Chelsie

Good morning everyone!  Hope you're having a good day...........I haven't had time all week to do any stamping as Chelsie had prom this past weekend.  Now that I have "survived" my first prom experience as a mom, I thought I would post some pics!

Boy's Birthday Card

Ben was invited to a birthday party and I just got the stamp set, Extreme Elements, the other day.  Perfect timing!  I paired this awesome stamp set with Extreme Skateboard.  Both are perfect sets to use for a boy's birthday card, and really easy to use.  Hope you have a great weekend - here's the details:

Stamp Sets: Extreme Elements, Extreme Skateboard, Happy Moments (retired SAB set)
Inks: Brilliant Blue, Real Red
Papers: Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Large & Small Star Punches, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, White Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals

I was honored to be nominated for the Fremont P.T.O. Excellence in Volunteering Award, and the award ceremony was held at the Middle School this evening.  Tami (right next to me) our P.T.O. President, won the award.  She has been an amazing President these past years and I have had the privilege of serving along side some outstanding P.T.O. volunteers!

One More Challenge Card

I was able to make another card for this week's challenge.  I flipped the design around and instead of using a tag, I changed it up and used the scallop oval punch.  Here's the details:

Stamp Set: With All My Heart
Inks: Real Red
Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Sending Love DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Two-Step Bird Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Modern Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Real Red Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Scissors, Adhesive

Another Challenge Card

This is a card that I made for this week's LNS challenge.  This challenge was to create a card from a sketch that Mary Jo had used for one of her Techno sketches (I think.....).  Anyway, this is my card and here are the details!

Stamps: Garden from the Heart, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Basic Black, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Bordering Blue
Papers: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Folder, Word Window Punch, Small & Large Tag Punches, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Old Olive Brads, Watercolor Brush, Wire Clip, Paper Piercing Tool, Scissors, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sponge

New Stampin' Up! Colors!!!

HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS!!  STAMPIN' UP! IS SHAKING THINGS UP WITH NEW COLORS AND BRINGING BACK 10 RETIRED IN-COLORS!

RETURNING IN-COLORS: Baja Breeze, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango and Wild Wasabi!

NEW COLORS: Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and Early Espress, Crumb Cake (Kraft renamed)

Each color collection will now contain 10 colors - see picture above

These colors will be retiring as of June 30th:

• Glorious Green
• Green Galore
• Gable Green
• YoYo Yellow
• Only Orange
• Pink Passion
• Pixie Pink
• Orchid Opulence
• Lovely Lilac
• Brilliant Blue
• Close to Cocoa
• Creamy Caramel
• Really Rust
• Ruby Red
• Cameo Coral
• Summer Sun
• Bordering Blue
• Brocade Blue
• Ballet Blue
• Taken with Teal
• Handsome Hunter
• Pale Plum
• Blush Blossom
• Apricot Appeal
• Barely Banana
• Mellow Moss
• Sage Shadow
• Almost Amethyst
• Lavender Lace
• Basic Brown
• Going Gray

LNS Sympathy Challenge

Guess what?!  I won this week's design challenge!

Happy Easter everyone!  I am celebrating the incredible gift of salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus with my family today, and am so thankful for all He has done in my life!

This is also Chelsie's last day of spring break and Ben heads back to school on Tuesday.  We had a busy week and I am looking forward to one more day off before I head back to work on Tuesday.

This is another card I made for this week's LNS card challenge.  The challenge I had with making this card is that I ran out of adhesive!  I dug around and found some removal adhesive, and took the picture before the card fell apart!  Enjoy your day - here's the details:

Stamp Sets: Close as a Memory, Thoughts & Prayers, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks/Markers: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, So Saffron
Papers: Whisper White,Regal Rose, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Final Press Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Designer Label Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Certainly Celery Brads, Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scissors, Adhesive

LNS Challenge

I am taking advantage of being on spring break and have been working on my samples for the upcoming Royal Blog Tour!  I wish I could show them to you, but I can't - be sure to check my blog at the end of the April!  I also did this card for this week's LNS challenge.  The focus is on sympathy cards, and this is what I came up with.  I went with more masculine colors for this challenge because I think sympathy tend to focus on flowers, etc. and are more feminine.  Not a lot of guy cards out there.......  Anyway, here's the recipe:

Stamp Sets: Thoughts and Prayers, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue
Papers: Whisper White,Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Photo Corners Punch, Designer Label Punch, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Vanilla Hardware, Sponge, Paper Piercing Tool, Adhesive

I'm on the Royal Blog Tour! It's launching April 30 through May 3. I'm so excited I've been chosen to be a Princess! I hope you'll become a Royal Tourist and ride along in a Royal Coach. Please come and visit my castle during the tour! For more information, please check out these links!



Website: RBT Website


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Happy Moments LNS Card

This week's LNS challenge is to make a birthday card.  I think the SAB set, Happy Moments, is a great set to use for this challenge.  I stamped the image 3x's, cut them out, and then colored the images using Pixie Pink, Green Galore and YoYo Yellow markers.  Ran the Green Galore and Pixie Pink cardstock through my Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder.  Drew a design on the Whisper White cardstock using the same markers.  Here's the rest of the details:

Stamp Set: Happy Moments
Inks: Pixie Pink, Green Galore, YoYo Yellow, Basic Black
Papers: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Green Galore, YoYo Yellow
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Crushed Curry Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Scallop Trim Border SAB Punch, Gold Cording, Green Galore Brad, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Scissors

Decor Elements in the Family Room

I purchased this Decor Element set a while ago (it's retired) and again, finally, put this up in my family room today.  I also accented behind the clock to carry over the decor to the wall.

Decor Elements

I finally put the Hostess Level 1 Decor Elements on my 2 canisters that I use for my flour and sugar.  It is very, very easy to apply them and I am glad that I finally put them on!

Medallion Birthday Card

This is a card that I made for this week's LNS Challenge.  Patty Bennett (http://www.pattystamps.com/) came up with the great idea to make a border using the Medallion punch - so I thought I would give it a try!  I stamped the image three times on a strip of Whisper White c/s.  Then I used the SAB Scallop Trim Border Punch along the bottom.  I ran it through my crimper 4 times to make the paper more pliable.  I then feathered the edges with Chocolate Chip, feathered the edges with a VersaMark inkpad, and then added some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  Since the strip is bulky, I attached it to the back of the Whisper White card stock using some sticky tape.

I also used the kissing technique for this card.  I inked up the Medallion stamp with Brocade Blue and inked up the Woodgrain Background stamp with Chocolate Chip, and then "kissed" the stamps together.  That's how I made the lines that you see on the Medallion image that was punched using out the scallop punch.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Warm Words, Medallion and Woodgrain Background Stamps
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue
Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Designer Label Punch, Scallop Punch, Vanilla Hardware/Brads, Bashful Blue Ribbon, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, VersaMark Pad, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Crimper, Sponges

Another Card

I actually got the time to make another challenge card - yeah!  Here are the details:

Stamp Set: Embrace Life (saying)
Inks: Rich Razzleberry
Papers: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Two-Step Bird Punch, Old Olive Brads, Modern Label Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals, Sponge

LNS Challenge

This is a card that I made for this week's LNS Challenge.  The challenge was to use the designer paper as the main focus of the card, and this is what I came up with.  I designed and did this card in under 10 minutes!  Here's the details:

Stamp Set: SAB Happy Moments
Ink/Markers: Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black
Papers: Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Folds Bigz xl Die, Hears & Brackets Die, Word Window Punch, Crushed Curry Ribbon, Scallop Punch, Sewing Machine & Thread