Happy Birthday To Me

It's my birthday today. I really don't like how fast these days are coming! I want to say thank you to my friends that sent "Happy Birthday" emails to me today. The emails made the day better.

I took the day off from work to have a day for myself. Unfortunately it didn't turn out like I wanted it too. I didn't get to spend a lot of the day stamping. I did end the day really good by having dinner with my family and eating way to much. I don't have a picture of anything that I worked on today, but I will add a couple of pictures tomorrow.

Year After Year Stamp Set

I didn't get to stamp last night. :( So I decided to share two cards I made the other night when I was playing with my new stamp sets. I love the new stamp set Year After Year. It really is a great set for a begining stamper because it covers almost all the major occasions.

The flower card was made with Tempting Turquoise card stock as the base and layered with Taken with Teal and Cameo Coral. I watercolored Cameo Coral on the image and used a Tempting Turquoise brad in the middle of the flower and more of the same brad along the side of the main image. The verse is from Curvy Verses, which is becoming one of my favorite word sets. I finished the card off with a strip of white grossgrain ribbon.

The birthday card is made with Rose Red cardstock as the base and layered with So Saffron and the new So Saffron Designer Series Paper. The verse is from the new set Hugs & Wishes. I really like the new verse sets that replaced the retired All Year Cheer sets. This is just a simple quick card that can be made in about 10 minutes.

I made my first order last night from the new catalog. It was a BIG one! I can't wait until I get my order in to play with the new In Colors, stamp sets and accessories.

Great Hostess Sets

I had a great weekend! I went shopping and found a great outfit to wear to my aunt's 50th wedding anniversary. It fit and looked so good, I didn't want to take if off. My grandmother and sister thought I was going to wear it home! Now I just have to find some shoes to go with it.

My other sister and her children came up from Alabama this weekend so we visited with them on Sunday. My nephews and neice have grown so much since we saw them in December! They aren't little kids any more.

Even with all the excitement this weekend, I still had time to try out my new Level 2 Hostess Set Garden Silhouettes. Contact me to set up a workshop for this fall! If you contact me during the month of July to pick a date to host a workshop anytime from now until December 15, you will receive a retired 2007 Sell-A-Bration set or a retired 2006-07 Level 1 Hostess set!

My pictures aren't the best. Hopefully I will get better at using my digital camera. I layered Orchid Opulence, Basic Black and Whispering White onto Going Gray. I stamped the first image in Basic Black and then again on some white scrap cardstock in Orchid Opulence. I cut out the Orchid Opulence flowers and placed them over the Basic Black flowers using mini glue dots. (It really didn't take that much time to do it.) To make the scalloped edge on the Orchid Opulence cardstock, I took the guard off the corner rounder punch and punched it along one edge. I then used the 1/8" circle punch to make the dot in each scallop. I finished the card off with a strip of black grossgrain ribbon.

The second card is made using Really Rust, Bashful Blue and Sahara Sand cardstock. I stamped the image flower image in Really Rust and the verse from Curvy Verses in Chocolate Chip. I used the direct to paper technique on the Bashful Blue cardstock. I finished the card with a piece of Chocolate Chip grossgrain ribbon.

I really had fun making both of these cards. I rarely use Orchid Opulence and Really Rust on my cards. Contact me if you want to learn how to make the scalloped edge and use the direct to paper technique.

My First Blog Ever!

I'm trying out something new and breaking out of my shell! For those of you that know me really well, I'm sure you are surprised that I have a "shell". I've never been very comfortable doing something as simple as journaling on a scrapbook page. So this will be a whole new experience for me.


I'm excited about Stampin' Up's! new Fall-Winter Collection 2007 catalog. I love the new In Colors and all the new stamp sets available this year. Wild Wasabi has replaced the retired Cool Caribbean as my favorite In Color. I know all my friends that love the Bold Brights will love this color also.


My first order will be huge for July because my "have to have" list is so big! I'm placing my first order today and can't wait until I can play with all the new stuff I will be getting in the next week.




This is a picture of one of my new favorite stamp sets: Pick a Petal (page 133, $27.95). The card base is Bashful Blue. I stamped the petals with Pixie Pink and attached the "fallen" petal with a stampin dimensional. I then used Certainly Celery, the 3/4" circle punch (pg 182; $10.95) and another stampin dimensional for the middle of the flower. I used SU!'s paper piercing tool to create the stem of the flower. I used the new Prints Designer Series Papers (pg 173, $9.95) in Certainly Celery and my scissors to create the "grass". The verse is from Curvy Verses (pg 150, $20.95).


Posting my first blog has been really fun for me. I hope you have enjoyed it also and look forward to receiving more updates from me. I have more cards from some of the great new stamp sets to show you!


Call me or email me if you would like one of the new Fall-Winter Collection 2007 catalogs from Stampin' Up!.


Tricia