Spring Fling 2011 in AZ - some pics

I went to a stamping event last month, and made some beautiful projects I wanted to share with you!!  I have been dying to make a cupcake with the Stampin' Up products, and finally got to do it at this event!!  We used the striped grosgrain ribbon and crochet lace trim, with a button on the top - doesn't it look yummy?!  And below it is a flower made from Stampin' Up's Fun Flower diecut and a vintage trinket key - which I promptly put at the top of my mini-tree.  Here are some more pictures of them:

 

We made a cupcake holder box to put the cupcake in,

Clock cards variation; furbaby at dog agility class

I made up a couple more of those clock cards that I posted last week for a swap to mail out. I used seam binding ribbon instead of the polyester twill and a retired Stampin' Up designer paper for the clock face....Also I used pacific point ink to clear emboss the clock face and edge the scallop circle behind the clock with. This color worked well with this designer paper I thought...

Here is the clock card I made and posted before, so you can see the difference.

 

I like all of them!  What do you think?

I have another cute furbaby picture to share with you - I took this pic with my cell phone while we were at last month's private dog agility lesson - I was sitting behind our doggy crate taking notes, while my husband and our teacher were out by the agility course obstacles talking....our furbaby Inu was in the crate....I heard all the scratching scritching noise she was making inside it, but she soon stopped.

Then I heard my husband and our teacher laughing - and our teacher said, "Now that's a picture!"  Seems that our furbaby Inu had managed to unzip part of her crate door and stuck her head out, but she knew she should stay in it!  What a good little dog she was (kinda of!)  Don't you just love the funny stuff your pets do?!

Revamped Greeting Card Kids card into birthday gift set

I wanted to use this adorable Greeting Card Kids card to send to a young lady who was turning 17 on the 17th....so needed to revamp it from Valentine's Day to Birthday, while incorporating it into her gift set.  Also had a blingy heart necklace to decorate, so of course, it all had to match in colors a teen girl would like...I knew her favorite color was purple -

Pompom girl cards, or cutting up the pompom trim

I made these cards to swap at the Spring Fling I went to last weekend - I am calling them my pompom girls! When I first laid eyes on Stampin' Up's new pompom trim, I knew I wanted to cut some of those cute pompoms apart and use them!

See how cute and fluffy they can be on a card? 

Cupcake stamps set and matching punch; spinner card too

This weekend was wet, wet, wet, windy, dreary, and cold, but I had fun at a stamping class hosted by Diana Gibbs - we used Stampin' Up's new cupcake stamp set and matching punch, and the spinner stamp set.  These cupcakes look good enough to eat!  And since the punch matches the stamps exactly, it is sooo easy to stamp and punch out a lot of them!

Everyone loves cupcakes, right?  Reminds me of that show Cupcake Wars, where they make cupcakes out of all sorts of different foods and flavors you wouldn't expect in a cupcake....like sauerkraut and beer!?!  And see the other yummy cupcake product we made - it is a clothespin with 3 mini-bars of chocolate!  That was a real challenge...not eating the chocolates while working on it!  lol

Our furbaby didn't much like the rain...she didn't even want to spend much time in the covered porch - here she is at the sliding glass doors waiting to be let back in!

I will be posting some more pictures this week of the stamping event I went to last weekend, and the birthday gift set I made up and just mailed out.  Hope you had a good weekend, and stop by this week to see what else I've been making!!

My first blog award "Stylish Blogger Award - My Etsy Shop

I received my very first blog award from one of my SU team mates - Kathy Elliot!!  (she has beautiful projects on her blog:  http://jkelliotcrafts.blogspot.com/) as well as a beautiful furbaby!

I was so honored and pleased to get it....seems that when you get this award, you are supposed to give 8 random things about yourself, and then pass the award onto 8 other bloggers that inspire you in some fashion or another.  Hmmm, 8 things....here goes...

1.  I used to compete in roller skating - figures and dance (loved it - have a collection of awards that I still keep!)

2.  I have taken figure ice skating tests and was working on my Gold ice dance tests when I was last taking private lessons (loved that too)

3.  I competed in country-western couples dances for 5 years with my now hubby - that's how we met - we were both line dancing....

4.  I have a "red" dog that we are working with so we can do some dog agility competitions with (they call them "trials")

5.  I am a professional seamstress, but not done much of that lately....mostly sewing repairs (boring) But I  loved designing and making my skating outfits, as well as outfits for others

6.  I love dolls and paper dolls (have a little collection of those)

7.  I took private hula, flamenco, and Japanese dancing lessons...been in shows too

8.  I was a personal fitness trainer for "surf and turf," which meant I coached people for both aquatic and land fitness programs.

Gee, now that I have gotten started, it's actually kinda hard to limit it to only 8 things!  So has anyone else felt that way??  I will have to put together a list of 8 bloggers I will be sending the Stylish Blogger Award....

In the meantime, check out the new cards I just added to my Etsy shop by clicking on the Etsy link on the left, OK?  Sleep sweet!