Stampin Up Convention 2009

You remember how much fun I had at Convention last year, right?? Well if you sign up right now to be a demonstrator--for the low, low price of $75--you can come to Convention, too!!! Click over to my Stampin Up page and use the recruiting password: cardbuffet

If you're already a demonstrator, come on over to Stampin Addicts and join us at our Meet n Greet on Friday, August 7! We'll have all our swaps that day, so you don't have to spend your lunch hour in endless search of far-flung swaps, instead of eating! I try *never* to miss eating! LOL

It's a great time, really! Meeting all the other stampers and swapping with them--it's the stuff of dreams! {smile}

Celebrate Memorial Day

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!





Thank you to all who have served our country on this Memorial Day!


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Stamps: Celebrate Everything
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pacific Pointe, Whisper White
Ink: Pacific Pointe Classic and Craft, Riding Hood Red Classic
Accessories: Stampin Sponge, Gold Brads, Riding Hood Red Taffeta, Iridescent Ice EP

Pacific Point Pinwheel

I love pinwheels! It must be my ADD, because I can just watch them all day long. We made this card at club Tuesday night. It's simple, but you HAVE to use the glue stick! Trust me. Check out Lyssa's tutorial on this card HERE.

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Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point Textured, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Accessories: Pacific Point Striped Grosgrain, Pacific Point Corduroy Buttons

Love You Much

We made this Love You Much diorama card last night at our club meeting. Be sure to take advantage of the great sale this month--buy 3 Designer Series Paper or 12x12 Textured paper, and get 1 FREE!!! Click over to my Stampin' Up website to place an order!


Here are the instructions:

Cut 2 pieces of cardstock or DSP 8 ½ x 3. Score them at 2 inches.

Cut one piece of cardstock or DSP (interior piece) 6 ½ x 3. Score it at 1 inch.

Center a punch on the front piece, and make your “viewing opening.” Repeat on interior piece. Decorate interior layers.

Stamp greeting or image and adhere to back of diorama. Use Sticky Strip to adhere interior piece to back.

Decorate front of card. Adhere with sticky strip to complete card.

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Stamps: Love You Much
Paper: Raspberry Tart DSP, Pink Pirouette Textured cs, Kiwi Kiss Textured cs, Rose Red, Shimmery White
Ink: Rose Red, Staz On Black
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch; Scallop Circle Punch; Button Bouquet; Aquapainter; Watercolor Wonder Crayons in Old Olive, Rose Red, and Pretty in Pink; Flower Fusion; Square Rhinestone brad, Sticky Strip, dimensionals

Snap, Quackle, Peep

Today was new baby bird day! Because it's kinda late in the season, I didn't have all the choices I was hoping for. We did manage to get a few cuties, though! The black and white striped ones are baby girl Silver Laced Wyandotte chickens. The yellow ducklings are Indian Runners, the brownest duckling is a Khaki, and the other 3 are Blue Swedish ducks. We'll be picking up a few more lady chicks in June, to add to our flock!

Stained Glass Technique

Stained Glass is a fun and quick technique! We did it for May's Card Buffet. You stamp your line image in Versamark or Craft ink and then emboss. After your image cools, turn it over and color *the back* of the image! Layer onto a light-colored cardstock for best effect.

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Stamps: Dreams du Jour
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Vellum Cardstock
Ink: Versamark, Whisper White Craft, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Gold Brads, Clear Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder, Mellow Moss 1/4" Grosgrain, various markers

More Autumn Vine

I just love the colors in this retired DSP! This is from a gift set I made for my little sister. She's always been so much cooler than I am--I stress over her gifts. LOL But she liked these, thank goodness. Or she pretended well. Either way, I'm happy.


In the background of the group picture is the little bag I made to hold the 6 cards and envelopes. To make it, I cut two sheets of DSP at 8 x 7. Score each edge at 1 inch. Fold down the top on both pieces. Fold all the other sides "in." Adhere the sides together, and fold the bottom up with a bit of adhesive. I used Jumbo Eyelets to hold the handles, and Baja Breeze grosgrain to match the cards.

Hoarded Flowers

I have a problem hoarding things. Perhaps you do, too! I ordered these wonderful die-cut flowers last year, when they were in a mini catalog. Didn't use them till I made this card for May's Card Buffet. LOL Oops.

But the important thing is, I'm using them NOW, right? Are you proud of me???

It just needed a little "something" in the left corner, so I did paper piercing. I think it's just kinda nice there!

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Stamps: Thank You Kindly
Paper: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive marker
Accessories: Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals, Retired SU Buttons (EE and SS), Die Cut Blooms