It's time To Celebrate

 The Fourth of July is just around the corner.  Do you celebrate Independence Day?  If so, how do you celebrate?  Our family usually has a cookout and we play washer toss outside and we may even have a water balloon fight.  It's usually a fun filled family day. 

Many years ago we were in California for the Fourth of July and our friends invited us to their home to celebrate.  Their town did a great parade and kids decorated their bikes and people went all out to decorate their houses.  It was a great time and I long to live in a small town like that.  But for now, I will do my part to decorate my yard and celebrate with my family. 

I wanted to make a few red, white and blue treats for our celebration.  I was surprised that I didn't find more than M&M's, skittles,  Twix bars and Little Debbie Snack cakes that were decorated in red, white and blue.  So I bought all of them. 

Have I told you before how much I love the color combination of red, white and blue.  I don't know if it's just that it is a patriotic combination, or if those colors just call to me.  Either way, I love creating with these colors. 

I started off with clear cellophane bags. (the size that fits a pretzel)  Mine are retired from Stampin' Up!, but you can find them at most hobby stores.   I filled each bag with red, white and blue Skittles, then sealed the top.   I used the Everyday Label Punch and Pacific Point cardstock to cut a piece to use for the tag.  I used the Classic Label Punch for the greeting.   I used the stars in the stamp set "You Always Deliver"  and stamped real red stars randomly over the Pacific Point tag.  I stamped the word "Celebrate" from the New Wonders Host set in Pacific Point, then stamped real red stars to the left and right of the greeting.

I folded the Pacific Point Everyday Label punched piece in half and used a mini stapler to staple to the top of the treat bag.  I wanted to create a firecracker look, so I used silver metallic paper shred cut into small pieces.  I used a small piece of tear & tape over the staple and attached about 10 pieces of the shred to create the firecracker.  I cut a dimensional in half and added it to the back of the "Celebrate" greeting and then attached it over the top of the firecracker pieces. 

This one only has 6 firecrackers.  I ended up added more to get more BANG!!!

And now my treats are all ready to give away at my Independence Day Celebration. I can't wait to share them.

If you have created red, white and blue treats too, come on over to my Facebook page and share what you have created.  We would love for you to share. Join me over on Facebook

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Have a beautiful day and Happy Stamping,

Debbie

Winning with Over the Moon

If you missed my post yesterday, you're going to want to check it out because it featured three fun cow cards from the brand new stamp set, Over the Moon, from Stampin' Up!    There's even a video tutorial. 

Today I am sharing another card created with that set.  And this card is a WINNER!!!  WooHoo!!!  Let me explain.  Each month my upline for Stampin' Up! holds a team gathering and we create cards to swap with each other.  There can be up to 15 people swapping, so we all get really great ideas to share.  That's where the winner part comes in.  Everyone at the meeting votes on their favorite card, and my card won this month.  I was so excited!!!! And I even won a prize for my creation.    I will share the other swap contenders at a later time.

Here's my creation:

What do you think?  Do you love cows as much as I do?  I just can't stop creating with them.  You will definitely see them again in my creating. 

Here's how I created this card:

• Whisper white card base cut to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
• 3" x 5 1/4" crumb cake embossed with the Pinewood Planks Embossing folder.  Apply soft suded ink to the embossing folder before adding the paper and putting through the big shot
• Cut embossed pieces to 1" x 5 1/4" and add to the front of the card as shown
• Using the stitched Nested Labels dies, cut the largest die using Soft Suede cardstock, and the next to largest using Whisper White.
• stamp the 2 cow images onto the white die cut and color with stampin blends markers (I used light crumb cake, light soft suede, light mango melody, black, light petal pink, light flirty flamingo and light smoky slate)
• Attach the soft suede and whisper white pieces together (stagger them a bit), then attach to the front of the card using dimensionals
• Punch 2 leaves using the leaf punch and granny apple green. Attach to the card front using Tombo multipurpose adhesive
• Using the Magnolia Memory dies, cut 2 flowers using Mango Melody cardstock.  Attach using Tombo Multipurpose Adhesive 
• Tie a bow using Pineapple Punch Grosgrain Ribbon and attach using a glue dot

Stampin' Up! product I used to create this project:

• Pineapple Punch Grosgrain ribbon (item #146953)
• Leaf Punch (item #144667)
• Stitched Nested Labels dies (item #149638)
• Pinewood Planks embossing folder (item #152320)
• Magnolia Memory Dies (item #149578)
• Over the Moon Stamp Set (item #149331)
• Whisper White cardstock (item #100730)
• Mango Melody cardstock (item #146989)
• Crumb Cake cardstock (item #120953)
• Soft Suede cardstock (item #115318)
• Granny Apple Green Cardstock (item #146990)
• Soft Suede ink (item #147115)

What do you think? Leave me a comment below to let me know if you enjoy the cow stamp as much as I do.  Don't forget to follow me here, and over on facebook, for lots of creative ideas. 

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If you need supplies, for this, or any other project, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Please visit my store here:  Stamp It With Debbie's Online Store

Have a beautiful day, and Happy Stamping,

Debbie

New Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog and Facebook Live

This week is an exciting time at Stampin' Up!  We got a brand new annual catalog with new colors, stamps, papers, dies. punches and embellishments.   I am so very excited to share this new catalog with you.  It seems like every year the catalog gets more and more exciting!!! 

Each week I will be sharing new product and ideas with you from the Annual Catalog through step by step video or written tutorials and posted images here on my blog, and over on my facebook business page.  I hope that you will enjoy all of the new product as much as I am. 

Some important links for you:

Find me on Facebook here:    Share projects you are working on, join in on fun contests, leave me a comment to let me know the projects you like or would like to see me feature and get creative ideas

Shop From My Online Store Here Shop from the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog or the Clearance Rack 

Sign Up to Become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator  Want to get a discount on all of your favorite stamping supplies?  Join my team "The Glitter Brigade" now and you can get $125 in your choice of merchandise for just $99.00 plus tax. You receive FREE shipping on this order. 

Today over on my facebook business page, I featured a brand new stamp set called Over the Moon.  It's absolutely adorable.  My favorite kind of stamps are whimsical, and this is just one of the new stamp sets that fits this category.  I can't wait to show you the others. 

If you haven't heard already, every Wednesday at 4:00 (EST), over on my Business Facebook Page, I do a live demonstration using a current Stampin' Up! stamp set.  If you missed the live demonstration, you can click on the image below to watch now:

In addition to the FREE live demonstration, if you head on over to my online store and make a purchase of $30.00 or more (before shipping and tax), I will send you a FREE make & take kit for this week's projects.  You MUST use this weeks HOST code D2VVMA6V at checkout in order to receive your FREE kit.

 ***Per Stampin' Up! policy, I cannot stamp the images for you.  I will mail you all of the cardstock, designer paper, ribbon and embellishments needed to create these projects. 

Stampin' Up! products used for today's projects:

• Whisper White Cardstock (item #100730)
• Highland Heather Cardstock (item #145986)
• Petal Pink Cardstock (item #146985)
• Crumb Cake cardstock (item #120953)
• Mint Macaron Cardstock (item #138337)
• Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper (item #149484)
• Over The Moon Cling Stamp Set (item #149331)
• Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, White (item #146912)
• Grosgrain Ribbon, Pineapple Punch (item #146953)
• Textile Ribbon, Mint Macaron (Item #149480)
• 2019-2021 In Color 6x6 Designer Series Paper Stack (item #149617)
• Butterfly Gala Stamp Set (item $148580)
• Butterfly Duet Punch (item #148523)
• Stampin' Blends markers in light soft suede, light crumb cake, basic black dark, petal pink light, light flirty flamingo, light smoky slate, light mango melody, dark pineapple punch and light real red.

I hope that you enjoyed today's live demonstration.  Be sure to click on the follow button so you never miss and post. And don't forget to join me over on my facebook page. 

Happy Stamping,

Debbie