For a Sweet Little Girl!!!

It was my cousins Birthday and she is such a sweet heart, she enjoys all the girlie things in life (like me :) ). I knew I wanted to use cute colours and bling....this is what I came up with....

Paper: SU Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow (retired) and Rich Razzleberry pattern paper from the new DS stacks (love them)

Stamps: SU Fun and Fast Notes

Punches and Dies: SU Scallop Border Punch and Top Note Die

Inks and Markers: SU Rich Razzleberry, Sage Shadow (retired), Chocolate Chip, and Basic Black

Embellishments: SU Rhinestones, and Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon



This was a quick and easy card but it turned out so cute!!



Thanks and Take Care

Amanda oxox

October Artful Inkers Swap

October was my first Stampin Up Team Meeting with the Artful Inkers (Local Demo Ladies). At our monthly meetings we swap cards....I was very nervous swapping with these gals as they have been demos alot longer then me and that had be intimidated. This is what I came up with.

Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, and Pattern Paper from the Brights DP in Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive.

Ink and Markers: SU Tempting Turquiose, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Sahara Sand and Basic Black

Embellishments: SU Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon

Punch: Corner Rounder

Thanks Ladies

Take Care xo

Amanda

Halloween Treats-Catch up

I apologize about the pictures I realized after giving all of the treats out that I didn't take that great of a close up of these. :( They did turn out cute though haha, as soon as I saw the candy wrapper die in the SU mini I knew I needed to get it and make Halloween treats and this is what I came up with ( after watching multiple videos on how to put the wrappers together)

Hope you like them.

All products used where SU

Paper: Basic Black, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, and

Wicked Fun DP

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: White Staz On, Basic Black ( for sponging around edges of tag)

Embellishments: Raven Trim Lace Ribbon

Big Shot Die: Candy Wrapper Die

Take Care Ladies

Amanda xox

Happy Birthday to my Hubby-Catch up

It's a little late (posting not giving he did receive this on his Birthday haha) but this is the Birthday card I made for my hubby. I cased a sketch from Mojo Monday #142. Hope you like.

Paper: SU Brilliant Blue (retired), Only Orange (retired), DP (retired), Whisper White, and Old Olive

Ink and Markers: SU Brilliant Blue (retired), Only Orange (retired), Black Fine Tip

Stamp Sets: SU A Word for You and Party Hearty

Punches: SU 1 3/4" Circle, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, Modern Label and MS border punch

Take Care Ladies
Amanda xo

Christmas Countdown Swap

This year it is my first Christmas as a Stampin Up Demonstrator and part of the Artful Inkers ( local demos). We had a Countdown swap this year, which consisted of making 24 items and wrapping them up just simple or we could give something little like chocolates (mmmmm) and wrap them up fancy. We had to put the date that we where assigned onto the package so everyone knew that on that day you open that gift :) Everyday through the month of Dec we get to open a gift, so fun although I must admit as soon as I got home that night I opened everything :0 hehe Sorry ladies I couldn't help myself I'm kinda like a kid that way.

Anyways here is what my gift was, a mini composite book made into a Holiday Planner where you can keep your lists of what you need to get still or even write down the recipes you will need for Xmas baking. I had fun making these and will def be making more in the future.

Here they are after I wrapped them, I decided just to wrap them in tissue paper with a ribbon and a tag with the date they could open them on.

Paper: SU Jolly Holiday DP, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, and Confetti White

Punches: SU Snowflake, and Decorative Label

Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive

Embellishments: SU Glimmer Brads ( Old Olive and Real Red ), and Cranberry grosgrain ribbon from Walmart

Cricut Cart: Number 6 was cut out at 1 1/2" using Plantin School Book
I used a sponge to go around to edge of the books and the tags. Also I used a black fine tip pen to do the dashes around the label punches. I didn't have a stamp that said what I wanted so I printed out onto very vanilla from my computer and then punched them out to make label on cover :)
Hope the ladies like them with they open them up today !!!

(or opened them up like me that night wink wink)

Thanks xoxo

Take Care

Amanda

Blogger Award

It's been awhile since I posted anything on here and believe me I have lots to post and I need to get on that but today I received a message that I was being awarded the Stylish Blogger Award from http://happyexpressions.blogspot.com/. I am honored to have such great followers that are such an inspiration like her. Make sure to jump on over to her blog and check out her projects. :)

Now, this award does come with some rules and I have to pay it forward:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this

2. Share 8 things about yourself

3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered

4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards

Ok now 8 things about myself in no particular order:

1. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 2 1/2 years.

2. I am a new Stampin Up demonstrator

3. I've only been making cards for a 1 1/2

4. On top of card making I also love sewing, scrapbooking and baking

5. I spend every Sunday with my mom (Momma K crafts) doing crafts

6. I am an embellishment junkie

7. My husband and I bought our first home 2yrs ago

8.I would love to travel and look forward to doing more in the future

Now the blogs I have chosen to pass on the Award to are:

1. Gale at http://www.thehappystamper.com/

2. Joanna at http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

3. Christie at http://creationsbychristie.blogspot.com/

4. Roxy at http://www.stampingwithroxy.typepad.com/

5. Gina at http://www.cardsbyginashaw.com/

6. Sheila at http://ilovfmly.blogspot.com/

7. Gretchen at http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/

8. Erica at http://pinkbuckaroodesigns.blogspot.com/

Thanks again and I hope you check out these very talented ladies, I promise you won't be disappointed.

Take Care xoxo

Amanda

A Birthday Card for Momo

Well for those of you who know about the famous and Creative Queen Momo you will know that it was her Birthday on the 10th of October. My mom and I where involved in a group of ladies that sent cards to Momo. I thought it turned out pretty cute...???

Paper: SU Basic Black, Whisper White, Blushing Bride DP (Hostess level 1)

Stamp Set: SU Birthday Bakery

Ink: Black Staz On, SU Markers, Black fine tip pen

Embellishments and products: SU Real Red Satin Ribbon, SU soft subtles buttons (retired), Rhinestones, MS garnet glitter, chipboard "M",
Crystal Effects

To get the glitter to stay still and not go all over the place while in the mail I used a trick I saw to use crystal effects over the glitter and it worked really well to seal the glitter :)

Thanks Ladies

Take care xoxoxo

Amanda

Hard at work crafting

Hello everyone,

I haven't posted any project lately but I have been working on some projects for a craft sale at work. Every year they do a United Way Fundraiser for the months of Sept-Nov and they always do a craft sale and I thought I would make up a bunch of things to donate. I'm in the process of making Christmas cards, and gift tags. I'm thinking I'll get a cheap mirror and put a Christmas vinyl cut on it. There are so may ideas running around in my head of what I could donate. Anyways I'll make sure to take pictures and post them soon of my goodies to donate :)

Thanks Ladies ttys xooxoxo

"Tea"rific Birthday

All Stampin Up Products

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla and So Saffron CS, Retired Sweet Pea DP

Stamp Set: Morning Cup

Markers and Ink: Black Staz On, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi, Going Gray, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, Blender Pen

Punch: Scallop Trim Border Punch



Thanks Take Care TTYL

Amanda xo

Quick Anniversary card

I had a few people in my life that had Anniversaries so I thought I would make the same card with a couple different colours.

All Products Stampin Up

Paper: Craft

Stamp Sets: Medallion and A Word for You

Inks: Versa Mark, and Chocolate Chip Ink

Embellishments: Old Olive and Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon, and Retired Buttons

Thanks Take Care and TTYL

Amanda xo

Back to School with The Canadian Paper Trail

Hello Ladies, Today I am featured on http://thecanadianpapertrail.blogspot.com/. The theme is Back to School / End of Summer. I decided that to go with Back to School, I don't have children yet but I'm looking forward to the first day of school activities. I think with the first day of school its a must to get the snap shot of them as there heading out into the world so with that I made a First Day of School photo frame. To go with it I thought making lunch time cards would be cute also. What kid wouldn't love getting a little note from mom or dad in there lunch bag to cheer them up?

Paper: Assorted SU, Brazzill, MS and Recollections

Stamps: Peachy Keen assorted faces

Cricut Carts: Doodlecharms, Lockertalk and Mini Monograms

Embellishments: SU Real Red Satin ribbon, Xmas Red and Orange Peel Stickles

The picture frame was just a plain wood frame that was on clearance at Micheals

Cuts:

Apple where cut at 2 3/4" with Doodlecharms

Bus where cut at 3 1/4" with Lockertalk

Pencil where cut at 2" with Lockertalk

Letters where cut at 3" on the Mini Monograms

It's hard to see but I used stickles to fill in the lights on the bus :) so cute!!

Paper: SU and MS

Cricut Cart: My Community

Others: Black and Brown fine tip pens

Cuts:

Crayons: I used DS to pull up the crayons from the My Community Cart and hide two out of three of the crayons. I repeated the first step to get two of the same crayon side by side. After that I flipped one of the crayons and welded them together to make a crayon card. I cut the crayons out at 4 1/2. I repeated to step to pull up the layers and hide the crayons I wasn't using and again cut out the layers at 4 1/2.

Bag Topper: I used DS and My Community again, with the blackout feature pulled up two of the lunch time cuts then flipped and welded them to make the topper. Then I pulled up the layers for the topper three times so I could hide one of the items in each so in the end I only had to cut out the layers once. I cut all of the topper out at 3 1/4.

I hope you enjoyed my projects and make sure to go over to http://thecanadianpapertrail.blogspot.com/ and check out all the other featured designers. yesterday was my moms post from over at http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.com/ she decorated my laptop with vinyl, and it turned out soooo cute. Thanks Mom!!!

Take care Ladies ttyl xo

Birthday Goodies

These are my Birthday gifts from my mom (Momma K crafts) and dad. I got a pink

ATG GUN , ATG refills, Heat Embosser, Embossing powder and some stickles.

I'm a very lucky girl, my husband also said I could make an order from Stampin up on him :))

I just became a Stampin up Demonstrator so it benefits me either way haha

My card and gift bag my mom made for me. Sooooo Cute!!!

Thanks again ladies ttyl xoxo

Amanda