A Calendar with it All!!

Here's the Pop-up Post-it Note Desk Calendar that we'll be making at Technique Class this Friday! I'm really excited about how cute this is!! We'll be using the new Springtime Vintage Designer Paper, and the new Fun Flowers Big Shot die!

And how cute (and practical!) will this be sitting on your desk?!


Hope to see you on Friday!!


Julie

Pom Poms and Cupcakes!

Just one more cupcake... Well, can anyone just have one cupcake?? Not me! I love this cupcake, but I especially love the new little pompom trim along the side of it - SO cute!! And, my picture is a little off-color, but the ribbon is our new Crumb Cake Seam Binding!

Tomorrow is the big day!! You can start ordering all these awesome new things from the new Occasions Mini Catalog! ANd when you buy $50, you'll get a Sale-A-Bration pick! I Love Stampin' Up!!


Julie

My Favorite Cupcake!

I finished and sent off my Create a Cupcake card swaps a couple days ago, and this one was my favorite! I think I just like the color combination (Pink Pirouette and Pear Pizazz), but also I really like the little piece of Designer Paper with the hearts (they're dry embossed, and super cool in real life). The paper comes from the new Love Impressions Designer Pack - too cute!! And the ribbon is the new Pear Pizazz Seam Binding.


And, it might be a little hard to see in the picture, but the cherry on top of the cupcake is made with the new red Glimmer Paper - Love it!!!


Happy New Year!!


Julie

Cupcake Yumminess!

Boy, where oh where does the time go? The holidays have been busy, but fun! I've been squeezing in stamping time between lots of holiday events - and even though it's been a great last couple of weeks, I'm really looking forward to getting my Christmas stuff put away - and getting back into the routine of things! Or maybe it's just time to myself that I'm looking forward to!

Anyway, this is one of the cards I made for a swap I'm doing with the new Occasions Mini Catalog. There are some really awesome new products coming out! Stampin' Up! never stops amazing me!!

So, in this card, there is new Baja Breeze Glass Glitter. It's on the top of the new Cupcake Punch (frosting!) piece. There is also new Baja Breeze Seam Binding! LOVE Baja Breeze!! :) To top off the cupcake is the one of the new Ribbon Roses. The set I used is the new Create a Cupcake. Lovin' it all!

Hope you're enjoying the holidays, and the end of 2010!


Julie

Merry Christmas!

So here's the full picture of my Christmas card this year! They ended up being more layers than I usually do, but I like how they came out!

And here's the inside. I like having a picture of us each year, but of course, the card always has to be hand-stamped!


Have a very Merry Christmas,


Julie

How do you Stuff a Stocking?

So I don't wrap anything that goes into the stockings, but I know a lot of people do! Wouldn't the Candy Wrapper die be a cute way to wrap little things for stockings though?

These are a few of the Candy Wrappers I made a while back. Kinda fun!

I like how you can "do up" the ends in lots of ways - tie 'em with ribbon, twist 'em with tinsel trim, punch 'em with brads, or even just twist and push 'em in with nothing!


Even after Christmas, these little Candy Wrappers are going to be so awesome for lots of little treats!! (And even when the Holiday Mini Catalog is gone, the Big Shot dies will still be available.)


Julie

More Filled with Love!

Just a quick post - another awesome card from my stampin' buddy Chari. Again, the set used is Filled with Love. I like the color combination she chose.

I hope you're ready for the holidays!


Julie

From Christmas to Valentines...

I LOVE this card made by my stampin' buddy Chari! It's a great example of using our Deck the Halls fabric and buttons (still available from the Holiday Mini), and our Filled with Love valentine set to make a beautiful card!

I always find myself with left-overs from one holiday, and feel bad that I didn't get to use them. So, this shows just how perfect the Deck the Halls pieces are for Valentines!! So don't stress if you don't get all those holiday projects done in time for Christmas, there's always Valentines!


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

Valentine's Anyone??

OK, so call it crazy, we have one week until Christmas - and I'm asking you about Valentines? Well, Stampin' Up! has a cool bargain from now until January24th, called the Filled with Love Bundle. You will get the Filled with Love Stamp set (from the Holiday Mini Catalog), and an exclusive Love Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, and a FREE pack of Bitty Buttons! All of these are used in making the card above (not made by me, but a Stampin' Up! artist!).

It's great because when I saw this set in the Holiday Mini, I was figuring it would go pretty unnoticed during the Fall. So now that it will be offered through most of January, and a FREE set of buttons is offered with it, I'm excited to make more things with it too (and, especially now, since my Christmas cards are off in the mail)!!


Julie

With Gratitude...

I'm on a little vacation with my family (and, yes my unfinished Christmas cards came too!). The vacation idea sounded good when I booked it back in the summertime, but once the dates got here, I realized that there's really a lot going on right now to be "vacationing." But now that most things are in place for Christmas, I hope to enjoy some time away!

Anyway, I did bring along my Christmas cards - and I'm enjoying just working on them! But I also brought pictures of a few of my favorite cards that I wanted to show you.

So this card is made by my awesome stampin' friend, Dena. I like it, because it uses the Day of Gratitude set, and it's done in colors that I wouldn't have thought to use! I guess because it seemed like a Thanksgiving kind of set, I would have used earth tones with it. But I really like the Marina and Pear she used. And, what a cute idea with the Decorative Label punch!

This card made me realize how versatile this set really is! And it will only be offered in the Holiday Mini catalog until January 3rd.


Julie