Look What a Sharpie Can Do!

Well, who knew? My friend, Marge, did for one. :) The other day she showed me the best trick with a Sharpie. Just color on top of Stampin' Up Basic Rhinestones and you can make jewels in whatever color you need! That's how I made the little red ones on this card. Isn't it fun? I've been waiting for them to come out with different color jewels but I guess I just wasn't being creative enough. Now I don't have to wait at all! Today is the very last day of Sale-a-Bration, so I wanted to use a SAB exclusive set for my Color Throwdown. I love these colors and will have to make another card with them soon. This one won't even make my display board since the set will be gone for good after today. That's the hard part of SAB. Thanks to all of you for making my Sale-a-Bration wonderful this year! I couldn't keep my stamping business alive without all of your support. Never fear, I have all sorts of fun planned for us to keep the stamping excitement alive through the whole year. Sale-a-Braion may be over, but the fun is just getting started!

Quilt Card

Okay, try not to be too scandalized. The designer paper I used for this card is actually retired. *Gasp* I know. However, I've just applied for the Horseshoe Market in May and realized I better start making a bunch of cards for it. Of course, I won't know if I'm accepted until March, but I still like to get a head start. So, I took out my pad of hostess designer paper from last catalog and set to work. I punched out a bunch of 1 1/4" squares, adhered them to a 4 x 5 1/4 bit of Whisper White & ran them through the Big Shot with my Top Note Die. Fun, huh? Then I added a little accent using the Sale -A-Bration Punch Bunch set. It's all ready to go. Now I just have to finish the other eight I made yesterday...

At last...A Sale-a-Bration Card!

My first box of Sale-a-Bration toys arrived yesterday and boy was I excited! I still am for that matter. Of course, today I need to go off to work. Why couldn't the box of goodies arrive right before the two day "snow day" break? I guess that's just the way of things. Besides, I would have never gotten my closet or pantry cleaned out if I had all these new stamps around to play with! My first Sale-a-Bration set to see ink was Punch Bunch. These little Poppies are so lovely & I haven't used my Scallop Circle Punch in far too long. It was the first SU punch I ever bought. In fact, I think it was the first order I ever made! Just it...I had so much restraint back then. You wouldn't know it from the box of goodies that came in yesterday. I also wanted to use the Antique Brads that came with the other goodies. I think it adds just the right touch to this simple card & keeps with the feel of the Woodland Walk designer paper. I tried Pear Pizazz as my background color at first, but it just wasn't working for me. I needed something just a touch more bold, so I took out my old friend, Wild Wasabi. I think it's just the right saturation level to go with Concord Crush and Poppy Parade (what other color would you use on poppies?). Okay, off to work with me! Thank goodness...I was getting a little stir crazy.