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Card stock rose class with the Lovely Ladies of The Williams Home

  I had the privlege of spending an afternoon with the Lovely Ladies of The Williams Home earlier this week making card stock roses for their Spring Tea.  We have made fabric flowes in the past (see those posts here and here) and I thought it would be fun to try them with card stock this year as I have been pinning some gorgeous samples on my Paper Flowers Pinterest board.

  I used the Spiral Flower Originals die with my Big Shot and cut out 30 flower forms and created kits with additional flower layers and leaves using the Fancy Flower punch (better get it fast - it's on the retiring product list!) and Scallop Oval punch.  I also used my Fringe scissors for the centers.  We got them all assembled in under an hour and now these will adorn the Ladies' name tags at their Spring Tea.  

  I wanted to share some photos of these wonderful Ladies... I so enjoy my time with them!!

  And a close-up of a finished rose - we added pinbacks to them so they could be attached easily to their name tags.

  Thanks for letting me share my class with you!  If you have a senior center in your area and are looking for an opportunityo share your crafting ideas, it really is so fulfilling and I highly recommend you give it a try!  

 

My Fabulous Mother's Day Dress Up card

  Happy Friday!!  Today is a big day because it is the LAST day to take advantage of the FREE shipping promotion... have you placed your order for retiring merchandise yet?  Many products have already sold out... get your order in soon!  Speaking of retiring merchandise, that is the focus of our Fabulous Friday projects this week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog.  My card this week features a multitude of items that I will be sorry to see go... 1) Delightful Dozen stamp set, 2) En Francais stamp set, 3) Dress Up framelits for the Big Shot, 4) Stripes textured impression folder for the Big Shot, 5) Itty Bitty punch pack, and 6) Gingham Garden designer paper pack.  Check out this post to download the retiring products lists or see the items that are remaining in my online Stampin' Up! store.

  Does this card look familiar?  I CASE'd myself (see the original card here) - just changed up the colors to reflect those in the designer paper.  For more retiring product inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel came up with this week. 

  Don't forget, If you place an online order via my Stampin' Up! store and use Hostess Code 7SYXT3JX I will send you a free gift as a thank you... but HURRY!  The code ends at 5 pm EST today!!

  Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend....

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Don't forget about FREE shipping through April 25th with no minimum order!!

 

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  Have you had a chance to check out the Retiring Products list (see HERE to download the pdf files)?  Above is a project featuring two retiring items that I will miss greatly - the Dress Up framelits for the Big Shot and Eastern Elegance DSP.  I love how easy it is to make a great project with some pretty designer paper.  

  Just so you know, many of the 2012-2014 In Color ink refills and card stock are already sold out as well as some embellishments and stamp sets.  If you have a wish list, place your orders ONLINE now before it's too late!  You'll get free shipping on your order if you do!!  And, if you use Hostess Code 7SYXT3JX I will send you a free gift as a thank you.  Here's another reason to do some Stampin' Up! shopping... a new Weekly Deal:

  Thanks to everyone who has placed an online order with me already this week!  I am working on the thank you gifts and will get them out by week's end!!  

 

Wooo hooo for FREE SHIPPING and the Retiring Products list!!

  As I promised yesterday, Stampin' Up! announced the retiring products list today and sweetened the deal with FREE Shipping now through Friday, April 25th!!

  You can view the retiring products on my Stampin' Up! online store or click below to download the PDF files:

Download US_Retiring_Stamps.pdf

 

Download US_Retiring_Accessories.pdf

 

Be sure to use Hostess Code 7SYXT3JX with your online order this week to receive your FREE thank you gift from me!!

FREE shipping coming tomorrow!!!!

  Have you heard the news?  Tomorrow is a BIG DAY in the Stampin' Up! world for two reasons -

 1) FREE shipping with NO MINIMUMS April 21st through 25th!!!

 2) Retiring Product list announcement on April 21st

  For the first time ever, ALL items on the retiring products list will be on an "as available" basis.  That means that if you see something on the list that you MUST have, be sure and ORDER it ASAP!!  For example, the ink refill for the retiring In Color Raspberry Ripple is already sold out and will no longer be available for purchase.  

  I highly recommend you use ONLINE ORDERING with Hostess Code 7SYXT3JX.  Everyone who orders with me this week and uses this code will receive a gift as a thank you.  So make sure you check out my blog tomorrow morning or if you are a newsletter subscriber, open your email!!  I'll have links to the retiring list that you can check against your wish list.  

Happy Easter!

  Happy Easter from my family to yours!  I hope you have had an opportunity to spend some time with your loved ones today and taken time to reflect on your blessings.  I was so happy to have my sister Cindy here to spend the holiday weekend with us!!

  For today's project I created this monochromatic card using a sketch that I pinned recently.  I love using a sketch to give me inspiration for my projects.  I drew my color inspiration (whisper white, coastal cabana and bermuda bay) from this gorgeous piece of designer paper from the Eastern Elegance pack.  

  Here is a close-up of yet another flower I made with lots of punch layers (are you getting tired of them?) - this time I used the scallop circle punches in 1-1/4" and 7/8".  I sponged the white card stock layers with coastal cabana ink jso they would pop off the white background a little better.

  This card came together very quickly and easily - my favorite kind!  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back in the morning... FREE shipping begins and the retired product list will be released.  Happy times!!

Fabulous Friday woven Easter basket treat holder

(Sorry - I tried to post this yesterday but Typepad was giving me a fit!)

Happy Friday and thanks for visiting today!  This week on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring last-minute Easter treats and I decided to weave a basket from card stock.  What do you think?  Cute, right?!  

  Here's another view of the basekt before I added the banner...  I started with a 6" x 6" piece of card stock and scored it like a tic-tac-toe board every 2" and then cut the four corners away.  I cut slits every 1/2" inch and then wove the whole thing together using 8-1/2" x 1/2" strips of card stock. I really like the way it turned out!!  

   The flower embellishment is one I've been making a lot lately... lots of layers held together with a mini brad and fluffed.  The leaves are from the Bird builder punch. 

   Please be sure to visit the Sisters in Stamping blog today to see more last-minute Easter treat ideas from Karla and Rachel.  Have a fabulous weekend!!

Fabulous Friday designer paper gift bags

  Happy Friday and thanks so much for visiting today!!  This week on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring projects made with our gorgeous Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper (DSP) for Fabulous Friday.  I love how quickly and easily you can make a WOW project with just a piece of this fabulous paper!  You get 12 sheets in a package that are double-sided that all feature a gorgeous color combination and coordinating patterns so it is easy to mix and match so your projects aren't all identical, yet they look like they belong together.  

  I had to make up some gift bags for some swim friends and these are what I made.  It's a great way to dress up a plain old brown lunch bag, don't you think?!  And it was super-easy!  The most time-consuming element was waiting for the Tombow glue to dry for my flowers since I was too lazy to search for my glue gun!  

 The Big Shot made it really easy to create these rose embellishements.

And these butterflies were a breeze using my Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die with my Big Shot along with some textured impression folders.

  I hope you can see how fun it is to create with DSP!  To see even  more ideas featuring DSP, please hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to see what Rachel and guest designer Jennifer created this week!!  Have a great weekend!

Fabulous Spring has sprung!

  Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by!  I don't know what it is like where you are, but we had snow last Sunday and by Wednesday we broke a record with a high of 88 degrees!  I know the calendar shows it is Spring but I honestly think we jumped ahead right into Summer here in Central Virginia!  Speaking of Spring, Karla wanted that to be the Fabulous Friday theme of our cards this week for the Sisters in Stamping blog.  I think she is getting really tired of snow!  I included both a butterfly and a flower in my card - two things that remind me of Springtime and both were created with my punches!  I love punch art, don't you?!

   

   Here is a close-up of the flower... it is identical to the one I made for last week's card, I just switched out the colors.  I love it!  Don't you love this black and white ikat designer paper?!  It is from the Kaleidoscope DSP pack from the Occasions catalog and it is actually the back side of the paper I used last week (I had an extra scrap left on my table).

 

  And here is a close-up of my butterfly embellishment... I layered both sizes of the butterfly punches and added texture with the Square Lattice impressions folder to add some texture and interest.

   For even more Spring-inspired cards, be sure to hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week!  Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous weekend!!