No DSP Here today

Recipe: All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Circle circus, short and sweet

Paper: Old Olive, soft suede, very vanilla

Ink: Old olive, soft suede

Accessories: old olive ribbon, cord buttons, word window & modern label punch, linen thread.

A Scrapbook Trends CASE

Yup. I cased (copy & stole everything) !!!!! I fell in love with this layout! this was my sons 1st day of contact lenses!

Stamps: Gallery

Paper: Rockability (retired), Raspberry Tart dsp, black card stock

Ink: black

Accessories: Butter fly die for the bigshot, black brads, pigtails ribbon,

Deal of the Week

Just in case you have not heard......

A few new goodies!

Here are a few treats some ladies made at my house this week. Both cards are cased.

the robot card is tweaked and cased from HERE

the Autumn Days card is cased (copy & stole everything!) from HERE

Enjoy!!!

Sometimes I'm Stuck in a Rut...

...an A2 card rut. I love the alternate sizes of cards but don't always make them. Check out the cute, cute cards and box thats are not A2.

Cards are 4.25 square. Rich Razzleberry looks AMAZING with mellow moss!

TO MAKE THIS BOX:

6-5/8" x 12" rich razzleberry card stock.

score at 1" in down the long sides

turn and score at 1", 5-1/2, 6-1/2 and 11"

I used my nestabilities to make the scallop frame and my circle scissors plus to cut the window

stamps: Upsy Daisy

Paper: Mellow moss, Rich Razzleberry, whisper white

Ink: rich razzleberry, mellow moss

Accessories: punch, Movers and shapers magnetic piece to layer with the punch, ribbon, nestabilities, circle scissors plus, brads, acetate for the window

Buttons and Bows

LOVE THIS PAPER!

Stamps: Thank you kindly

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, razzleberry lemonade

Ink: Rich razzleberry, melon mambo for sponging

Accessories: wide oval punch, scallop edge punch, button, taffeta ribbon, sponge dauber

RemARKable Blog Tour Winner

Congrats to Melinda Hamilton!!

Melinda is one of the random winners from our RemARKable New Catalog Blog Tour - 2009/2010 Catalog Scavenger hunt. She will be a receiving a gift of Stampin’UP! Product.

Melinda- please Email me to claim your prize.

CLICK HERE for the answers to the scavenger hunt!

Thank you EVERYONE for taking the time to take the RemARKable New Catalog Tour. We hope you stop by our blogs often.

More card kit alternates

Here is the original:

and 2 alternate versions:

Original:

alternate versions:

See THIS POST for more design options

CLICK HERE to purchase the card kit

These Cupcakes are 2Die4

These projects are for my 3rd class in my 2Die4 series.

CLICK HERE for class details

If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator (or a customer) and are interested in purchasing the instruction PDFs of the 7 class series. Please email me to be on the list. I will be offering them once all of my classes are complete.

2DIE4 Class one: Beautiful Butterflies

2DIE4 Class two: Daisies

2DIE4 Class three: Big Bold Cupcakes

classes 4- 7 still in planning mode (wink)

Creative flexibility

I made a few extra samples using my July card kit to show the flexibility. You don't need to own the stamp set to purchase the kit. Just a little bit of flexibility...

Here is the original card design:

and here are 2 additional samples using the same supplies, just different stamp sets:

And another original card design:

and 2 more alternate versions:

I really like the card with Upsy Daisy and all I did was flip the DSP to make it more chocolate! FUN!

CLICK HERE to purchase the card kit

Stamps: Razzle Dazzle and Upsy Daisy

Paper: Bashful blue, so saffron chocolate chip card stock and designer prints paper.

Ink: to match

Accessories: brads, taffeta ribbon, top note, various punches

Club card spoiler and treat surprise

Here is the card that my club girls are making and I made them a little matchbox treat!

Recipe for the card:

Stamps: sweet stems, short & sweet

paper: Pink pirouette, kiwi kiss, raspberry tart

Ink: black

Accessories: kiwi button, kiwi satin ribbon, scallop edge punch

Recipe for the Box:

Stamps: Match box messages, curvy verses (I inserted a tiny card after the picture was taken

paper: Kiwi kiss, baja breeze, whisper white and walk in the Park dsp

Ink: kiwi kiss

Accessories: flower fusion, match box die for the big shot, brads ribbon

for all of you that have dogs...My white poodle Lexy managed to eat 4 of these boxes before I caught her! She is so sneaky!

Pretties flower Thanks

Happy 4th- enjoy your BBQs and fireworks!!!

I made this for my friend Liz-- can you believe she sent me a spontaneous present LOVE IT! She sent me a Scentsy candle. Check out her site if you have never tried them they are so nice!

Recipe:

Stamps: fundamental phrases

Paper: kiwi kiss card stock & dsp, black, so saffron dsp

Ink: black

Accessories: style silver hardware, pretties kit, filigree brads, ribbon originals

More friends 24x7 & blog tour

Dont Miss the RemARKable blog tour and a chance to win $50 in prizes! See my right side Bar for the full tour list of some of my fabulous teammates~ visit THIS POST for the details on the prizes

Just a Quick post for today....lots of holiday weekend picnics and shopping to done!

when you are done here ...Pop on Over to and see Kim Warne. She will point you in the right direction if you are taking the blog tour!!!!

Recipe for my card....All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Friends 24x7

Paper: Soft suede, kraft, very vanilla

Ink: soft suede

Accessories: Melon mambo polka dot ribbon, button latte, top note, large oval punch

Movers & Shapers treat box & More

First a melon Mambo card, cased from HERE by Dawn McVey.

And just in time for the 4th of July:

Bye Bye pacific point! Isn't this so Cute!

SPECS:

4.25 x 11 movers and shapers die cut

with the shapers window on your left score at 3/4" , 1-1/5" , 5-1/2 (already there) 6-1/4 and 10-1/4

fold over to form box wrap. there is an extra tab that tucks underneath

box base: 5-1/2 x 5-3/8, score at 3/4" on all sides, snip short score lines to form the box base

Razzle Dazzle & RemARKable New Catalog Blog Tour

Want to see some Beautiful new Stampin Up! creations from some of my fabulous teammates??All new goodies to introduce the 2009 - 2010 Stampin Up! Idea Book and catalog?

Today is the day to travel on our RemARKable blog tour and maybe win some prizes!

Here are the details:

The tour starts with Janet Wakeland. She is a wonderful team leader and she helped organize this cool blog tour! There are a few stops before me -I am stop #11 on the tour. For a Full list of the RemARKable tour guides see the sidebar of my blog. Take a peek I am sure you will find some great stamping treats!

Check back each day of the tour – we will be posting new samples to tempt, tease, teach and take you on a tour of the new catalog!

Did you notice I said "PRIZES"???

Download the Blog Tour Report for your chance to win $50 Stampin’ UP! Gift certificate.

AND

Download and submit the scavenger hunt form to ME (or to Jan, if you can include my name) for a chance to win Stampin' UP! product – each tour guide will draw one winner for 20 winners!!!

Submit this form by July 6th at midnight

Make sure you own a copy of the 2009/2010 catalog – if you don’t have one – ask me for one today. my Email: hilliard5@mac.com

When you are done here ...Pop on Over to and see Kim Warne. She will point you in the right direction!

If for any reason a link is broken you can always return here or to www.remarkablecreations.typepad.com for the next stop.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Razzle dazzle, teeny tiny verses

Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade, dusty durango, crushed curry

Ink: Crushed Curry, dusty durango

Accessories: buttons, matching ribbons. linen thread

It was a FUN kidz camp!

these are the cards the kids made at my kids camp yesterday! SO fun - the popsicle was the most popular!

Cupcake pocket card

Saw THIS CARD and decided I had to make it with my Stampin" Up! supplies! Can you see the glitter on the icing??? its a chocolate cupcake

ETA:

stamp the cupcake on close to cocoa.

stamp the icing on the dsp of your choice and cut out and attache to the close tot cocoa

stamp the cherry on scrap, color, cut out and attach brad and ribbon for the pull

the base/cupcake cup is 5.5 x 3.5, folded in half (this is celery)

I drew a light pencil line along the cocoa cupcake on top of celery and trimmed it diagonal a little wider to fit as a "wrapper". then I ran it trough the crimper

there is no adhesive on the celery. its held together by the pink ribbon.

Stamps: Simple Birthday Thanks

Paper: close to cocoa, celery, afternoon tea dsp
Ink: Chocolate chip, basic black

Accessories: ribbon, paper crimper, markers for coloring

Introducing the Friends 24 x 7 July card kit

Featuring Freinds 24x7 stamp set. For all the details: Click HERE

THANKS!!!

Get your gift on...Recipe box

This is a gift for my mother in law for her birthday. (she's getting it today) Its "loosely based"/ "slightly cased" from a card organizer from Lauren Meader and a project from one of my teammates.

I have so wanted this recipe card set, From the Kitchen of, for like "EVER". I earned it for free with my sale-a-bration goodies. I LOVE FREE STAMPS!!!

there is the box base, 6 sections for the recipe categories (not removable) and 3 recipe cards in each section.

I will be offering this as Stamping Class & Kit. so at this time I will not be posting the specs.

Just need to get some new Designer papers in the house! LOL

SImply Scrappin gift ....part 4 of 5

This was a Mother's Day and 2 Teachers gifts this year. My Mom got 1 boxed set for Mothers Day (hers is pictured) and 2 lucky teachers got the others. Do you Remember the Secret Garden simply scrappin kit? I hoarded this! So beautiful I could not use it. Finally I had to just give in and use it!

You can get 3 of these box sets out of 1 simply scrappin kits if you are creative with your card decorations and embellishments

Box dimensions are the same as yesterday's post with the baby onsies. I took a scrap piece of card stock folded it, scored some "wings" and attached to to the box as a divider. I lined the box with matching designer paper to give it a "professional" finish and to hide the seams of the divider.

Stamps: Absolutely fabulous, Short and Sweet

Paper: Groovy Guava (retired), Always artichoke, Secret garden Simply scrappin (retired)

Ink: Artichoke, Guava

Accessories: ribbon, rsvp pen, swiss dots embossing folder

Wild about You baby gift... part 3 of 5

My Husband's co-worker's wife had a baby girl. This was her baby gift...

I designed the box all by myself. I am soooooo proud of myself!!

Baby Onsies are stamped in craft ink and heat set with an iron.

for all you box loving gals--- here are the dimensions:

base: 12x12 sheet of card stock or designer paper

score at 1.5, 3, 9 and 10.5

turn and score at 2 and 10

snip score lines and attach to sides to form box.

there will be 2 longer tabs/side of the box. score the longer tabs at 1/2" and fold over the sides to give your box stability. (see left and right edges above)

tip: practice on cheap paper to make sure you have it right

box lid: 10-1/8' x 10-1/8", score at 1" on all sides, snip score lines and adhere to form box.

Stamps: wild about you, cheep talk, Congrats (SAB)

Ink: various

Paper: regal rose, whisper white, Georgia Peach (retired)

Accessories, circle scissors plus, nestabilities, scallop edge punch

Ribbon & Designer Paper shares

I am hosting some new Stampin' Up! 2009-2010 Catalog ribbons, accessories and designer paper shares. Please Email me (hilliard5@mac.com) for the details and to reserve your spot.

(us orders only please)

Get Your Gift on... Part 2 of 5

This was a Mother's Day gift for my sister. Its from lauren Meader's Timeless templates- Desk top Organizer ( at Papertreyink).

The gift had 6 cards and envelopes, 3 each of 2 designs. an altered note pad and a matching designer paper filled pen. Plus postage stamps

I sure will miss this paper!!

Stamps: Matchbox messages, On your birthday, simple serif alpha

Paper: Baja breeze, chocolate chip, whisper white, kraft

Ink: chocolate chip, baja breeze

Accessories: Timeless template, flower fusion, 5/16" brads, ribbons, buttons, pretties kit, corner rounder

Get Your gift On.... Part 1 of 5

This week I will be featuring some gifts I have made over the past few weeks for various occassions. Here is the 1st one:

For a Quarter auction a few months back. 2 of each card & envelopes included in the tote.

tote: 2 pieces of card stock. 5.5 x 8.5. score each piece at 1" on the bottom edge. adhere the 1" panels to each other. tabs are 2 x 3, scored at 1" & 2"

Stamps: Always

Paper: sweet always, whisper white, pumpkin pie

Ink: chocolate chip

accessories: pig tails ribbon, flower fusion, cord buttons, wide oval punch

Die cut blooms and Pacific point

Made this for a friend that was having a rough few weeks. Hope it brightened her day!

Recipe:

Stamps: Funky Forest

Paper: Pacific Point, real red, bashful blue, matching designer prints paper

Ink: black

Accessories: die cut blooms, 1-3/4 inch punch, pacific point corduroy buttons

Pocket full of Pink and Black fun

and another rock-a-bility with pink pirouette! ENJOY!!!

Rock-a-bility silhouettes

Love the elegance to this black paper from Rock-a-bility.  I am sad to see this go, as I barely had a chance to use it before it retired!  

Stamps: pocket silhouettes

Paper: Black,  white, roackability dsp

Ink: black

Accessories:  ribbon, linen thread and a button

and Flip flops for the girls.....

This is the last of the invites.   just plain stamped dsp for the inside of this.  I used a template for the flip flops.  Its from the SCS fan club.  if you are a fan club member over at split coast go to the forums section to find it.  

Stamps: non SU sentiment

Paper: pixie pink, non SU dsp- its K&Company

ink: Pixie pink, 

accessories: ribbon, non su prima flowers and pewter brads, ribbon bundle, large and scallop oval punches.

Swim Party-a thon

3 Parties in one week will make Parents CRAZY.  Looking forward to relaxing at the pool with out screaming kids!

Stamps:  just beachy, Your invited, "pool party" is non-su

Paper:  Pacific point, real red

Ink:  Pacific point, white craft ink

Accessories:  movers and shapers die for the big shot, white gel pen, sponging, slit punch to create the mask for the waves.

ITS A POOL PARTY

These were the invites for my oldest son's end of school swim party.  LOVE IT.  the boys love the fish in this set.  Of the 3 designs I made for each of my kids,  this is my favorite.  Stay tuned for more this week!

Recipe:

Stamps:  just beachy, Your invited, "party is non-su

Paper:  Pacific point, delicate dots, good morning sunshine, real red

Ink:  Pacific point

Accessories:  slit punch for the waves, sponging, crystal effects, ribbon, buttons, big shot sizzix die simple serif, spiral punch