Delightful Dozen Mother's Day Card

One of the reasons I haven't posted in a while is because I was away on our annual Mother's Day trip that my mom, sister and I do.  It was our 7th one this year and every one has been great!

Here's the card I made for my mom for Mother's Day this year.  Even though the trip wasn't until June she did get the card on the right day.

I made the rosette using the Designer Rosette die.  The sentiment is from Delightful Dozen.  The background was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder.  The flower and leaves in the center of the rosette were made with the retired 5 Petal Flower punch.  The center of the flower was done with the Boho Blossoms punch, the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and a designer pearl.

Thanks for reading my blog today.  Come back soon.  I'm not planning on such a long break until I post again.

Team Meeting (inc. savings jar and card)

My upline, Frances Wagner, held a team meeting this weekend and fortunately I was able to go.  We always have a great time at these meetings.  First, Frances went over some information to help us build our business and then we did a make and take.

2013 is Stampin' Up's 25th anniversary and Frances said it would be fun if we could go to convention that summer.  She made us these adorable jars so we could start saving.  She even gave us each a quarter to get us started!  Thanks Frances!

 Here are some close-ups so you can see the details.  The idea for this jar came from the founder of Stampin' Up, Shelli Gardner's blog.  Look at the great use of the baker's twine (both tied through the doily and under the pennant).  The Paper Doily die cut really sets off the rosette, which was made with the Designer Rosette Die.  The butterfly, cut with the Butterfly Embosslit, makes a wonderful embellishment for the pennant, which was punched with the Petite Pennants Punch.  The brad is one you can get for free during Sale-A-Bration.  Frances hand wrote Convention 2013 on the pennant, which was stamped with Pennant Parade.

This is the Make and Take that Frances prepared for us.  Isn't it cute?  The stamps are from Fresh Vintage, which you can get for free during Sale-A-Bration, and Friendly Phrases.  We also used the eyelet border punch, Calypso Coral 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, oval punch, scallop oval punch and an Everyday Enchantment brad, which you can get for free during S-A-B.

Want to come to the meetings, stamp, and have a great time with some really nice women?  Join my team and you can!  And during Sale-A-Bration, the starter kit is on sale.  See all the details on the JOIN MY TEAM page.

Want to order the supplies to make these projects?  You can at my online store.  Or, if you're local to the Garner, Raleigh, Fuquay-Varina or Clayton, NC area come to one of my events and order them there.

Rosette Valentine Decoration

This has been hanging on my wall for a couple of weeks now and I finally remembered to take a picture so I can post it.  Unfortunately, the lighting isn't that good.  It's much brighter and cheerier in person.  Just to give you an idea -- the rosette is Pretty in Pink and the big, scalloped heart is Regal Rose.

The Pretty in Pink rosette was cut out of the Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack - Subtles, using the Designer Rosette Die.  The die has 2 different edges to add to its versatility.  Plus, it does all the scoring!  The rosette in this project only uses about 2/3 the width of the strip cut by the die.  The die can actually make even bigger rosettes.  The part that was left over I used to make a smaller rosette (to use on a different project).

The hearts were all cut with the Hearts Framelits.  The center heart was stamped with a stamp from Fresh Vintage and the smaller hearts were stamped using Take It To Heart.  I sponged around the edges of the hearts in the center and then added a hat pin with a couple of beads.  The pin and the beads are from the retired Pretties Kit, but similar hat pins are available in the Occasions Mini Catalog (Yeah Stampin' Up for  bringing those back!).  I tied a couple pieces of 1/2" Stitched-Poly ribbon (Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride)around the hat pin, added some Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain to the back for hanging the project and I was done.

I hope you enjoyed today's post.  Stop back tomorrow to see another Valentine decoration.