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November PALS Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the November Pals Blog Hop. We are thankful you are visiting today and hope you enjoy our thank you inspired projects.  

You should have just left stop number 2 on the Pals Hop - Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping. If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

Today my thank  you project is an MDS project. I want to send out thank you notes to my customers because I am definitely thankful for them. My customers are what make all this fun and worthwhile. Thank you for the support and inspiration throughout the year.

Short and simple today, I wanted something that I could quickly produce but still was from the heart. That is why I decided to go with MDS today. Here is my creation:

 

I used the following elements in MDS:

Background
     Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\You're My Sunshine - designer series paper\You're My Sunshine - pattern 4

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\You're My Sunshine - embellishments\You're My Sunshine - border 1
    _Designer Kits\You're My Sunshine - embellishments\You're My Sunshine - circle flower 1
    Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones - pearl small

Stamps
    _Designer Kits\You're My Sunshine\You're My Sunshine - scallop border, Color = 181,177,174
    Thank You Kindly\Thank You Kindly - thanks, Color = 181,177,174

Photos
    Card Stock\Crushed Curry

I hope you enjoyed my Thankful card. I hope you and your family have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving and we'll see you soon! Happy Crafting!

The next stop is Shirley Sumption at Look at my Cute Stuff, stop number 4 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

 

Blog Hop Line Up List: 

1. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
2. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
3. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
4. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
5. Shirley Sumption at Look at my Cute Stuff
6. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
7. Connie Lindsey at Crafting a Joyful Life
8. Michelle Gleeson at Stampinmojo
9. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
10. Colleen Mollema at Uncanny Crafting
11. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping With Avery's Owlery
12. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness.com
13. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
14. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
15. Lisa Davis at Cherry St. Paper Treats
16. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards
17. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
18. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
19. Donna Kopenski at craftycardmaker
20. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
21. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
22. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
23. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
24. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
25. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
26. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
27. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
28. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
29. Sue Becker at Sue's R n R Stamping
30. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
31. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards
32. Marlene Heringer at So Many Toys in Schertz

I Love Paper Pumpkin

 

Happy weekend everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to point out my new info page about Paper Pumpkin. Paper pumpkin is a great monthly subscription service that Stampin' Up! offers. There's no long term committment and you can pause or stop at any time. Take a look at my new Paper Pumpkin page and find out more about it there as well as the links provided there. There is something for everyone with this great little service and, at the very least, it makes  you make time for yourself to craft! That's one of the reasons why I love it. So check out my new page and then sign up with me today, you'll get extra perks for joining Paper Pumpkin with me as well.

My Paper Pumpkin Page

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Blog Hop Winner is.....

Hello!

Thank you all for the wonderful comments on my blog. We now have a winner for the Little Halloween Sign and Treat Bags from last week's blog hop.

And the winner is (drumroll)...

 

 

Brenna! The 24th commenter (used random.org and it picked #24)

brenna said:

how cute are those!!! love it!! I cannot wait to make little treat bags for the kids at my daughters dayhome!! thanks for sharing your ideas!!

Brenna, please contact me within the next 3 days with your mailing information so I may get your Halloween treats to you. Thank you for all that commented and played. I'll be posting again soon. :)

Happy Crafting!!

Pals Halloween Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the Pals Halloween Blog Hop. We hope you enjoy our virtual trick-or treat hop where you will either learn great tricks for your creative projects or enjoy a blog candy treat. You should have just left stop number 24 on the Pals Hop - Sandra Conner at Pretty Provisions. If so, you are in the right spot. If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

My project this month is a Halloween 3D project, a sign using the Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper and the Halloween Bash stamp set. I had been searching the Internet for ideas and love the block look with little sayings popping up in home decor. I took that idea and make my little block sign with a 5x5 canvas that I had in my craft stash. I think this would look great on a Halloween party buffet table next to the drinks. I also used the Black and Orange Stampin' Glitter, Decorative Label Punch, Scallop Oval Punch (would be great here but I had to fussy cut since I don't own it yet LOL), Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Elegant Eggplant markers were used to color the print on the paper, silver glitter paper, vanilla smooches, some google eyes I had left over from last year's Halloween line, and the WONDERFUL WASHI tape! :) I also used the sponge daubers to add Basic Black ink to the sides of the canvas and to distress the paper on the front. As for the back, you could cover it as well with some Basic Black cardstock to have it stand on a table, or leave it open to hang on a wall.

For this month's Trick or Treat, I choose Treat!! So, please comment below and someone will be randomly picked (by random.org) from the commenters below to win this sign along with 4 cute little treat holders:

The treat holders can hold little snack bags of candy, be made into a gift card holder or card, or use it as an embellishment for a scrapbook and put a photo inside it. This is the old tried and true matchbook design where the flap tucks in to the little front fold. I love making these, they're so easy!

To enter, please leave me a comment about what you like about the project or something you are looking forward to creating this holiday season. Comments will be accepted until Monday 10/14 at 5p.m. Pacific. Winner will be announced at noon Pacific on 10/15. US Mailing addresses only please. Winner must email me ASAP and no later than 10/22 otherwise that person will have to forfeit and I'll have to pick another winner.

Thanks for stopping by! Keep on crafting!

The next stop is Margaret Moody at Margaret Moody, stop number 26 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

1. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery 
2. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers 
3. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards 
4. Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly's Creative Corner
5. Debbie Crowley at  expressivelydeb... 
6. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts 
7. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair! 
8. Kerry Willard Bray at  Stampgoodness 
9. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty 
10. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit 
11. Colleen Mollema at My Crafty Habit 
12. Lisa Davis at Cherry Street Paper Treats 
13. Lisa Ann Bernard at  Queen B Creations 
14. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat 
15. Nancy Gleason at  My Stampin Space
16. Beth Beard at  My little craft blog 
17. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons 
18. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine 
19. Peggy Noe at  Prettypapercards.com 
20. Debbie Mageed at  Secret Stamper 
21. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping 
22. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin' 
23. Shirley Sumption at Look at my Cute Stuff 
24. Sandra Conner at Pretty Provisions 
25. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary YOU ARE HERE! :)
    
26. Margaret Moody at Margaret Moody 

 

July Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the July Pals Blog Hop to celebrate the 2013-15 In Colors! Are you ready to see wonderful creations made with Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana? We all love to make these projects, we hope you enjoy viewing them.  

You should have just left stop number 24 on the Pals Hop - Debbie Crowley at
expressivelydeb. If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

This is my busy time of year, in fact as this posts we're getting ready for our summer family trip! So, I decided that I need to get back online and participate but the only way it would happen this month is if I Kept It Simple. And so, as I dug through my new catalog goodies and the beautiful combinations of the new In Color Inks... I decided to make these two little cards quick and easy.

I used 2 of our Whisper White Note Cards (107311) and the Show & Tell 1 Photo Polymer Stamp Set (133450) My In Color Choices were: Coastal Cabana (131175), Strawberry Slush (131178), and Baked Brown Sugar (131174). I was inspired by the use of the hexagon stamp on a cute little treat bag of the "See the Possibilities" Flyer for the Show & Tell Bundle (134533) that comes with both Show & Tell 1/2 stamp sets and the online class "See the Possibilities".

I love using the Photo Polymer Stamps! They cling to the acrylic blocks like a dream and they load  up the ink really well. These are pretty solid stamps and the ink went on so smoothly. I decided to make a little flower design with the Hello stamp around the circle stamp for the flower center. It took me just a few minutes to make and I think they're cute. I personally think I like it better without the border (see below) but I wanted to play around a little with the stamp set. What do you think?
          Thanks for stopping by! It's family day today so now I'm signing off! Have fun blog hopping!!

The next stop is Colleen Mollema at My Crafty Habit, stop number 26 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

1. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
2. Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns
3. Amy Lazzell at Just a Thought...Cards by Amy
4. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
5. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
6. Laurie Chilton at Stampin Ink
7. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
8. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seaons
9. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
10. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
11. Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards.com
12. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
13. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
14. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
15. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' and Stampin'
16. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
17. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner
18. Kari Linder at Stampin' Essentials
19. Angie Blake at Angie's Musings
20. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
21. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
22. Shirley Sumption at Look At My Cute Stuff
23. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
24. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
25. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
26. Colleen Mollema at My Crafty Habit

April Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the April Pals Blog Hop! To celebrate Earth Day, the April blog hop  features new cards and projects that capture the essence of Earth Day through colors and images and/or use recycled or reused elements. We hope you are ready for some fun and creative ideas.

You should have just left stop number 20 on the Pals Hop - Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp. If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

For my project this month, I've chosen to make something out of recycled material. In this case a cardboard cylinder that held a soft drink mix:

 

 

 

 

My daughter really needed something to organize all her hair things, and one day while going through Pinterest I found the cutest idea to make a headband holder (it also holds barrettes and scrunchies inside)! So, here is my interpretation of that project:

 

 

For my headband/scrunchie holder I used the following:

1. "Warehouse sized" soft drink mix container

2. Designer series paper pack: Brights collection (117155) - Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, and Tempting Turquoise

3. Paper Mache medium

4. Wooden balls for feet and handle

5. Brights Collection Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (119698)- Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, and Tempting Turquoise

6. Rhinestone basic jewels (119246)

7. Hot glue

9. Heavy duty adhesive to adhere wood items

10. Coordinating 1/4" ribbon

I adhered the paper to the container with paper mache adhesive. And, while that dried, I painted the wooden balls with a mixture of the adhesive AND drops of the Classic Stampin' Ink! Yes, I learned (from the wonderful Stampin' Success magazine that we consultants receive) that you can add ink to acrylic paint to make custom paint colors for a variety of projects (more to come from me later on this). But, at the time of this project I couldn't find my white paint. So, in the spririt of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle I repurposed the adhesive and experimented with adding drops of the ink to it. And lo' and behold my daughter and I LOVED the glossy effect we got from it for the wooden knob. 

After everything was dry, we added the wooden bead as a handle on top (wooden bead feet will be added later and photo posted, ink  was still drying - UPDATE - see new photo below), added touches of ribbon and bling with the rhinestones and voila! a hair accessory holder is born.  

UPDATE: Here is the final product WITH the little foot beads:

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you how I made these wood beads with the marble look for our container. My kids are loving them!





I love my earth day project! I hope you do too!

Happy Crafting!

Carmen :)

The next stop is Susan Itell at Simple Stampin', stop number 22 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

Blog Hop Line Up List:

1. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
2. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
3. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
4. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
5. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
6. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
7. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
8. Kathleen Law at Craft With Kathleen
9. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
10. Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness
11. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' and Stampin'
12. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
13. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
14. Barbara Furlong at The  Love of Stamping
15. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
16. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
17. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
18. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
19. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
20. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
21. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
22. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
23. Max Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
24. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

 

Blog Candy Winner!

I have chosen a Stamptuary winner (using random.org) for the Pals Spring Hop Blog Candy Giveaway.  Many of the "hoppers" last Tuesday were offering blog candy.  Be sure to watch the winner announcements on their blogs as well!  See the original hop and blog candy post here.

 

MY SPRING HOP BLOG CANDY WINNER IS #12 Beth.  Beth will get the notebook featured in the photo above!

Beth said,

"Your card makes me want to get into MDS.  It is lovely!"

Congrats, Beth!  Please send me an email to [email protected] in the next 24 hours with your U.S. mailing address and I'll get your blog candy sent to you right away!

 

Happy Crafting!

Carmen

 

March Blog Hop 2013

Thank you for joining us for the March Pals Blog Hop! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to share new ideas and projects to get you ready for spring.

You should have just left stop number 14 on the Pals Hop -Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full . If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

My entry today is a My Digital Studio 2 (MDS2) designed Easter Card. I had fun combining the colors and making paper punch flowers just as much as I do with a real paper punch. Here are the items in MDS2 that I used:

 Digi-Card Supply List
Background
    Color = 242,164,103

Embellishments
    Delightful Digital
    Tape\Neutral Delightful Digital Tape 2 - crumb cake (re-colored)
    Baker's
    Twine\Baker's Twine - Crumb Cake
    Baker's Twine\Baker's Twine -
    Crumb Cake
    Baker's Twine\Baker's Twine - Crumb Cake
    Staple
    & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches circle 1
    Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones - pearl large (re-colored)
    Staple
    & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 4
    Delightful
    Digital Tape\Neutral Delightful Digital Tape 2 - crumb cake
    Antique
    Brads\Antique Brads - brad 4
    Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic
    Pearls and Rhinestones - rhinestone large (re-colored)
    Antique
    Brads\Antique Brads - brad 5

Stamps
    Little
    Additions\Little Additions - bunny, Color = 216,57,51

Punches
    Flowers\Blossom
    Party Shape 4, Fill Color = 171,173,63
    Flowers\Blossom Party Shape
    4, Fill Color = 246,211,210
    Flowers\Blossom Party Shape 3, Fill
    Color = 231,131,128
    Flowers\Blossom Party Shape 3, Fill Color =
    158,107,67
    Flowers\Blossom Party Shape 1, Fill Color = 236,115,94
    Flowers\Blossom
    Party Shape 4, Fill Color = 239,147,78

Photos
    Designer
    Series Paper\Sun Garden - designer series paper\Sun Garden - 11
    Designer
    Series Paper\Sun Garden - designer series paper\Sun Garden - 8
    Card
    Stock\Whisper White

You'll also notice that I have the BLOG CANDY EGG proudly posted above. Well here is what I've made:

It's a 5x9 notepad with my MDS2 Easter Card creation mounted on the front cover and embellished with ribbon and some DSP paper. Interested in receiving this blog candy? Please be sure to leave a comment by 6 PM CST on Thursday, March 14. One recipient will be chosen at random from the comments received. The blog candy recipient will be announced on Friday and the recipient will need to email me their mailing address within 24 hours. Blog candy can only be shipped to a US address -- thanks for understanding.

The next stop is Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds, stop number 16 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

Blog Hop Line Up List:

1. Dawn Tidd at tiddbitsfromdawn
2. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty -
3. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
4. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
5. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' & Stampin'
6. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
7. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
8. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
9. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
10. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
11. Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness
12. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
13. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
14. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full
15. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
16. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
17. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
18. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
19. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
20. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair
21. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
22. Ginger Toivonvn at gingerstamps.com
23. Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range
24. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards
25. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
26. Penny Nichols at Sierra Stampin!
27. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
28. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
29. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!

Happy FREE Valentine's Day!

While I got my little ones' Valentines ready I thought I'd get one ready for all of you too! Here is a digital e-card for you. Feel free to share it with others using this link: http://creativestamptuary.typepad.com/files/happyvalday-1.mov

Download HappyValDay

Of course, this was made with the MDS2. I love how versatile the program is and how quick and easy it is to make a project. This one took me just a few minutes. And the ability to make it a movie is great! Here is the recipe:

 
    Page 1 Supply List
Background
     Designer
    Series Paper\Flirtatious - designer series paper\Flirtatious - 2

Embellishments
    Basic
    Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones - rhinestone medium

Stamps
    Delightful
    Dozen\Delightful Dozen - valentine, Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121
    Wedding
    Words\Wedding Words - outline heart, Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92
    Wedding
    Words\Wedding Words - outline heart, Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92

Page
    2 Supply List
Background
     Designer Series
    Paper\Flirtatious - designer series paper\Flirtatious - 3

Punches
    Hearts\Small
    Heart Punch, Fill Color = 255,60,114
    Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill
    Color = 255,60,114
    Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = 255,60,114

Page
    3 Supply List
Background
     Designer Series
    Paper\Flirtatious - designer series paper\Flirtatious - 2

Embellishments


 
TRY MDS2 for FREE

And as another special gift, if you haven't tried already. Please try MDS2 for Free by clicking here. I hope you enjoy using the program as much as I do.