~ Happy New Year ~

One of my favorite Stampin' Up! designer papers is the Glimmer sheets...they are available in: silver, champagne and red. This card was created for a Splitcoaststampers.com Creative Crew Challenge...CCREW0114CF. I just had to share this little pretty with you today in honor of the New Year Celebration tonight! Don't you just love a little black dress with sparkly bits all over!

Hope that you all had a wonderful Blessed Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Stampin' Hugs...

~ Linda

~ Poinsettia WOW! ~

Hi Stampers!

Today's share is my first Christmas card of the season, and believe me, if you see it in person, you would be overwhelmingly WOWED by it. It is a  case (copy and share everything) of a beautiful card that I saw created by Deb Valder for the Stampin' Up! Founders's Circle retreat.

~ The poinsettia was stamped with black stazon ink onto a  4x4 window sheet.

~ You need to pool about a one and one half inch spot of crystal effects onto a piece of waxed paper   and mix in 2 drops of cherry cobbler re-inker and then paint onto the poinsettia.

~ You will also need to use a small amount of crystal effects and put one drop of crushed curry into that and paint the berries in the center

~ Next, you sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds onto the wet and let it dry for a good hour. Cut out the flower and then adhere it to the whisper white card stock using some of the crystal effects as an adhesive.

Last week I demonstrated this lovely card at my monthly class.  Everyone was very pleased at having created such an elegant and spectacular little masterpiece!

Recipe:

Stamps: Joyful Christmas
Paper: whisper white, basic black, window sheets p. 156 IBC
Ink: stazon black, cherry cobbler, crushed curry
Misc: crystal effects, dazzling diamonds

Enjoy!

~ Linda

Saturday Morning Stamp Cafe

Hi Stamping Friends!

You will not want to miss my upcoming class this Saturday, October 5th 10am at my home!

We will be creating a WOW Christmas card and another card along with a Christmas ornament.

Now is the time to be planning your Christmas cards as I am currently doing.

There are a few spots available, so please RSVP to Lindam530@cox.net ASAP, so that I may prepare

your materials/kit.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Happy Stampin' Hugs!

~ Linda

~ Princesses Birthday ~

This is the time of year where I get to celebrate the birthdays of my two very sweet grandaughters, Keira and Kaely.  They are currently enrolled in dance classes and just love the entire Princess theme, which appropriately enough was the focus of their birthday party this year!

Currently, they are the delight and love of my life, besides my dear husband, of course. They just know how to melt my heart instantly.  I LOVE being a grandma, especially to two little princesses!

So, today I am sharing a little of what my heart wanted to do for them for their birthdays, creating two very unique cards inspired by Valerie Perlin a French Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

And to add a little girliness to the festivities, I know how much they love purses and all the cutesy things that go into them...therefore I utilized the Stampin' Up! purse die to make a variety of purses filled with M&M's.  And, since there were a couple of boys, I could not neglect them, so I made little fishing tackle bags for them, inspired by a fellow demonstrator Frederica Chaffanjon.

Well, that and so much more has been a happening lately in my Stampin Studio...what has been going on in yours? Please share...inquiring minds want to know...LOL!

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda

Late Night Stampers Fall Treasure Hunt 2013

Hi Everyone!

Please join our Late Night Stampers Fall Treasure Hunt 2013 and hope that you enjoy visiting the following blogs to collect all of the clues to WIN!!!

Happy Stampin',

~ Linda

LIST OF PARTICIPATING DEMOS & BLOGS

First Name	Last Name	Blog Address	Country
Tammy	Baldwin	www.creativeapplescrampers.blogspot.com	US
Carolyn	Bennett	www.carolynstamps.com	US
Jody	Brechbill	www.jodybrechbillstampinqueen.com	US
Brenda	Cook	http://www.cardscraps.com	US
Carolee	Crabb	Care2stampwithcarolee.blogspot.com	US
Tina	Davis	http://www.tinadavisstamps.blogspot.com/	US
Beverly	Farmer	www.createwithbev.blogspot.com	US
Sherrill	Graff	http://yourhiredscrapbooksupplies.blogspot.com/	US
Penny	Hanuszak	http://pennytokensstampinspot.blogspot.com	Canada
Lori	Helvick	createwithlori2.blogspot.com/	US
Diane	Ison	http://teachtostamp.blogspot.ca/	Canada
Suzanne	Johnson	www.gottastampwithsuzanne.com	US
Carolyn	Lindenmayer	http://carolynscardcreations.blogspot.com.au/	Other
Rhonda	Macnally	http://rhondalovesstamping.wordpress.com	Canada
Serena	Marsh	www.reenybeanies.blogspot.ca	Canada
Robin	Messenheimer	http://robinscraftroom.com	US
Joni	Metras	www.joniinthespotlightstamping.com	US
Cynthia	Millan	http://www.StampWithCynthia.blogspot.com	Canada
Kimberley	Morris	http://procrastistamper.blogspot.com	US
Ruth	Pearson	http://pearsonifiedcrafting.blogspot.co.uk/	UK
Ginger	Rabesa	http://www.stampingginger.com	US
Brenda	Riehle	www.stampandscrapwithbrenda.blogspot.com	US
Linda	Rodenberg	www.prettyinky.blogspot.com	US
Heather	Sewczak	heatherscutecards.com/blog	US
Cynthia	Simpson	http://cynthiastampinhappening.wordpress.com/	US
Dee	Slater	http://createwithdee.typepad.com	US
Deborah	Smart	www.stampandcreate.net	Canada
B Jayne	Stenstrom	http://www.jaynestamps.com/	US
Tanya	Stottlemire	www.scramptastic.blogspot.com	US
Charlene	Tackvic	www.AlwaysStamping.com	US
Heidi	Tekunoff	www.twohappystampers.blogspot.com	US
Jackie	Watson	jackielwatson.blogspot.com	US

Here’s how to play:

1. Go to the page (listed at the top of my blog) titled ‘LNS Treasure Hunt-Participating Blogs'.

2.  Visit each of the blogs listed (it’s always nice to leave a comment!) -look for participating Treasure Hunt players – they will have the picture of the SU! box (above), and they will list their clue.

3. Make a note of what the clue is, and whose blog it is on.

4.  Once you’ve collected 50 clues, email them to ME at (Lindam530@cox.net),  listing each clue & where you found it.

5. You have from Tuesday August 20th to Friday, October 25th 2013 to collect 50 clues and email them to me, to be entered into the contest -Contest closes Friday Oct. 25th at midnight PST.

~ My Clue ~