Sheltering Tree for TSSC358

It's Monday and time for the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.  As always Mary Jo has a wonderful sketch for us, take a look.

I used Sheltering Tree for my card today, it's one of the new sets I haven't had a chance to work with yet.

I went with this set because of the way the tree fit perfectly on the Party Pennant die cut.  When I first saw the sketch, the shape of the focal point immediately reminded me of that die cut, so that's the direction I went in.

There was a lot of ink on this week's card, which doesn't always happen.  I had started out with a Pool Party card base, but it was too much blue.  So instead, I went with a Whisper White card base and made a background of clouds.  To do this, I went back to a retired product from Stampin' Up that some of you may remember.

I think I've told you all before that I am a hoarder, so I bet you aren't surprised that I held on to this stencil that retired probably ten years ago.  It's just such a great way to make clouds that I couldn't part with it!  Normally I would use the word bubble framelit that looks like a cloud, but this was a lot of space to fill, so the stencil was a faster way to go!  I used Pool Party ink and a sponge and had a cloud background in no time!

The tree was stamped on a Whisper White Party Pennant.  I used Pear Pizzaz for the grass and Soft Suede for the tree trunk.  The flowers on the tree are Blushing Bride with splashes of color added with a marker directly on the inked stamp.  Patty Bennett, my wonderful upline, has a great video on how to do this, so I gave it a try.

The sentiment is added below the die cut with Pool Party ink, it blends in nicely but is still visible.  The top of the card is a strip of Best Year Ever Designer Paper in my favorite design.  I punched the scallops then added a bit of the ribbon from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack.

So that's it!! A card with tons of ink today!  Now it's your turn!  I hope you will join the challenge with me!  Just go to Techno Stamper for all the details plus more great samples from the Design Team.

Mary Jo Price- Williams:  Technostamper 

Sue Root:  Stampin' With Sue2

Robbie Rubula: InkedX2 

Eileen LeFevre: Eileen's Stampin' Fever Blog 

Tanya Bell: Stamping T! 

Carolyn Bennett: Carolyn's Paper Fantasies 

Jonia Smith: Stampin for Me 

Mary Brown: Stamper Camper

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Sheltering Tree for TSSC358

It's Monday and time for the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.  As always Mary Jo has a wonderful sketch for us, take a look.

I used Sheltering Tree for my card today, it's one of the new sets I haven't had a chance to work with yet.

I went with this set because of the way the tree fit perfectly on the Party Pennant die cut.  When I first saw the sketch, the shape of the focal point immediately reminded me of that die cut, so that's the direction I went in.

There was a lot of ink on this week's card, which doesn't always happen.  I had started out with a Pool Party card base, but it was too much blue.  So instead, I went with a Whisper White card base and made a background of clouds.  To do this, I went back to a retired product from Stampin' Up that some of you may remember.

I think I've told you all before that I am a hoarder, so I bet you aren't surprised that I held on to this stencil that retired probably ten years ago.  It's just such a great way to make clouds that I couldn't part with it!  Normally I would use the word bubble framelit that looks like a cloud, but this was a lot of space to fill, so the stencil was a faster way to go!  I used Pool Party ink and a sponge and had a cloud background in no time!

The tree was stamped on a Whisper White Party Pennant.  I used Pear Pizzaz for the grass and Soft Suede for the tree trunk.  The flowers on the tree are Blushing Bride with splashes of color added with a marker directly on the inked stamp.  Patty Bennett, my wonderful upline, has a great video on how to do this, so I gave it a try.

The sentiment is added below the die cut with Pool Party ink, it blends in nicely but is still visible.  The top of the card is a strip of Best Year Ever Designer Paper in my favorite design.  I punched the scallops then added a bit of the ribbon from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack.

So that's it!! A card with tons of ink today!  Now it's your turn!  I hope you will join the challenge with me!  Just go to Techno Stamper for all the details plus more great samples from the Design Team.

Mary Jo Price- Williams:  Technostamper 

Sue Root:  Stampin' With Sue2

Robbie Rubula: InkedX2 

Eileen LeFevre: Eileen's Stampin' Fever Blog 

Tanya Bell: Stamping T! 

Carolyn Bennett: Carolyn's Paper Fantasies 

Jonia Smith: Stampin for Me 

Mary Brown: Stamper Camper

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Stamping!

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Valentine Roses

I have a Valentine to share with you today, but it's not a card.  I haven't done anything 3D in a long time so I made a treat for Valentine's Day.  I have an 8 month old baby, which means I have lots of those rectangular plastic baby food containers.   I just can't seem to throw them away, they sit in a bag waiting to be used.  So I challenge myself to make something beautiful out of one to justify my stash!

So, what do you think?!  Can you tell this was once a container of baby food?  I must say that I am very pleased with the final result.  Who wouldn't love to get some yummy candy hearts in a lovely container like this!  I used the new Spiral Flower Die to make the roses that are the center of my design.  The die cut makes the rose making process sooooo easy!

The roses are made from Real Red card stock, I cut a quarter sheet for each.  To disguise the lid I added a doily that I gathered and ruffled.  The two roses are hot glued at the base to hold them together and then hot glued to the doily.  Surrounding the roses are two Baked Brown Sugar leaf sprigs that I die cut using the Secret Garden Framelits.  The final touch is a spray of Soft Sky flowers, each topped with a pearl.

The container itself has a 1" wide layer of  paper from the Fresh Prints DSP Pack.  The final touch is a Soft Sky bow that hides the paper seams.

I hope you enjoyed today's project, I sure did!  You can find more great projects featuring new items from the Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration over at Create with Connie and Mary.  Today is the start of Preview week for the Spring Collection 2014.  I am a full time Designer for this session and SO excited about it!  You will see great previews all week and have the chance to win BLOG CANDY too!  Right now is early bird pricing, so you can sign up for $24.95 and save $5!

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• 4 FABULOUS weeks filled with wonderful ideas featuring the products from the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration brochure!


• One of these weeks...Card "Create"tions...24 cards seen ONLY by our subscribers


• One of these weeks...it's a SALE-A-BRATION - projects feature the items from the Sale-a-bration brochure


• Our projects are ONLY available to our subscribers...we never show the collection projects online (ONLY the Preview Projects are shown)


• EACH project has a full downloadable PICTURE tutorial that continues all the information you need to recreate the project!


• Less than $1 per project!

Spring Collection runs January 19th through February 15th!

Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection 2014

 Only $24.95 US

Thanks for visiting!  Be sure to check back, I will have new cards to share all week!

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Valentine Roses

I have a Valentine to share with you today, but it's not a card.  I haven't done anything 3D in a long time so I made a treat for Valentine's Day.  I have an 8 month old baby, which means I have lots of those rectangular plastic baby food containers.   I just can't seem to throw them away, they sit in a bag waiting to be used.  So I challenge myself to make something beautiful out of one to justify my stash!

So, what do you think?!  Can you tell this was once a container of baby food?  I must say that I am very pleased with the final result.  Who wouldn't love to get some yummy candy hearts in a lovely container like this!  I used the new Spiral Flower Die to make the roses that are the center of my design.  The die cut makes the rose making process sooooo easy!

The roses are made from Real Red card stock, I cut a quarter sheet for each.  To disguise the lid I added a doily that I gathered and ruffled.  The two roses are hot glued at the base to hold them together and then hot glued to the doily.  Surrounding the roses are two Baked Brown Sugar leaf sprigs that I die cut using the Secret Garden Framelits.  The final touch is a spray of Soft Sky flowers, each topped with a pearl.

The container itself has a 1" wide layer of  paper from the Fresh Prints DSP Pack.  The final touch is a Soft Sky bow that hides the paper seams.

I hope you enjoyed today's project, I sure did!  You can find more great projects featuring new items from the Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration over at Create with Connie and Mary.  Today is the start of Preview week for the Spring Collection 2014.  I am a full time Designer for this session and SO excited about it!  You will see great previews all week and have the chance to win BLOG CANDY too!  Right now is early bird pricing, so you can sign up for $24.95 and save $5!

Here's what you get when you subscribe.

• 4 FABULOUS weeks filled with wonderful ideas featuring the products from the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration brochure!
• One of these weeks...Card "Create"tions...24 cards seen ONLY by our subscribers
• One of these weeks...it's a SALE-A-BRATION - projects feature the items from the Sale-a-bration brochure
• Our projects are ONLY available to our subscribers...we never show the collection projects online (ONLY the Preview Projects are shown)
• EACH project has a full downloadable PICTURE tutorial that continues all the information you need to recreate the project!
• Less than $1 per project!

Spring Collection runs January 19th through February 15th!

Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection 2014

 Only $24.95 US

Thanks for visiting!  Be sure to check back, I will have new cards to share all week!

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Flashback Friday: Roses In Winter

It's Friday!! Time to flashback again with a set that was a favorite of mine when I first started stamping, Roses in Winter from 2003.

I was asked to make a special Mother's Day card, and I thought of this set.  It has a beautiful softness to it, with the blending of colors as a two-step stamp set.  Here's the card I made, blending old with new.

I blended a lot of new with old to make a more modern style card.  The card base is Crumb Cake embossed with the new Modern Mosaic EF.  It's hard to see here, but I lightly stamped the small flower inside some of the mosaics using Crumb Cake ink.  Here's a closer look.

I stamped the roses with Strawberry Slush from the new In Color Collection.  I stamped off three times for the bottom layer, two times for the middle then directly stamped for the top.  I cut them out by hand as well as the leaves and small violet flowers.  The leaves are Pear Pizazz with Old Olive and the small flowers are Wisteria Wonder.  I layered all the floral elements on the largest doily die cut from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlet L.  The ribbon is Pear Pizzaz seam binding that I got off the clearance rack awhile ago.  The greeting is from a retired hostess set from last year's catalog.  I stamped it with Soft Suede on Whisper White and made a banner out of the strip of paper using my 1" Square punch.
I just loved making this card, brought back lots of early stamping memories.  I used this set s lot when I first signed up with Stampin' Up! I hope you enjoyed the flashback to 2003 today! See you tomorrow for See it Again Saturday!

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

Flashback Friday: Roses In Winter

It's Friday!! Time to flashback again with a set that was a favorite of mine when I first started stamping, Roses in Winter from 2003.

I was asked to make a special Mother's Day card, and I thought of this set.  It has a beautiful softness to it, with the blending of colors as a two-step stamp set.  Here's the card I made, blending old with new.

I blended a lot of new with old to make a more modern style card.  The card base is Crumb Cake embossed with the new Modern Mosaic EF.  It's hard to see here, but I lightly stamped the small flower inside some of the mosaics using Crumb Cake ink.  Here's a closer look.

I stamped the roses with Strawberry Slush from the new In Color Collection.  I stamped off three times for the bottom layer, two times for the middle then directly stamped for the top.  I cut them out by hand as well as the leaves and small violet flowers.  The leaves are Pear Pizazz with Old Olive and the small flowers are Wisteria Wonder.  I layered all the floral elements on the largest doily die cut from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlet L.  The ribbon is Pear Pizzaz seam binding that I got off the clearance rack awhile ago.  The greeting is from a retired hostess set from last year's catalog.  I stamped it with Soft Suede on Whisper White and made a banner out of the strip of paper using my 1" Square punch.
I just loved making this card, brought back lots of early stamping memories.  I used this set s lot when I first signed up with Stampin' Up! I hope you enjoyed the flashback to 2003 today! See you tomorrow for See it Again Saturday!

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

Oh, Whale for CCMC251

I can't believe it's Thursday already!  This week for the Challenge at Create with Connie and Mary we have a great sketch to work with.

I thought about Oh, Whale for this card immediately.  I saw the clouds in strips and the waves fitting right into this sketch.  Here's the card I made.

The card base is Marina Mist embossed with the Cloudy Day EF.  I also used the Cloudy Day EF for the strips of Whisper White to go behind the waves DSP from Sunshine and Sprinkles.  The whale was stamped with Melon Mambo and die cut with the Happy Whale Clearlit.  I also die cut stars in Daffodil Delight with the Happy Whale Clearlit.

 The greeting was stamped with Melon Mambo then die cut using a Bitty Banners Framelit.  The whale and stars are adhered with dimensionals so they'll stand out.  I was pleased with how quickly this card came together.  This week's sketch was such a fun one!!

I hope you will join in the challenge too and create a card with this fantastic sketch.  Just go to Create with Connie and Mary for more details and to link up your creation.

Thanks for stopping by!! See you tomorrow for another Flashback Friday!

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

Oh, Whale for CCMC251

I can't believe it's Thursday already!  This week for the Challenge at Create with Connie and Mary we have a great sketch to work with.

I thought about Oh, Whale for this card immediately.  I saw the clouds in strips and the waves fitting right into this sketch.  Here's the card I made.

The card base is Marina Mist embossed with the Cloudy Day EF.  I also used the Cloudy Day EF for the strips of Whisper White to go behind the waves DSP from Sunshine and Sprinkles.  The whale was stamped with Melon Mambo and die cut with the Happy Whale Clearlit.  I also die cut stars in Daffodil Delight with the Happy Whale Clearlit.

 The greeting was stamped with Melon Mambo then die cut using a Bitty Banners Framelit.  The whale and stars are adhered with dimensionals so they'll stand out.  I was pleased with how quickly this card came together.  This week's sketch was such a fun one!!

I hope you will join in the challenge too and create a card with this fantastic sketch.  Just go to Create with Connie and Mary for more details and to link up your creation.

Thanks for stopping by!! See you tomorrow for another Flashback Friday!

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

Fun 3x3 Cards

Today I have some fun little 3x3 cards to share.  I packaged these up with a business card in a small cello bag and gave them out to potential customers.  I really enjoyed making them, there is a lot less space to cover, so they come together quickly.  I did three different designs.

This first one uses the Aviary stamp set.  A cute little hello card.  The card base is embossed with the Houndstooth EF.  I liked the frame embossing folder as a cut out.  Looks like a real picture frame with the birds and cage.  I ended up making a couple versions of this one.

The next card is using Up, Up and Away.  I did several versions of this one too.  I embossed the card base with the Fancy Fan EF to look cloud like.  I made clouds out of the top of the cupcake from the cupcake builder punch.  And lastly the balloon was stamped and cut out by hand.  A sweet and simple Hello card!

The last card style is made using Bordering on Romance.  The card base is embossed with the Elegant Lines EF.  I die cut a small labels framelit to attach the flowers to.  The flowers were stamped on glossy card stock and water colored with an aqua painter and re-inkers.  This style of card also had several versions.  In all I made a dozen cards that I packaged in a small cello bag with my business card.  Here's what my little package looked like.

Each card had a business card and envelope.  I left the card blank so the person I gave it to could use it.  All my sales information and a little note was on my business card.  Each cello bag had a ribbon that matched the card.  The cards turned out to be very popular, and are already all gone!  When I make more, I will share the new set with you.

Thanks for stopping by!! I'll have more to share, so please stop back!

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

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Fun 3x3 Cards

Today I have some fun little 3x3 cards to share.  I packaged these up with a business card in a small cello bag and gave them out to potential customers.  I really enjoyed making them, there is a lot less space to cover, so they come together quickly.  I did three different designs.

This first one uses the Aviary stamp set.  A cute little hello card.  The card base is embossed with the Houndstooth EF.  I liked the frame embossing folder as a cut out.  Looks like a real picture frame with the birds and cage.  I ended up making a couple versions of this one.

The next card is using Up, Up and Away.  I did several versions of this one too.  I embossed the card base with the Fancy Fan EF to look cloud like.  I made clouds out of the top of the cupcake from the cupcake builder punch.  And lastly the balloon was stamped and cut out by hand.  A sweet and simple Hello card!

The last card style is made using Bordering on Romance.  The card base is embossed with the Elegant Lines EF.  I die cut a small labels framelit to attach the flowers to.  The flowers were stamped on glossy card stock and water colored with an aqua painter and re-inkers.  This style of card also had several versions.  In all I made a dozen cards that I packaged in a small cello bag with my business card.  Here's what my little package looked like.

Each card had a business card and envelope.  I left the card blank so the person I gave it to could use it.  All my sales information and a little note was on my business card.  Each cello bag had a ribbon that matched the card.  The cards turned out to be very popular, and are already all gone!  When I make more, I will share the new set with you.

Thanks for stopping by!! I'll have more to share, so please stop back!

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

Current Promotions

Shop online anytime! Just click HERE!

Sale-a-bration is still in full swing, get a FREE Sale-a-bration product for every $50 in merchandise purchased!!

CLEARANCE RACK deals are the best! Click HERE to see all the fantastic deals!

 Click HERE to go to the Treasure Hunt post for a chance to win $150 in Stampin' Up! merchandise!