I busted out my new Studio Calico Weekdays stamp set. My initial plan for this set is to use them in Project Life! First up…custom journaling cards!
I’ve fallen in love with Studio Calico! (sigh) Their stuff is really Project Life friendly.
And…happy mail…an order from PTI, arrived today! OMG! FARM SET! Hello?!? Chevron die? eeeeee! Scrapbook pages for the farm scrapbook! COW die! HELLO? How could I pass that up?
I’m planning to use the chevron die to…ahem…counterfeit some patterned paper I have fallen in love with over at Studio Calico. Can’t justify purchasing a WHOLE add-on kit just for the paper, now, can I? LOL. The big die at the top is a barn…with functioning doors! LOL. The bottom die is an A-2 envelope liner.
Have you gotten any good stuff lately?
FINALLY! Time to stamp & create a card! This is the Sale-A-Bration 2012 paper…Everyday Enchantment + matching ribbon + matching brads! I sponged Soft Suede around each panel & layer for a vintage look.
I even decorated the envelope…sponging ink, stamping and adding an embellished tag. The tag is adorned with a doily and lace ribbon. I did not mail this card…I hand delivered it Sunday…before we went to see The Avengers! whoo hoo. 😀 My favorite Avenger…IRON MAN!
Even the inside of the card is adorned! The image was colored with SU! markers, huffed on & stamped on Very Vanilla. The panel was sponged around the edge with Soft Suede. At the top of the panel is lace tape. It’s hard to see…and it looks like magic tape…but it has a white lace design.
I added a counterfeit Washi Tape flag to complete the sentiment. to my WONDERFUL Mom!
Here’s a really good look a the lace tape! This is the back of the card.
I hope you had a moo’valous Mother’s Day! I thoroughly enjoyed my day. Chocolate dipped strawberries, a beautiful card and a gift card + breakfast bar at Ryan’s from the hubby…and then movies with Mom and Phillip! Yup…moo’valous day indeed!
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Supplies (all products Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise indicated)
STAMPS – Messages for Mom, Fresh Vintage, Family Reunion
PAPER – Everyday Enchantment DSP, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Very Vanilla
INK – Soft Suede, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral
ACCESSORIES – Avery Shipping Tag, Wilton 4″ Doily, Crochet Trim Victoria 5/8″, Cream Envelope, Washi Tape (Targer & Freckled Fawn), toothpick, Everyday Enchantment Brads, Everyday Enchantment 1/8″ Organdy Ribbon in Calypso Coral, SU! Markers in Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral and Poppy Parade.
a.k.a. Japanese Masking Tape.
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| My current collection…as of this post. LOL. |
I saw some cool flags in a Studio Calico kit…so I…ahem…counterfeited…I mean…made my own.
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| Washi Tape Flags |
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| Cute tins from Mish Wooderson’s Esty shop keeps the flags and out of the way. |
All ya need is toothpicks, solid color washi tape and if you want, wordy washi tape. LOL
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| The supplies. |
I plan to use them in my PL album. See that blue folder…that’s where I keep my PL memorabilia. It’s kind of fat right now…as I’m…um…more than a couple weeks behind. BUT…I’m most definitely having fun catching up after a three & a half month hiatus. Tax Season anyone?
I’ll be sharing more washi tape projects and some project life inserts / journaling cards / layouts.
Do you have any washi tape? I purchased the solid colors at Target. Each solid color has coordinating prints – big polka dots, stripes and little polka dots! Good price too! Four rolls for four dollars! Can’t beat that for washi tape…and it’s pretty good stuff. A couple rolls are K & Company SMASH tape…the rest I purchased from Freckled Fawn, an Esty shop that specializes in washi tape. If you have washi tape, where do you get yours?
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Here’s today’s insert for Project Life 2012.
Funny guy.
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| This ain’t a sippy cup! |
Project details – DSP is from Studio Calico City of Lights…chevron! In green?! My inspiration? This insert on the left by Michelle Wooderson; click the link below the picture to go to her blog and see the entire blog post!
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| Direct link to blog post. |
Sticker letters are from the Studio Calico City of Lights collection as well. I’m busting out the Target washi tape…and some K & Company tape. And oh yeah…my sewing machine. SU! Concord Crush marker and ink plus Crate Paper brads and Studio Calico sticky die cuts round out the supply list!
I’m so glad tax season is over. LOL. I can scrap now.
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I chose the word SMILE!
This month, I am looking for images that remind me of my word – SMILE.
Here’s a couple I chose today.
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| This is just cute. |
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| I just love the cute expression. |
What have you seen today that makes YOU smile?
Have a moo’valous day!
My stamping & scrapping space is in need of reorganization because there’s a reason I’m not SMASHing. Plus, I’m also doing Project Life this year.
For SMASHing and PLing, I need supplies right at hand. With birthday gift card from the DH and Christmas gift card from Mom…and I have $$ left…I purchased two desk caddies at Michael’s. Rearranged some things and I now have a work space that looks like this:
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| Loving all the workspace! |
See the big space to work in? Love it!
Here’s a different angle:
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| Scramp Station from another angle. |
What I used to have:
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| Prior arrangement. |
I moved my carousel from the right to the left. I’m right handed, but it frees up more useable space this way. I moved the photo printer to a different location. The larger printer shown in the first picture, on the far right, is still in the same location.
Let’s step back a little bit and see the rest of this section of the scramp station.
Hope you enjoyed the peek at my scramp station!
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I’m seriously thinking about jumping on the Project Life bandwagon…SMASHbook style. I already keep an agenda type calendar – I can write down what we do & where we need to go…all in one place. SMASHbook style means any size goes when keeping memorabilia! It also means I can be free with my style. Textures, interaction….freedom!
So…what supplies do I need?
- Modified SMASHbook…an artsy book from Mike’s or I may just use the one I have…I haven’t done too much SMASHing in my current book. OR an old style scrapbook. Remember those with the rough gray pages? One of those!
- Date stamp – definitely purchase
- Journaling blocks & tags – I can make these! I already have some made, too.
- Dig out my old typewriter – a great idea from Michelle Wooderson! Now I know what I can do with my typewriter. LOL.
- Print my pictures at home – I already have the stuff! Go for it! Quicker & no waiting period.
- Use my stash & anything that suits my fancy!
This is just a start. What suggestions would you have for this project?
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I love this stamp set. It was a hostess set named Peaceful Season. Paired with Letters to Santa DSP and some NEW Blushing Bride pleated satin ribbon. OK. I’m so not the PINK gal! But I love this stuff! Take a peek!
Check out the amazing details & textures on the card! The blue panel I received through SCS Wish RAK several years ago. It’s pressure embossed with snowflakes on textured CS. That snowflake…is not really a snowflake. It’s a doily. SU! has a triple layer doily punch…I tell ya…they look like durn snowflakes. I have yet to use them as doilies…and why buy a snowflake punch when ya already got a great substitute!?! LOL. Saving those FRNs. 😉
Speaking of FRNs…everything on this card…I guess…was from stash. I DID buy the Letters to Santa DSP because I didn’t have any Christmas DSP. The pleated ribbon IS new…but it’s more of a repurpose…it’s not advertised as being used on Christmas cards. It’s not available for purchase by the general public until January 2, as it’s featured in the upcoming SU! Ocassions Mini.
It’s so luscious! I loved rubbing my finger across the pleats…sigh…nice stuff! Truly.
Inside, I stamped a snowflake trio and a sentiment! The sentiment is from a virgin stamp set (not seen ink yet) named Season of Simple Grace.
I’m mailing these out in clear envies! Since I gotta pay an extra 20 cents for the bumps…the brad & ribbons…I’m gonna use a clear envelope! A first for me, as I’ve not mailed anything in a clear envelope yet. It’s actually kind of cool. I received a card with a button in a clear envelope the other day! Cool!
I made SIX of these. I think SIX is a good number to “mass produce”. I tried that mass produce thing one year…with embossed images. I wonder why I have not used EP (embossing powder) lately. LOL. I do have some NEW scented EP from SU! I hope it smells good. And heck naw…they didn’t put out chocolate scented EP. More like cherry, orange & melon. Those are summer scents. Maybe we’ll get chocolate next time. 😀
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Sunday was my niece’s baby shower. A bouncing baby boy should be making an appearance soon…so I’ll be a great aunt…I mean…I’m a great aunt already (as in a wonderful out of this world fantastic aunt.) This will make it official!
I picked up this cute onsie at Kohl’s on Saturday.
Guess I could stamp “GREAT” in front of that aunt…in Stazon using Stampin’ Up! Family Reunion. Hmmmm….
Carter’s and in my FAVORITE COLOR! Am I awesome or what? I can toot my horn some more and say it only costed me 6 FRNs. 😀 Not much green for all that green. LOL I love it!
OH. The baby shower gift bag and tag. Ahem. Let’s see…
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| Store bought bag…I’m gonna miss it. Faux blue jean bag complete with a pocket! |
The bag is full of ca-ute baby clothes. Baby clothes are so cute. Mom told me to go get a baby doll. LOL.
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| Tag close up. Says at the top… “It started with a kiss and ended like this.” **grin** |
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| Gotta hold it together somehow. Pretty 5/8″ Old Olive satin ribbon from SU! |
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| The whole shebang…card box contains the Thank You cards. |
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I had a wonderful time Saturday shopping with MOM! We went to Kohl’s and Wal-mart. I love Kohl’s. I like Wal-mart, too. It’s a necessity.
Mom’s a quilter. Think she’ll like this one?
You’ll remember Counterfeit Button Packets from here. I also made the thread / spools and the tape measure…I have not yet made a post on those two projects. All THREE were made on several different Saturdays at Mom’s house. LOL.
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| Inside. |
This is the first time I’ve used Stampin’ Up! Memories for Mom. I love the sentiments in this set. Perfect for MY Mom. 😉 I put three of ’em on a clear block and stamped! Easy.
So…whacha think?
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