Oops! I almost forgot...

I almost forgot to show you the card I made for the swap. It is a card I cased from Anne Schack and as soon as I saw it I wanted to make one for myself. I had so much fun making it that I decided to make 17 of them for our card swap.
Recipe:
Stamps: Christmas Punch, Teeny Tiny
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Lavender Lace or Lovely Lilac (can't remember which now)
Ink: Stazon Black, Rose Red, Going Gray, Old Olive, DUsty Durnago Stampin' Write Markers, Silver Encore
Embellishments: Rose Red, Whiter, Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Modern Label PUnch, Word Window Punch, dimensionals

The Final Three ...

by Leslie Pergau

by Linda Anderson

by Gerrie Rollins

My Mystery Card

I cannot say I am a big Halloween lover but my friend and super talented upline Heather Summers absolutely loves it. She goes all out in decorating for this fun occassion.
I tend to decorate for Autumn and when the kids were small, I loved to dress them up in fun custumes (not a fan of scary ones).
On Saturday we had our donwline meeting and it is always fun to get together and share our lives and love of stamping with one another.
Heather gave everyone the same materials (precut and prestamped) and each of us had to come up with a card. It is amazing that not one of us had the exact same card after we were finished with the "Mystery Card". This is my Halloween Card.
We have an organized card swap and this month was "Christmas" so over the next few days, I will posting some of the fabulous cards from the "Simply Stars" team who participated.
Martha demonstrated a workshop featuring Stampin' Pastels, Heater B demonstrated a WOW project, Renee prepared the make' n take and Jodie and Martha organized the swap. Along with refreshaments and prizes with have a fun, full meeting and leave feeling pumped to promote Stampin' Up!, inspired by the new techniques and connected to our frienships we have developed. I just love being a member of Simply Stars.
Now if you know me you will know that I am a bit shy and do not particularly enjoy speaking in front of people and next month at our meeting, I am presenting the WOW project (yikes). I am knowledgable about what I am doing it is just the talking...sometimes my mind is working faster than my lips (or vise versa) and my words are not coming out the way they are suppose to. However, I am excited and looking forward to doing it and I know that the more I do it the better I get.

Get Well Wishes

While I had the Cottage Wall DSP out on my desk, I thought I would make another cardwith it but on a happier note.
It dawned on me that Nicole's friends' Mom had surgery and would need some cheerful thoughts and that we are thinking of her.
Recipe:
Stamps: Close As A Memory, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Cottage Wall DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence Stampin' Write Markers
Embellishments: Modern Label Punch, slot punch, crystal effects, 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

A Bit of Stitching

Todays card is for all you stampers who hold on to (hoard) retired product.
I am also learning to use card sketches to help with my card making.
Todays sketch is from Jen at http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/08/29/sketch-for-you-to-try-27/
I am not a big fan of Halloween but there are some stampers out there (yes, You Heather) who are slowly getting me to change my mind. I tend to decorate for Autumn so I can enjoy my decor until it is time for Christmas.
Recipe for todays card:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Haunting Halloween
Paper: Ghostly Greetings DSP, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Watercolour Paper, Haiku DSP
Ink: Black Stazon, Old Olive, Only Orange, Elegant Eggplant, More Mustard, Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers, Aqua Painter
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Black Brads, emboidery floss, dimensionals
Thanks for dropping in to see what I have been up to. Have a blessed day full of smiles.

Medallion Mania

I am just loving this Medallion stamp set, it has so much potential.
Todays card is embossed on Rich Raazzleberry one of the new In Colours from Stampin' Up!
Recipe:
Stamps: Medallion, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Versa Mark, Clear Embossing Powder, Whisper White (for the sentiment), Rich Razzleberry
Embellishments: Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Modern Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Punch, Clear Gemstone Brad, dimensionals
The embossing on this card was done by inking up the Medallion stamp with versa mark, sprinkling with clear embossing powder and using the heat tool to set the powder. I also stamped another Medallion image on Whisper White cardstock using Rich Razzleberry Ink and punched out the centre using the scallop circle punch, inserting a brad and applying it with dimensional.

Birthday Wishes

My card today looks like the white circles are mounted on the Not Quite Navy scallop circles but actually it is not. First I punched three 1 1/4" circles out of Not Quite Navy card stock then I took the scallop circle punch and punched out a rim around the 1 1/4" circle. The circle punch will not punch through two pieces of cardstock so I marked with a pencil where I would punch three more 1 1/4" circles out of the Bermuda Bay cardstock. The scallopped rim was adhered to the Bermuda Bay cardstock. Next, I stamped my images on Whisper White cardstock and punched out using the 1 1.4" circle punch and adhered them on the inside of the card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Garden Whimsey, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Kraft, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand

Embellishments: Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Ribbon, Scallop punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Earth Elements Brads, deimensionals

Crushed Curry reminds me of sunshine

I wanted to make a card using the Dusty Durango and Rich Razzleberry and really didn't have a sketch in mind. My impression of this card reminds me of Autumn, which by the way I am not ready for just yet. The past five days have been dreary and rainy and I want to feel the warmth of sunshine on my face real soon. I am not sure how people in England live with so many wet and gray days.
Recipe:
Stamps: Baroque Mofiffs, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Dusty Durnago, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry
Ink: Dusty Durango
Embellishments: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon, top note die, trio flower punch, crystal effects, paper piercer
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you get a chance to stamp today.

Razzelberry Lemonade

I was able to find time to make a quick card today using some of the new product. I wanted something quick and I don't think you can get simpler than this.
Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes #115370
Paper: Razzelberry Lemonade DSP #115675, Eich Razzelberry c/s #115316, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzelberry #115658
Embellishments: Crushed Curry 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon #115614 (turned backwards to hide the dots to focus more on the designer paper, scallop punch