Hang in there!

When I flipped through the new catalogue, I automatically fell in love with the hostess stamp set "nuts about you".  I think it's absolutely adorable, and I really liked stampin' ups card sample they made on page 239... but i really wanted to use the adorable possum!

So CASING from the catalgoue, I made this card: 

 how cute would it be to give this to a friend who is pregnant and overdue with a little gift card? It would slide right in!

Grad Cards

I always make grad cards for our graduates in our Youth Ministry... this year we have 4, 3 boys and 1 girl, so I decided to make this circle flip card with one of our new products I'm obsessed with!
if you have the big shot this is a MUST buy... it's the circle card thinlits die... it looks like this:

It's $40.95 will make an impressive, unique card that fits in a normal envelope in seconds!
Here's the grad cards I made (this is what they look like when flat)

Really simple and fun... When they open they spin to the other side of the circle! Such a neat "wow".

 This is the inside, it's hard to read, but just says "happy graduation" from teeny tiny wishes.

And this is what it looks like standing up!

Explosion Box obsession

If you've spent any time on pinterest as of last, you will have seen a million of these "explosion boxes" come up. What makes this unique is that it folds into a regular 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card!  So when the person receiving opens up the card, it "pops" open!
It's really fun.

I wanted to make one that was bright and cheery, so I choose to make this... with "sweets for the sweets" and as many bright colors as possible!

this is the back view: The white is so you can write on the "card".

Thanks for looking!

Retired Lists 2014

The retired lists are here! These products are ONLY available while supplies last... And until Friday you can get FREE SHIPPING to YOUR HOUSE with NO MINIMUM ORDER.
retiring stamps: http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lastChance/2014_NA_RetiredList/NA/CA_Retiring_Stamps.pdf
retiring accessories: http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lastChance/2014_NA_RetiredList/NA/CA_Retiring_Accessories.pdf

My demo info is Erica Jones Surrey BC V3W 3L2 for your online orders...

Don't forget to look at the clearance rack while you're shopping!
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=493

Cadbury Easter Egg Holder and other stampin' up projects for spring

It's Easter weekend, so I thought I better get my projects up before it's over!
Life is busy with 3 little girls, but we still manage to have tons of fun!
Audrey (my 6 year old) and I made these Cadbury Easter Egg Holders (originally made by Mary Fish, she's the best!) for our Easter breakfast this morning... we made 8, one for each of the kids.

 here's the side view:

I also made this card last month with the club for sale-a-bration: 

Really beautiful.

And finally, a card for mother's day:

here's a close up of some of the details:

We made this for club this month. 

I used the bigz dies (the scallop circle and the big circle) to create the card shape.

The embossing folder is retired, but you can use the new beautifully baroque instead... I inked the so saffron card stock to make it two toned.... The rest is pretty basic...

A great card to make to show off the big shot, As I used 2 bigz dies, the butterflies embossits, AND the chalk talk framelits.

Colors:

So saffron, blushing bride, pear pizzazz, chocolate chip

Saleabration 2014

I love saleabration... where you spend $60 in product and get something free!  We have some amazing things this year available... talk to me to place an order and get these limited edition items for free! http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryid=1734

I made this card for stamp club:

on the inside we mounted whisper white and then stamped some of the flowers from the outside... cute, right?

The embossing folder is from saleabration, you can get that free!  I think this is a stunning and easily replicable card.
Colors: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio pudding, Crumb Cake

DSP: Sweet Sorbet (saleabration!)

Stamp sets: perfectly you (digital download)

petite petals (spring mini)

Accessories: petite petals punch (spring mini)

large circle punch

Decorative Dots Embossing folder (saleabration)

One of the girls did a different color scheme at club, and I LOVE it!  It makes it very retro:

our second project we used the banners stamp set and punch from saleabration to make this card:

here are the banner details:

I am totally obsessed with the new in colors.  And I didn't have the right ribbon color, so I just made ribbon out of paper! super cute.
One of the girls did a different color scheme for this, as well, and it TOTALLY changes the card!

I love love LOVE this

Thanks for looking!

new year, new projects....

I had no idea I haven't posted since November! Time goes so much faster with 3 little ones under my feet now :)
I started a new stamp club this January, so I have a few projects from it to share...
I made this simple green card with club this month to fulfill the request for a "boy" card... it can be hard to know what card to make for a guy in your life.
I made it with gumball green, basic grey and basic black.  The stamp set birthday bliss is retired (you can get current stamp sets though that are very similar) and the flag is stamped with gorgeous grunge, one of my favorite new stamp sets!
Someone in my club choose to make it with pacific point instead, and i think it turned out great!

 here's a detailed look:

 and then of course we needed to make a valentines project, so we made these adorable little bags!  I got the measurements from this post: http://roseyscrapper.blogspot.ca/2011/01/valentine-treat-bag-with-stampin-up-top.html

 I made this red, pink and silver one:

and other girls from the club made the pink and grey one, and I love it!