fresh & fun

I just checked Linda’s Amuse blog and she has some!!!! You hear me????? Run over there and get you some!!!!

 http://amusenews.typepad.com/a_muse_news/2007/04/punch_update.html

I had to get my new toys out again. I can’t have new stuff sitting here and not use it. My deadline for the secret stamping is still far off. I can squeeze some fun stuff in in between.

I started with two 4″ coasters. I think those are medium weight. I adhered Crate paper from the Girly girl selection to both sides of the coaster with Mod Podge. I clipped the corners of the paper with scissors and sanded all around the edges with a Sanding block from Stampin’ Up!. Then I added a layer of Mod Podge to seal the paper.

For the main image I started with a Whisper White circle and brushed Barely Banana craft ink refill over it with the big watercolor brush. I am very much into using craft ink and craft refill right now. I guess the Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dauber inspired me to reach for my craft ink more again.

Next I used white craft ink refill and a small watercolor brush to add a white line on each side of the circle. Then I used my gorgeous Fancy Pants Brush Bloom stamps with Tea Leaves Versamagic Dew Drop ink to add swirls to the sides and Pink Petunia for the flowers. Once the flowers and swirls were stamped, I added a thin line of Jumbo Java Dew Drop ink next to my white lines.

Blog Friends is stamped with Stampin’ Up!s Typeset Alpha Upper and Rough Edge Alpha in Java Dew Drop ink.

During my shopping spree in San Antonio with Jenn I picked up some Bling Brads. I added a small one in my big flower, and Amuse Creative Candy in the center of my two small flowers. After my flowers were dressed up, my words looked to flat. So I added a layer of Crystal Effect over them.

The ribbon is May Arts Ribbon (what else).

I then punched my covers with my new Bind-it-All. And wouldn’ t you know it, I goofed. My first cover was punched crooked. So I had to make a second. Then I punched my back cover….and punched it the wrong way. I tell you….my stamping would go a lot faster, if I wouldn’t make all those silly mistakes. When I finally had my front and back cover finished, it was time to create some pages.

I have a bunch of Confetti white cardstock, so I used that. I cut my cardstock in 4″x4″ squares and used my corner rounder on each corner. Then I used the swirl stamped that I had already used on the front page for each page.

I really like the way it turned out. Now I have to clean off the big mess on my table and maybe get one more “have to do” project done!

I know you girls probably all know about this already, but just in case you don’t, please check out Gina K’s stamp set “Love you to pieces”. For every stamp set sold, Gina will donate $8 to Autism Speaks. Check here for pictures of the gorgeous set and samples made with it.  You can purchase the set mounted or unmounted! 

 Hugs and smiles

Beate

Update: At 4:53 p.m. (CST) I reached 100,000. Wohooooooooo!!!! I will use the random selector tomorrow morning to pull a winner for these goodies!!!!

Can you girls see me grinning from ear to ear? I am almost at 100,000 hits. That’s just incredible. What better time to hit this big milestone then shortly before my birthday?

This time the Fresh and Fun Freebies in the basket contain things to alter and embellishments to alter them with:

• Five Hampton Art Clear stamp packages: hello, in my thoughts, Celebrate, Thank you, Party time
• Acrylic block to mount the stamps
• blank paper bag book like in the tutorial
• 7gypsies 5×7 clipper Photo Frame
• Round CD tin
• 8 different May Arts ribbon (3-5 yards each)
• big stack of  mega and giga scalloped  circles, scallops and squares in various colors
• my One sheet box (they are so much easier to make when you have a sample to look at)
• wooden letter tiles
• assortment of Prima Flowers
• one sheet each of BasicGrey Gypsy paper pad (6×6) I forgot to photograph it. Sorry. It’s gorgeous!

I am running out of blog candy questions. So you don’t have to answer anything this time to win this candy. Just one post per person please! I will draw a winner at 10 a.m.  the next day after I hit 100,000.

Oh…if you have any suggestions for cool blog candy questions or a better name for my candy feel free to post. I am all ears.

Thank you for always visiting my little stamping blog and hanging out with me. You don’t know how much that means to me! Hugs and big smile.

I got seven birthday cards yesterday in the mail! SEVEN!!!! One more gorgeous then the next. Let me share them with you.

This first one is from Lisa Martz. I met Lisa on my first SU event ever! It was a regional in Tulsa back in 2003 or 2004. I can’t remember what year it was. What I can remember is the drive to Tulsa with Jenn. We hardly knew each other before the trip, but 8 hours there and back turned us into best friends. Anyway….we met Lisa there and went out to eat with her and a few other ladies. I will never forget that event. Lisa started a swap group a short time later and now that is THE most awesome swap group to be in. Check out her card…..It’s freaking gorgeous! Lisa just started a blog. Check it out when you have some time.

Do you want to see the rest of my amazing birthday cards?

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