Amazing! Almost overnight we FLEW by 100,000 hits on my Blog! Thank you for being so supportive and checking frequently on my Blog. I hope I provide inspiration for you. I’m going to hold off to do Blog Candy until next week because my son is in town and my husband is on vacation this week. We have some mini getaways planned. Stay tuned!
Funny how inspiration comes from things around us. I saw this house ad for Pier One and immediately thought about recreating it into card form. (A scrapbook page would be cute done with this idea, too!)
I had purchased the Neighborhood wheel a couple months ago, but hadn’t used it. So I wheeled it in Basic Black across some white cardstock. Then I wheeled it again across Brilliant Blue cardstock. I stamped one small star from Classic Backgrounds randomly with Whisper White all over a couple houses on the Brilliant Blue. Then paper pieced the Brilliant Blue star houses onto the Whisper White copy. I used a red marker to hand draw the stripes and colored in roof lines and Barely Banana marker for the windows. Oh yes…I cut out each small window in the Blue houses with my paper snips. I used Garden Green, Sahara Sand and Bashful Blue markers for the bushes, steps and clouds.
I finished the card by stamping Time to Celebrate in Basic Black ink. Then punched a large and small star with a center white mini brad. I still have almost a full roll of the red/white/blue ribbon that Stampin’ Up! used to sell, so I pulled it out to wrap around the card, too. I added a quick row of piercing under the word Celebrate. I think it turned out CUTE and a fun way to celebrate the 4th of July holiday.
I hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July holiday!
Email me to place your order by 10:00 PM EST on June 30. All orders received today will be placed in a drawing for your choice of a FREE Level 2 stamp set!
Yes! The Stampin’ Up! Spring/Summer 2008 retired list is out. Hard to believe another catalog is coming to an end soon. Don’t delay! Contact me today to order the sets you don’t want to miss! Once they are gone…they are gone forever!
AND, I know you are waiting the news of WHO won the Blog Candy! Last night we were distracted with a family dinner and then a movie, so I waited until this morning to unveil the winner! This post was it from a random drawing…Shelley, please contact me to claim your winnings! Thank you all for helping make my birthday a little more special this year.
Shelley G in Iowa This is constantly changing for me. Right now I like using markers with a blender pen or aqua painter on watercolor paper. The coloring goes really fast.
Oops…in my rush to post my Blogger’s Challenge card this morning, I forgot all about making up another question for my Birthday Blog Candy. So…with the new Stampin’ Up! catalog coming out in a couple months, what NEW accessory would you like to see Stampin’ Up! offer in their catalog? For me, I think it would be awesome to have Cuttlebug embossing folders that MATCH our stamps! How perfect would that be?
I had a very nice birthday. We went out to dinner with some close friends at one of my favorite Italian places. Yummy! Hubby gave me money for stamps or Convention…yeah!
The name for the Blog Candy will be pulled tomorrow night (Saturday) after I return from the family dinner. Good luck everyone!
Oh my gosh! I got the MOST exciting news today from Stampin’ Up! and they told me I could SHARE! The project that I sent in to Stampin’ Success for this month’s contest was selected as a winner in the Schoolhouse Rock theme! Woohoo!!! My heart started racing when she called to tell me today. I immediately called my upline, Candy, to share the news! I feel blessed since this is only the second time I’ve ever sent anything into them for the contest. I’m on CLOUD 9! What a great birthday present for this week…FREE rubber! I forgot to ask if I could share pictures…I need to call back and ask. They will be shown in the quarterly On Stage magazine.
OK…whew…onto this card. This set, One of a Kind, was one of the first ones I purchased when the new catalog came out. I liked the look of the large flower, in addition to the words in this set (One of a Kind and For You). I happen to use For You a lot…one of those generic greetings that can be for a host of different reasons! I paired it with the bright colors in Bali Breeze…I wish I had more of this pattern! I used it up almost immediately on swaps I made for Convention. The center Pumpkin Pie is punched with the 1/2 circle from my Faux Diamond Dust paper (cardstock covered with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder). The Turquoise circle is made by adhering two Round Tab punches together…I like how it is just a little bit bigger than the scallop punch (orange layer).
This was a fun challenge card I did with Lisa and Mary. I think Mary found the sketch and we had the weekend to finish it. Colors are Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise. Oh…the background I used Twill with Purely Pomegranate over the PP cardstock…hard to see in the pictures!
Day 3 of Blog Candy! Remember, each day that you comment you get your name in a chance AND an additional chance if you sign up for my Blog Reader! I’ll give you a hint…one of the things is FREE RUBBER! Everyone likes that, right?
Question for today…in the current Stampin’ Up! catalog, which stamp set do you use the most? Or, if you don’t own Stampin’ Up! sets (why not? lol!), which type category of stamps do you like the best? (Flowers, photo, whimsical, animals, etc.)
Finally…my new BLOG home is ready. Well, almost ready. I’ll be doing some additional tweaking as time goes on. But, starting today, you can reach me at my new blog. www.INKspiredtreasures.com Woohoo!
BLOG CANDY! So…let’s celebrate my new Blog AND my birthday this Friday! Over the next few days I will be offering Blog Candy for the following:
1. One entry to those that resubscribe to my new Blog (my old ones did NOT transfer)
2. One entry if you leave a comment on the post each day this week.
So, you’ll have a couple chances to win some GOOD stuff! (Sorry, Blog Candy offer available to US residents only!) Check back each day this week…I’ll have new questions for you to answer! (Only one comment per day, please!) Winner will be announced on Saturday, June 14th.
NEW: I’ve added an Email Newsletter signup for news about my classes, Stampin’ Up! specials and other subscriber-only information! Feel free to join it, too!
Today’s featured Stamp Set is Live Your Dream…available in the Occasions Mini catalog only until June 30th…have you ordered yours yet? I combined this set with the Afternoon Tea designer paper. I love the soft colors. This card was a product of one of the challenges that Mary, Lisa and I did a couple weeks ago. I overstamped the flower in Chocolate Chip on the Soft Sky floral designer paper. Then I used a strip of the Striped paper behind the focal image. I accented the card with my circle punches…1 3/8, 1 1/4 and 1" circles. The butterfly is stamped on the white with Soft Sky, then stamped again on scrap paper and cut out. I used a little dimensional to pop him off the circle a little. I used a trio of Antique Brass brads and some of the Chocolate Chip twill around the bottom of the stem. I used my Coluzzle to cut the circle for behind the focal image and stamped Thanks in Chocolate Chip. I love how this turned out. Oh, I also used Sanded on the Chocolate Chip background.
OK for today…tell me what you think of my new Blog! Is there anything you’d like me to feature? I’d love to hear what you are interested in seeing on my Blog in the future! Don’t forget to resubscribe to the Blog email or feeder that has my new Blog address, too.
