Welcome to mystampincloset

More than likely you've stopped over from Mary Fish's blog.  I've been blessed to be a "Pal" since 2010.  I'm so glad I joined her group and I've loved all the people I've met through her downline.  I've decided to rename my blog and I'm welcoming you all here to "My Stampin' Closet".  Why the name you ask? Well...when my daughter was born 2 years ago I thought I'd be able to share my craft space in a corner of her room.  What was I thinking?!?!  I looked around the house and the only place I could carve out a spot for my creative genius to work was in the back of our master bedroom closet.  Now, let me assure you right now, I do not have a massive closet.  My desk fits the width of the closet and I use all the vertical space for storing my stamps and paper.  One day I might actually show you pictures :)  For now, though, here's a card from a recent Card Club.

When I saw this card over on Becky Roberts' blog I immediately thought about my owl punch and turning the card into something that looked like a tree.  I was so pleased with the way it turned out and I'm so happy to share it with you today.  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

My Birthday Card Class

In March I held a Birthday Card class.  My guests came and made 6 cards.  With their class fee they received a roll of Rich Razzleberry ribbon, a package of envelopes and rhinestones.  Therefore, each card needed to use the ribbon and rhinestones.  I did pretty good with that challenge (with exception of no rhinestones on the mustache card).  What do you think?

 I CASEd this one from Heather here.

 I CASEd this one from Brandy here.

 This one was an interpretation of a card my friend Kathy had.

 I made this one for a challenge a while back. 

 This one was an interpretation of a card I saw on Stampin' Connection (the Stampin' Up demonstrator site).  Erica created this one.  You can see her version here.

This is a CASE from Debra here.

No foolin'- here are some cards

Geez....it's been a month since my last post!  This is no April Fools.  I'm posting a few things.  I was busy doing actual classes and I find that I don't blog as much when I'm prepping and hosting classes.  The two cards below were part of the cards my Club ladies made.  I really love the look of a Crumb Cake base.  This first card was a PPA Color Challenge (Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral and Primrose Petals) card, but I missed the deadline to post.  I really like playing with those fabric flowers! 

 This card was a sketch challenge, but now I can't really remember what challenge it was (sorry!).  I used the Parkers Patterns paper and some of the burlap ribbon.  I think this one could be a good masculine card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Stampin' Up March News

There's a LOT going on at Stampin' Up.  Here's my synopsis.  Hold on to your hats.

1- NEW really CLEAR stamps.  Stampin' Up has finally released a truly clear set.  This is a test set and is only available for a limited time.  Price is $13.95
2- a new "Best of" set for March.  Price is $14.95.  Purchase 6 of the "best of" sets and get 1 free.


3- SALE-A-BRATION ends on March 22.  Be sure to place your order soon.  Order here.

4- Online stamping class.  This class (price $14.95) is a digital download and includes instructions for 34 projects that you can make.  A full supply list is included for each project and you can easily use other sets that you own.  Order here.

5- Paper Pumpkin monthly craft subscription launches this month.  For $19.95 you can have a quick, 30 minute or less, project delivered to your doorstep each month.  Click here to subscribe. (Be sure to select me as your demonstrator.  My zip code is 75075)

6- A special "Sent with Love" stamp set and paper is available until 4/30.  The stamps are cute and the paper is adorable.  Stamps are $17.95- clear mount only.  Paper $10.95.  Bundle (stamps, paper and Calypso Coral bakers twine) $25.50.

7- Single stamps are still available until 3/31.  Get'em before they're gone!  Click here to see images.

A special birthday card for a special boy

We've hit the spring birthday rush!  Saige had 3 birthday parties in 1 week!  We went to Bennett's birthday party on Saturday and the theme was "All things B".  When I went to put together a card I started looking through a few different sketch challenge blogs to see if anything struck me.  When I saw the Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch it hit me and I think it's the fastest I've ever put together a challenge card. 

I was really happy with how it turned out.  I used the Honeycomb embossing folder to create the soccer ball.  I didn't quite get the black spots on the ball right, but I figured there was enough over it (and he's just 2) that it wouldn't matter too much.  What do you think?

Celebrating Sale-A-Bration

It's Sale-A-Bration at Stampin' Up right now!  That means you'll get a free product for every $50 you spend (ask me for more details).  I try and save a big supply order for Sale-A-Bration time and get some of the free fun stuff.  Here's a card with a ton of Sale-A-Bration items on it.  I used the Fab Friday Sketch #11 and the Create with Connie and Mary #CCMC238 color challenge (Calypso Coral, Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade).

I LOVE the way this card turned out.  I used the new single stamp that fits the framelit.  I think I'll probably use it a lot in my scrapbooking so I had to have it.  I also used the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set, the Vintage Verses stamp set and the Sycamore Street DSP.  What do you think?

That's the ticket, Valentine!

For today's card I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #72 and the colors from the Pals Paper Arts #152 challenge this week (Real Red, Pool Party and Primrose Petals).  I decided that I wanted to use the laser cut heart so I flipped the sketch on it's side.  I absolutely love the More Amore Designer Series paper pack.  I'm not sure I could have done the color challenge without it!  I'm really looking forward to scrapbooking a few pages of Saige using this paper this year!  I used the Tiny Tags stamp for the little ticket punch.  It's a pretty good fit.  I wish there were a few more stamps for the tiny ticket.  I'll keep holding out hope that there's one in the next catalog :).  I hope you like the card!