Here are my Valentines for this year!

I used my new favorite Designer Series Paper: Sending Love Specialty*
It’s double-sided paper that’s glittery on one side. Soooo pretty!

First I added a small strip of Pretty in Pink cardstock to the bottom of my Whisper White card. Then I adhered the patterned paper on top. I cut a slit in the fold of the card and threaded my ribbon through the slit, around the front flap of the card and tied a knot. I stamped my saying at the top. And I finished it by gluing a white halfback pearl on top of one of the flowers.

Here’s a slight variation that uses a rhinestone  brad instead of the pearl:

**If you like the stamp set I used, you can get it for FREE during Sale-A-Bration! It’s one of the stamp sets you can choose for free with your $50 order (or $300 workshop)! Ask me for more details!

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
Stamp set: Three Little Words
Designer Series Paper: Sending Love Specialty*
Cardstock: Whisper White and Pretty in Pink
Classic Stampin’ Pad: Real Red
1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon: Pretty in Pink
Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads (Red)
Pretties Kit (white halfback pearls)

*Items from the Occasions Mini Catalog (available January 5 – April 30, 2010)

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We made this cute Valentine’s Box at the RAD (Remarkable Achieving Demonstrators) Trip that my upline, Janet Wakeland, sponsored. For 4 days, select demonstrators from her team get to go to her amazing house in Pennsylvania for a stamping retreat. Four days of awesome food, all the stamping supplies you could ever need or imagine, and some of the kindest and most talented Stampin’ Up demonstrators around! She definitely knows how to spoil her team! Join my Stampin’ Up! team and you can try to earn the next trip! It’s just one of the many benefits of being on the RemARKable Stampers team!

Anyway — back to the box!

The box slides open and inside is a matching card (that you can also get a peak of at the top of the box).

The heart is punched out of the Designer Series Paper and then adhered to the card.

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
Stamp set: Well Scripted*
Clear-Mount Block
Designer Series Paper: Sending Love Specialty*
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red and Pretty in Pink
5/8″ Satin Ribbon: Real Red
Punch: Full Heart
Classic Stampin’ Pad: Basic Black

*Items from the Occasions Mini Catalog (available January 5 – April 30, 2010)

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Announcement From Stampin’ Up!:

“On January 12, 2010 a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, leaving in its wake devastation so overwhelming that the Haitian people and their leaders can only look for help from the outside to cope. To help make a difference in the lives of those who continue to suffer from the effects of this devastating earthquake, Stampin’ Up! will set aside $2 from the sale of every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set and donate it to the American Red Cross.”

The “I {Heart} Hearts” stamp set is available in the Occasions Mini Catalog as clear-mount stamps or wood-mount stamps:

Help to make a difference. Order your I {Heart} Hearts stamp set today!

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Signup now to join the next Crafters 10 Club! The club starts in March and runs through December 2010. 

How does it work? For 10 months, you spend $15 per month on Stampin’ Up! products. And one month you get Hostess Benefits: Free Exclusive Stampin’ Up! Stamps and Stampin’ Up! Products!

Read all the details here… and then contact me to signup!!

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Here are some stamped items made with the new Vintage Labels stamp set. This set is only available for a limited time – and you can get it FREE with a $50 order or by hosting a $300 workshop! Contact me for more details!

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
Stamp Set: Vintage Labels
Card Stock: Blush Blossom, Sage Shadow, and Very Vanilla
Nouveau Chic Designer Series paper
Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad
Basic Gray Taffeta ribbon
Clear rhinestone brads
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Scallop Circle punch
1″ Circle punch
1-1/4″ Circle punch
1-3/8″ Circle punch
1-3/4″ Circle punch

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
Stamp Set: Vintage Labels
Card stock: Basic Black, Brocade Blue, Kraft, and Whisper White
Mini Square envelopes
Basic Black Classic Stampin’ Pad
Brocade Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad
Whisper White taffeta ribbon
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Curly Label punch
Scallop Circle punch
Scallop Edge punch
Wide Oval punch

Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used:
Vintage Labels stamp set
Card stock: Kraft, Old Olive, and Whisper White 
Textured Card Stock: Soft Suede
Welcome Neighbor Designer Series paper pad
Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, and Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pads
Soft Suede Stampin’ Write marker
Kraft 3/8″ taffeta ribbon
Pretties Kit
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Color Spritzer Tool
paper-piercing tool
Scallop Circle and 1″ Circle punches
Sizzix Big Shot
Fancy Favor Bigz XL die

Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used:
Vintage Labels stamp set
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Kraft, and Whisper White
Welcome Neighbor Designer Series paper pad
On Board So Tweet
Close to Cocoa and Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pads
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Boho Blossoms, Curly Label, and My Way punches
hole punch
sewing machine and thread (non-Stampin’ Up! supplies)

All samples provided courtesy of Stampin’ Up!

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Sale-A-Bration, Stampin’ Up!’s biggest event of the year, is here! With fresh ideas and free products, what’s not to love?! With three ways to earn exclusive Sale-A-Bration products, there’s something for everyone.

• Buy $50 worth of Stampin’ Up! products and get a FREE Sale-A-Bration reward!
• Host a $300 workshop, and get a FREE Sale-A-Bration reward!
• Become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, and get a FREE stamp set (up to a $47.95 value)!

This promotion ends March 31, so contact me today to place your order, schedule a workshop, or join Stampin’ Up!

Or click on the catalog below to see the Sale-A-Bration brochure. (PDF document)

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Here is another Christmas-themed scrapbook layout, suitable for Christmas tree photos. It is a 2-page 12×12 scrapbook layout. (Click on each image to view a larger version of it.)

The background pages are from the Holiday Lounge Designer Series paper pack. The original paper had the trees in a different color (Taken with Teal) – that didn’t match my photos. So I cut out my trees from different Designer Series paper (Merry Moments) that did match my photos. Then I just adhered them on top of the paper!

Original "Holiday Lounge" Designer Series Paper

I made “tree trunks” from grosgrain ribbon. One end of the ribbon is adhered underneath my cut-out trees and the other end is adhered to the back of the pages.

Closeup of Page 1

Closeup of Page 2

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
Designer Series Paper: Holiday Lounge and Merry Moments
Cardstock: Garden Green, Sahara Sand and Whisper White
Chocolate Chip 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon
Big Shot die-cut machine
Stampin’ Up! BillBoard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Dies
Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Dies

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Ready to start scrapbooking your Christmas photos? I have several Christmas-themed scrapbook pages that may give you some inspiration for your own layouts. Here is the first 2-page 12×12 scrapbook layout. (Click on each image to view a larger version of it.)

Notes:

1. I cut out the larger ornaments from the Designer Series paper- and attached them to the pages with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
2. The ornaments are “hanging” from gold cord that is adhered to the back of the pages.
3. I colored in some of the dots & lines on the ornaments - and added in my title – with the white gel pen.
4. I also used the white gel pen to draw in the stitching. It’s so easy… just free-hand the stitches and it looks great!

Closeup of Page 1

Closeup of Page 2

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
Designer Series Paper: Holiday Lounge
Cardstock: Sahara Sand and Whisper White
White gel pen
Gold cord
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Merry Christmas!

Here is a quick-and-easy Christmas card that could easily be adapted for any holiday or occasion!

Note: The stamped image is heat embossed (but doesn’t show up very good in this photo). And I used a white gel pen on top of the word “jolly”. Yes – the white gel ink does stay put on embossed images!

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamp set: “Christmas Punch” – Level 2 Hostess Set
Designer Series Paper: Christmas Cocoa Specialty – from the Holiday Mini Catalog
Cardstock: Soft Suede and Real Red
5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon: Real Red
Punch: Curly Label
Versamark, Embossing powder, white gel pen, gold cord, buttons

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