Haunting Halloween!

Happy Wednesday! Today's card comes from Brenda Taylor. Isn't it just the cutest?!

Supplies(all SU!): Paper- Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie & Kiwi Kiss card stock, Ghostly Greetings DSP.
Accessories- Chills & Thrills rub-ons, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla satin ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, pop dots.

Until next week...

~*Elizabeth*~

Tip Tuesday - Pretties Kit

Are you wondering what happened to the Build A Brad tip - well, I received such a wonderful project that focuses on the Pretties Kit that I couldn't resist. I'll share the Build A Brad tip soon. Now on to the Pretties Kit!

The Pretties Kit has approximately:
White flowers: 50 (5 sizes, 10 each)
Halfback White pearls: 60 (30 small, 20 medium, 10 large)
Halfback Cream pearls: 60 (30 small, 20 medium, 10 large)
Round White pearls with holes: 45 (30 small, 15 large)
Round Cream pearls with holes: 45 (30 small, 15 large)
Clear beads: 40 (10 round beads with center hole, 10 round
beads with side hole, 20 tear drop beads)
Round rhinestone brads: 50 (20 small, 15 medium, 15 large)
Hat pins with clutches: 10
Crimp beads: 30

The kit is so versatile to embellish all of your works of art! The flowers are white so you can
color them to coordinate with our exclusive colors—you’ll always have the perfect color for
your project. You can use Stampin' Pastels, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, or Classic Stampin’
ink to dye the flowers. The beads, pearls, and flowers add elegance to any project, and you
can create custom hat pins using any of the pieces. I've used the Aqua Painter (see Technique Tuesday - Aqua Painter on how to use this product) and Stampin' ink refills for an easy way to "dye" the flowers the color you want.

I'd like to share with you a WONDERFUL project from Tina McIntyre. She is one of our amazing Designer Divas. Here is her project and what she's got to say about it. Hope you are inspired to get out your stamps and start stamping!

Tina says ...

I just absolutely love THE SNOW SWIRLED SET! I am ready to start kicking off some of my Christmas ideas, so you get to see first hand what I'm playing around with!!! Hope you enjoy it !

This is the card with it

Stampin' Up! Supplies used :

Stamp set : Snow Swirled set

Card stock used : Pacific Point (in-color) & Whisper White (neutrals)

Ink : Pacific Point classic pad, Kiwi Kiss classic pad, Tempting Turquiose classic pad (Bold Brights).

Accessories : Pretties Kit, Dazzling Diamonds, Glue pen, Snail adhesive, Crop-adile, Fresh Favs ll eyelets, 1 1/4" circle punch, corner rounder punch, hemp twine.

Those faux 1/2 pearls from the Pretties Kit really make the snow flakes POP !! My sister-in-law, Wendy, used the pearls last year on her card and it just really gives the snow flakes a lil' something!! So I want to thank her for the "inspiration"!! The Dazzling Diamonds glitter helps pop out some of the swirls on the tree, along with highlighting them with another color ! I can't wait to see your Christmas creationz !!!! Dazzling Diamonds and a little Pacific Point stamping contrast really make this swirly tree stand out!

How many designs do you go through, before you make that "perfect" card. I know I play around with so many designs and variations, boy, you should see all the cards I have, that you don't see!!!

DAZZLING DIAMONDS & PRETTIES KIT !!!

Let the creating begin !!

Live, Laugh, & Love to Create !

Halloween Treats!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Today we have a couple of projects to show you which were made by Courtney Carpenter. The Ghostly Greetings Designer Series Paper is very popular for all your Halloween projects.

Here are some projects made by Kristine Memmott

Stamp Sets: Haunting Halloween; Drink and Be Scary
Paper: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Stazon Black, Craft Black
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch; Bead Duo - Orange; Water Color Crayons, Blender Pen, Eggplant Ribbon, Pumpkin Pie Ribbon, 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way glue pen, Jumbo Eyelets, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Irridescent Ice, Crystal Effects, Corner Rounder Punch

Stamps: Batty For YouPaper: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Ghostly Greetings DSP.Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi KissAccessories 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Punch, 1 3/8 Punch, 1" Punch, Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'

Max

Showcase Saturday

Today I would like to introduce you to Karen H.

I'm a retired secretary who now enjoys watching my two grandchildren, Max (3-1/2) and Emma (9 months) so I can really identify with all the stay-at-home mothers. I jokingly tell everyone I'm a 'stay-at-home' grandmother! I have two other grandchildren Matthew (3-1/2) and Taylor (5 months) who currently live in Cincinnati. I've been happily married to my husband Mike for 22 years and we live south of Indianapolis, Indiana.

I've been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for almost 5 years. I went to just one stamp camp and was immediately hooked. Since I wanted just about everything in the catalog and am always looking for the best deal, I decided that it was most economical to just get the Starter Kit. I told my upline that I did not want to sell Stampin' Up! but just wanted to stamp for myself. Well, it didn't take long before I was sharing my love of stamping with my friends and started having classes to teach them how to make beautiful cards. Now I hold several stamping parties each month in my home, along with having 3 clubs and teaching specialized stamping classes.

This year at Convention I received the cutest little nugget bag from Melissa in Virginia. I cut it down slightly and here is my take on this little designer bag. I give one to all my guests at my stamping parties as it has a label on the back with my name, email address, SU website and my stamping blog address.


Directions
Cut double-sided designer paper 3” x 4½” as shown below. The next part is the hardest thing you’ll have to do – decide which side of the beautiful paper you want to use for the ‘outside’ of your bag!

After you decide which side of the paper will be the outside of the bag, score and cut the piece according to the diagram. Cut along red lines; fold according to dotted lines. (See diagram below).












Width: Score at 1”, 1½” and 2½”
Length: Score at ½” and 2½”Cut out long sides as shown below (refer to diagram).
With Corner Rounder Punch, round the corners of the narrow end where sides were cut out. This will be the ‘flap’ of your bag. Add ribbon for handle, fold and adhere sides with Sticky Strip. To finish the bag add an embellishment such as a brad on top flap. Add Velcro dots for the fastener.

Aren't these the cutest?! What a great idea to use them as a business card with all of your information on the back. Thank you so much for sharing the directions with us, Karen. These are wonderful. :)

Have a great weekend.

Friday Sketch Challenge

Welcome to week 2 of the Diva's Sketch Challenge. The sketch this week comes from a publication for Stampin' Up! demonstrators called Stampin' Success (October 08). I drew the sketch from a card in the magazine. It doesn't originally have stars on it and you don't have to use them either. It was one of the easier shapes for me to draw with my program to make the sketch for you to see.
And here is my card...I am lovin' this Washington Apple Designer Series Paper! The colors are fabulous and the patterns are not so bad either. {smile} This card size is 3"x6".

Here is what my team came up with...

Carol

Tammy

Alicia

Ruthie

Michelle

Splitcoast Gallery


We would love to see what you create using this sketch. You can leave a comment with a link to your card or upload to your splitcoast gallery using divasc2 as your keyword. Thanks for playing!

~Becky

Star card supplies
Stamps: Happy Everything
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, So Saffron, Washington Apple DSP
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Other: Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain ribbon, small star punch, vintage brads, dimensionals, spiral tab punch, stamp a ma jig

Diva Inspiration Challenge #12

Thursday, Thursday. Can you believe another Thursday is upon us? Is it just me or do these week just keep flying right by?!?
With it being Thursday, that means it is time for another Diva Inspiration Challenge! This week's inspiration picture was another one I picked up from Martha Stewart Living. Some colors I picked out are Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Garden Green, Bashful Blue, and Gold.

I decided to grab the colors and thought the flower from Embrace Life would go perfectly. The "announcing" on the front was taken from the Classifieds background stamp and I layered on a double punched Scallop Square.

Stamps: Embrace Life, Classifieds
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Garden Green, and Bashful Blue
Ink: Chocolate chip, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Square Punch

To see what my creative team came up with, just click on their name :
Bev

Elizabeth

Charmaine


To view the submissions on SCS click here.

Now it's your turn! Post a link in the comments section with your blog entry or SCS gallery showing us what creation you were inspired to come up with!! If you upload to SCS be sure to put DivaIC12 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

Inspire Stampin' happiness wherever you go!! :)
~~Maria~~

"Spring" into Fall

Today's post comes from Tina McIntyre who lives in Smithton, Pennsylvania.







Pennsylvania fall colors, inspiration for my pretty kind card!










I just love these side views, they really give you the dimension that straight-on photos don't.









Pretty little stitched spiral of fall leaves!
I absolutely love the inside of this card. The pop-out spiral really gives it that "SURPRISE"!!! I hope you enjoy the card
and let this inspire you to inspire everyone !!!!

Live, Laugh, & Love to Create ! Tina McIntyre

Supplies for Tina's card(all Stampin Up!):
Stamp sets: Kind Thoughts, Baroque Motifs, Stitched Exotics.
Cardstock : Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Really Rust, Summer Sun, Very Vanilla.
Ink : Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango & Riding Hood Red Classic stamp pads.
Accessories: Fresh Favorites ll brads, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Craft & Rubber scissors, Tag punch, Riding Hood Red 5/8" striped ribbon, 1/2 pearls from the Prettiies Kit, Color Spritzer w/Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful Pennsylvania Fall with us, Tina!

See you next Wednesday!

~* Elizabeth *~