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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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Magical Color Inspiration-Disney Style-Day 1

Hey there, Peeps!

I can’t tell you just how excited I am about this week’s happenings here on my blog!!

Of course I’m excited about sharing the photos from my “Destination Date Night” with Mike a couple of weeks ago…but I didn’t realize how much fun it was going to be creating projects to share from the colors in the photos. I’ve had a blast! I hope you like them.

So…Here are the first photos….I’ll be sharing some each day this week.

After my last session at Leadership Mike picked me up in his (oh, so cute) rental car and we headed over to Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa where he’d already checked in. Man, oh man…we hit the ground running! We had so many places to go and things we wanted to cram into less than 24 hours together.

Such a fun, little car!


LOVE when this sign comes into view! Leave all your worries behind when you pass through.

I love checking in at our Disney Vacation Club “Home” resort. It always feels good to hear them say, “Welcome Home!”.

It’s the little things! Ahhhh!

The view from our balcony….our own little courtyard

We headed over to Downtown Disney for dinner at one of our favorite places, Paradiso 37…

We just kept saying, “Can you believe it’s January and we’re sitting outside on a warm evening in Florida having dinner???” Heavenly!

The next morning we got up bright and early so we could load the car and be at Magic Kingdom in time for the Park Opening ceremony. We made it with time to spare. Whew!

So happy!


Look at that sky!!!

The Happiest Place on Earth


Love that sunshine and my very own Prince Charming….

Ok….so are you ready to see which photo I used for my inspiration for this first project?

Here it is….

…and here’s what I came up with….


A lovely card with a matching envelope made with Designer Series Paper…

LOVE the tea cup trinket!

Isn’t it fun?? I had such a great time going through all these pictures and picking one for the inspiration piece.

I’m really looking forward to the others I’ll be sharing with you this week. I hope you come back often and see what’s in store. Leave me a comment. I’d LOVE to hear from you!

Wishing you a magical day,

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Inspired by the Mouse!

Hey there, Peeps!

Happy Saturday! I am SO excited about the week ahead and I hope you will be too.

Recently I posted photos from SU! Leadership 2013 in Orlando and I told you that when it concluded Mike flew down to get me for an “overnight…destination date night”. I know I promised you photos of our adventures and this week I’ll be bringing them to you…with an added twist.

What I didn’t tell you is that along with those photos I’m going to be doing a “Magical Color Inspiration – Disney Style”. There will be photos each day and a project each day of the week that was inspired by the colors in the photos…or maybe a theme I took away from the photos.

Don’t worry….You’ll see what I mean soon. Promise!

So….Come back tomorrow for the first “Magical Color Inspiration – Disney Style”. It’s going to be a week filled with pixiedust and you won’t want to miss it

here at Suitably Stamped!!

Have a magical day!

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Patterned Occasions – It’s in the Bag!

Ok….Today was an AWESOME DAY!

First…I had an early morning phone call from our school system declaring today a “snow day”! Woot!

Then….I found out that I had finally reached my next goal with Stampin’ Up! and had been promoted to Manager! WOW!! What an incredible feeling! It’s all because of YOU. I honestly and sincerely LOVE sharing my creativity with you. I am so incredibly blessed by all of you. We may never meet face to face but I know that you’re out there. I am blessed by your comments and emails and I thank YOU from the bottom of my heart.

I pray that God continues to bless you and your family more abundantly with each passing day.

Now….while I was at home today staying toasty and warm….I actually accomplished a lot. I have the new video tutorial for the Pillow Boxes I posted the other day almost complete. Woot! I’m going to try to have that up here on the blog sometime this weekend. I stamped several new projects and here’s one I thought I’d share with you tonight.

I like to call it….“It’s in the Bag!” Card Set

I found these stinkin’ cute little bags at the Dollar Spot at Target. They come two to a pack and this pack had sheer bags with pink sparkly hearts on them. I thought they’d make a great little package for some little enclosure cards. (and who doesn’t need enclosure cards??) I know I’d love to get a pack of these to have on hand. These are 3″x3″ cards with envelopes made from Designer Series Paper. Really easy and fun to make. For the 3″x3″ cards you’ll make your envelope by starting with a piece of DSP or card stock that is 5″x5″. You’ll score on all four sides at 2 3/8″. There will be a tiny little “triangle” where your score lines intersect on all sides. You’ll want to cut those out and get rid of them. Then you’ll just fold the flaps in…creating your envelope. SO EASY!

The stamps I used for this set of five cards is one you can get for FREE! It’s a Sale A Bration set!

It’s called “Patterned Occasions” #129621. It’s so cute and a great set to have on hand for

lots of different occasions.

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You’ll earn one FREE SAB PRODUCT for every $50 you spend.

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So….head on over to my Online Shop and check out all the fun goodies. There’s nothing that can beat getting a handmade card or gift in the mail. It’s the best feeling! You CAN do it!

I’d love to see what YOU are creating. Please send me photos so I can see what you come up with. I’d LOVE it!

Wishing you a magical day and a happy TGIF,

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My Funny Valentine Wreath

I know…I know….Some people say it’s just a “Hallmark Holiday” but I don’t care!

I love Valentine’s Day!! There…I said it!

I like making fun treats, cards and decorations…I love hearts…I love red and pink….I love it ALL!

So….I was really excited to put this project together using the “Affection Collection” stamp set.

What do you think??

I started with a cardboard circle and some wooden clothespins. I picked out some of my favorite scraps of Designer Series Paper and got to work. It was really a fun project to make. Here’s another view…

I know….it looks labor intensive but I swear to you it’s not bad at all.

I used Framelits from both the “Hearts A Flutter” set and the “Hearts Collection” Framelits.


Hearts A Flutter Framelits – #130159


Hearts Collection Framelits – #125599

I added stamps from the “Affection Collection” stamp set but you could add others also. I have another wreath almost complete and I’m using the adorable “You Are Loved” stamp set. It’s just so stinkin’ cute.


“You Are Loved” – Wood Mount #123777 – Clear Mount #123779

I added a few embellishments from the New Spring Catalog…


Designer Builder Brads #129329


5/8″ Flower Trim – Vanilla #126869


Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons #127555

So there you have it…..There’s the supply list….Now what are YOU going to create?

I’d love to see what you come up with. All these supplies are available at my Online Store. Just click on the shopping cart above to check it out and order.

Also…Be sure to sign up to receive my free Newsletter.

I’d love to hear from you and I LOVE comments.

Wishing you a magical day,

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Sale-A-Bration is Here!

Are you as excited at I am?? Today is a BIG DAY! It’s SALE-A-BRATION! What is THAT? Well…only Stampin’ Up!’s biggest promotion of the entire year! WOOT! It runs from January 22nd – March 22nd. PLUS… It’s a chance to get products for FREE! I don’t know about you…but I love free stuff! Oh! Did I mention that there are 19 FREE ITEMS to choose from? Click Here to see all your choices

* For every $50* you spend (including on-line orders), you can choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product.

* Spend $150* and choose 3 FREE Sale-A-Bration products (one for every $50) plus earn $25 in Hostess Rewards

* Gather a few orders from your friends and add them to yours – Orders totaling $400 in merchandise will get you 8 FREE SAB products PLUS $65 in Hostess Rewards PLUS your choice of one item at 50% OFF! (Even a Big Shot!)

*BEST DEAL OF ALL – Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit for $99 and get $156.50 of your choice of any available Stampin’ Up! products. That’s an amazing bonus of an additional 25% in additional products of your choice. Whether you love to stamp as a hobby and want a chance to get those items on your Wish List at a discount or if you are looking for a way to make some extra cash….this is the perfect opportunity for you.

For more details just head over to my Online Store by clicking the “Shop Now” cart at the top right.

Need a catalog? Just leave me a comment and I’ll get one right in the mail to you.

Happy Sale-A-Bration!

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Trash to Treasure Pillow Boxes

Happy Sunday Peeps!

What a great weekend. I’ve had so many ideas floating around in my head for new projects lately and there are just not enough hours in the day. I worked in my stamp studio today and I must admit that I’m really happy with what I accomplished. I will confess that I’m more than just a little addicted to perusing Pinterest. It’s such a great way to find inspiration for fun, new projects. This is one of those projects.

This project falls into the “Trash to Treasure” category. 🙂

They are seriously SO quick and easy and just perfect to hold small gifts, chocolates or even gift cards.

As you can see, they are cute when they are left plain and when they are covered with Designer Series Paper too. I’m working on a video tutorial and hope to have it up here on the blog soon.

“Bouncing Baby” Pillow Box

Designer Series Paper:

“Bandstand” (from a Simply Scrappin’ Kit) #126928

Stamps:

“Button Buddies” Wood Mount #122735 Clear Mount #122737

“That’s the Ticket” Wood Mount #128072 Clear Mount #128075

Ink:

Cherry Cobbler #126966

Pool Party #126982

Accessories:

“Brights” Buttons #119747

Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon #122975

“Be My Valentine” Pillow Box

Stamps:

“My Little Valentine” #132242

Designer Series Paper:

“First Edition Specialty” Paper #121878

“Print Poetry DSP Pack #129312

Ink:

Cherry Cobbler #126966

Accessories:

“Hearts A Flutter” Framelits #130159

“Hearts Collection” Framelits #125599

Ribbon:

Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding #120992

“Just the Ticket-Birthday” Pillow Box

Designer Series Paper:

“Parker’s Patterns” #131021

Stamps:

“That’s the Ticket” Wood Mount #128072 Clear Mount #128075

Ink:

Melon Mambo #126948
Basic Black #126980

Accessories:

Antique Brads #117273
Basic Rhinestones #119246
2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch #118874
Blossom Petals Builder Punch #121808
Polka Dot Embossing Folder #117335

The possibilities are endless. So…what are you waiting for? Make a few of these little beauties on your own!
Go to my Online Store for all your supplies (well…except for the toilet paper…).
No lines…No waiting…and the lights are always on.

Have a terrific week!

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Back in the Saddle Again!

Hello, my friends!

What a whirl wind week it’s been. I came home from Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando on Sunday and I hit the ground running. Back to work on Monday morning and I never stopped…until 4 p.m. this afternoon when I got home from work and Linz said, “Mom, do you wanna schmoodge”? (our word for snuggle) Well, you don’t have to ask ME twice. We went upstairs and snuggled under the covers and we both fell asleep!! It was AWESOME! So once we were up and at ’em again we made “breakfast for dinner”. YUM! I’ve been planning on catching you up on all the news about Leadership and finally tonight is the night! Woot!

I left a week ago Wednesday for the conference and I was happy to get there a day early for a little sunshine and “down time” before the conference began. Man, oh MAN was THAT the right decision. The weather could not have been better. I left my winter coat and scarves here in Virginia and traded them for my shorts and capris for after hours. It felt amazing.


Waiting at the gate with Rose-Ellen Eastman and Lynn Embrey

It was so awesome seeing some of my wonderful SU! friends…some I hadn’t met yet! Something AMAZING happened too! I went to my last class of the conference and was looking for a seat. While I was standing there in the aisle I heard someone say my name. I turned around and saw a smiling face of a wonderful “friend I hadn’t met yet” who reads my blog!! *Let me just say that it still seems SO surreal that people from far away places are reading my blog…not just my mom!* I really did get choked up just chatting with the wonderful ladies and knowing that they really are “friends”.


Me with Diane Stader and Lisa Wright from Tennessee

They are such sweet friends and I can’t wait to visit with them again in July! (Hint…Hint!)

I am a member of a terrific group of talented ladies called the “GoDivas”. We participate in swaps together and we got together on Day One for our Leadership swap. Here we are….


Some of our GoDivas….an amazing swap group started by my friend and upline, Robin Merriman

This was the card that I designed for the GoDivas swap at Leadership

These were my “General Swaps”…I made 75 of them!!

We had some terrific presentations in our General Sessions. I’m always amazed at all that Stampin’ Up! puts into their events. The generosity and attention to detail is just phenomenal. There were SO many giveaways and freebies that I had to have Mike bring me an extra suitcase when he flew down to meet me!! Speaking of which…. Did I tell you about THAT?

Well…it turned out that Mike was going to be visiting a contractor down in Melbourne, FL the week after my conference. Soooooo….He surprised me (before the trip) and booked his flight down a couple of days early so he could pick my up at the Convention Center after my last session and we could head over to Disney for a “destination date night” Saturday night and Sunday before I flew back home Sunday night! It was A M A Z I N G!

I was on a break before my last session on Saturday afternoon and I get a text from him asking me where I was. Next thing I know….I see his smiling face out in front of the convention center!!

I swear…my heart was pounding like it did when he used to come home from college for the weekend!! LOL (I’m SO lame, I know!) Anyway…after the last session, he came inside and got to meet lots of my friends and some of the SU! corporate team. He was SO thrilled!! No lie! I seriously think he’d come to Convention with me if he could.

Here are a few more pics….


Janna Unterzuber, Me and Rose-Ellen


Me, Barbara and Lynn

Love this girl! My friend, Andrea Withers and me


Bad decision…I wore “new” shoes one day…LOTS of blisters. 🙁

Ok….This will be continued….I’ll have photos of our “Destination Date” at Disney!! *We stayed at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa!!….AND we visited NEW Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom!* It was MAGICAL!!!

Thanks for stopping by….Y’all come back soon!

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