Tri-Shutter Album

I love small albums that you can take with you anywhere.  Don’t get me wrong, I still like my traditional scrapbooking in larger formats, mostly my 12 x12 stuff but I like having something I can tote along easily in my purse or easily give as a gift to family.  This project was one that I designed in mind to give to my grandmother for her birthday. 

This is what the album looks like when you untie the bow and open up just the cover.

This is what the album looks like when it is completely open.

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Journaling Jar

I love reading old journals to find out about life for family that has come before and think that it is a neat legacy to leave behind for my kids and future posterity.  My biggest problem is that I often struggle with things to write in my own journal.  The journal jar helps with the “writers block” so that one day someone will enjoy reading about me and you!  There are 3 different versions of prompts to suit different ages from kids, to teens and adults.  Hop on over the the Keep Calm and Ustamp On site for the journaling prompts and instructions for this project and many more!
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Cards With Cool Moves

While I have been stamping some this summer, I have not been so good at taking pictures of things before mailing them out and giving them away.  I do still have a few things to show you but in the mean time I wanted to share some items from a past session of UStamp.  These projects were from the Cards With Cool Moves session.  While all of the live events and prizes are over, there is still a lot of fun to be had with over 45 project tutorials. 
The first project is a set of magic cards, where when you pull the image up it will magically turn from a black and white image to a colored one!  I just love these little bunnies and am so glad that they made the cut and are around for another year. 


The next project is a set of old fashioned slider cards.  The gnomes may be retired but there are many new stamp sets that would be fun to try out on a slider card in the new catalog.

The next moving project is a Jacob’s ladder.  I just loved playing with these as a kid.

The last project I created was a Never Ending Card.  I hate paying extra for postage and that is exactly what you have to do with a 6x6 card, which the traditional Never Ending Card is.  So it took a while but I figured out the dimensions to make it a traditional sized card and turned it into a fun birthday invitation. 



Its not too late to get these tutorials and many more!
 

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Keep Calm and UStamp on

Yes I know I am a bad, bad blogger.  I am really enjoying my summer with the kids and all of the extra fun is not leaving much time for blogging.  I have been stamping just not posting any of it on here so I have quite a bit to share with you.  Well we are just finishing up another round of UStamp and I realized I have not shared any of them with your for a while.
I created three projects for this round.  My first project to post was a card set with a shoe box style box for the cards, using the stamp set from the new catalog called Bootiful Occasions.  This stamp set just called out to me as a must have.
  
These are some of my favorites from the set

  

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Blog Candy Winner!

Thank you all for stopping by and leaving sweet comments for the Blog Hop.  The winner chosen by random.org is Shannon Angel.

I should be back in a few days with an actual blog post.

Remember, only two more days of the current catalog, and the new catalog starts on Friday!

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3rd Anniversary Blog Hop!!!!

Welcome to the UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! 3rd Anniversary Celebration Edition 2012 World Showcase Blog Hop.

 

If you have been following the Blog Hop from the beginning, you have just been wowed by Tanya Boser's great sketch, wasn't that an AMAZING sketch and a great way to show it both for a girl and a boy?!   Tanya is a FABULOUS Designer and always shares something special for UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! events!!

 

If you are just joining the Blog Hop, no problem, as you can start at any point. All the Designer's Blogs are linked together so you will be able to see ALL the FANTASTIC projects we have for you.

 

TINY and BIG are all the rage now and since it is National Scrapbooking Month, I couldn't keep myself from re-creating and sharing one of my favorite mini scrapbooks!

 

  It is a mini Matchbook style scrapbook!
 

 

It is such a wonderful way to tuck a small little keepsake in your purse or bag to keep the memory close at hand.  My kids also love them because they are designed around a Wallet sized photo.  They collect the pics from their friends at school and we turn it into an autograph/address book to keep in touch over the summer.

 




As a Special Thank You for stopping by my blog I am giving away BLOG CANDY!!

Please leave a comment about my project to be entered for a chance to win a dynomite prize of 12 inches of ALL the BRAND NEW Stampin' Up! RIBBONS!! These NEW Ribbons will be available as part of the NEW Stampin' Up! 2012-2013 Catalog!! I will randomly select a winner to be announced on Tuesday, May 29th so please check back to see if you are the lucky recipient!
 

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Time doesn’t just fly by…

…it zooms.  I can’t believe it has been so long since I have posted here.  I actually got so busy with things I pretty much forgot I had a blog.  We have still been waiting for the after holiday slow down to hit, and we still are.  I have a bit of a break this week but the kids are out of school for the whole week, so we will have to see what I can get done. 

So much has happened I don’t really know where to start.  That and I do not have that many photos of my latest projects because most of them were finished up minutes before giving them away.  I do have pictures of several UStamp With Dawn and Friends!! projects that I can share with you.  Speaking of UStamp we are in the middle of another FABOLOUS session.  This one is all about the BIG SHOT!

I have had two of my projects go live so far and here they are:

By popular request, I created a new group of Spring Treat Boxes:

I also showed some of our “hair pretties”.  My girls love wearing bows and flowers in their hair but I hate paying store prices for them because they are always loosing them or ruining them, so I had to figure a way to make some cheaper.  And here are a few of them:

Its not too late to sign up for this session of UStamp With Dawn and Friends, and there is still a lot of live fun to come and many more great projects!  So don’t miss out on the fun!

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Blog Hop Blog Candy Winner

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Up on the Rooftop Blog Hop

Welcome to the UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Up On The Roof Top 2011 World Showcase Holiday Blog Hop.

If you have been following the Blog Hop from the beginning, you have just checked out Monika's fun Counting Down to Christmas card set.  Monika's project is a blast and I can't wait to involve my kiddos in the activities!  If you are just joining the Blog Hop, no problem, as you can start at any point. All the Designer's Blogs are linked together so you will be able to see ALL the FABULOUS projects we have for you.

My project is a Love and Joy Stocking banner. As soon as I saw the Stocking Builder Punch and coordinating Holiday Stocking Bigz die in the Holiday Mini catalog I knew that I needed to make a banner using them both.

Each stocking is unique just like the stockings our family has, each unique to its owner.  The letters sparkle right off of the stocking in person as they are coated with a few layers of Dazzling Details glitter glue.  Of course all things at Christmas need to be tied up with pretty bows, so each stocking is hung with care by a bow. 

 The ends of the banner are anchored with a shimmery snowflake poinsettia.  

 As a Special Thank You for stopping by my blog I am giving away BLOG CANDY!!

Please leave a comment about my project to be entered for a chance to win a great goodie bag of current Stampin' Up! products. I will randomly select a winner to be announced on Tuesday, so please check back to see if you are the lucky recipient!

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AND last but certainly not least, it's time to hop on over to the next Designer's Roof Top, so please click the NEXT BLOG button, where you will find Caroline ready to share a delightful Holiday project with you.If you would like to hop back to Monika's Roof Top, please click previous blog.

Thanks again for stopping by and Happy Holidays to YOU!!

Oh and if you are interested in the Treat Boxes on the shelf above the banner, no worries all of the tutorials are still available in the I ♥ the Holidays!! session of Ustamp With Dawn and Friends!!

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Well Hello There!

It sure has been a long time since I have been here, but I am back and have some great stuff to show you as well as a blog hop that starts tomorrow!!!  This is always a crazy time of year with the Holidays and all, and then I have 3 of my kids birthdays mixed in so it gets even more crazy.  I have been working on a lot of my holiday crafts in advance so that I could get them done before things got too crazy to get any of them done.

If you missed Ustamp With Dawn and Friends Knock Out Punches, you sure missed some live fun but it is not too late to access all of the great projects!  This is one of my projects.  This is a fun project for the Birthday Child, it is a ballpark vendor style party favor container. I don't know about your kids, but my kids just love handing out the goody bags at the end of the party.  They usually cant hold them all without dropping them and getting confused and it turns into a big hassle.  Well this is one way to solve the situation!  I am enjoying the 1x8 cello bags from Stampin’ Up! a little too much.  They are so much fun to work with and decorate.

In this shot you can see a glimpse of some of the toppers.  The different toppers are listed below with what I filled each treat bag with.  Hope you enjoy!

Elephant- DSP Wrapped Pencil, Snow Cone- Vanilla Bean Jelly Bellys, Punched Clown- French Burnt Peanuts, Popcorn Tub- Buttered Popcorn Jelly Bellys, Whale- Red and Yellow Swedish Fish, Lion- Yellow and Blue M&M’s, Owl- Sunflower Seeds, Monkey-Corn Nuts
Birthday Bear- $1 bill, DSP Clown- Sour Gummy Bears

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Gotta love the hostess sets!

I really love almost all of the hostess sets in this years catalog.  I love how they are all so achievable.  I was always bummed about atleast one of the level 3 stamp sets that I would never be able to earn.  Now I can earn them all!  I really like the images in the hostess set Aint Love Grand.  I have pulled it out a couple of times but have had a hard time using it on a card.  This is the first attempt that I am actually happy about.  I stamped the plane image with stazon ink on some watercolor paper and then colored it with an aquapainter.  I used Lucky Limeade and Pool Party for the water coloring.  The paper is from the Spice Cake DSP in the Holiday Mini, it is my all time most favorite paper yet from Stampin’ Up!  I’ve got a busy weekend ahead but a fun one, have a great weekend!

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Up, Up and Away

I have had a lot of fun with the Up, Up and Away stamp set.  I have always loved hot air balloons and watching them in the sky.  In fact I remember one time as a child, playing in the backyard with my siblings and seeing one float over our yard, close enough for us to shout “hello” at the people in the balloon and have them shout back at us. This card is super simple but could be used for a variety of different occasions, (I love to have those type of cards around.)  The colors are Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi and Concord Crush, and were inspired by a dress my daughter was wearing. 

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UStamp With Dawn and Friends!! Paper Parade project #2

Who wouldn’t love a 3 in 1 gift?  This is a fun Nesting/Stacking trio of boxes. Although the live event it over you can still get access to all of the projects from the Paper Parade session of UStamp With Dawn and Friends, which include this tutorial.

I think my favorite part of this project is the card.  I just love the look of the quilling on the strawberries.

 

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Ustamp With Dawn and Friends!! Paper Parade project one

Well in my blogging absence I had two projects post on UStamp With Dawn and Friends!!.  The live even is now over but you can still join and have access to all of the 50+ projects and ideas.  My first project was centered around the little stamp set Merry Winter.  I just love the little snowmen.  I just love snowmen in general, probably because I grew up in sunny warm San Diego, the land of no snow (except Christmas Eve 1987, I was 8 and it snowed, but of course melted as soon as it hit the ground).  I just cannot get enough snowmen.  I don't know about you, but I always seem to be reaching for a quick card around the holidays, whether it is a quick note to give with a baked good, or a thank you for some kindness from someone else etc, I never seem to have enough cards around or I have to go digging through stuff to go find one that will work at the last second.  I came up with this cute guy to have out and hide my card stash at the same time. 

I can keep my snowman out as a decoration and he is a card holder at the same time.

I will have cards at my fingertips when I need them,  And I will also know when I am out and need to go make more.

    

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