I used the Big Shot!

I just love this owl. I am trying to convince my 2 year old that it is just a decoration and not candy but I thought I better get a picture before he decides to check out for himself. This Owl was a gift from my upline Jill Olson. She made one for everyone who went to her downline meeting. I am not a big owl fan but I fell in love with this one.




We made some cards using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die. They each have a little card tucked inside that we stamped with the Say it with Scallops Stamp set, thank you UPS!!










One of my favorite cards we made in St George is this last one, we used the Top Note Bigz Die (the same one on the owl's head). The Kindred Spirits stamp set is so fun to use.

Stamping in St George

I just got back from a weekend of stamping, friends, and fun. I went to St George for my upline Jill Olsen's downline meeting. It was super fun. do you want to see what we made? I don't know who designed these but I will give the credit to Jill.
We left the meeting a little early so I caught the earlier flight home. I had the perfect moment to take a picture but I didn't know anyone around me and I was creating a little too much attention already but this is what I did. The St George Airport is Tiny and I mean Tiny they have free parking and security is only open a part of the day. They have only 2 small rooms to wait in. one for arrivals and one for departures. I was in the arrivals section because security was closed. They only have 5 benches to sit on and in the middle of them they have the only table, I had a bunch of cards I didn't put together so I pulled the table over to my bench and layed out my supplies to put the cards together. It was fun to watch everyone stare at me like I am some crazy stamper!!

Lollipop Flowers and magnet boards

The first decor elements I bought was this cute lollipop flower. I liked the small one so it would fit on my magnet board from Ikea. I bring it to a lot of my stamping events. It is great to display the projects that we are working on. When it is at home I either display one of my scrapbook pages or more often I fill it up with projects that I am working on.

Stampin' Up! often spoils us demonstrators and this next picture is proof of one of those occasions. They sent every demonstrator a free decor elements flower and I put this on another magnet board. I changed the ribbon on the top to chocolate to match the flower.

Yes the walls in my stamp room are grey it was grey when we bought the house a few months ago and I am seriously putting off painting. I am not ready for that big of a project yet and I can't decide which Stampin' Up! color to paint it yet do you have any ideas?

Picture Frames

Just thought I would let you know that the picture frames I posted here are on clearance at Target for only $1.48 so head on over :)

Ahoy Matey

I love Halloween so I thought I would show my layout of us from last year although I think it is more pirate than Halloween. This Scrapbook page is pretty simple just paper, ink and stamps. I didn't have much to journal so I just used the word window punch to create my journal space on each photo.



I also made a pirate card that would be really cute for a pirate party invitation (Kristi are you reading this???) After I colored it using my trusty Aqua painters I added crystal effects to the sword and eye patch for a little shine.

oops, I just realized that I flipped the pages. Here is how it is supposed to look, not that it makes much difference.

Simple Wedding Card

This card was really fast to make, I stamped the grass in versamark before I stamped the Inspired by Nature flowers. I didn't want to wait until the craft white dried so I heated it a little with the heat tool before I stamped the words. This was the first time I used the new Baja Breeze color and I love it!

Flight of the Butterfly

I guess I really like glitter on my butterflies. I just realized I haven't used this stamp set without glitter! This is a card I made for a swap that didn't make the cut. After I stamped the butterflies I inked the whole butterly with versamark and embossed it with the iridescent ice embossing powder to make it shine.

I was really proud of myself that I figured out how to make the ridinghood red circles all by myself. I used the scallop edge punch, after I punched one side I just turned the paper around and punched the other side.

I love this punch and so does my two year old. My kids are really really really good at not getting into my supplies especially since I turned my family room into my stamping room. The one thing I don't mind if they play with is my punches. My 5 year old uses them by punching paper, my 2 year old goes straight to the scallop edge punch and flies it around the room like an airplane :)

Eastern Blooms Bookmarks

My mom came over tonight and we decided to get creative, she wanted a gift to give some teenagers and this bookmark seemed appropriate. We made a similar bookmark at convention this year. It is pretty simple, we colored the chipboard (scallop square) with Brilliant Blue Craft ink and put the pieces together. The Flower is stamped from the Eastern Blooms stamp set that is 15% off this month. I love the striped grosgrain ribbon!

Popsicle Card

I made this popsicle card for a demo swap. I used Not Quite Navy and the new Tangerine Tango. I first saw this from my friend Leela, thanks for the great idea!! You can find an awesome tutorial for this card here. Have fun creating!

Decor Elements

I love the Decor Elements from Stampin' Up! This is a picture Frame that I have on display in my house. I love the versatility, I can change the background DSP anytime. This is a chocolate 5x7 frame and it matches perfectly with the chocolate letters. The Letter J is on the outside of the glass. Here are four pictures using the exact same frame and I changed the paper inside the frame. I decided to only decorate it with the chocolate chip and white ribbon to make it super easy to change the paper but the ribbon is also very simple to remove and change. I can't decide which one is my favorite. Which one do you like the best?