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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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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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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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No, really, this is the last glimpse!

So, here is the last glimpse - I have no more projects to share!  This is a cute little double pocket that can hold cards on each side.  Simply fold a 12x12 sheet of paper diagonally, then bring the corners that were folded in to the center about 5-1/2 inches, points on the fold line.  Make a "w" fold by folding again 3/4 inch away from the middle fold on each side.  I used the slot punch to create a place to thread our chocolate chip wide grosgrain ribbon, which I tied with our certainly celery narrow grosgrain ribbon. 

The cards are both the same, but with different color schemes.  I used a wide piece of the Delicate dots designer series papers, flanked on both sides by chocolate chip cardstock finished with our scallop edge punch.  I tied chocolate chip wide grosgrain ribbon around both, added the flowers in certainly celery, bashful blue, and/or barely banana stamped with Polka dot punches and punched with our 5-flower punch.  Then stamped the sentiment from hugs & wishes in chocolate chip ink. 

Isn't this a great card, and so ideally suited to CASE'ing with another print, another color scheme, another flower!  I can't wait to make more!

If you still haven't placed your Sale-a-bration order, do it NOW!  These stamp sets and accessories will be gone as of midnight tonight, never to return!  So email me or use my online ordering feature today, right now, before these free gifts are gone!

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Last glimpse at SAB products

It's so sad - in just two days, the Sale-a-bration stamp sets and accessories will be retiring and won't be available, so I thought I'd share a couple final projects with you.  Actually I have several, so this may be a double (or triple!) post!  Here's a simple page I created with our Delicate Dots designer series paper, Polka dot punches, and ribbon bundle. 

I used the silk flower and flat pearls from our Pretties kit, a bloom and ice rhinestone in celery, plus our key tag punch with the sentiment from A beautiful thing.  And the scallop is from the scallop #2 die for our Big shot.  Now all Heather (my hostess who received this page) has to do is add pictures!

This card is so easy I think I'm off to use some leftover Designer series papers to create a few more!  It's simply a strip of the stripes from Delicate Dots designer series paper (an SAB favorite - who wouldn't want 16 sheets or printed, color-coordinated paper for FREE!) on a whisper white base, a bit of certainly celery twill ribbon (another SAB accessory), a cherry blossom embosslit in bashful blue, and a sentiment from Hugs and Wishes in bashful blue ink.  I also added a gold brad to my flower for a little interest. 

This little card in my favorite 3x3 size uses Botanical blooms, another SAB set.  I stamped the images in certainly celery, brocade blue, and summer sun on whisper white cardstock.  I tore a strip of summer sun and added it to the top and bottom of my stamped piece.  Then a rounded tab punch inj brocade blue cardstock with the sentiment from All holidays finishes this little card.  And, once again, {GASP}, no ribbon (though I certainly tried!).

I just love this little thing!  It's simply a fancy Hershey's candy (similar to the Ghirardelli candies but less expensive) that I wrapped with our SAB paper, Delicate dots.  I used our crimper on the edges to seal, and then wrapped with a strip of so saffron cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment from Short & sweet in certainly celery and punched it out of whisper white cardstock with our small oval punch.  I punched a piece of bashful blue with our large oval punch, then layered and adhered everything.  What a great birthday surprise!

I hope you've had a chance to place your order so you can play with some of these great sets and accessories!  If you haven't you can use my online ordering feature or email me!  Don't wait - tomorrow's it and then they're gone!

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Open house projects continued

Here are the other two projects - I found this little box online.  It uses two of our scallop envelope die cuts with a one inch strip to hold them together.  So easy and fun!  The envelopes are bashful blue cardstock with a certainly celery strip lined with a strip of the Delicate dots designer series paper.  The focal image uses two stamps from Polka dot punches combined with our scallop, 1 3/8 inch circle, and 1 1/4 inch circle punches. 

Plus it holds our 3x3 cards, so I added another one to this event using our new Fashion Forward wheel (I love it!)  I used kraft cardstock (my new favorite neutral!) with the Candy lane designer series paper.  I just had to use the scallop edge punch and added the sentiment from Short & sweet with the large oval punch in pink pirouette cardstock.

If I'd thought of this sooner, I would have made the cards to coordinate with the bag, but they are still so cute, plus you can put some really yummy chocolate in there too! 

If you haven't registered for the class yet, it's full (I know, that's so sad) but you can still get the completed kit below, but just until Sunday evening, so be fast!

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Rebecca

Sale-a-brating the new catalog Friday night!

This Friday I am going to share some great ideas for several of our new products, including Sale-a-bration!  For just $10, you'll create five projects (at least three of which are cards) using new stuff (embosslits, textured dies, stamp sets, buttons, ribbon, wheels, etc). 

This one totally CASE's the one from the new video for demo's (have I told you I love being a demo because I get access to technique videos just for us???).  The layout is the same - I changed the flower (that was so easy, embossed and cut at the same time!), the DSP, and the button (just baja breeze instead of so saffron).  But I have a thing for 3x3 love notes, so this one is perfect!

When I saw this stamp set (Once upon a time), I knew I just had to have it - great for weddings, anniversaries, girls, Disney trips, Valentine's...I wanted to add some bling, but I wanted something other than our dazzling diamonds, so used some of our chunky glitter.  Too much?  I don't think so...

Okay, I LOVE my texturz plates!  Yes, that's what made the imprint on the bottom!  I can't wait to use the other plates - they are so easy and fast but have so much impact.  Plus, I've used three Sale-a-bration items - polka dot punches stamp set, ribbon bundle, and Designer dots paper. 

I hope you can make it - you can use the paypal link below or you can email me straightaway.  Hope to stamp with you Friday!

If you can't make it and you'd like your kit completed, use the following paypal link.  All five projects will be just $15 including shipping (any 3-D items will be shipped flat with instructions for assembly). 

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Rebecca

Recipe remodel - Happy Valentine's Day!

It has finally made it, and while it seemed to rush here, I have been so busy with preparations that it also felt like it took forever!  I had one more thing to share with you - my favorite recipe for any romantic holiday (or Christmas, Thanksgiving, really whenever!).  I received it from a gal who worked with me at US Bank in Overland, MO some ten years ago.  It's one of my very favorites!  And to make it easy to add it to your favorite recipes, at the end of this post I've included a pdf file at you can download, save and print.

If you plan to give the whole pie, then you can easily create this paper bow - the tutorial can be found here.  I would suggest using one large brad for the whole thing, rather than a brad for each layer.  And I also add four more of the 5 inch strips to make the bow a little fuller.  It is a very easy decoration and fast too - you might find reasons to make more!  I used our Raspberry tart Designer series paper, and simply attached with a glue dot.

And, after having been to the store five times in the last two days, I finally remembered and found the mini graham cracker crusts, which is perfect for giving individual servings.  And when you make it as a pie, you will have a bit extra that is perfect for these (I actually filled a pie crust and three mini crusts when I made this last.  So I wrapped the little pie with plastic wrap, and tied it with riding hood red striped ribbon.  I punched the large tag from chocolate chip and the small tag from whisper white.  I stamped the heart from Polka dot punches (a Sale-a-bration set) with versamark and embossed with whisper white embossing powder.  I stamped the sentiment from All holidays and punched with the heart to heart punch.  The large heart is raised up with dimensionals.

Download Cappuccino pie

What's your favorite recipe to create for romantic evenings or getaways?  I love easy recipes, but sometimes, a bit more effort is called for in appreciation for all that's done. 

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Rebecca

Teacher gift for Valentines'

While it may be a little late to make these for Valentine's Day for a teacher, you can definitely make these for someone just as deserving!  And you can make them with other things, like kit-kats or chocolate, but I used the small boxes of conversation hearts since everyone loves them and you can't get them any other time of year (unlike peeps!). 

 

Ben likes blue, so we used the new SAB paper bundle, Designer Dots, to create his wrapped goody.  I cut the paper 7 x 7 which fit pretty snug, but saved most of my paper for other projects.  I put some sticky strip on the ends (best done before enclosing goody as it's hard to get your fingers in there!), pressed closed, then crimped with our crimper.  Next, I put a bashful blue belly band around it, added the scalloped saying from Love you much in whisper white, bashful blue, and brocade blue punched with the scallop punch, 1 3/8 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches.  Very simple, but packs a punch (or should I say, some heart???).

Grace really liked the flowers in the Bella rose Designer series papers, so we went with riding hood red and pink pirouette as our color scheme.  The same idea as Ben but we substituted colors. 

I just love how they turned out and I know I'll be making more of these (wouldn't Ghirardelli chocolates be perfect for this?).  What did you make for teacher treats?  I'd love to hear from you because it seems there's always another reason for giving!  And make sure to check back early tomorrow - I will post a recipe for my FAVORITE cappuccino recipe.  YUM!

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Rebecca

My daughter turns EIGHT!

It's amazing how times flies!  I can't believe my girl is already eight!  So we had a girlfriend party this past weekend - she invited her friends over to watch Enchanted, then cake and presents, then a craft until parents arrived.  And since we were doing a movie theme...

each girl had to have a popcorn bucket!  I used my cricut cartridge Bags, tags, boxes and more cut at 5 1/4 inches out of pretty in pink cardstock.  I wheeled So swirly in pretty in pink ink, then assembled.  I punched the scallop out of regal rose, then a 1 3/8 inch circle from pretty in pink, then a whisper white 1 1/4 inch circle stamped with Heartfelt thanks in those same colors.  The pretty in pink brad holds the whole decoration to the box. 

If you remember anything of my daughter's history, then you know she underwent open-heart surgery at just 18 days old for transposition of the great arteries, so, as you can imagine, hearts are her thing!  And it's SO convenient she was born right near Valentine's Day!  So I used a Valentine's mix and icing to create her cake in a heart mold (I think I have four or so of these!). 

And what's a birthday party without a goody bag, so I used the gable box tutorial on SCS again (can you tell I get attached to projects and create them again and again???) to create the bag and included a notepad, a couple heart erasers, Skittles, and Starburst.  I used regal rose cardstock for the base, then added lavendar lace and certainly celery (I really like that ribbon that comes with the Sale-a-bration bundle!), plus punched out hearts in the same colors with our new heart to heart punch to go over the flourish from Baroque motifs.  This would also work great for Valentine's Day, don't you think?

Now I have to start working on my son's birthday party, but what do you do for that???  Any ideas I'd love to hear them!

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Rebecca