Happy Sunday, Peeps!

I’m enjoying some time in my studio today between loads of laundry and straightening up a bit.  It’s so nice to know we all have tomorrow off too.  Just a little room to breathe and relax…

I’ve had a few punch art critters who have been nagging at me lately.  Those pesky little buggers just kept begging to come to “life”.  LOL  I’m SO glad they did because you probably know by now how much I love creating with punches.

The little guy I have for you today is a cutie patootie.
His name is “Stanley”.  He’s just a little Love Bug.

Isn’t he fun??  He just makes me smile.

Here’s a photo of the parts and pieces I punched out to create him…

Stanley’s face/body and chubby cheeks were created using the Starburst Framelit Dies #132967.  They are from the Occasions Catalog.  I love them and have found tons of projects to use them on.  They haven’t left my desk since they arrived in the mail.

Notice the textured, silver paper I used for the background?  (LOVE it!)  Well….I used the NEW “Decorative Dots” Embossing Folder that is one of our fabulous Sale a Bration products that you can get for FREE with any $50 order.  Sale a Bration is one of our biggest specials of the year and it starts next Tuesday, January 28th.  The silver paper is from the new Occasions Catalog.  It’s a piece of the Silver Foil Sheet #132178.  (It also comes in Gold #132622).  I love the way it looks when it’s not embossed too.  What a way to make your project “Pop”.

The “Love You” stamp is from one of our 25th Anniversary Stamp Sets.  It’s called “Best of Love” #132987.

I love all of the images in the set.  I just stamped the image with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder.  Then I just used my Paper Snips to cut it out.  The white  highlight marks are made using one of my favorite tools, the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker #132133. It can also be found in the Occasions Catalog.

Do you have your copy of the Occasions Catalog yet?  If not, leave me a comment or email me at shellsuit@verizon.net and I’ll send one right out to you.  There are tons of wonderful new goodies in there and you won’t want to miss them.  Also, if you’d like a copy of the Sale a Bration brochure to pick out your FREE stuff, you can do the same.  I can’t wait to show you the projects I’ve made using the SAB products.  SO cool!

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Alrighty….I’m off to the grocery store.  Wish me luck!

Wishing you a magical day!

Hey there, Stampers!

Happy TGIF!  Sorry I was MIA yesterday.  I actually spent 3.5 hours in the dentist’s chair getting not one but TWO crowns.  UGH!  I absolutely can’t stand going to the dentist and I was seriously terrified.  Everything went well but I came home and went to sleep.  When she said I would be “sore”…she was right.

Anyway….I have some exciting news to share today.  For those of you who follow me on Facebook (my page is “Suitably Stamped), you probably noticed today that I’ve started something new.  Every Friday I will be posting an inspiration photo.  It will just be something that strikes my fancy…colors, textures…etc.  I will leave the photo on there for the following week.  Anyone who would like to can create a card or scrapbook layout using the photo as their inspiration.  Photos should be posted to the page by the following Wednesday afternoon.  I will have my cracker jack team here vote on the entries and pick a winner.  What will the winner receive??  I’m so glad you asked!  Since this is for fun and to help us inspire each other (and it’s not the Lotto 🙂  )  the winner will, of course, have the “bragging rights” and will receive a special hand stamped card from me in the mail.  For those of you with a blog, you will also receive a special blog button (that’s in the works) that will show off your “win”.  Sounds like fun, right?

So….are you ready to see the first Color Challenge Inspiration photo?  Okay….here you go…

I saw this photo on Pinterest and I just love the colors, prints and textures.  I thought this was a perfect way to start the challenge.  I created a card tonight to kick things off and I have to say that when I was picking out card stock, the colors were definitely NOT ones I would have ever put together on my own.  SCORE!  That’s exactly what I was hoping for.  Inspiration!

Okay….Here’s the card that I came up with…

I was really proud of myself.  This is definitely “out of the box” for me.  You know my style, right?  Isn’t this different?  So cool! 

The stamp set is one of our newest and it’s called “Geometrical”.  I love all of the greetings that are included….especially “Cheer Up Buttercup!”.  LOL

12 stamps:  Wood Mount: 133158   Clear Mount: 133161

I love the “Alphabet Press” Embossing Folder (Item #130916).  I made the background by cutting four strips of various colored card stock, adhering them to another piece that measured 4″ x 5 1/4″ and then running the entire piece through the Big Shot in the folder.  I love the way it turned out.  Really great news….the “Alphabet Press” folder is actually on the Weekly Deals this week.  Check out the other goodies that are included in the special…

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Alrighty….I’d best get some sleep.  I’m headed to Ikea tomorrow to start shopping for organizational ideas to redo my stampin’ space.  Woot!  I can’t wait!  I’ll keep you posted.

Wishing you a magical day,

Hey there, Stampers!

I’ve had a lot of fun tonight in the studio creating this new “Golden Mickey LOVE” card.  Mike is on travel and landed in Orlando earlier this evening.  It was SO sweet of him to call and tell me that it was 31 degrees…sleeting to beat the band….and he was pretty sure all of Disney was CLOSED.  LOL!!!  Yeah, right.  Oh well…he’ll be back home very soon and I do hope he can enjoy the warmer weather while he’s in the Sunshine State.

So….I needed a little Disney tonight.  Let me show you what I came up with…

 

I'm loving this new "Baby, We've Grown" stamp set. It's one of the new cuties from the Occasions Catalog. If you haven't gotten your own copy yet, message me and I'll send you one ASAP.

The striped paper is from the "Fresh Prints" Designer Series Paper Pack. I love it! See those adorable starburst circles? They are made with the new Starburst Framelit Dies.

Hey there, Stampers!

I’m thrilled to announce a few brand new classes and I am really excited to share all of these projects with you.  If you are a “long distance” blog reader, never fear…  You can simply choose the “long distance” option and create the projects right where you are.  So let’s get to it….  Here’s what’s coming up…

Happy Friday!

It's day two here at Stampin' Up! Leadership in Houston, TX. Today we will be attending classes, sharing ideas and information and then tonight we are having a "Stamping Night Out". It sounds like tons of fun and I can't wait to play with all of the new sneak peek projects.

I thought I'd share one of my swap cards with you. This is the last one I have so I made sure to take a photo of it before I give the last one away. Here is my Minion card(from Despicable Me). I used the circle flip card framelit and it couldn't have been easier.

I hope it makes you smile. 😄

Stampin' smiles,

Michelle

What a magical way to start my day today! While in line at Starbucks, I met a wonderful lady named Oksana Semenska. When I introduced myself she said, "I know who you are! I read your blog!". No way!

What an amazing feeling getting to meet new friends. "Hello" to all of Oksana's friends back home in Florida!

God is SO good!

She did it! My new punch art sweetie, “Abigail”, not only came to Leadership 2014…she got to meet (and go home with!) our CEO, Shelli Gardner!! I’m positively floating on air! Dreams DO come true!