Just a little something...

Just a little something I put together.  Their a little boring but practice makes perfect.

My Christmas Trees...

I just love this stamp set!  This stamp set is called Snow Swirled by Stampin Up, of course.  As soon as I seen it in the catalog, I had to have it!!  Isn't it pretty.  Its all 'blinged-out'. LOL

If you look closely I tried to use Stampin Up's Crystal Effects on some of the stars.  Unfortunately, it didn't work.  It started to smear... well now you know.  Crystal Effects on ink smears.  Ugh!

I love Christmas...

These cards were made with Stampin Up's Price Less, Delightful Decoration stamp sets with coordinating Ornament Punch and the Seasonal Sentiments stamp set.

I used a black ball point pen to draw the lines.

If you look closely, I used Crystal Effects from Stampin Up on the ornament punch out to give a little "Bling"

Upsy Daisy

These two cards were made with Stampin Up's Upsy Daisy stamp set, coordinating card stock and designer paper.  Unfortunately, I don't know the names of the paper because I purchased them in a set from EBay.  I should have used my Stamp-a-ma-jig because the Birthday came out crooked. LOL  I still need help with my knots... LOL



Shopping.....

Once I decided that I needed more items, I started hitting the craft stores looking for designer paper, adhesive, accessories etc.  I also contacted a lady on craigslist for some Stampin Up stamps.  She had a lot of stuff.  I purchased a Sentiment Stamp Set and she threw in some other stuff too.  So I had my 1st set of stamps.... what to do, what to do.  OMG!!! It was SO hard to coordinate the paper, ribbon and stamp color...ugh!  This is what I came out with...

I need help on my bows.. LOL

 Hows my Thanks card, so patriotic. LOL



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My measurements were all off and do you see what I mean about coordinating the paper color and stamps...

I got a headache trying to match these... LOL

(These cards were inspired from a very talented lady on YouTube)

In the begining...

In the beginning, because I was very, very interested my girl friend asked me to attend a Stamp-N-Take event with a Stampin Up demonstrator.  I was so excited and couldn't wait!!  It was scheduled in 2 months and I was getting anxious.  At that time I had NO stamps of any kind.  However, I did have some craft paper and card stock from previous projects.  So one day I sat down at my desk and put some cards together and this is what I got.

These cards are kind of boring, but OK, for something I just put together with what every I had available.