You're in My thoughts

So here is another quick and easy Valentine's Day card. Here is it is paired up Newsprint Designer Series Paper and Cherry Cobbler paper! I have to say I love my Cherry Cobbler.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Word Play
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Newsprint Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Basic Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Black Taffeta Ribon, Basic Black Button, Linen Thread, Stampin Dimensionals
Tools: Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Small and Large Heart Punch, Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder

Just Add Cake

Here is this week's Mojo Monday paired up with the Just Add Cake designer series paper that is now available in the new idea book and catalog.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Create a Cupcake
Ink:   Blushing Bride
Paper:   Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Blushing Bride
Accessories:   Rhinestones, Rhinestones Brads

Tools:   Build a Cupcake, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Circle Sizzex, Scallop Circle Sizzex

Flower Power and Peace!

Okay if you haven't noticed peace signs are all over the place. So here is the my flower peace sign I made to cover a little notebook I made. I decided to make the flowers red and blue in honor of the USA. I love how the Word Play stamp set works so perfectly! The Stampin' Royalty challenge this week works perfectly for this project. The challenge is to make something to remember those who gave their lives for your country. Thank you to all the veterans and soldiers fighting for our freedom.

Ingredients to make the project:
Stamp Sets: Itty Bitty Bits, Word Play
Ink: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red
Paper: Whisper White Textured Paper, Pacific Point
Accessories: Whisper White Button
Tools: Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Helpful Hint: Punch a 1 3/8" circle and just put a little dab of mono in the center. Punch the little flowers and use the circle as a guide for your peace sign



Attach strip of Pacfic Point card stock and attach the button. Stamp flowers and punch out with the Itty Bitty punch pack. Punch 1 3/8" circle punch use as a guide to adhere the flowers. Stamp the greeting. Corner round the card stock. Attach cover to the notebook.

Pals Paper Arts Challenge

This week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge is a photo inspiration. I was inspired by the red shoe and the daisy brooch. No surprise there. I love daisies and I just love the red and white combo. So here is my card. To make the card a little dressy, I sprayed on some shimmery smooch mist which is hard to tell in the photo.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: Poppy Parade

Paper: Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper, Whisper White

Accessories: Build-a-brad, Silver Brads, Pretties, Smooch Spritz Vanilla Shimmer

Tools: Scallop Circle #2 Sizzex, Big Shot, 1/2" Circle Punch

Owlways

I am loving the owl punch in the new catalog!!! How cute is he!

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Always, Admit It

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Sunny Garden Desiger Series Paper, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Early Espresso Brad, Googlie Eyes, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Two Step Owl Extra Large Punch, Small Heart Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Paper Piercer

Mojo Monday #152

I am so happy I was able to get the Mojo Monday sketch done this week. I love the way this card came out.

Here is my card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Silhouette Sentiments, Because I Care

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Basic Black

Paper: Newsprint Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Accessories: Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Halfback Pearls

Tools: Coluzzle Cutting System, Border and Butterfly Punch from a local craft store, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Plates, Big Shot

Stampin' Royalty Guest Designer

I am so excited I was asked to be this week's Stampin' Royalty Guest Designer. The challenge theme is School Days. What better way to celebrate the challenge than to make a scrapbook page celebrating school days. Here is my little niece showing off her art work at pre-school. How great is it that even though that the Sweet Pea designer series paper is retired it is still available through My Digital Studio!

Click here to see the other Stampin' Royalty designers and to participate in the challenge!

Ingredients to make the scrapbook page:

Paper: Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip Patterns Designer Series Paper, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Accessories: Early Espresso Buttons, Pink Pirouette Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Timeless Type Sizzlets, Two Step Owl Extra-Large Punch, Two-Step Owl Extra Large, 1/4", 1/2" and 3/4" and 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Modern Label Punch, 3/16" Corner Rounder Punch

Week of August 10th Inkredible Color Challenge

August 10th Inkredible Color Challenge was Real Red, Taken with Teal and So Saffron. So I pulled out the It's Your Thought stamp set. Can you believe I earned this set and never used it!

Here is the card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Set: It's Your Thought

Ink: Basic Black, Taken with Teal and Real Red

Paper: Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper, Whisper White

Accesories: White Taffeta Ribbon, White Button

Tools: 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Extra-Large Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Circle Sizzex, Big Shot, Blender Pens

Week of August 3rd Inkredible Color Challenge

So the next color challenge is Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. This color challenge comes straight out of the Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit. So what better way to get to do this challenge than by using the kit itself. I still had some scraps left over from the kit, so here is my card made with this color challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Set: Word Play

Ink: Old Olive

Paper: Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit, Whisper White

Accessories: Rhinestones from a local craft store, Aluminum White Circle Metal Edge Tags (retired)

Tools: Paper Piercer

Week of July 27th Inkredible Color Challenge

So I have fallen behind a little in the Inkredible color challenges again, so I'll be playing a little catch up. Here are the colors for July 27th week: Old Olive, Pacific Point, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip. I am so loving the little owl punch!!!!

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Cheap Talk, Small Sayings (retired)

Ink: Old Olive

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Pacific Point and So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Old Olive Button, Linen Thread

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Two-Step Owl Extra-Large Punch

Happy Birthday to Me!

Here is the most amazing birthday gift my friend Colleen made me! She is so incredibly talented and generous. I got this beautiful homemade birthday cake filled with birthday treats! How she finds the time to make something so beautiful like this with two little boys running around, I'll never know! I have to say we meet like 6 years ago when I first started stamping at a scrapbooking crop. Our former upline recruited her to be part of our downline. Since then, the two of us have become fast friends. Who knew a love of stamps would turn into such a beautiful friendship.

Ingredients to make the project:

Paper: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Tools: Two Step Bird Extra Large Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle Sizzex, Big Shot, Fancy Flower Extra Large Punch

Last but not least

Well last but not least here is my little cousin with my niece. Julie just loves have big cousin Jess to take her places and play with her. Here is double trouble. I hope you enjoyed my family scrapbook. I had so much fun putting it together.

Ingredients to make the page:

Stamp Set: Best Wishes & More, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze

Paper: Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Paper, Summer Home Simply Scrappin' Kit, Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Half Back Pearls

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Word Window, Modern Label Punch

Mojo Monday #150

I am going to interrupt some of my wedding scrapbook posting to post the Mojo Monday challenge. I can't believe the summer is almost gone and I have not done anything with the Tart & Tangy stamp set. I love this stamp set and for $12.95 it is a steal.

Here is my Mojo Monday card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy, On a Pedestal

Ink: Real Red and Old Olive

Paper: Pawsitively Prints II, Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories: Latte Buttons, Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Cutter Kit, Corner Rounder Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Circles Sizzex, Big Shot

August Open Workshop

It's back to school time in less than a month which means time to start thinking about school supplies. Come to this month's open workshop where we will be making 4 cute owl projects. Give them as a gift for a little one going back to school or keep them for yourself.

The projects are a notebook, magnetic bookmarker, memo clip for the refridgerator and caddy for your office supplies. You will get to use 3 of our fabulous new punches, 2 new designer series paper and use the Big Shot.

Stop by
Monday August 23rd
or
Tuesday August 24th
at 7 p.m.
and make these fabulous projects.

Location: Totowa, NJ

Workshop Fee: $20
Place a 40$ order or more and your class fee is waived.

Please RSVP as soon as possible for all events so that the card stock is ready for everyone to start stamping when the event begins.

Featuring products (in order as they appear on this entry): In a Word, Two Step Owl Extra Large Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Extra Large Punch, Love Letter DSP, Sunny Garden DSP, Favorite Things, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

The Bride and Groom

Next comes the bride and groom. They made a beautiful couple. My poor cousin had a 101 degree fever the night before. I am happy that he was okay the day of the wedding and made it through the reception. I was scrapbooking at my friend Diane's house and I kept going into her retired stamp sets and seeing some of my old favorites which was great for stamping sentiments on the page.

Ingredients to make the page:

Stamp Sets: Love without End, Love Matters

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Home Simply Scrappin' Kit

Accessories: Poppy Parade Poly Stitched Ribbon, Real Red Buttons

Tools: Border punch from a local craft store

Mojo Monday #148

Here is this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I have to say I am loving the Elegant Soiree designer series paper. I have a feeling I am going to picking up another pack on my next order!

Here is my card I made along with the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Only Ovals

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Soft Suede Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Neutral Brads, 5/8" Very Vanilla Jumbo Brads

Tools: Island Floral Sizzex, Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch, Big Shot, Circle Sizzex, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, 1 3/4" square punch, Textured Impressions Embossing Folders square Lattice, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen

Special Touch on the Card: I stamped the flower from the Only Oval stamp set on Baja Breeze paper and then cut it out. I added the white gel pen accents and attached the flower to the card with dimensionals. The oval was also attached to the card with dimensionals. The scallop border was punched and then I ran the border through the big shot with the textured impressions embossing folder.

Yahoo!

Very exciting, one of my cards has been choosen as this week's top pick at the Stampin' Royalty site!!! This week's challenge was to work with stencils. I am so excited to have been chosen. I have to say I love the way this card came out.

Thank you Stampin' Royalty! Click here to check out the other top picks and the new challenge for this week.

Another Wedding Scrapbook Page

I am on a roll scrapbooking lately. I have to say I love the way this page came out. It has my two little sunshines on it, my niece and nephew. They were the ring bearer and flower girl at my cousin's wedding. The Elegant Soiree designer series paper is just perfect for the occasion.

Ingredients to make the page:

Stamp Sets: Just So Sayings (retired)

Ink: Baja Breeze

Paper: Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, On Board Long Board

Accessories: Rhinestones from a local craft store, Victoria Crochet Trim Ribbon, Button Bouquet Latte Buttons (retired)

Tools: Heart to Heart punch, Large Heart punch, Two Step Bird Extra Large Punch, Large Oval Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Simple Letter Sizzex, Big Shot, Circles Sizzex

Wedding Scrapbook Page

This week's Pals Paper Arts challenge is a wedding theme. I was so happy to see this. I just was at a wedding this past weekend and I have this great picture of me and my beautiful niece that I could not wait to scrap! So here we are along with some new things from the catalog.

Ingredients to make the page:

Stamp Sets: So Many Sayings

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Tafetta Ribbon, Pretties, Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Rubons from a local craft store

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Island Floral Sizzex, Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch, Big Shot, Modern Label Punch

Playing with Stencils

This week's Stampin' Royalty challenge is playing with stencils and I have to say I am absolutely loving this card. It is such a manly masculine card!!!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets: Engraved Greetings
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Early Espresso Brads
Tools: Sponge Dauber, Mostly Vintage Decor Stencil, Mat Pack, Scallop Border