It's been a loooooooooong time!

Hi everyone, it's been quite a while sense I last posted. Had some things to take care of in my personal life, so blogging wasn't on the list for a while. But I'm back!
Today I have a card to show you that uses a new product from the summer mini catalog! Our smooch spritz! The smooch spritz is super easy and really fun to use and it adds so much to your project!
On this card I used it on my white layers of cardstock to give it a nice shimmer.
This card was a thank you card for Kayla's teacher this year. I had everybody in the class sign it. As you can probably see from the photo someone had dirty hands when they touched it! Oh well, what are you going to do!
I used the big shot to add texture to the card and I also used the lots of tags die for the focal point of the card. I love my big shot!

 This is the first time I used my pendant park stamp set, and I have to tell you, I LOVE IT! I added a half back pearl and a small punched out flower. Both in white to give the card a bit of elegance.

I also did some paper piercing on the bottom of the tree, just for fun! If you click on the pictures you should be able to see close up, to see how shimmery the smooch spritz really is.

I used the thank you from the stamp set teeny tiny wishes! If you don't have this set, you really should. I use it all the time.

What you need to purchase to make this card:

Pendant park stamp set

teeny tiny wishes stamp set

Mellow moss ink pad (retiring at the end of June)

Chocolate chip ink pad

Whisper white, chocolate chip, kraft cardstock

Big shot, Big shot texture plate of choice, Lots of Tags die

Trio flower punch

pretties kit (retiring soon!)

Paper piercing kit

snail adhesive

dimensionals

Smooch Spritz (summer mini catalog)

mini glue dots

That's my sample for the day. I hope that you enjoy it and that it gives you some inspiration of your own.

Happy Stampin! and have a great day,

Angela

5 sneak peeks in 1 card - Hostess Bonus Bucks

EXTRA HOSTESS BUCKS: It's not to late to earn your extra hostess dollars! During the month of June any hostess whose party totals $250.00 - $399.99 will receive an extra $20.00 in products and any hostess whose party is $400.00 or more will receive an extra $40.00 in free products. There is still time to book your own party for June to take advantage of this great promotion.

As a Stampin Up demonstrator we are given a chance to pre-order a few choice products from the new catalog and today's sample uses 5 different sneak peek products. Can you guess all the items? Alright I won't really make you guess. I used 2 of the new in-colors, crushed curry and razzleberry. I also used one of the new designer papers a new punch and a new ribbon that matches with the in-color crushed curry. The 2nd picture is what the inside of the card looks like. Someone the other night at the "manly" card class was asking me what I do with the inside. I said that most of the time I just write in the card the way it is, but sometimes I do this to the inside. This card uses the stamp set simple friendship, which I love. It's a really easy stamp set to use.

Alright everybody it's supposed to be a fantastic day here so get out there and enjoy this nice weather.
Have a great day and happy stampin!

More chipboard!

Before I start my post for today, if you receive my blog posts by e-mail and didn't receive one yesterday, click over to my blog to see yesterdays post. I showed a really cool way to use chipboard. You won't want to miss it! Sometimes my posts don't get sent via e-mail. I'll have to figure that out. But anyway, on to today's post.

Happy beautiful Saturday to all of you. The sun is shinning here and we are expected to hit 60 degrees today, yippeee! My girls have been outside all morning so I"m hoping that they take a good afternoon nap so I can get a lot done. Today I'm showing another way to use chipboard.

Chipboard and Crystal Effects: This is a great way to make your chipboard shiny!

Step 1: sponge color of your choice onto the chipboard

Step 2: Apply crystal effects all over the inked chipboard and allow to dry. A good 4 to 6 hours for drying is needed. I did these pieces of chipboard before I left for the evening and when we came home they where good to go.

(sorry for the blurry picture, try applying crystal effects and taking a picture at the same time, it really doesn't mix!)Step 3: Apply chipboard to project and finish how ever you would like.
Isn't this a really neat way to use chipboard. People pay big bucks for shiny chipboard and we can do it with everything that we already have on hand. After you've applied the crystal effects you could also add some glitter to it before it dries to give it an extra special touch.

You can see here that I glued my 2 chipboard pieces together and I also added ribbon to the reversed heart image. That in it's self is a really cool way to use your chipboard.

Ok so I've given you another way to use your chipboard, so now go do it! Remember to e-mail me your pictures of how you are using your chipboard and I will post them to my blog. I have a really cute project for you tomorrow and yes it does involve chipboard. See you tomorrow.

Only 3 more days left to sale-a-bration, if you haven't taken advantage of our biggest promotion of the year, do it quickly before time runs out on you!

Have a great day and happy stampin!

reach for the stars with chipboard

Alright ladies, so the challenge is on! If you read my post yesterday, I challenged you to use your chipboard. You can use it on any project you would like to use it on. I thought over the next few days I would show you some of the different ways that you can use chipboard. So today we are reaching for the stars with our chipboard. Isn't this giraffe just the cutest? I think he's so stinkin cute.

So for the chipboard:
1. I sponged on ink until I got the color that I was pleased with. 2. I then applied tombo mono multi adhesive (love this stuff) and then sprinkled glitter all over. This chipboard star really sparkles! Isn't that an easy way to use your chipboard? The cute little giraffe was colored in using blender pens and our pastels. It gives a really nice soft look to the card. Did you catch the texture on the creamy carmel cardstock, aren't those diamonds fabulous? Don't they just add that extra little touch to the card? If you haven't tried out the texture plates yet, you really have to. Did you catch the ribbon and the rhinestone brad around the star. I love how it color coordinates with the card.

Remember you only have a few more days left to take advantage of sale-a-bration. To order your Stampin UP products simply call, e-mail me or order right on line through my website http://www.angelariddell.stampinup.net/ click on "shop now".

Also remember if you're ready to get your own Stampin Up business started there are only a couple more days left to take advantage of the 15% off of the starter kit and don't forget that you get to pick out an extra free stamp set of your choice and if that didn't make it easy enough for you to sign up, don't forget that you can also pay for your starter kit over 3 months. I love being a demonstrator! I love helping people find their creativity. I love the fact that I can promote myself by how hard I work. I love the fact that I can't be fired or laid off. I love the fact that I get to work my work schedule around my family's schedule. I love that I get to meet new people all the time. I love the fact that I get the opportunity to earn free products all the time and I have the chance to earn free incentive trips too! How many people can say that they LOVE their job? Not many but I can honestly say that I LOVE my job!

Questions, please feel free to call me and we can get together and talk.

Have a fantastic day and happy stampin!