Start your Christmas Shopping Early

I wanted to spotlight a great gift idea thats in our Holiday Catalog. It's the 2013 Everday Happening Designer Calendar. It is a great gift idea for everyone in the family, and all your friends too! For less than $10 you can get a thoughtful gift for everyone on your list. Each month's page gives room to record your important dates throughout the month, then when that month comes you won't forget to do something nice.

You can order this gift at my online store, just click the link in the right column.

Everday Happenings Bundle  129936 for $7.95

Bootiful Rain Boots Card

Here's the last card we'll be making for my Stamp Camp this coming weekend. Isn't it just fun?
This card was inspired by several I received by swaping at Convention, but I combined the best of each and made it my own. The color scheme is Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze and Whisper White.  The Designer Series Paper is Floral District (126919 for $10.95.)

The special little accent on the flower button is just threading a skinny piece of paper through the holes from the front side and overlapping the ends on the back side, adhere with a glue dot and trim the paper ends to desired length. Fun!  I also layered a second boot over the first, because you've gotta have a pair of boots, right?!

Bootiful Occasions Stamp Set will cover several holidays this winter, so go ahead and order it in my online store in this blog.

Wood 126595 for $24.95

Clear 126597 for $17.95

Reason to Smile Birthday Card

Since so many folks purchased the July $5 Special - Reason to Smile, I thought why not make a card to inspire you all to use it? This will be the third card for my August 18 or 19 Stamp Camp. The color scheme is Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo. The Designer Series Paper is Floral District (126919 for $10.95), the greeting set is Curly Cute (shown below), and the new Finishing Touches Edgelits (127010 for $9.95).

Wood 117014 for $19.95

Clear 120510 for $14.95

You can order from my online store in this blog.

Dear Friend Card - Ronald McDonald House Charity

This card is the second one we will make in my August Stamp Camp. It was CASed from Mary Fish, but I made mine a full 4.25 x 5.5 inch card.  The only thing I changed  from her design was I used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder on top of the square scallop die. The color combination is Riding Hood Red and Marina Mist on Whisper White with Early Espresso and Riding Hood Red ink. The mini brads are Marina Mist. To me this card just says summer and friendship.

The stamp set called Moving Forward is especially designed to help make a difference for the families who use the Ronald McDonald houses around the country when they have an ill child. Stampin' Up! donates $3 for each set sold, so it goes to a worthy cause.

You can order this stamp set from my online store in this blog.

126320 Wood $19.95

126322 Clear $14.95

Fun Fold Wedding Card

My next Stamp Camp is coming up Aug 18 or 19, so over the next few days I'll be revealing the four cards we'll be doing.  This Fun Fold Wedding Card was inspired by the September issue of Card Maker magazine and a you tube tutorial, but I didn't record who the designer was, so I'm sorry. The card in the magazine was a Halloween card and I may try one in the future.

I wish my photo shows off the Pink Pirouette paper in dots and stripes better, but you get the idea. I used the Love and Laughter set exclusively for this card. I stamped the images on Whisper White with Black Stazon ink then backed them with more of the Pink Pirouette with freehand cutting. The 4-petal flowers are punched from Primrose Petals with pearls in the middle, and the 1/8" taffeta ribbon is Regal Rose. I think they go together pretty well.  This card has a belly band to hold it closed.

You will need two pieces of cardstock cut 10" long. Then mark 3-1/4" on one side and 6-1/4" on the other. Draw a line to connect the two marks - that is your cutting line for the sloped top edge. Repeat for second piece of cardstock.

The scoring is easy. Place the base of the card against your measuring edge on your score board. Score at 2", 4", and 6" starting at the narrow edge.  Repeat for second piece of cardstock.  Then fold the cardstock to create the zig-zag effect as shown. 

For the Color Collection Designer Series Paper Stack, I used the Pink Pirouette dots and stripes out of the Subtle Collection (117152 for $21.95.)   Each strip is cut 1-7/8" wide and the sloping angle was traced with a pencil before cutting. For the full inside of the card that strip was cut 3-7/8" wide and again the angle traced.  I used a small piece for the upper left hand corner that peeks out.

Here's the card slightly opened.

You could make this card in any color combination to suit your bride and groom.

You can order the stamp set at my online store, just click the link in my blog.

125475 in Wood for $22.95

125477 in Clear for $17.95

Lisa Rodriquez's Organized Swap at the Hilton

This was such a fun swap. Lisa went out of her way to make everyone feel special. The photos below were treats we received along with swapping 116 cards, and doing 6 make and take projects. It was an awesome afternoon!

A red and white Christmas themed Candy Bar - YUMMY!

Halloween treats!

Thanksgiving Blessings mix and treats!

The cutest Santa set - notepad, hand sanitizer, and 3x3 gift card.

Cards from the Plaza Organized Swap

I attended an organized swap at the Plaza Hotel on Saturday night after Convention finished. It was run by Sherrie Robinson. She is organized and it was very fun! I had to come prepared with 25 made cards, and then we would make 24 more in 4 hours. Again, creative people and beautiful cards.

This card uses the Postage Due stamp set.

126395  Postage Due Wood-Mount Stamp Set    Price $21.95
126397  Postage Due Clear-Mount Stamp Set   Price $16.95

125475  Love & Laughter - Wood-Mount Stamp   Price $22.95
125477  Love & Laughter - Clear-Mount Stamp    Price $17.95

This 3D card starts out flat, very clever!