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Deal of the Week - Hodge Podge Hardware

Stampin' Up! is having a Deal of the Week during July where different items are marked down and can be purchased online or from me.  This week's deal is the Hodge Podge Hardware which is usually $29.95 priced this week at $18.99  What a deal!  There are 200 pieces of hardware in this kit and you get the tin to boot (which is great for embellishing once the hardware has been used up or placed in other containers).  Hodge Podge Hardware is listed on page 178 of the new catalog and is awesome for scrapbook pages, cards, albums, so many things!!!  Go check it out now, right here. This is my website where you can also order this great deal.  Click on Shop Now at the top of the page and have this delivered to your doorstep.

Very Thankful

Very Thankful is a Stampin' Up! Ronald Mcdonald House set.  There is a different one each year and from each set sold Stampin' Up! donates $2 to Ronald McDonal House. When I saw this little turtle on here I knew it would be in my first order.  What a fun image!

A very simple and quick card.  The image is mounted on Basic Black and I have scored from the opposite side of the card using my Stampin' Up! cutter and a stylus to create a design right on the Whisper White base card. Coloring was done with my Stampin' Write markers and glitter added to his turtle rounds (made that up) and the hearts.  Love this set!  The hello was taken from a stamp in Teeny Tiny Wishes that said hello baby but I only colored the hello part and stamped it on my card.  Time to get the baby to sleep so I will go now.  Enjoy!!! 

 

Best Wishes and More

A new day...last night was clean out the refrigerator  night. We have this loose shelf in the door of our fridge and of course I knocked it off sending bottles flying and breaking a bottle of Worcestershire Sauce (definitely need spell check for that one!)  on my tile floor sending it up the walls, into the fridge and all over the floor. What a mess!  Got that cleaned up and finished the job so now my fridge is bright and shiny.  Why don't they make self cleaning refrigerators like they do ovens?  That would be so nice and save so much time!  

Anyway, this morning  I decided to treat myself to a little paper play time and came up with this fun card that is bright and shiny like my fridge.  I love the new In Colors from Stampin' Up! this year so bright, bold and fun.  I made it for a friend and will send it to her today but I wanted to share it here before I send it off.  The stamp set is Best Wishes and More for the flowers, leaves and bird, Kind and Caring Thoughts, a Level 3 Hostess set (Thinking of You sentiment) and such a versatile one with all the words and flowers, Teeny Tiny Wishes (Friend to Friend) for the tag at the bottom, stamped on Whisper White and attached with Linen Thread.  This set says everything!  and the best part is it fits on my Word Window punch perfectly.  By putting the paper through the punch from the top you can make a Word Window as long as you like...but I digress, that is for another day. Thinking of You was stamped on Whisper White and cut from the Scallop Oval punch, and another punched from Crushed Curry and mounted slightly off for a shadow effect. The base is Pumpkin Pie cardstock along with Soft Suede, punched on the bottom with the scallop edge punch and Rich Razzleberry punched with the Eyelet Border punch. The Big Shot die  Scallop Envelope was cut from Razzleberry Lemonade (don't you love all thes names..sounds like a picnic) .   Soft Suede 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon and a Fresh Favorites II button (Linen Thread tied in the button hole)  finished out the bottom with the Friend to Friend tag attached with Linen Threa.  So there you have it. Off to clean house...ugh.

July 4th Projects

Posting a few of my July 4th projects; two cards and two boxes. I made one of the boxes from our Window Sheets  (114323, Page 158) or transparencies as some call them. These come in 12 x 12 sheets, 2 to a package.  I cut the box using our Sizzix Bigz XL die, #2 Box ( 114518, Page 201). I attached only at the side with a couple of glue dots.  The stars are popped up on trimmings from cutting out the box die - I cut small stems, folded at the end and attached to box with a glue dot making little star banners on top of the box. Love the blue and white yogurt raisins inside. The second little box is made from our Real Red Textured Cardstock, stars are all punched using our Star Punch (109045, Page 186) and the star tag on the red box was made using the Tag punch (105934, Page 186) and the Small Tag punch (108264, Page 186). Ribbon is 1/2"  Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (110714, Page 182)   Ribbon on the clear box is 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain ribbon (109052, Page 183)

Supplies used Flag Card: Cardstocks Real Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White, Star Punch( 109045, Page 187),  Sizzlit Decorative Strip Dies:  Naturally Serif(113453, Page 196) and Swirly (113456, Page 196), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive (110755, Page 192)

Supplies Used Celebrate July card: Cardstocks Real Red, Whisper White and Night of Navy.  Celebrate Everything and Jumble Alphabet stamp sets. Designer Brad Star (112572, Page 179), Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144, Page 179), Large Star Punch and small Star punch, (110710 & 109045, Page 187), Window Sheets, Medium ((114323, Page 158)

Wow, where have I been!

Wow, I can't believe that I have not posted in over a month.  June was really a whirlwind with a crisis with hubby that sent me out of town for a week and began a downward spiral as  I got behinder and behinder with class projects, hostess club projects, blogging, family, everything.  I hope I am getting back on track now.  So much has happened in a month...a new catalog, a new $85 starter kit, Deal of the Week weekly specials from Stampin' Up! for the month of July. The buttons are on the sidebars here, just click and go to see the details.  Convention is just around the corner and I am sure we will have lots of surprises we will learn there to share with you. 
Our new catalog is AWESOME and my wish list is getting longer and longer.  If you don't have a copy you can buy one for $5 plus mailing cost if that is necessary.  To get one free join my hostess club or place a $25 order either with me or online at my website, www.marthabeck.stampinup.net and click on SHOP in the upper right corner.
Today I am sharing a couple of baby cards I made from a new set, Animal Stories, on Page 88 of the new catty, item # 116716 for $15.95.  There are four of the cutest little stamps: an elephant, whale, giraffe and a little owl that reminds me of Weebles...Weebles wobble but they don't fall down...remember that?? I am using the elephant on the outside and a couple of others on the inside.  To really bump up your cards a notch try stamping on the inside for an added surprise when your recipient opens their card. 

Stamp Set: Animal Stories (116716, Page 88) , Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370, Page 145)

Cardstock: Old Olive, Brilliant Blue, So Saffron and Whisper White  Cardstock (Pages 155 - 157)

Designer Paper: Tall Tales (115678, Page 161)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908, Page 156) Brillant Blue (100691, Page 156)

Accessories:  Sizzix Pennant Die 113483, Page 200) used for scallop circle

1-3/4" Circle Punch (112004, Page 186),  Large Oval Punch (107305, Page 186), Scallop Oval Punch (114889, Page 187)  Scallop Edge Punch (112091, Page 186)

Ribbon: 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain (109051, Page 183)

This is the inside of the Animal Stories boy card:

These are images that are in the stamp set, Animal Stories, and match the designer paper, Tall Tales. Cute huh!  There's that little Weeble owl..had to include him.  With the tall giraffe they look like Mutt and Jeff.  Who are Mutt and Jeff....never mind.

Here is the girl version:

The supplies are pretty much the same except that I used Rose Red ink for the elephant and sentiment and Rose Red Cardstock for the scallop edge, and this gorgeous Whisper White Organza 5/8" wide ribbon (114319, Page 183) This ribbon dyes with our reinkers very well and ties so easily.  I have tea dyed it for a beautiful aged look as well.  I pierced the scallops since it is a girl card.

Isn't this the cutest on the inside? The little Weeble owls all in a row sitting in the grass, cut from Old Olive cardstock.  There is a smidge of the DSP from the front used on the edge of the Whisper White inside...just had it lying there on my table and attached it.

OK, that's it for today.  Going to post my July 4th projects tomorrow.  Lots of red white and blue!

Have a great day!