Convention Swaps #3

Thursday already?!  This week sure is flying by! I have some more swaps to share with you today!  I signed up for a mini album swap.  Now if you read my blog regularly you may know I am nutty for mini albums!!  LOVE them!  In fact love them so much that after I made my mini's for this swap I signed up for a second spot! LOL  yep!  I made 20 mini's for this swap!  Take a look:

I made 10 little Meander albums with tags!  Each album had 7 pages front and back and 6 pull out tabs.  Sorry about the lighting in the picture!  The sun and shade were wreaking havoc with my pictures.  This is the cover.

Inside pages with tags.

The insides are all made using the new Polka Dot DSP!

These are the tags.  I made two sets of these for each album.

The different colors that I made.  I made 2 of each color.

This is the second album that I made.  I used the smaller tag from the Two tags Big Shot die to make the pages.

I just love all the little pages of this book!  This would be a great place to plop some mini Christmas photos with some journaling!  I am looking so forward to this swap!

Hope  you are having a nice week! :)  I will be back soonest with more to share!

Convention swaps #2

Hey there!  How are you?  I have another convention swap to share with you today. :) This is one of the cards I made for the Sudsol group I belong to.  It is an online group for Stampin Up! Demos.   The only real requirement was that everything be current.  This is what I came up with:

This card uses a ton of stuff!  I embossed the bottom with the Stripes EF and the center panel with the Fancy Fan EF.  I added a scalloped edge border to the panel and the main image.  I stamped the Chocolate Chip background with a stamp from Itty Bitty Bits and rounded the corners.  The main image is from the set Field Flowers.  

This card uses 7 punches, 2 EF, 6 layers and some bling! 

Made the flower from punches and sponged the edges of the butterfly to make it pop.  I made 45 of these cards! 

Hope you are having a nice Wednesday! I sure am!:)

Twisted Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday to you!!  This is my second post today so be sure to scroll down to see the other one! :)

Time for another twist-y challenge!  Today's challenge was  to make a card using chocolate (my favorite thing!!!) and the twist is the add glitter (another of my favorite things!!) to the card!  Here is my card for today's challenge:

Chocolate cupcakes...yum!!  Chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles is even better!  I stamped the background with a flower from the stamp set Mixed Bunch and made a paper ribbon topped with a glitter heart.  I secured the whole thing in place with a gold brad.  The sentiment is from a retired set called Crazy for Cupcakes.  I was so sad to see that set go.

Hope that your day is the sweetest day ever!  Now go grab some chocolate, make a card and post it on the Twisted Tuesday site! See you over there!

Convention swaps Day #1

Hello!  Guess what?!  I am on my way to Utah!  Wooo hoooooo! :)  I wanted to start sharing some of the swaps I made to take with me so here we go!  First one is for a Masculine card swap that I am participating in.  As I have mentioned before, I always struggle with these cards, so I am looking forward to getting some new ideas.  Here is the card I made to swap:

Manly colors, manly plants and manly brads!  No frills, no buttons and no flowers!  I embossed the whole background with the Stripes background folder and added a paper border. I stamped the fern  leaf stem looking thing three times withuout re-inking in between to give the illusion of layers.

This was a fun card to make and fortunately was pretty quick to assemble. 

 I made 33 of these.

I will be back soonest with more to share!  Hope you are having a nice day!

New, new, new!

Hello!  Happy Monday!  It is the start of a new and very exciting week!  I am super excited because I will be spending the  week in Utah at the Stampin Up! Convention!  Can I get a big Yahoooooo?!!!  I leave tomorrow!!! :)

Today, however, I have a new, new, new card to share with you!  My demo group met yesterday and our swap theme was to use new products from the new catalog.  My card uses several new products along with a couple of the oldies, but goodies.

I made a 3 x 3 card using some of the new in colors and DSP.  My ribbon is new as well as the stamp set which is Everything Eleanor.

A side view to show the layers.

Details:

Stamps: Everything Eleanor

Ink: Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla and Be of Good Cheer DSP

Extras: 1/4" Stitched Grograin Ribbon, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, Pearls and Dimensionals

I have a bazillion things to do today to get ready for Convention so I am off!  I will be sharing some of the swaps I made to take with over the next few days. 

Have a wonderful Monday!  

Kits are fun!

Hello!  Happy Wednesday to you! I wanted to share a quick project I made from a fun kit that I received recently!  I belong to a card kit swapping group and our first card kit was themed Stars and Stripes.  My sweet Sis sent me a kit full of oodles of things to choose from!  She also made me a really cool butterfly album.  She painted it and sanded it to look like suede...too cool!  Here is a picture of the kit she sent:

Fun stuff!

Here is a little project that I made using some of the goodies:

It is 6 x 6 and I think I am going to stick a frame around it and hang it in my craft space. It turned the dotted paper into a ladybug and cut apart the sentiment.  I used one of the frames and some of the brads.  This was a no pressure, just fun to assemble kind of project that made me especially happy!

Up close!

Even closer! :)

Thanks Cindy O. for the great kit!

Hope that you are having a good day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!  

Twisted Tuesday time!

   Today is Tuesday and you know what that means!!  Time for another Twisted challenge!!  Here is today's challenge:

A holiday pick Two!!

Pick 2 things from this list to include on your card. The color Yellow Charms Twine Rub-ons Stickers Die Cuts Lace Stickles The Twist - Make your creation for a Holiday. Doesn't matter which. Pick whatever Holiday you like.

Here is my challenge card for this week:

Why it is Christmas in July, of course! :)  My two items are twine and stickles!  I also managed to use a third item, but it was completely unintentional!  My third ink color came out looking a little yellow!  So bonus! :)

I had a ball making this Christmas card!  Made me think a tiny little bit about Christmas being right around the corner, but I pushed that idea to the very farthest backest recesses of my brain and went on about my business! LOL So not ready for  Christmas yet!

Cute stamp, yes?!  

Ok, you know what is coming!!  It is *YOUR* turn now!  Head on over to Twisted Tuesdays and play along!  Our design team has made some great cards and the talented ladies that have been playing along do really awesome work!  Be sure to check it all out!

Have a wonderfully twisted day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!  

July is a happening month!

Hello!  Are you melting?!  We are melting!  It is hot, hot, hot with a capital HOT here!!  I just cannot get over just how warm it is all over the place!!

On to some crafty goodness! I have another birthday card to share with you today! :) This one is full of all kinds of fun stuff!  It is bursting with bling and butterflies and banners and happy colors! Take a look:

See?!  It has fun all over it!! :)

I made this for one of my very sweet blogging buddies! Hope she likes it!

 Details:

Stamps: Kindness Matters

Paper: Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla

Ink: Melon Mambo and Chocolate Chip

Extras: Rhinestones, Apothecary Art labels and 1"Square punch

Hope that you are finding a way to beat the heat!  Stay cool!  I will be back soonest with more to share!  Have a great day! :)

Happy birthday!

   Hey there!  Hope that you had a fun, safe and happy 4th yesterday! We had a great day!  My oldest daughter had a birthday recently and so the whole family loaded up and drove down to have a birthday dinner and mini party with her! :)  She loves penguins so I always try to throw a penguin or two into her celebrations. LOL  Here is what she got this year:

Here is the birthday tag that went along with the gift!  Original design found while blog hopping! 

Little, tiny, mini card to go along with gift!

Side view of the penguin-y goodness.

The box was filled with chocolate by the time she received it!  Did you know that penguins love chocolate?!  Well, I have heard that anyhow! ;)

Close up of the front.

Back of the box.

Matching trio, because what is better than a penguin...three penguins of course! :)

My beautiful birthday girl! We made her wear the hat and tie all through dinner!  She is such a good sport! 

Ok, well I am super excited to say that I have a day full of crafting planned and I am thrilled about it!  Hope you have a great day ahead also! :)  I will be back soonest with more to share! 

Twisted Tuesday Time!

   Tuesday once again!!  Today's Twisted Tuesday challenge is to make a Vintage card and the twist is to use stripes somewhere on your card! Once again, another great challenge by our twist-y coordinator, Melina!   Here is my Tuesday challenge card:

I think this is one of the coolest stamp sets that Stampin Up! has ever come out with!  Sadly, this set is retired.  I just love it though!  It stamps so clean and plus...cool chairs! LOL

To make my stripes I inked up my EF with Soft suede...just ran my ink pad right over it!  I must admit that I held my breath when I did it, but it washed perfectly clean and ink free when I was done so I will use that technique again! :)

Really cool images! I used Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake hoping for a vintage-y type feel.  I kept the card simple without loading too much on it.  

Ok, your turn!  Head on over to Twisted Tuesdays and link up your stripe-y vintage creation!  I look forward to seeing what you come up with.  Be sure to check out the wonderful cards made by the other DT members too! 

Hello!

  Hello!  I have a hello card to share with you today!  No real occasion other than to say hello!  Sometimes these cards are even more important to send than birthday or anniversary cards.  Just a note to let someone know they are on your mind can mean a lot!  Here is my simple hello card:

I rounded some corners and mixed up squares and circles for an interesting look.

I used the new Stampin Up! EF folder called Fanfare for the Vanilla background. It adds such a pretty little something something to your card!  It is soft and subtle, but adds a really nice texture.

I also used one of the new felt foam pads for the flower.  The petal center is from the old style of pad.  I was hesitant at first about the new pads, but they give your image a really nice deep rich look and seem to provide really nice coverage.  So, two thumbs up on those big guys! :)

Today I challenge you to make a card and send it to someone just to say hello and let them know they are on your mind! It is the right thing to do! ;)

Ok, my to do list is a hefty one today so I am out of here!  Have a wonderful day!