Think Pink, Think Spring!

Today's card is an adaptation of a very talented stamper. Mine is a much simpler version. I used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder in the Big Shot to create my background. The border under the flowers is made using the Pinking Hearts Border punch. And the butterflies are made with the new butterflies embossing sizzlet. I used markers to ink directly onto the tulips, thus creating the 2-tones look. This is one of my new favorite cards, made with a long favorite stamp set, Garden Whimsey! Maybe if I think spring long enough, and hard enough, it will actually arrive! Thanks for stopping by!

Birds of a Feather

I thought I would share with you today a picture of the cards and little birdhouse that we made in my "Birds of a Feather" Class that I had earlier this month. I will also be repeating it in March. So if you missed it, you will have another opportunity to share in the fun.

We used the mini milk carton die to make the little 3-D birdhouse (which was featured earlier this month here). I love the Lg Bird on a Branch punch - it is unbelieveably versatile. The stem part of the branch is great to use as stems for flowers, and the birds wing makes a great leaf also! We also used the "Cheep Talk" stamp set. The floers on the card on the far right were made from punching card stock with the "Boho BLossoms" punch. The card on the bottom left features our new "Scallop Tim Border" punch that you can get free during Saleabration with a $50 merchandise purchase. It also features our new "Pinking Hearts Border" punch found in the Occasions Mini catalog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Easter Egg Kit

Just wanted to do a quick share with you today, using our new Easter Egg Kit. These kits aren't just for eggs - although they would be really pretty on eggs too! My upline, Jan Wakeland offered a challenge this week to show what all we could do with the kits. I came up with this very simple card, using the little self-sticking "diamonds" from the kit, and some of the punch outs also. It was such fun.

It is hard for me to move directly from Valentine's Day to Easter! Particularly when we just keep having snow, snow, snow. But even at that, we have been blessed, because although it has come frequently, it hasn't been too deep here in our part of West Virginia. And today when I took the granddaughters to Basketball games, I found out what is worse than snow! MUD! We had temperatures in the low 40s today, and we were all but sunbathing, because it was such a huge change from our low 20s temperatures! Anyway, I couldn't park on the pavement, because I was a little late arriving to the game today. What was merely frozen mud when we went in, was pure and unadultrated mud on the way out! Hopefully they will put gravel down in that part of the parking by next week! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

New House: Bitty Bird House

This is the 3-D birdhouse we made in the "Birds of a Feather" class. (Yes, despite the snow, we managed to get in one of the 2 classes I had scheduled! WooHoo!) This cute little house is made from our new Milk Carton Die. It uses a small piece of Window Sheet to hold the candy inside, the new heart border trim punch, the new Large bird punch and the 1 1/4" circle punch. This was so easy and so much fun. Can't you just imagine it with a heart on the roof, and give it as Valentines' gifts?

Hope you enjoyed our House tour this week. Don't I work with a great group of truly gifted, talented, and creative ladies??? I am so lucky to be a part of this group of RemARKable stampers, and you can too. Email me and ask me how: HalfwittStamps@aol.com
Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!
Brenda

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour - Post 3

Welcome to Day #3 of our RemARKable Open House Blog Tour –you are going to wowed by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members.Each RemARKable on this tour is offering the same class to their customers that includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet with a total of 30 house ideas on it.

As one of my customers if you have not yet registered for the class, my class is being held on FEB 27th at 2 p.m. and repeating again at 6 p.m. We will be making the basic house and 8 cards. Contact me for details.

Now for the inside of my house--The roof opens and here is the other one-half of the contents of my Christmas house! Christmas Cards! I bet you are so surprised, right? After all, what would a Christmas house be, without cards? Don't forget to go on to the next stop on our tour for more wonderful ideas. Use the link at the bottom of this page. Thanks for stopping by!

Ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet? If so, we would love to have you!! We are friendly, supportive of each other, and as you can see very creative and we love to have new people join our community. To find out how you can be a part of our neighborhood, contact your RemARKable Demonstrator on this tour. Stampin’ UP! has a great :”move-in” special going on right now . If you don't have a Demonstrator you currently work with , feel free to contact me.

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour - Day 2

Welcome to Day #2 of our RemARKable Open House Blog Tour –you are going to wowed by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members.Each RemARKable on this tour is offering the same class to their customers that includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet with a total of 30 house ideas on it.

As one of my customers if you have not yet registered for the class, my class is being held on FEB 27th at 2 p.m. and repeating again at 6 p.m. We will be making the basic house and 8 cards. Contact me for details.

Now for the inside of my house--The roof opens and here is one-half of the contents of my Christmas house! Candy Canes! I only have 3 left in here--it was a popular item this year! lol I will have to fill it up again for next Christmas. Be sure and come back tomorrow to see what else is in the Christmas house! Don't forget to go on to the next stop on our tour for more wonderful ideas. Use the link at the bottom of this page. Thanks for stopping by!

So…. are you ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet? If so, we would love to have you!! We are friendly, supportive of each other, and as you can see very creative and we love to have new people join our community. To find out how you can be a part of our neighborhood, contact your RemARKable Demonstrator on this tour. Stampin’ UP! has a great :”move-in” special going on right now . If you don't have a Demonstrator you currently work with , feel free to contact me.

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour - Day 1

Welcome to Day #1 of our RemARKable Open House Blog Tour –you are going to wowed by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members.Each RemARKable on this tour is offering the same class to their customers that includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet with a total of 30 house ideas on it. The basic house is the blue one, and that is the type of house you will be making in my class. We will have various colors and types of DSP (Designer Paper0 for you to choose from. The Christmas house is my version of an "Upscale" house. lol Be sure and visit my fellow RemARKables and see there "upscale" versions of the basic house! Go to the link at the bottom of this post to continue with the tour!

As one of my customers if you have not yet registered for the class, my class is being held on FEB 27th at 2 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. Remember, this Christmas House isn't the house you will be making, you will be making the basic house--this is just one of the houses that you could make for your own "neighborhood" of houses!

Are you ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet? If so, we would love to have you!! We are friendly, supportive of each other, and as you can see very creative and we love to have new people join our community. To find out how you can be a part of our neighborhood, contact your RemARKable Demonstrator on this tour. Stampin’ UP! has a great :”move-in” special going on right now . If you don't have a Demonstrator you currently work with , feel free to contact me.

Come back tomorrow and see 1/2 of what is inside my Christmas House! Thanks for stopping by!