March...in like a lion, out like a lamb!

Well... the way I (don't) blog, you would think I never stamp! But I do, I do!  and the newest cat stamper to the family, Lily... likes to help! Do you see here in the photo?
We are making this project in my Stampin' Den this month - each month we make a 12 x 12 Stampin' Sampler to display the next month at home! Buy one frame, swap out the project each month!  This is the cute one we're doing for March. - I used the "Cherry on Top" Designer paper stack - LOVE LOVE the Cucumber Crush, with Watermelon Wonder - and I actually chose Daffodil Delight rather than Crushed Curry, just wanted that "brighter yellow" for Spring which is arriving... SOON!
Contact me if you live in the area (western suburbs of Chicago) and I can let you know when classes are held!  You can also get on my mailing list.. that helps too!
Happy day!

Seriously...it's January... are you sure it's not Halloween...because...

Where does the time go?  WOW... the last time I was here... OCTOBER 20th... what a slacker!  Well, I'm gonna have to fix that... but not today!  LOL... just thought I'd pop in and let you know I have plans to get back on track, I mean it's a New Year... everyone has great plans, great intentions.. so we'll see if I'm the 95% that doesn't carry through... or if I actually manage to get this act together!
IN the meantime... there's a NEW Occasions Catalog out... and it's SALEABRATION!  Which means FREE STUFF when you order $50 or more...
Contact me if you want me to send you the catalog and brochure... I also updated the links here so you can see them online... well, I actually didn't yet... but since I can "schedule" this to post AFTER I do update... I just pretend I already did it... well that's way more than you needed to know...
Happy New Year!

Should I call this post Ornament Card... since the Ornament card was featured under Pointsettia Punch! hah!

You see why I don't do this.... I'm challenged!  In lots of areas.... lol
SO...
HERE's the Poinsettia Card, which we made at our Christmas Card Buffet this weekend... it was the biggest hit!

Once again, so much prettier in person... someday when I have extra minutes (not this week!) I'll figure out how to take awesome pictures...

LOVE LOVE this card!

Supplies used from the AWESOME Holiday Catalog:

Festive Flower Builder Punch 139682 $18.00   Page 31

Versatile Christmas (greeting set) Page 26

140389 WOOD $27.00  ON SALE THROUGH OCT 23rd 15% off!

140392 CLEAR  $19.00 ON SALE THROUGH OCT 23rd 15% off!

Home For Christmas Designer Paper (musical notes used here)  Page 9

139592  $11.00 

I have a fun trick for making the flower... wouldn't it be GREAT if I could figure out the darn videos...

Try to follow along...

Punch a 1" circle to build your flower on.

Stamp and punch out SIX of the "double" petals (I used Cherry Cobbler)

On the circle, criss cross THREE of these double petals to form a circle of 6

then CUT THE REMAINING THREE into single petals.

Add a touch of Tombow Multi Glue onto the bottom back of each petal, and tuck in between each of the petals already on the circle, between the petals and the circle... Clear as mud?  :)  

OH... and then Punch out TWO double petals in Old Olive, cut apart, and tuck in for leaves...

Hey... videos are coming... really.... I'm so close... yeah... define close...

WOO HOO!

ALL STAMP SETS...

I repeat... ALL STAMP SETS...

are on sale through October 23rd! 

15% off!  Yippppeeeee

Now is the time to get those sets you were "on the fence" about... and save some money this week!

SHOP ONLINE...

Click on the cute kitty with the shopping cart to the right....

or email me...

glendastamps@comcast.net

If you need catalogs... let me know... I can mail them... or if you're local, you can swing by and pick up!

Pointsettia Punch Christmas Card

Well...
it's been A MONTH...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
but, I have to look at it this way... still an improvement since I started the blog - it was TWO YEARS between posts... so one month... lookin' pretty good!  

Here's a card that the stampers will be making this weekend at my Christmas Card Buffet!  Ladies come and make 12 cards... they choose their favorites, and make multiples of the 3-4 card designs they like the best!  I will be posting their other choices in the next day or two... or month or two... who knows!
ENJOY THIS ONE... AT LEAST IT'S HERE!

Clearly haven't honed those photography skills yet... but.. You can get the idea...

I wanted to use the Embellished Ornaments Stamp Set without the framelits - make this one truly "FAST and Fabulous" ... 

So I just stamped the ornament with Bermuda Bay ink on whisper white cardstock which was cut 3 x 3 3/4 - then layered onto 3 1/4 x 4 Bermuda Bay cardstock.  Made the bow with whisper white seam binding. I used our new silver cording from the Holiday Catalog to make the loop, and the fun loops behind the little flower.  Add some of our Bermuda Bay sequins and a few Rhinstones... wahlah! or... wala... or wahla... or walah... you get the idea!

Fun... QUICK card... a great layout for Christmas when you need to make a ton of them!

Online store link is to the right... click on the cute kitty with the shopping cart... contact me if you have any questions!  

I'm alive... this isn't me... LOL

No... this isn't me under that building!  I'm the "good witch" !  HAH!  

I promise a card is coming in just a few hours... and hopefully, that will be the start of another good run...

if I mess up again... go ahead and drop a store on me!  So much more fun than having a house dropped on you right?  

I REALLY want to make a version of this for the front of my house... and I just might still have to do it... I promise to post a picture if I pull it off!  WOO HOO!

Squirrel!

Sometimes... I'll just be posting random silly things...that may or may not have something to do with Stampin'... cuz I'm random... and silly... and as some of you know, I am a confirmed, diagnosed Adult with Attention Deficit Disorder... that explains a lot about me now doesn't it?  

"Hey Ma, you know how you keep yelling "squirrel" all the time...I think I found it!"

or... what's really happening here...

"Hey Abby cat - go get your Ma... we're out of peanuts again"

Fast and Fabulous Cards for September!

Well... they are pretty fabulous... Fast... not so much!  LOL...
It's been too long since my last post... so I'm "throwing this out here" for you to see and admire... no directions... no list of supplies I wish you would go purchase from me... lol... but... You are welcome to take a look... and reproduce at home with your stuff!
If things look familiar... well... it's because I probably found something similar and "tweaked" it a bit... and then it became mine!

Really thought the igloo was clever... sorry I don't have the name of who did it first... well... who knows who actually was first...  I used the Brick Embossing Folder, and then the circle thinlits to cut it out, then the large oval punch to cut the "door" -
I brayered Marina Mist right onto the inside of the embossing folder on the side where the "grout edges are sticking up" so that the grout was blue after I ran it through the Big Shot... oh yeah... thought I was being pretty clever with that one!  Now if my darn cat would just let me type...
Pictures of that another day... or go find me on facebook... it's there!
WOO HOO!
Happy late Monday to you all...