Green and Neutral Challenge

Good Morning My Stamping Friends, I hope you are enjoying a bright sunny Friday like I am. The sun is shining and while it is pretty cold outside, I'm sitting in a stream of sunshine pretending its Spring.

Anyway, I heard from my friend Robin this morning about a Bloggers Challenge. The challenge this week was to create a project using greens and neutrals. I don't normally participate in these kinds of challenges but since I'm a blogger now, and yesterday I serendipitiously made a card that fit the challenge, I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring. I made this card for my brother's first wedding anniversary that is coming up in a few days. They got married in a gorgeous setting and the color they choose for the dresses, decorations, cake, etc.was a glorious shade of green (yes we are Irish). I can tell you about the card because I'm pretty sure he doesn't read my blog yet so I think I'm safe.

Here is my card and part of the envelope (you can't have a handmade card in a plain envelope!). Kevin, if you're reading this, stop now - until the card arrives in the mail!).

I used glorious green as my base and for the front layer I used some Bride DSP. I ran it through my Big Shot using the Movers and Shapers die with the heart shaper from the Punch Window Set. I ran it through the Big Shot twice, moving the magnetic heart shaper a little bit on the second run through. I sponged and attached the two Bride heart cut-outs back into place (which really stuck them onto the inside of the card). I also used the Modern Label Punch and the coordinating Modern Label die to cut out and frame the sentiment. Teeny Tiny Wishes is my go-to stamp set for all my sentiments lately and that is where I got 'Happy Anniversary'. I just love that the stamp set covers so many holidays. I used some white taffeta ribbon behind the sentiment which I popped up with domentionals.

For the envelope I used a retired so swirly wheel and I used the Lovely Letters Alphabet for the first initial of thier last name. Of course I coordinated the colors to the card, and used my glorious green Stampin' Write Marker to finish addressing the card.

If you'd like to get any of the supplies to make this card at home, just contact me or log into my Stampin' Up! website to place the order yourself 24/7.

Hope you like my card and feel free to leave a comment. It would make my day.

Enjoy your weekend.

Rose-Ellen

P.S. Check out Robin's challenge card here.

Ribbon and Buttons/Brad Shares

Hi there My Stamping Friends!

I wanted to let you know about two Product Shares that I’m offering. For those that haven’t done a product share before, this is a great way for you to get a sampling of different accessories without having the expense of purchasing a whole package of each and every product.

My first product share is a Ribbon Share. You will get two yards of each of the 9 new 5/8th inch satin ribbons (including: Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Real Red & Basic Black ) featured on page 27 of the Occasions Mini Catalog. That is a grand total of 18 yards of assorted ribbons for only $13.50 inclusive. If you want to get 4 yards of each ribbon, you can pay $27.00 for two ‘shares’.

The second product share is the Buttons and Brads Share. Dress up your projects and add texture with these assorted Epoxy Brads and custom colored Corduroy Buttons and Brads from page 13 of the Occasions Mini Catalog.
This share includes:
½” Pretty In Pink Sending Love Epoxy Brads: 4 each of 2 designs
½” Real Red Sending Love Epoxy Brads: 4 each of 2 designs
¼” Chocolate Chip Sending Love Epoxy Brads: 4 each of 2 designs
Pretty in Pink Corduroy Buttons and Brads: 2 each of 3 styles
Real Red Corduroy Buttons and Brads: 2 each of 3 styles
You get a grand total of 36 assorted buttons and brads for only $5.75 inclusive. If you want to get 72 yards of assorted buttons and brads you can pay $11.50 for two ‘shares’.

Please let me know right away if you are interested in one or more spots in either or both product shares. There are 7 slots available for the Ribbon Share and 4 slots available for the Button Share. If those slots fill up I will open up a second set of slots for each share. I will close this share on Wednesday, February 3rd at 5pm ET and place the order that evening. If the first round of slots fill up, I will randomly pick someone that joined the share to get a Sale-A-Bration set. If two rounds fill up I will pick two names to get a Sale-A-Bration set. I will contact you on Wednesday evening to find out which item you'd like as your SAB choice.
If you are long distance just let me know how you would like the merchandise shipped to you and we can work out the details. This share is only open to customers in the United States.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Until next time~ Happy Stamping,
Rose-Ellen

A few Valentine cards swapped in Phoenix