Voila

Hello. As you know the trend this week is a showing of cards with a flair of "blasts from the past". Voila was a stamp set that grew on me over time and then suddenly it was retired. I was so sad to see it go. I don't think I'm ready to let it go to MY retired list. I think I could sub a teddy bear for that cute chef in the same lay out. What do you think? Oh, now I need to order the Beary Best Friends stamp set (page 85). Do you see it? I think I might need everything on that page! So let's get us some Stampin' Up cardstock, Black Stazon ink, Scallop Trim Border punch, heart to Heart punch, pink ribbon and some markers. Let's get stampin'! Ready, Set, Go!!!

So good to have spent some time with you. See you soon and God bless you.

Upsey Daisy

I'm so glad you're back. Welcome, make yourself at home. Have you noticed my trend this week? Yes I'm sharing work done a while ago. I have been gone for a few days and I just haven't gotten my mojo going with new work. I have a class coming up so I need my mojo back as ASAP. I have some ideas floating around in my head, I just need to get them in motion. Well, back to today's card. Sorry, The designer paper is retired. Leave me an email and I will help you choose something current. legacystamping@yahoo. com Today's shopping list is:

Stamp Set: Upsey Daisy #111710 $18.95
Paper: Certainly Celery #105125 $6.95, Whisper White #100730 $8.50
Ink: Certainly Celery #105217 $5.95, Real Red #103113 $5.95
Accessories/tools: Certainly Celery ribbon #119963 $6.95, Big Shot #113439 $99.95, Top Note die cut #113463 $21.95

Some thing note worthy (at least I think so) is how much I love my Big Shot and all the die cuts designed to go with it. I find creating cards with the Big shot is so much fun. If you haven't experienced it, I highly recommend it. Thank you for visiting. See you manana and God bless you.

Fresh Cuts

Welcome. Today I am sharing one of my favorite cards made several months ago. My camera doesn' t show it very well. I hope you like it. I haven't mentioned in quite a while the availability of my online store. If you are interested in quality paper crafting products, then Stampin' Up products are for you. You may shop as you are in the comfort of your home at any time you please. My store is open 24/7. Online shopping is as easy as ABC. How's that for a sales pitch? Any way here is the shopping list for today's card:

Stamp set: Fresh Cuts #111634 $21.95
Paper:Very Vanilla #101650 $8.50, Chocolate Chip #102128 $6.95
Ink: Whisper White Craft #101731 $7.50
Accessories: Chocolate Chip grograin ribbon (retired)

Thank you for visiting and see you tomorrow. God bless you.

Circle Circus

Hello friends, I'm coming back from a busy week. All a good busy. Unfortunately I wasn't able to blog until today. I missed ya. The birthday get away I took to celebrate another fabulous son was fabulous. Together, my grand daughters and I baked him a cake. They love baking with gramma. I also had an opportunity to volunteer in my grand daughters classroom. She has a great teacher and very talky classmates. The teacher is very patient and caring with all the K students. How was your week end? Back to blogging. I made this card quite awhile ago when Circle Circus and the scallop circle die was new (to me). Here is the recipe:

Stamp Set: Circle Circus
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Summer Sun (r), Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2 die cut, Modern Label punch , Word Window punch,
dimensionals

Thank you for stopping by. See you tomorrow.

Fabulous Phrases

Hi there, Glad you're back. If it's your first time visiting, I hope you will return often. Leave me a comment any time you're feeling it. I like comments. A lot! Well, this card is getting mailed to a fabulous person for his birthday. I gave birth to this fab person ?? years ago. Fooled ya - thought I was gonna say it, huh? I need to make two more Sept. birthday cards. I'm so tempted to use the owl punch again. I'll post them towards the end of the month. The shopping list for this card is next.

Stamp set: Fabulous Phrases #117002 wood mount $37.95; #120501 clear mount $26.95 ;
Paper: Chocolate Chip #102128 ; Pumpkin Pie #105117; Sahara Sand #121043 each $6.95; Woodland Walk DSP #117389 $9.95; Very Vanilla # 101650 $8.50;
Ink: Chocolate Chip 100908 $5.95; Chocolate Chip marker #100071 $3.50
Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Poly Ribbon #119265 $8.95; 2 step owl extra lg. punch #118074 $16.95; 1/2 in. circle punch #119869 $5.95; two step bird extra lg. punch #117191 $16.95; dimensionals #104430 $3.95;

Thank you for stopping by. It's been fun. Have a blessed week end. See you next week.

Just Believe

Hello friends, Cute cards, huh? So easy peasy to make. One challenge. I recommend having tweezers available for picking off the pearls to place on the card. They have sticky underneath making it easy to adhere to the card. Sarah (sideline) designed these cards. She is so creative.
Would you like the recipe? Thought so. Here it goes;

Stamp set: Just Believe #116948 wood mount $33.95; #120453 clear mount $25.95
Paper: Poppy Parade #119793; Peach Parfait #119794 each $6.95; In Color DSP #117158 $19.95
Ink: Chocolate Chip #100908 $5.95
Accessories: Basic Pearls #119246 $4.95; Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack #118309 $16.95;

Thank you for visiting. Ye all come back.

Vintage Vogue

Yea!!! Another Vintage Vogue card. I kinda/sorta challenged Irene to make this card for me. I gave her all the ingredients to use and she was done in about an hour. She didn't really ponder it to much. She just got to work. I think she enjoyed it and I think it turned out lovely. The retired chunky glitter was her own personal touch. I was so impressed with the end result. I guess the recipe should follow next. Here it goes.

Stamp set: Vintage Vogue
Paper: Whisper White #100730 $6.95; Green Galore, Gable Green, Pink Passion and Tea Party DSP (all retired)
Ink: Pink Passion (retired)
Accessories: Paper snips #103579 $9.95; 5 petal flower punch #119880 $16.95; chunky glitter retired

I love punches and I love the paper snips. A must have in my paper crafting. Have a blessed day. Hasta manana. Anyone know how to use the tilde? Please let me know in your comment.

Tote-ally Tess

Greetings and welcome. How was your week end? I had a great time beginning with Saturday when a very best friend came over just to hang out with me. We can be so serious and we can be so silly and corny. We compliment each other well. After she left my Mel came over for another blog class. Me, being the student. She is such a good friend. Always so willing to help. Sunday was church with another service that blessed me "to the max". Later, I had a delicious dinner with another best friend at Claim Jumpers. Ice cream sundays at Baskin Robbins topped off the evening for us. Do I venture to say how absolutely full we were at the end of the evening?!! Have you been admiring Tess in her beautiful outfit? She's looking good, right? I had fun creating this card. But I'm not crazy about my letters looking like one word. I seem to always see imperfections in my own work. I'm my own worst critic, I guess. I made this card this past June using retired inks and papers. They were some of my favorites. I love the color combo. The recipe for this card is as follows:

Stamp set: Tote-ally Tess
Paper: Whisper White #100730 $6.95; Pink Passion, Green Galore and Gable Green (retired)
Ink: Black Stazon #101406 $7.95; Pink Passion, Green Galore, Gable Green, Summer Sun, and Blush Blossom all retired
Accessories: Whisper White grograin ribbon #109025 $4.95; Aqua Painter brush #103954 $16.95; Big Shot #113439 $99.95; Textured embossing folder Petals A Plenty #116824 $7.95

Sorry, I can't seem to come with the name of the alphabet set. Thank you for visiting. Stay tuned for the next card.

Friends Are Flowers That Never Fade

Good morning friends, Guess what? Here I have another close up of the fourth card in the group. This card (as well as the others) can be redesigned according to your preference. For instance this card opens on the east side. You may "rearrange" it to open on the south side by turning it. Watching my ladies "do their own thing" with my designs has always impressed me. They are more creative than they think. As a teacher, I feel gratified to see them go out of the box. If you have any questions regarding the kit or any specific card, just ask. Have a blessed week end and I'll see you next week.

Friends Are Flowers That Never Fade (kit)

Welcome friends, Today I am starting my first Kit of the Month program. The four cards I have for you today are stamped with Flowers Are Friends That Never Fade. You can see the set on page 99 of the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog. Go to the catalog on my right side bar if you would like to take a look at the stamp set.. You may purchase the kit from me through PayPal or by sending me your personal bank check. I will mail you the kit and in it you will find written directions walking you step by step on how to create the cards. Along with the directions, you will find all the paper pieces for each card cut to size and ready for you to finish each card. You may purchase the stamp set, snail adhesive, dimensionals, ribbon, punch, Big Shot and textured embossing folders by shopping at my online store Gloria Stamps (on the right side bar). Here is the shopping list with the item number and cost of each item. When you are looking for the products in the catalog you can find them in the accessories section of the catalog except for the stamp set. Cost of the kit is $10.

Stamp set: Flowers are Friends that Never Fade (wood mount) #118750 $17.95 (clear mount) #120618 $13.95 page 99
Snail Adhesive: (permanent) #104332 $6.95 (refill) #104331 $4.50 page 197
Dimensionals: #104430 $3.95 page 197
Ribbon: 5/8 Daffodil Delight #119761 $6.95 page 191
Punch: Eyelet Border punch #119853 $15.95 page 200-201
Big Shot: #113439 $99.95 page 204
Textured Embossing Folder: Perfect Polka Dots #117335 $7.95 page 214
Finial Press #115963 $7.95 page 214

If you have any questions please email me at : legacystamping@yahoo.com Thank you for visiting today. I'll see you tomorrow.

Thoughtful Friend (Builder Wheel)

Here I am again. I wanted to show you this card today as it is made with products from the Summer Mini. The Summer Mini is available untill Tuesday August 31 and no longer after midnight. So if you want to make this card and the one above, get your credit card ready and mosey on over to my online store. The ingredients are:
Stamp sets: Short & Sweet, Printed Petals
Paper: Whisper White, Concord Crush, In Color DSP
Ink: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz reinkers and pads
accessories: stitched poly ribbon, scallop circle extra large punch, extra large circle punch, Big Shot, Elegant Lines embossing folder, Jumbo wheel handle, Builder wheel spindle and spacers, uninked triple wheel cell cartridge, Thoughtful Friend wheel, Posy Party wheel, Bees and Blossoms wheel
You can see the builder wheel products on pages 8-9 of the summer mini. They were so fun to use. After putting your wheel together, you do your wheeln' on a strip of white card stock and then punch out your circle. Simple as that. There's another video idea! I still haven't tried my hand at video taping. Yes, it's on my To Do list. Have a blessed day and see you manana.

Punches Posies (Hostess L-2)

Hello and welcome. I hope you had a fun filled week end. I had a fun filled week end - scrappin' on Saturday and an Arbonne party on Sunday after church. Is this a pretty card or what? This was a stamp camp card designed by Mel. The stamp set is a level-2 hostess set from the Summer Mini. You can see it on page 5. You can earn the stamp set if you place an order of $300 (net). Your order may be placed at my online store. To place your order, be ready with the item number of the products you want and the name and price of the product will pop up. Read it to make sure the info is correct. At the end of your order, your total will show including shipping and handling. You will be prompted to select your hostess set. If you prefer, you can select the level 2 stamp set from the main catalog. If you want to order any item from the Summer mini, know that those products are available only until Tuesday, August 31. So place your order long before midnight 8/31. Listed are the ingredients for this beautiful card.
Stamp set: Punched Posies
Paper: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Ink: Pear pizzazz, Concord Crush,
Accessories: Crimper, dimensionals, scallop circle extra large punch, scallop oval extra large punch

Friends Are Flowers That Never Fade

I just realized I forgot part of the shopping list. This is a close up of one of the cards you will create. I want to list for you the inks I used to make all the cards.
Tangerine Tango marker #120974 $3.50 page 166
Old Olive marker #100079 $3.50 page 166
Whisper White craft #101731 $7.50
Tangerine Tango classic ink pad #111834 $5.95 page 166
Come back tomorrow for s close up look of one or two of the other cards.

Friends Are Flowers That Never Fade

Surprisss e, Here is a close up of another kit card. You already know what supplies you are going to need to create this card. So I won't repeat myself. I hope you have a great time creating it. I did.

Joy card and envelope

Welcome. You are seeing another Christmas card plus it's coordinating envelope. Karen featured this card at her table. As you can probably tell, this card was easy peasy to create. I really enjoy using the Big Shot. It always adds a WOW factor to whatever I create. Now for the recipe:
Stamp set: Delightful Decorations
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Brushed Silver
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: Ornament extra large punch, Big Shot, Serif Essentials Alphabet, Finial Press embossing folder, Whisper White envelopes (medium)
Are you wondering about the alphabet? The letters are made with the Big Shot and the Serif die cuts. Nifty huh? If you are in a Christmas shopping mood, no problem. You may shop at my online store 24/7. Thank you visiting. Take care and God bless.

Season's Greetings

Hello, make yourself at home. Today I am showing you another card from Stamp Camp. This card was designed by Mel and she saved me some time by making it for me (being I was demonstrating at another table). It's such a pretty card. When you are well acquainted with Stampin' Up products, you can pretty much figure out what products were used. I love that Stampin' Up products are designed to coordinate and compliment each other. That takes the guessing out of what products to purchase and not to mention how easy it makes designing cards and scrap book pages. I like telling you, my readers, the ingredients used for the cards I show on my blog. It's part of my service to you. So, here it goes.
Paper: Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Night of Navy
Ink: White Craft
Accessories: heat tool, Irridescent Ice embossing powder, Scallop Trim Border Punch
I hope you enjoyed your visit today. Tomorrow I will show you another Christmas card. So come on back.

Wings of Comfort and Joy

Greetings and welcome. I went to Stamp Camp at my uplines house recently and today I am showing you a card designed by Susie. Cardmaking is so much fun whether it's a card I designed or someone else designed. This was an easy peasy card to make. Let me tell you which Stampin' Up products were used.
Paper: Brushed Silver, Night of Navy
Ink: White Craft
Accessories: Big Shot, Elegant Lines Embossing folder, White Organza Ribbon, Night of Navy Taffeta Ribbon,
Did you notice the Night of Navy ribbon is on the White organza ribbon? Neat idea huh!
Thank you for stopping by. See you tomorrow.

Merry Christmas/ Wisemen

Welcome back friends. Are you liking this card? I was concerned the textured Cherry Cobbler cardstock wasn't going to show. Looks like it does. I like that this card was fast and easy to make. I didn't time myself but it is probably a ten minute card. This card would be good for a stamp a stack in that it is fast and easy to make. So, you want the recipe. Here it is
Stamp set: Come to Bethlehem $19.95 for wood mount or $14.95 for clear Page 43
Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, and Jolly Holiday DSP
Ink: Always Artichoke
Tools and accessories: Big Shot, Texture Plates #4, silver brads. piercing tool and mat, Modern Label extra large punch, Word Window large punch
As I said, fast and easy. Until next time. Have a blessed day.

Apple Blossoms

Good morning friends. This past week I got together with a couple best friends. We had a great time sharing a delicious pizza. We then bought some treats to take with us to the movies. Come on, I know someone else out there has done that also. Right? The movie was pretty good. Took me out of my desert and into lands I probably will never see other than in the movies. I guess the movie is considered a chick flick. I think it is. You want to know what we saw don't you? Okay I'll tell you . We saw Julia Roberts in ..... ..... Eat, Laugh , Pray. Or is it Eat, Love, Pray? We thought Julia did a great job (again). I (we) enjoyed the movie a lot. I guess I should get to today's card. This card was made by my upline and then she gave it to me. Pretty card, right? I love it. Susie is the best. If you want the stamp set seen here it can be found on page 12 of the 2010-2011 catalog. Apple Blossom is a set of 8 and all you have to do to get this set is hostess a workshop with net sales of at least $300. If hostessing a party doesn't work for you, try a catalog party. This is when you get orders from friends and co-workers and turn them in to your demonstrator. An added perk for you will be $35 in free products from the catalog or the current mini. Isn't Stampin' Up the greatest? I think so. That's how easy it is. I will gladly be your demonstrator. Contact me and together we can make the arrangements. I'm at Legacystamping@yahoo.com

Pocket Silhouettes

Welcome back, I made another folder and I gave it away to a friend for her birthday. I am liking these folders so much. Maybe because they are so easy to make. Decorating the covers is fun too. Here are some of the cards I made for the folder. I used the following for the cards:
Stamp set: Pocket Silhouettes item #111672 $18.95, Curvy Verses item #114948 $23.95
Paper: Whisper White item #100730 $8.50, Regal Rose item #105130 $6.95, Elegant Eggplant item #105126 $6.95
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Regal Rose, Night of Navy, $6.95 each


This is the folder. Do you like it? I think it's pretty. My friend did too. I like the "for you" stamp set from Fresh Cuts. It is so versatile. I used the following supplies.
Stamp set: Pocket Silhouettes, Fresh Cuts
Paper: Regal Rose items #105130 $6.95, Whisper White item #100730 $8.50
Ink: Riding Hood Red item #111836 $5.95
Accessories: White grograin ribbon item #109025 $4.95, Paper Snips item #103579 $9.95

This is what the cards looked like tucked into the folder. On the left side pocket are the envelopes, item #107301 $6.50 You get 40 envelopes in a package. I've been forgetting to mention that if you want to make your folder look nicer Jumbo Eyelets for the ribbon would be a great idea. I have a folder to show you that does include the eyelets but not today. It's not finished. I hope I can get it done for you soon. Your purchases through my online store are so appreciated. How nice that it stays open around the clock. Thank you for visiting.

Vintage Vogue

Welcome, Today I'm sharing a gift I made for a birthday. It was very easy to make. I was very happy with the way it turned out. You might remember that this stamp set is a favorite of mine. I like the vintage look in almost everything. Here is what I used to make this gift.
Stamp set: Vintage Vogue item # 118598 clear mount $17.95, wood mount item #117690 $23.95; Fresh Cuts item #114645 $21.95
Paper. Whisper White item # 100730 $6.95, Lavendar Lace (retired), Designer Series paper (name unknown/retired)
Ink: Lavedar Lace (retired)
Accessories: White grograine ribbon item # 119262 $5.95, Dimensionals item # 104430 $3.95, paper snips item# 103579 $9.95, Scallop Trim BorderPunch item # 118402 $15.95,
Here are the cards inside the folder. They were easy and fun to make. I am so missing the lavendar papers and inks. I just really wanted to show off the folder. (ha) My friend loved her gift.

Fifth Avenue Floral

Greetings. As I said before, Mel and I had a shoebox card swap. This is the card she prepared for me to make. I had fun coloring with my trusty aqua painter. Let me tell you what the ingredients were for this card. Pretty isn't it?
Stamp set: Fifth Avenue Floral item # 113734 $24.95
Paper: Basic Black item # 121045 $6.95, Regal Rose item # 105130 $6.95, W. White item # 100730 $8.50
Ink: White craft item # 101731 $7.50, Black item # 101179 $5.95, Regal Rose item # 105211 $5.95, So Saffron item # 105213
Tools: White satin ribbon item # 114616 $8.95, aqua painter item # 103954 $16.95 (set of 2), paper snips item # 103579 $9.95
My on line store is available 24/7. Thank you for visiting.

Baroque Montif

A couple weeks ago, I scheduled a group swap with my Legacy Stamper girls. Only one was able to attend. Our purpose was to have a shoebox card swap. The card you are looking at is the card I provided for Mel to make. I purposed to make a card using this punch as I had not used it yet. Mel enjoyed making it and posted it on her blog almost immediately. Go visit her blog. You'll be glad you did. Her place is Melissastampsvoila.blogspot.com Now for the recipe:
Stamp set: Baroque Motif item #113490 $27.95
Paper: Pear Pizzazz item # 119795 $6.95; Whisper White Item #100730 $8.50 (40 sheets); So Saffron item # 105118 $6.95
Ink: Pear Pizzazz item # 119784 $5.95
Tools: two-step bird extra large item # 117191 $16.95
Shopping on line is so easy. Click on my on line store "Gloria Stamps" and you will be right there.

Birthday card

Hi again, finally. I don't know if you have noticed that I don't post very often. I have noticed! I don't like it. I really want to be here sharing with you more often. Last week I was visiting family in Northern California. I really wanted to be there with them and enjoyed every minute of the visit. I had a great time playing ice cream shop and going on walks with my grandchildren. I miss them. Back to "the blog". I need a laptop. When I get a laptop, I'll be able to post from wherever I am. Can't wait for the lap top. What kind should I get? Is there one that works especially well for blogging type needs. I'll be looking for your input. This is an interactive blog you know. So you've been looking at the card above. I created that one for my 9 year old birthday girl (grandaughter). I used a retired stamp set but I don't remember what it is called. If you know, please let us all know. Remember this is an interactive blog. The card stock for the card base is Certainly Celery ( $6.95 for 8 1/2 x 11 on page 167) and the secondary layer is Lavendar Lace (retired). I used the Big Shot (page 204; only $99.95) and the textured impressions folder "Elegant Lines" (page 214; only $7.95). The lavendar grograin ribbon is retired. Do you like the card? What would you do differently? Did I tell you this is an interactive blog.?

Onto looking at the inside of this card. I used a single stamp with Lavendar Lace ink to adorn the top and bottom of the card. I think it adds a lil' something to the card.

Quarter Auction

This is a picture of a recent Quarter Auction I did. Of course I was the vendor for Stampin' Up. I enjoy doing these kind of events because I have the opportunity to meet many vendors with independent businesses. Events like these usually provides us for a venue in which we can exchange business ideas while we set up. The purpose of Quarter Auctions are to give us vendors new friends which hopefully will turn into prospective customers. The guests who come to these events come because they not only get to meet us but also go home with products that may have cost them only one quarter but not more than four quarters.

This was my table. I will be doing another event like this one in October. If you are in this area and would like to attend, you may purchase tickets from me.