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:
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Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
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!
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!
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!
Note: all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless stated otherwise.
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!
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!
Note: all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless stated otherwise.
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!
Happy late Saturday Morning! Whew! Yesterday really wore me out! It was one of those days where everything happens on top of each other so you feel like you are in six places at once, but it was ALL GOOD and I feel SO BLESSED!!!!
I will just give you a quick run-down of my day:
8 a.m. I leave my house to drive the 21 minutes to Kimberly's to pick up my grandson, Liam. On the way home we make a quick trip around Kroger to pick up some groceries and get gas. Liam has discovered there IS such a thing as a strange face, so bursts into hysterical tears when only 3 feet away from me down the check-out line.
10 a.m. We get home and Ben helps me bring in all my groceries and Liam. Mark comes home and I put Liam down for his morning nap while I get a shower.
11:30 a.m. Jessica drops off Cohen & Jaxon so she can run some errands in Mt Vernon. I fix lunch.
12:45 p.m. Liam gets up from his nap and Jaxon goes down for his nap at 1. They use the same pack-n-play, of course, so the bed barely gets cold in between!
1:15 p.m. Liam and I head back to Mt Vernon to meet Jessica for pedicures. Like me, Jessica is so busy with her photography business she rarely gets a moment to enjoy a little perk like this.
3:00 p.m. Liam, Jessica & I meet Alisa & Cody, Cody's Mom Diane, and Kimberly at Alisa's dr. We all get to watch the 4-D sonogram of Alisa & Cody's coming baby boy, Oakley!
4:00 p.m. I arrive back home minus Liam, who stayed with his mom of course, to pack up to go to the Honduras Fundraiser.
5:00 p.m. My dear Downline, Linda Reaney, arrives with her granddaughter, Brooklyn, to ride back up to Mt Vernon with me to the Fundraiser.
11 p.m. Arrive back home from the Fundraiser!
Can you see why it's taken me until late morning to get around to blogging?????
Here's some pictures of my day (I'm amazed I had time to think to take any pictures! I wish I had taken more!)
Aunt Jessica & Liam at the pedicure!
Alisa & Cody waiting for the 4-D Sonogram!
And now a few of the cards we made at the Fundraiser:
(Note: all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless stated otherwise)
The newest Photopolymer set, Bombs Away Birthday, with the Triple-Time Stamping Technique!
Linda demonstrated "Depth & Dimension", inspired by Ann Schach, with the sets By the Tide, Stippled Blossoms, and Loving Thoughts:
Angela Henson, another of my downline, demostrated "Paper Piecing" with a Sunburst Technique and the Print Poetry Designer Paper Stack:
Here are a few more of the fun projects everyone made:
Create a Cupcake–
Using the retired Heart to Heart punch to create these fun flowers!
And a fun Milk & Cookies punch project with the "ick" sick? phrase from Word Play:
That's all for now! As far as I know I get to stay home ALL DAY today! ha!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
All products, unless noted as retired, can be ordered from my Online Store:
| Bombs Away Birthday Stamp Set | #133411 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Price: $13.95 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Use Our photopolymer Set Quantity: 7
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Happy late Saturday Morning! Whew! Yesterday really wore me out! It was one of those days where everything happens on top of each other so you feel like you are in six places at once, but it was ALL GOOD and I feel SO BLESSED!!!!
I will just give you a quick run-down of my day:
8 a.m. I leave my house to drive the 21 minutes to Kimberly's to pick up my grandson, Liam. On the way home we make a quick trip around Kroger to pick up some groceries and get gas. Liam has discovered there IS such a thing as a strange face, so bursts into hysterical tears when only 3 feet away from me down the check-out line.
10 a.m. We get home and Ben helps me bring in all my groceries and Liam. Mark comes home and I put Liam down for his morning nap while I get a shower.
11:30 a.m. Jessica drops off Cohen & Jaxon so she can run some errands in Mt Vernon. I fix lunch.
12:45 p.m. Liam gets up from his nap and Jaxon goes down for his nap at 1. They use the same pack-n-play, of course, so the bed barely gets cold in between!
1:15 p.m. Liam and I head back to Mt Vernon to meet Jessica for pedicures. Like me, Jessica is so busy with her photography business she rarely gets a moment to enjoy a little perk like this.
3:00 p.m. Liam, Jessica & I meet Alisa & Cody, Cody's Mom Diane, and Kimberly at Alisa's dr. We all get to watch the 4-D sonogram of Alisa & Cody's coming baby boy, Oakley!
4:00 p.m. I arrive back home minus Liam, who stayed with his mom of course, to pack up to go to the Honduras Fundraiser.
5:00 p.m. My dear Downline, Linda Reaney, arrives with her granddaughter, Brooklyn, to ride back up to Mt Vernon with me to the Fundraiser.
11 p.m. Arrive back home from the Fundraiser!
Can you see why it's taken me until late morning to get around to blogging?????
Here's some pictures of my day (I'm amazed I had time to think to take any pictures! I wish I had taken more!)
Aunt Jessica & Liam at the pedicure!
Alisa & Cody waiting for the 4-D Sonogram!
And now a few of the cards we made at the Fundraiser:
(Note: all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013 unless stated otherwise)
The newest Photopolymer set, Bombs Away Birthday, with the Triple-Time Stamping Technique!
Linda demonstrated "Depth & Dimension", inspired by Ann Schach, with the sets By the Tide, Stippled Blossoms, and Loving Thoughts:
Angela Henson, another of my downline, demostrated "Paper Piecing" with a Sunburst Technique and the Print Poetry Designer Paper Stack:
Here are a few more of the fun projects everyone made:
Create a Cupcake–
Using the retired Heart to Heart punch to create these fun flowers!
And a fun Milk & Cookies punch project with the "ick" sick? phrase from Word Play:
That's all for now! As far as I know I get to stay home ALL DAY today! ha!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
All products, unless noted as retired, can be ordered from my Online Store:
| Bombs Away Birthday Stamp Set | #133411 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Price: $13.95 | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Use Our photopolymer Set Quantity: 7
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Happy Sunday Morning to you! Just wanted to take the time to show you up close the next couple of cards we made this weekend at my Flower Fair Simply Scrappin' Kit Card Class!
Note: All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013
This card was inspired by Barb Mullikin, I just changed the greeting and added a bit more bling! This card uses the fun Dress Up Framelits with the Big Shot to cut the dress and the dress form. See her little
"camisole" at her neckline? That's a bit of Daffodil Delight cardstock punched with the Small Heart Punch!
My second card isn't CASED from anyone, but I really like it with the Flower Garden Textured Impressions Folder embossing the Garden Green card base!
The self-adhesive die-cuts that are the three flowers popped up on dimensionalas really pop with the addition of the a bit of White Gel Pen in their center!
I really had fun with this kit! Come back tomorrow and wee what else I have created with it!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
Don't forget you can always shop my Online Store anytime:
Happy Sunday Morning to you! Just wanted to take the time to show you up close the next couple of cards we made this weekend at my Flower Fair Simply Scrappin' Kit Card Class!
Note: All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013
This card was inspired by Barb Mullikin, I just changed the greeting and added a bit more bling! This card uses the fun Dress Up Framelits with the Big Shot to cut the dress and the dress form. See her little
"camisole" at her neckline? That's a bit of Daffodil Delight cardstock punched with the Small Heart Punch!
My second card isn't CASED from anyone, but I really like it with the Flower Garden Textured Impressions Folder embossing the Garden Green card base!
The self-adhesive die-cuts that are the three flowers popped up on dimensionalas really pop with the addition of the a bit of White Gel Pen in their center!
I really had fun with this kit! Come back tomorrow and wee what else I have created with it!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
Don't forget you can always shop my Online Store anytime:
Good morning! After the humid, muggy weather we had earlier this week, it's pretty chilly here again. It's been great sleeping weather since it turned off a bit frosty, but I'm not too worried, this time of year it can warm up again really quick!
Today I want to show the last two cards I made with the "Collage Curios/Fan Fair Designer Paper Sketch".
Please note: All samples shown today are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013.
The first card uses the same layout and Print Poetry Paper, but as you can see from the previous posts HERE & HERE,
each time I change out the Print Poetry Designer Paper Stack papers, it feels like a whole NEW card!
That's it for today! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!