Stamp Sets 4 Sale!

I have a ton of retired stamp sets, inkpads, and accessories 4 sale! Let me know if you're interested, and I will email you my list!

Post It Note Holder

Here is another project I worked on today for my upcoming mother/daughter stamp camp on Friday. The idea is that of the very talented Andrea Walford (http://andreawalford.com) and I had a lot of fun making this cute post-it-note holder. The base is made from a (2) 4" coasters covered with designer paper. The tutorial can be found on Andrea's blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp Set: Pocket Fun (retired)
Inks: Basic Black, Cameo Coral, Barely Banana, Mellow Moss, Close to Cocoa
Paper: Spring Flowers (retired), Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Brads, Paper Piercer, Vanilla Ribbon, Scissors, Stampin' Dimensionals

Designer Bags

I absolutely LOVE these designer bags! They are a breeze to make and they are so cute! I found a wonderful tutorial Diana Gibbs (http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/stampin_with_di/) and Cambria's blogs that have a more visual and detailed description of the bags. You create a base that is 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" (scored at 1" from each edge). You then adhere the 5 1/2" x 11" designer paper to the base and secure at the center seam using sticky strip tape. Cut a 1 1/2" x 11" piece of designer paper and secure at the bottom. Cut (2) round tabs and secure at the top and add an eyelet; decorate as desired. This is one of the projects we'll do at my upcoming mother/daughter stamp camp!

Stamps: None
Papers: Flower Fun DP (retired) Bella Rose DP, Taken With Teal, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: White Brads, Silver Brad, Five-Star Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Large Flower from Pretties Kit, Red Rhinestone Brad, Sticky Strip

Halloween Pixie Sticks

I found a wonderful project making a holder for pixie sticks on Patty Bennett's blog (http://pattystamps.typepad.com/pattys_stamping_spot/) and thought it was very cute! I used some old Halloween designer paper and the Batty for You stamp set. I think they are very cute and they are very easy to make! Thanks to Vicki Callier for designing such a fun project!

Stamps: Batty for You
Inks: Basic Black, Only Orange
Paper: Only Orange, Basic Black, Halloween DP
Accessories: 1/4" Circle Punch, White Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Pixie Sticks

Introducing my new SU website!

I am very excited to share with you my new, Stampin' Up website!! As with my blog, I will be posting projects, upcoming stamp camp dates, etc., on this website. The difference between this website and my blog is that very soon you'll be able to place your own Stampin' Up! order online through my SU website! That means you can order anytime at your convenience, and your order will come directly to your door step!! Stampin' Up! will be lauching this exciting program sometime in September/October! Here's the link for my blog: www.elefevre.stampinup.net

Mum Card

I saw an incredible card on SCS today by "stampalooza" and knew I wanted give it a try! My flower isn't as big as hers, but I think I did okay for my first time making it. It's one of the cards we will making at my stamp camp tomorrow! Here's the details:

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Baroque Motifs
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Mellow Moss, Summer Sun
Accessories: Five-Petal Flower punch, BoHo Punch, Small Oval Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Brad, sponge, scissors, Mini-Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, paper piercing tool

Fresh Cuts

I made a quick card with the Fresh Cuts sets and the new in-color, Tangerine Tango. Don't you just love that name? Since I didn't have ribbon to match (at least not yet), I dyed a piece of white ribbon by pressing it into the tangerine inkpad using a q-tip. I'm off to the dentist to have a crown put on - have a good day! Here's the details:

Stamps Set: Fresh Cuts and notecard
Inks: Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Fresh Cuts Notecard
Accessories: 5 Star Punch, White Brad, White Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool

New In-Colors

Ben started football camp today, so I spend the day playing taxi mom. But he loves it, and it's great to see him involved in something that he enjoys. Anyway, after I got home, I cased this card from one I saw on Beate's blog using the new in-colors. Now I just have to get use to the new in-color names! Here's the details:

Stamp Set: Boho Backgrounds, One of a Kind
Inks: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Pink Pirquette
Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Pink Pirquette, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Piercing Tool, Pink Brad, Vintage Brads, White Ribbon, Boho Punch, Scallop Punch, Large Oval Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Pun Fun Rocket Card

I saw this card many months ago on Beate's website (http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/) and thought it would cute to use at my upcoming punch stamp camp on Friday. Hope you like it, I'm off to sit in the sun by the pool! Here's the info:

Stamps: Pun Fun
Inks: Basic Black, River Rock, Blue Bayou, Ruby Red
Cardstock: Western DP, River Rock, Blue Bayou, Ruby Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Blue Bayou ribbon, star eyelets (retired), silver brads, CAD, small and large star punch, blender pen, Photo Corners Punch, 1/4" circle punch, piercing tool, stampin' dimensionals

New Scallop Punch

Good morning - Happy UPS day for me yesterday! I was able to pre-order a few new sets, designer paper, a scallop edge punch, and the new in-color cardstock and inkpads! This is a card that I made with the scallop punch! I cased this card from one I saw on SCS and I believe it was done by Kristen Moore. I looked on SCS today and couldn't find it, but I wanted to make sure I put credit where credit is due. This punch is definitely be my fun new toy right now, and I can't wait for the punch stamp camp on Friday!!! Plus we will be using the some of the new in-colors! Here's the details:

Stamps Set: Pun Fun
Inks: Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Porcelain DP, Blue Bayou, Vanilla
Accessories: Gold Brads, CAD, Gold Eyelets, Blue Bayou and River Rock Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Blender Pen, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool, Double Circle Punch, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Long Walk......

I forgot to include this picture - this is Richard and Ben walking up the 425 foot vertical drop at the dunes! I guess all that biking Richard does helped with the climb up!

Vacation Pics

We just got home today from spending 5 days at the Crystal Mountain Resort in Michigan. We had a wonderful time and hated to come back home! We spend a day at the Sleeping Bear Dunes and another day up at Mackinow. It was very relaxing and Ben had a great time doing the Alpine Slide; Richard even tried it! We bought a day pass for Ben, he would come down the slide and go right back up on the lift. The landscaping and surrounding area was beautiful and the weather was perfect!

Another Punch Purse

This is the same card that I did yesterday, but I added flowers from the Three For You Punch Box (page 181). I think this adds a more finished touch to the card, don't you?

Purse Punch Card

I signed up to do a swap that required using punches and coming up with an "out of the box" design. I have seen several samples on SCS where a purse was created by using 1/2 of the round tab punch. I loved the look, so I thought I would give it a try! The handle was done by first by punching out 1/2 of a small oval, and then I inserted the large oval punch to create a handle. I used the horizontal slot punch at the top left and fastened with a brad (see close up picture). Sorry if the images are a little blurry. I am having problems with my camera taking close ups; guess I should read the manual!! Anyway, if you want to find out more about using punches on cards, I would love to have you come to my stamp camp on July 18th! Here's the details:

Stamps: Small Script
Inks: Rose Red
Paper: Cutie Pie DP, Bashful Blue, Rose Red, So Saffron, Whisper White
Accessories: Brads, Horizontal Slot Punch, Tab Punch, Small & Large Oval Punch, Word Window Punch, Bashful Blue Ribbon, Sewing Machine & Thread, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

Vest Card

This is another entry I made for yesterday's SCS challenge. I made this awhile ago,and I think this might of been a stamp camp project. I am not even sure where I got the pattern from, but I do remember what I used to make it:

Set: Campout (retired)
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Really Rust
Papers: Kraft, Really Rust
Accessories: Hemp, CAD, Brads