Cocoa Specialty Gift Class

Okay, I know it's been a long time, but I still have to share this project from Christmas. I had several attend this Cocoa Specialty Gift Class. One of my customer's even brought her boyfriend. I think he did better than anyone in the class! This picture was my first try and Leslie provided me with the directions. At the class, we used the Cocoa Specialty DSP. They turned out beautiful. My customer and her boyfriend used the idea to provide their families with his secret Chicken Salad. He said that everyone loves it but that he won't actually share the recipe. What a wonderful gift! I thought this would also make an awesome Easter basket using some of the new DSP.

Whimsical Words Valentine

Winter here in central Illinois can be soooooo long!! Fourteen inches of snow is beautiful to look at, but as you all know..gets old after a while! I was especially glad to have "Brown" ringing the door bell with my Occasions and Sale-A-Bration supplies. Some catalogs really grab me. If the rest of the new catalog releases are as good as this, I'll have to build a room on!! The card I'm featuring today was created for a sketch challenge over at Sudsol. It is also one of the first I've created using the clear mount stamps. Of course with Valentine's Day only a few weeks away, I naturally thought of the Sending Love Specialty Paper and Epoxy Brads from the Occasions Mini. This is not a beginner card, but there are lots of upsale opportunities included in this design. Hope you enjoy.

Happy Valentines Day!

Judy

Recipe:

Whimsical Words Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set, Real Red & Very Vanilla Card Stock, Sending Love Specialty Paper, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Clear Embossing Powder, Sending Love Epoxy Brads, Perfect Polkadots Impressions Folder, Mover's and Shapers Punch Window Heart, Pinking Hearts Corner Punch, Dimensionals, Big Shot

I added a Very Vanilla mat on the inside with another Punch Window Heart in the lower left corner. To cover the brad prongs, I chose a strip of the DSP, used the Pinking Hearts Border Punch to edge it and adhered it over the brads.

Vintage Vogue and more

Have I mentioned how much I love the new punch design? This XL Two-Step Bird punches like a hot knife through butter! I really thought that branch would pose a problem...think about how hard it is to use the Boho Blossoms punch when punching all three flowers at once...but boy, was I wrong. I made this card multiple times for a swap and never regretted it. And how nice is the locking mechanism on the punches? Oh, the joy I get from the littlest details!

Materials: Vintage Vogue stamp set, Very Vintage jumbo wheel, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry and Sahara Sand card stock, Rich Razzleberry stamp pad, Scallop Trim Border punch, XL Two-Step Bird punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen

SAB Share

If you are debating the clear-mount stamps, let me put it quite simply: GO FOR IT. I was skeptical as I've used contraband acrylic stamps at other peoples' homes and let's just say I didn't like them. At all. But I love, love, love SU!'s new CM stamps. Why? I don't have to sacrifice the rubber I love. Can I see where the exact image is stamping? Nope. Will I still need the stamp-a-ma-jig? I'll confess -- I used it to put the roof on the house, but mostly because upon closer examination, I did a poor job of placing the sticker on the roof stamp itself. For other images (phrases, for example), stamping them so they're straight is a breeze! I'm sold!

Materials: Good Neighbors stamp set, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White card stock, Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry classic stampin' pads, Melon Mambo polka-dot ribbon, Big Shot, Scallop Circles #2 Bigz Die, SU! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates

Merry Christmas!

OK, this is from last year's photo shoot, but I just put this page together a few days ago and thought I share anyway! It's uber-simple, but I think it captures the JOY that's gushing out of my daughter...have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Beautiful Butterflies

I don't know how many of you purchased the Beautiful Butterflies Embosslits Die from the mini catalog, but I wanted to share this photo with you so you can see the intricate designs as well as how itty bitty the butterflies are. The butterfly on the top of the right-most column is the one with the vertical stripes.

Gotta' love it!

The new punch design is AWESOME! If you didn't work at least one of the new punches into your stamping budget, then you absolutely MUST do so! This scrapbook page shows off the Scallop Trim Border punch that is part of SAB. I will definitely be using this punch in my classes and workshops over the next three months. It won't take much to sell people on the redesigned punches...all you'll have to do is put one in their hands!