Catalog Celebration!

Last Tuesday I had a Stampin' Up! new catalog celebration! We had a lot of fun. Besides munching on yummy snacks and drinking alittle bubbly we made three projects. Two of them were in the latest Stampin' Success, which is a monthly magazine that SU demonstrators get chock full of ideas, inspiration and business tips.

We made a Matchbox with the Sizzix die in Bermuda Bay and Whisper White using Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry inks. We punched a window and adhered acetate inside so that we could fill it with jelly beans! Embellishments include Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, white tafetta ribbon and the new Rich Razzleberry dotted grosgrain. Then card is a project from Stampin' Success. We started with Crushed Curry textured cardstock and scallop punched one edge. We stamped a sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes on the Old Olive strip and used Chocolate Chip for the stems. Then we used a variety of punches, stamps and Felt Fusion for the flowers. Quick and easy card.

Everyone who attended received the brand new catalog! And I gave out the retired catalog for a new little promotion that I am having... Pass It On -- Give the old catalog to a friend and when they place a $25 product order with me, YOU get a $5 gift certificate. Let me know if you'd like a new and old catalog by emailing me at desdm@msn.com.

The Rich Razzleberry project in the middle is actually a bookmark. It is so stinkin' easy and makes a great giveaway to bookclub friends, kids who love to read (and even those who don't), and anyone else that are book lovers. Here are the easy instructions:

Cut a piece of cardstock 4"x4", score at 2" both ways. I used Rich Razzleberry. Crease well with your bone folder.

Punch lower right corner using the 5-Petal Punch and cut out the top left corner.

Stamp a 2.5"x2.5" Whisper White cardstock randomly with complementary inks. I used the leaves from the Branching Out set with Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo.Then use the Scallop Edge Punch to punch two adjoining sides. Adhere it behind the punched corner.

Next fold in the flaps and adhere them together. Do not adhere to the Whisper White.

Your bookmark should open like this...

I added a Mellon Mambo punched flower to the center. Here it is on my daughter's book. Cute, huh?

I am off to work on tomorrow's Crafter's Club project. We'll be using two cool templates. It's going to be a super fun to put together.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week and be sure to add some creativity to it!

Desiree

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CASEing Mish

One of the blogs that I visit often is Michelle Wooderson's blog. I love her style and she makes everything seem so easy. Many times she photographs her pieces before photographing the final product. Today I decided to copy her. Take a look at this post. I thought it would be so fun to follow along. So I made the bottom strip just like she did, with inks and embossing, and pretty much copied her right along.

Here are my pieces. Kraft cardstock, patterned paper, little birdie scalloped circles, the embossed strips, ribbon, linen thread and buttons.

And here is my finished product. The base of the card is Kraft and I sponged a little Whisper White craft ink along the edges. I used a piece of SAB Delicate Dots paper in the middle. Of course I used my favorite Cheep Talk stamp set stamped in Baja Breeze with a little glitter on the wing. The ribbon is the SAB So Safron 5/8 grosgrain. The buttons are the retired In Color buttons and retired Not Quite Navy buttons. And Not quite Navy is the other color I used on this. Cute cards! It was fun to totally CASE another designer. I'll be doing it again soon!

Right now I am visiting Jennifer in Shelton. Very relaxing! Her daughter took me for a ride on the go cart - yeah, I saw my life flash before my eyes as we traveled through the woods on the crazy little go cart trail!

Hope you are having a GREAT weekend!!!

Desiree

A tart envelope scrapbook

This is the project that I had for my Crafter's Club. Isn't it cute? I found the instructions here. All the gals loved it! We used the Raspberry Tart DSP which is now retired. The color palette is Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White.

While I kept it simple so that we could finish in a reasonable amount of time, I have seen some really beautiful samples on SCS. Our embellishments were Kiwi satin ribbon, a Kiwi corduroy button and a square rhinestone brad.

This morning I worked at Mugs. We have been selling VooDoo donuts the past couple of weeks but we were out of them today. Over the course of about 3 hours I had 4 customers come in asking for VooDoo donuts. I thought that was really odd because two of those customers just walked out when I told them we didn't have any today. Then a women came in asking and she mentioned that earlier in the week there was a full page article in the newspaper that VooDoo donuts were coming to Vancouver (from Portland). And VooDoo donuts had chosen 4 shops with the right mojo as retailers. Mugs is one of those shops! {So it probably would have been a great idea to have us stocked up.} I called the owner and found out that we get our delivery on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So if you have a hankering... you know where - and when - to go!

Off to my craft table...

Thanks for stopping by... Desiree

Curry and Suede

Fireworks are going off all around me! The girls and I had dinner at our friends' house and watched the neighbors set off fireworks. All around us were beautiful lights in the sky!

Earlier today I finally broke out some of my new In Color cardstock, ink and ribbon. I used an SFYTT sketch from Jen. It's been a long time since I used sketches or participated in any challenges...

For this one, I used Curry and Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White. The stamp is from the Close as a Memory set. The DSP is retired Bella Birds. Such a pretty package of paper. The only embellishment is the ribbon which is the Curry Polka Dot grograin using the backside. Also used the Top Note Sizzix die. A Simple and easy card.

I'm off to bed now to read for an hour before I sleep. I have been called into Mugs to open. So, I'll be there from 9-1 or 2. Stop in for coffee if you are in Hazel Dell!

Sweet Dreams!

Desiree