My Sparkle Sister Swap

Leaves of a Tree, Gently Falling and Bring on the Cake stamp sets; Paisley Prints DSP, Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Spice Cake buttons, Marina Mist 1/8" taffeta, 1 1/4" Circle punch, sponges

This one took awhile, but I still like the way it turned out.  I really love the pop of Burgundy on the leaves.  It does something.  And do you know how thrilled I was that the center of the Spice Cake buttons fit the 1 1/4" Circle punches?  Fabulous!  If you like this look of the sponged background darker on the outside and softer on the inside, make sure you start sponging from the edge and work into the middle before picking up the sponge again and starting from the edge again.  You can always do a bit of dabbing to get the areas that didn't get covered from the sponging.  This fun layout is brought to you courtesy of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog on pg 128 and SASC109.  Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Some Like it Coral...

Day of Gratitude, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Berry Blossoms DSP, retired ribbon, Word Window and Modern Label punches, Basic Pearls, Sticky Strip, Fun Flowers Bigz Die

Ok, so that WAS a corny title, but really, after a couple of years of blogging it's hard to come up with new ones!  Hey, so what do you think of this nifty little post it holder?  It's a gift to a hostess of mine.  I've written a note to her on the inside with the cute little golf pencil that's on a holder inside.  This is the first time that I've made a post it holder.  Not sure how really useful these are, but I think they're pretty.  Might just have to make some for some special teachers that I know.  I made this for the FS242 challenge.  I've used this post it holder as inspiration.  I think the next one I make is going to coordinate with the cool little Scooby Doo pens that I have.  :-)  I've used some retired Certainly Celery ribbon here and I think it's close enough to the Pear Pizzazz color.  The flowers were textured with the Lattice and Polka Dot embossing folders.  Make sure you add some Sticky Strip and the new Simply Scorin' tool to your next order.  You'll be sure to use them for a project like this.  It's so much easier to craft when you have the right tools!

Well, thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station once again.  I'd love to hear from you!

Blessings,
Julie

Swap, swaps, and more swaps!

 Yes, I'm swap crazy.  No, actually I just need more samples of the new things, so I'm swapping.  This brown bag gift card holder is for one of the swaps, but I'm not telling which one!  After cutting the top off, I punched out half of a decorative label punch and glued the Pear Pizzazz to the inside back of the bag.  (It's not easy to get the bag in the punch, so glue a small strip of cardstock with temporary adhesive to center edge of the bag.  This will help you feed it into the punch.) The stamped leaves are from the new fall set Gently Falling, which is a 2-step set and GORGEOUS!!!!  Oh, and the glitter on the upper left leaf is the new and wonderful Dazzling Details glitter glue.  I think I've used half the bottle already!  The leaves were die cut with my Leaves Bigz die and then sponged with Early Espresso.  Spice Cake DSP finishes off the project.  So what do you think of my crazy paper bag project?  I made it for the  Ways to Use It Challenge 341.  The layout is from Sketch Challenge 349.  So what other ways can you think of to use a paper bag?

Yes, this is for a swap, too.  And I love this snowman!  He's from the Tags till Christmas stamp set.  The opposing stamp is from Punch Pals.  I used the Shaker Frames from the Holiday Mini Catalog for the piece in between the back and front, with a piece of overhead plastic in between.  The snow is the new Mica Flakes from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  I'm guessing that you're wondering how I made the opening window for the tag.  That's the new Peekaboo Frames Bigz Die.  Yes, that's also in the Holiday Mini!  For this tag, I punched out two frames and used adhesive across the one in back to glue it shut, while adhering the snowman image to it. 

I try not to buy too many things from the mini catalogs.  I wasn't so successful at it this time.  I think I've bought more than half the product in it!  And I have so much more to show you.  But alas, 'tis soccer season and my high schooler is keeping us busy!  So if you want to see these things in person, let me know.  I'd be happy to show them to you!

Ok, enough blathering.  I'll let you get on with your day now.  Thanks so much for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Projects From the Last Workshop....

 This past week's hostess requested that we do a birthday, Christmas, and thank you.  We made this adorable jingle bell stocking with the Stitched Stockings stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  The mini jingle bells are also something new in the Mini.  Aren't they adorable?!  The jingle bell is attached with a vintage safety pin from the Vintage Trinkets accessory.  The Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine (also from the Mini) is the perfect finishing touch on this card.  This design was based on Carrie's cute stocking card.  Thanks for the inspiration, Carrie!  Also used on this card:  Frostwood Lodge DP, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Scallop Rectangle Clearlit, Stocking Builder Punch, Snow Burst Embossing Folder.

This adorable matchbox nugget box was another request of the hostess.  She hadn't used the matchbox die yet and wanted to see the It's a Wrap stamp set.  We stamped the address labels with the Give Thanks stamp, wrapped them around the Hershey Nuggets, then put them in their Pool Party matchbox.  The sleeve of the matchbox was made with Spice Cake DP from the Mini.  The leaf stamp is part of the Gently Falling stamp set, also found in the Mini.  Yes, we did have fun with the AWESOME Mini Catalog products and also with our seam bindings and Big Shot.  It was a funtastic evening!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Bagged and Tagged

I can finally show you!   Here are two cards and a matching tag from last week.  The thank you went to my last hostess, along with all of the orders that were bagged and tagged with the middle tag.  The for you card went to my next hostess.  I'm really loving the fancy circle doilies that the pennant die cuts out.  Isn't that fun?  Hopefully the guests who received a tag on their bag find a use for the tag on a card that they make.  Oh, and isn't it fun how those pretty rhinestones finish off a card?  I love a Clean and Simple card, but I also love my rhinestones!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Delicate Wisteria Doilies

I'm loving this doily stamp set and the wonderfully coordinated DP.  These colors are Pink Pirouette and Wisteria Wonder.  We made this at the last workshop and the guests really seemed to like it.  The inside of the doily is accented with a punched doily in Pink Pirouette and a (new) Mini Silver Brad.  Oh, how I love those things!  Oh, and see those little pink doilies on the greeting?  Those are the same pattern as the DP on the right.  So fun!  For this card, we used the Wide Oval, Ribbon Border, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1 3/4" Circle, and 3/4" Circle punches.  Sounds like a lot, but it's really an easy and quick card.

Well, thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.  I hope you have a great and safe Labor Day Weekend.

Blessings,
Julie

Hot Air Balloon Birthday

This is a workshop project for the next month.  It utilized the Up, Up & Away stamp set and the new rectangle frames embossing folder.  I really love this stamp set.  It's so much fun and very versatile.  Just think of the possibilities:  masculine, feminine, juvenile, baby, congrats, etc.  Just change up the colors and you have a great card!  After coloring on the balloon with your markers, stamp and cut out, and apply with a dimensional.  Oh, and how do you like this color combo:  Concord Crush and Pool Party?  Isn't it fun?  I think it's very cheerful. 

Well, that's it for now.  Happy stamping and thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Do It For Breast Cancer Research

 There's just a few days left to buy this wonderful stamp set Strength and Hope and donate to breast cancer research at the same time.  Stampin' Up! is donating $2 for every stamp set of this that is sold.  1 in every 5 women is diagnosed with breast cancer.  Please help the cause. 
This card was one of the projects from last week's workshop.  I'm really loving the new In Colors and I think they go beautifully together.  This card features Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder.  I started with sketch challenge #103 for the layout.  The beautiful designer paper that I bought with the August special (buy 3, get one FREE) helped me plan the colors. 

And this is another project from last week's workshop.  It features the new Pennant Parade stamp set and the coordinating XL die, which has pennants and doily circles.  I love this die!  It's hard to see, but the background has the new stripes embossing folder used on it.  The cone is a pennant punched out and the ice cream scoops are the frosting on the cupcake punch.  (Yes, I did notice that my scoops are layered wrong, so I switched them before the workshop.)  We used Crystal Effects on the cherry to make it glossy and a bit raised.  The circles are the 1" and 1 1/4", looking great layered together.  Sketch Challenge 105 gave me the start of the idea and the designer paper (Yup!  Part of the August special!) gave me some great ice cream colors.  BTW, the blue ice cream is bubble gum flavored.  Just thought you might want to know that.  :-)

Well, thanks for stopping by once again.  Maybe with school starting, I'll have a little more time to post more often. 

Blessings,
Julie

More New Shtuff :-)

 I wanted to try out this new Flirtatious DP.  Isn't it pretty?  And the Pumpkin Pie doily is also from the same set of DP.  For this fun card, All I had to do was stamp and punch the sentiment, punch the frame of the sentiment, and then add the ribbon.  How easy is that?!

 And this little tag is made with the new frames die that will be available in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  It's supposed to be for the windows of an advent calendar, but I can see that I'm going to have a lot of fun using it for other projects!  the cute balloon is from the Up, Up & Away stamp set.

And the blues are new In Colors.  I really like them, especially paired with Pumpkin Pie.  I think it's a very lively combo.  I haven't gotten around to buying the plain white Baker's Twine yet, so I had to use crochet thread.  I think it worked ok, but I'd prefer the Baker's Twine. 
So, what other uses can you think of for the fun frames on this die?  I'm intending to use it for scrapbooking and cardmaking, but what other uses can we come up with?  I'd love to hear your ideas!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Playing with the new stuff!!!

Yes!  I finally had time to play with some of my new stuff.  I also put two challenges into this card.  The first was by my wonderfully creative friend Joanne, who posted CC336, a color challenge of Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, and Sahara Sand.  So soft and pretty!  The second was this week's sketch challenge SC346.  I really like the end result of the two paired together.  Of course, I wanted to use my new stamp sets Simply Soft and Delightful Dozen, and this worked so well!  Yes, I also added the new and delightful polka dot brads.  See the sparkles on the flowers?  That is the new SU! product Dazzling Details.  It's a very fine glue that has iridescent sparkles in it.  Yes, I know that there are other companies that have something similar, but I really like the thinness of the applicator so that you can highlight specifically small details.  I also used my new 1" square punch (I'm so glad that we finally have one of those!!!) and my postage punch.  The ribbon is Pretty in Pink, but let's not tell anyone that detail.  They don't really need to know, do they?  :-D

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie