The Amazing Card

Okay now that I have you attention, this poor card was so easy, but managed to drive me nuts! I did 2 very stupid mistakes on it, too bad, as it might have been quite pretty! First thing I managed to do, was I forgot that I shouldn't have inked all the stem in the green, just part of it, second was after adding my adhesive and getting ready to carefully place it on the background cardstock, I dropped it on it! Well, you all know what that means, where it landed is where it stays. I was trying some of the new Ad Tech Adhesive, and let me tell you it sticks good!

I was somewhat copying a card from the new SU catty. I added some bling (stickles and gems) and a ribbon. I sponged Baja Breeze for the background under the flowers! Now this would be a great card for a workshop, as it was quite quick (without the mistakes)! It seems that everything I touched today was like that, I am going to an all day scrapbook fund raiser tomorrow~I need the break! One good thing today, My Shimmerz Blingz order came in, so I can play with that on Sunday!!!

Recipe:

Paper: SU Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Whisper White

Ink: SU Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Kiwi Kiss

Stamp Set: Pretty Amazing

Accessories: Stickles, gems, ribbon, SU ticket corner punch

CHA Blog Party!

Creative Cafe is part of the blog party! Go HERE for a chance to win some FAB prizes!

Love You Much Bundle Deadline Fast Approaching!

Just a quick reminder, this special will be ending soon, and Valentines Day is fast approaching , so don't forget to order. I have seen this set used in the new catalogue, and you are going to want it!!

Stampin'Up! is offering the "Love You Much Bundle" for 20% off thru January 31st. I love this set as it has a new Heart To Heart Punch (3 heart punch )that works wonderful with the new Love You Much stamp set. The Candy Lane Designer paper cordinates with both! If you would like to purchase this set, email me or you can go to my site Stampin With Nellie to place an order.

Yet More Swap Cards!

Another group of cards I did for some swaps I am in. After I mail these out, I only have two more card swaps to do...thank goodness.....then I can actually spend more time on doing what I want! I do have other swaps, but, they are not cards, and I have plenty of time to do them! My biggest problem is, I wait til the last minute. I also have not beenout to Michael's, or any of the paper stores since before Christmas, and my Valentine supply was nil, so I had to get a little creative!

First card is for a Cuttlebug swap, I have to say these cards look much more elegant and nicer "in person"! I saw a sililar card on a blog and cased it a little bit, changing it to what I had at hand!

The last two cards are Valentine swaps, one for adult and one for kids...just thought I would share.....hopefully now I can come back with more "creative" cards!

New Stampin'Up! Catalogue & Decor Elements

Please notice on the left I have the new Stampin'Up! Spring Summer Catalog and the New Decor Elements posted. By clicking on either of these, it will direct you to my SU website where you can view both! The catalogue is full of NEW stamp sets and accessories! The Decor Elements is 24 pages, and I have to say, they are fab!!! If you haven't tried these, you "must", they go on very well and look great! I am going to apply 2 of these to rooms in my home, as soon as I get new paint on! You will love these!
In the new catalogue, are 11 pages of dies, texture plates, and more for the Big Shot.....such a nice selection! We have new brads, ribbons, and even single stamps for under $10! The new hostess sets are hard to choose from! Don't forget, you only need a $150 workshop or book workshop to start earning free hostess sets and free products!
Sale-a-Bration starts Feb 1st....each $50 spent gets you a free stamp set, ribbons, or paper from our special Sale-a-Bration catalogue, your choice, 6 sets to choose from! Spend $100, get 2 and so on...promotion is good thru March 31st! Book a workshop with me now, and as the hostess I will give YOU 20% off YOUR order!!

Saturday Night Fun

A couple of my friends and I got together yesterday afternoon and we worked on lots of Valentine projects. I wish I would of gotten some photo's of their creations! I made this little pizza box and another heart bag. This bag is larger then the one on my previous post. I used a templete from the SU site for this one. I also worked on a banner using my Big Shot, but its not complete yet, so maybe I can post it later this week! I also made a couple little boxes, but need to decorate them yet. We had lots of fun and ate lots of "goodies"! Helped put up with the "cabin fever" we are all living with...the winter has been the pits!

Chocolate Swap ~ Does This Make My Butt Look Big?

Okay, now that I have your attention from my title, I'll tell you what it means! I am in a chocolate swap as was mentioned before in my previous posts (turtles). I was in 4 groups and just completed my last ones. Whew! It took more time than I thought. There are six people in each group and we are to send chocolate, decorated however we want. that means I will get 20 chocolate packages back, all different. It has been fun getting them, and fun to make. Now for the explanation, I have a warped sense of humor at times, and decided to use a "Chunky" bar for one of my groups, stamped a hippo, punched out a flower and put it on her butt, hence, that is where the "Does This Make My Butt Look Big?" comes from, right below in it in the bag is the "chunky"!

The other one is a peppermint bark, so I wrapped those in DS paper that was "doggie" and cut out "woof" on my cricket...simple, but its cute. The last group is getting a Valentine "cracker"..this one is my favorite, as I love the vintage Valentine look , and it has "that look". these "crackers are FULL of chocolate! So what do you think? Would you be happy to receive any of these??? Also, how do you like my new blog look????