Fabulous Friday!!!

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Happy Friday All!!!! Today is a BIG Day because it is the last day for FREE SHIPPING on all Stampin’ Up orders with no minimum! It is also the last day for my Anniversary Special! When you place an online order with the HOSTESS CODE: XNYWCB4B, you will get a FREE gift from me!!!! I have Stamp Sets, Big Shot Dies, Ribbon, Designer Series Paper, and so much more that is just waiting to be in your stamp collection. But wait there’s more, I will also be drawing one lucky winner to get ALL of the Hostess Benefits!!!! Who doesn’t love FREE STUFF and FREE SHIPPING!! On top of all of that Stampin’ Up still has their Weekly Deals!

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All of these items are on the retired list as well (except the Afternoon Daydream Digital Download)! So now is the time to stock up!!! You have seen lots of samples using the Afternoon Picnic DSP! You can check those out here, here and here! My other big favorite that I’m sad to see go is the Crochet Trim Victoria! I, myself, am not a huge fan of the vintage/rustic look but I know many of my brides and customers are and I have had fun using it to create amazing pieces! Check out samples here!

For the complete list of retiring items, click here!

What would make this Friday even better? Chocolate!!!!

Washi Tape Treat Bags, www.LaurasStampPad.com

If you have some extra Easter Candy that you need to get out of the house or End of the School Year Party or Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5-9), these treat bags are the perfect thing!!!!

All you need is Cellophane Bags, Ribbon, Washi Tape, and Cardstock! Adorable. I used the retiring Garden Gingham Washi Tape and Primrose Petal Stitched Ribbon! For the cute tag, I used my Chalk Talk Framelits to cut it out and then added a little more Washi Tape and a greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set! Quick and Simple!!! Order it all today with Free Shipping and the Hostess Code: XNYWCB4B and you will be hitting it big!!!!

Have a fabulous weekend and Happy Stampin’

~Laura


Congratulations Graduate!!!!

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Graduation is around the corner so I thought I would share my favorite Graduation Card! This is an occasion that can happen in December, May or anytime of the year. You may know of 5 graduates one year and only 1 the next. So because of this, I don’t tend to purchase graduation specific stamp sets, but I do LOVE all occasion stamp sets like Teeny Tiny Wishes (greatest stamp set ever)!!! I think played around with my punches and some cardstock and came up with this AMAZING card!!!!

Graduation Cards, www.LaurasStampPad.com

I love this card so much because it can easily be customized to each recipient. I really enjoy giving a card when I know it fits that person so perfectly. I have done these graduation cards in school colors, degree colors, and so much more! I LOVE IT!!!

Cardstock Dimensions:

Card Base (whisper white) – 4-1/4″ x 11″
Layered Color – 4″ x 5-1/4″
Hat: 1-1/2″ Square
Largest Triangle for Neckline (whisper white) – 2-1/4″ Square cut diagonally
Color Triangle – 2″ Square cut diagonally
Smallest Triangle (whisper white) – 1-3/4″ Square cut diagonally and then cut a “V” out of the center to show the color through

I brushed the edges of the hat with my sponge daubers (HEART) in the same color as the cardstock to give it that darker edge look and make it POP from the gown since it is all the same color! I also adhered it with Stampin’ Dimensionals!  For the tassel, I used Whisper White Bakers Twine and just wrapped it around the square hat four times, then cut the twine on both the top and bottom on your square. This gives you eight little pieces of twine. Then take a longer piece of twine and tie the little pieces together in the center. Trim one of the tails to be the same as your little pieces and leave the other one longer to poke through the hole of your hat using your Paper Piercing Tool. Then add a Silver Brad over the time and you are all done!

Nurses Graduation Card, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Sorry for the horrible lighting in this picture but I snapped it quickly before sealing the envelope and dropping it in the mail. This one I did for my Best Friend when she graduated in Nursing! Super Cute! I hope you try this out for some of the Grads that you know this May!!! If you have any questions or would like to share your fabulous Graduation card, leave a comment below! I would love to hear from you!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura


Halloween Treat Bags

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Happy Monday!! It’s Halloween Week and while I’m not a fan of the holiday, I do enjoy doing craft projects for Halloween and Fall (or any Holiday for that matter). So all week I will be showing you some of the projects I’ve been working on or have created in the past as well!!!

Today is Treat Bags!!!! This year they were super simple with Stampin’ Up’s Tag-A-Bags and Washi Tape!!!! LOVE!

Halloween Treats, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Aren’t these soooo cute??? Let me put out the disclaimer that we only get about 3-5 Trick-Or-Treaters each year so I can decorate my treats! I hear about those people that go through $100’s of dollars of candy and while I think it would be fun to hear the doorbell ring and see cute kids in costumes all night long, I would for sure not be making treat bags for all of them! Also, I send all of my nieces and nephews (7 total) treat bags since they don’t live around me! Working on winning Auntie of the Year each year! 🙂 Here is another picture of a few of the treat bags. I used the Washi Tape, Chalk Talk Framelits, Baker’s Twine, Chevron Ribbon, and Halloween Stamps from Teeny Tiny Wishes and Delightful Dozen!

Halloween Treats, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Happy Trick-or-Treatin’

~Laura