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Cupcake Elephant

I had this idea of having this elephant from the new stamp set, Animal Stories, balancing a cupcake on his trunk.  I don't think I'm too original there but I do love the way this turned out!  This is my third and final swap for a WOW card swap I am in.  I can't wait to see what swaps I get back!  There's a lot of putzy elements on this card.  I can't believe I made 11 of them!  I did and I lived to tell the tale.  The elephant ear and leg are stamped twice, cut out and popped up on stampin' dimensionals.  The cupcake is stamped, colored, cut out, and popped up on a stampin' dimensional.  The party hat is stamped, colored, cut out, and popped up on stampin' dimensionals.  The scallop background is done by punching out 6 of the scallop squares and stacking them side by side to give a bigger mat. 

Recipe:
Stamps: Animal Stories, Matchbox Messages, Short and Sweet(cupcake), Owl Together Now(party hat)
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Raspberry Lemonade designer paper, Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay( the swirls)
Other:  Scribbles Sizzix die, Stampin' Up! Sizzix Matchbox die, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, square scallop punch, Stampin' Up! Sizzix Top Note Die, Eyelet border punch, googlie eye, stampin' dimensionals, crystal effects

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Deal of the Week!

This week's deal of the week is on the square fire rhinestone brads!


As you can see the brads come in two sizes and 4 colors.  You get approximately 80 brads.  Regular price is $10.95 but for this week only they are on sale for just $6.99!  You can order them online through my online ordering website here or contact me at krhopperstad@juno.com.  Hurry - this deal ends on July 19! 

I'll be back later with my 3rd WOW card swap card.

Blog Award

This award was given to me by sweet friend, Julie from http://specialcraftmom.blogspot.com/. Check out her Blog! Thank You Julie!  Check out her store at http://www.scrapbookstoreatyourdoor.com/   I especially love the glitz frosting.  I'm addicted to it and she has the best selection around!  She'll give you top notch customer service too!

On to the rules:
1.# By accepting this award you recognize that the giver ‘LIKES YOUR STYLE’.
2.# You agree to display this award proudly on your site, and include a post linking back to the giver.
3.# And because there are so many blogs out there which you like their style, you will share this award with them… however many that may be.

1)Amy of Tsuruta Designs-  I love Amy's simple but funky style and she's got a great positive attitude too!
2) Angie of Schwoo! - Amy has a fun and simple style that you will love!  I got to meet her in person at Stampin' Up!'s convention last year too!
3)Mel of Mel Stamps - Mel is on of my SBS2 sisters.  If you like detailed projects with gorgeous touches, tutorials and templates, then Mel is your girl!

I could go on and on listing blogs of bloggers whose style I admire but there's not enough time!  I love peeking in on all of the blogs on my list and the list gets longer every day!

Giraffe swap card and stamp-a-ma-jig background

I finished up my Wow swaps for a swap group I joined on SCS.  My final WOW card is this giraffe card.

Recipe:
Stamps:  Animal Stories, Circle Circus, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Basic Black
Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Custy Durango, Tall Tales designer paper
Other:  Dusty Durango polka dot ribbon, small oval punch, large oval punch, modern label punch, googlie eye, crystal effects, eyelet border punch, stampin' dimensionals, dusty durango stampin' write marker, stamp-a-ma-jig

When using the Circle Circus stamp set as a background I discovered that one of the open ring stamps in the set fit around this other stamp in the set.  I stamped my circles in crushed curry and dusty durango and stamped over them in black with the open ring stamp using my stamp-a-ma-jig.  It really jazzes it up!

Here are the steps to this background.  It's a little putzy but worth it!

i hope you found this helpful.  Now that my swaps are done I get to go play with some of my new stamping toys!   Yippee!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Stampin' Up! Deal of the Week and Ribbon Share

During the month of July Stampin' Up! is offering a deal of the week.  This week's deal of the week is on the Sizzix Doctor's bag.  Regularly $69.95 it is on sale for $49.99.  This deal is only through Sunday, July 12.  You can order it through my Stampin' Up! online ordering website here:  Online Ordering with Kathleen or you can contact me at krhopperstad@juno.com to order yours. 

Monday, July 13 there will be a new deal of the week so be sure to check back!

Have you seen the new yummy In Color polka dot ribbon?  Such a nice quality ribbon that coordinates with the fabulous new In Color cardstock and ink.  You get 15 yards on a roll for $9.95.  If you don't want 15 yards but would like to get some of each of the new In color ribbon then my ribbon share is for you!

In the Ribbon Share you get 3 yards each(approximately) of all 6 In Color ribbons for a total of $14.50. If you want it shipped to you after I have it all sorted and divided then it will be an additional $2.  If you are local you can pick it up.  If you would like a spot in my ribbon share you can contact me at krhopperstad@juno.com.

Happy stamping!

Stamp Club cards

I hope everyone had a happy 4th of July!  We had a fun time!  We went to a bbq at our friend's house.  The weather was crazy!  It was sunny and warm, then cloudy and cool, then it rained.  My friend had 35 people at her house so at one point we all ended up inside.  We decided to have a talent show.  The kids entertained us with various talents.  The adults were the audience.  Here is my youngest doing the splits.

This is a picture of the family at the fireworks.

The fireworks were timed to music.  I thought they were especially good this year!

The day after fireworks I went to the Paramore and No Doubt concert with my friend Kristina, her husband David, their daughters Morgan and Mallory and my daughter Rebecca and her friend Taylor.  It was an awesome concert!  Rebecca and Taylor are huge fans of Paramore so they loved that part.  Gwen Stefani and No Doubt was amazing!  There set was all in white and very modern looking.  They had a monster screen in back of them that had different videos and graphics to go with the songs.  Gwen is in amazing shape and I can't believe her energy!

Monday night was stamp club.  Here are two of the cards we did for club.

This technique is called Brayered Roses and was created by Patty Bennett.  Here is her tutorial on it.
I used the new In colors Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango with Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon.

This next card is a CASE of someone's card I found blog surfing.  I embossed the white background with the harlequin background(it's hard to see in the picture).  The basic gray is stamped in basic gray with the circle circus stamp set.  This is going to become a go to set for me for making fun different backgrounds and accents! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a good one!

Happy 4th of July!

In celebration of the USA Independence day the design team from Scrap and Stamp created pages with a patriotic theme and at least one stamp.  Here is the page I created for this week's challenge.

Each design team member had different product to work with on their page.  I was given this burgundy designer paper to work with.  I based my color scheme on the dp.  The sketch came from the 52 sketches sketch blog.

The stamping I did on my page was I rolled with a textured jumbo wheel   on some bravo burgundy cardstock.  I stamped the large star with a rustic star from the Stampin' Up! retired set called Artifacts and punched it out with the large star punch.  I stamped a larger image and then punched out with small stars.  I created the strips on the side with some bravo burgundy cardstock and used my scallop edge punch along one edge.  Then I layered a strip of Not Quite Navy cardstock and then put a strip of clear glitz frosting across it.  The mini patriotic bingo card is from Jenni Bowlin.  I added some glitz stars too.  For my title I used my Gogo boots Sizzix alphabet.

You can participate in this challenge too and win some blog candy in the process.  Create a patriotic page with at least one stamped element.  You can see the blog candy you can win on the Scrap and Stamp site. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful holiday weekend to all of the Americans out there!

Eat Cake!

When I went to Regionals in April we had the opportunity to earn this new cute stamp set for FREE!  Well, you know I was all over that!  This set is in the new catalog and it is called "On a Pedestal" 
I'm in some swaps to get new samples and this is one of my swaps using this set.

It's based on this Mojo Monday sketch.

Recipe: 
Stamps: On a Pedestal
Ink:  Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Real Red
Paper:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Raspberry Lemonade designer paper
Other:  1 3/8" circle punch, circle scallop punch, Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon, paper piercer, Sizzix Swirls and Scribbles die-cut, stampin' dimensionals

What are your plans for the Fourth?  We are going over to friends' house for a bbq and then off to see fireworks. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back tomorrow with my next Scrap and Stamp design team challenge scrapbook page.

Fun Gift Idea!

Whew!  Where did that last week go?  It all passed in a blur for me.  My husband was out of town on a business trip and my daughter was on a mission trip to New Orleans.   That left me and my two boys at home.  I spent the week as taxi cab driver getting them to everything they had going in their busy schedules and they had plenty!  I went through a tank of gas in two days.  It didn't leave much time for stamping that's for sure.  I'm ready to get back to that.

My daughter was invited to a last minute birthday party for a guy friend of hers.  Last year there was a party for him and we were told no gifts.  So my daughter didn't bring a gift.  It turns out she was the only one who didn't and she felt pretty stupid.  So this year we are making up for it!  We always like to give money or gift cards in an interesting way  That way they can see you put time and effort into it even if it wasn't a present you bought in the store.  I first saw this idea for a lei with money on it on Patty's blog.  I tucked that in the back of my brain to try one day.  Well, that one day came quicker than I thought!  I couldn't tell how the money was attached so I googled money lei and ran across this. 

It was a bit tedious to make but we had a team of my daughter, son Sam, and I working on it.

Here is how our money lei turned out.

Then my daughter said that her and this guy friend have an inside joke about deer.  So I found this deer card I received in a swap(sorry, there was no name on the back) and I added the "my deer friend" sentiment by printing it out on the computer and punching it out with the new modern label punch that will be in the new catalog starting Wednesday, July 1!  Here's the card.

I love papercrafting!  It's so fun to make a gift and card that is so personal to the recipient! 

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back soon with some more stamping projects.

Robot birthday

I finally had some time to stamp with my new stuff!  Stampin' Up! lets demonstrators pre-order a select batch of products ahead of the catalog release on July 1.  This new stamp set is called Lots of Bots and will be perfect for guys, teens and kids!

The background on the basic grey cardstock is created with a new set called Circle Circus.  I can already envision many fun backgrounds and scrapbook pages with this set!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Lots of Bots, Circle Circus
Ink:  Basic Gray, Dusty Durango(new In Color!), Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Basic Gray, Dusty Durango, Confetti White
Other:  Dusty Durango polka dot ribbon, horizontal slot punch, modern label punch

It's a hot muggy one here today!  We're about to take off for a soccer game for my son, Nick. Ugh!  At least I'm not the one who will be playing in this heat.

Thanks for stopping by!