Halloween Birthday!

My daughter, the non-stamper, asked to make her boyfriend a card for his birthday. We kind of came up with this idea due to the Halloween theme of each of their birthdays. She has fallen in love with embossing and wanted to emboss everything on this card.

When it came time to use the Versamarker on the inside of the card, my Versamarker was dead. So she took the white gel pen and handwrote the inside. She then white embossed the skelton head from Batty For You.

I think she did a fabulous job. Don't you?

Sparkly and Bright! Workshop

I know, I am bad blogger lately! I have been busy with many workshops this week and haven't had time to come up for air.

Stampin' Up! wants us to get back into the workshop. I totally agree! I met so many nice women this week, that it re-energized me.

Here is a variation on what we did in my workshops this week.

Ornament Punch Flower

One day while surfing, I came across this marvelous idea on using Stampin' Up's! Ornament punch for making this wonderful flower. When I went back to look for it, I couldn't find the person who's blog I found it on.

If you are able to look closely, I sponged the edges of the petals in Soft Suede. I love this new color. The Designer Series Paper is from Autumn Traditions.

Delightful Decorations

This set is also in the Holiday Mini catalog. I ran Stampin' Up! gold cardstock through the Petals A Plenty embossing folder.

I gold embossed the ornaments from Delightful Decorations and punched them out using our new Ornament punch. The Merry Christmas is from Four the Holidays in our Holiday Mini. I gold embossed that as well.

I added some Whisper White Organza Ribbon.

Embossed Upsy Daisy

My sister-in-law's birthday is today and I made this card for her using Upsy Daisy and Stampin' Up's! new butterfly punch. The Designer Series Paper used is Razzleberry Lemonade and I just adore the colors, Melon Mambo, and Crushed Curry.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Happy Birthday, Maureen!

Nursery Necessities

I friend of ours had a baby girl recently and I sent her this card as a welcome!

I used Nursery Necessities and wheeled it with Nursery Letters. Believe it or not, I used Basic Gray as the card base and I just could not get the lighting right on it. It looks exactly like Bravo Burgundy.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Snowflakes, Again!

I embossed the smaller snowflake onto Soft Suede and then added Dazzling Diamonds. I used the paper piercer to pierce the corners and around the middle layer.

I stamped smaller snowflakes in Whisper White Craft Ink.
Merry Christmas from Teeny Tiny Wishes rounds out the bottom punched with the Modern Label punch.

The ribbon tied at the top is White Organza. All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Peace On Earth

I told you I was into Soft Suede on Monday! A very simple card using Stampin' Up's! new embossing folder, Petals A Plenty, from the Holiday Mini.

The very large snowflake from Serene Snowflake is the main focal point and then one stamp set that has shown up in the Holiday Mini is Four The Holidays. Four sentiments that reflect the holidays.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Serene Snowflakes

Whew! I just LOVE long weekends! I got a chance to play with all my goodies that arrived from Stampin' Up! late last week. Although, I did not get a chance during the week to even look through the box, I was able to sort everything and just ogle it all. You all know what I am talking about when that wonderful box comes via UPS!

Yesterday was my day to play and create! I made a series of cards using Serene Snowflakes from the brand new Holiday Mini. I was in a Soft Suede kind of mood and I just let it happen.

The white is Whisper White Craft Ink and Soft Suede Classic Ink. Very Vanilla was used to layer. I also sponged the interior of the third layer so that it gave it a cloudy appearance. All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Labor Day Customer Incentive from Christine Pyrch

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

ORDERING INCENTIVE

The first 4 customers to place an online order on my website (Click Here, then click Shop Now) for $85 or more (before tax/shipping), will get their choice of one of these retired sets FREE:

First come first served. Valid 9/5/09 9:00am to 9/7/09 midnight EST

Offer valid only through Christine Pyrch

From left to right top row: Sweet Little Sentiments, Sweet Dreams.
From left to right bottom row: Dear Friend, Darling Dots

All other orders over $85 after the first 4 will receive a nice sampling of the new ribbons in the new Holiday Mini Catalog.

September Special: Stampin' Up! Hostess Special Bonus

Sweet Rewards Stampin' Up! Hostess Special

Make your hostess "dollars" go further by earning even more free products with our limited-time hostess offer!

From September 1-November 30

• Host a $250 Stampin' Up! workshop, and choose any one item* from the Holiday 2009 Mini Catalog for just $10! (By selecting a Holiday Mini Catalog product as one of your free choices, you actually be earning more hostess benefits!)

On October 1-November 30, when My Digital Studio is released, this offer will become even sweeter:

• Host a workshop of at least $400 and in addition to the above, get My Digital Studio for 50 percent off the retail price (retail price: $79.95; promotional price: $39.97)!

Choose from our award-winning stamps, beautiful new Simply Adorned jewelry, exclusive Build-A-Bear Workshop products, or latest dies for the Sizzix Big Shot. With so much to choose from, you'll feel like a kid in a candy shop!

Best of all, this amazing offer is in addition to the hostess benefits we offer.

Contact Chris to make plans today to host your own Stampin' Up! workshop and enjoy this sweet reward.

*Offer does not include My Digital Studio or hostess sets

Swap Cards From Convention

I wanted to show you some swap cards that a dear Stampin' Up! friend, Tami, made for convention. Aren't these wonderful cards? Thanks, Tami for all that you did to get me some amazing goodies from Momento Mall. You're the best!

Medallion

I wanted to share a picture of the new Medallion background stamp that is currently Stampin' Up's best seller at the moment.

There are ENDLESS possibilities for the background. I ordered it and haven't yet had a chance to play with it. I made this card at a meeting in New York two weekends ago.

I like the large grommets and, of course, the Build A Brads.