Retiring Stamp Sets for 2012

Dates: April 15-May 31, 2012 (select items available while supplies last)
Hundreds of stamps and accessories from the 2011-2012 catalogs are retiring, and this is your chance to get them before they're gone. Many products are only available while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in early!

Retiring Stamp Sets - PDF Format

Retiring Stamp Sets - Sortable Excel File

Daisies Card

These two fun cards were CASEd from the talented Georgeann Manning. Although her daisies look way better than mine. I just couldn't figure out how to get it symmetrical. I used the oval punch and each card took 10 ovals. I think the card looks uber cute if you take your fingers and roll the edges of the petals up a bit. The top card isn't actually using a button for the middle because it's too hard to mail sometimes so it's just a circle punched out. It works great for cards that need mailing. 

Thank You Notes

I absolutely love clean and simple cards, but most of you know that by now. =) 

I'm enjoying all of my Big Shot embossing folders. It gives simple cards just that extra bit of a wow factor and adds detail without adding too much color or pzazz.  

Belated Valentine's Day

We had a secret Valentine gift exchange this past Valentine's day. This is what I made for my secret lover. I cut out a heart template and used it to stamp all the L's. I absolutely love how it turned out. 

Twins

Without reading the title of this post, did you notice a little trend with this card? Two onesies, two buttons, pink... My friend recently had twin girls! She had 3 kids under the age of 2!!! How insane is that?!? I went for a little visit today and honestly folks, I don't know how she does it. Makes me afraid of motherhood. And no, I'm not pregnant. 

Happy Bermuda Bay Birthday!

Wow, I just found this post in my drafts... from who knows how long ago... 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Happy Everything (SU), Of The Earth (SU) 

Ink: Bermuda Bay and Summer Sun (SU), Versamark

Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Elegant Eggplant

Embellishments: Corduroy buttons in Summer Sun (SU), Amethyst embossing powder (Stampendous), 

Tools: Heat gun

A Note of Thanks

So I was trying to be all smart and decided to crop the photo. Little did I realize that it'd turn out like this... Oh well! I recently needed to make a bunch of thank you cards and with time being very hard to come by, I needed these suckers to be fast and cute. I think they turned out quite cute and for the fast factor? Well it took a couple nights to finish but at least it got done, which is the important part. They are 3.5" x 3.5" the stamped image is just using a clear stamping block! I've wanted to use that technique for the longest time now and I'm so happy with how they turned out. At first, I couldn't get the block to look very good. One lady on youtube suggested spraying the block after you ink it with some water so it helps the ink distribute. 100% not needed folks. I just needed to stamp it on something semi-squishy. Whether that be a cutting mat or in my case, a little stack of card stock. Whatever you're stamping on just needs to have a bit of give for the block to really make contact with the card stock. Stamping on a hard desk surface failed miserably. Have a great weekend everyone! 

Gift Box

How cute is this little gift box?! We made this at our last team meeting as well and I didn't get around to posting the picture. The kraft boxes come in a set of 4 for only $3.89. Super easy to assemble. We just covered the 4 sides with the Sale-a-bration paper and on the top we used the new Designer Rosette Bigz XL die. It definitely beats punching the edges and scoring to make each rosette. Just run it through the machine and it cuts and scores for you! 

P.S. Please ignore the Charmin toilet paper in the background... =)