Aged Doily

Ohhh, these are the colors that I love!  I was going through the catalog looking for any items I may have missed.  I can go through it over and over and over again and still find something new that I just have to have.  Anyway....I saw we sold Crumb Cake envelopes!  So why did I not have them in my stash?!?!?!  So I placed my order and had to set to it to make a bunch of cards to go in those envelopes....now I am going to have to place another order to get more Crumb Cake Card Stock. ;-)

As you can tell by looking, I am not a really big Whisper White user.  I tend to grab the Very Vanilla more than anything.  I love the Tea Lace Doilies, but they are white.   So I have a spritzer bottle all set with Rubbing Alcohol and Crumb Cake Re-inker.  I just give a spritz ( the darker I want it the more spritz or more re-inker drops.

The larger of the butterflies does have a Early Espresso butterfly glued flat to the card stock.  The shading is partly from that and how the sun hit it.  I also ran a very thin strip of Early Espresso under the Thinking of You just to make it stand out a bit more.  I have seen many cards lately that have random pearls and rhinestones put in places.  I decide to give it a try and it was a great space filler where I wanted it to be.

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Details:

Stamps: Express Yourself

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Epic Day This and That DSP, Calypso Coral

Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Basic Pearls, Sewing Machine

Wavy Butterflies

Ok, so this card got away from me.  It is much busier than I usually do but I like it enough to send it out (many cards do not make it that far Lol..I am my own hardest critic) so it will make it on here too. Lol  I already told you that now that school has started I do not have a lot of time during the day to stamp and my thought process was disturbed quite a few times during the making of this card.  I tried to wait until the high schooler went in town for band but then the other kids had a million questions...never fails.

I sponged across the raised back panel to give it more dimension and so the layers in front did not blend in too much,  I could use butterflies on every card but I have to force myself not to. Lol

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Details:

Stamps: Papillon Potpouri

Paper:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, Pistachio Pudding, Venetian Romance DSP

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Suede

Accessories: Big Shot, Edgelits Adorning Accents, Lattice Die,Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Pretty Print Embossing Folder, Flower- Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Leaves- Bird Builder Punch, Bitty Butterflies Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Basic Pearls

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Have you checked out my Wacky Wednesday deal???

Wacky Wednesday Embossing Folders

"Wacky Wednesday"   I am purging my craft room and I  know there are crafters out there who are looking to build a stock and at a great bargain.  I am looking to clean out what I no longer use and find a good home for them. 

Finial Press Folder

Vintage Wallpaper Impression Folder

Elegant Bouquet Impression Folder

Vine Street Folder

For this week's deal I am offering my retired Embossing Folders.  

This deal is only good until the next Wacky Wednesday deal is posted next week.

Wacky Wednesday 9-18-13 Embossing Folders $15 (+$5.80 Shipping)

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Silver Moose

I had mentioned this tip a while back and someone asked me to give more detail.  I love the Framelits but sometimes the space between is just too much, so this will give you a smaller gap.

I used the Six Sided Sampler was used for the inside of the Build-a-Brad.  I rubbed a sponge of Smoky Slate over the embossed image to shadow it a bit more.

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Details:

Stamps: Six Sided Sampler, Walk in the Wild

Paper: Brushed Silver, Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Ink: Versamark, Smoky Slate

Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Big Shot, Labels Collection Die, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Basic Gray 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Build-a-Brad

Birthday Banner

I love having so much DSP.  This is a fund set of paper to use.  I really like how the papers in the pack all go together so well and you have such a variety so there is something for everyone.  I randomly stamped the sentiment on the background

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Details:

Stamps: Bring on the Cake

Paper: Birthday Basics DSP, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla

Ink: Garden Green, Markers-Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzaz, Primrose Petals, Coastal Cabana

Accessories: 1/2" Circle Punch, Build a Brad

Magnetic Platform

The Magnetic Plateform is available for order once again.  Due to an unexpected large amount of orders for this item it had to be shut off until back orders were caught up.  I received mine last week and it is well worth the investment!

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Also, don't forget to stop by the newly stocked Clearance Rack.  

Items are while supplies last so don't put off ordering!

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Have you checked out my Wacky Wednesday deal???

Finally About You

Since school has started once again my schedule is very limited.  I have not had a chance to stamp for about a week + now and it shows. ;-)  I got up this morning and told the kids that I wanted them to work on their own as much as possible so I could try to ,make a card.  I loved the sketch challenge today and really wanted to put it to use.  The kids did fairly well.  I had to answer questions every now and then but their education is my priority right now so I made it work.  The card took a bit longer than usual but I got it done.  I will have to start taking pictures of the insides and envelopes too.  I usually get them done later and forget to add them here, so stop again and look for that!  I had said when I started that I was not going to use the eclips on this card but as it progressed I really wanted a small flower there and the only way I was going to get one was if I did.  I used the Blossom Punch from MDS brought it into my program, re-sized it to where I wanted it and cut.

Ok, I messed up and grabbed the wrong ink for the top of the card....I told you I was busy, but really just wanted to get it done.  It adds a bit?

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Details:

Stamps: Really Good Greetings

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade DSP, Crumb Cake

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Big Shot, Ovals Framelits, Dress Up Framelit, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls, Itty Bitty Punch Pack-Flower on hip, Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, MDS-Blossom Punch cut with the Sizzix Eclips

Have you checked out my Wacky Wednesday deal???

Wacky Wednesday

 "Wacky Wednesday"   I am purging my craft room and I  know there are crafters out there who are looking to build a stock and at a great bargain.  I am looking to clean out what I no longer use and find a good home for them.

 Brads & Eyelet Page

Buttons Page

For this week's deal I am offering my stash of retired Brads, Eyelets & Buttons.  

The already discounted price on my web-site is over $65. 

This deal is only good until the next Wacky Wednesday deal is posted next week.

Wacky Wednesday 9-11-13 Buttons, Eyelets & Brads $45 (+$5.80 Shipping)

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Fabulous 30

My wonderful daughter-in-law had a special birthday last week.  One of the reasons I invested in the Sizzix Eclips was because I needed to be able to do numbers.  I do not have any alphabet or or number stamps or dies and my wish list was sooo big this year that I needed to figure out how to make my money go the furthest.  One of the great things about the Eclips is it works wonderfully with MDS.  I just brought the Alphabet & Numbers Punches (Timeless Type Junior) in to my Cutting program.  Made them the size I wanted, added a shadow and cut.  This card is all SU but the flames (Which I probably could have found in one of my sets if I had taken more time.) I was soo excited to be able to do number and words the exact size I wanted with out having to cut them by hand (and be unhappy with them). 

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Details:

Stamps: None

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Basic Gray Reinker

Accessories: Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Big Shot, Beautifully Baroque Impression Folder, MDS Timeless Type Junior Letter and Number Punches in the Sizzix Eclips