Last Chance - Seeing Spots Card #2

This is card #2 that I made yesterday using the Seeing Spots stamp set. I used Tangerine Tango (retiring soon) and Apricot Appeal classic inks and cardstock which look so nice together. I used our 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches as well as our scallop punch to punch out the flower circles. The "happy birthday" is from the Birthday's Count Mini Note Kit (retiring soon) and I used an Apricot Appeal button to finish off the card.




Until June 7th only get the Seeing Spots stamp set 25% off. Regular price is $19.95 but place your order with me before noon on Sunday and get it for $14.96 + shipping and tax. Send me an e-mail (s-pdavid@sympatico.ca ) or give me a call to place your order.


More Sold Out Accessories:

106961 – Stazon Refill White
113884 – Fashion District Rub Ons
112010 – Die Cuts Blooms Again
102264 – Coluzzle Starter Kit
111347 – In Colour cardstock 8 ½ x 11

See my June 2nd post for more sold out accessories.

Last Chance - Seeing Spots Stamp set

This is a card I made today using the Seeing Spots stamp set, which is not on the Last Chance list meaning it will be gone forever as of June 30th. This is one of the first Stampin Up stamp sets I ever got and although it's been kind of collecting dust I'm sad to see it leaving the catalogue. The colours I used on this card are Baja Breeze (retiring), Pink Pirouette (retiring), and Chocolate Chip. I used our circle punches to punch the flower and an antique brass brad in the center. The "Kind Thanks" is from the Thank you Kindly stamp set.

Until June 7th only get the Seeing Spots stamp set 25% off. Regular price is $19.95 but place your order with me before noon on Sunday and get it for $14.96 + shipping and tax. Send me an e-mail (s-pdavid@sympatico.ca ) or give me a call to place your order.

Club Card - Sunny Thanks

This card was super simple to make and yet looks so sunny and cheerful. The card base is made from Barely Banana cardstock, the white flower is from the Pretties kit and the patterned paper is from Good Morning Sunshine. I finished the card off with the super cute Summer Sun corduroy button and white grosgrain ribbon. The thanks stamp is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set and it is stamped with Basic Gray ink.



Congratulations to Christine Cantin for winning my draw for the Birthdays Count mini note kit. I will drop that off to you the next chance I get. Be sure to keep checking out my blog because I have a lot more to giveaway.

Last Chance Accessories Update....

First of all there were three things missing off of the Last Chance Accessories List that were added on today. They are:

• 114528 Sizzix Embosslit Flower (page 202)
• 116209 Note of Thanks (page208)
• 116210 Birthdays Count (page 208) which you could win if you post a comment under my June 1st blog post by tomorrow.

Sold Out Accessories (as of today):

112471 - Rainbow Sherbet Designer Series Paper
112157 - Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper Patterns
112461 - Washington Apple Designer Series Paper
112172 – Rock a Bye Boy Simply Scrappin
112165 - Rock A Bye Girl Simply Scrappin
113991 – Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin
112054 – Best Ever Simply Scrappin
113936 – Hoppy Memories Simply Scrappin
114606 – More Thoughts Simply Sent Card Kit
112092 – Button Bouquet

Club Cards - Raspberry Tart Designer Paper

My new favourite patterned paper and now it's leaving for good. I wish I had discovered how awesome this paper was months ago instead of just a few weeks ago. I hope they have a similar pattern in the new catalogue (July 1st) in the new "in colours" I will scoop it up right away!

Here is the card we made at my club meeting in May (everyone had a choice of our different designer papers) Such a simple design. but it looks so great with almost any pattern of Designer Paper. The stamp we used "My dear kind and wonderful friend" is from the All Holiday stamp set (whichis NOT retiring, thank goodness because I just got it!)

Congratulations to Norma B for winning the $25 gift certificate in my retiring set contest. She got 10 out of 25 right.

Ok, post a comment on these cards (click on the title "Club Card - Raspberry Tart Designer Paper" to post) and I will enter you into a draw to win a new Birthday's Count mini Note Kit on page 208. I will do a draw Wednesday, the 3rd, at 5pm (had to change the time) for a winner. This contest is only open to my current customers. Please remember that I moderate all comments before they are posted to take out the bad words (just kidding, I know most of you won't do that) but it does take a few hours before you will see your comment. Don't forget to put you name in your post so I know who posted or I can't enter you name into the draw.

Book Your Own Class Special

For the month of June I am offering a super special for those of you who book your own private classes. If you organize a class at your house, you as the hostess, will:

• 
  1. Get the class FREE for yourself
  2. Receive a $50 Stampin Up Gift Certificate that will be good until the end of July.
  3. Receive Hostess Benefits. If people at your class place orders that reach $200 you also get the hostess benefits for the event (a minimum of $20 worth of free merchandise and a Level 1 Hostess stamp set)
• The not so Fine print:
  1. You must have a minimum of 6 people attend your private class, including yourself, so you plus 5 friends.
  2. I only have 4 available dates in June. First come first serve.
  3. The class offered is a 5 card (all occasion cards) for $20 per person. I will not be taking special requests for certain kinds of cards, although I will have a variety of verses and sayings so you can change your own card to suit your own needs.
  
  The dates I have available are:
  · Friday June 19th
  · Tuesday June 23rd
  · Saturday June 27th
  · Sunday June 28th
  

Cards For Men....

Making cards for the men in our lives is a real challenge for most of us stampers since a lot of us like to use glitter, flower stamps and girly colours on cards.

This card class will give you a bunch of cards that you can use throughout the year, saving you time and letting you focus on the cute cards you all make. We will be making 10 “masculine” cards, 5 designs, 2 of each design. The class is on Sunday June 7th at 1pm. The cost is $25.

There is still room so e-mail me if you would like to sign up.


For every class you take in May and June, you will receive a ballot to win a brand new Full of Life stamp set (pictured on my blog, April 16th post)

Playful Petals....

I have been having some fun playing with the Playful Petals stamp sets, its so much fun to colour. This flower was coloured with Almost Amethyst and Lavender Lace Stampin Write markers. The leaves were coloured with certainly Celery. The card is finished off with Tea Party Designer Paper, a scallop edge punch and the Just For you stamp from the Oval All stamp set in the Mini catalogue. Because we have no amethyst ribbon I dyed the white grosgrain using an Almost Amethyst ink refill (just a few drops) and my Aquapainter.

Congratulations to Anne who wins the Note of Thanks Mini Note kit. I will be dropping that off the next chance I get. Be sure to keep watching for more freebies.

You Only Live Once...

I love this little saying from the Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set (the flower is from that stamp set as well) It's perfect for almost any occassion. Thi scard was mostly made with Baja Breeze, a colour I am really going to miss. In fact this years colours are really fantastic and I am going to miss them all when they are gone at the end of June. But the new "In Colours" should be revealed soon and I am sure I will fall in love with them as well. Be sure to vote in My "In Colour poll. I would love to know which colours you will miss.


On this card:

• Baja Breeze cardstock (soon to be retired)
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Basic Gray Classic Ink
• Baja Breeze ink refill (soon to be retired)
• Blender Pen
• Clear Microbeads
• Crystal Effects
• White Grosgrain
• Ticket Corner Punch
• Walk in the Park Designer Paper
• White Jumbo brad

Post a comment on this card (click on the title "You Only Live Once") and your name will be entered into a draw to win a new Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit (page 208) This Note Kit includes a double mounted stamp, 4 Whisper White gift cards and envelopes and a Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin Spot. I will do a the draw at 8 am on Monday the 25th. Please remember that you will not see your comments posted until I approve them! Be sure to include your name.

2 Sweet Simply Scrappin Kit

This cute little box is something I totally copied, which I don't do very often but it was too cute to resist. It was on the cover of Stampin Success, a magazine all Stampin Up demonstrators get, and I just fell in love with it so I had to buy the 2 Sweet Simply Scrappin kit (page 165) right away. The funny thing was, when I saw this box and scrapbook page I thought they were giving us a preview out of the new catalogue not realizing we had this super cute stuff all along. It's so true that sometimes you don't notice how awesome something is until you see something made with it. I will post the scrapbook page I copied later this month! I love this Scrappin kit so much I am offering 20% off if you order before May 24th! Regular price $23.95, sale price is $19.16 (plus shipping and tax)


I did a draw this morning and Christine Can. won (I had to write part of her last name since I have two Christine C's!) Congratulations and I will drop the Designer Prints off the next chance I get. Don't forget to keep checking back here because I still have lots of goodies I plan to giveaway!


Also don't forget about my Retiring Stamp Set contest. I only have 2 entries so far so their chances to win are pretty good right now. All the details are in my May 12th post!

Playful Petals...

This is a card I made this morning using the Playful Petals and Full of Life (on the dormant list, still available to order even though it is not pictured in the Spring Summer Catalogue) and Tea Party Designer Series Paper. The flowers are embossed with white embossing powder and the "Life Is.." stamp is stamped with Basic Gray. I used Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon and silver eyelets to finish off the card.

Post a comment under this post (click on the title, "Playful Petals" to post a comment) and I will do a draw on Wednesday May 20th, 8am, for one person to win the Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper II (pictured on page 18 in the Spring Summer Catalogue) This is a 6 x6 pad of Patterns Designer Series Paper in Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Brocade Blue, Basic Gray and Garden Green. It includes 60 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs. This contest is only open to my current customers and only comments posted under this post will count as an entry, no e-mails please.

Your comments will not be posted until after I moderate them (I know what kind of stuff you would all post on here if I let you...LOL!)

Red Bloomin Beautiful

Bloomin Beautiful...again. I hope you all aren't getting bored! I will work hard to post some other stuff but the flower in this stamp set is just so gorgeous and lots of fun to colour! The colours I used on this card are Whisper White Real Red, Summer Sun and Certainly Celery. The bee stamp and the Red Gingham ribbon add the perfect touch!

There is still room left in my Spring Fling Class. I will be doing a draw to give away all five of my class samples! 5 people will leave with one extra project. See all the details for the class on my May 8th post!

Retirement List Contest

Ok this is your chance to predict the future and win a great prize.

As many of you know on June 1st Stampin Up will announce it's retirement list. This is a list of stamp sets that will not make it into the new catalogue starting on July 1st (although this stamp sets will be available until June 30th)

E-mail me a list of 25 stamp sets in the Spring Summer catalogue that you think will retire with the words "Retirement Contest" in the subject line. The person with the most right will win a $25 gift certificate! All e-mail entries must be in to me by May 30th at 5pm and this contest is only open to my current customers. I will confirm when I receive your e-mail. The person with the most right will win! I will announce the winner on my blog on June 1st!

Happy guessing!

Live Love and Laugh...

I thought I would post a card with gold embossing for a change. I'm not a big "embosser" but I do love the look of it when I do pull out my heat tool. This card was made with the Forever Flowers wheel and the Live, Laugh & Love stamp in the It's Your Birthday stamp set. Both were stamped with Versamark watermark and embossed with gold. The colouring on the Forever Flowers was done with a Ruby Red and Mellow Moss Stampin Write Markers.

I think this card layout and colourse would look great re-done with Christmas stamps, something I am sure to do later this year once we know which stamps are staying and which are going!

Congratulations to Irene L who won the Regal Rose Craft ink pad and ink refill. I will give them to her the next time I see her. Be sure to be paying attention to my blog to see my next giveaway!

Bloomin Beautiful yet again! Club Card

Another card we did at our club meeting two weeks ago. Of course I used my new favourite stamp set, Bloomin Beautiful! On this card I used the Top Note die with some Walk in the Park Designer Paper (which you could get FREE if you purchase three other designer papers this month!) The poppies are coloured with Ruby Red and Cameo Coral Stampin Write markers and a Blender Pen with Kiwi Kiss ink. The black brads, ribbon and card base make everything pop!

Ok we are going to try this give-a-away again. This time just send me an e-mail to enter you into the contest to win a free Regal Rose Craft ink pad and ink refill. I think my e-mail is working again since I am now receiving junk e-mail and this will be a great way to test it. Just put Regal Rose Craft ink pad in the subject line. You have until tomorrow night to send me an e-mail and I will do a draw Tuesday morning. I will send a quick response to you when I get your e-mail so if you don't hear from me, try again.

Spring Fling Class...

Here is a little preview of my Spring Fling Class on Sunday May 24th at my place. Pictured are three of the items we will be making: a picture frame, a sunflower box and a notecard box (with 5 notecards). We will also be making a stamped candle (not the candle itself) and a notecard kit

in a tin. Please call to sign up for this class as my e-mail is onthe fritz and I haven't received any since the weekend. Don't forget that for every class you take in May and June gets you a ballot to win a brand new Full of Life stamp set (pictured in my April 16th posting)! Cost for this class is $25.

Because my e-mail is not working I am holding on my draw for the Regal Rose Craft ink pad and ink refill. Once my e-mail is working I will re-issue that draw, those of you who e-mailed me will be entered.

Club Card - Great Friend and Oval All...

This is one of the cards we did at our April club meeting using a technique called Faux silk (it basically gived the look of raw silk when you see it in person!) I used the Great friends and Oval All stamp sets from the Occasions mini catalogue. The ink colours we used were Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette. The patterned paper is from Bella Rose (am I going to miss this paper or what. I hope they save the design and just change the colours in the new catalogue this summer!) We also used a corner ticket punch and the new scallop oval punch in the Occasions mini.

Nursery Necessities Sailboat card

Such a cute little baby card! Nursery Necessities makes the best cards for babie and I am sure it would be great in a scrapbook as well. For this card I used Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Barely Banana cardstock and inks. The silver eyelet, pink tafetta ribbon and scallop edge finish off this card perfectly.

In the spirit of pink I am giving away a Regal Rose craft ink pad and ink refill to one of you who post a comment on todays card. I will do a draw on May 8th. I will post the winner then. If there is only one comment you of course win! You must be a currant customer of mine to win. If you are posting with a fancy code name please drop me an e-mail so I know who you are!

Wonderful Watercolours

As soon as I saw this stamp set in the catalogue I knew this was a must have for me, daisies are my absolute favourite flowers (followed by tulips and daffodils in case you were wondering) It's a two step stamping set, which means there is an outline image and a solid image and the stamp set has a bit of a learning curve to use. Unless of course you already own a Stamp-a-ma-jig, which makes stamping this card a breeze. To make this card I used Certainly Celery, Barley Banana and Apricot Appeal which look very fresh and "springy" to me. I also used the Eyelet Border punch as well as Basic Gray Classic ink for the sentiment.

Bloomin Beautiful Again....

This is my new favourite card with my new favourite stamp set. The Cameo Coral (a very neglected colour in my collection) and the Basic Black are a stunning colour combination (in my own opinion) The flower is stamped with Black Staz On three times and coloured with Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Mellow Moss Stampin Write Markers. The word "bloom" is embossed with white embossing powder and the black and white gingham ribbon adds the perfect touch to the card.

Blooming With Love...Club card

This card is one of the cards my club did with the stamp set "Blooming With Love" It's almost Mother's Day so I figured I should squeeze at least one card in before the big event. This stamp set is so much fun to colour (something I am really loving to do lately) We used Stampin Write markers to colour the flowers but we used an Aquapainted with Going Gray Classic ink to colour the wheelbarrow. The card base was made with Going Gray textured cardstock and the cardstock layers were So Saffron and Pretty in Pink. I used Natural White cardstock because it is a bit heavier than Whisper White and takes the watercolouring well without warping.

Bloomin Beautiful...

This is just one of the many new cards I have made this week with my new stamp set Bloomin Beautiful from the catalogue. It's been in the catalogue for over a year and I just kept passing it by, but one of my customers ordered it and seeing it in person made me realize just how gorgeous this set is. If you love to colour you are going to LOVE this stamp set. I have been having so much fun playing with it, so much in fact, I revamped one of my cards for this weekends stampers group just so we could use this set!

Supplies Used to Make this card:

• Bloomin Beautiful stamp set
• Thinking of You stamp set ("For you")
• Silver Hodgepodge
• Almost Amethyst, Mellow Boss and Lovely Lilac Stampin Write markers
• Staz on Black ink
• Loverly Lilac Classic Ink
• White Tafetta ribbon
• Lovely Lilac, Whisper White and Lavender Lace cardstock

Flight of the Butterfly ....

If you love butterflies you are going to love this stamp set as much as I do. I just love the two step stamping ( you can pick polka dots of flowers to layer overtop of the solid butterfly) and it has great swirly verses to use with the butterflies. On this card I also used Tangerine Tango Designer Series paper and a daisy flower I cut out with my Big Shot and the Flower, Daisies #2 die.

Butterflies have been my big "rage" this spring and I am loving the butterflies in this stamp set, Simple Friendship, Great Friend (from the Occasions mini) and God's Beauty (the level one hostess set) I'll try not to let all my other stamp sets feel neglected though!

Take a class....win great stuff!

See the beautiful tin...I have both the inside and the outside posted. It's a notecard kit I made with the Great Friend stamp set in the Ocassions mini catalogue. It includes all the supplies to make 5 of the notecards pictured including envelopes, brads, ribbon, designer paper and stamped images(as well as my sample card!) Every person who attends my Simple Friendship card class will be entered into a draw to win this tin! I still have two spaces left. See all the details for the class in my April 6th post below!

Take a class in May or June and win the Full of Life stamp set (Pictured below)!!!!

For every class you take of mine (private, here at my house or 2go!) in May and June you will get a ballot to win a brand new Full of Life stamp set! While it's not pictured in the catalogue, it is still current (on the dormant list!) I will do the draw on July 1st and post it here on my blog who won! Good luck!

Simply Said....

Here is an oldie but a goodie stamp set. It's been around for years now and yet when every retirement list comes out, it's never on it. It's been awhile since I pulled it out and made some cards with it so here is a card I made this week. While I think this stamp set looks great in all colours I think it looks fabulous using the nice bright colours from the Bold Brights colour family. I stamped the image in black and then coloured it in with markers from the Bold Bright family. To do the polka dot strip I coloured the dots on the Polka Dot background stamp (not in the catalogue but still available to order) with markers, huffed and then stamped.

Cheep Talk

This is a simple little card I made with the Cheep Talk stamp set in the catalogue. I coloured all the images with markers and huffed on the stamp before actually stamping it to the paper.

The deadline for my Simple Friendship class is coming up soon (this Sunday!) Be sure to check back here later this week to see what I will be giving away to one of the people who signed up for the class. The class is also available to go if you can't make the class on May 2nd.

Thoughts and Prayers...

This card was one of the cards we did last month in my classes to show how simple and awesome embossing is! I don't emboss that much, in fact I am sure I use my heat gun more to dry images than to emboss but the simplicity of the gold embossing on the Very Vanilla cardstock is so pretty to me. In a few months I am going to start my Christmas classes (yep starting Christmas cards early this year!) so I am sure my embossing gun will get a lot more use.

Supplies to Make This Card

• Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set
• Beautiful Borders Stamp Set ("with sympathy" stamp)
• Versamark Watermark Ink Pad
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Black Grosgrain Ribbon
• Black Staz On ink
• Black Brads
• Basic Black, Very Vanilla cardstock
• Brushed Gold cardstock

Simple Friendship Class

This is one of the five cards we will be making at my Simple Friendship class on Saturday May 2nd, 10 am at my place. Cost for signing up is $45. This price includes your own Simple Friendship stamp set to take home as well as the 5 cards we will be making in the class. Sign up deadline is Sunday April 19th so I can have enough stamp sets ordered in time for this class.

Great Friend

This card was one of the first I made with the new stamp set "Great Friend" out of the new Occasions mini catalogue. I used Baja Breeze and Night of Navy for the colours and absolutely no embellishments, which was incredibly hard for me. I have a compulsive need to add ribbon, brads or something. I may have to go back later and add something but for now I am trying to let it be!

Until the end of April, spend $50 (before shipping and tax) out of the mini catalogue and get any item on page 208 free! E-mail me for more details!

A Good Egg

I just love this little guy! Isn't he the cutest. Apparently you all think so too because I have never had a bigger selling stamp set! And to think I almost didn't buy him myself.

These two cards are ones we did last month in my stampers club and various classes. People liked the pink but I think the green was a much bigger hit. Too bad I didn't have more green brads and more of the green galore patterned paper (from the Rainbow Sherbert Designer Paper) The blue paper is from the Washington Apple Designer Paper. The polka dot backround stamp was on both cards (not in this catalogue but still available to order!)

Sale-a-Bration Delicate Dots Designer Paper

Here is one of the cards my clubs made this month using the Sale-a-bration designer paper Delicate Dots. It works perfect for this very cute, gender neutral, baby card. We also used the Certainly Celery poly-twill ribbon. Sale-a-bration ends tomorrow, but there is still time to place your order online at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stephanied/ Spend $60 before shipping and tax and receive one of 4 Sale-a-bration stamp set, the designer paper or the ribbon bundle.



Supplies Used to make this Card:

• Nursery Necessities stamp set
• Delicate Dots Designer Paper
• Certainly Celery Poly-twill ribbon
• Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery and So Saffron cardstock
• Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Basic Gray classic ink
• Star Punch
• Word Window Punch
• Paper Piercer
• Stamp-a-ma-jig

Quick Card Class

Here is a little preview of two of the cards we will be making at my Saturday April 4th class (Quick Cards - Flowers and Winged Things). We will be making 10 cards, all designs that can be put together in under 10 minutes, using flower, butterfly and bird stamps.

Although I am showing you a wonderful Chocolate Chip card, the class is primarily spring colours (So I know Cheryl, who is already signed up, will love these cards!) The class starts and 10am and the cost for this class is $25.

There is still a few spaces left so sign up ASAP.

You Quack me Up!

Here is cute little card made from the Animal Crackers stamp set. The animals in this set are just adorable. I bought it for the giraffe because I just love giraffe's but I haven't actually made a card with that stamp yet. The paper I used on this card is from the Washington Apple designer series paper.

I hope everyone had a nice March break, I know for some of you it went by far too fast. Only a few more weeks until the Easter break (and the new Hannah Montana movie Mary is counting down to!)

A Good Egg...

Isn't this little chick the cutest thing ever! I love him. I wasn't going to buy him but when one of my club members ordered him and I saw the stamp set I knew I just had to have him (thanks Tina!) This is just one of the many cards I made with him and my club members later this month will get to make a different card with him (which I will probably post in April) Now is the time to order Easter stamps and supplies if you want to have time to make cute stuff before Easter (which is quickly approaching, April 12th)

Supplies to Make this Card

• A Good Egg stamp set
• Sweet Always Designer Paper
• Tangerine Tango, Regal Rose, Whisper White cardstock
• Staz On Black Ink
• Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal stampin write markers
• Orange Glitter (Fine Supernova pack)
• 2 way glue pen
• Corner rounder punch
• gold eyelet
• pumpkin grosgrain ribbon

Chocolate Chip Celebrate....

I've been good, I've posted lots of other colours lately so I thought I deserved to post one of my beautiful Chocolate Chip coloured creations. You may find this hard to believe but for the first time in about year I have been creating more cards without chocolate chip than with so I thought it deserved a little love today!

Supplies to make this card:

• Celebrate Everything stamp set
• True Friend stamp set
• Chocolate Chip Craft ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Chocolate Chip Designer Prints Paper
• Chocolate Chip Cardstock
• Very Vanilla Cardstock
• Half Pearl (from Pretties Kit)

Heartfelt Thanks...

Heartfelt Thanks is a stamp set I have had since before I started Stampin Up, classes etc so I find it pushed to the back of all my stamp sets when something new and exciting is coming in. I was glad I pulled it out for this card because I think it's beautiful stamped on the pale plum. The "Warm Wishes" and the embossed border (Perfect Plum craft ink embossed with clear embossing powder) are both from the Beautiful Borders stamp set. The edge of the card is punched with the scallop edge punch. Purples are my new, gotta use colour since it has been severly neglected in my collection. In fact it's only been in the past month that I have had to buy new packs of Lovely Lilac, Perfect Plum etc.. cardstock since I started doing this....two years ago!

Petal Pizzazz

I just love the colours I used on this card, I must be a colour genius! (so full of myself aren't I? LOL!)

It makes me think of spring, which had better be on it's way because I am really really really tired of winter. Is it just me or does winter seem really long this year? It's always long, because of where we live and I usually just go with the flow but I need to see some tulips really soon!

Supplies to Make this Card

• Petal Pizzazz Stamp Set
• Thank You Kindly Stamp Set
• See You Around Wheel
• Apricot Appeal, Tangerine Tango,Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss Classic Inks
• Apricot Appeal, Tangerine Tango, Baha Breeze and Whisper White Cardstock
• Black Staz On ink
• Apricot Buttons
• Paper Piercer
• Paper Piercing Template
• Paper Snips

A Little Birdie Told Me....

Birds are so "in" this year I thought I should probably bring out some of my bird stamps and start playing with them. This little bird is from the "A Little Birdie Told Me" stamp set and I used the oval punches as well as the oval coluzzle in the catalogue to cut the larger ovals around the bird. I love the look of the Jumbo eyelets on the card.

Thoughts of You Card Class

Today's card is one of the 6 cards we will be making in my "Thoughts of You" card class on March 1st. We will be making sympathy, get well and just plain old thinking of you cards. There will be a variety of sentiments available in case you need to turn one of them into a birthday/thank you card. I think the card on the left would make a great birthday card for men. There is still a couple of spaces left so e-mail me to sign up. Cost is $30.

Check out my SU website for an updated schedule of my classes in April and May.

Club Card #2

Today's card is the second card we made at my clubs this past month. Not the greatest picture but for some reason I just couldn't get it to scan as pretty as the card actually is! Same basic card design as the other card (wth the scalloped edge) but completely different card. The Barely Banana, So Saffron and Certainly Celery look so springy together!

Supplies to Make this Card:

• Botanical Blooms Stamp Set (SAB)
• Yummy Stamp Set (SAB)
• Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Very Vanilla Cardstock
• So Saffron, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery Classic Ink
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Certainly Celery Grosgrain
• 2 way glue pen
• Dazzling Diamonds

Club Card February....

For those of you in one of my clubs and missed the last meeting here is one of the cards we made. Super cute and super quick! I am really loving orange this year, I think that's the colour I am going to have to work hard and stay away from or everything will be Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal. Although it might look good with Chocolate Chip.....hmmm...!

Supplies to Make this Card:

• Petal Pizazz stamp set
• Absolutely Fabulous stamp set
• Apricot Appeal, Whisper Whit cardstock
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Clear embossing Powder
• Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
• Tangerine Tango ink
• Black Staz On ink
• Versamark Watermark ink

Botanical Blooms

Here is one of the cards I made with the new Botanical Blooms set you can get FREE when you make any purchase of $60.

I also used one of the pieces from the beautiful Styled Silver Hodgepiodge kit (I am forcing myself to use it so that I don't hoard it all!)

Supplies to Make this card:

• Botanical Blooms stamp set
• Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Mellow Moss classic ink
• Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point Cardstock
• Scallop Punch
• 1/8 hole punch
• Small Oval punch
• Styled Silver Hodgepodge

Have an "ice" day!

Isn't this just the perfect card for today! Lots of Freezing rain this morning so right now my car is covered in ice. No school buses today so it's a snow day!

This card was made with the Animal Crackers stamp set, same as yesterday. All the little animals in this stamps set are so adorable!

Supplies needed to make this card:

• Animal Crackers stamp set
• Sprinkles stamp set
• Basic Gray, Going Gray, Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock
• Black Staz On ink
• Basic Gray Classic Ink
• Black Gingham ribbon
• Pewter brads
• Corner rounder punch

Ears wishing you a happy day!

This is the cutest stamp set in the new catalogue. It's called Animal Crackers and as soon as Mary saw it she told me she wanted it. I might have to share it with her! I like all the little puns underneath the cute animals. I think this little bunny could make a cute little Easter card!

Supplies to make this card:

• Animal Crackers stamp set
• Flower Fusion and Flower Fusion Too (felt flowers)
• Rhinestone brad
• 1 3/4 Circle punch
• Pumpkin Grosgrain
• Pumpkin, Regal Rose and Whisper White Cardstock
• Sweet Always Designer Paper

"In Colours" Eastern Bloom card

I thought I would use the usually brightly coloured Eastern Blooms set and try making it a bit darker. Turns out I think this colours look good together. In fact now that I have been stamping so long, I am losing my fear of colour. I use to make cards usually with only two different colours, but now it's fun to put a bunch of colours together and find out I actually like them. I am going to have to challange myself more this way.

Supplies to Make This Card:

• Eastern Blooms stamp set
• Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla cardstock
• Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point and Baja Breeze Classic Ink
• Chit Chat rub ons (thanks for being there)
• Paper Piercer
• 1/2" circle punch

SAB Botanical Blooms

6 Weeks of winter left or so the groundhog says. Lets hope it's true. I am ready to look outside and see some green!

This is a card I made using a different flower from the Sale-a-bration stamp set Botanical Blooms and the new designer paper Candy Lane. The Congratulations is from the SAB set Congrats. Spend $60 (before shipping and tax and you can either of these stamp sets FREE!

Sale-a-bration time!

I just have to say first of all; a big thank you to everyone who came to the new catalogue lauch party yesterday. I had a lot of fun and I hope you all did too! And congratulations to Debbie W who won the door prize.

Today's card is one of the cards we made with the new Sale-a-bration stamp sets (Congrats and Botanical Blooms) yesterday morning. I know Tangerine Tango and Regal Rose probably isn't at the top of everyone's favourite colour combinations but I am loving the orange and pink together.

Now that Sale-a-bration has started, every $60 order you place, before shipping and tax, you get to choose one item out of the Sale-a-bration catalogue. It has 4 stamp sets, a ribbon bundle and designer paper. Not only that but if you place an order through my website http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stephanied/ you will also receive a free catalogue with your order.