Thanksgiving a little late

 I meant to post this last week, but time and preparations for the holiday waylaid me.  Sorry about that.  This is a project that we made at my last workshop.  I love these In-Colors together and thought they would go great with the Day of Gratitude stamp set.  The greeting on this card is from Because I Care.

And this is another version. I have a friend who wants to buy some cards that are all-occasion, so I put the medallion from Day of Gratitude in the center instead of a greeting. 
I really love the layered window look and the way the scallop edge border punch coordinates so well with the scallop circle punches.

So, it's late, but I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I'm grateful for those of you who take the time to stop by.

Thanksgiving Blessings,
Julie

SHHHHHHH!!!!!! It's a secret! :-D

Don't tell, but we're making a beautiful calendar for my in-laws for Christmas!  We've designed it on My Digital Studio and it was so easy.  Since the calendar contains pics of my children and nieces and nephews, I chose to just share the ones with my kids on them.  (Easier than getting permission and then the whole surprise would be out there!)  Anyway, here's your sneak peek of our 12 x 12 personalized calendar...

Nate's my middle child.  His smile and laugh are very infectious. 

Todd is my oldest.  He enjoyed Hawaii, but was sick of the heat after 3 days and wanted to go back home.  The silver lining on that one is that hopefully he'll always live close to us and not move to the other side of the country!

Zach is my youngest.  He's full of all kinds of personality.  He's also a ham! 




So now you need to keep this quiet and don't tell my in-laws, k?  I'm counting on you!  Oh, and if you want to have the same fun, My Digital Studio (which we used to make the calendar) is 50% off through tomorrow (the 30th), so go click on the shop now button at the top of my blog and order quick before you have to pay full price for this amazing tool.

Blessings,
Julie

You've got to see this!

I don't usually post to other blogs as my whole blogpost, but this one is incredible. 

You see, Stampin' Up! set a goal this year of 10,000 new recruits.  We've thankfully reached and surpassed that goal, but here's the story of what happened for the 10,000th recruit. 

Becky Roberts Recruiting the 10,000th Recruit

This just really shows how much Stampin' Up! is a family and cares about the demos and customers.  Shelli, the CEO, is amazing and real, even though she must be rich. 

Don't feel bad if you cry through the reading of Becky's post.  It's like one of those wonderful Hallmark commercials.  :-)

Blessings,
Julie

Online Spectacular Sale Going On Now....

Click here to go to my online store to see all of the wonderful products that are marked down up to 50% off!!!!  You definitely want to do your shopping now to take advantage of these awesome offers!

Sponge the Frame

The CAS (Clean and Simple) challenge on SCS today is sponging.  The trick is to keep your design simple and clean.  I chose to sponge my frame so that it has variations of color.  Of course I had to add a lot of glitter to the snowflakes and the outside of the frame...snowflake cards just need that, don't you think?  The background is stamped with Serene Snowflakes in Baja Breeze.  The snowflakes were punched with the SU snowflake punch out of Baja Breeze cardstock and then covered with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  (A must have in my opinion!)  The frame was cut with my Scallop Oval Frame Bigz Die and then spnged.  The greeting is from the wonderful Many Merry Messages stamp set. 

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.  Stay tuned because I have a really wodnerful fold to share with you.

Blessings,
Julie

It's Present Opening Time...

The other day I was goofing around with my DSP.  Look what I came up with!  I liked it so much, that I made a swap out of it.  It's a quick and easy way to use the DSP for a great card.  This could also double as a birthday card.  All that was required was my Candy Cane Specialty DSP, All Holidays stamp set, and my 1/8" red taffeta ribbon.  Oh, don't forget the polka dot embossing folder.  That thing is da bomb! 

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station. 

Blessings,
Julie

I Love To Coordinate Things....

Yes, I do!  This is a hostess thank you card that I made last month.  I really wanted the tags on the bags to match the hostess' card, so I added a tag onto her card, also.  Day of Gratitude is the stamp set used here, along with the sentiment from Fresh Cuts.  We received this Day of Gratitude stamp set at the Portland Regionals.  (yeah, have I mentioned enough times how much fun we had?  it was a total BLAST!!!!)  Looking for a new color combo, I used Cherry Cobbler and Pear Pizzazz.  And yes, I did use the pearls again.  Those adhesive pearls and rhinestones are quickly becoming my all-time favorite accessory! 

Well, tomorrow is the first Christmas Card Crank at my house, so I'd better go and get ready for it.  No one wants to see my house looking the way it does right now!  But, you know what?  I'd rather be stamping!  Hahahahaha!  I bet most of you can say the same thing.  Too bad cleaning up the stamping room has to take a lower priority than the rest of the house.  :-(

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Finally! The Christmas Card Crank Projects!

I'm so excited.  I love the Christmas Card Cranks and they're just about here!  This is one of my favorites, but I really like them all.  This was the last design and the first one I wanted to show you.  :-)

 And this one you've seen already.  I love the simplicity that you can have with this gorgeous stamp.  And the Concord Crush and Whisper White make a very royal combo, don't you think?

Cherry Cobbler is such a wonderful color!  It added a very rich feeling to this card.  Add a few touches of gold and we're off to the races!  That's Dasher, leading the pack.

 And we have to keep this one fairly simple to showcase the beautiful snowflakes embossing folder.  Aren't those snowflakes gorgeous?!

And to finish off the day, we have the snowglobe snowman, with some accompanying snowflakes.  Those Rhinestone jewels are da bomb!  Who doesn't like a sheet of bling that already has adhesive on it?  I'm afraid that I cannot divulge how many sheets of these I've gone through already.  :-)  I'm pleading the 5th!




And that is the lineup for the Christmas Card Crank!  The guests will be making 20 cards, 4 of each design.   Please email me at the address on the left if you would like to purchase the supplies and have them mailed to you. 

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

And Still....

...loading a picture is still not available!  Grrrrr....how am I supposed to show you all of the cute Christmas cards that I've been creating?  :-(  So sad.  I'll try again later.

Blogger's Preventing Me....

from posting a photo!  I'll be uploading photos of the Christmas Card Crank as soon as Blogger lets me.  Stay tuned!  :-D

Regionals Swap CASE

 Sorry about the bad lighting and the flipped photo.  Blogger is still giving me trouble with portrait style photos.  :(  Anyway, this is a swap that my upline Sharon received.  We were sitting at the Rib Eye Restaurant, (somewhere south of Chehalis and they have really delicious food!) and I just had to click a picture of it.  The design is so simple and the Very Vanilla really is beautiful with the Blushing Bride In Color.  So, snapped a photo and of COURSE I had to CASE it!  So, without referring to the original card/photo, I went downstairs and made my own.  BTW, the swapper didn't put their name on the back, so I am unable to let you know who came up with this beauty.

And this is my version.  :-)  I flipped the textured Vanilla over and stamped the French Script on the flat side.  You'll need to click on it to see how the texture doesn't have the french script on it.  I thought the Oval All sentiment would go nicely with the texture folder and I think I really like it.  Besides, I don't have the new punch yet to completely CASE the original, so this will have to do.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.  Happy November to you!  (Can it really be November already???!!!!)

Blessings,
Julie