Royal Blog Tour Pun Fun

I am so honored to be asked to participate in the Royal Blog Tour as an Honorary Queen! I hope you Royally enjoy the project I have prepared for you here. Ü

I have been admiring these organizational cabinets for some time now, I just love them. Unfortunately, I don't have any room for one on my wall, but I want one! So I made a smaller one for my desk!

Here it is all filled it up with Pun Fun stuff!

I love how this turned out. Pun Fun is one of my favorite stamp sets and I sure hope it doesn't hit the discontinued list in June. This stationary set includes 4 cards and envelopes, 4 Flower Folds die-cut cards and 3x3 envelopes, a covered Post it Note book and a pen.

Flower Folds die-cut cards fit perfectly in the 3x3 envelopes!


Pun Fun with On Your Birthday

Pun Fun with Crazy for Cupcakes

Pun Fun with Crazy Cool

Pun Fun with On Your Birthday

All 4 of these cards are CASE's of myself just using a different stamp set. No sense in recreating the wheel, right? That is what I love about a good lay out!!

I hope you enjoyed looking at this project as much as I did designing it! It looks so darling on my desk.

If you would like to make one of these cute little cabinets for yourself, please check back here on Thursday, May 6th. A complete project tutorial will be available for just $3.95!

Kim's Graduation Card

So many of you have e-mailed about this...Kim (BFF) will have the tutorial available for this on her blog, May 1st.

Order HERE starting May 1st!

Kim's Blog

Thank you Sarah Miller of Stetler Arts for the Sunshine Blog Award!

Only 3 Days Left!!

Only 3 days left to use up the Sweet Pea Designer Series paper and Sweet Pea Stitched Felt...and unfortunately Stampin' Up! is sold out of both :(

So I guess this is a teaser, cuz I have something you don't have...ha, ha, ha! That's mean, huh?! Ü

This project is the bottom suitcase of the Traveling Trio that can be found HERE. In the tutorial it shows a compartmentalized inside for cards, 3x3 notes, paper clips and a pen but this one I just left open to add a gift inside. I used the Sweet Pea DSP for the cards. Pretty self explanatory as the papers do all the work.

I took pictures of the cards the day ofter I took pictures of the group and it looks like some little people have been messing with my camera again. They are a little blurry...no it's not you! :)
This cards uses the Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch in three layers and a Kraft Corduroy Brad for the center.

I'll enclose the gift and the cards with envelopes and I have the perfect gift all gift wrapped and ready to go! Love that!

OK folks...lots going on around here! I'm knee deep in Teacher Appreciation Week stuff and have lots to show you but not for a week or so because I don't want any teacher lurkers :) to see before they receive! I'm making little gifts for their mail boxes each day and all kinds of fun planned for them. I'll show you everything when it's all over!

The Royal Blog Tour starts on April 30th and runs through May 3rd. I have a special somethin' somethin' to share with you...then I will release it as a tutorial after the Tour ends. Don't freak out, you can get your hands on it soon! :) You will read all about it this Friday on the Royal Blog Tour. I am so honored to be asked to participate as an Honorary Queen and I can't wait to see the Tour myself...I've never toured these castles before!
Tune in right here this Friday, April 30th for the Royal Blog Tour.

Sweet Pea Meets Bouquet Bunch

More Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack this time with the new Bouquet Bunch coming May 1st in the Summer Mini Catalog!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack
Stamp Sets: Bouquet Bunch, Hello Again
Accessories: Small and Large Oval Punches, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Old Olive Satin Ribbon and Linen Thread

To make the oval thingies...first punch the Small Oval Punch in brown DSP from the Sweet Pea pack, then center over top of it and punch the Large Oval Punch. This leaves you with an outline oval thingy. Cut each one in half and adhere to the back of the 1-3/4" Circle Punch. Easy Peasy!

Sweet Pea Meets Favorite Thoughts

I have so much of the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack left and I am soooo NOT ready for it to be gone at the end of the month. I've been using it and trying to get rid of it, so this time I paired it with the new Favorite Thoughts set coming out in the new Summer Mini catalog on May 1st.

Here are a couple close-ups and hopefully you can read the sayings, they are pretty cute!

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand

Stamp Sets: Favorite Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot (You have one yet? You need it! How are you living without it??), Top Note die-cut, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbons, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack

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The Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog ends April 30. Don't miss out on your favorites!
However, Stampin' Up! has decided to carry over some of the Occasions Mini products into the Summer Mini Catalog selling period and then into the new catalog so they will still be available!!

116519 Charming STMP $19.95
117690 Vintage Vogue WM $23.95
118598 Vintage Vogue CM $17.95
118882 Vague Vinatge WM $23.95
119109 Vague Vinatge CM $17.95
118091 Tiny Tags WM $22.95
118592 Tiny Tags CM $16.95
117535 DÉCOR ELEMENTS F IS FOR FOX CHOCOLATE $4.95
117536 DÉCOR ELEMENTS G IS FOR GIRAFFE CHOCOLATE $4.95
117529 DÉCOR ELEMENTS IS FOR BLACK $4.95
117541 DÉCOR ELEMENTS L IS FOR LION CHOCOLATE $4.95
117542 DÉCOR ELEMENTS M IS FOR MONKEY CHOCOLATE $4.95
117544 DÉCOR ELEMENTS O IS FOR OWL CHOCOLATE $4.95
117528 DÉCOR ELEMENTS SCALLOP FRAME BLACK $6.95
117549 DÉCOR ELEMENTS T IS FOR TURTLE CHOCOLATE $4.95
117552 DÉCOR ELEMENTS W IS FOR WHALE CHOCOLATE $4.95
118139 DS FOLK FLOWERS -SHELLI SIGNATURE COLLECTION $12.95
117597 DS PAISLEY PATTERNS 2-STEP $14.95
118072 PNCH CORNER PINKING HEARTS $9.95
118870 PNCH CORNER SCALLOP TRIM $9.95
117191 PNCH LG 2 STEP BIRD $15.95
118073 PNCH LG FANCY FLOWER $15.95
117649 PNCH MD BORDER PINKING HEARTS $15.95
117190 PNCH MD JEWELRY TAG $10.95
117193 PNCH SM SMALL HEART $5.95
117310 SZX BIGZ L MINI MILK CARTON $32.95
118138 SZX EMBSLTS BEAUTIFUL WINGS $11.95
117332 SZX EMBSLTS SCALLOPED HEART OF HEARTS $11.95
117335 SZX TI PERFECT POLKA DOTS $7.95
116772 RECIPES BY DESIGN $24.95
120435 HEART TREAT CUPS $2.95

Thank you Nancy Dawson of Paper Dream & Creative Wishes and Martha Lucia Gomes of Stampartpapel for the Sunshine Award!

Melissa Rodgers of MeGa Stampin Studio for the Sweet Blogger Award!

Thank you Gretchen Barron of Inspiration in Action for this Sunshine Award!

Summer Mini Catalog Downline Swap

Several of my group participated in a swap of the New Summer Mini Catalog stamp sets. they did a fantastic job and I can't wait to share them with my customers!

Tammy

Sets: Motorcycle (clever name, huh?) and Favorite Thoughts
Mandee
Set: Go Graduate

Allyson
Set: A Little Bit of Magic

Samantha

Set: Watercolor Trio

Jennifer

Set: Tropical Party

BFF closed

Kim (BFF) open

Set: Go Graduate

Becky

Set: Bouquet Bunch

A Gift for Jennifer

This little gift is for my downline Jennifer who was the first to submit her take on our group sketch challenge. Way to go Jennifer!

The box is the Bigz #2 die-cut box with scallops from the Scallop Circle die-cut adhered to the outside. The gift was an empty brad container that I put a Flower Folds fabric flower on and filled with little...well.., I won't tell, she may not have opened it yet! :)

Bouquet Bunch

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Confetti White

Stamp Set: Bouquet Bunch, Define Your Life

Accessories: Big Shot (you need one!), Two Tags die-cut, Old Olive DSP, Soft Suede DSP, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread, Stampin' Write Markers Old Olive & Certainly Celery, Blender Pen & Really Rust stamp pad for flower pot

To answer the e-mails about what the stand is that I photograph my cards on...here it is. I bought it at Target several years ago in the frame department.

Stamps on Sale! Two Weeks Left!

More simple and quick thank you notes!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy, Thank You Kindly
Accessories: 1/2" Pretty in Pink Striped Grosgrain

Stampin' Up! has 4 stamps sets at 20% off this month in addition to the Sneak Peek set, Awash with Flower shown below.

Awash with Flowers can be your FREE with a $350 workshop!!

Or purchased the month of April only for:

120549 Awash with Flowers (set of 18) clear mount $27.95

117062 Awash with Flowers (set of 18) wood mount $39.95

PLUS, purchase these Spring-Themed Two-Step Stampin' sets at 20% off the retail price, no additional purchase necessary!

113258 (shown on page 112) Trendy Trees

reg. $17.95 SALE price $14.36!

113824 (shown on page 94) Greenhouse Garden

reg. $25.95 SALE price $20.76!

111578 (shown on page 101) Flower Fancy

reg. $36.95 SALE price $29.56!

113734 (shown on page 98) Fifth Avenue Floral

reg. $24.95 SALE price $19.96!

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Thank you to Robbyn W., France and the world famous, ever so delightful Diana Gibbs for the Sunshine Award.

I really appreciate you ladies thinking of me!