Random Vintage Finds

October Afternoon CHA releases

2012-01-20T09:09:00.003-06:00

Did you guys see the first 2 releases from OA?

They are Adorable!

The third one is going to be shown on Wednesday! I can't wait.

(actually I have seen it, it is super cute!)

Gnome Love

2012-01-17T09:05:00.002-06:00

I got my new stamps and dies from Stampin' up last week, and I finally made some time to play with them. I made this wedding card for my cousin who just got married on Sunday (after a 10 year courtship). The had the wedding in a quant church in St. Paul and then we all went over to The Happy Gnome for the reception (hence the gnome card).

Cuttlebug Spot is back...after a short Holiday

2012-01-12T10:32:00.004-06:00

Winterseason has begun, snow nice!

Use texture like felt, buttons, string, ribbon etc and create a Winterscenery.

So you guys know I collect Shiny Brite ornaments....

I also save the boxes after I put the ornaments where they need to go.

I LOVE those smaller 6" X 4" boxes.

I have started creating little "scenes" in them that can hang.

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Blue- Archivers

Pattern Paper: Snowflakes-Papertry Ink

Ink: blue-Distress Ink TH, White- Papertry Ink

Die Cuts: A Muse Studio

Stamps: Swirls-Heartfelt Creations

Other: Gems, Stickles, mini clips, vintage mini tinsel and felt

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

A fun little project before the holiday

2011-12-20T11:42:00.004-06:00

I found these 5X5 flat plaques at Crafts Direct in St. Cloud and I knew I want to do something with the Flower Sacks from October Afternoon. I also knew I want to do some sort of a tree.

I have been thinking about this project for a few months.

I finally had time to make it.

It was SUPER easy!

I glued a sheet of OA Figgy Pudding on the front of the plaque and distressed it with distress ink.

Starting at the bottom of the tree I used the largest flowers.

I cut out one wedge of the flower so it would be able to flatten out.

I then fan-folded the the flower on the scallops. (See photo it will make more sense).

I should have taken step-by-step photos... but hind-sight is always 20/20 :)

I topped it off with a star. Added a few gems and added rub-ons to the background.

Santa Baby

2011-12-13T08:53:00.003-06:00

Are you ready for Christmas? I finally got all my shopping done yesterday.

For the Cuttlebug spot today we are asking you to create anything with Santa on it!

Here is my card. I used a ATC that I just made for trading club.

This is a great way to use up those ATC's that you get. just layer than and glue it to the front of a card.

**Update, I've had a couple people ask about the ATC. ATC is Artist Trading Card. They are 2.5" X 3.5" and to be deemed a ATC they need to be on a card just that size.**

The background: I ran a piece of paper through the Cuttlebug. Using the debossed side of the paper, I inked up a brayer and brayed over the paper. The ink stayed above the embossed snowflakes. Isn't it a cool effect?

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Red- Archivers

Pattern Paper: Snowflakes-October Afternoon

Solid Paper: Red- Archivers

Stamps: Santa-Inkadinkado, Celebrate-Stampin Up

Embossing Folder: Snowflakes from QuickCutz

Die Cuts: A Muse Studio

Other: Gems, sprINKlers (from October Afternoon), Stickles, Tinsel trim (Tim Holtz), Tiny attacher, Crepe paper, Christmas Paper Tape and Stamping Up clip

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Gingerbread House contest

2011-12-10T12:00:00.004-06:00

The contest is still going... but here is our house (Jon and I were partners this year.)

A Bears Gotta Keep Warm

You can vote for your favorite here: at the Gingerbread House Off Blog

Super cute cards—for inspiration.

2011-12-05T09:06:00.003-06:00

I was surfing this morning and came across the Hero Arts blog, which I have not visited in a while. Boy! Some super cute cards out there!

This one by Lisa

This one by Teresa

This one is by Michelle

Do you have scraps? …of course you have scraps!

2011-12-02T05:01:00.001-06:00

I bet you have scraps especially after making your Christmas cards, right!?

For the Cuttlebug spot today we are asking you to use your scraps!

My card is all scraps!

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Blue- Archivers

Pattern Paper: Snowflakes-October Afternoon

Ink: Navy-Momento, Light blue and Red-A Muse Studio

Embossing Folder: Sizzix Flower and Snowflakes set

Die Cuts: A Muse Studio

Other: Gems and sprINKlers (from October Afternoon)

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

October Afternoon Santa Sack #3

2011-12-01T10:32:00.003-06:00

Yes, it is a sneak... Don't you love it! Look at all the yummy stuff. So what do you see? I think I see some... HOLIDAY STYLE!

It will go on sale Friday 11:00 a.m. CST

$39.99 is the cost plus S&H

Shipping and Handling will be as follows— flat rate per Santa Sack.
Continental USA/APO-$10.00
Hawaii/Alaska-$15.00
Canada-$18.00
and all other Countries $35.00

For more info go to the OA Blog. Here is the info for Week 2's sale

Silhouette Cameo—advent calendar

2011-11-29T11:49:00.004-06:00

A while back Silhouette had contacted me asking if I wanted to try the new Cameo?! Of course I do. They sent the new Advent calender along with the machine. This weekend I tried it. I have to tell you I had never used a silhouette before, and I LOVED it! It was so much fun.

So incredibly easy. I just followed the set-up and along I went (did not read the instructions). It is amazing how and what you can do with it.

Here is a peek at our project. It uses all October Afternoon Holiday style! (except the bingo numbers and ornaments are from my stash and the ribbon and twine are not OA).

and here is the entire thing.

(click to enlarge)

Today I am making 2 more. A girlfriend of mine is also making a couple to give as gifts.

Here she is working on them...

And here is the planning of the drawers. She wanted to make sure they looked well together and the color was balanced.

This is truly one of the most fun projects the tI have ever worked on. And the Cameo is an amazing product. Check it out here.

October Afternoon Wrap Packs

2011-11-16T05:01:00.000-06:00

Over on the October Afternoon blog, we are featuring Wrap Packs.

Have you seen our new product called Wrap Pack?
They are awesome ribbons/trims that coordinate with our paper lines.
They also coordinate between lines. Full of variety and fun. All feature the trendy butcher twine in fabulous colors. Would you like to win one?

Here are my cards I made with them....

(Holiday Style)

(Farmhouse)

Did you know that you could use rub-ons on ribbon? That is what is on this lace edging. Didn't it turn out cool! I also used sprINKlers on the lace to give it a little age.

How would you like to win? Just let us know which one you'd want on the OA Blog.

Gobble Gobble Gobble

2011-11-15T05:01:00.000-06:00

Welcome back to another fun challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot. With Thanksgiving next week, we decided the theme for the next 2 weeks will be Gobble Gobble Gobble. Do something fun with a Turkey.

Here is my turkey. Isn't he cute!?

I had fun making him. I was finally able to use my new embossing folder from Couture Creations called Walrus and Carpenter. I love it. I bought it at the Crop Stop they really have THE BEST folders!

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Kraft- A Muse Studio

Pattern Paper: Turkey feathers-My Minds Eye. Orange chevron-Echo Park

Ink: black-Momento, Vintage photo and Wild Honey Time Holtz Distress ink

Embossing Folder: Walrus and Carpenter-Couture Creations

Other: Gem, String and Sewing

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Cuttlebug Spot is Back!

2011-11-01T05:01:00.000-05:00

Here is my first project for the updated Cuttlebug Spot Design Team....

I was playing with the new release from October Afternoon, Sidewalks. It is a really versatile collection.

Isn't that paper cute!

Recipe
Folder— Did not use one...this challenge is anything goes!

Paper—Solid Bazill, PP October Afternoon
Ribbon/String— October Afternoon (the fabric ribbons are also October Afternoon)

Ink—Momento

Other—Super Sticky Tape and Sewing Machine

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

The Cuttlebug Spot is coming back!

2011-10-19T08:41:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to let you know that we will be relaunching the Cuttlebug Spot November 1st! The first week is " Anything Goes" ..... it is our way to welcome back all our fans.

I'm still here!

2011-10-12T09:07:00.004-05:00

Sorry guys I've been super busy. I am working part-time at October afternoon and it takes up a lot of my free time. I will get back to creating. I need to get back to creating.

In the mean time... October Afternoon is having a HUGE warehouse sale! I'd love to see you there.

New October Afternoon Fabric!!!

2011-09-21T05:01:00.001-05:00

Now annoucing our new fabric!!! Now we have something for all those quilters and sewers. As well as those scrapbookers and cardmakers who love to make their own embellishments. We will not be selling it ourselves but you can purchase it at FatQuarterShop

Here's a sneak...... of the first release is from Farm Fresh

It is available in Cotton and Flannel.

Next line to be released is Fly a Kite.

Here's my project.

We hope you're as excited about the fabric as we are. We'll be randomly picking a winner on Monday, Ocotber 3th. The winner will receive a Fat Quarter of all the Farm Fresh patterns! Please enter to win this awesome prize on the blog:

Check out the October Afternoon Blog

2011-08-31T08:57:00.001-05:00

I have a project on there!

October afternoon

Garage Sale Tomorrow!

2011-08-19T08:49:00.000-05:00

CRAFT SUPPLY GARAGE SALE!

If you like crafting, scraping or stamping this is the sale for you. We have over a hundred items for under a dollar: ribbon, string, paper, markers, etc. Brand names for many items, including October Afternoon, May Arts, and Stampin' Up. Retired demonstrator is selling of demonstrator products and supplies including SU exclusive catalogs, die cuts, stamp sets and ribbon. Lots of craft supplies and vintage finds. We have priced items to sell so come early before what you want is gone. There are over 3 of us that got together to put stuff into this sale. I hope those who live in MN can come.

If you do, please say that you saw the add on the blog! You may just get a little somethin' somethin' :)

CHA Wrap-Up

2011-08-03T13:28:00.005-05:00

Well CHA was 3 weeks ago already. That went so fast.

Waiting since January and then it comes and goes.

I did not take a lot of photos because we (erica and I) were working most of the time in the October Afternoon booth. We had so much fun! I hope they ask us back next year!

This is the October Afternoon booth! So cute. They were launching the Sasparilla, Farmhouse and Sidewalk lines!

(that is Erica on the right in the blue!)

Here is the front of the booth. Awesome saloon doors!

Sorry this is so blurry, but it is super cute.

From the Cosmo Cricket—This and That and Clementine lines.

And of course who can go to CHA and not go to the Tim Holtz Booth!

Look who was there!!!

Thanks for visiting!

CHA pics to come...

2011-07-22T20:37:00.004-05:00

...but for now....

A BRAND NEW HOLIDAY CATALOG From A|Muse Studio!!!!

You can view it Here!

MIA

2011-07-06T10:14:00.003-05:00

Sorry I have been missing. I have been super busy this summer. Just a couple updates.... Going to CHA again this year! Super exited. Still selling A|Muse Studio... and now you can order whenever you'd like. www.amusestudio.com/jenniferstricker.

Announcement release:

2011 A Muse Studio Holiday Catalog on July 22

I am going to take a little vacation until after CHA (July 18th).

'til later

You can now order online!

2011-06-22T09:03:00.003-05:00

My A|Muse Studio website is now open!!!!!

You can order any time of the day, even in your jammies.

(Click here to get to site)

I'm still here!

2011-06-01T12:50:00.002-05:00

I have been so busy.

I have not been in my craft room in weeks.

Getting the garden planted. Painting the house.

Just darn busy!

I promise...

I will try to get back into my craft room and do a little creating!

A|Muse samples

2011-05-22T05:01:00.000-05:00

I had my very first workshop today. I think it went really well.

I hope the girls liked the cards we made.

Here they are:

This is the easiest card EVER! all you need is a stamp set, the acrylic block and 2 stamp pads. Using the block cover with ink and stamp as background. Arrange the clear stamps and stamp over the background.

Simple but elegant.

Super simple....1 stamp and squares of paper with corners rounded.

May 12, 2011

2011-05-09T12:03:00.004-05:00

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

May 12, 2011

Objective:
National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day aims to increase awareness of FM and provide support to those coping with the illness.

May 12 is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, a time to increase awareness of this chronic and life-altering disorder by educating the general public, healthcare professionals, government officials, and legislative bodies.

Over 6 million Americans, 90% of them women in the prime of their life, suffer from FMS and sometimes struggle for years before being correctly diagnosed.

Symptoms usually appear between 20-55 years of age, but children are also diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Pain and severe fatigue may keep FMS sufferers from their chosen profession and unable to perform common daily tasks.

Fibromyalgia pain continues throughout a person’s lifetime.

Fibromyalgia (fi-bro-my-AL-ja) syndrome (FMS) produces chronic body-wide pain, which migrates and can be felt from head to toe. Other symptoms include persistent fatigue, headaches, cognitive or memory impairment, morning stiffness and non-restorative sleep. The pain can migrate from day to day. Recent scientific research studies have shown central nervous system involvement in FMS.

Please hope for a cure. And don't judge by the looks on the outside. You have NO idea what a person it going through on the inside.

Good Morning! Final Day!

2011-05-05T05:01:00.003-05:00

Good Morning! Final Day!

Welcome to the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp Release Party! We have 5 beautiful new
clear sets and dies we are so pleased to announce. Our Scalloped Circles Set,
New Butterfly, New Build a Bird, Blobby Flowers and Hearts! Visit the Design
Team's daily releases and our blog to have chances to win
one of these beautiful sets.

Each day you have more than one chance to win. Start at the Prickley Pear Rubber
Stamp Blog. Simply post our logo onto your website, become a follower and leave
a comment on the Prickley Pear Blog for one chance to win. Then hop on over to
the day's release blogs and make comments there for more chances to win. Sounds
easy enough. And the bonus is that you'll see some fabulous paper projects
featuring the new sets. So lets get started!

Go to the

PRICKLEY PEAR BLOG

for all the details

Today I am showing you the Heart. I love what PPRS have done to decorate the hearts.

I also am showcasing the paper from A|Muse... IT IS AWESOME!

This one is the black Damask.... It is a black pattern with a shimmery white background.

and the bast part... wait for it, wait for it.... You can color it ANY color you want by using a Copic!

Please let me know if you want to order any!

Prickley Pear day 4

2011-05-04T05:01:00.002-05:00

Good Morning!

Welcome to the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp Release Party! We have 5 beautiful new
clear sets and dies we are so pleased to announce. Our Scalloped Circles Set,
New Butterfly, New Build a Bird, Blobby Flowers and Hearts! Visit the Design
Team's daily releases and our blog over the next 2 days to have chances to win
one of these beautiful sets.

Each day you have more than one chance to win. Start at the Prickley Pear Rubber
Stamp Blog. Simply post our logo onto your website, become a follower and leave
a comment on the Prickley Pear Blog for one chance to win. Then hop on over to
the day's release blogs and make comments there for more chances to win. Sounds
easy enough. And the bonus is that you'll see some fabulous paper projects
featuring the new sets. So lets get started!

Go to the

PRICKLEY PEAR BLOG

for all the details

Today we (are supposed to) show you the "Blobby Flower". I do not have the "Blobby Flower" so instead I decided to show you the flowers set from PPRS. All of the flower stamps/die sets are WONDERFUL . Cut out with the die, stamp with the coordinating sets. THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.

Prickley Pear day 3

2011-05-03T09:00:00.004-05:00

Good Morning!

Welcome to the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp Release Party! We have 5 beautiful new
clear sets and dies we are so pleased to announce. Our Scalloped Circles Set,
New Butterfly, New Build a Bird, Blobby Flowers and Hearts! Visit the Design
Team's daily releases and our blog over the next 3 days to have chances to win
one of these beautiful sets.

Each day you have more than one chance to win. Start at the Prickley Pear Rubber
Stamp Blog. Simply post our logo onto your website, become a follower and leave
a comment on the Prickley Pear Blog for one chance to win. Then hop on over to
the day's release blogs and make comments there for more chances to win. Sounds
easy enough. And the bonus is that you'll see some fabulous paper projects
featuring the new sets. So lets get started!

Go to the

PRICKLEY PEAR BLOG

for all the details

Today we are viewing the New Build-a-bird stamps.

Isn't this bird cute?

I love this set. The bird die is perfect for the bird that you always seem to need. And the stamps that fill it in are too cute.

We really need spring to come here in the upper-midwest. Today we woke up to 34 degrees. YUCK! On the second of May.

PPRS Blog Hop

2011-05-02T09:49:00.008-05:00

Good Morning!

Welcome to the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp Release Party! We have 4 beautiful new
clear sets and dies we are so pleased to announce. Our Scalloped Circles Set,
New Butterfly, New Build a Bird, Blobby Flowers and Hearts! Visit the Design
Team's daily releases and our blog over the next 5 days to have chances to win
one of these beautiful sets.

Each day you have more than one chance to win. Start at the Prickley Pear Rubber
Stamp Blog. Simply post our logo onto your website, become a follower and leave
a comment on the Prickley Pear Blog for one chance to win. Then hop on over to
the day's release blogs and make comments there for more chances to win. Sounds
easy enough. And the bonus is that you'll see some fabulous paper projects
featuring the new sets. So lets get started!

Go to the

PRICKLEY PEAR BLOG

for all the details

I totally forgot to post my card for the Circle and Scallop Die cut from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. This is an awesome die. The size is about 2.25" and is perfect for cards like the one I made....A 3x3. I normally don't make this size, but I wanted to give it a try.

For today I used the Butterfly die and stamp set.

There are some awesome new stamps that match the die-cut.

Stop by the blog and see the others!

Tomorrow I will be showcasing the Bird die and stamp set.... Can't wait for you to see it... GREAT stamps!

Follow Us!

2011-04-19T14:25:00.001-05:00

The PPRS team has been busy working behind the scenes to ramp up our blog. We have fun challenges, tutorials, and other great things coming your way and we want to make sure you don’t miss out! So, we’re hosting a followers’ drawing. What’s this, you say. Well, I’m glad you asked. Prickley Pear will be giving away a fabulous prize to one random follower here on the blog. All you have to do is add yourself to the followers and on Sunday, April 24th, we will choose a random winner. How easy is that?! So, come and follow us, we’re sure you’ll enjoy the ride. Don't forget to tell your friends, too!
Click here to go to blog!

I did not win...

2011-04-15T10:59:00.007-05:00

boooooo! But at least I tried this year. I have always wanted to enter the

Stamping Royalty Contest. It is put on by Paper Crafts Magazine.

Here are the cards I entered:

My very favorite

Another very favorite
This is the one I think they chose for TOP 30!

Thanks for looking! I am definitely going to try next year!

Anyone else try it this year? or in the past?

Mothers Day is just around the corner

2011-04-11T13:19:00.006-05:00

So I decided to make a Mothers Day card.

I really love the botanical Queens Annes Lace.

You can use it in so many ways... Birthday, Mothers Day, Sympathy and many others.

AND the ink works wonderfully over the patterned paper!

Recipe:
Stamps: Beautiful Botanicals and Sentiment from Essential Sentiments
Paper: Shell & Grass Gingham
Ink: Bubblegum
Ribbon: Fern Twine
Other: Pearl stickers

Please let me know if you'd like to order anything.

Day 2 of a•muse

2011-04-05T05:01:00.000-05:00

Idea: Card for Father's day.

It is on June 19th this year. I know it is a little premature, but I just had to play with this stamp. Isn't it cute. You could color it any way you want to. Imagine having it look like your dad's favorite shirt!

Recipe:

Stamps: Brief Notes and Sweet Love

Paper: Sky and Buttercup Gingham

Ink: Slate and Momento

Other: Copic

First a•muse | studio post!

2011-04-04T05:01:00.000-05:00

I finally had time to play with my new a•muse toys!

Here is a card I made. I have to tell you the stamps are awesome, but the ink is to DIE FOR! It is pigment ink and is so brilliant. It covers nice and solid.

Recipe:

Stamps: Beautiful Botanicals, Harlequin background and Sentiment from Essential Sentiments

Paper: Shell & Sky

Ink: Shell, Ocean and Moment0

Ribbon: Bubblegum satin

Other: Twinkle stickers

As always please let me know if you'd like to order anything!

The End.

2011-03-29T05:01:00.000-05:00

It is the very last posting for The Cuttlebug Spot.

Cry :(

Nilda did say that it will come back. It just needs a little time off.

Our final challenge is to make a card that includes felt. I went looking for felt items at the LSS and BOY! there are a lot to choose from! Flowers, shapes, alphabets and more!

I settled on a couple of flowers that I got from a friend (thanks Erica!)

Recipe
Folder— folders edge embossing

Paper—Solid Papertrey Ink, PP Paper Salon
Ribbon— May Arts

Ink—White by Papertrey Ink

Other—Super Sticky Tape and Fiskers edge punch

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

I forgot to tell you the news yesterday...

2011-03-22T05:02:00.002-05:00

You are new looking at the newest recruit to the

A•Muse | Studio Family!

I am so excited to offer these wonderful products to my readers.

I have not received my sales kit yet, but when I do... oh boy, watch out world.

I really like the products and they are different.

I wanted to sell stamps for a while, but SU is all over the place. When I signed up I was consultant 1,147. So when you have these stamps, not a lot of other will.

Please take a look at the catalog and if you are in the cities I'd be happy to help you host a party. You can also feel free to order anything you see right through me.

{Here is the link to the catalog.}

Happy Day!

I love buttons!

2011-03-22T05:01:00.000-05:00

Lucky for me the challenge to day is all about buttons!

The Cuttlebug Spot wants you to create a card with buttons.

Do you have a button obsession like me? I have jars and jars full of all sorts of colors. My favorite is pink. When I found this pink heart, I just knew what I was going to do.

I put super sticky red tape over the whole background. I first added the pink heart when I knew I wanted it. then I covered the rest of the card with white buttons of all kinds and textures.

I found there was super sticky tape still showing between the buttons so I has to figure out what I was going to do with that. I ended up putting glitter in between the buttons... it added a wonderful sparkle!

To finish it off I ran the ribbon through the Cuttlebug in a fleur folder. I had no idea if this was going to work. So why not try it, right? It did work, AWESOME! then I added a sentiment... all DONE!

What do you think?

Recipe
Folder— Fleur by Cuttlebug

Stamps—Sentiment PTI
Paper—Solid SU
Ribbon: May Arts

Ink—Stazon

Other—Super Sticky Tape and buttons

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

Oh on a sad note, the Cuttlebug Spot will take a break for a while. The Administrator for the blog is going to update the look and make a couple changes. The March challenge will be the last for a few months.

Super Exciting News to come...

2011-03-18T14:45:00.001-05:00

I am taking on a new adventure in my life.

I will let you all know about it early next week.

Such and Exciting Opportunity!!!!

Stay Tuned.

Twine... finally

2011-03-16T05:01:00.002-05:00

Did you notice that I did the wrong challenge yesterday?

Maybe I should not acknowledge it, you might have not even noticed.

Oh well, my fault.

Here is the twine challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot.

Recipe
Folder— Retro Circles by Quikcuts

Stamps—Buttons from SU
Paper—Solid SU, PP Daisy D's

Ink—Versa Magic and Distress ink

Other—Tags (K & Co.), Japanese labels, bakers twine, sewing, Thickers, Pearls (SU), Border punch (SU) and Tiny Attachers (tim holtz)

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

Oops!

2011-03-15T15:04:00.003-05:00

So did the wrong challenge over at The Cuttlebug Spot today. We are supposed to do a Twine challenge. So needless to say I know what I am doing tonight. You will see a new project from me tonight/early tomorrow.

If you already saw the button card, pretend you didn't :)

Have a great day!

Birthday day!!

2011-03-10T08:36:00.001-06:00

Taking the rest of the week off to celebrate! See you guys on

Monday with some Cuttlebug Spot news.

New Stamps!

2011-03-07T05:01:00.003-06:00

The stamp sale went well! I sold over half of my stamps that I was selling. I will find out on Thursday how much I sold. A girlfriend and I worked the sale. It was really fun. We also got to buy stamps before the rest of the public. A benefit for working.

Here is what I bought (all for $56.00).

As in past years I need help trying to figure out some of the makers. I have all of the wood mounted ones figured out. I need help with the 5 that are on the CD cases.

Here they are:

Click on images to make larger if you need it.

Please help! I will send you a small gift if you can help me out finding who makes these stamps.

Thanks for all your help.

OUCH PINS!!!

2011-03-01T05:01:00.002-06:00

The challenge for the Cuttlebug Spot Design Team this week was to work hat pins into your card. I love working pins into my cards whenever I can.

Lucky for me I just got new rubber in the mail from Prickley Pear and I got this really pretty doily. Man, doily's are so hot right now. I see them everywhere.

As you can see I used mine as a flower. I think it really worked well.

I stamped it in Versamark on pink paper, embossed in clear and then used concord grape distress ink over the embossing.

Do those leaves look familiar? They are the butterfly punch from Stampin' Up.

Recipe
Dies— Scallop Circle nestibles

Stamps—Doily Prickley Pear, Sentiment PTI
Paper—Solid SU and PP French Paper

Ink—Versa Magic and Distress ink

Punches— Martha Stewart grass, SU scallop border and SU butterfly

Other—Foam tape, Mark Richards pearls, Pearl pins and clear embossing powder

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

Good Morning!

2011-02-22T05:01:00.000-06:00

Boy Minnesota has had it rough the last few days. We had a huge snow storm go through and it left us with 9", but up to 15" in other cities along the storms path.

This weekend I pretty much stayed in. I got a lot of things done. My craft room is now presentable. I am going to take photos today if the light in there is good. I have to thank my good friend Erica for helping me reorganize everything. While organizing, we decided that this summer we are going to have a huge "craft" garage sale. I have 3 huge bags already full.

Now onto The Cuttlebug Spot Tuesday!

We have a great challenge for you! create a Pop-Up card.

There are a lot of patterns and tutorials out there to get inspiration from. Mine came from an old copy of Stampers Sampler (2008) for a purse that has a pop-out inside.

Recipe

Stamps—Prickley Pear, saying from Papertry ink

Paper—Daisy D's, red with polka dots (unknown)
Ink— Momento, Copic Markers and Versamark
Ribbon—Rick Rack Offray, Stripe May Arts
Other—Foam tape, piggy tales spring, Sassafass bunny, smooch (on records) and string

Go to The Cuttlebug Spot and enter the challenge.

Gate fold card

2011-02-15T05:01:00.001-06:00

CUTTLEBUG!

It's Cuttlebug Spot design team challenge.

Create a Gate fold card. If you don't know how to fold a gate card, here are a few samples....

I had fun with the card. I decided to challenge myself by using only pieces from my scraps stash.

I don't remember where I got this image but I thought it worked really well for a card that will be posted a day after Valentines day. The tag "doors" were from a class I had. We were playing with Alcohol inks and Glitter mist with stencils. I made hinges with scrap ribbon and I had to add this flower that matched perfectly. I used 2 embossing folders for the inside. I first ran it through with script embossing folder and then the chandelier folder. I added distress ink and sparkle spray to it. So I did it... ALL SCRAPS!

Into entering the challenge...

Go to The Cuttlebug Spot and enter the challenge.

Thrift Finds

2011-02-14T11:51:00.004-06:00

I finally remembered to take pictures of my thrift finds. On Saturday our local ARC Value Village was having 1/2 off everything. I love those sales. I meet a friend there and we shopped!

At first I was not finding anything. I always go to the "art/office" section first. I found a couple packages of seal stickers. I also got these great old tempera paint shakers from Crayola. I love old Crayola things. Then I go up to the collectables, kids games and "good" clothes. I spend the rest of the time looking through the other clothes.

Finds:

Strawberry Shortcake Strawberry doll holder

Flower rubber stamp

Car rubber stamp

ruler

house record book

metal hoops

2 frogs

round seals

fun file folder

table crumb hand vacuum

1 jacket and 2 shirts

2 Rhinestone brooches

(not the Fish Oil... did not notice that until

I was uploading the photo just now.)

All this for $23.74 ish.

AWESOME!

Stair step cards...

2011-02-08T05:01:00.001-06:00

We are sampling Stair Step cards for Cuttlebug Spot today.

It has been such a long time since I have done one of these. I actually had to look up a template.

I found it here:
On Janyi's blog.
She has a wonderful video and template for you to use.

I forgot how fun they are! I hope you try them.... and when you do don't forget to enter it on the Cuttlebug Spot Blog to win a great prize.

Recipe
Dies— Cheery Lynn Designs nestibles

Stamps—Cats are from Prickley Pear, Happy Birthday Unknown
Paper—Solid SU and PP Sassafrass the fun rainbow one, DCWV the large polka pot

Ink—Versa Magic

Other—Foam tape, Mark Richards Jewels, Thickers #3, clear embossing powder and buttons form my vintage stash

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

SU Midwest Conference!

2011-02-07T10:47:00.003-06:00

Is anyone else out there going to the Stampin' Up

midwest Convention on Friday?

It is at the Minneapolis Convention

center on Friday from 8-4.

This year is a little different, each Sales person is able to bring 1 guest with them. I suppose so they can "recruit" me.

I AM NOT GOING TO SELL STAMPIN' UP!

Not going to do it.

I am going as a guest with Erica my Stampin' Up sales person. She's been selling for a couple years and always has really great make-n-takes. If any of you want to do a make-n-take, or need someone to buy SU from

I can hook you up!

Starting in January I have been working on making my trades for convention. So far I have made around 100 card fronts for trades. I will post them as soon as I can. I hope I come home with 100 new samples.

I promise to take photos during the day and do an entire blog post from it

(that is if they allow me).

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 4

2011-02-01T17:00:00.000-06:00

Blog hop release party

Whoooo Hooo! Day 4 is here. The final Day

We are so excited to be releasing these new clear sets of stamps with matching dies and of course, our beautiful release of vintage valentine red rubber images! We have some real treasures in store for you. Our design team has been working hard to bring you samples that will surely inspire you.

Join us each day as we will have a different set we are featuring. We are playing a new game this time around. Each DT member will be featuring a letter in their post. Visit their blogs, find their letter - put the word together and e-mail us the word at service@prickleypear.com. A winner will be chosen for each day of the blog hop.

Day 4. Red Rubber. You should have just arrived from Tesa's beautiful project.

You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order—Nicole (you need to start here), Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Leslie, Tesa and Jennifer (me) . Good luck and have fun!

Y you ask? Y do you need the final letter? I am the last stop.

Y Y Y, you guessed it.

Here is my card for the blog hop. I made this cute Chic Woman walking dog card.

Recipe

Stamps—all of them are from Prickley Pear

Paper—Solid Archivers PP October Afternoon
Ink— Momento and Copic Markers
Ribbon—SU
Other—Foam tape, smooch, gems, embossing powder, glitter, Versamark, sewing and SU mini clip

If you know the word please send a email to: service@prickleypear.com

I hope you are a winner!

Cuttlebug Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug

2011-02-01T05:01:00.000-06:00

As we welcome the first day of February we at The Cuttlebug Spot are asking you to make a tri-fold valentines card. Now is the time to make the card for your sweetie and enter our challenge.

I'm not a huge valentine card person, but this challenge was so fun I'd consider making them for all my loved ones. But that is easier said then done in my world. Have you guys been watching blogs of people who are at CHA and seeing the great new items? I have been following Oh My Crafts and Moxie Fab World on Facebook and it is wonderful that they send images to FB of all the way cool new things.

I think I am going to CHA again in July. This time I am going t bring two girlfriends with so at least I will have company while I am driving.

Anyway... here is my card for this challenge

Recipe

Cuttlebug folder—BINGO Tim Holtz

Stamps—Autumn Leaves
Ribbon—May Arts
Paper—Solid SU and PP DCWV
Ink—Momento, Distress Ink and SU Markers
Other—Foam tape, sewing and Stickles

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 3

2011-01-31T17:00:00.000-06:00

Blog hop release party
Whoooo Hooo! Day 3 is here.
We are so excited to be releasing these new clear sets of stamps with matching dies and of course, our beautiful release of vintage valentine red rubber images! We have some real treasures in store for you. Our design team has been working hard to bring you samples that will surely inspire you.

Join us each day as we will have a different set we are featuring. We are playing a new game this time around. Each DT member will be featuring a letter in their post. Visit their blogs, find their letter - put the word together and e-mail us the word at service@prickleypear.com. A winner will be chosen for each day of the blog hop.

Day 3. Circle Die Set. You should have just arrived from Tesa's beautiful project.
You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order—Nicole (you need to start here), Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Leslie, Tesa and Jennifer (me) . Good luck and have fun!

My letter is my Favorite.
It is the first letter of my last name. I collect them.
I have a whole wall with various sizes and ages of them. Any guess?

You guessed right it is a "S"

Here is my card for the blog hop. I made this cute little Music Heart Card.

Recipe

Stamps—all of them are from Prickley Pear

Paper—Solid Archivers PP Cosmo Cricket
Ink— Momento and Copic Markers
Other—Foam tape

If you know the word please send a email to: service@prickleypear.com

I hope you are a winner!

New items coming out of CHA

2011-01-31T14:55:00.006-06:00

Do you guys know how much of a Embossing Folder lover I am?

I LOVE embossing folders.

It is the easiest way to jazz up any card with very minimal effort.

Well look at these new folders coming out!

(above) I think this is the first one I am going to buy!

I love things with bubble shapes!

And look at these new Nestabilities that are coming out too!

I love them all. I hope you had fun looking!

Sorry for being an enabler!

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 2

2011-01-30T17:00:00.001-06:00

Blog hop release party

Whoooo Hooo! Day 2 is here.

Day 2. Flowers. You should have just arrived from Tesa's beautiful project.

You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order—Nicole (you need to start here), Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Leslie, Tesa and Jennifer (me) . Good luck and have fun!

Day two...I am the last letter again.

I bet you know what it is. Could it be E?

Here is my card for the blog hop.

I made this cute little Winter Cardinal card.

Recipe

Stamps—all of them are from Prickley Pear

Paper—Solid Archivers
Ink— Momento, Copic Markers and Versamark
Other—Foam tape

If you know the word please send a email to: service@prickleypear.com

I hope you are a winner!

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 1

2011-01-29T17:00:00.002-06:00

Blog hop release party

Whoooo Hooo! Day 1 is here.

Day 1. Dreamy Dragonflies. You should have just arrived from Tesa's beautiful project.

You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order—Nicole (you need to start here), Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Leslie, Tesa and Jennifer (me) . Good luck and have fun!

My letter is my Favorite.

It is the first letter of my last name. I collect them.

I have a whole wall with various sizes and ages of them. Any guess?

You guessed right it is a "S"

Here is my card for the blog hop. I made this cute little dragonfly ATC.

Recipe

Ribbon—thin Offray and SU polka dot

Stamps—all of them are from Prickley Pear
Paper—Solid Archivers
Ink— Momento and Copic Markers
Other—Foam tape, SU brad, Sakura White pen, SU punch and tiny attacher

If you know the word please send a email to: service@prickleypear.com

I hope you are a winner!

Is today Tuesday? Why yes it is! You know what that means...

2011-01-25T05:01:00.001-06:00

CUTTLEBUG!!!

As we wrap up the last Tuesday of the month we end with a really cool challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot. We ask that you design a card based on a advertisement that you like.

I found this AT&T ad a while ago and tore it out of the magazine because I loved it. Not knowing this challenge was going to come up. I am glad that I held onto it.

Isn't it a great ad? So fun and colorful!

Recipe

Cuttlebug folder—Mushrooms

Stamps—SU Elephant nd all others Papertrey Ink
Paper—Solid SU and PP Cosmo Cricket
Ink—Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, Frayed Burlap, Momento and SU Markers
Other—Foam tape, Rub-ons American Crafts and Smooch

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

Paper Pretties, oh so pretty!

2011-01-21T09:10:00.007-06:00

I was on Facebook Wednesday and a group I follow called Paper Pretties had a giveaway...the first 3 to leave a comment got a free digi image. I was #1 to leave a comment and got to choose from ANY of their digi images. I chose this super cute image called Fan-tastic sophia.

Here is what I did with her.

Thanks for visiting. Leave a note if you came here from Paper Pretties!

She is such a great image because you can color her in so many ways.

Recipe

Cuttlebug folder—Mistletoe Kisses

Punches—EK success edge punch, tag punch and SU 1" circle

Ribbon—SU
Stamps/Digi—Girl, Paper Pretties other, asian unknown
Paper—Solid SU and PP Memory Box
Ink—Momento and Copic Markers
Other—Foam tape, Mark Richards Jewels and Tiny Attacher

Oh and I thought I needed a new Versamark pad. Look at what I have been using....

WOW what a difference a new pad makes!

Busy, busy, busy

2011-01-18T11:09:00.003-06:00

Hello all!

I have been so busy. I have not crafted in a while. BUT I have been organizing my craft room, so It will work better for me. I should be done by the end of the week.

I bought a few new racks at Ikea that my husband has yet to put up.

And I fit a big comfy chair in my room so I can have guests.

I promise to take photos and post them as soon as I am done.

Tuesday + Card= Cuttlebug

2011-01-11T05:01:00.002-06:00

Onto our second Cuttlebug Tuesday of the new year.

We ask that you create with a song as your inspiration.

This theme worked out perfectly. While I was creating this card I was listening to a little Michael Bublé. I love me some Michael Búble.

So my card is inspired by Come fly with me,

by Michael Bublé.

Yummy.

Here's my project for the Cuttlebug Spot:

Recipe

Cuttlebug folder—Sheet Music (TH) (it's hard to see)

Dies— Prickley Pear Little bits die (bird) and Cheery Lynn Designs nestibles
Ribbon—American Crafts
Stamps—all of them are from Prickley Pear
Paper—Solid SU and PP unknown
Ink—Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, Frayed Burlap, Momento and SU Markers
Other—Foam tape, Mark Richards Jewels, Chipboard Swirl and distress applicator

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT

Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug...Tuesday!

2011-01-04T05:01:00.001-06:00

Happy New Year!

Onto our first Cuttlebug Tuesady of the new year.

We ask that you create with a book as your inspiration.

Does this image look familiar? think Disney, scary, halloween and headless.

Yes, headless.... It's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

No, I'm not in a Halloween mood. I just picked the book up at a thrift store over the weekend. So it was ontop of mind.

Here's my project for the Cuttlebug Spot:

Recipe:
Cuttlebug folder—Torn Paper (it's hard to see) and Prickley Pear Little bits die (all characters)
Ribbon—SU, May Arts and Michaels
Stamps—all of them are from Prickley Pear
Paper—Cream from Papertry Ink and a TH Tag
Ink—Faded Jeans, Wild Honey, Soot, Weathered Wood and Frayed Burlap
Other— Foam tape and distress applicator

Looking forward to the new year to come!

2010-12-29T12:18:00.001-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's Christmas Time at the Strickers!

2010-12-22T05:01:00.002-06:00

Merry Christmas to all of my readers!

here are my decorations, if you have a question about any of them, please let me know.

(please click on photo to enlarge it)

Have a great Holiday.

Jennifer

A little sunshine on a snowy day

2010-12-20T05:01:00.000-06:00

Happy snowy Monday. Yes, we are getting more snow in MN. I guess we are supposed to be getting 6-8 inches more. That is on top of the 18 we just got.

When is it going to end? On a brighter note, Wednesday is my last day of work for almost 2 weeks. The University gets the week between Christmas and New Years off. It is so nice.

Here is a card I did over the weekend, just to get my mind off of the snow.

It is a new stamp set form Prickley Pear. You can find it here.

Happy day!

My work space at my actual work

2010-12-17T05:01:00.002-06:00

Happy FRIDAY!

Boy, this was a long week. How did it go for you?

Welcome to my everyday world!

I have had a couple people ask about my work space.

Well..... here it is. My life in a cube.

This is the curtain I have up that I pullover when I am either really busy and can not be interrupted or am eating lunch at my desk, but lately I have had it shut to keep IN the warm air. Our office is cold, and it really does help to shut my curtain.

The walls of my cube. Ruler star. Pictures in matching frames. Things to make my cube cute.

My computer. It is a MAC (LOVE MACs) and my two monitors. Lunch on the desktop. Big diamond under my monitor on the left. A lot of paper samples all over.

O Christmas Tree

2010-12-16T05:01:00.003-06:00

Happy Thursday!

First of all I have to show you this picture of Duncan being Duncan and getting into places where he should not be.

He must have been watching birds.

Here is this years tree.

I kept it really simple and only added silver and red garland along with solid color vintage Shiny Brites. I love how it looks. We always put on white lights. These lights randomly blink. (I think you can click on it to enlarge the picture)

It's Tuesday you know what that means... Cuttlebug!

2010-12-14T05:01:00.002-06:00

Wholly cow! We have had the snow. A total of 16". Today it is -17 degrees out and that is without the windchill. I have photos of the storm on my other camera I will get them posted later today. So thank goodness for Cuttlebug Tuesday! I needed my mind to get off of all the snow.

Lucky I was snowed in all day Saturday. I did not get out of my jammies all day. I decorated the tree, and did some crafting including this card...

The theme for this week's card is "Happy New Year!"

You will want to join along with The Cuttlebug Spot
Design Team and play along

Recipe:
Cuttlebug folder—Ironworks Edge, and Nestibilities circle
Ribbon—K & Co.
Stamps—Stampin' Up Saying, Numbers and Dots Papertrey Ink
Paper—Clock paper 7Gypsies, Papertrey Ink-red and black
Ink—BRick REd Distress Ink and Papertry Ink Fresh Snow
Other— ScorTape, Bakers Twine, embossing powder, SU Cup and vintage clock parts

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year if I don't talk to you before then.

Warning long post ahead

2010-12-06T05:01:00.001-06:00

I know I have not blogged for a while. So I warn you now it is a long post... it is a lot of pictures, but worth the reading.

First of all I caught my two kitties sleeping together on the couch. These boys do love each other, but not enough to do this...

Ying and Yang (real names Duncan-black, and Diesel-white).

Jon and I also found the time to hang our "S" collection. We've been collecting them for the past few years. Our favorite are the ones from old signs.

We put them up over our stairs going downstairs. We left room so our collection can expand.

Now onto the fun crafting supply shopping. Nicole and I went shopping all day Saturday to get her Christmas present for her mom. Lucky her mom loves stamping and paper.

The day before our outing it snowed 8". So Jon had to plow the driveway so Nicky could pick me up.

Jon plowing.

Nicky and I getting ready to go.

First stop Anchor Paper in Plymouth. It is a awesome place to get paper and supplies.

Ribbon aisle! I LOVE this aisle.

Nicky looking at stamps.

Nicky in the clearance paper room.

Next onto lunch at Solo Pizza. I have never been here, so I had to try it.

Nicky's Pizza- I think she got the Brickhouse with mushrooms.

My pizza. I got the Margo with sausage and onions.

Next stop, Jo-Ann's To use our coupons that expired that day.

Now for our last stop, Bakers Square.

Nicky suggested to try the Candy Cane pie. OMG, it is so good!

See, all gone. I almost licked the plate it was so good.

That was it for our outing. We left home at 11:00 and got home at 8:00. It was such a fun day. I don't find enough time to do this very often. I do need to make time for more of this. It was really really fun. Thanks Nicky!

Oh my gosh!

2010-11-29T12:51:00.006-06:00

12 Tags of Christmas! Starts on Wednesday! I already bought my tags! I am totally going to do it this year! You can watch the preview here....

Just a little "Hello!"

2010-11-29T05:01:00.002-06:00

Hope everyones Thanksgiving was delightful. We did not do much.

I did put up all of my Christmas decorations.

(I promise I will take photos to share).

Our kitties feeders were out of food.... So my husband filled them on the dinner table. The kitties were so excited! and decided it was worth the risk of getting scolded to eat out of the HUGE bowl of food. These are timed feeders. We can fill them full of food and set the timer and amount. We have them go off 2 times a day at 1/4 cup each time.

Here is Diesel.

Duncan needed some too.

And just because I have put in a couple of my favorite cards from this year.... for your enjoyment

(if you did not see them the first time around).

I will do a couple more later in the week.

Stamp from Prickley Pear.

Stamp from 2Cute Rubberstamps.

Stamp from Papertrey Ink.

Taking the week off...

2010-11-22T05:01:00.001-06:00

Good Morning.

I am going to take the week off from blogging.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.

I am going to create a couple of items to blog about next week. I am already looking forward to posting them.

PRIZE TIME!!!

Leave me a comment about what time you are going to go shopping on Friday, and what you are after. I will choose one to send a "stamping" prize to.

It's Cuttlebug Tuesday!

2010-11-16T05:01:00.000-06:00

Cuttlebug Tuesday!

Today we are asking you to make a Thank You card for your Thanksgiving Day Hostess.

My sister -in-law is hosting her first Thanksgiving ever. It will be very interesting. But I know it will be just fine. I bet my mother-in-law will go and help her.

Here is my card....

I love the clear embossing technique of going over it with distress ink after it has been embossed. I think it is really elegant.

Recipe:

Dies—SNestibilities
Ribbon—K and Co.
Stamps—Prickley Pear
Paper—Daisy D's PP, Cored'nations-red, Papertrey Ink-kraft
Ink—Distress Ink (walnut)
Other— ScorTape, Mark Richards gems and Rub-on letters

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

Blog hop!!!

2010-11-12T05:01:00.003-06:00

Welcome to the Blog Hop! We are calling this a Recipe Blog hop. You start with the sketch and then add to your project at each stop. We are the last stop on the Blog Hop.

You should have arrived from: Scraptiffany

Here is my finished recipe card:

Rules from each part of the hop:

1. Used sketch

2. Use 3's-3 Butterflies, 3 pearls, 3 different papers

3. Used mist (colored lace with mist) and ink (aging)

4. Used Lace

5. Used Swiss dots Embossing folder

Here is the order if you get lost:

1. Sassy Lil' Sketches---The Sketch

2. ScrapFIT

3. Crop Suey

4. Scraptiffany

5. Cuttlebug Spot

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Swiss Dots
Punches—Martha Stewart Butterflies

Ribbon—Lace-Vintage
Stamps—Sentiment Stampin' Up
Paper—Vintage Sheet music, Daisy D's, Vellum
Ink—Distress Ink (Tea and Wild Honey) and Momento
Other— ScorTape, Recollections Large Snowflakes, Mark Richards jewels, Jolees small snowflakes and Tattered Angles patina mist

Thanks for playing along with the hop.

It's Tuesday, you know what that means...

2010-11-09T05:01:00.001-06:00

... The Cuttlebug Spot Design Team day!

Making these just proves that Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

And then that also means that Christmas is just around the next corner.

I found online how to make these super cute triangle boxes.

All it is, is a 6" x 3" piece of paper, folded in have. The next thing you do is mark the center of each end then score a line from the center of the end to each side of the center fold. Whalla! now you have a triangle box. You can see more of what I mean in the second picture.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Art Deco

Dies-Leaf, Prickley Pear
Ribbon—Brown May Arts
Stamps—Inkadinkadoo and Prickley Pear
Paper—Kraft-Papertrey Ink
Ink—Distress Ink (Tea, Wild Honey) Momento Chalk Ink and Copics
Other— ScorTape, Mark Richards Gems, Pop dots and Hershey's Kisses

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

Big Whopping Wedding day!

2010-11-05T05:01:00.001-05:00

Very unlike me I entered a radio contest that offered a vow renewal or wedding. There were over 200 entries and there were 50 couples that were chosen. I ended up being one of the 50!

So tomorrow we get to have our vows renewed. And the entire staff of the radio station are our wedding party! How crazy!

Jon was a little apprehensive, but I just kept saying that it will be fun! I had a dress that I bought a few years back and have just not found a place to wear it. Jon needed to get a jacket. We could also bring 2 guests, so I asked my best friend and her husband. Hee hee she has to wear a dress again. Melissa is NOT a dress person. The only times she has ever worn a dress was for being a bridesmaid in various weddings and for her own wedding.

Here is a link to the event.

The Big Whipping Wedding

And here you can see our photo and the list of the other winners.

Winners

I will be posting photos as soon as we get home.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Cuttlebug Spot Tuesday

2010-11-02T05:01:00.000-05:00

Thanks for checking back with us. We are now going to post on Tuesdays. I hope you had a wonderful Halloween! I did. All those little kiddies in their costumes were so cute. We had about 16 kids stop by our house. Jon and I had my parents over for dinner and candy handing out. They don't get any kids at their house, and I know they like to see what the kids are wearing.

For this Thanksgiving invitation, I thought I'd do a easel card.

This die really lends itself to and easel card.

Isn't that Emily's Bouquet just beautiful. I don't use it enough. You could use this design for almost any invitation. I places a turkey in the pocket but, imagine placing a die-cut flower in the pocket or a baby rattle. It can be for any occasion.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Tapestry, Retro Circles and Emily's Bouquet
Dies—Slice Turkey and Label 1 from Nestibilities
Ribbon—Stripe, May Arts
Stamps—Sentiment Papertrey Ink
Paper—Core 'Dinations
Ink—Distress Ink (tea)
Other— ScorTape

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

Where is the Cuttlebug Spot?

2010-11-01T05:01:00.000-05:00

We are moving the Cuttlebug Spot to Tuesday! Check back tomorrow for the wonderful work from the Design team.

Happy Monday!

2010-10-25T05:01:00.001-05:00

How was your weekend?
We went up to the lake and saw my Grandma, Aunt and Uncle.
I had not been up there since the 4th of July.

I am glad you are joining us today and The Cuttlebug Spot!

The theme for this week is FALL! I love Fall.
The leaves falling, sweater wearing temperatures and crispness in the air.

For this card I decided to use something that I just found at the thrift store, these fall color leaves that are on a wire garland. The leaves are pretty small, about the size of a dime. I left some on the gatland and others I took off of the garland and scattered around. I also used the new Memo Pins from Tim Holtz. They are really fun, pins that have a loop at the end to stick memos or any paper item in.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Sizzix-Swirls
Dies—Nestabilites small round scallop oval

Stamps—Prickley Pear saying
Paper—PTI-Kraft, Daisy D's- Pattern Paper and Archivers-Red

Ink—Distress Ink (Wild Honey and Vintage Photo), Momento black

Other— Sewing, Prima Flowers (colored with Copics), SU Brad, Pop dots, Prickley Pear Transparency, Stickles, Mark Richards Pearls, Twine, Fall Foliage and ScorTape

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

New Cuttlebug Folders!

2010-10-22T05:01:00.000-05:00

I was in JoAnn's for the midnight sale. I had 4, 1/2 off coupons and at JoAnn if they are different coupons you can use as many as you want. I was so excited to see that they got in some of the new folders (and they WERE NOT ON SALE). There were not a lot of them left but I did happen to get the Once Upon A Princess set (coordinates with the Cricut cartridge) and a set from Sizzix for Basic Grey.

I love that butterfly one!

New Stamps!

2010-10-20T05:01:00.000-05:00

These stamps are so awesome! They are by Toomuchfun Rubberstamps. It was a product that I had NEVER seen before! I was just amazed when I went to the stamp show a couple weekends ago.

How these work.....

They are two sided

so one side is the pocket

and the other side is the insert

So you fold up a piece of paper and stamp the pocket side onto the fold of the paper. And using a toothpick glue the sides with a thin line of glue.

Trim out the insert and place inside the pocket you just created.

Presto! a fun pocketed note card.

Here is another one I bought...

I did not have any real "baby" stamps so when I saw this I just had to have it. What a great note card for a shower or announcement. You can color it for a boy or a girl.

They had about 12 different designs all so very cute. And I thought the price was just right. Regular $18 each on sale for $12.00 each. Go check out the website for all of the other deigns they have. You will see shirts that open, boxes you can make and purses that fold, that you can decorate. So INGENIOUS!

The Cuttlebug Spot Monday!

2010-10-18T05:01:00.003-05:00

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was beautiful here in Minnesota!
We got a lot of yard work done and I decorated the house for Halloween.

I am glad you are joining us today and The Cuttlebug Spot!

The theme for this week is Scary Halloween! I really don't do scary very well, so this is my interpretation of scary. Lucky Prickley Pear has a bulid-a-pumpkin that has two faces, one is nice and one is scary. You can see here that I used the scary face on the pumpkin.

"By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes"...

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—SU Spider Web
Dies—Prickley Pear Pumpkin, and Swirl from Sizzix

Stamps—Prickley Pear build a pumpkin (including the saying), aand SU Letters

Ribbon—Orange Twill
Paper—Tim Holtz Tag, DVCW-Solid Orange and Black, Green Archivers

Ink—Distress Ink (Wild Honey, Pine Needles and Soot Black), Momento black

Other— Scrappers Floss, Black Glitter and ScorTape

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

Stop by later this week and I will show you some NEW stamps that I found at last weekend stamp show...they are something I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!

Treat box

2010-10-11T05:01:00.000-05:00

It's Cuttlebug Spot day!

And we are creating a treat box for halloween. I had so much fun creating this treat box.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Spider Web-SU, Retro Circles-Quikcutz

Paper—PTI PP on outside, Cosmo Cricket on inside, SU Pattern Orange, Memory Box Stripes

Punches—Martha Stewart Spider web edge punch

Ink—Distress Ink, PTI Snow White, Momento black

Other— Cosmo Cricket box, May Arts Purple Ribbon, Offray Bat beaded ribbon, Pearls Mark Richards, ScorTape, Black Diamond and Dark blue stickles and Making Memories rub-on letters.

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

Stamping and Scrapbook Expo!

2010-10-08T08:22:00.002-05:00

The Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo is coming to town...

The Expo will take place at the State Fair Grounds on October 9th & 10th.

Saturday, October 9th -- 9am-5pm

Sunday, October 10th -- 11am-4pm

Lots of FREE Parking!

I am so excited. I am going with a girlfriend spending the day and then we are going to a great place to eat called Paninos. I've never been there, but Nicole and my husband have and they say that is wonderful!

My first post for the Cuttlebug Spot!

2010-10-04T05:01:00.006-05:00

I am so exited to be on the Cuttlebug Spot DT!

This week we are celebrating Woman's Power.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

I actually just found out that an old co-worker of mine just passed away from Breast Cancer. She fought it and won once, and then it came back, just after her and I left that employer. This is the first person that I knew that has passed from breast cancer.

We all need to work hard together to find a cure for not only breast cancer but all cancer.

Everyone needs to hug their mom, sisters and grandmothers today.

So for my card, I had this wonderful "50's mom" rubberstamp from Prickley Pear.

It's hard to tell in the photo but her skirt is paper pieced.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Tim Holtz Collage

Stamps—PTI Open Type, Prickley Pear 50's woman.

Paper—PTI solids, SU Pattern Orange, Memory Box Stripes

Ink—Distress Ink, Copics, Momento black

Other— Sewing, PTI Ribbon, Pearls Mark Richards, Making Memories Flowers, Fiskars Treading Water Edge Punch, Walnut Dyed Tag and ScorTape

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

New to me...COACH purse

2010-09-30T05:01:00.000-05:00

I love Coach. I've carried them all my life. I probably do 1 new one every other year. But lately I've been BORED with the ones that I have been buying. I usually go for the solid brown or black. I once bought a red one that I LOVED. But soon after I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, I realized that I can not carry a purse over my shoulder anymore. So I needed to go to something that does not have a handle long enough to go over my shoulder, because I WILL put it over my shoulder (habit of over 25 years). So for the last few years I've been buying short handle purses.

I decided for my new purse I wanted something fun and bright.

So instead of buying new I went to a couple consignment stores. Found a few cute ones but not any that I really liked. Now when I found this one, I could not figure it out if I liked it or hated it. It was one of those things that could easily go either way.

I have to clean it up a bit, but otherwise it is in really great condition. and for $40.00 (don't tell my husband), I thought it was a great buy.

So what do you think? Let me know.