Recently a customer asked if I would help her with some Sponge Bob invitations for her grandchild’s birthday.  She specifically wanted it to be a pop up similar to this one found on Splitcoaststampers.  Well, the pop up part is easy (really, it is!  there’s even a tutorial on SCS for it!) but figuring out the right parts for Sponge Bob took a little time (but actually not as much as I thought it would!).  I looked at some images of Sponge Bob on Nick.com and decided his nose is more of an oval and they have it very defined, hence I decided to outline it with the Basic Black marker.  And also I noticed on the "real" Sponge Bob there are red dots on his cheeks with a half circle drawn more often than not, so I did that too.  Here’s what I came up with and I hope she likes it!  To make him look more spongey it could use a little dry embossing of some circles or perhaps some tone on tone stamping of circles on the Yo Yo Yellow card stock would do the trick.  But other than that I don’t think it’s too shabby! 

Now, I need to go get this invitation and an invitation all in pieces with dimensions for her to follow in an envelope before my kids see this and want one!  No Sponge Bob here!!  LOL

There are some AWESOME new ribbons in the new catalog.  I have been longing for polka dot ribbons forever and we now have SEVEN!!  WAHOO!  Shown below are 6 of them… all new In Colors!  To. Die. For.  You know you want ‘em ALL!  LOL

So, how about another great share, shall we?

Here’s what you’ll get:

2 yards each of:
1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain in the following colors:
- Pumpkin Pie
- Chocolate Chip
- Old Olive
- Basic Black

2 yards of
- 3/4" Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain

2 yards of
- 1" Real Red Double Stitched Grosgrain

3 yards each of:
1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain in the following colors:
- Rich Razzleberry
- Bermuda Bay
- Soft Suede
- Crushed Curry
- Dusty Durango
- Melon Mambo

Sounds great, doesn’t it???

You’ll get all 30 yards of ribbon for just $24.95!! 

To get all of these spools of ribbons you would need to spend $125!!!

You may purchase more than one share if you would like. 

Minimum of 5 participants per share.  Once I have 5 participants, I will send you a payment request.  You may pay by cash, check or charge.

If you would like this share shipped to you, please add $4.

Please e-mail me to sign up for this awesome Ribbon Share.  

THANK YOU!

GROUP 1:
1. Diane
2. Joanne
3. Pam
4. Michelle J
5. Jess

GROUP 2:
1. Laura C
2. Susan
3. Mandi
4. Judi
5. Nicole H.

GROUP 3:
1. Heather
2. Zahra
3. Vicki
4. K’
 

Tags: ribbon, stampin up

Show your kids how much fun stamping cards is!  In this class you and your child will create 6  birthday cards (2 each of 3 designs).  Your child can use these cards for his/her friends, relatives, etc. 

Tags: Big Shot, punches, stampin up

Here’s what the girls will be stamping tonight…

One is the card featured earlier on my blog here.  The second is a simple trifold card using the Wild About You set.  The third is a hinged card using the oh-so-beautiful Heartfelt Thanks set and Filigree brads.  The final card features the fun Doodle This stamp set an a button from the Button Bouquet assortment.

Tags: bella rose dsp, Big Shot, birthday card, brads, Designer Series Paper, grosgrain ribbon, in color, markers, satin ribbon, scallop edge punch, stampin up, watercoloring

This card is serving multiple purposes!  One – to do a Mojo challenge that I haven’t done in forever!  Two – for the Stamp a Stack this week.  Three – for a little friend’s birthday this weekend!  I have to say this might be the first time in 6 years I bought a stamp set from the Retired List.  It’s been on my list forever and was just kind of waiting ’til I *needed* it for the something for the boys.  But since it’s retiring and there are no dinosaurs in the new catalog I knew I HAD to have it!  Why didn’t I get it sooner?  It was great fun and super easy to play with!

The sketch for this week:

Tags: birthday card, brads, grosgrain ribbon, stampin up

Again, busy, busy!

Tonight’s projects include:
-  a gift card/money holder featuring the Top Note Die and Branch Out stamp set
- a card using one of my favorite Retiring Stamp sets, Heartfelt Thanks and also the Top Note Die with the Big Shot
- and a Totally Tool father’s day card.

Tags: Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, grosgrain ribbon, in color, markers, punches, stamp a ma jig, stampin up, watercoloring

Some of my club members swapped 6" x 6" recipe cards recently and I was lucky enough to get this ‘extra’ swap from Vicki!  (See Vicki’s baby card here.)  Not only does the recipe look delicious (who doesn’t like s’mores??) but the recipe card itself is just too darn cute!   There are so many great details! 
- marshmallows are that puffy white stuff that SU! used to sell a few years ago 
- notice the ‘bite’ out of the corner of the recipe card (done with the scallop circle punch)
- the bear is paper pieced – notice his darker belly?

Isn’t it adorable?  I can’t wait to try this recipe!  Thanks Vicki!  And thank you Phyllis for organizing the swap!

Tags: paper piercing, punches, recipe card, scallop circle, stampin up

So even though the blog doesn’t show it I have been very busy lately!  Here are the THREE projects for my fabulous club members tonight.  One is a waterfall card ( a very scaled down version of the fabulous waterfall card given to me a bit ago, more info here about that beauty), the second is a fun and simple shutter card, and the third uses punches to create some tres chic purses!  Lots of fun to be had tonight at club!  See you ladies soon.

Tags: bella rose dsp, Big Shot, birthday card, blender pen, Designer Series Paper, grosgrain ribbon, in color, oval punch, punches, scallop edge punch, stamp a ma jig, stampin up

Okay, so in my last newsletter I put forth the following questions:

My first priority is to share what I love with all of you so I want to know:

Thankfully 3 people responded!  Yes, of the nearly 250 people on my newsletter mailing list only 3 responded!  So a BIG, HUGE THANK YOU to those 3.  And as promised, 2 of those 3 will win one of the following:
> Flight of the Butterfly stamp set
> Large Oval Punch
> Prints Pattern Pack II

So, I assigned a number to each person who replied (in the order in which they replied), then went over to random.org and asked for 2 numbers to be randomly generated.  This is the result I got:

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