Do the Llama Hop!

I am so honored to be with a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators who love Stampin' Up! as much as I do.  We enjoyed each others sense of humor so much that we formed our own group the Watercooler Llamas.  Please join us for our first hop, "Do the Llama Hop!".  See the link below of our blog for a list of all the participating talented ladies and join us for our first hop.

Spice Cake Lollie Wreath

Lollie wreaths have been popping up all over the internet and when Stampin' Up! brought out the Holiday Mini Catalog showing one on page 6, I had to make one for one of our classes.  After seeing so many made with Spice Cake DSP, I decided to make one also.  Don't you just love the fall colors in this paper?  Using our Simply Scored scoring tool made these lollies a breeze to make.  Using low-temp glue gun helped a lot also(I blistered two finger tips before turning it from high to low. LOL)

Don't you just love the script on the banner?  That is our new Hand-Penned Holidays stamp set, also in the new Holiday Mini Catalog.  Don't have a copy, check out the down-loadable copy on the right bar of my blog.

Recipe

Stamps:  Hand-Penned Holidays

 Paper: Pool Party, Soft Suede and More Mustard Card Stock and Spice Cake Designer Series Paper

 Ink:  Early Espresso

Accessories:  Big Shot, Simply Scored, Leaves #2 Originals Die, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch,  3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, In Color Designed Printed Brad, Brights Designer Buttons, 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Spice Cake Designer Buttons, Crystal Effects

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now off to see the other Llamas gorgeous work!

 

Lollie Christmas Lodge

Lollie Christmas Lodge

Just two more days until the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog starts and I am so excited!  So many beautiful stamp sets, cute papers and the Simply Scored!  I pulled my new Simply Scored out to make the lollie for this card.  Love the way it scores so easily.  Ladies coming to my card buffet tonight will have a chance to use it themselves.

For this card I chose to enter three challenges.  The first for the sketch was The Friday Mashup FM#21 and the challenge was:

So here is how we are "MASHING IT UP" this week

 

Create a project using the provided "Sketch". or Create a project that has a "Dry Embossing on it". or "Mash it Up!" and create a card using the "Sketch with Dry Embossing".  So I chose to "Mash it Up!" using the Sketch and the new Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

 The next challenge I am entering is Cas-ual Fridays CFC #17 Their challenge this week is to use stickers(rub-ons are fine too if you don't have stickers) in your clean and simple design.  I chose to use the Season's Greetings from the Retired SU Chit Chat Rub-ons.

And the final challenge that I am entering this week is a color challenge over at In{k}spire Me Challenge #7

My free color I chose was Cherry Cobbler(my favorite).  The paper I used to make my lollie with is our new Frostwood Lodge in the new Holiday Mini.  This is my new favorite paper and I will be using it a lot in the coming months.   
I was just notified that I won runner up for this card and now I have a new badge:

Recipe:

Stamp:  Christmas Lodge

Ink: Soft Suede and Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Garden Green, Certainly Celery and Whisper White Card Stock, Frostwood Lodge DSP, Regals Collection Patterns DSP Stack

Accessories:  Big Shot, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Chit Chat Rub-ons(Retired), 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Simply Scored