Love that Octopus!

Well, I couldn't stay away from my octopus friend from the Sea Street Stamp Set.

Today he is holding up a big Thank You to my Mom, who has invited us to celebrate her birthday together.  The waves are created with the scallop edge punch, and the ombre effect helps us to remember that the octopus wants to hide down at the bottom- but I will find him and play with him anyway :)

...and when you open the card...POP! out comes the crab with a little flag of his own. 

The sentiment is from Another Thank You, a photopolymer stamp set.  Click here to shop now.

Big deal on the Big Shot

Have you heard the BIG news from Stampin' Up!? A fabulous deal on the Big Shot! Buy a Big Shot and choose from a selection of a free bundle of stamps and framelits to cut them out, or buy a bundle at 15% discount if you already own a Big Shot. There really is no better tool than the Big Shot for cutting out images and embossing to add dimension and texture to your creations.

Click here to learn more about this special deal, available through August, or to order yours now.


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Blendabilities are now available in all selected colors!  If you love to color, this is the tool for you!  Blend your colors to add depth with highlights and shadows with no streaking.  Click here to watch a quick video from Stampin' Up!  Click here to order your favorite colors.

Hooray for Sea Street!

I fell in love with this octopus from the Sea Street Stamp Set the minute I laid eyes on him.

I thought he needed to twirl and whirl across a card.

And I thought he needed some coral and kelp for his home, courtesy of Flower Patch stamp set and Flower Fair framelits.  The water for his sea came from the Confetti Celebration Designer Series Paper.

 The word Bubble Framelit perfectly cropped the word bubble from the Project Life Point & Click Stamp Set, but where did the word come from?  It is the new Rotary Alphabet stamp- fabulous flexibility to say whatever you want!

 

So, Hooray to you, little octopus, and hope to see you soon- I will be the one with the scuba tank on! 

 

This card is one in a series of thank you cards for my mom for getting us all together to celebrate her birthday :)

 

 



Wanderlust

I have had a serious case of wanderlust for some time now.  Thanks to my Mom, we are all going to travel a bit!  Here is the first in a series of thank you cards I have made for her.

 

Pull the tab...

Waterfall cards are so much fun!  This one features the Wanderlust stamp set

and the Confetti Celebration Designer Series Paper

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Thank you, Ruth!

This card goes out to Ruth at West Hartford LifeLearn.  I teach classes through them, which works out very well for me because I can teach classes at the middle school art room without having to clean my house and without having to work around nap times and bedtimes.  Each quarter when I am supposed to turn in my requests for classes to be published in the course catalog, Ruth makes sure I get all my paperwork done- she reminds me to turn it in...then reminds me again... then again...

So thanks, Ruth, for taking care of me :)

• Stamping the layers in the Flower Patch stamp set was easy as pie- the photoploymer stamps allow you to see right through to your paper. 
• The coordinating Flower Fair framelits make cutting out the images a snap
• Confetti Designer series paper gives just enough texture and design to the background layer
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Deals you don't want to miss!

Here are some of the fabulous deals cooked up for you by Stampin' Up!


Stock up on your favorite patterns, or try something new!  Offer good through the month of July.
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Give My Paper Pumpkin a try- at half off!  Great value!
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Weekly deals special pricing good through Aug 4, 2014.
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Pinwheels for PanCAN on Display

How cute is this display?!

This is the front window of A Little Something Bakery, over on Park Road in West Hartford.  Don't the pinwheels look fantastic?  Remember, they are available there as part of the PanCAN fundraiser  (Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) through July Fourth to honor my stepdad, born on The Fourth of July.

This morning, I spoke with Jennifer over at Blaze and Bloom, which features vintage and repurposed furniture and accessories.  She also speaks out for PanCAN.   She has invited me to sell the Pinwheels for PanCAN at the Red White and Blue sale at Blaze and Bloom this Saturday in Hartford.  Hurry on over :) 

If you don't live nearby and can't buy a pinwheel, know that I am donating all of my profits from sales through my Stampin' Up! website through midnight July 6th, in order to accommodate shoppers at Blaze and Bloom this weekend.  Shop the website by clicking here.

Visit the PanCAN website by clicking here.