Coffee Cafe' Gift Card Holder

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend as I know I did.  On Saturday I watched my 3 year old twin grandsons play T-Ball.  Of course one was not happy because he wanted to keep the ball but they both did very well hitting the ball with the bat.  Then from their little game I walked to another field to watch my 9 year old grandson play ball.  I got a great video of him sliding into home plate.  Sunday was a potluck get together at my daughters in-laws.  She could not have asked for better in-laws.  They have a huge porch and backyard and do many gatherings there.  I of course ate way to much but when everything looks so good you have to try a little of everything including deserts.  It makes my heart happy to be able to sit back and watch all the kids/Grandkids running around playing and having their Easter egg hunt.  It brings back memories of my own kids doing the same only then it was me hiding the Easter eggs.

I did make it home in time to do my Sunday night Facebook live video.  I wanted to be sure to get the message across that many items and some major items are going to be retiring from our annual catalog.  I hope you enjoy the video.  Remember you too could win 3 free cards just by watching on Sunday evenings and sharing my video.  My Facebook page is Delightful Fun.  Like my page and join me every Sunday night at 8 central time.

Below the video are paper measurements and a list/link of items used.

 

             Early Espresso Card Stock - Cut Base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and fold in half.  You will also need a 5" x 3 3/4" and 2 1/4" x 3 1/2"  For the inside: 2 1/2" x 3"

Very Vanilla Card Stock - 5 1/4" x 4 and 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".  For the inside: 5 1/4" x 4.  You will also need some scraps for stamping on.

Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper - 2 1/4" x 3 1/2"      

 

Coffee Cafe Stamp Set

Timeless Textures Stamp Set

Early Espresso Card Stock

Very Vanilla Card Stock

Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper

Early Espresso Ink Pad

Crumb Cake Ink Pad

 

 

Major Retiring Items:

(all retiring items available only while supplies last)

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Stampin' Trimmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Tab For Everything Gift Card Holder

Easter Greetings Card

Happy Monday to everyone.  I had a great weekend with a Saturday full of Stampin' Up! events held by my #1 upline Jennifer Cotton.  I am so glad to be part of her team.  Now I am anxious for this coming weekend which is the On Stage Event.  I will be going to the one being held in San Antonio.  For those of you who don't know about Stampin' Up! twice a year there is an On Stage (convention) to introduce new catalogs coming out.  There is a lot of learning, a lot of fun and a lot of free new stuff.  We all love free stuff!!!  The "Live On Stage" is held in different places with Local On Stages in other locations.  Last October I was lucky enough to go to Orlando, Florida for  Stampin' Up!'s 30th Anniversary/Birthday On Stage.  As always, it was great.  Starting April 11th through the 13th the Live On Stage will be in Auckland, New Zealand with one day On Stage Locals in New Jersey, North Carolina, Minnesota, Utah, Texas, 2 in Canada, 2 in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Asia and Japan.  You may want to sign up as a demonstrator so that you can enjoy the fun and freebees too!

Easter will be here in just a couple of weeks.  So last night my live Facebook video (which I do every Sunday night at 8:00 Central Time) was on an Easter Card.  It is a simple fast card using a few different stamp sets.  I love how you can use a stamp from this set and a stamp from that set to get what you want.

Underneath the video I will list what I used.  It will be linked to my Stampin' Up! page just in case you would like to order it.  FYI, the new catalog will be coming out in June and these stamp set may retire and not be in the new catalog, so if you want them you better be on the safe side and order them now.

If you would like to sign up as a demonstrator and join my group, the Delightful Fun Stampers, you can go to this link to do so. 
https://ida.stampinup.com/en/?demoid=2160103
You can be a hobbyist and get a discount on your items or make it a business and earn extra income, even free trips.

And if you would like to watch my live Facebook videos on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. (central time), you can find me on my Delightful Fun page.

 

Humming Along Stamp Set

Fable Friends Stamp Set

Cross Of Hope Framelits Dies

Painted Glass Stamp Set - For 2nd card shown.

Whisper White Card Stock

Stampin' Blends Markers

Stampin' Write Markers - Used on 2nd card shown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Note For You Card

If anyone watches my live videos on Sunday nights, you will already know how I messed up the whole thing by my last two words.  If you don't already know you will see it in the video below but I will tell you now anyways.  I said "Love You!" at the end of my video and once I had said it and hit the end button I realized what I had done and there was no going back or no explaining that my daughters and my sister were watching and I was talking back and forth with them and I always tell them that when talking on the phone so it was just a natural reaction.  I didn't stop to think about how many other people would be watching.  I have some splaining to do Lucy on my next video.

With that being said, here is the card I did last night.  I have to give credit to Dawn Olehefske @ Do Stamping With Dawn because I CASED (copied) this card from her.  I changed the stripe on the side from Washi Tape to a 1/2" strip of Wood Textures Paper and I didn't have the Copper Metallic Thread so I used Gold.

I hope everyone has a fantastic week.

 

 

Here is a list of supplies used:

 

Country Livin' Stamp Set

Sheet Music Stamp

Wood Words Stamp Set

Very Vanilla Card Stock

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper

Copper Foil Sheets

Gold Metallic Thread

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

Oh My Stars Embossing Folder

Copper Stampin' Embossing Powder

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Versamark Pad

Heat Tool

Mini Dimensionals

Snail Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderful Moments Bridal Card

This is a card I made while I was at my retreat this past weekend.  I decided I liked it so well that I would do my Sunday night live showing how to make this card.  It is a very easy card (if you have all the supplies).  Here is my video on how to make it and below that is a list of items used.

 

Supplies Used:

Wonderful Moments Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Stampin' Blends

Country Floral Embossing Folder - Free with $50. Ends March 31, 2019

Bermuda Bay Card Stock

Whisper White Card Stock

Costal Cabana/Granny Apple Green 3/8' Reversible Ribbon

Pearl Basic Jewels

Layering Oval Framelit Dies

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March 2019 Retreat - Hobby House Hill, Bowie, TX

If you have never been to a crafting retreat you need to do it someday soon.  It is such a nice getaway and I go with a group of ladies that are super fun.  I may not see them again until the next retreat but that is okay, we just play catchup.  I don't go to a lot of retreats maybe only 2-3 a year and sometimes they are Stampin' Up! retreats and sometimes they are just crafting retreats.  The one I was at this weekend was just a crafting retreat.  Some ladies were sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, flower arranging and I was card making.  Here are a few pictures from the weekend.  Can't wait for the next retreat.

March 2019 Card Class

I really enjoy the ladies attending my card classes.  They are great and we always have a fun time.  These are the cards that we made this month. 

 

The stamp sets used for these card are Wood Words for the card with the rooster on it.

Painted Glass for the sympathy stamp and Enjoy Life for the grass.

Hold On To Hope for the card with the cross,

And Fable Friends for the Easter Card.

Jar Of Love Treat Holder

I saw a post on Pinterest with a cute little container using an older mason jar stamp set that I don't have but I do have the "Jar Of Love" stamp set so with a couple little changes here is my version of it.

 

Watch my video for instructions on how to make this.  Follow me on my Facebook page.  I do a live video every Sunday night at 8:00 Central Time.  Watch and Share to win free cards.

 

Here is a list of the supplies used to make this Jar of Love Candy Holder.

 

Jar Of Love Stamp Set

Balmy Blue Cardstock

Gingham Gala 6x6 Designer Paper

Layering Oval Framelits

 

I hope you enjoy making these little treat holders.  They go together pretty fast and easy.  I thought it would be a good little treat to put in a little baggie with my business card and give to the bank teller or grocery store checker.  It is also perfect how it is to give to friends and neighbors.

 

I have a busy week coming up.  I have my card making class Tuesday evening and I am going to a retreat on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  I also enjoy the retreats so much!  I will be posting as much as possible this week with all the cards I will be making.  Hopefully even some scrapbook pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masculine Birthday Cards

I had to come up with a masculine birthday card for a challenge on my upline's Facebook page so here are the two cards I put together.

 

This card is make with the Geared Up Garage Stamp Set, Garage Gears Thinlets Dies and the Classic Garage 6x6 Designer Series Paper.  I die cut the gears then put them back into the cut out space with a bright back ground.

These items are in our 2019 Occasions Catalog.

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

Geared Up Garage Cling Stamp Set

Garage Gears Thinlits Dies

Classic Garage 6x6 Designer Series Paper

 

 

 

I used some of the Classic Garage Designer Paper and also a strip from the Wood Textures Designer Paper.  The stamp set is One Wild Ride.

One Wild Ride Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Classic Garage 6x6 Designer Series Paper

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

Black/Silver 1/4" Striped Metallic Ribbon

 

 

 

Let It Ride Card

I knew when I saw this stamp set that it was going to be one of the first ones I got.  I love horses, always have but my 16 year old granddaughter is all about horses.  She has been since she was about 2 years old.  "Let It Ride" stamp set not only has some pretty horse stamps but it has some really good sentiment stamps that go with it.  The card I made has what they call a Joy Fold card.  I found this card on Pinterest.  Cortney Hueston had a video on it so I thank her for that.

Here are the measurements for the card:
Black Cardstock - cut 1 piece at 4 1/4" x 8 1/2"       score at 3"
                              cut 1 piece at 3 x 9                       score at 4 1/2"
Wood Textures Designer Paper - cut 1 piece at 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
                                                      cut 2 pieces at 2 7/8" x 4 1/8"
Whisper White Card Stock - cut 2 pieces at 2 7/8" x 4 3/8"

You will be doing your stamping on the 2 pieces of Whisper White cardstock.  I stamped the horse once on one of the white sheets and once on a scrap piece of paper.  I cut out the horse on the scrap piece of paper and set it over the one on the cardstock before stamping the trees.  That way the trees were not stamped on the horse.

Below is the video on putting everything together.  And below the video is a list of supplies used.

 

Let It Ride Cling Stamp Set

Basic Black Cardstock

Whisper White Card Stock

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Old Olive Ink

1 1/4" Circle Punch

1 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch

(The 1 3/8" circle punch that I used in the video is retired but we do have the 1 3/8" scalloped circle punch)

 

You can get these items and more at delightfulfun.stampinup.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Bear Stamp Set #simplestamping

Here are a few more #simplestamping cards I did yesterday.  There is a variety of sentiments you can use with the cute Baby Bear Stamp Set.  The bear stamp is a 3 stamp process.  You stamp the first full cover stamp with the lighter color, the second with the medium color and the third with the darkest color. The Stamparatus really comes in handy for this stamp set.  Below is a video showing how to stamp the bear using the Stamparatus.

 Here are the Stampin' Pad colors I used for each card.
On the yellow "hello baby..." card I used Pineapple Punch, Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight
On the blue "something for baby" card I used Pool Party, Balmy Blue and Bermuda Bay
And on the purple "welcome to the world" card I used Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape and Blackberry Bliss.