Great Greatings at a Discount!

Wow, SU is offering 3 awesome greeting sets  (clear mount or wood mount) at 25% off.  What a great deal!  Combined with my mystery hostess offer you win win!  Click on the photo to the right to see which sets are offered.

Let me know if you'd like to order some of these great greetings.  For every $50 you spend you'll be entered into a drawing to win hostess benefits, i.e. FREE MERCHANDISE!

If you place an order online by noon on June 3, 2013, use this hostess code ~ WHBDEHJU ~ and you'll qualify to be entered into  the drawing for the hostess benefits (a minimum of $25, but could be more depending on how many people order).  Or you can contact me with your order and you'll only pay 10% s/h instead of the minimum $6.95 s/h.

Happy Stamping!  Mary 

Paper Pumpkin Try It Class

 Amazing Journals! We had so much fun creating the two journals that come in the Paper Pumpkin Try It Kit.  The kit comes with step by step directions to make the journal pictured on the right.  I pulled out my Elegant butterfly punch, card stock (Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit and Island Indigo) and some dimensionals to spice up the second journal a little bit.  There were enough extra pre-printed self adhesive butterfly cut outs to add to the inside pages (which I forgot to photo).

Aren't these little journals just darling!?  The kit comes with a size "D" clear block, an Island Indigo stampin' spot, two blank journals, exclusive Summer Starfruit baker's twine  and two clear mount stamps (a row of dots and the sentiment "jots and thoughts").

 

To order your Paper Pumpkin Try It Kit, to sign up for a Paper Pumpkin Membership, or just to get  more info, click HERE or on the link on my right hand side bar.

Happy Stamping!  Mary

Farewell Fr. Donnie!

Fr. Donnie's Card

One of my favorite priests transferred to a different parish.  I never get to make a card with the sentiment "miss you" and I thought of this set immediately.  I was so excited!  I thought the triple time stamping would be a perfect technique.  I chose colors to make it masculine.  This card has Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, but the others use Early Espresso Baker's twine.

Fr. Donnie's Card, inside

Triple Time Stamping

Triple Time Stamping

Triple Time Stamping

SUPPLIES

Lacy & Lovely

very vanilla and ee cs

ee, wild wasabi pads

naturals buttons (they come in 3 sizes!), dimensionals,

ee baker's twine or ee 1/8" taffeta ribbon

Happy Stamping!  Mary

Feeling Better

Get Well from Billie

Get Well from Pat

I received these two get well cards when I was sick a couple weeks ago.  Aren't they just beautiful? 

Sorry I haven't posted in so long.  I've been caught up in the NBA playoffs.  My husband is 6'7" so we watch a lot of basketball!

I need to send a card to our priest who got moved to a different parish.  He's a great guy and I will really miss him.  I'll post the card soon, so check back!

I also got new supplies that I am just itching to use.  Hope to get some stamp time soon and show you some new creations.

Happy Stamping!  Mary

Take A Sunny Spin! May Club

Sunburst Technique

 Have you ever lost a week?  I've been ill all week, but am on antibiotics now and beginning to recover.  May 1st was my club and I couldn't attend, but I had the projects ready to go so Shelagh and Peggy taught them to the group.  Thanks sooooo much Shelagh and Peggy!!!!

I totally cased this card from Sherri Gross.  I had never seen this technique before, but then I found another card by Yapha Mason using it.  I couldn't find a tutorial on the technique, so I e-mailed Sherri.  She said some people use a template, but she just cut 4 pieces of dsp at 1" x 4" and cut them diagonally from corner to corner and laid them over a 5-1/4" x 2" base piece of card stock until she liked it, then adhered them and cut off the excess. 

It finally worked when I used wider strips of dsp, 1-1/2" x 4", cut diagonally and placed them on a 5" x 2-1/2" base piece, starting in the middle and working my way out.  I scored the base piece at 2-1/2" and put snail on one half at a time and layered on the dsp, butting each piece up against the next, then adding snail to the other side and layering on the dsp.  Finally I cut away the excess dsp, using the base as a guide and finished off the card.

SUPPLIES

Feels Good and Spring Sampler sets

white, indigo, daffodil, real red card stock

Summer Smooches dsp

indigo ad real red pads

dimensionals, real red stitched gross grain ribbon

1" and 1-1/4" circle punches

Penny Spinner card

Penny Spinner card. inside

 

Penny Spinner card, in action

It's been years since I've made a penny spinner card.  I was inspired to make another by Dawn Olchefske's great video.  Warning:  these cards don't mail well.

SUPPLIES

Spring sampler and Sassy Salutation sets

baja, white, daffodil, and regal rose card stock

Floral District dsp

black and regal rose pads

big shot & honeycomb TIEF, dimensionals, mini glue dots

2 pennies

word window punch, 1", 1-1/4" & scallop circle punches

Happy Stamping!  Mary

Happy 50th Anniversary!

Remember the card I posted from last month's club?  Well, I changed it up a little to give to my aunt and uncle for their 50th wedding anniverssary.  The only new supply was a gold Encore pad and the brushstroke numbers set.

I'll post our May club cards in a couple days.

Happy Stamping!  Mary

Retired Lists Available

The retired lists are available, as of yesterday!  To make room in the new 2013-2014 catalog Stampin' Up! "retires" much of their current product.  This year they have put out their stamp list as well as the accessories list and the accessories are available only while supplies last.   Stamps will be available until the new catalog goes live on May 31, 2013.  That means you get to see the new catalog before you decide to order a retiring stamp set!  The accessories are only available while supplies last and some items are already gone!  You can call or e-mail me your order, or shop online (see the link in the right hand column).

April Club, Double Slider Cards

Double Slider Cards

Double Slider Cards, open

Double Slider Cards, inside, before sealing

Double Slider Cards, front, without main image attached

Double Slider Cards are fun to produce!  We made them in my April Club.  When you pull up a front slider pops up from behind the main image and a larger back slider pops up from the inside.

The dimensions of the sliders can be adjusted to accommodate your greetings/images.

You start with a piece of 4-1/4" x 11" card stock that is scored at 5-1/2".  However, the fold is at the bottom of the card instead of at the top so that the back slider (which is on the inside) can be pulled up and the front slider comes out simultaneously.  I like to punch a hole through the card front and back to make it easier to pull up the slider.  I don't really show the mechanics of the word window holes that are punched in the card front and to which the sliders are attached.  You can find a great picture tutorial on Split Coast Stampers.  You can view the first double slider cards I made here, and here. and here, etc. (on p.3 of my SCS Gallery)

Supplies for card on left:
sets- button buddies, sweet essentials, teeny tiny wishes
cs- whisper white, pretty in pink, basic gray, so saffron, champagne glimmer paper
ink pads- pretty in pink, basic gray
access- dimensionals, mini glue dots, sticky strip, white organza ribbon, subtles buttons
punches- small heart scallop border, 1" square, word window

Supplies for card on right:
sets- aviary, feels good, teeny tiny wishes
cs- very vanilla, pool party, basic gray, island indigo
ink pads- island indigo, basic gray
access- dimensionals, mini glue dots, sticky strip, two tone ribbon
punches- 7/8" scallop circle, 1/2" circle, 3/4" circle, 1" square, word window

Happy Stamping!  Mary