Great New Hostess Special

There's a great new hostess special coming March 18 through April 30. Call me today and book your workshop and you will receive an EXTRA $25 in hostess rewards when your workshop totals $350 before tax and shipping. WOW!!! What a great deal! Hurry to book the date you want as I'm sure my calender will fill quickly. Don't delay!

Post It Note Keyring

I came across this awesome tutorial today by fellow demo Angie Kennedy Juda and just had to share. The cardstock is cut 3 1/4" x 2" and it is scored at 1 9/16" and 1 1/16". Punch your hole with the Crop-a-dile. Decorate as desired. So easy, but so cute. Guess who'll be receiving this one?

So, so sad.................

Ok, so last Friday I thought I had redeemed myself with some pretty good posts, but alas, I look to see if I have any comments on my posts and ...................(insert sigh here) nothing! So I say to myself, "is there really a need to post today?" Are you hearing the sadness in my voice? Ok, so I will leave you with this cute little Easter chick and..................................wait......

Friendship Blooms

Sale-a-bration is in full bloom and this card sure shows that. I cased this from fellow demo Jami Sibley. I just loved the colors and loved the fact that she used the Fusion Flowers on it along with the SAB set Friendship Blooms. The colors are just so vibrant and fun. Thanks Jami for a great card idea.

Enjoy!

Renee

Stamp set: Friendship Blooms (free with a $50 additional purchase) before March 17

Cardstock: Old Olive, Pink Passion, River Rock, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Pink Passion, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Passion Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: Mat Pack, Fusion Flowers, RR brads, Dimensionals

Peppermint Patty Duo

I've been wanting to try one of these since back before Christmas, but hadn't gotten around to it. Imagine that! Well today there was a challenge over on SCS and I thought I'd give it a try. The pattern came from Sonja Gonzalez. These are very easy to make. Hope you enjoy it. Now you give it a try.

Renee

Stamp set: Boho Backgrounds, Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Cardstock: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Punches: 1 1/4", 1 3/8", scallop, Boho Blossom, 1/16" circle

Good Egg Chicks

Well with a snow day and Brooke home to do all the housework--(you know I pick on her and make her do all the work around here, don't you?) I was able to get at a little more stamping today. Actually today is the first day I've felt like I might be getting over this flu bug I've had for over a week now. Anyway, if you see Brooke tell her what a good housekeeper she is.

Now back to stamping..........I was surfing SCS and came across this card made by dkessler73 and knew immediately I had to make this using the little sunglass embellishments I've been hoarding. LOL Besides that I had gotten this set over a week ago and haven't had a chance to play with it. The set is called "A Good Egg" and is available in the 2008 Spring and Summer Collection catalog for $20.95. Call me to order your set and you can be stampin' chicks soon.

Renee

Oh So Pretty!

Aren't the colors of this just "oh so pretty"? Well the girl too, but that goes without saying. *wink* I wanted to make this the minute I saw the sample on page 109 of the new catty. That Berry Bliss DSP is just the prettiest. Don't you think? I also used the new Fusion Flowers on page 177 . What are these you ask? They are high quality, custom-colored felt flowers. I layered them here with flowers I stamped with the One of a Kind flowers and punched out with the Boho Blossom flower punch. I added a clear rhinestone brad from the Pretties Kit to the centers. I know I used 4 brads on this project. That's a lot for a hoader such as myself. *grin* The little hinges I used were from Karen Foster and I purchased these at my local Ben Franklin. (plug for Gretchen & Heidi) The scallop circle was done with the SU scallop circle punch. How you may ask, it looks bigger? I will show you how with the following tutorial. I know you're impressed. I'm getting so "on the cutting edge". Pardon the pun! *Ü* Ok, I'm trying.....here goes.

Punch small (1 1/4") circle punch. Then around that hole you've made, punch a scallop circle

Cut the circle apart between two scallops. Now take and make small snips every 2 scallops. See next pic how it should look now.

Cut a circle using your round coluzzle circle template.

Put snail adhesive on the back and attach the scallops to your circle. I used the 4th circle on the coluzzle and I needed not quite 2 full scallop circles to go around the pink circle.

Here's the finished circle. Now no need to have scalloped circle punches in every size. Give it a try! Hope you enjoyed this.

Renee