Stampin' Up! Choose your Family Promotion

Choose Your Family Promotion Between Grandma Louise (who drips with sweetness) and your oh-so-suave brother, Vic, you know that in life you can't choose your own family. But at Stampin' Up!, we've found a way to bend the rules so you can! Purchase the Starter Kit between August 10 and September 30, and you'll get to pick the family of your choice-color family, that is-of Classic Stampin' Pads® FREE. That's a $57.95 value! And we've designed our exclusive coordinating color families (including our In Color collection) so that every color fits in. After all, it's all in the family!

All in The Family Stamp Set!

When I saw this stamp set in the new catalog I knew I had to have it! This was one of the reasons! I have seen those cute little signs on cars and the cute return address labels with the same idea. I think these would make fantastic gifts! This is my first attempt and I did it quickly so it may change.........but you get the idea!

Snowball is a Maltese so I used my Versamarker and white embossing powder for her. The rest was colored in with colored pencils.

Blog Candy!!!!!

Ok girls! I counted the comments as 13 since one person commented twice. Thanks for all the comments ladies! And the winner is: Paige! (please email me with your addy so I can mail you the candy! Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers:7 Timestamp: 2007-08-20 19:07:58 IST Update: I will be picking a winner from Random.org at 2:00 pm (est)today (8/20) and will post the winner! Ok.............this is going to be a test to see how many people actually look at my blog! If you are a stamper or scrapper and want to be in a drawing for the "blog candy" leave a comment with your name in the comment section of this post. Early next week, I will take all the names and put them in a hat and draw a winner! Candy includes: Friends Mini Scrapbook Kit little purse of punched flowers ProvoCraft Band aid Tin baggie of asst fibers mini file folders die cuts of Stampin' Up cardstock

I LOVE RIBBON!

I am a ribbon-a-holic!!!! Ok.............I am addicted to many things!

Stamps

Paper

Embellishments

Ink

Yarn

Cooking.................and the list goes on!

But I love Ribbon! Did I tell you that! So as I was trying to straighten my stamp room today I knew I had to share with you the ribbon I got at the Offray Ribbon Outlet. Good thing it is about 1-1/2 hours away for me or I would need another house! Sometimes I go there and don't see much that I HAVE TO HAVE! But I was so happy with my last trip!

Doncha love it! And these are HUGE spools!

Yummy Edible Flowers!

Haven't posted in a while. We went to Fenwick Island, DE for our vacation and I am still behind on some things! I had a large zucchini that I needed to use and decided to try my new Demarle Petal Tray. I whipped up a batch of zucchini bread and scooped it into the tray. Once cooled, I used our pastry bag and a tip and put some cream cheese icing in the middle! YUMMY! Wouldn't these be great for a tea party or a brunch! Or just to eat..............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Best Friends

Something about this stamp caught my eye. I had a few coupons to use up at Joann's and didn't really find anything I had to have. This stamp reminds me of my brother Mark and I. We are two years apart and have always been pretty close. The "B" on here is from a Sizzix set I got on clearance at Michaels a while ago and just used for the first time. The "B" could be for Best Friends as this is the name of the stamp, could be for Beach, as that is where I see them sitting, or for Breidenstein, which is my maiden name!!!! I also use the swirl cuttlebug embossing folder. I love the simplicity of this card.

Striped flowers

I had a little playtime today, but didn't do a lot. Tried to clean up my stamp room some, but didn't get much accomplished. I needed to make a birthday card and wanted to play with some of the new punches I got. I only ordered a few of the new sets as I have WAAAAAAYYYYYY too many now and cannot go overboard. I am also a paper junkie and have SU's that has since retired and TONS of others that I have gathered over the years living too close to Michael's, Recollections, Joann's, and too many other places! So I told myself I could not cut another piece of paper until I used up some of the larger pieces in my bin. So with this being said, this is what I made today. I don't know where the background paper is from, but the other cardstock is SU.

I love the new Photo Corners and Scallop Circle punch!

The flower on the card is the Scallop Circle and then I ran the Linen Thread around it. Added a button from Earth Elements and Neutrals. Not a lot of stamping, just a simple easy card.

The flower paper clips are made with the Scallop Circle punch and a Cuttlebug diecut. (I am also a ribbon junkie, and recently hit the Offray Ribbon Outlet and got tons of ribbon!!!) I lucked upon some large spools of RicRac!!! For the striped part of the flower I ran a strip from a cereal box through my Xyron and then applied paper to both sides. Then cut out the diecut. The center of the flower is the 1/2" circle punch and the back of the flower is the Scallop Circle! Don't the punch and the die cut go together perfectly!!! I used the Pop-Up glue dots to hold the jumbo paper clip and the two layers together. I think these little bookmarks are sooo cute!!!!!

Zig-Zag Eyelet Throw

I just finished making my first large throw! I have made a few baby blankets, but this gave me a great sense of accomplishment! This one is for my Mom, and I will be starting another right away! The pattern calls for 17 balls of Peaches and Cream cotton, but I got the large cones, and it took a little more than two. Here is a link to the pattern. http://promotions.drgnetwork.com/newsletters/creativeknitting/pages/CKNL2107_patt.html

Hibiscus in Bloom!

I got two of these plants at Home Depot and absolutely love them!!! I love the colors and textures, and the joy they bring me when I walk outside on my patio! Let's hope I can keep them all year round! Can't I just bring them in when it gets cold?

A little Stamping

Stampin' Up! Baroque Motifs stamp set!!!!

This is a mini album made with acrylic baseball sleeves! I love this new set Baroque Motifs! It is a gorgeous set! I punched the holes with my Crop-0-dile which cuts like butter! This is a MUST HAVE for everyone! I added those split ring type keychains, and ribbon. Not a lot of stamping on this other than the cover and a few words here and there.

And here is a sample of a card done with the same set.

And look at this cute little chest I stamped using Black Stazon!

You are only limited to your imagination on what you can stamp on.............