Spirelli Scallop

I just saw this idea on Samantha Parisi's blog. She has made an awesome tutorial you can see HERE. You can get many different looks from this just by how you wrap the cord. So cool! The layout was Beate's 28th Sketch challenge.
Here is is close up.
The Old Olive Circle behind the scallop is just the round tab punch layered.

Recipe
-Stamps-Big Pieces, Snow Flurries and Season of Joy.
-Ink-Old Olive, Real Red and River Rock
-Paper-Dashing DSP; Old Olive, Real Red, River Rock and Whisper white cardstock
-Accessories-Scallop punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, round tab punch, ticket corner punch, sponges, silver brads.

Birthday RAK

I got this birthday RAK from Kitty (OregonStamper) from SCS. Isn't it gawgous?! I just love the layout, and the colors she used! I think I'm going to have to case this one to send to someone else! Recipe (Or my best guesses of one)
-Stamps-Priceless and It's your birthday
-Ink-Really Rust
-Paper-Fall Flowers, and Groovy Guava prints DSP. Groovy Guava and Really Rust cardstock
-Accessories-Groovy Guava Double Stitched ribbon, Photo Corner Punch, Jumbo eyelets.

Nugget boxes

My original plan for Christmas gifts was nugget tins, but everyone was sold out of them. I did a few like these, but they were just too much trouble for the amount I needed, so thats why I ended up making cocoa tins. I got the pattern for this from SCS. -Stamps-Snowflake Spot, Many Merry Messages.
-Ink-Bashful Blue, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip
-Paper-Purely Pomegranate & Whisper White Cardstock. Blizzard wrapping paper
-Accessories-Scallop Circle punch, Circle punch, Avery Labels, Brayer, retired copper cord.

This one is a gift card tin (I don't know where it came from though. I've had it laying around for a while begging me to decorate it). This tin holds 8 nuggets.-Stamps-Many Merry Messages
-Paper-Bashful Blue and Whisper White cardstock; Blizzard Wrapping paper
-Accessories-Bashful Blue ribbon.

Cocoa Tins

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been trying to get ready for Christmas. I'm finally just about done with my shopping! I've been making some of these cocoa tins for Christmas gifts. The tins came from SpecialtyBottle. I used the 8 ounce size. They are very easy to make. I used SU's small cello bags, filled one with mini marshmallows, and the other with hot cocoa mix. I got the idea HERE. For the tags, I just printed the names from my computer. I used the RGB codes so I could print them in SU colors. Recipe
-Stamps-Snowflake Spot (used on one of the tags)
-Ink-Bashful Blue
-Paper-Dashing DSP, Blizzard Wrapping paper, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Whisper White Cardstock.
-Accessories-Bashful Blue and White grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Circle punch, Circle Punch (I can't ever remember the size, but it's the biggest one SU has).

I think thats everything

10% off retiring stamps & Accessories!

The retiring accessories list came out today! You can find the stamp list list HERE <--- and the accessories list below. I am offering 10% off everything on either list! The last day to order is January 1st*, and then they are gone for good! Contact me today at stampingexpressions@gmail.com to get your order in. Just let me know you saw the post on my blog so I can give you the 10% off. *Payment must be received and cleared before I can place your order, so please allow a few extra days for that. If using Paypal the payment have to be transfered into my account before I can place your order.

Item #	Product Description
109198	Accents & Elements Borders & Blossoms
109199	Accents & Elements Little Reminders 2
109197	Accents & Elements Tagged
100700	Album Leather Post Black 8-1/2x11
105385	Album Linen Post Mellow Moss 8-1/2x11
104520	Album Linen Post Natural 8-1/2x11
104517	Album Linen Post Navy 8-1/2x11
105382	Album Linen Post Real Red 8-1/2x11
105392	Album Linen Ring Mellow Moss 8-1/2x11
104510	Album Linen Ring Natural 8-1/2x11
104513	Album Linen Ring Navy 8-1/2x11
105388	Album Linen Ring Real Red 8-1/2x11
105067	Boxes & Tags Pockets & Pieces Assortment I
105068	Boxes & Tags Pockets & Pieces Assortment II
108798	Boxes & Tags Tiny Takeout Confetti White
107246	Boxes & Tags Tiny Takeout Kraft
105747	Boxes Stamp & Supply Extra Large
105748	Boxes Stamp & Supply Extra Large Divided
105744	Boxes Stamp & Supply Extra Small
105749	Boxes Stamp & Supply Jumbo
105734	Boxes Stamp & Supply Large
105746	Boxes Stamp & Supply Medium
105745	Boxes Stamp & Supply Small
101052	Brayer Attachment Foam
107293	Cards & Envelopes Greeting Very Vanilla Medium
109149	Designer Series Paper Brocade Background
109161	Designer Series Paper Cerise
109162	Designer Series Paper Charbon
109155	Designer Series Paper Creepy Crawley
109152	Designer Series Paper Darling Doodles
109150	Designer Series Paper Dashing
108503	Designer Series Paper Petals & Paisleys
109156	Designer Series Paper Linen Prints
109147	Designer Series Paper Notations No. 2
109148	Designer Series Paper Outlaw
109158	Designer Series Paper Uptown
109157	Designer Series Paper Wintergreen
107285	Envelopes Open End Very Vanilla Large
107284	Envelopes Open End Whisper White Large
107296	Envelopes Shimmery White Medium
107287	Envelopes Square Vellum Large
107310	Envelopes Square Very Vanilla Mini
107294	Envelopes Vellum Medium
107290	Envelopes Very Vanilla Large
107291	Envelopes Whisper White Large
101016	Eyelet Tool Kit
105317	Eyelets Bold Brights II
105379	Eyelets Silver
105315	Eyelets Soft Subtles II
107282	Fancy Fibers Bella
107283	Fancy Fibers Elizabeth
103352	Stampin' Glitter Romantic Red
103349	Stampin' Glitter Silver Shine
106650	Greeting Glue
102620	Liquid Glue
103145	Page Protectors Post 8-1/2x11
104523	Page Protectors Ring 8-1/2x11
103598	Paper Vellum 12x12
105543	Pastel Refills Bold Brights
105544	Pastel Refills Earth Elements
105547	Pastel Refills Neutrals
105545	Pastel Refills Rich Regals
105546	Pastel Refills Soft Subtles
105962	Perfect Layers Tool
104184	Post Extenders
106522	Punch Spring Bouquet Flower
109722	Simply Scrappin' Creative License Hostess Level 1
109611	Simply Scrappin' Happy Me Hostess Level 3
109596	Simply Scrappin' Out & About
109626	Simply Scrappin' Primary Colors
109649	Simply Scrappin' Round Up
109635	Simply Scrappin' Secret Garden
109663	Simply Scrappin' Winter Bright
107415	Simply Sent Friendship Shapes
109230	Simply Sent Happy Day
105580	Spectrum Pad Blue Frost
101492	Spectrum Pad Celebration
105579	Spectrum Pad Cotton Candy
101336	Spectrum Pad Pumpkin Patch
100000	Spectrum Pad Un-inked
103953	Stamp-a-ma-jig Imaging Sheets Refill
104432	Stampin' Around Cartridge & Ink Refill Clear Embossing
101460	Stampin' Around Cartridge & Ink Refill Whisper White
102391	Stampin' Around Ink Refill Clear Embossing
103017	Stampin' Around Ink Refill Whisper White
103151	Stampin' Emboss Powder Hologram Highlights
105677	Stampin' Kids Pad Bear Brown
105676	Stampin' Kids Pad Beetle Black
105675	Stampin' Kids Pad Boxcar Blue
105674	Stampin' Kids Pad Gumball Green
105673	Stampin' Kids Pad Poppin' Purple
105672	Stampin' Kids Pad Princess Pink
105671	Stampin' Kids Pad Robin Red
105670	Stampin' Kids Pad Yahoo Yellow
103174	Stampin' Pastel Applicators
100852	Stampin' Pastel Erasers
100081	Stampin' Write Marker Going Gray
100945	StazOn Ink Refill Timber Brown
103088	StazOn Pad Timber Brown
107235	Tag Sheets Bold Brights
107239	Tag Sheets Confetti White & Kraft
107236	Tag Sheets Earth Elements
107240	Tag Sheets Kraft
107237	Tag Sheets Rich Regals
107238	Tag Sheets Soft Subtles
100894	Watercolor Brush Flat
101551	Watercolor Brush Medium
101331	Watercolor Brush Small
105395	Wire Works Metallic
105652	Wrapping Paper Whisper White
Stampin' Around wheels
100360	Acorns
109812	All about Birthdays*
109690	All about Christmas*
109812	All about Gratitude*
109676	Autumn Dots
104070	Bloomin'
107466	Bodacious*
105750	Bouquet*
107481	Butterflies & Blossoms
104065	Fishy
100267	Happy Jacks
107563	Ho Ho Ho
104312	Hot to Dot
104279	Leaf Prints
106062	Leaves Awash*
107479	Rough around the Edges*
101927	Snowman Fun
107465	Speckled*
105521	Spooky Skyline*
108979	Spotted*
107480	True Hearts
105033	Wings & Things

* Jumbo Stampin' Around wheels

Please keep in mind the items on this list are available while supplies last! The items in red are already sold out. I will try to keep this post updated, but if you'd like to know if something is still available, just email me and I'd be happy to look for you.

Updated 12/16

Birthday Card =)

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. We've been fixing the Sheetrock in the living room (we had a window leaking), so I couldn't finish painting my living room till that was done. I also had to wait to put up my tree because it goes in the corner where one wall was painted and the other wasn't. This is the latest I have EVER put up my tree. I prefer to put it up in October. I'm so happy to have my living room all done finally! Now I just have to finish cleaning up the Sheetrock dust again! Man I hate that stuff. It gets in every little nook and cranny!
I can't make anything right now because my stamp room is a disaster. The closet I keep the Christmas decorations in is in the stamp room. It's a very small closet, so I had to take everything out to get to the tree, which now covers most of my table and floor. I can just barely get to the computer.

But I will share a gorgeous card with you. My best friend Caroline (SweetCarolineSC on SCS) sent me an early birthday card. I absolutely LOVE it! Thanks Caroline! Love ya girl!
She said it was mostly a CASE from SCS.Recipe
-Stamps-Symbols of Solicitude, Artfully Asian, Canvas Background
-Cardstock-Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Basic Black, Whisper White
-Ink-Staz-on, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink
-Accessories-Pewter brads, White grosgrain ribbon, blender pen, White Signo gel pen.

I think thats everything.

Awesome Stampin' Up! Specials coming up!!

Just click on the image to make it bigger.

I am thrilled to death with these specials. Good thing my birthday is coming up where I can have hubby buy me some stuff. Hehehe

Keep in mind these are LIMITED QUANTITIES!
Email me if you'd like to order something! stampingexpressions@gmail.com

Altered Spice bottle

I saw these cute season grinders the other day at Sam's. The Tuscan Chicken was about $5, and the salad one was about $2. They are great spices too. I thought they would look great altered They were pretty easy to do. You just cut the paper at the top and bottom slanted since the bottle tapers. I just kinda eyeballed it, and then cut two of them. If you are able to get the label off in one piece, you can just use that as a template though.

Here is a closer picture.
I used the stamp set True Friend, and Short Order alphabet. I stamped the letters in Chocolate Chip. The image from True Friend was stamped in Close to Cocoa. Then I sponged the edges in Creamy Caramel, then just the edges in Close to Cocoa.

Thursday Sketch #9

So what is better than NEW rubbah?? FREE RUBBAH!! This is a set called Time Well Spent. Stampin' Up! sent this set to all demonstrators free! SU is such a wonderful company. Last year around this time, they sent Polka Dots & Paisley. This set will be a level 3 hostess set in the upcoming catalog.

Well here is my Thursday Sketch. I hope you like it. I made a card similar to this a long time ago. I'm pretty sure I saw the sketch somewhere else, but I can't remember where. So how do you like the stamp set? For more samples using this set, you can see on SCS what everyone else has been doing with it HERE.

Recipe
-Stamps-Time Well Spent
-Ink-Purely Pomegranate, Bashful blue, So Saffron, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip
-Paper-So Saffron prints DSP. Purely Pomegranate, So Saffron, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip cardstock.
Accessories-Silver brad, Pomegranate double stitched ribbon, Hodgepodge hardware.

Give Thanks apples

Man, I am loving these apples. In a previous post I told you that someone on SCS sent me some images to play with. I've been practicing like crazy trying to get better at coloring them (although I still need a lot more). Can you believe I ran out. I mean she sent me a ton of them! I loved the apples so much, and the rest of the set was growing on me too, so I finally just gave in a ordered it. I'm so glad I did. For some reason I couldn't get a good picture of the apples. I was looking at the gallery on SCS a while back and came across a wonderful card by Kittie747. She said she painted the apples in Marigold Morning and then went over that in Cranberry Crisp. I did the same thing using Summer Sun, then Real Red. I'm pretty happy with the outcome. I drew a line on the apple using the white singo gel pen. By the way, if you haven't seen Kittie's work yet, make sure you check it out. She is a very talented stamper!Recipe
-Stamps-Give Thanks, It's your Birthday, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
-Ink-Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal
-Paper-Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Real Red, Watercolor paper, Dashing DSP.
-Accessories- Real Red grosgrain ribbon, scallop punch, circle punch, Brads, White Signo gel pen. Markers: Summer Sun, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Going Grey, Old Olive

Christmas Paint can

I finally got around to altering a paint can! So much fun! It's so easy using SU's wrapping paper. Keep in mind that the Holiday Mini catalog only goes till the end of this month, so get your holdiday stamps before it's too late. Just to make it a little easier, I'll give you free shipping on your holiday mini purchases. Just send me an email at stampingexpressions@gmail.com if your interested.I'm not sure what I'm going to put in it yet. Any ideas?

Recipe
-Stamps-Many Merry Messages, The Snowflake Spot, Many Merry Messages, So Many Sayings
-Paper-Blizzard Wrapping paper, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
-Ink-Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue
-Accessories-Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon, Circle cutter, circle punch, Scallop circle punch

Thursday Sketch # 8 Wishing you Cheer

Here is my 8th Thursday sketch. I ended up liking this sketch more than I thought I would.
I stamped the images on watercolor paper so that when I colored them with markers the lines wouldn't show. After coloring them, I went over them with a aqua painter and dabbed off some of the ink with a paper towel in places to lighten it a bit, but I think all I did was make the trees look blotchy, lol.
I shaded the side of the snowman and the snow with the Bashful Blue watercolor crayon, but I'm not sure if that shows up in the picture. -Stamps-Wishing you Cheer, Many Merry Messages
-Paper-Dashing DSP (I am loving this paper), Watercolor paper and River Rock, Real Red, and Old Olive Cardstock
-Ink-River Rock, Black stazon, Real Red
-Accessories-Pewter hodgepodge hardware, Aqua painter, Bashful Blue watercolor crayon, Markers:Real Red, Old Olive, Summer Sun.

True Friend Sketch Challenge 149

This is for Sketch Challenge number 149 on SCS. I had to overlap the images on the right though, to make them fit. I am really loving these colors together. I think it was a color challenge on SCS a few weeks ago that I never got around to doing. I'm really having fun with this stamp set too. I just got it a few days ago. This is another set that I hated when I saw it but SCS won me over on it.For the two images on the side I did the rock and roll technique. For the main Image I colored it with a pretty in pink marker, then colored all the dots with a Rose Red marker. The Sentiment was stamped in Purely Pomegranate, and colored in with Pretty in Pink.
-Stamps-True Friend, Tres Chic
-Ink-Purely Pomegranate
-Paper-Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, and Rose Red prints DSP
-Accessories-Markers:Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive. Pretty in Pink ribbon, Rhinestone brad.

Christmas Bows!

So how cool is this? I saw a bow like this in the SCS gallery, so I searched on Google for bow tutorial and found a great blog that had a step by step directions. Anyway, the tutorial can be found HERE. It's the November 3rd post. It is actually a couple different posts, but since the second two don't have titles I can't seem to get a link to them. Make sure you browse her blog too. She has lots of great ideas. These things are kinda time consuming, so I definitely won't be doing them for everyone, but I'll put them on a few presents. Like my mom who loves beautifully wrapped presents. I plan to wrap the gift in the chocolate snowflake wrapping paper that came with this one, and use some bashful blue grosgrain ribbon.
I guess a recipe isn't exactally needed this time. All I used is the blizzard wrapping paper, some snail adhesive, a brad and a glue dot.

Bucket of Apples!

Yay! I really love this image from Give Thanks. I didn't like the whole set, just the apples. Anyway, someone on SCS sent me some images to play with, so I have been coloring apples like crazy. This image just makes me feel inspired. It just makes me want to jump up and make a card! Funny thing is, I'm actually starting to like the whole set now. I've been looking in the gallery on SCS, and there is some awesome cards using this set. So I ordered it. I can't wait to get it. I think this could easily become one of my favorite sets now. Why is it always the sets I didn't even like when I first saw them ended up being my favorites? Seriously, Fabulous Flowers, Doodle This, Crazy For Christmas, Baroque Motifs, I didn't like any of them, but now those are my Favorite sets.This first card was my first attempt at coloring the apples. I like how they came out, but I want them to be better, lol. I want them to look real. Does anyone know of a good watercoloring tutorial? I've seen the one by Jule Buhler on how to use markers to watercolor. It was awesome (If you haven't seen it, click HERE), but I need something on shading, lol. I've never been good at blending colors. I seem to either blend it too much, or not enough. Feel free to share any tips you may have too.-Stamps-Give Thanks, Itty Bitty Backgrounds and Priceless
-Ink-So Saffron, Real Red, Close To Cocoa, Bashful Blue
-Paper-watercolor, Real Red, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa.
-Accessories-Hodgepodge hardware, Hemp twine, Stampin Sponges
-Markers-Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Real Red, Bravo Burgundy, Ruby Red, Garden Green, Old Olive and Going Grey.

-Stamps-Give Thanks, Itty Bitty Backgrounds and Baroque Motifs
-Ink-Wild Wasabi,
-Paper-Wild Wasabi, Chocolate chip, So saffron, Real Red, and So saffron Prints DSP.
-Accessories-Round tab punch, Wild Wasabi double stitched ribbon.
-Markers-Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Real Red, Bravo Burgundy, Ruby Red, Only Orange, Garden Green, Old Olive, Gable green Going Gray and Bordering Blue.

Beate's Sketch challenge Season of Joy

This card was for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #26. I really love Beate's sketches. I think this one is one of my favorites.
-Stamps-Season Of Joy, Perfect Endings, Snow Flurries
-Ink-Old Olive, River Rock, Real Red
-Paper-Dashing DSP; Old Olive, River Rock, Real Red and Whisper White cardstock
-Accessories-Pewter Hodgepodge hardware, Real Red grosgrain ribbon
And I'm such a cheapskate. Whenever most of a piece of DSP is going to be covered up anyway, I'll cut out as much as I can. It really does make your Designer Series paper go further though. I know the edges are really raggedy. I used my old fiskars paper trimmer for this, which I only use for scoring and stuff like this since i have the tabletop trimmer now.

In The Spotlight snowflakes

This card was incredibly easy. It only took a few minutes to make. I don't have the circle punch that fits inside the scallop punch yet (it will be here Monday). so I had to cut the circle out. Thats why it's so crooked. I stamped the snowflake in blue bayou, then in whisper white craft, then again in soft sky, but I'm not sure that shows up in the picture. -Stamps-In The Spotlight
-Ink-Whisper White Craft; Blue Bayou and Soft Sky Classic.
-Paper-Whisper White, Blue Bayou and Soft Sky
-Accessories-Blue Bayou double stitched ribbon, Ticket corner punch, Scallop punch vintage brads