Raspberry Ripple rabbits from Ears to You are absolutely delish!

 

Raspberry Ripple rabbits - it sounds like a strange, new delicacy. Maybe a new ice cream flavor for Easter! But really it's just the ink color for the Ears to You stamp.

 

 

I used the Retro Sketches Challenge #55 for my card... or rather I used the card the sketch is based off of. You have till Friday to submit a card of your own. Here are the Things to Remember:

 

• The linky closes at 11:59pm Central on Friday, March 22nd, 2013.
• You MUST use the sketch. If we cannot see the main elements of the sketch, your project might be removed or at the least, not eligible for winning or getting a shout out!
• Enter as often as you like with a different project each time.
• You are welcome to combine challenges.
• HAVE FUN!!!



 

 

I felt compelled to use these adorable patterned bunnies (again!) for Ginette's 10-card class this morning. The Baja Breeze card uses a 2" x 5-1/4" piece of Birds of a Feather dsp, along with a 4-1/4" x 3" piece of Summer Starfruit that was punched with the Scallop Edge Border punch. I used an oval framelit for the bunnies in Whisper White card stock, and added a Raspberry Ripple bow with a mini glue dot. I had fun this morning seeing all of the ladies. We chatted about everything! And we made a date for next month. Ginette (my mother-in-law and also one of my demos) designed and prepped two of the five cards herself - I am so proud of her! She's enjoying it and feeling more comfortable designing cards, thanks to the swaps and cards like these she's been making.

 

If you see anything you'd like to order, please visit my Online Store at http://therubberroom.stampinup.net. I have a Mystery Hostess order going in Friday - the last day of our Sale-a-Bration Event! Everybody who places an order of any size will get their names entered into a drawing that afternoon for the hostess benefits (a pack of Silver Glimmer paper and $25 in freebies, at the very least). Sale-a-Bration is where you get a free item from the SAB brochure for every $50 you order. Look in my right-hand column and click on "Free Products."



Brown bunnies - Ears to You!

 

These patterned bunnies are cute no matter what ink color you use!

 

 

I ran the front of my Crumb Cake card through the Woodgrain embossing folder, sponged around it and added one paper doily, folded over. I stamped the Ears to You single stamp in Crumb Cake and used an oval framelit to diecut it. Then I stamped the middle one a second time, cutting it out for added dimension (on dimensionals). The sentiment is in Early Espresso with a natural button, and the bow is made out of Crumb Cake seam binding. My card was inspired by one I saw made by Julie Pitta here.

 

Ears to You card and getting ready for a big show

 

Bunnies are the cutest! I had to get this single Ears to You stamp when Stampin' Up! listed it with nine other stamps (visit the links under my Promotions tab). I mean, how cute are they when inked separately and cut out? Love it!

 

 

 

This is my make & take for my American Ink gathering this morning. I started with a Whisper White card base, and added a Polka-Dot embossed texture to the 5-1/4" x 4" Pink Pirouette layer. Then comes the 1" strips of Birds of a Feather dsp (the middle design has eggs on it!) cut like banners, with an Island Indigo label framelit on top. I used Primrose Pink, Island Indigo and Summer Starfruit markers for the bunnies, and Daffodil Delight 1/8" taffeta.

 

 

It's been a busy week. My bestie Kim came over to the studio twice to empty large boxes of retired SU! stuff to price for the big Heirloom Productions show we're doing in Portland, OR, March 23-24.

 

 

Between us, Kim and I have been with Stampin' Up! a combined 20 years! And we have the stuff to prove it. Ha ha! We've been delving deep into our garage and cabinets to dig out things that haven't seen the light of day for years, pricing it and stuffing it onto already stuffed shelves.

 

 

We have so many stamp sets, it's ridiculous! This white picket shelf hardly holds anything - and it's got a big basket of fabric there too. There are a couple older catalogs, but I've got boxes going back to 2002!

 

 

We're even selling some of our display items - like this cute rolling rack and the stepladder. And we have many SU! logo items like this chevron convention bag, a couple of black jackets, card trees, rulers, reusable shopping bags, cookie cutters and a collapsible scrap bin.

 

 

This is one of the two suitcases we have filled to the brim with wood-mounted stamps.

 

 

And this white bookcase holds many of our clear-mount stamps, along with card kits, buttons, embellishments, washer necklaces, and boxes to hold cards.

 

This isn't everything. We're actually saving some items for the Heirloom show in Puyallup, WA, in May. Oh, and that stepladder shown above is for sale too!

 

Thanks for coming by my blog today! I appreciate it.





 

 

Ears to You single stamp cuteness

 

My friend and downline, Cheryl, created this bunny wonderful card, for me using the single stamp Ears to You. I sent Cheryl this stamp for promoting to supervisor. She's got two recruits now - congrats, Cheryl! Whoo hoo!!! I love the texture the embossing folder adds, as well as the rhinestone bling on the Pool Party satin ribbon.