fs203: LeisaJane

Please take the time to vote for Hannah's Hope Fund. They fell from #1 yesterday. We need to make a holiday miracle for the Sames family. It only takes a moment to vote and you would be doing such a great thing for a friend of mine! THANK YOU!

#1: Vote on the Pepsi Refresh site: http://www.refresheverything.com/hannahshope

#2: Vote on the Pepsi site using your Facebook account. Close your browser and re-open it. Click: http://www.refresheverything.com/hannahshope Click "Vote For This Idea." Click Login with your Facebook Account. Click on the "Vote for This Idea" button.

#3: Vote on Facebook at: http://apps.facebook.com/pepsirefresh/idea/view/id/4acec35e-713a-102d-a17f-0019b9b9e205

#4: Use your cell phone to text your vote. Text the message: 104051 to 73774. (73774 is the numeric translation for PEPSI.)

#5: Use your iPhone to text your vote. Download the App at iTunes.

Here is a great masculine holiday card I made for Victoria's teacher. I used it as the class gift card. It was based on LeisaJane's card {here}. I changed the colors and stamp set, added buttons and some DPE.


I used my Winter Swirls stamp set sentiment and used the large and small snowflake punches. Snowflakes were adhered with dimensionals and some stickles were placed on each snowflake. I added some PTI buttons to the center of the card.

stamps: Winter Swirls (PTI)
paper: white, avocado, designer paper (PTI), spring moss
ink: avocado
misc: dimensionals, stickles, buttons (PTI), swiss dots DPE folder, snowflake punches

FS200: A time for reflection!

BEFORE I GET TO THIS WEEK'S FEATURED STAMPER, Please do me a huge favor and CONTINUE to VOTE FOR HANNAH'S HOPE FUND in the month of December! Last month, they went to #2 on the last day (they were in the money) and in the last 15 minutes, fell out of second place to #3. It was HEARTWRENCHING! Her parents, Lori & Matt are physically and emotionally spent. Instead of spending December getting out the vote, their friends and family are taking up the cause for them to create a HOLIDAY MIRACLE!

They are still 1.2 million dollars shy of being able to start the clinical trials and the $250,000 from Pepsi would really put a dent into the massive bill! Hannah is a six year old, first grader in Xavier's class. She is the sweetest little girl. Her parents are good friends who live in the next neighborhood over. Todd and I have taken up this cause, it is very close to my heart. Please take a moment from your stamping to vote for Hannah! Her life will be forever changed by the generosity of strangers! You can help make miracles happen!

#1 Vote for Hannah's Hope Fund today please!

http://www.refresheverything.com/hannahshope

#2: Vote again on Pepsi using your Facebook login.

#3: Vote on Facebook at:

http://apps.facebook.com/pepsirefresh/idea/view/id/4acec35e-713a-102d-a17f-0019b9b9e205?auth_token=a1e3a46c26b817bba04d7d68fd01d94c

#4: Text 104051 to 73774.

#5: Vote on your iPhone.

Think about how you can help out - spread the word! Reflect on all the wonderful things in your life and how simple (and FREE) this cause is and YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!

(and here we go!!!) FS200!

DRUMROLL................
This week's Featured Stampers are the previous 199! Choose from ANYONE on {the list}.
Try and select someone who you have not cased before, or if you have done ALL 199 (I bow to you) - try and choose a card to case which you have not previously cased.


I chose PrincessHeather, from week 185 (FS185)!

Here is the card I made:


I changed the colors (to red, blue) and the theme to winter, removed the ribbon, added cord and used dry pressure embossing.

I loved the three cherries and the sentiment in the corner, so I used some poppy paper for the base, added a layer bashful blue with some swiss dots on the next layer, then stamped the ornament hanger in smokey shadow directly on the white. I stamped the pure poppy ornaments (circle) on white cardstock and then trimmed them out and popped them up on dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment in the corner, added some silver cord and then added some stickles to sparkle up the ornaments and hangers.

Simple and cute! THANKYOUVERYMUCH! (in my best Elvis voice).

In all seriousness, "tis the season" of hope and miracles. Please consider voting EVERYDAY for HHF in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge. What would you do for your child if they were dying! I would do anything, so I am helping get the word out for Hannah. Please share this with your friends and family this holiday season!

God Bless!




stamps: Winter Swirls (Papertrey Ink)
ink: poppy, smokey shadow
paper: poppy, white, bashful (SU!)
misc: silver cord (SU!), dimensionals, stickles, swiss dots folder

FS137: Tankgrl

I used this {CC197} card of Heather's to create my CASE card this week.

Heather's colors (Kiwi, Baha Breeze, Basic Grey) were one of the things I changed. I used smokey shadow, enchanted evening and some designer paper from Papertrey ink. I eliminated the piercing at the top, changed the brads to dew drops and used a different stamp set (changing it to a holiday card with the new Papertrey ink Winter Swirls stamp set).

Starting with a smokey shadow base, an enchanted evening layer.... then I stamped on the soft stone paper (my first time using it -- it's very nice). I used enchanted evening ink and the large snowflake from Winter Swirls on the bottom half of the soft stone. I used the martha stewart edge punch on the designer paper, then tied a satin enchanted eveing ribbon in a knot around the papers.

A scalloped square was stamped with the sentiment in fresh snow ink, then I stamped the tree from Winter Swirls in the enchanted evening ink, trimmed it out and adhered it to the scalloped square with dimensionals. I added a few of the pearl dew drops on the tree and in the top corner of the card (in place of the brads Heather used).

Stamps: Winter Swirls (Papertrey Ink)
ink: enchanted evening, fresh snow
paper: enchanted evening, smokey shadow, soft snow, designer paper
misc: dew drops (pearl), scalloped square, dimensonals, enchanted evening ribbon (satin), Martha stewart edge punch

Busy Week!

What a busy week!
Winter Swirls stamp set released -- Copic Review article published (here) this week on the 14th -- Xavier started Kindergarten, Sophie started preschool...and swim team started this week! Then tomorrow night I have Open house at the Elementary school (I am PTA president).... I also started the Maggie Homes photography course this week. I finally catch a break Friday with a nice night out with Todd in New York City to see Wicked (this will be my second time seeing it).

thought I would share one of my favorite pictures from this week -- hope to learn how to take better shots with this course!

Have a great rest of the week if I cannot check in before the Featured Stamper challenge card this weekend!

Winter Swirls!

The Winter Swirls stamp set is now available at Papertrey Ink!








Did you see all the fun samples on Nichole and Becky's blogs yesterday? OMW! Those two can make paper and ink take on a life of it's own!!!

Nicole's samples

Becky's samples

The design team has really outdone itself with the September releases! I love how they select different colors and elements and layers to create the most amazingly detailed projects....

Check them ALL out:

• Debbie
• Betsy
• Dawn
• Geny
  Pine
• Lauren
• Lisa
  Melissa
• Mish
• Niki and
• Teri

Thank you EVERYONE for your support! It means the world to me!

Sneak Peek Sample 4: Winter Swirls......

Here is another sneak peek of Winter Swirls! I had this great photo of Isabella from a project she did last year and I realized that I needed to turn it into a scrapbook page. The Winter Swirls set made for a perfect accent with the beautiful color papers.

I started with an 8x8 piece of enchanted evening cardstock. I used enchanted evening ink with a variety of the snowflakes from the set. I used a strip of stampers select white, scallop edge punched and placed it under the piece of oceans tide. The sentiment and mittens are stamped in enchanted evening ink. I also used Journaling Lines in oceans tides ink on the scalloped oval to create a journal tag for the page.

The buttons were tied with some of the rustic button twine. The journal box was adhered to the page with dimentionals....writing with a blue sakura stardust gel pen.

This is my finished page....

So the big sneak peeks from Nichole and Becky on Monday! Then the big release party in the forum later that night! OOOHhhhh! I am so excited!!!!


All supplies © Papertrey Ink (unless otherwise noted)
stamps: Winter Swirls (available 9/15), journaling lines
paper: enchanted evening, oceans tides, stampers select white
ink: enchanted evening, oceans tides
misc: enchanted evening buttons, rustic button twine, dimensionals, scalloped oval punch, scalloped edge punch (SU!), blue sakura stardust gel pen

FS136: Steubner

This week's featured stamper is Shannan! aka the Pink Tulle with Feathers and Sequins lady....

I selected this AWESOME card Let Heaven & Nature Sing.

kept: layout and kraft base
changed: stamp set (yes, this is another sneak peek of my soon to be released stamp set)
the colors (instead of a black second color, I used the same color as the ink) used a button instead of punched cardstock...and added shimmer with glimmer mist.

This was such a simple card....kraft base, enchanted evening layer and then using stampers select white, I stamped a variety of snowflakes and swirls from the Winter Swirls set in the enchanted evening ink. Oh do I love this color! I stamped the sentiment as well. I sponged ink on the edges and worked my way in to the center of the card. Finally, I spritzed the main layer with Snowflake Glimmer mist. Oh does it sparkle! Take a look at this close up! Finally, I dug through my enchanted evening buttons and selected one with a hint of shimmer. As the main image was drying, I tied some of the enchanted evening twill to the button. The edges of the main image were distressed once I adhered it to the card.

So Monday night is the big release party over at Papertrey Ink. You will have to check out Nichole's Blog along with the blogs of the other design team members:

• Becky Oehlers
• Betsy Veldman
• Dawn McVey
• Debbie Olson
• Geny Cassady
• Heather Nichols
• Lauren Meader
• Lisa Johnson
• Melissa Phillips
• Michelle Wooderson
• Niki Estes

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and your support during these sneek peeks -- I am so excited about this Monday's release party......



All supplies © Papertrey Ink (unless otherwise noted)
stamps: Winter Swirls (available 9/15)
paper: kraft, enchanted evening, stampers select white
ink: enchanted evening
misc: enchanted evening button, ribbon (enchanted evening twill), glimmer mist snowflake

Sneak Peek Sample 3: Winter Swirls......

This is my third sneak peek of my SOON TO BE RELEASED (Gasp!) stamp set from Papertrey Ink. This set is definitely fun to play with.....
I love the star! It was one of my favorite items in this set -- and of course -- it is so easy to make several colors and just punch them out with the star punch! (yes, they coordinate with the star punch)...

I chose this unusual color combination - plum pudding, spring moss and dark chocolate because they literally fell together on my desk....I loved it (Todd, not such a big fan....oh well, men...)

The designer paper is the Polka Dot parade collection in spring moss atop the plum pudding base. I used a scalloped edge punch on the stampers select white layer, then the strip of deep chocolate. The stars are stamped in each of the three colors, then adhered with foam squares. A button from my Papertrey collection, and some plum pudding ribbon - sewn together. The sentiment is stamped in the chocolate and plum pudding inks, then tucked behind the button....

Tomorrow, I will post another card during the featured stamper challenge *AND* possibly an earlier one (if I get back from swim team tryouts early enough)....I also have Beatles Rock Band luring me away from my stamping table....but that CAN WAIT!!!



All supplies © Papertrey Ink (unless otherwise noted)
stamps: Winter Swirls (available 9/15)
paper: plum pudding, dark chocolate, polkadot parade in spring moss, stampers select white
ink: spring moss, dark chocolate, plum pudding
misc: button, ribbon (satin plum pudding), dimensionals, scalloped edge punch (SU!)


Finally - I have to share some photos that someone took of the kids this week....they cracked me up and I thought I would share....Kindergarten and preschool have not yet started....so we have a LOT of free time on our hands.....

Sneak Peek Sample Two: Winter Swirls......

I just {LOVE} snowflakes!!! I knew that I had to have some in my stamp set, and there are SEVERAL to play with. I do not think you will be disappointed!

One of the things I love doing with stamps is to create something they were not initially intended for! In this case - I used the snowflakes to create the branches of a leaf. I saw this technique years ago and I had this card in mind when I created some of my snowflakes.

Ripe avocado base (5x5) with a layer of dark chocolate and then the main layer of stampers select white. I love this white...it really grabs the ink!

I used spring moss and ripe avocado ink in a repetitive circular pattern to create this wreath.
The "berries" are small scarlet jewel buttons...the sentiment is stamped with dark chocolate ink. The large ripe avocado button is so sparkly! I sewed it with some deep brown thread right to the scarlet jewel swiss dots ribbon. Tune in tomorrow for my next sample -- in some non-traditional Christmas colors!


All supplies © Papertrey Ink (unless otherwise noted)
stamps: Winter Swirls (available 9/15)
paper: dark chocolate, ripe avacado, stampers select white
ink: ripe avacado, spring moss
misc: buttons (scarlet jewel and ripe avocado), ribbon (swiss dot scarlet jewel)

Sneak Peek Samples: Winter Swirls......

Today I am going to show you the first card I made with my new stamp set, Winter Swirls. The set will be available on September 15 at Papertrey Ink.

I am trying to contain my excitement and maintain a professional composure..... {breathe deep}

This card features a few of the stamps from the set -- but the main focus is the holiday tree.

I started with a pure poppy card base and a strip of the avocado paper. The avocado strip was stamped with some snowflakes from the stamp set in avocado ink. I edged the paper with some fresh snow ink.

I used the scor-bug to create these really cool grooved lines above and below the avocado strip. A piece of swiss dot dark chocolate ribbon is on top of the avocado strip.

I stamped the tree with the avocado ink on the stampers select white, and carefully trimmed it out. I found some tiny dark chocolate buttons from my stash and adhered them to the tree with some adhesive.
I punched a piece of papertrey kraft cardstock with a marvy scalloped circle punch, then stamped it with fresh snow ink using some swirls and snowflakes from the set. The sentiment is from the Winter Swirls set too! That was stamped with avocado ink. I edged the scalloped circle with the fresh snow ink. The circle is adhered to the card with foam squares, then the tree is adhered to the circle with foam squares.
Well, what do you think? (eagerly awaits your reply)

Be sure to check Nichole's blog all week long for sneak peeks of the September stamp releases! This is sure to be a FUN month with all the holiday sets!





All supplies © Papertrey Ink (unless otherwise noted)
stamps: Winter Swirls (available 9/15)
paper: pure poppy, ripe avacado, kraft, stampers select white
ink: ripe avacado, fresh snow
misc: buttons (dark chocolate), marvy scalloped circle punch, foam squares, ribbon (swiss dot dark chocolate), scor-bug (for dotted lines)