All In The Family

 

This was made as a gift for friends of ours. They have 5 children and that includes a set of 18 mo. old twin girls. I could not wait to make this for their family. It was alot of fun! They also have 2 dogs, but as you can see one is a little lost in the grass...LOL!!! I used the Stampin' Up All In The Family Stamp Set to make this. I have 3 more to show you that I made, but I need to wait until I give them to them first before I post them. I do not want to spoil their surprise! Thanks for looking!

Happy Holidays - The Season of Giving!

 

I realized that it has been a VERY long time since I have offered any blog candy! So since this is the season of giving I would like to offer one lucky winner a sampling of ALL 16 colors of Stampin' Up Thin Grosgrain Ribbon. I decided to share my addiction of ribbon with someone else...LOL!!! All you have to do is tell me what your favorite cookie is to bake during the holiday season! But be warned I may ask for receipes :-)

My favorite cookie to make is sugar cookies from scratch with LOTS of colored sugar sprinkles!!! I can't wait to hear what yours are!

I will be drawing a random name this coming Friday night (12/21).

Happy Holidays!

You Warm My Heart!

 

 

I made this card for a dear friend and had so much FUN with it! This is a great set to get creative with :-) This is probably one of the most detailed cards I have ever made. Here are all the details...

I used glitter striped designer paper for the background and layered it onto Bashful Blue and then Very Vanilla cardstock. The main focal image was colored in with Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol. I then paper pieced the dress (that is so much fun to do!). I outlined the snowman with Bashful Blue ink and a Blender Pen and added black Stickles to his buttons. I used Diamond Stickles for the snow on the ground and then for the falling snowflakes I used the silver end of the Zig Painty Pen to dot the centers of the snowflakes. The main image is raised with dimensionals as well as the snowflake accent in the corner. And for the snowflake accent I used the silver side of the Zig Painty Pen to outline the edge of the Bashful Blue cardstock and then again for the center of the snowflake. And last but not least, I added 3 rows of ribbon in Bashful Blue & Vanilla Cream.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

Products used:
Stamps - Baby It's Cold Outside (My Favorite Things)
Ink - Black & Bashful Blue (SU)
Designer Paper - Glitter Striped & Dotted (Imagineisce)
Cardstock - Bashful Blue & Very Vanilla (SU)
Embellishments - Bashful Blue & Very Vanilla Ribbon, Dimensionals (SU), Black & Diamond Stickles, Zig Painty Pen (SU)
Tools - Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol, Blender Pen (SU)

More note cards...

 

This set of cards was made for my little brother who is graduating from college today! Congrats Brad - I am so proud of you! I used pre-printed DCWV note cards and then added the matted square with his last initial clear embossed on them. He is a very thoughtful guy who always sends thank you notes. So I thought these would come in handy for all the gifts he will receive.

Products used:
Stamps - The Works Alphabet (CTMH)
Ink - Chocolate Chip (SU)
Cardstock - White & Chocolate Chip (SU)
Card bases - DCWV pre-made cards
Embellishments - Clear Embossing Powder (SU), Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (SU)
Misc - Clear box (Papertrey Ink)

I have been insanly busy making LOTS of gifts! I will have more to show you later.

Thanks for looking!

Note Card Set

 

You will probably recognize these from a previous post, but I finally got them finished. So here is the completed version. I just love that satin ribbon! I am a ribbon addict and this is so rich & yummy looking :-) I know, you are thinking how can ribbon be yummy, but if you are an addict like myself then you know what I am talking about...LOL!!! After my Mother-In-Law saw these she purchased them for a co-worker. I hope she likes them!

Thanks for looking!

Teacher Gifts = Snowman Soup!

 

 

 

First of all, I have to say I would not have been able to make these without Nicole Heady's tutorial from Papertrey Ink. You can visit her blog here - http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/. I am in LOVE with her products! I had so much fun making these! What I love best is the poem inside the lids -

When the weather outside is frightful,
Snowman Soup can be delightful.
May it warm your spirit and your soul.
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

When you feel a chill or 'burrrrr',
Use the peppermint stick to stir.
Add hot water and sip it slow.
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

Each of my girls teachers are getting a snowman mug w/ hershey kiss surprises in the bottom and a canister of snowman soup! I hope they like them! (Click on the images to see more of the detail.)

Oh, and the little tag you see on the front says "Just add 6oz water, stir, sip & enjoy!" I love that part too! I also outlined the edges of the white tag with the Zig painty pen.

Inside each canister is a serving of milk hot chocolate, marshmellows & a peppermint stick - YUM!!!

Happy Holidays!

Products used:
Stamps - Holiday Treats (Papertrey Ink), Snow Spindle Lite (Stampendous) and Nicole's FREE pdf download for the label on the lid and inside poem.
Ink - Bashful Blue (SU)
Patterned Paper - DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack
Cardstock - Bashful Blue (SU)
Embellishments - Misc. Silver Ribbon
Tools - Giga Scallop Punch (Marvy), Coluzzle, Zig Painty Pen (silver)
*8oz. round clear top tins from Papertrey Ink - http://www.papertreyink.com/, Snowman mugs from Walmart.

Super Quick Treats!!!

 

These are nothing fancy, but they were quick & easy to do! These treats are for my youngest daughters preschool classmates. She filled the bags and I did the rest. I used the Punch Pals stamp set by SU for these, white & green cardstock and silver cord. The kids are only 2 & 3 years old, so they will be good enough for them!

I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season!

I will be back later to show you the teacher gifts that she has to take TOMORROW and I have not even started them...YIKES!!!

More changes...

I wanted to thank all of you who have visited & purchased from my online store. But it has become too time consuming to take care of both blogs. So if you would like to purchase my creations please visit my Etsy store. It is set up in a much better way with a shopping cart feature and much easier to update. I will be adding more and more creations to my Etsy store, so make sure you stop over there often. There is a link to the right you can click on and it will take you directly there.

Thanks again,
Kim

Ornament Tag

 

This tag was inspired by Sharon Johnson and her Stamp Simply Challenge #12. You can check out Sharon's versions of this tag and a great tutorial at her blog - http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ These are super fun to make and very easy. It is hard to see but I sponged the entire circle with gold ink. You can see it better in person. They also open like a card and you can write inside them. Make sure you visit Sharon's blog to learn how to make these to put on your gifts!

Leave a comment here on my blog if you make these with a link to your versions. I would love to see them :-) If I get time I will make more and post them as well.

I hope you are having a great weekend!

Products used:
Stamps - Small Script (SU)
Ink - Cranberry (CTMH, Gold (Misc.)
Designer Paper - Chatterbox
Cardstock - Cranberry (CTMH)
Embellishments - Gold Brads (Misc.), Gold Ribbon (Misc.)
Tools - Paper Piercer, Giga Cicle Scallop Punch (Marvy), Round Tab Punch & Double Circle Punch (SU)

Holiday Cheer

 

This has got to be the cutest holiday paper I have ever seen. I got this at a LSS back in October and just remembered I had it. I used yesterdays bonus sketch on SCS for the layout. I did not have a stamp to match these cute penguins so I cut one out and mounted it to the tag with dimensionals and then adhered the tag with dimensionals. This paper also has glitter in certain spots (double click on the photo to see the shimmer!). I hope those little penguins make you
smile :-)

Products used:
Stamps - Holiday Treats (Papertrey Ink)
Ink - Cranberry (CTMH)
Paper - Candy Cane Lane series (Imaginisce)
Cardstock - Colonial White (CTMH), Cranberry (Misc.), Sky Blue (SU)
Embellishments - Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon (SU), Rhinestone Brad (Misc.), Dimensionals (SU)
Tools - Tag Punches (SU)

Merry & Bright Wintergreen Cards

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Wintergreen version of the Merry & Bright class. I love the softness of them. That little snowman makes me smile everytime I look at him. Enjoy!

Merry & Bright Tree

 

I had to re-do one of my cards in the Merry & Bright Class because I ran out of red paper. The card I am replacing is the one with the red base & tree (they are all shown in a previous post). I case'd this card from a couple I saw on SCS and combined what I liked from each. The tree is paper pieced and I just love that effect! This is a very simple card, but I love the clean look of it. I hope you like it too!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Merry & Bright by SU
Ink - Black Stazon
Patterned Paper - Dashing Polka Dot by SU
Cardstock - Cream & Textured Real Red by SU
Embellishments - Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon by SU
Tools - Word Window Punch by SU

Just a little note...

 

 

Wow, I did not realize that it had been almost a week since I posted last. Here is a note card/envelope set that I made as a gift for a friend. It will be a set of 8 flat note cards with matching envelopes. You can see the envelope in one of the pictures. These were so simple and quick to make, yet still look elegant. I used one of my new favorite stamp sets called Priceless from Stampin' Up. (If you like these you can purchase them at my online store :-)

Products used:
Stamps - Priceless by SU & misc. sentiment stamp
Ink - Black Stazon & Purely Pomegranate by SU
Cardstock - White & Purely Pomegranate by SU

Friendship...

 

An angel here on earth did something VERY special for me & my husband. So this is a card I made for her to let her know how much it meant to us. The sentiment on the front says..."friendship is shelter from life's little storms" and the inside verse says..."Just wanted to thank you with all my heart." She is such a very special person and deserved a special card.

Products used-
Stamps: Blooming with Happiness by SU and Curly Sentiments by CTMH
Ink: Chocolate by CTMH
Paper: Lily Kate by Basic Grey
Cardstock: Colonial White & Chocolate by CTMH
Embellishments: Chocolate Brads & Liquid Glass (for the pink flowers) by CTMH
Tools: Paper Piercer, Coluzzle, Scallop Punch by SU, Photo Corner Die by Quickutz, Primsmacolor Pencils

...bee thanking you...

 

This card was made for a very dear friend who is ALWAYS there for me! I hope she likes it. It was inspired by this past Wednesdays card sketch from SCS and this card http://memystampsandi.blogspot.com/2007/11/peace-love-joy.html from Me, My Stamps and I blog. (You can find the link to her blog in the list of my favorites to the right.) I just LOVE those little bee's :-) You may have to click on the photo to see the sparkly wings!

Products used:
Stamps - Bee Thankful by Stampendous and Thanks for... by TAC (inside sentiment)
Ink - Black Stazon, Old Olive, Soft Sky & Regal Rose by SU
Paper - Fall Flowers by SU
Cardstock - White by CTMH
Accessories - Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon by SU
Tools - Sponge, Slot Punch by SU, Blender Pen, Diamond Stickles

Warmest Wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I was expecting it to be COLD here in Pennsylvania today, but guess what? it is going to be 70 degrees!!! But anyway I wanted to wish all of my faithful blog readers a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a blessed day :-)

I got 2 new Bellas (from www.stampingbella.com) yesterday and had to immediately make the above card. I got the Snowbunnybella and Cupcakeabella, so you will be seeing her soon as well!

For this card I used the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder and if you click on the photo you may see where I rubed the white ink pad across the snowflakes. I have been neglecting that little machine so decided to pull it out.

Here is the list of other products used:
Stamps: Snowbunnybella, Papertrey Ink (used sentiment from the Holiday Treats set) and Itty Bitty Backgrounds from SU.
Ink: Black Stazon
Patterned Paper: Fall Flowers (stripes) from SU
Cardstock: White, Sky Blue & Sahara Sand from SU
Misc: White Daisy Grosgrain Ribbon from CTMH, Circle Punches from CM, Dimensionals from SU, Prismacolor Pencils for the snow and to color the Bella.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

SU Hostess Club - Reserve YOUR spot today!

I just wanted to let all of you know about the Hostess Club(s) I will be starting in January. If you have always wanted to try a club and have not...then this is for YOU! Here are all of the details...

THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GET PRODUCTS FREE AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE!!!

Sign up now and start your shopping in January with your holiday $$$.

Hostess Club Details
* This club will run from January 2008 - June 2008 and you will be shopping from the BRAND NEW Spring/Summer Collection during that time.

* There needs to be at least 5-6 people per club to make this work.

* You commit to the club members/me that you will spend a minimum of $25 each month during the time frame specified above. This is great if you have a HUGE wish list but want to space out your orders and stay on a budget!

* Each club member will be assigned a month as "hostess" and get a Level 1 Stamp Set (of your choice) FREE and a minimum of $15 in FREE products of your choice. You can also opt to collect orders and bump up your level of free stamp sets and hostess dollars.

* You will be offered a discount to any workshops you attend at my home or via "workshop by mail" during the above time frame.

* There will be SURPRISE specials from me during the 6 months and ONLY offered to club members.

* At the end of the club you will get a special "thank you" gift from me!

* Your orders & payment are due to me by the 15th of each month. If you delay this will hold the orders up for the other club members.

If you have ANY questions do not hesitate to ask. I look forward to having you in my club!!!

And as always, I appreciate your business :-)

Thanks,
Kim

Black & White Merry & Bright

 

Just playing around with my new FAVORITE holiday stamp set. I just love that snowman! This is a simple 3x3 gift card. I love the white snow on the black paper. Enjoy!

Products used:
Stamps - SU Merry & Bright
Ink - Black Stazon, CTMH White
Paper - CTMH Black & White CS, SU Real Red CS
Punches - SU Scallop Punch, CM Circle Punch
Ribbon - CTMH Holiday Red Grosgrain, Misc. Black & White Gingham
Pens - CTMH Cranberry Marker, Stardust Glitter Pen

Merry & Bright Stamp Class

 

These are the cards & ornament that we will be making at the Merry & Bright Stamp Class.

And more...

 

 

Here are a couple more cards made with the Happy Me Level 3 Hostess Simply Scrappin' Kit. This has been so much fun! I am making these cards along with matching totes (as soon as the cards are completed) as teacher gifts. (I may have said that in an earlier post.) I am having so much fun with this and LOVING the color combo. I hope you are enjoying them as well. If you have this kit feel free to CASE. They are SO quck & easy to make! Again the only add'l products used were double stitched coordinating ribbon,paper piercer and white gel pen.

STAY TUNED...I may be offering a class that uses these designs as my workshop in January! I am waiting to see the NEW Simply Scrappin' Kits that will be offered in the NEW Spring/Summer collection. I am hoping they bring this kit to the collection so that you ALL can purchase it and have as much FUN as I am having!!!

Have a GREAT day :-)

MORE cards created with Happy Me Simply Scrappin' Kit...

 

 

 

Here are more cards created with JUST the Simply Scrappin' Kit, except for some extra ribbon, white gel pen & paper piercer. They were so easy to create! Enjoy!

Happy Me Simply Scrappin' Kit

 

I am in LOVE with this kit and am in the process of making 30 cards out of 1/2 the kit. This is the first one...
I am planning on making 5 totes and putting 6 cards and a matching pen inside each as teacher/hostess gifts this year. The only additional products I used for this card outside of the kit was the white brads & white gel pen for the center of the pomegrante small flower. Thanks for looking!