My Latest Creation!

Thanks to my friend KJ, this is what I made yesterday.  So much fun!  I'm ready for fall.

Holiday Creative Expo 2014

Get this on your calendar!

Backyard Basics soon to retire

I love the Backyard Basics stamp set and framelits.  I will be sorry to see them go.  Here is a card I used at the expo we had in April:

This one is Daffodil Delight on Black Cardstock for the base..

This one is using Daffodil Delight as the base for the card.   I used the honeycomb embossing folder first and then ran it through again with the Designer Frames oval embossing folder. The greeting is the Label Love stamp set.

The insides look like this:

I put Dazzling Details on the wings.  It makes me think of Spring!!

Spring Wreath

My friend, Heidi, invited me to come over to make a wreath I had been admiring, that she had done.

I used the Gift Bow Bigz Die to make the flowers.  I had some Wilton cake cardboard that I had bought when I was trying my skills at cake decorating. This I used for the base.  Then I wrapped it with burlap ribbon. Each flower was made by cutting 10 of the smallest ribbon die (paper was 2' x 4 1/4), folding it in half and cutting each petal with scissors. Each petal was glued, with a hot glue gun, to another 1 1/2" circle. There are two rows of 5 petals for each flower. The centers were punched out with the 1 1/2" punch and run through the Decorative Dots embossing folder. I used Night of Navy, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso cardstock.  Love how it looks hanging on the door.

Free Shipping from Stampin' Up!!

 
GET FREE shipping on everything (excluding expedited orders) April 21-25! The lists of retiring products will be available on April 21, so you can take advantage of free shipping by ordering all your favorites right away!  Either email me or go to my webstore at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/lindamoffitt/ to place an order.

Happy Shopping!

3D Shadow Box

I had so much fun yesterday with KJ and her friends making a 3D shadow box that she and her friend Chris designed.

You can't begin to appreciate the details but we stamped the background and built from there putting the bench, tree, etc. together.  I have hung it over the wet bar in our downstairs so I can look at it often.  

I would love to crawl inside and spend the day in this lovely garden.  We are going to make other seasons to change out.  I can't wait.

Introducing Project Life by Stampin' Up!

Big News! Project Life is coming to Stampin' Up!

Get ready for a scrapbooking revolution with Project Life:  It helps busy people (so basically all of us) document life using photos and journaling in a quick, simple, and fabulous way.  Stampin' Up! has partnered with Becky Higgins, creator of Project Life, to offer a complete line of elite products.

"Becky explains, "It's called Project LIFE because it's about YOUR LIFE. Whatever your life is. Whatever your stage of life. Whatever your family circumstances. Whatever your lifestyle. Project Life is designed to help anyone and everyone get their pictures into a book."  In a nutshell, it's all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them."  I'm IN!

You will be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1. And with the launch of Stampin' Up!'s new annual catalog on June 2, you'll be able to buy from the complete line of Project Life products!

• Coordination, coordination, coordination. You know Stampin' Up! does it best, and the Project Life line is no exception. 
• Our products center on things that matter most-weddings, babies, kids, and the everyday moments of getting together with your favorite people-all things that need to be remembered.
• Our card collections come without rounded corners so you can decide if you want to keep them that way (and match the corners of your photos as they come) or use our Project Life Corner Punch to round them out. 
• Our card collections come packaged in an exclusive storage system that holds all your Project Life supplies on your desk: cards, journaling pens, photos, accessory packs, stamp sets, and more.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING DETAILS!

Hello Spring!

I love daisies, so I had to have the Springtime Hello stamp set from Celebrate THE everyday catalog.  My colors are Crushed Curry, Garden Green and Whisper White.  I used the Oval Framelits and the Modern Mosaic embossing folder.  The inside looks like this:

The high today is suppose to be 70.  I'm ready for my daisies to bloom!

Masculine Card

I have always loved the Open Sea stamp set.  We were asked to come up with a masculine card for swaps.  So I decided to use this stamp set.  I, also, had never used the World Map stamp.  So this gave me the opportunity to do that.

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Pool Party

Ink Pads: Early Espresso, Night of Navy

Ink Pen: Pool Party

Punches: 1" and 3/4 " circle punches, Word Window

Stamp Sets: Open Sea, World Map, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Labels Collection Framelits

I sponged all of the pieces with Early Espresso except for the Pool Party greeting.  I sponged and stamped with Night of Navy.

After stamping the World Map on a piece of Very Vanilla, 4 1/2 x 3 3/4" ", I cut it into 1 1/2 inch pieces. We have been doing card fronts for our swaps; so the Night of Navy is 5 1/4 "x 4". 

I'm ready to sail away for the summer!

Springtime in the Rockies

I am so ready for Spring weather so I decided to make a card for Spring. 

               Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Early Espresso and Whisper White

               Stamp Sets. Papillon Potpourri, Perfectly Penned, Petite Petals and the leaves were from

                    Secret Garden.

               Ink Pads: Tempting Turquoise, Early Espresso, and Gumball Green

               Accessories: Oval Framlits, Butterfly punches Gumball Green Ribbon

I used the stamp on/off technique for the leaves in the oval.  Also you need to stamp the leaves first and then add the flowers to the background card.  Happy Spring and Stamping to you all!

Guest Card by my daughter, Emily

When Emily saw my Ceramic Tile Card, she wanted to make one that used the same techniques. This is her result.  I love the bird with the pop of red. She had a lot of fun making it using the Backyard Basics Stamp set and Framelits.

She is so creative!

Ceramic Tile Focal Card

I got this idea off of stamptv.com.  It is called Ceramic Tile Affect.

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, DSP Modern Medley.

Stamp Sets: Backyard Basics, Petite Pairs.

Ink: Early Espresso

First, crinkle your DSP and then sponge it with Early Espresso. Next Stamp your flower and greeting using StazOn.  Score the paper with the flower stamped on it every half inch.  The paper is 2 1/2 X 4 ".

Then, sponge both the scored piece and the greeting  with Early Espresso using a circular motion. This gives it the tile affect.

When putting the card together, pop the floral picture and greeting using dimensionals. Lots of fun to make.

Acrylic Batik

Here are three cards I made using the technique called Acrylic Batik.

Step 1

Stamp cardstock with background image using embossing ink. (The more detailed the image, the better.)

Step 2

Apply clear embossing powder, and heat to set.

Step 3

Dribble and drip acrylic paints onto the embossed panel.

Hint:
Craft paints work great for this technique, since they’re more runny.

Step 4

Using a stiff plastic card, such as a credit card or library card, scrape over the surface of the panel. Change the direction of your strokes, working the paint into the paper, in between the embossed areas. Keep scraping with short strokes in different directions, until your panel is filled in and the embossed design is visible.

Note:
The more you scrape, the more blended your colors will become, and the more noticeable your embossed pattern will be.

Step 5

Complete your card, using the finished panel as a background layer or mixed media base.

This is such a fun technique and it makes beautiful cards.  On the first card to the left, I used only two colors on white cardstock.  On the second card at the top right I used 3 colors on white cardstock.  The bottom card was done on black cardstock and I used only one color.  Give it a try.

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!

Here is a card that I made for a Swap for one of my Card Clubs.  I got the idea from a video that Jen Jacobsen had done on how to make a shamrock using a heart punch. The stem was made using a large oval punch.  I used Wild Wasabi for the green along with Basic black, and Whisper White cardstock. I added some glimmer paper for a touch of bling. I also added a button for the center. I gave texture to the leaves by running them through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. Enjoy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Continuing On

Do you ever struggle, wondering what you are suppose to do with your life.  For the past 6 months, I have been grappling with a decision to stay with my card making and Stampin' Up or give it up. I love making cards.  It makes me happy.  I also love the women I get to spend time with while I'm participating in these activities. I've been praying for direction and peace of mind.

Finally, I have made the decision to keep on doing it.  I feel at peace about it and am looking forward to continuing.  I don't know that I will do it as a business but if I only continue on with it as a hobby, that is OK, too.

Several of us have come together to put on a Creative Expo on April 26th.  It should be lots of fun and I'm looking forward to it.

I'm also looking forward to being more diligent with my blog.