From Hearts to Hydreangas

Happy Happy Wet Tuesday to you all!!!

I will take a wet day over a snowy day any day, especially when I had to drive to Kitchener to see my surgeon that did my ankle replacement 4 years ago, snow is pretty but not on the road.  For those that know me well I am happy to say that I can put the surgery off for a little longer and doing so will maybe allow me an more up-to-date newer replecement for my replacement...giggle

Now on to the card, this is first version to a punch card we are going to be doing on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday having had it done and looked at it for awhile now so there will be a couple tweeks but you get the idea.  Now I cannot take credit in any way for knowing how to take a heart punch and make a hydreanga the credit definitely goes to  http://www.vatitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/ if you have never been to her site well go there now and be inspired.

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Owl Tulips: Who would have Thought!!!!!!!!!!

Good Monday Afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!

I am putting a  sneek peek of a card we will be making at my next class on Dec 4,6 and 7th I believe we will do a little more sponging on it but I was happy at how it turned out and was 100% inspired by my go to http://www.gretchenbarron.typepad.com/

But this is a short post due to the fact that I have to get to my daughters school for the afternoon.

So I hope you were inspired by Gretchen and myself
Happy Stamping
Crystal

2 MORE DAYS LEFT TILL NOV 30/10

JUST A QUICK REMINDER LADIES AND GENTS

TUESDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING MY TEAM WITH THE HALF PRICE STARTER KIT. (yes you can even get it for the great deal and who knows you may be surprised by who all is excited to buy from you and start giving you orders..smile). JUST ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE PRICE HAS NO HIDDEN SURPRISES...THERE IS NO TAX AND NO SHIPPING CHARGES.

IF THE STARTER KIT IS TOO DAUNTING FOR YOU WELL THEN BE SURE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE 30-50% OFF ITEMS THAT AS WELL ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON SALE AS OF TUESDAY AND GIVE ME A CALL TO PLACE THE ORDER OR DO IT ON-LINE YOURSELF....A REMINDER TO THIS AS WELL IS THAT ALL ORDERS $200.00 OR MORE WILL BE FREE SHIPPING

HERE IS THE WEBSITE: http://www.stampinup.com/  or go right to my website at http://www.layerqueen.stampin.net/ 

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU
Crystal

Penquin Time

Did you all think that I forgot about you all???!!!!

Well let me just say that I did not forget I just kept running out of hours in a day, and just could not get myself into my room.

However tonight the kids and hubby all seemed to be looked after fine, all were in the room of choice and well it freed some time for ME!!!!

I have promised tht the next class I did I would do some punch art however this particular card I am not pleased with enough to do for a class, it just did not turn out the way I thought it was going to but I did still think that it was rather cute and will work for my son to give to one of the few people has yet to give a thank you card too from the summer.

So I sure hope all of you had a great weekend, it certainly was a mixture weather wise.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you were inspired in some way
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Thanks....I needed that

Good Wednesday to you all!!!!!

This card was most definitely a SCS sketch challenge from over a year ago BUT sometimes I get a brain fart and do not know what to do, so the sketches help me to get the mojo going and this is what I had come up with.

The little bird was stamped twice and just dimensionaled up then he and the flower got some of my other favorite thing and that is the Crystal Effects to make them really stand out (does this more in person than in this picture) the main background was the Bella Toile BG in Pink Pirouette. The other backgrounds are the En Francais done in versamark then brushed with some of our pastels (chalk).

Well hope you are having a fantastic day where ever you may be.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Thank Ewe....smile

Yep so it is Tuesday and I already feel like it should be the end of the week.

Everyone seems to be feeling a little better the voice is slowly coming back...still have a few letters go missing in a word occasionally but hey I can handle that.  My son has gone 12 hours with no throwing up so all is good!!!!

This little sheep is pretty much the reason I got the Pun Fun Set I just thought that she was just as cute as can be.  I had made up a whole bunch of these for a friend that had a baby girl as part of her gift to hand out as her thank you cards

Well I have not much to say, other than IF you have not had a chance to sit down and look over the FANTASTIC  deals over at Stampin Up I am telling you YOU need to get a coffee, diet coke, tea whatever is your preference and sit down and look it over, it is done in  7 days.  I mean any of you thinking about the MDS (My Digital Studio) well how is 50% off...yep you read it right $53.48 instead of the regular $106.95 and so much more go now ...... I mean it right now, then give me a call or email if there is anything that you just have to have

So thanks for popping on by, hope you liked the card and was inspired in some way
Hope you can come back again real soon
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Love you Much

I'm Back!!!!!!

So what did you think of the fantastic sale items, did you make your list....I know I did

Now on to the card you know I made this card eons ago and found it while cleaning up my scraping room and thought WOW I forgot all about this set....is it even  a current set.....I have no idea actually but thought I would load it up for you anyways.  I will not be getting any stamping done only because I do not feel like it I have had a windinger of a weekend with the not feeling so hot and now my little boy has been home throwing up and is finally getting some much needed sleep....I too would love to sleep but my little girl is not yet sick and well I just cannot sleep and leave her alone.  Hopefully when her daddy gets home he will let me have an hour.  Although he is the one that went out to work this morning BUT I was the one up in the middle of the night giving puffers, getting buckets and medicine...do you think he will go for it....smile
I KNOW he will he is a great guy.

Hope you like the card, if I remember correctly this was a sketch from Splitcoaststampers from long ago.
Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

WOW!!! Stampin Up has out done themselves again!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here is the deal not only can you get the starter kit for 50% OFF now we have even more deals for all of you. Click the link below get yourself whatever morning cup of whatever and sit back and make your list....some of the deals are outstanding!!!

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?country=CA&categoryID=777&dbwsdemoid=2008123

Be sure to contact me quick if you are wanting any of these deals because they are gone on the 30th as is the starter kit promotion.

Happy Shopping!
Crystal

Flight of a Butterfly

Well, well Happy Saturday to you all!!!!!!!!!!

This week just seem to fly by and I was able to make a couple new cards for you all but the last couple of days I have been feeling a little under the weather and todays the first day my throat is not hurting BUT to my hubby's great joy I have lost my voice, I sound like one of the mice from Cinderella...smile

However we have an intimate surprise party to go to this afternoon and my husband and I wanted to give this young lady a gift. She is going to be going to Honduras to do some missionary like work and will be gone for a couple months, and I needed something to put it in so here is my version of a flight of the butterfly and no it does not even use any of the stamp set.

One of my old favorites is the Thought and Prayers ( and yes it is still double mounted...aghhhh) I have not used it for some time only because I had used it so much I was afraid some of my customers would think I owned no other stamp sets.....giggle.

So here are the ingredients...yes I have recipes on the brain as I just finished a triple chocolate decadent cake to take to the hostesses house as a contribution to the buffet.

STAMPS: Thought and Prayers, En Francias
INKS: Concord Crush, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz
PAPER: Same as inks as well as the DSP that has these colours in that I cannot remember, Vellum cardstock, and Vanilla
ACCESSORIES: Eyelet Border punch, Lots of Butterflies die, pearls all different sizes

So I hope that you all have some wonderful plans for the weekend and that you enjoyed the card I showed you today
Happy Stamping
Crystal

WHOO...would have thought

Well Good Afternoon to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am the first to admit that I was not even remotely excited as some of the others out there about this owl punch...I sat there thinking what on earth would I do with a bunch of owl punch outs......yeah okay so here I am ordering the silly thing.  You know why I got it BECAUSE all you talented ladies out there that see more than just an owl...you see a ghost, penguin, tulip and so on and so on.

So anyways I had gotten a download from another demo named Amy Taylor at http://www.justalittleink.com/
for the calendar and thought that it would make a really cute magnet for the fridge. I had gotten one from a  secret sister last year and loved it on my fridge and with the  year on its way I made one up to replace the old one.

I used the clear scallop die after glueing som DP onto the magnet sheet. I then cut a lattice from Whisper White paper. from there it is pretty self explanatory...however if you do have a question feel free to ask.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you can come again soon
Happy Stamping
Crystal

PHEW>>>finally here is the card

Well I said I would be back and well better late than never.....and I am later than I thought I would be.

So I was inspired from a card on http://www.gloriousgreetings.blogspot.com/ she had done a black and whote card for her nephews wedding and it got me to thinking that I have a whole package of Newsprint DSP that I had not used yet so this is what I came up with.  The really funny this is I had the colour challenge paper out on the table to use and the Sense of Time stamp set and as you can see neither of them were used....go figure

I really should have made this into an anniverary card but hey you can never have to many thank yous either....smile

Well time to get the kiddies to bed so that is all for now
Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

STAMPS: Elegant Thank you, Tea Party BG
INK: Basic Black
PAPER: Newsprint DSP, VVanilla, Basic Black
ACCESSORIES: Black Satin Ribbon, Clear circle Die, Lrg Scallop Punch, 1 3/8 circle Punch, Scallop Circles Die, Big Shot Machine....and yes it is a must have...smile

Here is the Breakdown...I'll be back with a Card later

Ok, by now you've all heard that the Starter Kits for joining Stampin' Up are HALF PRICE from November 15-30, 2010. The kit costs $107.50 total. Here's the deal:

Here’s what is in the CUSTOMIZABLE Standard Kit and the value of each:
1. Any $41.95 or lower Stamp Set
2. Any $35.95 or lower Stamp Set
3. Any $22.95 or lower Stamp Set
4. Any $9.95 or lower Stamp Set
Before we go on, note that the $107.50 kit cost has already paid for the 4 sets above valued at $110.80. That means EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS FREE!!!!!!
5. $24.95 Brights Patterns Designer Series paper stack (OR color of your choice) FREE
6. $20.95 Stampin’ Scrub® FREE
7. $12.25 Whisper White 5/8" satin ribbon (OR ribbon at the same or lower price) FREE
8. $9.95 VersaMark® pad (OR ink pad at the same or lower price) FREE
9. $9.25 Card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Whisper White OR color of your choice) FREE
10. $9.95 Small Chocolate Songbird Tile Décor Elements® (OR Décor Elements item at the same or lower price) FREE
11. $8.50 Assorted color card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Getting Started OR assortment of your choice) FREE
12. $8.95 Clear Block C (OR clear block at the same or lower price)FREE
13. $9.75 SNAIL Adhesive® (OR adhesive at the same or lower price) FREE
14. $7.25 Fast Flowers Stampin’ Around® wheel (OR standard wheel of your choice) FREE
15. $4.95 Stampin’ Around Self Inking Handle (standard) FREE
16. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
17. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
18. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
19. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
20. $6.50 Uninked Cartridge (standard) FREE
21. $5.50 Stampin’ Mist® (OR StazOn® Cleaner) FREE
22. $5.25 Stampin’ Dimensionals® FREE
23. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
24. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
25. $3.32 Blender pen (single) FREE
26. $2.95 Marina Mist Classic Ink Refill (OR color of your choice) FREE
27. $1.95 Décor Elements Applicator Tool FREE
28. $1.17 Stamping sponge (single) FREE
29. Catalogs ($34.95 for 8), business forms, and other printed materials to get your business off to a great start! FREE


And were you thinking about getting My Digital Studio, maybe for Christmas?
The kit costs $107.50 total. Here’s what is in the CUSTOMIZABLE Digital + Kit and the value of each:


1. $106.95 My Digital Studio™ software
2. $5.25 Stampin’ Dimensionals®


Before we go on, note that the $107.50 kit cost has paid for the My Digital Studio software & dimensionals above.


That means EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS FREE!!!!!!

3. Any $32.95 or lower Stamp Set FREE
4. Any $22.95 or lower Stamp Set FREE
5. Any $9.95 or lower Stamp Set FREE
6. $20.95 Stampin’ Scrub® FREE
7. $10.95 Brights Designer buttons FREE
8. $9.95 Small Chocolate Songbird Tile Décor Elements® (OR Décor Elements item at the same or lower price) FREE
9. $8.95 Clear Block C (OR clear block at the same or lower price)FREE
10. $8.50 Assorted color card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Getting Started OR assortment of your choice) FREE
11. $9.75 SNAIL Adhesive® (OR adhesive at the same or lower price) FREE
12. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
13. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
14. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
15. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
16. $6.75 Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon (OR ribbon at the same or lower price) FREE
17. $4.95 Glue Dots® FREE
18. $5.50 Stampin’ Mist® (OR StazOn® Cleaner) FREE
19. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
20. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
21. $8.50 Card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Whisper White OR color of your choice)
22. $1.95 Décor Elements Applicator Tool FREE
23. Catalogs ($34.95 for 8), business forms, and other printed materials to get your business off to a great start! FREE

So  I know you want it so just give me a  call or go to my website at http://www.layerqueen.stampinup.net/ and hit the join now button and start picking your kit.....my password is: starterkit
Hope to have some of you join my team

Crystal

AMAZING OFFER!!!!!!!

Vintage Anniversary

Happy Tuesday to you all!!!!!

I am really behind on getting my parents their Anniversary card, it was on the 4th of October.  I have a really good excuse though and my mom is aware of the reason so it is okay.

I was really nervous about this card because when it comes to clothes my mom is not a fan of browns and pinks going together BUT I had just gotten my wide striped grosgrain in the pink and it was screaming out to me to be used.....so needless to  say she got a pink and brown card.   Guess what though.....SHE LOVED IT apparently it is okay on cards..smile

Anyways they have been married for an amazing 41 years and still in love which is soooo great and a true inspiration that even though every marriage can have its ups and downs, it can be done and love will always win.

Now that I have rambled on long enough here is some supplies needed:

STAMPS: Friends 24/7
INK: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery
PAPER: Pretty in Pink DSP, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
ACCESORIES: Pearls, Crystal Effects, Top Note Die, Big Shot Machine...IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE YOU NEED THIS MACHINE!!!, Log Cabin smooch Spritz, Scallop Border Punch

Now one last thing just a reminder that yester was the first day of a two week promotion to get your never before offered starter kit for 1/2 price.....that means for $107.50 you can get all the supplies in either a digital starter kit or standard.  You can sign up to get the kit and if you end up not wanting to sell or do workshops you can just drop with no charges to you and you will not have to give anything back.
So if you think you would like to become part of my team then feel free to contact me and I will help you get signed up or if you just want to do it on your own go to http://www.layerqueen.stampinup.net/ and my password is: starterkit

So that is all have a great rest of the day

Happy Stamping
Crystal