Carousel Birthday

Carousel Birthday is one of the new stamp sets
in the Occasions Catalog.
It is such a fun, whimsical set.
I used the coordinating Cupcakes & Carousel
designer paper and pull colors from there
for the cupcakes on the carousel — Calypso,
So Saffron and Bermuda.

Carousel BirthdayCard Base — So Saffron — 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ — score at 4 1/4″
Bermuda Bay — 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Very Vanilla — 3 3/4″ x 5″
stamp carousel with Stazon ink
color cupcake tops with markers — So Saffron, Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay
Cupcakes & Carousel designer paper — 2″ x 3 3/4″
Black — 1/4″ x 3 3/4″
Very Vanilla scrap — stamp banner from Balloon Adventure with Memento ink
stamp words with Bermuda
cut banner out with paper snips

What a fun card to make!!!
I hope you give it a try.

Hand Made Cards

Hostess Appreciation Party

Last night I held my Hostess Appreciation Party.
This is a yearly event that I spoil everyone who
has been a hostess during the past year.
Some are club member, some held book parties
or placed their own party order and others held
parties with friends.

They each received a special invitation to the party.
I provided dinner (catered by Olive Garden — check it
out, it was awesome) and dessert.
Here is the table all set before anyone came in.
Food Set Up
A few have started to arrive and are checking out a little table favor.
Here they come
Thank you Erica Cerwin for the great idea.
Lipstick Pen
It’s a little pen that looks like lipstick.

They are Ready
It was hard to get everyone into the picture,
but here are some of them listening intently to my THANK YOU’s!!!

I passed out a card with a gift certificate inside
for each of them.
Here is the card I made (thank you Glenda Travelstaedt for the swap idea)
Thank you Card
Then they moved to another room and
stamped 4 cards using lots of new products.

It was a great time — you could be there next year!!
All you have to do is join my club — you can be
a virtual hostess too — email me now to find out how!!!

Share this!
Stamping Up Events

Avant Garden meets Succulent Garden

I love the Succulent Garden designer paper.
The colors are so soft and soothing to me.

Today I paired the designer paper with the
Sale-a-Bration stamp set — Avant Garden.
I really like the elegant, feminine feel of this card.

Have you checked out the Lace Doilies in the Occasions Catalog?
There are a must have — vanilla on one side — white on the other.
They have a soft look but they are a plastic material, very sturdy.
How would you like a package of the doilies FREE — all you have
to do is place a $50 order with me this week (Jan. 15 – 22).
I will pop a package of the doilies in the mail to you as a THANK YOU!!!!
Please use Hostess #3VMEPHS6 
Avant Garden
Card Base – Mint Macaron — 4 1/4″ x 11″ score 5 1/2″
Sahara Sand — 4″ x 5 1/4″
Mint Macaron — 2 1/2″ x 3 7/8″
Succulent Garden designer paper — 2 1/2″ x 3 7/8″
Mint Macaron 3/8″ Sheer Linen Ribbon — 6″
Lace Doily — cut in half (I used the white side)
Sahara Sand — cut scallop oval using Layering Ovals Framelits
Whisper White — cut oval using Stitched Shapes Framelits
(WOOHOO – they are back in stock again)

Share this!
Hand Made Cards / New Products