Cuttlekid Dies For Sale $35

And so continues my obsession with alphabet dies. I have my eye on some new, pricey alphas so something's gotta give, ha, ha! I used these dies just a few times, most notably for Miles's ABC scrapbook. :) Ah, the memories.

If you own an actual Cuttlekid machine, these are made for that. There is not a huge selection of dies that will go through that teeny machine so these dies are prime! These will also work in the Cuttlebug or the Big Shot!

My alphas often go fast so it's first come, first serve. Thanks!

Paper Organization

My husband is laughing because I may spend more time organizing my stamping stuff than actually stamping....could this be true?! Anyhow, this is my new paper organization for on-the-go. My friend Mandy got the rolling black crate at Office Depot for me today. They are on sale for $14.99, and they come with a lid. Then Mandy helped me pick out the top crate at Target tonight. It was just $2.99 and the heavy duty bungee cord was under $3. So the whole set up was about $20.

I have my 8x11 paper in the black crate and my 12x12 paper in the green crate. The green crate even fits my plastic paper holders from SU so I can keep stuff organized within the crate. May have to get a couple more of those babies. I may even get some 8x11 SU organizers to put in the black crate. I could organize by color family that way.

I get more stamping done at crops outside of the home. And at home, I have to move my stamp stuff from Graham's bedroom into the kitchen when I stamp at night. So I am sort of going to a more portable system for organizing. Pretty much everything but my ink pad holder and armoire of stamps are now portable. Woohoo!

Graham's Bday Thank You

I made these simple thank-you's for Graham's birthday. I used a retired stamp to go along with our truck theme. The kid loves trucks!

Snag Em' Tree

Oh man, this turned out cute!

Stamp: Snag Em' Tree & Amuse sentiment
CS: SU Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, and Whisper White
Paper: Basic Grey
Punches: SU Word Window, SU Modern Label, & MS Fence

Snag Em' Ice Cream

I had to break out this stamp and use it before summer ends!

Stamp: Snag Em Ice Cream and Amuse sentiment
Cardstock: SU Baja Breeze (retired)
Paper: Basic Grey
Accessory: Dew Drop, Glaze Pen, SU White Gel Pen (the bomb!)

Ribbon Share UPDATE!!!

UPDATE! This share has been super popular. I had to buy a second batch of ribbon so the sign up deadline has been extended and there is more to go around. Please contact me by Friday, August 28th to reserve your share(s). But they may be gone by then so contact me soon!

Check out the new Stampin' Up! In-Colors! You can purchase an assorted pack of cardstock, 3 sheets of each color, for just $7.95. You can also purchase the set of 6 markers for $17.95. But to get all 6 of the ribbons, it would run about $60 (there ARE 15 yards in each spool). But who doesn't want all those yummy matching ribbons?

And did you know you can flip the ribbon over if you just want the solid color? SO VERSATILE!

So here we go. Let's do a ribbon share. You can get 1 yard of each of the 6 colors for just......

FIVE DOLLARS!

I will mail ribbon shares for an additional $2 per share to those who are long distance.

Contact me by Saturday, August 15th at noon if you would like to participate. You can order as many shares as you would like.

Retired For Sale

These are the lone items I have left for sale....at rock bottom prices! Please contact me if you are interested. They need a good home. :)


Lovely Labels (Brand New) $10
Use your SU punches with this one!


Darling Dots (Brand New) $10

Snag Em' Hippo

Stamps: Snag Em' Hippo & Amuse sentiment
Cardstock: SU Choc Chip and Baja Breeze (retired)
Ribbon: SU Choc Chip grosgrain
Punches: SU Word Window and Modern Label
Paper: Basic Grey
Accessory: Keiserkraft Pearls

Keep a Secret Bee

This is one of those little bees from Stampendous. Not a big fan of most of the Stampendous bees or their chicks or cats or monkeys for that matter...although of course I have a few anyways. HA! But THIS little bee is just too dang cute! Is it really a bee? Aren't bees striped? I'm confused.... All I know is she's cute.

Cardstock: SU Olive and Regal Rose
Ribbon: SU grosgrain
Punch: SU scallop circle
Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade
Punch: Swiss Cheese EK Success

Did you know SU sells a paper piercer with cap now for just $3.50?! WOO HOO! Just perfect to go with their mat pack. NO MORE TACKS! Thank you, SU!

Father's Day Card

I couldn't resist these little boys from Whipper Snapper because they look like MY boys! I made this for Jeff's Father's Day Card. The stamp is a blank sign, and I wrote in the words. Paper is Basic Grey (about the only other paper I use besides SU), accessory is dew drops, cardstock is SU Old Olive. I went on too many stamp store shopping excursions this summer (Kirkwood, St. Charles, Chesterfield, Davenport, Des Moines, Bloomington). Too much fun! Too many new toys! Depleted checking account!

Stamp Club: August

This was the demo for August Stamp Club/Camp. It is a pull card. Look at that bright combo of in-colors! This month's "Growing Up Promo" includes this cute Bugs and Kisses stamp set. I dry embossed with SU's new embossing FOLDERS! And who can resist the polka dot in-color ribbon! If you would like 6 yards, 6 colors, for just $5...contact me or click on the right for info about my ribbon share...limited time only!


Surprise! A sideways card.
We used the texture plates in the Big Shot for this one. The embossing isn't as deep as with embossing folders. So we sponged over the embossing and really made it pop!


And how about a toned down color combo with in-colors + olive. :) Grommets are super easy to use. Next time I will teach my club the RIGHT way to use them. Poor girls were pushing them through the paper by hand. Ooooops! Hammer and mat seem much better.

July Pages

I took a LOT of pictures this month. Here are my layouts, not including Scrap Club's first layout...because blogger keeps ROTATING it! Blogger, I don't like you.

Give Away Winner....

The winner of my 28 card give away is GINA! Thanks to all who entered. And congrats to Gina!

SU August Special

Or purchase the adorable Growth Chart for $24.95. Click on the "Just For Kids" icon on the right side of my blog for more details!