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RemARKable Stampers Stamp of the Month: Ciao, Baby!

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Aloha!  You’re on Maui – at least for a little bit.  If this is your first stop on the RemARKable Stampers Stamp of the Month Club tour for March, then welcome – and I hope you’ll enjoy all the fabulous projects today.

Ciao Baby is a bit of a sleeper – small images designed to be used with either the Petite Curly Lable Sale-a-bration punch or the 7/8 inch Scallop Circle punch.  I thought they would be a great unifying item for a set of notecards.  First up is a card using the Madison Avenue Sale-a-bration set:

MauiStamper RemARKable Tour Ciao Baby

Each card is made using the Note Cards and Envelopes (#107311, 20 cards and envelopes, $5.95).  The Ciao Baby images are stamped and punched with the Petite Curly Label punch, then popped up on a Stampin’ Dimensional.   I kept a uniform color scheme but changed up the stamp set for each card.  The second card features Morning Cup:

SOTM2MarA little bit of ink brushed across the Needlepoint TIEF embossing helps the design to stand out.   Morning cup is perfect for coloring with Stampin’ Write markers!

Oh, Whale seemed like a perfect fit for the next sentiment:

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I originally cut the whale out with the framelit, but decided it wasn’t necessary and ended up just stamping it directly on the front panel.  Have I mentioned lately how much I appreciate clear mount stamps?  Those little waves were simple to line up!

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The last card in my set is a little Owly love note using the Aviary set.  Call me crazy, but I just can’t bring myself to put the birds inside the cage.  I like to see them outside and free!!SOTM4aMar

The little heart is just hand-colored, just because I wanted to.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this stop on the tour – time to head off to Robin‘s studio!

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2012 Calendar: Second quarter

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Well, you could have guessed what would be here today, now, couldn’t you have?

April features the Young Vermillion single stamp:

April 2012 Easel Calendar

May uses the one of the beautiful images from the hostess set Simply Soft:

May 2012 Easel Calendar

And June is ready to start the day with Morning Cup:

June 2012 Easel Calendar

Remember, the template for these calendar pages is the work of Tracy Harp at Inky Doodles!

A most important birthday

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My favorite person in the world celebrated his birthday last weekend.

Morning Cup

  • Morning Cup and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets
  • Whisper White, Riding Hood Red and Early Espresso card stock
  • Chocolate Prints Designer Series Paper (retired)
  • Riding Hood Red and Early Espresso Classic ink pads
  • Riding Hood Red Stampin’ Write marker
  • Stampin’ Sponge and Hemp Twine
  • Latte Buttons and Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain (both retired)

This might seem like an odd birthday card, but it makes sense to us.  My husband makes our coffee every morning.  Actually, it’s more than that – we have an espresso machine, and he makes my cappucino every morning.  He’s a morning person and I am always very grateful for that steaming hot cup.

He is also the Fix-It man in our house and that made him the Christmas Tree Hero this year.  He fixed the Charlie Brown Christmas tree!  You can imagine how happy I was to be able to straighten out my neck.    Every day he provides another reason for me to love him more and more.  Happy Birthday to my very best friend.

A morning without coffee…

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…would be a total disaster!  I love my java.  When I travel, I’ve been known to take my own beans along.  My dear Sister-in-Law (she who revealed Kara’s Cupcakes) made sure I had a fresh bag of The Major when we arrived in Santa Clara recently.  That woman is amazing…I wouldn’t have made it through the weekend (fabulous as it was) without her culinary oversight.

A really rough morning might look like this:

Mambo Morning Cup

  • Morning Cup stamp set
  • Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Old Olive and Whisper White card stock
  • Pacific Point Classic ink pad; Staz-on Black ink pad
  • Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Rich Razzleberry Classic ink refills
  • Aquapainter
  • Brights Designer Button collection
  • Corner Rounder punch
  • Linen Thread

Honestly, if I drank that many cups of coffee I would be seeing in Technicolor like this all day.  But mercy, would I be cranking through the old To-Do list!!  When I’m at home, I usually have a double cappucino to start the morning.  Most days, that’s enough to keep me powered up, but if I have to drive in the afternoon or I just get the Threesies Nods I’ll make a second cup.  No caffeine after 4pm though – I can usually get to sleep if I drink coffee in the late afternoon or evening, but I’ll wake up around Oh-Dark-Thirty and won’t be able to get back to sleep.  A girl’s gotta know her limits.

Perkin’ up

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Do they even make percolators anymore?  I remember one sitting on my grandmother’s kitchen counter, and I think every church I’ve ever been to has at least one of the ginormous 30 or 60 cup monsters, but there isn’t one in my house.  We have lots of coffee-making devices:  two regular drip brew coffee makers, one 6 cup and one travel french press, and an espresso machine (two if you count the little silver stove-top one like they use in Europe).   This one is so charming that I’m willing to overlook the fact that it’s obsolete:

A little note to perk you up

  • Morning Cup stamp set
  • Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Rich Razzleberry and Early Espresso (ha!) card stock
  • Early Espresso Classic ink pad
  • Blender pen and Stampin’ Pastels

I started out just fiddling around with the Stampin’ Pastels….it’s been a very long time since I’ve had them out of the drawer.  I liked the slightly uneven nature of the color even though I suspect it’s really Operator Error.  Don’t laugh, but this actually looks much better in person…from about 3 feet away.    I had such fun I tried it again:

Perk Up full card

  • Morning Cup stamp set
  • Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Rich Razzleberry and Early Espresso (ha!) card stock
  • Early Espresso Classic ink pad
  • Blender pen and Stampin’ Pastels
  • Big Shot and Elegant Lines Textured Embossing Folder
  • Victoria 5/8 inch crochet trim

I’m not ready to go back to percolator coffee, but I’m pretty fond of this little pot.

Starting the day out right

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While the Morning Cup set was on my desk I put together a quick 3×3 notecard:

My Coffee Means Everything to Me

  • Morning Cup and Always stamp sets
  • Whisper White and Early Espresso card stock
  • Play Date Designer Series Paper
  • Early Espresso Classic ink pad
  • Blender Pen and Stampin’ Pastels
  • Real Red 1/8 inch ribbon
  • 1 1/4, 1 3/8 inch and scallop circle punches

This sentiment from the Always stamp set struck me as the perfect complement to this image.  That first cup in the morning is what makes my day come to life.  We have an espresso machine and my dear husband makes me a cappucino every morning.  It’s one of the many ways he spoils me, and so in a way this card is all about him, too.

My morning cuppa

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If you know me, you know I love coffee.  I’m a teeny tiny bit of a coffee snob – can’t drink just anything.  If the coffee is weak I’ll pass.  I brew what I refer to as “Manly Coffee”, and if it’s too strong for you, there’s the hot water!

I need that first cup to make any sense in the morning, especially if I have to be up early.  I love the smell, I love the taste, and I admit it, I love the oomph from my morning cuppa.  My daughters used to give me a bad time about my coffee addiciton, but college life silenced that.  The oldest tried to deny she was addicted – I think her exact words were “I’m not addicted, I’m just dependent” – but I’m under no such illusions.  I need my coffee.

Give me my caffeine

  • Morning Cup stamp set
  • Pear Pizazz, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, and (OF COURSE) Early Espresso card stock
  • Early Espresso Classic ink pad
  • Blender pens and Stampin’ Pastels
  • Pretty in Pink 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon
  • Big Shot and Perfect Polka Dot Impressions folder

I made a serendipitous discovery:  Many of our retired Stampin’ Pastel colors can pass for some of our new Color Renovation colors.  The pastel chalk colors are soft and you can layer them to the depth of color that you want.