I haven't forgot you.

I just wanted to let you know I haven't forgot.  John got to come home for 4 days before he headed back out.  The next time I get to see him is May for his sisters wedding.  So I spent my time with him and the kids, I hope you understand.  Then I have been working on a pageant dress for a friends daughter.  IT is turning out really adorable, but it is driving me crazy at the same time.  As soon as I finish which should be today it is back to stamping. Sorry for the delay. 

Misti

With All My Heart Flower card

Good Morning!  I thought I would give a Valentines Day card.  This could really be for any occassion to say I Love You.  Or it could be a Thank You too.  It is a simple card and I know you will have fun making it.

Recipe

Ingredients:

• Very Vanilla cardstock #106530 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4. and a scrap for the center of the flower
• Real Red cardstock #102482 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 and a scrap for the flower punch
• Pretty in Pink cardstock #106546 4 inches
• Semding Love Speciality Designer Series Paper #117153 5 heart punches
• With All My Heart stamp set #118134 for wood or #118623 for clear
• Chocolate Chip classic ink #100908
• Pretty in Pink classic ink #101301
• Real Red classic ink #103133
• Snail adhesive #104332
• Stampin Sponges #101610
• Bone Folder #102300
• Full Heart punch #113693
• 1 1/4" Circle punch #104403
• Scallop Trim Border punch #118402 ( This punch is not for sale but you can earn it free as  Sale-A-Bration product)

I hope you have fun with this card. 

Misti

I'm a sucker for you!

I made these for Ethan's first grade class. I made 18. I will do the recipe according to that.

Recipe

Ingredients:

• 6 sheets Pretty in Pink 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock #100459 cut down to 3 x 6 1/2
• 3 sheets of Whisper White 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock #100730 cut down to 2 3/4 x 2 3/4
• 1 1/4 inch circle punch #104403
• 1 3/4 inch circle punch#112004
• Whoo's Your Valentine stamp set. #115344
•  Real Red Classic Ink #103133
• Bone folder#102300
• Snail adhesive#104332
• Bag of heart shaped lollipops
• Regular office whole punch

Directions:

• Take the Pretty in Pink cardstock and score with the bone folder at 3 inches and again at 6 inches.
• Fold and burnish down very well.
• Take the regular whole punch and use about 1/3 of the whole on the fold of the 1/2 flap.  This is where the lollipop stick will go through
• Then take the 1 1/4 inch punch and punch the 3 inch flap in the center. This is the front where the lollipop will show through.
• Next use the 1 3/4 punch on the back piece.  This makes it lay a little better.  This step can be omitted.
• Then take the 2 3/4 square Whisper White pieces and stamp the I'm a sucker for you stamp in the center with Real Red ink
• Then punch the center of it out with 1 1/4 inch circle punch trying not to get the words in the punch.  If you hold the punch upside down you can see exactly where you are punching.
• Then with the Snail Adhesive glue the Whisper White to the Pretty in Pink lining up the wholes.
• Now you poke the  lollipop stick through the whole and center it in the folder you have made
• Finally with the Snail glue the flap on the inside of the card. 

Now you have a perfect little lollipop Valentines for all you sweeties. Hope you have fun making them.

Remember all the supplies can be purchased through my website. mistismemories.stampinup.net or through email or phone with me.

Have a great evening.

A Birdie says"I miss you" Card

A birdie says "I miss you"

I thought this was a cute title for such a cute card.  I will be sending this card to Operation Write Home.  I think they are doing such a great service to our heros serivcing in Iraq and Afaganstan and the families back home. I hope you will join me in making and sending cards to OWH and our heros. As a matter of fact, for those in the Texarkana area, I am holding a free card class on January 30.  You can check out that post for more details.  I hope to see you all there. 

Recipe

Ingredients

• Tempting Turquoise cardstock 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4 for card base. #102067
• Sweet Pea Designer Paper pack # 117161 I used the 2nd page in the pad  Cut at 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 and 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 ( it is the front and back of the paper. I also used the next to the last set of patterns for the birdie.
• Scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock #101650 (Whisper White would work just as well too)
• Extra Large Two Step Bird punch #117191
• Curly Label punch #112208
• 1/16" punch #101227
• Vintage Label stamp set #118392 for wood mount or #119122 for clear mount ( You can't buy this set but you can get it FREE because it is a Sale-a-bration set)
• Three Little Words Stamp set #113254 ( you can buy this or you can earn it free through Sale-a-bration)
• Stamping Sponges #101610 (Sponge Daubers ould work too)
• Snail Adhesive #104332
• Stampin Dimensionals #104430
• Chocoalte Chip Classic ink pad #100908
• Old Olive Classic ink pad # 102277
• Bone Folder #102300
• post it notes the regular size *

That is actually a pretty short ingredients list for me.  Okay on to the directions.
Directions

• First I started by using the snail to adhere the cut pieces on the front of the card.  Pretty easy stuff.
• Then I took a post it note and using the Extra Large Two Step Bird punch to punch out the post it. 

• Then I laid it out on the bottom piece of paper kind of centered for the first one.
• Take the Stampin Sponge ( cut mine in to small slices), and daub it in the Chocolate Chip Classic stamp pad to load it.  Then like you are stenciling daub and scrub in circles to get the branch area colored in.
• Use the same process with Old Olive and a clean piece of sponge for the leaves on it. 
• Then move the post it to where you want the second branch and repeat the last two steps.
• Next punch out the next to last set of paper in the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper pad  with the teal facing you.  Then with the polka dots facing you just punch the leaf. (remember if you use the stamp face up you can see and position your paper in the punch to use as little as possible paper and know exactly what you are punching)
• Next take the sponge with the Chocolate Chip ink on it and just lightly run it along the edges of the birds body and teal wing.  Then do the same for the polka dot wing.  Also do a little lightly of the tip of the teal wing and a little around the edges to make it darker and kind of appear to be shaded.
• Next adhere the teal wing to the back of the bird with the teal facing up.
• Then with a Stampin Dimensional adhere the polka dot wing to the front of the bird
• Then in a corner of the post it note punch a whole with the 1/16" punch and place it down where the eye should be and use the Chocolate Chip sponge ( you should have enough left on the sponge without having to ink it again)
• Now with the Snail  adhere you birdie to the card.
• On the scrap of Very Vanilla, stamp the curly label stamp in Old Olive. 
• Then you punch the label out with the Curly Label punch.
• Stamp I Miss You with the stamp from Three Little Words set in Chocolate Chip ink
• Finally with the Stampin Dimensionals adhere the Curly Label to the card in the upper left corner.

It seems like a lot but it turns out so cute.

I really hope you like it and will create your own versions of this card.  Because it is just that darn cute.

Have a wonderfully blessed day.
Misti

Letters from Home Stamp Class

Letters from Home Stamp Class


Benefiting Operation Write Home



Operation Write Home is an organization that sends homemade blank cards to the military men and women serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Service men and women then pick up the blank cards at their unit or at the USO, free of charge, and use the cards to write home with. Having been a military wife, I know that getting a letter from your loved one deployed down range is just as important as a soldier getting a letter from home.



When: January 30, 2010 at 2:00pm-4:00 pm

Where: Buchanan Methodist Church, Texarkana

Cost: Nothing, but it would be great if you brought a snack to share.*



*This is a free class and I am asking everybody to donate their cards to Operation Write Home, but if you would like to keep a card you make, that is fine but I will charge $1 for it.





If you have questions, comments, concerns, need to reserve a seat, or need directions you can contact me (Misti) by:

Phone: (903)276-7585

Email: mistismemories@yahoo.com



Or if you would like an idea of what type of projects we will be doing:

Idea blog: mistismemories.blogspot.com



Or if you would like to order Stampin’ Up products:

mistismemories.stampinup.net.





I can’t wait to see you there!

I have been busy

I just wanted to show you I have been very busy lately.  Even though I haven't been posting.  I thought I would show off a few of my cards.

I have told some of you before that I use my grid paper.  Well there is you proof.  These are my customer thank you cards for this month.  There are 8 there and I have a bigger version later. On this card I used Very Vanilla cardstock #101650,Thank You Kindly #111700 ( or can be earned free for Sale-A_Bration), With All My Heart #118134 in wood mount or #118623 in clear mount, Pretty in Pink classic ink #101301, Chocolate Chip classic ink #100908, and Barely Banana classic ink #101107

This is just a card I loved doing.  I love the new paper with the sparkly bling already on it. And the new epoxy brads are just adorable. For this card I used: All My Heart #118134 in wood mount or #118623 in clear mount, Pretty in Pink classic ink #10130, Real Red classic ink #103133, Vanilla cardstock #101650, Pretty in Pink cardstock #100459, Pretty in Pink epoxy brads #117271, Real Red epoxy brads #117270, Sending Love Speciality Designer Paper #117153, and Scallop Trim Border punch #118402 from the Sale-A-Bration catalog which means you can't just buy it, you have to earn it.

That is the bigger version of the thank you cards. I think I am going to make a stack of them for one of Ainslee's bridal gifts.  What bride couldn't use more thank you notes? On this card I used Very Vanilla cardstock #101650,Thank You Kindly #111700 ( or can be earned free for Sale-A_Bration), With All My Heart #118134 in wood mount or #118623 in clear mount, Pretty in Pink classic ink #101301, Chocolate Chip classic ink #100908, and Barely Banana classic ink #101107

This is one of the cards I made for Operation Write Home.  I think I am going to do a class where all the cards are donated to them.  They send these blank cards to Iraq and Afganistan to the soldiers, so the soldier can write home in them. 

This is one of the cards that I will teach at workshops.  I think it is a beautiful and sweet card.You have to book or attend a workshop with  me for the directions to this one.

This is another card I did for Operation Write Home. I think this might be my new favorite color combination.For this card I used: All My Heart #118134 in wood mount or #118623 in clear mount, Pretty in Pink classic ink #10130, Real Red classic ink #103133, Vanilla cardstock #101650, Pretty in Pink cardstock #100459, Real Red cardstock, and Scallop Trim Border punch #118402 from the Sale-A-Bration catalog which means you can't just buy it, you have to earn it.

Heartfelt Thanks

I got my goodies yesterday.  After the kids went to bed, I started playing.  I created this adorable little Thank You card to show that you can use the Sweetheart stamp set for more than Valentines. Although I made a Valentines lolli with it last night that I will post either tomorrow or after that.  I hope you like this card as much as I do.  And feel free to leave comments.  I would love to hear what you have to say. 

Isn't it just precious!

Recipe

Ingredients

• Pixie Pink cardstock 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4 (#105121)
• Yoyo Yellow cardstock 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 (#102824)
• Whisper White cardstock 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 (#100730)
• scraps of Whisper White and Yoyo Yellow cardstock
• Pixie Pink classic ink (#105212)
• Green Galore classic ink(#102122)
• Full Heart punch (#113693)
• Scallop Trim corner punch ( goes with the free punch from the Sale-a-brations catalog) (#118870)
• Sweetheart stamp set (#120780 for clear mount or #120415 for wood mount)
• Paper snips(#103579)
• Bone folder(#102300)  If you don't have one get one, it makes folding so much easier, neater, and everything stays better.  ( MUST HAVE)
• Snail Adhesive(#104332)

Steps

• Stamp the scallop heart from the Sweetheart stamp set in Pixie Pink on the 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 Whisper White cardstock.
• Stamp the leaves and stem from the Sweetheart stamp set in Green Galore on the same piece of Whisper White lining it up with the heart to look like a flower.
• Punch out a heart out of the Yoyo yellow cardstock the scrap piece.
• Stamp the Heartfelt Thanks from the Sweetheart stamp set in the middle of the heart
• On scrap Whisper White stamp another set of leaves and cut out just the leaves
• Score with your Bone Folder down the center of both of the leaves
• With you Snail adhesive glue the punched heart in the center of the flower and half of the folded leaves and place them on top of the stamped leaves on the card
• Use the Scallop Trim corner punch to punch all the corners.  (I just love this new punch design)
• With the Snail glue the Whisper White on to the Yoyo Yellow cardstock lining up all the corners and edges.
• Glue to the Pixie Pink card base.

Wouldn't these be great for all kinds of thank yous.  I really don't think that most people send enough thank you cards.  It is a lost art....But we are bringing it back aren't we?

You have a wonderfully blessed day!

Misti