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Stampin’ Up! Dolled Up Birthday Kit and Mother’s Day Family Time!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! I had a FABULOUS day yesterday! My day started with church, which is not unusual for me on Sunday at all, but what made it even more special is my daughter, Kimberly, was asked to speak during the service. She spoke about God's timing being so much better than our timing. I was very blessed by her comments. Then after church we all went to Cracker Barrel for lunch, which of course was a madhouse, but the food was good, as usual, and I love it when we all go together "en masse"!There were 15 of us today. We were minus Logan because he is still in Rolla for his finals week coming up, then he will be home for two weeks before the summer semester. If all goes as planned he will be graduating NEXT May!

Here's a few pics from the day:

Johnny showing Cohen the fine points of the game!

Alisa & her Daddy sharing a joke! (she's due in less than 10 weeks!)

Liam all perky at the other end of the table!

I received some fun gifts from my kids, including a canvas of my 6 kids which matches my Facebook personal page header! I love looking at that picture, and now I will have one hanging in my home! Yay! (I have to admit, it sure is a nice perk to being the photographer's mom!)

Before I start my day today, I wanted to show you one of the cards we made at Krystal's party on Saturday using the Dolled Up Birthday Kit #133913 $15.95 :

Everything used on this card front is included in the kit, including the kit-exclusive photopolymer Happy Birthday! For the inside I sponged laid the Tea Lace Doily from the front on the cardstock, then sponged through the design and around the outside edges with the Sponge Dauber and the Soft Suede ink included in the kit. The only addition to the card NOT included in the kit is the inside verse from One In a Million.

Dolled Up Kit: Get everything you need to make six cards for only $15.95!
(Adhesive NOT included) Item #133913
Add a package of Glue Dots
#103683 $4.95 and Clear Block “G”
#118489 $4.50!

Note: all images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Well, I've got to get going! I have errands to run today and stamping to do!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

If you want to order the Dolled Up Birthday Kit (or anything else Stampin' Up!) click HERE to go to my Online Store!

Ohhhh! I need to mention that the Vanilla Flower Trim flowers in this kit, which are currently offered in the Occasions Catalog, will NOT be in the New Annual 2013-2014 Catalog! You need to stock up on these little beauties! There's nearly 100 flowers in each pack for only $6.95, a GREAT value! To order, use item code #126869!

Dolled Up Birthday Kit: #133913 $15.95

Stampin’ Up! Grand Vacation Redux! Froggies-on-the-lily-pads Challenge!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Carol Payne

Just a quick post this morning to remind you of my challenge to find all the froggies in this picture I took at the Garden of the Sleeping Gods Orchid Garden in Fiji!

Comments here and likes on Facebook close on Sunday, May 12th. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 13th and will receive this:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Grand Vacation Redux! Froggies-on-the-lily-pads Challenge!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Carol Payne

Just a quick post this morning to remind you of my challenge to find all the froggies in this picture I took at the Garden of the Sleeping Gods Orchid Garden in Fiji!

Comments here and likes on Facebook close on Sunday, May 12th. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 13th and will receive this:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! More Butterflies!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Butterflies are really HOT right now, with the Best of Butterflies stamp set and the Swallowtail single stamp, there are just endless possibilities! Add in the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly Punches and then the Big Shot Butterlfly Bigz Die and Embosslit, and it just keeps getting better!

This first card features the Swallowtail single stamp in Midnight Muse, with First Edition Specialty Paper (retired), Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding, and Vanilla Flower Trim. It's so beautiful it doesn't even need to "speak", which is my word for stamping a greeting on the front of a card!

Note: all supplies used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless stated otherwise

For this card the Distressed Dots Background was stamped on the Early Espresso layer first, then the Swallowtail was embossed with Black Embossing Powder. Bleach was applied to the image with an Aquapainter. After the bleach had dried and "bleached" the cardstock within the embossed lines, color was applied using Stampin' Write Markers. Gorgeous!

Our final Swallowtail card is CAS (clean and simple), stamped with Jet Black StazOn. A little bit of not-so-simple was added with the Delicate Design Embossing Folder. This card "speaks" with a "you make me smile" from the new catalog stamp set, A Round Array, punched with the 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch!

Stay with me now, there's two more cards to share!

This beauty is uses the Elegant Butterfly AND the Bitty Butterfly punches in Not Quite Navy and Silver Glimmer Paper, respectively. "Wonderful You" is from Loving Thoughts, and the ribbon-like layer has been cut with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Shot Die from Basic Black, Not Quite Navy, and Silver Glimmer!

Our final sample today is an eclectic mix of the Best of Butterfly, French Foliage (retiring), Secret Garden & World Treasures stamp sets, with a generous amount of sponging on the edges and hand-colored butterflies with the Blender Pens for a soft look!

That's all for today! Hope you are enjoying these swaps! Please leave me a comment to let me know, ok?

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

As always, you can go to My Online Store to order your stamping supplies!

Stampin’Up! More Butterflies!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Carol Payne

Note: all supplies used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless stated otherwise

Stay with me now, there's two more cards to share!

That's all for today! Hope you are enjoying these swaps! Please leave me a comment to let me know, ok?

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

As always, you can go to My Online Store to order your stamping supplies!

Stampin’ Up! Fiji Swaps! Best of Butterflies & Pure Gumption!

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Bula! (I just can't seem to stop myself from using this Fijiian greeting, I heard it from everyone I met in Fiji! I also noticed that men tended to emphasize the first part of the greeting more, pronouncing it "BOO-lah" with a very heavy sound, and the women pronounced it much more lightly – "bu-LAH")

Anyway, I have THREE fun swaps to show you from the swap boards in Fiji. Because they were attached to the board I have no idea who the creators are, but they are very fine swaps!

Note: all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless otherwise stated.

First, an ingeniously folded grad-cap card using the stamp set, Pure Gumption and Parker's Patterns Designer Paper!

Next two swaps using the 25th Anniversary Collection stamp set, Best of Flowers!

This one is clean-and-simple, just the way a sympathy card should be:

This one has some color popped with a Sponge Dauber and some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter added with a 2-way Glue Pen. The largest Apothecary Accents Framelit was used to both frame the focal image and to cut the Basic Black mat behind it. The Lacy Brocade-embossed layer has been sponged with some Frost White Shimmer Paint!

That's all for now! I'm off today to see Liam! I haven't given him a hug in over a week! I'm dying to see him! Then this evening I will be attending Maddie Kate's end-of-school choir concert! Yay!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

You can always shop my Online Store for the products used in today's projects:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Stampin’ Up! Fiji Swaps! Best of Butterflies & Pure Gumption!

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Anyway, I have THREE fun swaps to show you from the swap boards in Fiji. Because they were attached to the board I have no idea who the creators are, but they are very fine swaps!

Note: all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless otherwise stated.

First, an ingeniously folded grad-cap card using the stamp set, Pure Gumption and Parker's Patterns Designer Paper!

Next two swaps using the 25th Anniversary Collection stamp set, Best of Flowers!

This one is clean-and-simple, just the way a sympathy card should be:

That's all for now! I'm off today to see Liam! I haven't given him a hug in over a week! I'm dying to see him! Then this evening I will be attending Maddie Kate's end-of-school choir concert! Yay!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

You can always shop my Online Store for the products used in today's projects:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Stampin’ Up! WE ARE IN FIJI!!!!!

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Carol Payne

Can't take much time to chat today. We arrived here in Nadi, Fiji, at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30th!!!! Now I know this is posting on Monday, April 29, so that is really weird!

I only have 30 minutes of free internet down here in the lobby, so I've got to rush, and will try to post a few pics tomorrow, but it is BEAUTIFUL here! Green, lush, tropical, beach right out our balcony window, humid, warm, but rainy today. Tomorrow we are taking a River Rafting tour (didn't realize there would be rivers in Fiji, did ya?, so really looking forward to that!

Gotta run, if you want to know what happens tomorrow today, just let me know! lol!

Until tomorrow, or whatever day tomorrow is, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! WE ARE IN FIJI!!!!!

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Carol Payne

Can't take much time to chat today. We arrived here in Nadi, Fiji, at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30th!!!! Now I know this is posting on Monday, April 29, so that is really weird!

Gotta run, if you want to know what happens tomorrow today, just let me know! lol!

Until tomorrow, or whatever day tomorrow is, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! ONE MORE SLEEP ‘TIL FIJI!!!!!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Today is my day to pack my bags for Fiji!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you tell I'm really excited?

I do have some new stuff to share while I am gone. I will be pre-setting my blog posts to show up every morning as usual. Don't think much will show up on Facebook from here, though. That problem seems to only be fixable if I create the post the same day it needs to go to Facebook, then by the end of the day it says I have an "invalid session", so then I have to manually fix it again! arrgghh!

I have found out we will have free wifi in the lobby of our hotel, so maybe I will be able to post some pictures as we go along. Or maybe not. You never know just what you are going to do on a vacation, do you? That's part of the fun, the opportunity to completely relax and. do. absolutley. nothing.

I have a couple of remaining swaps from this month to share, but guess what? I found a whole bag from last month that I haven't shared either, so you will probably get to see a few of them next week too! They are really great creations, some with retiring sets and accessories, so keep coming to see me, even though I won't actually be here! lol!

Cindy Ewertz created this card using one of the Best of Love stamps in Calypso Coral, and then she used the Lace Tape Masking technique like I used HERE, only she sponged Whisper White Craft ink over the Lace Tape. The "love" greeting is another from the Best of Love set. I really like all the fun little embellishments she added with a Silver Glimmer paper heart, a Small Heart-punched heart, punched Bitty Butterflies with pearls, and retiring Calypso Coral 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon.

Can you guess what else is retiring on this card?

The Whisper White Scalloped Square mat behind the focal image is from the retiring Scallop Square Duo Die!

This fun Watercolor Wash card by Karen Kurz with the Secret Garden stamp set is a technique I've been dying to try! This will be one of the Techniques for my May Punch/Technique Class.

Can you guess what element of this card will be retiring on May 31? It's the Print Poetry Designer Paper I used behind I like this card so much I may have to CASE it for my class!

When I post my card I will give you the low-down on how its' done, ok?

Well, that had better be all for now. I've got lots to get done today!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!