Regional Convention Inspired

Home from a fun girls weekend away with my bestie!  We both attended the Stampin' Up! Tacoma Regional Convention and had so much fun!  I came home with some great new business ideas and a million new paper crafting ideas too!  Not only did I get to spend the weekend with my friend, but I also met some great new friends as well.  Hoping to see them all again at the 2013 Convention in SLC :)

One of the presentations that was shared with us included some fabulous cards made using the Window Sheet Paper.  I never would have though to use the Window Sheet as the base of my card, but now I have so many fun ideas!

After I got home, I kissed my babies and hubby, put my stuff away and played with the kiddos for a bit.  As soon as the baby went down for his nap, I hit my craft room!  I still need to play around with stamping on the window sheet a little bit more (to avoid smearing the ink), but I put this fun card together...

Very quick and simple card to put together and so  much fun!  I stamped the spider web image on the Window Sheet.  The Crumb Cake paper is stamped with the Distressed Dots and placed inside of the Window Sheet.  How easy is that?!?!  I can't wait to try this with some snow flakes, but I must wait for some white StazOn to arrive first.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Window Sheet, Crumb Cake, Tangerine Tango

Ink ~ Jet Black StazOn, Basic Black

Stamp Sets ~ Distressed Dots, Mixed Medley, Border Banter

Stay tuned for more Regional inspired projects soon!!!

Happy Stamping!

Proud Momma Moment

Super quick post this morning!  I'm scrambling to get my kids up, fed and out the door to school, squeeze in a quick walk and head back to school for the Student of the Month Assembly.  BOTH of my boys are getting Student of the Month...I'm so proud of them!  I am heading out for Tacoma Regional right after the assembly and won't be home after school so I made each of them a fun card using MDS2.  This is my first real project using MDS and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.  Still a LOT to learn, but I'm getting there!

I didn't write down all of the different sets I used in this and am running too short on time this morning to go back and check.  I will try to do that when I get home on Sunday.  Looking forward to a fun day tomorrow at Regional and super excited to spend the weekend with my bestie (and downline).

Happy Stamping!

Freshly Made Snowflake Sparkle

I finally got some of the pretty Glimmer paper to use for some Halloween projects and I have to say, I LOVE it!  And I knew it would be beautiful for Christmas cards as well :)  So, last night I put it to work...I saw a card on Pinterest (again, I know!) that gave me the idea of layering the Glimmer paper behind the white.  So pretty!  And the sketch this week over at Freshly Made Sketches gave me the perfect idea for the rest of the card.

(I apologize for the quality of this picture...the Glimmer paper and silver embossing reflect so much light!)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Greetings of the Season

Other Supplies ~ Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Silver Embossing Powder

Very simple yet very elegant card with the Glimmer paper...wondering what else I can do with it.

One more sleep and it's off to Regional in Tacoma!!!  Soooooo super excited!!!

Happy Stamping!

Blue Glass Birthday

Happy Birthday to my good friend Dar!  I created a pretty card thanks to the fun theme challenge this week over at  Hand Stamped Sentiments. 

The first thing I thought of was some beautiful cobalt blue vases with bright flowers in them.  While I couldn't create the cobalt blue, I did manage to add some bright flowers :) 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper

Ink ~ Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Pacific Point

Stamp Sets ~ Fabulous Florets, Memorable Moments

Other Supplies ~ Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Stampin' Spritzer, Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon

To create the vases, I used the watercolor paper with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits and cut the bottoms off.  I sponged some Pacific Point ink over the vase and then sprayed them with a little bit of water using the Stampin' Spritzer.  Easy peasy!

Off to get my crew up and ready for the day.  I could use some good thoughts and prayers...fighting a horrible case of vertigo this morning :(  Praying it goes away quickly...this momma doesn't have time to be sick!

Happy Stamping!

Pinterest Inspired Christmas Deer

If you are anything like me, you are addicted to Pinterest and spend countless hours each week scrolling through and pinning everything!  My weekly meal planning often starts with Pinterest and many card ideas are Pinterest inspired.  I came across a card a few days ago with the retired Dasher stamp and thought I would re-create it with the new Christmas Deer Stamp.

Embossing this big guy with silver embossing powder brings out his true beauty!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Real Red, Whisper White, Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP

Ink ~ Real Red

Stamp Set ~ Christmas Deer

Other Supplies ~ Bigz Snow Flurry, Corner Ticket Punch (retired), Silver Mini Brads, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Dazzling Details

I'm on a roll making Christmas cards!  At this rate, I'll have enough made when it comes time to start sending them out :)

Off to stamp a few more things before it's time to hit the hay.

Happy Stamping!