An Easter Blessing

Hello out there!  Sorry it has been a while, I was on a roll there last week and then petered out. Just have been busy, you know. The best part is that my new nephew is here!!!!  Owen Timothy was born 3/30/2010 to my brother & his fiance.  He is the sweetest, cutest, chubbiest baby I've seen since my own kids!!  :)

On to the card: it is an Easter card that I created for that Stamp A Stack for breast cancer.  My favorite part is the "vase".  Do you recognize it?  Yep, its the ornament punch with the tip cut off!! I love being able to use tools for more than one purpose and this was a great tip.  Today's the last day of Sale-A-Bration 2010. I hope you got all the free items that you wanted.

Ingredients:

Abundant Hope stamp set (in Occasions Mini, available only til April 30)

Shades of Spring designer paper (in Occasions Mini, available only til April 30)

scallop trim border punch (in Sale-A-Bration catalog, but will be available in the new book)

so saffron cardstock

orchid opulence cardstock

whisper white cardstock

mellow moss inkpad

watercolor pencils

blender pen

so saffron ribbon (outdated, not available currently)

ornament punch

paper snips

adhesive

Give something old a new spin: you might like the results.

Keep crafting,

Audra

Elegant Wedding Wishes

I saw something similar to this from Becky Hay de Garcia, who is in the same InkBig Stampin' Up! group that I am.  Becky's was a little different than mine, but I fell in love with her idea of using the heart punches as the wedding clothes.  Too cute! There's some heat embossing on each of the hearts (do that prior to punching, it makes it a lot easier to use the heat tool), dry embossing on the white background layer and I also used black craft ink & heat embossed the "Congratulations".  Very simple!!  And if you use black and white craft ink, you only need to use clear embossing powder rather than white powder and black powder with versamark.  That makes it an easier, quicker clean up.  Hope you enjoy the card.

Ingredients:

I {Heart} Hearts stamp set (limited time offer in the Occasions mini catalog)

Well Scripted stamp set (limited time offer in the Occasions mini catalog)

basic black cardstock

whisper white cardstock

basic black craft ink

whisper white craft ink

basic black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon

full heart punch

clear embossing powder

backgrounds 1 texturz plates for BigShot

adhesive

mini glue dots

paper snips

powder pals & brush

Have a great crafting day!

Audra

I {LOVE} my friends

I have the best bunch of girl friends. My advice to any woman just starting out in their adult life is to find some really good girl friends. Husbands are wonderful, but girl friends really understand. :)

So here's my tribute to my friends. The big scallop circle is a circle that was scalloped using the corner rounder. Cool idea, huh? I got it from Katt over here. She is awesome! Actually, I pretty much copied the entire card, but I can't remember from where. (I think Splitcoast or Stampin' Connection) The stamp set is Vintage Vogue, which is SO VERSATILE!! I never would have thought that, but it really is. I love it, really hope it makes it to the next big catalog. Hope you like this card as much as I do.

Ingredients:

Vintage Vogue stamp set (for a limited time in the Occasions mini)

so saffron cardstock

perfect plum cardstock

pale plum cardstock

whisper white cardstock

perfect plum ink

pale plum ink

garden green ink

rose red ink

corner rounder punch

clear rhinestone brad

1/16" circle punch (to set brad)

paper snips

sponges

adhesive & dimensionals

Contact me for orders or further instructions.  Have a great day.

Audra

Thoughts and Prayers

My step-father's sister recently passed away.  She had been fighting cancer and finally, it took her.  So I thought this would be a perfect card to send to my mom, step-dad and step-grandma (she lives with them).  I love the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set.  Honestly, it is a little on the expensive side, so it took me til recently to buy it.  It is so elegant and simple, it is great.  This card is pretty monochromatic, I love that lately, too.  Hope you enjoy the card.  And thinking of all of those fighting cancer... wish we'd find a cure for all of it.

Ingredients:

Thoughts & Prayers stamp set

always artichoke cardstock

whisper white cardstock

always artichoke prints designer paper (from past hostess prints)

always artichoke ink

silver eyelets

adhesive

sponges

crop-a-dile (to set eyelets)

Hope you had a happy Sunday,

Audra

Dazzling Birds

Continuing on with the spring theme...  I have been noticing the birds singing in the trees lately.  So far, it has been a welcoming wake up call in the mornings.  My card today shares my love of all things sparkly (dazzling diamonds glitter) and a lovely singing bird. (PS I totally CASE'd this card from somewhere, I don't remember where.  So if you are reading this and its your creation... THANKS, I loved it!!)  Oh, and I just used a glue pen for adhering the glitter.  I don't have the patience to use heat and stick.  That's just me, though!

I have to go in to school this afternoon and substitute for the science/ag teacher, so I'm wishing you all a great day.  Enjoy...

Ingredients:
chocolate chip cardstock
taken with teal cardstock
summer sun cardstock
whisper white cardstock
chocolate chip marker
taken with teal marker
summer sun marker
pink passion marker
Wings of Friendship stamp set (hostess set, contact me to earn this FREE!)
whisper white organza ribbon
scallop oval punch
large oval punch
glue pen
dazzling diamonds glitter
adhesive, dimensionals

Have a great Friday!
Audra

Spring is in the air!

We sure have been getting a taste of spring here!  The weather has been sunny and in the high 50's to low 60's the past few days.  After a long, cold winter, there is nothing better than feeling the warm sun on your face.

To celebrate spring, I created this card. It is mostly made by the Big Shot. Aren't the butterflies just gorgeous flying up the side?  I absolutely LOVE all of the accessories that I've seen used with the Big Shot.  The cutting dies, the embossing folders and this little butterfly gem does both!  Simply amazing.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

The recipe includes:

lavendar lace cardstock

bashful blue cardstock

pretty in pink cardstock

barely banana cardstock

certainly celery cardstock

confetti white cardstock

pink beads (from pink duo)

jewelry wire (outdated Stampin' Up!)

Big Shot

Top Note die

Beautiful Wings embosslits die (available for limited time in Occassions Mini)

apricot appeal ink

chocolate chip ink

Butterfly Accent stamp (available for limited time in Occasions Mini)

Well Scripted stamp set (available for limited time in Occasions Mini)

adhesive, glue dots, wire cutters

***REMEMBER a $50 order qualifies for FREE product.  Contact me before the end of March with your order.***

Happy Thursday,

Audra

Summer Fun

Today, my girl Vicky and I headed out to Richland Center.  Why, you ask?  Well, 'cause we heard there was a new scrapbooking/stamping store there.  ~LAA~  (that's my singing voice, by the way)  Needless to say, it wasn't new.  She's been there for 2 years!  And she's got all sorts of crafts there.  I found some papers to scrapbook our vacation to South Dakota and some stuff to scrapbook our family reunion.  What a great find!  She also said that she'd order anything we wanted out of her books!  She doesn't have tons of scrapping stuff, but it is nice that if we want/need something, all we have to do is pick it out of a book.  :)  So, yes, I do buy other scrapping stuff besides Stampin' Up!.  I LOVE my SU stuff because it coordinates so well, but sometimes, I get great ideas from other papers and embellishments.

Today, I wanted to share a scrapbook page that I made.  Every summer, we go for motorcycle & convertible rides to Rockton.  The bar there has the best chicken ever.  I get great pics there with the shade/lighting.  This is from one of those trips.  The paper is from last year's InColor selection - so it is unavailable now.  But it matched the colors in my photo, so I used it.  :) 

Hope you enjoy and go scrap something!
Audra

Happy Birthday Cupcake

Happy Monday, friends!  I wanted to share another card from my stamp-a-stack last weekend.  This is a birthday card with a fun fold that I saw at Staci's website. It stays closed when the cupcake piece stays behind the balloon piece. Hopefully, the pictures show you how it works.

I absolutely love these colors together!  Often, I will think of a card theme that I want to create, then find some designer paper that fits with my thoughts.  From the designer paper, I can easily find just the right colors to coordinate and create a beautiful card.

Recipe includes:

Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set

Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper

pumpkin pie cardstock

rich razzleberry cardstock

whisper white cardstock

whisper white 1/4" grosgrain ribbon

black stazon

pumpkin pie ink

rich razzleberry ink

aqua pen

champagne mist shimmer paint

paint brush

scallop edge punch

scallop circle punch

adhesive, dimensionals

***Remember Sale-A-Bration is still going.  When you spend $50 on SU product, you'll get your choice of a FREEBIE from the SAB mini catalog.  Email or call me for details or to place your order.

Happy crafting,

Audra :)

Stamping for a Cause

Hi everyone!  I guess it has been a while since I posted.  Sorry about that. 

Today, I was involved with an event to help raise funds for a local Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk team.  It was such a fun day!  I met some new customers, along with a very cute & crafty 11-year-old girl.  She was so cute!!!  There were tables for people to scrap at their leisure (which made me want to scrap), I had 10 cards for people to make and my sister-in-law, Tonia, had some great Uppercase Living projects.  Tonia & her friend, Kim, did the 3-Day last year.  This year their team has grown to 8 or 10 members.  Isn't that wonderful?

So I thought I'd share 2 cards.  One I had for today's event and the other one I did at an event last month.  Unfortunately, it seems we all are affected by someone with cancer, so we could all use a card like this.

The recipe for this card includes:

chocolate chip cardstock

pretty in pink cardstock

whisper white cardstock

chocolate chip ink

pretty in pink ink

dazzling diamonds glitter  ~love~

chocolate chip corduroy button

Ribbon of Hope stamp

Great Friend stamp set

Petals-A-Plenty impressions folder for Big Shot

adhesive, dimensionals, glue pen, glue dots, sponge

Recipe for this one is:

pretty in pink cardstock

whisper white cardstock

Kisses love notes

pretty in pink ink

pretty in pink satin ribbon

1-3/8" circle punch

Ribbon of Hope stamp

Whimsical Words stamp set (FREE during Sale-A-Bration)

small dots background texture plate for Big Shot

adhesive, pop up glue dots, sponge

Hope you enjoyed the samples.  I hope you can create something for someone who is in need in your life.  It sure brightens their day!

Audra :)