Thursday, December 28, 2017

Happy holidays - 2018 calendar card


Hope your Christmas was awesome - and happy early new year!  For my Christmas cards I made a calendar card with a couple new Stampin' Up items that will be in the upcoming Occasions catalog:  Bubble Over Bundle (stamp set and framelits) and Bubble Up designer paper. The little calendars are from Vippies.  Here are a few more pictures of this card:




Don't you just love this color combo?  If you join as a demonstrator with Stampin' Up, you not only get discounts and free products, you receive advance access to future items, catalogs, and project ideas!  
More info about being a demonstrator, please look in my online store.  

Happy New Year!

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Christmas Eve decorations


Hope you are ready for Christmas, since it is tomorrow!  Fortunately for me, there are a few stores around here that are open 24/7, so I will be heading out to grab a couple more things lol, then come back and wrap gifts....I already sent out some to my sons and mother - here is the cute angel popsicle sticks ornament that I sent to my mom.  Wish I had gotten one for myself, but settled for taking pictures of it...


We also put up our outside lights and decorations - our theme is dogs, of course!  There are 2 white dogs, a red dog, and a Snoopy.





Did you put up outside decorations this year, and/or inside ones?  BTW, there a few new items in the Stampin' Up clearance rack - quantities are limited.

Have a great Christmas Eve and Christmas day!!


Friday, December 1, 2017

Christmas blog hop - a calendar project


The countdown to Christmas has started…Welcome to this month’s blog hop with Di's Country Inkers!  Our blog hop theme this month is Christmas/New Years. 

Since I make mini-calendars to enclose with my Christmas cards to my family, I wanted to share that with you...here is my purse calendar for this year:

 



Here is a picture of what the back of the calendar looks like:
  


These are the Stampin’ Up products I used:
Scallop tag topper punch (the tag is 2-1/8” x 3-1/4” & folded over at 2-1/8” for flap)
Layering ovals framelits (handle)
Quilted Christmas designer paper 6 x 6
Holly berry builder punch (small bow)
Real red cardstock (back 2-1/8” x 2”)
Rhinestone

The small self-sticking calendar is from Vippies – at www.vippies.com you can find the tutorial I basically used for my purse calendar.  Now I just have to make more of these calendars for my cards ASAP - Good thing they are easy!  I'll just make them up while I watch one of the many Christmas shows on television right now LOL.

You can get all of the Stampin’ Up products I used in my online store:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/
If you like getting discounts, you could even join Stampin' Up in my online store!!

The next blog you will hop to is:




Enjoy her awesome project and the rest of the bloggers' designs as well.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great Christmas and New Year!!

Here is a list of all of this month’s bloggers you will be viewing:

Di         http://www.stampingwithdi.com

P.S. Here is one of our furbabies, Tootsi, who was close by when I was working on my project....ready to jump up and follow me if I should take a break and head to the kitchen!!  She is a mini-Australian Shepard about 7+ years old (a rescue).





Wednesday, November 1, 2017

November blog hop!

 It’s that time of the year that seems to go by super fast and has several holidays one right after another, isn’t it?!  Welcome to this month’s blog hop with Di's Country Inkers!  Our blog hop theme this month is Thanksgiving/Thankful/Thank You.  Here is my project:




I love using metallic and copper is my favorite; so when I saw a card by Mike Funke using copper, I just had to “case” it (Copy And Share Everything)!
Besides the copper foil paper, I used black glimmer paper, the garden trellis embossing folder, the leaf punch, copper trim, black rhinestones, and Painted Harvest stamp set (greeting).  The copper foil really reflects the light, so here are a few more pictures of my card:




You will want to be sure to look at the new holiday catalog to get ideas for Christmas!….You can get all of the Stampin’ Up products I used in my online store:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

The next blog you will hop to is:


Di         http://www.stampingwithdi.com

Enjoy her awesome project and the rest of the bloggers' designs as well, and thanks for stopping by!

Here is a list of all of this month’s bloggers you will be viewing:

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy halloween projects


Happy Halloween!  How was your halloween?  Even though my two sons are grown up and one of them is married, I still send them halloween cards and "treats."  I always had so much fun taking them around trick or treating, and since I could sew, they always got to dress up in whatever they wanted....Sonic the hedgehog, Blues clues, Grim reaper, and Power Ranger were some of the costumes I made for them.  The pumpkin in the previous picture was the first trick-or-treat holder that my youngest son had lol.

Stampin' Up's halloween reversible designer paper, washi tape, and ribbon are perfect for making a halloween card for each of them, as well as wrapping their halloween treats - here are a few pictures of the treats I sent my two sons and daughter-in-law:



 Notice the fake spider on a couple of the packages?!!

I would have liked to have dressed up my two furbabies in their costumes, but they wouldn't work out with their harnesses during their walks. So I just put colorful scarves on them - I recently read that dog scarves make a dog more approachable.  




  I also put up some outside halloween decorations up - purple lights, autumn leaves, lighted pumpkin, scarecrows, scary cat, and witches hat.  Hope you had some halloween candy!

P.S.  You can buy most of the Stampin' Up items I used in my online Stampin' Up store:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Sneak Peek: Quick coloring fun with Stampin' Up Blends!


I bet you all did coloring when you were a child and had to stay in the lines lol.  But it has made a huge comeback as an adult activity recently!  Say hello to a new world of colorful creativity!  Meet Stampin’ Blends, artist-quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors.  Hear about the features of Stampin' Up's new Stampin Blends coloring pens from Shannon:
  • Add just the right amount of color where you need it with the brush tip or fine-point.  Each color (except Ivory and Bronze) has a light and dark shade marker, available individually or in a combo pack.  These awesome coloring pens will be available Nov. 1st (the perfect date -- my birthday!)

Stampin' Up is having a give-away for Stampin' Up Blends:  One grand prize winner will receive the entire Stampin’ Blends Marker Collection (a $121 USD/$160 CAD value), and 100 runner-up winners will receive one Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack in one of the 12 signature colors (a $9 USD/$12 CAD value).
TO ENTER: Like, comment, or share the post on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/67122897511/posts/10155750430417512
 Limit one entry per person. Giveaway ends October 31. Winners will be selected on or before November 7 and notified via Facebook. Read the Official Rules here: https://tinyurl.com/y99dykz9



Send me an email if you absolutely have to receive the brochure now with all the juicy details on Stampin' Up blends (mklecuyer@hotmail.com)

Or you can go to my online store on Nov. 1st, if you can wait that long  :-)  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/catalogs
You can check out the other promotions as well in my online store!



Sunday, October 1, 2017

Oct. blog hop - October already?!



Welcome to this month’s blog hop with Di's Country Inkers!  
Gee, last month just flew by, didn't it?!

Our blog hop theme this month is Halloween or Fall. Being involved with Stampin’ Up made me start making Halloween cards as they always have so many great inspiring ideas and projects. Here is my project:


I used the Spooky Nights designer paper and cat punch from the current holiday catalog, as well as black rhinestone jewels and the vintage crochet trim. 


Can you see how I wrapped the trim around my card twice so that it looks like one wide lace trim?  


This was a fun card to make, as the Spooky Nights designer paper is double sided and this makes it so versatile!  I used 6 different papers from this set!!






You will want to be sure to look at the new holiday catalog….You can get all of the Stampin’ Up products I used in my online store:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

The next blog you will hop to is:


Di         http://www.stampingwithdi.com

Enjoy her awesome project and the rest of the bloggers' designs as well, and thanks for stopping by!

Here is a list of all of this month’s bloggers you will be viewing:

Di         http://www.stampingwithdi.com
Mary   http://www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com






Friday, September 1, 2017

Blog hop with Stampin' Up Holiday catalog!


Welcome to this month’s blog hop with Di's Country Inkers!  Our blog hop theme this month is the new Holiday Catalog, which is now available!  Since I am a dog lover, of course I had to use the Santa Paws stamp set!!  Here is my project:


I fell in love with the limeade color in the current Stampin’ Up In Colors and had to use it for a generic holiday card with Santa Paws….it really catches your eye!  

The current issue of the Stampin’ Success (demonstrator’s newsletter) had an article on using glossy cardstock and there were two techniques I wanted to try. Since I couldn’t decide which one to use, I decided to use both, and also cased one of the card designs! (reinkers and water drops; also Old Olive reinker). 



You will want to be sure to look at the new holiday catalog….
You can get all of the Stampin’ Up products I used in my online store:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/


The next blog you will hop to is:



Enjoy her awesome project and the rest of the bloggers' designs as well, and thanks for stopping by!

Here is a list of all of this month’s bloggers you will be viewing:

Di         http://www.stampingwithdi.com  Barb    http://www.beelinestamping.com  
(Thanks for coordinating this  month’s blog hop Barb!)