It's Getting HOT!!!!

It's July and it is GETTING H-O-T!!!
Yesterday, we celebrated a milestone with our work family! Todd and his two business partners have been at the new firm for two years! YAY! We are thrilled to pieces with our new home at Merrill!

Here are the guys celebrating last night - a little bubbly, a little BBQ and good friends!

It was hot yesterday - real hot! We have had some seriously awesome POP UP Thunderstorms! The heat has been intense and the storms really quick and fast moving! That is what happens in the summer in New York! Hazy Hot and Humid! Speaking of Hot......Kitchen Sink Stamps is having a 3 day HOT sale! 15% off from July 23-25! And guess what is the promotion code? HOT

Here is the card I made with some of my KSS sets tonight! I love grabbing some patterned paper and throwing together a quick card!

I used a white base, then placed some patterned paper on it. I used my new scalloped edge punch on the blue polkadot layer. I adhered some velvet rick rack to the paper and then placed some pearls on each edge. The hibiscus stamp from Kitchen Sink Stamps was done on white paper, I used (1. blush 2. pretty in pink 3. regal for the flower and rose red and bravo burgundy for the stamen). I used celery and moss for the leaf. I edged the circle with bravo burgundy. I placed it on a scalloped die cut circle from patterned paper. Heartfelt sentiment is from Other Important People, also a Kitchen Sink set. I used sakura stardust on the edges and stamen, and I used dimensionals to pop up the main image.


Don't forget to JULY Kitchen Sink Contest!!! This month's contest - free your spirit! There are a few catagories to enter - so check out the contest thread and start stamping!!! You have to enter by July 25 at MIDNIGHT!
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supplies:
stamps: Kitchen Sink {hibiscus, other important people}
paper: white, designer paper (my minds eye)
ink: black, blush, pretty in pink, regal, rose, bravo burgundy, celery, moss
misc: dimensionals, velvet rick rack (starlitstudio), pearls (target), sakura stardust, nestabilities (ellen hutson)

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FS76: Susiestampsalot

This week's Featured Stamper is Susiestampalot. She had a nice clean style which everyone will surely fall in love with! Her gallery has a ton of cards to oogle over! I used her Flutterby Just Because card as my case card.

Changes:
I used the pinks and greens, but used the new SU! colors. I used the Bella Rose designer paper. I stuck with a butterfly, but used the new Dreams Du Jour, a SU! set which will be available in the next catalog. I also used some great MayArts ribbon (which matches the new Pink Pirouette absolutely perfectly!) Instead of the main image being on a scalloped square, I used a circle for the main image. Lots of dimensionals. My opinion on the new Stampin' Up! colors - TWO THUMBS UP! (I was skeptical seeing the swatches online).
Details: white base for the card, then a layer of Pink Pirouette. A layer of the Bella Rose designer paper (CAN YOU BELIEVE I CUT IT???) and a layer of the Kiwi cardstock. SU! scalloped circle punch layer (pink pirouette) with pierces in each scallop, Kiwi circle with the butterfly stamped on it in black. Butterfly also stamped a second time (on white) and trimmed, then colored with copics. Butterfly was then covered with sakura stardust and placed on the kiwi layer with monoadhesive. I placed the kiwi circle AND the scalloped circle on dimensionals. Finally, I used three baubles (green) on the side to replace the brads which Susie had used on her card.

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supplies:
stamps: Dreams Du Jour
paper: Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DP, WW
ink: black, copics
misc: ribbon (mayarts/starlitstudio), dimensionals, punches (circle, scalloped circle - both SU!), sakura stardust, baubles

Genevieve Elizabeth, One Year Later

One year ago, I was blessed with my sixth child. A happy little girl with blue eyes and jet black hair. She was the last piece of my puzzle and has made me fall in love with being a mom again and again, each and every day. She has an infectious smile and a charming personality. She is adored to pieces by her brother and sisters. I am so in love with this little baby. She is by far the most easy going of the six pack! Happy Birthday Genevieve Elizabeth! I adore you to pieces! You are the sunshine in my morning girl!

Design: Blog Banner {Happy PaperCraft Happenings}

Anita wanted her blog banner to look like her favorite patterned paper. I created this banner based on her request. Do you recognize the paper?

KSS: Graduation - Class of 2008

I thought that I got away from Graduation season without having to make a card. I really though so...but then I got an announcement in the mail the other day, so I felt the need to make a card. These are the school colors (black and what looked like pomegranate on the announcement). I whipped this one up with my 3 step graduation stamp set from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I started the cap with going grey (solid - step 1), then with basic grey (stippled - step 2), then finished it with black ink (base of cap and tassle - step 3). Punched the image out with the circle punch and layered it on a scalloped circle. Look out world and Class of 2008 sentiments from the same set. I used the swiss dots cuttlebug folder on the black and pomegranate paper. The tassle is stamped with pomegratate ink (step 1 - solid (stamped off)) and then again with pomegranate (step 2 - tassle strings). Pomegranate stitched ribbon from SU! All paper and ink from Stampin' Up!. I stamped the cap twice and trimmed the mortar board top and popped it up on dimensionals. I added a small bit of sparkle with a sakura stardust pen on the 2008 and tassle.

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supplies:
stamps: Kitchen Sink Stamps {3 step graduation}
paper: white, pomegranate, black
ink: pomegranate, black
misc: ribbon (SU!), punches, cuttlebug, sakura stardust