Little things

This card is made with some Designer Series paper that will be offered as a Sale-a-bration item.  There is some stickers that match in the package as well.

I used Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point and Whisper White card stock and some retired Pacific Point ribbon and a library clip to finish the card.  The stamp is from Full of Life.

Punch Bunch

I made a couple cards that are very similar, but have a little variation and thought I would share them both.  The stamp set used is Punch Bunch which will be available during Sale-a-bration. 

The first one uses polytwill ribbon in Pear Pizazz and the second Night of Navy 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.  The pin and brads on the second are from the vintage trinkets package.

Marina Mist, Pear Pizazz, Night of Navy and Whisper White card stock

Celebrations desginer series paper

Punch Bunch stamp set

Perfect Polka Dots and Petals a Plenty impressions folders

scallop square punch

2 1/2" circle punch

Journaling 101 course

Journaling hasn't been the easiest part of scrapbooking for me and for that reason I sometimes don't journal too much on my pages.  I am excited to be a part of a Journaling 101 class that will help me to improve my story telling so that I am not just showcasing pictures, but adding more detailed memories to my pages. 

The class is a 12 week course and it starts on January 24th.  If you can't get to the challenges and homework right away, you can always go back to it. The archives and galleries for the class will be up permanently, so there's plenty of time to get caught up.

Here is the description of the class:
** Techniques, tips and ideas to stimulate your creative process
** Tasks to complete
** Challenges
** Sample pages each week from Erika Martin and 3 other amazingly talented scrapbook artists (40 total layouts):
Kris Sobolik
Karen Findlay
Jami Hubatch
** A gallery for you to upload your pages to so that we can all share with each other
** An interactive forum with discussions on each week's work
** PDF files with all of the course outlines so that you can print them out or save them to your computer for future use
** One-on-one email correspondence with Erika Martin if you need help with any of the tasks
** ALL NEW never-before-seen layouts!

If you're already a scrapbooker or even if you've never scrapbooked before.....this course has something for everyone! It doesn't matter where you live or what you scrapbook with, this course has been created for everyone!


Come on over and join us!  You can go here to sign up and please let Erika know that I referred you :) 

Extreme Snowboard

Baby it's cold outside...our Late Night Stampers theme this week and I thought this would qualify :)  My boys (8 and 7) love it because of the snowboarder, they love to ride down the little hill their dad pushed up for them outside as often as possible.

Colors:

Whisper White, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizazz

Extreme Snowboard, Extreme Elements and Grunge Rock stamp sets

dotted scallop ribbon border punch

The lines on the image initially were an accident.  I dropped my ink pad on the card stock after I stamped the snowboarder and it made a line from the side of the pad.  So I went with it and added more lines using the edge of my ink pad and I kind of like the effect.

Daily Dose of Sunshine

Another page for a challenge on Soul Scrappers - something we can't live without :)

I used some new Occassions mini items on this as well as some retired things.  It is hard to tell from the lighting on the picture, but the base card stock is Rose Red.  The DSP is Springtime Vintage and the Big buttons are also from the new mini.

You warm my heart

I used the Designer Series paper from our current promotion on this card along with the Valentine Defined (Occassions Mini). 

It is a very quick and easy one and I added a sentiment from the Filled With Love set (also in the promotion) and the modern label punch.  The ribbon is Real Red 1/8" taffeta. 

Here is the promotion details.....

CASE resolution

Another one of my stamping resolutions for this year is to take advantage of all the awesome tutorials available at the UStamp with Dawn and Friends sessions and my first project in that department is below.  

The creator is Ilina Crouse and as always, she has an awesome project.   

I can't do more than show you the pictures of my project, but you can join us anytime and hopefully I will be showing you more fantastic samples!