Back to school

I can't believe the Summer is almost gone. The kids here go back to school next week. I am trying to get things ready for school and decided to make some cute little post it notes holders. My daughter (now a 4th grader) thinks these are the "coolest!" I made some for her to give her friends too. Just something quick and easy. The images are from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and the backgrounds are stamped with Stampin' Up! Stamps, or embossed using my bigshot. There are tutorials all over youtube on how to make them.
I hope you like them :)
Barbi

Huge Blog Candy Giveaway!!

Hi Friends!
You just have to check out this blog that I have posted.
http://www.kelliewinnell.com.au/?p=5239
HUGE, and I mean HUGE  candy giveaway (this may require a trip to the Dentist, there is so much candy)
at   http://www.kelliewinnell.com.au/?p=5239
 Here is her post, but you have to go to her site to enter. Good luck!!!
Barbi

Blog CANDY to Celebrate….


I am so overly EXCITED about many things, some I can share now and some you’ll have to wait and see, some are to do with my store and some are not but all craft related. But one of my reasons for this candy is that I have reached 550 followers…. WOW I am BLOWN away and amazed that many people like reading my waffles hehe….. And am extremely touched in so many ways by all the visits and comments that people come by and leave… So lets see the candy hey…… OH but before I do…. My candy consist of mainly stamps, stamps from my store, stamps I have bought and never used or bought 2 of etc…..

Mmmm I guess that photo is a tad of a teaser hey. I actually had to get a chair in the end and stand on it to try and get it all in hehe… OK so here is the NON teasing photo….

Want to know everything that is in there that you may not be able to see….? Well then here is the list….

Tim Holtz 2 Embossing Folders
Flourish with a Bling Pearls – Pearl
Flourish with a Bling Pearls – Black
Flourish with a Bling Pearls – Pink
Flourish with a Bling Rhinestones – Silver
Flourish with a Bling Rhinestones – Wine *NEW*
Flourish with a Bling Rhinestones – Black
Magnolia Doohickey – Tilda Lace
Magnolia Doohickey – Vintage Tag
Magnolia Doohickey – Leaf and Swirl
Magnolia Doohickey – Peony Petal
Simply Betty Stamp Rio
Simply Betty Stamp Betty
Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp – Babette
Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp – Monique
Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp – Perfect Poision
C.C Designs – Heidi Amount The Flowers
C.C Designs – Sandbucket Tevor
C.C Designs – Bathing Beauty Emma
C.C Designs Beach Scene
C.C Designs – Coffee Kiki La Rue
Motivet – Rabbit with Dandelion
Baby Buds Designs – Owie
Baby Buds Designs – Ashton
Baby Buds Designs – Jack
Fairy Tales – Cupcake Belle
Fairy Tales – Belle
Fairy Tales – Phillip
Sweet November Stamps – Current Ebbtide & Anela
Sweet November Stamps – Ocean Wavedancer & Echo
Sweet November Stamps – Shimmer Redkelp & Otto
Sweet November Stamps – Bubbles Lostlagoon & Palu
Tickled Pink Stamp – Lil Lolita – 20’s Evie
Tickled Pink Stamps – Lil Lolita – 30’s Lylah
Tickled Pink Stamps – Lil Lolita – 50’s Lilith
Pink Cat Studio – Sick Billy
Pink Cat Studio – Sick Lily
The Greeting Farm – Thursday
The Greeting Farm – Sweet Message
The Greeting Farm – OA – Happy Days
Magnolia Stamp – Wedding Collection – Tilda with Peony
Magnolia Stamp – Wedding Collection – Tilda with Veil
Magnolia Stamp – Wedding Collection – Flower Girl

That is 30+ stamps and over $200 worth of goodies. Now comes the questions, how long for? and how do I enter?
Here are the 3 rules of the candy…

1.You have to post the pic of the candy on your blog or in your side bar with a link back to this here post.

2.You have to add your link to Mr Linky

3.AND THAT’S IT…..

When does it end….? You have until August 16th and Winner will be announced August 17th.

Good Luck Everyone….

Z fold

Hello!
I have been watching Mary over at http://www.cardztv.com/ and getting a lot of great ideas. One of her projects that caught my eye was a Z-fold card. I decided to give it a try and I really like how it turned out. I hope you do too.
The card is quite easy to make. Start off with a piece of cardstock 4 1/4" x 11". Score it in half at 5 1/2" and then score the front at 2 3/4".

I used Stampin' Up! Card stock and Daisy D's patterned paper (Something I collected a while ago)

For the front detail of the card, I used a stamp from Stampin' up! from the Elegant Greetings set. I used border and corner punches also from SU for the lace detail.

Give this card style a try. And don't forget that there are great videos at http://www.cardztv.com/ on this and many other great folds that you can use for an extra special card.

Thanks for stopping by. I will see you again soon!

Barbi

Seeing Double?

Hello again,
Finally, my stamps are remounted and my craft supplies are..well in a different order (I wouldn't say organized exactly..lol) I have been working on a few Christmas in July projects, and I'll show them as we get a little closer to the holidays. For now I decided to make a few simple all occasion cards to restock my supplies :)

Why did I call this post Seeing Double? I made some cards below that are similar with minor changes and also two completely different cards using the same stamp.

These cards were made with Stampin' Up Card stock and stamp from the new hostess set Because I Care. DCWV pattern paper. Making memories paper flowers. White ribbon and pearl accent.

These two cards were made using the same sentiment stamp from Stampin' Up!

Supplies: Stampin' Up! Card stock and stamp from Oval All. Pattern paper from DCWV. Ribbon from Michaels.

Well, I have to run for now. Stay tuned. My schedule has cleared a bit, so I plan to be back here often :)

See you soon!

Barbi

getting it together

Hello all,
I hope that everyone is having a great week! Decided to re-organize all of my paper crafting supplies and in the process started to unmount stamps and remount them on EZ Mount so that I can use them on my acrylic block. Who knew that I had so many stamps :) I have to tell you that it is saving a TON of space. I am really glad that I am doing it. Unfortunately, things are a little here and a little there right now. Hope to have it all together soon and get crafting again.

See you again soon!
Barbi

Friends

Hello,
I hope that you all had a wonderful and safe 4th of July. I would like to thank you all for your very sweet comments.

I decided to take things in a different direction. I thought elegant neutrals would be a nice change of pace.

 This card is all Stampin' Up! products. The card stock is very vanilla, crumb cake, and early espresso. This was highlighted with designer series papers, stamp from the "Vintage vogue" set, organdy ribbon, filigree brads and button latte.

Looking for inspiration in my retired stamps collection...no telling what you may see over the next few days.

Have a wonderful week. See you soon!

Barbi

Monkeying around

I am entering my very first challenge. This is one from http://www.mypinkstamper.com/ and it was a color challenge to use Pink, Orange, Green and Brown. This is my submission.

There is still time participate... hope to see you there!