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

New Digital Downloads for February!

I posted the My Digital Download that was current from the release until January 2011 but there have been new releases this month and I wanted to give you an update but posting the link to February 2011 MDS Catalog. If you have any questions about My Digital Studio or would like to order your copy please give me a call and I will be happy to help you. If you take a lot of Digital Pictures this is a great option to Scrapbook them and get them printed and off your memory cards. I need to work on this more. ;)

Thanks Sew Much!

Good morning! Sorry for the days off with no posting. I have been working on a quilt project and while it isn't ready to share with I will be sharing it before to long. I am considering staring a Big Shot Quilt Block of the Month Club and am playing around with ideas. Is this something you might be interested in? I would love some feedback and input from all of you. Today I have a fun and bright card to share with you. My daughter and her friend had a school project to do on Tuesday and they used a lot of our Brights Collection and while the stamp pads were out I thought I would use them on another Sewing Card. The base of the card is Tempting Turquoise that has been textured with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. To make the button panel I used the Button, Button Stamp Set from the Occasions Mini and stamped with Buttons with Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Rick Razzleberry Classic Ink. There are 17 buttons in the stamp set and 12 of them can be punched out with our Circle Punches. I added Melon Mambo Card Stock to the top of the Whisper White Card Stock and them added the new Melon Mambo Pompom Trim to the bottom of the Whisper White Card Stock. I have been wanting to use the Pompom Trim since I received my order but just haven't found the right card. I think this card is perfect for it. We also have Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight Pompom Trim available for all your projects. To finish off the card I added Sweet Buttons Embosslits that were made with Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise Card Stock. These were attached with Mini Glue Dots. The sentiment is from Three Little Words and while I wish it said "Thanks Sew Much" I still think it works for the card. The Three Little Words Stamp Set is available for free until March 31 with a $50 order. Please Stampin'UP! can we have a Sewing Sentiment Set in the new catalog in July. I stamped the sentiment with Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink and punched it our with the Word Window Punch then layered it with a Melon Mambo Modern Label Punch. I dotted the ends to make it look sewn on. I hope you enjoyed today's card. I am hoping to get a few more done today but it is a snow day for the kids so who knows what the day might bring. Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think about a Quilt Block Club. Have a great day, Tonya

Sew Suite!

Good morning! We had a very productive day yesterday and I really enjoyed having my kids home. Today my oldest is home and we have a full day planned together. I want to share with you a card I have been working on a little bit all week. I enjoy sewing and when I saw the new Sew Suite line I had to add it to my collection. This card is inspired by a wall hanging that my mom gave me some time ago. The colors were taken from the new Designer Series Paper and I used the Tasteful Trim XL Bigz Die and the Big Shot to give the look of pinking along the edge of the card. I used Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip Card Stock and Classic Ink Pads. All the images from the Sew Suite Stamp Set were stamped with Basic Gray Classic Stamp Pad before they were colored. The base of the card is Crumb Cake. The cute buttons on the button card are made with the new Sweet Buttons Embosslits. It not only embosses the buttons but it also cuts them out in one easy step. There are six different patterns that you make with the Embosslit. There is just a little bit of the Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper on the card. I used it to make the "dress". That is the card for today. Thanks for stopping by and if you would like to see more of Oh Sew Suite line or place an order for these products please contact me. Have a great day, Tonya

Valentine's Cake

I mentioned during Valentine's Day that I had baked a cake for my family for our Valentine's Day dinner. Today I finally had a chance to upload the picture and get it posted for you. I will be back later today with a stamping project but for now I thought you might like to take a look at another one of my crafting projects. This cake is a chocolate cake that we use often at our house because it does not have eggs in it. I had four heart shaped pans and I baked one batch of cake batter. I used Chocolate frosting on the bottom two layers (they are the same size) and I made pink icing for the top to layers and added a few Valentine Sprinkles. My family loved it and it sure didn't last long with everyone eating it. :) I hope you are having a great day. The kids are home so we are all busy working on projects that are on our To Do List. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Some Sale-a-bration Fun!

Good afternoon, I thought I would share some Sale-a-bration fun by showing you the extra greeting that comes on our Stampin'Up! boxes during Sale-a-bration. When I received the Stamp Club Order for this month. I noticed the cute word bubble on the top of the box. I hope that ladies from Stamp Club our busy creating something with their supplies. It isn't to late to host your own Stampin'UP! workshop and receive your Sale-a-bration box. Remember after March 31 Stampin'UP! won't be send out these cute boxes.

A few More Petal Cones

Good afternoon, I wanted to share a few more of the petal cone projects that we made for Valentine's Day. These were more gifts for the teachers and are similar to the previous one I showed you except we closed them into the cone shape. I provided a close up of the flowers. You can see the shimmer in them and they are so much fun to make. I really love how they turned out. I am currently working on a card that is almost finished and will be ready to show soon. The warm weather is making a tough to stay inside, so projects are taking a little longer.
Don't forget that there is still time to schedule your Sale-a-bration workshop or to place your order and receive the a free stamp set. Just give me a call. Sorry this is short but I have tax info to get ready too and while I don't enjoy getting it together it does have to be done. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend, Tonya

Explore Your Creativity with Stampin' Up!

I thought I would share this video that Shelli posted on You Tube. There are so many things to love about Stampin'Up! I started using their products because of the color matching system and I became a demonstrator to get a discount on the stamp sets, card stock and ink that I was buying so much of. I never dreamed that I would love teaching and sharing Stampin'Up! with others like I do. If you would like any information about Stampin'Up! please give me a call. I would love to share it with you.

Petal Cone Treat

Good morning! Today is a less busy day for our family and I hope to get some stamping time in before the kids get out of school. I do still have a few projects to share with you from yesterday and our busy weekend of creating. This treat container was for one of my sons' teachers and it was inspired by the February Stampin' Success. Stampin' Success is a great magazine that all demonstrators receive each month with ideas and business tips. Don't forget that Sale-a-bration is a great time to start your own Stampin'UP! business. Okay back to the treat. I used the Petal Cone Die and cut it out in Riding Hood Red and the half scallops in Early Espresso. I used Sticky Strip to adhere the two sides but instead of making it a cone I left it flat and made this cute heart. I stamped a heart from the I {heart} Hearts Stamp Set in Riding Hood Red and cut it out by hand before attaching it to the Petal Cone with Stampin' Dimensionals. The Happy Valentine's Day is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and was stamped with Early Espresso on Very Vanilla Card Stock then punched out with the Word Window Punch. To add a little extra wow to the Petal Cone I made a flower from Pink Pirouette Card Stock and the Scallop Circle #2 Die. I cut out four of the larger Scallop Circle and then sprayed each with Shimmer Mist (made with Shimmer Paint and Rubbing Alcohol)

More Valentine's Day Treats

Good evening, I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day. We had a busy evening but it was a fun one. For dinner I made a few heart shaped treats for the family including biscuits and chocolate cake. I will share a picture of the cake at a later date. Tonight I have my older kids Valentine's Day treats. For my son's treats we used the Eat Chocolate Stamp Set and the Two Tags Die. We made the tags out of Real Red Card Stock then stamped the so much chocolate so little time sentiment on Whisper White Card Stock with Early Espresso Classic Stamp Pad. He stamped the Medium Cello Bags with White Stazon with various hearts from the I {heart} hearts stamp set and tied the tag on with Crochet Thread. I didn't get a picture but I also colored the ends of the chocolate bar with our Silver Fox Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink. I really like how it made the chocolate bar look more like a real chocolate bar.
Now that my daughter is in high school she doesn't take Valentine's Treats for her whole class. I can't image how long that would take. :) She did want to make a few treats for some special friends. She used the Candy Wrapper Die which was in the Holiday Mini but is still available to purchase. She cut them from Regal Rose Card Stock then used the I {heart} heart stamp set in Melon Mambo, Real Red, and Regal Rose. She used Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon to tie here Candy Wrappers shut after adding some chocolate. I think her friends enjoyed them. I still have more Valentine's Day projects to share with you but I will share those another day. Enjoy the rest of your Valentine's day and I will post again tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya