Ladystamper

This is one of the cards I did at my workshops last week. I totally cased it from Araceli...in fact, this is her card! I used white seam binding instead of twine, current DSP from the mini catalog, and just stamped Merry at the bottom right on the card. The cuteness factor is in how she did the tree. This is the small pennant punch. Punch three scallop triangles and three straight ones. (i also used a stamp from the pennant set instead of the embossed paper). layer your triangles and fold them all in half. This is much easier if you use the simply scored tool to make a crease in the triangle. Then you simple snail the triangles together, leaving the back open so you can stick it to the card. It is a super cute 3-D tree when you are done. Clever girl...thanks for the idea Araceli!

My internet has been giving me a hard time. On and off....is it me or is it Qwest....? We don't know. I blame them, they blame me. Either way, it has kept me from being consistent on some web items like the bloggers challenge. This week our challenge is in the form of a sketch. I love sketches. It gives me a base to go from. I can just add my own touch to it then. As soon as I saw this one, I knew I wanted to use the new stocking set and punch from Stampin' Up! I love it! Of course, it is not available til Sept 1st.....but you can book a workshop with me and I will bring it and let you use it! Sept is right around the corner! I also decided I wanted to use my snowflake die instead of a circle in the background. I don't know if this card turned out 'exactly' how I wanted....but it does have some sparkle and I do love that! The edges of the stocking as well as the red strip along the bottom are from the Red Glitter paper. I LOVE it! I stamped JOY with Real Red a...

One of the Make and Take projects at convention this year was this card keeper box. The box will be available in the Holiday mini catalog that goes into effect on Sept 1. It is a really sturdy little box! It comes flat and has templates for covering the top included. We covered it with some of the YUMMY fabric Stampin' Up! carries. I LOVE this fabric! It is just to beautiful!! The flower on top is made using dies and punches. Lots of layers in there! Wanna make one? Come over and I'll show you how!!

Karen has another cute sketch on her blog today. I love her card....she is so amazing! I tried to do something creative.....it turned out 'ok.' I don't like the umbrella but I think my straw is pretty cool. I used a q-tip with the fluffy ends cut off. I drew the lines on with an orange marker. lol I think it turned out....looking a lot like a straw! Makes me want to go make some lemonade when I look at it! Check out what the other creative people came up with on the blog hop! Enjoy! sweet Sunday sketch

Betty Shultz is so darn creative! She is usually doing awesome things with punches for swaps. I was therefore excited to see a non punch card done by her this month. Until I realized....we have a cupcake punch! Yes, this is also a punch card. I just love how she did the lace punch peeking out from above the yummy black and white striped ribbon. And yes, there is glitter on the sprinkles on the cupcake. yum yum!

This is my birthday card from Araceli. I love how she stamps! She is amazing at layers and everything she does is so professional! Check out all the punches she used on here. I think she used five different punches! DSP, punches, Ribbon....gotta love it!

I am loving the triple punches at Stampin' Up!! I had some left overs from the scrapbook page I made a few days ago so I decided to do a "don't get out of my seat" creative session. It is a challenge for me not to get up and get more tools or embellishments when I am creating. This card is made just with left overs that were on my stampin table. I love how it turned out! I'm a bit addicted to roughing up these flowers....seems like an easy way to get a dimensional flower without having to layer or use much paper. enjoy!

I don't think I shared this card before.....this is the card I made for my mother...a couple months ago. I used the owl punch to make the flower. It is one of my most favorite cards ever! I almost didn't give it to mom. But, she is an amazing mom, so....she deserved it! I also made her this cute and quick scrap page featuring all the girls in our family. Mom and future moms. It is from last Christmas...or Thanksgiving...I forget....We don't get the whole family together very often, so it is pretty special!

I'm feeling inspired being in my new stamp room. I love being able to get to everything so easily! I'm not quite ready for pictures, but stay tuned! I made a few of these cards for people I needed to thank. The base is Bravo Burgundy with a piece of the new Paisly Petals DSP. This paper is really mature and has beautiful colors in it! I layered a piece of Artichoke under a scrap of newsprint and put my greeting on there. The bird is from Punch Potpourri (fits in the bird punch!) and stamped with Night of Navy. Can you see the tiny pearl for the eye? Hope you feel inspired to stamp today too....and find the time! I am home with two sick boys so....I'm taking advantage of it!

Okay so technically....she may not be a 'new' stamper, but this is the first time she has stamped with me so....she is new to me! My friend Marcy came to my stamp night on Friday and made this totally adorable card! I love the colors she put together....not colors I would have chosen, but they rock! This is a Valentine card for her son. It looks amazing in person. Very dimensional. On the inside, she put the negative of the punched hearts along the bottom border. super cute! I hope she keeps coming so I can steal more ideas from her!

Jeannie is amazing with scissors! She always sends me the most amazing cards! I don't know where she finds the time to do all the cutting! She says she enjoys it. I think it is awesome! She sent me this card for Valentine's day. Yes, I felt the love. Thanks Jeannie!!

My sweet downline Araceli made me this totally adorable card a few weeks ago. She is ooober talented!! It is made using the saleabration set Bliss, the embossing folder Framed Tulips, and the awesome red glitter paper. I love the layout and the colors and everything! totally a copy-able card. Feeling the love for anyone? make them this card! I can help!

Diane Kileen is another demonstrator friend that comes up with the cutest stuff! This is her card from our last upline meeting. I love how she used the Ornament punch to make these fat little fish! How stinking cute is that? I am also totally in love with this red glitter paper! You NEED some of this!!

Hello again! Sorry for the extremely long absence from my blog...I have been writing and going to school so, not just lazing around! With the holidays approaching, it is almost impossible for me not to be stamping. Christmas cards, thank you cards, Holiday projects....my craft room is no longer whispering a call, it is shouting at me! Come stamp! Come create! If you are like me, you sometimes need a jump start to your creativity. I start by looking in my Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalog and then shoot over to the website, and then to some of my favorite blogs. I saw this adorable sample at my upline Kimber's house. It is super easy and cute! It uses background paper (DSP) as well as punches! An easy way to make something quick and easy and get those creative juices flowing. I will be using this card as my inspiration for stamping today. Check back tomorrow to see what I came up with! maybe you can play along as well. Just a hint.....it MIGHT be worth your while to play along....