just a little snow...

very vanilla, pretty in pink, certainly celery & bashful blue.... 6x6 card.

my new PAPER storage unit!!

my new paper storage paper unit has finally arrived!

a birthday gift, the shelf built by hubby

&

the iris cases received from my many wonderful friends & customers!!!

~ the shelf is made of plywood ~
~ 4ft tall by 8ft long by 15 inches wide ~

~holds 66 iris cases ~

the shelf has enough storage space for:

each of STAMPIN' UP's 40 core colors;

this & next year's 5 "in colors";

some designer series papers, simply scrappin kits

&

a few discontinued cardstocks that I just couldn't part with...

check later for photos once the shelf is in place & filled!

oh yes & a couple of goofy guys who found another use for my shelf ;)

First Impressions Video

if you've ever thought about joining Stampin' Up or wondered about the Stampin' Up company here's a video that you might enjoy. R ;)

Ta Da! a card ;)

yes, I really have been stamping some lately!! see if you can guess what stamps I used?

THE DETAILS: ;)

the INK PAD: had a baby wipe of rainbow ink sitting around in a large plastic stamp box. "I think" orignally the ink colors were melon mambo, so saffron & bermuda bay in the 'circle', but I may have added more ink at some point & as the baby wipe dries out I tend to spritz it with alcohol & shimmer paint spray ~~ this brings the baby wipe back to life but softens & blurs the colors, plus adds shimmer...

okay, so then I stamped the baroque mofit's flourish on whisper white CS & ran it thru the lattice texture folder.. it was lookin' naked... so I found a 'scrap' of the reverse TOP NOTE die & sponged it from the rainbow pad; decided I had the ink too heavy & frost white shimmer paint alcohol spritzed the top note reverse wich softened the inks & attached with snail glue (after it dries!!!)... popped on the white ribbon & decided it was still too naked... grabbed a scrap of presto paper stamped the MEDALLION on it, then punched the bird & sponged the edges & added a rhinestone leftover from the easter kit (yes, I bought the easter kit for the rhinestones only! crazy!)... after lookin' at the bird just sitting in the middle & kinda gettin lost, I punched a scallop circle & attached it & the bird to the card... looked at it awhile then very carefully sponged the scallop circle after the fact (yikes, do your sponging first!!) R ;)

ok, so I'm a little excited ;)

2010 Kia Soul comes home ;)

so I bought a "vanilla shake" stereo today that came with a steering wheel & 4 tires ;)

Finally ;)

the NEW 2010/11 IDEA BOOK & CATALOGUE is here!!!