New catalogue sneak peek!

Here is a little sneakie peekie from the new catalogue...if you are in the stamp club, you will get your new cattie with your club order from this month. There are actually two things from the new catalogue on this page - the first is a new color, Crushed Curry; the second is a stamp set (which fits all the circle punches!) called Circle Circus.

Stamps: Defining Alphabet, Circle Circus

Paper/Ink: Basic Grey, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, scraps of Urban Oasis DSP

Accessories: All of my circle punches! small tag punch, real red grosgrain ribbon, basic grey taffeta ribbon, stapler, stampin' dimensionals

Christmas layout

I am finally posting something else this week. My little nephew, Gage Michael, was born this week, so I haven't done much of anything! Anyway....I used the good old Simply Scrappin' kit from last Christmas to make this page. Stamping was from my favorite stamp set for Christmas - Snow Swirled - it just matches the paper perfectly!

Stamps: Snow Swirled

Paper/Ink: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive

Accessories: Circle Cutter, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Scallop circle/edge punches, Hodgepodge Hardware, Real Red Brads, Making Memories red glitter stickers and eyelet, Daisy D's clear photo overlay, Jolly coaster (?)

Inspired by Liz

I was inspired to create this card by Liz, one of my fellow SCS bloggers (look to the right and you'll find her blog - Scrapbooking, Sketches, and Life...Oh, My!). She created a very similar card to this and I decided I really liked the look and should try a similar idea with my own stamp set!
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Paper/Ink: Pacific Point, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Accessories: Pacific Point Grosgrain ribbon, clear embossing powder, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, horizontal slot punch, rhinestone

SCS Card

I used the recent card sketch at Splitcoast Stampers to create this card. It is a clean and simple sketch, but all the layers makes a nice presentation.
Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Always DSP
Accessories: Paper piercing pad, Large Oval, Scallop oval punch, beads (for the center of the flowers)

Saying goodbye to the lovely in colors...

These two cards are completely not related, but I have been trying to make a stack of cards using all of the in colors that are retiring at the end of this month (boo-hoo!).
Colors: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
Stamps: On Your Birthday, Polka Dot Punches
Accessories: Riding Hood Red DSP, Kiwi Kiss button, Red hemp twine
Colors/paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Walk in the Park DSP
Stamps: 8 Great Greetings, Great Friend
Accessories: 1 3/4" square punch, Baja Breeze striped grosgrain ribbon, Matchbox diecut, top note die cute, Big Shot

Birthday cards for boys

I decided to make a few birthday cards for boys using the color scheme of the baby boy scrap kit. I always make cards just to make them and then when it is time for someone's birthday, I don't have what I really need, so I thought...wouldn't it be better to make a design that you like and then make several of them? That way, I can just pull one out of the file when I need it.
So here were the two designs I came up with. I liked them both, but I think I decided I liked the top card the best. My favorite part of the card below was the swirly stamp in the corner....although in retrospect, I don't really think it goes all that well with the birthday set...but anyway, I'll use it on another card!

And here are the specs:

Colors: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive, Bashful Blue

Stamps: Party Hearty, Stitched Exotics

Accessories: 1/4" Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, blue glitter, corner rounder, 1/2", 3/4", 1 3/4" circle punches, large dot texture plate for Big Shot

More Club projects

In addition to the pendant/bookmark, we also made a matching pen and post-it note holder at our most recent club meeting. For each item, I used Washington Apple DSP and lots of Sticky Strip! In the picture above, you will notice a bouquet of funny looking flowers, those are our pens - Kittra will not have to worry about any of those silly guys she works with walking off with one of those! I just followed a tutorial on Patty's Stamping Spot to create these. Using 12" strips of 2-sided paper, you just make a 1 1/4", 1 3/4", and a 2 1/4" strip each of different papers. Make cuts almost all the way down every 1/4" or so and then apply 12 inches of sticky strip to the bottom edge. Next, wrap....and wrap....and wrap....you get the point. You MUST start with the shortest strip, then the medium strip, then the tallest strip. Finally, use a pencil to curl down the edges of your flower and with several, you will end up with a darling bouquet of pens or pencils!

These are the post-it note holders we created. I added some sticky strip to the back of my post-it notes to hold the pad down inside the cover. Wouldn't this be a cute ensemble to take with you in your purse? Or, better yet, just keep it right next to your phone - you won't have to look far to find your note paper and pen!