Showcase Saturday

Beginning next Saturday (December 6th--wow...already DECEMBER?!), I will be posting the UDI sketch challenges. I hope you'll join us in participating.

Today I would like to introduce Karen F. to you.

Hi, I'm Karen and I live in Maryland with my husband and our 3 children. We've been married for 11 years and our kids are Madison - 8.5, Mackenzie - 4, and Trenton (TJ) - 2.5. They definitely keep me busy. Outside of taking care of them, I work part-time in a clothing consignment store - almost 2 years now. I've been a Stampin' Up! demo now for 9 years (Nov). I mainly do clubs - currently have 2. One meets at my house monthly and the other one is a long distance club that submits orders. I just send them a project in their order each month. While I enjoy doing the clubs, I don't like the prep work. :) I tend to be a procrastinator and thus am always planning for them at the last minute.Other than the above that keeps me busy, I'm on 3 design teams. I enjoy them as I get to work with other things that I normally wouldn't get to. It's also nice to see your work out there. :) I'm also a big sports nut - I love watching sports. I mainly enjoy Football, Baseball, and Basketball, but will watch most anything sports related. My favorite station to be on is ESPN. My DH jokes that I watch more than him! Well - that's about it for me. Thanks!!

Snow Swirled Card

Stamps - Snow Swirled

CS - Kraft, Bravo Burgundy

Ink - Craft White, Bravo Burgundy

Other - White Embossing Powder, Burgundy 5/8 Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

I DTP (direct to paper) all edges of card stock with the Craft White ink.

Harvest Thanks Card

Stamps - Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories

CS - Confetti Cream, Really Rust, Garden Tea DSP (I think)

Ink - StazOn Black

Other - Markers: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Going Grey

Fresh Cuts Card

Stamps - Fresh Cuts

CS - Fresh Cuts Notecards, Elegant Eggplant

Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Craft White

Other - Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch

Have a wonderful weekend.

Alicia :)

Saturday with Selene

The Fresh Cuts promo is coming to a close. Make sure to contact your demo to take part in the promo. You can check out the promotion here. Today I would like to share some more wonderful creations that Selene has created using the Fresh Cut Stamp Set and Notes.

Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Ink: Wild wasabi
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Porcelain Prints DSP
Embellishments: Two way glue pen, Dazzling diamonds, pretties kit, crafters tool kit. 5 petal punch, punch box, glue dots


Stamps: En Francis
Ink: Classic Black
Paper: Black, fresh cut notes
Embellishments: cropadile, slit punch, punch box, pretties kit, black grosgrain ribbon, glue dots








Stamps: Fresh Cuts, all holidays
Ink: Mellow moss, real red
Paper: Mellow moss
Embellishments: Grid paper and ruler (to draw the lines), red brad, punch box, crafters tool kit, glue dots






Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Ink: pumpkin pie, burgundy
Paper: burgundy
Embellishments: 5/8 grosgrain burgundy, snips, pretties kit, Glue dots

Thank you, Selene for sharing your cards with us. They are absolutely stunning. :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Alicia

Something Fresh

G'day from a sunny Sydney although being Winter we are getting some rather chilly weather - especially at night.

Its with great pleasure that I share you a project today done by the lovely Andrea Walford and I just love what she's done with the lovely Fresh Cuts set.

I so wish we had this set here in Australia but maybe they will include it in our Summer Mini Catalogue due out in August. Well one can live in hope!

Isn't this card just divine? I love the softness of the celery and white with the Kraft cardstock.

The recipe is as follows:

Stamps: Fresh Cuts stamp set
Ink: Whisper White Craft, Basic Black, Certainly Celery Ink
Paper: Kraft, Certainly Celery
Accessories: white Embossing Powder, embossing buddy, heat tool, Pretties kit, circle rhinestone brads, wide celery grosgrain ribbon, sponge, ticket corner punch, 1/8" circle punch, stampin' dimensionals.

Directions and Dimensions:

1. Take a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Kraft Cardstock, score at 5 1/2" and fold.
2. Stamp the greeting from the Fresh Cuts stamp set in basic black ink on the bottom right of the card.
3. Using the Direct To Paper technique, rub white craft ink along the edges of the card.
4. Rub your embossing buddy over a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of Kraft Cardstock. Stamp the background image from Fresh Cuts in Whisper White Craft ink onto the Cardstock. Sprinkle on white Embossing Powder, heat with heat tool, trim to about 3" x 3 1/4", Use the ticket corner punch on all 4 corners.
5. Use a ticket corner punch on a piece of Certainly Celery Cardstock 3 1/4" x 3 1/2", then mat the embossed image onto this piece.
6. Sponge a flower from the Pretties kit in certainly celery ink. Add the small white flower to the center. Punch a hole using the 1/8" circle punch onto the bottom corner of the matted image, and mount to the flower using a medium sized celery rhinestone brad.
7. Mount the whole matted image (with flower) to the card front using a Stampin' Dimensional in each corner.
8. Tie a 15" piece of wide Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon in a knot around the card, with the knot adjusted slightly towards the left.

Congratulations ~ You're done!

Thanks so much Andrea for sharing this gorgeous card with us!

Have a totally blessed day ... Leonie