Cottage Garden Swap

Good evening! I am still a little tried from last week and this week is a busy week for our family again with VBS at our church. The kids and I are involved with some part and are having lots of fun. I am also getting ready for my Convention Open House which is Saturday from 1pm- 3pm at my house. Need directions just give me a call and I will be happy to give you directions. If you are attending please contact me so that I can have your projects cut and ready for you.
Today's card is another swap that I made for Convention. This swap was a new stamp set swap and we needed to use a stamp set that was new to this catalog and not a preorder set. I picked the new Cottage Garden Stamp Set and decided to pair is this some of our new In Colors, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, and Peach Parfait. I really like the new colors as they are so bright and cheerful. I also used the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Beautiful Butterflies Wings Embosslits Die and the Scallop Trim Coroner Punch. I also added a few of the new Basic Rhinestone Jewels. If you have any questions about this card or if you would like to place an order let me know. I am hoping to post some pictures tomorrow of convention and some of the projects that we did. I won't post everything in one day however so be sure and stop by again. Well, I am off for the night. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Christmas Time!

Hello! It is Friday and day two of Convention. I have two organized swaps today but I am only going to share my Christmas Card today. When the new catalog came out I fell in love with the Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set. It is just so vintage looking and the kids are super cute. This card uses a lot of layers, and accessories but I am thrilled at the way it turned out. It is time consuming but definitely worth it. So for the supplies, Crumb Cake Card Stock, Blushing Bride Card Stock, Riding Hood Red Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set, Four the Holidays Stamp Set, Basic Gray Classic Stamp Set, Riding Hood Red Classic Stamp Pad, Wild Wasabi Classic Stamp Pad, So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, Blush Blossom Stampin' Write Marker, Chocolate Chip Classic Stamp Pad, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Scallop Circle #2 Die, 2 1/2 Circle cut with the Circle Scissors, Victoria Crochet Trim, Eyelet Border Punch, Crimper, Chunky Essentials Glitter White. I used both 2 way glue and Crystal Effects to attach the glitter. It is hard to see in the picture but I used shaved Very Vanilla Card Stock to add a fur like trim to her coat and hat. There are so many details in this card, I made 25 of them and it took most of a day, but I would do it again and I can't wait to get 25 new Christmas Cards to share with you. It is never to early to start thinking about your Christmas Card designs. ;) Tonight we have a wonderful dinner and stampin' Evening planned. I will be sharing those projects after I get back from Convention. I can hardly wait. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Tonya

July Club Card

Good morning, today is the first day of Convention and I am probably standing in line waiting for the Memento Mall to open. This starts the fun and excitement of Convention. If you would like to join me next year all you need to do is sign up to join me team and we can make the trip together. The line to get into Memento Mall is a great place to swap cards with all the other people and this year I am taking this card for one of my swap cards. We also made this card for our July Stamp Club and now I would like to share it with you. I pulled out the new products for this card and a technique that my club ladies found fun and easy. It is faux suede and the Basic Black strip across the card is done with this technique. The rest of the card consists of Crumb Cake Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Daffodil Delight Card Stock, Jet Black Stazon Ink, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Newsprint Designer Series Paper, Black Brad, 1" Circle Punch and Artistic Etchings Stamp Set. The edges of the card stock are Distressed. I made 50 more of these for Convention with the help of my stampin' assistants. They were both big help with punching, stamping, and labeling. Well, I am off be sure and come back tomorrow when I will have another convention swap to share with you. If I get a chance I will update later today but today is a getting settled day and tomorrow starts all the real excitement and fun! Have a great day, Tonya

Blushing Hydrenga

Hello! I am getting ready to travel to Salt Lake City for Convention but I couldn't leave you with out a card or two to look at while I am gone. Today's card is one that we did for club last week. Each club member had their choice of either Blushing Bride or Marina Mist Card Stock and Ink colors. Most picked the Marina Mist and I will share that card another day but for today it is Blushing Bride. The layout is fairly simple but it uses a lot of fun new products. We used the Presto Patterns Designer Series Paper and using the Sponge Daubers the paper was sponged to match the card stock. Because it has has white embossing on the paper it resists the ink and allows it to show the design. The other supplies used are Blushing Bride Card Stock, Basic Black Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Because I Care Stamp Set, Jet Black Stazon Pad, Blushing Bride Classic Ink Pad, Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Pad, Oval Punch, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon. We did decorate the inside of the card but I forgot to take a picture. :( I will add the inside picture when I show you the Marina Mist Card. The Because I Care Stamp Set is a new Hostess Set and since Hydrengas are my favorite flower I had to have it. You can have your own set to just by hosting a workshop of at least $150 or placing and order for the same amount. Call me to set up your workshop time and date. Thanks for stopping by and remember to check back again for more cards that I am taking to Convention with me. Have a great day, Tonya

Simple Artistic Etching

Hello, I haven't disappeared or anything but I have been bad about not posting this week. Sorry about that. I had club Tuesday night and we had a wonderful time and I have been busy making swaps. I have one more organized swap to make and then a few more generals swaps before I leave on Tuesday, add in our family activities and that doesn't leave much time to post. I will be writing post that will be published while I am gone, so at least the days I am away there will be new projects for you. The other day I was playing with the Artistic Etching Stamp Set and I decided I need a simple yet elegant card to showcase the new colors. This is one of the cards I came up with. The base is Basic Black Card Stock with a layer of Daffodil Delight Card Stock. I used the new (and my favorite right now) embossing folder Vintage Wallpaper to add a design to my Very Vanilla Card Stock. I only did the top portion so that I could stamp on the lower portion. I used Jet Black Stazon to stamp the design on the bottom. It is one stamp that I stamped three times across the card. It is super easy to line them up with the new Clear Mount Stamps. To finish off the card and cover the area where the stamping and embossed image meet I added a piece of 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon and there you have the finished card. Nothing to difficult yet it would be perfect to make a bunch for notes to teachers, friends or loved ones. I am off to bed it has been a long day and tomorrow will be more of the same. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day, Tonya

New In Colors For You!

Good afternoon, I hope you are having a great day! We have been busy and have a full evening planned if it doesn't rain. Our last regular season baseball game is tonight so I am really, really, really, hoping we get to play it. I know that you didn't stop by today to hear about our evening activities now did you ? I do have a new card to share with you and it contains New In Colors and a retiring stamp set. A little mix of something old something new. ;) The stamp set I used is One of a Kind and it is only available until June 30 so if you want to buy it please don't forget. It also has a coordinating punch for the three flowers that are on the upper most Right hand corner. This card is a little different in size in that it is a 4 1/2" X 4 1/2" finished card. The base is the new Concord Crush Card Stock and I also used Peach Parfait Card Stock and Whisper White Card Stock. I don't have the stamp pads yet for the new In Colors as they aren't available at this time so I used the In Color Stampin' Write Markers to ink up the flowers. I added Pear Pizzazz to the card and I really like this color combo. It is so fresh and fun! The markers and card stock will be available to purchase on July 1. Contact me if you would like to see a new catalog or earn one for free. Anyone that signs up for club (that will be starting in August) or who host a workshop in July will get an added bonus in that I will have your catalog spiral bound for you. I really like the spiral bound catalogs because they are so much easier to look at and of course make out my wish list. If you would like to schedule a workshop or join my Stamp Club contact me. Oh and my case of catalogs will be arriving on Friday! Yep in just a few short days. See why it really is a great day! I am off to do some more sewing on the Quilt Blocks. I have 10 done so far only 71 more to go. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Tonya