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Miracles happen.

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Talking with a friend this morning, I realized that I have become much more accepting of things I cannot change.  We were discussing some pretty significant challenges in our lives and the lives of people we love, and I said I was at peace with how I had responded to a particular situation.  I guess I’m more grown up than I thought I was.

Funny thing is, I have no tolerance for the little piddley things that I can’t change, like being stuck in traffic.  I hate traffic.  I shout at the other drivers (inside my car with the windows rolled up of course) to Get Off MY Road.  This is completely irrational behavior.  My children joke about it but I think they see it as the beginning of the end for their loony tunes mother.  Little do they know I have been loony tunes all of my life.

All of this leads up to the fact that I also believe in miracles.  I believe in little miracles, the sort that make you giggle – like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.  I also believe in big miracles, the kind of miracles that make you drop to your knees in thanksgiving.  I made a card to celebrate a miracle:

Maui Stamper Miracles Happen Sale-a-bration 2013

  • Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set (Sale-a-bration 2013)
  • Very Vanilla and Soft Suede card stock
  • Prints Pack Designer Series paper
  • First Edition Specialty Designer Series paper
  • Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake FFIP
  • 2 3/8 inch scallop circle punch
  • 1 3/4 inch circle punch
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Linen Thread
  • Piercing tool (aka pokey doodle)
  • Big Shot and Honeycomb TIEF

This won’t take you long at all to do, and you can substitute practically any stamp set you have on hand – don’t fret that this Sale-a-bration set is already retired.

Maui Stamper Miracles Happen Sale-a-bration 2013Yes, I poked a pair of little holes in the card stock and ran my linen thread through them so that I could tie it directly onto the card.  I know a lot of people use Glue Dots.  I’m not one of them.  I LOVE Glue Dots for a lot of things, but not for sticking embellishments on the front of cards.

I hope you have your own little miracle today…or maybe even a big one.

And stop by the OnlineStore to see the new Bombs Away Birthday Photopolymer stamps!

 

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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Different shades of love

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Not quite sure what it is lately, but I am rebelling against hearts in pink and red:

MauiStamper Different Colors of LoveBest of Love 25th Anniversary Stamp set

  • Whisper White, Garden Green, Pool Party and Cameo Coral card stock
  • Cameo Coral FFIP
  • Sycamore Street DSP SAB
  • Sycamore Street Button and Ribbon bundle SAB
  • 1 inch square punch
  • Full heart punch
  • Triple heart punch (retired)
  • Scallop trim border punch

Lately I’ve been CASEing sketches, trying to jump start my creativity and move a little bit out of my comfort zone.  This sketch comes from the cutting edge files of Mary Fish.  It’s fun to play with a sketch, to update it with new colors and a little bit of your own personality.  The colors I chose and the addition of the ribbon makes this card a little more feminine, but it’s still appropriate to give to a guy.

If it were pink and red, maybe not.

 

and now…the Pants

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This card is almost entirely stolen CASEd from the very talented Mary Jo Price-Williams:PantsPortrait  I turned the sketch on its side and used ovals – cuz I have them! – instead of circles.  Those two changes left something of a gap on the top, so I added a Summer Starfruit sun:MauiStamper Patterned Occasions PantsPantsonLine  Gotta love those pants.  They’re cut by hand, but it’s just straight lines.  A glue dot at the waist secures the pants to the Whisper White oval plus it holds the Linen Thread clothesline in place and allows you to curve the clothesline.  I’m CRAZY about this new Cloudy Day TIEF – the definition is awesome!

MauiStamper Patterned Occasions pantsI also changed the sentiment to use the phrase that’s on the Pants Stamp.  I know a LOT of Smarty Pantses.  (It’s a word, I made it up myself.)

That’s a Pool Party card base, Sycamore Street DSP, Island Indigo oval mat, and Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo and Pool Party FFIP.  The sun is made of a 3/4 inch circle punch and heaps of points made from the Pennant Builder Punch – plus enough Tombo (the Wonder Adhesive) to stick together all your fingers and toes.

Just for fun, I made a landscape version using the ovals.  There’s room for another sun, but I didn’t think it was necessary.

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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

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!

 

Call Me Maybe

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And who wouldn’t want to make a call from one of these? Maui Stamper Sentimental Feeling

  • Feeling Sentimental and Pretty Petites SAB stamp sets
  • Crumb Cake and Early Espresso FFIP
  • Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso card stock
  • First Edition Specialty DSP
  • Stampin’ Distress Tool
  • Linen Thread and Natural 7/16″ Trim
  • Petite Curly Label Punch (SAB)
  • Stampin’ Sponge

Feeling Sentimental was the Sale-a-bration set at the TOP of my list and I knew this was what I wanted to do with it.  It has a great vintage look and that monochromatic scheme was shouting in my head.  (yes, it had to shout in my head because there are a LOT of voices going on there…)

I sponged the dickens out of the Very Vanilla pieces to give them some age, and even hit that fabulous new Natural 7/16″ trim with a little Crumb Cake ink.  The new Stampin’ Distress tool from the Spring Catalog is an AWESOME addition to your toolbox – saves your fingernails (and your fingers – anyone else hit skin using Paper Snips to distress, or am I the only klutz?)

Sale-a-bration is coming January 22…have you made your wish-list?

Maui Stamper Feeling Sentimental SAB

On Maui this Saturday? Let’s make some cards

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I’m reviving my famous – or infamous – 2-5-10 card class this weekend.  2 hours, 5 cards, $10.  I’m previewing some of the Sale-a-bration products that will be available later this month, so you can be among the first of your friends to get your hands on these goodies!

Maui Stamper 2013 January 2-5-10 Class

These are much prettier in person, I guarantee it 🙂  All you need to bring is yourself and an all-purpose adhesive like Tombo or SNAIL.  I’ll provide everything else including specialty adhesives and envelopes.

RSVP by email to AnneMatasci (at) gmail (dot) com or by commenting on this post.  Be sure and let me know how to reach you if you’re new to my classes.

Hope to see you on Saturday, and don’t forget the RemARKable Blog Tour on Sunday!

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Sycamore Street, c/o USPS

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Thanks for stopping by this Sunday morning – or any other day or time you’re checking out this post!  Just want to remind you that next weekend the RemARKables will host another blog tour – the featured stamp set is Hearts A-Flutter!  Yep, Valentines’ Day is on the way…time to start thinking hearts and flowers!

Maui Stamper RemARKable Blog Tour 2013

I’ve got another Sale-a-bration peek for you.  The Sycamore Street Designer Series paper is awesome!  Stampin’ Up! has again come up with a fabulous suite of products for SAB and the DSP is no exception:

Maui Stamper Sycamore Street SAB 2013

 

  • Trust God stamp set
  • Island Indigo FFIP
  • Sycamore Street Designer Series paper
  • Whisper White, Pool Party and Island Indigo card stock
  • Pool Party Seam binding
  • 1 3/4 inch circle punch
  • Big Shot and the Circles Originals Die

Sale-a-bration starts January 22, so get working on your wish list.  Even better, gather a few friends and let’s plan a little crafting fun!  Everyone gets free products with SAB, and of course hostesses get SAB goodies PLUS free product from Stampin’ Up!

One of my New Year’s goals is to focus on cards that can be mailed.  Cards that can be mailed get sent to people; cards that can’t be mailed or are expensive to mail sit in my drawer!  I’ll still have fun from time to time with “More is More” cards, but I’m really going to make an effort to create cards that will meet USPS standards.  Stay tuned!