Creating with my new goodies!

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good Monday! Here in the US we celebrated Labor Day, my dear hubby grilled mouth-watering ribs and bacon wrapped pork tenderloins! Dear daughter and I made homemade potato salad, oh yeah, it was YUMMMYYYY:):) I even had time to create in my stamp room. This week my parents celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary, so I HAD to get time in my room to make them a card:):):)

I loved getting to play with some of my new goodies! I used the new paint found in the holiday mini, played with a new technique using the clear window sheets with our texture plate. That was fun, it came out really cool I think. After I ran the clear window sheet through the big shot with the top note bigz die, I ran it through again with the perfect details texture plate. I then rubbed some black stazon ink over the embossing to make it stand out! I will definitely be doing this again!!! Thanks for looking!
Recipe:

Finial Press embossing folder #115964
Top Note bigz die #113463
Perfect details texture plate #115962
Hodgepodge hardware #112454
clear window sheets # 114323
Stamps: Charming #116519
En Francis #109521
Great friend #113792
Sanded #113792
Ink: black stazon, bordering blue
Paper: whisper white, kraft

Shabby Chic Christmas Mini Album!

Paaa rum pa pum pum, me and my drum..... It's so very sad, it's Sept and I am singing Christmas carols:):):) Playing with these gorgeous stamps and papers is sooo getting me in the spirit! I just love the holiday season!!! This mini album is one of the projects I am offering as a "Private Class"! So far it's been very popular, thank you all so much for your kind words:) Here are a couple of sneak peeks as to what's inside!!! If you would like to host one of these classes just email me and we can schedule a date. The album consists of 3 pages front and back and is perfect to give as a Christmas gift for grandparents, or to fill with your own holiday memories.
The class supply fee is only $25.00/person. You will get to play with our awesome new flocked paper, and play with the pretties kit and make your own custom hat pin!
Wahooo what fun:):):)
Thanks for visiting:)
Hugs
Jamie

Vintage Ornament Christmas Tile!

Hi friends! I am super excited to share with you this AWESOME Christmas tile!! This idea is cased from my favorite SU designer Kimberly Van Diepen. It is simply an .88 cent tile from my local hardware store decorated with our Vintage ornaments stencils, craft ink and stencil paste!!!

Of course it's not a project without some ribbon and bling! And the gorgeous hat pin is from the "pretties kit"!!! Love this kit, it has pearls and beads and flowers in it, so you can create your own hat pin. This tile was soooo very easy to make! What a fabulous gift to give!!!

Here are the supplies used, they can be found on my website:)

Vintage ornaments 1 stencils #117580

craft ink chocolate chip #101816

glassy glaze enamel #100477

1 1/4 chocolate chip striped grosgrain ribbon #115617

pretties kit #109114

dazzling diamonds glitter #102023

antique brass jumbo eyelets #108431

very vanilla cardstock for the tag

Christmas Greetings stampset #115448

The stencil paste you can get at your local craft store! The one I use is called "stencil paste" (go figure) made by stencil ease! I will be filming a video soon with the how to!! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask! Thanks for stopping by:)

Hugs

Jamie

Life is Good!

Whew, it's been crazy around here!!! Crazy good!! School has begun and we are in full swing!!!

When I was school clothes shopping with Brenah, I got sooo in the mood for fall! I am ready for boots and sweaters, yum, yum! Enough of this blistering heat! Ok, enough complaing, at least my favorite hobby can be done indoors!:):):) No sunblock needed to stamp:):):) Ok, here are some of the projects we made at this past weekends stamp camp!

This card was CASED from one of my favorite designers, Kimberly Van Diepen, but changed a bit to make it my own! There is soo much texture going on, and is so very elegant! The colors are Kraft and Bashful blue! The background stamp is Bella Toile, (love that one!) And the embossing in done using the finial press embossing folder. The sentiment "thanks" is using our embosslit! (Isn't this so darn pretty?)

On this yummy card! I used 2 of the fabulous new in-colors, Bermuda Bay, and Soft Suede! The stamps set is Circle Circus!!! And the cute polka dot ribbon is our Bermuda Bay!! I just love how everything coordinates so well!!! Thanks for looking, ya"ll have a super duper day:)

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Home Sweet Home!

Amazing, that's the word to sum up the convention experience! I had a fabulous time, learning and sharing with other like-minded women!!!! (It's good to know that I'm not the only crazy for stamps person out there:) But there is nothing like coming home to my bed and my babies!!! I missed my family something fierce:) Traveling is exhausting......nuff said. Here are a few pics of me and my crazy stamper friends!!! The 1st pic is Pam, me and Penny, (my wonderful upline), the 2nd pic is Trudy, me and Penny, and the last is me checking out the LIFE-sized pic of the yummy Idea Book and Catalog!!!!! Thanks for looking everyone, have a great rest of the week!!!

Create something beautiful!!

Hugs

Jamie

Convention Inspiration!!!

Hi Everyone!! I am super excited about going to my first Stampin Up convention!! I needed an outlet to pour my enthusiasim into!!! So into my studio I went and the creative mojo was flowing! (Don't cha just love it when that happens?) This first card uses my new favorite stamp from the new catalog, the medallion!!!! It's so versatile, It's calling me to ink it up and scrap with:):):) Ok, now for the recipe: cardstock, crushed curry, vanilla, and soft suede, ink: crushed curry, soft suede, stamp sets: medallion, chic boutique
accessories: big shot tags, crushed curry dotted ribbon, chocolate cosmo glitter, (it's hard to see in this pic, but the dots are all glitter) 2-way glue pen,
crystal effects, (it's on top of the merci stamp and the bird) I wanted to add dimension. This card looks much better in person....
Now for the spooky card:):):) I love Halloween!!! It one of my favorite holidays! This card uses this fabulous skull "From the Crypt" stamp set!
and this awesome background stamp "All Hallows Eve" Now I'm getting in the holiday spirit!!! I can't wait to share my Christmas ideas:):):):) Ok the recipe:
cardstock: razzleberry, basic black, and whisper white, ink: razzleberry, stazon black, accessories: 1/4" basic black gg ribbon, cosmo fine glitter in silver, modern label punch, and 2-way blue pen. Oh, I almost forgot, the sentiment is from teeny tiny wished stamp set!!! We may be making this card at a future camp.....
This card again features my favorite stamp, the medallion! (It's going to be seeing lots of ink:) And again the Chic Boutique set! But check out that embossed card base!!!! That's our new final press embossing folder!!!! LOVE it!!!! It works beautifully, and adds wonderful texture!!! Here again, I used crystal effects on the tower, and the merci! Pulled out the sewing machine and stitched down that fab new chocolate chip striped ribbon!!! And last but not least used another one of the big shot sizzlets tags. The gratitude stamp is from the define your life set!!!!!! Thanks everyone for looking, can't wait to see you all at the next stampcamp in August!!! Have a great week!
Create something pretty:)
Jamie

Scrapper's Night Out Pictures!

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had as good of a weekend as I did! Here are some pics of our wonderful evening scrapping away, (until 12:45am!!!)!! (I love how the quilts on the wall make the pictures so much more interesting!), Anyhoo, we had a blast!! Our dinner was fabulous, lasagna rolls, spinach artichoke salad, garlic bread, and homemade lemon cake with lemon curd filling!! YUM YUM!!! We definately got our "Art on" this time!! Paper, glitter paint and glue were flying around:):):) Thank you to all who participated! I can't wait until next time!!!
Ya"ll have a great rest of the week!
Hugs
Jamie