Six Degrees of Separation and a card for the Crew!

So, I don't know if this even COUNTS as Six Degrees of Separation, but I had to figure out SOME way to link to someone else's blog and this is how I decided to do it. It sounded good in my head, so bear with me. :)

A few years ago, I started typing names into Facebook. Names of friends from high school, names of friends from the summer camp I attended up until 1989, names of friends from when I was a cheerleader...you get the idea.

Anyway, one friend I typed in was someone with whom I attended summer camp and we reconnected. It's fun to see "where they are now". About a month ago, this friend posted on Facebook that he had a Twitter account and that those who were so inclined could follow him. So I did...and he followed back.

Fast forward to this past weekend, and I get a notification that I have a new follower on Twitter - YAY!! My new follower is a stamper too!!! See? That counts at Six Degrees, right?? A connection!! (Cait is Bruce's wife - Bruce is the friend from Summer Camp)  So, I checked out her blog! It's just new, but you should check it out too! Cait has some fun ideas and LOVES playing with paper! She makes what she calls "Big Hair Girls" and you'll be AMAZED at the punch she uses to do it!

So, now that I've shared my excitement...let's get on with today's card for the Paper Craft Crew! It also qualifies for this week's Paper Players Challenge to use cups, so...YAY!! Check it out:

I started off with the teacup from the set and stamped it in Primrose Petals. I then cut it out (yep!) and distressed the edges with scissors. Next step was to decide what I wanted for a background.

I decided on the Apothecary Accents Framelits and cut out the largest one from Very Vanilla. I then grabbed the matching Paper Piercing Template from the Essentials pack and pierced all the way around the frame. I wanted a little bit more and added a layer of Crumb Cake behind the Framelit. This layer was hand cut (yes, again).

I adhered the Framelit layers to the card front layer and tied the ribbon around the those.

Then I cut out the largest of the doilies from the large Delicate Doilies Sizzlit and adhered it to the Framelit. Then...I added the stamped teacup to the front and added a few pearls. You can see them a bit better in the picture above than in the full card picture.

The sentiment was stamped in Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla and punched out with the Tag Punch. It was tied around the ribbon with Linen Thread and then adhered using a Stampin' Dimensional.

Last but not least:

I finished the inside.

You can play along too! Here's the sketch:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Tea Shoppe, Tiny Tags
INK: Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake
PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Raspberry Ripple Cardstock, Raspberry Ripple DSP
ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot, Framelits, Sizzlits, Basic Pearls, Punch, Ribbon, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Welcome back to Hamilton!

Did you enjoy yesterday's cards? I certainly hope so, because I've got some more for you today!

Isn't this just happy and cheerful? That's why it caught my eye! I just love the simplicity of adding a bunch of circles to an embossed panel. And that tiny little bejewelled flower? The perfect touch!

Some more happy and cheerful! The tone on tone butterflies just made my day! The new elegant butterfly punch is perfect for adding...well...a touch of elegance!

This collage of hearts caught my eye because I've done one almost the same in the past! I was particularly taken with the word "LOVE" in the hearts. Do you see it? :)

The last card for today is using what's sure to become my very favourite two step stamping set. When Stampin' UP! retired two of my favourite two step stamping sets last year, I was devastated. But then...they gave me Stippled Blossoms and I was HOOKED!! I just love how pretty and elegant this set is. I'll bet you love it too!

Happy Stampin'!

Won't you join me?

Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending one of the amazing Stampin' UP! Regional events in Hamilton, ON.

It was a fun filled day with swaps, make and takes, demonstrations and just a general happy feeling!

One of the highlights of Regionals (and really ANY Stampin' UP! event!) is the amazing display boards. Over the next few days (weeks?) as I try my best to be compliant and let my elbow heal, I'll be sharing some of the photos from the event. Ready?

The display boards are always one of my favourite things to see, so I'm going to start with those. There were dozens of card and scrapbook samples to photograph, so these are just a few of them.

This first sample caught my eye because I'm enthralled with this set. I don't own it (yet!), but those that do can do AMAZING things with it! I just love the way the large image panel was stamped and then run through the Big Shot with the Lattice Embossing Folder.

This sample caught my eye because it looked like all the flowers had been heat embossed. Turns out, the stamper ran a window sheet through the Big Shot using the Framelit from the Apothecary Accents set. Who would have thought? I think I'll be trying this at an upcoming class, so stay tuned! :)

My last sample for today features the Scentsational Season set. What a GREAT way to use up ribbon scraps! I know we all have LOTS of those. And how easy too...just run one piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock through the Big Shot with all three framelits at once. It couldn't be easier!

Join me tomorrow for some more pictures!

Happy Stampin'!