Only one more day for the current catalog...

Hi Stampers,

Well, only one more day to order from this year's catalog and I thought I'd share a card we made with almost all retiring items. I cased this from somewhere and it was a pretty simple card to make.

The colors are Blushing Bride & Whisper White. All of the items here are retiring except for the Whisper White cardstock and the Rhinestones. I used the butterfly punch on Blushing Bride DSP and the Finial Press Embossing Folder for the background. Two pieces of Blushing Bride Satin ribbon finish this card.

The second card is also from my Copy the Catalog class and uses the Delightful Doilies stamp set (not retiring) and the Flirtatious Specialty DSP (the pink doily) which is retiring. The colors here are Concord Crush, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White - I really like this color combo! the Thank You is from Curly Cute and is accented with a Rhinestone.

Hope you like these cards and get your order in by tomorrow from this year's catalog - June 1st it's on to the new catalog!

Keep Stamping,

Wedding Season

Hi Stampers,

Haven't posted this week as I have been busy working and once again another storm, another power outage. Our power was out for about 9 hours this time and 850,000 others in the Chicago area lost power too but it's about the 4th time in the last month so it does get aggravating!

Anyway, no storms for a few days so I thought I'd share another card with you from June's Copy the Catalog stamp camp. This one is a wedding card and it features the Word Play stamp set and the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. This is a quick and easy card for any wedding - just the kind to have on hand. The colors in this card are Baja Breeze and Whisper White. The greeting is stamped in Early Espresso on Whisper White and I used some of the new Baker's Twine to hang the tag from the ribbon as well as accenting it with some bling - a Rhinestone for the ring. The Certainly Celery Satin ribbon finishes this card.

Hope you can find some time to stamp this weekend!

More from Copy the Catalog & Last Day for the Catalog

Hi Stampers,

Well, with only one more day for this year's catalog and so I thought I'd share another card from my Copy the Catalog Stamp Camp. This one is from page 54 and features the soon to retire set "Party Hearty".

The colors for this card are Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie. The pennants are really the party hats in the stamp set with the top cut off - I stamped some in each color and then mixed and matched 2 of each color for the party banner. The pennants are attached to slivers of Chocolate Chip cardstock, which are easy to cut if you have the Stampin' Up tabletop paper cutter. For the "and many more" I stamped it in Chocolate Chip and cut it into a square and added the candles, which were colored with Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi & Daffodil Delight markers. I used the Scallop Edge and Scallop Square punches as well for the Pacific Point square and top border. A piece of Pumpkin Pie wide grosgrain ribbon (also retiring) completes this cute card!

If you'd like to place a last minute order, you can do so through my SU website or by emailing me directly!

We've been having a week of beautiful weather in Chicagoland this week, although things are about to heat up here if the weathermen are correct - nearly 100 degrees by the end of the week. I guess that means that summer is finally here!

Hopefully I'm back online for good this time...

Hi Stampers,

I am back on-line sooner than expected so I thought I'd share something with you from my Copy the Catalog Stamp Camp. I have held this stamp camp for about the last 5 or 6 years at the end of June - last chance to use some of the stamp sets and/or accessories that are soon to be retired. I copy them right from the fabulous Stampin' Up Publications - our monthly demonstrator only magazine, mini catalog and regular catalog.

The first sample I'm sharing with you came from our monthly demonstrator magazine, Stampin' Success. This sample uses the Strength & Hope set from the Summer Mini Catalog and money from each stamp set sold goes to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Most of us have been touched by this disease in one way or another and this is a great cause and a very pretty stamp set. This is a 3"X6" Blushing Bride card. The butterflies are stamped in So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie and Baja Breeze and accented with some Rhinestone Bling. The words from the stamp set are stamped in Blushing Bride and a piece of Blushing Bride ribbon completes this quick and easy card.

The second card I'm sharing today is from page 138 of the main catalog. The card itself is Crumb Cake and the other card colors are Not Quite Navy and So Saffron. On the So Saffron piece, the center image is from Friends 24-7 (soon to be retiring) stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Then I used the Beautiful Wings embosslit for the Big Shot to cut the large butterfly in So Saffron and the smaller butterflies in Not Quite Navy DSP from the Regals stack. The butterflies are accented with Pearls and the So Saffron butterfly has a Vanilla Flower Button tied with Crochet Thread. The So Saffron piece is attached to a piece of Not Quite Navy cardstock and a piece of Crumb Cake DSP from the Neutrals stack. I also used the Paper Piercer and mat to accent the top and bottom of the So Saffron piece.

Hope that you are having a great Sunday - we had an absolutely fantastic day with beautiful weather for my son's party celebrating his college graduation - good times with our family and Jordan's friends as well.

Keep Stamping,

Now it's time for Christmas leftovers...

Hi Stampers,

Hope that you all enjoyed a great Christmas weekend. I wanted to share just a few more of the cards I have made (these cards are directly from the Stampin' Up catalog). But I know when I do my Copy the Catalog stamp camp in June, we won't want to make Christmas cards so I'll share them with you now.

The first one is from page 32 of this year's catalog and uses the Big on Christmas stamp set. This card is actually 8X4 and the card base is Real Red Textured cardstock. The other colors are Old Olive for the Scallop Trim layer and Confetti White for the Noel layer since the Confetti and Naturals cardstock are easy to Watercolor (and a better choice than either Very Vanilla or Whisper White because those cardstocks are Ultrasmooth). Of course our watercolor paper would work as well. I stamped the Noel in Black Stazon and watercolored with Real Red, Old Olive and Bashful Blue and accented it with one of the Bold Brights buttons tied with Crochet Thread.

The second card I'm sharing is from page 42 of this year's catalog and uses the Serene Snowflakes and Many Merry Messages stamp sets. The colors for this card are Night of Navy, More Mustard, Old Olive & Real Red - the snowflakes are stamped on White Naturals cardstock in those colors.. The greeting is stamped on White Naturals and trimmed and then to get the "pennant shape" I used the Photo corners punch. The accented snowflakes are More Mustard stamped in Real Red and cut out and attached with mini brads. Old Olive Satin Ribbon tied with Linen Thread completes this card.

Hope you all have a very Happy New Year! See you in 2011!

Since my All About Fall Camp is tomorrow...

Hi Stampers,

It seems like this weekend Fall has arrived not just on the calendar but also with the weather. Last night was perfect weather for York's homecoming victory over DG North and it seems like fall is really here.

Today's share is one that I did for a display board - it is a CASE directly from this year's Catalog (page 28). The colors in the card are Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait. The front is wheeled with the Bright Blessings Jumbo Wheel in Riding Hood Red. I used the Falling Leaves stamp set for the Acorn & Greeting stamped in Early Espresso and Pear Pizzazz. The greeting is attached with Hemp Twine and staples. The thin strips of accent cardstock were really easy to cut with the SU Tabletop Paper Cutter.

I love copying ideas from the catalog - that's why it's not only a catalog, but a great idea book. Get your copy for FREE by hosting a workshop - fall is a great time to get your friends and family together to stamp!

Enjoy fall!