Red Sparkly Hearts

The card above is the one I submitted as my Design Team project for The Cupboard Trilogy Challenges. The Challenge for this month is a Sprinkling of Red and Romance. I was anxious to use my new Honeycomb Embossing Folder and Heart Framelits--so fun!

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

• Card stock: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White and Red Glimmer Paper
• Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
• You are Loved stamp set
• Big Shot with Honeycomb Embossing Folder and Heart Framelits
• Other: Small Heart Punch, Flower from Artisan Embellishments Kit (Spring Catalog), Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels

Have a great day!

Kat

Happy Stampers January Projects

Another Flash Card from Connie Stewart

At our Happy Stamper's Club meeting last Wednesday night we made another Flash Card from Connie Stewart's Simply Simple Stamping blog. For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Card stock: Whisper White, Real Red and Pink Pirouette
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
• You Are Loved stamp set
• Punches: Full Heart and Small Heart
• Big Shot with Adorning Accents Folder
• Other: Dimensionals and Basic Rhinestone

Our final project for our stamping club was a fun card from Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie using the Blossom Builder Punch in a new and fun way!

Valentine Kisses

The "kisses" were made by slipping a strip of Silver Glimmer Paper into the Blossom Builder Punch and punching part of the largest petal. France has a video that will show you exactly how to make this card. Her videos are fun as well as instructional.

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

• Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black card stock; Silver Glimmer Paper; Vellum
• Sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes
• Big Shot with Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

I hope you enjoyed seeing our stamping projects. We really enjoyed making them:) 

Have a great day!

Kat

A Little This and a Little That

The Weather in North Central Oregon

High temperature for us today

Ice covering the tree and bushes

We are still living with freezing fog here in North Central Oregon:( We are hoping it will break tomorrow and I don't mean the tree branches! There is ice on everything but you have to admire the beauty of the ice patterns.

Check out the ice on the pickup antennae!

January No/Low Spend and Decluttering Challenge:

Now, on to the January No/Low Spend and Decluttering Challenge...I flunked:( I still have a week to do some more decluttering and I will work on it and plan to continue decluttering through February! By the way, does decluttering my email count? I have been going through and unsubscribing to emails that I'm really not interested in anymore! I have unsubscribed to at least 20 so far--whoo hoo!!!

Where I really flunked was the spending! Last week I spent...

• $10 for 1" Hexie kit and a special ruler that adds 1/4" seam allowance
• $10 donation to Neighborhood Center as part of the January Challenge at My 1/2 Dozen Daily.
• $15.75 to Avon lady for Magix Face Perfector (love this stuff! I am using Maybelline BB Creme currently and don't like it near as well as the Magix); it was buy one get one for 1/2 off:)
• $37.00 to purchase stamping items from a demonstrator who is quitting her business--I think I paid too much because shipping was a killer but it helped her liquidate a little of her inventory.

This week I was hoping to keep my stamping order at $30 but ended up spending twice that! I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator so what I spend is a business expense (that's my justification--is it working?). To make the projects I picked for next month (St. Patrick's Day and Easter), I needed more supplies than normal. I will also be trying to save next month as well so hopefully I will actually be able to save something. 

Happy Stampers Project:

Flash Card inspired by Connie Stewart

The card above was my favorite project from last Wednesday night's Happy Stamper's Club. I added the flower and Love ticket afterward. I am a huge fan of Connie Stewart's Flash Cards and this one has so many fun elements on it!

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

• Very Vanilla and Pink Pirouette card stock
• You are Loved stamp set
• Crumb Cake and Pretty in Pink Classic Stampin' Pads
• Big Shot with Delicate Designs Folder and Hearts Collection Framelits
• 5/8" Victoria Crochet Trim; Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon; Flower and Love Ticket from Artisan Embellishment Kit (Spring Catalog)

What is the weather like where you live? 

Kat