Discontinued List

Hi Readers, I wanted to let you know about the following sets that are being discontinued as of January 1st. I especially want to draw your attention to Branch Out which has been a customer favorite. If you have this set on your wish list, but haven't yet purchased it, this is your last chance before it's gone forever! Feel free to e-mail me your orders whenever...I will have orders going in once a week (on Fridays) through the month of December. - Your time is running out for Christmas shopping! Be sure to remind your husband/parents/children to contact me today with your wish list! :-)

113407	Back Woods
114492	Beautiful Baby
114486	Birthday Wish
113200	Branch Out
114496	Celebrations
113732	Central Park
113206	Classic Sketches
113226	Classy & Fabulous
114498	Flowers in Silhouette
113405	Font of You
113216	For the Bride
114494	Forever
109425	Friend by Definition
114488	Fun Flowers
113716	Garden Greetings
114490	Glad Friends
111580	Grand Soiree
113242	Hit the Road
113710	Lexicon of Leaves
113236	Man's Best Friend
114423	Ocean Commotion
113728	Playful Petals
109276	Polka Dot
111544	Putt Putt
113240	Quilt Quips
113754	Really Retro
113403	Sip by Sip
113726	Sweet Stems
113250	That's Funny
113688	Wonderful Watercolors
114028	Para la novia
114032	Acuarelas Maravillosas

JOY

This card didn't photograph well for whatever reason. I did want to share it with you however. I've been up to my eyeballs in good things the past week. Celebrated my birthday over the weekend, and got the house all (well, almost all) decorated for the holidays. This morning I can finally make my way to my stamping desk (that room has been full of decorations that were in holding pattern), so I really hope to get some fun stamp time in today. We'll see if it happens!
This card uses the twisted ribbon rose found in Stampin' Success last month. It's really easy, just takes making a few to totally get the hang of it. This card doesn't use any "Christmas" stamp set (I always like those). Here is the supply list: Bella Toile, Lovely Letters, SU! Backgrounds 1 Texture Plates. Scalloped Square Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain, Sticky Strip. - Colors: Certainly Celery, Bravo Burgundy, Whisper White.
Have a wonderful day, and thank you for stopping by!

Color Dare #45

Well, guess what bloggers? The holidays have hit! That means that I won't be posting near as much as I usually try to. I'll be too busy enjoying the holidays! Stop in at least for our weekly Color Dare challenge and play along!

This week our colors were Dusty Durango, Kraft, and Very Vanilla. I decided to use Of the Earth (a hostess set), and try a repeating tile card. Haven't done one of these for awhile. Hope you enjoy the layout - why not try one yourself?!

One Day Left!

Only one day left to take advantage of the terrific SU! sale! I'm sending my last order in at 7pm Monday evening, so you must have your order to me via e-mail or phone by 5pm. You don't want to miss out on these amazing deals! Remind your favorite shoppers too :-) these make great Christmas gifts!

Color Dare #44

This week, our color scheme of Real Red, Soft Suede, and So Saffron reminded me of Asian inspired stamps, so that is where I went. When I use Asian stamps, I usually want to keep the design/layout super clean and simple. Here is the result this week. I've used the Level 2 Hostess set from this year, and did some aquapainting on Watercolor Paper. You'll see I used an unusual embellishment that I made up and am not sure how I feel about it yet :-) but it seemed a little eastern at the time! I just punched holes, and then mounted a coordinating piece of cardstock to the back w/ dimentionals so there is a shadow effect.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and even if times are tough for you, I hope you will be overwhelmed for all the many things you DO have to be thankful for! We are blessed indeed!

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's creations...

Check out this great sale!

Hi Readers!
I just wanted to make sure you knew about
the wonderful sale that SU! is putting on
now-Nov.30th. Click on the link at right
to see all the products and bundles offered
during this event at GREAT prices. Some
of the bundles are so cheap, you can get a
stamp set PLUS a matching punch for less
than the price of a punch alone! It's like
buying a punch on sale, and getting a free
stamp set thrown in! Be sure you check it
out today, then e-mail me with your orders!
This would be a great time for others to buy
gifts FOR you as well, so share it with every-
one you know (make sure they have my e-mail),
and mark all of your favorites :-)

Cocoa Pouch

It's a new week everyone, and for those in the USA Thanksgiving is hot upon our heels! I'm excited about the holidays, are you?

Here is a little project that I created for a class as well as a Demo Swap a couple of weeks ago. The pouch is the same size as an Invitation card, so it will fit in a regular A1 envie. I just cut 1" off the top of one flap, and added the embellishments. Lovely Lilac seemed to match the writing on the Swiss Miss Cocoa quite nicely, so that is the color scheme we went with. The stamp sets used were: Serene Snowflakes and Teeny Tiny Wishes. Punches: Tag Corner, Eyelet Border, Rounded Tab, 1/2" Circle, Word Window, and Modern Label. We also used some Brushed Silver Cardstock (LOVE this around the Holidays!), Brads, and Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon to finish it off.