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NEW Classes Scheduled!

Hey there, Stampers!

Happy Monday! I’ve finalized my upcoming calendar of stampin’ events and I want to share it with you. I’d love to have you join me. Are you nearby? If so….come on over!

Here’s what’s coming up…

“Just Cards”

Wednesday, February 13th – 7-9 p.m.

Come and create five adorable cards with matching envelopes.

Class Fee: $15

All supplies included.

RSVP: 2/12/13

“Pixiedust and Paper”

Saturday, February 16th – 12:30-2:30 p.m.

It’s HERE! A fun, Disney-themed class! Come and create three magical cards

and two 3D gift items that are sure to make you SMILE!

Class Fee: $25

All supplies included.

RSVP: 2/15/13

“Technique Boutique”

Wednesday, February 27th – 7-9 p.m.

Have you ever looked at a project and wondered

“How’d they do that”?? Come and learn three fun techniques that will all

lots of pizzazz to YOUR projects.

Class Fee: $15

All supplies included.

RSVP: 2/25/13

So….what are you waiting for? Email me to save your space.

I’m looking forward to stamping with you soon.

Stamped Blessings,

Michelle

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NEW Punch Art Pal! Meet Bridgette!

Happy Sunday to you…

I’m enjoying quite a relaxing day today. It’s so nice. We’ve had quite a busy week. I’ve been busy in my studio working on two projects for a very special reason. I was honored to be asked by Debbie McNeill of Crafty Person Productions to be their “Dynamic Demonstrator” for the month of February. I’m beyond excited to work with Debbie and be able to share what I do with her followers and friends. I had fun creating the projects and I was very happy that Debbie liked what I came up with. I’ll have to see if I’m able to share them with you at some point.

I’ve also created several new projects to share here on my blog this week. The one I picked to share today is a new addition to the Suitable Punch Art family. Woot!

This little lady’s name is “Bridgette”.

She’s enjoying a fun “dive” and exploring the deep….

….and here’s a peek at the inside of the card…

Here’s a list of the tools and supplies I used to create here…

Punches & Framelits

Ovals Collection Framelit Dies – #129381

Circles #2 Die – #114526

Owl Builder Punch – #118074

Word Window Punch – #119857#129404

7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch – #121404

1″ Circle Punch – #119868

Decorative Label Punch – #120907

Card Stock:

Pacific Point #113350

Pink Pirouette – #111351

Basic Black #121045

Whisper White: #100730

Melon Mambo # 115320

Tangerine Tango #111349

Designer Series Paper:

Summer Smooches – #125409

Ink:

Pacific Point #126951

Alrighty…I’d best be getting things ready for the week.

Come back soon and see what I have been working on to share with you.

Wishing you a wonderful week,

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“OLIVE” You! NEW Punch Art Critter

I’m SO excited! I’ve had this idea for a new punch art critter in my head for SO long.

I’ve tried over and over to create her and the planets just never aligned…..until tonight.

Are you ready to meet her?? Ok….

Ladies and Gentlemen…..

Meet “OLIVE” the Hedgehog!!

“Olive” is named after one of the most AMAZING, beautiful, smart,

funny women in the world…..

My Mom, Olive!

I love taking just a few scraps of card stock and a couple of punches

and creating a critter that just makes you want to smile.

“Olive” is made using just a couple of punches.

Here they are….

Blossom Builder Punch #121808 – Face, Feet

1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch #119854 – Top Body Layer

2 3/8″ Large Scallop Circle Punch – Middle & Bottom Layers

Owl Builder Punch #118074 = Eye, Nose and Hair Bow

I know I’ve said it before but….

I LOVE having tools that can be used for SO many different projects and Stampin’ Up!

punches fit the bill perfectly. I hardly ever make a project without using one or more of them.

What a bargain they are! Also, don’t forget that Sale A Bration is going

on right now and for every $50 you order you’ll get one of the

19 SAB products for FREE! You choose! FREE, Baby!

Whether you create punch art already or if you’d like to give it a try…

take a peek at all the wonderful punches that SU! has to offer and just

think of all the possibilities.

Let me know what you think of my new, little friend “Olive”.

I love hearing from you!

Have a magical day!

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Snow and Scrapbooking!

Happy Sunday All,

It’s a gorgeous snowy day here outside my window. Ahhhh….. Perfect!

I’m headed out soon to teach Scrapbook Club for this month at a charming, little shop in Warrenton, VA. When we met last month, I let the ladies choose the theme for this month’s double page spread and they chose Christmas.

Well, with the soft snow falling I’d have to say that it’s a terrific day to get some Christmas memories in those scrapbooks.

Here’s the layout I designed. I hope they like it….

You can’t really tell from the photo but the snow on the Christmas Lodge image has “diamond dust” snow on it. It looks like a picture perfect Christmas to me.

Wishing you a fun Super Bowl Sunday spent with the ones you love.

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Magical Color Inspiration/Challenge – Disney Style – Day 5

Happy Day 5 of the Magical Color Challenge! This is sadly the final day for the challenge. I’m sure by now you’re sick and tired of seeing me and Mike taking our own photos!! LOL I have to say that I always end up on vacation taking all the photos and it looks like Mike and the kids go everywhere WITHOUT me.! It’s nice to be able to look back at these photos and really be able to cherish all the memories we made in LESS than 24 HOURS! Wow!

Ok…Here they are….

I have to say that Ariel and Eric have quite a nice castle. Very homey! LOL

Mike was very proud of this photo. He loved the waterfalls…

Nice job Ariel! You definitely married “up”!

I love Harper’s Mill. I can still remember loving it when I went to Magic Kingdom as a kid.

This little feathered friend hung out with us for quite some time.

Ok…that heron looked like a prop but I swear to you it was real. Doesn’t it look like a postcard?

One of Zach and Lindsay’s FAVORITE rides….

….but SO sad…it was close for refurbishment… 🙁

Under Construction…


This was one of the last photos we took on our way out of the park. I will treasure it always.

Ok….any bets on which photo I chose for this last installment of my challenge??

Ok….Here it is…..

I just had to choose it. I love the colors and textures SO much and we have so many awesome memories from this one little corner of the park….

Now….Are you ready for what I came up with……

Here it is……

“Oh Happy Day!”….It’s a “Zip A Dee Doo Dah Day!”

So….Just for fun I thought I’d add a little entertainment to close out this week’s challenge…

I lost track of the number of times this song was played in our house while the kids were little.

Just click the link and sing along!!

“Have a Zip A Dee Doo Dah Day!”

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming back to check out all the posts this week. I’ve had a blast. I really hope you’ve enjoyed it too. I’ve been so happy with how enjoyable it was that I’ve decided to do a once a week “Inspiration Challenge”. I’ll post a photo that I find from….well…from anywhere first. Then I’ll post a photo of what I create. You are SO welcome to play along. I’ll have blog candy and different events coming up so you’ll definitely want to stay tuned.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend….

Faith…Trust…and Pixiedust,

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Magical Color Challenge – Day 4

Hey there, Peeps! Happy Wednesday!

Here we are already on Day 4 of the “Magical Color Inspiration Challenge”. Whew! I can’t believe it. I’m having a blast creating these projects to share with you.

I’m also really enjoying reliving the memories Mike and I made down in Florida on our Destination Date Night. I think it’s helping me get through this long week while he’s overseas. 🙂

So here are the photos for today…. I’m sure you’ve noticed how much I love taking photos of random objects like lights and displays and signs. Do you do that too? It’s always fun to look back a remember the little details and it’s just my way of recording our memories.

Anyway…..here we go….

We left off over in New Fantasyland at Beast’s Castle….

This is inside the Grand Ballroom at the “Be Our Guest” Restaurant


The ceiling was beautiful! There are three rooms you can choose from to eat in at the restaurant


The details inside were just amazing!

Ok….Then we went back up to Main Street for a bit to shop and get a few goodies to take home to the kids… We had to do something fun while our food settled so we could head off to ride some of our favorite rides! Here are a few shots from Main Street….

I absolutely LOVE taking photos of the buildings on Main Street USA. I’ve been to WDW many times and I STILL find new things that I never noticed before. It’s SO cool!

One of my favorite places! The “Confectionery”! Yum!

Disney Cast Members are just terrific and we’ve had tons of fun talking to so many of them over the years. This time was no exception…..

It doesn’t matter how many photos we have of us in front of Cinderella’s Castle. They all tell a story….

Now THAT’S a Disney sky!


It’s always a treat seeing the fun vehicles on Main Street. Sometimes you can even hitch a ride. 🙂

Now for some delicious Disney treats!!! Woot!!

YES, PLEASE!!! I’ll take two of each!! Don’t they look YUMMY????

Ok….so for today’s project I used two of the photos instead of just one. This card just makes my heart SO happy! Here are the inspiration photos…..

AND

…and here’s what I came up with…..

With a matching envelope!! FUN!!

I seriously had the BEST time creating this card and matching envelope. I’m telling you….get those punches out and USE THEM! Look at what you can create with just a few scraps of card stock and designer series paper and a couple of punches! It’s so much fun to play around with them and watch what comes out…..

If you haven’t looked at the punches that Stampin’ Up! has available lately, you need to check them out. Seriously! The possibilities are endless.

You can find them at my Online Shop. Just click the shopping cart above and it will take you right to the store. Go browse and see what you come up with.

Remember….Right now you can get ONE FREE SALE A BRATION PRODUCT for every $50 you spend. There are some adorable stamp sets, papers, punches and accessories just sitting there waiting to be yours for FREE.

The lights are always on and there’s never a line! What are you waiting for?

Ok….Come back tomorrow for Day 5 of the challenge. You never know what’s waiting around the corner… 🙂

Have a magical day!

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Magical Color Challenge – Day 3

Hellooooooo Stampers!

Are you ready for Day 3 of the “Magical Color Challenge”? If you’ve missed Days 1 and 2…go check them out. Here are the next photos from our “Destination Date Night” at Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom)…

First stop….Belle’s Cottage….Of course her father, Maurice, gave the place a lot of “character” with all of his inventions…

It was SO wonderful seeing the beautiful, flowering trees…in January!!

Love those colors!

Then we headed over to the “quiet, little village” and visited Gaston’s Tavern…

Ahhh….*swoon* (ok…not really…..I’d take the Beast any day over Gaston!) He asked what “Stampin’ Up! on my shirt meant. When I explained he asked if I had mostly scrapbooks filled with photos of HIM! Brut! 😉


It’s true! He definitely DOES use antlers in ALL of his decorating!

Then….we made our way across the bridge to one of my NEW favorite places!! Beast’s Castle!!

Throught the gate…….

….Passing scary gargoyles on our way…. 😉

Ok…..Tomorrow I’ll post more from the castle….the “Be Our Guest” Restaurant and LOTS more.

Now….Are you ready to see which photo I chose for my inspiration today???

Here you go….

(Drumroll, please…………)

The photo….

and……here’s what I came up with….

So…..what do you think?

Now…..are you ready to create and play along? Come on! You CAN do it!

It’s fun! Email a photo of your card or project to me at shellsuit@verizon.net. Tell me the photo you used for your inspiration too! I can’t wait to see what you all come up with.

Alrighty….My carriage is back to a plump, orange pumpkin….and my trusty, white steed is back to a fluffy, white pup who is presently snoring quite loudly at the foot of my bed. I guess it’s time to call it a night.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming back again and again to visit with me here on my blog. You are ALL such a blessing.

Sweet Dreams to you and….as always….

Have a Magical Day!

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Magical Color Challenge – Day 2

Ok…I admit it….it’s technically after midnight so I guess I should say “Happy Tuesday”.

The evening got away from me in the studio tonight. I was designing for my Technique Boutique class ~~tomorrow~~ tonight and I lost track of time. I’m really happy with those designs but I am even more excited to show you the photos for today and the card I created from the photo inspiration.

So….we left off on Main Street USA at Magic Kingdom….We couldn’t wait to head straight for New Fantasyland that had just recently opened to the public. So that’s what we did….


This is the new entrance just behind Cinderella’s Golden Carousel

We made a right turn and went exploring in the brand new Storybook Circus

We were on a mission….We wanted to find DUMBO! You see…Mike and I have NEVER ridden Dumbo The Flying Elephant together. We needed to change that!

AHA! Success!


Love the bright, vivid colors!!

There he is!! We were ready…..


Ready to fly!!


Casey Junior is all ready to help kids “chill out” a bit…


…and then we went for a ride on the WDW Railroad….


Don’t you just love all the “self portraits”??? Oh well…we were making memories! 😉

Ok…..Now for the Color Inspiration Photo….

Which one do you think I chose?? Hmmmmm……

Well……

Here you go…….


Our buddy….Dumbo The Flying Elephant!

And now for the card I came up with from this inspiration…..

Ready?

What do you think? I love the combination of the Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Going Gray! I never would have put the three colors together! I’m SO happy with the way it turned out.

YOU can do it too! YOU can find color inspiration for your project in the craziest places. Keep your eyes open and look at your surroundings in a whole new way. You’ll be amazed.

Now…my Color Challenge is still going so….

Choose one (or more) of the photos I’ve posted so far and use the colors to inspire a project/card of your own and send it to me. I’d LOVE to see what YOU come up with. Just email it to me at shellsuit@verizon.net. It’s really a lot of fun.

I hope to hear from you soon!

Faith, Trust and Pixiedust….

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Color Challenge for YOU!

Good Morning from rainy Manassas, VA. It’s a great day to stay inside and stamp….but…alas I have to go in to school for a Teacher Workday. That’s okay. I can still “design” in my head! LOL

I wanted to add a little fun to this week here on my blog. As you can see from my first set of photos, I picked just one and used the colors to create a card and matching envelope with them.

I want to challenge YOU to play along this week too. Pick a photo (or two…or more) and use the colors in a project. Then email a photo to me with a description of the photo you chose for your inspiration and I’ll post them here on my blog. Isn’t that fun??? I love it! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Wishing you a magical day,

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