StampinJewels New Year's Eve Special

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I have a GIFT FOR ALL ONLINE ORDERS placed NOW through December 31st:

- First Online Order placed receives a certificate for 20% off one item on your next order

- Second Online Order placed receives a certificate for 15% off one item on your next order

- Third Online Order placed receives a certificate for 10% off one item on your next order

- All other Online Orders placed receive a certificate for a FREE package of single color card stock from one of the four SU! color families with your next order.

Head on over to the StampinJewels SU! Website , once you're there click on SHOP NOW and place your order. I will contact you to let you know which gift you may redeem with your next order (from the Spring/Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog perhaps? Coming January 18th!)

Feel free to share the StampinJewels ordering love - if you refer a new-to-me friend - I'll have another gift for you!

Edited to Note: If you are looking to order Retiring Sets - after you click on Shop Now from my SU! site, click on Specials, then Retiring - and all the retiring sets will come up there.

Happy Shopping and THANK YOU for visiting my blog, and for your business!

SU! Gift Certificate Holder

This is a gift certificate holder I created to hold a SU! Gift Certificate. I used the soon-to-be-retiring sets Punch Pals and Deer Friend(Hostess set). Using my Atyou Spica Glitter Pens I added some sparkle to the card stock, but I don't think you'll be able to see it in the scan. I stamped the base layers tone-on-tone using Mellow Moss and Ruby Red. I highlighted the Mellow Moss gifts with a the Clear Spica Glitter pen, and the Ruby Red stars and snowflakes on the Scallop circle with the Red Spica Glitter Pen. I also added a Clear Spica Glitter outline and center dot to the punched Mellow Moss stars. The middle of the Scallop Circle snowflakes are dotted with the White Signo Gel Pen. Lastly - I outlined the garland on the focal image tree with the Red Spica Glitter Pen, and the star with the Yellow Spica glitter Pen. Whew! That was a lot of detail to explain! LOL Don't forget the glitter and glaze pens - they really give your projects that subtle 'POP" that sometimes makes all the difference. Merry Christmas!

Stamps: Punch Pals & Deer Friends
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Ruby Red & Whisper White
Ink: Mellow Moss & Ruby Red
Accessories: Scallop Circle, 1 1/4" Circle and Small Star Punches, Atyou Spica Glitter Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals
ENJOY!

Holy Triptych Holy Family Card

This is our second personal Christmas card for this year. (The first one was HERE) I got the idea for doing an all white card, with a touch of metallic, from GinaK Designs blog awhile back. It is simple and beautiful to look at - but there were still several steps to it's creation. I layered Whisper White on Whisper White, only the top layer was run through the Cuttlebug A2 Embossing Folder called D'vine Swirls. Then I used the Nestabilities Classic Oval Set for both the scalloped and plain ovals. The Holy Family is heat embossed in silver, and there's a clear gemstone brad in the middle of the star. (These ar e in the SU! Pretties Kit, as well as being available from other sources.)
Stamps: Holy Triptych
Cardstock: Whisper White, Brushed Silver
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Cord (retired SU), Stampin' Dimensionals, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug
ENJOY!

Wine Gift

Need a QUICK gift? I try to keep gift bags of different sizes on hand for just such an occasion - a quick gift. This was a prize for the TrulyWed Game we played at our WWME Community Christmas party this past weekend. It literally took a few minutes to get together. The wine bottle decor was an image from the retired SU! set So Many Scallops stamped in Encore Silver Metallic ink. I then stamped the same image in Riding Hood Red and used the 3/4" Circle Punch so I could get the just the middle snowflake image, and attached it on a half a Stampin' Dimensional. (Tip: I always cut these in half so they last twice as long. Most projects don't require a full one anyway.) The poinsettia image is from the beautiful set Christ is Born.

Stamps: Christ is Born, So Many Scallops (retired)
Card Stock: Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red & Encore Silver Metallic
Accessories: Scallop and 3/4" Circle Punches, Riding Hood Red 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals
ENJOY!

Inspiration in Many Places

Inspiration is everywhere! In the cards we receive, in paper-crafting magazines and on websites, from demonstrators like me! ;) The inspiration for this card is two-fold. First I was inspired by my birthday card from Beth H. HERE

The second wave of inspiration came from a card (the one here on the left) we received from our prayer couple on the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend we just helped present the weekend before Thanksgiving. (Remember the Altered Notebooks?)


So here is my version of the inspirations meshed! The SU! Flower Fusion felt flowers and antique brass brads add wonderful dimension and texture all at once. I was also happy to have a project to use the Old Olive Love & Happiness RubOns with - I had used the other colors, but not the Old Olive yet! I layered the inside of the card with Old Olive, then used Chocolate Chip RubOns inside the card too - as shown in the next picture.





Card stock, Embellishments, Accessories make for a very quick and cute card! Try it yourself, and post your links here!

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip & Old Olive
Accessories: Flower Fusion felt flowers, Antique Brass Brads & Love & Happiness RubOns (both retired SU!), Mini Glue Dots

ENJOY!

YOU Did It!

I received this lovely card from Beth H. for my birthday yesterday! Pretty Fall colors with the Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie with just a bright and cheery touch of Rose Red. Wonderful use of the Flower Fusion felt flowers Beth! I especially like the heart-shaped brads as the flower centers. THANKS to all who sent me a birthday card - hand-made or store bought. I truly appreciate your good wishes and friendship.

Know what I got for my birthday (it was yesterday, by the way)? A Belgian Waffle Maker! Yahoooooo! I've been wanting one for these for years. The kids and I enjoyed my first ever Blegian waffles for lunch today - YUMMY! There was some left over real whipped cream from my angel food birthday cake that was perfect to top off the waffles with, mmmm - butter, real maple syrup and real whipped cream - I'm getting hungry! lol Good thing dinner is in the crock pot... ENJOY!

Altered Notebooks

I've mentioned before that my husband and I are part of the Presenting Team for Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends in our area. This weekend we will be helping to present for our third time. I like to bring a small gift for the other Team members ( 2 more couples and a Catholic priest). For this Weekend's Team, I altered some composition notebooks into dialogue books. (Dialogue is a communication technique taught on the Weekend.) They all have lighthouses on them, as this is a special symbol for Presenting Team Sacraments. Our discerning weekend utilized the image of a lighthouse to build it's concepts - basically that as a couple, our Christian Sacrament is like a lighthouse - a place where God's light shines out from as a beacon of hope and love to other married couples and priests. See the "Enjoy" stamped in the background? All my posts end with this sentiment - now you know where I got it from! :) They also have an appropriate Scripture verse stamped on the inside cover.

If you are reading this, and are a praying person, please pray for all the Sacraments (19 in all - 18 couples and 1 priest) on our Weekend, and on Weekends throughout the world - that they will allow the Holy Spirit to work through and in them and their relationship and accept the many gifts God is offering them on this Weekend. Thanks!


THIS notebook is for the Team priest, Fr. Dennis.

Stamps: A Light Unto My Path, Everyday Expressions (retired) and non-SU Marriage Encounter stamp

Cardstock: Going Gray Textured, Pacific Point, Basic Black & Naturals White

Ink: Versamark, Pacific Point

Accessories: Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch

We so enjoy getting to know the priest Team member on the Weekends we've participated in. His sharing is always amazing and inspiring, and gives good insight into the Sacrament of Holy Orders and that is lived out.


THIS notebook is one of a pair, and is for Ralph and Julie.

We met Ralph & Julie in October at a WWME Marriage Enrichment conference. We are looking forward to getting to know them through their Weekend talks also. They are not from our general area, rather they are from a bit farther south in Illinois. Hope they like their dialogue books!

Stamps: Coast to Coast & Everyday Expressions (both retired); non-SU WWME stamp

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron & Confetti Cream

Ink: Chocolate Chip & Versamark

Accessories: Rose Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, 1/16" Hand Punch, Antique Brass Hodgepodge Brads (retired)


THIS notebook, also one of a pair, is for Garry & Arla.
We've known Garry & Arla for quite awhile now, first meeting them at a WWME Family Camp Out we attended while pregnant with our first child. Garry & Arla borrowed us a bowl and spatula so we could make our pancake breakfast! lol (Always forget *something* when camping!) They also presented on our second WWME Weekend in 2007, AND workshopped us as we wrote our first set of talks. They are a beautiful and inspirational Sacrament!
Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment & Sweet Sampler, Coast to Coast & Everyday Expressions(both retired), non-SU! WWME stamp
Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Handsome Hunter, Not Quite Navy & Whisper White
Ink: Versamark and Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Word Window Punch & Tangerine Tango 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. ENJOY!