Taking a Little Break

For those of you that don't know, I'm taking a little break from being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for three months.  I will be back full force and stronger than ever ready to face 2013 with some new ideas and projects.

In the meantime however, my downline, Brittney, will be happy to take your orders for you and get them placed quickly with Stampin' Up! so they are on the way to you right away!

Any email orders placed with Brittney during this hiatus will receive a free pack of Dimensionals from me as a thank you for being patient during the transition.  Everyone can always use Dimensionals, right?

Keep watching the blog, I will continue to craft and post.  Right now my full time job is keeping us all busy until 10 p.m. each night, but with any luck we'll have some time off soon and I can start crafting again.

Thank you for peeking in!

~ Donna

Stampin' Up! Paper Flowers Tutorial

Stampin' Up! has a new print ad campaign. You'll see these gorgeous new full page ads in magazines like Better Homes & Gardens, Family Fun, and Parents.

This is one of the ads. The print ad includes a link to download a free tutorial to make the flowers pictured in the ad. You don't need to run out and find a magazine though, because I've got the tutorial hook-up for you right here! Click on the image to view the PDF tutorial and make sure to scroll down to the second page for the instructions.

I hope you enjoy this easy way to make some pretty paper flowers.  Remember the old song by Marie Osmond "Paper Roses".  Wow, that just popped into my head! 

Have a great day!

~ Donna

Perfectly Preserved Window Card

I really like the Perfectly Preserved set from the Holiday Mini.  It's a great stamp set all by itself, but it's even better as a bundle with just the right set of Framelits to go with it.  Save 15% by purchasing the Perfectly Preserved Bundle (w-129943 / c-129944) which gives you the Perfectly Preserved Stamps and the Cannery Set of Framelits Dies.

This card is CASEd from Julie Davison (thanks Julie!)
who CASEd it from a swap at this year's Convention.  I just had to give it a go myself.  I made a couple of little changes of my own which makes me love it even more!

The jar is cut using the framelit die through the cardstock and the DSP (see inside).  I stamped the jar onto our clear Window Sheets (114323) and then sandwiched it between the cardstock and DSP.  Before you put the clear sheet in place, stamp the apple on the inside of the card to make it easier for lining up and to be sure it shows through the jar.

The different things I did from what Julie did was to cut two of the jar tops, one for inside and one outside.  I didn't like the way it was showing the backside of the jar inside the card.  The other difference was using the cross-stitch DSP on the upper part of the card.



Stamps:  Perfectly Preserved Bundle (w-129943 / c-129944) Stamps and Cannery Framelits

Ink:  More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Black Staz-On

Cardstock:  Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Window Sheets

DSP:  Orchard Harvest (126895)

Cool Tools:  Bitty Banners Framlits, Small Oval Punch, Linen Thread, Stampin Dimensionals

Thank you for looking in.  I hope this inspires you to try something fun with the Window Sheets.

Happy Stampin'

~ Donna

Cute Punched Spiders

I saw this in my email today from Sandi MacIver and instantly gathered all the goodies to make my own.  Sandi found it on Pinterest.  So cute and so FAST and EASY!

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Melon Mambo
DSP:  Brights Collection Patterns Stack
Stamps:  Googly Ghouls (w-128060 / c-128063)
Ink:  Black StazOn
Stampin' Write:  Basic Black
Extras:  Googlies Eyes; 1 1/4" Circle Punch; 3/4" Circle Punch; Dimensionals

Curly Cute Butterfly Birthday

Jennifer came over Sunday evening and was creating from the leftover packets from previous kits.  It's nice to have someone to stamp with in the evening.

You've seen this one before, but it's a little different with 4 butterfly punches across the bottom.  Nice job Jen!

I just love the dotted paper!

Cheers!

I've been anxious to play with this set and finally had the time to do so today! Yayyy!!

My brother's birthday is coming up and a week later my best friend from high school, so I made two cards using the set and two sets of completely different colors.

Stamps:  Happy Hour (w-126640 / c-126642)
Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White
DSP: Twitterpated
Ink:  Island Indigo, Cajun Craze
Cool Tools:  Decorate Label Punch (120907), Extra Large Oval (119856), Chevron Folder (127749), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Paper Piercing Tool (125189), Stampin' Pierce Mat (126199), Essentials Paper Piercing Pack (126187), Crystal Effects (101055)

Cardstock:  Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Whisper White
DSP: Floral District
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango
Cool Tools:  Decorate Label Punch (120907), Extra Large Oval (119856), Chevron Folder (127749), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Crystal Effects (101055), Rhinestone Jewels (119246)

I'm really pleased how these thurned out.  You'll notice I turned the Chevron Embossing Folder in opposite directions - gives it another look too. 

Hope you had a good weekend!

~ Donna

Creative Ghoulish Weekend

We had a really fun workshop on Saturday.  We even had a couple of new girls join us and the creativity was really flowing!!  I was so tickled to see all the alterations to the original sample I gave them.  See what you think.

This first one show's my sample on the left with the black behind the Frightening Feline and on the right is Rose's version.  Don't you love the look?  She even reversed the spider and the Tangering Tango spider looks really cool in real life.  Pictures just never do it justice.

Here we have Brittney's version of the glassine bag and the smaller bag we made.  Take a close look at the witchy.  She's got a cute little handbat.... (no, not a typo, I didn't mean handbag...lol).  She stamped the little bat and then fussy cut the head out and clipped off the wings making it a cute little purse! 

Here's a close up.  You can also see she cut out the hat and hat band to give more color.  Don't you just love the Googlie Eyes everywhere?  They are so much fun to play with and are available in the Holiday Catalog for a smokin' price!  Self adhesive and easy to use.

Here we have Jen's bags.  She used a bit of Basic Gray to bring out the spider web embossing folder. She also fussy cut the bat and lifted him up with a dimensional.

So cute!

I really love the one eyed cyclops Ghost here.  Isn't he just the cutest!!!

Thank you girls for such a fun day of crafting, well, a fun afternoon anyway, since most of us had to work the morning at our real jobs.  LOL

Happy Haunting!

~ Donna