Peace & Joy

I wish you peace and joy today my stamping friends.  Today I have a card to share with you that is from the new photopolymer stamp set called Gentle Peace.  It is not in any current catalog, but was released last week as an addition to our photopolymer line of stamps the price is $15.95 and the item number is 139523. This is what the stamp set looks like.

And here is my card.

I colored it in using the Blendabilities.  It took me a little time, but I absolutely love to color.  As a child nothing made me happier than a new coloring book and a set of crayons.  I used the peace and joy from the Good Greetings stamp set that is a hostess only set until the end of this month.  Hostesses can earn it by having a $300 workshop or order.  Do you recognize the little gold glimmer paper cutouts?  I used the tummies of the owl punch that I had leftover from making the owl witches on a sucker.

Well, I must be going.  I have a funeral visitation this afternoon to attend of a dear friend, who lost her battle with cancer.  I am so going to miss her beautiful smile.  She was always smiling and had a heart of gold.  Rest in peace my dear friend Tina, you will be missed greatly.  I then have to work at the hunting lodge tonight.  That job lasts another week and a half so hopefully then I can get back to posting on a regular basis again.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee

Simply Grateful

I am absolutely freezing in my office today, but I refuse to turn on any kind of heater.  It is way too early for that.  Really what is cold on me is my fingers.  I need some of those fingertipless gloves, that way I could still type.  LOL!  Maybe my knitting/crocheting friends could do that for me?

Anyway I've just got a simple little 3" x 3" card for you today.  After making the cards I posted on Saturday I had some leftover leaves and wanted to do something with them.

 

My dad has built a few more of the Blendie holders.  The last ones went fast and he may not have time to build more before November so if you want one, let me know ASAP.  The price is $38 plus shipping if I have to mail it.  If you are local then it is $38.  They come unfinished as shown and it does NOT include the markers, but I can sell you some if you are in need.  The measurements of this is 12" x 5-1/2" x 5".  It's very sturdy and well made.  It will hold 78 Blendabilitie Markers.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

Joyful Christmas Poinsettias

I cleaned up my stamping area yesterday and I had a little pile of things that were started, but not any completed projects so I started with my pile and here is what I came up with.  I'm still in summer mode myself so don't get worried, but wouldn't it be nice to have your cards done so that when Christmas does get here all you have to do is address and send?  I thought so.  Well here is a couple of idea for you using the set Joyful Christmas.  This set was in last years Holiday Catalog and is on a carryover list that is still available until August 28, so don't miss out on this great set.  I just love poinsettias.  I used the Blendies on these and I know I probably didn't do them justice, but I think I didn't do too bad. 

 

Looking at this picture I see that my lighting doesn't seem to be very good.  The base layer and the leaves are Soft Sky, which is a light color, but this picture it looks more faded out.  Sorry about that.  For some reason I struggled with getting the Night of Navy to blend well on this, but like I said it's not a very good picture.  The embossed background on here is a new embossing folder that will be out in the new Holiday Catalog.

I used the Cherry Cobbler Blendies on this one and some of the new Satin Silver Ribbon.  I just love blues and silvers for the holidays.

I wanted to show you as well today something I also did yesterday when I was cleaning.  I organized my collection of Framelits.  My good friend Vicki had given me the case you can see in the back of this box and some of the magnet sheets for storing the Framelits.  I really like this idea and the box will be great for taking them on the go, but for working here at home I was having to dig through the pile so I ended up buying this little plastic box at Target and it works great for storing the magnet sheets upright and I can put the storage box in behind so it is ready for taking my Framelits with me as well.  I then used my label maker and made labels for each set.  Now I can quickly flip through them and find the Framelit set that I need.  Cool huh?

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee

Happy Halloween?

I know most of you are probably saying, "Halloween already?  Summer's not over with yet."  I totally agree, but when new Holiday Catalog products come out one has got to play a little and besides it will be here before we know it and I'm determined to be ahead of the game this year.  You may even start to see a little Christmas as well.

Here is the card I made using the same set from yesterday's card.  It's called Holiday Home and comes in Photopolymer which is really great because you can see through it and it make it easier for creating scenes like this.

Colors are Pumpkin Pie (of course), Basic Black, Whisper White and Hello Honey.  I colored the house with the Blendies and to get the leaves all the different colors I used our regular Stampin'Write Markers directly on the stamp.  Did you notice the new Lucky Stars Embossing Folder that I used on the background?  You can find this new stamp set along with the matching Framelits and Embossing Folder in the new Holiday Catalog.  If you are customer and have placed an order in the last six months you should be receiving one in the mail.  If you haven't received one, but would like to please feel free to contact me.  Just drop me an email at ibecakes@airadv.net.

 

I'll be placing an order in a few days so if you'd like to order please let me know.  You can order from the Holiday Catalog on August 28 when it goes live.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee

Monday, Monday, Monday...........

Well today was Monday.  Seems no matter how hard I try Mondays are just a hard day for me, but we are almost through it.  Yay!  Something that I try and share every Monday on my own personal Facebook page is one of my obsessions, passions, likes....I don't know really what to call it, but what it is is little hedgehogs.  I think hedgehogs are so cute and I just love them.  I've looked into getting one for a pet, but they are a lot of work and that is something I'm not willing to do at this stage in my life so I have decided to admire them from afar.  So on Facebook I post what I call Happy Hedgie Monday!  Some people have asked me why and I really don't have an answer other than hedgies make me happy and I feel like Monday can use as much happiness as possible.  I've decided maybe I should share here as well, so today becomes the first Happy Hedgie Monday on Renee's Rubber Stamping Ramblings.

I just pick these pictures up randomly on the net and share them.   Not sure why this little guy has mini colored marshmallows all over him, but I thought this was cute.  Here's wishing you a HAPPY HEDGIE MONDAY!

 

Now onto my project for today.  I got my new Holiday Catalog goodies on Friday so I've played a little bit and wanted to share this card with you.  It's using a new stamp set called Holiday Home and guess what?  It has matching Framlit Dies to cut these little houses out.  How cool is that.  This set has so many possibilities starting with Fall and running right through winter and Valentine's Day.  You will be seeing a lot more of this set as time goes on.  It will be available for purchase on August 28.  I colored the houses in with the Blendies.  Notice how there isn't marker streak lines from coloring?  That is one thing I really like about the Blendies.  The background paper is from some new DSP that is in the Holiday catalog as well.

Well I've still got lots to do yet tonight so I better get going.  Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

Yes, No or Maybe So?

It's a rainy, cold, damp Saturday in the Thumb of Michigan.  I hate days like this, but hoping the sun will shine tomorrow.  Hope you all are having a good weekend.  We are just hanging out inside the house today.

I made this card and I'm not sure how I feel about it.  Can't decide if I like it or not, but it's what I have to share today so I guess you are stuck with it.  LOL!

 The set used here is Choose Happiness.  I masked the flower to allow the leaves to look like they were coming from behind the flower.  If you've never masked before, here is what you do.  Stamp you image on a piece of scrap paper and cut it out.  Copy paper works best because it is thinner than cardstock or better yet if you stamp it on a post-it note it's even better because then you have the sticky on the back to hold it in place when you stamp the leaves.  Then take you same image and stamp it on your project.  Now take your scrap that you've cut out and place it over your image on your project.  Now ink up the leaves and stamp right over the scrap piece of paper.  Viola!  Now your leaves look like they are coming from behind the flower.  Easy Peasy!


And here's another project that I did some time ago.  It is just like the one I did for my July class, but different colors and papers.  I used the lovely Gold Soiree DSP for this project and colored the flower in with Old Olive Blendies.

If you have any questions please let me know.  Thanks to those who stop by here and special thanks to those who leave comments.  They mean so much and I appreciate your time in doing so.

Blessings,
Renee

Hello There Hostess!

As most of you know I deal with Fibromyalgia and a few weeks ago and had a terrible flare up and ended up going to the doctor.  Well after a shot and some meds I was feeling better and have been on the upswing the last couple of weeks....just feeling great.  Well, I should have known it wasn't going to last for long I guess.  I could feel it coming on last night, but thought that with some rest I'd be ready to go this morning.  Such was not the case, I went about with my routine.  I went for my morning walk and well let's just say I didn't go as far as I usually walk and it felt like I was going up hill both ways.  I got back and thought a shower would do it.  Took my shower and then got started on a cake order I had for today.  It was all I could do to get through.  I'm just exhausted feeling, but I'm going to remain optimistic that I will feel better tomorrow.  Here's hoping and praying.

Well here is the cake that I made and I felt like I was making it in slow motion.  Thankfully I double checked the spelling on the name because I had made this young ladies graduation cake several years ago and spelled her name wrong and ended up going to her dad's house to fix it.  Silly me!

 

This is the card I squeezed in today as well.  Something simple, but simple is good too.  Not every card needs to take a long time to make unless you want it to.

I used two of our new In Colors for this card.  Hello Honey and Black Berry Bliss.  The Hello There is from the hostess set Hello There.  Not a surprise there is it?  The star is from the set Be a Star stamp set and cut out with the Star Framelits and the little stars I made using the Decorative Mask Hearts and Stars.  These are really easy to use and super inexpensive.  You get the stars and the hearts for $2.95.  There is another set called Dots and Strips as well.  I used Sponge Daubers to sponge the ink on the mask.  The Hello Honey piece was a leftover piece that I had used the Deco Labels Framelits on, so no waste with that piece of cardstock.  I colored the Rhinestones using the Wisteria Wonder Dark Blendies Pen.  The little heart is popped up on a dimensional.  The background is the Honeycomb Embossing Folder.

So that is it for tonight.  Time to relax with my hubby for a bit.  Tomorrow will be a busy day.  I have to take my dad to Bay City for a PetScan and then we have Bible school in the afternoon.

Blessings,
Renee

HOT Glue Dot Fun!

I had some fun a couple of days ago trying out the Blendies with some hot glue.  I scribbled on my SU! Silicon Mat with the Blendies and then squeezed hot glue onto the color.  When it was dry I could easily peel the glue dots up.  Here's a pic to show you what I mean.

It will stain your mat if you don't clean it off right away.  As you can see I cleaned right away with all of them except for the Melon Mambo ones that I did last.  Oops!  I haven't tried it, but it still might come off a little.  I used a bit of rubbing alcohol when I did the others and it came right off.  The Blendies came right off of my PJ top too using some rubbing alcohol. (Don't ask) LOL!  Anyway, if you mat gets stained it is no big deal.  It still works great as a non stick surface and it saves your table or counter top.  I don't think something like this is expected to stay looking new.  If it does then that means you aren't having fun! *Ü*

Here is the card I made using them.  Cute huh?  I used the set Amazing Birthday.  This is such a cute set and after I saw what Shelli (Stampin'Up! Owner & CEO) did with it at convention I knew I had to have it.  Shelli is amazing like that!

 

It is so much more than a birthday set.  Stay tuned for more projects using this set.  I haven't begun to play with it yet.  Oh and BTW I adhered the hot glue dots with some Tombo Mono Multi Glue (the green cap glue)  It worked great!

 

Lastly I thought I'd share a pic from my neighborhood.  I took this the other day on my morning walk.  It just seemed so pretty with the wildflowers, the green field of beans and sugar beets and the windmills in the background.  Truly some of God's beauty going on here.

 

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to sharing with you tomorrow.

Blessings,

Renee

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Soiree Blooms

Good afternoon!  It's been a pleasant day weather wise here today.  Not real warm, but at least we are saving by not having to run the air.  The windows are open and the sun is shining.  I just had to set down and use some new products this afternoon.  I absolutely LOVE Stampin'Up!'s Blendabilities or Blendies as I call them.  Well let's face it, I love all markers, but these are SUPER DUPER special and I think this card shows you that.  They make me look like I'm an artist.  They are so easy to use.  We currently have SIX colors available, but guess what?  Tomorrow there will be SIX more colors available.  Is that not exciting?????  The best part is when you order one color you actually get 3 markers.  They are a light, medium and dark in that color.  That's where the blending and shading comes in.  Ok, enough shatter.  Let me post the card and then tell you some more great news.

I once again colored the 5/8" Organza Ribbon with the marker.  I used the darkest Melon Mambo.  These markers are so versatile.  Not only can you blend and color, but you can use them on ribbon and embellishments as well.  I used the Gold Soiree Specialty DSP on this too!  A very simple card to make, but I think it is OH SO PRETTY!!!

 

Oh and I forgot to mention.  This stamp set is a HOSTESS ONLY stamp set called I Like You.  When you host a qualifying workshop of $150 you can purchase this set with your hostess dollars for only $14 in wood mount or $10 in clear mount.  As a demo I'm not real apt to purchase the hostess sets because I can only demo them for one year, but this year I am SOOOOOO in love with the hostess sets.  I've already purchased two.  The only way I can get them is by placing a qualifying order as well.  So after seeing this BEAUTIFUL card doesn't it make you want to host a party or place a qualifying order?  I have open dates on my calendar so let's set a date!

 

I've got one more thing to share.  It is about the August special.  I only have limited info, but will have full info tomorrow so be sure to stay tuned.  Here is what I can tell you:

 

August 1 through August 31, get an exclusive Framelits and Stamp Set Bundle for FREE when you purchase a Big Shot. Or, if you already own a Big Shot, get a 15 percent discount on select bundles. Get all the details on August 1!

New Take on Floral Framelits

 Here is the card I told you about yesterday.  I saw the idea of using this framelit to make a card on Pinterest.  You can find it here.  I don't have the stamp set that was used for this, but it is a current Stampin'Up! hostess set that is available.  I decided to use another set called Daydream Medallions and then the Blended Bloom single stamp.  Again this was colored with the Blendies.  The key to cutting this out is to only put your folded cardstock under the top three petals and then when you run it through the Big Shot you only go part way.  Very simple.  If you need pictures to understand what I'm talking about, please leave a comment and I'll try and show you.

I just realized that I hadn't shared my July banner I made for my open house.  I was saving it for the open house and forgot to post here.  Lots of Big Shot dies used on here.  I used the Party Pennants BigzL die, the Project Life Cards and Labels die set, Stars Framelits and the Designer Rosette Bigz XL die.  The alphabet that I used is one that has been retired, but you could use any alphabet die.  The rosettes were made using the striped silver vellum DSP.  This was so fun to make.  I'm already thinking of what I can make for other months and seasons, so stay tuned.

 

Here's one last card I wanted to share.  I'm not sure how well I like this one.  Ever have one of those projects where you know how it should look in your head, but it doesn't always come out that way?  That's the way I feel about this one.  I used the Gorgeous Grunge set, Bitty Banners for the words and the butterfly is from Kinda Eclectic.  The washi tape is Sweet Sadie.

 

Hope you are having a good weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee

More Blendability Marker Ideas

Well I'm back this afternoon.  I know it will be a surprise for you all that check your postings from me several times a day to see if there is something new. (insert my friend Kris here)  I know I let you down many times, but maybe if I received more comments I'd post more?  LOL!  Anyway here I am.

 This is the card I told you yesterday that I would show.  I once again used the Blendies (that's what I'm going to call them from now on) since Blendabilities seems so long.  I used Daffodil Delight to color this one and then for the center I used one of the darker skin tones.  Kinda Eclectic is the stamp set.  I used Chocolate Chip to stamp the little circles and the words.  I'm thinking I probably should have used Early Espresso.  I think I would have liked that better.

 This card I made this morning because I wanted to try coloring ribbon with the Blendies.  Let me say that the ribbon colors so easily and you don't end up with inky fingers.  I used the darkest shade of Coastal Cabana and it actually matches very well to Bermuda Bay.  So the colors here are Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana.  I used the Foral Framelits for the die cuts.  Tomorrow I'll show you another way to used that set of dies.  You are going to say, "why didn't I think of that", because that is what I said when I saw the idea.

 This picture of this card has been floating around on my computer desktop so I'm not sure if I shared this before or not.  I usually keep them on my desktop until I've posted them and then I drop them into a folder and this one seems to still be there so I'm not sure if I shared it and didn't move it or if it's never been shared.  Either way, here it is.  Did you follow all that?  I'm not sure I did.  LOL!

Last, but not least is the door decoration I made for my daughter Brooke's apartment.  This looks small, but actually the rosette is the size of a small dinner plate.  Now I'm wondering did I already share this?  My mind is going somewhere these days.  Wish it would give me a hint as to where.  LOL!  I know I could look back and check these things, but that would be way too easy. *wink*

So that should be good for today.  Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

Blendabilities---It's What's New in Coloring

Check out this video on a new product that will be available for purchase on July 1.  I can tell you from using them just a little that these markers are not your ordinary everyday marker.  They can actually help you look like an artist.  They are an alcohol marker and our price point on these are awesome.  Three markers  for $11.95.  So watch the video and let me know if you have questions.  I would love to hear from you.


http://youtu.be/fBXC7j9Mje0

She Believed She Could

How was your weekend?  The weather was beautiful here and for the most part the weekend was relaxing.  I was able to spend a little time in the stamp room, which is always good.

I want to share with you today something I've made for my daughter to have in her new office.  She recently moved up a step in her job and is now a case worker at the Department of Human Resources for the State of Michigan and she has her own office.  I am so proud of her and all that she has accomplished in the last 25 years.  She is an amazing daughter and a very hard worker.  Looking back I'm reminded of when she was in the 3rd grade and was struggling with school.  The school psychologist for our area gave us the advice that she was behind and that we should put in her special education because she was never going to catch up.  Really?  Well as you can expect, we put that thought out of our heads and moved on.  As a parent, who had always been involved with my children's education, I stepped it up a notch and also made her step it up as well.  She graduated from high school with excellent grades and in fact was her class vice president one year, class president her junior year and the student council president her senior year.  When she gave her speech at graduation she spoke with such maturity that I had one of her former teachers tell me that her speech was better than the valedictorian's and salutatorian's that year.  She followed high school with college and is now in her present position.  As I said before I am so proud of her and I'm extremely proud to say she's my daughter.  I love you my sweet girl and I know you will go far.  Congratulations on your new job!

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

PS  This is called a block card.  It can fold flat to be a card or stand up as a 3D item.  It's quite easy to make and I'll be teaching it in a future class.  Stay tuned!