Good morning! I wanted to share this card with you this morning, because it is made using one of the sets of stamps that you can get free during our "Saleabration" sale. For every $50 you spend on merchandise, you get one item free! This set is called Things I Love. I used the new scallop border trim punch to create the lacy effect on the bottom of the card. I used the 1 1/4" and the 1 3/8" punches to layer the little images. The inside says: but most of all you! Isn't that a sweet card? It would make great images for scrapbooking also!

Thanks for stopping by.

This morning's cards are for Valentine's day, and they use some of the new accessories that we have in the Occasions Mini Catalog. The first card uses the heart from the Always set of stamps. I embossed it on Pretty in Pink Card Stock. Then used the new pinking hearts punch for the border on the white. I placed 2 pieces of our new Sweet Pea felt flowers on the new pretty in pink 5/8" satin ribbon. The words that are in the middle are a little hard to see but they are also new - from "Well Scripted" in the mini catalog. They say, "Love you Much" Valentine's Day is such a great opportunity to go all out with accessories! Love it! I also love that it is Saleabration season! For every $50 in merchandise that you buy, you get to choose something free! Woo Hoo! Stamps, paper, punches! Email me for more information: HalfwittStamps@aol.com

The second card was made by my wonderfully talented downline, Bev Joplin! She has taken our Build a Bear dies and created a valentine bear--all dressed in his tux, ready to take his best valentine out for the evening! He is prepared! He has both candy and roses! Maybe you should show this to your husbands, give them a nudge in the right direction! lol I love the use of the new scallop trim corner to create the corners on this card. The designer paper used is Razzleberry Lemonade!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!! Well, ok, so I am a few days late with the greeting, but now I am feeling it, and I wasn't earlier! lol I have been spending time cleaning, straightening, and decluttering my house. yes, it really took this long, and unfortunately, no I am not finished yet. But I feel ssoooo much better! We did get together and make Happy New Year, thank you cards and that was fun. I love the snowman. He originally was a stamp with lines on it for kids to write a Thank You card. I cut that part out and glued it to the back of my stamp, so I could just use the image for making a snowman! And a little glitter was of course necessary! The bird is from Fast and Easy notes, and I used these cards also to say Thank you and happy new year for my Stamp clubs. I love fast and easy cards! Ok, I just love cards--fast, easy, hard, cute, complicated, etc. These 2 were cased from other creative stampers. I love the stamping community.

Thanks for stopping by.

Brenda

Crystal Effects Waterfalls

Crystal Effects is such a wonderful product! It is not only an awesome adhesive, but it has some creative uses also. It makes realistic looking "glass" for stamped car windows or a snowglobe stamped image. But this week, we found a new use for it when my granddaughter had a Science project of a Rain Forest, and needed a waterfall. We took Crystal Effects and mixed some Tempting Turquoise reinker with it--after we watched the drop spread out! It not only made the stones appear to be wet with water, but it also held them in place! She had such fun with this project! Happy Stamping! Brenda

Christmas Hot Cocoa Holder

Well, I am back again today with another sample from my Small Gifts Class. This is a Hot Cocoa and Gift Card Holder. I just love the stamped image from Lovely As A Tree, on the Bride Designer Paper, and tied with the beautiful Taffeta and Organdy Ribbon. On the inside is one pocket for a gift card, and one for a packet of Hot cocoa mix. I used Handsome Hunter Ink. The words were from the stamp set, "Teeny Tiny Messages" and the punches used were Large Oval and Scalloped Oval. Happy Stamping! Brenda

Small Gifts Class

Whew! It has certainly been a very long time since I posted on my blog! So many things have been going on, and it seems the hurrier I go, the behinder I get! lol

Anyway, I am really excited about one of the things that we made in my Small Gifts class last week. We took a bought basket, and then just stamped the little leaf from Autumn Days in Really Rust ink and tied a piece of Dotted Dusty Durango Grosgrain ribbone around the rim of the basket. The other one was done with the small flower from "For All You Do" with Bermuda Bay ink. Then we tied a piece of the Bermuda Bay dotted grosgrain ribbon around the rim of the basket! Such a simple, pretty gift to fill with small goodies for a friend! I

t took me 2 days of searching to find my baskets--well actually 1 day of searching in more local stores, and the second day to give in and go ahead and make the 1 1/2 trip to the city where I KNEW where they were! I didn't find the baskets the first day, but I did find a really cute little jar to make a project with for another day! Good to be back! Happy Stamping

Last day of the Month!

Wow! How this month has flown. It seems forever ago that we were lolling around the pool at Myrtle Beach, and it has only been about 3 weeks! It has been a hectic time since then, and a very sad time, as there have been several deaths among family and friends. I am glad that I have stamping and granddaughters to keep me centered. Today is the last day of the month, and as of October 1st, you will be able to purchase "My Digital Studio" through Stampin Up! It is awesome with its many features - scrapbooking templates, digital designer paper, buttons and brads that we can make any color! Can't wait to play with my copy. And to further entice you, if you hold a workshop with $400 in merchandise sales, you can get your copy of MDS for 1/2 price! Now would be a good time to get some friends together and hostess a Stamping Party!

Today's sample is what we made in this month's Scrapbook class. It showcases our new Build-A-Bear die and clothes. I think he is adorable! The wagon is made from a Top Note die that has been textured with one of our texture plates. The wheels are the brown courdoroy buttons. The pumpkins were made with our small and large oval punches. It was a fun page to make. Next month's pages will be Thanksgiving Themed. Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping.