Wacky Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! Today's projects come to us from Alicia Tomicich-Wiley.


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Ink-Chocolate Chip Classic
Paper-Pink Pirouette CS, Pumpkin Pie CS, Sweet Always DSP
Accessories-On Board Something Seasonal, Flower Fusion Too, 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad, Trio Flower Punch, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Pop-Up Glue Dot, Sponge Dauber



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Stamp Set-Simple Serif Mini Alphabet
Ink-Chocolate Chip Classic
Paper-Sweet Always DSP, Chocolate Chip CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Naturals White CS
Accessories-Coaster, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon, Soft Subtles brads, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Paper Snips, Sanding Block, Sticky Strip, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, printed calendar.


Thanks for sharing, Alicia.

See you next week!

Happy Stampin'!
Elizabeth

It's Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that it's the holiday season already? I know my neighborhood Wal-Mart has had Christmas decorations out since the beginning of October, but now it really is the holiday season! LOL Thanksgiving (in the US) is just 3 weeks away! You know what that means! Christmas is just 7 weeks away! Have you started your shopping yet? LOL

Here are 2 ideas to add fun to your tree.

Supplies(all SU!): Square Ornament: Stamps- Deer Friends (Level 2 hostess). Paper- Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Always Artichoke Patterns DSP (Level 1 hostess). Ink- Chocolate Chip, Real Red. Accessories- On Board Essentials, Very Vanilla taffeta, crop-a-dile. Misc.- lightweight coaster.

Round Ornament: Stamps- Merry & Bright. Paper- Shimmery White, Bashful Blue. Ink- Jet Black Stazon, Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst, Pumpkin Pie. Accessories- Wrought Iron punch (retired), Whisper White taffeta, Crop-a-dile, Coluzzle, Big Shot, Scallop Circle die.

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

~*Elizabeth*~

Creative Things in Target

Have you ever browsed the Target $1.00 aisle and came across a product that you know with a bit of stamping it would be a treasure? One of our Diva Designers, Adriana Benitez, did just that. She found chipboard coasters in one of the bins and went from there. She loves Stampin' Up!'s "Circle of Friendship" stamp set and uses the center part of the stamps on their own all the time. The sayings fit perfectly in Stampin' Up!'s Build-a-brads, too! She covered the coasters with Stampin' Up!'s Ginger Blossom Designer Series Paper. They are connected with Antique Brass jumbo eyelets and build-a-brads. The flowers are made from our Flower Fusion and held together with a rhinestone brad from Stampin' Up!'s Rhinestone Ice Circle Brads. The sentiment in the center is actually a rub-on from the Anchored set on page 182 of the Spring-Summer Collection Catalog. She then finished the whole project with Always Artichoke ribbon. She commented that she believes she is a ribbon addict ... she always have to have at least one piece on each project! She loves it so much, she's going to hang this coaster project in her craft room!

Great project Adriana! I love that you found something in a store and with paper, ink and stamp you were able to create such a fun and cute project. Thank you for sharing this project with us. We greatly appreciate it!

Stacy P.

Saturday Designs

Today I'd like to share two projects created by a member of the UDI Design team, Brenda Taylor. Brenda has created a graduation card and great clipboard (make sure to take advantage of the chipboard promo before it's too late). Thanks so much for sharing with us, Brenda. :) Looking forward to seeing more of your creations. Hope everyone has a safe and memorable weekend.

Alicia

Great Grad card: Great Grad stamp set, Basic Black & Whisper White card stock, Basic Black ink pad, Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon

On Board Clipboard, Summer Picnic Designer series paper, Real Red grosgrain ribbon, On Board Lots of Letters, Whisper White craft ink, brayer with rubber attachment, tombow glue, glue stick and A Perfect Day day rub ons.

Welcoming Stacy P

Please join me in welcoming Diva Stacy P as our new regular Tuesday blogger. I have really enjoyed sharing Stampin' Up with you the last few Tuesdays but I have to get back to my behind-the-scenes duties here at the UDI blog. As such, I am handing Tuesday's over to my dear Diva friend Stacy.

Stacy created this beautiful chip-board hanger using the Tie the Knot Simply Scrappin' Kit. The colors and designer series paper is lovely for wedding photos, but is appropriate for any theme really. In any event, this project is gorgeous.

So, here is what this talented stamper has to say about herself:
I have been married to Brian for 12 years and have 4 daughters ... 2 step-daughters from a previous marriage that I still keep in contact with (Erin, 32 and Trisha, 29) and 2 daughters (Hailey, 9 and McKenna, 6). We live in Boise, ID. We have lived here for almost 2 years. We moved from Huntington Beach, CA. I have been a SU Demonstrator for 5 years (YEA, I get to walk the stage at convention this year!) and am creating my business all over again when I moved to Boise. Business is slowly picking up and I keep plugging away at it. I also own Great Occasions Event Services, which was developed 24 years ago. I coordinate weddings, birthday parties, fund raisers and anything else that needs to be coordinated. I am also a stay-at-home mom that keeps me busy with volunteer work at my daughters school.

The chipboard hanger is the project for my May's Stamp Camp. We were supposed to make it at Max's Birthday Bash retreat, however, we were having way too much fun to end up making it before we had to leave each other. Now my customers will have the joy in learning how to make this wonderful wall hanging that was demonstrated at Leadership this year.

Thank you for joining us Stacy. I look forward to your posts. EdieB