I know I shouldn't be showing you the world behind the curtain but I cannot believe what a disaster my craft room is today!  I have been creating projects for StampAcademy.com and the Sudsol Blog Tour (June 13th) and I am VERY messy when I am creating!  So…as I was cleaning it up, I thought "no-one would believe what a mess I make" so I thought I would show you! Don't judge me! LOL! I do clean up afterwards because I have to START with a clean area.  Yes…it does end up getting trashed in between every project!  If you have any tips on how to STAY clean and organized, by all means, SHARE THEM with me!

BTW…I have a ton of BLOG CANDY sitting around here waiting to be shipped out!  When I post your name, you need to email me with your address so I can mail this to you!  AND…I am going to give away MORE BLOG CANDY every day THIS week!  So…leave me a comment and check back to see if you've won!  Enjoy! 😀

I know!  I have flowers on all of my paper crafting projects! I just can't STOP myself with these flowers!!!  This card has no rubber stamping or ink of any kind and I love that you can make a card without them!  These Rolled Roses are simple and addicting.  You can see the video on how to make them HERE.

Supplies:  Daffodil Delight and Shimmer White card stocks; Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper; Big Shot; Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Folder; Scallop Circles #2 Die – 3 1/2" circle; 1/4" Dafodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Snail Adhesive.  Technique is "Rolled Roses" – You can see the video HERE.  (I used the 3 1/2" circle die and spiral cut it and then stuffed a half of a rolled up dimensional in the center and then a mini glue dot on top of it and then a Rhinestone on top of that.)

I had to make a birthday gift for a friend yesterday.  One of my favorite Designer Series Papers is retired but I happened to have some I was saving for a special occasion like this one!  I made these notecards for my friend and decorated the box with one of the Blossom Flowers – 'cause you know I put them on EVERYTHING! (You can see the video for the flower HERE.)

Enjoy!

I am a VERY patriotic person so I can't see Red, White and Blue without thinking about our Soldiers!  I am so grateful to them for their service!  But…I didn't want to make this a patriotic card.  It's a Get Well Soon for my friend's husband.  Enjoy!

Supplies:  Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White card stocks; Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper; Big Shot; Houndstooth Textured Impressions Folder; 3 1/2" Scallop Circle Die; 3" Circle Die; Night of Navy Ink; Rhinestones; Snail Adhesive;

Haha!  Do you remember those Irish Spring Commercials?!  The funniest things inspire my paper crafting! My sister and I were joking about that ad and I was working on this card – so it ended up "manly!"  I hope you like it! 😀

Supplies:  Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake card stocks; Natural Composition and Fan Fair Designer Series Papers; Big Shot; Argyle Textured Impressions Folder; XL Tasteful Trim Die; Apothecary Accents Framelits; Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set; Chocolate Chip Marker; Designer Naturals Buttons; Linen Thread; Corner Rounder Punch; Distressing Tools; Stampin' Dimensionals; Snail Adhesive; Mini Glue Dots

I just got my box of NEW STUFF yesterday!  Wow!  I am just a Card Making Fool!  I could sit in my Stamp Room forever!  I especially love the masculine stamps, papers, and accessories.  This set is awesome and it coordinates perfectly with the Chevron embossing folder.  Now…if only we still had that argyle DAD stamp! LOL! Isn't if funny how no matter what we have in our stamping closets, we always need just one more thing!

Supplies:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stocks; Big Shot; 3" Circle Die; Argyle Textured Impressions Folder; Clockworks Stamp Set; Chocolate Chip Classic Ink; Punches:  2 1/2" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle, 1/2" Circle; Distressing Tool; Stamping Sponge; Stampin' Dimensionals; Silver Mini Brad; Paper Piercing Tool; Mat; Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set; Banner Framelits

I was making these Pansies for Technique-A-Week over at StampAcademy.com and I had a couple of extra so I used them for this challenge today.  I was missing our old Butterfly Punch – which was a perfect shape for this – so I substituted the Blossom Flower Punch.  That Punch has become my "Go-To" punch for flowers!

Enjoy!

Supplies:  Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and White Shimmer card stocks; Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive Classic Ink Pads; Elegant Eggplant and Daffodil Delight Reinkers; Aqua Painters; Paper Piercer; Brad; Big Shot; Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder; 4 1/4" Circle Die; Blossom Flower Punch; Sponge Dauber; Daffodil Delight Seam Binding; Circle Cutter; Mini Glue Dots; Snail Adhesive; Shimmer Spray

Happy Monday!  Card making is a great way to start the day!   I thought I'd begin with another flower.  I just can't get enough of these!  (You can see the video on how to make these HERE.) Enjoy!

Supplies:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Very Vanilla Card Stocks; Floral District Designer Series Paper; Scallop Trim Border Punch; Blossom Flower Punch; Scallop Circle Punch; Paper Piercing Tool; Brad; Big Shot with Square Lattice and Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Folders; Framelits Bitty Banners; Tiny Tags Stamp Set; Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink; Stampin' Sponge; Very Vanilla Seam Binding; Snail Adhesive; Mini Glue Dots

Just finished loading another "Preview" Video for the New Catalog Edition of Project Parade at StampAcademy.com!  Love that place!  This one was designed by Fran Trischetta.  Video and PDF are in the FREE Video section.

Okay…this is it…Last Chance to Dance!  The Stampin’ Up! Catalog for 2011-2012 is ending today. If there’s anything you want or need, today is the day!!!!!  Hurry!  I am offering FREE shipping until 6PM – and then it’s OOOOOOOOOOVER!

You can get the Retiring Lists here:

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