Simple and Sweet

I love this card for it's simplicity...but texture and dimension prevent it from being too simple! 

The Just Believe set is so beautiful and the monochromatic background really lets the images  pop.  I love using Regals for the fall.  And of course some gorgeous vanilla seam binding. :)
Have a great day!

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Team Tuesday

Good morning!  Welcome to another Team Tuesday post!  Today's very talented stamper is 'Thinking of Inking' own Veda Ramsamooj.  Her cards are beyond amazing and I can't wait to try them for myself.  Check it out:

Here is what Veda has to say about her cards:

"These two cards were created from Stampin’ Up!’s fabulous full colored cardstocks and the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper featured in the current Holiday Mini Catalogue. I love these cards because they make a wonderful item to display as part of your holiday decorations while also providing a unique gift for your loved ones. Each card has 4 mini drawers that can be filled up with all sorts of goodies and the Easel Card (or Jump Card) on top can be any occasion that you want it to be! I chose Christmas but you can just as easily make them for Birthdays, Valentines, Mother’s Day…with Stampin’ Up Designer Series Papers the sky’s the limit! I finished the cards with some embossing techniques and a few ornaments from my new Ornaments Keepsake Bundle (stamps and framelit dies). Another thing I love about these cards is you can also customize them by using Whisper White cardstock and stamping the images and colors that you want for your own special touch! And right now from Nov 1^st to Dec 16^th if you host a qualifying party or join the Stampin’ UP! family you can get an entire family of Stampin’ UP! Ink pad colors absolutely FREE! It’s Ink-redible! How’s that for customizing your favourite projects! Gotta love Stampin’ UP!"

Thank you so much for sharing your projects Veda!  I will be back tomorrow with a card that is holiday free...before we get all caught up with Christmas again. :)

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Team Tuesday

Welcome to a new segment I'm introducing to my blog!  Every Tuesday, I will feature a guest stamper from my 'Thinking of Inking' team.  Thanks to Becky Roberts over at Inking Idaho for the Team Tuesday idea! :)

Today the very talented Paula Stewart has made a scrapbook page using MDS. I'm super excited about this because I have yet to take the plunge into MDS so I love to look at the creations of others!

Here is what Paula has to say about her page:

"This scrapbook page was created using MDS2, if you don't have it already you can try it free for 30 days! Even better, from Oct 29th to Nov 5th there will be free downloads and 50% off all digital kits!The fun part of this project was actually searching for a fun Halloween-ish font to use. The font I used is called "You Murderer". Font names are so funny. One of my favorite features of MDS2 is re-colouring DSP. You can take any DSP and change the color with the click of your mouse. If the DSP is multicolored, you will end of with shades of the colour you choose. Like my background paper here, I re-colored to basic gray.  MDS2 is so easy to use, I hope you give it a try!"

Check out more of Paula's great projects at her blog Sweet Shoppe Cards!

Trick or Treat!

I'm busy, busy, busy today with the mega stamp sale Stampin' Up! is having (more details below) so this post will be super fast but I wanted you to have something pretty to look at!  And I'm also running out of time for Halloween posts.

This little gem is getting filled up with an assortment of candy and is headed, along with the coordinating card, to my oldest son's teacher.

The box is really my favourite and I went super overboard with products but it turned out so awesome...that I really, really don't want to give it away but the anti-hoarder in me says do it!!  I embossed directly onto the box and it worked perfect so don't be afraid to give that a try.  If you haven't gotten any of these awesome Kraft boxes, you definately need to!  And at only $3.50 for 4 of them, why wouldn't you? :)

 

Huge Sale Today Only!!!

For 24 hours only, almost every stamp we sell will be reduced 15% !

It's a Sell-A-Stamp Spooktacular!

 

Get your Christmas List ready and do some shopping!

Personalized stamps make perfect Christmas gifts!!

All new single stamps are available at the discounted price also!

Place your order HERE at my online store.

More details here 

Stamps: Toxic Treats (127901), Etruscan Elegance wheel (127868)
Inks: VersaMark (102283)
Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Gumball Green (126840), Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP (126906)
Tools: Heat Tool (129053), Big Shot (113439), Labels framelits (125598), Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch (119275)
Embellishments: Tangerine Tango Scallop Dots ribbon (124144), Antique brads (117273), Neutrals buttons (119743, Black embossing powder (109133)

Promotion Commotion!

 

Sell-A-Stamp Spooktacular!

 

Mark your calendars!!! On Monday, October 29, from 12:00 a.m. (MT) until 11:50 p.m. (MT), Stampin' Up! is having a ONE DAY ONLY sale where every stamp and stamp set in the Annual and Holiday catalogues will be 15% OFF!! This is the best time of the year to be a customer and certainly the best time to stock up on the stamp sets on your wish list...and even get some Christmas gifts for friends!  You can order directly through my website or email me your order and I will process it for you.  PLUS, if you order is over $200 you will receive an additional $35 in FREE product...on top of the stamp discount! Please not that you must email me the order to receive the free product.

 

Stamps reduced to 15% off include:

• Almost ALL stamps in the current holiday and annual catalogs. View Stampin' Up! Catalogs On-Line.
• Personalized name stamps
• Cookie press stamps
• Single Stamp Promotion (new single stamp choices added on 10/25, including 3 never before seen stamps)!

Stamps NOT included in the sale:

• Hostess sets
• Bundled stamp sets
• Digital stamp brush sets

There is no minimum purchase and no limit to the amount of stamps you can buy

 

STAMPIN' UP! SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFFER: Get the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack FREE with a special holiday product purchase. Offer ends Oct. 31.  Find more details here.

 

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Witches and Goblins and Spooks

Halloween is almost here and I haven't made nearly as many spooky and tricky projects as I had planned.  Which is especially inexcusable given the totally rockin' Halloween stamps we have this year in the Holiday catalogue and the Howlstooth and Scaringbone (makes me giggle everytime I hear that name!) paper.  So from now until Wednesday I will share things that are strictly spooky...or cute spooky...you understand.

This card was somewhat stressful, I couldn't decide which DSP to put where!  But once I finally settled on that it came together pretty quickly.  I snipped off the prongs on the gold glimmer brad and attached it to the button with a glue dot.  Then attached the button to the ribbon.  My original plan here had been to go with a fancy bow but that was covering the words and we simply couldn't have that.

I gave it the full treatment with a decorated inside as well.  I've been dying to use that creepy little frog but couldn't make it work on the front of anything.

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Stamps: Toxic Treats (127901)







Inks: Basic Black (126980), Basic Gray (126981), Versamark(102283)

Paper: Basic Black (121045), Basic Gray (121044), Whisper White (100730), More Mustard (100946), Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP (126906)

Tools: Heat Tool (129053), Big Shot (113439), Perfect Pennants (123126), 2 1/2 Circle punch (120906)

Embellishments: Neutrals Designer buttons (119743), Basics Glimmer
                                    brads (121003), Basic Black taffeta ribbon (119962) 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Lots of Fluff

Lots of fluff: that's what I say about cards with hardly any stamping!  Here is a sleek and simple card that I put together in less than 10 minutes.  The parts that used the Big Shot are really what took up the most time.  This is a card that can be mass produced...hmm, potentially a good Leadership swap?  Lots of dimension keep this card from being too plain.

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Stamp Sets: Sweet Essentials (126457
Inks: Baja Breeze (126960)
Paper: Whisper White (100730), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Floral District DSP (126919)
Tools: Elegant Butterfly punch (127526), Big Shot (113439), Fancy Fan folder (127751), Bitty Banners framelits (129267)
Embellishments: Pearls (119247), Metallic Brads (119741)