Mom's For You

My Mom is a stamper, too (and my best customer!). She gave me a stack of cards to photograph and use on my blog while we're running their Sturgis Rally campground. Enjoy them!

Michelle

Tagger's Dozen Baby

I just got the Tagger's Dozen stamp set a few weeks ago (which is retiring!), and the small tag punch. I haven't had time to use them all yet, but I thought I'd spend some time making a few simple cards with those and some Designer Series Paper. I also tinkered with adding some Scor-Pal details to the white space on each card. After the rally I hope to continue making 2 of each of these to have a nice set of cards for lots of different types of occasions.




This one I sent to Becca...congratulations on your new baby!

Michelle

Chromed Rally Squash Books

Here we go again with squash books! These I made to sell at the Rally. I used chrome-colored pigment ink to add some circle detail from the Enjoy Every Moment stamp set on the background of this one, and







zippers (think leather jacket) from the ABC Images stamp set on this one.

These are compact enough to fit in a saddle bag for that ride home and can hold quite a few photos from your trip! Buy one at the campground or contact me and I can make you one after the Rally. To see my folks' campground, visit our website at http://www.hogheavencampground.com/.

Michelle

Decor Elements Project Vase

Demonstrators were given a Decor Elements sample in our August issue of Stampin' Success! (Contact me to find out how you can get this benefit among many others by becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.)

Before I even got my sample, and knowing it was coming and it's size (thanks Patty!), I had this idea in mind. I wanted to apply the Decor Element to a vase that I could add pretty rocks and chokecherry whips to (straight off our own property!), and then decorate some miniature clothespins for displaying cards! I will take this to workshops so we can all see the Make & Takes better that we are working on.


I used some Die-Cut blooms to decorate the clothespins, and tied a 5/8" Old Olive ribbon around the top of the sturdy jar (lid removed) that I got at Hobby Lobby in anticipation of the Decor Elements sample arrival. It's thick glass and should travel just fine to all the workshops we'll be having this fall and winter!

Thanks for looking! I got the idea, by the way, from Charmaine at Oodabug Alley with her Picture Pot. Love her work!

Michelle

More Mustard Window Dressing

Uck! I got myself in trouble from the start when I grabbed the new In Color blues and More Mustard cardstocks. I fought my way through it, found a really nice shimmery Hobby Lobby ribbon and promptly quit! I'm posting it, but I'm not liking it, except for that ribbon and bow I fussed over.

I was trying to do something clever by stamping in Black StazOn ink on acetate for the window portion of the stamp. I colored the shutters and trim on the acetate with Copics, as well as the cat and bird. I think I'd be happier if I had done the window differently. Whatever, it is what it is, and it is done!

Michelle

Mountain Wildflowers & Cool Acquisition

I took a break from transcribing right before lunch to take my little guy out and help me pick some wildflowers from our property, as our meadow is just bursting with color! The most prolific (well, the most noticeable anyway) is the wild bergamot (aka beebalm, horsemint):

We also have some large patches of purple coneflower:

And many, many other wildflowers, some of which are in this bouquet we picked, including harebells, common yarrow, threenerve fleabane and daisy fleabane, blackeyed susan, and lavender hyssop:

This fall when we finish our landscape structure I'll start transplanting some of these from other areas of our 10 acres. I'd never pick flowers in the National Forest except on our place, and sparingly at that. There are certain flowers that I will not pick on our place that are rare or ephemeral, like Gunnison's Mariposa lily, wood lily, and shooting stars.

While we were out, we got to eat wild raspberries that are just starting to come in. In another 2 weeks we'll have a bumper crop all over the Hills. I totally forgot to check the wild strawberry slope, but we should have a really good crop of those right now with all the rain we've had this year. They're super tiny and the wildlife will probably clean them up before I think to check again. Just a small taste is all we take.

One more picture before you go (thanks for staying so long!). I went haywire at Target's dollar spot yesterday, but look! Medium and small metal tubs (future stamp camp? gifts? not sure yet!) and tiny lunchboxes printed and filled with small samples of some old-school candies! They're not much bigger than a deck of cards!

Thanks for stopping by again today!

Michelle

Water Bottle Life Vest

I've been seeing these around so I had to make one, except that I'm calling it a life vest since that is what struck me just now (and because I can't remember what everyone else is calling it!) Most of them I've seen are made with Crystal Light singles, but all I have in this household with a 5-year-old is KoolAid. He doesn't drink the stuff, but for some reason we had some, so there you go!

This was a fun and quick project, and will likely be a door prize at an upcoming workshop. I used the Wow flowers stamp set, Kiwi Kiss ink, Bella Rose DSP, and the new In Colors cardstock, all soon to be released on August 11!

Michelle

Awards

Amy Celona at uStamp4fun gave me these awards! Thanks Amy! Make sure you visit her blog to see her beautiful work!




For the You've Been Tagged award, I have to share 7 random facts about me and then tag 7 others.


7 Random Facts About Me:



1. I grew up in Sturgis, SD, home of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.



2. I'm a Chemical Engineer working as an Environmental Engineer from home.



3. I work as a Medical Transcriptionist, also from home.



4. My favorite job is my new one that I've been doing since May 2008: Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!



5. I hate crumbs on the countertop and dirt on the floor.



6. I was into quilting bigtime while living in Omaha, Nebraska and miss my quilting buddies in my small group there.


7. I love nature and birding. Our property is a Certified National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat. If the birds ate ALL the spiders around here, I'd be a little less skittish!



Now, to nominate 7 more bloggers that I admire for these awards:



1. My fellow biker Teresa at Rubbah' Thoughts & Creations

2. Fellow South Dakotan Amy at Crazy Card Lady

3. The talented Jackie at Jackie's Blog

4. My online buddy Jenn at Stamp-n-Scrap with Jenn

5. Super Kool Kris at Kween Bee Kreations

6. Fun and Chic Mary at Stampin' Pretty

7. Super nice Kerin at Stampin' with Kerin



All of these bloggers are in my Google Reader and I can't wait to see what each one has in store each day! Please visit their blogs to give 'em some love!




I also wanted to show you these gems that are going out today or being delivered this weekend if you're local: The Prints DSP Swatch Club Kits! Wow, they are gorgeous 6x6 swatches! When the new catalog comes out, I'll for sure be doing this again so we can all get a sampling of the new papers to try them all out and decide what full size packs we want to order! Thanks everyone!




Thanks!

Michelle

Sturgis Rally Squash Book

For 2 weeks every year, we all help my folks run their Rally campground in Sturgis. Since I'm on a roll with squash books, I made this one to match the prevailing colors for the event!

You may or may not be surprised to learn that I had my own Harley for a few years. After we had our boy, 2 wheels seemed like an unnecessary risk, so we sold our Harleys and stuck to our 4-wheeled ATVs. It makes more sense anyway, since we can ride right out of our place in the beautiful Black Hills National Forest and hit the trails from here!

However many wheels you ride on, keep the rubber side down!

Michelle

Birthday Mice

My upline Joyce had our Shoebox Swap group make this card last spring...isn't it cute? I had to make another so I could keep one, because I'm sending one early to an old friend...that's right, she'll be old like me this August! 40 (gasp!) We'll see if she catches on here.

Here's something: I am embarrassed to say that I think I've been goofing up since I started my blog in May...if you've posted a comment to my blog, it copies me to my email inbox. I've made a big point to reply to almost every comment via email. Except that I noticed the other day that even though your name gets populated in the To: box in my reply email, I see in the properties that it may actually be going to no-reply@blogger.com! Wow, I should have known better, but never thought to check since your name was there. So, I apologize profusely for seeming so RUDE! I clear my sent items and inbox regularly, so I hope I didn't miss something big. Sheesh and sorry if you didn't hear back from me when you thought you would...BAD blogger!

Michelle

Complete Retiring Accessories List

Contact me ASAP to get any of these retiring accessories before they sell out! Yesterday I posted the accessories that are on sale (marked with an asterisk in the following complete list of retiring accessories) for 25% off. Get 'em before they're gone!


Item Number Product Description

109200 Accents & Elements Build A Flower
110718 Accents & Elements Lucky Star
110719 Accents & Elements Messenger
103158 Acrylic Graph & Grid
108638 Card Stock 12 X 12 In Color
108642 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Blue Bayou
108643 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Groovy Guava
108637 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 In Color
108640 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 River Rock
108639 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Soft Sky
108641 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Wild Wasabi
108644 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Purely Pomegranate
103975 Card Stock Brushed Copper
108694 Card Stock Textured 12 X 12 In Color
107312 Cards & Envelopes Gift Whisper White
107292 Cards & Envelopes Greeting Whisper White
109116 Notes & Envelopes Long Notes
109118 Notes & Envelopes Love Notes
109117 Notes & Envelopes Pocket Notes*
110729 Notes & Envelopes Scallop Notes
109119 Notes & Envelopes Gift Notes
109018 Classic Stampin' Ink Blue Bayou
109019 Classic Stampin' Ink Groovy Guava
109017 Classic Stampin' Ink Purely Pomegranate
109016 Classic Stampin' Ink River Rock
109015 Classic Stampin' Ink Soft Sky
109020 Classic Stampin' Ink Wild Wasabi
109013 Classic Stampin' Pad Blue Bayou
109012 Classic Stampin' Pad Groovy Guava
109011 Classic Stampin' Pad Purely Pomegranate
109010 Classic Stampin' Pad River Rock
109009 Classic Stampin' Pad Soft Sky
109014 Classic Stampin' Pad Wild Wasabi
110751 Designer Series Paper Azure*
110749 Designer Series Paper Berry Bliss
109154 Designer Series Paper Cutie Pie
110699 Designer Series Paper East Coast Prep*
109160 Designer Series Paper Fall Flowers
109159 Designer Series Paper Flowers For You*
110697 Designer Series Paper Ginger Blossom
110479 Designer Series Paper Jersey Shore*
109151 Designer Series Paper Le Jardin
110748 Designer Series Paper Notebook*
110750 Designer Series Paper Olive Press
109153 Designer Series Paper Porcelain Prints*
109175 Designer Series Paper Prints Almost Amethyst*
109177 Designer Series Paper Prints Always Artichoke
110696 Designer Series Paper Prints Bali Breeze
109173 Designer Series Paper Prints Blue Bayou
109174 Designer Series Paper Prints Brilliant Blue
109178 Designer Series Paper Prints Certainly Celery
109169 Designer Series Paper Prints Close to Cocoa*
109168 Designer Series Paper Prints Groovy Guava*
109171 Designer Series Paper Prints Lovely Lilac
109172 Designer Series Paper Prints More Mustard
109176 Designer Series Paper Prints Old Olive
109170 Designer Series Paper Prints Pumpkin Pie
109164 Designer Series Paper Prints River Rock*
109167 Designer Series Paper Prints Rose Red
109166 Designer Series Paper Prints So Saffron
109165 Designer Series Paper Prints Soft Sky
109163 Designer Series Paper Prints Tempting Turquoise
110698 Designer Series Paper Prints Spring Break
110273 Designer Series Paper Prints Spring Fling*
110271 Designer Series Paper Prints Spring Silhouettes
110272 Designer Series Paper Prints Western Sky
107299 Envelope Confetti Cream Medium
105320 Eyelets Basic
100375 Eyelets Bold Brights
100381 Eyelets Earth Elements
107233 Eyelets Fresh Favorites I
107234 Eyelets Fresh Favorites II
105316 Eyelets Rich Regals
100378 Eyelets Soft Subtles
105515 Hodgepodge Hardware Pewter
105531 Hodgepodge Hardware Antique Brass
105532 Hodgepodge Hardware Aged Copper
101120 Metallic Art Pencils
107307 On Board Accents
109181 On Board Blossoms & Basic
109179 On Board Ginormous Pieces
107306 On Board Simon Lower
102678 Paper Mulberry White
109227 Punch Box Three For You
102686 Punch Handheld Rectangle
100271 Pure Color Pencils
109060 Ribbon Double-Stitched Blue Bayou
109063 Ribbon Double-Stitched Groovy Guava
109061 Ribbon Double-Stitched Purely Pomegranate
109062 Ribbon Double-Stitched River Rock*
109059 Ribbon Double-Stitched Soft Sky
109058 Ribbon Double-Stitched Wild Wasabi
109189 Ribbon Originals Beachfront*
109187 Ribbon Originals District*
109188 Ribbon Originals Fairy Tale
109185 Ribbon Originals Jersey*
109184 Ribbon Originals Sherbert
109186 Ribbon Originals Theater
110716 Ribbon Striped Grosgrain Wild Wasabi*
110281 Rub-Ons Cherished Memories*
110284 Rub-Ons Eastern Elegance*
110285 Rub-Ons Urban West*
110557 Simply Scrappin' Boho Blend
109610 Simply Scrappin' Confetti
110572 Simply Scrappin' Crew Kids Boy
110567 Simply Scrappin' Crew Kids Girl
109597 Simply Scrappin' Home Again
110562 Simply Scrappin' Rose Cottage
109648 Simply Scrappin' Special Delivery Boy
109627 Simply Scrappin' Special Delivery Girl
110587 Simply Scrappin' Summer Days
110577 Simply Scrappin' Tie The Knot
111184 Simply Sent Friendly Notes
109228 Simply Sent Simple Delights
109229 Simply Sent Three Thoughts
106662 Stampin'Around Wheel Daisy Field
107561 Stampin'Around Wheel Garden Annuals
109681 Stampin'Around Wheel Good Dog
109678 Stampin'Around Wheel Kisses
107482 Stampin'Around Wheel Lily Pad
109680 Stampin'Around Wheel Meow
109677 Stampin'Around Wheel Mistletoe
106610 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Basics Outline
107467 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Birthday
109571 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Baby
109570 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Friends
109569 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Party
108423 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Leaves A La Carte
107468 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Nature Hike
108980 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Petals
107464 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Rough Texture
111261 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Spunky Spots
109554 Stampin' Color Index Labels
109553 Stampin' Color Index Labels (French)
106694 Stampin' Kids Markers
101399 Stipple Brushes
102673 Zig Painty

Don't wait or it may be gone!
Michelle

Retiring Accessories Sale

Starting Monday you can order these retiring accessories with a 25% discount while supplies last. There also a bonus empty punch box tin for sale! Let me know ASAP if you would like to order any of these sale items as they will sell out fast! The rest of the retiring accessories list comes out Monday.

Have a great Sunday!

Michelle

Thank You Candles

This card was also inspired by Stamper's Showcase on the Stampin' Up! demonstrator website from July 16th. I used the same stamps as yesterday, and the "thank you" sentiment is from Enjoy Every Moment.

Have a great Saturday!

Michelle

Pick-a-Petal Candle Thanks

I just received my Pick-a-Petal stamp set the other day, along with an order of Nestabilities, so I just had to make this candle card. I saw the idea on Stamper's Showcase (July 16) on the Stampin' Up! demonstrator website. I made a card about like the SS one and will post it, too. This one I arranged like the sketch at LilyBean's Paperie.

The orange part of the flame is half of the leaf stamp from the Friendship Blooms set, Wish Big is from Short & Sweet, and the Bashful Blue reverse scallop border is a leftover piece from using my new Scallop Edge Punch! If you click on the photo, you might be able to see the orange Spica glitter pen I used on the small orange part of the flame.

Michelle

16 Years of Marriage

Our 16th wedding anniversary is Friday and my Mom sent this card she made. Pretty cool, huh? She cuttlebugged and glittered the heart and mounted it to a Scallop Circle punch. The sheer ribbon is a nice touch, too.

Thanks Mom!

Michelle

Heard from the Heart Christmas

I've managed to make 1 card from the new Heard from the Heart stamp set, and this is it...pretty simple.

The image is stamped in Kiwi Kiss ink on Whisper White cardstock, and embellished with a Riding Hood Red button from Button Bouquet and some red hemp twine, plus the bottom is edged in Riding Hood Red cardstock cut with the new Scallop Edge punch.

I hope to have more time today to play with all of my new stuff!

Michelle

Thank You Box

I got this box from my upline Joyce. Didn't she do a great job?

Michelle

Pun Fun Blog Candy Winner!

Here is what random.org picked:

mochamama said...
Love this set Michelle! I linked you from my site. Thanks for the chance
July 4, 2008 7:32 AM

mochamama, you won!

Email me your snail address and I'll get your candy out to you!

Congratulations and thanks everyone for playing!

Michelle

Prints DSP Swatch Kit Update

I only have ONE space left for the Prints DSP Swatch club. For details go here, or look to the sidebar to get your kit reserved right away so you don't miss out!

Stay tuned, as later tonight I'll be going to random.org to pick the winner of my blog candy!

Michelle

I'm in Heaven

I was so excited to get my Demonstrator's Fall/Winter Idea Book and Catalog preview order! Lots of stamps, the new In Color ink and paper set, the new Scallop Edge punch, Button Bouquet, and some other things tossed in. I've had fun playing with this new/soon-to-be released stuff since last Thursday, as you've seen. I should have a few more days this week to really get into it before my other work starts coming in.


If you'd like to get in on bonuses like ordering new items earlier than normal, contact me for more information on becoming a Demonstrator or first visit my Stampin' Page that can get you started here. If you're ready to sign up right now, use my recruiter password on that link: 2stampisb . It's easy to sign up online, and so much fun to decide which stamp sets, ink colors, and paper sets to get. I added the Stampin' Memories add-on too! You get over $85 worth of scrapbooking products for just $50! I have made so many pages from that one set I picked out, and I have plenty of supplies to make many more! The inside back cover of the Idea Book & Catalog is devoted to the Starter Kit and Stampin' Memories add-on if you want to see what comes in it.

Here are a few other bennies besides being able to order early:

• 40% off the Starter Kit (that's over $300 of Stampin' Up! products for only $199) and free shipping to boot!
• 20% off all the time. All you need to do to stay active and receive your discount is place orders (from yourself or customers) that total $300 per quarter. If all you want is the kit, then no problem...there is no obligation to sell anything or buy more.
• 30% off your first order in the first 6 weeks. Whoa! This was a good time for me to stock up.

I started out thinking this would be a good way to get all the basic supplies in the Starter Kit. Perfectly okay to stop there! I realized quickly that I was having so much fun, I'd give it a shot and put on some workshops here and there to support my own Stampin' Up! habit. So far so good! In fact, so well that I've already earned 5 free stamp sets of my choice under the Stampin' Start new demonstrator reward program.

Best of all, I'm having a blast meeting new people, spending creative time with family and friends, and sharing my favorite hobby with everyone.

I hope you join me!

Michelle

Workshop Scrapbook Page

Courtney & Kasey, what a great workshop! It was a lot of fun!

For those of you that couldn't make it, here's the scrapbook page I demonstrated (along with 2 Make & Take cards). The page started out as a 6x6 base of Summer Picnic DSP from the previous DSP Swatch Club I offered. A little ribbon, a little glitter, some stamping and a staple, along with the photo, and you have a 6x6 page!


Now, if you add a 12x12 sheet of cardstock, some Versamark stamping, embossing powder, more ribbon, and a white Signo gel pen, you get a 12 x 12 page! I like both formats!

If you're wanting a big stack of 6x6 Prints Designer Series Paper to make up to 96 pages in the 6x6 format or maybe use it for 3 or 4 times that many cards by cutting it up, I have only TWO spaces left in the Prints DSP Swatch club. As soon as I get those last spots filled, I'll order the paper and get it made into kits and sent out or delivered. Go here for details or go straight to the sidebar to grab that last Prints DSP spot!

If you were at the workshop last night, don't forget to sign up for the blog candy I'm giving away in the next few days! If you weren't at the workshop, you can sign up too! Go here to do that!

Enjoy your day!

Michelle

Without Further Ado...

Meet Miss Sock Monkey!

She was stamped in Black StazOn ink and paper pieced with Very Vanilla, Kraft, and Riding Hood Red cardstock, and her tutu was dyed with a pink Copic marker and hand gathered and sewn on with clear machine quilting thread. The flower she is holding was colored with blender pens and Kiwi Kiss, Pirouette Pink, Riding Hood Red, and YoYo Yellow inks. She sits on a Tiny Bubbles cuttlebugged Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red oval Nestability cutout set, layered over a polkadot piece of Bella Rose DSP and Close to Cocoa cardstock stitched with pink machine embroidery thread. The card base is Very Vanilla. The layers of cardstock and DSP are sponged on the edges in Close to Cocoa ink. Miss Sock Monkey's eyelashes were added with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker. A few clear Dew Drops round out the card.

She was very fun to coax to life!

Thanks for all of your comments! Don't forget to enter to win my blog candy!

Michelle

Deer Friends Preview

I've been playing with my new Level 2 Hostess preview set "Deer Friends" that will be coming out in the new Idea Book and Catalog on August 11th. The set has 8 adorable stamps in it that I thought would make a perfect set of pocket cards. You can click on the photo for a larger view.

I used mostly ink and paper from the new In Colors coming out, plus the new Bella Rose DSP and a button from Button Bouquet, all coming out August 11th. Ah, and the gift, baby Jesus, and snowman cards paper on the left side was stamped in the matching In Color ink with the Wow Flowers stamp from its set of 4.

Up the side of each pull-out pocket card I stamped a line with the soon-to-be-retired All in a Row using my Stamp-a-ma-Jig for perfect placement. Each stamped image has Dazzling Diamonds glitter applied with a 2-way Glue Pen and is mounted on a 1-3/8" Circle Punch piece. The baby Jesus pocket card's All in a Row stamped image got glittered using Heat and Stick powder for more precise glittering of the image.

I used ribbons and twines I already had since the In Color ribbons aren't out yet, but the gingerbread man card got a "ric-rac" treatment using the new Scallop Edge Punch on Whisper White paper.

For the angel card I dyed some 1/4" White grosgrain ribbon with an SU! sponge piece and the new Riding Hood Red stamp pad. There! Matching ribbon before it's even out!

It's hard to see in the photo, but each card's stitching is done in a matching thread color. I have an embroidery attachment for my Bernina, thus a lot of thread colors to choose from!

I'll show individual photos of these cards in the near future so you can see more detail.

Until then,
Michelle

First Travel Journal

Last travel journal entry, I promise! This is just the front/back cover shot of an earlier travel journal I made for my little guy. It has similar pages in it as the Dude Ranch Album. Once again, the digital art is from www.pchubclub.com

BTW, I've decided to give the blog candy a few more days so that a few more people can get in on the loot. Head on over and enter, you've got a little bit longer, maybe until Monday or Tuesday!

I've been working on some new SU! stuff, so keep watching for those posts!

Michelle

Dude Ranch Vacation Album Part II

Here's the second installment of the Dude Ranch album I made for my little guy last summer.

There are coloring and dot-to-dot pages:


More photo pages:

And this laminated pocket holds laminated cowboy paper doll clothes with velcro dots on them:

To be placed on the opposite velcro dots on the paper doll page! The facing pages were tear-out postcards that he wrote on and sent to the other grandma and grandpa while he was on vacation:

And, the back cover. I bound the book with jump rings and added a bead tassel to the top.

Thanks for looking! My SU! preview order is arriving this afternoon and I did some marathon transcribing yesterday so that I could have the rest of the day after a morning trip to gymnastics in town to play with my new stuff!

Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy, as I'll be using random.com tomorrow to pick a winner!

Michelle

Dude Ranch Vacation Album

Last Labor Day weekend we all took a family trip to a mountaintop dude ranch on my husband's side to celebrate his folks' 50th Anniversary, so I made this digital album to take along for my then 4-year-old little guy to commemorate his trip and keep him busy when he got bored. Today I'll show you 5 photos and I'll have the other 5 tomorrow to break it up.

First up, the laminated cover:

I had made another travel journal similar to this one and did the same thing on the first page: A log of what we did every day.

Here's the autograph page for everyone to sign, and a "Things I've Never Done Before" page:

I included a few coloring pages for the car ride:

A few photo pages: Here he is getting the autograph of the wrangler, and had the privilege of ringing the dinner bell:

More tomorrow! BTW, most of the graphics are from www.pchugclub.com.

Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy!

Michelle

Tea Light Candle Holder

I got the idea for a tea light votive holder from Stampin' with Kerin but I like hers a lot better...Kerin's is made with Fresh Cuts notes but I don't have any, so I used my Boho Blossoms punch and some Felt Fusion flowers, along with some rhinestone and regular brads. I inked the top edges and the flower cutouts, then tied some Striped Grograin ribbon around the bottom. The trick, as you can see in the detailed directions at Kerin's site, is a layer of vellum on the inside. I accidentally deleted my full light photo, so all you get is the glow light from the inside version.

Thanks for the inspiration, Kerin!

Michelle

Bridal Squash Book

Squash books are a lot of fun to make, can hold a lot of photos, and pack a lot of WOW! This one is going to a bride, made in her colors.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend! Make sure you go here to sign up for my blog candy!

Michelle

I Have Dawn's Autograph!

I am so lucky, I have a card that Dawn McVey made and wrote a note in TO ME! She's published, you know! I won blog candy from her and along with some pretty buttons, ribbon, and big brads, I got 2 issues of Cards Magazine. Dawn has 5 cards published between the two! I love her beautiful work, and you can see it on her blog, My Favorite Things.

Thanks Dawn, and congratulations on these publications!

So, I won her blog candy, don't forget to go here for a chance to win MY blog candy!

Michelle

Do it with an Exclamation Point!

I CASEd these cool cards from Angie Kennedy Juda, but added some glitter too! I made up 40 kits of these in 4 colors to take with me to our July 4th celebration at my aunt's so that all of us gals could make a card set to take home.

Don't forget to enter to win my blog candy! It's way bigger than my first giveaway!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Michelle