Happy Birthday Colleen!

I made this card for my good friend and downline Colleen for her birthday today. Happy Birthday Colleen! Hopefully she gets the card today in her mailbox. Once I saw the Stamping411 sketch for this week I knew I had no excuse to play along. So I had some quiet time Saturday before we left for weekend plans and put this card together following the awesome sketch for this week. This is a sketch I could find myself using over and over. Here is the sketch:

I was also pretty proud of myself since I haven't stamped in a few weeks! I know the horror, but I have a bunch of good reasons.  ;-)  You see, we just got back from our annual big vacation so I was getting ready for that then away. I can say I will be stamping a lot in the next few weeks ... you see there will most likely be invitations to send since I got married while on vacation on May 6th and we are planning a party to celebrate. Then of course I already have a list of thank you's that I need to work on.  :-)

Anyways, back to the card. I went for a tropical feel and I think I got that by using Pumpkin Pie & Tempting Turquoise cardstock with the Cheers to You stamp set. I got to play with some markers and my Aquapainter for the image. I just colored a bit of each marker on a wood mounted stamp case and grabbed the color with my Aquapainter for a watercolor look. Be careful that the Aquapainter isn't too wet. I used the Big Shot for the background embossed layer and the scallop square layer. Then I finished it off with a faux bow and sentiment. I hope Colleen likes it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Cheers to You, Tiny Tags
Ink: Tempting Turquoise Ink, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry markers
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet Embossing folder, Scallop Square Duo die, Whisper White organza ribbon, linen thread, Brights designer buttons, jewelry tag punch, Basic Rhinestone jewels

Happy Stampin',
Christine

Summer Mini Catalog Open House

I need to move the date for my Summer Mini Open House to Saturday June 4th since we are having a Neighborhood Yard Sale on Saturday May 21st. I didn't realize the date of the yard sale when I was planning my upcoming Stampin' Up! events.

So you are welcome to stop by on Saturday May 21st between 9-1 for the Millview Estates Yard Sale at 1975 Middlesex St in Lowell. I will have some cards and retired stamp sets for sale at great prices.

Then the Open House which is a not be missed event will take place on Saturday June 4th from 11-1. Two projects to stamp featuring new catalog products, munchies, raffles and more!

If you can find out more details at my website on these events.

Happy Stampin,
Christine

May is National Scrapbooking Month!

And to celebrate Stampin' Up! has a big sale on selected Scrapbooking items at 30% off!

Select Stamp sets perfect for card making or scrapbooking include:

Party Hearty - wood mount

Celebre en grand (French) - wood mount

Grunge Rock - wood or clear mount

Animal Stories - wood mount

Printed Petals - wood or clear mount

Simple Friendship - wood mount

Word Play - wood or clear mount

Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Lower - wood or clear mount

Dias Felices (Spanish) - wood mount

Cumpleanos (Spanish) - wood mount

Select My Digital Studio Professional Print products include:

Hard Cover Photobooks, Soft Cover Photobooks & Individual Pages

Digital Download Bundles include:

Sunset Serenade Bundle

First Edition Bundle

Tickets & Tokens Bundle

Digital + Starter Kit over a $320 value for just $122.50 and the Stampin' Memories Add On over a $60 value for just $35!

This sale is May 1st through May 31st. Let me know if you need more information. You can shop 24/7 at my website.

Happy Stampin,

Christine

The Summer Mini Catalog is here!

The Summer Mini catalog products are now available for purchase. Contact me if you need a mini catalog to peruse. You can also download the PDF file here.

My favorite set so far is Strength & Hope pictured below. This is a stamp set with four images or a Digital kit featuring the stamp set, 12 Designer Series Papers and 10 embellishment pieces. $2 from every set and Digital Kit is donated by Stampin' Up! to The Breast Cancer Foundation. Love that!

I will be having a Summer Mini Open House on Saturday May 21st so save that date and plan to stop by to make two projects with some new supplies. Plus snacks, giveaways, retired stamp sale, etc.

Visit my website for more information.

Happy Stampin',

Christine