Ribbon Ring

Hi,
I just ordered some cool ribbon tags for organizing all of my loose ribbon. You can check out their system at Ribbon Ring. Here's a pic from the Ribbon Ring website. I can't wait for it to come.
I have spent time this week organizing my markers/pencil crayons, cardstock and inks. I am now organizing these products by colors - all the reds together, pinks together etc. I have also put all my stamp sets into drawers to free up some space on my shelves. It looks so fabulous. It is so fun to get my room organized again, it sure doesn't take long to for it to get messy.

Photo Freedom

Hello Everyone,
This spring while I was recovering from surgery I had the opportunity to read a book called Photo Freedom by Stacy Julian. In her book she shares her Library of Memories system. This system takes you from scrapbooking chronologically to inspiration based scrapbooking. I highly recommend this book if you want to move your photos from envelopes/boxes and into your scrapbooks. You can find groups on facebook that share ideas for this type of scrapbooking called Big Picture Scrapbooking and also Library of Memories Fan. She also has a website called Big Picture Scrapbooking.
Marcia

Christmas Frame, Some Home Decor

Hello,
I know it seems strange to blog Christmas items, but I was going through some of my photos and thought I would start here with posting some of my artwork. I made this quite a while ago, fall of 2006 (I think) and I love bringing it out at Christmas time each year. I'll try to remember the supplies I used to create this pretty frame.

Techniques: Kissing, Kissing Off, and Twisted Kissing
Stamps: Headline Alphabet, snow flurries, warm words
Ink: True Thyme, Cranberry Crisp, Chocolate Chip Classic Inks
Paper: Holiday Thyme
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware - antique brass, various SU ribbons


Please note: some of these supplies are retired. Please see my Stampin' Up! website for current stamping supplies.

Valentine's Cookies

Hi Everyone,

I know I am late posting this, but the cookies were so pretty I just had to share. I made these cookies for my daughter's kindergarten class for her 6th birthday, which is also Valentine's Day. They were a huge hit with all the kids, and I stayed with the class for the day and we had a great time doing some special Valentine projects. For her birthday party I made giant heart cookies for the kids to decorate with orange or yellow icing, which was a request from the birthday girl.

Here's the recipe: ( got it from a friend years ago)
3/4 c. butter
1c. sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
3 c. flour (I use about 2 3/4 cups - I just play with it until I get the right consistency)

Cream together butter and sugar, add eggs and vanilla. Mix in baking powder, salt and flour. Chill 1 hour or until firm. Lightly flour surface and roll out 1/4" thickness. Place on greased cookie sheet, I don't think I have ever greased the cookie sheet. One recipe yields 10 large hearts (not shown) or a couple dozen regular hearts (shown). Bake at 375 for 8 - 10 minutes. The recipe for the icing was from the package of Rogers Icing Sugar. It turned out great, and was easy to work with.

Enjoy,
Marcia

Blog Candy

Hello Everyone,
Seems like everyone is either giving away blog candy or receiving it. Relax I am not giving any away today. I would like to let you know about someone who is. Erika is giving away an entire stamp set! Wow! You can find her blog here. Please let her know I sent you.
Thanks,
Marcia

Hello,
This is the card I made for my mom's birthday this past December. It is called a viewmaster card. The windows say daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, special friend. I cried when I made it and she cried when she opened it.
The colours I used were blush blossom, true thyme, cranberry crisp, and very vanilla. The stamp sets I used were All About You, Everyday Flexible Phrases, Expressive Flexible Phrases, and Floral Background. I rubbed true thyme and cranberry crisp on all the edges to give a dirty vintage look to the card. My mom loved it and I loved making it for her.
Thank you Kerry for the great layout and for letting me case your card. I just changed the colours to make it more my style.
Marcia

Hi Everyone,
This is the card I made for a Winter Mini Swap with a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators. I also participated in the card sketch challenge (although I still need to upload to the gallery) on Splitcoaststampers. This is SC70, you can click on the card sketch challenges on the homepage.

I used my new stamp set Carte Postal, the new jumbo wheel leaves a la carte, and the french flair background stamp. I used pale plum cardstock for the body of the card; mellow moss, chocolate chip, and whisper white was used for the focal point. I also used whisper white craft ink to stamp the background stamp on the right side, and used perfect plum jumbo ink cartridge to stamp the jumbo wheel image on the left side.

Chocolate grosgrain ribbon was adhered between the two background sections to seperate and add distinction. The flower has been stamped, and punched out using the 1 1/4" circle punch, and a stampin' dimensional pops it up with flair. A hodgepodge aged copper brad finishes off the focal point while the "mon amie" inked in chocolate chip finishes off the card. Thanks for looking, enjoy.
Marcia