Oh Happy Day – Occasions Catalog goes Live!

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01-03-2014

There is great excitement as today the new Occasions catalog is available to all customers for ordering. So grab a cup of joe and enjoy going through the pages.  The first 17 pages of the catalog showcase many projects, cards and ideas for using the great new items in this catalog.  The new Designer Series Papers are divine!  Some are soft (Watercolor Wonder) and others whimsical (Retro Fresh) – they will all create amazing projects for every OCCASION! 

If you want to get right to the Product Suites then go directly to page 18.

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My quick and easy card above used our Whisper White notecards and envelopes.  Then I added Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi tape and topped it using the Starbusrt Sayings Bundle.  Fun and super easy!  So go through the catalog, make your list and when you are ready remember you can shop the Stampinmojo Online store 24/7 and have your goodies shipped right to your door!

 Enjoy! Let me know if there is anything I can assist you with.

Michelle

Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #186

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I am so excited to show you my card today.  I love the colors in this week's Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge…

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Since this is my first entry as a Design Team member I really wanted to create something special. When I saw the color combination I immediately knew I would use Gold Emboss Powder on the Inland Indigo (one of my favorite Stampin' Up colors) card stock.  I absolutely love how this turned out!

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While there are nine different layers of cardstock on this card and I believe it still has a clean design.  Here are the details:

  • Standard A2 card base in Island Indigo.  Then a Whisper White card stock layer just a 1/4" smaller all around.
  • The next Island Indigo layer is 3 1/2" by 4 3/4".  The next layer of Whisper White is again 1/4" smaller around.
  • The next Island Indigo layer is 3 1/2" by 2 3/4". Then using Versamark Ink and Gold Emboss powder and my heat gun, I stamped the background with a stamp from Creative Elements stamp set.
  • The next layer Island Indigo is 1 1/2" by 4" and the Gold layer is 1/4" smaller all around.
  • And finally I stamped the Fleur-de-lis from the Best of Shelli stamp set using Gold Emboss powder again, cut it out with my Circle Framelits (the circle framelits are on sale this week) and layered it on a 2 1/2" circle punched in Island Indigo.
  • And finally I stamped the stems of the flowers from Reason to Smile with Versamark and Gold Emboss powder and then stamped the heads of the flowers in Island Indigo.  A quick punch from my 2 1/2" circle punch and then a bow using Whisper White Organza ribbon.

I loved this so much I made an alternative card as well and here is that result:

01-02-2014cThe change was in the final layer  I stamped the Fleur-de-lis from the Best of Shelli stamp set using Gold Emboss powder again, cut it out with my Circle Framelits (the circle framelits are on sale this week) and layered it on a 2 1/2" circle punched in Island Indigo.

I hope you enjoyed my first card as a Design Team member.  I am thrilled and honored to be part of the Design Team.  These are very talented people sharing their creative gifts.

Remember tomorrow the 2014 Occasions Catalog is available for ordering!!!  There are so many wonderful new items in this catalog.  So stop by and check it out.

Have a wonderful day!

Cheers,

Michelle

Ring in the New Year with Mojo Monday

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Today I want to share a New Year's card with lots of bling.  I love Stampin' Up's Glimmer papers as they add a lot of bling and pizazz without a lot of mess.  As you probably know, glitter has a way of getting into and onto everything.  The Glimmer paper is easy to work with and minimizes the spread of glitter.

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My creative mojo came from this week's Mojo Monday Challenge.

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The card is 5 x 5 with a Crumb Cake card base.  Then I used Soft Sky, Very Vanilla  and Champagne Glimmer paper. The stamp sets used were Delightful Dozen (sentiment) and Simply Stars.  Three stars were punched using a framelit from the Circle Card Thinlit die set.  The sentiment was heat embossed with Gold Embossing powder. And the finishing touch was a Soft Sky Candy Dot.

I love the combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Sky together. I would love to hear what you think?

Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Michelle

You Make me Happy

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12-30-2013

We just got back from a wonderful family vacation in Paris. This is the first time we have ever traveled over Christmas and we all agreed while the trip was awesome, we missed our holiday traditions. There is something comforting and special about family traditions – they make us Happy. 

What made each of us very happy was sleeping in our own beds last night after a LONG day of traveling home.

I was anxious to get into my craft room today yet I had little creative mojo. So here is a clean and simple card using several items from the new Occasions catalog that launches on January 3rd – only a few more days!  The new items shown: Watercolor Wonder DSP, Gold Baker's Twine, and Perfect Pennants Bundle (Stamp set and framelits).

A little more sleep and I should get my mojo back. Stampinmojo also created a Pinterest account so please follow me there as well. 

Cheers,

Michelle