Wonder if there’s a lime in that pool?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by mauistamper

Color combinations shouldn’t always be safe. This one isn’t particularly adventurous but it’s not run-of-the-mill either!

Best of Birthdays Stamp set
Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Whisper White card stock
Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party FFIP
Pool Party and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write markers
Big Shot and Argyle TIEF
Adorning Accents Folders
Dazzling Details
Bitty punch pack
Bitty Buttons
Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine

This was another card we made in the Best of Birthdays class. I’m telling you, you NEED this set! Do I need to get out that dizzy hypnotizing oval from Oh Hello again?? Make you get sleepy…sleepy…sleepy…

And while you’re at it, put some Dazzling Details on your order. Can’t get much cheaper (#124117 for $2.50) and it’s on the Mr. Maui Stamper Approved Forms of Glitter List. What more could you ask?

Red and…pink??

Posted on December 17, 2010 by mauistamper

Stampin’ Up! is always a couple of steps ahead of me…we have a new promotion beginning today to get ready for Valentines’ Day. I’ve just started playing Christmas music in my house, so you can imagine I’m not quite ready for pink and red.

The Occasions Mini catalog starts January 4, but the beautiful new Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series paper is available now in this special offer. You’ll get 12 gorgeous love-themed sheets of paper and the charming Filled with Love stamp set – and your bonus is free Bitty Buttons. These little clear gems are the perfect finishing touch and if you’ve never used them, you’re in for a treat!

Give me a call, or stop by my Online Store to place your order.

The secret to my mojo

Posted on September 26, 2010 by mauistamper

Welcome to Day Two of the RemARKables Holiday Madness Blog Hop. Are you ready for some more RemARKable fun?

I’ve said it before…Autumn doesn’t happen in the islands the way it does in other places. Our seasons are more notable for who is around. We watch the kolea, humpback whales, or that special species know as homo sapiens touristus. At different times of the year we enjoy mango, lychee, guava or lilikoi from a neighbor’s bush or tree. But I don’t have a mango or a guava or a humpback stamp, I have pumpkins and autumn leaves:

Paisley Prints and Pocket Silhouettes stamp sets
Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Peach Parfait and Cajun Craze card stock
Peach Parfait and Cajun Craze Classic ink pads; Old Oliev and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write markers
Bitty Buttons and Bitty punches; Linen thread

I am a big fan of these 3×3 cards. They’re just the right size for a quickie note and I like designing in miniature too. This time of year, you just can’t have enough thank you notes around and I like to stock up a few for good measure. The Bitty Buttons and punches are the perfect accent at this scale and of course no project is complete without a little of that fabulous Linen Thread. I always have an extra package of that as a backup – if I ran out I might lose my mojo!

Cheery and Cheep

Posted on May 20, 2010 by mauistamper

It’s been a while since I’ve done a color challenge – I’ve made notes about at least half a dozen of them but that’s as far as they’ve gotten – until today. So many challenges, so little time! Fortunately, the Color Dare 67 challenge was a winner and the card practically made itself:

Cheep Talk stamp set
Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant card stock
Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant Classic ink pads
Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write marker
Stampin’ Dimensionals
1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ Circle Punches
Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Bitty Buttons and linen thread
Big Shot and Lattice Impressions folder

I’m very proud of myself; ANOTHER one-stamp-set-card! Stampin’ Up! really does a great job of assembling complementary images in a stamp set – I’ve done so many very different cards using just Cheep Talk. It’s a great value, in my humble opinion. And as long as I’m running a commercial, have I mentioned how much I love this Lattice Impressions folder? The two sides, front and back, have a very different look, and the texture is so deep and condensed that it really creates something entirely different from the original sheet of paper.

I’m hooked on Bitty Buttons, too – another “nah, I don’t need it” product when I saw it in the Mini Catalog, but then Robbie brought some over and I couldn’t resist them. I love that they’re clear, that there are little bitty punches that match them, and that they’re small enough that they don’t overwhelm a project. I REALLY hope they make it into the 2010-2011 catalog…but I feel that way about a lot of mini catalog products. Carpe diem and all that. Use the buttons today!!