Year after Year....

For you ... 2009 all bundled up ;o) This is a fun and simple card that could fill any celebration occassion! Thanks to Becky Coloen for the inspiration on this card ~Stamps:
Year After Year Stamp Set
Fundamental Phrases Stamp Set

Accessories:
Ribbon Double Stitched
Punch Word Window
Punch Double Rectangle

Celebrate!!!

It's almost time to ring in the new year with celebration!! Not only would this make an awesome birthday celebration card it would make a fun New Years celebration invite or card with just a few little changes!! Thanks to Cheryl LeFore for the inspiration on this one!!Stamps:
Celebrate Everything Stamp Set
Big Birthday Candle Stamp Set
Paper:
Designer Series Paper Cutie Pie 12 X 12 Dbl Sided
Inks:
Accessories:
Ribbon Double Stitched Purely Pomegranate
Ribbon Grosgrain Certainly Celery 1/4 Inch
Ribbon Grosgrain Bashful Blue 1/4 Inch

Party Hearty!

What a cute (or handsome) card this would be to gift to anyone on your birthday lists!

Stamps:
PARTY HEARTY STAMP SET
POLKA DOT STAMP SET

Cardstock:
CARD STOCK ONLY ORANGE 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK WHISPER WHITE 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK BASIC BLACK 8 1/2X11

Stampin' Pads:
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD ONLY ORANGE
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD BASIC BLACK
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER GREEN GALORE
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER YOYO YELLOW
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER ONLY ORANGE
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER TEMPTING TURQUOISE
STAMPIN WRITE MARKER PINK PASSION

Accessories:
RIBBON GROSGRAIN PUMPKIN PIE 1/4 INCH
SNAIL ADHESIVE PERMANENT

Cheryl Elenbaas has done a great job on this masterpiece!

~TFL & Enjoy~

Watercolored Birthday

Stamps:
BITTY BIRTHDAY STAMP SET

Cardstock:
WATERCOLOR PAPER
BAJA BREEZE
KIWI KISS

Stampin' Pads:

STAMPIN WRITE MARKER BASIC BLACK
STAZON PAD JET BLACK
STAMPIN AROUND CARTRIDGE UN-INKED JUMBO
KIWI KISS
RIDING HOOD RED
CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL KIWI KISS

Accessories:
STAMPIN AROUND HANDLE JUMBO
AQUA PAINTERS
STAMPIN DIMENSIONALS
JUMBO WHEEL HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY
RIBBON TAFFETA RIDING HOOD RED 3/8 INCH
PUNCH SCALLOP EDGE
CLIPS ASSORTMENT

Instructions
1. Wheel Happy, Happy Birthday wheel in Kiwi Kiss ink on Kiwi Kiss card stock (5-1/2" x 1-3/4"). Adhere card stock to Baja Breeze card.

2. Punch Riding Hood Red textured card stock (1" x 3") using Scallop Edge punch. Adhere card stock to back of watercolor paper (2-1/8" x 3").

3. Stamp balloons image in Jet Black StazOn ink on watercolor paper. Draw strings from balloons using Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker. Watercolor image with Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Riding Hood Red ink using Aqua Painter. Stamp “Happy birthday” in Jet Black StazOn ink on Kiwi Kiss card stock (1-3/8" x 1/4"). Attach card stock to paper using clip from Clips assortment. Tie Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon around clip. Adhere paper to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

~TFL & Enjoy~

Happy Birthday!

This is a fun birthday card to make and gift ;o)

Stamps
Wow Flowers set
Polka Dot background stamp

Cardstock

Baja Breeze card stock
Barely Banana card stock
Kiwi Kiss card stock
Tangerine Tango card stock

Ink
Barely Banana Classic Stampin' Pad
Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories
Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
Stampin' Dimensionals
Hodgepodge Hardware Designer Label Set (bulk)
Boho Blossoms punch
Scallop Edge Punch
Crafter's Tool Kit

Birthday Sparkles

This is such a fun combination -- birthday, cake, glitter, ribbon AND stamping!!! I am not sure what more a girl could ask for ;o)

The actual birthday cake is stamped twice -- once for the background that has the candles and then again in real red, cut out and added to the top of the identical background cake with stampin' dimensionals. Glitter was also applied to the popped cake as well -- gotta have that bling.

I'm thinking this could be either a guy card or a gal card because of the colors used -- what do you think?

~TFL & Enjoy~

Happiest Birthday Pouch

How fun is this pouch? To make and to receive!! Cool! Thanks to our friends at Stampin' UP! for designing this cute project -- once again this is made with the new Big Shot die cutting machine they recently released!Stamps
On Your Birthday stampset

Paper
Baja Breeze card stock
More Mustard card stock
Real Red card stock
Whisper White card stock
Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series paper

Ink
More Mustard Stampin' Write marker
Real Red Stampin' Write marker

Stampin' Up! Accessories
Silver brads
Stampin' Dimensionals
Star punch
Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin' Up!
Top Note Bigz die

Diaper Fold Pouch

With the first day of school right around the corner, and trips for supplies and new clothes on agenda of many a mom, it's fun to think back to the simple origami you did to pass the time during class! Our friends over at SCS have done the work for us and created an awesome tutorial! I just love that place ;o)

Supplies you'll need for this project
Patterned paper
Bone folder

Here is a link to the tutorial

Here is a link to the gallery so you can see different ones that have been created!

~TFL & Enjoy~

Let's Celebrate with Big Shot!!

Cool! Stampin' UP! has released a new fun tool for us to use!! It's called "The Big Shot" It's a manual die-cutting machine that can be used to die cut materials for use on cards, scrapbook pages, business tools, home décor projects, and even clothing--the Big Shot is a big deal! This project was made using the Big Shot machine and dies.

Stamps
On Your Birthday stamp set
Sprinkles stamp set

Paper
Baja Breeze card stock
Naturals White card stock
So Saffron textured card stock

Ink
Baja Breeze Classic Stampin' Pad
VersaMark pad
Stampin' Up! Accessories
So Saffron 7/8" poly twill ribbon
Linen thread
Stampin' Dimensionals
1/16" Circle punch
3/4" Circle punch
1-3/4" Circle punch
Birds & Blooms Sizzlits Die 4-Pack
Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin' Up!

Sneek Peek ~ Birthday Wishes

How cool!! Once again SU! is doing a great job of getting us all pumped up for the new catalog! Yeah!! This is a fun, different size, card we can all do!!

Stamps
Wow Flowers stamp set

Paper
Pacific Point card stock (6" x 6")
Whisper White card stock
Kiwi Kiss textured card stock
Riding Hood Red textured card stock
Tangerine Tango textured card stock

Ink
Kiwi Kiss Classic Stampin' Pad
Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Pad
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

Accessories
White Stampin' Emboss powder
Vintage brads
Stampin' Dimensionals
Crafters' Tool Kit
Heat tool
Paper Cutter
1/16" Circle punch
1" Circle punch
1-3/4" Circle punch
Silver elastic cord

Instructions
Pierce overlapping half-circles in Pacific Point card using paper-piercing tool from Crafters' Tool Kit.

Stamp "Birthday wishes" in Whisper White ink on card. Cover sentiment with White Stampin' Emboss powder, and heat emboss.

Punch three circles from Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, and Tangerine Tango textured card stock using 1-3/4" Circle punch. Create four score lines across each circle using scoring blade on paper cutter. Adhere circles to card and trim as necessary.

Stamp wheel image in Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, and Tangerine Tango ink on Whisper White card stock. Punch images out using 1" Circle punch. Punch hole in center of each circle using 1/16" Circle punch, and attach Silver brads.

Adhere circles to card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Adhere silver elastic cord to card.

~Enjoy & TFL~

Sneek Peek ~ May All Your Wishes Come True

What ya' think? This is a sneek peek to a stamp set that will be available for us to purchase in the upcoming new SU! catalog!! YEAH!!! Thanks soo much to our friends at SU! for providing us this fun!!

Stamps
Heard from the Heart stamp set
Posy background stamp

Paper
Kiwi Kiss card stock
Pumpkin Pie card stock (4-1/8" x 3/16")
So Saffron card stock (4-1/8" x 4-1/4")
Very Vanilla card stock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2")

Ink
Kiwi Kiss Classic Stampin' Pad
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad
Stampin' Up! Accessories
Linen thread
Clear buttons
Stampin' Dimensionals
5-Petal Flower punch
Scallop Circle punch
1" Circle punch

Instructions
Stamp Posy background image in So Saffron ink on So Saffron card stock. Curl edges of card stock, and adhere to Very Vanilla card.

Adhere strip of Pumpkin Pie card stock to card.

Stamp "May all your wishes come true!" in Kiwi Kiss ink on bottom of card.

To create flower, cut stem from Kiwi Kiss card stock and adhere to card using Stampin' Dimensionals. Punch out leaves from Kiwi Kiss card stock using 5-Petal Flower punch and adhere to card under stem using Stampin' Dimensionals. Punch flower from Pumpkin Pie card stock using Scallop Circle punch. Curl petals and adhere to card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Punch out circle from Very Vanilla card stock using 1" Circle punch. Adhere to center of flower.

Thread Linen thread through Clear button and adhere to center of flower.

~Enjoy & TFL~

Balloons 4U

escape to make this card! Cute huh? Thanks to our friends at SU! for offering this promo and sharing this card with us!

Materials List:
Big Bold Birthday stamp set
Polka Dot background stamp
Bashful Blue card stock
Confetti White card stock
Old Olive card stock
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad
Pumpkin Pie 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon
Silver brads
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Crafters’ Tool Kit

Step-by-Step:
Stamp polka dot image in Old Olive ink on right half of Old Olive card stock.
Stamp balloon image in Old Olive ink on Confetti White card stock. Stamp “Happy birthday” in Old Olive ink on card stock below balloon. Stamp flower image in Pumpkin Pie ink on Confetti White card stock; cut out. Attach flower to balloon using Silver brad. Adhere Confetti White card stock to Old Olive card stock.
Tie Pumpkin Pie 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon around front of Old Olive card stock. Adhere Old Olive card stock to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Pierce rows of holes around Old Olive card stock using paper-piercing tool from Crafters’ Tool Kit.

~TFL & Enjoy~

Birthday Gratitude

Hello!! I feel just terrible posting this SOOO late ... but I couldnt NOT share my birthday gifts with all of you ;o) This was a special treat that I received from my SCS Sista' -- MissMike!! She is just soo creative AND thoughtful! My DH and I were out in her neck of the woods back in February and we got to hang out together for the day -- that was soo much fun -- I'm already planning on next Spring Sista ;o)

So for the deets of my fun gifts!!

Starting with the card - how cool! Michaeleen actually punched out circles to place on top of her printed cardstock. There are three eyelets in the upper left hand corner with three different colors of grosgrain ribbon tied thru them. The cute little sentiment is watercolored and popped up with stampin' dimensionals. I'll be CASE'ing this card layout fer' sure Sista ;o))

How about that adorable clip?? Great for holding a photo!! Sista Mike used a large black clippie that you can pick up at any office supply store or even at your local Wal-Mart or Target! She then covered the black portion (clip) with printed paper and added a few fun stamped images/saying to the front and tied a piece of ribbon around it and call it awesome ;o)

The other two little "T" keyrings are absolutely TREMENDOUSLY awesome ;o) These are little post it notes jazzed up - how cool is this idea??!! Like I said...Sista Mike is the most creative stamper I know ......


AND I am sooo honored to call her my Sista ;o) Once again I say my thanks to Splitcoaststampers for 'introducing us' -- its a friendship that I am sooo thankful for ;o)

I wanted to get these posted the day I got em' but my life has been full of SU! colors lately but just not stamping wise ;o) I've been painting my parents new house -- each room is a different SU! color -- and I'll be sharing those rooms with you soon -- just trying to get the finishing touches done in each room before snapping some pics ;o) Stay Tuned!!!


~Enjoy & TFL~

Huggs to Lisa!!

WOW! More fun mail has been received! Thanks soo much to SCS'er Lisa (lisahenke) for this totally fun birthday card that I have received ;o) It's just adorable!!





It's hard to see in this picture but Lisa added glitters to the piece of cake -- just adorable!!

Thanks soo much Lisa ~ I appreciate you !!

Stampin' Huggs~

Thanks MamaKim!!

WOW!! My first 2008 birthday wish has been received ;o) SCS'er MamaKim is on top her game of wishes!! Yeah!! Thanks sooo much Kim!







I really appreciate your thoughtfulness Kim ;o) You made my day!!

Stampin' Huggs to you!

I'm Wishin!!

I'm hoping and wishing to get back to my stampin' space soon! LOL
Here is another fun card direct from our friends at SU! to share with you!!

Stamps:
A LITTLE BIRTHDAY CHEER STAMP SET
CLASSIC BACKGROUNDS STAMP SET

Paper:
CARD STOCK OLD OLIVE 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK WHISPER WHITE 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK KRAFT 8 1/2X11
CARD STOCK BASHFUL BLUE 8 1/2X11

Ink:
CRAFT STAMPIN PAD BRILLIANT BLUE
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD OLD OLIVE
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD BASHFUL BLUE

Accessories:
SPONGE DAUBERS
GLUE DOTS MINI
CRAFTERS' TOOL KIT
PUNCH 1/2 INCH CIRCLE
RIBBON GROSGRAIN REAL RED 1/4 INCH
ON BOARD HEARTS AND STARS BULK

Instructions:

1. Color chipboard star using Brilliant Blue Craft ink and sponge daubers. Set aside to dry.

2. Stamp argyle background in Bashful Blue ink across bottom of Bashful Blue card stock (4-1/4″ x 3-1/2″). Pierce row of holes along top of card stock using paper-piercing tool from Crafters’ Tool Kit. Adhere to Kraft card.

3. Adhere Old Olive card stock (4-1/4″ x 1″) to card. Punch five 1/2″ circles from second piece of Old Olive card stock (4-1/4″ x 1″), and adhere to card.

4. Stamp saying in Old Olive ink on Whisper White card stock (1-5/8″ x 1/2″), and adhere to chipboard star. Tie knot in Real Red narrow grosgrain ribbon, and adhere to star. Adhere star to card.

On Board chipboard adds interest to any project, and you can color and embellish it inso many ways. It’s designed especially for use with rubber stamping and scrapbooking, so it’s light enough to make application easy. The new Book Basics makes it so fun to createpersonalized albums and journals. Just cover or embellish it and bind it with book clips,ribbons, rings, or anything you want.

~TFL & Enjoy~

Birthday Fun!

Does this card look familar?? In my last blog post I had posted a pic and revealed who my SCS DDSS was --- this card was included in that package of goodies from Barb. It was just soo dang cute! I wanted to give you an up close look at it AND share with you another fun link since we are 'talking' about birthdays here!!



Quoted directly from Barbs SCS gallery here is what she has to say about her creation here:

"I love the crab and company set. I used cool caribbean, orange and close to cocoal. Stamped the crab in stazon brown on scallop punch. Stamped him again and colored him in. Cut him out and popped him up above the original image. Cut out the birthday cake and present. Used my cuttlebug embossing folder for the background."


Please feel free to jump over to Barbs gallery on SCS and give her some kudos for this awesome card -- here is her gallery!



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Now for a fun web link I would like to share with you too! I recently received this from my Aunt C.J. This contains anything and everything you would evah' want to know about your birthday! I had fun reading about my birthday --- and I thought you would too!

Check out the Birthday Calculator
Simply just enter your birthday and click on submit and away you go!!

~TFL & Enjoy~

Sista' Mike Spoils...

I just have to show you this card ... and this is just one of the handful of cards that Sista' Mike (MissMike on SCS) mailed to me the week of my birthday back in March!! What a sweetie she is indeed *wink wink*

Isn't this just the neatest card layout? You untie the ribbon to open the card and then it opens up from under the slit punch and eyelet. The 'happy birthday' greeting is actually peekin' thru a window! How clever is this?!

Thanks for your continued ideas Sista' --- they nevah' cease to amaze me ;o)

~TFL & Enjoy~

Authentic Birthday Thoughts

When I spotted the card that mhuemoe had brilliantly created on SCS I just knew that I had to save that into my faves for later case'ing .... fer' sure ;o)

I also wanted to show off the round tab punch CORNER idea at my April workshops so I put these two ideas together and came up with this card. I should have probably used a darker background cardstock color rather than the Sahara Sand so the Certainly Celery corner idea would have 'popped' more but it does look a bit better IRL.

It seems like this card does use quite a few different stamp sets but for the different groups that I was getting together with thoughout the month they have quite a few stamp sets *wink wink* I know many of them can run home and make this card with what they have on hand now. There are certainly many variations you an do to this card but I think the two things that really help to make this card are the new spiral punch and of course the new round tab punch that you actually use twice!!










As always, here is my recipe for this beaut --- (I share all of my recipes on a 'recipe sheet' with my customers at the beginning of each demo ... it's just one that I print out in Word in a two columns. That way they can take any notes as I am making each card and also have it to take home with them if they so choose...)

Stamp Sets: Stamp of Authenticity, Heartfelt Thanks, Print Pattern BG, French Script BG, Circle of Friendship, Happy Everything, Warmest Regards
Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Naturals Ivory
Stampin’ Pad: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss Stampin’ Write Marker, Regal Rose Stampin’ Write Marker
Accessories: 1 ¼” Circle Punch, ½” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, New Round Tab Punch, New Spiral Punch, Scoring Blade

~TFL & Enjoy~

Gifts from Sista Mike

And the celebration continues!!! Check out this big ole' package of goodies that arrived the day before my birthday from my AZ Sista' Michaeleen, SCS'er (MissMike) ;o) Ohh wee!! It was soo fun to go thru her package as she was 'obvioulsy' taking notes as we were shopping in February in AZ!!!

Here is the 'big picture' .....

Now... let us zoom in and take a closer look at things here... The two picture frames ~ Take a look here at her frame in her gallery. That is one of hers all 'hansomed' up --- isnt it just awesome?? We were lookin' at these in Michaels when we were shopping.

Then in the center of the frames is a cuttlebug embossing die ~ how funny that we have been discussing those and I believe I even mentioned this was one of my favorite ones?!...

Then of course the center bag is a bag o' ribbon from the wall o' ribbon!!! OH GOLLY .... there has to be like 1000 and 1 yards in there all different kinds!!! Ohh wee!! Then she wrapped up some real purddy' pink chocolates ... mmm! .... maybe too perddy to eat??and there are some real purddy flowers --- Bazzill flowers to be exact! And look how they are all sooo organized ;o)) Sista' Mike knows how I love to be o' so organized!! ;o)Then check out the hardware hardware hardware!! She sent me some of the new Aarow hardware as well as some of the fun stuff from 'the alley' which is a little nook in the scrapbook store with 'good junk' ~ ~ ~ they will be fun on the frames don't cha' think?!?! *wink wink*

Whew ... and if there is any time left that I'm not a stampin' she also sent along a fun cookbook!! I've been telling her that I have been trying out fun new recipes that all involve a cake mix as the base of the receipe and the guys at work have been going crazy over them ... and they are sooo sooo simple to make!! So she has found me more fun and funky recipes to try out from this cookbook!! YEAH!!!!!

And to top it alll off....check out the cutest card she sent along with it all!!!

What another fun package indeedy do!! ;o)) Thanks soo much Sista for another memorable stampin' birthday!! No fair though ---- you need to come here to Iowa now to go shoppin' with me BEFORE your birthday --- cuz' how are you supposed' to drop hints to ME???? HUH??? lol *I'll figure somethin' out ..... humm....tapping finger on chin*