My Carousel Note Purse needed Photos!

I was working on a project using photos of my mom from her childhood to the day she got married (photos of THAT project to come in a day or 2), so I decided to use up the extra photos and add them to my Carousel Note Card Purse project (see this post for more …

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WOW – Carousel Notes Purse Project!!

Oh my word… we had the best time making these FABULOUS "purses" out of the new Carousel Note cards and envelopes (in the Occasions Mini catalog from Stampin’ Up!).  HUGE THANKS TO Jan Tinklenberg for posting this most amazing idea on her blog this week!!  WOW!!  Yesterday, Sharon and Ellen and I decided to tackle …

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Many Thanks card and a COOL Gift from Dawn!

I saw this cute idea for the scalloped "Many Thanks" on Cambria’s blog, and had to play with the idea!  So I made a few Thank You cards tonight!  The patterned red paper and the Ballet Blue are both punched with the Scallop Circle Punch, and I punched a 1-3/8" hole in the Ballet Blue …

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Ginger Blossom Journal

This is the 5×5 On Board Art Journal from Stampin’ Up! that we are making at Charlene’s workshop this afternoon!  I hope the ladies all love it!   I decorated it with Ginger Blossom DSP and my favorite set from the Occasions Mini catalog: Live Your Dream.  Enjoy! We are decorating the cover, and 4 pages …

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Do you have your FREE Rub-Ons yet??

Time is RUNNING OUT!!!  Can you believe there are only 9 days .. YES NINE DAYS left during Stampin’ Up!’s annual Sale-A-Bration sale!!??  aaaaaaaaaaah! Do YOU have your FREE Rub-ons yet? OK, now that I have your attention… I hope you enjoy these projects I’ve been working on using the FREE Sale-A-Bration Rub-on package!! They …

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Carousel Note cards – Oh My Gosh – Too Fun!

I think I’m just having TOO much fun with all my "new toys".. from the Occasions Mini catalog!!  My friend Aimee inspired me to get out my Carousel notes and start playing!! I’m so glad she did!  I am LOVING these notes!! I’ve combined them with Sale-A-Bration Rub-ons and "Lucky Star" Accents and Elements Tin …

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Hostess Gift – Summer Picnic paper

My workshop hostess this weekend will be getting this gift from me.. I am pretty sure she doesn’t look at my blog (but why not??) – so I’m posting it now and we’ll see if she sees it!  The tutorial for making the Origami box can be found on SCS HERE.   I used the …

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Trifold Sweet Celebrations

I saw THIS IDEA on Fran’s blog and just LOVED the fold… as you can see, I not only copied the fold, but also the stamp set and ribbon! Guess I wasn’t very original, but I really loved her card! Thanks for the awesome idea, Fran! I used the Sweet Celebrations set on pg 131 …

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Sale-A-Bration Stamp A Stack class samples

We stamped 10 cards in my Sale-A-Bration Stamp A Stack class this week.  Stampers made 2 each of 5 different designs.  CARD #1: Jumbo "Classic Stars" Wheel (pg 112) in Certainly Celery on Med. Whisper White card.  Star from "Classic Backgrounds" (pg 133) stamped in Certainly Celery ink punched out with Jumbo Star punch and …

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All 12 Months of my Coaster Calendar

Many of you have asked to see all 12 months of my Coaster Calendar class.  Details can be found HERE and Bind It All info can be found HERE.  I got the calendars at www.vippies.com   We will replace the 2008 pages with 2009 next year. You’ll notice many of the months use retired SU! DSP …

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The Cookie Made me Do It ??

Ummmm … so … don’t try to eat a cookie and punch the Scallop Circle punch at the same time…. it may not work out as planned: Geeeesh!! What a Dork I am!  (but the cookies were good!) Another sneak peek of another swap I’m working on for the Stampin’ Up! Regional Seminar this coming …

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Watercolor Wonder Crayons & Ginger Blossom paper

One of the requests for my workshop on the weekend was to work with Watercolor Crayons.  So this is the project I designed.  I brought River Rock and Groovy Guava cards, and an assortment of Ginger Blossom paper precut, and showed them how to use the watercolor crayons on an outline image on the watercolor …

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