One new stamp set card post that I have been holding out on~~

because I knew I would get busy with all the up coming life event of summer ~ Bridal Showers, wedding receptions and birthday and Anniversaries.... all good fun stuff!!
I CASED this card and put my own spin on it....

I made this card for my dearest and longest friend!!!
If you like this set check it out in the new catalog... when you purchase this set it supports the Ronald McDonald house.... good cause, fun set with so many possibilities.

I just keep on Yappin' about Stampin!!!!  Thanks for tuning into my latest Yap~

BLENDED BLOSSOM WITH THE NEW BLENDABILITIES PENS FROM STAMPIN' UP!
I love them!   
It did take me some time to figure out the best way for me to work with them.  I have always gone from light to dark, but with these you could go dark to light as well and lighten things up using the Color Lifter pen.

Check out the 

Check out this great stamp and the Blendabilities in the catalog click on pic above above and to the left to view the entire catalog.
The anticipation of getting the first release of these makers in your creative hands is over as they are available to you as of 12:01 am PST July 1st !!
Keep your eyes open for the second, final sets coming out in August to complete your set
Thanks for Yappin' about Stampin' with me!

Some new fun stuff to share with you out of the New Catalog..

It appears that my being a demo for Stampin' Up! will soon end as early as the end of September (I thought it would be sooner, still have a few wonderful things to get out of the new catalog) and not sure how the next few months will play out.
I not quitting stamping or creating, "au contraire" I am reviving up my engine  to do more!   As I have more "stuff" than even my future great or great, great grandchild could ever use up!
That being said let me show you one of the recent cards I made using new catalog goodies:

I love clean and simple cards just as much as the elaborate ones, don't you?
I tried a new method of recording the recipe of the cards as I make them:

I thought it would be a good idea, because I will start writing down what I am doing as I go along, but usually loose my piece of paper. Most likely I have recycled it with my scraps!
This idea with the chalk board was that it being larger I wouldn't toss my notes and so far so good:) but I did repeat one of the inks I used, argh!!!
Thanks for checking in and reading about my yappin' about stampin!

I am back again, aren't you getting tired of seeing this statement again and a again???

I haven't stop stampin',  just blogging, etc.  Work has taken most of my energy, but more than that.... I have had a much different distraction...
It was has been one of bestest distractions, yes I writing bestest, to happen.
This little Sweetheart is my first Grand-baby, she and her parents finally moved back home from Cali ~ in April!!! She just turned one and I was so ecstatic to be part of the celebration.

It is so great to have all my family close again.   Thanks for letting me yap about something not Stampin!

This sweet set from the Celebration Catalog.....

just screamed to me "stained glass" technique!  So I gave it a try! I really like how it turned out ~ 
I just wish that there was a better way to adhere velum without the adhesive being seen and it doesn't matter that I used expensive velum tape, it still shows... 

I stamped the images using VersaMark and heat embossed the pewter embossing powder. Colored the image inside the embossed edges.

Sets: So Very Grateful and Lots of Thanks
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White and Vellum cardstock.
Ink/Markers: Crisp Cantaloupe, Primrose Petals, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive.
    Thanks for letting me keep on yappin' bout Stampin'

Haven't been sitting on my "crafting" laurels for the last two months

Hey Yappin' Stampers:
As stated in my previous post, I had not been able to post for the last 2 months, but I have actually been doing a lot of paper crafting.
I will start by sharing what kept me busily distracted and happy during a cold, very rainy and drizzly day here in the great NW last weekend:
WASHI TAPE VASES

I wasn't really to sure about washi tape when it become popular, I was like  , what is the attraction, but it is a go to for some added pizzazz for  me now!!!
Here are the dets:  

Stamp set:  Vivid Vases (Occasions Catalog).
Inks:  Black Stazon;  SU Stampin' Write Markers: Pear Pizzazz,  Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Crisp Cantaloupe, Wisteria Wonder and Tangerine Tango.
Paper: Whisper White and Real Red,
Supplies/accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, 3" Sizzix Circle originals die, Simply Scored Scoring Board/tool, Paper piercing tool and Deco labels Collection (cut down), basic rhinestone and real red brads.
Washi Tape: Season of Style,  and Watercolor Wonder.
WASHI has won me over and now I look for other uses for it including holding my broken camera together, it looks more "stylish" than it did with blue painters tape!
Thanks for Yappin' bout Stampin' with me!

I'm Back!

Hi Yappin’ Stampers! 

Since New Year’s I have heard, as you probably had as well, all “the new” you ads ~~~  you know the ones: “new you” new car, “new you” new gym, “new you” with Botox!

Well to me the “new you” was to post regularly on this blog, but and a BIG BUT, I got a new computer for Christmas and went with Google Chrome.  Google Chrome didn't play nice with Blogger and the navbar disappeared, which gave me no way to into the blog!   No way to update it and no way to do new posts, etc.

I have spent the last two months, sporadically, trying to find a way to fix it.   Nothing I found on the internet helped, argh! I would just give up with frustration, but I would try again as I couldn't let the whole situation get the best of me.

I kept, obsessively, trying not wanting to give up!  Then I had an epiphany! Maybe there were hidden cookies that I couldn't delete.  I tried to fix it on a different computer and Voila! It worked!

I am back to become the “new you of me” to post more often!

Thanks for listening about my journey to do more Yappin’ about Stampin'