Here are some baby shower invitations I created recently:

• Paper:  Recollections
• Die:  Cricut - Animal Kingdom - Exotic 1
• Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug
• Punches:  Stampin Up
• Stamps:  The Stamps of Life
• Ribbon:  Ribbon Boutique
• Paper cutter:  Fiskars
• Scissors:  Fiskars
• Adhesive:  Xyron, Tombow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National No Housework Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the

National No Housework Day Online Blog Hop!

If you have arrived not knowing until now about the hop, no problem...just go back to

Groovy Deb's Blog at:

If It's Groovy

where this hop starts and work your way through.  You may find games, prized, projects and how do-you-dos along the path :).  We would appreciate it if you sign up to keep in touch with us by "following" and would love your comments.  Perhaps you have arrived here from Jeannie - Polka Cabana.  Great!  I hope you enjoyed that stop and the others so far!!!

We celebrate this national holiday by scrapping today and into the weekend with projects that remind us of housework or getting away from it!!!  Take the day off, put up your feet and let's hop!

For my project, I thought about what I would do if I didn't have any housework.  Well, seeing as how it is spring, I think I would just like to spend some time outside, maybe at the botanical garden or the zoo.  So here is my take on No Housework Day and Spring!

Materials used:

• Fiskars Scissors
• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife
• Paper from The Paper Studio and ColorBok
• ScorPal
• Punch from Stampin Up!
• Ribbon from Stampin Up!
• All stamps from The Stamps of Life - Back2Basics, Banners4All, Daisies4You sets

DON'T LEAVE YET, I HAVE A RAK!

How about a

Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch

and a

Fiskars Fingertip Control Swivel Knife?????

You have two chances to win:

1.  Leave a comment here!

2.  Become a follower!

Make sure to tell me that you are now a follower, in the comments!

I will pick a winner sometime Monday evening!

Thanks for your visit, now head over to Mary - MareBearScraps for more exciting fun!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #20

Challenge #20 - Simon Says, 5,4,3,2,1

• 5 Embellies - One Star, Three Pink Sequins, Two Red Brads, 2 Blue Sequins, and one Ribbon
• 4 Patterned Papers - 4 Squares
• 3 Stamps - I actually used 14 total stamps - 11 outside and 3 inside.
• 2 Punches
• 1 Cardstock

This was hard!!!!!  Here is my take on this challenge:

Materials used:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife
• Paper from The Paper Studio and ColorBok
• Ribbon from Stampin Up!
• Punches from Stampin Up!
• Accessories from my scraps
• Stamps from The Stamps of Life - Kites2Fly, Daisies4You sets

This wraps up my Winter Stamp Out entries, I hope you liked them!  Thanks for joining me today!  Be sure to stop by on Thursday for Groovy Deb's No Housework Blog Hop

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Challenge #13 - The Ugly Duckling

I didn't really have any ugly paper.  In my stash, I only have solids and some patterned paper that I like. So, then I remembered that I have a scratch sheet of cardstock that I use with my Inkssential blending tool.

Here is my take on this challenge:

I cut part of my scratch cardstock to use as a mat, then I took it outside and sprayed it with Tattered Angels. Then I punched some holes in a pink piece of cardstock with my new Fiskars Scroll Punch and sprayed it as well. Then I stamped my sentiment and masked it, and also sprayed it with Tattered Angels. It came out very shimmery, but you can't really see it in the photo. I like the result, it is very different for me.

 

Materials used:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Fiskars Limited Edition Spring Scroll Punch
• Paper from The Paper Studio
• Ribbon from Celebrate It
• Spray from Tattered Angels
• Stamps from Stampin Up! - Afterthoughts set

Challenges 14 and 15 were online contests, so you won't see a posting for those two. 

Challenge 16 - Inky Fingers

Here are my inky fingers!

Challenges #17 & #18 were also online contests!

There are three more challenges to go!  Stop by tomorrow for even more of the WSO!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #11

Challenge #11 was Let's Get Trashy! 
In other words, find something that we can recycle and use for a project.  There was a box that I have been wanting to try for awhile.  I haven't created it because I thought it wouldn't be sturdy enough.  Alas, I could use come cardboard and recycle it. You can find the tutorial for this box on ScorPal's website. Here are some pictures of what happened next! 

I love this new box and I can store all kinds of little treasures in it!

Materials used:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife
• Recycled Michelob Ultra box
• ScorPal
• Paper from ColorBok
• Stamps from Stampin Up! - Elements of Style set
• Ink from Stampin Up! - Cajun Craze

Thanks for stopping by, come back tomorrow for more of WSO!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #10

Challenge #10 required us to use at least three different stamps.  I made about 20 of these cards because I have a lot of birthdays coming up.  I am also in a Birthday Club with the Fiskateers!    I lifted this card from StampTV.  Here is my take on this challenge:

Materials used:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Paper from The Paper Studio
• Ribbon from The Ribbon Boutique
• Embossing folder from CuttleBug - Argyle
• Punch from Stampin Up!
• Stamps from Stampin Up! - Afterthoughts set
• Ink from Stampin Up! - Elegant Eggplant

Thanks for coming by to see me today.  May you be blessed today!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #8

Challenge #8 - Just One Inch

What a fun challenge.  I had NEVER made anything this small before.  I was kind of hard to wrap my head around it.  I wanted my entry for the challenge to be different, so what could I do?  Well, I thought I could make an envelope for my inchie.  I can't have my inchie getting cold, now can I? 

Here is the Inchie:

Here is the envelope for the inchie:

I just love how this came out! 

Materials used:

Inchie:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Fiskars Finger Tip Craft Knife
• Paper from The Paper Studio
• Stamps from Stampin Up! - Cute by the Inch set
• Ink from Stampin Up! - Riding Hood Red, Garden Green
• Sequin, from my scraps

Envelope:

• Paper from The Paper Studio
• Punch from Stampin Up! - Petal Card Punch
• Stamps from Stampin Up! - July Fourth set
• Ink from Stampin Up! - Riding Hood Red, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Elegant Eggplant

Thanks for looking and stop by tomorrow for another challenge posting!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #6

Challenge #5 was Black and White.  I have to admit, I had never tried this type of challenge before.  After seeing all of the elegant and beautiful work in the Fiskateer's gallery, I was beyond inspired.  Here is my take on this challenge:

Materials used:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Paper from The Paper Studio
• Ribbon from Celebrate It!
• Butterfly Stamps from Martha Stewart
• Sentiment Stamp from Stampin Up! - Butterfly Prints Set

Come back tomorrow for another challenge posting!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #3

Challenge #3 was to complete an unfinished project.  I have been wanting to try this cute little treat bag that I saw on Splitcoaststampers for a while.  Here is the link if you want to see the tutorial:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/one_sheet_box/

I have had all of the material cut for this project for a while, and I don't know why I didn't try it.  It was pretty simple really.  Here is my before picture:

Here is a side view of the completed project:

And here is the front of the treat bag!

This project was pretty easy, I was surprised.  I love the results. 

Materials used: 

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• Paper from The Paper Studio
• Ribbon from Celebrate It
• Stamp set from Stampin Up! - Elements of Style

Check back tomorrow for Challenge #4.

Happy Day to You!

Fiskateers - WSO - Challenge #2

Challenge #2 - Create a project inspired from the nature pictures on the Fiskateer Gallery. 
Here is my entry:

After the crop was over, I decided that this card was missing something, so I added some ribbon to it:

 

Now that's better!

Materials and tools used:

• Fiskars Trimmer
• Fiskars Scissors
• The Paper Studio Paper
• CuttleBug Embossing Folder
• Ribbon from Celebrate It!
• Stampin Up! Watercolor Trio Stamp Set
• Stampin Up! Inks:  Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Garden Green

Stop by here tomorrow for the next challenge entry!

Thanks for looking!

Double pull out Christmas Card

Here is a card that I made at my last stamp club in El Paso back in November. 
I love the way this card looks. 

Here is the botton pop out:

Here is the top pop out:

All of the materials used were from Stampin Up.  My thanks to Vicy Frescas, my demonstrator for teaching us how to make this!

Christmas cards gift set

Here is a set of cards that I made back at Stamp Camp in November.  We made four cards and they had ivory envelopes.  Then we made a matching an oversized envelope to put the smaller cards and envelopes in.  This set was meant to give as a gift.  I kind of messed mine up, so I didn't give it as a gift.  But I will try this project again!

Have a wonderful day!

Wedding Card

Here is a card that I made at one of my Stampin Up club meetings. 

We used blue ink, and a brayer on glossy paper and then embossed the card.  As always, this technique was taught to me by the awesome Vicky Frescas, my fantastic Stampin Up Demonstrator. 

Thank you note!

Here is a Thank you note I created!

The Die is from Sizzix and is called Top Note, the punches were ordered from Stampin Up, but are the EK Success brand.  Thanks!

Mini Album

This is a mini album that I made at one of my Stampin Up workshops.  We used A2 envelopes and cut off the ends and then slid the tabs inside of the envelopes.  I am telling you, my Stampin Up demonstrator is a genius! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Father's Day card

Here is a Father's Day card that I made a one of my Stampin Up workshops:

Thanks for looking!

More Stampin Up

March 8, 2010

So here is other item that i made at my Stampin Up workshop. It is a square scallope die from Sizzix. Then we scored it (I used a Fiskar's trimmer to score the paper) and then folded it up and put some ribbon through the wholes in the corners. This is a super easy project that turned out really pretty!

Some of the Hershey's Kisses are missing thanks to my husband! :)

1st Stampin Up Scrap Meeting

March 3, 2010

So a couple of weeks ago I went to my first Stampin Up workshop. I met a lot of really nice people at the workshop and I learned several new techniques. My host was gracious and well spoken. Here are some pictures of the easel card we made:

This is the inside of the card. You can't really tell from this photo, but we stamped the image on the outside of the card twice. We stamped once on the outside and then again on the inside without re-inking. This gave it a kind of shabby and faded look to it.



This is the card folded up. I stamped it a little crooked, but i kind of like that it isn't perfect anyway. Life isn't perfect, right? The friends stamp was achieved by putting drops of three different colors of alcohol ink on a baby wipe. It came out pretty cool, huh! I wish I could take credit for this technique, but it was our host who taught us how do accomplish this.



Here is the card sitting inside the border punch which makes it sit up and therefore, it is an easel card! I loved making this card and so enjoyed my time at that workshop. I hope to be to attend each meeting. Thanks for stopping by my blog today!