tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90970734234947953542024-03-13T13:46:50.548-07:00Adventures with ArleneA creative journey in cardmaking and scrapbooking by a Stampin Up Demonstrator.Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-6270509832427226122012-09-27T14:23:00.000-07:002012-09-27T14:23:22.182-07:00Thursday, September 27thWarning - this is going to be a short post. I have a stamp class in 15 minutes...<br />
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Geez, the past week has flown! I did travel last week to Chattanooga for the SU Regionals. I had a most wonderful time. I stayed at the Chattanoogian with Dylana Goatee and Shelley Hunt. We met up with my upline, Susan Polcari of Chattanooga for the Regionals. Then I had 3 guests attend the Regionals too! There was Imogene Thomas of Metone, GA and Sue & Mike Bosco of Decatur, AL.<br />
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Miss Imogene knocked my socks off by signing up to be my newest downline. She got the $ 99 special PLUS a few stamp set of her choice, plus I get a free stamp set of my choice! Woohoo!!!<br />
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I will be back later with photos. I am having troubles with my desktop and that is where they are stored. I want to share Regional photos and a cute cartoon with you.<br />
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Front Row: Dylana Goatee, Susan Polcari and me<br />
Back Row: Shelley Hunt, Sue Bosco, and Imogene Thomas<br />
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Now this week on facebook there has been the cutest cartoon that really applies to all SU demos (and customers) that I have to share with you.<br />
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-74926431063253209282012-09-16T07:49:00.002-07:002012-09-16T08:08:38.547-07:00Fab Friday Challenge # 2<div style="text-align: center;">
Okay Miss Mindy set up a color challenge this week for the Fab Friday Challenge. </div>
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This was a color combination outside of my normal playing field. I was not really sure how to accomplish a nice looking card with such dull colors. I love each of these colors with OTHER colors but together?????<br />
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I wandered around looking for inspiration when I found another challenge, and decided to pair them (at least the starburst portion them together). So it was a 2 for 1 morning for me! <br />
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I am rather pleased with my outcome of my card for both challenges!</div>
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I happened upon this starburst design over at <a href="http://www.handmadebyjulie.com/?page_id=1971">http://www.handmadebyjulie.com/?page_id=1971</a> and thought VIOLA! That is what will make these colors pop together. Julie gives a great informational tutorial how to achieve this starburst pattern, complete with photos. I will only recap what I did to create this card on my blog. Run over and visit Julie for the tutorial.</div>
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* DSP from the Neutrals Color Collection (Sahara Sand, and Basic Gray) and from the Subtles Color Collectin (So Saffron). I used all 4 pattern designs from these collections (or at least they are sitting on my desk to make a few more of these cards) cut 1.5" x 4" to form a rectangle. Then cut in half diagonally to create the starburst.</div>
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* Very Vanilla cardstock cut at 2 1/4" x 5" to form the base for the starburst</div>
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* DSP from the Neutrals Color Collection (Dotted Basic Gray) cut at 2" x 5"</div>
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* Very Vanilla cardstock cut 2 1/4" x 5 1/4" to form the mat</div>
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* Sahara Sand cardbase cut 4 1/4" x 11" - then folded along the long side at 5 1/2"</div>
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* So Saffron ribbon</div>
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* Scrap of Very Vanilla for the sentiment</div>
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* Scrap of Sahara Sand for the sentiment mat</div>
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* Stamp Set: Blessings from Heaven</div>
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* Inks: Sahara Sand for sponging, Basic Gray for sentiment</div>
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Okay, let me confess about the matting around my sentiment. I reached in my scrap area for a piece of Sahara Sand. The scrap I pulled had previously been punched with the Decorative Label Punch. I decided to use that edge for visual interest. </div>
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Speaking about my scraps, have I ever showed you how I store all my lovely SU Paper? </div>
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I use those white cubes you can get at Walmart or Target. My wall is slightly different these days and my stamps are else where. Anyway, my wall of paper is right behind me at my work table. I simply turn and can reach each and every piece of paper to make my choices.</div>
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I use four of these 12 x 12 paper holders for each of my white cubes. I place 2 colors in one paper holder (so each cube has 4 paper holders and 8 cardstock colors). For instance, I put Daffodil Delight and So Saffron in the same holder. I arrange it Left to Right like this:</div>
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12" x 12" Color Collection DSP in Daffodil Delight</div>
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SCRAPBAG for Daffodil Delight (more about this in a minute)</div>
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Okay to the left is a SCRAPBAG storage folder. It has 3 openings inside it. Each side has a small pouch for scraps and the center can hold up to a 12" x 12" piece of paper. This is how I store my usuable scraps. Been doing it this way for about 3 years. Find it works the best for me. I can always find the correct color scrap, I waste less paper, and it is neat and separates my 2 colors in my paper holder. These bags do fit inside the paper holders (to the right) that we sell. </div>
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Also, let me point out I take my Color Collection DSP pads and put each color with the matching color of cardstock. I find it is easier to locate, I use more of the Color Collection DSP's, and it is so handy to have it together instead of searching if I still have a sheet or a scrap of a certain color. I keep the DSP scraps in the SCRAPBAG along with my cardstock scraps. </div>
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Soon as I get a few free minutes I will update my photos of my current scrapbook room. I lived in my house for 2 years before I hung anything in my scrapbook room. I wanted to get a feel for the room before I made that permanent decision. I love how I have it right now. There are 30 white cubes behind me on the shelf. Bottom row is retired DSP (and boy do I have alot of it!), 2nd and 3rd rows are SU current InColors, DSP and Cardstocks. The 4th, 5th and 6th rows have baskets in them that store all kinds of things (like ribbons, etc). That is only the wall behind my desk!</div>
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Across the room there are 20 more white cubes that store retired cardstock and my collection of other contraband companies for my scrapbooking needs (like Arkansas Razorback paper, Bo Bunny, Life Stories, etc.), and some have drawers that store my machines like Xyron, drawers with adhesives (okay I confess I use only Tombow and the tape for my ATG gun) and other sudries. There are catalogs and notebooks too.<br />
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Then I have one wall that holds my cricuts cartridges, my SU stamps (which take most of the space), my embellishments and at the very bottom my Dreamkutz machine and Circuit machine. Near my desk is a white bookcase that only holds sizzix dies. </div>
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There are 2 long tables with 4 really padded chairs for my stamping friends in the classroom area. I got new lightening in the room this summer. I call the lights, my airport runway lights! That room is bright even at night. </div>
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-60619034087954178442012-09-14T20:03:00.003-07:002012-09-14T20:05:07.190-07:00On my mind....<div style="text-align: center;">
Today my mom is on my mind. I will tell you Kleenex might be needed if you read this post. If you don't need a good, soul-refreshing tear jerker crying session, SKIP THIS POST. That's your final warning because I need to talk about her tonight. </div>
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I would like to share our last Christmas together with you and tell you what made her so amazing to me. This layout is very special. All the photos were taken in December 2005.</div>
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The first photo you see on the upper left of the page is my mom, Franca Redini Bridges, and my brother-in-law, Mark Skorupa (Jenny's husband). Sadly both are now deceased. </div>
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The bottom left photo is of mom and Laura Jill Hill (Jenny's daughter). The bottom right photo is of my brother, Bruno, my mom, and Cody Brandon Bridges (Bruno's son). </div>
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Top left is my sister, Jenny Skorupa and our mom. Top left is of my brother, Bruno Bridges and our Mom. Bottom left is of me with my mom. Notice all the red cardinals? It was my mom's favorite bird -- she collected them. When we see a cardinal, we always say Mom is looking out for us.</div>
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My mom was born on March 12, 1930 in Parma, Italy to Elsa Bussolati Redini and Guiseppe Redini. She grew up in Tuscany in the city of Pisa. She was the oldest of 8 children (5 girls and 3 boys). She was working at Camp Darby, an US Army Base (it is outside of Pisa) when she met my father, Joseph Kindell Bridges, III of Holly Springs, Mississippi. In October 1958, when I was only 7 months old, we moved from Italy to Fort Hood, Texas. That Christmas, Mom found out she was expecting my sister Jenny. <br />
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In February 1959, my father was killed in a head on collison near Fort Hood. My mother decided to stay in the USA and raise the 3 of us children (Bruno 5, me 11 months, and Jenny who was not born yet). She did not speak English at that time. She sacrificed herself not returning home to her parents, brothers and sisters. (In fact, she only went back to Italy once -- it was in 1985). I just cannot imagine not returning to my family. <br />
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We moved to Helena, Arkansas, a riverboat town along the Mississippi River about 75 miles south of Memphis. Mom struggled to learn English, which she did learn via the use of encyclopedias and an Italian-English dictionary. It was her 3rd language. She spoke Italian, French and English. <br />
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I remember Helena being a melting pot of different nationalities when I was a child. My mother and her friends had a group. They called themselves the Heyena Club. There were so many wonderful ladies in that group: Isabel (Brazil); Anna (Belgium); Mimi (France); Lisa (Germany); Zee Zee (Yugoslavia); and Clara (Egypt). There were many more! Sadly all have passed away with the exception of our dearest Isabel, who now lives in Leesburg, Florida.<br />
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Mom's first job was at Bobbie Brooks Garment Factory, where she worked from about 1960 to 1973. Funny thing, as a child in Italy, she was sent home from the sewing school and her grandmother was told never to send her back. She was incapable of learning to sew. For someone incapable, she made her living on that skill.<br />
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When I was in high school, she went to work doing alterations at C.E. Mayer and Co. in Helena. Later she opened her own alterations business. First, she rented space in New Way Cleaners with Pat and Lee Williams. Then a few years later, she and her friend Barbara got together. Barbara owned antique store called On the Levee Antiques and she did not want to be alone in the store. So a portion of the store was designed for mom to have her own business, Franca's Alterations. They were good friends. Barbara was like another daughter to my mom. When Mom died, we had Barbara sit with us in the family section. <br />
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My mother and I did things together. She learned to finally drive when I was 15, and got her license and first car. I have to say all thanks go to Lisa Mathis, who taught Mom how to drive! Mom learned to swim the summer I was 17. <br />
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She was just a hoot. She spoke English with an Italian accent and a Southern drawl on top. LOL She never conquered the English "th" sounds because it does not occur in Italian and the fact she had scarlet fever as a child and it damaged her hearing.<br />
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In the fall of 2005, she quietly went to the doctor and had tests ran for a couple of months before she said a word to anyone (and she was living with me at that time). One Wednesday evening in early November, she asked me to take off work the next morning because she needed me. That was super rare. She instilled a strong work ethic in her kids -- you went to work unless you were in bed sick --- no taking mental health days or fun days. And if you did not go to work (or when we were school age,go to school), you did not go anywhere else. Tough luck if you got better later that day. You were staying home.<br />
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Anyway I got the day off and inquired why she needed me. I was shocked when she told me I needed to take her to the hospital for a lung biopsy the following morning. Then she proceeded to tell me not to tell my brother and sister. OMG -- not tell them? Thankfully sis called and knew something was up and Mom fessed up.<br />
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The doctor told me after the biopsy it was lung cancer. But at the time we did not know how far along it was. That was November. We went to his office Thanksgiving week to get the results. I remember leaving thinking all was well; she would get some treatment and it would be okay. He was sending us to Little Rock to see an oncologist. The appointment came in mid December. It was a Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. They explained what a port was and what the treatment would be for her lung cancer. They told us the staging. Then I asked how long would we do treatment before recovery. Then the shock -- they explained she was Stage 4 and terminal. I remember just crying so hard while driving Mom to my sister's house. I could not believe I was going to lose my mom, my mentor and my best friend. <br />
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I simply begged this poor woman to take the chemotherapy to give us more time together. The doctors stated she would live only 6 months without it and live 12 -18 months with the chemotherapy. Bless her soul, she took the treatment for me. She started in January 2006. She passed away June 2006. Six months -- that is all I had her for--- I had her take this terrible treatment to gain months and we gained nothing. Her quality of life exchanged for quanity --- when she got neither. <br />
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Poor little Mom. She was 4'10" and 90 pounds on her final day on Earth. She had just gotten hair back on her little head. Looked like a black buzz cut. Mom did not have any gray hairs at all. That final weekend, I remember telling her how much she looked like my brother, Bruno. She informed me, that NO, she did not look like Bruno. Instead it was Bruno that looked like her. The treatments caused her to lose 30 pounds in those 6 months. <br />
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I miss my mom. After 6 years, I still reach for the phone to call her and tell her a story or an event that happened. Every once in a while, I have one of these tear jerker sessions missing her so badly. <br />
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Tonight's came because I went to see a friend whose daughter is in ICU. I know that triggered it. Life is simply so fragile. <br />
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My favorite photo of Mom. I took this at On the Levee Antiques in June 2005. A year later I would be saying goodbye to her.<br />
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These are some of the beautiful black and white photos of my Mom in the 1950's. I have this layout hanging on the wall in my living room. I have one wall that is nothing but family photos and layouts. I walk past this everyday and THANK GOD for her. <br />
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The Bridges Family circa 1977. Front row: Bruno and Franca. Back row: Arlene, Charlotte (Bruno's wife) and Jenny. Taken in Helena, Arkansas. <br />
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Thank you for letting me introduce you to my mom. Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-25918914213158407192012-09-11T04:30:00.001-07:002012-09-11T04:30:54.829-07:00September Card ClassesTonight I start the 1st of my series of September Card Classes. I opted to teach the classes here in my home and only have seats for 4 persons at a time in my craft room. Oh, I could teach only 2 classes a month at my sister's therapy room since it holds 12 persons at a time. But that means, (1) I have to pack up and cart everything to her house; (2) the class lacks the informal one to one hands on teaching I prefer; (3) and if I forget anything, there is a BIG PROBLEM!<br />
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So I opted to hold 6 small card classes and 2 small scrapbooking classes over the month of September. I chose to hold classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and 2 non-chemo Saturdays. That way everyone has an opportunity to attend class. <br />
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This month I am bringing back TECHNIQUE CARDS. Each stamper will get a package of 5 cards to make in class, one being a special technique of the month PLUS they will get a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card with a small sample and directions how to do the technique. This will allow them to put the samples cards on a ring or in a book, and create a technique album to refer to later on. <br />
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This month we are doing TRIPLE TIME STAMPING by Dawn Olchefske as our September Technique. I chose to use French Foliage as the stamp set for the technique. <br />
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Personally, I chose not to have ribbon or a bow, but I will have ribbon available for any stamper that choses to add it to their card. I thought French Foliage really lent itself to Dawn's Triple Time Technique. <br />
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1. A male themed card with The Open Sea<br />
2. A female themed card with Bordering on Romance<br />
3. A children's themed card using Punch Art<br />
4. A waterfall card using By the Seashore<br />
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I cannot wait to see some of my stamping friends. It has been so long since I have hugged their necks and them over for a visit! Have a great day,<br />
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-62428094761864872482012-09-10T04:36:00.001-07:002012-09-10T04:36:17.772-07:00Convention 2012 Card Candy Part 2Welcome to Monday morning. I am so pleased to say that it is a good morning for me. I had my #72 chemo treatment on Friday and sometimes I am still yucky on Mondays. Today that is not true -- hallelujah! Let's get this show on the road ... I still have 12 more Card Candy Samples to share with you. Today I will share the final 4 entries from String 1 of the Card Candy Swap!<br />
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<strong>Card Candy # 5</strong><br />
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This lovely card candy sample was made by Sheryl Wheatley (SCS name: swheat 77). Let me also tell you that Sheryl was in many of the Convention Swaps with me. Each and every item she made was fantastic. She pays such attention to detail. If you ever have the opportunity to swap with her, you will be so pleased!</div>
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<strong>Stamp Sets:</strong> Create A Cupcake and A Word for You</div>
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<strong>Paper:</strong> Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Red Glimmer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper and DSP in the above colors</div>
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<strong>Ink:</strong> Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, and Black Stazon</div>
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<strong>Punches</strong>: Owl Builder, Cupcake Builder, Word Window, Modern Label, Scallop Trim, Decorative Label, and Dotted Scallop</div>
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<strong>Other:</strong> Sponges, Baker's Twine, 2 way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds</div>
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This was Pat's first trip to Convention and her first time swapping. She is a new demonstrator that started last fall under my downline, Gail Etchie. </div>
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<strong>Stamp Set:</strong> Kidoodles</div>
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<strong>Paper:</strong> Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Basic Black, Natural White and Be of Good Cheer DSP.</div>
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<strong>Inks:</strong> Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, and Basic Black</div>
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<strong>Other:</strong> Apothecary Accents Framelits, Circle Punches, and 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch</div>
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<strong>Stamp Set:</strong> Jolly Bingo Bits</div>
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<strong>Paper:</strong> Real Red, Gumball Green, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Pool Party</div>
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<strong>Inks:</strong> Soft Suede, Gumball Green, Real Red, Black Stazon, Pool Party</div>
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<strong>Ribbons</strong>: Chocolate Chip 1/2" Scallop Ribbon, Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Ribbon, Wild Wasabi 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine</div>
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<strong>Punches:</strong> New Mini Scallop Circle Punch, Large Oval, Scallop Oval, Extra Large Oval, Extra LargeTag, Postage Stamp, 1" square Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch</div>
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<strong>Stamp Sets:</strong> Mouthwatering, A Word for You, and Friendly Phrases</div>
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<strong>Paper:</strong> Whisper White, Real Red, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink, Elegant Eggplant</div>
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<strong>Markers</strong>: Garden Green, Real Red, Elegant Eggplant, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black</div>
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<strong>Punches:</strong> 2 1/2" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Scallop Oval Punch and the Extra Large Oval Punch</div>
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<strong>Other:</strong> Mini Wooden Sticks (from Hobby Lobby) and Stampin Dimensionals.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed viewing today's swap items. I will be back with the final 8 Card Candy entries over the course of this week, sharing 4 at a time. Right now, I need to move clothes to the dryer, and head to the shower. I have a long day today and an IEP meeting right after school on one of my kiddos. </div>
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-66787650211635746722012-09-09T05:59:00.001-07:002012-09-09T06:02:01.057-07:00Convention 2012 Card Candy SwapBack in January 2012, I signed up for a Card Candy swap at SUDSOL with Bobbie Ganley. I was really not sure what I was getting myself into with this swap for Leadership. Oh my goodness! It was one of my favorites of Leadership. <br />
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So Convention 2012 rolls around, and I decide to host this swap at SCS. I was so pleased with the results of the swap! In fact, after the swap, I ended up staying at the swap table an hour because their were so many people taking photos of the swap items (Card Candy) and asking for my card and if I was going to host this swap again next year (You betcha!)<br />
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What is card candy you ask? I compare it to "handmade jolee's". You can give them to your hostesses as gifts, use them as door prizes, or save them when you need a fast card. I want to share with you a few of them I got in the swap. There were 2 strings of card candy with 8 ladies in each group. I have been working over 30 minutes to get them posted to the gallery at Splitcoast but it is not working today. Let me share a few of the 16 card candy entries today. I will share all 16 over the next week, so bear with me.<br />
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This entry was made by Liz Rydwin (SCS Name: Red Apron). <br />
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<strong>Cardstock:</strong> Whisper White, Garden Green, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse, Basic Gray, Gold, Real Red and Baja Breeze</div>
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<strong>Ink:</strong> Primrose Petals, Versamark, Midnight Muse, Basic Gray, and Baja Breeze</div>
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<strong>Punches:</strong> Curly Label, Postage Stamp, 1 3/8" Circle, 1 3/8" Square, Modern Label, Large Oval, Scallop Oval and Scallop Circle</div>
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<strong>Stamp Set:</strong> Tea Shoppe</div>
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<strong>Cardstock:</strong> Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, and Elegant Eggplant</div>
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<strong>Ink:</strong> Gumball Green, Elegant Eggplant, Primrose Petals</div>
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<strong>Markers:</strong> Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit</div>
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<strong>Punches:</strong> 1 3/8" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle, Word Window, Modern Label, Large Oval, Scallop Oval and Decorative Label</div>
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<strong>Accessories:</strong> Labels Collection Framelits, Basic Pearls and Rhinestones, and Dazzling Details</div>
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<strong>Ribbon:</strong> Daffodil Delight Seam Binding and Primrose Petals Stitched Satin</div>
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This entry was made by Shelia Jamison (SCS Name: jamisonandco)</div>
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<strong>Stamp Sets:</strong> Mixed Bunch and Papillon Potpourri</div>
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<strong>Cardstock:</strong> Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, and Basic Black</div>
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<strong>DSP:</strong> Daffodil Delight Dots, and Real Red Stripes</div>
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<strong>Inks:</strong> Basic Black, and Real Red</div>
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<strong>Accessories:</strong> Rhinestones, Pearls, White Baker's Twine, Real Red Button, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons</div>
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<strong>Punches:</strong> Blossom Punch, and Elegant Butterfly</div>
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<strong>Stamp Sets:</strong> Loving Thoughts, Word Play, The Open Seas</div>
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<strong>Inks:</strong> Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand, and Early Expresso</div>
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<strong>Cardstock:</strong> Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy</div>
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<strong>Punches:</strong> Extra Large Tag and Decorative Label</div>
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<strong>Big Shot:</strong> Two Tags Die</div>
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<strong>Embellishments:</strong> Baker's Twine in Early Expresso and sponged in Crumb Cake</div>
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-30830584238744949982012-09-08T07:48:00.001-07:002012-09-08T07:48:32.192-07:00Fab Friday ChallengesI have a sweet online friend, Mindy Backes, who has started a Fab Friday Card Challenge. Her card challenge blog is <a href="http://badabingcrafting.blogspot.com/search/label/Fab%20Friday">http://badabingcrafting.blogspot.com/search/label/Fab%20Friday</a> . Go by and check it out. Hope you will try out some of challenges yourself. <br />
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I have never entered a card challenge, but I felt that it was the right time to start. This morning I printed off her challenge design off the blog and went to my work table. Here is her challenge for this week. <br />
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I just got a new box of Stampin Up toys yesterday, and one of my sets was Animal Talk. So I went and made a very simple card for this challenge. Here are my results:</div>
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* Gumball Green cardstock cut 4 1/4" wide and 11" long. I scored it at 5 1/2" along the 11 inch side.<br />
* Whisper White cardstock cut 4 1/4" wide and 4 1/4" deep.<br />
* A strip of Gumball Green Dotted DSP 4 1/4" wide x 1" deep<br />
* A strip of Whisper White Cardstock 4 1/4" wide x 1/2" deep<br />
* A Rich Regal Button<br />
* Some twine <br />
* Scallop Trim Border Punch<br />
* Gumball Green Classic Ink<br />
* A square punch to create the flag on the sentiment<br />
* Stampin Dimensionals<br />
* Stamp Set Animal Talk<br />
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1. Prepare the card base, score and fold.<br />
2. Use the Scallop Trim Border to cut the design on one end of your 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" cardstock.<br />
3. Add the Gumball Green Dotted DSP across the bottom of your 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" cardstock near the Scallop Trim Border design. I left about 1/4" of white paper showing (not counting the actual punched design). <br />
4. Now stamp the sentiment from the stamp set Animal Talk in Gumball Green Classic Ink. Remember to leave at least 1 inch white space on the right side of your strip of Whisper White. This leaves you plenty of room for the button.<br />
5. Take a square punch and punch out a flag on the left side of the sentiment strip. You can adhere this strip to your DSP with adhesive or Stampin Dimensionals. <br />
6. While you have the Gumball Green Classic Ink pad available, stamp up the frog design and stamp the image in the center of the white space still available on your Whisper White Cardstock.<br />
7. Add twine through your button and tie a bow. Attach button to the right end of your sentiment with a Stampin Dimensional. <br />
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This is a very simple card to recreate. Plus the design will allow you to use other stamp sets just as easily. For example, try the cherry basket image in the stamp set Cherish Friendship (page 93 in your catalog) perhaps with Cherry Cobbler paper. Or the cute dumptruck image in the stamp set I Dig You (page 90 in your catalog) perhaps using Night of Navy or Real Red cardstock. <br />
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-11654424867288637922012-09-02T09:14:00.002-07:002012-09-02T09:14:44.034-07:00Tweaking a Cased CardEventually everyone cases a card design. Casing simply means to recreate someone else's card design. You pin your favorite card ideas onto your Pinterest boards to either recreate the design or to perhaps take it as a starting point and tweak it. Tweaking is simply adding your own spin on a card. Today I am going to give you an example of a card I am casing and tweaked.<br />
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Aunt Chucky Ducky (that is what I call my dear Charlie Fritts) was here last week. She was going through a box of cards I have gotten at Leadership 2012 and Convention 2012. She found one card and asked me to make sure to add it to my September Card Class.<br />
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I received the original card at Leadership 2012 from Julie LeBlanc of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Julie does have a website if you are interested in seeing more of her creations. It is <a href="http://www.kewlstamps-n-more.blogspot.com/">www.kewlstamps-n-more.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Julie made a lovely card in Elegant Eggplant, and Certainly Celery on a Whisper White base. She did use Watercolor Paper for her stamped image. See her lovely work below:<br />
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She used 2 different designs from the Subtles (Perfect Plum) Color Collection Designers Series Paper Stack, Elegant Eggplant 1/2" Scallop Ribbon, the Scallop Trim Border Punch, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (it retired from the 2011-2012 Holiday Mini), Rhinestones, Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink, Black Stazon, Stampin Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds and the stamp sets Perfectly Penned and Bordering on Romance. She either used a blender pen or watercolored with Elegant Eggplant and Certainly Celery on the flower image. Just not sure which technique she used.<br />
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Well, I tweaked her original design to make the "cased card" my own. I have 2 samples to share with you. When I offer this card in my September card class, each stamper will have a choice of sentiments from the stamp set Perfectly Penned (Item #122892). There are 4 sentiments in that set - Thank You, Celebrate Today, Get Well and Happy Birthday. Here is my version of Julie's card:<br />
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First of all, I changed cardstocks. I selected Naturals White Cardstock (Item 102316), Perfect Plum Cardstock (Item # 101889), and Certainly Celery Cardstock (Item # 105125). I did use Watercolor Paper (Item # 122959) for my focal stamped image. Instead of 2 different designs from the Subtles Color Collection Designers Series Paper Stacks (Item # 117152), I chose to use only the striped design.<br />
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I replaced her embossing folder choice with the new Delicate Design Folders (Item # 127023) and then I used the new Large Scallops Edgelits (Item # 127019) to cut out the Certainly Celery cardstock. I did NOT use the Scallop Trim Border punch at all. <br />
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Then I changed the ribbon from the Elegant Eggplant 1/2" inch Scallop Ribbon to a softer Perfect Plum 3/8" inch Taffeta Ribbon.<br />
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I used the Perfect Plum Striped DSP along with my Certainly Celery on a base of Naturals White cardstock. I add the Perfect Plum Taffeta Ribbon and then mounted that to a Perfect Plum Mat. Note that the ribbon does not go around the Perfect Plum mat. Then mounted it to my cardbase of Naturals White cardstock. For me, I matted the design onto Perfect Plum cardstock. I next stamped my sentiment in Elegant Eggplant. After I watercolored the design (see below for details), I used Stampin Dimensionals to add it to my card. <br />
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<strong>What did I leave the same?</strong> I left the stamped focal image of the flowers from Bordering on Romance (Item # 125482) stamped with Black Stazon onto Watercolor Paper (Item # 122959). Then I watercolored the image with a Blender Pen (Item # 102845) using my Perfect Plum Marker and my Wild Wasabi marker. The Certainly Celery marker was too light. I also colored the edges of my flowers with the Blender Pen and the Perfect Plum Marker. Afterwards I used a 2 way Glue Pen (Item # 100425) to go around the edges of each flower. I then, dipped my image into Dazzling Diamonds (# 102023) and thumping off the excess. Don't forget to add the Rhinestones to the centers of your flowers. <br />
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<strong><em>Arlene hint -></em></strong> I use plastic sandwich containers to keep my Dazzling Diamonds and Embossing Powders. I find it easier to open a container and sprinkle my Dazzling Diamonds or Embossing Powders over an image and allow the excess to fall back into my container. So much easier for me than trying to get it back in the little jar... plus I can put several containers of Dazzling Diamonds into my plastic container at one time! For each plastic sandwich container, I label the outside of them with the name of the contents on all 4 sides. I know it sounds like overkill, but believe me (personal experience talking) when I tell you I got Dazzling Diamonds and Irridescent Ice mixed together once... sigh. Easier on me to make sure whichever side of the container I see on my shelf, I can see the content name! Also never use these items with a fan blowing or the heat gun until AFTER you close the container. <br />
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Here is another variation of Julie's card with only a change in the sentiment. <br />
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Overall, Julie had a great card design, but I wanted to tweak the design to make it mine. I took her design as the starting point of my card, changed a few items and came up with a new look to the card. <br />
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Hope you enjoyed this explaination of casing and tweaking. I should be posting at least 3 times a week now that my school routine and lesson plans have settled into place.<br />
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Also, I have all my September Card and Scrapbooking classes set up. I did send out emails advising of the times and dates. You must RSVP to ensure a seat at the class of your choice. All the card classes are the same for the month of September. This allows me to repeat the class for up to 24 stampers. Remember I do classes of 4 people at a time so you get more personalized instruction and rarely do the 12 person classes any longer.<br />
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This month we are beginning our Technique card classes. You will make 5 cards and the 5th card is a special technique card. You will also make a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Technique File/Flash card with a sample of the technique on it as well as the directions on how to do that technique. This month's technique is Triple Time Stamping.<br />
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<strong>September Class Schedule</strong><br />
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*<span style="color: red;"> Saturday, September 8th 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Card Class for my Chemo Nurses</span><br />
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* Tuesday, September 11th 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Card Class<br />
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* Thursday, September 13th 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Card Class<br />
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* Saturday, September 15th 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon Card Class<br />
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* <span style="color: blue;">Saturday, September 15th 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Scrapbooking Class</span><br />
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* Tuesday, September 18th 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Card Class<br />
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* Thursday, September 27th 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Card Class<br />
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* Saturday, September 29th 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon Card Class<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">* Saturday, September 29th 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Scrapbooking Class</span><br />
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Again, remember to RSVP to hold your seat. Classes are held in my home and I hope to see you there!<br />
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Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-23437356366823028232012-08-20T04:28:00.000-07:002012-08-20T04:28:43.508-07:00Back to School MondayGosh, it is Monday already. Today is the first day of school for us in this area of Arkansas. It is going to be a long, long day. I am pleased to be seeing my sweet student faces again, but it is going to take both the students and myself a week to get back in the saddle or the routine. Scheduling is rather strange this year too..... <br />
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Today I am going to post a card that I fell in love with at Convention. I do not know who created this card. One of my lucky roommates (and I am not sure which one of them) received it in a swap. To me this "spinner card" (the eyeball actually spins!) is the best use of this stamp set I have ever seen.<br />
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I am going to try to re-create this card to the best of my ability. I know the artist stamped the 2 monsters or aliens from Make A Monster stamp set onto Designer Series paper and then hand cut them out. The base of the card is Pacific Point. The main mat is black and I "think" that the white you see is done with a gel pen. Remember all I have is a photo to go by. The moon is So Saffron and the planet is Gumball Green. It appears that there are 2 layers to both the moon and the planet. The artist used various circle punches on these pieces. The Word Window punch was used in the center of the black mat. This created the window for your 2 pennies and the dimensional and big moveable/goggly eye. If you go over to splitcoastampers, you can find SPINNER CARD in their tutorials. It is very simple to create a spinner card. Need a punch like Word Window, 2 pennies, a dimensional, and something to add to the topside (like the moveable eye). I will show you my interpretation when I get it finished!</div>
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Another card I loved was an Anniversary Card. Again, I do not know the name of the artist. Just can tell you one of my 3 roommates, (Sandy, Gail, or Pat) received this card in a swap. Love the card. </div>
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They used the new Gold Glimmer paper and Very Vanilla paper. The stamping was done with Soft Suede or is it Crumb Cake? I can tell you the cardbase is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" (once folded). The Gold Glimmer mat is 5 1/4" x 4". Then the Very Vanilla mat is 5" x 3 3/4" and run thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Folder. I can see the Very Vanilla Doily and all those Boho Blossoms flower punches out of Very Vanilla. The leaves are Crumb Cake. The beautiful butterfly comes from our new stamp set as well as the wording for the sentiment. This is another card I want to recreate. <br />
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Okay dokey, my time is limited this morning. Still need to shower, dress, take my meds and my shot and hit the road. I have one more thing to copy off before my class needs it this afternoon. I have all the rest of my classes prepped for this week and next week. I simply just ran out of time on Saturday and decided to stay home on Sunday to tackle the laundry and clean my scrapbook room. Got the laundry done (okay 3 loads) and then after cleaning the scrapbook room, I even cut out my technique card for September card class. Tonight I type up the technique to print onto cardstock for our card rings. Only 3 cards to go and I can have class! Figure by this weekend, I will be ready to announce card class dates. <br />
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Have a great day!<br />
ArleneArlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-18762359774994160982012-08-18T09:05:00.001-07:002012-08-18T09:05:21.365-07:00It's a Busy Saturday~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pictured above is my Card Candy swap entry for my Convention 2012 Card Candy Swap. I first heard of Card Candy from SUDSOL SU Demo Bobbie Ganley. She hosted a Card Candy swap at Leadership 2012 in San Antonio this past January (you can see the samples from that swap in my January blog posts). I liked the idea so well, that I hosted a Card Candy swap at Splitcoaststampers for the 2012 Convention.</div>
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You wonder what is card candy? My best explaination is that is a homemade Jolee. You can make them and hand them out to your hostesses or as door prizes (or even to make fast cards yourself!). This is just a nice way to showcase the versatility of a stamp set. The items are placed on acetate (transparency film) with a glue dot to make them easy to remove and use at a later date. I also place my transparency on a piece of chipboard. Again, I cut up all the whitechipboard that comes with my Stampin Up DSP paper. I attached my transparency to the chipboard and later attached the stamped/matted images. Then I slip it all in a SU cello bag and add a topper.</div>
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When I find where I hid my camera I will take photos of all the Card Candy swap entries. We had 2 groups of 8. The swap was awesome. I will be doing it again at the next Convention! The above pictured Card Candy features the stamp set MOUTHWATERING. I wanted to make sure each stamped image had a sentiment to match it or to go with it. I had alot of questions about my purple popsicle. I used the Elegant Eggplant marker. Then I cut them out and attached them to real wooden mini sticks I found at Hobby Lobby.</div>
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This is a busy Saturday weekend. I am in the midst of laundry right now. Then my friend Stacy is coming to do a scrapbook layout. After that I need to head to Little Rock to the teacher store and pick up a couple of items I need. I need more rings for my chart stand and I want another chart holder. Then out to the school to make copies and work on lesson plans. Tomorrow I have a lady coming from Hot Springs to see some SU products and get a catalog. Then Monday morning school starts back full time. Plus on top of it all, I am out on Friday for my 70th chemo round. My mantra is "Only 2 more years.... only 2 more years". I have already handled 5 years, so we know it is possible. </div>
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Above is a simple 12 x 12 layout I did for a Convention Swap. It would be so easy to do a matching page layout design to complete a 2 page spread. I don't know about you, but I prefer a 2 page spread in my scrapbooks... that and I prefer the bases of the spreads to be alike (I mean the color). I am not fond of using a red background on one page and then a yellow on the other. I want my eye to flow across the pages and focus on the photos -- not the different backgrounds.</div>
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In this layout I got to showcase some new items in the 2012-2013 Catalog. Among them are:</div>
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* Delicate Doilies Sizzlits L (page 191)</div>
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* Be of Good Cheer DSP (page 164)</div>
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* Gumball Green Cardstock - new In Color (page 152)</div>
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Let me clue you in on a few things I did on this layout. I applied some of the Cherry Cobbler Cardstock to a thin layer of chipboard. I used the chipboard that comes in my DSP package. Then I cut out the numbers, 2012 out of that cardstock covered chipboard. I raised up the numbers using dimensionals to give the page some depth. I often use cardstock covered chipboard to cut die cuts or with my framelits. It simply gives the paper more weight and stability. Try it with your label framelits sometime, and then use dimensionals to lift the framelit off the base of your card or scrapbook page. </div>
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I cut the Gumball Green cardstock with the Delicate Doilies Sizzlets. I stamped the sentiment NOEL onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and punched it out with a circle punch. Then I added the doily to the layout. Once it was adhered, I added the circle punched sentiment to the center of the doily and the pearls surrounding the doily to give the page some *pop*.</div>
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I placed the DSP paper about 1/8 to 1/4 inch apart (just enough to allow some Cherry Cobbler to peek thru) horizontally across my layout. The varying sizes of the DSP gives the page some movement visually and adds interest (in my humble opinion). Also notice I have some Gumball Green cardstock punched with the scallop edge punch along the bottom edge of the Cherry Cobbler Stripe. My large rectangular mat and the 4 other mats are Very Vanilla. You could use one of the 4 mats to journal or just add photos to each of the boxes. A piece of Gumball Green cardstock breaks up the large Very Vanilla rectangular mat and the Very Vanilla photo mats. Overall a simple design that will focus on my Christmas Papers. </div>
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I ended up with 4 of these layouts left over (folks who missed the swap) so my three roommates Sandy, Pat and Gail all confiscated one each. The 4th I gave to my new friend Debbie and I still need to make 1 for my other new friend Lynn (who is Debbie's sister). You need to visit Lynn's blog at <strong><u><span style="color: #0066cc;"><a href="http://www.starzlstamps.com/">http://www.starzlstamps.com</a></span></u></strong></div>
Lynn even posted a photo of the three of us in the Shiloh Inn Lobby.<br />
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Now the other stuff to catch you up on.... I had scans last week that were great but Dr. Baltz feels that I need to stay on chemo every 2 weeks at least to November . Ugh... same thing he told me in June... and I feel certain he will tell me the same thing again in November. I really just want to get out to 3 weeks between treatments. But he knows best... I am just anxious to resume life.<br />
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School started (well in services) on this past Monday. Of course the week began with a severe thunderstorm. A transformer was hit by lighting and knocked out the air conditioning in the 3 floor Middle School. These days they do not put in windows that actually open and close in school buildings, so the room was an oven and we had to work in our rooms that day. I had Jenny (my sister) bring me 2 fans that I had loaned her this summer back to the classroom but they did not make much of a dent. At lunch I bought 2 more powerful fans and the room got to be at least tolerable. Yesterday they got all the a/c fixed. Just in time for our Open House last night. Students arrive on Monday. Today and tomorrow are all day in service meetings once again. <br />
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One more sad note to add. Barbara (bbkk on Splitcoaststampers) tells me that my friend, Jan Hoyt (Inkerzaway on Splitcoaststampers) lost her father in the past 2 weeks. Jan, if you are reading this, please accept my condolences. I will have a card ready for you this weekend. Have lost your phone number again, so I could not call (okay I know I am a Baby Boomer and that is tech stuff...). Thinking of you Jan.<br />
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That's all for me today. I will try to get better about posting.... July just flew past me with Sheffield Sleepover, prepping for Convention swaps, taking treatments and actually going to Convention. Came home SUPER EXHAUSTED and still no transfusions --- ugh.... Plus let's add that week of In Service (okay 4 full days) of In Service training that occurred between my chemo (that I got the day after I came home from Salt Lake City) and the following treatment and scans last week. <br />
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Prepping for a stamp class. Will announce dates once I get the rest of the cards cut. It will be at least another week before I can do that. I have my 5 designs and just need to prep. We will be starting with our TECHNIQUE classes too. The first techinque is going to be TRIPLE TIME STAMPING with the stamp set Gently Falling (a fall leaf set)....and I have a masculine card all prepped with the stamp set THE OPEN SEA....<br />
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This morning Vanessa pm'd me about the 3 x 3 cards. While I tried to answer her questions in written form, I knew that showing her might make it easier. I am a visual person and it is easier to for me to explain while you are looking at the photos. Sorry for the bad scan but the bottom card was too bulky and lifted the scanner lid.<br />
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These are 3 strings of cards for a 3 x 3 Card swap at the SU Convention in July. <br />
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Card 1 - I stamped the image onto white cardstock. Then colored it with my SU markers. Then I matted the image onto Pretty in Pink cardstock. After matting I colored in my cupcake icing with Crystal Effects and sprinkled some diamond dust in that. I had to sit it to the side to dry overnight. The card base is cut 6 x 3 and then scored at 3 on the long end. I did nothing to the base. As my own personal habit, I did cut a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 piece of white cardstock to put inside the card. I like to write on the neutral papers of white or very vanilla and not on the darker cardstock. <br />
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Card 2 - I stamped the Naughty or Nice saying with my Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green markers onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. I then punched the sentiment out using a round punch. The Gumball Green wreath shape is from the new 3 doily sizzlet die. I think it is the medium shape. I just knew when I put the round sentiment on it that it reminded me of a wreath. I added a a bow to the wreath. I took red line tape and added it to my Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon. Then I folded it in half lengthwise. This gave me a smaller width of ribbon to work with for my cards. I made the ribbons using the "FORK BOW METHOD". I cut the card base 6 x 3 and then scored it at 3 on the long side. I did add a small strip of Be of Good Cheer Designer Paper. The strip was 3 inches across and 2 dots deep. I pop dotted the wreath to this. Of course, there is a piece of 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inch very vanilla cardstock added to the inside of the card.<br />
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Card 3 - The snail card was fun. I stamped the snail onto white cardstock. Then colored it in. I rounded the corners of the white cardstock. Then matted it to the Tempting Turquoise cardstock. I also rounded those corners. After all that, then I added the yellow buttons (they are the ones that remind me of Life Savers!) and added a pearl to the button. I do have a background stamped on the Old Olive cardstock using Old Olive ink. And again there is a matching white insert cut 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 placed inside this card.<br />
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Vanessa, I hope this answered all your questions about the swap! Have fun making yours!<br />
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This is my other Card Candy Swap entry. I used Stampin Up's Little Friends set. This card candy will make 3 cards. I used the Label Framelits for one design, the Big Shot Scallop Square for another and finally the Big Shot Scallop Envelope for the final design. </div>
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I love this sweet little set. I used markers to color in the designs. It is more vibrant in real life. Sorry my scanner does not pick that up. Note the little brads on the wheels of the boy's wagon too. How easy would it be to grab a card base and make a card with any of these prestamped/colored/and matted designs. You could do a very simple card by only adding the card candy. You could step it up a level by adding a textured embossing folder background. You could add ribbons and patterned paper. The point is you can easily go from simple to more elaborate with the artwork provided.</div>
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I like this swap so much, I made an application at our scrapbooking/cardmaking group on Ning.com (The Crop Room) to host a both a CARD CANDY and a SCRAPBOOKING CANDY swap in mid July. I got the email it was approved! YEAH!!!! I will post it after I return from Convention. </div>
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The only difference in the 2 types of swaps - Card Candy and Scrapbook Candy is the focus. In Card Candy you are making your "homemade" jolee's to work on the front of a several cards. In Scrapbook Candy you are making your "homemade" jolee's to work on a single 12 x 12 double page scrapbook layout. I think this will be a neat way to showcase our work and allow my mind to expand in some new directions ! I know (by request of Lois) that one of my scrapbook candy pages will be a "Western Theme". She saw a scrapbook layout I did at Christmas in a western theme and loved it.</div>
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On the health front, this is morning 1 after chemo. Things seem to be going smoothly. Woke at 5:30 and laid in bed til 6:15 just watching some TV. Then fed the furrballs and took a nausea pill. Best to keep that at bay you know. I try to stay ahead of it. Had a banana and a bottle of water and need to go take an insulin shot next. </div>
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Tanya is coming at 8 to help me rearrange one one in my therapy room. I bought 5 more white cubes at Michael's yesterday. Assembled them all last night. Whew that was work! Kept dropping those little screws -- chemo messes my fine motor skills up alot. Then I put together the new living room lamp. Bought me a swinging arm lamp with a 3 way bulb for my recliner area a couple of weeks ago. Then yesterday, the end table I had been eyeing at Hobby Lobby finally went down to $89. It has been slowly creeping down from $150, which I deemed tooo much money. After all that could be an SU order and a girl has her priorities --- lol. Only another demo would understand and love that sidenote. LOL Anyway that table is in my car to be brought in. It is moon shaped. I mean the back is straight and flat and will lay against the wall - no more things falling off like the current table. The front is half circle or moon shape as I call it. It has a single drawer to it. Wish it had a shelf but could not find one that did. It is a very dark brown but has distressed marks on it that I could live without. It will be next to a cream colored recliner. My other chairs/ottomans (I have 2 of them each) are a deep brown. The new laminate floor in the living room, goes in on Friday. They are a two tone laminate moving from a medium light wood grain to a medium dark wood grain. Got to run to Lowe's today and grab some pads for the bottom of the furniture to make it easier to move it and then also to avoid marring the floor. So excited to have this new flooring in place of that nasty shag carpet that was here when I moved in! Should of done this at the beginning but oh well.... it is done (or should I say) PAID for now. </div>
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Next week I have to go to Sam's and get my moving/rolling steel shelves for my garage. That is the next task to accomplish this summer. I want my 2 car garage organized and the boxes all finally unpacked. I moved into this house 2 years ago and that task is not done. There were reasons too.... moved in July. Sis got ill near the end of July and I went on child duty with Austin. Then I scheduled it for the following summer of 2011. Heck I went out of remission in January and last summer I was on weekly chemo - so that was out. I have to get this done this summer! There is only room for my car in that garage and finding stuff is a pain!</div>
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This is the shelving I am probably going to purchase for my garage. At least this way, I can roll the shelves away from the walls to occasionally sweep out the garage. That and I can move the car out and Tanya and I can load directly to the shelves from the boxes. Hate to have to pull out 3 rows deep of boxes to put standard shelves in and then have to unload those same boxes. This way we unpack as we go. Afterwards we simply roll our shelves against the wall (and I get a chance to clean the floor too!). I know I need one shelving unit just for my Christmas tubs. And remember I have alot of my mom's stuff still in boxes. Want to find it all and sort it so the family can go thru once more. There are 3 boxes that belong to sis that mom had packed for her sitting in the garage too. I think I am going to get 4 of these for now. Later I might go and get another couple for the other side of the room. But I have a large cabinet Bruno (my brother) built for Mom's alterations business, and an old metal china cabinet and an old metal desk of Mom's in the garage, plus a file cabinet of mine. I just want it neat and clean in there. Shelves along each side and the items organized. I am sort of anal about that and the garage drives me nuts. Hate to say I even have a guest room closet still filled with boxes. I just want my house decluttered!</div>
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<br /></div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-63611747829509139592012-06-22T16:01:00.000-07:002012-06-22T16:01:11.148-07:00Convention Swap CARD CANDY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wonder what Card Candy is? Imagine having/creating your own Jolee's. You could use them for fast cards or
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I am hosting a Card Candy swap through Splitcoaststampers at the 2012 Stampin Up Convention in July 2012. I am in two different groups for this swap. These are my card candy entries. <br />
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Above you see I used the Stampin Up Mouthwatering stamp set to make 4 different designs with sentiments to accompant the designs. Whoever gets these can make 4 cards simply by mounting them to a card base.<br /><br />
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Above is Stampin Up Little Friends stamp set. This time I only have 3 different designs with the sentiments added to the design. I tried to use several of the sizzix dies (scallop square and scallop envelope) as well as the labels framelits. Whoever gets these can make 3 cards simply by mounting them to a card base.<br />
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I had participated in a Card Candy swap in January at the Leadership Conference in San Antonio. I loved the items I got at that swap (scroll back to late January posts to view them). So I decided to host the swap at Convention. I have 2 groups of 8 ladies making Card Candy items.<br />
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My downline, Micki, did an awesome masculine set with The Open Sea. She did such an outstanding job on hers. But she does not want to show them until after Convention, so I am respecting her wishes. <br />
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For those friends on our scrapbooking ning group, The Crop Room, I plan to write Francine to do a Card Candy swap in August or September. Be thinking on it! Let me survive the Convention swaps before I add more to my plate.<br />
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On other note. Today was Chemo # 67. Glad it is over. My counts are low -- red blood is at 10.7 but I cannot have a transfusion until it hits 9.9. Normal red blood (the low side of normal) is 12.0. That explains why I am so weak in stamina and of course why I cannot raise arms to lift or move stuff without getting dizzy -- not enough oxygen traveling in my blood. At least I can still sit and stamp and still sit and read my kindle. <br />
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All this sitting however is for the birds. I miss having some activity. Hard to loose weight like this -- plus the steriods are NO HELP at all. I am so hungry on the 3 steriod days and my mind races like crazy. I have to take something at night to sleep just to turn off my racing brain. UGH.... Hopefully the August scans will place me back at every 3 weeks for chemo instead of the current 2 weeks. <br />
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Okay speaking of food... need to take my night meds (insulin and senokot for the carbo issue and a potassium pill and EAT... told you FOOD drives me for 3 days. Eat, eat, eat. Plus I got a lasix shot in addition to my fluid pills today. So it is off to drink water (so thirsty) and then guess where you have to visit to deposit all that water? I am on my 5th bottle so far today! What a circle! Input and Output.<br />
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Have a great evening. Will be back in a day or so with another post.<br />
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This is the left side of my 8 x 8 layout of March for my scrapbook swap at the Stampin Up Convention in July. I decided to host the swap on Splitcoaststampers and I took the final month. Made me laugh that I got March yet again. I had the March layout in a 6 x 6 swap at Leadership in January. The leprechan was made out of Stampin Up Punch shapes. Then each shape was sponged to add dimensional prior to assembly. Still need a belt buckle on him but I am waiting for the demo preorder on July 1st to order some Gold Glimmer Paper.</div>
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This is the right side of my 8 x 8 double page layout. I used the Old Olive Chevron design paper from Summer Smoochies, the Old Olive Polka Dot Designer Paper and a stripe of the Old Olive paper from the Brights Designer Series paper stack. The letters for the word March are from the Stamp Set, Lovely Letters Alphabet. I sponged all the photo mats with Old Olive too. <br />
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This is one of my 16 different swaps I am participating in at the Stampin Up Convention on July 18-20th. I have really extended myself and am working like a dog to get my swaps done. Sis is hosting the Annual Sheffield Sleepover the week before Convention, so I need to be wrapped up as much as possible by the 7th of July. <br />
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What is the Sheffield Sleepover? Well, on our scrapbooking/cardmaking site THE CROP ROOM over at Ning.com, we get together once a year for an entire week. Folks stay at sis's house or my house if they are out of towners. And yes, we get alot of out of town buddies. Last summer I had Susan P. from Chattanooga, TN; Lois from Russell, KS; and Kathy from Loomis, CA staying at my home. Sis had Sondra from Ohio; Becky from Nevada; Janice from Mississippi staying with her. Then Sue and Mike came from Alabama but they like staying in a hotel. Plus our local buddies, Micki, Nita, Angie, Debbie, and Tanya drop in. We all take turns serving/prepping meals and fun early morning til late at night we are all in sis's Therapy Room (her scrapbook room). She has 4 tables that are 8 foot long. Folks work on cards or scrapbook pages. Some bring things to share or do mini classes with everyone. Some bring work that want to accomplish. Just alot of fun. So that runs from July 6 to July 15 (we have a few coming a bit early). <br />
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Then I fly out on Sunday morning, July 15 for Salt Lake City, Utah. I am heading there for a whole week for the Stampin Up Convention, and to see enjoy myself. I would like to get to the genealogy site there too. Want to spend some time with my friend Jackie that lives in Draper, Utah. That first night I am going to a dinner and a swap (recipe swaps this time) with a group called the Late Night Stampers. Monday, I hope to spend some time with Jackie or doing genealogy research... Tuesday all my roommates are flying in! <br />
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I have 3 roommates - first and foremost is my dear sideline, Sandy. She is coming from Denver and is my # 1 SU roomie when I travel to these SU events. Then my downline, Gail is coming from Oregon. Plus her downline, Pat (who has been my online buddy for 10 years!) and I have yet to meet either lady in person. Am excited about that!<br />
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This is my 2nd convention. I went in 2008, but then had a relapse in August.... and eventually ended up those 6 weeks in the hospital in late 2008-early 2009. You remember, that is when they tried to get me to go to hospice. Instead, I had 4 more surgeries (God Bless sweet Dr. Gilbert) and got a new oncologist (Dr. Baltz). While I have fell out of remission again since then, I am doing good again. My last surgery was Feb 2011. Cross your fingers that my scans in August let me move out to chemo treatments every 3 weeks. Dr. Baltz kept me on every 2 weeks for the rest of the summer. :<<br />
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So much has been going on around here. Got so many things I am trying to accomplish in my time off. Seems this is the 1st summer I have been in this house that I am able to do things. I moved in July 2010. Then school started and I did not ever finish unpacking one closet full of boxes and the garage. Ugh... Then medical leave hit for the next spring/summer and was too weak to do any labor intensive work like that. <br />
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Next week I go to Sam's (like a Costco) to purchase these awesome metal shelving on rollers. Then Tanya is coming over to help me sort thru the garage boxes and make some room in my 2 car garage (sadly only 1 car can fit in it right now...). Then on Monday the 25th, I have an electrician coming to work on my lighting in the scrapbook room -- hoping we can get some track lighting above the work tables so I can do classes at night. Finally on Friday, the 29th, I have laminate floors being put in my living room. Can't wait to loose that nasty carpet. I have carpet in the 3 bedrooms, and ceramic tile everywhere else. I should of asked to have the living room carpet replaced when I purchased the house and did not. Oh well, I think I will prefer to have the laminate in there.<br />
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Okay that is enough of a catch up. I promise to be better in posting. I will try to get back every day or other day with photos of my convention swaps. <br />
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ArleneArlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-3471256208416525182012-03-13T20:15:00.001-07:002012-03-13T20:17:38.058-07:00Scrapbooking....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsqajcadglV0x_-4QeIFC9qJjSM5-uo62xHesuLEFJtdvSQNGIIS5sv6KiIx8mOlBHtSU5qQY4MVCj6ZHfo38r_DvGrmj9GEQKEbNFupVnE9n_eaMYPh8yKrJTmlZKJvlO1wkp3Jewv8n/s1600/DSCF5409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsqajcadglV0x_-4QeIFC9qJjSM5-uo62xHesuLEFJtdvSQNGIIS5sv6KiIx8mOlBHtSU5qQY4MVCj6ZHfo38r_DvGrmj9GEQKEbNFupVnE9n_eaMYPh8yKrJTmlZKJvlO1wkp3Jewv8n/s320/DSCF5409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was our one of the 2 double page 12 x 12 layouts that my scrapbooking class completed on March 3rd. I love the soft colors in it. The base is Soft Suede 12 x 12. We used 2 different patterns from the Attic Boutique DSP series, and a Baja Breeze stripe DSP design. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I have had a few issues at my chemo cycle. I call it "Here we go again". I always seem to take 3 steps forward and then 2 steps back with my battle. On March 2nd I had my bimonthly chemo session and I had a major allergic reaction to the carboplatin. Remember that back last June, I was finally removed from the cousin drug, Cystplatin, because my reactions became so severe. <can ?here="" again??="" go="" say,="" we="" you="">. This Friday I have my next chemo session. I am being pre-medicated on lots of steriods prior to the session on Friday. Pray it helps. Also realize that my blood counts are dropping this week. Suddenly it is hard to walk across the room -- a sure sign my counts are getting below 10.0.... I truly expect that the counts will be in the range of 9.9 or less on Friday. That means that if I am correct, then Friday night I sleep at Baptist Hospital and get a blood transfusion of 2 units of whole blood. That will put a kick in my step for another 6 weeks or so... my last transfusion was right after Leadership on Jan 24th. </can></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Have a wonderful week!Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-49923952023525565622012-02-18T18:08:00.000-08:002012-02-18T18:08:54.740-08:00Lisa Houston is having a workshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs9pOXBl-yCGvhXh3Lj_amkE2OoDYibT_t9zEAIVXC9E0CGoiP25MXa13vbsTBV7U3zSSCBO-YW9VXlGJlyPd-oVpJVG4Ka6jJ1IsTmDnWNDw5oqEyeGAXEc-ak_JymlfYsGxzmayt-kI/s1600/Bunny+Cello+bag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs9pOXBl-yCGvhXh3Lj_amkE2OoDYibT_t9zEAIVXC9E0CGoiP25MXa13vbsTBV7U3zSSCBO-YW9VXlGJlyPd-oVpJVG4Ka6jJ1IsTmDnWNDw5oqEyeGAXEc-ak_JymlfYsGxzmayt-kI/s320/Bunny+Cello+bag.jpg" width="213" yda="true" /></a></div><br />
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The first photo shows our cello bag topper. I went to Target and found some Easter candy this morning for the bag. I used a bunch of punches to create the bunny. I told Lisa that the small oval punch was retired, but she wants this bunny. I inked the edges of all the white with Pretty in Pink. Decided to use wiggle eyes instead of drawing eyes - my fine motor skills aren't that great after a chemo session. Of course I used a Top Note Diecut folded in half and stapled it to the cello bag. You don't see the staples because the bunny is on one side and the sentiment is on the other. The sentiment comes from the stamp set <strong><em>Everybunny</em></strong> on page 48 of the catalog.<br />
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The second photo has 2 cards - we decided to go ahead with the Melon Mambo background instead of the Pink Pirouette background. The dotted paper comes from the Hostess set Cheerful Treat on page 11 of the catalog. I used Old Olive grosgrain ribbon. The sentiment came from <strong><em>Sincere Saluations</em></strong>, which is one of my go to sets. I used the 2 oval punches for the sentiment. <br />
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The neatest thing about this card is something I read on Splitcoaststampers. I stamped the Melon Mambo flower on a 3" x 3" piece of Whisper White. The flower is from the stamp set, <strong><em>Mixed Bunch</em></strong> in the Occasions Mini. Then I cut out a 3" x 3 " piece of Big Shot Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets (look on page 216 of the catalog). I peeled off the side with the words Sizzix and covered my flower adhesive side down. Then I punched out the flower using the new punch Blossom (page 17 of the Occasions Mini). After I punch both layers out (the Whisper White cardstock with the flower image in Melon Mambo and covered with the Adhesive Sheet, I peeled off the top of the Adhesive Sheet. I turned the adhesive side down into my tub of Dazzling Diamonds and then shook off the excess. Added some dimensionals to the rear and placed it on my card. The Dazzling Diamonds stayed on the flower this way. How cool was that!<br />
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Oh, when I mention my tub of Dazzling Diamonds, let me describe it to you. I take all my embossing powders and my Dazzling Diamonds and my Heat and Stick and place each in a sandwich size plastic tub (like from Gladware). I label all 4 sides of the tub with the name of the contents (that way I can always read what is in the tub). I keep a plastic spoon in the tub too. When I want to emboss or add the powders, now I simply open a tub and shake the excess back into the tub. I never could do a good job with shaking back into those little bottles. I find I am wasting much less of my product this way.<br />
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Okay the final card is the St. Paddy's card.I stamped the Shamrock from my stamp set <strong><em>Got Treats</em></strong> in Garden Green on Whisper White. < I did cut off all the sentiments in this set. I do have them all in the box, but don't always use the sentiments -- I was more interested in the images.> Then I ran the card thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Folder. This gave me my quilted look. I cut a mat out of Silver Glimmer to mat my quilted look. Added some Garden Green grosgrain. Stamped the sentiment from the stamp <strong><em>Happy St. Patrick's</em></strong> (found on page 43 of the Occasions mini) in Garden Green. Punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch. I also cut out a piece of Silver Glimmer with the same punch and cut it in half to add to the back of my sentiment. Used a few dimensionas and viola! <br />
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In every card I make, I always add an insert. In these 2 cards, I choose Whisper White cardstock, cut 4" x 5 1/4" inches as my inserts -- gives you a smooth place to write on a neutral color. Hate trying to find a pen that writes over some of my colored cardstocks.<br />
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I have Lisa's workshop all prepped and ready to go for next Saturday. Whew! Off to prep for another workshop for the following Saturday.<br />
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Have a great weekend!<br />
ArleneArlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-8454633937000509772012-02-14T04:44:00.000-08:002012-02-14T04:44:44.146-08:00A fabulous opportunity awaits you<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Joining Stampin' Up! is Easy and Fun!</span></strong><br />
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ArleneArlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-47180346815020639952012-02-13T14:37:00.000-08:002012-02-13T14:38:28.057-08:00Our February Class Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1Mp9jx8io-HVsg1jMftyUyNdzyiUKF-MS8pMc9DLX1qwTboAWvV5mTKS5W1u6fxbvLIY34OYQk3ozueLih7FhIqmcFFZ-pmBG_m3_X75-pCKHu6F8mQNb8VxYDZs9CqpHuB4R5P4p-3u/s1600/DSCF5384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1Mp9jx8io-HVsg1jMftyUyNdzyiUKF-MS8pMc9DLX1qwTboAWvV5mTKS5W1u6fxbvLIY34OYQk3ozueLih7FhIqmcFFZ-pmBG_m3_X75-pCKHu6F8mQNb8VxYDZs9CqpHuB4R5P4p-3u/s320/DSCF5384.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsT2lTGGI9BKXa3QLq2OzA4kf_ssVNn_DqKbGzRiqslA4X-Cx5k98CKV-krriageqdcxzWXNCO3jPnmO6EHKZt-IUkOBjU-7pe36UzeQDaXiULAjn-ueopncY7N5u5GL6TS1rIIeqU_AY/s1600/DSCF5382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsT2lTGGI9BKXa3QLq2OzA4kf_ssVNn_DqKbGzRiqslA4X-Cx5k98CKV-krriageqdcxzWXNCO3jPnmO6EHKZt-IUkOBjU-7pe36UzeQDaXiULAjn-ueopncY7N5u5GL6TS1rIIeqU_AY/s320/DSCF5382.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We made this notepad/case project at the February Stamp Class on Saturday. It is a very simple project to do and leaves your with a product you can easily use. I hate when my notepad paper has curled up on the edges or tears while in my purse. And I am one of those who needs paper often for notes. By making myself one of these, I no longer have problems with my paper curling. It is safe inside my case.<br />
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Photo # 1 gives you a close up of the entire insert. If you are like me, I like to see a visual, as well as have written directions. Photo # 2 shows the inside of the clear stamp case. I placed a calendar on the left side of the case. I order my calendars from <a href="http://www.vippies.com/">http://www.vippies.com/</a> On the right side is a notepad. I simply went over to Office Depot and grabbed 2 packages of 5" x 8" notebooks. My local store sells 12 pads in a package for about $ 6.50. Then I went to their customer service department and had them cut the pads into 7" lengths to fit inside the clear stamp cases. That was another $ 1.50 for the 24 pads I purchased. Finally, Photo # 3 shows the two different color choices that were given for the class. I cut out 12 of each color choice (Soft Suede or Lucky Limeade). I had 6 of each color choice for the morning class and then 6 of each color choice for the afternoon class. Let me share the recipe with you! They make wonderful gifts -- remember that secretaries day will be here later this spring. Or maybe a special thank you for a friend? <br />
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<strong><span style="color: black;">EVERYDAY</span> ENCHANTMENT NOTEPAD CASE RECIPE</strong><br />
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<ul><li># 101650 Very Vanilla Cardstock</li>
<li># 126154 Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (SAB item!)</li>
<li># 122384 Lucky Limeade striped paper from the 2011-2013 Paper Stacks</li>
<li># 117157 Soft Suede striped paper from the Neutrals Collection Paper Stacks</li>
<li># 122713 Lucky Limeade (SAB item! this is an assorted pack) cardstock using the Label Framelits</li>
<li># 115318 Soft Suede cardstock using the Label Framelits</li>
<li># 125117 Fresh Vintage Stamp Set (SAB item!)</li>
<li># 122935 Lucky Limeade Classic Ink</li>
<li># 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink</li>
<li> Sponges</li>
<li># 123002 2011-2013 Stampin Write Markers (I used Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade from this set)</li>
<li># 123002 2010-2012 Stampin Write Markers (I used Poppy Parade from this set)</li>
<li># 101610 Stampin Sponges</li>
<li># 119105 Clear-Mount Stamp Cases</li>
<li># 125598 Label Collection Framelits</li>
<li># 113439 Bog Shot Die-Cutting Machine</li>
<li># 104294 Sticky Strip (In my part of the USA, we call it Red Line tape)</li>
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<div></div><div></div><ul><li>Very Vanilla Cardstock - cut one (1) piece at 7" x 10 5/8". This is the base material for your insert.</li>
<li>Very Vanilla Cardstock - cut one (1) piece for the size Label Framelits you decide to use.</li>
<li>Everyday Enchantment DSP - decide on the pattern you want to use. I found that one print lended itself to using Soft Suede accents, and the other print focused more on Lucky Limeade as the accent color. Cut the Everyday Enchantment DSP paper of your choice at 6" x 10 3/8". I chose to cut at 6 inches for the width so I could get 2 inserts from one page of DSP. Since the striped paper would cover the rest of the Very Vanilla cardstock, I did not worry about having a gap. </li>
<li>Striped DSP from either the Neutrals DSP Paper Stack (Soft Suede) or the 2011-2013 DSP Paper Stack (Lucky Limeade) cut at 1 1/2" x 10 3/8". <<em>Just a note -> I find it easier to put the 12 x 12 paper on my cutter and simply move the left edge of the paper to the 10 3/8" mark -- that way I cut 1 1/2" without trying to balance all the paper on my right side of the cutter</em>>.</li>
<li>You will adhere the Everyday Enchantment DSP paper to your Very Vanilla base, leaving a 1/4" space around the top and sides. There will be 1" of space on the bottom to be covered by the striped paper. </li>
<li>Then adhere the striped paper from whatever accent color you chose (Soft Suede or Lucky Limeade) to the Very Vanilla base. Match the sides of this paper to the sides of your Everyday Enchantment Paper. This stripe will leave a 1/4" space around the bottom and sides of the Very Vanilla base. The stripe will cover 1/4" of your Everyday Enchantment Paper. </li>
<li>Now cut out the Label Framelits using the Big Shot Die Cut Machine. You will need a smaller Label Framelit from Very Vanilla cardstock and the next size Label Framelits from whichever accent color you chose (Soft Suede or Lucky Limeade). </li>
<li>Mount the design stamp from the <strong><em>Fresh Vintage stamp</em></strong> set onto a clear block. Color in the image using Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Poppy Parade markers. </li>
<li>Huff on the image and stamp onto your Very Vanilla Label Framelit. <strong><em>Don't know what it means to huff?</em></strong> It simply means to breathe over your stamp, exhaling across it. The moisture from your breath will keep the ink wet. </li>
<li>Sponge the Very Vanilla Framelit and the Accent Mat Framelit with a sponge and the color Classic Ink you chose as the accent.</li>
<li>Adhere the labels together. Then adhere them to the right side of your cover insert. </li>
<li>Slide it in carefully between the cover film and the actual clear stamp case (look at your other stamp case inserts -- works the same way). One word of warning -- DO NOT make the length longer than 10 5/8" on your base cardstock. Otherwise you will rip the film off. I am speaking from experience! I tore two off my cases. Ugh....</li>
<li>Now onto the inside of the case. Attach a calendar to the left interior. </li>
<li>Take a strip of the Everyday Enchantment DSP paper and cut it to fit the top of your notepad. I wrapped my paper around the top of the notebook.</li>
<li>Finally, the last step. Add a strip of red line tape to the back of the notepad. Peel off that red waxy film and adhere your pad to the right interior of your case. </li>
<li>DONE!</li>
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<strong>Optional Ideas</strong>: <br />
<div></div><div></div><ul><li>Ribbon along the overlap area of paper. </li>
<li>Create a pocket to place below the calendar for notes. </li>
<li>Use MDS to design a mat instead of the Label Framelits.</li>
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Today was a wierd day. It rarely snows around here. And we had a weather forecast for 100% snow. Too bad it started as I was heading to work. I seriously thought I would have a snow day today. Shucks. We got snow, then freezing drizzle and then rain as the temps climbed. Right now, if it freezes tonight, we will get have a sheet of ice. Depends on how low the temps go tonight, whether I have school tomorrow or not. <br />
Remember this part of the South does not have snow ploughs. They salt the roads but that is about it. Tomorrow afternoon the winter weather will be a thing of the past, since our highs tomorrow will be in the mid-50's.<br />
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I was so ready for a snow day too! Yes, even teachers need one occasionally. I had laid out my work clothes and stuff to carry to school today. But I also laid out some comfy clothes and some scrapbooking to do if I got to stay home. Will do the same tomorrow. Best to be prepared both ways. Thought I would get to write on my blog this morning, instead I was teaching. So at the end of my work day, I came home to post this tutorial. <br />
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Enjoy it. If you happen to make it, please leave me a comment about the directions. Want to make sure that they are clear and concise (and I did not skip a step). <br />
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Have a great night!<br />
ArleneArlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-80868014169751273142012-02-12T06:16:00.000-08:002012-02-12T07:05:32.759-08:00February Stamp Class - Razorback Country<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIvwdOQZ6NK9xXTd8sXdTsOfZAXYHZKqIZBWz4l3jFkhs47ckRj0C6eJe2BtL3lRr1ACc9xSuLeeKS6myFZbmK4w8_PZBGqDvtSG1s0Nt6mM3zbjC735A7Ey_wJ6-VWVi7-BUr_9x9IW_/s1600/104005072614190866_TwnLqHFf_c.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708253224046436738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIvwdOQZ6NK9xXTd8sXdTsOfZAXYHZKqIZBWz4l3jFkhs47ckRj0C6eJe2BtL3lRr1ACc9xSuLeeKS6myFZbmK4w8_PZBGqDvtSG1s0Nt6mM3zbjC735A7Ey_wJ6-VWVi7-BUr_9x9IW_/s400/104005072614190866_TwnLqHFf_c.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5myFAqUOl9SWKZpujfYwZOIE_6zcf9lWi165At_WhNGWooDMQtr2fmz5vPqvvLF9sm4v6gZPKeUwHecOezNEsc-ptF8LNN_KD0a5dP_Rp3yHePZGWsC_hE4yhdDyNCnatG4IvpPw-DMks/s1600/DSCF5379.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708253221390316754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5myFAqUOl9SWKZpujfYwZOIE_6zcf9lWi165At_WhNGWooDMQtr2fmz5vPqvvLF9sm4v6gZPKeUwHecOezNEsc-ptF8LNN_KD0a5dP_Rp3yHePZGWsC_hE4yhdDyNCnatG4IvpPw-DMks/s400/DSCF5379.JPG" /></a><br />I have a dear friend, Lisa Houston, who pinned the top card to her Pinterest site. She really loved the card and I saw sooo many possibilities with it. I am sorry but I am not sure who made the original. Lisa's Pinterest shows the words "Uploaded by User" and not a website so I cannot acknowledge the card artist. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>While I loved the original card, I really wanted a brighter card. So I played with it. The Arkansas Razorbacks colors are red and gray. I decided on a white design mat and a gray mat behind it on a red card base. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Another reason I made this card for class is that I needed a birthday card for my big brother, Bruno, on March 3rd. Bruno has 3 major things in his life that loves: his dog, Roxie; the Arkansas Razorbacks; and golf. I never even call Bruno after the Hogs lose a game. That is asking for problems. I always call after a win -- he is such a good mood! LOL... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Razorback Card Recipe -</strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><ul><br /><li># 122737 Button Buddies</li><br /><li># 121958 Bring on the Cake (sentiment set used inside the card)</li><br /><li># 102482 Real Red Cardstock</li><br /><li># 121044 Basic Gray Cardstock</li><br /><li># 100730 Whisper White Cardstock</li><br /><li># 100712 Brushed Silver</li><br /><li># 119251 1/8 inch Real Red Taffeta Ribbon</li><br /><li># 119747 Brights Designer Buttons</li><br /><li># 122361 Petite Pennants Builder Punch</li><br /><li># 120906 2 1/2" Circle Punch</li><br /><li># 123126 Perfect Pennants BigzL Sizzix Die</li><br /><li># 123128 Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder</li><br /><li># 113439 Big Shot Die Cutting Machine</li><br /><li># 104430 Dimensionals</li><br /><li># 103683 Mini Glue Dots</li><br /><li>Toothpicks </li><br /><li>Wiggly Eyes</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Directions:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>Whisper White Cardstock - I ran Whisper White cardstock thru my printer to print the words <strong><em>Woo Pig Sooie</em></strong>! I printed 4 per page and then cut the page into 4 pieces at 3 3/4 " x 5 ". Use the Stripes folder to emboss all of the card EXCEPT the printed words. Cover the area between the end of the embossed design and the words with a piece of red taffeta ribbon. I wrap the ends to the back side of the white cardstock.</li><br /><li>Whisper White Cardstock - Stamp up the cute pig from the <strong><em>Button Buddies stamp set</em></strong> with Real Red onto a 3 x 3 " square of Whisper White Cardstock. Use the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch out the pig. I attached the button nose and wiggly eyes with glue dots. </li><br /><li>Whisper White Cardstock - Cut a piece at 4" x 5 1/4" inch for the inside side of your card. I stamped a birthday greeting from the <strong><em>Bring on the Cake stamp set</em></strong> in Black Stazon on my insert. </li><br /><li>Whisper White Cardstock - I also printed off a page of Go Hogs! on my printer to use for the pennants. Take the Petite Pennant Punch and punch out the sentiment using the plain edged pennant. </li><br /><li>Real Red Cardstock - Punch out a scalloped edge pennant using the Petite Pennant Punch. Add your plain edged sentiment punchie to this and attach to a toothpick (you need glue dots!).</li><br /><li>Real Red Cardstock - cut out a cardbase 5 1/2' x 8 1/2" . Score at 4 1/4" on the long side to create the cardbase. Add the whisper white insert inside the card.</li><br /><li>Basic Gray Cardstock - Cut a mat at 4" x 5 1/4". Adhere it to the front of the Real Red Cardbase. Then add your Whisper White design mat (with the Wooo Pig Sooie! and Stripes Embossing on it) to the top of the gray. Because I use 1/4" changes in measurement, you will have that much showing around the edges of each layer.</li><br /><li>Brushed Silver Cardstock - can easily be done with Basic Gray too. I chose the Brushed Silver to give it a slight pop of shimmerness on the central point of the card. Cut a piece of Brushed Silver (or Basic Gray if you prefer) at 3" x 3". Place the cardstock on the Perfect Pennants BigzL die (I chose the larger of the decorative circles) and run it thru your Big Shot. Now place the Pig design onto the Brushed Silver Decorative Circle. Use dimensionals to the back of the silver base and place it on your card. Placement depends on if you do the small GO HOGS! pennant. If you do use the pennant, place the pig just above the red ribbon. Then place your pennant to the left of the circle. If you chose not to use the pennant, then place the pig in the center of the Stripes Embossing.</li></ul><br /><p><strong>OPTIONAL IDEAS</strong> - If you are not an Arkie or a Razorback fan, simply skip printing Wooo Pig Sooie! on your card (also skip the Go Hogs Pennant) . Instead stamp a greeting you like -- my suggestions are: </p><br /><ul><br /><li># 122892 Perfectly Penned </li><br /><li># 120651 Word Play</li><br /><li># 115070 Smarty Pants </li></ul><br /><p>Yesterday was my February Stamp Class. I held 2 sessions - one from 9 a.m. to noon, and another from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. There were many new faces in the class (Alysha, Alex, Kaila, Frankie, Lise, Sandy, Abigail, Kay and Enda) and many of my friends/regulars (Kalen, Michelle, Nana Jenny, Laura, Amber, Micki, Charlie, Nita, Lisa and Melissa). We had a wonderful time!</p><br /><p>I will be posting all the cards and our project from class this week. Stayed tuned! If we get the snow as expected tonight, then tomorrow I can easily post in the morning, otherwise it will be in the evening after work. </p><br /><p>Sorry for being away so long, but last weekend was a nightmare. I hate it when I get the premeds, the nuclear medicine, the contrast dye and then all the 3 chemo drugs. It makes me so sick all weekend. In fact, I even stayed home on Monday because I was still super nauseous. You know it is bad when you pray that you can throw up! That rarely happens -- in fact, only once in 4 years of chemo has it happened. But oh goodness! I get so nauseous after all the extra drugs - it is like your tummy took a ride on the EXPRESS roller coaster. Normally I get only a mild rollercoaster. So I spent alot of time on the antinausea + sleep aide meds and slept and slept. Being awake was not fun. By Tuesday, I was back again. Don't have to take that ride again until May for my next scans. </p><br /><p>Have a great day !</p><br /><p>Arlene</p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-84061151020738237062012-02-03T17:06:00.000-08:002012-02-03T17:13:01.612-08:00Leaving a retired scrap page for you<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxZ-_BywEllCcsRwncwDD3SDPif1hWFepKpzCS7lB25-gb9rysMvahoIiAYOonr62OuQo4ztZVFyNYMgAbVg8aiNpvwa5RqvyOQTzmFESpqeGx_te77Q7qh3aEAEspcRBYbO8LagdgUk0/s1600/100_4694.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705080672915931842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxZ-_BywEllCcsRwncwDD3SDPif1hWFepKpzCS7lB25-gb9rysMvahoIiAYOonr62OuQo4ztZVFyNYMgAbVg8aiNpvwa5RqvyOQTzmFESpqeGx_te77Q7qh3aEAEspcRBYbO8LagdgUk0/s400/100_4694.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Sorry about not posting early today. Been running like crazy and was at the oncologist in the wee hours this morning. All is great but I am pooped. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Just drug up a layout I did at Christmas with retired paper. I love to scrapbook and my friends know it. My good friend, Stacy does not do any crafts at all. She asked me to make a page for her hubby's boss so she could put it in a 12 x 12 frame. Her only request was Western.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is the page I designed. I know the patterned paper is retired and right now I am not sure of the name. There are 2 stamp sets used, 1 current and 1 retired. The current one is OUT WEST. The retired one was perhaps WANTED? Can't decide right now. You know the punches are the small and large tag punch and the rope was made with SU linen thread. I am sure that the alphabet is retired but don't know the name tonight. There are 2 mats to hold 4 x 6 photos (mats are 4 1/4' x 6 1/4") so it is just a matter of selecting and adhering 2 photos. The boss' wife loved her layout!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Am in a chemo fog and the names of those retired sets are difficult to think of right now. Will let you know at a later time.<br /><br />Was more concerned that I give you a post tonight and knew I was not up to typing alot of details on the Leadership card swap. Will get back to that this weekend.</div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-54822038527063763812012-02-02T04:19:00.000-08:002012-02-02T04:40:49.940-08:00A few of my Leadership Swap favorites<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VXRy6eCE_fDsAFGgjXIS-_U1Yvm-Fi7uczE2O1v3w_qDtfle8gAgjdB0Yvz0H8ntGMSDtrU3LAxpH1bn0B9DOaVwXEk1RBRJDzX1MBVSrANdknY1xLnBZr3AdT0q7-gwyD1d798-a7zZ/s1600/DSCF5330.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704512174591954146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VXRy6eCE_fDsAFGgjXIS-_U1Yvm-Fi7uczE2O1v3w_qDtfle8gAgjdB0Yvz0H8ntGMSDtrU3LAxpH1bn0B9DOaVwXEk1RBRJDzX1MBVSrANdknY1xLnBZr3AdT0q7-gwyD1d798-a7zZ/s400/DSCF5330.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjqmE2Lc9N6PAVajPXfX-5gbgLtwyVZmie8ibIov31_ru5HyE5lW1wZrNzGse8Db9vmjHLb2Zce_lETApu1PaSU_SnJgXJ4GWxuLX37nYjglyrJGgKWoKWJrXCid6Q3_dVgmQ1U20AmwK/s1600/DSCF5333.JPG"></a>I have 80 cards that I got in my organized Leadership swaps, and then about 80 more cards from the general floor swaps. What is the difference in these types of swaps? Well an organized swap is one you sign up for in advance with a swap hostess. You are committed to make "X" number of card fronts or full cards for this swap for each group you have joined. For example, in Lyssa's Convention Quality Swap, I joined 3 groups. So I had to do 20 cards for each group and each group was a different stamp set. On the other hand a general floor swap is what it sounds like -- a free for all. You walk around asking people if they are swapping and you swap cards as you wish. You get better quality in organized swaps as a rule, but there are a few exceptions!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Today I am starting a series of 3 or 4 days of some of my favorite Leadership swaps to share with you. After that I plan on showing you the 6 x 6 double page scrapbook swap. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The photo shows 2 cards. The one on the left was made by my roommate, <strong>Deb Mueller </strong>of New Hampshire. Isn't it lovely? She used Pear Pizzazz as the cardbase and cut the top edge of the card with the Adorning Accents Edgelits. The ribbon is Blushing Bride pleated ribbon. The stamp set is <strong><em>Bordering on Romance</em></strong>. Note she used the long row of flower stamps from this set to do the bottom inside of the card, as well as added tiny pearls. For the design itself, she cut out 2 Label Framelits - one in Daffodil Delight and the other in Whisper White with the image stamped on it. She watercolored her design and added 3 pearls to the hearts of the flowers. This was placed on dimensionals and then attached to her card. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The card on the right was made by <strong>Patti Gress</strong>. I am so sorry that my photo does not do this card justice - it is simply stunning in its simplicity. Patti used a neutral (and I am not sure it is Crumb Cake or Sahara Sand) as her base and as the punch accent made with the Pinking Hearts border. She ran some Blushing Bride pleated ribbon over the punched out area. Her mat and her strips are made out of Pretty in Pink cardstock. Her strips are embossed with Vintage Wallpaper and then cut and notched at the bottoms (remember a square punch is an easy way to do this banner design). Her heart is stamped on Pretty in Pink cardstock and then shimmers with Dazzling Diamonds. The heart stamp is from the stamp set,<em><strong> P.S. I Love You</strong></em>. Then her image is punched out with a Heart punch and adhered to a Silver Glimmer heart. They are mounted with dimensionals onto the card. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>That is all I have time for today. I need to scoot, take a shower, dress and get onto to work. It is already 6:40 and I have to be in my classroom in 1 hour. Thankfully I only live 10 minutes away and traffic is going the other direction! LOL... Have a wonderful Thursday!</div><br /><div></div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-79623822560209888672012-02-01T04:17:00.000-08:002012-02-01T04:41:26.864-08:00Swap - Lyssa's Convention Quality Swap<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUONxZy6o_Y7OqY6xSiLTJwIw6kBxUdOgDI7nBBfaGXV2kEwHRPwH07gRvjay9m1LcUp-FtqBmBm7Pyrh_teLJ3i8yAPFnIAcazUl73f1roZMU9H8ZGwB-z95qonF-r5-jBN-i4bam2Ul/s1600/DSCF4349.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704140941245494610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUONxZy6o_Y7OqY6xSiLTJwIw6kBxUdOgDI7nBBfaGXV2kEwHRPwH07gRvjay9m1LcUp-FtqBmBm7Pyrh_teLJ3i8yAPFnIAcazUl73f1roZMU9H8ZGwB-z95qonF-r5-jBN-i4bam2Ul/s400/DSCF4349.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKfAoffIy-souSDVopdynTS5GfZfqXDkJ_LIasaodLAT49TnjS2clsodGN8zfX2FjYZ1LdhmqxkcIxFwopKxvwDJ8vNo2MAL_Fe3z-viKNoJl8byOVuLKvNqQ_cyoXZdvMczAxPskuJ0P/s1600/DSCF4347.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704140931022856018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKfAoffIy-souSDVopdynTS5GfZfqXDkJ_LIasaodLAT49TnjS2clsodGN8zfX2FjYZ1LdhmqxkcIxFwopKxvwDJ8vNo2MAL_Fe3z-viKNoJl8byOVuLKvNqQ_cyoXZdvMczAxPskuJ0P/s400/DSCF4347.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kmsbABD0SvQodU0qUcotSFz6tmbERY7MBC1w8NjiGYJve5B1saknoCWnSAEV8zpmzaLcNW2T-G75Ygo87Y-dY5r7UqIwDT0PDsm4jbFM68s7xJ3V2fUSaF2zeJAOFLEP-OGsBXJ8woyc/s1600/DSCF4353.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704140556572235714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kmsbABD0SvQodU0qUcotSFz6tmbERY7MBC1w8NjiGYJve5B1saknoCWnSAEV8zpmzaLcNW2T-G75Ygo87Y-dY5r7UqIwDT0PDsm4jbFM68s7xJ3V2fUSaF2zeJAOFLEP-OGsBXJ8woyc/s400/DSCF4353.JPG" /></a><br />I joined 3 groups for Lyssa's Convention Quality Swap for Leadership this year. This swap was posted at SCS (<a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/">http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/</a>) on the demo side of the site. I happen to follow Lyssa alot on her blog (<a href="http://www.songofmyheartstampers.com/">http://www.songofmyheartstampers.com/</a>) . I chose to use 3 stamp sets that are in the Idea Book and Catalog instead of the Occasions mini. Many people had signed up with stamp sets from the mini - but we are still selling sets out of the Idea Book.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The first card photo was made with <em><strong>Greenhouse Garden </strong></em>and<em><strong> En Francis background</strong></em>. I stamped the EnFrancis in Soft Suede onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. Then I sponged it with Crumb Cake ink. Over that I stamped the flowers with Calypso Coral and the interior of the flowers with Poppy Parade. Notice I did stamp off some of the flowers. The ribbon is Calypso Coral. The cardbase is Soft Suede with a Poppy Parade mat. Sentiment comes from Blessings from Heaven. I used my Early Expresso and Poppy Parade markers to ink the sentiment on Very Vanilla cardstock. Then I used an Oval punch to punch it out. The mat is Poppy Parade cut from the Scalloped Oval punch.<br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Card 2 is one stamp set that I don't think gets enough ink. That stamp set is<strong><em> Courage</em></strong>. I stamped the image with Black stazon onto Whisper White cardstock. Then I cut it out with our new Label Framelits. I also cut a Night of Navy mat with the Label framelits. The red mat was ran thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing folder to give the card some texture and depth. Then I used a white mat to make it more eye-appealing (and not overly a dark card) and put it all on a Night of Navy base. Coloring was done by markers. Sahara Sand for the uniform, Real Red for the stripes and Night of Navy for the background of the stars. Believe it or not, this is the only card of the bunch I forgot to color the shoulder of the soldier. When I saw the photo I went back and remedied this problem. Because we had to add an embellishment, I colored 4 rhinestones with a red Sharpie permanent marker and added them to the card. I love that Sharpie marker trick on the clear rhinestones (and my pearls) to achieve the color I want for my card. The sentiment was stamped with Night of Navy on Whisper White cardstock. Then cut with the Word Window punch. It was matted with Night of Navy cardstock and cut out with a Modern Label punch. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Card 3 uses the stamp set <strong><em>Everybunny</em></strong>. The background paper comes from the Hostess section of the catalog. It's on page 11 and it is called Cheerful Treat DSP. I stamped that cute bunny in the balloon using Stazon black ink onto Whisper White cardstock. Then colored it in using Pink Pirouette, Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade and Bashful Blue markers. The mat and the card base are Wisteria Wonder. Then I got creative and used the Word Window punch to cut out 3 white strips. Matted them onto 3 Wisteria Wonder punches made with the Modern Label punch. Attached them to my image base and then started adding embellishments. As you see, I chose 3 flower buttons and placed rhinestones in the center of each button. The sentiment was stamped in Concord Crush and cut out with an Oval Punch. It was then matted in Wisteria Wonder using a Scallop Oval Punch.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I made 20 of each card for my 3 groups. So I came home with 19 new cards (or new to me in trade!). My 20th card in each group I used for open trading when it was returned to me. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I will be back to show you some of the cards I got in this swap.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-70815513650854420902012-01-30T18:01:00.000-08:002012-01-30T18:27:09.860-08:00Card Candy swap from Leadership - Part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HBUkn2upJOd56SsUtG_yQFbtIGaDuDDWjBU87k1jDjwNI74lj1BkMRkXx_xQTa-BC0ItC6yyGVPKpV5eJRl7Tyri6vBHMzQeDmlaAFXsqvt2M1gA7cV2zG42sL-Bw4I6WjJwhRTxswmj/s1600/DSCF5001_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703611765837047266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HBUkn2upJOd56SsUtG_yQFbtIGaDuDDWjBU87k1jDjwNI74lj1BkMRkXx_xQTa-BC0ItC6yyGVPKpV5eJRl7Tyri6vBHMzQeDmlaAFXsqvt2M1gA7cV2zG42sL-Bw4I6WjJwhRTxswmj/s400/DSCF5001_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40hFOwETddDaGMiyvLtNt7Gt_0VKOo50ykmpfBwBr1G2GOYCM-EXWoIJDA7m2ygQsCIdBjNLvZowNJfYATIn_cQaP5UngXXHs6FOhxVQOGfwLpQJHr4AwkHrLHYwVMv17eScl6ko5jznk/s1600/DSCF4988_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703611760076195842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40hFOwETddDaGMiyvLtNt7Gt_0VKOo50ykmpfBwBr1G2GOYCM-EXWoIJDA7m2ygQsCIdBjNLvZowNJfYATIn_cQaP5UngXXHs6FOhxVQOGfwLpQJHr4AwkHrLHYwVMv17eScl6ko5jznk/s400/DSCF4988_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcxT-5U_LhwtHuSf3aQkWkZO2kFYR8iQfstqfVPKpdYFiKUfi8MebNfeROAs2U7_k2PL4ty6USfiDkZnRLS35ovBtBLwVSZczUJEMTh-LoYbctV-KJjBSOxIDVSNIo-bEddK0djIsPRCz/s1600/DSCF4989_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703611758222063442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcxT-5U_LhwtHuSf3aQkWkZO2kFYR8iQfstqfVPKpdYFiKUfi8MebNfeROAs2U7_k2PL4ty6USfiDkZnRLS35ovBtBLwVSZczUJEMTh-LoYbctV-KJjBSOxIDVSNIo-bEddK0djIsPRCz/s400/DSCF4989_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrImvh0IRR1kYUt7YiXdc9lPB8o3O_06lsO9OqCCtWDhD2_Zv1hXgHfHKTbqdSGh3kHszw1_3AJ8Sl3zGOV8teKTEB_7uk53ojZhKu8RB5NCWZrkN5w4d-CCW71FT41mjx-rM1hep1T5I9/s1600/DSCF4990_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703611745963919282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrImvh0IRR1kYUt7YiXdc9lPB8o3O_06lsO9OqCCtWDhD2_Zv1hXgHfHKTbqdSGh3kHszw1_3AJ8Sl3zGOV8teKTEB_7uk53ojZhKu8RB5NCWZrkN5w4d-CCW71FT41mjx-rM1hep1T5I9/s400/DSCF4990_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE39Eo4P5b2DVRhzD-_8rdiwQfkqKhv8ArEvsVqAaxmf3HHj7gos6_u5KYC6lBEV8G3F7g0mcRvklkWgMFzwt1c4NtUu-x29QIhasyRgaB9moE8pyqF607nVdYeZFgPXJ1eC5ZKo9MoRf/s1600/DSCF4991_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703611742310146690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE39Eo4P5b2DVRhzD-_8rdiwQfkqKhv8ArEvsVqAaxmf3HHj7gos6_u5KYC6lBEV8G3F7g0mcRvklkWgMFzwt1c4NtUu-x29QIhasyRgaB9moE8pyqF607nVdYeZFgPXJ1eC5ZKo9MoRf/s400/DSCF4991_crop.jpg" /></a><br />Card Candy Part 2 </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>1st photo - features a Masculine theme or a Western theme. These lovelies were created by Robin Greer. She used several different Stampin Up stamp sets including: <strong><em>In Wilderness</em></strong>, <strong><em>Out West</em></strong> and an <strong><em>SAB </em></strong>set. Notice her eagle has an antique brad in the lower right corner; love the two toned cowboy too! I can see making all kinds of male cards with these lovelies.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>2nd photo - features the new set from the Occasions mini, <strong><em>Bordering on Romance</em></strong>. and the sentiment is from <strong><em>Blessings from Heaven</em></strong>. The creator of these pieces of card candy was Adrianna Benitez. Notice her flowers on the right top tag. She actually stamped the flowers on a blue printed paper, and then hand cut it out to paper piece over her stamped image. She used a marker to give dimension. The sentiment is a beautiful sentiment found in Blessings from Heaven -- and it is so true! Notice she used the new edgelits to create the nice trim on the left side of this photo.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>3rd photo- features an assortment of card candy items for various times. This was created by Susan Finn of Tulsa, Oklahoma. I just love the bright summery colors she used. Her mother tag has pearls on it. The thank you tag has a Fire or Ice Brad. The cute yellow rosette bears a banner that reads congratulations. Each of her items has a depth to it, either by using embellishments, dimensionals or layers. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>4th photo - features Valentine's. These sparkly items were created by Linda Haupt of Rapid City, SD. She embossed the doily with white embossing powder on red paper and then aded a red glimmer heart (plus a few extra hearts too!). I really like her rosette made with the Twitterpated paper - and check out that tiny jewelry tag punch! One of my favorite Valentine stamps this year came from the new Occasions mini, <strong><em>P.S. I Love You</em></strong> and my favorite stamp in the set is the silhoutte of the boy and girl on the bike.<br /></div><br /><div>5th and final photo features a Baby Theme. I made this set. It would work better for a scrapbook than a card. This card card stamp set is also in the Occasions mini, <strong><em>Baby Prints</em></strong>.<br />I just could not decide to whether to do a baby girl or a baby boy... finally I gave up and drug out my Blushing Bride and Bashful Blue and went to town. While I doing the letters, BABY, I decided to add some glitz to it all by adding the Silver Glimmer paper. I took an extra of this with me and hung it up for the Leadership contest. Much to my surprise, I actually won a prize with it! Woohoo! And many thanks to basketballmom (Gail) from SCS (Splitcoaststampers) who hunted me down to let me know I won a prize. I came home with a roll of Blushing Bride pleated ribbon and the Twitterpated Paper. I gave the buttons to Gail for her notifying me! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>While I had never participated or heard of this type of swap before, I am in love with it. I see so many possibilities for card candy. In fact, I showed these to our scrapbook site, The Crop Room (a private group on Ning). We are going to have a card candy swap beginning in mid March. :> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>That's all for tonight! </div><br /><div>Arlene<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzKcLHZHL4OkRHU4kqPIQJW58gOPh_c_rifX9sMv76S-Lk7e6xt5cyLcArfa2ltt_b7ixai5eltrrCCtOlkZW0VBv4wlL1hbcBug8J7C0zPV1hUbZPbkfpX5ee32J6PeMTS5x1-g6B10F/s1600/DSCF4991_crop.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBp14YfvxEseOGVDFcvtfZZNH6dHqVDCWDWwahwnx9Qfl-d09hM36bRLGLr4W1-R4oO6X-hJ0oPPXcEZFFQpRPKUtnONDjMHnf45Wx0QfcSNwvOiXP6ONLQAPbn3cmaKXs594fpJ5FUyl/s1600/DSCF4990_crop.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYZAC-QJiV0NGd4xjWYIHrE70M5g9Cqa_1VsjSGAYfc82ToXUU5mBivEo0irhEirI3OH3qWmyOiy31fph-CFLtijyXjP-0uXcstS-IKBN7BdO-9kaLKFiQzSbUgN0R_EG145YaySQHFxB/s1600/DSCF4989_crop.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA1cCGkRxdl8nz98I1fdp44InJN6VQUVGuHSPQdFPjII591NuJ1RVibSOkOMb5xGGq9LaZrEbg9rlZv1N1_gRKacMS58nppWGZ12gPfY8kb7GD4j2N_bKen-wLO26sjoTClIdOviGLBdm/s1600/DSCF4988_crop.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprhkN2xYu5CrYlD2scwLiwge9rBRFthSCyc8dCX38MqGPmF8ikO5CxDanquUXJ9MiEyIVuxMquPEbBaMDVe_1f35zQE88o4bqEwgTfY5y8wjifeCvrVFZyTjBFItZW4dVAz3IGE2hEMsU/s1600/DSCF5001_crop.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097073423494795354.post-82859662952349144532012-01-30T17:34:00.001-08:002012-01-30T18:00:50.255-08:00Card Candy swap from Leadership - Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_gmWUWg49yCE-LU30XMvwZNv72kk4ZnS1ZIlKVFDSdqZeZ7oFajcY-012SHc5C5O35_haMmxitnbq-0Qdiiln_hntnPD2q24_Jzen_vHtq_hyphenhyphencnDKJcvaKK5FlmDUeZ73BnMGT5NVOpe/s1600/DSCF4987_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703604124758764642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsC-ugnmpvx961j4GH1VUH4fb2tmU0PNbvwVpD5flZu1fqRqQb-Kw7eOPQprsuyaTk4ePz2ktwmhIa89gwI5a8eD6pd5fw4TdLPDiVoErKBrRAKqKWNPuHt8F4igNWg6NJauTk4ksc3yp/s400/DSCF4985_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincmFsGzLKGj1Z0Y89ISWazQvvd4XL0YiXYe_bWnP-ZCM7Fif3cW2C0jvjFIwgQZgyd63pWLESF0XRatd15TLrEIAjPZqMc8cnSkFCTzEDDZUWLO3kncn_AK-ijAKGDIc4-flsYO_H4boV/s1600/DSCF4984_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703604118851555634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincmFsGzLKGj1Z0Y89ISWazQvvd4XL0YiXYe_bWnP-ZCM7Fif3cW2C0jvjFIwgQZgyd63pWLESF0XRatd15TLrEIAjPZqMc8cnSkFCTzEDDZUWLO3kncn_AK-ijAKGDIc4-flsYO_H4boV/s400/DSCF4984_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN6g-3DuyNfWL-1yYdMf3KaaHp5z4jdvd61kd-EaMC5uux6CANa_uZTDLCTWRnWEHtkGK54Qi_d8Ar14v1lguasCN-5PQmTBwrm_TXP2xBquPXFIgCOROW4GDp3ntj6Z4oNwhQNt4eRhf/s1600/DSCF4983_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703604114411360034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN6g-3DuyNfWL-1yYdMf3KaaHp5z4jdvd61kd-EaMC5uux6CANa_uZTDLCTWRnWEHtkGK54Qi_d8Ar14v1lguasCN-5PQmTBwrm_TXP2xBquPXFIgCOROW4GDp3ntj6Z4oNwhQNt4eRhf/s400/DSCF4983_crop.jpg" /></a><br />Card Candy - I was reading a post about a Card Candy swap, and I was clueless. So I wrote the hostess of the swap, Bobbie Ganley, and asked about it. Basically card candy is either for cardmaking or scrapbooking. Most people give these as a gift to the hostess who holds a party. I think of them as "homemade, creative Jolee's" done" with stamps, tools and embellishments I already own. Just think of the possibilities to customize them in the colors you need. Perhaps you are sending blank cards/envies to someone with a package of card candy. That way the recepient can make their own cards or use the designs on a scrapbook page. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The first photo is of Card Candy featuring the Fancy Flower Punch. This was created by Candy Rattray of San Antonio, Texas. I really love how Sandy used her Fancy Flower punch. Her accessories include a Hershey kiss, buttons, rhinestones and Fire or Ice circle brads, and punches on dimensionals. Just a note for you -> Did you know you can color rhinestones with a permanent marker (Sharpie or Bics for example) to create the color rhinestone you want to use? Easy, peasy! I purchased a huge set of permanent markers and now I can color rhinestones in any color I need for a card or a scrapbook page. I simply buy the SU clear rhinestones and I am set to go!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Card Candy # 2 features Birthday Card Candy. This was created by Bobbie Ganley (our Swap Hostess) . I think she did an awesome job one these creations. Love the little cupcake with the cherry on top! She has a layer at least on each of her items. Nothing is flat and static - instead each have depth and dimension (as well as some nice colors for birthday items). Among the Stampin Up stamp sets used are: <strong><em>Bring on the Cake, Create a Cupcake, </em></strong>and<strong><em> A Word for You.</em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div>Card Candy # 3 features the new stamp set in the Occasions Mini, <strong><em>Tea Shoppe</em></strong>. It was created by Carol Siers of Wilmington, Delaware. I admire Carol because she hand cut that large teacup, including the inside handle. That is something that is difficult for me to do these days with my fine motor issues from all the chemo. She displayed many of the stamps from this set in her card card treatment.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Card Candy # 4 features flowers - made from stamps, punches, and our Paper Daisies. It was created by Gail Beezley of San Antonio, Texas. I just love the top left flower from the Stampin Up stamp set, <strong><em>Flower Fest</em></strong> . Doesn't that flower have a springy feel to it? Another favorite in this set, is the flowers with the IN COLOR Glimmer brads and tiny pearls (looks like they were colored with a sharpie too!) on the flower in the bottom left corner. Those flowers come the Stampin Up stamp set, <strong><em>Vintage Vogue</em></strong>.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Card Candy # 5 features a kid theme. This was created by Stacey Tomkowiak of Aurora, Illinois. Among the Stampin Up stamp sets represented are: I Dig You, Little Princess, and Easy Events. I just love the little brads on the construction equipment on the top left side. Makes it have a more realistic look. The water really sparkers on the baby duck at the bottom. And of course, our little princess has a rhinestone in her tiara.<br /><br />That concludes part 1 of the Card Candy swap. Stayed tuned for the other 5 swap items in the next post. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>All these ladies mentioned are Stampin Up Demonstrators. If you live in their area, I am sure they would appreciate you contacting them about their clubs, classes and events. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Arlene<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Arlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038865358827994890noreply@blogger.com0