Quickie Mini Monday -- Sending a Smile Across the Miles

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.

Hi everyone,

My goal for this week is to make a big dent in my TO-DO list. September is a very busy month in my household as both our kids, my husband and myself have our birthdays... yes, all in the same month! I look like a chicken with its head cut off!

I also decided to keep my projects simple as much as I can. This card literally took me 5 minutes to put together.

As you can see, a card doesn't have to be complicated to get its message across. And I quite like it! I used some retired paper from Stampin' Up! and a sentiment from PapertreyInk. Because the DSP  gave me the images I needed, my stamping time was cut down considerably.

(all by Stampin' Up! unless specified otherwise)

Stamp Set: Everyday Buttons Bit (PapertreyInk)

Inks: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Old Olive, Good Neighbors DSP (retired)

Punches: Corner Rounder

Ribbon: Bermuda Bay 5/8" Grosgrain (retired)

Other:  SNAIL Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots

To order Stampin' Up!s supplies, click here.

Have nice stampin' day !!

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Happy Day!

Sparkly Fun Fridays features a sparkly or glittery project using shimmer paints, embossing powders, glitters, rhinestones... anything shiny to welcome the weekend in a fun way!!!

Hi everyone,

Today is a happy day indeed! We've got our new design up on our blog and we really like it. To celebrate our new image, I decided to taylor my card around our new design. 

I really like the color combo we chose; these colors are favorites of Gen and I. To mimick the font from our banner, I used a retired alpha stamp set and embossed the letters with White Detail EP. Then I cut around the letters. 

I loooooooove these new Glitter Brads from the Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Mini Catalogue. I simply opened the prongs on the back of each brad and slipped them through the button holes. Easy as pie!

(all from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted)

Stamp Set: Jumbo Outline Alphabet

Inks: VersaMark

Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Brights Patterns DSP Stack

Punches: Two-Step Bird Extra-Large and Corner Rounder

Other:  Detail White Embossing Powder, Uni-Ball White Gel Pen, Brights Glimmer Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive, 2-Way Glue Pen

To order any of these supplies, click here.

Have nice stampin' day !!

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Sweet Treat Thursday -- Dressed-up Chocolate Tin

Sweet Treat Thursdays are all about food -- our other favorite topic -- and features ways to embellish/wrap/present something edible. CAUTION: May be hazardous to your waistline!

Hi everyone,

As I was cleaning this Hot Chocolate Tin Can from Second Cup to put away in the recycling bin, I had second thoughts... I like the shape (and the lingering sweet smell inside) so I thought I'd save it for a project.  Here's the final product:

It was pretty easy to do -- a little bit of DSP and a gorgeous trim punched with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die from Stampin' Up!'s new Holiday Mini Catalog. Add a few half-back pearls and you suddenly have something very sweet and classy way to present a gift.

The label is quickly done with the Big Shot and the bird uses the faux-chipboard technique.

Would you like to receive a gift in that box?! I know I would! Think of new ways to repurpose your recyclable items.

Cardstock: melon mambo, old olive, basic grey, brights and neutrals patterns DSP stack

Punches: 2-step bird extra-large, tasteful trim bigz xl die, two tags bigz die

Ribbon: old olive 5/8" grosgrain

Other: basic pearls jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Glue Dots, Sticky Strip

To order any of these supplies, click here.

Have nice stampin' day !!

 

Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- Bee Happy (with your old stuff!!)

Whatever Challenge Wednesdays features a challenge from the blogosphere, chosen randomly.

Hi everyone,

Today i'm playing  my color coach as challenge!!

Here's what I came up with...

I used a lot of retired things today. While I was filling my new "my stamps" book, I discovered lots of  stamps I didn't remember owning!!! I just could resist using them. So get digging to find those forgotten treasures!! 

For all of you who asked for a tutorial about my stamps book, see it here. You'll be very happing real soon as we are currently working on it, so stay tuned, or be the first to know by subscribing right now to our newsletter in the little box in the upright corner!!

Have nice stampin' day !!
Gen

Stamp Set: Big Blooms (retired), Picture This (retired sentiment)

Inks: Basic Black, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight markers

Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Neutrals Patterns DSP Stack

Punches: Oval coluzzle, ittybitty circle, released today new 3/4" Oval, handheld 1/8" circle

Ribbon: Melon Mambo 5/8 (retired) and tempting Turquoise 1/4" gros grain

Other: Blender Pen,

Two 4 Tuesday - Getting Ready for Xmas!

Two for Tuesday features 2 projects that are similar in either color, theme, layout or embellishment but... with a different twist!

Hi everyone,

It's official; the Christmas projects have started. Gen and I are busy preparing fun stuff for you guys. Today was turn to come up with a 2-for and I decided to use my brand spankin' new products from the upcoming Holidays Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! (one of the perks of being a demo is that we get to order before our customers -- wweeee!). Those products will be available on Wednesday, Sept. 1st.

Here's a card and a tag, using the same exact products with the exception of the embellishment -- one's a glitter brad, the other one is a ribbon:

Look at that cute paper?!!!! I love it! It's called Candy Cane... can't go wriong with a name like that. The label is also new from a stamp set called Tags 'til Christmas. Oh! and that new Decorative Label Punch that fits perfectly around the stamped image, leaving a white border!!!! Yeah, I'm in love. The brad is also new and is glittery!!! We lurv glitter!

And because I couldn't resist, I shot a close-up of the card outside from underneath the gazebo while Stuuph and a friend were swimming in the pool... it's 30 degrees Celsius outside and Mommy is making Christmas projects :-) The contrast was too tempting to resist.

Have nice stampin' day !!! CeeCee

Stamp Set: Tags til Christmas, En attendant Noël

Inks: Garden Green

Cardstock: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Candy Cane DSP

Punches: Decorative Label Extra-Large

Ribbon: Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain

Other: Glimmer Brights Brads in Real Red, Uni-ball White Gel Pen, Mat Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

To order any of these supplies, click here.

Quickie Mini Monday -- Back to school !!

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.

Hi everyone,

here's a card really fast and easy to reproduce for all the teachers that you love.

I colored the bus with my markers to make it fast, I draw the hill free hand and then cut it , since I didn't have any back to shcool sentiment , it's handwritten (another fast way to have exactly what you need).

Have a nice stampin' day!!

Gen

Stamp Set: Every Little Bit

Inks: Chocolate Chip Pad, Real Red , So Saffron and Old Olive Markers

Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, so Saffron, Play date DSP

Other:  Sending Love Epoxy Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

To order any of these supplies, click here.