a little Irish card...

Here is a cute little Irish card I made for some family traveling to Ireland. I wanted to wish them a safe and fun trip. This stamp is one from my little house mouse collection. I just love these cute little mouse stamps! All the card stock is Stampin' Up and so is the ribbon. Then I used my new SU border punch to make the scallop border and my swiss dots cuttlebug folder to create the background. I was trying to use lots of shades of green and I think it turned out pretty well. For the image I stamped it in basic black and then used my aqua painters and markers to watercolor it. Then I added the sentiment from everyday flexible phrases on a piece of cardstock and punched it out with the tab punch. Hope you like it!

stamps: O lucky Day (by house mouse designs), Everyday Flexible Phrases
inks: Basic Black, various markers
papers: green galore, garden green, glorious green, whisper white, lovely lilac
other: SU ribbon, SU scallop border punch, SU tab punch, cuttlebug embossing folder

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Go Go Beetle Card!

My little sis finally got her drivers license. Since she dresses like a hippie (not to mention the new henna colored hair) and has always wanted a Volkswagen beetle, I thought I'd send her one as a congratulations! I made the car by punching out a few different sized circles from so saffron card stock. I stamped some flowers on them and trimmed them down to half circles to make the body of the car. Then I punched out black and white circles for the wheels and put flower brads in for the hubcaps! To make the road I used the paper piercing template to make holes and then connected them with a white gel marker. I love how this turned out. It's so cute. I also found some ribbon that I had bought a while back in the dollar spot that said "road trip" so I thought that was the perfect touch!

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Friend card...

I haven't had time to play with my new SU stuff yet (I know, can you believe it? I'm hoping to play tonight with it) so meanwhile here's a card I made recently. It uses a stamp from Inkadinkado. If you can't read the sentiment it's really cute. It says "Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookies of life." I got this set on my last order from all that scraps, one of my favorite online shops. I stamped him using black ink on whisper white card stock and colored with SU markers. The scallop shape is a nestabilities die that I ran through my cuttlebug. The flowers are from a mixture I bought at archivers.

I just love how simple and cute this card turned out. Now I just have to decide who to send it to, everyone loves chocolate, right?

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Boat Birthday

Here is a set that I've had for awhile but haven't used a whole lot yet. I thought I'd pull it out to make this birthday card. The set is called Boatloads of Love from Stampin' Up! The boat is stamped in basic black. To watercolor the boat, I scribbled markers onto the plastic lid of the stamp box, then used the aquapainter to pick up the colors and paint in the boat. I used a few different shades of blue and ruby red to color it in. The happy birthday circle is from the Think Happy Thoughts stamp set. I used a coordinating blue button in the middle of the circle. The ribbons and paper colors are now retired since they aren't in the new catalog.

stamps: Boatloads of Love, Think Happy Thoughts
paper: Brocade Blue, whisper white, purely pomegranate, night of Navy
other: ribbons, cuttlebug, circle punches

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New Stamps on Sale!!

The new catalog is here!! Besides the obvious great new stamps throughout the whole catalog, there are also some really cool new accessories, like the new scallop border and scallop square punches!

Contact me to get your copy or host a party to get one for free!!

Also, a new promotion to share with you today....

Never-Before-Seen Stamps, Never-Before-Seen Savings

Never before has Stampin' Up! offered a discount on brand-new stamp sets!

From August 11-September 30, enjoy a 15% discount on select brand-new, die-cut stamp sets from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog--no additional purchase necessary!

Item #	Page #	Description	Regular Price	Promotional Price
111690	32	Snow Swirled	$24.95	$21.21
111586	55	It's a Stretch	$23.95	$20.36
111544	81	Putt Putt	$24.95	$21.21
11626	91	Eastern Blooms	$21.95	$18.66
111672	98	Pocket Silhouettes	$18.95	$16.11
111710	101	Upsy Daisy	$18.95	$16.11
11156	109	Under the Stars	$29.95	$25.46
111644	145	Heard from the Heart	$22.95	$19.51
111570	157	Contempo Alphabet	$40.95	$34.81
109381	23	Felicidades Siempre*	$17.95	$15.26

*From Celebrando Creatividad

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New Stuff!!

Yeah! New Stuff! My pre-order for the new Stampin' Up catalog came and I'm so excited! I can't wait to use all the cool new colors! I ordered all 6 to try them out and one fun new stamp set...aren't you jealous? These colors will be available to all the non-demonstrators when the new catalog is out on August 11th! Contact me if you are interested in getting a new catalog!

Newton Also Loves it when I get new stuff in stampin' Up boxes. I couldn't resist sharing:

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Discounted Retiring Accessories!

Some of the retiring accessories from Stampin' Up! are being discounted! How cool is that? Contact me for a complete list of retired accessories and stamps!

Dates: July 21-August 10 (or while supplies last)

Promotion Details:

Save 25% off the following retiring accessories:

Item #	Pg. #	Description	Regular Price	25% Off Price
109117	167	Pocket Notes assortment	$9.95	$7.46
110479	168	Jersey Shore Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
110699	168	East Coast Prep Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
109159	169	Flowers For You Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
110273	169	Spring Fling Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
110748	170	Notebook Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
109153	170	Porcelain Prints Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
110751	171	Azure Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
109164	171	River Rock Prints Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
109175	171	Almost Amethyst Prints Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
109168	171	Groovy Guava Prints Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
109169	171	Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Series paper	$9.95	$7.46
110284	182	Eastern Elegance Rub-Ons	$10.95	$8.21
110285	182	Urban West Rub-Ons	$10.95	$8.21
110281	182	Cherished Memories Rub-Ons	$10.95	$8.21
109185	190	Jersey Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$9.71
109187	190	District Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$9.71
109189	190	Beachfront Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$9.71
110716	191	Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon	$7.95	$5.96
109062	191	River Rock double-stitched grosgrain ribbon	$8.95	$6.71

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