The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 16,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many [...]
Archive for December, 2011
2011 in review
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Framed ship with a twist
Posted in My stamping creations, tagged 2012 Occasions mini, embossing, postaweek2011, Stampin Up on December 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I love putting this ship from The Open Sea (retired) in our Designer Frames embossing folder! It looks like a framed painting. This is a variation of one I made earlier this year in Early Espresso. This one uses Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler card stock. I stamped on Whisper White for the background [...]
Christmas version 2
Posted in My stamping creations, tagged postaweek2011, Stampin Up on December 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Same card, different stamps. This one is also made with The Sounding Joy but I used the retired set Tree Trimmings for the focal point.
Christmas stockings
Posted in My stamping creations, tagged postaweek2011, Stampin Up, stocking die on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The stockings are filled with – chocolate of course! I made a bunch of these, about 27 or so, for my bowling league. Made with Riding Hood Red and Whisper White card stock and the Stampin’ Up! exclusive Holiday Stocking Bigz XL die. The stamp sets are Sweet Season (retired) and The Sounding Joy. I [...]
Merry Christmas
Posted in My stamping creations, tagged Christmas card, finial press embossing folder, postaweek2011, sounding joy, Stampin Up, star punch on December 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My Christmas card, made with Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush. The stamp set, The Sounding Joy, is from the holiday mini. The background is embossed with the Finial Press embossing folder and I punched the stars with the retired star punches out of silver glimmer paper, also from the holiday mini. I made 108 of [...]
Happy bday to hubby
Posted in My stamping creations, tagged Build-a-Bear, Chargers, postaweek2011, Stampin Up on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today is a big birthday for my husband – 60! So I had to come up with an appropriate card. He likes the Chargers and beer so I put them together with the SU exclusive Build-a-Bear Bear die and a stamp from Cheers to You (retired). The handle on the beer mug is actually on [...]
