Blogger's Challenge #43: Chipboard

Or, as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, we call it On Board! I used the flower from the On Board Blossoms to create a fun frame to hang...somewhere! I think it will work in my kitchen somewhere!

Some apologies: First, the picture is not so great! I should have framed it without the glass! Second, blogger's challenge is really supposed to be posted on Friday!!! My excuse was a good one. My MIL and FIL visited for just Friday night and have I mentioned that other than my husband, I have the BEST in-laws!!! My husband also has wonderful in-laws! We are so blessed! So, the four of us played our Wii until the wee hours! Tee hee!

Thanks for looking and click on the link to see the other challenge players. I'm going to check those out next!

Project recipe:
Stamps: Tart and Tangy
Markers: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Pumpkin Pie
Classic Ink: Bashful Blue
Designer Series Paper: Summer Picnic
Other: On Board Blossoms and Basics, Stampin' Dimensions, 1 3/8 inch circle punch

Blogger's Challenge #42: Triangle Box

Okay...I didn't make one triangle box. I made 11! Yum! Chocolate cake and ZERO calories!


I am NOT a cake decorator but I found inspiration from this cake.

I used a Stampin' Up pattern to make the boxes out of chocolate chip cardstock. Then, I used my Scallop and 3/4 inch circle punches to make the daisies. The leaves are the oval punches, folded and run through my crimper. The only stamping is not really visible...I used my Whisper White Craft Ink to add dots from Sweet Shapes stamp set.

My cake appears to "sink" in the middle but that's only because of the shape of the plate that I chose.




Thanks for looking and check out what other BC members did with this challenge!!!

Whoo Hoo! Stamper's Showcase!

I'm on Stamper's Showcase today! Unfortunately, only SU demos have access to the showcase. Fortunately, you've already seen the card! It's was my blogger's challenge #35! Click HERE to see that post!

Thanks for sharing my excitement with me!

Blogger's Challenge #41: Layout challenge!

Good Morning!

I know I am a day late for my BC...my apologies. I had an awesome fun workshop on Thursday night (hi girls!) and I didn't take time to stamp my BC before that so I was left to come up with it last night after school. Enough excuses...on with the challenge!!!

Our challenge was to use this layout on page 65 of the current Spring Summer Collection. After staring at the layout for a bit, Yappy Day on page 64 became my inspiration to come up with the challenge! I used Pumpkin Pie, Kraft and Whisper White as my color inspiration and found those colors in the both the Spring Break and Jersey Shore Designer Series papers. I embossed the saying and the bone and used the Paper Piecing to create my little dog! I used my Aquapainter and the lid for the Pumpkin Pie ink to make the embossing pop just a bit more. I added the Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain ribbon and two Fire Circle Rhinestone brads in orange.

Make sure to check out what the other BC members have to share this week! I'm off to look myself!!! Thanks for looking!

Shipping increase...

First, I'll start with a card! I sent this in for the last contest and I think it's safe to say, I didn't win. I loved this card. It uses two colors: Basic Gray and Whisper White.

I wanted to post that there will be a shipping increase on customer orders. The new shipping cost for all orders $69.95 or less will be $6.95. This is $3.00 more than before but I don't remember the cost being less than $3.95 so it's been a LONG time since an increase!!!!

The cruise earning demos have set sail to Bermuda and we are getting a few spoilers! We have heard that the new In Colors are:

Pacific Point, Baha Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Red Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette

Those new colors will become available in August...so we have until then to enjoy our current In colors!!!!!



Have a super night!

Blogger's Challenge #40: Spring Flowers!

Spring flowers usually make me think of bright, vivid colors but this card is more subdued. I used the SCS color challenge of Whisper White, Basic Gray, and Soft Sky to create this punched flowers card. I'm keeping this post really simple so thanks for looking!!!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #39: Color challenge!

Our challenge this week was a color challenge to use Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Soft Sky. I had one card complete and decided to make another and I like that one much better!


The first one is a tall card. I found the layout in CardMaker's Sketchbook. I used my Trimtastic stamp set and my Stamp a Majig to put the rick-rack image on my background in Chocolate Chip ink. Then I used the jumbo wheel Dotted Lines to add more pattern and texure. The Real Red layer is a piece from the Prints Pack DSP from the hostess choices. I used our largest square punch (1 3/8 inch) to make a layered "diamond" with Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky cardstock. On the squares, I used the i and u from Jumbo Outline Alphabet and the heart from Sweet Shapes and filled those in with my blender pen.


The second card was even more fun for me! I began by adding the Polka Dot background stamp to the Soft Sky background. Since my Sweet Shapes set was still on the table, I used the dotted image to add a background on the chocolate chip layer. I added Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon and used my Great Grad set to finish it off!

Thanks for looking and many blessings to you on this Good Friday and Happy Easter!!!

Lisa

Sale-a-Bration is ending soon!!!!!

NOTE: This post will stay at the top of my blog until SAB is complete so scroll down to see other posts!



Just wanted to let you know that Sale-A-Bration is coming to an end...soon! March 17th to be exact! I've attached a photo of some items I made with SAB items! I bought the red frame at Target for $1 but altered with the SU Rub-Ons "Love and Happiness" to make it worth much more than that! Also in the picture is a tree scene card made with another SAB set called "Lots of Thoughts." The rub-ons, the Lots of Thoughts set, or four other stamp sets are FREE with every $50* you purchase!!!

Here's the special offer: Place any size order with me on or before Saturday, March 15 and I will enter your name into a drawing for every $5* you spend. What will you win? I will be giving away a SAB set of your choice (make sure to tell me which one you would like when you order if you are chosen!) If I have enough orders to make it a workshop, I will draw a second time to give away a Level one hostess set!!! If the total goes over $300, I will give another SAB set away! If the order goes over $400, I will give away TWO Level one hostess sets!!! And remember, in addition to the drawing, for every $50 you spend, you can choose one of the SAB sets or the rub-on set!


I'm not sending out a snail mailing about this offer so please, tell everyone you know who would like to order but doesn't receive emails from me.

You can call me (218-281-1744 or 218-289-0025) with your order, drop if off with me OR email me (bohler@gra.midco.net ). All orders and payments need to be to me by Saturday, March 15th by 5:00 pm. I will put the order in as soon as I know what free sets the winners are choosing!


Remember, you can click on the pictures of the catties on the left side of the blog to see them online and I almost forgot!!! The Occasions Mini Collection 2008!!! If you haven't seen this, you are missing out! That's where I purchased the stamps to make the third card in the attached picture! That set is called "Tart & Tangy!" Too cute!

I hope that everyone is doing well! And GO PIRATE GIRLS!!!!!

Stamper's Showcase!

Whoo hoo! I made stamper's showcase today! This layout was a blogger's challenge layout (number 31 to be exact!) I used Crystal effects to line the felt flower with glitter and after adding the glitter, added a second layer of CE to make it so the glitter won't flake off!

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #38: Happy Birthday!

Our challenge was to make a birthday card...that simple. By the way, our blogger's Challenge, Mom, Lisa Somerville, will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow...I thought it quite clever to have this as our challenge this week! Happy Birthday, Lisa!!! Be sure to check out all of the BC members but check out Lisa's blog especially cause she's having quite a birthday celebration!

On to my card....I began with Shimmery White cardstock, Wild Wasabi classic ink and the Dotted Lines Jumbo Wheel and using my wheel guide, went crazy with dots!! There are dots going in three different directions! Next, another piece of Shimmery White, Wild Wasabi classic ink, and my Birthday Whimsy stamp set (One of the SAB sets you can get for FREE!!!...did you see my special offer? Order by Saturday to take me up on the drawing!!!), I stamped the cake and then got my Crystal Effects out and went wild. First, I dotted the CE all over the background and then sprinkled some Celery chunky glitter and shook off the extra. Then, added a bit more CE onto the cake itself and set that aside to dry.


Now, the real fun! I took the Ribbon Slide from the Styled Silver HodgePodge kit (in new Occasions Mini!) and with a mixture of CE and Wild Wasabi ink refill, I colored in the ribbon slide! I allowed that to dry and added it to the WW Double-stitched ribbon. I put in all together onto a Wild Wasabi card base and ta-da! Another BC is complete!!!

Thanks for looking!!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #37: Shaped Card!

I know that it's not Friday...but Friday is going to go WAY too fast so I'm posting on Thursday! It's been Lutheran Schools Week at school and everyday has been BUSY and FUN!!! Now, tomorrow night, our church is hosting a high school choir and band from Nebraska. Steve and I are having four (that's right, four!) high school boys staying the night with us following their concert. Since Steve is the pastor, we're also attending the dinner at 5:00 before the concert and then will be hosting til morning!

Anywho, here's my challenge offering! Our challenge was to make a shaped card, any shape, just not a rectangle. Easy! I went with a circle. When I decided that my Coluzzle wasn't quite as large as I wanted my card to be, I chose a bowl from the cupboard to trace. I then used my corner rounder (after removing the guard) to add the scallops. I did the top and the bottom of the card separately as the punch would only go through one layer at a time.

I used my Coluzzle to cut the white and black layers, though. Initially, I wasn't going to "scallop" these layers but after looking at the card and thinking something wasn't quite right, I added the scallops and was very pleased!

I stamped images from the Wanted stamp set on the River Rock scalloped card. I used my Signo White Gel Pen to follow a technique that fellow BC member, Anita Van Hal shared this past week called the Bandana tech. I also used the pen to add a little detail to the black layer.

Lisa Somerville used this color combo a couple of times in the past week and that was my inspiration for color. So, even members of the BC group use each other to be inspired!

Thanks for looking! I'm off to stamp a few cards that need to be ready with NO time to stamp this weekend!

Lisa

Share time!

Today, an email was sent out to those who applied to be Display stampers at Convention and were not selected. I received that email but HEY! At least I have a project to share! Here's my 12 by 12 page. It's of my dh sportin' his fringe cowboy jacket! I have his "before" picture in the layout, under vellum. Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Farewell, Number Four....

Brett Favre announced his retirement today. Farewell number four!

Occasions Mini 2008 STARTS TODAY!!!

You will need something to clean up the drool cause this mini is SPECTACULAR!!!! Click on the picture to see what's inside!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #36: Layout Challenge

Our challenge this week was to be inspired by the layout on page 44, The Deepest Sympathy card. Usually, layout challenges are my favorite but it was really hard for me this week. This is inspite of the fact that I really like this layout! Wierd!

I wanted to try out a very simple technique called "Chalkboard." You are supposed to use black cardstock and the example I saw used brown. So what did I do? Used Bravo Burgundy! I stamped the cross and floral images from Refuge and Strength in Whisper White Craft Ink and used Q-tips and cotton balls to add color from my Stampin' Pastels. I layered this piece onto Ballet Blue and then onto Always Artichoke cardstock. I tied a piece of 5/8" Brocade Blue Grosgrain Ribbon onto the Antique Brass Hodgepodge piece and attached that to my main piece. I wasn't quite sure if this looked finished yet so at the risk of ruining what I had just done, I pulled out my Crafter's Tool Kit and using the Paper Piercer, Pad and Template, added a few "stitch" holes in three of the corners. I liked it!

I made my own decorative cardstock by stamping off in Ballet Blue and Bravo Burgundy onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. I added the phrase with my Bravo Burgundy classic ink pad and adhered the focal image with Stampin' Dimensionals. Boy! I've been using Stampin' Dimensionals on EVERYTHING lately! I love them!

Thanks for taking time to check out my Blogger's Challenge and remember to click on the link on the sidebar to see what the other BC members were up to this week!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #35: Color Challenge!

The color combo for this challenge was Purely Pomegranete, Old Olive and Brilliant Blue...Whoa! That IS a challenge. But, once I sat down, my card came together quite quickly!

I used a set called Bugs and Kisses...I LOVE this set! I stamped three of the bugs in the three colors and punched them out with my 1 1/4 inch square punch, added a little ink around the edges with a sponge dauber and layered them on their respective cardstock colors and punched that out with the 1 3/8 inch square punch. I made a "faux filmstrip" from Brilliant Blue by punching the edge with my Spiral punch. On the background, I used the phrase Cute as a Bug in Old Olive on the Old Olive card and positioned it with my Stamp a Majig. My intent was to do the whole background but I stopped and decided I liked this "strip" look! I added Olive 5/8" ribbon and Double Stitched Purely Pomegranete ribbon and finished off the card by stamping the phrase just one more time with Basic Black. My Brilliant Blue is showing up a little purple. Maybe I can try to take a better pic later today!

Thanks for looking and be sure to check out the link to the other challenges!

Also, Sale a Bration continues! Did you get your Mini Occasions catty from me, yet? IT'S AWESOME!!! Starts March 1st!

Lisa

BRRRRR!

Current Weather conditions in Crookston, MN as of 4:15 pm:

Air temp: -17 degrees F
Windchill: -48 degrees F

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Here's a card to warm you up:





It uses a folding technique called "Shadow Box." If you'd like me to come to your home and show you how to make a card like this with a couple of your friends...and we take a few orders and get you some free stuff at the same time...LMK!!!

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Your Word is a Light...

I made this card for my friend Lisa S. She's also my upline. God really guided me in the right direction for that decision! I signed up with Lisa...we had never met, just emailed back and forth. She had to be patient, too! I drug her along from March til I finally signed up in August!!!

This card uses the Brayered Sky tech from SCS. Block off a portion of your cardstock with post its and use a brayer with three shades of one color. I chose Barely Banana, Summer Sun and More Mustard. I also used my Christmas present from Lisa...A Light Unto My Path I removed the post its and stamped the Bible verse. Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #34: Layout Challenge!

LOVED this challenge! Layout challenges usually end up being a favorite for me!

We were to use the Happy Birthday card on page 32 of the Spring-Summer Collection from Stampin' Up!

My color combo came from a color challenge on SCS. The stamp set I finally decided on (that was the real challenge for me, this week) was Nursery Necessities. I used Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, and Green Galore, colors I wouldn't have thought to put together but I like how they work together. For my star, I used the Rock N Roll technique and used regular White Grosgrain Ribbon and added a little extra to match my card! To make the scallops, I used the corner rounder punch with the guard removed and added white dots with my Uni-Ball Signo White Gel Pen. I stamped the phrase with White Embossing powder.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today, this is the card that I am giving to my dh. I found the pattern on one of the other blogs I read. Email me if you want me to send you the pattern, too!

I used Blush Blossom cardstock and Bali Breeze DSP and River Rock double-stitched ribbon.

Just So You Know

I had a great question at my workshop the other night...Do I need to wait for a workshop or party or open house to place an order?

You can place an order ANYTIME!

Here's the scoop: You can place a Customer Direct Order at any time from me. The only difference is shipping. Shipping is $3.95 for all orders less than $39.50. After that amount, the shipping charge is the same as it is for a workshop: 10%!

So, all of you who are considering a SAB (Sale-a-Bration) order and don't want to wait for a workshop, I can take your individual orders anytime!

But, if you talk to your friends and get the total above $150, it will count as a workshop and you would get HOSTESS BENNIES!!!

So contact me anytime with your orders and I'll be glad to take care of it for you!

Thanks for looking!

Blogger's Challenge #33: Color Challenge!

Our challenge this week was to use the color combination of Taken With Teal, Rose Red, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie. It wasnt' until this morning that it dawned on me that this was almost the same colors I used for a project for my workshop last night! I used Purely Pomegranete on that one and simply switched our Rose Red cardstock in its place! I "CASED" the idea from Heather Summers. Here's a link to her original project. I think you'll see the similarities!

I used Bali Breeze DSP. This piece has all four colors. The old olive is just on the paper but I used the other three colors when I added elements. The DSP actually has Purely Pomegranete but Rose Red looks GREAT, too!!!

I started my CD case with a piece of 10 by 6 inch dsp. I scored the long way at 1/2" and then folded it in half. From the middle fold mark to the end, I cut away a portion of the scored piece and left the other half to add the adhesive.

The stamp sets used were Short and Sweet and All in the Family. I had to use my StampaMajig to get the placement of the girls head as you can mix and match the people in this stamp set. I used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons and my Aquapainter to add color before punching it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I layered that onto P Pie cardstock and punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch. I layered yet again onto Taken with Teal Cardstock and used my (new) scallop punch. The message is punched with our two sizes of Oval punches. The last bit of punching came when I used the circle punch to make a place to pull the CD out of the envelope.

This would be a GREAT project for making a mix CD for your Valentine or putting a group of digital photos for a loved one!

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #32: Layout challenge!

Hello! Our challenge this week was a GREAT layout challenge! It was the Happy Birthday card on the front cover of the SAB (Sale-a-Bration) catalog...You know the one from my post yesterday! Oh, wait, here it is again!

I used the DSP Berry Bliss as my color inspiration. It has Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa and Purely Pomegranate in it. (You can see the cocoa and chocolate in the background piece on this card!) I chose a SAB set called Friendship Blooms! Starting tomorrow, with every $50 in merchandise/stamps/etc...that you order, you can choose it, too!!!


I stamped it in PP (purely pomegranate) onto Whisper White and then blended with my aquapainter. A GREAT tip for looking like you can watercolor! I cut it out and mounted it onto an un-watercolored image. The cardstock curled naturally for me, but you can manipulate it as you need. I added a Build a Brad (but using my Crafter's Tool Kit, I clipped off the backing and adhered it with a Stampin' Dimensional.

The background cardstock is stamped with a NEW background stamp called Twill and just like last week, the phrase comes from my new favorite phrase set, Smarty Pants! I added a touch of extra Pretty in Pink with the 3/8" Pink Grograin ribbon. The scallop on the PP is made with my Corner Rounder Punch! That's a neat trick! Host a workshop, and I'll show you how to do that neat trick!

Thanks for checking out my challenge this week. Lisa, our challenge mom and guru, has come up with a way to see every member of the Blogger's challenge. Leigh O'Brien made a great logo for it. Just click on the logo to the left to see what everyone else was up to this week!

Lisa

Sale-a-Bration is coming!!!!

Have you heard? SU has changed Sell-a-bration to Sale-a-Bration but the deals are still the same!

For every $50 in merchandise, you can choose a limited-edition stamp set OR new this year...a set of RUB-ONSSS!!!!!!

I can't post the link to the SAB (Sale-a-Bration) catty until Friday....

Friday is when you can begin ordering for FREE stamps/Rub-ons! Contact me and we'll get your orders in!!!

Thanks for all that you do!
Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #31: Layout Challenge!

Our challenge this week is to base our card on the layout on the "baby" card on page 141 of the SU Spring-Summer Catalog. I LOVED this layout. So much that the first card I made for the challenge won't be seen here! It's going to the SU Stampin Success contest using glitter! When I win (or lose) I'll share it at that time!

For now, I'll share version #2! This card uses my new Jersey Shore DSP, my new large star punch, and my new FAVORITE stamp set: Smarty Pants..how fitting for it to be my fave!

I have LOVED this phrase but didn't have it as an SU stamp! Now I do!!!! "What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?" As someone who regularly does the Hokey Pokey with her class in PE, I think it may just be true! Hee hee!

Thanks for looking and maybe I'll post in a reasonable amount of time next week! Need more inspiration? Check out the other players! Links to their blogs are on the sidebar of this blog!

Lisa

For all of the moms out there....

What Do You Do All Day?

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall.

In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing.
In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened.
He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What
happened here today?'
She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?'
'Yes,' was his incredulous reply.
She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it..'

Blogger's Challenge #30: Real Red, Blue Bayou and River Rock

The challenge for (um...yesterday) was to use the colors Real Red, Blue Bayou and River Rock. At first, I thought I would pull out the new Western Sky paper but upon closer examination (ok, looking at the list someone provided for demos) it's Ruby Red and Rose Red in that DSP so I went with another idea.

I received my Sale-a-Bration sets last Friday. Stampin Up Demos get to preorder them so we can start making samples. You may not know what Sale-a-Bration is (shortened, I call it SAB). During SAB (remember that's Sale-a-Bration!) from February 1st to March 17th, a customer may choose a limited edition stamp set for every $50 in merchandise they purchase (before shipping, handling and tax). IT'S AN AWESOME DEAL!

It's also the BEST time to hostess a workshop....as a hostess, for every $300 in sales, you can pick one of the 5 stamp sets or the AWESOME package of Rub-Ons!!!

If you are on my mailing list, look for your SAB brochure to be arriving soon!



My card uses the SAB set, So Many Scallops and just a phrase from Birthday Whimsy. The So Many Scallops set was designed to go with our scallop punch so that's what I did! I also used the 1 1/4 inch circle punch to add the layer of red...that's actually one stamp but I made it look like two different ones. The background on the top layer is Flannel Plaid. I LOVE this background. It goes with so many different looks. I shabbied up the card a bit with the distressing tool from the Cutter Kit. I sponged a little extra Blue Bayou where it felt right and added the Real Red Striped Grosgrain ribbon, another new item in the Spring-Summer Catalog! It wasn't quite together until I added the dots on the scallop with my Uniball White gel pen.

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Sharing a project!

I'm actually going to share a project I made this weekend. I was asked to donate to a silent auction. I've made one of these card boxes before and they are so much fun, I thought it would be a perfect project for this. Plus, I had a good repsonse from gals at my workshops when I showed it, I thought it would be a money maker for the auction...here's hoping!



I used some retired paper. I had very little sheets of the DSP paper "Au Chocolat" and thought I shouldn't let it go to waste in my paper keeper. I used chocolate chip satin ribbon from the Theater Ribbon originals and stamped the words with the Big Deal Alphabet...the best!



All of the girls are coming back from SU Leadership with so much GREAT info and MANY changes to SU...GREAT CHANGES! The changes effect the demos the most and will help us so much with our service to our customers!!!! THAT'S AWESOME!!!

Remember SPRING-SUMMER CATTY DEBUT, this Thursday, January 17 at my house from 5-8! I'm working on a great make and take and wait til you see this new catty!!! Honestly one of the BEST ever from SU!

If you live in Crookston, come by my house from 5-8...remember I'll feed you a snack and let you stamp!!!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #29: Layout Challenge!

***Edited to add: I thought that I could link you to individual pages of the catalog but I can't! (or don't know how!) So, I've added the page numbers of the products I've talked about in this article! This way, when you get to the catty online, just drag the slide under the catty to the page you want to see!

The challenge for this week was to base our card on the "Save the Date" card on page 37 of the Spring-Summer Collection.



My card is a little different for me. It's slightly shabby chic meets clean and simple. The colors were based on an idea I got from my friend and AWESOME upline...USE THE NEW RUB-ONS STAMPIN UP HAS TO OFFER ON RIBBON!!!! Thank you, Lisa!!!! (Rub-Ons on page 182.) I used an image and words from Eastern Elegance. Each set of Rub-Ons is available for $10.95 and they are VERY cool!

I used Chocolate Chip satin ribbon from the Theater Ribbon Originals, Double-Stitched Soft Sky ribbon, and Blue Bayou and Groovy Guava Cardstock. The only ink used was Chocolate Chip. To finish the look, I stamped the flower image from A Beautiful Thing stamp set. To add a little more depth, I stamped the Paisley background on the Groovy Guava and Blue Bayou pieces.

Thanks for looking!

Lisa B.

Blogger's Challenge #28: Pink and Brown!

This will be the shortest post ever. I finished my card last night and today was supposed to be a normal day: school and the weekend. I ended up calling in sick and have had a couple of naps today, a fever, headache, stomach ache and just plain BLUCK!

Here's my challenge card. Thanks for looking. I do need to mention that I used a sketch from Stampin' Kub. I liked the simplicity of the sketch. It would make a good 6 by 6 layout, too!

It's here!

First! Make sure to check out my post from yesterday that includes a BONUS hostess special from me!!!

Second! The Spring Summer Collection 2008

Third! I will be hosting a Spring-Summer Collection Debut on either January 14 or 17. I'll have a free make and take and you'll be able to see many of the new products. I'll also be parting with some of my retired sets! Be on the lookout for upcoming details!

Fourth! Want to know what SU colors coordinate with the new Designer Series Papers? Click HERE to see those colors!

Lisa

Out With the Old...

In with a NEW STAMPIN' UP CATALOG! For just the rest of today, you can order from the Fall/Winter Collection and then: Beginning at NOON: THE SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION IS UP!

I have two boxes of these babies ready to give away---one catty to anyone who books a workshop or joins a stamp club, that is!!!

The January customer special is the Valentine's Day Bundle For $33.40 you get the Happy Heart Day Stamp Set, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon and Medium Cellophane bags and the Regal Rose 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon is FREE!!!!

Stampin' Up! Hostess special for JANUARY ONLY: Hold a $350 or more workshop and choose any one stamp set from the Spring-Summer Preview Brochure for FREE!!! (up to a $29.95 value!)

My January hostess special: For just the first person to book (and hold) their January workshop: You will receive my discount on up to ANY 3 ITEMS in the Spring/Summer catalog! You will receive this discount only at the close of your workshop and you MUST hold and close the workshop before January 31, 2008! This is a GREAT offer that I will give to only ONE hostess so call me right away! I will go by the time on my answering machine, time on my cell phone or the time on the email received. The three items have to be on a customer order on your workshop which will count toward your workshop sales! You must have a qualifying workshop of $150 or more to receive the discount.

Call or email right away!!!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #27: Inspiration!

Today's challenge was to use something to inspire us. I usually run around my house until I find something that I can "copy". But today, I am going to use my dear friend, Lisa, as an inspiration! She does these amazing things with frames that she finds (usually relatively inexpensively) and turns them into amazing pieces. Click here to see some framed art that the girls in our online group were drooling over (including me!)

So, here's my feeble attempt to use Lisa as my inspiration. Number one: I kick myself for only buying two of these great frames at Target. They were 50 cents!!! Duh...of course two wouldn't be enough. But, sometimes, I go crazy and buy a zillion and never use it...

I covered the frame with some brand spankin' new DSP (Designer Series Paper) that SU has to offer! It's called Bali Breeze. I need more, please! (We can only order one pre-catty pack!) I lined the inside with some Tempting Turquoise ribbon and ta-da...my frame is done. Now, for the picture! I stamped the flower from a stamp set from the upcoming Spring/Summer catty called Embrace Life! I used Watercolor Wonder Crayons in Brilliant Blue, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive to color. I stamped the phrase from another new stamp set called A Beautiful Thing and my frame really is complete!

Just a plug...we can only order from the Fall/Winter Catty until January 1....Remember that once a stamp set is retired, it is gone! Call or email me with your last minute orders and I'll take care of it right away!

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #26

I'm so sorry that I've only been posting on Fridays! Like you, it's been busy, busy, BUSY!

First, for the week of Christmas, I'll share what I've learned from my first and second grade students:

1. Jesus was wrapped in "swallowing" cloths.
2. Do you know why Mary and Joseph had baby Jesus in Bethlehem? After explaining it to one of my students that it was because Joseph's family was originally from there and they had to go to be apart of the census, etc... My student said, "Oh. I thought it was because they were having something done to their house."
3. Do you know what the wise men brought Jesus? Yep, Frankenstein and golden stuff.

I've hopefully retaught them the above stories correctly since they've shared their knowledge but boy do they bring a HUGE smile to my face!

Enough talk, here's my challenge. We were to include movement in the card. Lisa Somerville assured me that I could keep it simple as I am challenged with this type of card. I used the Flip-Flap Fold technique, an online bonus tech from Technique Junkies December newsletter. It was a simple, yet impressive technique.


Here's the details and pictures: Colors: Soft Sky, Real Red, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla. Stamp set: Nursery Necessities

Blogger's Challenge #25

Our challenge this week was "Sympathy card". As a wife of a pastor, I often make sympathy cards so this was a good challenge for me. What I usually find challenging about sympathy cards is that I need them quickly. I actually cased myself for this one. I used one of the designs for my Christmas cards. (Even though I am not sending Christmas cards this year and will save these for next year!) I actually designed this one for National card making day. I used the set Star-studded Season from the Holiday Mini catalog and the layout on page 43 of the Fall/Winter collection


To case and meet my sympathy card challenge: I used Close as a Memory stamp set (the best sympathy set made! and the same colors (Blue Bayou stamped on Naturals Ivory cardstock.)

Sorry it's a quick post but thanks for looking!

Lisa

Blogger's Challenge #24

Our latest challenge was a fun and double-duty one for me! We were to watercolor! My hostess from my workshop last night and I decided that a "color it in" workshop would be fun. I showed LOTS of ways to color in images stamped simply in black. What a blast!!! Since I'm such a blonde, I didn't think of taking pictures of the projects BEFORE I left and had to scam them back from the hostess to film for today and I'll give them back to her tomorrow! Thanks to her, we have a blogger's challenge this week!!! Hello to her and to her guests!!! You can claim that you saw these projects first!

All projects use Stampin' Up! products and materials. Remember that the retirement list is up and active and those sets will only be available until the end of the month. The retiring accessory list should be posted on Monday and those items are get 'em before they are gone. Wheels are on that list!!!


The first was a simple way to "watercolor". Stamp the image with basic black or Staz-on jet black onto vellum. Flip over and scribble color with Watercolor Wonder crayons. Blend the color with an Aquapainter and flip the entire image onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock (adhering with glue dots) and ta-da! Stained glass!


The second way is another simple one. I used Stampin' Up's watercolor pencils to add the color to the image. I scribbled the color onto a piece of scratch paper and picked up the color and "watercolored" with a blender pen. Fun!


The final way is using Stampin' Up's Stampin' Pastels. I added the color with a plain q-tip and then blended the color with a blender pen to create the watercolor look. We did these as our make and take for the night. They were gift card holders perfect for the season.

Thanks for looking and have an awesome day!!!

Lisa

Stamper's Showcase!

Woo hoo! I made "The Big Show" as I like to refer to it as! Stamper's Showcase is a spot on our demo-only for cards to be shared with other demos. I made this card for a swap in which I was invited to participate. Robin Merriman was the hostess and boy! There were some awesome stampers and cards that I received. Robin sent in our cards and so far, I think there were 8 or 9 that already have been featured on SS!

Thanks for sharing this moment with me!

Lisa

Retired List is UP!!!!

Go check it out! Orders need to be in to SU by December 14 in order to be here before December 24. This is not completely guaranteed so don't wait and place your wish lists orders with me right away!

Here's the list....I've made it a link so you choose to see the list alphabetically or by page number!

Retired List! Fall/Winter Collection!