Henry says.. birthday card by Stampin Up and me

 

Hi dear Stampers.

I hope you are having a beautiful Sunday. 

I had some time to create a card this afternoon. I love those slow moments where everything seems to go well in this home. The kids were content doing their own little thing, my hubby was taking a nap.. the dishes were done.. and voila.. I could crawl into my little craft space. 

 

I hopped over to the Clean and simple Sketch of the Paper Players #129.  I turned their sketch on it's side and came up with my design. I really love how it turned out. But you should see the Paper Players creations. So many beautiful ones. I loved hopping over to their blogs, to have a closer look.

 

 Right away I thought of the image of one of my new Stampin Up stamp sets.  'Henry says'. (#128093 - $26.95)  

This set has 13 of the cutest little images that go so well with the main elephant image.

 

 This elephant will never forget any of your birthdays or special occasions. like Christmas! The Stamps include banners and ornaments, which you can hang from his trunk. There are 3 different hats to suit any occasion.

 

Please click Here to order your own 'Henry says' stamp set.

I also wanted to ad my card to the Friday Mashup Challenge #93 of this week. I red that one of the hostesses on this blog, named 'Holly' is having her birthday this week. Happy Birthday to you dear Holly. I hope you will have a beautiful new year ahead of you.

The theme of their week is 'Birthdays'. Well this card will fit right in, with all the others. What a great bunch of cards do they have on display. I loved each one of them.

 

 Here you see my little container of the neutral colored Flower Brads that Stampin Up released a while ago. They are actually now for sale in their Clearance Rack for only $4.59. (with the item number #119730)

I know.. 48 beautiful designed brads for that small of a price. And sadly only while supply lasts.

Click Here to go to my online store. I just checked and they are still available :)

 These high-quality cast brads are so easy to use and come in exclusive Stampin' Up! colors. 

                                    Just use a hole punch, insert the brad, and you’re done.

                                             ■ Include 48 pieces; 8 each of 6 colors
                           ■ Use to embellish cards, scrapbook pages, and other papercrafts

Here you have a closer look at the Summer Starfruit 3/8'' satin ribbon. 

For $12,25 you'll receive 10 yards of this gorgeous ribbon.

Please click HERE to order your own spool of ribbon through my Online Stampin Up store.

You can also wait 2 more days for Stampin Up's Sale-A-Bration 2013 to start. Between January the 22-nd  and March the 22-nd you will receive for every order of $60 a Stampin Up gift. There will be loads of stampsets to choose from, ribbon, brads, New My Digital Studio designs, that you can use for your Digital Scrapbooks and cards. There will be free punches, etc, etc.

So if you would like to book a Stampin Up workshop with me, please contact me. I would love to hear from you. I still have some dates available and I would love to come to your home to stamp and create with your friends.

I also would like to ad my card to the Keep it simple Blog Challenge #5. This Blog is created in Germany, Deutschland. I am so happy I found this blog. It really has some beautiful challenges. You should check it out. They encouraged us to use frames on our cards. Well, you know me, I love framing my images. It gives any card such a clean look. And I am all about that!

Well. I should make some tea for everyone.

Tea and honey..

and a chocolate cookie :)

I hope you will find some time today to create.

Inky hugs, Pauline

Zoo review penguin - thinking of you card by Stampin Up and me

 

Hi dear crafters and stampers.

Thanks so much for stopping by on this beautiful day.

It is + 10 Celsius here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  I quickly did some laundry and hang it all outside to dry. Oh, I can't wait to cuddle up with my hubby  underneath those fresh linens this evening and smell the cold air that dried them today. Oh, I am already so pumped about Spring to come, but I am afraid that has to wait awhile.

  

So while we're waiting :) I wanted to give you a little sneak peek of what is coming up for Sale-A-Bration this 2013 at Stampin Up. 

This gorgeous set of 3 spools of ribbon ( all of them are 5 yards each in the colors Pool Party, Tangerine Tango and Island Indigo) + this little bag of 36 buttons in the colors - Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Pool Party can be yours for free, when you place an order with me of $60 or more.

  

Isn't this a fantastic set to dress up your cards and scrapbook pages?

Remember January the 22-nd we will kick start this Sale-A-Bration of 2013. Don't miss the opportunity to earn your extra free gifts this year on your order.

Before I show you more details on my cards, I just wanted to give you a little peek at some of the photo's that I took a couple of weeks ago of our kiddos in this Canadian winter of ours.

Canada is so beautiful! The mountains, the rivers, the trees covered with all the snow..

If I could I would be a professional photographer and take pictures all day!.. But to be honest I have no idea how to get that kind of business from the floor..

 maybe one day.. I will see the light :)

Until then.. It will be beside creating cards and being a mom and wife, one of my most favorite things to do in life!

 

 Anyhoo.

On to my card of the day! I inked up for the first time my Zoo review Stampin Up wood mounted stamp set. (#122197 - $27.95)   What a gorgeous illustrated set of stamps. I absolutely love it. Please click on the link above, to visit my online store to purchase this sweet set of animal stamps.

 I created this card with the Stampin Royalty #159 Layout Challenge in mind.

What a beautiful layout did they give us to play with. I can see myself using it way more often.

Thanks ladies for the inspiration, I love it!

Well.. I hope you enjoyed my post of today.

and I hope that it encouraged you to get in to your own creative space to play with your goodies.

Inky hugs, Pauline

Honeycomb Textured impressions folder hexagon card by Stampin Up and me

 

Hi dear Stampers. Welcome back at my little post of the day.

 I'm counting the days. How about you? 

Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!'s biggest promotion of the year, starts on Tuesday, Jan. 22 and runs through March 22. So what's all the excitement about? For every $60 you spend on Stampin' Up! products (before shipping and tax), you'll get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift.

Maybe this next product could help you to get to the $60 in your upcoming order, so you can receive your free SAB product!

I am so excited with this new product of Stampin Up.

I am sure you have seen it being used by many other creative ladies in the blog world :)

Today I rolled it through my Big shot for the first time.

I hope one day that Stampin Up will release a hexagon paper punch that fits in these little thingies.. Because I have to tell you, the paper piercing / snipping part took me a little while.

 

This new Stampin Up embossing folder is called: 

The Honeycomb textured impressions Embossing Folder. (129378 - $9.95)

 

 

Today I hopped over to the Colour Queen Challenge Blog. With their new Challenge of the week # 172, they gave us a beautiful color palette.  

Melon Mambo, Summer Starfruit, Basic Gray, 

Poppy Parade and Whisper White.

Well, this is what I came up with. Pretty cute eh!

 

 

 

Well.. Short but sweet.

Have a beautiful rest of your day.

Inky hugs, Pauline

Hearts a flutter thank you card by Stampin Up and me

 

Hi dear Stampers. 

Wowsy, did we ever have one beautiful day here in Calgary. 

I loved being outside today with our littlest one in the sun and under the blue sky. 

She had a play date with her little buddy and while they were having loads of fun playing at the playground, I had the chance to connect with my dear friend Marty at the same time.

She is such a wonderful person. + she has so much insight and wisdom in the world of healthy living and cooking. I just adore her and I am able to learn so much from her. What a gift.

 

Anyhoo.. 

Before life all started in this household this morning, 

I jumped out of bed and created this quick card. It is so simple and yet so elegant.  

 

I created with the Case Study #123 in mind.  

Please hop over to their blog. It is loaded with brilliant and fresh ideas from the host ladies of this blog. I loved checking it out.

 

I inked up my 'Hearts a flutter' Stampin Up stamp set for the first time.

(#129252 -  $22.95)

What a gorgeous set. 

 

 

If you've ever wanted to create a fanciful, heart-themed banner or bunting, now's your chance! This eight-piece set is perfect for Valentine's Day--or any day you want to create a project that says "I love you" to someone special.

 

This little sentiment that you see, is from the upcoming Stampin Up's Sale-A-Bration 2013 'Vintage Verses' set. This set has 4 beautiful illustrated sentiments, that are to good to pass by this year. For each $60 dollars that you spend during Sale-A-Bration, you get to choose one free and unique designed stamp set or DSP, or ribbon and buttons.. or.. well, I guess you have to wait and see when the promotion starts.

Well, there Challenge #123 is almost closing.. (yip.. what is it with me and those last minute postings.. ), so I am going to close this blog post of in a minute and connect it to their blog.

 

Have a beautiful evening!

Inky hugs, Pauline

A lovely Poppy Parade thank you card by Stampin Up and me

 

Good Monday morning dear Stampers.

If I write this post quickly enough then I will be still able to enter it in into the Freshly Made Sketches #64. Jen did such a fantastic job on the sketch, that I had to play along. Thanks Jen, I love the sketch, I am sure I will use this layout more often. It is so clean and fresh.

 

So, this is what I came up with. You know, I have this little bin, with just the most pretty little things in it. I don't always think of using the pictures and the 'pretties' on my cards, but today I really wanted to use this cute little girl. Not sure where I found her. But I think that she feels right at home here on my card :)

 

I matched her up with my Stampin Up layers of card stock.  The Poppy Parade red card stock is still a favorite of mine. It always works so well with the Crumb Cake and that soft blue.

And isn't the ribbon so delish. I love working with this ribbon. It is so easy to tie around the card stock. they are made for each other :)

 

 

 

 

Well.. It is short but sweet today. 

It is Monday.. so I am sure you know what that means.. 

Cleaning up after a full weekend with the kids in and around the home :)

I hope you enjoyed my post today.

Inky hugs, Pauline

By the Tide heart card by Stampin Up and me

 

Hi dear Stampers.

Thanks for stopping by and welcome to my blog.

I don't know, how long it has been since I posted a hand stamped card on my blog.

But I am happy to be back again with this fun and loving card.

 

I don't know about you, but I have a thing for the ocean, the waves, the fishes, the coral.. I love everything about it! A couple of days ago, Stampin Up launched their new Spring Catalogue of 2013. It is so full of beautiful new stamp sets. Please click on this link to see all the beauties that they came up with.

Here you see the new 'By the Tide' Stampin Up set. (#129120 - $24.95) that is available through my online Stampin Up store. It is beautifully rendered and exquisitely detailed--who wouldn’t want to add this extravagant seven-piece set to their stamp collection? It also makes a wonderful gift for ocean and nature-lovers. It coordinates with the 1" Circle Punch.

Set Quantity: 7

 

 

I created this card with the Paper Players theme Challenge in mind. 'Love is in the air - Challenge #127. I loved seeing all the beautiful cards the ladies made for us to get inspired.I didn't think one page could hold so much talent :)

 

 

That little sentiment that you see is from one of the Sale-A-Bration sets that will be coming out soon. For every $60 that you will spend during Sale-A-Bration 2013, you can pick one item from their upcoming SAB Catalogue.I will keep you posted, once that time has come.

 

Well, I need to keep it short today. It has been snowing since last night. And I really need to get that shuffle out to make our stairways more visible. Right now, we're just living on a snowy hill and people might think that we use a sled to go down this hill of ours to get to the bottom.

Inky hugs, Pauline