Button Buddies

Well hellooooooooooooo there!  I have an hour before I have to leave for Boot Camp so I figured I'd post my project while I have the time (and while the rest of the family is sleeping so I can do it uninterrupted!).

These cards were made using the new Button Buddies stamp set.  Yep - it's my new favorite by far (of course I'm quite sure the next new set I use will take the title a soon as I crack it open ... I'm kind of fickle that way ...)  This set is the PERFECT All Occasions set ever.  It covers, well, All Occasions (hee hee) and you can make them sooooo quickly!  Like I mentioned in my last post these 6 cards took me under 2 hours to come up with (and that is unHEARD of for me!)  I'm planning on doing a class/Stamp-a-stack for these ... I just have to cost it out ...

The sentiment is from Smarty Pants.  The colors are Real Red and Old Olive.

The sentiment is from the Happies Birthday Wishes Hostess set.  The colors are Daffodil Delight and the new Calypso Coral.

The sentiment is from Curls & Swirls Versus Hostess set.  The colors are Lucky Limeade and Pumpkin Pie

The sentiment is from Smarty Pants. The colors are Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise

The sentiment is from Curls & Swirls Versus Hostess set.  The colors are Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink & Bashful Blue

The sentiment is from the Happies Birthday Wishes Hostess set.  The colors are Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade.

That's it for today!  I'll be costing the class fee out in the next few days.  If you aren't on my e-mail list and want details just get in touch - bertram4@shaw.ca

Have a fun day :)

Tam

Birthday Calendars

Heido Ho Stampers :)

Have I mentioned lately I LOVE STAMPING???  It was pretty hot in the house this evening - we had a quick and easy dinner - the girls headed off to play Barbies so I headed down to the cool basement to stamp.  YAY!  Usually I'm either too tired, don't have enough time to finish what I start or my creativity is in the toilet.  Tonight was FUN :)  I wanted to go down and play with some of my new toys to make a bunch of birthday cards ... I have four friends with birthday next week.  Alas my new Button Buddies set was screaming out to me so the birthday cards still aren't started BUT in 2 hours I cracked off 6 adorable little 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" All Occasions Cards.  I feel a class coming on :)  Now that I have your attention ... I'm not gunna show 'em to you yet - aren't I evil?  It's getting dark and my photography skills are average at the best of times (and with the best of lighting) so I'll take pictures of them tomorrow and post them soon (I'm off to Boot Camp in the morning and Jurasic Park with the family in the afternoon ...).

HOWEVER!  I DID take pictures of a project I've been working on for 1 1/2 years (yes ... years).  Last week I tried REALLY hard to finish them.  I had made a SU Birthday Calendar way back then but wasn't 100% happy with all 12 pages so I redid it.  I'm getting closer to being 100% happy ... I still have one page left to do.  April.  April is a hard one.  Should I go with "April Showers" theme ... or Easter ... but Easter isn't always in April ... these are the things that keep me up at night.  Yes ... I know ... I should seek therapy.  I think I have settled on just using my favorite swirls for the missing page.  Maybe I'll do that tonight - of course I have to decide on the swirls from Baroque Motifs or the swirls from Priceless or the Bliss flourish ... see?  It's hard being me.  What?  Shut up and get to the project?  OK.  Here it is :)

I love these calendars to keep track of whose birthday is when.  What I TRY to do is on the 1st of every month I check out who is having a birthday, anniversary or special day then make the necessary number of cards, sign them, address them and even put a stamp on them so they are ready to go in the mail on time.  Sometimes it works.  Sometimes not.  Regardless, these calendars are darned cute and make a great gift!

Right - I'm off to check on the girls ... it's a little too quiet for my comfort ...

Have a fun night :)

Tam

Wedding Card & Thank You

Well helloooooooooooooooooo there :)  Miss me?  Don't you just HATE when you check a blog and there is nothing new posted for weeks on end?  Me too.  Sorry.  I've been stamping a lot but nothing new.  I've been not-so-patiently waiting for my shipment of stamp sets from the new catty ... it seems my box too the scenic tour of Edmonton this week but it arrived 2 hours ago so I'll be making new cards very soon (of course now the weather has improved and I'll be spending more time outside too!)  What have I been working on?  Well, after making my mom's scrapbook of our trip to Disneyland I had NO creative juices left so I dug out a swack of my left over templates from parties an Stamp-a-stacks that I've been keeping for just such creative slumps.  They are great to have around when I feel like stamping just for fun.  Now my "stash" of cards is back up to a reasonable level.  Okay, okay - enough rambling all ready.  I'll show you a little porject I made last week.  My brother's best friend is getting married at the end of the month and I wanted to make a wedding card and 25 Thank You cards for a gift.  The Thank You cards you have seen before but I tweaked it a little for their wedding card.  I like it.  Simple and clean but nice.

They both use the SAB "Bliss" set.  I used the Tulip Frame embossing folder and sponged the embossed part with Sahara Sand ink (using a finger dauber).  The swirl is in Sahara Sand and the butterfly is in Soft Suede.  The sentiment for the wedding card is from Full of Life - the Thank You is from Short and Sweet.  I added pearls to both cards for that little "extra".

That's it for now - I do have another project to post but dinner is ready (thank you Craig!!) so I'll save that for next time.

Thanks for coming back - have a fun day :)

Tam

New Catalogue, New Hostess Benefits, New Promotion!

Have you seen the new 2011 - 2012 Idea Book & Catalogue yet?? Check it out by clicking on the image on my right hand side bar or host a party and get your FREE copy as well as FREE products of your choice!

Along with the new 2011 - 2012 catalogue, SU has released their new Hostess Benefit Program. I just placed an order for $200 and got 3 FREE HOSTESS SETS!! The new program is even MORE generous than their previous program! You earn Hostess Dollars based on party sales to spend any way you want! You can purchase exclusive Hostess sets for very little cost or you can put the dollars towards any item in the current catalogues. You can also earn 50% off any item in the catalogue! I am currently booking parties into September, if you are interested.

Once you've seen the new catalogue your Wish List will be lengthy - which means costly! Would you like to get what you want at 30% - 40% off? Purchase the Limited Time Starter Kit for $119 and not only will you receive over $200 in product and business supplies but you will be able to place your first order at 30% - 40% off! On top of THAT, you also get a Christmas Keepset Project Kit (a $50 Value) for FREE! Give me a call and I can go through all the details with you. (****See below for all the items you get in the Starter kit and Christmas kit!!!)

  

Have a fun day :)

Tamara

**** Here is what you get in the Limited Time Starter Kit (and yes, you can make substitutions of equal or lesser value):

Easy Event Clear Mount Set (from new catalogue)

Pennant Parade Wood Mount Set (from new catalogue)

Old Olive Classic Ink Pad

Real Red Classic Ink Pad

Brights 8 1/2" x 11" Assorted Card Stock

Basic Black Classic Ink Pad

Whisper White Note Cards (20)

Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper (from new catalogue)

Chocolate Chip 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon (from new catalogue)

Blender Pen (1)

Clear Mount Block C

Snail Adhesive

Also included in the kit are business supplies ... no alternative selections can be made for these items:

• Getting Started DVD
• Getting Started Guide
• Guest Invitation Postcards (100)
• 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue (8)
• 2011 Summer Mini Catalogue (8)
• Stampin' Up! logo vinyl
• Décor Elements applicator
• To My Hostess Envelopes (10)
• My Digital Studio Marketing DVD
• Recruit Folders (5)
• Recruit Brochures (20)
• Customer Order Forms (50)

Here is what you get in the Christmas Keepsake Kit:

• Pines & Poinsettias Set *(wood-mount)
• Keepsake box
• Scallop borders (cut from Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die)
  • First Edition Designer Series Paper (3)
  • Holly Berry Designer Series Paper (6)
• First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper strip (2)
• Holly Berry Designer Series Paper piece*
• Real Red Top Note (cut from Top Note Bigz Die)
• Real Red Decorative Label (cut from Matchbook Bigz XL Die)
• Wild Wasabi Card Stock strips (3)
• Naturals Ivory Card Stock piece
• Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Fabric*
• Real Red 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
• Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
• Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim
• Linen Thread
• Champagne Fine Galaxy Stampin' Glitter
• Vanilla Pearl 1/2" Simply Adorned Bauble
• Pearl Basic Jewels (1 pkg.)
• Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Buttons*
  • Large Wild Wasabi
  • Small Real Red
• Mini Vintage Tags

Additional Supplies Needed

• Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker
• Real Red Stampin' Write Marker
• Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write Marker
• Adhesives
• 3/16" Corner Punch
• Scallop Circle Punch
• Paper Cutter
• Paper Snips
• Needle
• Glue gun

*From the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalogue!

Autumn Days Sympathy

Happy Wednesday!  The countdown is on ... 1 1/2 hours until school is officially over.  Sadly Rebecca is home sick today.  Hopefully she'll feel better tomorrow and we can start some summer fun!

Here is the card I promised you for today:

I used the new Island Indigo blue and More Mustard on this one (thank you Colour Coach!).  Very simple.  I used the Autumn Days wheat and the Sincere Salutations Thinking of you.  The new Doily punch was fun to play with ... although it took me a while to figure out why it was so hard to punch ... turned out my palm was moving the "lock" enough to keep it from punching easily.  Once I figured that out things went smoother :)

That's it for today ... next project is to do my first actual, old-fashioned scrapbook.  I've NEVER done one before but want to put one together for my mom's 70th birthday present.  I printed off all the pictures from Disneyland and bought all the scrapbooking "stuff" from that craft store I rarely go to anymore (I HAD to - SU doesn't sell "Disney" brand items!!)  Wish me luck :)

Have a FABULOUSLY fun day - happy summer!!!

Tam

In Colour Pennants

Is it over yet?  Is it Wednesday?  No?  1 more day?  1 more day.  Phew - almost there.  Today was a long one.  I helped out at "Games Day" at school.  Who knew 350 kids could wipe me out so badly!  ... then again, waking at 4:00 am and not going back to sleep probably didn't help either *lol*

Well - the end is in sight - tomorrow at this time school will officially be over.  2 months of staying in bed until 8:00 am, no lunches, spray parks, playdates and general frollicking (ok - so I don't know how to spell frollicking ... not sure I remember how to DO frollicking ... but I digress ... as usual ...)

Instead of napping like I wanted to I made cards (insert smile here).  I'll share one today and one tomorrow ... my bed calls ... yes I know it's only 8:05 pm but it calls nevertheless ...

... digressing again ...

Here's the card:

This is my "Thank You" for my club members this month.  Not a "normal" card - I just wanted to show them the new In Colour colours.  The new pennant punch made them quick and easy.  I cracked off 16 in an hour.  I also used the Swirls and Curls Verses hostess set from the mini.  A fun little card :)

Come back tomorrow for a peek at the sympathy card I made for Craig's family.  His cousin Todd passed away a few weeks ago but with the mail strike on the cards haven't been sent yet.  Tomorrow.

Have a fun night :)

Tam

Imagine ...

Happy Monday!

Anyone else counting down the minutes left until summer break?  I am!  I figured this year I would have a quiet, slow run up to the end of June - we donèt have soccer this year, gymnastics is over and I started my Teacher Gifts in May.  Hmm.  So what happened ... I dunno ... although the last 2 weeks have been much different than usual.  I had 2 funerals in the span of 8 days, LOTS of birthday parties for the girls (as Summer-Birthday kids try to get their parties in during June before everyone leaves for vacation destination), and I have volunteered at he school today and tomorrow for bowling and games day!  Needless to say napping is not an option :)  Last night I just wanted to drop into bed (thank you evil allergy fairy for plaguing me for the last 5 days!!!!!) but I just HAD to make some Thank You cards for the teachers and secretaries at the school.  I had a really good time making these:

(yes, it is a standard sized card - I just took an odd angle shot of it ...  oh ... and forgive my lack of punctuation ... I seem to have turned on the French language function again ... dont know HOW I do that!!)

I used the retired set First Day from last years mini catalogue and the sentiments is from Word Play.  Obviously I used Black, White and Real Red c.s. and red ink.  The chalkboard letters and numbers are done with the white craft ink.  I popped the A+ up with dimensionals.  I like how it turned out.  As usual, I had no plan going in ...

Hope you have a fun week - thanks for stopping by :)

Tam

Teacher Thank You Packs

Happy Wednesday :)

Gotta make this a quick one - got the caffeine shakes goin' on!

This is a super quick, super FAB project to make for teacher / coach / bus driver / hostess gifts.  It only took my about 3 hours to crack off 50 cards (10 (5) packs).  The watercolored background idea came from Trish Miles (fellow demonstrator in our stamping group) and the cards / package idea came from our mighty leader Tamye Dunbar (www.stampinfun.ca).  It is a 100% case so I can't take any credit whatsoever :)

To make these I used the Watercolor Crayons and my Aqua Painter for the background.  I used Black Staz-On for the image (Pocket Silhouettes) and Sentiment (retired Wonderful Words).  I packed them in the SU cello bags and attached them with 2 silver brads.  So quick and easy - they make GREAT gifts.

Right - off to eat and run errands.  Have a fun day :)

Tam

Bonjour!

Yes, I seem to be in French mode lately :)  I suppose that's what can happen when you order 40 FRENCH catalogues instead of English ;)

Here is a birthday invitation I made for a friend of mine.  Her daughter's birthday is coming up and they are going to the new Salina Gomez Movie Monte Carlo.  She requested a French / Paris theme.  So ... after calling around I got my hands on the Artistic Etchings stamp set (thanks Tammie!) and within an hour had this to show for my efforts:

I got the inspiration from the Stampin' Connection website (for SU demonstrators) from fellow demonstrator Ruby Johnson.  I used the retired French Script background stamp (very similar to the current En Francais stamp) and embossed it in black.  I used the Eyelet Border punch on the side.  The "Amour" and Tower are also embossed.  The "You're invited is from the retired Hugs & Wishes set - punched out with the Modern Label Punch.  I layered it with black using the Movers & Shapers die.  The Amour and You're Invited are popped up using dimensionals.  I think that's about it!  I printed the party deets on the back in red and stamped the key and crown on the corners to jazz it up a bit.

That's it for today ... on to my next project ...

Have a fun night :)

Tam

Father's Day Album

2 posts in 1 day - I'm on a roll Baby!

Here is a quick, easy mini 6x6 album I put together for my Dad for Sunday.  I cased the idea from Tamye Dunbar (http://stampinfun.ca/) who cased it from Kimberly Van Diepen (http://stampinbythesea.com/).

We will be making a "blank" version of this album at my Technique Class on Friday.  Hope you can come :)

Have a fun night!

Tam