3 NEW Sale-a-bration items just added!!

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Learn more about these 3 NEW Sale-a-bration items!

• Reverse Words- #143316 (wood) or ##143319 (clear) 
• 6x6 Glimmer Paper- #143831-Bermuda Bay, Mint Macron & Sweet Sugarplum
• Make a Medallion- ##143274 (photopolymer only)

 

'Bookcase Builder' teddy bears!

Woo Hoo!
I have EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU!

Here is a fun card I made!  And it is PINK!  I never get to make anything pink, as we have 5 little boys.  But we are EXCITED to share our news that Nathan & Sarah are having a little girl in July!  So this grandma is going to be busier than ever with another little one.  It will be fun to have a little girl though.  She will have lots of boys around to protect her- that is forsure!  

So with our new little girl in mind I made this card!  I used the cute Occasions Catalog set- 'Bookcase Builder'.  It worked perfectly to stamp these little teddy bears onto a strip of Whisper White card stock & then cut all of these squares with our Layering Squares Framelits!

stamp set:  'Bookcase Builder'
card stock: 
*Blushing Bride-  

• 5 1/2 x 8 1/2- fold in half for card base
• 5 x 1/2- snips ends with paper snips to give them the flagged look
• 1 3/4" strip (to cut squares)

*Crumb Cake-

• 2" strip (to cut squares)
• 5 x 1 1/4"

*Whisper White-

• 1 1/2" strip (to stamp bears onto & cut out squares)
• 3 1/2 x 1" (for outside of card to stamp 'congratulations' on)
• 4 x 5 1/4 (for inside of card to stamp words onto) 

ink:  Crumb Cake
marker:  Blushing Bride
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Squares Framelits, Blushing Bride 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

I've been making lists & starting to figure out stamp sets for the cards for my upcoming 'Annual All Occasions' card class that is next month.  This stamp set (& even possibly this card), might end up being one of my cards for this class.  I think this pink card turned out super cute!

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Yesterday was a busy day working on tax stuff!  I got it all done & to our CPA.  Now I need to find time to get caught up on other things that have piled the past week. 

This morning I'm off to go pick up my boys for the day!  Masen will be here late tonight, as Sarah has a meeting.

Deke is off early this morning to chore & head to the office for his weekly board meeting.  And then he has another meeting tonight to go to too. 

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

'So Very Much'

Here is another Watercolor Wash card.  I created this one when trying to design my cards for my monthly classes, early this month.  This is the first card I did, but I didn't use it at my class.  I used this ONE HERE at my class.

This dragonfly is really pretty though in the Silver Glimmer paper too isn't i! It is just a pretty sparkly card!


stamp set: 'So Very Much'- #143340 (w) or #143331 (c)- SAB Catalog= FREE with a $50 order!
card stock:   Smoky Slate, Thick Whisper White, Shimmery White, Silver Glimmer paper

ink:  Versamark, Smoky Slate
other:  Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Aqua Painter, Magnetic Platform, Big Shot, Dragonfly Dreams Thinlits Dies, Dimensionals, Glue Dot

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I have been doing bookwork all weekend- getting our stuff done for our taxes.  I know I'm tired of looking at numbers!  I'd rather be stamping!!  I am just about done though & will get everything to our CPA later today.

Deke is home to work on the farm all day again today.  He is still powerwashing, getting ready for our new baby piggies to come next week.

There is no school today since it is Presidents Day.  So I don't have any boys here right now, but I'm sure they'll be down later. 

I've gotta run......

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A Balloon Pop-Up card!

Here is another fun fold card that everyone joining me for my February monthly classes got to make.
It is a cool black & ivory card, using the new Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies & the coordinating 'Balloon Adventures' stamp set!

The center of this card doesn't actually pop out.  I adhered it directly to the center of the card & decorated it.  

This card measures when folded a standard size card at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

Here it is as it is starting to open up!

I think this would be a great card for a birthday, retirement party or it would even make a great graduation card!  

Didn't it cool!!  Who wouldn't love getting a card like this!  I really like it!!

I used the Balloon Bouquet Punch & the Urban Underground DSP to decorate the Balloons in the center of the card.

The 'Lets Celebrate' words are photopolymer, so I curved them a little when I placed them onto my clear block.  That way I could stamp them on a 1" strip of Very Vanilla card stock & then punch them out using the Duet Banner Punch! 

How did I do that?  
Here are the supplies & the measurements I used to make this card!

Black Birthday Card- 
'Balloon Adventures'- #142823 (photopolymer only)= $26.00 Occasions Catalog- pg. 5
card stock:  
Black CS- #124267 (12)= $7.00- pg. 175 
*3x3;
*5 1/2 x 12- score at 1 3/4", 3 7/8", 8 1/8" & 10 1/4"
Very Vanilla- #101650 (40)-= $9.00- pg. 170       
*5 1/4 x 4; 
*2 3/4" strip;
*1" strip
designer paper: 
Urban Underground Specialty DSP- #142783= $13.00- Occasions Catalog- pg. 47 
*5 1/4 x 1 1/4 (2 of these)
ink:  Black Memento- #132708= $6.00- pg. 180
other:  Magnetic Platform- #130658= $40.00- pg. 190
Big Shot- #143263= $110.00- pg. 190
Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Die- #142753= $33.00- Occasions Catalog- pg. 5
Layering Circles Framelits- #141705= $35.00- pg. 193
Balloon Bouquet Punch- #140609= $18.00- pg. 187
Duet Banner Punch- #141483= $18.00-pg. 186

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Yesterday I spent my morning working on Stampin' Up! bookwork.  And the rest of the afternoon I spent working on farm bookwork.  

Last night we went to Brayden's ballgame.  Afterwards we ate supper with Sarah, Nathan Brayden & Masen & Sarah's parents in Hedrick.

This morning Deke is off to powerwash all day.  And I'm off to work on bookwork all day/night!  

I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

'So Very Much' Easel card

This is another one of the cards that everyone joining me the first part of this month made at my monthly classes.  It is a fun water wash technique card, along with a FUN Easel Fold too!

Check out the shiny dragonflies in the bottom corner!  There are 5 little dragonflies all connected together on this framelit & I just cut off the top too of them to add to this card.

The front of this card just pops up & it sits perfectly! 

How did I do it?

1. Rub Embossing Buddy over Shimmery White card stock
2. Ink Thank You stamp with Versamark Ink pad
3. Pour Silver Embossing Powder over the inked words
4. Using Heat Tool- emboss the words, using the heat tool over it until the silver goes from dull to shiny & raised
5. Squish lid of Peekaboo Peach ink pad to get ink onto inside lid top
6. Using Aqua Painter with water in it- pick up ink off of the lid top & rub over the top of the Heat Embossed 'Thank You' words

Supplies I used-

Thank You card-
'So Very Much'- #143340 (w) or #143331 (c)- SAB Catalog= FREE with a $50 order!
card stock: 

• Smoky Slate N (24)- #131202= $8.00- pg. 170            5 1/2 x 8 1/2- score at 4 1/4" & 1 1/4"; 4 1/2 x 3 3/4; 1" strip

• Peekaboo Peach IC (24)- #141417= $8.00- pg. 169     4 1/4 x 3 1/2; 5 1/4 x 1
• Shimmery White (10)- #101910= $8.00- pg. 175        4 x 3 1/4
• Whisper White N (40)- #100730= $9.00- pg. 170        5 1/4 x 2 3/4 (for inside)
• Silver Foil 2- (12x12)- 132178= $4.00- pg. 175           2" strip for dragonflies

designer paper: 

• Carried Away 12x12 DSP- SAB Catalog- pg. 7           5 1/4 x 1; 5 1/4 x 2 3/4

ink:  Versamark- #102283= $8.50- pg. 180
Peekaboo Peach IC- #141398= $6.50- pg. 169
other:  Classic Label Punch- #131491= $18.00- pg. 186
Heat Tool- #129053= $30.00- pg. 181
Embossing Buddy- #103083= $6.00- pg. 186
Silver Embossing Powder- #109131= $5.00- pg. 186
Silver Satin Ribbon- #134548= 7.00- pg. 178                        4"
Aqua Painter (2)- #103954= $17.00- pg. 180
Magnetic Platform- #130658= $40.00- pg. 190
Big Shot- #143263= $110.00- pg. 190
Dragonfly Dreams Thinlits Dies- #142749= $31.00- Occasions Catalog- pg. 26
Dimensionals
Glue Dot

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Yesterday morning after I took the 3 bigger boys to school, the 2 littler ones & I ran errands & then headed back out to our home for the day.  

Last night we all went bowling, had pizza & then went back to the Seeley's for cupcakes!  It was alot of fun!  Even little Masen had fun rolling the ball down the lane.  The 3 bigger boys are all pretty good bowlers.   Brayden had several strikes & the other 2 each had a few too!

This morning Deke is up early to chore, as he has a meeting to attend this afternoon.

I'm gonna be home all day working on tax stuff.  

Tonight we are going to go to Brayden's basketball game.

I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A clean & simple 'Avant Garden'

Here is a clean & simple black & white card.  In my opinion, you can never go wrong with black & white!   Black & white cards are always some of my favorites!

Notice how I did a white layer onto a white layer here.  It just helps add a little dimension to this card.

stamp set:  'Avant Garden' - Sale-a-bration choice- FREE with a $50.00 order!
card stock:  Basic Black, Whisper White
ink:  Black Memento
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Stitched Framelits, Layering Ovals Framelits, White Organza ribbon, Dimensionals, Basic Pearl. Dimensionals, Glue Dot

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I had a busy day with my boys yesterday!  Last night when they went home I worked on bookwork.  And Deke worked late on the farm moving pigs.  We are trying to get things ready for new baby piggies to come soon. 

This morning I'm off to go pick up the boys.  I'll take the twins to pre-school & then spend my day with Trey & Masen.  Deke is home again today to work on the farm all day, so we will look forward to him being home to eat lunch with us.  

Tonight we are doing a family bowling/pizza night for my birthday.  It will be me, Deke, Nathan, Sarah, Manda, Steve, Brayden, Brody, Drake, Trey & Masen!  The boys are excited!  I sure hope we have fun!  We haven't gone bowling together since last winter.  

Gotta run.....

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE