Last Day for Sale-a-Bration!

Today is the last day for Sale-a-bration so I wanted to share my birthday cards that I made for a workshop 2 weeks ago. I used the Big Day Stamp Set from SAB and the Birthday Bash DSP from the Occasions catalog. This is such a fun stamp set. You can make so many cute birthday cards with it. It was fun to color in this set too. At the workshop we made the 2 cards in the back. The ladies had a great time making these cards. I don't have close ups of the individual cards right now (they are on my camera, these were taken with my phone), so I will have to come back and post the individual cards later. But in the meantime, you can get inspiration from these cards to make your own birthday cards. But you have to act now to get this stamp set, after today it will no longer be available. If you order $50 of product you can get this set for FREE!! Stock up on some DSP, buttons, sequins and the super cute bow builder punch. I didn't think I needed that punch until I got it. It is so stinkin cute! You will love it. That's it from me today. If you want to place an SAB order or set up a workshop of your own, please contact me!

Have a great Tuesday!

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Retro Banners

Hello! More new goodies to share today. I had a little extra time this morning before an appointment (with no baby around) so I took advantage to make a quick card. Even though I probably should have been cleaning or something. Oh well! I used the new Retro Fresh DSP from the Occasions catalog. The colors in this paper are so bright and fun. I think this paper "may" be my favorite from the catalog. Well at least for now it is. I cut out several banners with the Hearts a Flutter framelits and the Banner punch from the SAB catalog. I also die cut 2 starburts from the Starburst Framelits. The Coastal Cabana one is also embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder from SAB. The sentiment is stamped in Tangerine Tango from the Starburst Sayings set. For the finishing touch I added the gold sequin trim and a few random gold sequins. Love those too! I am just really in love with the Occassions mini this year. This card would look really cute using a variety of DSPs. It's a great way to use up all those scraps you have lying around. Have a great day!

Stamps: Starburt Sayings
Ink: Tangerine Tango
Paper: Soft Suede, Coastal Cabana, Retro Fresh DSP
Accessories: Starburst Framelit dies, Hearts a Flutter Framelit dies, Banner punch, Gold Sequin trim, Decorative Dots embossing folder

Starburst Banner

Happy Snow Day! To those of you on the east coast. We got a decent amount of about 12 inches or so. I think I have had my share of snow for this winter. I am definitely ready for spring/summer to get here. In the meantime, I'll just make some bright colored cards. Today's card is a Valentine's card using more new items from the Occasions mini and Sale-a-bration catalog. I used the Starburst Framelit dies to cut out a piece of the Fresh Prints DSP. The red stripe DSP is also from the paper stack. I used the Banner Blast stamp set and punch from the Sale-a-bration catalog. This little set is so cute! The hearts are stamped and cut with the Hearts a Flutter set and dies. I also used the Coastal Cabana twine from the sale-a-bration catalog. Love this stuff! The sentiment is from Petite Pairs. I really like these colors together for a Valentine's card. This way I can give it to the hubby without it looking too girly! :) Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Banner Blast, Hearts a Flutter, Petite Pairs
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Blushing Bride
Paper: Real Red, Fresh Prints DSP paper stack
Accessories: Hearts a Flutter Framelit dies, Starburst Framelit Dies, Banner punch, Coastal Cabana twine

Easter Flowers

Good morning! I have an Easter card to share today. I don't really have too many easter sets, if any, so I like to use flower sets for the couple of easter cards I make. Today's card is bright and cheery, perfect for Easter and perfect to get you in spring mode. I am so ready for spring/summer. I have had enough of winter and cold weather. For today's card I knew I wanted to use the mason jar from Perfectly Preserved as a vase for flowers. I decided to use the flowers from Fabulous Florets. I stamped everything (flowers and mason jar) onto watercolor paper. I like the not completely filled in look that it gave the flowers because then I was able to go back in with my markers and add a little bit of shading for dimension. Then I pulled out the hardly used Natural Compositions DSP for the background. I bought this paper on my first order from the new catalog and hardly used it. I have no idea why because I love this embossed flower paper that comes in it. I also stamped the "Happy Easter" on this paper as well. For the bottom half I embossed some Lucky Limeade with the Vine Street embossing folder from SAB. I then added some Daffodil Delight seam binding and some pearls to finish the card. Thanks for looking!



Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Perfectly Preserved
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Watercolor, Natural Compositions DSP
Ink: Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party
Accessories: Vine Street embossing folder, Cannery Set Framelits Dies, Modern Label punch, Pearls, Markers, Daffodil Delight seam binding

Mouthwatering Goodness!

Hello there! Today's card uses lots of new items (and new to me items) from the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration catalog. I had seen this layout on Maile Belle's blog and I really liked how she used the a die for the cut out portion. This card actually ended up coming out how I envisioned it. I love what that happens! The paper and stamp set are new from the Occasions mini. They are part of the Sweet Shop product suite. I went back and forth on this stamp set and paper. I really liked it as soon as I saw it but I just wasn't sure I would get enough use out of it. After thinking about it and then seeing some cards done with it, I decided to get it. I'm so glad I did. I'm really liking it. The paper is really fun and I love the colors. And I like that the stamp set is something different than the normal flowers or nature type sets I get. I like to venture out and get some different stamps to build my collection. Now on to the card. The Wisteria Wonder piece was embossed with the Stripes Textured embossing folder, which you can get for FREE from the Sale-a-bration catalog. I then die cut that piece with the Labels Collection framelits die. Behind the opening, I added a piece of the Sweet Shop DSP. (Love those little hearts). Then I used the Mouthwatering set to stamp the ice cream cones. I actually stamped the ice cream cone 3 times. The cone in Crumb Cake, the ice cream in Pool Party and Lucky Limeade and the cherry in Real Red. I cut out each of these pieces and then layered them with dimensionals. Then I wrapped some Pool Party bakers twine around the Wisteria Wonder piece, made a bow and then added the sentiment from Party This Way. I added 2 pearls to the sentiment and colored them with the Wisteria Wonder marker. Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at today's card!!

Stamps: Mouthwatering, Party This Way
Paper: Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Sweet Shop DSP
Ink: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Real Red, Black
Accessories: Stripes Textured Embossing folder, Labels Collection Framelits die, Pool Party Baker's twine, Modern Label punch, pearls

New Goodies!

Hello! It feels good to be back into the swing of things a little more. My energy has picked up a bit along with some creative juices. I hope I can keep this going for a little bit. New stuff always helps to get the mojo back. :) Today I'm showing some new things from the Occasions mini and from the upcoming Sale-a-Bration. I LOVE this new paper from Sale-a-Bration! I think I like all of the fun bright colors that it uses. It kind of helps to get out of this winter funk. The set I used is called Tea Shoppe from the Occasions mini. I really liked this set when I first saw it in the catalog but I wasn't sure how much use I would get out of it. Now after playing around with it a bit, I'm really liking it more and more. The little tea cups are just so cute. So this group of cards is for my next class in February. In the class we will also be making a cute tea bag holder (not shown).


Class Details:
You will make 4 cards, a tea bag holder and receive your own Pool Party bakers twine.
Date/Time: Wednesday February 8th at 7:00pm
Location: My house in NJ
Cost: $22
RSVP: Monday January 30th.

If you are interested in this class and are in the NJ area, please send me an email!

Birthday Flowers

Hello everyone! It's been a while. I took a couple of days off after the blog tour and then I got sick with some kind of stomach bug that knocked me out the rest of the week and into the weekend. I'm finally starting to feel better this week. Today's card didn't really come out how I envisioned it in my head. Oh well. I guess this is what happens after taking a week break. I hope to get back into the swing of things this week. For this card I used the Sweet Summer (SAB) Friends Never Fade and On Your Birthday sets. The colors used were Pear Pizazz, Daffodil Delight and Pacific Point. I added some Daffodil ribbon and rhinestones. I plan to start working on some cards for my next class. I have some cute ideas so lets hope those turn out how I planned! :) Have a nice day!

Sweet Summer

Hello! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a nice start. Surprisingly I actually had a little bit of time to sneak in a card this morning. My husband ran out this morning so in between several loads of laundry I decided to make a quick card. I saw a card (second card) on Maile Belle's blog this morning and I thought it was so cute. I decided to use the same design but use all Stampin Up stamps instead. I used the Sweet Summer stamp set. The colors used were Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Pear Pizazz. I colored everything in with markers, cut out the flower tops and added Old Olive ribbon. I think this looks like a nice bright summery card. Today I think we are headed to the Sands casino in PA this afternoon. We just gathered up a ton of change that we had lying around so we figure that could be some gambling money. Lets hope it turns into a LOT! I doubt it though, the few times we've been to the Sands we haven't been lucky at all. We seem to do better in AC but since Sands is closer we'll stick with that and at least try to get a nice dinner there. Have a great weekend!

More butterflies!

Hello. I have some more butterflies to share today. I also have a couple more bachelorette party invites to share but I'll do those tomorrow. Today's card is pretty much a CASE of a card I saw in the Stampin Success magazine. I used butterflies instead of the flowers and slightly changed the colors. I used Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Regal Rose, Pear Pizazz and Crumb Cake. I also added some Early Espresso satin ribbon. The sentiment is from With All My Heart. This was a pretty quick and easy card. I just love the bright spring/summer colors. Hopefully soon spring will be here! Have a nice day!

Blissful Butterflies

Hi, I'm back! I have another card today. I actually had some free time this morning so I was getting crafty. I was making up some bachelorette party invites using MDS for my future sister-in-law. I was having so much fun doing that so the juices were flowing and I decided to make a card using some new goodies. I will post a couple of the invite samples tomorrow. As for today's card I used the SAB set Bliss. Oh how I love those butterflies! They make any card look nice! I stamped and cut 3 butterflies in Rich Razzleberry (added some pearls to one of them). I stamped the damask image on Crumb Cake in Early Espresso. I used the First Edition DSP along with the Greenhouse Gala DSP. I added a strip of Rich Razzleberry striped grosgrain and some kraft tafetta ribbon. I punched a little tag with the word love from You're a Gem and then added a Rich Razzleberry button. I hope you like it!

Sweet Summer

Hello everyone! It's been a while. We have been clobbered with snow here in the east coast! I have certainly had enough for the year however, it looks like we have another storm in the forecast for this weekend. I don't know any details about it, i'm choosing not to listen to the weather right now and pray that it just goes away! :) Anyway, I finally got back into stamping yesterday. I've been in a bit of a slump. I guess it's the weather. Today's card was for the sketch challenge on splitcoast. I just got my SAB stamps so I decided to play. I stamped the flowers on watercolor paper and colored them in with blender pens and the following colors: Pear Pizazz, Blushing Bride, Regal Rose and Sahara Sand (for some shading). Its hard to see in the photo but I stamped the damask image from Bliss in versamark on the Not Quite Navy cardstock. For the finishing touch I added some Baja Breeze seam binding. I'm hoping they come out with some more colors in the new catalog because I really like this ribbon. That's it for me today. I hope to be back in a day or 2 with some more cards. Have a nice day!!