Wacky Wednesday

Been a very hectic week between vet appointments and doctor appointments. Therefore I don’t have any new project to post today.  I will try tomorrow to have samples of the new bundle Painted Season along with the coordinating dies that will be available Friday. I will also post a new Host Code for March .
These are dies that will be available for purchase Friday that coordinate with Sale-A-Bration items.

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Simple card and Monday updates

Good evening. Hope your day went well. This weekend I played around with current and retired product. I also used one of my favorite dog stamps to make the above card. I love Stampin Up but also love my collection of dog stamps. Combining them makes some neat cards.
Materials used:( from Stampin Up)
- Mint Macaron cardstock for the card base
- Berry Burst cardstock 4x51/4 for layering piece
-Frosted Floral DSP (retired) 3 3/4 x 5 , cut this piece @2 inches
Layer on top of Berry Burst, turning over the 2 inch piece
-metallic edged ribbon
- stamp of your choice.
-Stitched Shape Framelits the square
This layout is simple. Have fun with it and use what you have.

Updates:
1. Paper Pumpkin this next month will have an extra stampset. Remember you can use subscription to earn free product.

2. Starting Friday you will be able to purchase product that coordinates with some Sale-A-Bration items. You have till March 31st to take advantage of Sale-A-Bration.

Fun Saturday triangle front card

Good day.  Hope you had a great week. Had to change fun Friday to fun Saturday because of technical difficulties. I couldn’t get the pictures to upload.
The last card I made rectangle panel. In this fun fold card I use triangle panels using DSP Botanical Butterfly from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. This paper you can get free with a 50 purchase.
Materials:
-81/2 x11 cardstock. I used Highland Heather
- Whisper White cardstock 51/4x4 for the inside
- Whisper White scrap to punch out for sentiment
- Story Label Punch ( available March 1st)
- 51/4x 4 piece of DSP for the panels. I used Botanical Butterfly DSP I got free from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.
Directions:
1. Score the 81/2 x11 , 41/4 on the 81/2 side and 51/2 on the 11 inch side.

2. Cut diagonally. I did this by hand because paper did not fit in my paper cutter. You get 2 card bases.

3.Cut the DSP diagonally. Make sure the side you want to show is on the bottom when you cut. Glue these pieces to the front.

4. Punch out a label with the Story Label Punch ( or Label Punch you have). Stamp sentiment. I used a sentiment from the Butterfly Gala stamp set available in the Occasions catalog (the Punch is not available).
4. On the inside glue the piece of 51/4x 4 inch piece of Whisper White.
This is a simple card you can make with items you have. If you want the items I used you can purchase them from my website(click the button on the right). For orders less than 150$ use the Host Code GVDWAAEM. Thank you for stopping by.
Here is another sample of this fun fold card:

Let me know which one you like flowers or butterflies?

Going fast

Update of what’s gone or in low inventory of Sale-A-Bration items.

For every 50$ you spend you earn free items. If you’ve been thinking on any of these items better get them before they’re gone. You can order on my website ( button to the right) 24/7

Simple Panel Card/faux layering with Happiness Blooms DSP

If your like me you end up with lots of DSP scraps. These are great for making Panel Cards. For this card I used scraps of Happiness Blooms DSP. If your just getting started and don’t have scraps. Use DSP you have. The faux layering was also made from scraps I had.
Materials:
-Card base - Flirty Flamingo cut on the 11 inch side @ 5 1/2 ( you will have 2 card bases)
-DSP Panel cut 2 x 5 1/2. I used Happiness Blooms from the Occasions catalog.
-faux layering pieces from shaded Spruce cardstock . Cut 2 pieces 1/4 inch x 5 1/2
-stamp set Best Birds from the Annual catalog for the sentiment.
- Whisper White cardstock cut at 3 3/4 x 5 for inside the card.
Directions :
1. Make your card base by folding the Flirty Flamingo in half
2.Glue the DSP panel to the front of the card base as shown in the picture.
3.Using the faux layering pieces of Shaded Spruce glue one above the panel and one below the panel.  This will looked like the panel has been layered on top of a piece of cardstock.
4.  Stamp the sentiment in the lower right of the card front.
5. Glue the Whisper White cardstock inside the card
The card below I made the same way but changed:
DSP- reverse side of piece used in other card
Cardstock base- Pineapple Punch
Faux layering- Night of Navy
Sentiment- different one from Best Bird

Remember:
Sale-A-Bration is going on until March 31st. Many items are selling out. If you want any of the items I used for the cards today or other items you can order on my website. Use the host code GVDWAAEM for orders less than 150$.
Thank you for visiting my blog.

Happiness Blooms/updates

 What a wet cold windy weekend at the agility trial this past weekend. Despite this we had a fun time.
Hope your weekend was a good one too. Because of this I didn’t get any crafting done.

Happiness Blooms DSP is beautiful bright paper that can be paired with any sentiments you have. If you have Oh So Eclectic stamp set from the Annual catalog use it with this paper as I did below. They work Well together.

Updates:
-Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick foil sheets are sold out.
-Piece of Cake bundle and Butterfly Gala bundle are not orderable right now.
-Items are selling out so if there is something you wanted you should get it now while they have it.
-Sale-A-Bration goes till March 31st. After which time you won’t be able to earn free product.

Fun Friday

Happy Friday and weekend. Been getting ready for 2 days of agility with my kids Luzy and Dottie.
Took some time to make the above card using the new Painted Seasons DSP. Really liking it. Going to have to get more before it’s gone. The card base is Grapefruit Grove cardstock. I used a die I had to make the flip card base and a fox stamp set ( I got both from the stamps of life). I stamped the fox on water color paper using Stazon ink. I water colored the fox using water color pencils.
 For those of you new to stamping there are 2 kinds of black ink used for stamping the images. It all depends on how your going to color the image on which to use:

Sale-A-Bration new releases

Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day. Tomorrow is the day you can start earning new sale-a-bration items.  Sale-A-Bration goes until March 31st. Remember you can earn sale-a-bration items when you purchase from the Occasions or the Annual catalog . For every 50$ you buy you earn Sale-A-Bration items.
Host code GVDWAAEM for orders less than 150$
Have fun shopping!

Hello Cupcake/All My Love DSP

Happy Valentines Day. I made the above card using All My Love DSP from the Occasions catalog and the Hello Cupcake stamp set I got free with my 50$ order. This stamp set is fun and can be used for any occasion.
Materials/Directions
1. Card base made from 4 1/4x 5 1/2 piece of Whisper White
2. 4 x 5 1/4 inch of All My Love DSP for layering piece. Glue on front of card base.
3. Whisper White cardstock rectangular layering piece. On this piece stamp the image using Hello Cupcake stamp set. I used Soft Suede for the Cupcake holder and Berry Burst for the frosting. I stamped the sentiment using Soft Suede. Glue the piece on top of the DSP.
Have a great Valentine’s Day!

Hedgehugs/Painted Seasons and Updates

When I saw the Painted Seasons paper with the mushrooms on it I visualized it with the hedgehog stamp set. The above photo is another gatefold card. I put the hedgehog in the middle.
Materials/Directions
-Hedgehugs stamp set from annual catalog.
-Grapefruit Grove cardstock for base . Scored the same as yesterday’s post.
-Painted Seasons DSP with the mushrooms. 2 pieces cut at 1 3/4 x 5 1/4. Glue to the front sides.
-Scrap of wood texture DSP cut. Scrap of very vanilla cardstock. I used circle Framelits to cut them out. The wood texture the bigger of the two.
-Stamp hedgehog using thesoft Suede Stampin pad on the Very Vanilla cardstoc circle.Glue this on top of the other circle. Adhere this to the card by putting glue on one side only so the card can open.
-For the inside I used a piece of Very Vanilla 4x 5 1/4 and stamped leaves in the corner using grapefruit Grove ink.
-You can put any sentiment you want. On the front like I did using the classic label punch or the inside. This card could be used for any occasion.
 This next card I made with the scraps. I used a mossy meadow card base. The strips outside are 1 3/4 x4. Inside I used Very Vanilla at 3 3/4 x5.

Updates: 
Next Paper Pumpkin is the 6 year anniversary. They will be including a second stampset. Need to order by March 10th.

Remember to use the host code GVDWAAEM on orders less than 150$.

Painted Seasons simple gatefold card

Had a great time at the craft fair yesterday. Today I got a chance to try out the new Painted Seasons bundle that will be available to order Friday. Also used the new Story Label punch that will also be available.

The paper is gorgeous. This card showcases the paper. It was hard to choose but these flowers were hard to resist.
Materials:
Grapefruit Grove cardstock 81/2 x 51/2
Grapefruit Grove Stampin pad
Painted season DSP 3 3/4 x 1 3/8 cut 3 at this size
White cardstock 4 x 1 5/8 cut 3 at this size
White cardstock 5 1/4 x 4 for the inside
Story Label Punch

Directions:
1. Score the Grapefruit Grove cardstock at 2 1/8 on both sides then fold

2. Glue the white cardstock on the inside
3. Glue the pieces of DSP onto the white pieces
4. Glue 2 of the pieces on the top and bottom of one side. Then glue the 3rd in the middle on the other side.

5. Punch out a label then stamp a sentiment on it. Glue to the middle piece.
6. On the inside white piece I stamped the flower from the Painted Seasons stamp set in Grapefruit Grove.

Paper Pumpkin/New Sale-A-Bration items

Happy Friday. Was busy today getting ready for a Craft Fair tomorrow. Above picture is of the valentine boxes I finished up today. The box on the left fits 5 Hershey nuggets and the one on the right has valentine kisses.
Sunday is the last day to subscribe  in order to get February Paper Pumpkin. You can use Paper Pumpkin subscriptions to get Sale-A-Bration items.

February 15 new SaleABration items will be available to earn. I just got Painted Seasons and can’t wait to play with it. I will share next week. Also will share Home to Roost and Hello Cupcake. Got so busy with this craft fair that I haven’t had time to play.

Have a nice weekend.
Remember to use the host code GVDWAAEM with orders less than 150$.

Note Pad holders using DSP

Good evening. Today I worked on Valentine’s with my great granddaughter using the January Paper Pumpkin. They are very cute and we’re fun to make. The next Paper Pumpkin will be shipping February 10th. Be sure to subscribe by February 10th if you are planning on getting it.
The above picture is one of the NotePad holders I made for an upcoming craft fair. I used the Botanical Butterfly DSP I got free(from the Sale-A-Bration catalog) for ordering 50$ of product. This is beautiful paper.
Materials used:
Cardstock 11x 81/2 use color that goes with DSP used
DSP (designer series paper)
Ribbon 15 inches

Directions:

1. Cut the cardstock on the 11 inch side at 51/4(you get 2 holders out of one piece of paper)
Score @ 4&41/2
2. Cut a piece of ribbon 15 inches glue to outside of cardstock
3. Cut two pieces of DSP for inside pockets @ 4x4(just a tad shorter than this to fit better) glue these to inside putting glue on 3 sides.

4. Cut two pieces of DSP 5x 3 3/4 inches for the front and back covers. Glue these on top of ribbon.

5. Put note paper in pockets. I get them from Dollar Tree. There are 5/ pack. I cut a little of the card stock backing . This makes it easier to put in the pocket.

6. Tie shut
You can find the DSP and other materials (except the note pads) in the Annual catalog ,Occasions catalog or the sale-a-bration catalog (with qualifying order of 50 or more). You can order from my
website. Remember to use the host code GVDWAAEM.

Monday updates

The above picture is my dog Luzy and her sister Annie at the dog show this past weekend. We had a fun weekend hope you did to.
Been working on craft fair products but haven’t had time to take pictures of. I will share tomorrow a note holder I’ve been working on.

Paper Pumpkin looks like it will be another fun one. You have till the 10 th to subscribe. Remember you can earn Sale-A-Bration items with your subscription.

Fun Friday with All My Love DSP

Happy Friday. For those in the cold I hope you thaw out soon. We’re experiencing rain and wind.

Because of this I decided to work on Valentines projects for an upcoming craft fair. The above picture  is a treat holder I worked on today. From 1 12 x 12 piece of DSP you can make 12 of these treat holders. I used valentine peppermint patties as the candy in the middle. There are other small candies use as well.

Materials:

All My Love DSP 

6 inch of red ribbon

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch 

Glue dots

Score board

Paper trimmer 

Directions:

1. Cut 2x6 inch piece of DSP (note cut just a tad less than 2 inches to fit in the punch)

2. Score at 2 7/8 and 3 1/8

3. Punch both ends with tag topper punch

4. Put a glue dot on back of your candy a place inside 

5. Tie ribbon on the top

You can order the materials from my website. Remember to use Host Code GVDWAAEM for orders less than 150$.

Have a great weekend. Enjoy the Super Bowl if your a fan. I’m going to an agility trial.