A Cupcake Birthday

I am taking a break today from Sale-a-bration cards and sharing a birthday card instead. 

I haven't used Create a Cupcake in awhile so I brought it out for this card.  I used retired DSP, but the new ribbon and buttons from the Sale-a-bration catalog matched so I added those in.  The card base is embossed with the Stripes Embossing Folder, this poor embossing folder has been seriously neglected ever since the new Honeycomb and Cloudy Day Embossing folders came out!  I used Poppy Parade retired card stock for the cherry on the cupcake and the greeting as it was the color of the cherry on the DSP too.  The top of the cupcake is Pool Party to match the DSP also. 
I liked this layout so much I ended up making a cute get well card with Patterned Occasions from Sale-a-bration that I will be sharing tomorrow.

Here are the products featured in today's card.

Create a Cupcake
(wm) 121915  (cm) 121892

Cupcake Builder Punch
121807

Stripes Embossing Folder
123128

Sycamore Street
Ribbon and Button Pack
Sale-a-bration





Thanks so much for stopping by!  Tomorrow I will share a Sale-a-bration card featuring Patterned Occasions so come back!

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

A Cupcake Birthday

I am taking a break today from Sale-a-bration cards and sharing a birthday card instead. 

I haven't used Create a Cupcake in awhile so I brought it out for this card.  I used retired DSP, but the new ribbon and buttons from the Sale-a-bration catalog matched so I added those in.  The card base is embossed with the Stripes Embossing Folder, this poor embossing folder has been seriously neglected ever since the new Honeycomb and Cloudy Day Embossing folders came out!  I used Poppy Parade retired card stock for the cherry on the cupcake and the greeting as it was the color of the cherry on the DSP too.  The top of the cupcake is Pool Party to match the DSP also. 
I liked this layout so much I ended up making a cute get well card with Patterned Occasions from Sale-a-bration that I will be sharing tomorrow.

Here are the products featured in today's card.

Create a Cupcake
(wm) 121915  (cm) 121892

Cupcake Builder Punch
121807

Stripes Embossing Folder
123128

Sycamore Street
Ribbon and Button Pack
Sale-a-bration





Thanks so much for stopping by!  Tomorrow I will share a Sale-a-bration card featuring Patterned Occasions so come back!

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

LNS Challenge 208

I wanted to participate in the LNS Challenge, this week is heat embossing.  I haven't use the new Sale-a-bration set Patterned Occasions much so I decided to go with that.  Another challenge this week is the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge (TSSC248) on Technostamper, so I used that layout with different stamps and paper.

Here is a another look at my card for TSSC248 from Monday :

Now here is the card I made for the LNS Challenge 208 Heat embossing combined with the layout of TSSC248.

I love the idea of the clothes line and wanted to use the jeans for the heat embossing component.  I think the Marina Mist card stock looks like jeans when embossed, there is the right color and texture.  I basically copied my design from Monday.  I used DSP from the Nursery suite that retired, it just went well with the jeans and color scheme.  The sky, clouds, and grass are all like the original card, just slightly different colors.  Here's a close up of the jeans on the clothes line.

I added a brad for the jean button, too cute!  The greeting was stamped in Basic Gray and die cut with the Itty Bitty Banners Framelits.  I used a little trick to stamp the greeting without stamping the jeans.  Since I wanted to die cut the greeting, I did not want any jeans in the way.  I used a piece of tape over the bottom of the jeans so after I stamped in the ink pad I remove the tape and just the greeting is inked.  Here's a pic of my stamp.

Normally I would just use a marker to color in the greeting, but I do not have a Basic Gray marker so I needed to use my stamp pad.  Works great!

I hope you enjoyed my card with a dual purpose! To participate in the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge go  HERE   to check out the sketch and add your card.

Here are the products featured in today's card.





Patterned Occasions
(wm) 129621  (cm) 129624
Free Set with $50 purchase

Cloudy Day Embossing Folder
#127022  $7.95

Delicate Designs Folders
#127023  $8.95

Bitty BannersFramelits
#129267  $14.95

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to stop back, I have a cupcake birthday card to share tomorrow and a Patterned Occasions card for Friday.

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

LNS Challenge 208

I wanted to participate in the LNS Challenge, this week is heat embossing.  I haven't use the new Sale-a-bration set Patterned Occasions much so I decided to go with that.  Another challenge this week is the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge (TSSC248) on Technostamper, so I used that layout with different stamps and paper.

Here is a another look at my card for TSSC248 from Monday :

Now here is the card I made for the LNS Challenge 208 Heat embossing combined with the layout of TSSC248.

I love the idea of the clothes line and wanted to use the jeans for the heat embossing component.  I think the Marina Mist card stock looks like jeans when embossed, there is the right color and texture.  I basically copied my design from Monday.  I used DSP from the Nursery suite that retired, it just went well with the jeans and color scheme.  The sky, clouds, and grass are all like the original card, just slightly different colors.  Here's a close up of the jeans on the clothes line.

I added a brad for the jean button, too cute!  The greeting was stamped in Basic Gray and die cut with the Itty Bitty Banners Framelits.  I used a little trick to stamp the greeting without stamping the jeans.  Since I wanted to die cut the greeting, I did not want any jeans in the way.  I used a piece of tape over the bottom of the jeans so after I stamped in the ink pad I remove the tape and just the greeting is inked.  Here's a pic of my stamp.

Normally I would just use a marker to color in the greeting, but I do not have a Basic Gray marker so I needed to use my stamp pad.  Works great!

I hope you enjoyed my card with a dual purpose! To participate in the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge go  HERE   to check out the sketch and add your card.

Here are the products featured in today's card.





Patterned Occasions
(wm) 129621  (cm) 129624
Free Set with $50 purchase

Cloudy Day Embossing Folder
#127022  $7.95

Delicate Designs Folders
#127023  $8.95

Bitty BannersFramelits
#129267  $14.95

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to stop back, I have a cupcake birthday card to share tomorrow and a Patterned Occasions card for Friday.

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Blooming With Kindness

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sketch challenge and gave it a try.  Today I'd like to share a Blooming with Kindness card that I did over the weekend.  I used muted colors and a design similar to the Bloomin' Marvelous cards I shared last week.  I just really loved the soft look of those cards and  thought it was the perfect look for a sympathy card using Blooming with Kindness.

I stamped the flower on a Whisper White CS base card several times with the same inking of Baja Breeze to give both stronger and faded flowers.  I embossed the card stock with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder to add texture.  The flower was stamped off before stamping on the circle so the greeting would stand out.  I added Crumb Cake Taffeta ribbon to the card base, I like the look of the soft blue ink and the tan tones.   The butterfly was made with Soft Suede and Crumb Cake using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.  All in all a soft card that came together quickly.

Products featured:

Blooming with Kindness         
(wm) 126420  $22.95
(cm) 126422  $16.95





Beautiful Wings Embosslit
118138  $11.95

 Honeycomb Embossing Folder
129378  $7.95

Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon
122966  $6.95

Pearl Basic Jewels
119246  $4.95

 

Thanks for visiting!  Please come back for more card samples, I have more Sale-a-bration samples in the works to share!

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!

Nicole Tugrul

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 Current Promotions:

It's Sale-a-bration Time!!

 Contact me to book a Sale-a-bration workshop! I'd love to show you all
the great products Stampin' Up! has to offer!


Click HERE for the PDF file of the Sale-a-bration Catalog.

It's a Magical Paper Escape Every Month! I'm Paper Pumpkin . . . I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun. I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside: All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create fantastic projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more! Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy! Get Started It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it. Please enter me, Nicole Tugrul #2067462 as your Demonstrator. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month! Here's the nitty gritty: Each month Stampin’ Up! will send you a unique, surprise kit with project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (they've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!) Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive. Each kit gives you  a 30-minute creativity escape. Stampin’ Up!  will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.   You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, they'll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, they'll send your first kit around June 15th.) A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want. A Free Gift in Your Very First Kit The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic block! So…what are you waiting for?  Start your Paper Pumpkin membership today!! Single Stamps Are Available!  Stampin' Up! is now offering SINGLE STAMPS! Here are the details:

• You can
  find the stamp item numbers on the flyers below.


• They'll be
  packaged in cello bags. 


• This offer
  is available for clear-mount stamps only.


• The stamps
  won't come with a Clear-Mount Block.  You'll need to buy a block
  separately if you don't already have one. The recommended block sizes are
  on the flyer. 


• There's no
  limit on how many stamps you can buy.


• These
  stamps are only available through March 31, 2013, so get them while you
  can!


• Contact me
  to place an order or order through the Stampin' Up! online store selecting
  Nicole Tugrul as your Demonstrator to get preferred pricing.

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Flyerfor Assortment 4

Blooming With Kindness

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sketch challenge and gave it a try.  Today I'd like to share a Blooming with Kindness card that I did over the weekend.  I used muted colors and a design similar to the Bloomin' Marvelous cards I shared last week.  I just really loved the soft look of those cards and  thought it was the perfect look for a sympathy card using Blooming with Kindness.

I stamped the flower on a Whisper White CS base card several times with the same inking of Baja Breeze to give both stronger and faded flowers.  I embossed the card stock with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder to add texture.  The flower was stamped off before stamping on the circle so the greeting would stand out.  I added Crumb Cake Taffeta ribbon to the card base, I like the look of the soft blue ink and the tan tones.   The butterfly was made with Soft Suede and Crumb Cake using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.  All in all a soft card that came together quickly.

Products featured:

Blooming with Kindness         
(wm) 126420  $22.95
(cm) 126422  $16.95





Beautiful Wings Embosslit
118138  $11.95

 Honeycomb Embossing Folder
129378  $7.95

Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon
122966  $6.95

Pearl Basic Jewels
119246  $4.95

 

Thanks for visiting!  Please come back for more card samples, I have more Sale-a-bration samples in the works to share!

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!

Nicole Tugrul

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 Current Promotions:

It's Sale-a-bration Time!!

 Contact me to book a Sale-a-bration workshop! I'd love to show you all the great products Stampin' Up! has to offer!
Click HERE for the PDF file of the Sale-a-bration Catalog.

It's a Magical Paper Escape Every Month! I'm Paper Pumpkin . . . I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun. I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside: All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create fantastic projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more! Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy! Get Started It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it. Please enter me, Nicole Tugrul #2067462 as your Demonstrator. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month! Here's the nitty gritty: Each month Stampin’ Up! will send you a unique, surprise kit with project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (they've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!) Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive. Each kit gives you  a 30-minute creativity escape. Stampin’ Up!  will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.   You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, they'll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, they'll send your first kit around June 15th.) A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want. A Free Gift in Your Very First Kit The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic block! So…what are you waiting for?  Start your Paper Pumpkin membership today!! Single Stamps Are Available!  Stampin' Up! is now offering SINGLE STAMPS! Here are the details:

• You can find the stamp item numbers on the flyers below.
• They'll be packaged in cello bags. 
• This offer is available for clear-mount stamps only.
• The stamps won't come with a Clear-Mount Block.  You'll need to buy a block separately if you don't already have one. The recommended block sizes are on the flyer. 
• There's no limit on how many stamps you can buy.
• These stamps are only available through March 31, 2013, so get them while you can!
• Contact me to place an order or order through the Stampin' Up! online store selecting Nicole Tugrul as your Demonstrator to get preferred pricing.

Flyer for Assortment 3


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Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge

Welcome to Monday's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge!!  This is my first time as part of the team and I am so excited to be a part of it!!

Here is the sketch for this week.

And here is the card that I came up with.

I used the geometric design in the Sycamore Street DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalog as my starting point.  I liked it because I wanted to use the new Pinwheel Sizzlet and the geometric design was just perfect for it!  The colors used are the In-Colors 2011-2013.  The embossing for the Pool Party and Whisper White is done with Cloudy Day from the Spring Catalog.  The Lucky Limeade is embossed with the lacy design folder in the set Delicate Designs.  The greeting and matching die cut is the Bitty Banners stamp set and framelits.  I added a little flower to the center of the pinwheel with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, just added a little extra color.  You can see all the cards for this weeks sketch on the Techno Stamper Blog and I have all the blogs for the sketch team listed below, just click on their names.

Mary Jo Price-Williams @ Techno Stamper Blog

Sue Root's Blog:http://www.stampin-with-sue.blogspot.com/

Robbie Rubula's Blog: http://inkedx2.blogspot.com

Eileen LeFevre's Blog: http://www.elefevre.blogspot.com

Tanya Bell's Blog: http://stampingt.com.au/blog/

Carolyn Bennett's Blog: www.carolynstamps.com 
  
Mary Brown's Blog:  http://stampercamper.com/
 
Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back for more Sale-a-bration ideas that I'll be posting this week!!

If it doesn't move..stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 Current Promotions:

It's Sale-a-bration Time!!

 Contact me to book a Sale-a-bration workshop! I'd love to show you all the great products Stampin' Up! has to offer!

Click HERE for the PDF file of the Sale-a-bration Catalog.

It's a Magical Paper Escape Every Month! I'm Paper Pumpkin . . . I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun. I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside: All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create fantastic projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more! Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy! Get Started It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it. Please enter me, Nicole Tugrul #2067462 as your Demonstrator. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month! Here's the nitty gritty: Each month Stampin’ Up! will send you a unique, surprise kit with project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (they've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!) Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive. Each kit gives you  a 30-minute creativity escape. Stampin’ Up!  will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.   You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, they'll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, they'll send your first kit around June 15th.) A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want. A Free Gift in Your Very First Kit The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic block! So…what are you waiting for?  Start your Paper Pumpkin membership today!! Single Stamps Are Available!  Stampin' Up! is now offering SINGLE STAMPS! Here are the details:

• You can find the stamp item numbers on the flyers below.


• They'll be
  packaged in cello bags. 


• This offer is available for clear-mount stamps only.


• The stamps won't come with a Clear-Mount Block.  You'll need to
  buy a block separately if you don't already have one. The recommended
  block sizes are on the flyer. 


• There's no limit on how many stamps you can buy.


• These stamps are only available through March 31, 2013, so get them while you can!


• Contact me to place an order or order through the Stampin' Up!
  online store selecting Nicole Tugrul as your Demonstrator to get
  preferred pricing.

Flyer for Assortment 3


Flyer for Assortment 4