Welcome to Snowmanlover's Paperie

For those of you new to my site, I retired as a a Stampin' Up Independent Demonstrator
I went back to teaching in a Special Ed Classroom after being home for 20 years and "retired"
My blog is now changing to a WREATH Blog!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Thank you Alison for my new blog design!


I am so overjoyed! How do you like my new blog design!
This was custom created by blog designer Alison Lopez.
She is just the sweetest and the most talented artist!
Thank you, Alison, I LOVE it!
YOU are such a doll!
It looks so great with my new springy cards but I will miss the wintery
one you designed too!

More Sweet Pea Fun!!

More Sweet Pea fun!! I just love to make long, tall cards and fat square cards the best. I used my Stampin' Up! Sweet Pea Designer Paper Stack to make one of these cards. I also used our Alpine Ribbon which you can find in the Clearance Section on my order site. The Sweet Pea Felt pieces are just too much fun! I even added these to the Digital Print I made from My Digital Studio!



Here is my handmade card and below is my handmade one my DIGI card!! Ok, I take credit for the hand made one but the Digi one- you want to know how simple it is!
I used MDS- My Digital Studio- our new Digi Software from SU! All I did was press card and then press designer card and it was done! I did not even design it, I just added text! Now how easy is that! I added a few of our darling Sweet Pea Stiched Felt #117266- now how cute are these little felt flowers!!

Inside of the card. I used our darling new punch called Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch. I just love this punch! It is item #118073
I have not stamped a sentiment on the inside yet.


This card was so much fun to make! All items can be purchased from my SU site HERE!

Sweet Pea Designer Paper Pack- Oh what fun!!

Oh I am just loving this Paper Pack so much! It is called Sweet Pea Designer Paper Stack and comes with two sheets of every pattern of double sided paper. Great for scrapbooking but you know I just had to make some cards out of it.
This one I just love. I added the top part of the tree at the top. I used the Favorites ll buttons from my button share, and our darling little Two Step Bird Punch and inked it up a bit with my Chocolate Chip Ink Spot!
All items can be ordered from my Stampin' Up! site HERE and send directly to you!!


Used the Two Step Bird Punch

The inside of the card has the olive polka dotted paper which is the opposite side of the front piece of paper on the front of the card.



Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Stampin' Up! Corduroy Button Share!!


NEW!! CORDUROY BUTTON SHARE!
I was asked to do a share with these darling Corduroy Buttons.
This is a great way to get a wide variety without spending $10 plus ship/tax on EACH of the colors.

I am offering 6 buttons {2 brads, 2 covered buttons and 2 buttons with holes} in 5 different colors {Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, and Basic Gray}[/b][/color] Page 181 in Main Catalog
$16 for 30 Corduroy Buttons includes Pal Pal and shipping to the US



"PRETTIES" SHARE: 1 SPOT LEFT
See page 178 in Main Catalog or download Catalog on my blog
The full kit is normally $29.95
This is a one time "Share"
Each person will receive:
5 flowers, one of each size
White Half Back Pearls 6 small, 4 medium and 2 large
Cream Half Back Pearls 6 small, 4 medium and 2 large
White Round Pearls with Holes 6 small, 3 large
Cream Round Pearls with Holes 6 small, 3 large
Clear Teardrops 4
Clear round rhinestone brads 4 small, 3 medium and 3 large
2 Hatpins with Clutches
6 tiny spacer beads
]$10 Per Person includes Pay Pal and Shipping to the US]



First Come, First Serve! I fill up VERY fast!

Sunny Day Card Kit Week! I

Here are a few more simple cards from My Sunny Day Card Kit!
These are all stickers but they looked stamped. I did stamp the sentiment with the stamp set called Cheap Talk. I love that set. I also used the White Uniball Pen. All SU products.

My Kits include half the kit, ribbon, adhesive, envies and pre-cut and scored cards.

The buttons are not included but I do have one spot left in my Button Share $18.
They compliment this set so beautifully!

I sell my Card Kits long distance, and am also doing a local workshop with this kit in March.

If you would like the FULL Scrapbook Kit, it is called the Sunny Day Simply Scrappn' Kit #115700 and is on page 164 in the main catalog.
It can be ordered HERE!

*The kits are my own creation ( not the design!) and must be ordered through ME!
If you would like to check out my good friend and customer, Lorrie's cards , with this kit please click Here!






I had enough to make 7 cards and this darling little box too, with scrap left over!

Stay tuned this week for some more fun cards!!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Request for my card kits.......

Hi friends,
This week, I am featuring some cards I have made with my card kits.
To avoid any confusion on ordering, IF you would like the FULL Sunny Day Simply Scrappn' Scrapbook kit you may order it from my site HERE

The Scrapbook Kit is NOT my Card Kit.
The Sunny Day Card Kit
is something that I put together myself. It includes half the Simply Scrappn' Kit PLUS ribbon, envelopes, adhesive and precut and scored cards. Enough to make 12 cards with some leftovers. I have to say it is a darling kit!

If anyone is interested in my Sunny Day Card Kit, please EMAIL me. I can start another round but need to order these for 6 people at once. Full details are on the Feb 11th post.
If you are interested, please reply by Thursday of this week! The cost is $26 which includes Pay Pal and shipping to the US.

This is the Full Scrappn' Kit and you get doubles of everything. You can order this from my site HERE.

This is MY Card Kit that I made up and it is for sale! You can order by EMAILING me by Thursday!

This is what I made with my kit.


Hope that helps clarify the difference!! Taking orders through Thursday for Round 3 of the Card Kits!


Sunny Day Card Kit Week!

Here is another card I made with the materials from my Sunny Day Card Kit. The only thing extra I did was make a Top Note with the Big Shot. I also traced the bird sticker and made this little blue bird.

Sunny Day Card kits are my own kits and can be ordered through me!
Sunny Day Simply Scrappn' Kits can be ordered from my SU site right HERE!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Sunny Day Card Kit Week!


This is kind of my "Signature Card" I love using buttons and the scallop punch and twine.
Materials came with my Sunny Day Card Kit. See below posts.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Sunny Day Card Kit Week!

This week, I will be showcasing some cards I made with My Sunny Day Kit*. Everything you see this week was made with my own Sunny Day Card Kit* that I assemble and sell.
My Card Kits come with enough to make 12 cards but I used the kit to make 6 cards and the Forget-Me-Not-Box{#105525, page 204 in the main catalog) which can be purchased HERE!
The Forget-Me-Not Box is not part of the kit but will be another project I will be doing !



This is my card for today.


My Kits include half the kit, ribbon, adhesive, envies and pre-cut and scored cards.

The buttons are not included but I do have one spot left in my Button Share $18.
They compliment this set so beautifully!

I sell my Card Kits long distance, and am also doing a local workshop with this kit in March.

If you would like the FULL Scrapbook Kit, it is called the Sunny Day Simply Scrappn' Kit #115700 and is on page 164 in the main catalog.
It can be ordered HERE!

*The kits are my own creation and must be ordered through ME!

Stay tuned all week for more Sunny Day Cards by Barb!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

YOUR Sunny Day Card Kits are on their way!!


I know you just ordered them last Friday but I got them in last night and "built" them. They are already all mailed out! I hope you enjoy them! I really love this set. I am working on covering up a Forget-Me-Not-Box with this darling paper!
Local Girls, your workshop is on March 13th. I have your kits all prepared and can not wait to do this workshop. I will make up some card examples for you or if any of you would like to share yours, I would be happy to post a guest spot!

For those of you that missed out, Barb's Card Kits are $26 which includes mailing to the US! See February 11th post for details!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

SU Embellishment Share/Sampling!!

How about getting in on an Embellishment Share!
This is by request of a customer!
What a great way to sample many items for a great price!

BUTTON SHARE:
See page 181 in Main Catalog or download Catalog on my blog
This is a one time "Share"
Each person will receive:
10 Designer Playground Buttons
10 Designer Sherbert Buttons
10 Designer Button Latte Buttons AND
25 Fresh Favorites l Colored Buttons
25 Fresh Favorites ll Colored Button
$18 Includes Pay Pal and shipping to the US!






"PRETTIES" SHARE:
See page 178 in Main Catalog or download Catalog on my blog
This kit is normally $29.95
This is a one time "Share"
Each person will receive:
5 flowers, one of each size
White Half Back Pearls 6 small, 4 medium and 2 large
Cream Half Back Pearls 6 small, 4 medium and 2 large
White Round Pearls with Holes 6 small, 3 large
Cream Round Pearls with Holes 6 small, 3 large
Clear Teardrops 4
Clear round rhinestone brads 4 small, 3 medium and 3 large
2 Hatpins with Clutches
6 tiny spacer beads
$10 Per Person includes Pay Pal and Shipping to the US



Please EMAIL me right away if interested. I do fill up very quickly!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Pear Card

This is an old card but my Photo Bucket account was showing I was not on that site for awhile so I had to log back in and use photo bucket. Enjoy! One of my Favorites! Love the "Stitching" the Top Note Die makes!!
Photobucket


Had to turn on Comment Moderation

Sorry people, due to a very strange post this morning (on my Feb 15th post), I have added comment moderation. I have to say I just hate when people come on and mess with my blog!

I hate having the spam thing on but I do get spam, take it off and then get it again. So as posters, I know you hate doing that word verification but was just told with Comment Moderation, I can monitor that.

Then this morning I get on, not feeling physically well at all, and come across a comment about dieing.

So now I added comment verification!!!

I do have my Traffic Control ON and I can tell when this was posted and who posts at what time!
For those of you that don't know, the Traffic thingy I have on (bottom right side) is so great. I can tell where someone got on, which Cricut post they came from, what country, what blog site. It is for fun, but it also shows me where the bad posts are coming from too! If someone googled something and ended up on my blog, I can even see what they googled. So if you don't have the Traffic thing, I highly suggest getting it. It is free. Just click on mine on the below right.

Can't someone just have a simple craft blog around here!!!! It ruins it for the other readers.

Please leave my blog alone!! Ergggh!!

This ended up being good afterall! Enfys taught me how to use the Comment Moderator and now I don't need that word verification.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Sale-a-bration flyer



Made with SU Sweet Pea Digi Collection!!
Just wanted to share the news of becoming a Demo With Sale-a-bration and also this adorable digi "paper pack" from Stampin' Up!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

~ Happy Valentine's Day!~

More Valentine Jewelry... I made this a few years ago.


These are the cards I made up for my kids using the SU Software. The elements are not SU .
though.



Saturday, February 13, 2010

Who wants icecream!!

A sweet Canadian Consultant named Sabriena gave me this idea for my workshop make and take. This idea has been circulating for awhile. My little girl made the chocolate bar and used markers. I made the dreamsicle and used ink.


We are making these at a big Make and Take Crop where I will be the SU Rep. I made up this materials page in my SU software to have handy!


Materials used:
Stampin' Up Cardstock: Real Red, Only Orange, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip & Whisper White
Stampin' Up Inks: Chocolate Chip, Only Orange, Basic Black
Stampin' Up Ink Spots: Chocolate Chip
Stampin' Up Markers: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive
Stampin' Up Punches: Scalloped Circle, Corner Rounder, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Inch Circle Punch, Horizontal Punch to place slots for popsicle sticks
Stampin' Up Ribbon- 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon in Pumpkin Pie and Real Red
Stampin' Up Stamp Sets-Tart and Tangy, Teeny, Tiny Wishes, Sincere Salutations, Whimsical Words
SU Misc: White Uniball Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals
Popsicle Sticks
My little girl is having her birthday party and she made these little token cards up. They have money inside to play at the token machines. These are the color combos she wanted and she made them herself for her party favors.

One more lime bar!