"Make-It Monday" Life is Grand

Good Morning!  Here it is, Monday and already June.  Time goes by so quickly.  I have a FUN "Make-It Monday to share with you today.  Remember the 2018-2019 Catalog and Occasions Catalogs RETIRE today!  Don't miss out on something you've been meaning to get!

"Make-It Monday": LIFE IS GRAND birthday card created using RETIRING Stampin' Up! products
All images © 1990-2019 Stampin’ Up!® 

This stamp set is retiring June 3.

Supplies:
• Stamp Sets – Life is Grand Stamp Set (148744)
• Card Stock (CS) – Gorgeous Grape Cardstock (146987); Whisper White Card Stock
(100730)
• Ink Refills – Granny Apple Green Ink (147095); Melon Mambo Ink (147051); Coastal
Cabana ink (147097); Pineapple Punch ink (147141); Gorgeous Grape ink (147099)
• Misc. – How Sweet It Is Designer Series Paper (DSP) (148568); Uninked Spectrum
Pad (147048); Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies (148551); Stampin’ Dimensionals
(104430); Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots (148805); Multipurpose Liquid Glue
(110755)

Measurements:
• Gorgeous Grape CS: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, scored in half at 4-1/4”
• Whisper White CS: 2 pieces for die cutting
• How Sweet It Is DSP: 1 piece for die cutting

Instructions:
1. Ink the spectrum pad using the 5 ink refills.
2. Stamp the outside sentiment in the 5 colors onto a piece of Whisper White CS.
3. Stamp the inside sentiment in the 5 colors onto another piece of Whisper White CS.
4. Die cut the sentiment using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies.
5. Die cut the DSP layer using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies.
6. Glue the inside sentiment onto the inside of the card base.
7. Glue the DSP layer onto the front of the card base.
8. Adhere the outside sentiment onto the DSP layer using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
9. Apply 3 enamel dots (Melon Mambo and Pineapple Punch) onto the card front.

Remember, you do not have to invent the wheel to be creative, just copy this project! Did you make it with your own hands? Then you have created!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful day!  ENJOY every minute of it!!!

REMEMBER...use June's hostess code 2B6K4XF3 and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive a FREE from me!

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my June classes!  Here's what were making this month!

Adam

Hello everyone!  

I haven't blogged in a while and if you follow me on Facebook you know why but if you only follow my blog you have no idea.

Three weeks ago today, my youngest son, Adam, who was 16 died in a car wreck.  Of course I am heartbroken along with my family.  We didn't have Adam long enough but cherish the 16 1/2 years that we did have with him.  We have a strong faith and know that Adam walks with Jesus and that we will see him again!  That brings great comfort and has given me a whole new perspective of heaven.  Jesus walks beside me every day...carrying me through this oh so difficult time and I will continue to trust in Him.  

I haven't felt much like creating until yesterday when a couple of friends came over and hung out with me in my shop.  We just visited, shared stories and a few tears!  I am blessed to have so many people caring, loving and praying for me.  Today...I'm heading out to my shop to get started on my June classes.  I know that creating will help me heal...it has with other heartbreaks.  

I'm not sure I'll be blogging everyday as I have in the past, I'm going to take it slowly.  I do have a bunch of handmade cards that I have received. They are all so beautiful and I will be sharing each of them with you the next week or two.  

I hope you have a wonderful day and that you find a moment or two for creating.  Enjoy your weekend and cherish the life you've been given!!  I love what I do and sharing what I do.  My Stampin' Up! business is such a gift to me. It has brought so many friends into my life...it's not just a business to me, it's a family! Thanks for following my blog and being part of my stamping family! 

I appreciate your prayers, love and support!  THANK YOU!

~My WONDERFUL son~

Adam Christopher Watson

September 16, 2002 to May 10, 2019

Scrappin' Saturday - DIRT

Hello everyone!  Today, I want to share my latest ADORABLE scrapbook layout with you!  

I used Early Espresso 12 X 12 cardstock for each page. The designer paper is from the Share What You Love and Lovely Romance designer paper packs. I also used the Rectangle Stitched Framelits and the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Oh...and don't forget the pearls!  Every muddy little girl needs pearls!!

Here they are individually!

I just LOVE how they turned out!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend and Happy Mother's Day tomorrow! Hope you get to spend it with people you love!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Note Cards, Garden Impressions and Southern Serenade

Good Morning and HAPPY FRIDAY!  Yay...it's almost the weekend!  I'm heading down the mountain today...gonna spend the night with my oldest daughter then take my youngest daughter shopping tomorrow, for her eighth grade graduation dress and shoes!  It's ALWAYS fun to see as many of my kids as I can!

Today's card is another card from my May classes.  It's very sweet and simple!

This card starts with a Very Vanilla Note Card base. These note cards also come in Whisper White.  You get 20 cards and 20 envelopes for $6.50.  The first layer is a 3 1/4 X 4 3/4 piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock.  Next is a 3 X 4 1/2 piece of Garden Impressions designer paper.  Before attaching it to the card base, I wrapped Calypso Coral Ombre  Ribbon around it, tying it into a bow.  The sentiment is from the Southern Serenade stamp set (retiring) and the flowers are punched with the Bitty Blooms punch pack (sadly these are gone already...I just found that out on Wednesday). Each flower has a Pearl in the center!  I love the simplicity of this card and the ease of creating it!  I hope you'll give it a try!


Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by today!  I love sharing what I do with you each day!  It keeps me creating and that is my therapy!!  Have a WONDERFUL day and a TERRIFIC weekend!  I have a scrapbook layout to share with you on Scrappin' Saturday, so I hope you'll stop back by tomorrow!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Amazing Life Masculine Birthday Card

Hello there! Happy Thursday!  Hope you're having a wonderful day!  I'd like to share a masculine card that we are making in my monthly classes in May!  I LOVE the Wood Textures designer paper and I'm so sad it's leaving!  

So,  I rarely use Very Vanilla cardstock.  WHY?  I do not know!  I'm going to start using it more often!  

My card base is a 5 1/2" X 11"piece of Very Vanilla cardstock scored at 4 1/4".  My first layer is Basic Black and measures 4" X 5 1/4". Next is a 3 1/4" X 5" piece of that awesome (and retiring) Wood Textures designer paper!  I cut the rectangle with my Rectangle Stitched Framelits and used the Amazing Life stamp set for the sentiment!  It is stamped in Memento Black ink.  I added a Metallic Brad and some Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon to finish it off!  Inside the card is a 4" X 5 1/4" layer of Basic Black cardstock with a 3 3/4" X 5" layer of Very Vanilla cardstock where I stamped HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I'm really enjoying including masculine cards in my classes.  It's a challenge, but I feel so accomplished when I through! lol  

Hey...thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a great day and I hope you carve out a bit of time to create!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Paper Share - Reserve Yours Today!

I have some FUN news...I'm excited to announce my FIRST EVER paper share!  I hope you'll join...you'll LOVE all the new designer papers!!!

What Is a Paper Share?

When you reserve a paper share with me, I will order new packs of Designer Series Paper from the new Stampin' Up! catalog. I will then cut the packs up, package, and label them and mail to you. The share will include a sample of all of the sheets listed above. This usually costs you 1/4 the price of buying all new paper and you then have a sample of each pack allowing you to, later, purchase your favorites from the new catalog!

Here's how it works!

Sign up now through June 3.

Pay no later than June 3.

New 2019-2020 Catalog Paper Share Includes:

162 Pieces of 6" x 6"  Designer Series Paper from 13 new packs from the 2019-2020 Stampin' Up! annual catalog that begins June 4. 

Your Paper Share of 162 pieces includes these new paper patterns in 12 pieces each unless otherwise noted:

• Bird Ballad
• Come Sail Away
• Dinoroar
• Follow Your Art (shown in my image above)
• Garden Lane
• Magnolia Lane
• Mosaic Mood Specialty
• Noble Peacock Specialty
• Noble Peacock Foil – 6 pieces
• Perennial Essence
• Pressed Petals Specialty – 24 pieces*
• See a Silhouette
• Woven Threads

* Please note that 1 side of 1 sheet of Pressed Petals is not laid out to have it cut well into 6" x 6"  though I will cut it that way.

Cost:

$47.00 + $6.95 shipping via Priority Flat Rate which includes tracking.

* if you don't have a PayPal account, you can still pay the PayPal invoice with your       credit or debit card. Pay Pal is the only accepted method of payment.
How To Reserve Your New 2019-2020 Catalog Paper Share:

Link to the Google Reservation Form HERE no later than June 3. Or click on the paper image above.

U.S. addresses only

Schedule:

May 27: I will email PayPal invoices to everyone who has reserved a share and continue sending invoices as new reservations come in.
June 3:  Payment (and reservation) deadline.
June 4: I will order the Designer Series Paper.
June 8 - 15 or sooner: I will cut, sort, label, and package all of the paper for you. I will print PayPal labels, and Paper Shares will be mailed back out, if there are no back-orders.
June 15-20: My target window for you to receive the paper share back at your home.

Questions? please email me: scraphappenshere@gmail.com or simply reply to this email

Garden Impressions and Country Floral - Negative Space

Hello there!  How's it going this morning? Mornings can be so wonderful...but can also be so hectic...today is a good day and I am thankful! I'm starting a new class today! I'm SO EXCITED!!  Before I head out I want to share a with you with a banner like I demonstrated on my Tuesday's Tip video this week!

I LOVE this card...hope you do too!  My card base is a 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock and is scored at 4 1/4".  My first layer is also Whisper White and measures 4" X 5 1/4".  First I cut a circle in it with my Stitched Shapes Framelits then embossed it with the Country Floral embossing folder.  Next, I cut a 3" X 3" piece of Garden Impressions designer paper and adhered it to my card base (where the open circle will let it show) and then I attached the embossed layer with dimensionals.  I cut a banner with my Rectangle Stitched Framelits (see yesterdays video) and stamped the sentiment with VersaMark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I tied a couple threads from the White Flax Ribbon around the side of the first layer, into a bow to finish it off.  Did I say I LOVE it?  I hope you'll give it a try! If you need any of these supplies click on SHOP NOW and it will take you directly to my Stampin' Up! store!

Thank you so much for stopping by today....it's such a joy to me to share what I love to do!  Have a WONDERFUL day and find a minute or two to CREATE!!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~