So Faux

Sorry I am late today--I had my Card Buffet last night and then had to watch the Olympics. LOL If you are local and haven't been to a Card Buffet before, check out the link.------>

Have you tried the faux metal technique yet? I was probably the last person on earth to try it, and now I'm in love with it!


I keep petting the pieces, I like them so much!

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Big Flowers, In the Spotlight (retired), Boho BG
Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Basic Gray, plain typing paper
Ink: Pacific Point, Versamark
Accessories: Silver embossing powder, heat tool, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Cropadile, silver cord, white taffeta ribbon

Convention Make-n-Takes, Part 3 (and last)

I still haven't finished one of the make-n-takes (the ribbon bookmark), but I'll try to get to it sometime. LOL Here are the remaining 3.


Thank U card.


Scrap page 8.5 square


Cute bag I did wrong. LOL But I'm sure you've seen the correct version all over, right? I still love this set, and I do love the bag, despite my mistakes!

Convention Make-n-Takes, Part 2

Ok, these are not my best stamping! LOL These are the rest from Thursday, when I had a really bad migraine. I didn't finish everything, but here is what I got done!


Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Thank You Kindly
Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Chocolate Grosgrain, Floral Frenzy Classy Brass Template, Stylus, Light Table, brayer, Rhinestone Brads, corner rounder



Stamps: Eastern Blooms
Paper: Tangerine Tango Textured
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Cropadile, Vanilla 3x3 envelopes, Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain, Crystal Effects, Orange beads, Blender Pens

Convention Make-n-Takes, Part 1

The make-n-takes at Convention were wonderful! My friend Kathy was a "helper" and did her best to guide me through.


Inspired by Nature 3 x 6
Stamps: Inspired by Nature
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Vanilla
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: NEW large oval punch, NEW clips assortment, distresser


Eastern Blooms box and card set
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Thank You Kindly
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Hidden Garden Rub-ons, Rhinestone brads, 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette Grosgrain, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Tandra's Don--I mean Llama

So for a long time--more than a year!--there has been a joke that SU needed a llama image--a freakin' llama, to be exact. My friend Tandra was so excited to find this "llama" in the new Spanish supplement catalog. Then someone had to burst her bubble and tell her what it really was. :-) So here, for Tandra, is the freakin' llama. Along with one of the Convention make-n-takes for those who are looking for real stamping stuff. Sorry it's so blurry--the llama wouldn't hold still!

Shelli's Die Cut Projects

If you weren't at Convention, I'm not sure you can fathom the wild cheering that took place when Shelli announced a partnership with Sizzix. Sah-weet!

Here are some of the projects she demonstrated using the new Stampin Up dies. Sorry some of the photos aren't that great! You had to shoot and move along!



These are the projects she did for her grandson's birthday party. I wonder if she'd adopt me???? Masks use the new SU SIzzix Pennant die. The basket is from the SU Basket and Blooms die.





These are quiet book pages she made for her grandchildren. I {heart} quiet books, so it was fun to imagine making more with my fancy schmancy new Big Shot and dies. :-) Probably be a few years, though. Not really in the market till there are grandchildren for me!




So beautiful! One of Shelli's daughters is expecting her first girl, and these are the shower decorations/favors and the nursery decor. The flowers are made of fabric and lace, all cut with dies in the Big Shot. To the left you can see part of the ruffled apron Shelli sewed *from the Baskets and Blooms dies* if you can even imagine! I would never have thought of such a thing! Along the right side, you can see some of the Christmas decorations made from the Pennant die.

Decor Elements

One of the exciting things we got to see at Convention was Phase 2 of the Decor Elements line! These will be available for customers to order on October 1. You'll notice some familiar images, as well as some new ones. Many of these were two-step elements! I was really loving all the colors, too!

Convention Fog

We got home from Convention late Saturday night--so late it was practically Sunday. ;-) I am still in a fog, which is 3 parts exhaustion and 2 parts Convention withdrawal. I didn't have to do any laundry or cleaning or chauffeuring or . . . well, you get the picture. Now I can't seem to gather up all the threads that make up my regular life! Swimming lessons, 2 teens with jobs, school registration, play dress rehearsals, planning for group voice lessons--oh, and I should pay some bills and go grocery shopping! LOL It's amazing how much 6 kids eat!

I have to brag on my husband a little bit--ok, a LOT. Events like Convention are really not my thing. I suffer from migraines, and I'm not terribly fond of large crowds. But he drove me to Salt Lake, kept me fed and cared for, picked us up (hi Angie and Amanda!) at the end of Convention days, and just generally was amazing! I could never have done it without him! Thanks, honey!

You know how everyone always says you HAVE to go to Convention?? Well, I admit I just thought they were Kool-Aid drinkers. :-) (I mean that in the nicest way possible!) But I have to tell you

You HAVE to go to Convention!

It was wonderful, fabulous, amazing, crazy fun! I learned so much, swapped like crazy, met IRL so many great people I had only known online, swapped some more, waited in line for 2 1/2 hours to buy everything in Memento Mall (please note the "e"--sorry, you can take the girl out of the spelling bee, but you never take the spelling bee out of the girl!), learned that the Salt Palace does not have great cell reception, did I mention swapping????

I promised Tandra a couple pictures from the new catalog, so here they are!

Just Jawin!



Crazy for Cupcakes!