Another Cupboard Trilogy Design Team Project

Now for my second Design Team project for The Cupboard Trilogy Challenges! Again I used circles, not spots! My circles being the ornaments and the circular paper doily. Hey! I got the stripes right again though!

I am loving the combination of Island Indigo, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party and Smoky Slate! I don't normally like blue but I am constantly being drawn to Island Indigo!

Did you know that you can still purchase the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and Framelits even though they aren't in the current catalog? Well, the answer is YES you can! I love this set and these ornaments were perfect for this card.

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Paper: Island Indigo and Whisper White cardstock; Silver Glimmer Paper; Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper
• Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes and Endless Wishes Photopolymer
• Ink: Coastal Cabana and Island Indigo
• Other: Decorative Label Punch, Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Tea Lace Paper Doily, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals and Glue Dots

It's supposed to get cold here this weekend with lots of wind. I will be thankful for our wood stove and good supply of wood! It's time to bring out my winter clothes and my Keen Bern Baby Bern boots! They will be three years old in December and still look like new! 

Stay warm and have a great weekend!

Kat

Happy Stampers Swap Card Plus

If I was any further behind today I would still be in yesterday! It seems I have taken three steps forward and one back all day. I really need to learn to go with the flow and realize that the day doesn't HAVE to go according to MY plan! I have precious little energy with this horrendous rash of mine so I try to push forward but today is definitely not going my way:( Oh well, tomorrow is another day!

Take a deep breath, relax and blog on:)

The first card I want to show you today is a swap card I received from Margarita DelaCruz! Check out the way my reflection showed up in the picture--funny! Margarita is in my Stampin' Up! downline and she is sooo talented! Her stamping club includes my precious daughter! She used White Stazon ink to stamp the snowflakes from the Snowflake Soiree stamp set onto Window Sheets. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season stamp set. It is truly a classy card. I oohed and ahhed when I opened it:) I am running a monthly swap--you make one card and you are only obligated for one month at a time. If you are interested, just click the "email me" button on the side bar and I will give you the information.

This next card is mine. There are a lot of cards out there with the ornament hanging so I don't know who to give credit to. If this was your idea, let me know and I would be happy to give you credit! What you can't see on this card is the Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the part around the pearl and the Champagne Shimmer Paint Spritz I used to spray the whole card when I was finished. I was going to use this as my project for The Cupboard Trilogy Challenge for December but I didn't read the instructions very well...oops! I almost told you what the next challenge is! That would be so wrong!!! Just suffice it to say that this card wasn't it! I am working on one that is more in line with the theme. Hope to get it posted for them today!

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Card stock: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White
• Stamps: En Francais, Ornament Keepsakes
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler
• Big Shot with Holiday Ornaments and Holiday Frame Embossing Folder
• Other: Dimensionals (of course!), Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels, Dazzling Diamonds and Champagne Glimmer Paint (mixed with alcohol to make a spritz)

Well, I am going to continue on with my day and try not to get cranky! My post for tomorrow will depend on how the rest of today goes...you might want to skip tomorrow or maybe you'll check back in because you're curious! Anyhoo (I have always wanted to use that one...I started to type "at any rate"), I hope your day is MUCH more productive than mine has been. There are a few more hours left in the day so maybe I can redeem some time if I ever close this post:)

Have a great day!

Kat

Thankful Thursday #2

Welcome to Thankful Thursday! As you can see, I haven't made any changes to my Thankful Thursday button at the top of the page and finally decided to leave it and start working on my December one:) Looking outside this morning makes me VERY thankful I have a nice warm house--it is foggy, drippy and COLD:(

The NUMBER ONE thing I am thankful for today is my son who turned 40 TODAY! Happy Birthday, Scott!!! We have been teasing him about it for weeks:) He is the best son a parent could ever have! He is thoughtful and giving, patient most of the time (and he needs that with me), a hard and reliable worker, easy to please--the list could go on and on! Oh, and did I mention that I was just 12 when I had him??? Just kidding! That would still make me over 50 so who's counting after that?!!! 

The second thing I am thankful for today is my Happy Stampers Club! They are a great group of ladies and we have sooo much fun at our meetings every month. Last night we made the ornament (pictured left) featured on the front of the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog. I couldn't find the cute Faceted Buttons when I was making mine so used an old faceted button from my button box. I could make dozens of these IF I had a cool melt glue gun. 

I kept burning the tips of my pointer fingers and one of the Happy Stampers was not so happy after she got a huge blister on HER finger! The ornaments really did turn out pretty though. These were made with Stampin' Up!'s Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies.

And last but not least, I am thankful for some fun gifts my hubby brought home the other day. I have a mismatched set of wine glasses that I use to serve sparkling juice for holidays but had been wanting a real set where all the glasses match so...

Tada! I now have a set of 8 (doing the happy dance)!!! The best part is that they were $5 off at Costco bringing the price down to $20! But, I also had a mismatched set of coffee mugs (although we use them to drink tea) so...

Costco also had these adorable Button Candy Mugs for $15 so hubby put them in his cart too! Looks like I'm set for Thanksgiving company. Now if someone would just come and clean my house!!!

What are you thankful for today?

Have a great day! I will be back tomorrow for 5 Things Friday and a card from our Happy Stampers Club!

Kat

Ornament Keepsakes

Hooray! My Happy Stampers meet tonight!!! I enjoy our time together--lots of laughs, food, and crafting, of course! Such a great bunch of ladies! I LOVE being their Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!!!

I love the simplicity of today's card! It is a swap card I made but not saying who it's going to so I don't spoil the surprise:) My club/team started a swap this month plus I am sending a card for Brian's swap at Stamp with Brian. So fun to get the cards from other people who have such GREAT ideas and are sooo talented!

Did you know that Mary Fish's Stampin' Pretty Pals are having a blog hop?!!! You won't want to miss it! There are 25 stops so grab a cuppa, put your feet up and start The Pals Blog Hop. I am not part of the blog hop but didn't want you to miss out on all the amazing projects they have to show. Okay, I think my ADD kicked in so better get back to MY card!

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Card stock: Whisper White, Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler
• Ornament Keepsakes stamp set
• Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad
• Big Shot with Holiday Frame Embossing Folder and Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies
• Other: Dimensionals (of course), Basic Pearl, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine and spritzed with spray made with Champagne Shimmer Paint and rubbing alcohol.

This card is so easy it wouldn't take any time at all to make 50 of them for family and friends! 

Have a great day! I will be back tomorrow with one of our Happy Stampers Club projects! Sure to please!!!

Kat

Holly Berries Flash Card

I thought I had already posted this card but couldn't find it. Sooo, if I already did, sorry! If you're like me, you forgot anyway!!! This card was another one of Connie Stewart's Flash Cards! I am seriously addicted to these cards! They are so fun and easy to make and the possibilities are endless! Check out Connie's Flash Cards at Simply Simple Stamping. It seems I got some funky shadows in the picture but you get the idea.

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock
• Stamp sets: Christmas Lodge (sentiment) and Ornament Keepsakes
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Gumball Green and Early Espresso
• Big Shot with Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies
• Other: 1/2" Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon, Dimensionals and Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

Closeup of Holly Berries

Well, that's it for today! I have been trying to get my club projects ready for tomorrow's Happy Stampers meeting but I'm not there yet. Gotta kick it into high gear so I'll be ready.

Have a great day! I'll have another card for you tomorrow:)

Kat

The 100 Thing Fling Boogie plus a Flash Card

Brrr...the weather has turned cold. Yesterday's high was about 45 degrees (F) and today we might make 50. So thankful to have a wood stove to back up to! However, we haven't had a frost yet so that's good and bad! Good because we are still eating tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden; bad because I need at least a light frost before we harvest the apples to make applesauce--makes them sweeter. But you didn't visit to hear me complain about the weather, did you?!!!

First up today is The Reverse 100 Things Challenge I mentioned in my last post. I read about it on Carla's blog, My 1/2 Dozen Daily--have you figured out yet that I am Carla's Blog Stalker?!!! Anyhoo, it originally came from Courtney's blog, Be More With Less. As I was just reading Courtney's post she has challenged herself to make this just HER personal items--not household items! Easy peasy for me as I have TOO MUCH STUFF!!! The Fly Lady has a 27 Fling Boogie so to make this challenge more fun for me, I am calling mine The 100 Thing Fling Boogie! So, between now and December 15 I will be getting rid of 100 of my personal possessions--whoo hoo!!! So far I have 3 coats that I no longer need or wear plus a stack of Creating Keepsakes magazines so have a total of 4 items (counting all those magazines as one item) but am planning to have 10 by the end of the day! I will be updating you on my progress on Fridays so be sure to check back!

Well, I will never win an award for photography:( Maybe that should go on my list for next year! The card above was another one of  Connie Stewart's Flash Cards! I am having so much fun with her Flash Cards and her video tutorials are really fun to watch!

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler card stock
• Stamp sets: Christmas Lodge (for sentiments) and Ornament Keepsakes
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Early Espress and Gumball Green
• Big Shot plus Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies and Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
• Other: 1/2" Circle Punch and Early Espresso 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon
• What! No Dimensionals?!!! Well, it's true:)

Well, need to get busy on that To Do List! I need to find 6 more things to fling plus get started on my Zippy Wallet! I already have the laundry going but have two more loads to go. On laundry day I am just thankful I have a washer and dryer:)

Have a great day! Are you going to join me in The 100 Thing Fling Boogie? Let me know as I am encouraged by your comments!

Kat

Vintage Ornament Keepsakes Flash Card

I sure didn't notice that funky light when I took this picture but you get the idea. Hope it's not too distracting:( We made this card last night at our Happy Stampers meeting and everybody loved it! How could you NOT love a card this pretty. I have Connie Stewart at Simply Simple Stamping to thank for this card! If you haven't heard of or tried the Flash Cards, you will want to watch her first Flash Card Video Tutorial. The tutorial for the card above is at Vintage Christmas--the second in Connie's video tutorials on Flash Cards. 

For the above card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Very Vanilla and Soft Suede card stock
• Stamp sets: En Francais and Ornament Keepsakes
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Crumb Cake and Soft Suede
• Big Shot with Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and Holiday Ornaments Framelits
• Other: Stampin' Sponges, Linen Thread, Large Basic Pearl

I could easily see myself making 50 of these cards to send to family and friends. I haven't decided on the card I will make to send out yet but this one is definitely in the running!

I hope you enjoyed this card today and be sure to visit Connie's blog--trust me, you won't be sorry! Just be sure to come back here when you're finished:)

Happy Stamping!

Kat

Flash Card

I know, I am a little late today but have been busy getting ready for the Happy Stampers Club (tomorrow night--yay!!!) and brewing the tea to feed my Kombucha Mushroom (more on that another time) and trying to clean up some around here.

I am over-the-top excited about Connie Stewart's Flash Cards (this link is for the basic Flash Card video tutorial). The concept is that you have your base card plus two pieces of card stock--the dark piece is cut at 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" and the light one is cut at 4" x 2 1/2". Connie will show you how to cut your card stock and how to get the most out of each piece! We will be making another one of her designs tomorrow night at our club meeting but for today we will concentrate on the one above. I wanted to stamp inside my card so I stepped out of the Flash Card box just a little by adding a piece of Very Vanilla card stock to the inside of my card.

Connie used the Ornament Punch for her card but since I don't have the Ornament Punch yet, I had to improvise:)

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Card stock: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla
• Stamp sets: Ornament Keepsakes and Christmas Lodge
• Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad
• Big Shot with Holiday Ornaments Framelits and Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
• 2 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch
• Dimensionals; Basic Rhinestone; Always Artichoke Seam Binding

Be sure to check out Connie Stewart's blog, Simply Simple Stamping. She has several Flash Cards to show you what to do with your card stock pieces:) Thanks, Connie!

Well, I'm off to do some more stamping before I get everything packed up to go for tomorrow. Happy Stamping!

Kat

Holiday Catalog Swaps #4

Swap card from Diane Lethbridge

Swap card #6 was made by Diane Lethbridge from Lake Placid, FL. The Triple Time Stamping card is my all-time favorite style at the moment! I could make them all day long! I love how the Blossom Punch fits the snowflake from the Snowfake Soiree stamp set.  

For this card Diane used:

• Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock
• Snowflake Soiree stamp set with Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad
• Blossom Punch
• Basic Pearls and Dimensionals!!!
• Diane packaged her card in a Clear Medium Envelope

Thank you Diane for this great card! 

Last but not least is a card from Mulberry Fig & Lime (I don't have a name). This is a slider card where you use two pennies to make the sliding mechanism for the Christmas ball. For this card the following Stampin' Up! products were used (I think):

• Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green and Very Vanilla
• Stamp sets: Ornament Keepsakes and Greetings of the Season
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Gumball Green and Basic Black
• Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies
• Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
• Word Window Punch
• Dimensionals and Basic Pearls

Thank you Mulberry Fig & Lime for this great card!

I hope you have enjoyed the Holiday Catalog Swap cards as much as I have! I should be able to pick up my second batch of 7 Holiday Catalog Swap cards at the post office on Wednesday so prepare to be inspired!

My Happy Stampers meet tonight so am excited about our fun projects! I will share them with you later this week. Have a great day and I hope you get to do something crafty today:)

Kat