A special wedding welcome

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My daughter Carol and her husband Clarence wanted to be sure every guest at their wedding felt welcomed, and they wanted that welcome to be very personal.  They decided to give each guest a lei greeting and take a photo with them.  We set up a table for the lei:

MauiStamper wedding pennantsOne thing I have to make clear before I go any further is that when I say “we” I mean Crystal.  Honestly, if you are planning a wedding you need a lot of friends to help!  Crystal has a great designer’s eye, and she offered to set up decorations at the reception site while I was being MOTB.  We did lots of pennants – sorry to say I don’t have photos of all of them.  The bird cage (courtesy of Cheryl) was to hold cards and our idea of a guest book.  Wish I had another photo of those goofy birds at the foot of the birdcage – they were hilarious – and 75% off after-Christmas clearance!

Maui Stamper Birdcage Pennants

The pennants were cut from the Perfect Pennants Bigz die and embellished wtih the new Needlepoint Border TIEF from the Spring catalog.  I also used the fabulous new 5/8 inch flower trim from that Spring catalog – THANK YOU STAMPIN’ UP!, your timing was impeccable!!  And if you are wondering about the color scheme, we used Blushing Bride and Pear Pizazz – both retired In Colors from 2010-2012.  Again, Stampin’ Up! had incredible timing as these two colors of cardstock (and a number of related accessories) hit the Clearance Rack just when I needed them!  I had been hoarding bits and pieces, but with all the paper I bought I was able to do anything I wanted!

Check in later this week – I have more photos for you to enjoy!  It was such fun to create these small touches for my daughter’s wedding day.

A RemARKably Curious Day

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Welcome to the Collage Curios RemARKable Stamp of the Month tour!   Whether you’re just beginning the tour here with the Maui Stamper or have been halfway across the USA with our many talented paper artists, I hope you’ll enjoy yourself today.  Those of you in New England deserve a blog tour after strugging through all the weather that has come your way this weekend!

The Collage Curios set is made up of primarily small images, and my first inclination would be to go small – 3×3 cards, milk carton favor boxes, or even jewelry crossed my mind.  The more I thought about it, the more I felt challenged to make a card that would still spotlight those small images but somehow find a balance.  Tell me what you think:

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog TourDO YOU GET IT?  There’s a little joke here…

  • Collage Curios and Delightful Dozen stamp sets
  • Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Primrose Petals card stock
  • Crumb Cake and Primrose Petals FFIP (Firm Foam Ink Pads)
  • Dazzling Details
  • 1 inch circle and 7/8 inch scallop circle punches
  • Big Shot, Delicate Designs TIEF and Delicate Doilies Sizzlet
  • Primrose Petals 3/8 inch stitched satin ribbon
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals and Sponge

I love that little bee…my Valentine…

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog TourI couldn’t stop at just one card!

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog Tour

  • Collage Curios and Petite Pairs stamp sets
  • Calypso Coral and Chocolate Chip FFIP
  • Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake card stock
  • Chocolate Chip and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers
  • Linen Thread
  • 1 inch circle punch
  • New distressing tool!
  • Color Spritzer
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Stampin’ Sponge
  • Dazzling Details
  • Rhinestone Jewels

You know, I kept going with that “More is More” kinda thing here.  The little hot air balloons just naturally floated across the page, but then the Color Spritzer wanted in, and the Crumb Cake card base wanted a little bit of spongin’ texture, and before I knew it there were jewels and Dazzling Details and we were off to the races!  Kinda fun, though…

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog Tour

Now float on over to Robin Merriman’s Trinity Design Studios and see what she has come up with….she’s a talented stamper and I’m sure you’ll love wht she has done!  Don’t forget to leave a little blog love (comments) as you do – all of these hard-working bloggers will thank you!

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Memories to last a lifetime

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ScottDrexler Photography“There’s no such thing as the perfect picture…just the perfect moment.”

That’s a quote from Scott Drexler, the enormously talented photographer who captured many perfect moments for our family last weekend.  We spent the week before the wedding celebrating with family and friends who arrived from near and far.  Saturday was a gorgeous Maui day, and our hearts were full to bursting with love as Carol and Clarence celebrated their commitment to one another.

ScottDrexler Photography

The tables at the reception were perfect with gorgeous arrangements by Teresa Sena and a few hand-made touches by MOTB (Mother of the Bride).

ScottDrexler PhotographyThere’s a story behind those favors, and I promise to tell it in the next week or so 🙂

This weekend is the RemARKable Stamper’s Stamp of the Month Blog tour, so it’s back to Stampin’ Business!!   Be sure to stop by on Sunday to see an abundance of creations with the Collage Curios stamp set, and then check in next week for more wedding details!

RemARKable Stamp of the Month February

Hello, February!

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This is the month everyone in my family has been waiting for!!  Not just Valentines’ Day, but a wedding day.  I’ll be floating all month…

Maui Stamper February 2013 calendar

  • Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder card stock
  • Red Glimmer Paper (I hope you stocked up!!)
  • Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine
  • Itty Bitty punch pack

This would make a sweet card – matter of fact, it did.  I CASEd it from Heather Summers. and you have NO IDEA HOW PROUD I AM that I can link back to this card.  Don’t thank me, thank Pinterest.

 

Pool Party Favor

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Love the colors in the More Amore Designer Series paper.  I have a hard time loving a lot of pink and red, although I like each color on its own well enough.  Add in some Pool Party and I am a happy stamper!

Maui Stamper More Amore Petal Cone Valentine

  • Love Single Stamp (retired)
  • Pool Party, Whisper White and Real Red card stock
  • More Amore DSP
  • Real Red FFIP
  • Full Heart Punch
  • Petal Cone Bigz die and Big Shot
  • Sticky Strip
  • Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon
  • Valentine Candy 🙂

Of course you could substitute something else for the Valentine candy, but why would you want to do that??

This is just one section of the Petal Cone die, folded in half and secured with Sticky Strip.  When you NEED it to stay put, Sticky Strip is your adhesive!  The scallop half circle is cut from More Amore and attached to the top of the Petal, and another Petal is cut from the same More Amore sheet but used in reverse below the opening.  Super fast – you could make a classroom full of these in no time!

Pool Party Valentines

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My first run through the Spring catalog was not exactly inspiring.  I’m not sure what I was looking for or expecting, but whatever it was I didn’t see it.  All my other demo friends were excited as can be and I was just kinda meh.

But of course I placed a pre-order and hoped for the best.  The box arrived and I opened it and something happened.  The things in the box were so much better than their pictures!!  I take it all back!!!  I am an Official Spring Catalog Fan.  And as such, I have been busy creating:

Maui Stamper More Amore Valentine

  • Delightful Dozen stamp set (annual catalog)
  • Pool Party card stock
  • Primrose Pink Core’dinations card stock (Spring catalog)
  • More Amore DSP (Spring catalog)
  • Primrose Pink FFIP
  • Finishing Touches Edgelit
  • Hearts Collection Framelits
  • Needlepoint Border TIEF (Spring catalog)
  • Big Shot (well, duh!)
  • Stampin’ Sanding System

Those little peek-a-boo hearts are easy to achieve – just place a couple of Heart Framelits on your card front and run it through the Big Shot.  Cut a piece of DSP – I used More Amore from the Spring Catalog – to 4 x 5 1/4 inches – just a hair smaller than your card front.  Adhere it to the inside of the card and the DSP shows through the openings.  Even better, you’ve got the reverse of the DSP as relief on the inside of the card.

The DSP also covers up the line where that strip of Embossed and trimmed Core’dinations is attached to the front of the card on the inside edge.  I trimmed off 3/8 inch from the front of the card to make space for that trimmed piece.

We made these last week at Hostess Club.  There’s a sweet little favor that matches, so tune in later this week to see it.  There’s also a very special event coming soon in my family, and I’ll have some fun things to share from that too.  I can’t wait to show you!!

 

 

Petite messages on a line

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Sale-a-bration BEGINS TODAY!!!!!   And I am so loving these Sale-a-bration 2013 goodies!!

Maui Stamper Pretty Petites SAB Birthday

  • Pretty Petites SAB and Wacky Wishes stamp sets
  • Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Island Indigo FFIP
  • Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Island Indigo card stock
  • Sycamore Street DSP SAB
  • Petite Curly Label Punch SAB
  • Big Shot and Labels Collection Framelits
  • Festive Paper Piercing Pack
  • Piercing Tool (aka pokey doodle) and mat
  • Rhinestone jewels
  • Island Indigo Bakers twine
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

This card is substantially CASEd from a talented stamper and I PROMISE I made a note of the image but it has evaporated!!  I pinned it!  I know I did!  The pinner’s black hole must have eaten it up.  I changed the background dsp and a few other minor elements, but this design belongs to someone else.

And isn’t it cute?  If you tweaked the colors a little more it would be an excellent man-card, but I think it’s reasonably gender-neutral as it is.  When you put it together, poke a small hole on the right side of the DSP and thread the Bakers Twine through without cutting it off.  Tie a bow, then drape the long tail across the card front and secure it.  Your sentiment will cover that end, and your Petite Curly Label punches can go on dimensionals right over it.

Maui Stamper Pretty Petites SABNow go make a card – any card!!

Only ONE You

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This is my favorite sentiment from the Vintage Verses Sale-a-bration stamp set:

Maui Stamper Vintage Verses SAB

 

  • Vintage Verses SAB stamp set
  • Island Indigo and Primrose Petals FFIP
  • Very Vanilla and Island Indigo card stock
  • Primrose Petals Core’dinations card stock
  • Big Shot and Vine Street SAB TIEF
  • Sycamore Street SAB Ribbon and Button pack
  • Stampin’ Sanding System
  • Dotted Scallop Ribbon Trim punch
  • Little Labels punch pack
  • Dazzling Details

Is that Core’dinations paper amazing or what?  So much fun to sand… if you get carried away, no biggie, there’s plenty more in the package – 12 sheets!!  And time for a confession – you could color a regular Rhinestone Jewel with a pink sharpie to get this look, but these particular itty bitty jewels are from the retired die cut flowers set that recently hit the Clearance Rack – and promptly sold out!

Only two more sleeps til SAB – are you ready??

Maui Stamper Vintage Verses Sale-a-bration

Oh, Hello – and Thanks!

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Don’t look now, but I think I actually made a Genuine Manly Card:

Maui Stamper Oh Hello Thanks So Much

  • Oh Hello stamp set
  • Basic Grey, Whisper White and Baja Breeze card stock
  • Basic Grey and Baja Breeze FFIP
  • Big Shot and Honeycomb TIEF
  • Ovals Framelits
  • Basic Grey/Basic Black Two Tone 1 1/4 inch ribbon
  • White Bakers Twine
  • Silver Basics Designer Button

Today I am VERY proud of myself because this is a CASE and I know from whom it came!  (plus, grammar bonus points, I used whom correctly in a sentence!)  Credit goes to Melissa Davies for this design – when you see her card, you’ll see a close resemblance.  My goal was to make this card 100% masculine – no flowers or girly colors.  I think I was successful – what do you think?

And here’s a sneaky trick for you:  bother trying to stamp the messages straight on the flags.  Just stamp ’em and trim ’em.  Waaaayyyy easier.

Madison Avenue, Sale-a-bration Style

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Honestly, I don’t TRY to make everything in blue and green, it just SEEMS that way:

Maui Stamper Madison Avenue SAB

  • Madison Avenue and Vintage Verses SAB stamp sets
  • Lucky Limeade and Whisper White card stock
  • International Bazaar DSP
  • Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade and Pacific Point FFIP
  • Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin Ribbon
  • Itty Bitty Punch Pack
  • 1/2 inch Circle punch
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

What would I do without Stampin’ Dimensionals?  They are the unsung heroes of my craft table…along with Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, and Tombo the Wonder Adhesive, that is.  But dimensionals stand above the rest (GET IT??? Stand above???  Think…think…)  Love the lift they give my projects!

The SAB sets this year are real winners – love both of these but especially those Vintage Verses – so much you can do with them!  Coming January 22nd!