Halloween with the Dynamic duos!!

Today's card is my one and only Witches slipper!!  The Dynamic duos is having a fantastic challenge this week with Tangerine Tango and Basic Black.  With those two colors you know you have to do the dessert option of Halloween!!!  What fun!!!  Here's my card I did for the challenge:

I have always wanted to try to make this witches shoe.  Having not planned ahead, I didn't go out and find a die to make this job a lot easier!!  
Instead, I had paper and a pencil.   What do you think?
I have to admit, this took much longer than I thought!!  LOL!!  I intended to make several of these gems for my friends and family.  Well.....I got one done!!  It took me two hours of fussing!!!  Eeeek!!!  Maybe now that I have figured out the details, it won't take me so long next time.
The card base is Basic Black for the shoe.  The upper part of the shoe is retired
SU Halloween DSP that has both orange and black in the pattern. 
For the tongue of the shoe, I used Tangerine Tango and ran this through with the Scallop Circle die.  Then I added black brads to represent the buttons.
Last, I fussy cut the spider from the now retired SU Dark and Dreary stamp set.

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Amy

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Envelope Punch Board!!!

Hi fellow stampers!!!  This week I have been playing with my new 

Envelope Punch Board!!  I don't know what took me so long, but I'm in LOVE!!!  No more boring, white, normal-sized envelopes!!  You can use colorful paper to create everything from very small to long and skinny.  

So Cool!!     Everyone is so excited about this amazing 

new addition to the line of Stampin' Up! products!

Here are some important facts for you to have:

Item	Description	Price
133774	Envelope Punch Board	$19.95

• It creates totally customizable envelopes in up to 66 different sizes (not to mention a million different color and pattern options depending on the paper you want to use). Even tried and true envelope sizes will only take you moments to create!
• It's super easy to use; it will go over as a huge wow when you demonstrate it at your events and your customers see it in action. It looks intimidating at first glance, but when they see that all you have to do is measure for the first punch and from there you just turn and score they'll go crazy (in a good way).
• It's small and lightweight; this makes it easy for you to take it to your events and show it. It's also a great selling point when you show your customers how it's super portable and easy to store. It's small and light enough that they could use it while watching a soccer match, at a park, at a friend's for craft night-anywhere.
• It even has a slick scoring tool as well as a punch that lets you create rounded corners on your envelopes.
• It's easy to keep it all together; the stylus storage compartment and two punches are designed into the tool so you don't have a bunch of little pieces to keep track of (even the instructions are printed right on the tool so you won't lose them!).
• The price is terrific-especially for a tool that does so much!
• It will be in next year's annual catalog, so it's here to stay.

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I love being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!!  The relationships that I have made through Stampin' Up! are priceless.  Through my Upline, Ann Schach and Mary Fish, you will have access to our online social network with the Pals.  The Pals have so much fun and offer so many fun ideas too.  Stampin' up! is about sharing and I would love to share Stampin' Up! with you.  If you have questions or concerns, just drop me an email or give me a call.  
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Have a wonderful week and I hope to see you part of my team!!!

Amy

 

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Pumpkin Spice Latte Anyone?

Autumn brings some of my favorite things in life; crisp air, glorious colors in the trees and Pumpkin Spice Latte's!!  Yes my friends, I can't get enough of that warm cup of goodness!!  It just warms my soul!  This weeks color challenge made me immediately think of this fabulous treat with the colors of Fall. Of course, the stamp set "Perfect Blend" was right there ready and willing to be inked up.  Here's my card below:

Here is a closer look......

The Fall leaves and the birch bark are from the Simply Created Thankful Table scape.  I have found so many uses for the items in the kit!!  However, none of them have been what the kit was intended for.....a place setting!!  LOL!!

This weeks Just A Thought.....

Wow!!  Isn't that the truth!!  Sometimes we don't realize how very special a moment can be.  As you go through our journey in life, we age, friends or family come and go or you loose a beloved pet.  Those moments your sitting on a bench watching the sunset or throwing that toy for your dog for the millionth time, are special and priceless moments.  Never take for granted those little things!!


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Amy

Stampin' Up Supplies:

Paper:  Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Cajun Craze 

Stamps: Perfect Blend

Ink: Early Espresso

Fabulous Tools:  Dimensionals

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Hello from the Puget Sound!!

Well I'm back again in the fabulous state of Washington!!!  
I seriously can't get enough of this beautiful area!!
This week was the week....the start of college for my daughter.
This past month it's been an incredible journey with her.
We have planned, shopped, mailed, flew back and forth, hauled luggage of an unspeakable weight and shopped some more.  Amanda has now officially started her first day of classes yesterday. 

 I'm so proud of my girl!!

Well, enough of the college stuff!!  On to this fabulous sketch by Nicole!!!
What do you think?  Isn't this fun?

   Here's the card I made using this sketch:

 I made the card using the "Ecetera DSP."  This paper is absolutely one of my favorites!!  I paired the DSP with "Crumb Cake," "Very Vanilla" and "Calypso Coral."  I used lot's of layers, but kept the project clean and let the paper and the sketch do the work.  I used the stamp set "Hello, Lovely" for the sentiment.  The card was made for a very special person Amanda and I met in Washington that worked for Western Washington University.  She was introduced to us by a friend I work with here in San Antonio.  To start, we were greeted as we arrived in our hotel room with a fruit basket and chocolate.  Then she called and took us to dinner at a lovely restaurant.   Words can't express what that meant to us.  A complete stranger who went out of her way so that Amanda could have a friendly face should she need someone while she's at school.  Wow!!

This week's Just A Thought...

Never give up on
a dream just
because of the
time it will take
to accomplish it.
The time will pass anyway.

I leave you with a couple of beautiful pictures along the Puget Sound.
This was our view as my daughter and I ate dinner together
before I left to go home the next morning.

My dream is to wake up to this every morning...

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Amy

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Time for Tea with the Paper Players

This week we have a marvelous color challenge with lucious colors of
Baked Brown Sugar and Calypso Coral.  I was so excited to play with these colors!!   I had a tough time deciding which stamp set to use though.  Should I go with a coffee theme again with Perfect Blend?  No, I've been doing a lot with that stamp set lately.  Then I thought, not coffee, but how about a tea?  Woot, woot!!  That's it!!  I pulled out the set called "Tea Party."   These colors would be wonderful in a vintage card with this stamp set.  Here's what I did below.  What do you think?

and a closer look.......

This week's "Just A Thought"......


being creative
is not a 
HOBBY
 it is a 
way of 
LIFE.

Oh so true!!!  I was in my crafty spot Sunday night working away when I had......let's say a "moment," with my ink pad.  Anyone out there know what I'm talking about?  Well, it turns out this is a pivotal "moment" in a crafters' life.  It was 12:53am and I finally finished my cards for Pals Paper Arts team and our Pals Blog Hop.   Woot, woot!!!  Then it happens.......I had a serious wrestling match with my ink pad called Always Artichoke!!  The darn thing won't close.  I'm struggling, pulling pushing...nothing!  Next thing I know, the ink pad goes flying in two parts across my work table!!  Noooooooooooo!!!!!  I watch in slow painful horror as this thing flies!!!  It's like seeing something in slow motion floating in there air and heading for any number of things you wish you could move, cover up or push out of the way.  Then it lands...... right side up!!  Whew!! Woot, woot!!!  It's party time!!  Not wanting to push my luck any further;  I very carefully picked the thing up....picked up the bottom...pulled out the trash can and dropped the puppy in there!!!  I then got up and proceeded to the bathroom to wash my green hands for 15 minutes.  Well, I'm still green.  Looked at my once white shirt...well it's a goner too!!  I'm not sure who came out the winner in this wrestling match but at least my cards are ok!!!  Ruined shirt fine,  ruined white carpet (yes....white)....well... ok...but ruined cards...Absolutely not!!!!!  So this my friends is evidently the moment when you come to the realization that this is a "way of Life."  Definitely not just a hobby!!

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Amy

Stampin' Up Supplies:

Paper:  Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Modern Medley 

Stamps: Tea Party

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar

Fabulous Tools:  Dimensionals, Lattice Embossing Folder 

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September Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the September Pals Blog Hop. This month we are showcasing projects made with the Stampin' Up! tools we love. 

You should have just left stop number 10 on the Pals Hop, Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits From Dawn. 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.

Here in Texas Fall can't come fast enough!!  This week I decided to feature my favorite tool during my favorite time of year in hopes that Fall arrives here sooner!!!  It's starting to cool down to the mid nineties....so maybe?  LOL!!!  Ultimately my favorite tool of all times is the "Big Shot."  I use this tool on every single card I make.  Yes, I love my stamps, but the Big Shot adds that special touch that takes my cards to "WOW!!"  The possibilities are endless between embossing folders, dies, framelits or sizzlits.  What ever your pleasure might be, the possibilities are endless!  Here's my card below:

Here's another view.....

For this card I used a couple of recent favorite stamp sets, Walk in the Wild and Harvest of Thanks.  In addition, I took the Birch Paper Ribbon from the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit and used this as the background with the fabulous 1 1/4 Burlap Ribbon accenting the lower portion of the card.  Just one small note......I could buy the whole warehouse out of this Birch Paper Ribbon!!!  It looks so real!!!  I love it!!  The tools I used, along with the Big Shot, are the Square Lattice and the Woodgrain Embossing Folder.  Then I used the Apothecary Accents Framelits.  Then last, but not least, I used Delicate Doilies Sizzlits Die.  Imagine this card without these added touches.  This card would not have had the same impact without all the layers and textures if I had not used these tools. 

The next stop is Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons, stop number 12 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month! 

As always I love to see your comments and hear your questions!!  

Have a fabulous week!!!

Amy

1. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
2. Shirley Sumption at Look at My Cute Stuff
3. Barbara Chatzkel at Take Out Paper Arts
4. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
5. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery
6. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
7. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
8. Maria Flores at Maria's Sandbox
9. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
10. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits From Dawn
11. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
12. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
13. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
14. Peggy Noe at Prettypaprecards.com
15. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
16. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
17. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
18. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
19. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
20. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
21. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
22. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
23. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
24. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts