Bonus Days.....

WHAT'S BONUS DAYS???

For every $50 (before tax & shipping) you spend before July 31, you’ll get an email with a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 2-31.   Spend $100, get $10 in coupons, spend $150 get $15 in Stampin' Rewards to use NOW and $15 in coupons to spend LATER! Winning!!!

This is the first time I've ever seen Stampin' Up offer this sort of deal.  It's awesome!!!  It's like Kohl's Cash only for paper crafting.  LOVE THIS!!!

This would be a PERFECT time to stock up on the essentials - Cardstock, envelopes, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Designer Series Paper, etc.  Check your supplies and make a list!

THE FINE (PRINT: 

• Bonus Days promotion runs July 7–31, 2016
• Redemption your Bonus Days coupons August 2–31, 2016
• A valid email address is required to participate in this promotion; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email so MAKE SURE your email address is correct.
• SAVE THE EMAILS containing your Bonus Days coupon codes OR print out the coupons. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost, and lost codes cannot be recovered.  (And no, Vickie won't be able get your codes so she can't send them to you if you lose them.)
• Bonus Days coupon codes can be redeemed for any product (excludes Starter Kits and Paper Pumpkin subscriptions)  New prepaid Paper Pumpkin codes can be redeemed. 

You don't want to miss out on this deal!!!  You can get to my online Stampin' UP store by just clicking the shop now button on the right side of this blog. **Remember if you spend less than $150 to please use my July Hostess code ZHW44JVY when you check out.**

Well as I have a jet plane to catch later today I best get going....
Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the Web....  Take care and & Happy Stamping

Happy Fall y'all

Hi there blog followers, family & friends....
I can't believe that tomorrow if the first official day of fall. I'm still trying to figure out just were summer went never mind the rest of the year.  It's just 92 days until Christmas......  Oh well on today's share this past Sunday my Cricut Club met and this is the project they made...

The tile is 12x12 and they cut the vinyl to adhere to it the leaves are stamped with Stazon ink in Jet black and the pumpkin was circles cut from the George cartridge and then altered with a punch and an embossing folder.  I think this turned out great and all the ladies where able to finish the project well before the 6pm ending time. 

I have another item to share and that is that Stampin Up is joined the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to help stamp out breast cancer.  This is near and dear to my heart as my mom fought this nasty disease twice. She beat it the first time but lost her second battle 10 years ago this coming November 21st.  There isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss her and wish that she was still here but God had other plans and I know that she's in Heaven with him and she isn't hurting anymore.  Stampin UP will donate $2 for each new subscriber and $1 for each continuing subscriber. The October box will be a pretty pink too.  It's a breeze to sign up just click the button on the right of my blog or go to paperpumpkin.com and when it asks for a demonstrator please chose me.  Thanks in advance....

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my little corner of the web.  Leave me a comment so I know that you've been by. 

 

Playing with my new toys.....

Hi family & followers, WOW I just can't believe that January 2015 is already history!!!
February is birthday month here at my house so I have been busy making cards for my boys they are turning 35 & 30 this year.... it seems like yesterday they were little....(insert big sigh).  Anyway enough with the walk down memory lane and on to the fun stuff.  As I mentioned in my last post I was waiting for my Stampin Up goodies to arrive, which they did later that day, so I have been playing with all my new toys and I thought I would share the cards I made for my boys and then a couple of Valentine's day cards too.

 

The card with the 35 on it is for my oldest son.  I used my Cricut Classic Font cartridge for the numbers and  my George cartridge to cut the circles. Then I used my Stampin Up "Endless Birthday Wishes" stamp set for the sentiment and cake, which I colored with my night of navy & real red Stampin Up markers. The card with the anchor and ship on it is for my youngest son.  I used my Stampin Up "The Open Sea" stamp set, my coastal cabana & brown sugar ink pads, my scalloped 3" circle punch, my 1" circle punch  and my decorate label punch. I distressed the edges of the very vanilla paper with baked brown sugar ink. I fussy cut the anchor and used dimensionals to pop the images up. The third card is for  my sweetheart for Valentine's day. I don't have any "Valentine Stamps" so I used my "Because You Care" Stampin Up stamp set, my real red stamp pad and the heart punch from my itty bitty punch pack.  The last card is for my granddaughter and it is a Sherri Baldy's Bestie digi stamp which I bought at Scrapbooking Made Simple when I was there just after Christmas with my mom in law (she drove me 60 miles each way on crazy highways in southern California to get there but it was totally worth it, great store). I think it turned out cute I colored it using my copic markers which I also bought at Scrapbooking Made Simple. I cut both scalloped ovals on my Cricut with my George cartridge. The ticket corner punch is from Stampin Up, but it isn't available any longer.... 

If you been inspired by any of these cards and want to order any of the Stampin Up products I mentioned just click the Stampin Up icon on the right side of my blog and it'll take you right to my online store, you just chose the shop button and type in the names of the stamp sets in the search box and you'll be able to order your own stamps and create some great cards too!  

If you don't have the time to be creative or have never stamped anything or you just aren't sure where to start or you don't have room for a lot of craft stuff... well Stampin Up has a great product just for you. It's called Paper Pumpkin. It's a kit that comes once a month. There is a special website just for paper pumpkin users with a video link at the website to show you how to put the kit together. The kit comes with written instructions & just enough supplies to create some cards or a home decor item. Each kit also comes with a small ink pad spot and a small stamp set that can be used again but that's all that's left over when you are done creating. Sounds good right? It's easy to get started with Paper Pumpkin just click the Stampin Up icon button on the right side of my blog, that takes you right to my Stampin Up online store, chose the shop option at the top of the website then enter code 137858 in the search box for a 1 month for $19.95 or as it is Sale-a-Bration time at Stampin Up you can do a 3 month subscription for $54.95 that's a savings of $5  with code 137859, these prices includes shipping. If you chose the 3 month subscription not only do you get all 3 months but you also qualify for a FREE item from Stampin Up too. Just so you know, there's several things besides stamps to chose from for FREE, like paper, ribbon, button & markers.   If your not sure about it you can just type www.paperpumpkin.com into you web search box and it'll take you to the paper pumpkin website so you can explore before you buy.

Hope that you have enjoyed today's update.  Leave a comment so I know that you dropped by.

God Bless

Vickie

Cards, Cards and More Cards...

 Hi there family, friends and followers.  I can't believe that it's been over a month since I last updated my blog.  I have been busy with this month's Cricut Club kit & visiting with family. My precious granddaughter turned 10 earlier this month & I was excited because I was able to go to her party in the Salt Lake City area over Mother's day weekend.  I can now drive again, Yipee!!! However I have been laid off from my job, so  I have been looking for another LPN job but with my current lifting restrictions, due to my recent back surgery, I have not been able to find another job yet.  I have spoken to a disability lawyer and she has informed me that she thinks I would be granted disability due to my age and lifting restrictions. This was a hard decision but I have begun the very long process required to get disability approved. The up-side of not working is that I have tons of time to craft and have gotten caught up on some  projects.  I thought I would share the cards with you. I hope you are inspired and will give the step cards a try they look amazing and they are fairly easy to make. I found the instructions on YouTube.

I used my Paper Lace Cricut cartridge for this card. I sent them to everyone who blessed me after my back surgery. As I had a lot of these to make I was thankful that I could make several at a time on my Cricut.  All the supplies are from my stash.

I used my Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge for this card, it was for a special boy who loves cars and turned 13 yrs old this year.  I made a pocket on the inside of the card for some $$$. I remember the day he was born, time is just wheezing by...

I have a dear friend who came over and took me out to lunch and craft store shopping while I was recovering from my surgery.  She loves Steampunk stuff and I happened to have this Jolee's sticker set in my stash so I thought I'd use it for this card.  Actually everything is from my stash.

This is my first step card.  The focal piece is a cut from my Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge.The image is stamped and hand colored with colored pencils and OMS. It's a 5 1/2  inch square card so I even made an envelope that matched for it using my Martha Stewart scoring board.  My mother in law loved it!!!

For my second step card  I used my Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge for the dog, the mats, gift boxes and the number 10. All the paper and embellishments are from my stash.  The dog on the front is on a homemade action wobble. My granddaughter loves her dogs.

Okay yes another step card but they are fun to make and they look awesome. This one is for the older brother of the boy who got the car card above and this one also holds $$$ which all teen guys like. Masculine cards are a challenge for me but I think this one turned out very good.

Yep I love step cards, this one is cut the same as the one above but is overall smaller and fits in a standard A2 envelope.  This one is for my youngest son Robert to thank him for the his sweet & yummy Mother's day gift.  He has been accepted to Lawyer school and will start in the fall. I am extremely proud of him. I made a second one with slightly different paper for my oldest son and his family for their lovely figurine they gave me. My oldest son services his country in the USAF and leaves in about 1 week for a year in Korea, so your prayers for his safety would be greatly appreciated. Without the sacrifices of men & women like him we would not be able to live in this land of the free. Thanks Philip for your service, I am very proud of you. Can you tell I love my boys???

Okay last one I promise.  I made this card for my Pastor's wife to thank her for being an awesome Pastor's wife, friend & for all she did in putting together a wonderful women's retreat. The word "THANKS" is from my George Cricut cartridge.  I also decorated a journal, pen & gift bag to match.


Well that's it for now from my corner of the web.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit and will leave me a comment so I know you stopped by. I wish you all a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

God Bless,
Vickie

MasterCrafter Challenge...

Hi there blogger friends and followers.  Today I am sharing the project I made to enter into Sarah Hamer Designs MasterCrafter Challenge.  I was one of the lucky 100 to get in on the free package of craft goodies from Sarah aka the Pink Cricut. The link up for this challenge starts tomorrow as does the voting and it lasts for only one week, so if you like my project please go to Sarah blog at www.pinkcricut.com and vote for me so I can win one of the prizes. I bet your are wondering what came in the box, right???  There was a mouse cutter, which cuts ribbon really well. It had a 4x6 DCWV Rockstar paper stack, several lime green rhinestones,  2 buttons,  a cloth bag and a small "forever" sentiment stamp from Pink Cricut stamps.  I used my Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge to cut all the flowers. I attached the flowers I made from the DCWV paper to the provided cloth bag and to a store bought barrette clip that I purchased at my local craft store for $1. I attached the buttons provided to the flowers on the bag and then attached some of the rhinestones to the buttons.  I used the forever sentiment stamp on a tag along with another stamp. I used Tim Holtz distress ink in broken china and tea dye to color the bag and edges of the tag and flowers. The rest of the items to make this project came from my stash.  So without further ado here are the pictures of my project.

  

 I am very pleased with how the project turned out, it has a nice vintage look and I think it makes a great gift set. I will be including this in my granddaughters Christmas clothes package. She has very long thick blonde hair that she loves to where in a ponytail so I think this barrette will look very pretty in her hair. Now I just have to find an outfit that it will go with.  This should not be to hard as she loves the colors that are in this paper.  

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my little corner of the web. Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment so I know you stopped by.

God Bless,

Vickie