~ Fleur de Jour ~

Today I bring you a project that I have been working on with a few of my crafty paper pals these past few weeks.

This is from SVG Cuts and my dear friend Liz initiated this and she did all of the cutting and prep work beforehand. The willing paper participants, including moi, eagerly watched a tutorial together to make this beautiful piece come to life!

As many of you already know, I just LOVE flowers!!! And being that we live in the desert, do not get me wrong, I know there are beautiful desert flowers here too, but, being from back East, there is nothing that can compare to the flowers grown there from Springtime throughout the Summer months.

So, to satisfy that need, I happily make flowers out of paper!

And, there you have it for today!

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

Paper Pumpkin Christmas Ornament

Hi Fellow Crafty Friends!

Welcome to my humble blog. Earlier this year, I began subscribing to Stampin Up's My Paper Pumpkin. Each month I received a kit that comes with instructions and all materials to create some very nice paper crafts. Sometimes they are cards, one was a little wreath, which I adore and various 3-D items.

This is a version, my interpretation of the most recent kit. I LOVE Christmas! And somewhere out there in Cyberland I saw this idea and have not been able to retrieve it to give due credit.

So, I somehow figured out how to make my own ornament.

A few years back, Stampin Up sold the mica flakes and I had some other retired tools that made this come together quite effortlessly...was a lot easier than I anticipated! I love when that happens!

Let me know what you think...I might have to make at least another version, perhaps pink or something.

Well...on to my next Christmas project! This past Friday I went to the Briar Patch Christmas Fair at a local high school. So many ideas are swimming around in my head...LOL!

And my little Elfie friend has been busy too decorating around the house...she fears it might be a little too cool to venture out to the shed to bring in some more boxes of goodies :) A nice hot cup of chocolate would probably motivate her!

Well...hope you are enjoying this Christmas season...stay tuned for more adventures!

Love & Blessings...

~ Linda

Gingerbread Greetings

Greetings my fellow paper crafting...rubber stamping friends!

Well...as you can see...I have been quite busy lately!

Our beautiful Stampin' Up! designer series paper Candy Cane Lane is probably my all time favorite Christmas paper so far and I have been using and utilizing every single little scrap and piece to my heart's content.

From the right side of the photo is a tag that I created for a swap that was held in October and the  middle tag was created for a swap with my team members earlier in November.

And my little Gingerbread house was put together yesterday while it was gray, cloudy and rainy here in what is usually sunny and warm Phoenix, AZ. Would a collection of these be really cute in an evergreen swag adorning either a fireplace of doorway? OHHH! Now I have to get even busier and make more! 

Other projects that are in process include...wreath making, shadow boxes, banners, Christmas cards all with beautiful Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog products!

Hope that you are all warm and cozy and enjoying your crafty adventures...wherever they take you.

Until next time...

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

Happy Easter to my Favorite Chicks!

Happy Easter!

Good Morning!

These two little cutie pie bags will be in the hands of my sweet little granddaughters very soon!

We created Easter and Birthday cards earlier this week and had so much fun together! I feel so blessed that they and their pretty mom, my daughter in law and her mom enjoy getting together to craft.

Well...these are filled with all kinds of little goodies that I have collected for them over the past few weeks.

Recipe:

Stamps: none

Ink: Pumpkin Pie (shading), Pink Pirouette (cheek blush)

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: White Bakers Twine, 5 Petal Punch (feet) (retired), Blossom Punch (hands), heart gems (non SU), Oval Framelits, 3/4" punch, 1" punch, white Signo pen

Hope that you enjoy these little Cutie Pies as much as I did creating them!

Happy Stampin"!

~ Linda

Birthday Bows!

Today I am sharing with you a gift ensemble that I put together for a dear friend of mine, whom I met via a Meetup group that gets together almost weekly to enjoy different ethnic eateries for lunch around the Phoenix area. I enjoy trying different flavors and sometimes attempt to mimic the dishes in my home cooking for my dear husband!

Well, anyway that is another of one of my life's simple pleasures that keep me out of trouble...Ha!

The above photo includes a gift bag and card with the gift (photo below) that I put together for my friend's birthday of which my husband and I will be celebrating with later this evening.

Stamps: non SU birthday greeting
Paper: whisper white, Sweet Sorbet dsp (retired)
Ink: black stazon
Misc: bow punch, flower punch, dahlia punch, Sale A Bration ribbon, retired in color button

Ok, now to explain the shadow box gift...Part of being an active Stampin" Up! Demonstrator is attending meetings once a month with my fellow enthusiasts. At one of our meetings last year, we were each asked to create a certain number of "inchies" (although they are almost actually 2" in size).
We swapped them out and  the above photo beautifully displays all of the wonderfully talented ladies' mini masterpieces!

My contribution is the one in the upper left hand corner made with our lovley spiral die.

Well...there you have it for this week!

Stay Happy! Stamp and Create!

~ Linda

~ Grandaughters 6th Birthdays ~

Hi Everyone!

Yes, it is that time of the year...my precious little twin granddaughters Keira and Kaely are 6 years old already! They wanted a Frozen themed party...so of course, I custom created a special birthday banner just for them! And...the fun did not stop there...I went ahead and made them their personal birthday cards and decorated gift bags!

My life is truly blessed by these two little ladies. It is such a joy watching them growing up and becoming more and more beautiful both inside and out...thanks to their awesome parents...my lovely daughter in law Angie and son Artie.

Items were created using mostly Stampin' Up! Supplies!

Enjoy the weekend and cooler temperatures!

And Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

 

 

Convention Mementos!

Happy Friday! What a whirlwind these past few months have been! Getting ready for the Annual Stampin' Up! Convention that I have been attending for the past 6 years brings me so much joy!

Today I am sharing one of the Roomie Gifts that I created for my awesome new friend(s).  I made three extra and they can be in your hot little hands for a special price of only $15.00! This includes shipping and handling and will be sent First Class.

You will need to act fast though...the first 3 paid invoices will receive these little pretties which are made in the Stampin Up Convention colors and  theme.  These are handy little note books to take with you just about anywhere! They measure when closed: 5" x 8 1/2" and opened 11" x 8 1/2".
You can use the bookmark for your beautiful Stampin Up catalog.

Please email me if you are interested and I accept only PayPal as payment. Sorry, no checks or credit cards.

In the near future, I will be posting some of my swaps that I made for Convention too!
Stay tuned...

Happy Stamping!!!

~ Linda
Lindam530@cox.net

* Shabby Topiary *

The pure joy of finishing a project! About a month ago, a group of paper crafting friends, including me, got together and created this beautiful topiary! It has been on my to-be-completed list since and finally this morning it is fini!

The flowers were created by using SVG files, please do not ask me how, as one of the ladies, Debbie Young, a very talented paper artiste, in our group did all of the behind the scenes preparation and cutting.

Just in case any of you are wondering, I am also planning on creating one in Stampin' Up! style with our awesome Spiral Flower die! Perhaps one for moi and one for a special friend...could that be you?

Ha! Ha! You will just have to wait and see ;-)

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

LalaLoopsy Beanie Girls!

 

Happy Spring! These cute little twin LalaLoopsy Beanie Girls will be in my pretty little grandaughters hands on Easter Sunday! Aren't they just soooooo cute!

We made them at my monthly Cafe Chicks class in March. I received an original at the 2013 Stampin' Up! Convention that I attended, from Terry Bork of Independence, Kentucky, as a swap! 

Supply List:

Accessories: 3 1/2" Circle and Scallop Circle Bigz Dies, Simply Scored Tool, 3/4", 1/2" & small heart punches, Square Lattice EF, Primrose Petals ribbon, 1" x 8" cellophane bags

Card Stock: Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink Pads: Pink Pirouette

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda