kanga and little roo

August 27, 2018 By Mary Haugen

Life has been really crazy over here lately. In the past month we: moved our daughter and son-in-law into their first house; moved our other two children off to college, in opposite directions from our house; moved our business, Stamp-n-Storage, to it’s new location; and continued working on my craft studio remodel. I have mostly moved back in, but there are still trim details to finish up. I can’t wait to give you a full tour! For now, how about a little teaser?

I just LOVE how the top of my Ikea Kallax came together. (thank you Hobby Lobby!) It really makes me happy to look at. Which is good, since I spend a lot of time in here!

At the beginning of August, before our youngest two moved, we all went to see the new Winnie the Pooh movie, Christopher Robin, together. Talk about hitting you right in the feels! Such a sweet movie. I love Pooh Bear even more now. I thought I would share today’s card in honor of a sweet mother and son duo from the Hundred Acre Wood – Kanga and Roo. (Ok, so in this case, Roo is a Koala, use your imagination)

Coloring this duo was so easy with my Stampin’ Blends and the Animal Expedition DSP. A delightful birthday greeting for any age!

That’s a wrap for today. I’m heading back to work in my studio – creating and cleaning! Plus I am working on a special project for a class I am teaching for the Grand Opening of Stamp-n-Storage’s first retail space! Check out details on the class and other Grand Opening activities here.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back soon and join me in putting a spotlight on creativity!

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Back on Broadway

August 13, 2018 By Mary Haugen

I’m back today with another Broadway Bound Suite project. What can I say, I REALLY like this suite!

Isn’t that marquee framelit die awesome! It has holes in it for perfect placement of the metallic pearls. And, can we talk about the Lemon Lime Twist striped paper!? LOVE IT!! The bold stripes are a great base for the marquee greeting. The photopolymer stamps make lining up the greeting a breeze.

Well, I guess I better get back to work packing up two kids to move off to college later this week. So, that’s a wrap for now. Happy Stamping!

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inky friends: suite designs blog hop

August 10, 2018 By Mary Haugen

Welcome back! I excited to be part of My Inky Friends Suite Designs Blog Hop! This time we are putting a spotlight on various product suites in the 2018-19 Stampin’ Up! catalog. I am thrilled to put the broadway Bound suite center stage! (I know, you are all so surprised that i would pick that suite. What can I say? Somethings are just meant to be!) This dramatic suite can be found on page 69.

Let’s start with this fun project pairing.

Who wouldn’t love to get a birthday treat like this. The gold foil in the Broadway Bound designer series paper brings out that Broadway sparkle!

First off how awesome is this cupcake topper? A bit of gold glimmer paper punched with the Starburst punch makes a great base for the fun greeting. A few gold Metallic Pearls are a great finishing touch.

The gold shimmer cut from the Broadway Lights Framelits balloons make this a great coordinating card for the cupcake treat.

This next pair of projects Brings out the Bold colors of Lovely Lipstick and my favorite, Lemon Lime Twist,

Here is a closer look at the gift box.

I started with one of the Lustrous White Mini Gable Boxes. I wrapped the bottom with the cake pattern from the Broadway Bound dsp. I glued some Lovely Lipstick 1/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon around the top. The greeting on the box is layered as follows: 1-3/8″ scallop circle in Basic Black, 1-1/4″ circle in Lovely Lipstick, the hat die cut from the Broadway Lights Framelits (I added the black dots with a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker). I stamped the sentiment on Lemon Lime Twist card stock and cut it apart and adhered to the circle. This element is added to the box with dimensionals.

I let the Broadway Bound dsp take center stage for this card. The little candle embellishment on the “I” is one of the silver Candle Embellishments. But wait, it’s pink, not silver. Ah ha! I colored it with the dark Lovely Lipstick Stampin’ Blend! How cool is that?

Broadway Bound is a fantastic suite of products that give your birthday projects great dramatic flair! I’m sending you over to Twila and her wonderful projects featuring the Under the Mistletoe Suite. Or, if you are traveling backwards through the hop, you can go back to Rhonda and her delightful projects with the Delightfully Detailed Suite.

That’s a wrap for now. Happy Stamping!

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let’s celebrate you

July 25, 2018 By Mary Haugen

I’m back with another card using the Broadway Birthday stamp set. This set is really quite versatile. You can go big and bold like this card, or you can go for a more subtle look like today’s card.

Hard to believe that is from the same set isn’t it? How fun is that little ice cream cone! I decided to let the ice cream be a simple focal point and the only color on the card. But that doesn’t mean the card has to be boring. Texture can help with that. The Thick Whisper White card base is embossed with the Tufted 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I just love the quilted look it gives The Ice cream cone is stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock and the ice cream is Flirty Flamingo ink stamped on Powder Pink card stock. I cut it out with the coordinating Broadway Lights Framelits. Some Linen thread and a little rhinestone are the finishing touches.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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never too old to make a wish

July 11, 2018 By Mary Haugen

When I first saw the Broadway Bound suite of products in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog I knew I had to have it. I know, shocking, right? They had me at broadway. The entire suite is amazing. I think used most of the products in it on today’s card.

I started with a strip of the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper. One side of each sheet has wonderful gold foil accents on it! Next I stamped ‘WISH” in Lemon Lime Twist. Above that I stamped the remainder of the sentiment that I colored with Stampin’ Write Markers so I could get more than one color. I then stamped the little diamond shapes, added the fun little gold candle embellishment and wrapped a little Lovely Lipstick ribbon around. Who wouldn’t love bright, fun birthday reminder like this?

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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inky friends – dc7

June 29, 2018 By Mary Haugen

It’s time for another design challenge from My Inky Friends! This time it is a layout based on a card on page 48 of the 2018-19 Stampin’ Up! catalog. I knew the Broadway Bound suite would be great for this challenge. This set was a must get on my first order from the new catalog. Hmmmm, I wonder why? I decided to turn the sketch on its side.

The only stamping is the “make a” banner. Gotta love the Broadway Lights framelits!! The marquee is perfect to fill in with the Metallic Pearls featured in the suite, or my favorite embellishment -Basic Rhinestones! Perfect for a little Broadway Bling!

Make sure you go over to My Inky Friends and see all the other great ideas for this card layout, then play along! Create your own project based on this sketch and share it with us.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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you’ve got this birthday

May 28, 2018 By Mary Haugen

I have loved working with the You’ve Got This stamp set. I love the flower and background stamp. Here is a fun birthday card featuring that glorious flower.

I love the clean look of this card. I heat embossed the flower with white embossing powder on Crumb Cake card stock. Next I watercolored the flower with Bermuda Bay and Always artichoke. I really like how it turned out. I popped up this panel an another layer of Crumb Cake and drew around it with a white watercolor pencil. It is on a Whisper White card base and the sentiment is embossed in white on a thin Bermuda Bay strip.

I love detailed cards, but sometimes it is fun to keep it simple and let the art work of a stamped image really take center stage. Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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Sweet Treat

May 18, 2018 By Mary Haugen

Today’s card puts me in the mood for hot summer days. Cool Treats is a really fun set. I’m sad to see it retire, but I’m sure Stampin’ up! will come up with something just as great!

I like the word stamped repeatedly on the right side. I stamped the popsicle twice. I cut out one of them with the coordinating framelit. and layered it over the other image for some dimension. I added fun little details like the linen thread tied on the ends of the sentiment strip and the little rhinestone on the treat. A fun treat to wish someone Happy Birthday!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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inky friends: a fond farewell

May 11, 2018 By Mary Haugen

Welcome to the Inky Friends: A Fond Farewell blog hop. We are taking time to put some great retiring sets center stage one last time. If you are following the hop order, you have arrived here from Sarah’s Ink Spot. Weren’t her No Bones About It projects fun? I love those dinosaurs. Make sure to make your way through the entire hop and check out the other great projects. I am putting Sweet Cupcake in the spotlight. Mmmmm – cupcakes. These are some of my favorite projects that I created with this set. They look almost good enough to eat.

This is my absolute favorite card I ever created with the Sweet Cupcake set. I paired the set with the coordinating framelits. There are so many fun details on this one – the depth from the die cuts, the banners layered under the cupcake, the little flag. What a great birthday wish.

I chose to leave a lot of white space on this one to let that yummy cupcake pop. The shading the various layers of stamps give it is so cool. I did a light watercolor wash shadow underneath the cupcake to help ground the image.

I love polkadots. I used the three circles to play off the polkadot pattern paper. A simple thick bakers twine bow and a tiny rhinestone balance the delicate feel of this card. This is one set that is staying in my stamp collection!

Thanks for stopping by! I’m sending you over to Rhonda and her projects with Basket of Wishes. Enjoy your journey through the rest of the blog hop and bid a fond farewell to some great stamps sets.

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Birthday Cupcake

March 16, 2018 By Mary Haugen

Hey, Hey, It’s my Birthday! On the sad side, it is the first birthday I don’t have any of my kids around. On the happy side, I am going to Chanhassen Dinner Theatre tonight to see Newsies! Going to see a show is the perfect birthday celebration for me! Brett and I celebrated last night with a pre-birthday dinner at Zella’s (Local Restaurant). They even brought me a red velvet birthday cupcake, complete with candle! I don’t remember the last time I actually had a candle to blow out. It was very tasty! (And, they DIDN”T sing at me. Bonus!)

The past two months, I have focused a lot on sharing Sale-a-Bration and Occasion catalog stuff, and have made some very fun birthday projects. But let’s not forget the great sets in the Annual catalog. In honor of the delicious treat above, I thought I would share two cards using one of my favorites: Sweet Cupcake.

I love the simplicity in this one. It really lets the cupcake stand out. Flirty Flamingo makes for some great looking frosting!

I really stepped things up for this next card.

I love all the little details on this one. The coordinating framelits really help make this card extra special.

Is it strange that I really don’t want to give these two away. Can I give myself a birthday card? I’ve bought myself a birthday present before – so, Why not! Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

-Mary

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