set that you can use A LOT, this is the set, I promise.  Even though I only used 3 or 4 stamps of the 16 stamps, that doesn't mean the other stamps aren't wonderful as well!!  So many verses, words and ideas included with this stamp set.  GET YOURS NOW BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE.  You will be GLAD you did!!

If you don't have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please consider using me.  I am always here to answer questions and to supply ideas.

Take a look at my Pinterest Board for more ideas using ENDLESS BIRTHDAY WISHES.

https://www.pinterest.com/txjennywren/su-endless-birthday-wishes/

MASCULINE BIRTHDAY CARD - AHOY

HEY BLOGGIES,

I forgot to post this birthday card I made for one of my son-in-laws for his birthday this week.

 I love how this card came out.  So cute with the nautical theme and so pretty with the blue and white colors. I used Open Sea stamp set.

 I used blue and white bakers twine around this little panel of the anchor, and even glued the twine on the rope part from the stamp and had it coming out the hole where the rope came out.  I really like this part a lot, very personalized, I think.

On each side of the anchor panel are two very large rivets/brads that I hammered into the card.  But I left the middle part from the background paper so it looks like a port hole on a ship.

I stamped Happy Birthday inside the card, but sorry that I forgot to get a photo of that part.  The "Oh Hello" is stamped on the decorative label punch and slipped under the layer so only a portion of it shows.

Thanks for stopping by.  This idea could be a great Father's Day card as well with the new GOING GLOBAL Occasions stamp set.

NEW IN COLOR LACE TRIM ON MY BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have a birthday card in the new In-Color Watermelon Wonder.  I used the hostess stamp set called BEST THOUGHTS from the Annual Catalog.

 I stamped the image with Memento black ink and then used my aquabrush and inks in Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral and Melon Mambo for the watercolored flower.  The leaves are old olive and pear pizzazz.

 I saw a flower similar to this on Pinterest and knew I had to watercolor my flower on this card.  I love how it turned out.

It is hard to see, but I colored lightly my rhinestones with a light green alcohol marker.  The lace trim and the back layer is watermelon wonder.

I have entered this card at SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY.

GATE FOLD BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Whew, we are just trying now to dry up and blow away here in central Texas.  It has been 100* here this week and is not going away any time soon.  We are putting out a sprinkler for our horses each afternoon to give them a chance to cool off if they want to.  Several days they chose to let it get them wet and today they chose not to.  But at least it is there if they need it.  AND it waters the grass at the same time.

I told my hubby that it is too hot.  How hot is it?  I said it is so hot that the boys (my male horses) are too hot to try to be naughty!!  hee hee  Being naughty is my interpretation when they are bored and start looking for something to get into that they should NOT be into - like my canna plants or my pear tree.  Evidently those taste very good when you are feeling frisky!

Anyways, on to my card for this week.  I have made a gate fold birthday card using Sprinkles of Life and Bohemian DSP.

My gate fold card has two overlapping pieces.  The cupcake is adhered on the left and the sentiment is adhered on the right.   Coastal cabana card stock is one of the colors that coordinates with our Bohemian DSP.  I used white and coastal cabana as the two coordinating colors of the patterned paper I chose from this pack.

 A closeup of my stamped images layered with coastal cabana cs and decorative label punch or circle punches.  I fussy cut the cupcake pieces. Cherry red square sequins adorn the sentiment piece.

The cherry on top with the small square sequin is covered with glossy accents.

I am entering my card in Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge.  Pop over to see the other design team members.

SHAKER CARD WITH SPRINKLES OF LIFE

HEY BLOGGIES,

Believe it or not I have NEVER made a shaker card!!  But today I have one to share with you and it was fun and easy to create.

 I used Watermelon Wonder, the new In Color.  The oval behind the shaker is Mint Macaron, also a new In Color.

 The stamp set Sprinkles of Life stamp set is a Charity Set that Stampin' Up! donates $3.00 to the Ronald MacDonald House Project for each set that is sold.  It also has a matching Tree Punch that punches out the icing, cherry, a tree, leaves and a few other things all on one punch.

I used my Oval Framelits to cut out the border around the window, as well as the window and the sticky fun foam I used as my frame on the back of the front panel to put the sequins inside.  Sticky fun foam can be obtained at most of your craft stores.  I used two layers stuck together.

I am entering this (a bit late) at the SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY challenge.  Pop over there to see what the other design team members have created, won't you?

I also am entering this is the ALOHA FRIDAY CHALLENGE:  BIRTHDAY.

Thanks for stopping by!!

SHAPED BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

By now everyone knows how much I   L.O.V.E. my Big Shot machine.  There are so many different things you can use it for and I love every last one of them!!  Today I used it with my circle framelits to create a round shaped birthday card:

I put the circle framelit just a little bit above the fold of a piece of card stock and cut it with the Big Shot.  I then created my own piece of background paper with watercolor paper and an embossing folder and some inks and cut it with my Starburst framelit.

I used it one more time on this card by using the Happy Birthday thinlit die and some black card stock and ran it through the Big Shot to create my sentiment.  I also used my build a cupcake punch and used the candles outside while the cupcake was used inside.  Added a few star sequins and VOILA a great shaped birthday card.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  I appreciate your visits.  See you again in a few days with another fun creation.

MOSTLY NON STAMPIN' UP! MIXED MEDIA ART PIECE

HEY BLOGGIES,

I thought I would share with you some of the NON-Stampin' Up! hobbies I also have.  Besides my quilting, which you can see the quilts I made last year by clicking the QUILTS tab at the top of this blog, I also like many other crafting mediums.

I used to do wood pieces and sold them every year at the craft fairs.  I made checkerboards with fun pieces like frogs and turtles, I made wooden signs of all kinds, snowmen were my favorite and every one in my family have a snowman family with their names on them.  I even made fun mini nativity sets and sure wish I kept one for ME!!  Most of my things I was so tired of by the time I made so many that I just sold them until they were gone.  Unfortunately, with all the China imports, it is no longer cost effective to do my woodworking so I quit about 5 yrs ago.

However, I am into mixed media art and really enjoying trying new things.  My friend, Tammy, and I are working on some pieces to hang on the wall.  We are close to being finished with our OWL piece, but still have a few more things to add - some baubles and beads, twine, glitter, etc.  but I thought I would share with you so you could see some of the other things I enjoy doing:

This first photo is after we got the owl drawn, shaded, painted and cut out, then we added designer papers on the 4 x 4 coaster:

The drawing of the whimsey owl is done with fine point marker on Braithwaite paper.  It is double outlined everywhere so the lines show up well.  Then I used various shades of gray to shade the whole picture of owl and scarf, etc.  Then used markers to color him in, and sharpies too.

Then used paper snips (YIPPEE TO STAMPIN' UP! FOR THOSE!!) to cut out the owl and set him aside.  I used a pressed paper drink coaster that is 4 x 4 inches.  I covered it with three different papers in the woodlands theme.  I even found that TREES word on one of the papers and knew I had to use it here.  The eyebrows are separately cut out and glued onto the owl for dimension.  The rest of the dimension is from shading and highlighting.  That was the FUN part to do.

Here he is now with the fringe on his scarf.  Isn't he just a dandy looking guy ready for some winter fun??!!

He is attached with SU's STAMPIN DIMENSIONALS and I used GLUE DOTS for the snowflake button and TOMBOW GLUE for the yarn fringe.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my cute little OWL.  Stop back again and I will show him all finished with his hanger and his hanging beads, etc. that completed the piece.

Don't forget to leave me a comment to be entered into the BLOG CANDY/BIRTHDAY drawing.

See my previous post to know how to get more than one chance to win.  Today I am picking a winner!!

A REMINDER ABOUT MY BLOG CANDY TO BE GIVEN AWAY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!  AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.  In order to celebrate in true bloggie-land order, I am going to give one of YOU a gift!!

All you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me where you live and if you need a demonstrator. (No problem if you already have a demo just tell me so and leave a comment.)  Then I will use Random.org to pick one winner from all the comments between now and my birthday - JAN 1 - and that person will win:

Clear block storage Caddy.

This is a brand new storage caddy purchased just for this occasion - you can store ALL your Stampin' Up! blocks in all the sizes in the handy case.  I LOVE it for when I go somewhere to stamp.  I have them right there and they don't get lost.

Here is how you can win:

1.  Leave me a comment each day for one entry to win 

2.  Purchase anything from my store and get another entry to win

3.  Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me you are and the name you follow with for another entry to win.

It is that easy!!  So many of my customers OOOOH and AAAAH when they see my clear block storage caddy.  They immediately want one for themselves and usually order it!!  Now YOU too can have this storage caddy for all your clear blocks too!!

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND FUN FOR YOU!!

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY CARD FOR JANUARY BIRTHDAYS IN OUR FAMILY

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have another birthday card I made for the 6 birthdays in January in my family.  This one was made with some retired items, but it fits so perfect for the person who is receiving it:

 My daughter has a cupcake business so I just had to use this stamp set and the punch for the inside.  AND I love coloring so it was so much fun to make!!

Wish this was a real cupcake - YUMMMM. I would gobble it right up.

AND NOW ON TO BUSINESS:

HAPPY NEW YEAR coming up in three days!!  AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.  In order to celebrate in true bloggie-land order, I am going to give one of YOU a gift!!

All you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me where you live and if you need a demonstrator. (No problem if you already have a demo just tell me so and leave a comment.)  Then I will use Random.org to pick one winner from all the comments between now and my birthday - JAN 1 - and that person will win:

Clear block storage Caddy.

This is a brand new storage caddy purchased just for this occasion - you can store ALL your Stampin' Up! blocks in all the sizes in the handy case.  I LOVE it for when I go somewhere to stamp.  I have them right there and they don't get lost.

Here is how you can win:

1.  Leave me a comment each day for one entry to win 

2.  Purchase anything from my store and get another entry to win

3.  Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me you are and the name you follow with for another entry to win.

It is that easy!!  So many of my customers OOOOH and AAAAH when they see my clear block storage caddy.  They immediately want one for themselves and usually order it!!  Now YOU too can have this storage caddy for all your clear blocks too!!

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND FUN FOR YOU!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME MEANS A GIFT FOR YOU

HEY BLOGGIES!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR coming up in three days!!  AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.  In order to celebrate in true bloggie-land order, I am going to give one of YOU a gift!!

All you have to do is leave me a comment.   Then I will use Random.org to pick one winner from all the comments between now and my birthday - JAN 1 - and that person will win:

Clear block storage Caddy.

This is a brand new storage caddy purchased just for this occasion - you can store ALL your Stampin' Up! blocks in all the sizes in the handy case.  I LOVE it for when I go somewhere to stamp.  I have them right there and they don't get lost.

Here is how you can win:

1.  Leave me a comment each day for one entry to win 

2.  Purchase anything from my store and get another THREE entries to win

3.  Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me you are and the name you follow with for another TWO entries to win.

It is that easy!!  So many of my customers OOOOH and AAAAH when they see my clear block storage caddy.  They immediately want one for themselves and usually order it!!  Now YOU too can have this storage caddy for all your clear blocks too!!

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND FUN FOR YOU!!

MERRY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES

WHY DO WE ONLY USE MERRY WITH CHRISTMAS?  I am putting a stop to that!!  I am using it IN PLACE of HAPPY!!  I know, I know - WHAT A REBEL!! HA

Soft sky - that just makes me dream of laying on a puffy cloud and slowly drifting along, while watching the beautiful blue of the sky!!

 Not sure what color this yellow is - it was a scrap that I wanted to use up.  But I think it goes along with the birthday theme just fine, don't you?  LOVING these word THINLITS.  I want to use them all year long, hence using them with "Birthday Wishes".

I punched out two of the deco label punches in yellow and cut them in half to put as a layer behind the sentiment.

One more look at the completed card.  Pretty cute and pretty fast.  I made it in less than 10 minutes!!  Actually 9 min 16 seconds.  YIPPEE

Entering this card at:

10 minutes Craft Dash Birthday Card  Blog Hop

Paper Craft Crew Challenge sketch

LAST DAYS TO ORDER FROM THE HOLIDAY MINI

END OF HOLIDAY MINI Catalog!!

Just a super quick reminder..

LAST DAY TO ORDER

from the Holiday Mini Catalog

is

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3rd

For those of you who have procrastinated in ordering and now are freaking out - don't despair - you still have a few days to get your order together and get it ordered!!

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE

NEW OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG

STARTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH

If you do not have a demonstrator, I would love to be yours and can send you both of the new catalogs - the Occasions Mini and the Sale-a-Bration catalog full of FREE Stamps you can have during the special.

INKY FINGERS, Y'ALL!!