Exciting News!!!!!

Myself and a few other Stampin' Up! demonstrators are starting a challenge blog. It's called Stampin' Royalty. We are really excited to be sharing this opportunity with you all. We welcome entries made with any company's product. Above is a sneak peek of my first example. We will be presenting challenges based on theme, colour, sketch, and inspiration. I can't wait to see what you all come up with. There will be Stampin' Up prizes for challenge winners.

SPCC 29

This challenge will officially begin January 4th, so consider this a sneak peek as to what the challenge will be in 2 weeks. Good Luck.

Time for another SPCC color challenge. I had so much fun making this card. I was absolutely thrilled to receive my sneak peek order from the new Occasions mini and Sale-a-bration catalogues. And combining them with this 4 colour challenge from SPCC was lots of fun! I found that the Melon Mambo and the Rose Red went together very easily. In fact I have already done that with a card this month. Check out this post here. But anyway, Lavender Lace and Brilliant Blue were a bit of a challenge. Then I found this card here from the fabulous Jank Tink, and I was inspired to CASE it. I had to add my new Scallop Trim Border punch, and my new Sweet Pea Stitched Felt. I am in LOVE with the new Occasions mini. In order to stick to the colors of the combo I added a circle of Brilliant Blue behind the small circular flower, and I traced the Old Olive leaves from the Sweet Pea Felt on Chocolate Chip, and I used my white Signo Pen to simulate the white stitching. The only colour I added to this combo beside white was Chocolate Chip.
SAB = new Sale-a-bration catalogue 2010
OM = Occasions Mini catalogue 2010

The Recipe:
1. Paper: Melon Mambo, Lavender Lace, Brilliant Blue, Chocolate Chip, Welcome Neighbor DSP (SAB)
2. Stamps: Vintage Labels (SAB)
3. Ink: Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo
4. Accessories: 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain, Scallop Trim Border punch (SAB), Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (OM), Stampin Dimensionals

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Cutting Down the Christmas Tree

Here's a page that I whipped up using MDS from Stampin' Up! (That's My Digital Studio - the new digital scrapbooking program from SU) We went down to a tree farm to cut down our own tree. We had a lot of difficulty getting any good photos. The kids were too excited to both look at the camera at the same time, and the lighting in the trees was poor. So I cropped, layered, and covered up to make several collage pages. All of the MDS elements were from the Christmas Jingle Designer Kit.

Stamp-a Stack Card

Here's a super quick and easy card I made for a former Stamp-a-Stack. I love these little star sequins but they aren't from Stampin' Up!
The Recipe:
1. Stamps: Patterend Pines, Teeny Tiny Wishes
2. Ink: Old Olive
3. Paper: Whisper White, Real Red
4. Accessories: Top Note for the Big Shot, Modern Label Punch

Another Quick & Easy Card

This card was whipped together using the Accents and Elements from last year's catty. I took some shimmery cardstock and ran it through the cuttlebug with the snowflakes embossing folder, but everything else is SU.

The Recipe:

1. Cardstock: Kraft, Basic Black, Shimmery White

2. Accessories: Top Note Die, Snowflakes impressions folder (cuttlebug), Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Accents & Elements Stickers, Stampin' Dimensionals.

A simple card

This card was whipped up using a piece of Old Olive cardstock, the top of a wedding invitation and a sticker of a Christmas Tree. I got the Christmas tree sticker from a Gift Tag last year and I saved it because it is absolutely adorable. The gold embossed square was from a wedding invite and I cut it down and adhered it to the old olive cardstock.