Goodbye My Sweet Angel

Totally Tea Party

Popping in for a moment to share the last package I am sending off to my Stampin' Pal for this quarter.

I absolutely LOVE the Tea Party Designer Series Paper (Item 113992) by Stampin' Up.

All Supplies are Stampin' Up!

Matchbox Bigz XL die for the box embossed with Clear Embossing Power and the Delicate Dots (Item 115662) Jumbo wheel. Covered each Hershey's Nugget with a strip of coordinating paper from the Tea Party set. Flower is cut out from the Tea Party Designer Paper and layered with pop-dots.

For the card, I used the Texturz Plates to emboss the Bashful Blue cardstock. Layered the labels (Barely Banana and Pretty In Pink cardstock) that are included on the Matchbox die then topped it with a butterfly created from Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die in the Mini Occasion catalog. Free hand cut the decorative strip of Tea Party Designer paper and added a *FUN* ribbon treatment!

It's ready to be shipped off. Super cute and really fast to put together.

I hope this inspires you to go create and try something different!

Happy stamping!

Happiness Purse and Card

I stumbled across some totally unexpected news while trying to catch up on emails last week. Remember Sherrill Graff of latenitestampinwithsherill hired me to make samples for her and I sent her a box of goodies last year? Well, I had some extra cards I made for a Demonstrator Only swap and I mailed the extras to her to have as samples to share with her customers. Unbeknown to me she was holding a Convention Sample Making Contest and added my cards to the entries. With OVER 300 entries, she called on 80 ladies to help her chose the winners and I was one of 8 they chose!! The other 7 ladies are so talented and I am very pleased to be considered a winner along side of them. Needless to say when I was scrolling through and reading emails and saw my name I was quite puzzled. Once I read the entire email, I was thrilled at the awesome news!! Thank you so much for allowing me this wonderful opportunity again!

I'm sharing a set I sent to her last year. It was really hard to part with this set. I so love the colors and you know me and my purse addiction. ;o) Click on each picture for a close up view and the detail of the embossing, etc.







This exclusive Stampin' Up! Sizzlit set is very loved in my craft room. Did you see how I used him in 2008 for Frosty?? Link here > *LINK*

All Stampin' Up! supplies!!
Birds & Blooms Sizzlit die for the layered flowers
Little Leaves Sizzlit die for leaves
Backgrounds I texturz plates for the card
Baroque Motifs with iridescent embossing powder on purse
Purse Template is my design
Heard From The Heart (item 111644) stamp set
Stampin' Write Markers for veins in leaves
Mat Pack for shaping the flowers
Dimensionals (pop-dots) for layering flowers

Have a Happy Day!!

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Love Your Friends

Against my better judgment and despite my limited free time, I joined a Stampin' Up! Only stamper swap again. Soooo here is my first installment for this round. Valentine's is for spreading the love to friends, family and significant others. So I wanted to create something for a friend on Valentine's Day. I'm totally loving the Mini-Milk Carton die from Stampin' Up!! My early birthday present from hubby.

All SU supplies:
Mini Milk Carton die exclusive to Stampin’ Up!
Real Red and Pretty In Pink card stock
LOVE jumbo wheel (from Mini Occasions) w/ Red Craft Ink
Vintage Vogue set for "friend" 'sentiment embossed white and carefully cut out
Lovely bird from Always set embossed in white with heart from Three Hearts Punch in his mouth.
for pink polka dot paper, used Tea Party designer paper
Circle Scallop Punch for tops of milk cartons

Created a little holder by cutting 2 squares from Real Red card stock measuring 3-1/2” x 3-1/2”. Score each 7/8” on each side. Snip score marks on only two sides of squares and fold up and adhere corners to create little box base.

For handle cut 2 strips of Real Red 5-1/4” X 3-1/2”. Punch holes for handle and glue together. Attach little boxes to either side and add strip of Designer Paper around base.

Decorate as desired and give away!! You get what you give. So give freely.

What do you think??? Is this something you would like to receive??

What are you giving away for Valentine’s Day??? Link me up!

Celebrate Pink, Purple & Penguins

Just a little birthday present gift topper I whipped up one night for a non-crafty friend that has been admiring my paper craft designs the past year. This is a pretty large topper. Dimensions are roughly 4" - 5" with all the little swirls, etc. The topper was a gift as well. I told her if she kept this topper, I would incorporate it into a mini-album for her to add her own special birthday pictures to if she desired. She liked it so much she refused to open it until she was with her family. She wanted to show everyone how cute it was packaged. Made me happy she liked it so much.

What have you whipped up lately?? Link me. ;o)

Go create something FUN!!

Innovative Inspiration Confirmed

For the past few years I haven't subscribed to jewelry or bead magazines. The contents of magazines were completely uninspiring and just regurgitated designs. The last magazine I looked through was the January 2009 issue of Bead Trends because it had some of my designs in it, which I knew would be the last for a while. I say this because I reached a point in my jewelry design career where publishers were contacting ME directly and asking for pieces for publication. I became overwhelmed with the requests and it was a pain writing up the instructions and forms required for each piece. So I started turning down requests.

The day before Christmas Eve we ventured out to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, which happens to be across the street from Barnes & Noble. After dinner, we decided to pop in for a browse.

What an unexpected surprise and confirmation of my design style when I was browsing through the magazine stand and my eyes stopped on this cover.



I immediately thought "who do they think is the best" to include in this Special Collector's Edition?? So I picked it up and started flipping through it. What a delight to see one of my designs, originally published in 2007, featured in the magazine!!! "Outstanding!!!" I thought. One of my older focal designs is still considered one of the best. With a huge grin on my face, I closed the magazine and put it back on the shelf and set off to find my husband in the Science Fiction area of the store. Innovative Inspiration Confirmed.

Stylish Baby

Hello all! Happy New Year!! Long time no blog. Totally inundated with orders and commitments. I'm in complete productivity overload and have files busting at the seams to share.

I was one of the few to be hired as a sample designer by Sherrill Graff of latenitestampinwithsherill. I cannot express the respect and admiration I have for this lady. She is kind, giving, honest, giving, caring, talented, giving and has INTEGRITY! Did I mention how giving she was? ;o) I am honored to be hired by her. I sent her a nice sized package towards the end of last year and this is one of the sets included in the box.

I used all Stampin' Up! supplies to create this duo. Designer paper from Stampin' Up!, which happens to be two sided is absolutely perfect for this type of design. The little girl dress template is linked on this post. GIRL DRESS

If you would like the little boy romper template, which is my design, leave a comment and I will email it to you. Be sure I have your email address. If you have a blog profile, I can find your email that way, but otherwise I won't know how to email you.

Till next time...go create something fabulous!