Top Note

Elements of Style

July 6, 2010 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Wow…sorry! The holiday weekend was busy, and lots of paperwork remaining from earning the cruise PLUS my Customer Appreciation Parties have consumed all my time! I wanted to at least post something today so you know I haven't fallen off the face of the earth! I also decided to go to Convention, so need to start thinking about swaps and packing to go! Yikes!

I don't think I ever shared my Control Freaks Swap card for the Spring Mini! Since I had 35 to make, I knew I didn't want to color in the flowers…but I liked how the Soft Suede Classic Ink looked stamped on Sahara Sand!

I started with a base of Soft Suede Cardstock, then layered on Rich Razzleberry that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Impressions Folder. I reversed the Polka Dot Ribbon to the solid side and wrapped around it. I cut the Top Note with Sahara Sand cardstock, then stamped on the large rose from Stampin' Up!'s Elements of Style in Soft Suede Ink. I added some speckles on each side with the Color Spritzer Tool. I punched a Scallop Oval from Soft Suede, then stamped For You from the same stamp set in Rich Razzleberry on Whisper White, punched with the 1 1/4 Circle, and layered on the 1 3/8 Rich Razzleberry Circle. I added two Gold Mini Brads on each side.

Hope you have a wonderful week. It's Tuesday already so a short week for most!

Oval All

April 6, 2009 By Connie | 1 Comment

Yes! This set, Oval All, is in the new Occasions Mini and I love it. All four sayings line up perfectly with the new Scallop Oval Punch (or you can use the Large Oval Punch and then mat with the Scallop Oval punch). This punch and set is definitely a MUST HAVE for your stamping arsenal!

I was using up some more of my Urban Oasis scraps and cut this one with the Top Note Die. The base card is Baja Breeze, then a layer of Whisper White. I wrapped the White Taffeta around the DSP Top Note and layered on the Whisper White. Finally, stamped the Fabulous friends in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White and punched with the Scallop Oval punch, added a mini brad and popped it up with dimensionals.

Huh…I just realized that my ribbon is not laying flat…oh well…lol!

Have a great week…I need to get ready for my Techniques Class on Tuesday night!

Holiday invitation

December 2, 2008 By Connie | 3 Comments

Every year, my husband has his office holiday party at our house. I’ve known about it for over a month and he had sent out a notice last month to hold the date. I completely forgot that I normally make up an official invitation until he reminded me. Seems like a few of the people in the office were asking about the hand-made invites I usually make, and was I doing one this year! OK…needed something quick since I wanted to get them into the office last week before Thanksgiving.

I bought packages of both the Little Felt Flurries and the Big Felt Flurries not really knowing the sizes. Well, the big ones are BIG! They are very suitable for using on gift bags and packages. I love the little ones for cards. But, I thought I could use one large one on a card and it would look ok. I started with a base of Baja Breeze, then used my Cuttlebug embossing folder in my Big Shot to get the snowflake embossed pattern on the Whisper White. I cut a Baja Breeze Top Note diecut with the Big Shot, too, and stamped You’re Invited (from Sincere Salutations) with Chocolate Chip ink. Added a large Rhinestone brad to the center of the felt snowflake and to the top portion of the Top Note to secure it. Very quick and easy invitation, but I think it looks pretty elegant!

Inside I put the Holiday Party information and the directions to our house on Whisper White, then stamped the snowflake from Snow Swirled randomly with Baja Breeze ink.

So…enjoy! I need to clean up my studio for class tonight…looks like a small tornado went thru it since I’ve been busy working on my Last Minute Gift Ideas class on Thursday night.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

November 27, 2008 By Connie | 3 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a wonderful turkey day! We are headed to my mom and dad’s shortly for a Thanksgiving meal. Next year it is my turn, but this year I only needed to make the Pumpkin Pie and Cranberry Salad. Those are my traditional contributions. What are your traditions? Do you do anything special or unusual?

Since I used Season of Friendship for my Halloween cards and my Patriotic card on election day, I had to continue the trend and use it for my Thanksgiving card this year. I only mailed out about a dozen to friends and family. I’m sure it is heavily inspired by several other cards I’ve seen using the Top Note die. I paired it with the Autumn Vine Designer Paper. I love every single pattern in that package!

A very simple card, really. The base is Chocolate Chip, layered on top with Autumn Vine, then a Very Vanilla Top Note diecut. I stamped Happy Thanksgiving with Chocolate Chip ink and punched it with the Wide Oval. I wrapped some Chocolate Chip ribbon around the diecut, and sponged around the edges with Chocolate Chip ink. Leaves were stamped with Old Olive, More Mustard and Really Rust and the trunk with Chocolate Chip. That’s it!

I just want to mention how grateful I am that Stampin’ Up! has given me an outlook for my creative expression. In addition, it has truly brought some wonderful people into my life that I would never have met otherwise. I remember going to Convention for my first time 7 years ago and my upline (who had been in the business for 7 years then), seemed to know everyone and say hi. I was amazed. Now, when I go to Leadership or Convention, I love renewing the friendships and catching up with people I only see 1-2 times a year!

I’m also thankful to be blessed with a wonderful family, good health and my needs more than met. What more can I say? I am thankful.