My Stamp Lady

Happy Heart Day Mouse

I made this card using the Splitcoast Stampers card sketch of the week. I really like to use a sketch or some challenge to make my cards. It helps me get started. I used the the darling little mouse from the new "Happy Heart Day" set from the Spring/Summer Stampin' Up! catalog. This set is also part of a great Valentine's Bundle that will be offered in January.

Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Linen

Paper: River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Soft Sky and River Rock Designer Paper

Ink: Black Stazon, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, River Rock,

Accessories: Pretties kit, rhinestone brads, Water color Crayons, Aquapainter.

Nursery Necessities

I loved this set as soon as I saw it in the Preview catalog. Baby projects always have a special place in my heart. I cannot believe that my baby is already 3! So I guess I will just have to make baby things for others. One of my downline members had her baby today so it was really fun to make a card for her. With all the pinks you can tell it was a girl.

I used the Flannel Plaid for the background and then the rest of the stamping is done with the Nursery Necessities. I have seen many samples of this set using glitter and it fits so perfectly with this set I couldn't resist adding glitter to mine.

Stamps: Nursery Necessities, Flannel Plaid

Paper: Certainly Celery, Rose Red Print, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White

Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Regal Rose Craft, Certainly Celery, Whisper White Craft

Accessories: Button, Ribbon, Chipboard, Gel Pen, Glitter, Linen thread, Corner Rounder, embossing powder.

Spring/Summer Catalog Set

This is one of the sets from the preview catalog that I received and will be in the Spring/Summer Stampin' Up! catalog. I used the "Happy Heart Day" set to create this delightful Valentine's Day card. I plan to use this set for my January workshops. This set is part of a Valentine's Bundle that Stampin' Up! is offering during the month of January. You can see the specials inside the front cover of the Preview Catalog you received in the mail. If you did not receive a catalog let me know.

I stamped the Flannel Plaid background stamp in Versamark so that it would be lighter than the writing. I then stamped the butterflies and sentiment at the bottom with Wild Wasabi ink. I used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp the greeting that comes in two lines as one line under the designer paper. The elephant is colored with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and then painted with the Aquapainter. The rhinestone brad is from the Pretties kit.

Here are all the details of the Valentine's Bundle that will be offered in January:

Item	Description	Price
111089	Happy Heart Day stamp set	$20.95
109052	Real Red wide grosgrain ribbon	$7.95
102757	Medium cellophane bags	$4.50
109056	Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon	FREE!
111903	Valentine's Day Bundle	$33.40

Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Flannel Plaid

Card stock: Wild Wasabi, Watercolor Paper, Regal Rose, Rose Red designer paper

Ink, Wild Wasabi, Versamark, Black Stazon

Accessories: Ribbon, Pretties kit Watercolor Wonder crayons and Aquapainter

Merry Christmas!

I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas! I hope you are enjoying your Christmas day. I have been very busy the last few days with the last minute preparations. But, I am happy to say that I have four children shopped for and gifts wrapped before Christmas Eve.

I am sharing two of my children's teachers gifts. The teacher's gifts were not quite prepared as far ahead of time as I would have liked. But they are now done and in the hands of the teachers. I hope they enjoy them.

The pictures are not the best because I was kind of in a hurry to get them to school. I used the Primary Colors Simply Scrappin' kit from the Fall/Winter Stampin' Up! catalog. I also used the jumbo Outline Alphabet, My ABCs wheel, Elementary Essentials, and a It's Academic (retired).

New Stamps and Paper

I finally had a chance to work with the new stamps and paper that I pre-ordered from the Spring/Summer Stampin' Up! Collection Catalog. I received the "A Little Birdie Told Me" stamp set and the Ginger Blossom paper. This stamp set caught my eye right away and I could not wait to work with it.

There is a layer of the Ginger Blossom paper on a River Rock background. The scallops are made with a corner rounder with the guard off. I stamped the bird in black on River Rock card stock and then stamped it again on some of the Ginger Blossom paper and cut it out. I layered the cut out bird over the complete bird on the River Rock card stock. I drew the stitching with a Rose Red marker around the sentiment and bird. The flowers from the Pretties kit were painted with Groovy Guava and Purely Pomegranate ink with an aquapainter. Then I stamped the French Flair in Guava ink on the Guava card stock. I finished up the card with a piece of hodgepodge hardware slipped on to the double stitched guava ribbon.

This card is a bit different then my usual style, but I had a lot of fun creating it.

Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me, French Flair
Ink: Groovy Guava, Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate, Rose Red marker
Paper: River Rock, Ginger Blossom, Groovy Guava
Accessories: Pretties Kit, Hodgepodge Hardware, corner rounder punch, ribbon

Christmas Moose Group

 I wanted to make something new the last couple of days, but I just have not had a chance. I am still going to the sketch challenge from Wednesday this weekend. I have had to work on some things for Christmas and had sick kids. So if my other kids manage to stay healthy I will have some stamping time this weekend.

This card grouping are the Christmas cards that I made for my sister-in-law. She had purchased this retired Stampin' Up! set "Merry Christmoose" several years ago and had not used it for her cards that I know. I offered this summer to make her Christmas cards for her birthday. I designed 4 different cards for her. I decided to use the winter designer paper from last year and used the same colors for all of the cards.

I stamped the moose images in black Stazon and then watercolored them with a combination of Water Color Wonder Crayons and the ink refills. I applied my coloring with the Aquapainter. I really enjoyed doing the water coloring and think that I will try some more soon.

Stamps: Merry Christmoose (retired), Flannel Plaid background.

Inks: Bashful Blue, Cranberry Crisp, True Thyme and Basic Black

Paper: True Thyme, Cranberry Crisp, Old live, Bashful Blue and retired designer paper

Other: Water Color Wonder Crayons, Ribbon, brads, aquapainters, ticket corner punch

Time Well Spent

I decided to participate in one of the Splitcoaststamper challenges. This one is a color challenge. The requirement was to use the colors Rose Red, Certainly Celery and Pumpkin Pie. I have not really participated in the SCS very often, but sometimes it is nice to have a direction to start from. It can sometimes be overwhelming to have the unlimited possibilities out there staring at you.

This set is called "Time Well Spent" and will be a level 3 set from the Spring/Summer Stampin' Up! catalog. All of the demonstrators received this set a while back as a gift from the company. It has already been well received by a few of the people at my open house. I used the crystal effects on the flowers. I think if I would have taken a picture it would have shown up better. I punched out the little circles in the center of the large flower and have Certainly Celery paper tucked behind. I ran across this idea on someone's blog.

Stamp: Time Well Spent, All In A Row, Paisly background
Paper: Celery designer paper, Rose Red designer paper, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Versamarker
Other: Black ribbon, Scallop circle punch. black brads, crystal effects, 1/8" punch.

Make and Take Tonight

Are you coming to my retirement open house tonight? If you are, you will have the opportunity to make this card for free. So if you live in the Houghton area in the Copper Country come by The Bluffs in Houghton to see the retiring list.

This card is made with the Flaky Friends set that is on the retirement list right now.

Supplies: Stamps: Flaky Friends, Flannel Background.
Paper: Soft Sky, Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Wintergreen Paper
Ink: Black, Always Artichoke, Soft Sky Sage Shadow.
Other: Ribbon, Watercolor Crayons

The Retired Accessories List

Items in RED are no longer available.

Retiring Accessories

109198 Accents &   Elements Borders & Blossoms

109199 Accents &   Elements Little Reminders 2

Albums

100700 Album Leather   Post Black 8-1/2x11

105385 Album Linen Post   Mellow Moss 8-1/2x11

104517 Album Linen Post   Navy 8-1/2x11

105382 Album Linen Post   Real Red 8-1/2x11

104510 Album Linen Ring   Natural 8-1/2x11

104513 Album Linen Ring   Navy 8-1/2x11

105388Album Linen Ring   Real Red 8-1/2x11

Die Cuts

105067 Boxes & Tags   Pockets & Pieces Assortment I

105068 Boxes & Tags   Pockets & Pieces Assortment II

107246 Boxes & Tags   Tiny Takeout Kraft

Boxes

105747 Boxes Stamp &   Supply Extra Large

105744 Boxes Stamp &   Supply Extra Small

105746 Boxes Stamp &   Supply Medium

105745 Boxes Stamp &   Supply Small

Brayer attachment

101052 Brayer Attachment   Foam

Background Paper

109149 Designer Series Paper   Brocade Background

109162 Designer Series Paper   Charbon

109155 Designer Series Paper   Creepy Crawley

109150 Designer Series Paper   Dashing

109152Designer Series Paper   Darling Doodles

108503 Designer Series Paper   Petals & Paisleys

109147 Designer Series Paper   Notations No. 2

109148 Designer Series Paper   Outlaw

109157 Designer Series Paper   Wintergreen

Envelopes

107293 Cards &   Envelopes Greeting Very Vanilla Medium

107285 Envelopes Open   End Very Vanilla Large

107296 Envelopes   Shimmery White Medium

107287 Envelopes Square   Vellum Large

107294 Envelopes Vellum   Medium

107290 Envelopes Very   Vanilla Large

Eyelets

101016 Eyelet Tool Kit

105317 Eyelets Bold   Brights II

105315 Eyelets Soft   Subtles II

105379 Eyelets Silver

107282 Fancy Fibers   Bella

103352 Stampin' Glitter   Romantic Red

103349 Stampin' Glitter   Silver Shine

102620 Liquid Glue

103145 Page Protectors   Post 8-1/2x11

104523Page Protectors   Ring 8-1/2x11

103598 Paper Vellum 12x12

105543 Pastel Refills   Bold Brights

105547 Pastel Refills   Neutrals

105544Pastel Refills   Earth Elements

105545Pastel Refills   Rich Regals

105546Pastel Refills   Soft Subtles

105545 Perfect Layers   Tool

104184 Post Extenders

106522Punch Spring Bouquet   Flower

Simply Scrappin' Kits

109722 Simply Scrappin'   Creative License Hostess Level 1

109611 Simply Scrappin' Happy   Me Hostess Level 3

109626 Simply Scrappin' Primary   Colors

109626 Simply Scrappin' Round   Up

109663 Simply Scrappin' Winter   Bright

107415 Simply Sent Friendship   Shapes

Inks

105580 Spectrum Pad Blue   Frost

101492 Spectrum Pad Celebration

105579Spectrum Pad Cotton   Candy

101336 Spectrum Pad Pumpkin   Patch

100000 Spectrum Pad Un-inked

104432 Stampin' Around Cartridge   & Ink Refill Clear Embossing

101460 Stampin' Around Cartridge   & Ink Refill Whisper White

103017 Stampin' Around Ink   Refill Whisper White

102391Stampin' Around Ink   Refill Clear Embossing

103151 Stampin' Emboss   Powder Hologram Highlights

105677Stampin' Kids Pad   Bear Brown

105676 Stampin' Kids Pad   Beetle Black

105675 Stampin' Kids Pad   Boxcar Blue

105673 Stampin' Kids Pad   Poppin' Purple

105674Stampin' Kids Pad   Gumball Green

105672 Stampin' Kids Pad   Princess Pink

105670 Stampin' Kids Pad   Yahoo Yellow

103174 Stampin' Pastel   Applicators

100852Stampin' Pastel   Erasers

100081 Stampin' Write Marker   Going Gray

100945 StazOn Ink Refill   Timber Brown

103088StazOn Pad Timber   Brown

107235 Tag Sheets Bold   Brights

107239 Tag Sheets   Confetti White & Kraft

107240 Tag Sheets Kraft

107236Tag Sheets Earth   Elements

107238Tag Sheets Soft   Subtles

107237 Tag Sheets Rich   Regals

100894 Watercolor Brush   Flat

101551 Watercolor Brush   Medium

101331Watercolor Brush   Small

105395 Wire Works   Metallic

105652 Wrapping Paper   Whisper White

Wheels

100360 Acorns

109812 All about   Birthdays*

109812 All about   Gratitude*

109690All about   Christmas*

109676 Autumn Dots

107466 Bodacious*

104070 Bloomin'

105750 Bouquet*

107481Butterflies &   Blossoms

104065 Fishy

100267 Happy Jacks

107563Ho Ho Ho

104312 Hot to Dot

104279 Leaf Prints

106062Leaves Awash*

107479 Rough around the   Edges*

101927 Snowman Fun

107465Speckled*

105521 Spooky Skyline*

108979 Spotted*

107480True Hearts

105033 Wings &   Things

*Jumbo Wheels

Supplies are limited

I tried the Build A Brad

I had ordered the Build A Brad a while back and finally had time to try it out. I used the Wintergreen Designer Paper with the Build a Brad. I used the 1/2" circle punch to punch out the snowflake fro the Wintergreen paper and sandwiched it between the brad bottom and the acrylic dome for the top. It was so easy to make the the brad. I did use designer paper, but you could also stamp something and use it in place place of the designer paper.

Paper: Wintergreen, Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Always Artichoke
Stamps: The Snowflake Spot, All Holidays
Punches:1/2", Tag Punch, Snowflake, Corner rounder
White embossing powder, Build A Brad
Ink" Always Artichoke, Versamark