The Stamping Lady

Leprechaun Card For Cards of the Month Club

 

 This fun card idea for St. Patrick's Day is one of the cards we'll be making today at Cards of the Month Club.  You can make them at home by ordering a kit (until March 10, 2010 while supplies last).

 

Doesn't that little guy look ornery?  You can make the leprechaun with a few punched/die cut shapes.

 

• hat and shirt are from one tag cut with the Stampin' Up! matchbox die and the big shot
• hair and beard are a scallop circle
• face is a 1-1/4" circle with eyes punched by the crop-o-dile large hole punch

I hope you have a good time making some spirited cards for March!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

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D Is For Dog Stamp Set Is A Must-Have

 The sympathy sentiment in "D is for Dog" is what caught my eye when this stamp set debuted last July.  But the set is really versatile with it's seperate bone and pawprint stamps--think "Blue's Clues" or other children's activities.

Today more than ever we think of our pets as family members so why not send a card to someone who just adopted a dog?  They would probably appreciate your celebrating with them!  In fact, according to the American Pet Association:

More than half of American dog owners are more attached to their pets than to at least one other human being. The following numbers represent those who say they are as attached to their dogs as to the following persons;

A) Best Friend 16,213,555

B) Children 8,321,566

C) Spouse 5,421,959

  39% of America's pet owners display their pet's picture in their home.

 16% of America's pet owners keep a picture of their pet in their wallet or purse.

Click here for more fun/interesting facts about pet owners.

 

Best of all, you can choose this set for free during sale-a-bration.  Check the link in the upper right corner (through March 31) or email me for details.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

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(use item #120211 when ordering free)

 

 

Free Welcome Neighbor Scrapbook Paper Makes a Quick Card

A rubber stamping card idea with no stamping on it!!

 

 You can make a card in under ten minutes with this cute Welcome Neighbor designer series paper.  The pad has 72 sheets of 6" x6" paper in 24 designs (double sided).  But best of all it's free to you with any $50 Stampin' Up! order placed by March 31.  Or you could choose the Scallop Trim border punch which made the scallop on this card.  It is another exclusive Sale-a-Bration item for 2010.

 

 
 When trimming the patterned paper to 5", I had this house left.  Mounted on pumpkin pie cardstock and set up on Stampin' dimensionals it makes a terrific subtle accent.  This card is headed out to a cousin who is moving.  Perfect, huh?

 

Want to see what else you can get during sale-a-bration?  Check the link on the upper right side through March 31, 2010.  Or email me for details.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Tasha

click here to place a Stampin' Up! order with me

 

 

 

Totally Tess Stamp Set Adds Touches To This Layout

Thought I would show a couple pages of the "Me--beyond Mom" album I started.  Kraft cardstock makes a fun background paper because it gives the look of a bulletin board.

My signature look is pretty clean and simple when it comes to scrapbooking.  That's due mostly to the quantity issue!  But little details help to take it up a notch without spending a lot of time.

This layout shows my first month as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator so the Totally Tess stamp set is perfect!  I used the Stampin' Around wheel, stamp block, and scissors to create a border strip on the left page along with the sentiment "The best things in life are made not bought".  "I {heart} stamps" in the circle on the right page adds just enough of an accent.

 

The items on the page below is actually what started this whole idea!  I wanted to remember the times with my friends when we managed to "sneak away" and have some fun together.

 
 

Tip:  When working with alphabet stamps be sure to stamp them on a scrap piece of paper before moving to your project.  They are easy to get upside down!  (Note the "S")

• drink glass is from Cheers To You stamp set
• "wonderful friend" is from All Holidays stamp set and "S" from Jumble alphabet
• Happy New Year is from Teeny Tiny Wishes

To see the album cover scroll down to yesterday's post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

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Totally Tess Stamp Set Helps My Scrapbook

 

Scrapbooking is good for the soul.  I took some time this weekend to begin an album for myself.  And so for a few hours of this dreary, icy, cold weekend I was happy.  And it was from looking at the fun memories as I set up my scrapbook.

 

For the last 5 years I've been throwing a few pictures and keepsake papers in a drawer for myself.  These are things that are not necessarily monumental but still meaningful to me.  Well, when Stampin' Up!s Totally Tess stamp set came out I knew I was ready to start the album.

 

 

Cosmo glitter is good for the soul too...  ; )

 

 

It's also good for the soul to used up old supplies.  This is one of my favorite (retired) Simply Scrappin'  Kits.  Other supplies I used:

• on board album(112456) which holds 8-1/2" x8-1/2" pages--I gave it a quick coat of acrylic paint to get the green color
• Tea Party designer series paper
• bashful blue, certainly celery, and whisper white cardstock
• on board loads of letters (112084)
• fine cosmo glitter (108796)
• stampin' write markers
• naturally serif sizzlet strip die (113453) and big shot
• mini library clip, bashful blue 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, button bouquet

I will coat the whole cover with Modge Podge to give it a smooth finish and ensure nothing falls off with lots of handling.

Hope you had a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by,

Tasha

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• Wed. is the last day to sign up for local Cards of the Month Club for March.  Online/mail club can sign up through March 10 or until kits run out.

March Newsletter

Hard to believe that March is just around the corner.  I am working on the newsletter!  If you're not on the list, sign up now so you won't miss out on:

 

• monthly scrapbook, card, and 3-d project ideas

• new techniques you can try at home

• tips to help you get the most out of your supplies

• and much more...
  

 

 

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Have a great day!

 

Tasha

 

 

 

 

Full of Life Birthday Card

The sentiments in the Full of Life stamp set are so much fun.  This card is for a friend who loves scrapbooking but doesn't like to make cards since "people look at them for a minute and throw them away".   Needless to say, I wanted a birthday card that will get her attention but I didn't want to spend a lot of time in case she throws it away!

Punches are a great way to get impact with little effort.  Here are the punches  I used:

• Trio flower (small flowers)
• Scallop Trim edge and border (around sentiment)
• Extra-large Two Step Bird (small leaves)
• 5-petal Flower (large leaves)
• 1-3/4" Circle, Scallop Circle, 1-1/4" Circle (large flower)

The stamen (pollen part of flower) is actually a snowflake from the Merry Details sizzlets die (116823).  It can still be ordered even though the Christmas mini catalog has expired.  Center button is from the Mocha Latte button collection.

Hope you like the bright colors today!  It's a nice break from winter.  ; )

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

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Sweetheart Stamp Set and Heart Treat Cups Are Here To Stay!

 

You may have been wondering if you needed to buy a ton of Heart Treat Cups before the mini catalog ends.  But Stampin' Up! announced today that the heart treat cups and the Sweetheart stamp set will both be available for order through July AND will be in the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog.  
  

 
Don't have the set?  You can order it 24/7 from my Stampin' Up! demonstrator website!  

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

 
 

Baroque Motif For Mardi Gras

Stampin' Up!s Baroque Motif stamp set is another versatile one.  With it's wild elegance feeling, I think it is just right for a Mardi Gras card. 

Sticking with the holiday color scheme I used old olive, elegant eggplant and gold embossing powder.  The card base is whisper white in a standard 5-1/2"x4-1/4".

With tomorrow marking the beginning of Lent, that is a reminder you have 40 days to gather supplies and get those Easter cards done.  The Occasions mini catalog has Easter supplies on pages 22-25 in addition to the stamp sets offered in the main catalog on page 46.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Tasha

 

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March Cards of the Month Club Features the Medallion Background Stamp

This week is "Anything BUT Red, White, and Pink!" here on my blog.  March Cards of the Month Club fits the theme since the focus is St. Patrick's Day and spring.

Check the Cards of the Month page for more details.  Local clubs will be Feb. 26.
 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Tasha

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Happy Valentines' Day!

This card will be tucked into a little tub with candy hearts for my daughter tomorrow.

stamps:  I {Heart} Hearts, sentiment from Great Greetings 2 (retired)

cardstock: whisper white, melon mambo, pretty in pink

ink: melon mambo

tools and accessories:  Big Shot with SU backgrounds I texturz plate,  clear rhinestone brad, flower trio punch, stampin' sponge

 

Handmade valentines are widely popular.  But they are not a new thing.  I found this interesting history tidbit at Wikipedia.org:

The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th century America, where many Valentine cards are now general greeting cards rather than declarations of love, was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.^[5] It's considered one of the Hallmark holidays.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend on average twice as much money as women.^[6]

 

Happy Valentines' Day!

Tasha

 

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Scalloped Heart of Hearts Makes An Olympic Valentine

If your sweetie is a sports enthusiast this may be the card making idea for you!  Stampin' Up!s new embosslit die called Scalloped Heart of Hearts is what I used to make a "gold medal" in a flash.

stamp set:  Sporting

cardstock: night of navy, whisper white, real red, brushed gold

ink:  stazon jet black

accessory: real red satin ribbon (117286 in mini catalog)

tools: Big Shot with Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit die (117332 in mini catalog)

Enjoy the opening ceremonies tonight!  I hope to be home to see some of it--we'll see how fast I can "poke roses" to get the orders done.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

 

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