Changes to this Blog

I have made a few changes to the blog as I am no longer a Stampin' Up demonstrator.  I had joined as a Hobby Demonstrator in order get the discount. I've built up quite the healthy stash of tools and stamps so I decided that I no longer want to have to meet the minimum quarterly sales requirement.  So I will be using this blog as a place to post my personal projects and links that I would like to share. I will probably be using it more since I can now post projects using supplies from any company.

Love & Laughter Wedding Card

I had a wedding to go to this weekend so I pulled out my new supplies from the Occasions Mini again.  I think these new dies will be something that I will use over and over this year.  The Big Shot is my favorite thing from Stampin' Up and I love all the new dies and folders that they keep coming out with. 

Supplies Used:

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ribbon: Whisper White

From the Occasions Mini:
Hearts Collection - Framelits Die
Adorning Accents - Edgelits Die
Adorning Accents - Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Love & Laughter Stamp Set

It is hard to see in the picture, but I did also emboss the bottom piece of cardstock with the same hearts and lined them up with the red cardstock.

Playing with my New Occasions Mini Products

I finally had some time to sit down and play with some of my Occasions Mini/Sale-a-Bration products that I pre-ordered earlier this month.

I really enjoyed making this card, it was very simple to do and I love the look of the Adorning Accents die and embossing folder on the bottom of the Calypso Coral card front.  I also sponged a little bit of Calypso Coral Ink around the edges of the smallest label just to give the Very Vanilla cardstock a hint of colour.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchanment DSP
Ink: Calypso Coral
Stamp Set: Sincere Salutations
Big Shot Accessories: Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Folder, Labels Collection Framelits Dies
Vintage Brads (no longer available)

Digital Scrapbooking

I've been getting back into scrapbooking this past month so I was pleased to get the digital cd of the upcoming Sale-a-Bration items with my last Stampin' Up order.
 
I like to use the layouts from Nuts About Sketches for some of my pages so found a layout that I could use to show off the new Everyday Enchantment digital paper and some of the embellishments that were on the disc.

The name says it all - Everyday Enchantment - a great jumping off point for me to get motivated to finish scrapbooking the pictures I took when we first got our digital camera back in 2003.