Gettin' Blingy with it!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!!

I hope you and your families had a fantastic holiday! I will probably be taking my tree down this week and getting my house back into order. I love putting away Christmas decorations! I always feel so free and open once they are all tucked away.

Minus the new kids toys, but-- we'll find a home for them soon.

This week on Try Stampin' on Tuesday, we have a blingy challenge for you! Optional challenge: Bling for New Years. (Which is honestly the most bling that happens for me, hahaha.)

Fun design right? Here's what I came up with. 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this new SU Beautiful You stamp set.

I wasn't in love when I first saw the catalog. I even thought "Man, people are going to go nuts over this set, but meh."

MEH?!?

I apologize for my lack of understanding how absolutely amazing this stamp set really is. What sold me on the set was a fellow SU Demo who made simple notecards with her. I jumped on and ordered her immediately, and have been playing with her ever since.

I used big box store brand glitter paper, which perfectly matched Sweet Sugarplum In-Color, and paired it with Dapper Denim.

I hate to tease, but she will be available Jan 4th when the new catalog goes live. DO NOT miss out on this stamp. It will be a HUGE seller.

Thanks for popping in today! Be sure to play along with our challenge on the Blog or on Facebook!

Product List

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

$28.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141414]

$8.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[126889]

$30.00

Clear Block D

[118485]

$8.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$7.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119247]

$5.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Happy New Year!!!

Holy cats, friends! 

Can you believe it's 2016!!

I feel like my blogging dropped off a cliff the month of December! Wow!

I had EVERY intention of catching up, but it just slid down the priority (maybe Festivus) pole.

I'd say the new year brings peace and relaxation, but it will be exactly the opposite. We have back to back birthdays (Jan, Feb, and 2 March) with sprinklings of holidays in-between. My son's middle school wrestling season is kicking off with 2 matches a week until February! I have derby games scattered between Fairbanks and Anchorage and back, and I feel like we just won't be home in January.

See you guys in Feb! Haha, just kidding!

To keep with the madness, I've committed to some health and crafting goals to kick off the new year!

--I'm going to do a 365-day run streak of at least a mile per day.

--I'm going to make a card or other small and quick project a day (quick is KEY here folks!)

Also continue to workout, be a better derby player yada yada.......
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Since I haven't blogged since early December, here's a quick round up of what I've been doing:

Card a day, Day 1!

Quick NYE Celebratory card!

January Swap group card

December Paper Pumpkin

November Paper Pumpkin

Outside of gift card holder for an adopted family by our roller derby league

Inside of GC holder

Gorgeous ornament made for a friend, inspired by Billie Moan of Rambling Rose Studios

October Paper Pumpkin

Stash of cards that I cleaned out for Christmas cards this year

Adorable little girl's birthday card

Are you still with me? Phew! I'm glad you made it!!

If you have ANY questions about any of my cards, feel free to comment and I'll post the information. Right now it's too much to dig up for ALL of them, ha!

Thanks for stopping by and have a stamptastic NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!!

Inspired by the gals at Friday Mashup, I've made a card to play along!! (I know, it's been a really long time!)

So, here is my card that celebrates the new year and sparkles!

The top right firework is supposed to be black...its showing up this odd gold color in the picture.  (sorry, couldn't fix that) I really wanted to stick with the traditional black, gold, and silver colors and be as simple as possible. I really like how the different textures and layers add contrast.

Supplies: Stampin' Up (unless noted)
Basic black textured cardstock
Whisper white card stock
July fourth stamp set
Dazzling diamonds glitter gel and glitter (helped the glue dry faster)
Fancy label punch
Delightful Dozen stamp set
Gold embossing powder, Versa-mark, soft suede ink
WOW white twinkle and black sparkle embossing powder
Cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder

Hope you all had a fabulous holiday season and heres to an amazing 2012!
Have a stamp-tastic day!