One Month Away

Do you know it is only one month until Mother's Day?  That's right, look at the calendar, I couldn't believe it either!

Although my Mom is waiting for me in Heaven, I still have a sweet Mother-in-Law to celebrate.  So today I present to you this:

Recipe:  
Base - Bermuda Bay - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Whisper White - 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Whisper White (inside) 5 1/4" x 4"
Have a Cuppa (Designer Series Paper Stack) 4 1/4" x 3"
Rose Red, Whisper White and Have a Cuppa DSP for the cups
A Nice Cuppa Stamps & Cups & Kettle Framelits Bundle (141074)
Grateful Bunch (lace stamp) for across the cup top and bottom

This will be one of our cards at this weekend's workshop.  Let's hear it for the Weekend!!  

Thank you for looking in today ~ Happy Friday!  ~ Donna

Happy, Happy, Happy to You!

In keeping with the #imbringingbirthdaysback theme, I wanted to make some more fun birthday cards to have.  I purchased the cute little Party Punch Pack (140608) from the Occasions Mini but I didn't get the stamp set that went with it.  I really loved the little punches, especially the balloon.

So, when I went to use it, I wanted a fun way to add some color easily.  So, I stamped the dotted balloons from Balloon Celebration (140675) with Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Mint Macaron and then punched them out with the tiny balloon punch.  I actually used two for each balloon on the card front.  I placed one down flat on the paper and then popped up a second one with the same color with a Stampin' Dimensional.

Cute, right?  I love how it stands out with a ballot a little bigger than in the paper and the Stampin' Dimensional lifts it up and helps it pop even more.

Recipe:

Base - Mint Macaron - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Whisper White - 5" x 3 3/4"
It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack - 4 7/8" x 3 5/8"
Whisper White - for sentiment - 2" x 1 1/2"
Melon Mambo - 2 1/8" x 1 5/8"

The sentiment stamp comes from Amazing Birthday (w-134225  / c-134228) as does the birthday cake stamped inside. 

 Thank you for looking in today.  I hope you have a wonderful Thursday!  ~ Donna

  

Free Stamp Set from Paper Pumpkin

Paper Pumpkin just shipped out their ONE MILLIONTH kit just in time for their third birthday!  To celebrate, the April Paper Pumpkin kit will include a bonus stamp set called All About Everything.

They're keeping the art a surprise, but they know we will love EVERYTHING about it!  What a great way to say thank  you to all of their subscribers!

YOU can be one of their subscribers too and receive this FREE Stamp Set in the April Kit.  Be sure to sign up by April 10th to receive this kit and the bonus free stamp!

Sign up HERE with me as your Demonstrator.

Simple Storage / Weekly Deals

It is Tuesday again and that means new Weekly Deals!  Don't miss seeing them HERE!

This past weekend I added a couple of new storage items to my craft area.  I wasn't even looking for the tray when I came across it.  It is actually a Cosmetic Bin but the spaces are perfect for just a little bit of storage right at my fingertips.

You can see it perfectly holds my new sugar shakers that are holding some Baker's Twine, my Wink of Stella Pens, some pre-cut watercolor paper, Stampin' Dimensionals and Bling.

Best Part... MADE IN THE USA!   ^^

Here is what I was actually looking for, sort of.  I wanted to find some of those little shakers like you see at a pizza restaurant with the cheese in them.  However, I found these at Walmart for 98 cents!  Better than the dollar store, right!  ha ha!

You can see they hold both of the spools of Baker's Twine from the Occasions catalog and three of the Thick Baker's Twine from the Annual Catalog.

Here's a better view of each one.  Click on any picture to open them in another tab for easier viewing.

Thank you for looking in today.  Happy Tuesday!   ~ Donna

Timeless Wishes

This pattern from the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper still has to be one of my favorites.  Today I used it to make the fastest cards I've ever made. A quick ribbon and sentiment added to the front and it's done.

The sentiment and the framelit are from the Rose Wonder Stamp Set and the Rose Garden Thinlits Dies.  Remember to bundle them together for a 15% savings!  (140804)  I stamped with Smoky Slate.

At first I cut the DSP at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4, then I realized I would get more use by cutting it 5 1/4" x 4" so that I could actually get six pieces instead of just five.

I added Pool Party 3/8" Glitter Ribbon (140561) from the Occasions Catalog and tied a simple knot.  Then, if you look really close you can see the Silver Metallic Thread (138402) but I made several layers of it to make it a little more visible.  That stuff is SOOO thin!

Thank you for looking in today.  This week the office should be back to fairly normal.  Yayyyy!

Happy Monday!  Donna

Birthday Bunch

Time for some more Grateful Bunch!

Simple card with a big message.

Recipe:
Rose Red - 8 1/2" x  5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Timeless Elegance - 5 1/4" x 4"
Very Vanilla - 4 3/4"' x 3 1/2"

Stamps:  Grateful Bunch and You're so Lovely

Ink:  Memento Black  and Rose Red

Extras:  Baker's Twine Combo Pack; Subtles Candy Dots; Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Sharpie

I colored the Rhinestone Basic Jewels with a Sharpie the closest color  to Rose Red I could find.  Came out pretty good, don't you think?

Thank you for looking in today ~ Donna

Lovely Birthday

Although Sale-a-Bration is over, we still have two full months to play with all of the fun beautiful products in the Occasions Catalog and yes, the Annual Catalog.  Do you realize that soon we will be seeing the "Retiring List" and then the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog will be moving over for the 2016-2017 Catalog!

So... let's play with something from the Occasions Catalog.

The stamp set is called You're So Lovely (140762) on page 32 from the Occasions Catalog and is a 12 piece Photopolymer set.  I love the font on the little "enjoy your day" that I stamped over and over on the background.  Being Photopolymer, it was so easy to stamp and make it look great!

Recipe:

Rose Red - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"   and  3 1/8" x 3 1/8"

Basic Black - 5 1/4" x 4"  and  3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Crumb Cake 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" (for embossing folder)   and 5 1/4" x 4" for inside.

Crumb Cake die cut with 2 3/8" die (I think the 5th one up from the smallest)

Basic Black - punched with 2 1/2" Circle Punch

Ink:  Rose Red and Soft Suede - I thought it would show up better than the matching Crumb Cake.

I made the bow by wrapping twine around two fingers and then around three fingers.  Then I pulled off the twine and pinched it together in the middle, then tying it with more twine.  I'll take pictures and show you in another post.  Attach it with a mini gluedot. 

Tomorrow I think I'll try it again with Melon Mambo.  For now, it's time to post and get some sleep!  It's past midnight here.  I guess my late work hours are still hanging with me.

Thank  you for looking in today!  Happy Weekend ~ Donna