As The Ink Dries

Mixed Bunch in Many Colors

One of the  stamp sets I really wanted to order from the Occasions mini was Mixed Bunch.   Love bold flower images and with a coordinating punch what could be better?  I had to wait since this set was the one we were going to receive at the Leadership Meeting.   I am still finishing up the make and takes from Leadership featuring this set and i will show them to you as the week continues and I complete them.    I had to stamp some samples of my own that have been rolling around in my brain since I first saw the set.   Here's the first design card I stamped.

Here it is in another color combination.

and another...

I liked it so much that I made it another color combination but that one is for a swap I am in so I will not show that one yet.  This is a super easy card and I think it lends itself to lots of occaisions.  

Here are the different color combinations: Concord Crush and Black, Peach Parfait and Not Quite Navy, and Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade.  The polka dot DSP is from the Patterns Designer Series Paper Stacks.  The brads are either Glimmer Brads or the Everyday Enchantment brad and ribbon combination from Sale-A-Bration.  If you have any questions about the supplies drop me an E and i will get it answered.  hope you are enjoying the Two-A-Days! 

 

 

Color Coach to the Rescue

I was stumped.  I hadn't stamped in a couple of weeks and I was feeling  rusty.  Usually when we go on vacation I take along a stamping project.  This time I didn't.  I needed make and takes for  a meeting,  so the pressure was on.  What to do?  I turned to my faithful Color Coach and found the combination Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, and Rich Razzleberry.  Love it!  Once I had my color scheme  I knew I wanted to use the Snow Burst TIEF from the Holiday Mini and the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch.  It was pretty easy after that, I just really needed to have s starting point and the Color Coach provided that for me.  Here is what I ended up with.

I was happy with the way it turned out and I love this color combination.  Thank you Color Coach!  If you need a coach  on your stamp table let me know I would be happyy to help you add this valuable tool to your stamping supplies!

 

Button Buddies Petite Pocket card

The flower image is probably my second most favorite image in the Button Buddies set.   I love how it looks punched out with the Scallop Circle punch.  It is a pretty simple image but it just makes me happy.  

Here it is paired with one of my favorite color combinations, Soft Suede and Pool Party.

   Who would have thought that a Soft Suede flower would be so cute!  The Petite Pocket Big Shot die  was cut from the Spcie Cake DSP from the Holiday mini catalog and a gift card fits perfectly in it.  

Here's a closeup of the center of the flower.

I put a 1/2" crcle of the Silver Glimmer paper behind the brad and I love the little bit of glittery goodness.  

SUpplies
Stamps: Button Buddies and Friendly Phrases
Ink: Soft Suede and Pool Party
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Spice Cake DSP , Silver Glimmer paper
Big Shot:  Petite Pocket Bigz XL die
Punches:  1 3/4" Scallop Circle, 1/2" circle, Bird Builder
Extras:  Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon and 2011-2013 In Color Designer Printed brads

Wouldn't this be a great way to send a Christmas gift card?  I will get right on that so check back soon!  If you need any of these supplies I would love to be your Staampin' Up! demonstrator.  You can go to my online store and Create and Account and start shopping!

Falling Leaves

Here's a card I made for a couple of swaps last month.  I realize I am a little obsessed with this kind of layout.  I like things all lined up and return to this concept  a lot.  The color combination is a little out there and another demo said to me she would never have  put these colors together.  Hmmm, is that good thing?  Not sure,  but I am sticking with it and you let me know what you think.

Stamps: Falling Leaves andAlways Thankful
Ink:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade
Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party,  Frostwood Lodge
Punches: Decorative Label
Big Shot: Stripes TIEF
Ribbon: Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain ribbon 

Remember to check out the Clearance Rack.  There are some incredible deals and if you find something you need to have you can go here and order from my online store.  It is pretty easy and the order will just magically appear on your doorstep!

Simply Soft, Simply Gorgeous

The big brown truck rolled up and brought me a box of stamping goodies.  I tore into it and all I can say is I am one happy stamper!   I had just a little bit of  time  so I picked 2 sets and started playing.   The 2 sets I picked are both hostess sets,  Simply Soft and Perfect Words.  These are probably my favorite hostess sets or maybe  they are  my favorites because they are the only ones I have played with.  The latter is probably more accurate since my favorite things are usually the things I am currently playing with.  

Here are  3 x 3 cards that showcase both the 2 hostess sets and the new In Colors.

Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade                  Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade

Pool Party and Lucky Limeade                           Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade

 I call these little cards RAH RAH (Random Acts of Happiness) cards.   Just little note cards to thank, appreciate, and recognize special people!

I LOVE the new Hostess sets and the new Hostess plan!  Now,  when you host a party or place a qualifying order online through my website you earn hostess dollars and can use those dollars to choose hostess sets or catalog merchandise or a combination of both!   Very flexible and when your workshop total reaches $400 you will also earn 50% off any 1 full-priced item.   Contact me if you would  like to host a stamping get together with your friends or even a catalog party and we will get you started on your way to earning hostess dollars!

Delicate Doilies Sneak Peek

I have another sneak peek for you today!  There are actually two new things I used but i already spilled the beans and told you that one of them is Delicate Doilies.  Delicate Doilies is a new stamp set that will be making its debut in the 2011-2012 Stampin'Up! Idea Book and Catalog.   Doilies alwasy remind me of my Grandma.  She was a great crocheter and she made a lot of doilies and table runners.  I am lucky enough to have some of the things she made.  This means of course I had to buy this set.  I cannot show you the actual stamps but I did use 3 of the 4 image so you will get a very good idea of what the set looks like.

Do you see what the other new item I used is?  Here's a clue.

If you guessed a new color than you are right!  Let me introduce Island  Indigo!   What a great new color!  The color combination I used : Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, and Rich Razzleberry.  How did I come up with this combo?  There are new add on cards for the Color Coach with the new In Colors!  So great right?  Does the shape of this doily look familiar?   If you think it looks a lot like the Doily Triple Layer punch that is in the Summer mini Catalog  then you would be right!  Don't you love it when you can punch out an image? 

Hope you liked this little sneak peek. I f you don't already have a demonstrator and would like a 2011-2012 Stampin'Up! Idea Book and Catalog please send me an email  and we will get you fixed up!  It will be the hottest read of the summer so don't delay!

More from the Swap at Leadership

Yesterday I shared with you a couple of Valentine cards I made at the shoebox swap while in Nashville TN.  Here is another card  I made and it was designed by Leslie Banks.  I love the color combination that Leslie put together.   It is  stunning and not one I would have thought of. 

Pretty cool huh?  Here  are the supplies she used.
Stamps:  Awash with Flowers
Ink:  Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Garden Green
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White. Brights Patterns                 Designer Series Paper stack (both Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry are in this                 paper stack!
Ribbon:  Basic Black Taffeta ribbon
Buttons:  Brights Designer Buttons

If you are wondering what or where the Patterns Designer Series Paper stack is, look at the top of page 175.  Each stack represents a color collection.  You get 40 sheets  of paper total,  ( 2 each of 2 double sided designs in each of the 10 colors in the collection).   The designs are very easy to work with and suitable for all kinds of occasions.  The stacks are a great way to get lots of different colors of DSP and who knows you may come up with a fresh new color combination!  If you want to  order your own DSP stack, you can go to my website or click on the link in the upper right hand side of the blog and it will take you to online ordering.  You can also contact me directly.  

In Color Aviary

So, are you loving the new catalog?  Isn't it beautiful?  So many ideas and the new colors make me happy!  I have been looking forward to playing with the Aviary stamp set and I finally got a chance to do that.   This is the first thing I made and I got to tell you that this little owl just makes me smile.  I also wanted to incorporate the In Colors so I can get comfortable with them.   Hope you like it and it brings a smile to your face.

 

  

Here's what I stamped inside. 

 
  
  
Stamps:  Aviary and Word Play
Paper:  Concord Crush (sorry it looks like black in the picture) Blushing Bride, and Whisper White
Inks:  Basic Gray, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzaz, Poppy Parade, Concrod Crush, Blushing Bride
Big Shot:  Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Scallop circle from the Pennant die, Circles #2

Fun stuff!  Have a fabulous day and if one of your possibilities is to become a SU! demonstrator give me a call.  I would love to chat with you about it!

Colors!

I am sure by now you have heard the news...the SU! color families are undergoing a renovation.   The new Color Collections (formerly known as families) will make their official debut in the new catalog (July 2010) but check below for the colors that will be leaving and the new colors that will be coming.  Now is the time to buy those reinkers, markers, pads in the colors that are leaving!

I know many of you will be happy to see the return of some of the past In Colors like Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi, Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango!  There are also 5 new core colors:  Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, and Marina MIst.  When you see these colors you will see how they fill the gaps left by some of the retiring colors.  There are 3 current In Colors that will also become core colors:  Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede.  If all that is not exciting enough there will be 5 new In Colors and they sound really yuimmy! 

Call, email me or shop online with me and stock up on all your favorite colors!

 
 

Cheep Talk and a new Color Combination

I love the stamp set Cheep Talk it is so easy to use and versatile.  I used it with a color combination that I do not remember using before:  Certainly Celery and Perfect Plum.  Perfect Plum was one of those colors that was so "in" when I started with Stampin'UP! I have not used it in a while.  I think the colors looks so fresh together.

 

Stamps:  Cheep Talk & On Your Birthday

Paper:  Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Whisper White

Ink: Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, More Mustard marker, Chocolate Chip marker

Extras:  Trio flower punch, Scallop Circle die (Big Shot), Circle Scissors Plus