Friends - Very Vintage

Some of the new stuff from the Occasions Mini I was playing around with. Sending this off to a special friend, wait til she gets it, she'll be so surprised! Shuh, don't tell anybody! I used pretty in pink for the base card and wheeled the very vintage jumbo wheel with pretty in pink ink, then I used the polka dots embossing folder and rubbed the chocolate chip ink over the dots. I also used the new corner and edge scallop punches for the frame around "friends" and part of the border. The bottom is layered with the new paper in the mini called Sending Love, it has embossed glittery stuff on it, very pretty, and real red. I also used the new brads, butterfly sizzlet and satin ribbon. Now to make another for me to keep! TaTa for now! Cyndy

Holiday Gift

This past holiday season I got a part time job working at Coldwater Creek in Chester. It was a lot of fun and got a lot of new clothes! Of course I thought about everything in SU colors! Well last weekend they had a party for everyone and we had a grab bag. I used the blocks we sold in the Holiday Mini and made a gift. I used the theme of different holidays (i.e. Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, etc.), I got this idea from my upline Tina Rosenkrans. She had a display at our last Fall Fest. I loved how the blocks turned out and now need to get some more so I can make at least another set for me! Here are the pictures, hope you enjoy them as much as I did and it was fun to make as well! Cyndy

Sale-A-Bration Swaps

I recently participated in a Sale-a-Bration Swap and just wanted to show you all the beautiful swaps and ideas I got. Ok, I don't know how to edit this any better then it is, so if anyone can lend a hand in helping me figure out how to get these pictures in and take up less space and able to put some of what I'm writing next to the pictures, please let me know. This first picture with the mirror image of the bird wasn't a Sale-a-Bration swap, but Tina added it as a bonus! It's by Michelle Zindorf. She was at our Fall Fest and taught how to do this. She is a very talented lady! the next swap is by Leslie Percival. It looks like she did Rock n' Roll, love the color! Below left is by Kelly Mahoney and right by Jen Peel.

These next 2 are by Debbie VanGieson and Donna Foster.

These two are by Chris Litchfield and Claire Lawrence. Really gotta get that DSP!

This last one is by Debby Kainu, love the bling and this new DSP in the Occasions is sparkly!

Downline Meeting

Well last night was my upline Tina Rosenkraus downline meeting. This month we talked about leadership and the exciting changes coming our way. We also had a shoebox swap. Here are the pictures of the swaps we each made. The flower to the left is by Jeannine Rubenstein and the card to the right is by Tina Rosenkraus. Jeannine also brought some show and tells that she made using the Big Shot and our die cuts, but didn't have my camera to take pics, sorry. She made head bands (die cut flowers with fabric and used a brad to attach to head band), and hair clips (also using the die cuts and the new felt pieces in the Occasions Mini) they were real cute! I had also scene a picture of someone who used the flower brads and made earrings! It was on our new Stampin' Connection, just for SU Demonstrators! It's a new way for us to be able to connect more and post our creations!

The cute little milk box was created by Debbie VanGieson and the calendar to the right was done by Louise DelVecchio. There is a magnet on the back so you can put it up on your frig! Isn't it adorable!

This cute little owl was made by Tina Rosenkraus. She copied it from our monthly Stampin' Discuss. Isn't it cute! Now I need to figure out what to do with it!

I also made a mini chipboard album, some pics below. I need to fill in some info but really happy with the way it turned out. It was a lot of fun to make! The picture to the right is the front of the album and below is just inside. That is a picture of the my grandparents on their wedding day in 1919!

The picture here to the left is me on my wedding day in 1982! Big difference!

Well I hope you enjoyed all the show and tells for today! I have some more to post but will have to wait for another day! Enjoy the rain and don't get to wet. Cyndy

January Technique Class

Well here are the other two cards from my technique class this month. This first card was a bit involved. I got this template last year from "Lets Party Hearty" and thought this would be a good one to work on. There are instructions that come with the template and they also have a video on their site. Glad I looked at the video, because there were pointers on it that weren't mentioned in the instructions and it really helped to put it together. So my suggestion is if you want to make this card, check out their site. I also used these metal sheets to make the butterfly on this card. I got the metal sheets from Marco papers, but it's made by Ten Seconds Studio. They have some really neat stuff and great tutorials, you have to also check out their site! This next card, I got the idea from Technique Junkie. It's called Medallion Window technique. It's really easy to do. You stamp your "medallion" on your cardfront, open the card and cut out your "window" from the medallion and add layers to the inside of the card. The first layer is adhered directly to the inside of the card and the additional layers you use dimensionals. I colored in the "white" parts on the card front. You can use anything you want to color in your image. I then used Certainly Celery, Brocade Blue, and Gold Metallic cardstock, all from Stampin' Up! I layered the card on a piece of Brocade Blue as a base. The piece of Brocade blue in the center was stamped with the new Vintage Labels from the Sale-a-Bration catalog. So this was a FREE stamp set! And now they come so you can use them with acrylic blocks! I'm really lovin' this card, hope you do too. See you soon. Cyndy

Happy New Year!

Well the New Year has begun! Jessie has been wanting a cat for a long time and we finally were able to convince John, it was the thing to do. So "Buddy" joined our family the week before Christmas. He is such a great cat. Buddy has adapted to Jess' room and usually doesn't hide when I come in. I'm trying to get him to venture out, but want to keep the dogs at bay while he adjusts. Trigger has been very curious about this new "creature". I think Trigger thinks we got him a new toy to play with and doesn't understand why he can't play with Buddy! John also got a new pet. His is a bit larger! His name is Dakota. We adopted Dakota because the past owner was afraid to ride him because he kept on bucking every time you got on. So John has been working with him and as you can see, John is still on and Dakota hasn't once tried to buck him off! I'm glad of that! We've actually had him for a while, but it's been way too cold for me to go out and visit with him. That snow just doesn't seem to want to melt!

Well I finally got to play a bit with some of the new things I got from the Sale-a-Bration and Occasions Mini. I cased this from Splitcoast (Kristin Moore). Used the same colors (Soft Suade, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand, Whisper White), but changed the emblossing folder and used a butterfly die cut. Tried out one of the new punches (Scallop Trim Border from the Salebration). Also, just to let you know. My Technique class scheduled for this Friday is being moved to next week. It will be on Thursday at 7pm. Hope to see you there. Make sure you RSVP if you're attending! Cyndy