Whoo loves you

Here is a 6X6 page that I showed for a workshop. This is any easy page to layer onto a 12X12. I used the owl punch. It was so much fun.

Sale-a-Bration Promotion

It is that time of year again. I love this promotion. Check out all of the great products that you can get for FREE!

MDS scrapbook page

Here is a page that my friend and upline, Beckie, created using My Digital Studio. Isn't adorable. It was quick and easy too!

pictures from Leadership

Here are a few pictures from Stampin' Up! leadership conference this past weekend in Nashville.

This is me with my uplines, Beckie and Kimber. We had so much fun and learned a ton!
This is me and Beckie checking out the Grand Ole Opry.
I'll be uploading some swaps that I got later on.
Stephanie

swap ideas

Since I have been outed to the entire facebook community about my blog by my favorite upline, Beckie, I thought I better get a post! It has been soooo long that I almost forgot how to logon. That is very bad. I will try this year to make a better effort about getting some more activity to my blog. I feel bad that I have neglected blogging for so long. It is hard to find the time to stamp and post and have a family sometimes! I know it is really a lame excuse. But it's all that I got right now! These are a few ideas that I have been playing around with for my swaps for leadership next week. I better get a move on since this is all I've got so far. I even broke out some of the new in colors, that is really disappointing that I'm just now using them and it is January! I'm such a slacker. LOL.
SInce Logan is having a cheerleading birthday party this weekend, I thought that I'd brake out my big shot and the banner die to make her a cute banner for her party. I'll get a picture of that up when I make it. I better get a move on tho since the party is Saturday and I haven't made it yet. I do have all of the decorations ready. I am just working getting a few local high school cheerleaders to help out. Wish me luck.
Thanks for stopping by!
Steph

Bird Punch

Holy cow, can you believe that I'm posting a new card? I can't! I know it has been ages since I posted anything. I really haven't been too motivated. I don't know what is wrong with me. Still not really feeling any mojo but I thought I better update my blog and start posting again. Hopefully this will inspire me to start creating and posting! This is a card that I'm demonstrating at my stamp club meeting tonight. I totally cased right out of the new SU catty. I hope you enjoy.
Thanks for stopping by.

Color Renovation!

Check out the new color collections for SU! I'm so excited that my favorite old colors are coming back plus some great new ones. Yes, I'm glad to see some of the retiring colors to go but I really haven't used most of them anyway. I love that SU has been watching the trends for the past several years to come out with these fabulous colors.


And the retiring list....

karen's challenge

Yippee. I can play in Karen's challenge this week. I really need to make a card for Karl's basketball coach but this was more fun! I'll get the coach card after the kids go to bed! Whoa, I can't believe that is march already. What happened to February? I only got one post up. I'm such a slacker these days. I did have a bunch of stamping workshops tho. If that is any excuse. I guess I should have posted those projects. Maybe next time. I had fun with Karen's challenge today. Can you see where my mind is? I want to be laying on a beach with one of these drinks!! I think I had some major spring fever today. It was almost 60 here is Colorado! Don't get me wrong, we will get our fair share of more snow before spring and summer hit! You gotta love Colorado weather. Well back to my card. I used one of my fav sets, cheers! It is so fun. The words came from Stamping Bella. Sorry for the crappy photo, the words say "Bottom's Up". I used yoyo yellow, only orange and green galore CS. I used a bunch of markers. I painted the glasses with some crystal effects for the shiny, glass look. I sprinkled some glitter on the umbrella b/c you always need some glitter! I was soooo excited that I actually had a real bow turn out the right way!! It's the little things that make my day! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

addy tude birthday

Here is one of my new bella stamps that I got. I've had them for a while, I just kinda forgot about them. I thought that I pull out this stamp for my friend's birthday. I hope she likes her. I thought it was fun. I pulled out my SU markers and some old riding hood red paper for the base. Of course anytime that I can use my nestabilities I jump at the chance. Sorry for the quick posts but got lots going on. I just happy that I could get a post! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

sweet scoop challenge

I'm so excited that I got to sneak a few minutes in to play with a new set and participate in Karen's challenge. It was fun. I love the colors in this paper. It is so springy for a dreary day here. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.
Stephanie

loving the vintage style

I have discovered that I love the vintage look. At leadership, Shelli showed us so many fabulous vintage looks I thought I'd give it a try. I love it!!! I really love that I'm using a free stamp set, Vintage Vogue. One of the perks of being a demonstrator! This is a card that I am demonstrating tonight at my stamp club. I hope the ladies love it as much as I do. I love when I stumble on a card that I adore. I used the Vintage Vogue set and coordinating wheel (can't remember the name-just pulled it out the box today!), soft suede, rich razzleberry, rose red, naturals ivory and pretty in pink paper. I used rich razzleberry, soft suede and cclose to cocoa ink. For the flowers, I punched out 3 sizes of the circles and the crinkled up and spritzed with water and kinda just shaped into the current shape. You like my directions for that, real technical huh! The topper is another fun idea that I learned at leadership, mix some of the champagne simmer paint in with hand sanitizer and spritz on card. It gives a great look! I wished that it would show up better on the picture, just imagine a shimmery card.
On a side note, I never could get a card or picture loaded from my iphone. One day!
Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy!

I'm trying out a cool, new feature...mobile blogging! This is so awesome. I just wish my picture size wasn't so large. I can't seem to text any pictures yet. I'll keep trying.

Almost December!

Wow, It is so amazing how the time can slip right by me. I guess when you work full time, have 3 kids and other activities it can happen. I meant to post this card a while ago but I had so much going on in November. I had a craft fair, then an unexpected trip back home for a funeral and then Thanksgiving. So my apologies but here is a new favorite stamp of mine. I think I have become addicted to some of the Stamping Bella stamps. An addiction may be an understatement. One day at work I did some casual shopping and $100 later I have about the whole collection! I hate when I have free time on my hands at work. It is only badness that follows!! They are so darn cute tho. This is the Christmatini stamp. I did this card for my card class this year. I have several friends that will be getting this card for the holidays too!
I used SU bashful blue, always artichoke and silver paper, markers and some SU ribbon. I painted the glass with crystal effects for that shimmery look! Hopefully, I will get some time to play with my new SU digital studio. I have a goal of making calendars for everyone for Christmas. I really wish that my photos were well organized. It would be a whole lot easier!! If I have time to show those before I send it off, I upload a month or two!

Sweet Sunday challenge #42

Yippee, I'm getting to participate in Karen's challenge this week! I was excited that I could sneak a few moments this morning to make a card for her challenge. The only downfall for the extra time was that I missed the gym because Logan had a fever when she got up! Now I need to force myself to workout at home. I might do a few minutes but it definitely won't be the great hour that I would have had. Oh well. I have a craft fair that I need to get ready for too! UGH. I really need to quit waiting until the last moment for stuff. I getting a bunch of card packs ready. I'll be posting a sample of that later in the week.



I really like making cards that are the long note version. Since, the great sample used the "Very Thankful" set, I thought I'd pull it out and ink it up! It is such a adorable set too. The proceeds go to a great cause, the Ronald McDonald House Charities. I really like using the Taken with Teal and Chocolate Chip combo too. I know the pic doesn't look like teal. One of these days, I will be become a better photogragher! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

santa stamp

Good morning! Here is a little card that I created for christmas. I cased this card from a swap that I got at convention 2 years ago! The original card used Dreams du jour stamp set and the In colors. I copied the idea using the Christmas punch set. I was trying to stay with greens and red. I really like how it turned out except for the edge that I caught on the saying. I hate when I do that!

It is way more fun to post a new blog instead of cleaning up my stamp room! I really need to clean and purge and organize. Why does it take so long to clean and organize and then one session of stamping it is a disaster area? Then my kids get in the room and it really falls apart. I need to start getting ready for the yearly craft fair at work. Gotta start making some cards. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy!

christmas already?

Can you believe that christmas is just around the corner? I'm still trying to adjust to back to school. Anyway, I made this card for our school's silent auction. I always make christmas cards b/c they are a big hit. I just love the medallion stamp. It is Stampin' Up's best seller. You can see why, it is so darn versatile. I copied the design from a card that I got at convention. I just changed the colors and made it a holiday card. I love how elegant it looks. I embossed the stamp with silver embossing powder and pulled out an old favorite color, riding hood red for the base and ribbon. I used the always artichoke for the green. I love the artichoke and riding hood red together. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

birthday bella

I just love the bellas! They are so darn sassy. This card was for one of my friend's birthday that was yesterday. At least, I remembered to snap a picture before I ran out the door for an evening out. Yippee for me!! It was nice to sneak out with friends and have a cocktail or two. Maybe that explains why I'm so darned tired right now. Or it could be that I had to work all day and then run too soccer with the 2 older ones. (Which I'm coaching the 4 year old team) and then she is having a friend spend the night. So much for sleep tonight. HUH? The first games are tomorrow. I am guessing that it will be humorous. Enough blabbing, right? Besides, Logan is hollering that I need to paint the fingernails! Enjoy cosmo bella. Thanks for stopping by.

sweet challenge

I actually fund some time to participate in Karen's challenge this week! I'm sooooo excited especially since I got to play with new toys! I dug out the sweet centers set and treat cups that I have been jonesing to play with since my order came weeks ago. I saw her sketch and new this would work great. I also am going to demonstrate this card at my workshops next week!! Who hoo. I hate to post and run but my friends just showed up for dinner. Thanks for stopping by. see ya soon.

Baby News

No it's not me!! (You thought it might be me..Ha Ha) Three is enough for me. I have so many friends that are pregnant and thankfully I'm not on the bandwagon this go around. Here is a card that I made for a friend back in St. Louis that is having her 1st baby. I love how this image looks when it is embossed. Sorry, I can't remember which set this is from. I don't know if you can tell but I was having a little static issue with the embossing powder. There are some black flecks on my card. I hate when that happens. I even used my embossing buddy! I thought I'd try out some new color combos. What do you think? my husband didn't think that is was very cheery! What does he know about color?! (Oh yeah... a lot, he's a graghic designer!)
Well, I still like it. Enough rambling for now. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

sweet sunday challenge

woo hoo! I am finally participating in one of Karen's challenges. I look at it every week and that I will make a card this week. Well, I finally did it. I guess that I'm still in the swing of things since returning from convention. I'm totally tired and ready to pass out but I made a card. I thought that I'd pull out a favorite set, Eastern Blooms. I am so tired I can't even think of what I want to say tonight. I've been trying to unpack and do laundry so I can go out of town again this weekend. We're off to Buffalo to visit the in-laws and hang out. Here is my card. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.