Butterfly Card...

This is my favorite of my most recent cards I have made. This has a lot of the new products used on this card...
I used the Beautiful Butterflies Big Shot die that is exclusive to SU and layered it on the front. I stamped the top image with the Fresh Cuts stamp in Baja Breeze on Baja Breeze cardstock then I just used 3 silver brads for the body. The top of the card is the Parisian Breeze DSP and the bottom is chocolate chip and it is embossed with the SU exclusive texturz background plate for the Big Shot. I spritzed it lightly with water so the impression would be a little more deeper. I just topped it off with chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon. I got it this far and left it as is....I just loved it the way it is...hope you do, too!!

Heartfelt Thanks

This is a card I made for a swap...

Heartfelt Thanks is a stamp set that has been around for awhile, but I still love that stamp set sooo much!! It is simple, yet so pretty!

Scallop box

I love this little box! It is sooo cute!
Dies Used: Big Shot dies....Bag w/scallops, Little Leaves (exclusive to SU) and Flower Burst (exclusive to SU)
Cardstock: Delicate Dots DSP (sale-a-bration), Bashful Blue
and Certainly Celery
Ribbon: Old Olive
Misc: Dazzling Diamond glitter, 2-way glue pen, sticky tape and stampin' dimensionals.

BS box#2

This box was made with the Big Shot die box #2. I love it!
Cardstock: Delicate Dots DSP (from sale-a-bration), Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery
Ribbon: 5/8" So Saffron grosgrain ribbon (sale-a-bration ribbon bundle)
Dies: Big Shot....box #2, Simple Flower (exclusive SU die) and Little Leaves (exclusive SU die)
Misc: Dazzling Diamonds glitter, 2-way glue pen, stampin' dimensionals and misc. rhinestone (non-SU)

Under Construction.....

I am working on my blogs to figure out what will be the easiest way to keep up with all of them and to let you enjoy everything without having to go here and there and jump from one blog to another. So, I am working to link them together (I have figured out the links on the top...see??!!!!) and not break up my creations and have them spread out all over the place. Please be patient with me...once I get it all figured out and up to par...I will be posting my creations....and more videos again (I want my videos to all be in one place so I have to create a new blog for them to make them be on a new page....not as easy as I thought it should be but I will get it...)
Thanks for your patience and hang in there...I am working on it.
....Sharon :)

Easter Stamp Promotion....

I have added a promotion link to my sidebar that will take you right to my Stampin' Up! website to the promotion page. This way you can see the promotions and read it from SU.
So, just to re-cap....SU is offering to customers, a chance to pre-order some Easter stamps out of the Occasions mini catalog so you can have the stamps to make your Easter cards!! And the Eight Great Greetings set is also available in Spanish AND French!!

Congrats.....

I made this card for a swap I was in...I love the way it turned out. The ribbon, stamps and designer series paper are all from sale-a-bration....I hope you all like it!!

Hip-hippo-ray!!

Just wanted to make something a little whimsical and I love this little hippo!
Stamp: Pun Fun.
Cardstock: going gray, pretty in pink, whisper white, rose red and bella rose DSP.
Ink: basic black and going gray and pink passion Stampin' write markers.
Ribbon: Whisper white taffeta
Misc: white gel pen and ticket corner punch

Valentine's Day Card

This is the card I made for my honey for Valentine's Day! I always want to buy him one but that is so lame since I spend so much money on all of this stuff that takes up sooo much space in our house....lol
Anyway, what I used on this card is this.....
cardstock: pink pirouette, red riding hood, whisper white and bella rose DSP
ink: red riding hood
ribbon: whisper white organza *NEW*
stamps: Define Your Life and A Little Somethin' (level 2 hostess set)
misc: stampin' dimensionals, white gel pen, scallop border punch, Big Shot scallop envelope die (Stampin' Up! exclusive die).
I chose the journey stamp because I thought it just fit us....we have had a journey together....we will be together 19 years next month....it just does not seem possible and I never really thought it would last....lol

Thoughts & Prayers

I actuallly made this card to give to someone but wanted to share it with everyone. I love this stamp set. I think it is my favorite new set...
Cardstocks: chocolate chip, kraft and very vanilla
Ink: chocolate chip
Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers and Sanded (background)
Misc.: sponge, stampin' dimensionals, very vanilla hodgepodge hardware and of course, the Big Shot top note die.

Top Note Box

This is my first box made with the big shot top note die. The stamp, designer paper and ribbon are all from the sale-a-bration catalog!! AND you can get those FREE if you purchase $50 or more from the spring/summer catalog!!!! You get your choice of 4 different stamp sets, ribbon or designer series paper. You get to choose one for every $50 spent before tax and shipping!!!
Ink used is certainly celery, cardstock is barely banana, whisper white and certainly celery (shadowing the scallop circle punch and on the bottoms of both of the top notes) and the scalloped circle punch.

Petal Card

This is a card I made with the Big Shot petal card die.The stamps I used are from the sale-a-bration catalog...Yummy and Polka Dot Punches.
Cardstock is red riding hood and pink pirouette
Ink...red riding hood
Ribbon...whisper white organza ribbon *NEW*....LOVE IT!!!!
Punch...full heart *NEW*.
Then I just doodled it up with my white gel pen.

Baby Girl Announcement

I made this out of the Big Shot Bigz scallop circle, the exclusive SU Birds and Blooms die set and the scallop circle punch. I used whisper white, basic black and pretty in pink cardstock. Inks used were whisper white and pretty in pink (craft). The sentiment is from the Many Merry Messages set and the wheel was So Swirly and I also used clear embossing powder, white gel pen, pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon, spiral punch,ticket corner punch, crimper and stampin' dimensionals.

Lovely As A Tree

Ok, this really is not a new card (for those of you that look at my other blog) but it is all SU products so I thought I would put it on here (for those of you that do not look at my other blog!).
I used Going Gray, Basic Gray and Basic Black cardstocks for these cards.
The first card, I stamped in versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and then sponged Whisper White craft ink all over the stamped image. After I got my desired effect, I took a paper towel and wiped the excess ink off of my stamped images. I added some Basic Gray taffeta ribbon and thought it made a very simple pretty card.
The second card, I stamped with versamark and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I accented with silver brads and black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon. I finished it off with a stamped sentiment from Heard From the Heart stamp set.
Both very simple and easy to make!!

Rustic Rooster

OK, this is my first card from the new catty. It is the Rustic Rooster level 2 hostess stamp set. The supplies I used follow--Cardstock; red riding hood, kraft and chocolate chip. Ink; red riding hood and close to cocoa. Markers; bravo burgundy, taken with teal, close to cocoa, creamy caramel, always artichoke and summer sun. I also used the photo corner punch, the color spritzer, the distressor tool and silver brads.

Free Catalog Promotion!!

Order online through my website and get a free Spring/Summer 2009 Idea Book and Catalog for every order placed online from February 1st through April 30, 2009 or for the first 22,000 orders are placed, whichever comes first. I have a link to my website at the top on the left.

Project Recipes

For those of you who have catalogs, and for those of you about to receive them....Stampin' Up! has changed the catalog layout with this catalog. Usually in the back of the catalog they had the entire list of projects in the catalog with the recipes for the projects listed by the page number you could find them on. They have omitted that from this catalog to save money and make room for other items....like the Big Shot items and the Decor Elements line of products. They will, from now on, have the recipes for the projects in all of the catalogs-minis and full catalogs-listed on the website. I have posted a link on the left for you all to click on to make it easier to find.

Me.....

Hi, my name is Sharon. I thought maybe you would like to know a little bit about me.....starting with my nickname....Mrs. Lumpy......sounds funny and took some getting used to, but it's quite simple....my husband got the nickname of Lumpy some years ago. Therefore, I am Mrs. Lumpy!
Quick trip into my personal life: I am the youngest of 9 children. I have six sisters and two brothers whom I adore. My Mom will be 83 in February of this year (2009) and we lost our Dad to cancer in November of 1994. That was the hardest thing I have ever endured in my life.
I am married (first...and only....time). I got married on my parents 48th wedding anniversary, November 26th. I have been married for 17 years and we have, I think, successfully raised his two children from his first marriage. We have Adam, 24, Trina, 21 (in March '08) and Trina has given us 2 beautiful grand daughters, Jayde, who is 18 months old this month and Avery who was just born January 16th. Oh, and I cannot forget my little dog, Riley. He is a 5 year old Maltese and the love of my life!!
I love to scrap and that is how my blog came to be. I want to share my cards and items I have made. I also do some decorative painting.
I re-joined Stampin' Up to further my addiction to paper crafts. This site is dedicated to my Stampin' Up! business and creations. I have another blog that is for other creations made with items that is not dedicated to Stampin' Up!. I have a link to that on my sidebar if you are interested and want to take a peek at that one, too.
I really am not going to bore you with many more details....hope you all enjoy this site and my creations!

...Sharon