Watercolored Jars

This was a card we made at Card Buffet this week. It's from the Level 1 hostess set Country Morning. I'm not a very good watercolorer, but I love to do it anyway! And I've given myself permission to be just mediocre at it! LOL

I love autumn colors--they just suit me. So I used some of my favorite Stampin Up colors on this card. The DSP is from The Write Stuff Specialty pack (115674, page 163).

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Stamps: Country Morning, A Little Birthday Cheer
Paper: Old Olive, The Write Stuff DSP, Basic Black, Really Rust, Watercolor Paper
Ink: StazOn Black, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust
Accessories: Black Gingham Ribbon, Aquapainter

How many days???

It's never too early to think about Christmas, right? This year at Convention, I participated in a Christmas card swap at the Stampin Addicts Meet n Greet. I received some wonderful ideas! The swap required at least one "new" thing, so I chose the color Bermuda Bay. It's not normally a color I use at Christmas, but I love the way it turned out!

On the Bermuda Bay layer, I used wax paper to pounce Bermuda Bay ink all over the cardstock. It gives a nice texture--as little or as much as you like.

I stamped the flowers from Christ Is Born (one of my favorite all time sets!) with Ruby Red Craft ink, then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Using the Tombow Multi Glue, I put dots in the centers of the poinsettias and dipped them in Aqua Fine Supernover glitter! After I let all that shiny stuff dry, I cut out the flowers, bent up the petals a bit, and adhered them to the card with dimensionals.

With the White Organza Ribbon, some paper piercing, and a rhinestone brad in the corner, the card was set to go!

If you'd like to start on your Christmas cards early this year, be watching for my Christmas Card Class in October!

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Stamps: Christ Is Born
Paper: Ruby Red, Bermuda Bay
Ink: Ruby Red Craft and Classic, Bermuda Bay Classic
Accessories: Wax paper, paper piercer, Mat Pack, Rhinestone brads, Whisper White Organza ribbon, dimensionals

Latticed Window

The Lattice Die (115958, page 198 of the Stampin Up Catalog) was at the top of my "must have" list! This card was inspired by Sarah Wills. We made it at August's Club meeting.

First, die cut the lattice from the front of your card. Then die cut the lattice from coordinating DSP (here I used Cottage Wall 115671, page 160--yummy). Cut a square from the Window Sheets (114323, page 158). Adhere the DSP lattice to the Window Sheet, and then adhere the Window Sheet to the inside of the card! I added a layer of Elegant Eggplant inside my card, to give it some contrast. Ta da!

Have a great Monday!

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Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Cottage Wall DSP
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Big Shot, Lattice Die, Glue Dots, Window Sheets, White Gel Pen

Stampin Up Holiday Mini

The designers at Stampin Up have outdone themselves again! The 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog is gorgeous! If you didn't receive one in the mail, please contact me for a copy. You can also view it here: 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog.

You can place an order any time at my Stampin Up Website! Even in your jammies! Just click Shop Now, and the world is yours! Well, the Stampin Up world! :-)

Night & Day Halloween Play

Whoooooooo wants to come to a fabulous Halloween class???

Date: September 29 (so your decorations will be all ready!)
Time: 7 pm
Cost: $25, which includes your very own pack of Night & Day DSP from the Holiday Mini, plus everything you need to make the 3 projects shown here! (Boo Banner, Dracula Test-Tube Box, and Spooky Sweet Treat on a Stick)


Your pre-payment is your RSVP, and I will close registration on Monday, Sept 21 at 9 am. Don't miss out!

Happy Holidays Blog Hop

You know my friends at Stampin Addicts--they can't stop stamping and blogging! Check out all their great ideas for the Holiday Mini Catalog, which goes live on Tuesday, September 1!



They have some fabulous projects you won't want to miss! If you don't have a copy of the Holiday Mini yet, please contact me for information on how to get one!

Fabulous Flower Folds

My September Club hostess requested that we use the Flower Folds die, and I was *happy* to oblige! I love this one! (Is there one I don't love??? Hmmm. Probably not.)

I picked up some tins at Convention and decided they'd be perfect for a Flower Folds project. First we cut the die from Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry cardstock. Then we spritzed them with water and ran them through the Texturz plates. Fold up the petals on the score lines before the paper dries, and this is what you get! Isn't it lovely??? The center of the big flower is punched from an embosslit.

We also made a cute little 3x3 card with the "leftover" petals. My best friend Brandi has convinced me that doodling is what *every* project needs, and so we added that!



Stamps: Razzle Dazzle
Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Signo White Gel Pen, Basic Black Stampin Write Marker
Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Folds Die, Flower Burst Embosslit, Textruz SU Backgrounds 1, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle Punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, Crushed Curry ribbon, Vintage Brads, tins

Just Jacob

Today is my Jacob's 8th birthday!

After some initial reluctance to actually enter this world (he was born 2 weeks after his due date!), Jake finally appeared, weighing in at a paltry 9 pounds 8 ounces. Poor little thing! LOL

He has a gentle, sweet spirit and a gift for saying just the right thing to make his Mama happy. The girl who gets him will be one lucky woman! A boy with 4 older sisters definitely has an edge on how to "understand girls."

Jake got to pick out a new bike for his birthday--he likes it just a bit.He had outgrown his last one to the point of hitting his knees on the handlebars. {smile} He's really excited to start Cub Scouts and participate with all his friends. He loves basketball, Star Wars, and Transformers.

Happy Birthday, Jake!