Scrapbook Carnival Weekend

It was great to see many of you at our booth at the Edmonton Scrapbook Carnival this weekend. We had beautiful displays of the new kits and bundles currently being offered.
carnival-display-4Good things certainly do come to those who create!
carnival-display-1Love my doorpost sign…
carnival-display-2We were very thankful to have the new Mrs. Marks helping us on Saturday.
carnival-display-3People could crop, shop, and sit down to do a make ‘n take…
carnival-mt-2This is the card they could make Saturday morning. Isn’t it stinkin’ adorable?!
carnival-mt-1I LOVE the moose! He is actually the main reason I bought the Jolly Friends Bundle. The merry greeting is a thinlit from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits, and “christmoose” was made using the Labeler Alphabet. Super easy to create your own words on your projects.

If you NEED this bundle like I did, shop HERE. While you’re checking out the online store, be sure to click to see what’s new in the Clearance Rack. New items up to 60% off have been added!!

Happy Tuesday,
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Annual Rubber Stamp Garage Sale!

I just love this time of the Stampin’ Up! year. I’ve been pulling all of my discontinued stamp sets and accessories and prepping for my Annual Rubber Stamp Garage Sale that is coming soon!

I need to make room for all the fabulous NEW product! Here is a sneak peek from one of my new favorite sets… Marquee Messages. Marquee-MessagesConsider this your personal invitation to this event:) If you have never been before, it is a MUST! Bring along a friend for an extra door prize ticket. Mark your calendars and RSVP today.Invite-2

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Sunburst Thinlits Die

This morning I have the projects we made with the Sunburst Thinlits Die. I thought I would get them up this weekend, but we were enjoying precious family time…as I hope you were. We actually celebrated 9 family birthdays yesterday, in addition to our Easter Celebration. Birthday-CardsHere they are…minus the little people…who just wanted to be in the picture because:) Birthday-KidsWith a growing family, sometimes we have to celebrate quarterly. This worked out well this time because our daughter and son-in-law were able to be here for Easter AND their birthday celebrations!

Okay…onto the projects! As I mentioned last time, Sherry Roth did the afternoon class at our event and prepped these 4 projects for us. They all featured the Sunburst Thinlits Die.

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We used the Sunburst Thinlits Die as a template to trace with a black marker.Sunburst-4Card #2
We cut a sunburst out of cardstock, placed it onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock and sponged between the rays with long strokes starting in the middle so it went from darker to lighter. The clouds were punched out using the Tree Builder Punch (#138295).Sunburst-5Card #3
The Sunburst Thinlits Die used as a sunflower:) We sponged the rays to give it more dimension and embossed the Early Espresso circle with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (#133520). The leaf was from the Leaflets Framelits (#138283) and the Celebrate Today was die-cut using the PL Life Cards & Labels Framelits (#135707).Sunburst-6Card #4
This was probably the most challenging card, but I love it! We started with a piece of Watercolor Paper, wet it generously using a clean Aqua Painter. Then we used a few different colors of reinkers in the lids of the stamp pads to dip into (with the Aqua Painter) and worked from the middle out. It didn’t look very pretty…until we cut it out with the Sunburst Thinlits Die. Then look! We stamped random dots from Timeless Textures with White Craft Ink onto the Basic Black Cardstock and adhered the sunburst once the Watercolor Paper had dried.Sunburst-7I hope you enjoy your last day of the long weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

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