Friday Friend Share

My friend, Jeannie, knows that I like the beach and everything about it. We both like lighthouses, beach scenes and marine life cards. Here's one that she made for me using a lighthouse stamp. I love the little shell brads too.

The new Stampin' Up! spring Occasions Catalog has a lighthouse stamp set in it. I'm sure I will be making a lighthouse card in the near future!

High Tide stamp set

Have a blessed day,
Trude

Journal It! # 233

Journal It! 233

Then next prompt for your journal is...

Do you have a favorite poem? Write it down or if it is really long you can just write your favorite lines.

Write the prompt in your journal and Journal It!

Suite Sentiments stamp set

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Journal It! # 232

Journal It! 232

Here's a good one! ☺

What's your favorite joke, or the best one you've heard recently?

Write the prompt in your journal and Journal It!

Perfect Mix stamp set

Sale-A-Bration is here! And that mean free stuff. Check it out HERE.

Tuesday Tutorial # 32

I'm enjoying the stamps, paper and embellishments in the new Sale-A-Bration brochure, how about you? And they are free with a minimum purchase from the Annual catalog and/or the Occasions catalog.

For this card I used the Wildflower Fields Designer Series paper and the coordinating Flowering Fields stamp set.

You can get the tutorial now by using this link. 

 Have a blessed day, 

Trude 

Scrapbook Sunday # 30

This is a simple page but the photo is mounted in a different way than I usually mount photos. Usually for a page such as this I would adhere the photo to the mat and then adhere the mat to the page. For this page I chose to cut the area out of the Sweet Li'l Things Designer Series Paper and then adhere the card stock mat behind the opening before mounting the photo onto the card stock mat.

It gives a slight shadow box effect to the photo mat and the added bonus is that I have a piece of Designer Series paper that I can use for a greeting card or other project!

Perhaps I will use the extra piece of DSP to create a card using the Sale-A-Bration stamp set "Sky is the Limit"
This scrapbook page is 8 1/4" x 8 1/4"

Have a blessed day,
Trude

Envelope punch board Child's Valentine

I was playing around with scraps and my Stampin' Up! envelope punch board and came up with this valentine that would be perfect for a child to give to friends at school.

You need some printed paper strips about 3 1/2" x 7" and some 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" plain paper scraps for the hearts.
Fold the printed paper in half, insert it into the envelope punch board, centered on the top edge. Punch. Align the top left edge with the center of the punch window and punch. Move it to the right edge aligned with the center of the window and punch, Flip it to the right edge and punch at about the half way mark, then punch the right edge at about the half way point. Insert the plain piece in the punch board and repeat the process, then trim the lower right and left pieces off in line with the punched edge.

Products used:
Envelope punch board #133774
Crazy Mixed-Up Love stamp set- Wood #131068, Clear #131071
Basic Black Classic Stampin' ink #126980
scraps of paper

If you need a demonstrator I would love to be your demonstrator!
When you purchase $50.00 of merchandise (not including shipping and taxes) from my Stampin' Up! store this week (2/9/14- 2/15/14), I will send you a FREE embossing folder and you will get to choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item from the brochure for every $50.00 you spend!

Hello fellow paper crafters in Australia, France and Vietnam. Thanks for checking out my blog ☺

Have a Terrific day!
Trude

Stampin' Up! Tag Topper punch

Today I am going to share with you a project that will help use up lots of your leftover pieces of paper. I used Stampin' Up!s new tag topper punch and the cupcake punch.
Some of the tags are extra long and I used a slot punch to create a closure for a folded tag so that the message can be inside instead of on the backside of a tag.

Aren't they fun?!
Here's the products I used:
Leftover pieces of cardstock and Designer series papers
Tag Topper Punch #133324
Cupcake Builder punch #121807
2-Way glue pen #100425
slot punch

Hello Netherlands, Germany and Poland! Thanks for checking out my blog this week.

Keep on Crafting!
Trude

February Stampin' Up! Scrapbook page

 Just wanted to say, before I begin today's post, that I enjoy looking at the blog statistics and seeing where some of you are viewing my blog from. At the top of the list are my fellow U.S. crafters, followed by our crafting Canadian neighbors and United Kingdom crafters. Not too surprising I suppose, because Stampin' Up! has such a large presence in these countries. I'm very happy you look at my blog. Thanks.
Today I want to give a shout out to crafters who have visited my blog from Indonesia, Romania and Luxembourg...Hello! thanks for looking.
Yesterday was Scrapbook Page workshop. Here's this month's page. It can be for Valentine's day or other occasions when hearts are appropriate.

Click on the photos to see close-up details.

Products I used for this page:
12" x 12" Real Red card stock
Whisper White card stock
Brights Core'dinations- Melon Mambo card stock
Pink Pirouette card stock
various pink scraps for small hearts
Designer Series Paper stacks- Neutrals
Hello, Doily stamp set
Flowering Flourishes stamp set
Hearts A Flutter stamp set and framelits die collection
White craft ink
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' ink pad
Sponge daubers
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Scalloped Ribbon Border punch

2/8/2014 is the last day for my weekly special, the Designer Series Paper sampler.

sample of papers included in sampler- actual papers may vary

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration is in full swing. Go check out what you can get for FREE!

Crazy Mixed Up Love Valentine card

See what Susie and I made from Stampin' Up! Crazy Mixed-Up Love stamp set?! We made more Valentine cards!

We used the same Mojo Monday Sketch, and just did a couple things different. We had fun creating these cards.
Here's the list of supplies I used for the Blender card:
Whisper White card stock #100730
Midnight Muse card stock #126843
Real Red card stock #102482
Midnight Muse Stitched Satin ribbon #126847
Real Red Classic Stampin' ink #126949
Stampin' embossing powder- Cherry Cobbler #122949
Red Glimmer paper #121790
Stampin' sponge #101610
Oval Framelit collection dies #129381
small heart punch #117193
Crazy Mixed Up Love stamp set- Wood #131068, Clear #131071
Dimensionals #104430
Stampin' Heat tool #129053

Sale-A-Bration is HERE! When you order $50.00 of merchandise (not including shipping and taxes) from my Stampin' Up! store, you get to choose a free item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I will also add to the fun this week (2/2/2014- 2/8/2014) by sending you a Designer Series Paper sampler with your $50.00 order.

representative sample- actual product may vary

This is a 12 piece 6" x 6" paper sampler.

Stampin' Up! Label Love stamps FMS121

Here's a Clean and Simple baby card. You know you are going to need one sooner or later! This card is made with Stampin' Up! Label Love  and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets, a couple of punches and some ribbon. What can be easier?!

I used this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Check out the other submissions for this week's #FMS121 challenge.

Here's the list of items I used:
Basic White card stock
Soft Sky card stock #131203
I Am Me Designer Series Paper #130138
Gorgeous Grunge stamp set
Label Love stamp set
Pink Pirouette Taffeta ribbon #122981
Baker's Twine- Whisper White #124262
Glue dots #103683
Dimensionals #104430
Pearl Basic Jewels #119247
Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' ink
Marina Mist Classic Stampin' ink
So Saffrom Classic Stampin' ink
Artisan Label punch #130920
1/2" circle punch #119869
1 3/8" circle punch #119860
7/8" scallop circle punch #129404
Very Vintage Designer Buttons #129327
1/4" circle punch

This week's special to celebrate Sale-A-Bration is a paper sample pack.

sample only, actual papers will vary

When you purchase $50.00 of merchandise from my online Stampin' Up! store (not including shipping and taxes) you can choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure AND I will send you a 12 piece DSP 6" x 6" paper pack! Hurry, this offer is only good for this week 2/2/2014- 2/8/2014. I will even send one sampler for EACH $50.00 merchandise purchase, so load up!!

Secret Garden Gift Set

Here's my new tutorial for January 2013.
I used the Secret Garden stamp set from Stampin' Up! for the flowers and the sentiments are from a stamp set that will be available during Sale-a-bration that starts on January 22nd and continues through March 22nd. The set is called Bloomin' Marvelous and it is going to be one of my favorites. The sayings fit perfectly in the Large Oval punch.

If you need a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I would love to be your demonstrator!

Have a great day,

Trude