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

A Blendie Holder

Well I'm late in getting this posted today.  Seems like it's been a busy day just getting things done around here.  My dad stopped over earlier with a project that I had him working on for me.  As you know already I'm really in love with my Blendies and I wanted some way of having them at my disposal and not have to dig through a container to get at them.  I told my dad what I was thinking and he went from there and this is what he came up with.  Very similar to my ink pad storage he made me several years ago, but this one is for the Blendies.  My dad is so awesome! 

 He made it bigger than the amount of Blendies that are currently available.  Does he know something we don't?  Yeah he knows how we are and planned just in case Stampin'Up! comes out with more colors.  Now wouldn't that be awesome?  If you are interested in something like this contact me and I can get you fixed up.  Price is $38 and comes unfinished. I'm not sure on shipping if you aren't local, but I can look into that.  I had him just put a clear coat on mine.


Note the ones we are shipping now hold 78 markers.  We made them slightly smaller than the one pictured here to make them cheaper to ship.  They measure 12" x 5" x 5-1/2".  Please feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Here is a little project I completed a week or two ago.  These are 3 x 3 cards and a little box holder for them.  The box was made using the Stampin'Up! Envelope Punch Board.  Yes, the envelope punch board isn't just for envelopes.  It makes great boxes too.  And speaking of boxes.............I have a class scheduled where we will be making a box that will hold 5 cards and envelopes just like this.

 

I know only 4 cards are shown here, but you will be making 5.  The class is scheduled for August 19 at 6:25 pm.  You need to bring your own adhesive and if you have them a bone folder, scissors, paper trimmer and the Envelope Punch Board.  The cost of the class is $20 and if you place an order that night the class fee is $15.  Please RSVP by August 14 so I can plan accordingly. 

 

Well that's if for today.  Time for supper and some time with my hubby and my daughter who happens to be here tonight.

 

Blessings,

Renee

PS  The next person to place an order on my Stampin'Up! website will receive the little 3 x 3 box and cards.  So who's it going to be?

Bachelorette Stamping Party

Well this past Saturday I did a bachelorette party.  This was a whole new avenue for me, but I have to tell you I really had fun and the ladies who came had fun too.  Recently I had a friend's daughter get married and where she lives they went to a place and painted a canvas as their party.  I thought that was a cool idea.  Anything crafty always sounds like fun to me.  Well it wasn't too long after that that I had this lady approach me about doing a card making party for her daughter's bachelorette party.  I was like, sure sounds like fun.  Well here are the projects.

 Here are 4 of the cards and then they made a fifth one to give to the bride.

 This is the card box to store their cards in and we made the cute little belly band to keep it closed.

This is a little corsage I made for the bride.  Inside the bag was a mini Christmas scrapbook for her to use for their first Christmas.  Everyone had a great time.  I would love to do more of these so if you are getting married or know someone who is getting married and you'd like to do something a little different, please contact me for further details.

I will also be offering this as a class her at my place so it you are interested, please let me know.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

Wow!!!

Wow!  I can't believe it has been two months today since I have posted on my blog.  I've been calling myself a bad blogger, but I didn't realize how bad I've been.  It's not that I haven't been stamping, creating and working my business, but I guess blogging has taken a back burner.  I'm not proud of that and I know that there are many of you that miss me when I don't blog and I'm sorry for that.  Life has held many changes it seems and some are easier to deal with than others.  I won't go into detail because really who wants to hear all that?  I know I don't.  I've decided it's time for me to get back to doing some of the things I enjoy and one of those things is sharing my creations and my life with you all that stop by my blog.  Life can certainly get one down, but that doesn't mean we have to stay there. 

Yesterday was my 14th anniversary of being a Stampin'Up! demonstrator.  In the home business/direct selling that is really a long time.  I was reflecting on that and thought, "Wow!, that is an accomplishment."  I really am thankful that God has given me that desire of my heart to be a creative person, but more importantly that He allows me to share it and I really haven't been that faithful in doing so or at least here on line, but I am going to try and do better.  I'm a firm believer that if you don't use your talents that they may be taken away and I certainly wouldn't want that to happen.

So now if you've stuck with me through all that, I have some things to share with you.  I'll clean up my desktop and share the things that I have done recently and then starting in a day or two I will be doing a series that I'm going to call "Scrap it Up!"  No it doesn't have anything to do with scrapbooking, but will be a series of projects that I have made using my scrap box.  Hopefully you will find inspiration in what I've come up with trying to use mainly what is in my scrap box.  Sometimes when you limit yourself to using what is in front of you, you can really get the creative juices flowing.

This one is using some SAB DSP and the bow was made using the Envelope Punch Board.  I believe this idea came from Deb Valder and I found it on Pinterest.

This is one of the Valentine Card in a Box that I made for my daughters for Valentine's Day this year.  I like to make them something that is not only a card, but something that they can use as a decoration and I think these really fit the bill.  If you need the directions/sizes that I used, please feel free to contact me, but if you do a search for a Card in a Box, you'll find lots of ideas.  I will be teaching this in an up coming class for those that are local.

This is a card that I made way back when the Occasions catalog debuted, but just never got around to posting it.  If you love to color then this beautiful set is for you.  It's called So Very Grateful and is available in the Occasions catalog.  You can view that by clicking on the catalog icon on the right.

This little cutie was cased from Pinterest as well.  I can't remember who the original creator was, so if it was you please let me know and I'll be more than glad to give you credit.  I think it was someone from the UK, but again I'm not sure.  I added a cute little flower to mine.  We made this card at the Bay Shore Scrapbooking Retreat that I vendored the first of March.  The ladies just loved it!!!

OK, this has turned into a rather long post.  I hope you've enjoyed my projects and please feel free to leave a comment now and then.  If you blog, you know how wonderful it is to receive comments and if you don't well now you do.  *giggle*

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

A Favor and a Gift

Good afternoon!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that your New Year will be even better.  I've got a little favor to ask, but in so doing I'm also offering a little free gift.  Want to see what the gift is?

You could be the proud new owner of one set of these earrings. I have a little goal I would really like to meet before the year is out so what I'm going to do is give the first two people to place an order on my website or through me (min. shipping of $6.95 will apply) of $25 or more before tax and shipping will receive a set of these earrings.  These earrings are made with our beautiful Frosted Finishes embellishments.  These are still available in the Holiday catalog.  Remember the Holiday catalog is only good through January 2, but this special offer needs to be ordered before midnight on Dec. 31.  So who is going to be the lucky ones to own these earrings?  Believe me these earrings are way prettier in person.  This picture doesn't do them justice.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'm looking forward to a great stamping new year in 2014!

 

Blessings,

Renee

Winner of the Blog Candy

I know I was suppose to have announced the winner last Friday, but I got some unexpected news from the doctor on Friday and I am being sent to a specialist for further testing.  Not the news I had hoped for.  So needless to say I was pretty depressed on Friday and I didn't even darken the door of my stamp room until this morning.  I also came down with a sore throat and cough on the weekend as well.  Yeah, I'm lucky like that.  LOL!  Anyway it is back to work today, at least partially.

The winner of the Snowglobe stamp is.........Wanda G.  Wanda you have 24 hrs to contact me with your address of where to send your stamp and thanks for being a faithful blog reader.  I sure appreciate it.  Thanks to everyone else who left a comment.  I appreciate you all.  I don't get a lot of comments on my blog, but I know I get a lot of hits so someone is enjoying my blog and that in and of itself makes me happy.

I also want Becky Hughey, Wendy Zick, Joni Reimann and Chris McCarthy to know that I haven't forgotten about the little treat I promised you for the little contest I had on my Facebook page. I will be working on those this week.  If you haven't liked my Facebook page, feel free to do so.  You can find it here www.facebook.com/stampinwithrenee.

Here is today's share.....

This was a gift card that was a make and take at my last workshop.  I got the idea from fellow demonstrator Jacki Topa.  I think this has to be one of the best gift card holders ever and I love that you get to use the Envelope Punch Board to make it.  Here are a few other pictures to see how it works.

 

The gift card holder part pulls up as you open the card.  So cute!  Thanks Jackie for the inspiration.

 

Well that is it for now.  Have a great day!

Blessings,

Renee



 

Another File Folder Card

Yes, I just may find myself getting addicted to this new Envelope Punch Board.  It is so easy to use that a person just doesn't want to stop with it.  If you haven't ordered one yet you really should because it could give you entertainment for hours just making envelopes or these cool file folder cards.  If you'd like to order, my friend Joni is hosting a party this next Tuesday, September 10 at my house @ 6:30.  Can't make it, but would still like to order?  Just use this hostess code BUVTDGB9 and Joni will receive the hostess credit and your order will be shipped direct to you.  Remember though if you place a $150 order before tax and shipping you can be a hostess and receive hostess awards and no code is required.  You can place your order by clicking HERE and then click on the SHOP NOW button in the top right corner.

Here is the card I made today for a sweet lady who has gone through a lot of problems with her foot and finally recently they did a partial amputation.  Her spirit amazes me.  Not sure I could be so positive going through such an ordeal and she has 6 kids as well.  She is one amazing lady.  Hope this card brightens her day.

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral, In Color DSP stack

Stamp set/s:  Tag It (this years Ronald McDonald House set),ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers

Accessories: Self Adhesive Pearls, Calypso Coaral Chevron Ribbon, Chalktalk Framelits, Calypso Coral Stampin'Write Marker, Baked Brown Sugar Stampin'Write Marker

File Folder Card

It's hump day!  How has your day been?  I got back into the stamping room a little more today and I'm trying to get back into a routine.  Had fun making today's card.

This is what is called a File Folder Card.  I used the new Stampin'Up! Envelope Punch Board to make it.

 

Stampin'Up! just released this product on September 1 and it is amazing.  I absolutely love it.  It makes the best envelopes and as you can see above it makes a neat card as well.  It actually makes 66 different sizes of envelopes.

 

 

 Would you like to see this tool in person?  Why not book a workshop and I'll be happy to show you or even set up a one on one with you.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee