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Show some love for Haiti

Through Feb 28, you can help the disaster relief in Haiti by purchasing one of our new stamp sets from the Occasions brochure.

Product Name	Item #	Price
I {Heart} Hearts – clear-mount  (block D recommended)	118571	$18.95
I {Heart} Hearts – wood-mount	117010	$26.95

You can choose the clear mounts or the wood mounts, and two dollars will be donated to the fund to help out.  This is perfect for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday, or anniversaries, weddings, and more.  And you can add it to your Sale-a-bration order to earn a free item with a $50 purchase too. You can read more on the handout below:

Download Haiti relief

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Another auction project

Yes, I was roped into another auction project for my kids' school, again for Grace (that's three years out of four, and I have yet to win one!).  After scrapping a couple projects, we came up with this one - it is easy, though time consuming, especially when adding 35 3rd graders!

Isn't this amazing?  The teachers together created the background with oils.  I brought my Cricut cartridges and dissected the Our Father prayer into 36 parts, then the kids chose what they wanted and the font they wanted to use.  After cutting out each word, I brought the letters to school and each child arranged theirs on wax paper.  Once I had laid them out perfectly, I peeled back a bit of the wax paper, laid the letters on the canvas, then peeled off the wax paper so that each student's letter layout was intact!

This is the certificate we are including with the auction.  The kids pray the Our Father everyday, so for the rest of the school year, they will be praying for the winner of the auction!  The base is creamy caramel, with creamy caramel, close to cocoa, and very vanilla inks rubbed across the surface in that order.  I sponged the edges of everything with chocolate chip. 

What do you think?  Wouldn't you love to hang that in your favorite room?  I hope to win it, but at least I know how it was made!!!

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Some Happy Moments to share

I had to share a couple samples from Happy Moments, an SAB set.  They make me feel, well, Happy!

This card by Jill Nolan reminds me of an idea that I never seem to remember - stamping on Designer Series papers!  She used both Old Olive and Soft Suede Patters Designer series paper, then stamped on them with backgrounds En francais and French filigree.  Plus, I just love her doodles - mine never come out right!

You can't go wrong with pretty in pink, especially with flowers!  Janice Rosenthal Rock embossed the print paper from Tea Party Designer series paper, then used it to paper piece the flowers (I would not have wanted to cut out three x 22 cards!!!).  She pulls in more dots by embossing the scallop circle as well.

Have you seen the SAB sets yet?  They are fun, amazing, versatile, and FREE with any $50 order!  Contact me with your order or questions soon - you have until March 31!

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Warm days have me thinking of spring...

The snow has finally started to melt and we even had temps over 50 degrees, so I was thinking spring!  I wanted to share these two swaps using Chocolate Bunny...I can see lots of projects with this stamp!

 

Doesn't this just look yummy?  Molly pulled in our Razzleberry Lemonade Designer series paper with pretty in pink, which I would have never have considered! 

I love how Debbie embossed the vellum with our new Perfect Polka Dots folder.  The bunny is embossed with clear embossing powder on close to cocoa cardstock and looks good enough to eat!  Yum!

You know you have lots of projects you want to create with this little guy (think cards, Easter scrapbook pages) so don't wait until he's gone!

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Great minds think alike!

I've shared some projects my friend Stephanie has created with you before, but this time I found her cards to be eerie!  Now don't get me wrong -I love them, but, well, you'll see what I mean!

 

I told Stephanie how much I liked this color combination (certainly celery, brilliant blue and bermuda bay), and its simplicity.  She said she'd seen the combination at a store and was just waiting for the right moment to try it out.  Well, I'm glad she did - I love it. 

What do you think of this one?  She used a mini glue dot for the center of her flower paper clip, and added some bling with dazzling diamonds glitter.  I also like how she used just a portion of the top note die.  And again, the colors!  Gorgeous!

Did you notice what was so eerie?  If you remember my post about my swap cards (here and here), you'll notice that we both chose basic gray and kraft cardstocks for our card bases, plus we neither one used purple, which is both our favorite colors!  And we didn't discuss ahead of time what we were doing!  Eerie, don't you think???

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New downloads with spring in mind!

Stampin' Up! just released two more downloads, and one has me thinking spring and capris! 

 

Doesn't the My sweet pea kit just have you thinking about flowers, babies, birds, and more?  There are 48 patterns of Designer series paper to accompany the great images from our felt set and five stamps!  Oooh, now I have to find some spring photos to work on!

You can now also use our textured cardstock for digital crafting.  This download gives you 36 colors, so your pages can be coordinated and beautiful. 

If you would like to see My Digital Studio hands-on, give me a call and come by.  I'd love to show you how much fun digital crafting can be!

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Fancy folds with Fox & friends

Wait until you see this swap!  I couldn't wait to share it with you.  This is why I keep swapping with these gals - they make the most gorgeous cards!

This is the card flat (or at least as flat as I could get it!).  The cardmaker, Janice Rosenthal Rock, used our Tall tales Designer series paper for the panels.  She stamped the characters from Fox & friends on whisper white and more Designer series paper, which I never remember to do but always love when another stamper does!

This is the card open - beautiful isn't it?  I love the little dangling monkey, especially since I don't have the inclination to cut things out.  I really should - cut outs are so cute!

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Occasions brochure now live!

Oooh, wait until you see what's in here!  You won't believe the offering in our new Occasions brochure!  There's new cling stamps, new Designer series papers, new brads, new rub-ons, new punches (and punch style!), new Decor stencils, and more!

Get lots of paper - your wish list is bound to be pretty long!

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Sale-a-bration starts today!!!

Today begins one of my favorite days of the year - Sale-a-bration, where every $50 purchase gets you free stamps, punches, Designer series paper free! 

So put your wish list together, add it up to a multiple of $50, and get your free stuff while you can!  The deadline is March 31, so while you have some time, don't set it aside like I do and wake up on April Fool's feeling like one!

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Scrapbookin' on Saturday - spring & egg-cellent

When I received my calendar, I LOVED it!  I can't wait to make next year's calendar, but this year I am making one for myself!

This one uses the Sunny Days kit.  There are papers, elements, and more that coordinate with this set, which makes it super easy to finish a page!  The base is our Grid designer series paper in old olive, and I used the Schoolbook serif alphabet for the title, with the stamps from this kit for the "i." 

This page also uses the Sunny day kit, but only the print at the bottom.  When I finished with the page, I thought it looked a bit plain, so I added the hodgepodge hardware to frame the top.  Since I "stamped" the title instead of using a text box, I could move the letters about instead of keeping them even, which creates a fun page. 

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