Case with a twist and Silver Glimmer

Just a note to say Congratulations to Rebecca A for winning my raffle for those who placed outside orders to take advantage of the free shipping.  Rebecca wins a package of silver glimmer paper.  Woohoo!

Speaking of silver glimmer, here's a card I want to share. (check out the silver glimmer hearts) A couple of team members from the Nicaragua missions team just got engaged recently.  We all saw it coming but were pleased that they had made it official.  This past weekend we had a Nic team potluck, sharing.  This gave me the deadline to make their card.  This card is a complete case from something I saw on pintrest.  I just changed the colours.  It uses the Oh Whale and bitty banners set and the sunshine and sprinkles dsp.  The card I saw on pintrest didn't use the whale stamp.  It just used the clearlit to cut out the whales in two different colours of dsp.  I thought it was strange that the person didn't use the stamp set since the stamp makes it cuter (I thought) but as soon as I started working on the card I realized why...the stamp only stamps the whale in one direction.  I couldn't make the whales kiss if they were facing the same direction.  Duh.  So here's what I did so I could make the melon mambo whale face the other direction:

I cut out the whale with whisper white cardstock with the clearlit and oriented the whale cut out the way I wanted. (basically flipped over the cardstock)

I stamped the whale in melon mambo onto my stamp a ma jig transparency.  Then I pushed the transparency evenly against the whisper white cardstock cut out. Ta dah!  I know the image is not as clean looking as the other whale but I didn't care.  I got the whales to kiss and that was my goal!

A reindeer punch!

Just thought I'd share some pictures of what I was working on today.  The cute two step owl punch helped me create reindeer.  I am getting ready for a craft fair on Saturday.  I figured I would make some cute little eye catching treats.  I am going to put these reindeer head as a topper on the small, narrow cellophane bags and fill them with jelly beans. In case you're wondering, the antlers are from the snowflake punch. 

 The two step owl punch is so versatile.  If you don't own it, you should!  It can also become penguins!  Here's a card swap I received from my roommate Erin at Convention.

Okay, I hope you enjoyed the inspiration and you all get crafting your own little creations for Christmas.  If you need any supplies for your Christmas crafting, don't forget to contact me!  I am putting in a group order this week on Friday!  Also, you can go to my website to see all my upcoming events and to shop online.

spooky cute!

I thought I would share some of the fun halloween cards I've been making for classes and workshops.  I have a tendency to start crafting for Christmas right after the summer and skip halloween and thanksgiving all together.  This year, I had a request for a halloween themed workshop so here's a couple of my samples.  I like the cute feel because I don't like to be spooked out too much!
Here's one card using the spider web embossing folder and the new peek a boo window die.  The ghost is actually the owl punch upside down with the feet cut off.  Isn't that the cutest?

Using the same wicked cool set, here's a fast and simple card.  You could change up the colour and the stamp set and make it a christmas card too.

I'm still here...so much to share

Hi. Sorry I haven't posted for a while. Mommy camp is finished. It was a good experience but I can't say I would do it again. My son just didn't grasp the mommy as camp counsellor concept. One of my goals was to work on cutting skills so every day would we would cut out pieces for a mural. Here is the finished mural. Colourful huh?

I've had so many things I wanted to share but just didn't sit down to do it. Whenever I sit down, I've been working on my swaps for convention. I am finished everything except I ran out of baja breeze seam binding. I knew I was going to run short which is why I placed an expedited order July 1st however there was a customs issue and my seam binding is stuck in Winnipeg. Arrrrrgh!!!!! Perfection on my swap card is thwarted. It's amazing how easy it was for me to lose perspective. I was on the phone being polite but curt with the fedex rep explaining that it was absolutely urgent that I receive my package on Monday. I was trying to nail her down as to when my package would arrive but they couldn't give me a date. Groan. I am leaving on Tuesday for Utah! I got onto the demonstrator forum and wouldn't you know there was ranting and cursing from a whole crew of Canadians whose packages are all delayed in customs. For some reason seeing all the chaos on the forums made me calm down. "It's just ribbon. It's okay. In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing. I can do it. I can use old olive ribbon with my pear pizzaz/baja breeze card. " Self talk and self counselling is a good thing. Okay, got that irritation off my chest and now you know how seriously obsessed I am about my cards.... Now to share...

First, Canada Post is back in action so I have received a few more birthday cards I thought I would share.

This one is from Ada using the tart and tangy set and the teeny tiny wishes.

This one is from Mai using her beautiful japanese paper and sturdy Stampin' Up cardstock:

This one is from Pei Pei. It's a magic slider card. It arrives like this:

Then you pull and Voila! Isn't it so cute! That owl punch is the best!

The other thing I wanted to share was a picture of Regina picking up her loot from the Crazy Birthday Promotion. She was the lucky winner of the $170 hostess freebies that accrued. She used most of her allottment buying the fabulous big shot. Here she is!

friendly owl

I've been super busy with workshops this weekend and will be doing quite a few more over the next week. No surprise that everyone wants to take advantage of sale-a-bration before it's over! I would love to show you all the different cards I've demo'd at the workshops but now they're gone because I give my demos to the hostesses. Here's a couple of samples using the sale-a-bration products of punch bunch and the ice cream parlor paper. That owl is so funny! I've been asking guests at the workshops to name the owl since clearly he needs a name. His expression just looks like he has a personality so he needs a name. So far he's been named Joe, Oscar and Olgovy. I wonder what he'll be named this afternoon!

Punch bunch was one of the most popular sale-a-bration picks this year. Make sure you get yours with your $60 purchase before this great sale is over!

Back to the land of the living

I'm happy to say that I am feeling much better. I can go on with my daily routine without feeling like I"m dying. I"m very happy about that. However, I have a very croaky voice and a lingering cough. No complaints though...I"ll take that over the achy, can't move feeling anytime.

Last night we had a Team S.T.I.C meeting. We had a fun card swap and here are everyone's creations. Please take your time looking at the photos. Each card is so unique and there are so many cute embellishments. I'm so glad that Team S.T.I.C exists because I love stamping and swapping at our team meetings. I also love the relationships and conversation. Want to join in on the team fun while earning money and buying stamping supplies at a discount? Now is the time to sign up for the demonstrator starter kit so you can take advantage of the 15% sale-a-bration discount plus the $60 bonus bundle.

Becoming a demonstrator for the business, the hobby, the fun was a great decision for me and can be a great decision for you. Check out some of the benefits of being a demonstrator right HERE

The more the merrier on my team. All are welcome.

Owl love you forever

Here's the valentine's card I gave to Kevin, my husband. I pretty much show him everything I stamp to get his input. Today I realized I had nothing original to give to him for Valentine's day. Here's the card I made CASE'd from Kristine Burns (a fellow demo I met at Leadership). I wish I had the proper heart punch for this card but instead I had to use my large heart punch and trim it down to size. (Yes, that's why the heart looks warped...I cut it freehand...well, it just adds to the charm)

There's that fabulous glitter red paper again. The owl is using wild wasabi coloured paper with daffodil delight on his chest. The wings are cut out parts of scallop circle punch and the clouds are the scallop oval punch.

Just for the record, my husband is a great friend, support and life partner.

I am super blessed to have him in my life.

Owl Punch and More!

I was surfing on the Stampin' Up! demonstrator website and what do I find? This fabulous picture posted by a fellow demonstrator of all the things that can be made using the Owl Punch! How amazing is that! It appears she used some other punches as well but still, that is so cool! I had to show you all.

Thank you E. Ruegemer for sharing your picture!

So cute!

Club member Pei Pei just bought the owl punch at the last club meeting. She made these darling owls and penguin. I never thought the owl punch could make penguins too! Now that's a super great value for that punch.

She put little magnets on the back and now they're perfect little gifts.

Thanks for sharing!

Back to school

Here's the pencil holder I showed in an earlier post but embellished with the darling owl punch. This is the best punch because it's like getting seven punches for the price of one punch. The paper you need to make this pencil holder is 8.5X4.5. Score at 2" and 4" along the short side and score at 2" along the long side. Cut along the top middle score line but stop when you reach the other score line. This will be the flap that folds down. Snip off the small rectangle at the top. Fold and assemble with sticky strip. Don't forget the finishing touches of crimping the bottom and rounding the corners at the top.