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Archive for October, 2007

Happy Halloween!

Posted: Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 @ 11:04 am in Projects | 3 Comments »

My Halloween projects are on the Sept 12 post (see archives). Here’s a nice card for a fall thank you or even for Christmas. Stamps:  Stem Silhouettes Paper and Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss Ribbon – the gorgeous satin from the holiday mini – a must have!

Angel Policy Update

Posted: Monday, October 29th, 2007 @ 8:43 am in Projects | No Comments »

Stampin’ Up! Angel Policy Special– Starting November 15, there will be a change in the SU angel policy.  It will now be permissible to sell your handcrafted items using Stampin’ Up! stamps and designer papers in fixed retail locations and on eBay.  You are still required to have the SU copyright stamped on the items.  […]

Class By Mail – November

Posted: Monday, October 29th, 2007 @ 8:12 am in Projects | No Comments »

 Here are the projects for my latest Class By Mail.  The card kit is based on the free download that Stampin’ Up! provided during their banner ad campaign.  They used the Glorious Garlands Stamp set (page 33).  I used the Perfect Presentations stamp set (Level 2 hostess) for my samples below.  The kit contains complete […]

More Stems

Posted: Monday, October 29th, 2007 @ 7:32 am in Projects | 1 Comment »

Here is the same layout as yesterday’s card, but with more Wintery colors – Handsome Hunter and Sage Shadow.

Stems and a Sale

Posted: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 @ 3:46 pm in Projects | 1 Comment »

The Sale is:  20% off of WISHING YOU CHEER (page 33) only through NOVEMBER 3. The Stems are Stem Silhouettes in fall colors – More Mustard and So Saffron.  The Kraft Taffeta ribbon adds a nice touch.  Backgrounds are Sanded and Itty Bitty Backgrounds.

Pumpkin Weekend

Posted: Sunday, October 21st, 2007 @ 6:00 pm in Projects | 2 Comments »

We had an absolutely gorgeous weekend – still shorts and sandles weather.  It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago was a big blizzard near us in Buffalo.  We visited Port Farms  yesterday and made our way through the corn maze.  It was nice to have my daughter home from college for a few […]

Starburst Tips

Posted: Saturday, October 13th, 2007 @ 11:51 am in Projects | 3 Comments »

I had to try the gorgeous starbursts that everyone is making on splitcoaststampers.  They were invented by shadow mill using the 2 SU tag punches – Instructions here Here are some tips that I hope will be helpful.  You need to glue down the little tag frames using 2-way glue.  Since my glue was a little […]

Designer Paper Sale

Posted: Thursday, October 11th, 2007 @ 5:57 pm in Projects | No Comments »

We found out today that the SU Designer Papers will be on special – buy 3 get 1 free for the month of November!  You can’t beat dp for beautiful, quick and easy projects.  I can’t wait to stock up on all my favorites.  I would also like to plan a group order, so that we […]

One Scrappin’ Kit – One Hour!

Posted: Thursday, October 11th, 2007 @ 4:08 pm in Projects | No Comments »

I had a lofty goal today – to take the Winter Bright Simply Scrappin’ Kit and see what I could make in one hour!  Obviously, this project did not take very long to complete, plus I had a lot to show for my one hour of work.  I even had time to take a few photos […]

Basic Grey

Posted: Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 @ 11:10 am in Projects | No Comments »

Here’s another card that I designed for World Card-Making Day that didn’t make the cut.  Stamp set is Stem Silhouettes and colors are Basic Grey and Real Red.  I love the sponge dauber flowers and the basic grey taffeta ribbon!