Itty Bitty Birthday

Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Ours was filled with activities, Church and lots of excitement. Good excitement at least this weekend. It is hard to believe that Sale-a-bration will be ending in just five days. The two months have flown by and I sure don't want you to miss out on this great promotion. Several of you are working on your orders so I thought I would share a couple more options with you as you pick out your free items. Today's card uses both the the Pretty Petites Stamp Set and the Petite Curly Label Punch. I picked colors from the color chart and paired Island Indigo, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White. Since I was punching out the stamped image I put all four on one block inked them with the Stampin' Write Markers and stamped them all once then punched. I also used the Itty Bitties Stamp Set to make the party hats and the small cupcake on the two right hand images. The party hats of course needed some bling so I added a couple of the smallest Basic Rhinestones and the cupcake was punched out with the Owl Builder Punch. Behind the stamped images I used the Argyle Impressions Embossing Folder, add a bit of Whisper White Baker's Twine and this 3x3 card is ready for a birthday bag. Please let me know if you have any questions about Sale-a-bration and I will be happy to answer them for you. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Tonya

Beautiful Butterflies

Hello! I am going to share another card with you today that we are doing at our Stamp Time this week. The ladies tonight will be making this card as well as yesterday's card. I must tell you that I bought the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set a while back but haven't inked it up until this last week. I am glad I waited however since Stampin'Up! just introduced the Bitty Butterfly Punch that coordinates with the set. With the Bitty Butterfly Punch and the Elegant Butterfly Punch this card comes together rather quickly and there is no fussy cutting. The colors are Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Raspberry Ripple, and Early Espresso. The center of the card has been cut out with the Big Shot and the Labels Collection Framelits, so the sentiment which is from the Sale-a-bration set Vintage Verses is popped up in the center of the opening and layered on top of the Pink Pirouette Card Stock. After cutting out the center I added texture with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I used Dimensionals to pop up the sentiment and the butterlies, then I added Pearl Basic Jewels to the butterfly bodies and the sentiment for just a bit of extra detail. If you are interested in learning how to make this card please let me know and we can set up a time to do so. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day! Tonya

Best of Flowers

Good morning! Hard to believe as I look out the window that today is the first day of March and we are thinking about flowers. Maybe were you live the flowers are starting to pop up and the trees are starting to bud out but here in Missouri there is snow on the ground. I guess that would be a great reason to bring some color and flowers into someones life with a handstamped card and why not use the Best of Flowers to do so. This set includes one of my favorite stamps, the hydrangea is an absolute favorite of mine. I will be sharing a card or two with it very soon. So many techniques come to mind when I check out this set. If you are intersted in purchasing this set it is available until March 31, 2014 but why wait. You can take advantage of Sale-a-bration and add this set to your next order to help you earn more free items. With this being the first of the month I have a lot of info to share with you so I will be back with a couple of more posts. Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment if you have a question. Tonya

Vintage Print Quilt

Happy Tuesday! I will be back later with another post that includes today's new Digital Downloads. There are two free downloads today so be sure and check back to see those. While I watch the snow pile up outside I wanted to share with you this card we made last week. I haven't used the Quilting Technique lately and I decied to share it with the ladies that came last week. This is a great technique to use up smaller pieces of Designer paper. For this card we used the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack. I love the colors in it which are Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Primrose Petal and Gumball Green. The base of the card is Crumb Cake and the frame is Primrose Petal. For the sentiment we used the Vintage Verses Stamp Set which is  a Sale-a-bration option andn stamped it in Early Espresso. To make the quilt we simply punched out 1" Squares with the 1" Square Punch and attached them to a piece of 4x4" piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock. To make the piece look more quilted we ran it through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan Folder Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. We added Crumb Cake Seam Binding to finish off the quilt before attaching it to the card front. This technique works great on all types of cards depending of the Designer Paper you use and with our punches you can do so many different patterns and designs. I am going to share another quilt card with you tomorrow that was inspired by a couple of my recent projects. Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know if you would like to make your own quilt card and I will be happy to help you get the supplies or we can schedule a workshop and I can show you and your guests how to make one.. Stay warm! Tonya

Valentine's Day Chalk Board

Happy Wednesday! Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I will be mailing this card are soon. It is actually one that we made a Shirlene's Workshop a few weeks ago. She had requested Valentine's and I was happy to help her with that. The card features the new Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set and matching framelits. The colors are Primrose Petal, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red and Pool Party. The ink colors are the same and I added Whisper White Craft ink to make the chalk board effect on the Basic Black card stock. The sentiment is from the Wacky Wishes Stamp Set and is available for anyone that host a workshop. Did you know that Sale-a-bration is a great time to host? I will tell you more about why in a bit. Other supplies include the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and the Bitty Banners Framelits (which is a Sale-a-bration option), Pool Party Baker's Twine, and the Bitty Buttons. Just use a few dimensionals and your card is ready to go. The inside is also decorated with hearts on the Whisper White Card Stock that I added inside but I forgot to get a picture of it. :-(
Now back to why it is a great time to host a workshop. Usually for a $400 workshop you would receive $65 worth of free merchandise and one other item at half price (which is great) but during Sale-a-bration you would get  those items plus a package of Silver Glimmer Paper and the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper,, Madison Avenue Stamp Set in either Clear or wood mount, and the Sycamore Street Ribbon And Button Pack. Wow that is a lot of free products just for having a few friends and family over for a fun evening/afternoon of stamping. Contact me if you want the opportunity to have fun and earn free items.
Well, I must get busy. My boys decided on the way to school today that they want to make Valentine's day treats for their friends so I need to get busy cutting out boxes. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Latte Love

Good afternoon, today's card is a little nontraditional in color for a Valentine's Day card but it could just be a I love you any day of the year card too. It is one of the projects we did at Shirlene's workshop on Friday and it uses a several Sale-a-bration items. First lets start with the colors. They are pulled from the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper and are Sahara Sand, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Island Indigo. The Designer Series paper is one of the Sale-a-bration options as is the Island Indigo Ribbon we used on the card, but you don't just get the Island Indigo Ribbon you also get Pool Party and Tangerine Tango Ribbon and 36 buttons in Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine Tango. What a great Sale-a-bration option. The Stamp Set is also free with a $50 order and is Patterned Occasions. The other supplies are Stampin Write Markers to ink up the image, Whisper White Card Stock, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch and 1 3/4" Circle Punch. This card is super quick to make but also cute and fun. Give me a call if you would like to make your own card like this one and I will be happy to help you. I am working on more Valentine's Day projects today and we have an evening filled with activities so I had better get back to may crafting. What a great way to spend the afternoon. :-) Thanks for stopping by, Tonyha

Time to Sale-a-brate!

Hello and welcome to Monday! The weekend flew by and while be were super busy it was a fun busy. I want to share with you a quick 3 x 3 card that I made with some of the Sale-a-bration items. The colors are pretty simple, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Basic Black. The stamp set is Petite Pretties which is a Sale-a-bration set as is the new Petite Curly Label Punch. I also used the Small Heart Punch and just a bit of the new More Amore Designer Series Fabric. I may add this little card to one of my kids lunch boxes with a note just to let them know I am thinking about them. I have a child home today so I am going to keep this short. I hope you have a wonderful day, it is supposed to be warm here which will be nice for a change. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Gnome Lovin'?

Good morning, I feel like today's post title should be Waiting on the Sun. We have had several rainy days here and it makes it very hard to take pictures so I wait. In the mean time I will share with you a couple of cards I made. A while back I received the Gnome Sweet Gnome Stamp Set free but it just sat and sat. I really like to use my stamp sets and decided I was going to ink it up and give it a try even if it really wasn't a set that spoke to me. Well I am still struggling with the set so I opted for 3x3 cards so that there was less space to fill. I am going to continue to try this set out and see what else I can come up with but in the mean time I hope you enjoy these little cards that I have for you today. First card is the man gnome. I added the latern in his hand and the inside of this card says "you light up my lawn" The colors are Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade and Very Vanilla for Card Stock and Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip and Blush Blossom that I colored the image with using Blender Pen and Classic Ink Pads. I also used the Framelits Labels Dies to cut out the image and the Poppy Parade behind the image.

The second card is even simplier with just Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla Card Stock. The ribbon is from the Sale-a-bration brochure and is only available until March 31st. It is 1/8" Organdy Ribbon and you get two spools one of Lucky Limeade and one of Calypso Coral for placing a $50 order. I used markers to color this image and used the following colors: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso and Blush Blossom. The inside of this card has the sentiment "to gnome you is to love you" from the Gnomenclature Stamp Set that has extra Gnome sentiments to expand your Gnome Sweet Gnome Set. I hope to this set some more time later but for know I am going to work on a blog hop challenge for the upcoming April 5th Blog Hop that I will be participating in. Make sure and mark your calendars as you won't want to miss the projects that everyone shares. Thanks for stopping by today and as always have a great day, Tonya

Catalog Case Part 2

Good morning, it is Monday and I am so thankful for the beautiful weekend we had. Sunday I was able to spent the day with family and just have a relaxing day. Today the weather is changing however and we are expecting storms. Sounds like a good day to stay in and stamp, due a few loads of laundry and get caught up from the weekend. What are your plans for the day? Today's card highlights a few of the Sale-a-bration items that you can receive this month for free. The first is the Rich Razzleberry Button that is in the center of my pin wheel and the second is the Striped Embossing Folder that is used on the Baja Breeze Card Stock behind the main image. The other supplies used are Island Indigo Card Stock and Classic Ink, Baja Breeze Classic Ink, Whisper White Card Stock, Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon and Card Stock, Small Oval Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Early Espresso Card Stock, Send Me Soaring Stamp Set and Island Indigo Baker's Twine. This was the second card we made at stamp club last week and is another idea that I got from the Current Catalog. If you are looking for inspiration then look no further than the catalog it is a great place to find ideas and layouts. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day, Tonya

Everyday Birthday

Good evening, I am trying to get back into a more regular posting schedule so hopefully you will be seeing more projects from me. The card I have for you tonight is one that we did at a recent workshop I had. The base is Crumb Cake. We also used Soft Suede, Calypso Coral and Whisper White Card Stock. The designer series paper is from the Everyday Enchantment Sale-a-bration Pack. You can pick this as an option when placing an order over $50. We used the Apothecary Art Stamp Set and used both Soft Suede and Calypso Coral Classic Ink. To add just a bit more to the card butterflies were added that we made with the Big Shot and the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die and Chantilly Crochet Trim was added to both corners. If you are wondering what the Stamp image and the mat where made with they are the new Labels Collection Framelits that are so easy to use with the Big Shot. I would love to show you how they work. :) Thanks for stopping by! I am going to keep this short but I will be back tomorrow with a new project to share. Have a great evening, Tonya

Just a little love

This is either a late night post or an early one for tomorrow depending on how you want to view it. For me it is a late night. I wanted to share this card from Stamp Club but just haven't had the chance. It uses the I Heart Hearts Stamp Set and the Sale-a-bration Set Sprinkled Expressions. The other supplies are Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, Classic Ink Pad, and Stampin' Write Marker, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin' Write Marker and Grosgrain Ribbon, Baja Breeze Card Stock and Stampin' Write Marker, Whisper White Card Stock, Striped Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, 1 1/4" circle punch and the Heart Border Punch. Lots of details in this card and perfect for a guy or girl. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Birthday Window

Good morning! Hope you are having a great week. We are here and today everyone will be back in school so I have a lot to catch up on. :) Today's card is one that was made with a little bit of this cand that. The base is one that I used to show how easy the new Framelits are to use. I just randomly cut a window out of the Soft Suede Card Stock and set it aside. Then when I had a few moments to stamp I decided why not finish that card so I added another Framelit from the Label Collection behind the card front so that it showed through the window. The card is stamped with the Apothecary Art Set and colored with Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade and Calypso Coral. I used a Vintage Brad, Victoria Crochet Ribbon and Calypso Coral Ribbon to attach the sentiment to the front of the card. I also used the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder on the front of the card to add extra dimension. All the supplies are available to purchase through my Website just by contacting me.

I hope you enjoyed today's card, I hope to finish a couple more today that I will share with you tomorrow and Friday. Have a great day and as always thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Celebrate You!

Good morning! It is once again Monday and the new week has started. Today I thought I would share with you a card that we made at a recent workshop. It uses the new Send me Soaring Stamp Set that can be found on page 37 of the Occasions Mini. I altered the card that can be found on the same page just a bit and am happy with the result. The other supplies are Pool Party Card Stock and Classic Ink Pad, Lucky Limeade Card Stock and Classic Ink Pad, Wisteria Wonder Card Stock and Classic Ink Pad, Calypso Coral Classic Ink Pad, Basic Gray Stampin' Write Marker, Whisper White Card Stock, Small Oval Punch, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon and the Striped Embossing Folder which you can get for free during Sale-a-bration. The kites are stamped on scrap paper and then cut out and added to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals but the card is pretty simple to make. I am working on a 3d project that I hope to have ready to share by the beginning of next month but I will have another card to share tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by and as always have a great day, Tonya

Wisteria Sale-a-bration

Hello! It has been a few days since my last post but I have been busy stamping. :) Which is always a good thing. Today I wanted to share with you a card we did last week at a workshop. It uses one of the new Sale-a-bration sets and Wisteria Wonder with Concord Crush. Such a great color combo! The stamp set is Fresh Vintage and is yours for free if you purchase $50 worth of merchandise this month or next or if you host a workshop that has a total of $400 then you also get it free along with the coordinating Designer Series Paper and matching Brads and Ribbon.
For this card we used quite a few supplies so I will give you the list and if you have any questions please let me know. Concord Crush Card Stock and Classic Ink Pad, Wisteria Wonder Card Stock and Classic Ink Pad, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Elegant Wallpaper Embossin Folder, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, and Basic Pearls.
Off to do some sewing, but thanks for stopping by today and I will be back with another post soon. I have lots of projects to share and more to make. Have a great day! Tonya

Stylin' Stampin'UP! Blog Hop Sale-a-bration & Valentine

Hello and welcome to our February Blog Hop! I am so excited as this month we are featuring Sale-a-bration and Valentine's Day. Fun! Fun! Did you just get here from Rose's Blog or is this your first stop? Well, don't worry as the Blog Hop should circle you through all of our blogs. My first project features several of the Sale-a-bration options for this year. When the Sale-a-bration brochure was released I just knew I would have to get the Fresh Vintage Stamp Set and I love the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and the color combo is fantastic. Add the Everyday Enchantments Ribbon & Brad Pack and you have a wonderful grouping that you can make so many wonderful cards with. Each of these three items can be earned with a $50 merchandise order or you can earn all three free just for hosting a workshop of $400 or more. Sale-a-bration is a wonderful time!

Now let me give you the other supplies. The base is Soft Suede Card Stock that has been texturized with the Elegant Wallpaper Impressions Folder. The image was inked with the Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Calypso Carol, and Poppy Parade Stampin' Write Markers and was stamped on Very Vanilla Card Stock. The Very Vanilla is layered on Pool Party Card Stock before the Calypso Coral Ribbon is added and the Everyday Enchantment Brad. I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch to make a Very Vanilla piece to go above the Designer Series Paper and to finish off the card I added butterflies made with Poppy Parade Card Stock and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die. I love that the Embosslits Dies cut and emboss in one easy step. For my second project I wanted to do a Valentine's Idea and since I am always looking for a fun treat for my kids to give their class mates I decided to make that my focus. I really enjoy punch art and my boys do too. I used the Matchbox Bigs XL Die to make the boxes and will add candy to them when we decided what kind. I used Real Red and Pretty In Pink Card Stock and Patterns Designer Series Paper. I used My Digital Studio to print the sentiments so that I could have multiple ones for making lots of boxes. I can customize the color and size so easily with My Digital Studio. The sentiments are punched out with the Modern Label Punch and the Word Window Punch. For the punch art I used the following colors of card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, and Pretty In Pink. I used the following punchs: Boho Blossoms, Heart to Heart, Small Heart, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, 1/2" Circle, Large Oval, Extra Large Oval, 1 3/4" Circle Punch and Owl Builder Punch. I did add just a few Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the Penquin and the Owl for a little extra bling. My younger two boys really liked these and will be making some for all their class mates. I hope they are a hit with their class mates too!

Well, that is it for my Blog Hop projects. I hope you will continue on to Chelsea's Blog. If you for some reason get off course then you can always come back here and refer to the complete list. Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear from you! Tonya


Shellie G. of Creative Electica
Annie L. of Love Me Cards
Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
Nancy B. of Lady Stamps a Lot
Anji C. of Altered Scraps Blog
Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
Amanda H. of Live Laugh Craft
Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
Linda O. of Stamp at Linda's
Marla R. of Marla's Stampin' Spot
Michele M. of Michele's Stampin' Blog
Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
Pam S. of Sunny Girl Scraps
Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Last Day to Sale-a-brate!

Good afternoon, well yesterday got away from me but not in a bad way. I had the opportunity to send some time with the Youth in our church and I decided to seize the chance and boy am I glad I did, but I didn't get a chance to post a project. Sorry about that. I have a very important Birthday Party coming up this weekend and I have been busy creating fun projects for the girls. Today I want to share the card holder with you. It is designed to resemble a purse and each one will have one of the girl's initials on it. It will hold four cards and envelopes for each girl to take home and use. I will be making all the purses but the girls will make the cards. If you would like to learn how to make this purse don't worry I am scheduling a class for April with a new Designer Series Paper and Stamp Set that will be available in April then not again until the new catalog comes out in July. The colors in the purse are Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Poppy Parade.
Finally today is the last day to place your Sale-a-bration orders. If you would still like to place an order you can call me or place your order online. I do have an order going in today and if you are local I would be happy to combine the orders and save shipping cost for you. If you would like to start your own Stampin'Up! business now is a great time. Call me and we can chat about the wonderful opportunity. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Quick Post

Good morning, I just wanted to quickly post a few updates and will be back later to share a new project with you. First there are only two days left to take advantage of the Sale-a-bration. I can't believe how quickly the time has passed. If you still need to make a purchase give me a call today so I can place your order or you can order online.
Stampin'Up! released new Digital Downloads yesterday for My Digital Studio. Be sure and take a look here. I am excited to see ribbon in more colors! I love ribbon whether it is Digital or the real thing. Have a great day and come by later to see my new project. Tonya

Tuesday Digital Downloads

Stampin'UP! has new Digital Downloads for My Digital Studio. Did you know that you can receive a free So Much to Sale-a-brate Digital Content CD just for purchasing My Digital Studio this month. I used the Free CD to create my new blog header and My Digital Studio is so easy to use and it isn't just for adults, kids are finding it to be a great program for school work too. If you would like more information about My Digital Studio give me a call and we can talk. Now for today's new downloads. Thanks for stopping by today, I am busy working on some new projects. I have a long list of ideas and we will see how many I get through today. I also have a sick child at home today so that my slow my progress down a bit. Have a great day, Tonya

Sorry, nothing new right now

Good morning, I thought I would just stop by and let you know that while I had not planned on going this long without a post some things can not be avoided. We had a super busy weekend and on top of that I am coming down with something that seems to have zapped my energy. All I want to do is sleep. Not fun at all and definitely not a productive way to create. I am hoping to find some energy and time to make something new today and if I have time I will post later tonight or tomorrow morning. Just a few reminders that Sale-a-bration will be ending March 31 but there is still time to place your orders and signup to start your own Stampin'Up! business. I am so that I made that decision back in August of 2004 and my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. Give me a call if you would like more information about Stampin'Up! or the benefits of being a demonstrator for such a great company. Have a great day, Tonya

Pattern Pieces!

Good morning, I have one more card to show you with our new Oh Sew Suite Collection. I made this card on Friday while we were enjoying a snow day. I wanted to use the Pattern Pieces Stamp and use Vellum and make it look like a pattern pinned down to fabric ready to be cut. The other stamp set I used is Totally Tess. I thought the little tiny scissors and the sentiment were perfect for the card and idea that I was going for. The base of the card is Regal Rose and I used the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I sponged the embossing with the Regal Rose Classic Stamp Pad and a sponge to make it pop. The "fabric" is the Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper. I also used Crumb Cake Card Stock and Wild Wasabi Card Stock which were punched out with the Medium Oval Punch and Scallop Oval Punch. The scissors were stamped on Silver Card Stock with Jet Black Stazon and cut out with our wonderful Paper Snips. The sentiment was stamped with the Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink Pad. I added a few pins to hold my Pattern onto the "fabric" and a few Pearls to the edge of the sentiment. This card would make a nice addition to a handmade gift or for that seamstress in your life. Today is the last day of the month but Sale-a-bration continues until the end of March so you still have time to place earn the Sale-a-bration sets.
Give me a call if you need to place an order or have questions about starting your own Stampin'Up! business. I would love to have you join my team whether you want to earn extra money or just get a discount on our wonderful products. Today is a busy day with lots to accomplish so I had better run. Have a great day and to all my local customers I will be sending out my newsletter tomorrow. Thanks again, Tonya