by Susan Itell | Feb 10, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for February 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are CASE-ing a project shown in a current Stampin’ Up! catalog. After all, with the Annual, Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs available right now, there is much inspiration to choose from. We hope you enjoy our creations.
You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.
Today’s inspiration for me came from the annual catalog…page 19 more specifically! I made it mine by making a few changes and I hope that you not only enjoy it but I hope you CASE it – to me, a fun and classic card!
I know that you have bunch of posts to go through today so I am going to share with you a PARADE of pictures and then I will follow up next week with a video on how simple this card is to make….
I know that you are super busy with hopping as there is soooooo much talent out there….please take it all in and please try to find some “me time” to take all of these great posts in.
I blog everyday and I promise that next week I will do a video of this card with the measurements and FUN…..so I hope to see you back!
Now….you need to HOP AWAY….but if you like this card, I adore your comments…so please feel free to leave me a comment and let me know how you like my interpretation of the amazing picture in the Annual Catalog.
Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
- Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly’s Creative Corner
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
- Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo.com
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Susan Itell at Simple Stampin’
- Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
- Jane Knudsen at see jane stamp
- Peggy Noe at prettypapercards
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
- Kim Jolley at Stampin’ Artfully
- Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
- Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
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by Susan Itell | Feb 9, 2016 | Super Easy |
This card came together while I was at a traffic light. Seriously…..I was taking Eddie to the V_TS (remember, he dislikes that word) so we try to say let’s go see Tracey…I had a super busy day yesterday and at the end I will fill you in with Eddie but we need to get to this card!
I knew that I adored the sketch below and was thinking while waiting…..what could I do in a jif – PRESTO….my vision came together perfectly!
It is a card right up my alley….I saw the sketch on the Global Design Project and I had a HUGE smile – this is a FABULOUS sketch and one that you all should keep. I hope that you pop over to the site and see what the amazing design team came up with! FUN challenge1
Easy-peasy is the word for this post! Letting the scored lines be the FUN FACTOR and then the 2″ Circle Punch did the trick with the sentiment from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set. This card is a great example of how “key speed tools” – like the Simply Scored and the Punches make a card like this come together in a cinch!
We all have that “TIME” issue…and you can see that this great sketch lends itself to clean and simple. I say…look at what you have and then GO FOR IT – do not try to recreate the wheel to make it super hard…have FUN!
The sweet little flower with a white perfect accent in the middle….seemed to do the trick perfectly. A super quick stitch around the stamped image helped set it off from the scored layer, fun simple DONE!
Well….not so fast – the envelope – how could we not finish a fun card without the envelope liner! This is from the Brights Designer Series Pack and I have shared with you before that I like to cut mine to a 6″ X 6″ squares as it is easier fro me in storing etc….but I was easily able to do this nice wide (2″) wide piece and also have plenty to line the envelope!
There you go…do you like the simplicity of this card? I know that for many they might be tempted to add on etc...(and trust me, I was going to do that but I stood back and said – DONE)!!! Sometimes you need to just BE DONE…walk away and guess what, you will smile! The sentiment on this card has it all summed up….
LIFE doesn’t have to be perfect to be WONDERFUL
Now to Eddie (real quick)….that little man…those Jack Russell’s are sooooooo smart and fun. We received his blood work results and they were not the best…but they obvious could be worse. Over the weekend he did not eat much at all. He is still drinking out of his horse bucket but he does not have much of an appetite. On Friday he had an antibiotic shot and they wanted to give him another yesterday and also hydrate him with some electrolytes….
When we went to the V_TS, I walked in with the prince all wrapped up and the receptionist called, EDDIE ITELL is here for his antibiotic. The receptionist then told me that the 3 Vet Techs that were working yesterday all wanted Eddie and so it was just going to be the luck of the draw!
His calcium levels are off the chart which makes him feel icky…..but once we can get him to eat something he can start an oral med to help reduce those levels and he should be feeling better. They suggested to just let him have anything….(at this point) to get the orals meds in so he will not get a tummy ache – HE WAS IN CHICKEN HEAVEN…..to the grocery store we went and a Rotisserie Chicken did the trick….he ate little bits of chicken in his glory while the others were eating their dog food.
As the saying goes…one day at a time. He found Mr. Happy (one of his favorite squeak toys) and when we heard the squeak, John and I said….he’s feeling better!
Enough about dear sweet little Eddie….how about some weekly deals! Click Here to see the goodies this week! I think that you will know my pick….I guess that you will have to continue to POP back to see! Remember, I blog everyday so please subscribe to my Blog so you do not miss a thing! If you follow my blog, you know that I love to blog about all sorts of stuff!!!!
Don’t forget….the limited Edition Sale-a-bration items are coming to a close…..do not miss the chance to snatch up some goodies!!! As always, feel free to email me if I can be of help. Enjoy the day and let’s all hope Eddie eats!
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by Susan Itell | Feb 8, 2016 | 3-D Projects, Uncategorized |
Super Cute…Super Fun…Super Practical….Super that it is on SALE…but today is the LAST DAY!
I have blogged about this die many times and click here to see one of post that I have showcased the ins and outs of this fabulous die. Same principles as I have blogged about before but you can see that I switched up the paper and themes!
This die is a true keeper and whenever Stampin’ Up! is so kind to have it on sale….I always get many of you to take advantage it it and I do not blame you one bit. I totally realize that dies are $$$$$$ but when they are on sale, snatch them up! Remember, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY for it to be on sale with the weekly deals!
You can see that I used one of the Sale-A-Bration Stamps….Honeycomb Happiness – a very popular one with many and that little chick is just the cutest! All I did was stamp it on a piece of So Saffron and then to the So Saffron marker over the black lines for additions depth and the sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set….a perfect stamp set that is a HUGE help when looking for the perfect sentiment!
When you read my previous post you can see that this adorable bag is perfect with out 6″ X 6″ paper stacks but it is also a FABULOUS way for you PAPER HOARDERS to CLEAN HOUSE and the best news….you will smile and the person that receives it will smile!
Look at all of the pieces that are in this die……the sky is the limit of using your creativity but even more…you will use the other pieces in this die with card making!
You can see how close you are to earning a FREE Sale-A-Bration item…I say go for it! Click here, grab this gem of a die while it is on sale but remember…it is only today as every Tuesday you wake up to new weekly deals!
Thanks for popping in…I truly hope that everyone had a fun and safe weekend and until tomorrow!!!! Let me know how you like this fun project….the sky is the limit with what you can fill in your bag!
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by Susan Itell | Feb 7, 2016 | Step it up Sunday!, Uncategorized |
Good Morning….here you go – the stepped up version for the 2 day weekend post! This is really getting hard for me to pick as I truly like both of them! It is sad that this is the last full week to be able to get this stamp set for FREE as it will be going “bye-bye” on February 15th but that great news is that there will be 3 more Sale-A-Bration items for you to have fun with through the end of March!
I have lots of pictures for you to see today’s card but before we get to the “ins and outs” of each card…here you go, seeing them side by side so YOU can decide!
It is obvious that I added a pop of color to today’s card but I still was able to keep it super clean and simple. You could easily use different colors that you have on hand but I felt that Lost Lagoon was going to do the trick for me today!
You can see that the other element that is different is that I used the stamp from Gorgeous Grunge to add depth and YEP – it did the trick! I can remember that when this stamp set came out, I thought it was the worst stamp set over….(remember, I see things very literally) but once I started to see it being used for accents like I did today, SILLY SUSAN bought it and I am happy that I did!
To me, this above stamp set is like a secret weapon….WHY??? There are times (like today) that you need just a wee bit more…and this stamp did the trick with instant depth. I tend to use it tone on tone a bunch!
One thing about today’s card is that you would not use as much of your DSP but it still gives a POP with the bold stripe! There are also other prints in this DSP pack that would be fabulous with this card layout…..like the map – WOW, that would be stunning!
Having just the one element of the card LIFTED UP makes the card come to life. I think that we all can agree that when you elevate a part of the card….there is a special feeling about it….and you know if we feel it when we create, than you know the recipient feels the same way!
It might be kind of hard to see, but today I also added some small brads on the wheels and then to the propeller area, I used a candy dot brad base with a black candy dot . The little propeller was from the Festive Flower Builder Punch…I forgot to put that in the below products….sorry! Little touches like this might be an additional step but they are steps that really add an extra level of WOW!
Here you go….some measurements for you! I hope that you feel free to email me if you need further help with this card….or anything else!!! This IS a card that I would suggest making more of….(I made 8 of them when I was doing this post) – which one did I do???? I did the one from today as it worked out perfectly with the DSP that I had. They both are truly great!
Saturdays Card:
- The Stripe Piece is 5″ X 3 3/4″ and the Very Vanilla that I stamped is 4 1/2″ X 2 3/4″ and then the mat is a smidge larger, 4 5/8″ X 2 7/8″
Sundays Card:
- The Lost Lagoon is 5 1/4″ X 4″. The Stripe piece is 4 1/2″ X 3 1/4″. The Vanilla and mat are the same as above.
It truly was funny as I knew that I wanted to do a 2 day post featuring this great stamp set (especially since it will be leaving us soon) and I truly was trying to make it more difficult on myself. Does this sound familiar to any of you? Why do we do this to ourselves….I took a deep breath and said, SUSAN….JUST DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU,,,,and there you go!
I hope that you enjoyed this weekend post and I hope that you can see that here you go – a great masculine card! It is FOOTBALL DAY…..I adore watching the commercials – how about you? I am glad that I do not have to pay for them (I think it is crazy how expensive these are) but I admit, it is a highlight to see them!
Feel free to shop away while watching the game….best of both worlds! Thanks for your time and I hope that you can get “inky” today!
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