It's a special OCCASION!

If you're already one of my customers, you're in luck! You've already got your Occasions Mini and Sale-a-Bration catalog. If you're not, please contact me and I can get one (or both!) out to you RIGHT AWAY (Canadians only please)!

The Occasions Mini starts today, which means you can now officially order all the amazing goodness you can find here. If you're like me and you LOVE to see the catalog in person, just let me know!

Here's one of the cards I made using the new Sew Suite stamp set. It's just one of many fun sets to be had.

I stamped my image in Basic Grey Ink (it's waterproof) on Whisper White Cardstock. I smooshed some ink (Melon Mambo) into the lid of my ink pad and used my Aqua Painter to colour in the spool of thread and the little pin cushion.

I punched out the image using my large scallop circle punch and used my Melon Mambo marker to doodle around the edges of the punch.

The measuring tape was stamped in Melon Mambo Ink on Whisper White Cardstock and trimmed to fit the front of the card. It "measures" to 12 inches, but it's actually only about 6" long.

The Designer Series Paper is one piece cut and flipped to show off both sides. I just LOVE that our DSP is double sided. Twice the possibilities for the same price!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sew Suite

INK: Melon Mambo, Basic Grey

PAPERS: Whisper White and Melon Mambo Cardstock, Sweet Stitches DSP

ACCESSORIES: Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch

Happy Stampin'!

Wednesday Sketch Challenge at SCS

Since it's Wednesday today, that means it's Sketch Challenge day at SplitCoast Stampers. Today's sketch looked fun and easy, so I thought I'd give it a try!

My Caroline let me borrow her "Sew Suite" set which will be available beginning next week in the Occasions Mini. I swiped her "Sweet Stitches" DSP too with the promise of creating some samples for the Studio. I hope she likes what I've come up with so far!

For today's card, I stamped the bobbin and pin cushion on Whisper White Cardstock using Basic Grey Ink (it's waterproof) and used ink squished into the lid of the ink pad and my Aqua Painters to colour in the images. The little pin cushion is hiding behind the spool of thread thanks to the masking technique.

I punched my image out using my large scallop circle punch and it was adhered to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

My card base is a piece of 5 1/2 X 8 1/2" piece of Melon Mambo scored and folded at 4 1/4". The next layer up is a piece of 4 X 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White. The patterned paper is from the same sheet, I just cut and flipped it over. Have I mentioned that I LOVE the fact that our DSP is double sided???

The little ruler from the "Sew Suite" set was stamped in Melon Mambo Ink on Whisper White Cardstock. It actually goes to a 12" measure (but is only about 6" long), but I cut it at 9 1/2" to make it fit the card.

A length of Pretty in Pink 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon hides the seam between the two pieces of DSP.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sew Suite

PAPERS: Whisper White and Melon Mambo Cardstock; Sweet Stiches DSP

INK: Basic Grey, Melon Mambo

ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!