Happy I Do Day

 

My friend, Alicia, is getting married in December and she wanted a holiday type invitation. At first she thought she wanted it to be in greens and reds to celebrate the Christmas season, but then changed her mind. She wanted her bridesmaids to have black dresses so they'd be able to wear them again at some point. So she changed her colors to black, cherry cobbler (which we all love!), silver, and white. Her wedding is going to be very simple, but sweet and pretty. I found out today that she was very anxious about me making the wedding invitations because she wanted them to be "plain and simple" (her words). Alicia is a soft ball player and she loves to hunt actual deer and ducks! She kills them and eats them (shudder). On my mini farm I have Ducks (for eggs and because I think they're cute...they are my pets), Chickens for their eggs, dairy Goats (also, my pets), and cows (we are going to eat them). I was a little afraid I wouldn't find something she liked. Luckily, I found the Word Play stamp set in the catalog and showed her the "Happy I do Day" stamp. She loved it and said it was perfect! This is the card I came up with...she was grinning from ear to ear...whew!  

My gorgeous centerpiece

 

Beautiful sunflower!

 

 

Love, love, love this arrangement of sunflowers in my gallon-size mason jar! I bought the flowers at the grocery store yesterday.

 

 

The zucchini and tomatoes are from my garden. I have fresh food everywhere - on my counters, in the fridge and in the dining room. I love it. 

My stamping area

My BFF and wonderful upline, Terry Blais, "helped" me organize (this means she told me what and where to put everything) my stamping area, which is my dining room. This area is behind me when I'm creating. Everything here is current and within arm's reach.

                                

  

The little table on the left holds my Big Shot and dies. And this bookshelf holds 90 percent of my embellishments, tools, and adhesives. If you look closely on the right side of the shelf, you can see where my ribbon is kept.

 



Yep! It's a huge strip of gutter cut to size to fit on the bookshelf! I used those 3M wall adhesives to hang them up and voila! Perfect! I love it because I don't have to take them off a dowel to replace or take a roll for a class..

 

This bookshelf holds all of my current stamp sets and 12 x 12 dsp and cardstock, markers, and projects that I'm working on. On the left side, you can see a black row of something...those are my "whale" punches. I used small curtain rods I bought at IKEA.

 

 

 

 

 I saved the best photo for last. This is what my dining room looks like when I'm not stamping...drumroll...

 

 

 

TA DA!!!





Frankenstein swap

 

This little guy was stamped on a tag that comes in the Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit (126914). These kits are awesome as a go-to quick and easy card or foo foo.

 

 

The Howlstooth & Scaringbone DS paper 126906, Googly Ghouls stamp set 128063, tag, googly eyes, and 1/2" Striped Satin Ribbon 127837 are all in the Holiday Catalog. You can even get everything in a bundle 129853 for $16.95 and that includes the clear stamp set! 

 

 

 

I had to come up with a swap for our American Ink team gathering and found this card design in the Stampin' Success September issue on page 6. It looked simple, cute, and fast.

  

 

Now it's your turn! Each week, you're invited to add your Halloween creation to this blog hop, along with the code near the bottom of each post. When you add the code to your blog while you are in the edit HTML mode, your readers can play along, leave comments, and view the samples right from YOUR blog!

At the end of 13 weeks, one person will get a $50 Stampin' Up! gift certificate! The more times you enter the blog hop, the better your chances of taking home the Grand Prize. You also get a ticket just for displaying The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop badge on your blog. Whoo hoo!

Apothecary Butterfly card

 

 

The Elegant Butterfly punch (127526) was one of the first items I bought out of the new catalog. I love how Stampin' Up! makes so many of our stamp sets match up with our punches!

 

The Little Labels Punch Pack (126881) is so stinkin' cute that I try to use them all the time. The Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126876) was perfect for this card.

The Fancy Fan Folder (127751) added wonderful texture. Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003) was used to cut out the Floral District DSP (126919). The butterfly stamp image came from Papillon Potpourri (123759) and the words came from Lovely Little Labels (126262). Only one ink pad was used - Rich Razzleberry.

 

Lovely Little Labels  126262

Little Labels Punch Pack (126881)

 

 



 

Googly Ghouls bats for September team make and take

 

Isn't he stinkin' cute? 

 

 

 

Yes, I'm a bat freak the tinier the better! The girls in the American Ink team all got to make this cute card. The 2 bats came from different stamp sets...  Googly Ghouls 128063 and Monster Munchies 127907. I also used the Labels Collection Framelits 125598 and our wonderful 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon... Tangerine Tango 124144 and Black 124145. The other really cute and cool thing about this card (and Stampin' Up!) are the Googlie Eyes! We now have in the Holiday Catalog Googlie Eyes!!! 127539 and they come with adhesive already on them! And, yes, I cheated and gave my teeny bat a teeny eye that I already have tons of...I just had to!

This is the card sample that I got the idea for the bat card. It's in the Stampin' Success May 2012 issue on page 13. As a demo, I get these wonderful magazines every month! They come full of ideas and samples and articles from other demos. If you'd like to know more email or give me a call.

 

Each week, you're invited to add your Halloween creation to Terry's blog hop, along with the code near the bottom of each post. When you add the code to your blog while you are in the edit HTML mode, your readers can play along, leave comments, and view the samples right from YOUR blog!

At the end of 13 weeks, I'll be giving one person a $50 Stampin' Up! gift certificate! The more times you enter the blog hop, the better your chances of taking home the Grand Prize. You also get a ticket just for displaying The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop badge on your blog. Whoo hoo!

New video: Learn how easy it is to make a fabric flower

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