Happy Mojo Monday!

This adorable (and very popular) set is one of my favorites. It is a hostess level I set which you can earn by hosting a workshop of $150 or more. So band your friends together and put in an order!.

This card was created using the Mojo Monday sketch 82 (below). The card base (scallop punched through both the front and back) is Basic Black card stock, with a layer of Kiwi Kiss striped Rockabilly Designer series paper (also scallop punched).

The focal point was created using Riding Hood Red polka dot DSP (also Rockabilly), matted onto Basic Black card stock. The stem and leaves, from the God's Beauty stamp set, were inked with Kiwi Kiss and stamped onto Whisper White. A paper pierced border (using the crafter's toolkit) gives the piece a little more interest. The flowers (from God's Beauty) were inked using Black Stazon, stamped onto Whisper White, and cut out using paper snips. They were then filled in using a Ruby Red marker. TIP: the Ruby Red marker is a close match to Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up does not currently sell Stampin' Write Markers for the In-Color line). If you want an exact match, you could always use a blender pen and the corresponding ink pad. Half pearls from the Prettie's Kit make up the center of the flowers and they were popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals. The Whisper White card stock was popped up onto Pink Pirouette with dimensionals, and was given a final matte of Riding Hood Red.

A strip of Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon was adhered to the Kiwi Kiss DSP and wrapped around the edges. The sentiment was inked with Black Stazon and stamped onto a strip of a window sheet (new in the Occasions Mini!). TIP: By stamping the sentiment onto a window sheet, I was able to align it the way I wanted to on the card: with the first line over the white ribbon. The tricky part with window sheets is finding a sneaky way to hide the way you have adhered it. Eyelets or brads are an option, but in this case I ran Snail adhesive the entire length of the taffeta ribbon.

The finishing touch is a Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red Fleurette with a White Latte Button in the center. TIP: a tiny sliver of Pink Pirouette card stock was used as "thread" for the button.

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Happy Stampin'!
Carrie

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Recipe:
Stamp Set: God's Beauty (113222- Hostess Level I)
Paper: Basic Black (102851), Whisper White (100730), Pink Pirouette (111351), Riding Hood Red (111348), Rockabilly Designer Series Paper (114039)
Ink: Kiwi Kiss (111835), Ruby Red (100075), Black StazOn (101406)
Accessories: Fleurettes (114019), Pretties Kit (109114), Window Sheets (114323), Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon (109070), Latte Buttons (114333), Crafter's Tool Kit (104310), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Blog Candy - New Winner

I didn't hear back from my first winner so I need to move onto the back-up winner of my blog candy.

The winner is....

Susan!!!

Here is what Susan had to say:

"I love the Oval All combined with the new Scallop Oval punch!!"

Susan you have 24 hours to email me your mailing address so that I can send out your new Summer Love Rub-ons!!

Workshop Door Prize

I love to offer a door prize when I demo at in-home workshops. The guests get so excited to have a chance to win something- just for coming!

Tomorrow night I am demonstrating a workshop in my home and this will be the door prize. Interested? If you live in the Spokane area and would like to come email me. This workshop will have a Mystery Hostess. This means that for purchases $40+ you will be entered into a drawing to receive all the hostess benefits for the evening! In case you hadn't heard, a $40 purchase from the Occasions Mini will qualify you for the Get Connected promotion, too!

This door prize offers a lot of WOW with little effort. I took an empty plastic stamp container and adhered a strip of Kiwi Kiss to the bottom. The sentiment and dot border (from Bright Delights) were rubbed directly onto the plastic and card stock.

Using my Big Shot and Scallop Circle die, I cut two scallops. One was through Tangerine Tango, and the other was through a 1/4" thick piece of cork. TIP: the Sizzix steel rule dies can cut through a variety of materials including cork, chipboard, fabric and more! For a list of approved materials click here. I love how much dimension the cork offers, but I also like the color variation from the side (see photo).

The branch and bird are from Cheep Talk. Both were cut out and adhered (the bird was adhered using dimensionals) to the scallop. The two felt flowers are from Flower Fusion in Rose Red. They are adhered using gold mini-brads.

The inside of the door prize box includes brads, ribbon, a stamp, rub-ons (retired set), metal tags (retired), felt flowers, build-a-brad components, chipboard shapes, and two Cherry Blossom embosslit die cuts.



I hope whoever wins this enjoys it!

Happy Stampin'!
Carrie

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Recipe
Stamp Set: Cheep Talk (113204)
Paper: Tangerine Tango (111349), Whisper White (100730), Kiwi Kiss (111353)
Ink: Pacific Point (111837), Pumpkin Pie (105216), Kiwi Kiss (111835)
Accessories: Flower Fusion (110720), Bright Delights (113887), Gold Brads (104337), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

And the Winner is...

Debra!!!

Debra has won the new Summer Love Rub-ons from the Occasions Mini!

Here is what Debra had to say:

"I have several favorites from the new mini, but my most favorite would have to be the scallop punch and the stamp set that coordinates perfectly. Thanks, Debra"

Debra, you have 24 hours to email me your mailing address! I do have a back-up winner if I don't hear back.

Congrats!!

Carrie

Pastels and Glitter... two of my favorite things!

One of the reasons I love Easter (and Spring in general) is for all the beautiful soft pastels that seem to pop-up everywhere. Today's card is no exception! The layout is from Mojo Monday (sketch 81-below).

The stamp set featured here is An Egg-cellent Easter, from the Occasions Mini-Catalog (which went "live" only 1 week ago!). Confession: I don't actually own this set. My group of Pal's did an image swap, and this set was included. What a great idea! I do wish that I had actually purchased this set, however. The images are darling.

The card base starts with Certainly Celery. Strips of Tea Party Designer Series paper and Pink Pirouette were added next. Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon was tied around the Tea Party paper before adhering. TIP: the great dot texture was added to the Pirouette using my Big Shot and an SU Background I Texturz Plate. To create a deeper impression, I used a thin piece of the cardboard (it comes with DSP) on top of my "sandwich".

The bunny and eggs were colored in using a blender pen and ink pads in Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, and Almost Amethyst. The bunny's vest and eggs were glittered using a 2-way glue pen. TIP: The larger egg was cut out of whisper white card stock to isolate the egg from the string (see image below). By glittering the egg, I was able to disquise the parts of the string that appear inside egg.

The sentiment was punched out with a 1 3/8" circle punch, and layered over a scalloped circle of Certainly Celery (using the scallop punch). The egg and sentiment were popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals. Three glitter dots were placed in the lower right of the card (Dress It Up buttons, non-SU).

Cute, right?

Don't forget! The winner of my blog candy (for reaching 5000 visitors) will be announced tomorrow morning! Check back to see if you are a winner!

Are you loving the new Occasions Mini? Any $40 purchase from the mini will earn you a free "Under $10" product (page 208 Idea Book and Catalog)! Click here to make your purchase!

Happy Stampin'!

Carrie

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Recipe:
Stamp Set: An Egg-cellent Easter (113196)
Paper: Certainly Celery (105125), Whisper White (100730), Pink Pirouette (111351), Almost Amethyst (102158), Tea Party Designer Series Paper (113992)
Ink: Basic Black (101179), Pink Pirouette (111838), Certainly Celery (105217), Sahara Sand (105208), Almost Amethyst (101723)
Accessories: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon (109070), Big Shot (113439), Texturz Impressions Pad (114614), Texturz Silicone Rubber (114615), Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I Texturz Plates (114512), 1 3/8" Circle Punch (104401), Scallop Circle Punch (109043), 2-Way Glue Pen (100425), Fine Cosmo Glitter (108796)

Blog Candy- don't forget to leave your comment!

Tuesday is the deadline for comments on my blog candy post. Make sure you tell me what your favorite Occasions Mini product is to qualify! The winner will be announced here on my blog on Wednesday!

Woo Hoo!!! It's Blog Candy Time!

That's right! My visitor counter has passed 5000, which means it is time to give out some blog candy! Simply leave a comment on this post that includes your favorite new product from the Occasions Mini (on my left sidebar, or by clicking here). The deadline is Tuesday, April 7th, at which time I will randomly select a winner. The winner will be announced on my blog on Wednesday.

What will you win, you ask? The fabulous new Summer Love Rub-on's that come in Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coral, and Basic Gray:
Now onto today's card. The layout was inspired by Taylored Expressions (TECC61-Below), with a twist to use any shade of blue with a neutral. The card was beginning to get a bit busy, so I decided to omit the flower/embellishment.

Believe it or not, no Designer Series paper was cut in the making of this card :). The background was created by using the the damask stamp from Friends 24-7 and Bordering Blue card stock. It was inked in Versamark and embossed with clear powder. This was repeated over the entire piece of cardstock using a Stamp-a-majig. TIP: I always find it much more pleasing to the eye to carry patterns off of the card stock, rather than keeping with in the borders.

The second pattern was created using my Big Shot and the Swirls and Scribbles Sizzlet. I ran Bordering Blue through several times using the die. Next I used my mini Xyron to transform all the pieces into stickers and randomly placed them on 1" pieces of Very Vanilla card stock. The edges were trimmed off, and the pieces were matted onto Chocolate Chip.

The focal point consists of the flower grouping from Friends 24-7. It was inked in Bordering Blue and stamped onto Very Vanilla. To make the image fit more within the lines of the layout, I trimmed off the bottom. Three small filigree brads were added as the flowers.

Even though this card took a bit of time, I love that it doesn't use a ton of supplies- just one stamp set!

Just announced: A new promotion! For every $40 purchase from the new Occasions Mini, you can choose an item under $10 (last page of the catalog) for FREE! Hostesses who have a workshop of $150 or more can also choose and item under $10 for FREE! Email me with your order!



Happy Stampin'!
Carrie

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Recipe:
Stamp Set: Friends 24-7 (113218)
Paper: Very Vanilla (101650), Bordering Blue (102630), Chocolate Chip (102128)
Ink: Bordering Blue (102265), Versamark (102283)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Swirls and Scribbles Sizzlet (113441), Filigree Brads (112577), Clear Embossing powder (109130), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)