Thrifty Thursday 3-12-09

We really had fun at club last night doing these great projects using the Circle Cutter.  I decided that it was a good one for Thrifty Thursday because the circle cutter can really save you a lot of money.  I cuts circles from I think one inch up to 6″ and anywhere in-between.  I also love that it cuts rings.  I have seen fun papers made with circles and I love that now I can create my own in any color combination that I want.  I also love the texture that it adds.

march-09-club-pagesNow I will be honest the circle cutter does take a little practice as they quickly found out at club.  However once you get it down I think you will love it as much as I do.  It is so smooth and fast.  I’ve really enjoyed playing with it and I’m sure I will enjoy it for many years to come.  Right now is the perfect time to get this great product because when you by the cutter and the mat plus replacement blades it puts you over $50.00 so you can get a sale-a-bration set.  This item has been on back order so you may not be able to order it on-line, however you can place an order through me.  Be sure to get your orders in early as I leave on the 20th and won’t be back until the 30th.

congrats-march-club-1I really love how I could use the punches to work with the circle cutter.  On this card I punched out the Congratulations (from the new spring mini).  I also punched the Chocolate Chip and Old Olive back ground papers.  Then I used the circle cutter for the larger Cameo Coral circle.

We also focused on texture on the projects.  The Old Olive papers are all textured card-stock.  On many of the Chocolate Chip papers we ran them through the big shot using the circle texture plates.  It’s hard to see but it really adds to the pages and card.

Products Used:
112531 Glass Mat $19.95
112530 Circle Scissor Plus $29.95
103954 Aqua Painter $16.95
113439 Big Shot Die-Cut Machine $99.95
114614 Texturz Impression Pad $5.95
114615 Texturz Silicone Rubber $5.95
113464 Serif Essential Alphabet Die $149.95
114512 Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates $11.95
109051 Chocolate Chip 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon $7.95
111367 Chocolate Chip 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon $4.95
114333 Button Latte $7.95
112092 Button Bouquet $7.95
105447 Clear Buttons $4.95
103683 Mini Glue Dots $4.95
104401 1-3/8″ Circle Punch $15.95
104403 1-1/4″ Circle Punch $15.95
109046 1″ Circle Punch $10.95
112004 1-3/4″ Circle punch $15.95
108341 Spiral Punch $10.95
106697 Soft Subtles Water Color Wonder™ Crayons $19.95
106696 Earth Elements Water Color Wonder™ Crayons $19.95
115086 Taffy Alphabet Set $43.95
113822 Eight Great Greetings $27.95 (Mini)
113262 Wagon Full of Fun $34.95 (Mini)

Colors- Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive, Sahara Sand

Note- The two Mini Catalog sets we used are available now through the mini-catalog pre-order.  Click here for more details.  The rest of the catalog will be available April 1st.

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Freewheeling Friday 3-6-09

sun-fun-cardI received this cute card at convention.  I was created by  D. Waterman (I think that was in her email address).  I love how she used the word window punch to create the Popsicles.  The watermelon is made by cutting the 1-1/4″ and 1-3/8″ Circle punches in 1/2.

I really love how she kept the wheel part simple and just rolled it across in the middle.  She also rolled the background of the white part with a different roller.  This is just a fun summer card.  I think it would also be a cute accent on a scrapbookpage.

Product used:
111260 Something Fishy JW $8.50
113504 Life’s a Breeze $31.95
109687 See you Around JW $8.50
104401 1-3/8″ Circle Punch $15.95
104403 1-1/4″ Circle Punch $15.95
105090 Word Window Punch $15.95

Colors- Whisper White, Pink Passion, Brilliant Blue, Real Read, Bashful Blue, Basic Black,  Tempting Turquoises Creamy Caramel and Gable Green.

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Freewheeling Friday 2-27-09

lucky-me-cardThis is a card I made for a workshop last March.  I found it and thought I would share it with you.  I love the colors of this card.  I would have never thought to put them together.  I got the color scheme from the dsp.  It’s one from an old catalog, but I still love the card.  The ribbon is also retired now but you can still get the ribbon slider in the Hodge Podge Hardware.

 

 

Product used:
111259 Pinch Me Jumbo Wheel $8.50
103661 Stampin’ Around® Jumbo Handle $5.95
115044 Pinch Proof $22.95
DSP- Retired
111325 Styled Silver Hodge Podge Hardware $29.95
Olive Polly Twill Ribbon- Retired

Colors- Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive

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Freewheeling Friday 2-20-09

This wheel is retired but I just love this card and had to show it to you.  This card is so simple but I love it.  First she wheeled the butterflies and then she colored them in.  

thanks-butterfiles-cardMy favorite part is that afterwards she covered the entire wheeled section with VersMark® pad and then iridescent ice embossing powder.  I love how it sparkles.  I think it’s such a great card.  I received this card in a swap, but it didn’t have a name, sorry. 

Product used:
Just Flitting by Jumbo Wheel
115068 Sincere Salutations $23.95
104832 Black Gingham Ribbon $7.50
Black Organdy Ribbon
102883 VersaMark Pad $7.50
101930 Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder $4.75
100005 Heat Tool $29.95
102197 Powder Pals® $19.95
103083 Embossing Buddy® $5.95

Colors- Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black

I think this card would be fun to try with many of our great wheels.  I might try it with It’s Beautiful #111201 $8.50.

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Freewheeling Friday 2-13-09

Today was Friday the 13th, but for me it’s usually a good day.  Once again that proved to be true.  Today I was able to go to the shoebox swap that my up-line Brandi was having.  I love it when I can get together with other demonstrators and Stamp.  It’s so much fun to visit and get new ideas. 

rolled-flower-friends-cardThis was one of the 19 cards we got to make.  I loved how we used the roller on the flower from the pretties kit.  What fun.  I also love all the texture in the card.  (Texture plates on card-stock and textured DSP.)  I think the project was created by Becky.

Products used:
113218 Friends $25.95
113993 Parisian Breeze Specialty DPS $11.95
109114 Pretties Kit $29.95
114319 Whisper White Organza Ribbon $5.95
109041 5-Petal Flower Punch $15.95
102892 Sponge Daubers (12( $10.95)
113439 Sizzix™ Big Shot $99.95
114614 Texturz Impressions Pad $5.95
114615 Texturz Silicone Rubber $5.95
114512 Stampin’ Up!® Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates $11.95
111256 Dotted Lines Jumbo Wheel $8.50
103661 Stampin’ Around® Jumbo Handle $5.95

Colors- Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Kraft, Whisper White

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Stampin’ Sunday 2-8-09

So I just got the new Circle Scissor Plus.  I had fun playing it.  You will really love this new cutter.  Here is just one of the cards that I made.  The design is from the Stampin’ Success® which is a monthly magazine Stampin’ Up!® sends to all of it’s demonstrators.  It’s a great magazine packed full of ideas and projects.  Plus it has on-line links to the website for demonstrators with even more projects.   You can get this great magazine for yourself when you sign up to become a demonstrator.  For more information check out my Join Me section of my blog.birthday-circles

Products Used:
112530 Circle Scissor plus $29.95
112531 Glass Mat $19.95
112162 Rose Red Patterns DSP $9.95
111624 Dreams du Jour $18.95
115078 Stem Sayings $20.95
115076 Sprinkles $14.95
105108 Regal Rose Stampin’ Write® Marker $3.25

Colors- So Saffron, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

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