Awash With Flowers

Here is another card my Mommo made using the Awash with Flowers stamp set. So cute!

Finally Some Stamping!

As some of you know (or if you look at my past posts) I have been doing a lot of painting lately, instead of stamping. This card my Mommo did, and I just loved it and had to post it!
I will get back to stamping soon, but in the meantime I will pots some of my moms great cards that she does with her classes!
The clouds are done with the cupcake punch and the pants are with the vest from the owl punch.

Old Fence Painting

Here is my painting of an old fence with barbed wire... but... Make sure you check back tomorrow, because I have some great stamping cards to share too!! That's right, not paintings, actual stamping stuff again!

Baby Sugarhouse Paintings

Here are two paintings of a little sugarhouse. I really like how these came out!

Watercolor Flower Paintings

I have been working on some flower paintings. Here are two of them so far!

Branches in the Sky

Here is my painting from this morning... I was driving home from dropping the kids off (at my wonderful in-laws house) looking up at the trees against the beautiful blue sky. I got inspired!

Violin Watercolor Painting

Here is my painting of a violin and sheet music. This one is pretty small, only 4"x6". I love how it came out though!

More Black and White Paintings

Here are the last few black and white paintings. This is the first time I tried a person... You can tell its my son, but that's about all!

Black and White Painting

Here is my painting only using Paynes Gray watercolor paint. I really like how it comes out... This one is a small painting, only 11" x 7-1/2".

Sunset....

This beautiful weather we are having makes me thing of summer and vacations... I'm ready for it!

And Another Painting...

Here is my watercolor painting from yesterday. I love how my barn came out, but not so much the rest of it. Oh well, what is it they say? Practice makes perfect right... Or hopefully, at least better!

Watercolor Painting

Sooo.... I have been missing for a bit. Everything is ok, just thought I would give you an update. Our Downhill for Diabetes ski event went amazing. We raised over $14,000!!! Thank you to all of you that helped by buying the diabetes tutorials or came out for the event!
I was really busy for the few months before the event and the weeks after, so I decided to take an adult ed. watercolor painting class to have some "me time". I used to paint, but have not since I had my kids, so I am having lots of fun getting back into it.
Don't give up on me for stamping, I will post some new projects soon! But in the mean time, here is the painting that I did this morning! (The colors look a lot better in person. I will have to figure out a better way to photograph them!)

Sale-a-Bration Still Going!

I just wanted to remind you that there are only 2 weeks left of Sale-A-Bration!

Sale-A-Bration ends March 31st.
You do not want to miss out on these great deals and FREE products!

CUSTOMERS : Choose any 1 product in the SAB catalog for every $50 in merchandise spent

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The Hostess Bundle includes the products found on pages 6-7 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure, including

Fresh Vintage stamp set (wood- or clear-mount)
Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper
Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack

NEW DEMONSTRATORS :
Starter kit is on sale for $125 (regular price is $175, a $50 discount)

***Also FREE package of Designer Series Paper ($10.95 or less) or digital download (any price) begins the month after the new demonstrator joins Stampin' Up! through the rest of 2012!!***

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or click on the catalog below to look through it online!

February GMS Meeting Cards

So... if you haven't noticed, I am a little behind in posting! We had our Downhill for Diabetes ski and snowboard event and it was a huge success! We have raised $12,500 so far with donations still coming in!!
I am still wrapping up all the details from the event, so I thought I would finally post the make-n-takes that we did at our February Green Mountain Stampers team meeting. It was a great meeing with great swaps too(as always!), I will try to get those swaps up before the next meeting!

Downhill for Diabetes Event SUNDAY!

Sorry for my lack of posting this month...

Our Downhill for Diabetes Ski and Snowboard event is this Sunday! I have been working like crazy getting everything ready for it and its going to be great!

The Second Annual
Downhill for Diabetes Charity ski and snowboard event
will be on
Sunday February 26th, 2012
at Pico Mountain Resort in Killington, Vermont.
Participants will raise money to ski or snowboard, similar to a donation walk, just Vermont style! You can donate the money yourself, have a business sponsor you, or collect donations from family, friends and co-workers.
http://www.donationsfordiabetes.org/
If you don't ski or snowboard you can still register and donate on the site to win great prizes and merchandise!

The purpose of this event is to raise money to continue funding research and ultimately come up with a cure for diabetes! For those of you who don't know, my six year old daughter, Ashley, is a Type 1 Diabetic. We need to find a cure for this disease so Ashley, and others like her, don't have to live with this every day of their lives.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from this event will be donated to diabetes research.
I am hoping that you will be able to help us with this effort!
You must be registered before the event to receive ticket discounts and prizes.

You can see more details or donate on our diabetes website:
http://www.donationsfordiabetes.org/

Simple & Easy Paper Snowflakes!

I found the greatest directions to make paper snowflakes really easy! I thought I would just share straight from the source! You can print out the directions to make each one!

CLICK HERE for her post and HERE for the FREE template and directions!
I can not wait to do these with my kids!

Punch Art Dress Swap

Since I had so much fun making these dress cards, I decided to make them for my swap for my Green Mountain Stampers meeting today.
This is a great group to be part of, and now its the best time to join since its Sale-a-Bration! That means it's only $125 for the starter package (with over $300 of products in it) and you also get some Designer Series Paper or free digital downloads as well!

See my other dress cards and how to make them by clicking on the images.

Punch Art Wedding Dress

I had so much fun making my other punch art dress card, I just had to switch it up a little and make a wedding dress!
I used the Established Elegance stamp set to stamp the dress form in Soft Suede ink. I used the Heart to Heart Punch, Blossom Petals Punch and Lace Ribbon Border Punch to make the dress.

How to make this card:
First cut a strip of Whisper White card stock and put it through the Lace Ribbon Border Punch. Use the large petal on the Blossom Petals Punch and punch out one in the lace and another of regular white card stock. Do the same with the medium heart. Then just use the Two-way Glue Pen to stick them on top of each other. For the background I just cut strips with the Lace Ribbon Border Punch and glued them to the front of my card in rows.


I used the Labels Collection Framelits from the Occasions Mini for the center shape and some Pearls to accent my dress.

I love these little dresses with this stamp set! SO cute!

Punch Art Dress Form

I saw a card from Annette John with a dress like this on it, and just had to make one. It is so cute and fits perfectly on the dress form stamp!

I used the Established Elegance stamp set to stamp the dress form in Soft Suede ink. The dress is made out of the Heart to Heart Punch and the Scallop Circle Punch. I used the Sale-a-Bration Everyday Enchantment DSP and ribbon for the dress and the Textured Impressions Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder with the Big Shot for the background. I used the Labels Collection Framelits from the Occasions Mini for the center shape.

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Just go to my SU site (this link should take you right to the page).
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In the middle of the page it says
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Valentine Ribbon Heart

Here is a card that I really like that I pulled up from a past post.
I used the same ribbon technique that I used on my Christmas tree card on this heart card for Valentines Day. I used the Music Notes roller for the background and I used the Big Shot with the Serif Essentials alphabet for the love. ( The heart for the "o" is using the Heart to Heart punch.)

CLICK HERE to see how to do this technique!

Woven Ribbon Birthday Card

I found this great card on Laure Lipe's Blog and just had to make my own version, so here it is! I did this as a birthday card for our wonderful school nurse. It uses a lot of ribbon, but it really comes out nice. I used the 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain ribbon to make mine. You can use whatever ribbon you have, you just have to make the card you wrap it around the right size.
I love the little charms!

I used the Elementary Elegance stamp set from Sale-a-Bration to make this card. Something about using a completely free stamp set makes the card even better. Don't you think?

Heart Fingerprint Valentine Card

Here is my Heart Fingerprint Valentine Card! This was so easy to make and so cute with the fingerprints. You can't really tell in the photo, but you can really make out the fingerprints on the card. We are going to do this card at my card class tonight!
To make this, simply cut out the smallest heart from the metal die Hearts Collection. Then use the outside paper (not the cut out heart) to put two fingerprints in. This will make the point on the end and keep them in the heart shape. I used my pointer finger and that seemed to work best.

Heart Flower Frame Card

Here is my card that I made using the Labels Collection Framelits . I love these new metal dies! While I was making the frame, I wanted the edge of the metal to show, so I sprayed my paper with alcohol before I put it through the Big Shot. This makes the outer edge of the metal die come out very pronounced, like you have embossed the center of the frame. The heart flower is from my other card I did that you can see at the bottom of this post.
I used the Everyday Enchantment DSP from Sale-a-Bration as well as the Elementary Elegance stamp set. I also used Loved Ones for the sentiment from the Occasions Mini.

I folded my card and cut my frame out of the inside of the card. Then I put a Very Vanilla piece of paper on the back of the card. This gives you a framed place to write on the inside of the card and you don't have to waste an extra paper to cut the frame out of!

Click on the image below to get more info about how to make the heart flower.

Heart Flower Valentine Diabetes Tutorial

Here is my Heart Flower Valentine Tutorial!
This tutorial is only $1 and ALL of the proceeds from this tutorial will go towards our Downhill for Diabetes ski and snowboard event to help find a cure for diabetes!
I used the Heart Framelits for the Big Shot, and the Loved Ones and Take it to Heart stamp sets from the 2012 Occasions Mini catalog for this project. I also used the Everyday Enchantment DSP from the 2012 Sale-a-Bration catalog that you can get for free with a $50 purchase! You can easily change out any of the items that you don't have.

(See the Sale-a-Bration catalog here.)


Thank you for your wonderful contribution to help find a cure for diabetes. If you would like to see more details or join us at our event, Feb. 26th 2012 at Pico Mountain Resort, see our website for more information!
http://www.donationsfordiabetes.org/

Sale-a-bration is Here!

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You can see more details about this great sale or place orders online on my site* (or through me).
*If you want to earn the hostess benefits for orders over $150, it needs to be through me.
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email: pratt.lynn@gmail.com

This is a great time to become a demonstrator! You get a great deal on the starter package, and lots of extra FREE stuff!!

Remember!! For every $5o you spend, you not only get a FREE sale-a-bration item of your choice, you also get a FREE tutorial of your choice!

Here is my Enchantment Purse, Envelopes & Cards Set. This project uses some of the great new products from the 2012 Occasions Mini and the 2012 Sale-a-Bration catalogs.
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to see more details or get the tutorial!