Graduation

So proud of my niece Lauren, she will be graduating from the UW in a few weeks.  She gave me the honor of making her annoucement cards.  What an honor!

Here's what I put together for her.....

Busy, busy busy........

Work of Art

Teasing you with a new stamp set coming out on June 1st in  the new catalog!   It's called Work of Art and is a fun fresh new look with these stamp.   Each one looks like you took a paint brush and  swooshed the color across the paper.   

Here are two of the same cards just stamped in different colors. All the stamps used are from the new Work of Art stamp set.

Products Used:

Cardstock- Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Ink- Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry

Stamp Set- Work of Art- 

Accessories- Dazzling Diamonds in Sparkling Silver 

Products Used:

Cardstock- Coastal Cabana, Pistaschio Pudding, Whisper White

Stamp Set - Work of Art

Ink- Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

Accessories-  Dazzling Diamonds Sparkling Silver

Yes!  you read this right!  you can join Stampin Up! and my Thoughts that Stick team for $50.00!  now thru June 30th!

What does this include you say?

$55.00 worth of free products

30% off of your first order and 20% discount on all your orders

FREE admission to this year's convention in Salt Lake City!

(you must register by Jun 20th)

and also a free Paper Pumpkin kit!

Can you believe that!  what a deal all for $50.00

Come join my team by signing up HERE

Saying Goodbye

We're saying goodbye to hundreds of retiring products from the 2013-2014 annual catalog. Now's a great chance to order what you like to and get your favorite  retiring products before they're gone for good! ALL products are only available while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in early!

Major discounts on retiring products!! From now until June 4, 2014, we're offering a 25%-50% discount on many of the retiring products. Get them before they're gone!

          Retiring Stamps List with discounts HERE

        Retiring Accessories List with discounts HERE

                                         Place your orders HERE

On Film

On Film framelits frame this card today.  This is a fun new framelit set for both stamping and scrapbooking (Project Life!) I punched out the film in black, then layered it onto the whisper white cardstock.  The stamp set is called Perfect Pennants and it has all the wonderful sayings you see in this card in it plus the heart and more!   The camera is on the On Film framelit set.  Check it out below......

On Film Framelit set- #132969 for $29.95

Perfect Pennant Stamp Set- #133230 for $21.95

Place your orders HERE

Me & You

Me and You little 3 x 3" cards to have on hand.  The crumb cake cardstock has been run through the Big Shot with the Designer Frames embossing folder.   I cut the center out so that I could stamp the Me & You stamp image in the Bermuda Bay ink.  

Don't forget to stamp on your envelopes!

This is the stamp set Perfect Pennants that I used on the above card.  Very versatile.

Wood mounted- #133227 or Clear Mounted- #133230

I freakin love you

Get out your Washi Tape girls!  this whole card is my left over

washi tape just added in lines across my white cardstock.

After I attached it all I just punched out the heart with the big shot heart framelits and added the ribbon and embellishments.

Products Used:

White cardstock, Crumb cake

Accessories:  Epic day washi tape, Hardware clip essentials, pool party ribbon, wood essentials 

Don't forget you only have 11 days left to order from the retired list and catalog.   Make sure and check out the lists and get your orders in.

Retired Stamp List-  HERE

Retired Accessories List- HERE

Place your orders -HERE

Hip Hip Hooray card kit

Now here's a fun kit for you to try.   And what a great deal it is!

It's our new Hip Hip Hooray kit.  It comes with everything you need to stamp and create 20 stamped cute cards.

Here is everything you receive in your kit.  It includes the stamps, ink pad, envelopes, cards and  all the self adhesive pieces to create the cards, plus baker's twine and cute little metal paper clips

I held a Hip Hip Hooray class on wednesday and we all made all 20 cards.  They turned out great!

Hip Hip Hooray Kit  #134998 for $19.95

Order yours HERE

Everything Eleanor

Today's card is inspired right out of our Stampin Up! catalog.  I took the flourish stamp and first stamped in basic black ink and then stamped off on a piece of scratch paper then right onto the crumb cake cardstock to give the background a lighter look.  Then take the flower and bird stamp and stamp in basic black right on top of the flourish design.  I colored in the center of the one flower with our stampin up! white uni-glo pen. 

Hardwood

Good morning!  With all the trends in pallet boards I thought I might try and make a pallet card.   This is made with our Hardwood stamp.  I stamped it once on a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock, then again on another piece and cut out the two cross pallets.  They are adhered with stampin dimensionals.  I added our candy dots in neutrals color soft suede for the nails.

Products Used:

Cardstock- Sahara Sand, In Colors printed patterns

Stamp Sets- Hardwood, Really Good Greetings

Accessories- Candy Dots in neutral, small scallop punch, sponge daubers for shading, linen thread

Be sure and check the retired stamp and accessory list as you have until June 1st to order any of these products from the catalog.

Retired Stamp List HERE

Retired Accessory List HERE

Place your orders HERE

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson proclaiming Mother’s Day a national celebration in the United States. You go Momma's!

This week I held one of my kid's classes and they made these chalkboard framed art for their Mom's.  So sweet.

I hope today finds you able to spend precious time with your families.  Enjoy your Mother's day!

Wahoo!!!!!

Well it's friday!  the week has just flown by!  

Wanted to share this card with you today.  Wahoooooo!

it's the weekend!  

The base of this card is the stamp called Off the Grid.  It's one of our stamp sets that will be retiring come June 1st.  So if you have thought about purchasing it, you may want to before the end of the month.  I love to use it to fill in backgrounds of cards.  I even used it to add texture to the wood essential heart used here.

Retired stamps list HERE

Retired Accessories list HERE 

Place your orders HERE

Just For You

How about a little embossing with some gold embossing powder~

Products Used:

Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Brushed Gold

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede

Stamp; Sets: Regarding Dahlias

Gold Baker's Twine, Gold Embossing Powder

Don't forget to order your retired stamps and accesssories while

supplies last!

Click HERE to view retiring stamp list

Make A Wish

Birthday wishes for that someone special.  Make a Wish card.

Products Used:

Cardstock:  Real Red,  Island Indigo, Whisper White, Soho Subway

Ink- Crumb Cake, Real Red, Island Indigo

Stamp Sets- Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Pennants

Accessories- Wood Elements, Natural Burlap Ribbon

Now don't forget all the stamps and accessories that will be retiring June 1st.  Make sure and order your items soon as products do sell out quickly. 

  

Click HERE  for the retired stamp set list

Order HERE

Graduation Goodies

Graduations are just around the corner and what cute little favor to make up for your graduation parties.  Once you open the cap inside you'll find some chocolate kisses and a stamped message for the graduate! 

How do you make these?

I used the plastic container leftover from our button collections.

Pick your school colors and go to town!

I measured the bottom half at 1/2" x 7 and glued it with Tombow glue.  The cap is cut at 3" x 3".  I punched a hole in the top and used a black brad and baker's twine to make the tassel.  Simply cut yourself a 4" piece of baker's twine and tie a knot in the end.  Fluff the end up a bit and attach to the top of the cap with the brad.

How fun is that!

Introducing Project Life by Stampin' Up! and Becky Higgins

Project Life is a back to basics approach to memory-keeping.

This system is so simple it's revolutionary.

Project Life is a solution-based approach to scrapbooking that was created to simplify the process in order to allow you more time to enjoy life! It requires no glue, no scissors, no tools, and no skills of any kind. The design of our products takes the guess work out of layout design so that you can focus on recording your everyday moments through your photos and journaling. The simple design is stylish and makes it possible for you to complete more pages in less time.

Take a look 

                 

Starting today you can order Project Life through me!

Here is what's available so far, we will have more kits in the new catalog for you to view come June 1st.

Everyday Adventure Project Life cards #135298 for $15.95

100 double sided cards in three sizes

Everyday Adventure Accessory Pack #135501 for $9.95

Here's my first layout with the Project Life products 

So far here's what you can order.....

Go ahead order it all and fall in love!

Place your orders HERE

Item	Description	Price
	135294	Variety Pack 12" x 12" Project Life Photo Pocket Pages 12 pages: 2 ea. of 6 designs.	$6.95
	135298	Everyday Adventure Project Life Card Collection 100 double-sided, color -coordinated cards in 3 sizes: 4" x 6", 4" x 4", and 3" x 4"	$15.95
	135301	Everyday Adventure Project Life Accessory Pack 4 3" x 4" specialty cards; 8 sticker sheets; 1 acetate accents sheet; 8 wood accents; 2 epoxy stickers; 4 arrow paperclips; 1 roll washi tape (5 yds.)	$9.95
	135304	Project Life Journaling Pens 2 pens (01 and 05)	$4.95
	135346	Project Life Corner Punch	$7.95
	135707	Cards & Labels Project Life Framelits Dies 5 dies	$24.95
	135785	Project Life Day to Day Photopolymer Stamp Set 42 stamps	$25.95
	136706	Project Life Au jour le jour (Day to Day Set in French)	$25.95
	135787	Project Life Point & Click Photopolymer Stamp Set 26