wild about you gift bag

This is a gift bag that I made for my friend's baby shower. I made her a scrapbook. I might show some pages later. She picked an animal themed room and her invitations used the Wild about You set, so I decorated a bag for her to match the gift. This was a spin off of an idea we saw at convention. I used white for the bottom part of the bag (I didn't stamp directly on the bag as it has ridges for the handles, but you could work around them). I stamped Wild about you on in brocade on the top. I used the 5/8" old olive grosgrain ribbon and the faux bow technique. The tag is just a 6 x 3 card folded in half. I punched a hole in the corner with my cropodile and then cut a slit with my scissors. It fits right on. The rest of my animals were stamped with brocade blue, old olive and so saffron. It was all stuck on with sticky strip, including the ribbon to give it extra durability. I hope you enjoy it. It was fun making it. We are going to make a different bag in club this month too. Don't forget tomorrow is when the Last chance list comes out, so don't forget to check that out as it's while supplies last for accessories. Hope you have a great day today.

6 x 6 sunshine garden 20 page scrap class

I'm offering a class to make 20 6x6 pages using part of the Sunshine garden Scrappin' kit. Everything is included to finish the pages except adhesive and the album (all paper, ribbons, cardstock, adhesive die cuts, etc.) The cost is $18. If you can't be there it can be done at home as all you would need to complete this project is adhesive and an album to put them in. The price doesn't include shipping though if you want it mailed. I would need to know immediately if you are interested though as these items will be on the retiring list coming it in 3 days. I didn't come up with this idea. I did modify it slightly though. One of the nice perks of being a demonstrator is that they post challenges on the demo side of their website and this was one of the winning ideas. This one was created by demonstrator Brenda Miller and I just slightly modified it. It's a really quick project and would make a great gift. All you would have to do when finished is add some pictures and it would be ready to go. So if you are interested in this class let me know quickly. If you'd like to add on an album let me know that too as I can order that for you too. I'll be making an order the first of June, so let me know if you need anything.
Thanks
Lisa

father's day card

This is the card we did for Father's day for the girl scout troop. I went through different versions, but thought this was the easiest one and I liked how it came out. The picture doesn't do it justice though. As all the grass is green and all the sky blueish, but in this picture there looks like spots of white. It's just lighter of that color is all. this is made using the Thoughts and prayer tree. It's inked up with Chocolate chip ink. Then I took a sponge and swiped olive along the bottom and then took the marker and made little grass blade marks in the grass. I then took a dauber and daubed the leaves with olive to make it look like a bushy tree. Then I used a sponge to sponge the sky Bashful blue. I even used the scallop circle to make little clouds in the sky too. I then stamped Thinking of you in olive on confetti white and punched it out using the key tag punch and then inked the edges and put dimensionals under it to pop it up. We then stamped Happy Father's day on the inside. I thought it was fun and fairly easy. We had kids from kindergarten to eighth grade and all did pretty well with this card. So I hope you enjoyed the card and have a great day today.

loads of love sponging

Here was one of the ideas I had for girl scouts but changed my mind. It had a lot of detail which would have taken 13 girls way to long to do. It was sort of a fun card though. I like to color still and the kid comes out in me. :) This one I used several techniques. I sponged the sky and road. I masked off the truck to stamp the trees. I watercolored the truck and trees with watercolor crayons and I stamped off to get the trees different colors. It's hard to see but there are even gray little balls of smoke coming out the back of the truck. The words are punched out and raised up with dimensionals too.
I'm worried this little set will retire. It's been around for a long time now, but it's really fun for various types of cards. Plus I tend to like sets that can be colored in. So here is another card idea (or it would be fun in a scrapbook too). I didn't copy this one, but I'm sure there are others out there that look similar to this one, especially as long as this set has been out. So I hope you like it. Maybe you can get some time to color too. It really is fun. :)

Here is what I used for this card.
paper: Confetti white
ink:bashful blue, old olive, close to cocoa, black stazon; water color crayons, chocolate chip marker
stamps: loads of love & accessories
accessories: aquapainter, key tag punch, sponges, dimensionals

Forest Friends 2nd simple card - non Father's day

Here is the second quick card I did with the Forest Friends set. They were just so quick I couldn't resist making two. this one uses the owl and he's stamped in chocolate chip on white. Sorry the lighting wasn't right in this picture, but it's on a white card too although it looks sort of like vanilla here. I then punched it out with 1 1/4" punch then some chocolate with the 1 3/8" punch. I then put a dimensional under that and attached to a old olive 1 3/4" circle. So simple. I then stamped You're absolutely fabulous from the Absolutely fabulous stamp set in chocolate and I was done.
Some days I like really quick and simple. How about you? I had some other cards I did that show a lot of coloring. I'll show those the next couple of days for you, but wanted to show you how just a clean simple card could be good too. So I hope you have an absolutely fabulous day today.

forest friends father's day

Okay, I have to admit I didn't get as much time to create this weekend as I had hoped to. I had to clean up my space some as I leave everything out. Plus I had a class and a club last week and had pulled out a lot of supplies, so all that needed to be put back too. So I cleaned one afternoon and I ran a bunch of errands one afternoon and I actually took a little time today to create some samples. Yeah. Some days I just really like playing. I created both some more complicated cards and some simpler cards. I was trying out some different ideas. The girl scout leader asked me to create a card to make for father's day for the troop. I have several options that I'm considering, but here is one of the samples I considered. We have a sibling troop so the kids range form Daisy all the way to cadet, so it had to be a card easy for all ages. This isn't the one I picked, but I thought it turned out really cute. My son talked me into buying this set. He really liked the forest animals. So I started playing with it. I've bought a lot of stamps from the mini and have had very little time to play with them. So here is one idea I made with this Forest Friends set. Since Father's day is coming up soon, I made this one into a Father's Day card, but you could really use most any sentiment on it. I noticed it's a little hard to see the colors in the picture, but it's very clean and simple and has "manly" type colors in it. I say that somewhat teasingly as it seems like these are my favorite colors the last few months. Anyways this one uses whisper white, chocolate chip, and old olive. Olive is used on the green circle and the word Wonderful. Chocolate is used on the scallop, deer and father and white is the rest. Pretty quick and simple. I enjoyed it anyways. So I hope you like it and enjoy the card. Hopefully it will give you another idea.
Here is what I used to make this card.
stamps: Forest friends, Wonderful Favorites
ink: old olive, chocolate chip
paper: chocolate chip, old olive, whisper white
accessories: 1 1/4", 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, dimensionals

last chance list and specials

This is a reminder that the "Last chance List" or retiring list comes out June 1st. This year they are releasing both stamps and accessories at the same time. Woohoo. This is also a reminder that the accessories that are retiring are while supplies last and they do run out. They try and update the list almost daily. We already know that IN color items will retire. Like these corduroy buttons/brads. Speaking of did you know that you can put two together? The small brad will fit into the holes of the bigger button (see picture). They merge well. Another cool way to display your items and mix up the colors. I thought it was pretty cool anyways, so I thought I'd share.
This is also the last week for the May specials. The buy 3 DSP or textured 12x12 cardstock and get one free. The 20% off Jumble alphabet and the $75 starter kit to become a new demo all end May 31st. If you have ever thought about becoming a demo now is the time. You can be one of the first to get your new catalog, get 30% off your first qualifying order, preorder sets, etc. Lots of perks and for only $75 if you want the scrapbooking kit. Let me know if you are interested, as I would be glad to help you get started.

Pacific point bookmark

Hello Everyone, I hope you are having a great day today. We've had a very busy week, but I'm starting to get pumped about the weekend. I'm finally going to get some time to work on my craft room (it's so messy right now) and some time to actually do some more creating, so I'm excited. Only one more day to go for a 3 day weekend. Woohoo :) I hope you get some fun time too.

This is another project SU taught me how to do. I learned about this one last year at convention, but just now finally got around to sharing it with my club members. I think it's pretty and functional too. Since I like crafting in general, it fits right in with my style. I also like that it's bright. There are a few IN colors I will miss as always. It's always sad to see them retire. This one uses the Tangerine Tango and Pacific Point IN Colors. It's bright and cheery, which I definitely need from time to time. So I hope you like the bookmark and have an awesome day today.
Here is what I used to make this bookmark:
paper: whisper white, Old olive pattern dsp, pacific point
ink: tangerine tango classic, old olive craft ink.
stamps: Eastern Blooms
accessories: Pacific point ribbon, filigree brads, onboard essentials, glue dots, dimensionals, snips, sticky strip, 1/2" circle punch.

great friend baja card

If you didn't know it this catalog retires at the end of next month. The "Last Chance" list as they are calling it will come out June 1st. Right now the only accessories we know are retiring are the IN colors and anything that has IN colors in them. This card has two examples of items retiring - Baja paper and the Walk In the Park DSP (in mini) which also contains Baja. The accessories end up being while supplies last too, so it's better to order sooner then later if you are interested in any items you know are going to retire.
Also, I got this card Idea from SU. They have a showcase of cards and display 5 or so cards every day for us to see as samples. This one was created by Kim Nolan. I did modify it a little though. My butterflies are stamped on white and cut out and dimensionaled and the saying is also cut out and popped up with dimensionals. I thought this was a very pretty card, so I was glad she shared the idea.
Also, don't forget that if you'd like to be a SU demonstrator and be the first to see catalogs and items and get items to share or use or get to see different ideas everyday, then now is a good time to join. They have a special scrapbooking demo kit for new demonstrators. For $75 you too can be a demonstrator and be the first to get a new catalog and first to see and get all the new stuff. It's a great deal as the items in the kit are more then the total, plus you get all the business supplies too. Of course you can always get the traditional starter set too, which is also a good deal too for what you get. Let me know if you are interested and I can get you more information. So I hope you enjoy the card and have an awesome day today.

Here is what I used for this card.
paper: Baja Blue, Not quite Navy, Whisper white, Walk in the Park DSP
ink: Not quite Navy
stamps: Great Friend
accessories: white grosgrain ribbon, snips, dimensionals

Praying for you club card

Hi Everyone, sorry it's taken a couple of days to post. It's been a hectic couple of days. Besides my normal job, I had club last night, class tonight and my son's preschool graduation this morning. It's definitely been busy. I've had no time to create these last couple of days as I've been busy teaching, which I love hanging out with my friends and family during my clubs and classes. You just never know what you will learn or remember at one of those. lol. It's fun being a demonstrator and getting to create with my friends. If you have ever been interested in being a demonstrator, now is a great time as they have a scrapbooking starter kit at the moment that's only $75 this month and the product alone cost more then that, plus you get business supplies. So it's a good deal. Of course, you can always get the normal starter kit if you'd like, but this is a good temporary option.
So because I've been so busy, I have some club/class items to show you until I get some time to be creative. I should get some time this weekend, so I'm excited. So here is one of our club cards we made. It uses the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set. The tree is actually green and chocolate, which is a little hard to see in this picture. Also the chocolate oval is raised up with dimensionals and the rest you can pretty much see. Hope you like this and it inspires you to make something cool. Hope you have a great day today.

Here is what I used for this card:
papers: old olive, chocolate chip, whisper white.
Ink: old olive; markers chocolate chip and old olive
stamps: Thoughts and prayers
accessories: old olive grosgrain ribbon, wide oval and designer label & ticket corner punch, dimensionals

Baby card

I got the pleasure yesterday of going to one of my friend's baby showers yesterday. She's having more then one, but this is the first one I got to go to.
She's going to have her first baby soon and she's going to make a great mom. I know because she has spoiled my kids on more then one occasion. She also has a great support system and lots of friends to help her spoil her little one too, which I can't wait for as I love spoiling little ones. Everyone has to have a baby fix from time to time right? Well maybe. ;), at least I do.
She picked an animal theme, so I made her this card. I made it a neutral color, since she doesn't know what she is having. I thought it turned out cute anyways. I also made one in blue too, so you could see another color made with it. I haven't had time to make a pink one yet, as I have too many classes to prepare for this week. I really like this Wild About You set. It has a lot of versatility. Not only can you use it for baby cards, but kid items, zoo scrapbooking, or if your kids like to pretend they are animals like mine do, it goes with that too. Just to name a few examples that is. I also used the Family Phrases for the words. They go with the cute people stamp set. This one says Happy New Baby.
So I hope she enjoyed this card as I made it a while back and have had to hide it for awhile now. It's funny I kept wanting to post it or show it to her and I would realize - not yet. So I hope you enjoy the card idea...finally.

Here is what I used to make these cards:
Stamps: Wild about you, Family Phrases
inks: Certainly celery or bashful blue
paper: Whisper white and either certainly celery or bashful blue
accessories: celery or bashful grosgrain ribbon, glue dots.

Butterfly barrette

Here is the item I made for my bug lovin' daughter.
It's made the same way the flower was made. It has two thick layers too and it's pretty much an exact copy of the butterfly that Amy Celona used on her video. You could use different colors though and make it as wild or as real looking as you'd like. I believe Amy made her's into a pin like the flower, but I thought my daughter would like it to be a barrette. It really looks cute in her blondish hair. I liked the colors of this one for that reason, otherwise I would have ventured out into other colors. I'm still thinking about trying some other colors but I have a club, 2 classes, and a girlscout thing to get ready for. There are a few items in this that aren't SU though, but they also don't carry these items either. So I did venture out a little on this one again.
You can take the rhinestones out of the brads, but this was so much easier to buy the self sticking kind. They also went down in size which worked out perfectly.
The side view shows you what it looks like. I did make another one that had more dimension, but I shaped this one to fit onto the barette nicely and more securely.
So what do you think, do you like it? I'm still thinking about that plaque idea too. I can see several of these with flowers on a welcome plaque. Hopefully it inspires you to create too as that's what all the fun is about. So I hope you enjoy seeing this and have a great and beautiful day today.

Here is what I used to make this item:
stamps: God's Beauty (hostess)
inks: black stazon; markers: banana, apricot appeal, pumpkin pie
paper: barely banana
accessories: crystal effects
Non SU items: Modge podge, gold wire, rhinestones, barrette

3D Fifth Avenue Floral

Okay, this is the project I was working on the weekend my family went camping recently. As most of you know I'm not a camper. I like having a bathroom and I'm not big on bugs. My daughter on the other hand loves them so I have a cute part 2 of this project to show you next that I made for her.

I saw this technique from demo Amy Celona. She graciously shared how to make this in a video. This top one is pretty much a copy of her flower. The barely banana one is a color I chose as it reminded me of my grandmother as it was her favorite color rose. It's hard to tell by these first couple of pictures but they are 3D. I actually made one into a pin that you can wear on a top or jacket. The other one I'm considering using to make a plaque idea that I'm working on but would need more flowers.

As you can see by the next couple of pictures it really is 3D and it takes several parts to put it together. It actually took a lot longer time then I thought it would as you have to let the layers dry. It was fun though as I love craft making in general and this was a new technique to learn. The other picture shows several of my parts laid out drying. Each section is made with three layers of cardstock Modge Podged together.

See how the layers are shaped to fit together to give more of a semblance of a real flower? It's really pretty in real life.
There is shading on the flower but it's a little hard to see in the picture. So what do you think? Do you like them? I did and I want to try some more items to put together my plaque idea, but I have to work on some gift items first.

So I hope you enjoyed seeing the flowers and I hope you have a great day today. My challenges to you today are one try to bring some beauty to someone's life today by doing something nice for them and two break out of your shell and try something fun and different. Who knows maybe you will come up with the next cool idea like Amy did.

Here is what I used to make these flowers:
stamps: Fifth avenue floral, God's beauty (hostess)
inks: stazon black; markers blush blossom and barely banana, certainly celery
papers: blush blossom, barely banana, certainly celery.
accessories: crystal effects, craft scissors, glue dots
Non SU materials: modge podge and pin back

second scrapbooking your faith class

Sorry I didn't post yesterday as I was feeling really bad. Still a little puny today but better. I was going to use some of yesterday to make some new projects, but didn't feel good enough to venture downstairs. So I have some make up work to do as I'm low on items I can post (as the rest are gifts for people that I can't post yet. :) ) Anyways, I was looking at some of my recent posts and I realized that I hadn't posted the pages from my second Scrapbooking your faith class. These were two pages we did using the sunshine garden simply scrappin kit. The theme of this one is "I am fearfully and wonderfully made". We went over several verses in this study but the main points came from Psalm 139, which is where this quote originates. Last month we focused on God and His beauty and this month was about us and "How we can do all things through him who gives us strength" Jer. 29:11 and how if we believe we are God's masterpiece and that we are made to do good works that we can do a lot for the kingdom. So that's a little snippet that we talked about in class. The pictures and journaling were suppose to be about ourselves as we as scrapbookers tend to not scrap ourselves as much but about our friends, families and events. It was a fun class and I hope you all realize just how great you are in God's eyes.

Here is what I used to make these pages:
Papers: white 12x12, old olive, so saffron, sunshinie garden sskit bulk
ink: old olive, so saffron
accessories: sponges, Big Shot, Serif alphabet dies, 1/2" circle punch, embossing buddy

graduation day

A friend of mine is graduating today with her Masters. I'm very proud of her for her accomplishments. It hasn't always been easy and there have been sacrifices along the way, but she saw it through to completion. I'm excited for both her and her family. Now her excitement begins with a new job and new found freedoms (as she doesn't have to study all the time anymore). Hopefully she won't over commit too much. :) As many of us tend to do.

So I made her this card. I chose these colors as this is the colors of the school she attends, but could easily be adapted to match any school. If there isn't any thin ribbon that matches then you could probably use a tabbed ribbon verses one folded over like this. Also the congratulations is embossed and raised up on the card, which is hard to see here. I also used the stampa-ma-jig to help me line up the letters and the top white piece is on dimensionals.
I hope you enjoy it and get some ideas to help you out as well.

Here is what I used to make this card.
papers: black, real red, white
ink: real red, versa mark
stamps: varsity alphabet, SAB - congrats
accessories: ticket corner punch, black embossing powder, heat gun, stampa-ma-jig, sponge, silver brad, black grosgrain, dimensionals.

3 new promotions

Stampin' Up! currently has 3 new promotions going on for the month of May.
1. Become a new demonstrator for as little as $75 (or you could chose the regular kit too)
2. Purchase the Jumble alphabet stamp set (in new catalog coming out) at a 20% discount during May.
3. Buy any 3 DSPs (except taste of textiles) or textured cardstock and get one free.

These are 3 really great specials right now.

1. If you have ever thought about becoming a demo (even if just for the perks) then this is one of the lower amounts I've seen. It's also good if you have a lot of the items in the normal starter kit.
This special starter kit includes the following:

Item Code	Description	Retail Value
113510	Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamp set*	$42.95
113059	Simply Scrappin' Petal Party	$19.95
108697	Earth Elements Assorted textured card stock (12" x 12")	$11.95
105240	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	$7.5

*Substitutable for any stamp set up to $43.95 value.

Please note: Each of the products listed above may be substituted for like items. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit also contains all the business supplies contained in the standard Starter Kit:

• Getting Started DVD
• Getting Started Guide
• Guest Invitation Postcard (100)
• Idea Book & Catalog (8)
• Occasions Mini Catalog (8)
• To My Hostess Envelope (10)
• Recruit Folders (5)
• Recruit Brochures (20)
• Hostess Brochure (20)
• Hostess Benefits Form (10)
• Customer Order Form (50)

2. The jumble alphabet is a hodgepodge alphabet as each letter is different. It comes with both a big and little of each letter. It will be in the new catalog, but for this month you can purchase it ahead of time and at 20% off. It will normally be $43.95 and you can buy it for $35.16.
If you would like to see a picture of it email me.

3. If you need some Designer Series or texured paper, then now is the time to stock up. The buy three get one free is a great deal. Just list the 3 you want to buy and then put in the one you want free. If you are ordering online, I've heard that you will enter you free paper later on in the transaction (there is a button to click on - so don't forget that). If you enter it in the normal place it will charge you for it, so if you have issues contact me directly. Just remember if there is a $ amount next to it, then you are paying for it.
You can find out more information (or see pictures) on my SU website: http://detailmama.stampinup.net.
Click on promotions.

Hope you have a great day. :)

mother's day idea

Here is another flower idea using the flowers that you can use for Mother's Day. This is one I made for my mother (she isn't on the internet so I can show this one ahead of time).
I used the Fifth Avenue Floral flower again and colored in with markers this time. You can use the same color marker and it just adds a touch of shading. Go back over it and it makes it a little darker in spots. I then cut it out and then used the oval punch to punch leaves. I then folded in half and trimmed the edge and scored and inked the leaves. I then curled them a little and popped the flower up on dimensionals.
I hope you like it as I do. This is also a 4 x 4 card as I wanted to make something different.
Here is what I used to make this card:
paper: barely banana, summer sun, chocolate chip, whisper white, old olive
ink: stazon, chocolate chip : Marker - barely banana, old olive
stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral and Fresh cuts
accessories: large oval punch, snips, bone folder, dimensionals

Sorry I haven't posted much lately. I've been working on some items that take more time or are for specific people for specific events and that means I can't show those cards yet as they might visit here. :)
I've been trying some new techniques and I hope you aren't getting tired of the flowers. These techniques just work so well with these flowers and the die it's hard not to use them. I'll have to look through my stash and see what others I can work on too. Hmm... maybe the truck from the Loads of love set. I'll have to see what other open sets I have. I can't remember who I first learned this from as there are several demos that I learn stuff from, so if you were the first to do this let me know and I'll give you credit.
Here is a new technique. I used two different color combos so you could see some differences. the top one has more yellows with a touch of pink and the bottom has more pink with a touch of yellow. Just a slight variation but definitely different results. It's best to work with stamps that have some coloring options. This is done on Shimmery white paper. First set out a drop or two of reinker on something slick (i.e. an old CD or a plastic top, paint tray, etc). I chose 3 colors here - Barely Banana, Regal Rose and Cameo Coral. The Fifth Avenue Floral flower is then embossed in white on the Shimmery paper. Once you do that you spritz the paper really well with water (make sure you protect your work surface so it doesn't get soaked). Then take your aquapainter (make sure really wet) and pick up a touch of the reinker and touch it to one of the areas in between the embossed images. It will spread out quickly and just kind of jump onto the paper. Keep doing that as desired into every spot separated by the embossing as the embossing creates kind of like a ledge separating the areas. Once you get it where you like it, let it dry. It will take at least 30 minutes or more. I then cut mine out and then I attached it to a card. I used dimensionals to give it more depth. So what do you think? Do you like it? It's pretty isn't it?

Here is what I used:
Papers: shimmery white (for flower), whisper white, regal rose, cameo coral, certainly celery
inks: cameo coral craft: reinkers - barely banana, regal rose, cameo coral
stamps: Fifth avenue floral, heard from the heart
accessories: white embossing powder, heat gun, snips, Big shot, little leaves die, dimensionals, clear embossing powder (words)