SU! HAS FULFILLED MY DREAMS WITH A DICTIONARY STAMP!

More cool cards made at my upline Janet Wakeland's home showcasing the NEW SU! IDEA BOOK. This card is cased right from the SU! IDEA BOOK on page 3.  You can use the NEW FRAMELITS SQUARES (yes, we have NEW FRAMELITS!  whoo hoo! lots of them!) to make the square here.  The color theme is COASTAL CABANA!  Yes! It screams the Beach! The Caribbean, and the ocean!  My faves. COASTAL CABANA is one of our BRAND NEW IN COLORS for 2013-15!  Also, the background is the DICTIONARY stamp.  I've wanted one of these for a really long time and SU! has fulfilled my dreams!

The other stamp set used here is HELLO LOVELY!   I'm so glad I got to use it at Janet's home as I don't have this set yet.  Why not?  Well, I didn't purchase it yet, because I'm getting it for FREE!  SU! gives all Convention Attendees 2 stamp sets.  This year we are receiving 3 and probably even a 4th and 5th.  They will surprise us with all kinds of goodies at the Convention. My bet is that there will be an EXCLUSIVE 25th Anniversary stamp set with exclusive images you can only get at Convention.  At least I'm dreaming of this and since SU! fulfilled my dreams with the Dictionary stamp as well as lots of other great things (2 Incentive trips and more! I just don't think they will disappoint.  I'll let you know in a few weeks!

Here's the Hello Lovely Stamp set from page 22 in the SU! Idea Book:
 
And here's my dream stamp (page 100 in the Idea book) DICTIONARY.  This stamp IS in my order that just came Friday.  I can't wait to use it on lots of projects.  Thank you Stampin Up!

WILDFLOWER MEADOW AND SIX-SIDED SAMPLER - 2 GREAT SU! SETS THAT ARE ON MY WANT LIST!

Yes, it's another card that Arleen and I made at Janet Wakeland's home a few weeks ago.  We had so many new things to play with and new stamps to try. Janet always lets us play with whatever she has in the studio.  There were so many projects that day, I think we barely completed the projects she designed for us.  We will definitely need to make a trip back. However, in a few short weeks, some of us sistah's and SU! demonstrators will be headed for Salt Lake City, Utah for SU!'s 25th Anniversary Convention.  I can't wait to get many more ideas to share with you and the sistah's.

This card really makes me happy and fills my heart with joy.  First off, it's bright and cheery. Second, it's got an adorable crushed curry butterfly.  Did you know that Crushed Curry is a SU! color that was brought back?  It used to be an IN COLOR a few years ago with Bermuda Bay and both of them came back this year.  Third of all, there's a hexagon on the card and hexagon's are the hottest item now.  You can buy a hexagon punch from SU! (YOU MUST GET IT! IT's DA BOMB!) with the stamp set SIX-SIDED SAMPLER (used here) in a Six Sided Sampler Bundle for a 15% discount!  whoo hoo!  I love how SU! is discounting items that go together when you purchase them as a bundle.  There's another bundle used on this card as well.  It's the Wildflower Meadow bundle which can also be purchased at 15% off.  We used the Wildflower Meadow stamp set and the Embossing Folder that coordinates with it.  See page 83 in the SU! Idea Book, for some really cool ideas using this set.  I just love all the NEW SU! PRODUCTS. Check out the catalog online by clicking on the link over on the right side of my blog.  You will LOVE what you see. 


Here's the SIX-SIDED SAMPLER BUNDLE:
 
And this is the WILDFLOWER MEADOW BUNDLE:
 

More from my date with Arleen Graham and our upline Janet Wakeland.  We are sharing NEW SU! IDEA BOOK cards and projects.  Here's another one.

Do you need a great baby card?  This one is perfect.  Since I work with babies, the phrase works for craft projects and scrapbook pages as well.  I love working with babies!  The SU! stamp sets used are ZOO BABIES and CUDDLES AND KISSES.  Both of these are super sets.  Notice the 2 red dots at the bottom right corner?  They look like brads, right?  Well, guess again...they are BRAND NEW CANDY DOTS?  You have to check these out.  These adhere without having to make a hole and push a brad through.  Although, you could put these in a metal brad holder?  Check them out from SU! pages 143 and 144.  They are called CANDY DOTS.

Here's Zoo Babies:
 
The Zoo Babies set is worth it for the toucan itself.  Isn't he/she cute?  I love the lion also.  These animals are just adorable.

Here's Cuddles and Kisses:
 

I love the font in this set, so swirly and adorable.  And now with so many people having twins or just having a second or third child, this is really perfect.  The 'It's a shower" and "congratulations" have multiple uses.  Another must have set.
 

HAPPY DAY - NEW SU!

Here's yet another great card that Arleen and I made at Janet Wakeland's home.  SU! has lots of great NEW PRODUCTS to check out.  Just click on the link on the left hand side of my blog to visit the NEW IDEA book.
Maria

This is a great vintage card using the NEW IN COLOR BAKED BROWN SUGAR.  Don't you just love the name of that color? We stamped using the stamp set HAPPY DAY.  It's a BRAND NEW stamp set in the idea book on page 112 and has 6 great stamps included.  Wouldn't you love to receive a card wishing you a Happy Day?

ANOTHER GREAT SU! SWALLOWTAIL STAMPED CARD

This is definitely one of the BEST SU! stamps ever made - the SWALLOWTAIL.  It's absolutely gorgeous almost any way it is done.  Here's another card that Arleen and I made at our upline Janet Wakeland's home.  We stamped it first in the calypso coral and then we edged it with the NEW STRAWBERRY SLUSH ink which is a BRAND NEW IN COLOR for 2013-15.  The Happy Birthday was stamped with the NEW ink color - SMOKEY SLATE.  This really makes a nice birthday card.  Perhaps a lucky family member will receive this over the summer.  We have lots of family and friend's birthdays this July.
 

GREAT GIFT TOPPER FROM SU! CHECK THIS OUT

This is an awesome video on how to make a great gift topper.  The video features demonstrator Brian Pilling who is awesome giving the tutorial.

MDS MONDAY - EXPRESS YOURSELF - CHECK OUT THE DUCKS!

While we were in Ocean City one evening headed for dinner, we saw these ducks from the pond just wandering around.  All of a sudden they started crossing the street like they owned it  Adorable.

I took all of the photos through the front window of the car with my camera.  I'm amazed I got such great close-ups.  This page was digitally mastered using Stampin Up!'s My Digital Studio (MDS).  I love MDS - very quick awesome pages.  These ducks certainly are expressing themselves!

MDS Supply ListBackground
     Designer Series Paper\Sweet Details - designer series paper\Sweet Details - 2

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/elemen-15
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/elemen-15 (re-colored)
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/elemen-15
    Festive Blooms\Festive Blooms - basic gray 1 (re-colored)
    Festive Blooms\Festive Blooms - basic gray 3 (re-colored)
    Brads\Gold - brad (re-colored)

Stamps
    _Designer Kits\Be Yourself\Be Yourself - express yourself, Color = 245,245,245
    _Designer Kits\Be Yourself\Be Yourself - express yourself, Color = 67,94,101

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Card Stock\Baked Brown Sugar

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD! 51 YEARS!

Today my mother and father celebrate 51 years of marriage.  AWESOME!  Here's a card that I designed and sent off to them to wish them well. We also sent mom and dad a bouquet of SUNFLOWERS, the perfect flower other than roses, to send in June.  My dad stole my mother's heart when he was working to support himself through med school at CARVEL ICE CREAM SHOP in NYC across from the hospital my mother worked in.  She came in one day and caught his eye. He gave her an extra scoop of ice cream on her cone and the rest is history, including 7 grown children and their spouses and significant others and 10 grandchildren.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

I used the stamp set BLOOMING WITH KINDNESS and EVERYTHING ELEANOR by SU!  The flowers were watercolored with Wisteria Wonder and Melon Mambo SU! ink.  The sentiments on the outside and inside of the card are from various SU! stamp sets.

Note the glimmering silver heart I added to the inside of the card.  SU! glimmer paper is an awesome addition to any card, even if it's a small addition.

Here's the front and back of the envelope I made using my SU! Scoring Board and Diagonal Plate.  I love that it is just so easy to make an envelope with this tool.
The envelope is stamped with EVERYTHING ELEANOR stamp set and the sentiments are from LOVING THOUGHTS.

The digital page above is one I shared with you last year.  It's a page I made shortly after we celebrated my parents 50th anniversary.  What a lovely couple.

BEAUTIFULLY BAROQUE - NEW SU! STAMP SET FOR 2013-14

Here's another one of the NEW CARDS Arleen and I made at our upline JANET WAKELAND's home when we were able to play with lots of BRAND NEW SU! product.

This background stamp BEAUTIFULLY BAROQUE is a single stamp but you can purchase it with the embossing folder Beautifully Baroque (130917) and receive 15% off since you can get it as a bundle. The bundle is #132732.  The Thank you is from an adorable NEW stamp set on p 22 of the idea book called FOUR YOU (#130538).  It was heat embossed with white embossing powder on pistachio pudding card stock.  Also, check out the coordinating ruffled trim in the same color.  This is a NEW IN COLOR for SU! for 2013-15.

This card, by the way, is cased slightly from page 61 in the SU! idea book using similar colors but the Lovely Romance Stamp set.

HELLO SWEET FRIEND GIFT PACKAGE - SU! AND VIDEO USING SCORING BOARD

This is a GREAT VIDEO showing a COOL PROJECT using MIXED BUNCH stamp set (has a coordinating Blossom punch) to make a pretty neat gift package.
SU! Brian Pilling demonstrates in this video and he does a nice job and gives all the measurements you need.  This project uses the SU! Scoring Board, but you could also use your scoring tool on your SU! TRIMMER.  Enjoy the video.

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER - YES IT'S SOLSTICE TIME!

SUMMER IS HERE!  Where are you planning your summer vacation?  We can't wait for ours. We have lots planned.  We are hoping to get to more Orioles baseball games, a game up in Aberdeen with the Kincaid's, a game at Camden Yards with the DeForge's, and several trips out of town.  Soon we will even be headed to our favorite vacation spot where we can take our doggie Luigi - the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  We can't wait!

Yeah for Summer!

Hope your Summer is filled with SUMMER LOVIN' DAYS!

TAG A BAG GIFT BAGS AND ACCESSORY KIT BY SU!

Yesterday I shared the TAG A BAG GIFT BOX sample we made at our upline Janet Wakeland's.  Today, I'm sharing the TAG A BAG sample.

This kit is so adorable.  I love the CHEVRON bags.  Did you know that the hot print of the year is CHEVRON?  Yes it is! Chevron is everywhere and SU! has tons of chevron items, including the bag kit above, a stamp not featured, and an embossing folder. Tag a Bag Gift Bags are featured on pate 158 in the SU! idea book and come as a package of 10.  You can bundle them up with an accessories kit and receive an additional 15% off.  These are really cool.  Do you love the little mini clothespin and the baker's twine that comes with the kit?  I modified my bag just a little from the photo in the Idea book.  We had a lot of fun making these.  And...check out the entire Idea book as there are lots of other ideas using the bags in the book.  These are going to be a hit!
 

TAG A BOX BUNDLE - NEW FROM SU! and VERY COOL!

This NEW product is one of the coolest products that SU! has in it's BRAND NEW IDEA BOOK. It's called the TAG A BAG GIFT BOX and it comes either in a package of 8 (food safe) or as a bundle with the Tag a Bag Accessory kit.  When you buy the bundle you save 15% off.  This bundle was on my very first order from the NEW SU! Idea book as I saw so many possibilities for these for gifts.  This is one of the projects that Arleen and I created at our upline Janet Wakeland's home. I promised I would share this week and next some of the things that we made. I think we had 16 projects we completed.  See page 158 and 159 of the idea book for great ideas using this and also the TAG A BAG BUNDLE.  The bags are really neat too.  It's really all about the packaging these days and who doesn't love to receive a handcrafted gift?

 Click on the photo of the project to see it up close.

In addition to the Tag a Bag Gift Box used above, we also made the coordinating card using the NEW GINGHAM GARDEN dsp and washi tape.  The papers in the dsp pack are gorgeous.  Have you tried WASHI TAPE yet?  It's certainly the hottest rage right now.  The card also uses a punched BLOSSOM (SU! punch #125603) and the stamp set LABEL LOVE which coordinates with the ARTSAN LABEL punch (#130920).  Make sure you check out the NEW SU! IDEA BOOK for lots more ideas using the TAG A BAG GIFT BOX and tomorrow I'll show you the gift bag we made.

BRAND NEW SU! CASED FROM THE SU! IDEA BOOK

A few weeks ago, my friend and sideline at SU! Arleen Graham and I traveled up to Spring Grove, Pa to play with new SU! goodies at our Upline Janet Wakeland's Stamp World.  This is one of the cards we created.  This week and some of next, I'll be sharing some of the cards that we made.  I really love this one.

This card is cased right off of page 27 in the idea book.  The flower is slightly different and the sentiment is from the stamp set REMEMBERING YOUR BIRTHDAY.  We used the new designer doily tape, the new SU! CHEVRON RIBBON (this is a must to try) and also tried out the new CANDY DOTS.  SU! has lots of cool NEW items to try out.  Do you also notice the punched lace at the bottom and the embossed lace using a SU! BIG SHOT embossing folder?  Check out the NEW IDEA book by SU!  There's a lot on my MUST HAVE list!

I'M AT THE BEACH! MDS MONDAY!

I had an awesome visit to the beach the first week in June with some dear friends - Maryann and Kathy.  We did exactly what this page states - RELAX.  Maryann has the most awesome view off of her deck and I could have sat there all day long.  It was a wonderful week.  Here's another MDS page from my book of memories from Ocean Pines, MD Spring 2013. 

I can't wait to go back to the beach and I won't have to wait too long.  We are going on a family vacation this summer and it will be to the beach.  Whoo hoo!  More relaxing and enjoying sun filled days!

MDS Supply ListBackground
     Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/elemen-15 (re-colored)
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/elemen-15 (re-colored)
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/elemen-15 (re-colored)
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/element-11

Stamps
    _Designer Kits\Summer Smooches\Summer Smooches - relax, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
    _Designer Kits/12x12 Photobook/stamps-03, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits\Summer Smooches\Summer Smooches - relax, Color = 149,245,249
    _Designer Kits\Summer Smooches\Summer Smooches - sun filled days, Color = 0,0,0

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Circle Punch
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = RICH RAZZLEBERRY 149,69,103
    Basics\arrow, Fill Color = LUCKY LIMEADE 170,172,62
    Basics\1.25 Circle Punch, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255 

FATHER'S DAY QUOTES

I copied this from the SU! BLOG.  Happy Father's Day to All!

 Click picture to see larger.

CELEBRATING MY NIECE WITH A DIGITAL PAGE BY SU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY NIECE REBECCA!

I thought that this photo in the digital page above was so adorable. It's of my sister Christina and her youngest daughter Rebecca who just turned 7 on Flag Day.  I found the perfect SU! digital page that I altered only slightly (from My Digital Studio) and then just dropped the photo in.  Hope your birthday weekend is great Rebecca.  It was fun talking to you and hearing about your new bike and dinner for your birthday.  Love you!

MDS Supply List

Background

Embellishments

Stamps
    , Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    , Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    , Color = PEAR PIZZAZ 171,173,89
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    , Color = PEAR PIZZAZ 171,173,89
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = PEAR PIZZAZ 171,173,89
    , Color = PACIFIC POINT 1,128,181
    , Color = REAL RED 199,44,58
    , Color = REAL RED 199,44,58
    , Color = REAL RED 199,44,58
    , Color = REAL RED 199,44,58

Punches
    Scallop Square Punch, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = OLD OLIVE 138,151,71 

THANK YOU CARD FROM MY DEAR FRIEND LINDA KINCAID AND SU! PROMO

My dear friend Linda Kincaid sent me this dear card in the mail.  It was a thank you for her birthday gifts.  I love her use of color and of course her use of crystal effects - my fave embellishment next to glitter!  Linda used a retired stamp - the floral- but the sentiment is part of this month's SU! promo.

This is the sweet essentials stamp set that is on sale with 2 others for 25% off!!!
See THIS POST for more details.

DISNEY THEMED CARD

My boss had a milestone birthday earlier this month and he's taking his grandchildren to Disney.  I couldn't help but make this card using my electronic cutter and some SU! card stock and stamps.  This card could be duplicated by tracing some of the elements I used, but it's fun to cut things out every once in awhile.  We love Disney in our home, but haven't gone as a family since JP was little. He's a teen now, so not as much interest in Disney.  I was there earlier this year, but want to head back since they've added so much. 

By the way, I love the thin real red taffeta ribbon by SU!  And the entire card was embossed except for the Mickey silhouette with the Big Shot and the lattice embossing folder by SU!

LAST FEW DAYS TO SAVE ON SU! DIGITAL PRINT PRODUCTS AND DOWNLOADS!

Until June 15th you can SAVE BIG on SU! DIGITAL PRINT PRODUCTS and Downloads.  Read on!

 This is directly from the SU! WEBSITE!

Orchard Harvest Swatchbook Template

I know what you’re thinking, “It’s too early to start thinking about fall again!” I agree! We haven’t even really started summer yet, but how could I resist getting one more little project marked off my list this month—even though it’s a fall project.

Check out my newest recipe book. I’ve told you all before about my recipe mania. This book helps satisfy that small problem and also fulfills this strange, long-standing wish I’ve had to wake up on Thanksgiving morning, pull out a single recipe book and cook my way through it.


When I saw the Orchard Harvest Swatchbook (AU/NZ), I knew that it was the book for my Thanksgiving project. I know I say this every time, but I’m so happy with how it turned out! The hardest part for me was deciding which order to arrange the recipes. The Type A half of me wanted them alphabetized. The live-and-let-live part of me wanted them to be in any order. So I comprised with my two halves and they are in order of what I would cook first.

A fun bonus about this book is I’ve included our very own Shelli Gardner’s recipe for Orange Rolls—a Thanksgiving tradition at her house. You can get a copy of her recipe here. I know that the holiday season is a looooooooooooong  way off—thank goodness! But it’s never too early to get a little holiday to-do item checked off your list. The nice thing about a project like this is that you can design it once and give it to everyone you know. Hurry! The promotion is ending soon!


Happy cooking!

Andrea Withers, Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Training

Digital downloads on sale (US/CAN/AU/NZ)
Print products* on sale (US/CAN)