Frosty Returns!

I made a Frosty the Snowman Telescopic card for my 2010 Convention Swaps and this year I decided to make a much smaller version of the cute little guy and turn him into a bookmark. Frosty isn't telescopic so he was much easier to make. My 5 year old granddaughter and I will make them for her classmates Christmas gifts. 

Large paper clip is from Wal-mart

Ink: Pool Party
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Early Espresso, Red Glimmer, Pumpkin Pie 
Accessories: 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Scallop Punch, 2 3/8" Circle Scallop Punch, Retired Snow Flake Punch, 3/4" Square Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Googlies Eyes, Owl Punch, Basic Black Marker, Gold Marker, Sponge

I sponged Pool Party on each Scalloped Circle, layered them with dimensionals and used a hot glue to adhere Frosty to the paper clip. You could substitute the Snow Flurry Die for the little arms if you don't have the retired snowflake punch.

Don't forget about Stampin Up's Extravaganza that starts today, head on over to check out the saving: click here

Happy Stampin!

Talk, Talk, Talk

Talking Tags are here! 

When you think there is nothing new coming our way look it this clever idea. Now you can make all your Christmas Card talk and it's very easy, watch the video and see just how simple this is. Anyone with a smart fun can send and receive this very unique gift. Think of the possibilities, use them in scrapbooks, cards for all occasions, scavenger hunts let your imagination run wild!

How to Buy Talking Tags: Buy 'em by the sheet! You get 10 tags for just $7.95 (item 129723). Click here to purchase on line or click the Catalog Tab above. How to record a voice message: Download the FREE TalkingTagT App on you smartphone from talkingtag.mobi, iTunes® or Google PlayT. Adhere the message tag to your card or gift. Open TalkingTagT App and scan the code. Record your message (recording starts immediately, so make sure you're ready!).

You will have the opportunity to listen, re-record, cancel, or confirm your message after you've completed recording it. Each label allows up to 60 seconds of a greeting, song, or product message.

To play the message, recipients will need to download the app and scan the code.  Messages are saved for two years, so they can listen to it over and over.

Christmas Presents in November

Stampin' Up is wishing a Merry Christmas early this year. Beginning Monday, November 19 and running through Wednesday, November 28 they are offering this fabulous Extravaganza. It does say online but you can also place an order through a regular order if you like. Check my On-line Store every day for new items that will be on sale; watch this video of all the details. 

Don't forget to visit my on-line store or click on the Catalog Tab above to see what the excitement is all about on Monday.

Stampin Trimmer

Yahoo! Yahoooooo!

It's finally here and everyone has been anticipating the arrival of the the new "Stampin Trimmer."

Stampin Up! has done their homework on this one, it has everything that you would every want in a portable trimmer. 

To order your click Here 

Stampin' Trimmer 126889 Price: $29.95 A cutting and scoring tool made with crafters in mind! · Cutting and scoring. Cut anywhere, in any direction. Full 12" cut or score. Keep scoring and cutting blades on the track at the same time. 4 cutting and 4 scoring blades. · Measuring. Extended 6-1/4" base. Extend ruler to 15-1/2". · Storing. Compartment under base to store blades, scoring stylus, more!

Spooktacular!

Several amazing offers from Stampin Up!

SELL-A-STAMP SPOOKTACULAR, OCTOBER 29, 2012 ONLY

For one day only, you will get 15 percent off almost every stamp we sell! Here are the details: 

• Starting at 12:00 AM (MT) and ending at 11:50 PM (MT), almost every stamp we sell will be 15 percent off.

This means all stamps in the current catalogs including

• Background stamps
• Personalized name stamps
• Incentive stamp sets from the supply list
• Cookie press stamps
• Single-image stamps

This DOES NOT include

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

There is no minimum purchase, and no limit to the number of stamps you can order.

You may place an order on my online store: HERE

Email or Text your order to me before 12 Midnight Eastern Time October 29 with your Credit Card information (if not on file) and I will place an order for you by the dead line.

Offer #2

A week of FREE downloads and 50 percent off ALL digital kits!

What: Three FREE downloads. 50% off ALL digital kits. Mega blogging on MyDigitalStudio.net all week!

When: October 29-November 5, 2012.

Why: To get the word out about My Digital Studio's awesome design program, content, and print products!

Get Your FREE Downloads: HERE

• You can access your free downloads on my online store. 

Get a BONUS FREE Download:If we get 18,000 downloads of FREE items we'll give you another FREE download!

If you haven't already purchased My Digital Studio please try it free for 30 days and see first hand how easy it is to create cards, scrapbooks, scrapbook pages and so much more. Visit my online store to receive your trail offer. 

The Sale:

See the list of kits below. You can also view the kits in the online store here. Note that the sale won't be reflected in the store until October 29.

Item	Designer Kit	Retail Value	Sale Price 50% Off
130861	Afternoon Daydream Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129928	Afternoon Tea II Kit	$9.95	$4.97
119839	Always Elegant Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129358	Attic Boutique Kit	$9.95	$4.97
122175	Autumn Spice Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127600	Autumn Traditions Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130969	Bandstand Kit	$7.95	$3.97
130970	Be of Good Cheer Kit	$7.95	$3.97
123728	Celebrations Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130982	Chevron Punch Kit	$7.95	$3.97
123956	Christmas Cheer Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
120880	Christmas Cocoa II Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127362	Convention 2011 Digital Photo Kit	$9.95	$4.97
128876	Day in the Life Kit	$14.95	$7.47
130059	Fifty Nifty Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130062	File it Fun Kit	$7.95	$3.97
131228	Friendship Preserves Kit	$3.95	$1.97
128875	Frosty Days II Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129924	Get it Done Kit	$5.95	$2.97
129870	Good Times II Kit	$7.95	$3.97
118465	Happy Birthday Digital Kit	$14.95	$7.47
128872	Holiday Harmony Kit	$7.95	$3.97
127773	Holly Berry Bouquet	$9.95	$4.97
118466	Hoppy Memories Digital Kit	$14.95	$7.47
128999	It's all Me Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130850	Joyful Times Kit	$9.95	$4.97
124230	Just Add Cake Digital Kit	$14.95	$7.47
124446	Leadership 2011 Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
124568	Leadership 2011 Digital Photo Kit	$9.95	$4.97
124443	Love Birds Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
131231	Lovely Little Labels Kit	$7.95	$3.97
129359	Mixed Bunch Kit	$7.95	$3.97
119978	My Sweet Pea Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
132264	Neon Notes Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129898	New Heights Kit	$7.95	$3.97
122174	Nite Owl Digital Kit	$7.95	$3.97
129340	Number One Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129360	On the Go Kit	$9.95	$4.97
124463	One Great Year Kit	$9.95	$4.97
131360	Ornament Keepsakes Kit	$6.95	$3.47
127599	Party Animal Kit	$9.95	$4.97
131226	Picture This Kit	$4.95	$2.47
130851	Pinwheels on Parade Kit	$7.95	$3.97
126027	Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
131227	Providences of Provinces Kit	$7.95	$3.97
130983	Raspberry Splash Kit	$7.95	$3.97
118869	Recipes By Design Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127163	Red, White, and Blue Digital Kit	$5.95	$2.97
130060	Season By Season Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127587	Sending Glad Tidings Designer Tags Kit	$7.95	$3.97
129605	Special Delivery Bright Kit	$7.95	$3.97
129606	Special Delivery Subtle Kit	$7.95	$3.97
127759	Spice Cake Kit	$5.95	$2.97
130852	Spring Break II Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129608	Spring Fever Kit	$7.95	$3.97
130076	Summer Happiness Kit	$9.95	$4.97
118464	Summer Home Digital Kit	$14.95	$7.47
129601	Summer Smooches Kit	$9.95	$4.97
124229	Sunset Serenade Digital Kit	$5.95	$2.97
129339	Sweet Shop Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129882	Tea Time II Digital Kit	$7.95	$3.97
132190	That's a Wrap Kit	$7.95	$3.97
127431	Tickets & Tags Kit	$9.95	$4.97
125757	Tickets & Tokens II Digital Kit	$7.95	$3.97
131217	Topsy-Turvey Celebration Kit	$9.95	$4.97
121071	Travel Journal Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
126022	Travel Log Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129332	Twitterpated Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129607	Walk in the Park Kit	$9.95	$4.97
132567	Winter Wonders Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127609	Wicked Fun Kit	$9.95	$4.97
131218	Wonderfall Kit	$7.95	$3.97
120881	Write Stuff II Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
128883	You're My Sunshine Kit	$7.95	$3.97

Clearance Rack

Wow, Wow, Wow!

Just in time for Christmas 70 discontinued and deep discounted products were just added to the Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack.  Products are ONLY available while supplies last and sell out quickly. They can only be ordered online thought my demonstrator site. So click on the words below and start shopping for some really fabulous bargains!

Clearance Rack

Here are a few of my favorite items:

Magnet sheets

Retired 6 x 13 inch Magnet Sheets  119816  
Discount Price: $3.99
Catalog Price: $9.95


Make your own magnets using magnet sheets and your Big Shot or other cutting tools. Great for fridge magnets, paper dolls, business card magnets, framelite holders and so much more. 

Retired Small Tag Punch  110113

Small Label Punch

Discount Price: $9.59

Catalog Price: $15.95

Coordinates with the Extra Large Tag Punch 119866 which is still available in the Annual Catalog. It's a quick way to add dimension and texture to any project.

 

Bitty Box & Envelope Bigz XL Die

Retired Bitty Box & Envelope Bigz XL Die 115967

Discount Price $17.19
Catalog Price $42.95

Designed to cut through one sheet of paper or card stock at a time.

Use with Sizzix Big Shot Machine and extended cutting pads.

Die Size is 6" x 13 3/4"

Looking for Fall

I’m still looking for cool weather here in Florida. All my northern friends please send a little cool weather my way....please! While I wait my thoughts turn to Thanksgiving so todays post is a beautiful fall leaf card. I shared this with club this month.

Used the new Spritzer and created my own spray.

I used Autumn Accent die and Summer Starfruit CS to cut out the leaves. Then took the scoring tool and score veins in all the leaves then sponge the leaves with all the inks listed below. I sponged them all a little different. After they were sponged I sprayed them with my own mixture of Alcohol, Summer Starfruit Re-Inker and Frost White Shimmer Paint which I placed in a Spritzer spray bottle. After the leaves are sprayed crumble them up really tight and unfold them before they dry. 

Using a Glue Stick apply in a diagonal line on the Orchard Harvest DSP paper, wrinkle up the Tulle and press it down on the glue. The rest of the card is an easy assemble. 

Acorn in side stamped with "Give Thanks"

Stamp Set: Full of Blessings, Wonderfall
Paper: More Mustard, Summer Starfruit, Orchard Harvest DSP
Ink: Island Indigo, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Summer Starfruit Re-Inker
Accessories: Crumb Cake Tulle, Brushed Bronze Button, Summer Starfruit Stitched Ribbon, Scoring Tool, Autumn Accent Die, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Spritzer Spray Bottle, Glue Stick, Dimensionals

It's in the Bag!

I’m still waiting for the cool, crisp fall air to arrive at my house! I don’t like to knit or crochet until the weather is cool; its hard to work with yarn when your hands are sweating and sticking to everything. While I wait I got busy making myself a new yarn bag.

Pockets everywhere!

I found a SEE & SEW pattern B5741, laid out the pattern and realized that I would need 4 packages of the Floral District Fabric. Unfortunately I only had two packages....had to wait a week for my next order before I could start the bag. 

I love the colors in this fabric!

The bag is complete and I love it. It's large and will hold all my supplies for any size project 14"wide x 12" high by 9 " deep. Now for the cool weather to get a jump on the knitting!

Bzzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzz

I am so excited! 

Several years ago we installed a screech owl nest in that tree and I’m sad to say we have never had a screech owl in there but it has become a Bee home. About a month ago they out grow the little nest and left. I was sad because it was fun to watch them, they were always in the garden. 

Last weekend in the middle of yard work my husband and I decided it was time for a water break, we sat on the back deck by the hydroponic garden and all of a sudden I heard this Bz’ing sound. I look up and there were 10 of thousands of bees swarming around our sweet gum tree. 

Within minutes they had settled back into the nest and immediately started visiting the garden. Now they are busy pollination the garden and drinking from the containers. I love nature!

Taking a drink from the hydroponic garden.

Punch Three!

I cased this card from Mary Fish; she made this punch three card vertically and horizontally using different stamp sets. I changed it up a little for Christmas.  Watch her video to see how easy this triple punch card can be. 

Christmas Christmas

 Here are several other Christmas cards that we made at the Stamp-a-Stack event a few weeks ago. I love the simplicity and elegance of these cards. 

It seems like everyone is playing around with the three stamped layers; no matter what you stamp the three layers with it turns out beautiful. 

Stamp Set: Greetings of the Season, Watercolor Winter

Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, DSP Snow Festival, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

Accessories: Holiday Collection Framelits, Bigz Die Snow Flurry, 1/8” Mini Brads, Dazzling Diamonds, Silver Glimmer Paper, Dazzling Details

Hydroponic Garden

This is my second year with the hydroponic garden and we have learned a lot. This is the 4th planting and the 3rd time we moved the whole system. We have many trees in the yard that make it difficult to find a spot that receives lots of sunshine. It seems to be doing well in this location and I really enjoy having it right next to the deck. Its nice to sit on the deck and watch the veggies grow.

This planting we have:
tomatoes, 4 different varieties, 2 are heirloom
green peppers, pimiento peppers
bib lettuces
green beans, lima beans, peas
acorn squash
carrots
collards

As you can see from the photos everything is doing well, I'm hoping for a bumper crop.

Next month I’ll be trying my hand at a potato box. Dawn (a friend & co-worker) and I watched several youtube videos and we think we can make this work. The concept is to start with a wood box or bucket of some kind; I'm going to try a 5 gallon bucket to start. You add several inches of lose soil mixture to a 5 gallon bucket that you have drilled several whole in for drainage and air flow (bottom & sides). Plant the potato starters and when them grow to about 6 inches tall, then add an additional 3 inches of dirt and watch the potatoes grow another 6 inches and then add an additional 3 inches of dirt and continue doing this until you reach the top of the bucket. When its time to harvest you should have a bucket full of potatoes. Sounds like fun!

Here Kitty Kitty

Here she is Frightening Feline, she doesn't look all that frightening to me. This is a single stamp that can be found in the Holiday Catalog on page 26. I also used the Paper Piercing Pack on page 30 which coordinates with the Window Frames Collection, Holiday Ornaments and Labels Collections Framelits. Paper piercing is a fast and easy way to add a little texture to a project. Check out the Annual Catalog for the mat and piercing tool.  

The new Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP wasn't my first choice for Halloween paper but now that I have used it on a few project I really love the colors and patterns. This paper could be used all year round and that's a plus for me since I never seem to use all my holiday DSP up during the holiday.  This DSP will be great for masculine project as well as Thanksgiving. 

Here is the completed card and its hard to tell but the cat was stamped on Natural Ivory Card Stock. I always forget about the natural ivory and it just gives the card a little more rustic look.  

Fall Pumpkin's

It’s almost Fall, the weather man said, Saturday is the day and I’m waiting to see if Mother Nature drops the temperature a degree or two here in the Sunshine State. 

Anyway to convince myself that Fall will be here in a few days I created this cute little pumpkin from the 3 x 3 Kraft Box 124106 (page 161) I created the leaves using the Bigz Die Autumn Accents and stamp set Wonderfall 128087 (page 33 Holiday). The base of the leave was punched from Always Artichoke using the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch. The stem and the curly vines were little strips of paper wrapped around the piercing tool. I will make several of these for Thanksgiving Dinner and use them for name tag place settings and put something special in there for the kids and adults.

Pumpkin Box

Lazy Sunday!

I love Sunday's and today was a lazy one. It rained most of the day and I stamped and completed all my Christmas cards for this year! Yahooooooo! I haven't done that in a while. 

Snow Flurry 

I love the new Bigz Die Snow Flurry that features three different size snow flakes. I used the two small snow flakes on this card with the silver glimmer paper. It was easy to cut out the Christmas tree with the Holiday Collection Framelits.  To change it up a little I made the card both horizontal and vertical.

Horizontal and Vertical Matching Designs

Good Morning! 

Fall Apple Martini 

I didn't post last night because I just was feeling lazy after a wonderful meal at Bonefish Grill and two Fall Apple Martinis. That was my downfall the second martini but they taste so good and go down so easy! 

 I wanted to share with you today a project we made at club this week using the Ghoulish Googlies Bundle for the Holiday Catalog on page 27. 

Stampin Up showed you how to simple project with this bundle by add the tag and baker's twine for a fast, cute project but I had to step it up a notch. I used the Rosette Bigz Die and made a rosette with two strips of 1 1/2" x 12" Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP. I also used one of my favorite sets Spooky Bingo Bits, the skull worked well with the goggly eyes. I made the open flap out of Basic Black cs 3" x 2 1/2" this gave me a place to hot glue the rosette tag. I also ran the glassine bag through the big shot using the new Chevron Folder at club we also used the  Spider Wed and Perfect Polk a Dot to change the bags up a little.

Cute Cute Candy

Then for the "CANDY" with such a cute bag the candy had to be equally cute. I wrapped mini Kit Kats, nuggets and kisses. They are adorable and almost to good to eat.....I said almost! I had extras out so we could keep our energy up...giggle giggle!

Finished Goggly Bags

Cute Little Gift Tags

I love to make gift tags, they're simple and easy and I always get carried away with all the possibilities. Here are three that we made at the Ornament Class last Saturday. They were quick and easy; my favorite is the Ornament tag. I used a 3" x 6" W.White card stock fold it in half and stamp the ornament just a little bit over the fold. Then using the Ornament Framelits I positioned it just past the fold so it would not be cut as it ran through the Big Shot. Voila, a very cute ornament tag I punched a little whole at the top and tied white Bakers Twine to finish it off then stamped To: and From: on the inside.

I used Snow Festival DSP paper on the other two cards. One sheet actually has 16 - 3" x 3" designs perfect for gift cards. The 3rd card I stamped the small round ornament from the Ornament Keepsakes Set and used the matching framelits to cut it out stamped the ornament again in Gumball Green and punched out the center with 3/4" circle punch. 

Been a long day today, painted the new master bathroom and closet. Now the room is ready for the contractor to lay tile. I hope its completed in the next month it's been going on for too long! Have a great evening.