Sketch #56

I've got an 8.5x11 multi photo sketch for you this week:

and my layout :


I used the May Red Star kit, and I love the combo this month: Jillibean Soup, Pink Paislee and Making Memories...

May is Scrapbooking Month!

Celebrate International Scrapbook Day all month long with Stampin' Up!

1. Buy three packs of Designer Series Paper (including specialty papers) or 12"x12" textured cardstock and get one FREE!

2. Become a demonstrator for only $99 with the limited time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. You can sign up online on my website by clicking "Join Now" and entering gold star as the Recruiter Authorization password.

3. Buy the new Jumble Alphabet Stamp set (set of 52) -- a sneak peek from the upcoming 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogue -- at 20% off!

LNS Challenge #16

So I've recently joined Late Night Stampers - a yahoo group for people who love Stampin' Up! (demonstrators and customers). It's a great source of information and they have lots of tips and inspiration and a challege each week. This week, Tiffany and Jenn came up with a sketch for the challenge, and I decided to play along!

Here's my card:



and the sketch that inspired it:

supplies (all SU!): Cardstock (Certainly Celery, Kraft, Very Vanilla); Stamps (Rustic Rooster, Oval All; Inks (Sahara Sand, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip); Earth Elements Stampin' Write Markers, DSP... scrap, so I'm not sure which set

Sketch #55

I've got a one-page 8.5x11 sketch for you this week, and I converted it to make a card. Here's the sketch:

and my card:

supplies (all SU!): Cardstock (Kraft, Confetti Natural, Pacific Point), DSP (I think from Holiday Treasures), Stamps (Cute & Curly, Embrace Life, Sanded), Inks (Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Garden Green, Sahara Sand)

Super Simple Birthday card

This super quick and easy card is made with my favourite set from the Occasions Mini catalogue. I used the Whisper White notecards, a Chocolate Chip inkpad and three Stampin' Write markers (Gable Green, Orchid Opulence and Tempting Turquoise) to make it. That's it!

I love this set because you get a pretty image that can be used with different colours to achieve many different looks, AND you get four outside sentiments and four inside verses (that can also be used on the outside). There aren't many stamps sets like this in the catalogue... I've looked! This set gives you a little bit of everything (maybe that's how it got its name... lol!) and allows you to create a lot of cards by changing the colours. You can see in this post that I got a pretty flower by rotating the stamp, and in this post, I used it as a tree branch. Here's the set:

If you're Canadian, and you like it as much as I do, you can order it from my Stampin' Up! page by going here and clicking the "Shop Now" button! If you find something else in the Occasions mini that brings your total to $50, you can choose one of the single stamps or note kits on pg 208 of the main catalogue for free!

Sketch #54

a 12x12 one page sketch this week:


and a rare 12x12 layout from me!


supplies (all SU!): Petal Party Simply Scrappin' Kit, Stamps (Priceless, Schoolbook Serif alpha, Contempo Alpha), Inks (Basic Black, VersaMark).

Mother's Day Class!

I've seen similar projects to these all over the web, and was so excited to make my own! I love the way they turned out. I'm calling this a Mother's Day class, but I'll have other sentiments available so you can make it anything you want. Here are the details:

When: Sunday, May 3rd (7:00pm) & Monday, May 4th (7:00pm)
Cost: $15.00
What: Flower Pot Card and Top Note Purse with six Scallop Note cards
Register by: Monday, April 20th (space is limited)

supplies for flower pot card (all SU!): stamps (All Holiday, Great Friend); cardstock (Kraft, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie); Designer Series Paper (Chocolate Chip patterns, Regal Rose Patterns); Big Shot (Flower Layers, Simple Flower Embosslit); Ink (Chocolate Chip); Sanding Block; Punches (Scallop Border, 5 Petal Flower, Tag Corner); So Saffron Ribbon, Linen Thread

supplies for note cards (all SU!): Scallop Notecards, Stamps (Great Friend, Very Versatile); Designer Series paper (Candy Lane); Inks (Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss)

supplies for Top Note Purse (all SU!): Big Shot (Top Note die, Manhatten Flower embossing folder, Scallop Circle Die); Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette); Ink (Baja Breeze); Designer Series Paper (Urban Garden); Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons; Pretties flower (dyed with Baja Breeze ink); Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Baja Breeze striped 5/8" grosgrain ribbon