Monthly Archives: March 2010

Voila Chef 6×6 Page

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It's so much fun to play with the Voila Chef (#115102).  You can watercolor him or you can paper piece, which I did on his pants using Designer Series Paper.  Just stamp on the DSP and cut out the section you want to overlay on your already stamped outline of the chef. Since this is for my personal use, I have used some retired product, such as the Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware on the tag and the greenish Gingham Ribbon.  You can easily substitute with current product and colors.  I made the chef first and then wasn't sure what to do for the background.  But then I found the little stamp in the Tiny Tags stamp set (page 28) in the Occasions Mini and stamped it all over the Whisper White card stock, essentially making my own designer series paper!

Voila Chef 6x6 Scrapbook Page 

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Little Easter Card

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Just made a quick and easy little Easter card!  It's just 3×3!  I used the Eggcoutrements Stamp Set in the Occasions Mini.  You can choose either the wood-mount or clear-mount stamps.  I stamped the little border with Green Galore Ink on Whisper White card stock and then punched it out with the Scallop Edge Punch (#112091).  I stamped the tag with Pixie Pink and used the Small Tag (#108264)and (large) Tag Punches (#105934), the Crop-A-Dile (#108362) to punch a hole, and the beautiful Whisper White Organza Ribbon (#114319).  It was time to use the Bold Brights color family again for a change!

Easy Easter 3x3 Card
 

A St. Patrick’s Day Treat

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Need a little something green for St. Patrick's Day March 17th?  This is a little Stampin' Up! cello bag stuffed with some green shred, a gold coin, a peppermint patty decorated with the shamrock scallop, and several pieces of green-wrapped candies.  The tag is made with the "Define Your Life" stamp set (#114950), the definition for "lucky"!  I stamped the little shamrock on it with three small hearts from the set "Tiny Tags" (#118091, #118592) and just drew in the little stem with a Stampin' Write Marker.  Want to get the "Define Your Life" stamp set free?  Just sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator during  Sale-A-Bration and choose a free stamp set, up to a value of $47.95 (which includes this one!) PLUS get the Starter Kit 15% off!  Contact me soon! 

St. Patrick's Day Treat Bag
 

Paper Flower

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These paper flowers of all types seem to be the hottest thing right now so I wanted to try one!  This one is very easy…..just punch as many layers as you want with the Scallop Circle Punch (#109043) and cut down a little bit between each scallop.  Pile them all up and punch a hole in the center for either a small brad or a larger one.  I used my Crop-A-Dile (#108362) so I could easily insert a Rhinestone Brad (#109111) in the center and of course the Crop-A-Dile just punches through layers like butter!  Once you have your flower assembled, just "smoosh" it up!  I tried to gather up each layer and then smooshed it up around the center.  Just play with it until you have the look you like!

Paper Flower on Bitty Box

To use my flower on a project, I used the Big Shot Stampin' Up! die cut to make the Bitty Box (#115967).  This was a die I didn't buy at first until….of course…I saw so many cute projects made with it!  Did you realize the die also cuts a little envelope should you want to put little notecards inside this box?!  So cute!

And to make the top layer with Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper, I played with the the new Scallop Trim Border Punch (#118402) and Scallop Trim Corner Punch (#118870) to get the little scallop border all the way around.  If you have any questions about using these punches, please let me know!  Remember, you can get the Scallop Trim Border Punch for free with a $50 Sale-A-Bration order until the end of March!

Houston Azalea Trail

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We enjoyed the Azalea Trail yesterday in River Oaks!  We only went to the four private homes.  There are three other sites to see, but we have visited those before.  While you can walk through the homes (my favorite part!), you can't take photos inside so these are only from the gardens outside.  Unfortunately, we didn't see any azaleas blooming at these homes, but we did see some in another part of the neighborhood.  It's a lovely area to drive around in and see the many mansions and beautiful homes.

Here are a few photos. You should be able to click on them to enlarge.

Houston Azalea Trail 

Houston Azalea Trail 

Houston Azalea Trail Hydrangea
Houston Azalea Trail Hydrangea
Love this picture!! Reminds me of a retired Stampin' Up! stamp!

Houston Azalea Trail
Houston Azalea Trail 

Houston Azalea Trail 

I don't know WHAT in the world this is!  Looks like a brain!

Houston Azalea Trail
Not my backyard!

Houston Azalea Trail
Houston Azalea Trail
Houston Azalea Trail
Houston Azalea Trail
Houston Azalea Trail
Houston Azalea Trail Tulips
Gorgeous tulips!

Houston Azalea Trail 

Houston Azalea Trail
Shouldn't we all have a front door like this?! 
        
 
  

 

River Oaks Azalea Trail Time!

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The Azalea Trail Home and Garden Tour in Houston put on by the River Oaks Garden Club begins today.  It used to be two weekends, but now it is just one.  It's a fun thing to do if the weather is nice…..beautiful homes and lovely gardens to see.  Even inside the homes are beautiful floral arrangements made by the garden club ladies.  We always enjoy going!  We don't have any azaleas blooming yet at our house so I hope we see some today on the trail.  In the meantime, here are some azaleas I stamped on a card!

 Azalea Card with Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set 

 

I stamped the flowers from Fifth Avenue Floral (#113734) with Black Stazon Ink (#101406) and colored in and shaded with my Watercolor Wonder Crayons (color families on IB&C page 154) and Aquapainter (#103954).  I LOVE using the Watercolor Crayons but hadn't used them in awhile…..so relaxing to just color and not worry how good it is!  I even used some gray to shade outside the flowers.  It's likely not artistically perfect, but that is the nice part of watercoloring…..you can be a little sloppy and off!  Still looks decent!  For the flower stems, I punched out the branch and leaf from the Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch (#117191).  On some branches I cut off the leaves and put them where I wanted them on other parts of the branch.  That punch is so versatile!  You should have one!

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For information about the River Oaks Azalea Trail, just click on the link.  See you there!


 

An Easy Card with a Button!

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Pink Flamingo DSP Squares 

This is an easy card I made after getting an idea from a past Stampin' Success Magazine, Stampin' Up!'s monthly magazine for demonstrators.  I love these easy cards where you just punch out squares of paper (in this case I used the Pink Flamingo Designer Series Paper #113976) with a square punch (I used the 1 1/4" Square Punch #104400).  I usually write on the back cardboard insert of my designer paper what Stampin' Up! colors coordinate with that particular paper and then I have that information handy when I go to make something.  Since I'm seeing lots of buttons being used these days, I wanted to add a button from the Playground collection (#116313) and tied it with some linen thread.  I also added a little Trio Flower on the top square.  The sentiment is from the Sweetheart stamp set.

 

St. Patrick’s Day Basket

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I found this glittery basket in the Dollar Spot at the store….there were multiple colors for Easter…I just happened to pick green…..got home and realized I could do something for St. Patrick's Day first instead of Easter!  I've loved seeing the shamrocks made with our Full Heart Punch (#113693) and also the Stampin' Up! Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die (#117332) in the Occasions Mini.  I wanted to use the new Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder (#117335) to emboss my card stock before punching out the hearts, but since I could not find it (!) I used the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I Texturz Plate (#114512) instead, just to add a little interest to the paper.  Of course the little button in the center of the shamrock is from our collection of Playground Designer Buttons (#116313). In the photo is a shamrock wired garland, not part of the basket.  Very quick and easy project!!

St. Patrick's Day Basket
 

It’s March and Still Sale-A-Bration!

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Wouldn't you love to get a box like this delivered on your doorstep from Stampin' Up!?!

SABBox 

I love how they have made these special boxes!!

 

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This is the last month for Stampin' Up!'s BIG promotion called Sale-A-Bration. 

Here are the ways you can take advantage of the great deals during Sale-A-Bration:

  • SPEND $50 and earn one free Sale-A-Bration product of your choice from the SAB Mini…..choices include a free PUNCH or pad of Designer Series Paper or certain sets from the Idea Book & Catalog.
  • HOST a workshop of at least $300 and earn one free SAB product in addition to the wonderful hostess benefits.
  • JOIN Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator by purchasing one of the Starter Kits and choose a free stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalog (value up to $47.95)  (AND get 15% off the Starter Kit right now!)

Let me know if YOU want to take advantage of Sale-A-Bration!  There's still time!  Who doesn't like free stamps?!