Another Open House Project!

This is another great color combo...when it doubt, pull out the Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal, and Basic Black! Depending on how you layer it, it could be bright and cheerful for a fun birthday card, soft and sweet for a baby card, or even a little masculine for the hubby! Love, love, LOVE!

I also love Doodle This (have you seen the coordinating Jumbo Wheel in the Fall-Winter Collection??? Yeah, that will find its way to my house very soon!) I used a Blender Pen with the Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad for the flower petals - I think its a bit softer than using the Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Write Marker. (But I did use the markers for the flower centers and the small little leaves)

Guests can either use the ribbon slot punch to attach a piece of black gingham ribbon to the punched tab or they can stamp a small greeting. Then at the bottom, brads!

Scalloped Punch

Unfortunately there were some quality issues with some of the scalloped punches that were first shipped out from Stampin' Up! There was a little metal nub along one scalloped edge that wouldn't allow it to punch correctly. (Forget punching correctly, they wouldn't punch at all!) I thought that I had one such defective punch. BUT...after fiddling with my scallop punch for 15-20 minutes (filing a little metal nub of one edge and then punching through tin foil to resharpen it) I rehabbed my scallop punch. Yay!! I can use it at my open house on Saturday.

I designed this card to showcase the scalloped punch. The circle image from In the Spotlight fits perfectly inside the scallops to create a really cool flower-like design. The punch coordinates with a handful of other sets too! (Which, of course, I have to have!) The 5-petal flower image was hand cut...but no worries! The 5-petal flower punch will be making its way to my house very soon!

The scalloped edge along the bottom of the Regal Rose cardstock was created by removing the guide from the corner rounder and punching along the edge. If you would like a more detailed tutorial complete with pics, check out my Scalloped Edges tutorial on the left!

2 for 1

I'm not sure what happened to my post yesterday...guess that means you get two in one day today! Both of these samples are from my upcoming Open House/card buffet this Saturday.

This first one uses the adorable set, Bundle of Joy. Guests will have the option of using Pretty in Pink or Bashful Blue. If you guys are like me, there are a ton of baby showers goin' on! The giraffe is colored using Classic Stampin' Pads (Barely Banana and Close to Cocoa) with a Blender Pen. Using the Blender Pen in lieu of Stampin' Write markers gives the image a much softer look. You can't really tell from the picture, but the moon and stars image is stamped all over the Barely Banana cardstock and the swirly border is stamped along the top and bottom of the card front.

This card is one of my favorites - I wish I could take credit for the idea, but (once again) I CASE'd something I saw on Splitcoast Stampers. The flowers are stamped on to Mellow Moss cardstock using a Mellow Moss Classic Stampin' Pad. Then you take a white gel pen and highlight the flowers with little dots of white ink. Too cute, huh? I'm not sure if these look like dandilions or baby's breath...either way, I love it!

Open House Sneak Peek

This is one of the projects from my upcoming Open House. There will be a card buffet - you pick which projects you would like to make and you may make as many as you would like (as long as supplies last). There will be a number of projects featuring brand new sets from the Fall-Winter Collection as well as a few favorites that were carried over from previous catalogs.


Bugs & Kisses is one of my all time favorite kid stamps. The greetings are adorable and there are so many different ways you can incorporate the bugs into your project. This stamp set is even great for scrapbook pages!


This card is 5 1/4" x 5 1/4". I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture, but the Green Galore layer has a border of ants stamped along the edges - so cute! The scalloped squares were punched with my Marvy Mega Scalloped Square Punch. (My fingers are crossed that SU! will add a scalloped square to their arsenal of punches...the scalloped circle was added in the Fall-Winter Collection, so there is hope!) I used my Crop-A-Dile to set an eyelet in one corner of each scalloped square. Then the squares are mounted using dimensionals.


I love the way this card turned out - I hope all of my guests do too!

Lovin' River Rock

I'll have to admit, when I first saw River Rock (In Color 2008) I wasn't all that excited. Let me just say that my opinion has totally changed! This color is FABULOUS! I'm lovin' River Rock and Soft Sky right now.

This card uses one of the new sets, Baroque Motifs. The swirly image is just divine. You should see how it looks embossed (hint, hint - that may be coming soon!). I can't take total credit for this design though - I cased the combo and layout from SCS.

For those of you that may not have heard of Splitcoast Stampers, you need to check it out! I've said it before and I'll say it again - its a great resource.

Tomorrow is a holiday, so I'll be able to spend atleast part of the day in my stamp room! You know what that means?!? More stuff to show off...I mean more stuff to show you!

New Rubbah!

The Fall/Winter Collection from Stampin' Up! is here!! There are tons of new goodies - new stamp sets (of course), new colors, new ribbon, new brads, new eyelets, new tools!!! The list goes on and on!

This card was made using one of the new stamp sets called Pick A Petal. Love, love, love!!! There are a handful of different petals and flower centers so you can build your own flower. There is also a coordinating stamp set that has adorable greetings laid out like stems...not to mention the chipboard shapes that match the petals!!!

Stay tuned for more samples - I have new sets, new colors, and new ribbon to show off!