Margie's Moments

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Mother's Day 2

The clear button has rub-ons applied to the back surface.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

May Specials from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up has some great specials for May 2008.
What a great time to Spring into your stampin' projects :)

1) CUTTING MAT/HOBBY BLADE COMBO PACK

Stampin' Up! has a Special Offer from May 1 to 31, 2008

Promotion Details:
During the month of May, buy a Cutting Mat and get a Hobby Blade for FREE!

PLUS ...

2) GET ON BOARD WITH CHIPBOARD SPECIAL

For the month of May, when you spend $40 on any Stampin' Up! products you'll get 25% off all On Board chipboard products from pages 178-179 of the Spring and Summer Collection 2008!

These exclusive, versatile, die-cut chipboard collections are designed to coordinate with many Stampin' Up! stamp sets and accessories.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Time Well Spent

A Stampin' Up project using Time Well Spent. The edges of the flower and the word "Friends" were accented with the Versamarker. The stamen of the flower were punched and then accented from behind with scallop punch using yellow.

The paper is Kraft which I forget to use.

Sweet Celebrations

This project is from the Stampin' Up Customer webpage. It features circle & scallop punches. I used the Sweet Celebrations stamp set for the centre of the flower.

One of a Kind

In Colour Combo featuring One of a Kind stamp set.

The large flower was stamped on Bashful blue and then highlighted with Brilliant Blue Watercolor Crayon.

The background was made with Boho Backgrounds.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Happy Day

It was impossible to get a straight scan with all the embellishments on this card.

The flower and sentiment are rub-ons from Sale-a-Bration.

The white on black is very striking.

The clear button has a punched circle of Designer Series paper attached to the back.

You make me smile

This card was made with the rub-ons from Sale-a Bration. Even the jumbo brad has a rub-on butterfly applied to the top.

I like the intense colour you get from the rub-ons.

Baby Shower Card

Here is a card I made for a baby shower I am attending. I already know that the baby is a little boy which made it easier for colour choice.

The stamp set (Bundle of Joy) is retired but Bundled in Love, in the current catalogue, would work just as well. The sentiment a Sale-a-Bration limited edition set.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Always

This card was cased. I am bad for forgetting where I saw an idea. My apologies to the original creator and my thanks for the inspiration.

Stamp Set: Always

Colours: Blue Bayou & Soft Sky

Technique: Embossing

Easter Wishes

How do you make an Easter Card with no Easter stamps?

Answer: Pull out your coluzzle and create an 'Egg' card.

Decorate as you wish.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Egg Wishes

The following three cards are the entries I sent in for the February Easter Wishes contest category in the Stampin' Success magazine. The April issue says that no entries were received so I have to guess that they did not make it there in time or they were lost in the mail (Boo hoo).

Too bad ... I really liked this one.

I didn't have an easter stamp set so I decided to use the centre of the "O" from my chipboard letters to make the egg shape and paired it up with the bird from "A Little Birdie Told Me".

Card with Jumbo Clip Bookmark

The Bookmark was made with Chipboard pieces covered with paper (the ears are petal pieces). Then the edges were sponged. The centres of the ears were made with the oval punch and the other facial features were made with circle punches.

Easter Egg Hunt Invitation

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Sale-a-Bration

It has been a while since I posted. I have been working on entries for Stampin' Up! Demonstrator contests. Here are some projects from my Sale-a-Bration event:

Valentine's Candy

The jar is an empty Starbuck's Frappachino. The top was embellished with ribbon and several punched circles to cover the printing on the lid. The stamps used are Simply Said & Happy Heart Day. The pink gingham ribbon works nicely with Valentine's Day projects.

Notice the snow on the window sill. It is snowing here again - I can't see across the street right now. It's a great day for stamping :)

Teabag Folding - Dahlia Flower

Tea Bag Folding:

Double Sided Designer Series Paper works great for this type of technique.

You can get the directions for this technique at http://www.cardsandcrafts.freeservers.com/dahlia.html

Paper Candles

This card was CASED but unfortunately I have forgotten where I saw it - Thanks to the original creator for sharing the inspiration.

The candles on this card were made with Designer Series Paper (2" high) and then matted on Chocolate Chip cardstock. The sentiment is from Happy Everything. The flame on the candle is the leaf image from the stamp set Time Well Spent (This is a Level 3 Hostess Set). You could also use the leaf from Bud Basics. The wide Chocolate Chip satin ribbon is from the Theatre collection.

How do I get a perfect "V" cut on the ribbon?

A: Fold the ribbon in half and then make one diagonal cut from the outside edges of the ribbon downwards to the centre of the ribbon. Open and you have a perfect "V".

Monday, January 28, 2008

Big Day!

Well, last week my bottom braces came off and tomorrow the top ones say adios. It has been just under 2 years and I can't wait. I will be smiling all the time :)
The photo on my blog is before braces so I hope to update it soon.
My son and I started this venture together (he started a little behind me) and sometimes I thought I was crazy to begin at this stage of my life but now I am at the end and I cannot wait to see my smile.
Cross your fingers for me!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day

The main image was done with markers using the "Thumping" technique: Colour the stamp with the lightest marker first then thump (like a drum) with the darker marker. I stamped off before stamping the final image. This technique works best with Two-Step stamp sets.

The bottom half was made using a random pattern of one of the flower images from the stamp set featured: Heartfelt Thanks.

Colours: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy & Old Olive

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Priceless

This card was made with the Priceless stamp set and Brass template. I added a little chalk to the dry embossed areas to make them stand out more.

Happy Heart Day 1

The background was created by colouring with markers on acetate and then misting with water. Next place a piece of glossy cardstock face down on the coloured acetate. Press gently then lift off and dry before continuing to stamp your image on top. I used Staz on Black ink.

Happy Heart Day 2

Embrace Life

This card was made by first stamping the embrace life sentiment with River Rock ink on River Rock cardstock in a random pattern. The flower was stamped and coloured and then coated with crystal effects. This allows you to mold the flower petals.

Paper: River Rock, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Ruby Red & Very Vanilla.

Stamp Set: Embrace Life from the new Spring & Summer catalogue & Canvas background stamp.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

What's New?

I am busy creating projects to submit to the February contest for Stampin' Up Demonstrators. The featured category is Easter. I will be able to show my projects after the contest closes.
I won the November contest in the Wow category for a card with a removable bookmark made by perforating the paper along the open edge of the card. Unfortunately, I didn't take a photo before I mailed it. Ooops.
I can share once it is published.

Other exciting news: The Spring & Summer catalogue is here with reduced Canadian prices and an extra 7% discount on all items until June '08.

Sale-A-Bration runs from Feb. 1 to March 17. What does that mean? - Free stamps with a $70 order.

No better time to be Stampin' :)