Sock Monkey birthday!

Here's a fun little card featuring the ever-adorable sock monkey!

I stamped the monkey on Kraft card stock and used bleach to lighten his hands, feet, muzzle, and tail. Then I used my Real Red Stampin' Write marker to colour his mouth and bottom. The cupcake image is popped up on a dimensional! This is very similar to my son's 1st birthday invitation from last year:)

July birthdays!

I have two sisters with birthdays in July, so I was really happy to see Shelli's challenge focused on these projects!









This is the card I CASEd from the catalogue and made over for my sister Lauren's birthday (July 7).



You can't see it in the photo, but the drinks are embossed with Iridescent Ice for sparkle - Lauren loves bling:)









This is the card I created using the new Tri-Shutter style for my sister Jenny's birthday (July 23 - today!)




Here is the outside of the card...















And here is the inside! I LOOOOOVE this Pink Flamingo DSP, although you couldn't have told me that before I ordered some for a paper share! The colours are so vibrant, and I love the patterns!























This wasn't part of the birthday ensemble, but a little treat box I had made up for some workshops recently also using the Pink Flamingo DSP. It's made from two of the Box #2 Big Shot dies sandwiched back to back, so there is a compartment on each side for treats! Such a fun idea.

Spring Scrapbooking!

Here is my new blog - exclusively for me, by me, with no pressure to post, just the ability to show off! :) If you are visiting, I hope you like what you find! My creations are all made using 100% Stampin' Up! products, as I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and love it all!

For my first post, I wanted to show a couple of scrapbook pages I created for an upcoming class:

This is my little darling, Jaymen, just 10 months old in these photos from last year. Now, unbelievably, he is 19 months old and going to be a big brother any day! :)

I made the beautiful flowers using some cool Stampin' Up!-exclusive Embosslits for the Big Shot (LOVE that machine!) and sponged for dimension. The leaves are created by running a strip of Certainly Celery card stock folded in half through the Paper Crimper at an angle, and then hand-cutting a half leaf shape, using the fold in the card stock as the main rib of the leaf, then sponging with Garden Green.

I used the Rock 'n' Roll technique on my title letters, inking first in Certainly Celery and then rock 'n' rolling in Garden Green.

I am not really a scrapbooker, but I had a LOT of fun creating this two-page spread - hope my customers like it on Monday! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Big Deal Alphabet

Paper: Certainly Celery card stock, Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper (Sale-a-Bration), Garden Green card stock, Real Red card stock, Summer Sun card stock, Whisper White card stock

Ink: Certainly Celery Classic, Garden Green Classic, Real Red Classic, Summer Sun Classic, Only Orange Classic

Accessories: Paper Crimper, Big Shot Die-Cut machine, Stampin’ Up! Flower Burst Embosslits Die, Stampin’ Up! Simple Flower Embosslits Die, Stampin' Sponge, 1/2-inch Circle punch, Real Red 1/4-inch Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker, 1/8-inch hole punch