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Happiness - Cards 3 & 4

I went elegant for this card -- the base is brushed copper metallic. Outlaw paper again. The row of Happiness flowers was stamped in Encore metallic copper ink on vanilla. It is matted with copper & chocolate. The friendship circle and center flower is from Think Happy Thoughts: Card 4 uses the Happiness background pretty much the way it was intended, LOL! I just inked parts of it separately with markers before stamping it on whisper white cardstock. Black card base & accents. The little flower in the lower right corner is popped up over a black 3/4" punch-out. Glitter accents everywhere, of course! All Supplies by Stampin’ Up! How about some altered art & scrapbooking tomorrow? Check back in! Read more →

Moving & DT Call

While moving this weekend, I will probably be without Internet service Friday & Saturday -- I'll check back in when I am able. But you won't notice I'm gone, as I still have my Stampin' Up Display Board samples running until Tuesday. Wish us luck! Are you looking for a Design Team? Well you may just have that opportunity . . . Lisa Strahl, the DT coordinator at Cornish Heritage Farms, has just made an announcement on her blog that may be of interest: Fresh Faces Design Team Call. So if you've never been on a manufacturer's design team, hop on over and check it out! Read more →

Happiness - Cards 1 & 2

I tried a very simple route with this card. A part of the flower row was stamped with rose craft ink on shimmer white cardstock. It gave an interesting effect, a bit like suade, don't you think? Of course, it was more shimmery in real life. This was a 4.25" square card, celery base and rose bottom layer. The focal image was matted with celery & apricot with coordinating ribbon tabs. The simple 'thank you' sentiment was partially inked from Much Appreciated. Card 2 was done with poppin' pastels on whisper white, including the sentiment. After poppin', I dabbed on some pearl PearlEx to give the whole image some shimmer. The Word Window punch was elongated, to let the sentiment show from the inside of the card. Small flower accent is from the larger flower row in this set and it has glitter in the center: All Supplies by Stampin’ Up! Read more →

A Few Notes . . .

Today's the day! You can now get all of the new My Favorite Things releases that the design team has been showing you samples of over the last several days. Click below to purchase: Let's Hear it for the Boys It's Elemental Home for the Holidays Back to School I can't wait to play with these sets once I get all unpacked again! Kim is offering free shipping until 6am August 3rd, so hurry on over. Gina K is at it again, with another giveaway. This time it's for a Marvy Giga Scalloped Punch! She also revealed her Design Team for 2007's Stamp For A Cause campaign -- check it all out here. I was very honored to be asked to participate as a designer for this year's fundraiser. Gina will tell you a little more about it over the next few days, so be sure to keep an eye on her blog. There will also be teaser ads running on SplitcoastStampers.com starting at midnight tonight, so check those and see if you can guess the wonderful cause a portion of these stamp sales will benefit. I'll be posting the samples I created on August 8, when the set is... Read more →

Happiness - Altered Art 1 & 2

Another Target $1 Spot find . . . woo-hoo! This wooden tray was already a nice shade of yellow, so I chose colors to compliment that. The lines are ribbon taped down with Sticky Strip. The game pieces are stamped flowers adhered to flat marbles. The pink floral strips were stamped in craft ink on vellum, to let the yellow from the box still show thru after it was applied. I believe I used Anywhere Glue Stick to adhere the strips to the tray: Altered 3 -- Wooden clothespin note or photo holder: I was having trouble stamping with craft ink on the chipboard letter that I had already DTP white craft with, so I ended up just stamping the red flowers from Think Happy Thoughts on white shimmer cardstock and then adhering that to the chipboard letter. The strip from Happiness was stamped & applied the same way. The wood clothespin was painted white with acrylic paint. All Supplies by Stampin’ Up! Read more →