Lucky Ducky!

My Stamp Club met tonight and made this card.  We used the Duck from the Wagon Full of Fun set that is currently available to preorder now from the new Occasions Mini Catalog.  We stamped the lucky duck in Staz-on on Stampin’ Up!’s great watercolor paper.  I recommend using Staz-on when watercoloring so that the…

Tope Note Box

The top note die is still my favorite!  Look at this cute little box you can make using the top note die!  I started by cutting two top note pieces out of chipboard and then four out of the Candy Lane DSP.  I used the tombow multi-purpose glue to adhere the dsp onto both sides…

Dry Embossed Eastern Blooms

I decided to pull out my light table and do a little dry embossing this week.  And I love how the Floral Frenzy Classy Brass template coordinates so perfectly with the Eastern Blooms stamp set!  I stamped the three flowers and then embossed each of them and then mounted them on a a scalloped square punched out…

Urban Butterfly

I’m so enchanted with these beautiful butterflies from Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive new Sizzix die!  I paired them with the just as beautiful Urban Garden DSP.  I got the inspiration and layout from this beautiful card by Mary.  I love the idea of adding texture to the butterfly by running it throught he Big Shot with the…

Occasions Mini Catalog Preorder!

Starting March 1-31,2009, Stampin’ Up! is offering customers a special opportunity to pre-order select sets from the Occasions Mini Catalog!  To Place Your Order for Stampin’ Up! Products (including these pre-order products) On-Line 24/7, CLICK HERE! Item         Description                        Retail Price113196…

Another Box

I just can’t get enough of these boxes!  I made another one with the Parisian Breeze Textured Cardstock weight DSP.  Did you notice that on page 158 of the catalog all the DSP is textured cardstock?  And the Rockability DSP has printed glossy designs on each sheet! For this box I used the Wide Oval…

Top Note Purse Box

Here is the project that we made last night at my first stamp club meeting.  A Top Note Purse!  The idea for this purse came from Kimberly and the directions are here on her blog.  I added a little ribbon strap to the top to make it into a purse. We used the Always stamp…