What, no ribbon?!!

As I mentioned in last night's post, I was busy designing cards for a stamping class that I have this afternoon and I was shocked by the end - five cards and no ribbon! If you've stamped with me or followed my blog for long, you'll know that I have a ribbon addiction - it goes nicely with my stamp collecting addiction! Of course, it helped that I was designing cards to suit the request for kids cards, mostly for boys.

I was determined to use the Bugs & Kisses stamp set which I had ordered a long time ago and had not yet used... I thought this was a pretty cute card in the end! Card stock colours are Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa - all sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.

Next, I needed to use the Ahoy Matey set - another that had not met my stamp pads yet. I was able to use a jumbo wheel on this card also - Matey's Map. The greeting comes from the Family Phrases set. Card stock colours are Bordering Blue, Real Red, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand, Basic Black and Whisper White.

And, guess what? I had another set that I had not yet used... This one is called Prehistoric Pals and I ordered it as soon as it was introduced in the new catalogue. I had tried to use it before, but just didn't seem to find a good layout - I'm very pleased with this one! It's very simple but I think a little dinosaur-loving boy (or girl!) would enjoy it. First, I stamped the dinosaur in Basic Grey on the card stock. Then I stamped the trees - the trunk in Chocolate Chip and the leaves in Garden Green. I sponged the ground with Close to Cocoa ink and used Soft Sky to add some blue for the sky. You can't see this too well in the scan, but it made a big difference and took away from the stark white of the card stock. I used the Canvas stamp to create a background layering piece. And, the greeting comes from the Happy Everything set - I punched the "birthday" out using the Word Window Punch and it worked well to fill in some empty space.

I wanted to include one card that would be suitable for a little (or bigger) girl so this is it. It's based on another card that I had designed a couple of years ago and I always liked the layout. It's very simple... The butterfly is from the Priceless set and the greeting comes from Hugs & Wishes. I've used a favourite colour combination on this one - Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and Apricot Appeal. And, amazingly, no ribbon even on this card... but I must admit that I tried to add ribbon to it! : )

I finished things off with this rocket ship card which I think is pretty fun! I've been wanting to use this stamp from the Pun Fun stamp set... I stamped it onto Naturals White card stock using StazOn ink and then used blender pens and ink (Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Only Orange and Basic Grey) to colour in the rocket ship. The stars stamped on the top are from the Background Basics set. And, I also used some Bashful Blue card stock to layer behind the rocket ship and to punch out the two stars.

So, what do you think? Maybe not quite as amazing as the fact that I managed to create five cards without using any ribbon, but I have to tell you that I sat down at my stamp table to start on these cards at 7:30 last night! Other than having considered which stamp sets I was going to use, I had no idea what I was going to do. I must admit I was a little panicked since I had to have them all ready for a class today, but I was done before midnight... and that included cleaning up! I was on a creative streak!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Rhonda, this is for you!

The other evening at my stampin' class, Rhonda mentioned that her husband had commented that she had too many stamps... So, Rhonda, this is for you! Here's my stamp shelf in my craft room... hmmm... lots, but still not too many! : )

For those of you who wonder how I organize my stamps, I have to say that I've tried lots of different ways, but have had them on these shelves right next to my stamping table for a few years now and find this to be the best. They're organized alphabetically. I did actually reorganize them a bit for this picture because I couldn't fit them all in the way they normally are on the shelves... So, there's one more shelf below this where I keep all of my greeting stamps together and all of my Christmas stamps together. Then each of the four shelves above are alphabetical - the top one is A-C, the next is D-J, then K-P and finally Q-Z. It works well as long as I can remember the name of the set!

So one more photo... the stamps in my stamping room are just the current sets. But I have a few retired sets that I still haven't been able to part with and they are stored in a cabinet in our garage... I'm not sure that my hubby knows that the entire cabinet now contains stamps so I hope he doesn't read this post! LOL! This is what tips me over the scale into that "addicted" category I think. Okay, somebody please tell me that this is a "healthy" addiction and that I shouldn't be worried! ; )

Well, that's all from me tonight, but check back tomorrow because I am going to shock you with the cards I designed tonight! I have a stampin' class and I had a request from the hostess to do all kids cards, mostly for boys. It was so much fun!! Okay, I can't wait to tell you the shocking part... I designed five cards and NONE of them have ribbon!! Unbelievable! I'll post them all tomorrow so be sure to check back.

Happy stampin' & stamp collecting! : )

Bev.

Welcoming Logan

Two weeks ago, I became a "great aunt" when my nephew and his wife welcomed their baby boy Logan! My Dad (aka Great Grandpa) is on his way to Edmonton tomorrow to meet the new little addition so tonight was reserved for getting the gift and card ready. I'll show you my creation in a minute, but first...

This is the card that Mom made. Isn't it amazing? She saw it online and fell in love, but had to adapt a bit because we didn't have the Designer Series Paper. Didn't she do an amazing job? She used the By Ones & By Twos and the In the Stars sets from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. She also used the Polka Dot background stamp (on the big piece of background card stock). She also used a retired background stamp (can't remember the name of it - it's a nice striped pattern) in the layer with the eyelets - it's stamped in Whisper White Craft Ink and really looks like Designer Series Paper. It's kind of hard to see in the photo, but she dry embossed the piece directly behind Logan's name - it's all dry embossed in little circles. Oh, and she used a white gel pen to draw the dots onto the onesie since she didn't have the patterned paper. Mom did a great job on this card!

Now for my card... Last night, I had a Movin' & Shakin' class so I was reminded about this waterfall card that I had made a couple of years ago. All of the stamps on this card are actually now retired, but I thought some of you might still enjoy seeing the card. It's such a fun card - you pull on the ribbon and all the little pictures "waterfall" open. Here's a cute idea though... On the piece that pulls out, I added in a photograph of little Logan. I stamped on the photo using Craft Ink with the words

"welcome baby" from the Short & Sweet stamp set. You can't see this too well in the photo - it's in the bottom right corner.

Thanks for all the comments on my last post! I love receiving comments and it was great to have 4 on my last card. Glad that it was enjoyed by so many!

I'm looking forward to the weekend... Friday evening I'm going to see Paul Brandt in concert. On Saturday, I'll be doing some stamping for a class and going for lunch with a friend. And, on Sunday, I have a stamping class and we're doing all kids cards... I'll share some of them on the weekend!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Spinning Garden Whimsy

This is a card that I designed for tomorrow night's Movin' & Shakin' class. The spinner card is absolutely one of my favourites - so much fun, especially for kids! The little ladybug piece spins back and forth on the card... I even have a hard time putting spinner cards down!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Breaking news...

The Stampin' Up! cruise 2008 has just finished... I've been feeling a little sad that I wasn't there, but am so grateful that I had the chance to be onboard last year.

One of the exciting parts of the cruise, other than the vacation itself, is getting a sneak peek at new things. And, I've just had a little sneak peek thanks to a wonderful demonstrator who I was fortunate to meet last year on the cruise, Patty Bennett. So, I thought I would share this exciting sneak peek with you - it's the new In Colour colours...

I must admit that I'm just feeling "lukewarm" about them right now, but I think that's mostly because I am already dreading saying farewell to our current lineup of In Colour colours. I just adore them all, especially Purely Pomegranate and Groovy Guava. But, we still have them until August and I'm sure that I will come to love the new colours, especially once I see them in person. These new colours will come available in the new catalogue, which will be coming out in August. Patty is describing the new colours as "fun and peppy" so I'm looking forward to being able to get creative with them!

Be sure to scroll down to see the cards that I posted earlier today...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

Stampin' Fun!

I had a wonderful weekend of stampin'! We had lots of fun during the two Stamp-A-Stacks... there were lots of busy stampers who managed to make 212 cards in total! Phew!! And, then today, I spent the afternoon with a few demonstrators from my downline group and we had a great time stamping together.

This first card was one that Alicia brought for us to stamp today... guess what? I'm ordering this stamp set now! I don't have any current wedding sets and after stamping this card, I really like the To Have and To Hold set! It's such a simple image but doesn't it look great on this card? Thanks for sharing this card with us today, Alicia!

These next two were probably the most popular at the Stamp-A-Stack and there are a couple of things that I wanted to share with those of you who weren't able to come this weekend. I stamped this card with the Live Your Dream stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. The flowers are stamped on Very Vanilla textured card stock which gives a wonderful linen look. I also added a Build-A-Brad - I'm really loving these little embellishments! The colours on this card are Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and More Mustard. Almost everyone stamped this card at the Stamp-A-Stack!

Don't you love the colours on this card? They are Sage Shadow and Groovy Guava with Very Vanilla... such a great combination! The card is stamped with the ever-popular Baroque Motifs stamp set and the greeting comes from Wonderful Words. I was so pleased with how well this card turned out.

I'm off to get cards ready for the Movin' & Shakin' class that's coming up on Wednesday night... still 2 seats open if you are interested in joining us!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Heartfelt Thanks!

This is another "not stamping related" post... I just wanted to say a very big thank you to my wonderful stamping friends who have given us fabric squares for our Baby Girl's 100 Good Wishes Quilt. You have been so generous and have touched us with your good wishes. We have gathered 34 squares of fabric so far and are just so excited with each piece we receive. This is going to be a very special quilt!

I thought some of you would enjoy seeing the fabrics we've received so here are all of the fabrics that have come from my stamping friends so far...

from Carol Lynn

from Elinor

from Della









from Jamie

from Gail









from Suzanne & her family

from Melanie

from Jo

from Christine








Thank you again!

While I'm blogging about our adoption, I should answer the big "when" question for those who are wondering... We're expecting to wait at least 2-3 years still. There's a big backlog of applications and we're near the end so it's going to be a long but worthwhile wait! Our login date is October 12, 2007 and currently they are matching babies with families who were logged in early January 2006. So there are lots of files that need to be matched before they get to us...

I'll be back tomorrow with some card samples. Thanks for stopping by! : )

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

Free Wheelin'

Stampin' Up!'s Free Wheelin' special is on now! Until April 30th, you receive a FREE Stampin' Around Wheel when you purchase any of the featured stamp sets. Here's a listing of the sets with matching FREE wheel you can get during this "wheely" great promotion:

112848 Wonderful You bundle — $39.94 (includes Wonderful You stamp set and free Stems & Silhouettes jumbo wheel)

112851 Life’s a Breeze bundle — $35.29 (includes Life’s a Breeze stamp set and free Something Fishy jumbo wheel)

112850 Pun Fun bundle — $37.15 (includes Pun Fun stamp set and free Sweet Stars jumbo wheel)

112847 Year After Year bundle — $37.15 (includes Year after Year stamp set and free See You Around jumbo wheel)

112849 Stitched Exotics bundle — $39.94 (includes Stitched Exotics stamp set and free It’s Beautiful jumbo wheel)

112853 Enjoy Every Moment bundle (French or English) — $35.29 (includes Enjoy Every Moment stamp set and free Daisy Dash jumbo wheel)

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Creativity from Lorraine & Anne

Thanks for all the get well wishes that I received by email today! I'm feeling quite a bit better but still sniffling and coughing a bit... should be back to normal very soon! I was feeling well enough to stamp some cards for the Stamp-A-Stack tonight so that's a great sign! Speaking of the Stamp-A-Stack, Friday night is now full but there are a few seats for Saturday morning if you are interested.

Okay, onto more important topics... This first card was stamped by Lorraine for our swap last month. I'm really liking this beautiful stamp and Lorraine's card is making it really hard for me to resist ordering this set. It's from the Occasions Mini Catalogue, called Bloomin' Beautiful. Lorraine stamped the poppy onto watercolour paper and did a wonderful job of colouring it. She's used Chocolate Chip, River Rock and Real Red card stock with the new Poly Twill Ribbon.

This next card is Anne's creative work. Isn't it a fun use of punches? I like how she used the paper piercer to create the stems as well. I rarely use the Kraft card stock so I'm happy to see it on this card and am going to challenge myself to use it soon! In addition to Kraft card stock, Anne used Purely Pomegranate, More Mustard, Old Olive, Taken with Teal and Certainly Celery.

Thanks for the great cards, Anne & Lorraine!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Where is Bev?

Wondering where I've been? Well, unfortunately, the tissue box has become my closest friend for the past few days... coughing, sniffling and sneezing have become my most common past times! Yes, I've joined the masses with the latest bout of cold and flu symptoms. But I think I'm on the road to recovery now... I even managed to stamp a little today so that must be a good sign!

I'll be back tomorrow night to share a card or two with you so please check back!

In the meantime, just a reminder that there are a few seats still open for my Stamp-A-Stack this weekend - 2 seats on Friday night and 5 on Saturday morning. Email to reserve your seat - bevennis@shaw.ca.

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Tuesday's Tip...

I had this all ready to go last night, but my internet decided to take the night off so I couldn't get online... so frustrating!

Okay onto the good stuff. Here is something so cool... I had so much fun with this. Check out the ribbon slide on this card. It's from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit, but look closely... I've added some colour to it!

Here's how:

On a disposable surface (I used the lid from a sour cream container), squeeze out a small puddle of Crystal Effects. Then add a drop of ink refill. Mix with a toothpick. Next, use the toothpick to "paint" the inside ring of the ribbon slide. If you go outside the area you are adding colour to, use a clean toothpick to lift the extra colour off. Let it dry... I left mine for a couple of hours just to be sure that they were really dry before I used them.

You can go from this:









To this:

I played with a few colours... The one I used on the first card was Purely Pomegranate and I also played with Pretty in Pink and Lavender Lace. They all look great! I did notice that they seem to dry a bit darker so keep that in mind.

I made one more card with the Pretty in Pink ribbon slide. This card uses the stamp set called Simply Said.

I had to order another Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit so that I will have some more ribbon slides to play with!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Sassy Suzie

This is a card that was stamped by Stacey for our card swap... It uses the fun new set, Sassy Suzie, from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. This set makes me giggle - such cute sayings! The colours that Stacey has used on this card are Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate, and Very Vanilla with a strip of Designer Series Paper from the Berry Bliss package. She made the fancy scalloped edge using the Slit Punch. Thanks for this fun card, Stacey!

I hope you've enjoyed a great Easter weekend. We had a quiet weekend... mostly! Yesterday afternoon, our friends came over with their four little girls (aged 6, almost 4 and 18-month old twins) for an Easter egg hunt. It was so much fun to watch them. Even the little ones had it figured out!

I have one more day off today and after running some errands and doing some deliveries this morning, I plan to stamp! It's the perfect end to a long weekend... Oh, except for the laundry and the bathroom cleaning that I also have to do...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Happy Easter!

I hope you are having a wonderful Easter weekend... We don't have many big plans for the weekend, but did enjoy our "traditional" Good Friday dinner tonight - homemade cheese pizza! I'm not sure how that became our Good Friday meal, but we've been having it for several years now and we really look forward to it. It was yummy! I tried adding dessert to the tradition this year... I picked up a DQ ice cream cake but I think we have to include it on the menu for a couple of years before it becomes a tradition!

Here's a very simple Easter card that I had designed for the last Stamp-A-Stack. It uses the Never-Ending Joy stamp set. I just love tulips and daffodils - I love seeing them blooming at this time of year.

I'm hoping to have some stamping time this weekend and will share my creations if I do manage to get some time in!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Technique Junkies

Last weekend, I had my Technique Junkies class... This is for my customers who have finished all four of the Techniques Book class. This is one of the cards that I designed for this class and I was just so pleased with it! I hadn't managed to use any of the pins from the Pretties Kit yet so I was determined to incorporate them into a card and this was it!

We did the polished stone technique on this card using Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and Metallic Silver re-inkers. The stamp is from the Spring Song stamp set.

Polished Stone is one of my favourite techniques... if you are interested in the Techniques Book classes, please let me know. I haven't held any for a while but am happy to schedule them again if there is interest!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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By Ones and By Twos

Here is an adorable baby card that was stamped by Sonia. She has used the cute stamp set called "By Ones and By Twos" that's featured in the Occasions Mini Catalogue. Notice how Sonia stamped the little onesie on Designer Series Paper and cut it out... so cute! She stamped the onesie stamp on Whisper White card stock first and then mounted the one cut out of Designer Series Paper on top so that you see the hanger in behind. The Designer Series Paper is called East Coast Prep... I might just have to order this paper now! These colours are so fun - very unique but work well! Thanks for another great card, Sonia!!

We're off to watch the BC Cadet Honour Band perform tonight... always a treat to hear the music that these cadets manage to pull together and perform after only 3 days of rehearsal together!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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One last Sale-A-Bration sample

Since today is that last day of Sale-A-Bration, I thought I would share this card that I received from Lucie in our group swap... Along with the Lots of Thoughts Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Lucie used one of my favourites, the Embrace Life stamp set. Lucie stamped the flowers on vellum card stock and embossed them in black. I imagine she likely coloured them in using a Blender Pen and Ink - in Purely Pomegranate and Wild Wasabi. She also stamped some of the leaves on a piece of white card stock using Wild Wasabi ink that you can see behind the vellum. The background piece of Purely Pomegranate card stock is actually textured which is hard to see on the scan. This is a nice, bright, eye-catching card.

So, here's an amazing number... Stampin' Up! announced that they sent out 625,000 Sale-A-Bration rewards (stamp sets and rub-ons) during the six weeks of this amazing special! Isn't that incredible?!! Thanks to all of my customers for your business during Sale-A-Bration and throughout the rest of the year!

Hope you've had a great St. Patrick's Day. I had a day off today so my husband and I went to the Irish Times Pub for lunch - busy, busy place today! It was fun and festive...

I'll be back tomorrow with a couple more samples from our card swap.

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Last day of Sale-A-Bration

This is it... the last day of Sale-A-Bration 2008! I'll be sending in my last order shortly after 5:00 this evening so be sure that if you'd like to order anything during this fantastic promotion that you get your order to me before then! Don't miss out on any of your favourite Sale-A-Bration stamp sets or the special rub-ons ~ they will not be available again!

If you are waiting to receive a Scallop Circle Punch that was on back-order, they've all been shipped now so should be arriving before the weekend. Thanks for your patience - these have been very popular items over the past few weeks!

And, I will be back later this evening with new cards... tonight is my meeting with my downline group and we have a swap so I will have some great new samples to share with you!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

PS. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Just Celebrate!

Here's a fun birthday card that combines a Sale-A-Bration set (Lots of Thoughts) with a new stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalogue (Just Celebrate). I also used a background stamp - Polka Dot - on the piece of Close to Cocoa card stock. You could easily substitute a piece of Designer Series Paper here instead on this card. Notice how the greeting stamp has been inked in two different colours... I used a short cut to do this by inking the whole stamp in Regal Rose ink and then using a Rose Red Stampin' Write Marker to colour over the words that I wanted darker. Because the colours are so similar, I wasn't concerned about damaging my marker since I was colouring over a lighter ink colour.

Sale-A-Bration countdown: only 6 days remain!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Only one more week!

Sale-A-Bration is nearly done for this year... There's only one week left to take advantage of this great special and receive free stamps or rub ons! Sale-A-Bration ends on March 17th. Please make sure that any orders reach me by 5:00 pm on March 17th in order to get in on my last order before the end of this special.

This is a fun card that I copied almost exactly from a card I saw somewhere in my internet journeys. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I saw it so can't give credit to its creator! I don't often use the Bold Brights colours like this but they are perfect for this card - Glorious Green, Real Red and Brilliant Blue. The yellow is Barely Banana. The balloons come from the Birthday Whimsy Sale-A-Bration stamp set and the greeting is from the Phrases for a Friend stamp set that is available in the Occasions Mini Catalogue.

My upcoming classes are filling quickly - only 5 seats remain in the April 4th Stamp-A-Stack. Be sure to register early!

Well, I'm off to work on my cousin's wedding invitations. Mom's been busy with them and it's time for me to get my part started...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Spring Special!

I'm really enjoying the new Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware and the Flower Fusion felt flowers... Here's a card that I just put together that uses both. This card took about 10 minutes... it was so quick and easy! The greeting comes from the Love and Happiness rub ons package - this set of rub ons is one of the Sale-A-Bration rewards. The Taken With Teal card stock in the background is textured and I was surprised by how easily the rub ons attached to it.

If you receive my newsletter, you'll already know that I'm offering a special price on these two products through to the end of March, 2008:

Flower Fusion

Regular Price: $17.62

Spring Special: $14.50

Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware

Regular Price: $35.29

Spring Special: $29.50

These are great kits to add some fun to your spring cards and scrapbook pages! These special prices are available only through me...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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Merci...

This was the last Sale-A-Bration set that I received and I must admit that I wasn't overly excited about it at first. In fact, it sat for a while before I even put it together... but now, it's well loved! I created these two cards for the last Stamp-A-Stack. I stamped the one with Lavender Lace, Pixie Pink and Elegant Eggplant first and then stamped the one with Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery and Rose Red... the second one is the one I offered at the Stamp-A-Stack because I loved the colours.

I adore the ribbon slides that are included in the new Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. I'll show you a trick that you can use with these in the next few days...

Now, speaking about Stamp-A-Stacks, it's time to announce my upcoming dates... Remember to register early; space is limited and these fill quickly!

Friday, April 4th at 7:00 pm / Saturday, April 5th at 9:30 am

Friday, May 9th at 7:00 pm / Saturday, May 10th at 9:30 am

Contact me at bevennis@shaw.ca to register...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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My new favourite colours

Rose Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Taken with Teal... it's an unlikely combination but one that I'm really enjoying! This is a card from the Stamp-A-Stack which I was particularly proud of... I just like the different layout and the little felt flowers from the Flower Fusion package. The greeting stamp is from a new set called Full of Life that's offered in the new Occasions Mini Catalogue. I used markers to ink the stamp in different colours.


I wanted to keep this card a little more masculine so I skipped the Rose Red... It uses Rub-Ons - we had lots of fun with these on the weekend! They are so easy to use... I think everyone who had a chance to make this card was surprised by how simple they were! The big star is actually from the On-Board Accents collection and is covered with a piece of Designer Series Paper from the Ginger Blossom package.

I'm planning to put out my new class dates tomorrow night...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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What a weekend of stamping!

This weekend, I had 4 stamping events... and they were so much FUN!! Can you believe that over the last 3 days, 46 stampers created a total of 270 cards??!! Holy smokes!

This daffodil card was the most popular at the Stamp-A-Stacks. The daffodil is from the Beautiful Life stamp set and the background is stamped with the Paisley background stamp. It's simple but elegant card - perfect for Easter or most any occasion that might call for a card at this time of year. My Mom stamped this card and made it in two different colours. It's amazing how much a little change of colour can change the card. Both cards are on Barely Banana and one is made with Certainly Celery while the other is made with Brocade Blue... do you have a favourite? We had a hard time deciding which to use for the Stamp-A-Stack but in the end, Certainly Celery was the one.

I'll be back tomorrow evening to share a few more cards with you. For now, I'm going to go and put my feet up and watch one of my favourite shows, Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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