Inkredible Color Challenge

This week's Inkredible Color Challenge is Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo and Basic Black. I have to say it one of my favorite color combo's. Here is a scrapbook page I made with me and my best friend.

Ingredients to make the page:

Stamp Sets: Just So Sayings

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents Pack, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Black Satin Ribbon, Buttons, Alphabet Stickers and Rhinestones from a local craft store

Tools: Border, rectangle and butterfly punch from a local craft store, Island Floral Sizzex, Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch, Big Shot

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 180

Here is this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I pulled out the fabulous Sale-a-bration paper for this week's challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Set: Coffee set from a local craft store

Ink: Basic Brown, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents Pack, Basic Brown, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Early Espresso Brads

Tools: Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Aqua Painter and Rectangle punch from a local craft store

Inkspirations Sketch Challenge #59

Here is this week's Inkspirations Sketch Challenge. I decided to get started on my Easter cards with this week's challenge.

Here is the card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: A Good Egg

Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents Pack, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones from a local craft store

Sale-A-Bration Open House

Only one month left for Sale-a-bration!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! So for every 50$ you spend, you get to choose free products. It's the perfect to stock up on adhesives or treat yourself and get yourself some punches! We have 55 punches!!!

Stop by my Sale-a-bration Open House and see hundreds of card samples, projects and scrapbooks all made with Stampin' Up! products!

Get inspired and go home with two homemade cards that you will learn how to make! You will even learn how to do the emboss resist technique!

Time: Sunday, March 13th

Stop by my stamping studio between 3 - 7 pm at any time.

Stop by for some coffee and cake. My retired stamp sets, color kits and homemade cards will be available for purchase as well.

Location: Totowa, NJ

Bring a friend that is new to me and stamping and you get to make DOUBLE the projects, so instead of 2 projects, you will make 4 projects to take home!!!

Featuring products (in order as they appear on this entry): Bliss, Something to Celebrate, Punch Bunch, For All You Do

Easter Pouch

Here is a cute little Easter pouch. I saw this cute little chick in a local craft store and I could not leave it behind. So here is a girly Easter pouch I made.

Ingredients to make the box:

Stamp set from a local craft store

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango

Paper: Whisper White, Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents Pack

Accessories: White Organza Ribbon, Pink Rhinestones from a local craft store

Tools: Circle Cutting System, Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Crop-a-dile

Crown for a Princess

My best friend is turning 40 today and what better way to celebrate her day than making her a princess. So here is a crown I made for her. The top of the crown is none other than our Round Tab punch. I wish I could take the credit in coming up with that, but I actually saw it a long time ago somewhere and I couldn't wait for the day I made a crown of my own.

Ingredients to make the crown:
Stamp Set from a local craft store
Ink: Melon Mambo
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo,Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents Pack
Accessories: Rhinestones from a local craft store, Silver Brads
Tools: Round tab punch, Birds & Blooms Sizzlits, 3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot

Lotion Caddy

So how much am I loving this year's Sale-a-bration products!! Here is the great Punch Bunch stamp set. Here I dressed up with to make this cute little body lotion caddy! All it is the Box #2 with the edges folded in for reinforcement and an insert to put in the center to seperate the two lotions.

Ingredients to make the caddy:

Stamp Sets: Punch Bunch

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive

Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, Pawsitively Prints Build a Paper Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Rhinestones

Tools: 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Box #2 Sizzex, Big Shot

Inspired by Stampin' Success

This month's demonstrator exclusive magazine Stampin' Success had this great card that a fellow demonstrator won a contest with. I decided to take the Wish Big embellishment on the card and make a similar one for my scrapbook page.

The color combo was totally inspired by the Color Coach. I know I wanted Peach Parfait, but I wanted a red and it let me know that Riding Hood Red was a good color match.

Ingredients to make the scrapbook page:

Stamp Sets: Word Play, Create a Cupcake

Ink: Peach Parfait, Riding Hood Red

Paper: Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents Pack, Riding Hood Red Patterns Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Peach Parfait, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Whisper White Brads and Satin Ribbon

Tools: Clear Circle Sizzex, Build a Cupcake, Scallop Border Punch, Big Shot

Punch Bunch Valentines

I have to say I absolutely love, love the owl in the Punch Bunch Sale-a-bration stamp set. Here are some Valentine's I made for my best friend and her kids. The milk carton Sizzex die is the perfect size to fill with goodies!

I dressed up the Punch Bunch owl by giving him googlie eyes, wings from the Bird punch and punched his vest by first stamp the polka dot background from the For All You Do and then I punched out the vest. So much easier than stamping and cutting out!

Ingredients to make the box:

Stamp Sets: Punch Bunch, For All You Do, You & Moi

Ink: Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Early Espresso Patterns Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Early Espresso

Accessories: Googlie eyes from a local craft store, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon

Tools: Small Heart Punch, Owl Punch, Bird Punch, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Milk Carton Die, Big Shot

Inkredible Color Challenge

This week's Inkredible Color Challenge brings us a beautiful subtle color combination. The colors are Pale Plum, Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand. How beautiful are these colors.

Here is my card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Bliss, Messages for Mom

Ink: Pale Plum, Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride Patterns Paper Pack

Accessories: Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Self Adhesive Pearls

Tools: Eyelet Border Punch, 3/4" Square Punch

Sale-A-Bration 2011

It's Sale-A-Bration time again at Stampin' Up!,

and free product is what it's all about!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! So for every 50$ you spend, you get to choose free products. Stock up on adhesives or treat yourself and get yourself some punches! We have 55 punches!!!

Every year Stampin' Up! gives customers, hostesses, and new demonstrators the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, limited-edition products they'll enjoy for years to come.

January 25 - March 31, 2011

Click here to download the Sale-a-bration brochure!

Click here to start shopping and you get to choose your rewards at the end of your shopping trip for every 50$ purchase!

This is the best time of the year to host a workshop, what can be better than Friends, Fresh Ideas and Free Products! There are lots of dates available. Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Week Days and Weekends. Contact me to schedule your Sale-a-bration workshop where you and your guests will get to learn how to make projects that they take home with them!

This year you get to choose from

• 4 beautiful stamp sets
• designer series paper and quick accents pack
• ribbon and button pack
• chalkboard decor elements
• or all the Sale-a-bration items on a Digital Content CD for My Digital Studio
  

Here's how Sale-A-Bration works:

Customers
When you spend $50 on Stampin' Up! merchandise, you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There's no limit-for every $50 you spend, you can select another free Sale-A-Bration reward.

Hostesses
When you host a workshop of at least $300 (before tax and shipping), you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!

Recruits
Any new demonstrator who joins during Sale-A-Bration will not only receive 15 percent off their Starter Kit, but will also receive a special Bonus Bundle of products valued up to $50!

The following items will be included in your new Starter Kit (whether it's the standard kit or the Digital+ Starter Kit):

121620 Color Coach (or multiple languages Color Coach)
120806 Something Special Simply Sent (or any Simply Sent kit)
117114 Live, Laugh, Love Stamp Set (or any Simply Sent Stamp Set valued at $12.95 or less)
119883 Heart to Heart Punch (or any punch valued at $17.95 or less)