Sprinkles of Life tree top

 

Sprinkles of Life gives you more than ice cream scoops and clouds - you get tree tops too!

 

This was a quick and easy card for my 20-card class. The tree top and trunk stamps were inked in Early Espresso on Soft Sky card stock and cut into a banner with some Soft Sky twine around that layer and a Wisteria Wonder banner that was embossed with the Decorative Dots folder. The Tree Builder Punch fits hand-in-hand with the Sprinkles of Life stamp set - punching out a tree trunk/limb and the cloud shape.

Sprinkles of Life silver lining

 

Stampin' Up! hit the ball out of the park with this year's Sprinkles of Life stamp set that benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities. For every Sprinkles of Life stamp set sold, SU! donates $3. It adds up fast!

 

I started with a Whisper White card and added a layer of Soft Sky card stock. Two of the clouds and all of the rain drops were stamped directly on the Soft Sky layer. The third was stamped on a scrap and cut out, then adhered with dimensionals. I cut a 3/4" strip of Soft Sky card stock into a banner for the sentiment and added a couple of rhinestones. This was a design at my last 20-card class. I had a silver painty marker and a white gel pen that my customers could use to outline the clouds for the "silver lining." This one shows the white gel pen.

 

Just so you know, there's a coordinating Tree Builder Punch so you can punch out the clouds (which are also ice cream scoops, among other things), so you may want to buy that with the set.

 

To purchase the Sprinkles of Life stamp set, please use my Online Store at http://therubberroom.stampinup.net. Thank you!

Love a chameleon, help Ronald McDonald House Charities

 

I immediately thought of the movie, "Tangled," when I saw this chameleon. He's so cute! And my whole family loved that movie. I made a very clean and simple card with a 2-inch strip of Polka Dot designer paper, a corner rounder punch, and markers.

 

Everyone at the Stampin' Up! convention was given this Tag It stamp set, which is very cool, because with almost 5,800 demonstrators showing it off, it's bound to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. SU! has contributed well over a million dollars. Impressive! A couple of bucks from the sale of each Tag It set benefits RMHC this year. The set is on page 45. In clear-mount, the cost is $16.95 (item #130303); wood-mount is $22.95 (item #130300).

 

To order your Tag It stamp set, along with other SU! products, please visit my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net.

 

*** Everybody who orders Tag It from me by August 31 will have their name entered into a drawing for the Pretty Print Textured Impressions Embossing Folder in the Holiday Catalog. I'll announce the winner on Sept. 1 AND if you use the following hostess code, you'll also be eligible to win the hostess benefits - GGQ2GJ3A.

 

 

The photo shows a sample of the Pretty Print embossing.

 

Here's a new-to-me vintage hand mirror I picked up the other day. I'm helping my niece with a booth at a local antique store. It's been alot of fun hanging out with her and her daughter, looking for great deals at thrift stores and garage sales, and repurposing and upcycling other items. One of the most difficult things to do is decide the prices of items. What would you say for this mirror?