Beautiful Michigan

I am taking a nice restful vacation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I will be attending a Card Gathering with the UP group and visiting with our best friends who own a home on Lake Superior. I will let you know when I return and I will have lots of fun things to tell you I am sure.

Have a great time while I am gone!

Joan

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Sweet Pickles for a Sweet Friend

I have added the recipe below!

When visiting a friends house, she served the best Sweet Pickles. I was sure the pickles had cloves in them. I searched and searched for a recipe but didn't have any luck. One day a friend of mine was visiting and I told her about these delicious pickles. She said "Joan, I have a great recipe for sweet pickles and they have cloves in them." So, I made two batches and enjoyed them all winter.

Next week I am visiting with friends and I want to take her a little bag of goodies. JustRite
has a wonderful new stamp set for those of us who like to cook, can and preserve food. This
stamp was perfect for my jar of Sweet Pickles. I hope to have time to do some beans too before we leave.

I love what Kellie Fortin from JustRite did to introduce this new stamp set and I decide to use her idea as my starting point. Great job Kellie!

I stamped the image, colored it with my Copic markers, cut and embossed it with the scalloped Nesties, added a darker border to set off the image. After cutting two coordinating strips of paper, I used my Martha Stewart punches on both ends to decorate the jar. The strips were then attached to the jar, along with the image that I popped up with some dimensionals.

I stamped the same image again, except I removed the outer circle. This is one thing I love about the JustRite stamps, they are so versatileand interchangeable. I applied this image under the canning jar ring and screwed it on tight. Then I glued a piece of green gingham ribbon all the way around the ring and used the Bow Easy to make a double bow.

There won't be a sale posted tonight, because I will be leaving Wednesday for the UP in Michigan. But, I will be back for the posting on the 10th of August. Hopefully all the JustRite and Flower Soft things will be in by then so I can get them shipped off to you. The Fall Harvest and Thinking of you are on back order, so I am waiting for them.

Joan's Gardens
Punches--------------------Martha Stewart Lattice and Embossed Scalloped
Paper----------------------Bridgewater and Neenah cream
Ribbon---------------------Lion
Ink-------------------------SU
Dimensionals--------------Therm-O-Web
Stamps--------------------JustRite Preserves
Glue Glider

Recipe for Clove Sweet Pickles
75 cucumbers about 1 peck -- (3-3 1/2 inch)
2 c coarse pickling salt
1 gallon water
powder alum
10 c sugar
5 c vinegar
18 drops cinnamon oil
18 drops clove oil
1 T celery seed

Place cucumbers in a stone jar, glass or enameled container. Combine salt and 1 gallon water. Bring to boil and pour over cucumbers.
Cover with a plate and weight down. Brine must cover pickles. Keep stirring water every day to prevent mold. If mode exists at the end of 8 days, rinse well. It will not hurt the pickles.
Let pickles set until the 8th day and on the 8th rinse well and cut in to either slices or chunks. I chunk mine. Return to container.
Mix up 1 gallon water and 1 T powdered alum and bring to boil. Pour over pickles. Repeat this 4 times.
On the 12th day drain and rinse pickles. Combine sugar, vinegar and celery seed and bring to a boil. At this time I add a few drops of green food coloring to give the pickles a nice fresh look. Repeat this for 2 more days.
On the 14th day pack cucumbers in hot glass jars. Bring syrup to boil and pour over cucumbers that are in the jars. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Remove jars from canner and listen for a pop to make sure they are sealed. Makes 12 to 14 pint
If you have any questions, please e-mail me.

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A Bowl Full of Cherries

It's Friday and time for another challenge by the Stamp Simply group. You can read about it here. Be sure to check out all the DT too. There are some really cute cards out there!

Today's challenge is to use something with Fruit. Thanks to Tammy, I found Basic Grey's new Lemonade 6x6 Paper Pad has this adorable cherry print in it, as well as the lime green. I have been wanting to use this cute 1960's vintage little girl by Crafty Secrets ever since I got it in. This print really called out for her.

First I cut my card stock to make a 5x5 square card (love that size), attached the Lemonade Paper to it. Then using the Labels 2, I cut out the lime green border with the largest die and ran it through the Large Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. "Nancy" (that is who she reminds me of) was stamped with Black Memento on Neenah Cream Paper. I colored her using my Copic markers and then cut and embossed the image with the next size down in the Spellbinders Label 2 set.

Before taking it out of the die, I used my new Jumbo daubers and "dab" some Ranger Heritage Ink around it to make it look more aged. After attaching it to the lime green border, I popped it up on the DP with the Therm-O-Web Dimensionals. May Arts silk ribbon is a perfect color and I used the Bow Easy to tie the double bow.

Feeling it needed some more texture, I added the new Lemonade Brads (cut the backs off and adhered with glue dots.) on to the bottom border that was cut with Martha Stewart's Scalloped Border punch.

Joan's Gardens: Just click on the links I have provided for each item.
Stamps----------------------Sweet Stuff by Crafty Secrets
Spellbinders----------------Labels 2
Martha Stewart Punch-- -Embossed Scalloped
Dimensionals--------------Therm-O-Web
Paper-----------------------Basic Grey Lemonade and Neenah White
Brads------------------------Basic Grey Lemonade
Glue Glider

Sweet Stuff by Crafty Secrets

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A New Friend's Thank You

I just have to tell you about the wonderful article that my new friend Darlene Pavlick posted
about her visit with Jon and I. Thursday night before we left for Shipshewana, Darlene and Tammy spent the night with Jon and I. It was such a treat getting to know them.
Please read about it here on Darlene's blog.

Also, take a look at the beautiful card that Darlene created using the Allegro Penny Black Stamp she purchased while visiting with us. Don't miss this stunning card using Allegro and Crafty
Secret's Seaside shown below too!

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Last Day of Spellbinders New Dies

Today is the last day for introducing the new Nesties to you. Please send me your list of what you want, so I can get the list prepared to order.

S4 227 Nesting Pumpkins $18.99 plus shipping
Dimensions: Largest Pumpkin is approx. 4" wide by 3 3/4" high; Smallest Pumpkin is approx. 3/4" wide & high.

S4-226 Harvest Borderabilities Petite
$18.99 plus shipping
Dimensions: Border with Leaves 5-1/2'' x 1'', Border with Pumpkins 5-1/2'' x 1''

Don't miss Keri's tutorial, and all the things she made using these great pumpkins and borderabilities.

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Keri's blog.

I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Tuesday Spellbinder's New Dies

Holiday Cheer S4-225 $18.99 plus shipping

Holiday Lights Border S7-015 Grand 12″ $21.95 plus shipping

Don't miss Jennifer's video showing how she used these great new dies from Spellbinders.

She has also done a wonderful Advent Calender.

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Jennifer's blog. I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Pictures of our fun time

This is the Stamp Simply group that was able to meet in Shipshewana, Indiana this past weekend.

Front Row: Pat Adams, Julie Koerber, Darlene Pavlick

Back Row: Tammy Hershberger, Janine, Sharon Johnson, and Joan (me)

It was amazing to all of us how we all felt like we had known each other for years and most of us had never met.

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Monday's new Spellbinders Dies

The S5-018 Poinsettia Frameability is made up of a large frame, small frame and two accents. The size of the large frame is 4 1/8" x 6 1/8" and the dimensions of the small frame are 3 5/16" x 2 9/16". $21.95 plus shipping.

Don't miss Becca's beautiful creations using this Poinsettia Frameability! It is absolutely stunning.
She included a great tutuorial too!

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Becca's blog. I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Monday's sale

I just returned home from the greatest weekend! I spent 3 days with 6 of the most delightful Stamp Simply ladies you would ever want to meet! We had the best time. We stamped, made a card, played a game, shopped, and ate. We laughed until we cried and didn't get much sleep. I will be sharing some pictures and more details later from the weekend.

Because I have been busy since Thursday, I have not had time to work on a sale for this week.
So, here is what we are going to do. If there is anything listed in the "Items in my Store" category that you need and I have it in stock, just click on it and e-mail me with the items you want to purchase.

Next week I leave on vacation for 11 days, so I will not be taking any orders after Friday. (24th)
I will resume shipping on August 10.

I am finalizing all the preorders on the following days. Please don't forget to e-mail me your order. These are the dates that I am ordering the following products:

JustRite - July 21 (orders must be in by July 20)

Flower Soft - July 22 (orders must be in by July 21)
Spellbinders - July 27 (orders must be in by July 26)

Martha Stewart punches will start to ship this week. Watch for your e-mail from me.

Thanks again for stopping by. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail me.

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Spellbinder's Two New Nesties

S4-233 Labels Nine Die Templates – $21.99 plus shipping
Sizes:
3 ¾” x 3 7/8”
3 1/8” x 3 ¼”
2 ½” x 2 5/8”
1 7/8” x 2”
1 3/8” x 1 3/8”
7/8” x 7/8”

Be sure to check out Debbie's great tutorial and read about this new die.

Labels 6 $21.95 plus shipping.

The measurements for these die templates are as follows:
Die template # 1 (smallest) ~ 9/16” x 3/8”
#2 ~ 1 3/8” x 15/16”
#3 ~ 2 1/8” x 1 7/16”
#4 ~ 3” x 2”
#5 ~ 3 15/16” x 2 11/16”
#6 ~ 4 7/8” x 3 3/8”

Be sure to check out Lesa's adorable box and card. She wrote a very nice tutorial too.

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Kimberly's blog.I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Playing

I want to let you all know that I am leaving in a few minutes to spend the weekend with the Stamp Simply girls. I am so excited about meeting these ladies. We are going to have so much fun!!!

If you e-mail orders, I will get back to you on Monday. Thanks for stopping in and visiting with me. I want you to all know how much I appreciate you and welcome your comments.

See you on Monday!!

Joan

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Black and White Fantasy

This card was made for the Stamp Simply challenge. You can read about it here.

I started with a 5.5 card using Neenah white card stock. The Fantasy image by Penny Black was stamped with

Black Versa Fine Ink on another piece of Neenah paper. Spellbinder's largest Label One was perfect to use for cutting out and embossing the image.

Then I used JustRite's newest 1 3/16 Damask Stamp for the monogram. I sure do love this little guy as it is a perfect size for a card that has a large image stamped on it. The J is for a good friend whose birthday is coming up next week. The Dahlia die by Spellbinders was used to cut out the monogram and then I softly inked the edges before taking it out of the die for more impact.

Martha Stewart"s Lattice Punch made a perfect bottom border . I punched both ends of the paper. I felt the DP I used was too busy, so I added a small strip of the polka dot to offset the busyness

Using SU's ticket punch I punched each corner of the polka dot DP and then glued it down with my Glue Glider. I don't know if you can see the clear crystals that accents the tree, but this was a perfect finishing touch. Of course a small bow seemed be a necessity. The image and monogram are popped up with Thermo-O Web dimensionals.

Joan's Gardens

Stamp------------------------Penny Black Fantasy and JustRite Damask 1 3/16 Monogram Stamper

Paper-------------------------Neenah White Card Stock and Kaiser for the DP

Spellbinders-----------------Label One and Dahlia

Punch-------------------------Martha Stewart Lattice and SU ticket punch

Ribbon-----------------------Lion ribbon

Glue Glider

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Friday's New dies from Spellbinders

S4-222 Create A Flake 1
$18.99 plus shipping
Dimensions: Largest Flake 2-5/8ths; Smallest Flake 1/2”

S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities Petite
$18.99 plus shipping

Dimensions: Smallest Border 5-1/2”x1-1/4”; Largest Border 5-1/2”x1-1/2”

Be sure to check out Sherry Cheever's beautiful card with these new Snowflake dies and Borderabilities. She wrote a great tutorial too, explaining how she used them.

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Kimberly's blog.I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Thursday's new Spellbinders die

Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand #S7-016
Measurements: 12 x 2-3/4"

Be sure to check out Julie's beautiful border with these new Borderabilities. She wrote a great tutorial too, explaining how to use it.

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Kimberly's blog.
I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Wednesday's new Spellbinders dies

Labels 7 S4-231
4 x 3 1/8 3 3/8 x 2.52 5/8 x 22 x 1.51 3/8 x 13/4 x 1/2
$21.95 plus shipping



I2-1005 Circle Cut Impressabilities
$6.50 plus shipping

Be sure to check out Kimberly's cute idea with these new Nesties dies and Impressabilities. Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Kimberly's blog.

I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Glitter and Purple

This card is full of glitter although you can't see it very well. Each rose on the paper is glittered.
I chose this paper for the Stamp Simply Friday challenge because we were to use glitter on our card.

The base is 5.5x5.5 Neenah card stock and then each layer was decreased by 1/4 of an inch.
I just received the new Renaissance Pendant dies from Spellbinders (the Borderabilities are arriving today so all will be shipped tomorrow). I used two of the dies the same size, scored the top one with my Scor-It and then folded it to give it dimension. A piece of the 1.5 silk ribbon was attached to the DP using my Glue Glider and wrapped underneath before attaching it to the white card stock. This gives a much cleaner look.

I love the new Thinking of You Stamp Set from JustRite (feature on Monday's sale). I stamped The Thinking of You on matching plain DP, cut it out with the Oval Petite Nestie and then bordered it with the Scalloped Oval Nestie. I popped it up with some Dimensionals, attached the beautiful silk bow and it was done.

Joan's Gardens -

Glue Glider

Therm-O-Web

Scor-It

Spellbinders-----------------Oval and Scalloped Nestie and Renaissance Pendant

JustRite----------------------Thinking of you

Paper-------------------------Neenah White and Dp

Ink----------------------------Violet from SU

Punch------------------------Ticket Punch from SU

Ribbon and Bow Easy-----available at Stamp Simply

By the way, be sure and take a look at the card Selma created with the Penny Black Blush Stamp and the new Lemonade Basic Grey Paper. It is beautiful!!!!!

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Tuesday's new Spellbinder dies

S4-228 Nesting Maple Leaf $18.99 plus shipping
Measurements: Largest Leaf 3-7/8'' x 3-5/8'', Medium Leaf 2-1/4'' x 2-1/8'', Small Leaf 1'' x 7/8''


S4-226 Harvest Borderabilities Petite $18.99 plus shipping
Measurements: Border with Leaves 5-1/2'' x 1'', Border with Pumpkins 5-1/2'' x 1''

Be sure to check out Heidi's creations with these new Nesties dies and Borderabilities. She has a wonderful tutorial on what she did to the leaves to make them look like they have just fallen from the trees. Don't miss it!!!

Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Linda blog.
I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Poinsettia - Today's new Nestie

Largest Piece Length x Width 3-3/4” x 4”, Medium Piece 2-3/4” x 2-1/2”, Small Piece 1-1/2” x 1-1/2”.

Be sure to check out Linda creations with these new Nesties dies. She also has a wonderful video on how she created her project. Also, don't forget to leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on Linda blog.

$18.99 plus shipping. I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

Impressabilities Floral Stone $6.50 plus shipping

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JustRite

Preserves Set $11.95 plus shipping.
This set uses the 2 3/8 wooden stamper (not included)
that is shown below.


Wood Stamper 2 3/8 with Bonus 25pt Font and Center
2-3/8" Wood Mount comes with a BONUS 25pt font set (Times New Roman) AND a "teaser" Cupcake Center Double border enables use of 25pt font to make word borders!
$12.95 plus shipping.


Calendar Borders & Centers - $13.95 plus shipping.
This set uses an Oval 1 3/4" x 2 5/16" (not included) shown below.


1 3/4 X 2 5/16 Oval Wooden Stamper
$8.95 plus shipping






Thinking of you. $14.95 plus shipping.
This sets uses the 2 1/4 x 3 1/16 wooden stamper which I have on sale
for $10.00. (Reg. $19.95) See it below!

JustRite is out of these right now and so am I.







New Harmony Oval Stamper II
SALE $10.00 WHILE THEY LAST! (Reg. $19.95)

JustRite is out of these at this time and so am I.

If you have any questions on how to use these products, please e-mail me.

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Ornare

I am sorry to inform you, but the distributor of the Ornare Products are in the process of discontinuing them. I have the following items in stock. If you have thought about ordering them, don't hestitate because I am not sure how long I will be able to get any more. Some items are already gone.



Rectangle Stencil $11.95 plus shipping


Swirls Corner Stencil $6.99 plus shipping


Flower Corner Stencil $6.99 plus shipping


Fancy Corner Stencil $6.99 plus shipping



Elegant Corner Stencil $6.99 plus shipping




This tool is the perforating tool used for paper piercing crafts. This is the only tool that is required to create wonderful paper pierced projects. This one works great with the Ornare
Stencils. $5.99 each plus shipping



Foam pad that is used when piercing through the ornare template. Protects the hard surface you are working on and creates a nice piercing. I love using it under neath my paper when I stamp. I get a much nicer image. $4.50 each plus shipping

Please e-mail me if you would like to purchase any of the Ornare items.

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Versa Fine Ink

Looking for an ink to give you extremely fine detail? An ink that you are able to watercolor or marker over? Then look no further! This natural oil-based pigment ink dries instantly on matte card stock. The ink pad last 3-5 times longer than regular inks. $8.50 plus shipping. Please e-mail me if you would like to purchase this product. I do not suggest this ink be used when using the Copic Markers. Marinne from Copics suggests using Memento Ink and I do stock it too.

Black Onyx $8.50 plus shipping

Vintage Sepia $8.50 plus shipping.

The following color chart shows the colors available by request.

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

VersaMark allows you to perform a number of amazing techniques. Stamp your image onto text-weight paper to explore the possibilities of watermarking, or stamp subtle tone-on-tone images onto colored cardstock. Create a resist image by stamping on glossy and brayering with dye ink. VersaMark is so sticky that it will act as a "glue" for chalks and pigments powders.

 

$7.99 plus shipping

231200

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Glue Glider

Try our Glue Glider Adhesive! It is as easy as one, two and three! Pull out and push in.....it is that easy. There is 40 feet of tape on both the tape gun and the refill. In my research, I have not found a better light weight adhesive.

Please e-mail me if you would like to purchase the Glue Glider $12.99 (reg. $14.99)
Glue Glider refill $ 7.99 (reg. $ 8.99)

$7.50 each if you purchase 5 refills

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Up Date on Melanie

I wanted to let you know that we visited with Melanie last evening. Talk about a walking miracle.
She certainly is that. She still has a long ways to go, but just seeing her holding the baby and carrying on a conversation is awesome. She is in out patient therapy right now. She still had trouble with putting her left foot completely done, her speech is garbled sometimes and her right side is still not 100% yet. She has a few other medical things going on, but all in all she is doing wonderful.

If you would like to send her a card her home address is:
Melanie Smith
120 Oak Road
Lakeville, Indiana 46536

Please tell her you are a friend of mine, so she knows where the cards are coming from when she receives them. She commented last night about all the wonderful cards she has received. It is such an encouragement to her and she still needs lots of that.
Thank you again for all your prayers cards and words of encouragement to me!

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Ribbon Tag Trio 2

Be sure to check out Karen's creations with these new Nesties dies. Also, don't forget to
leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on
Karen's blog.
I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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Labels 5 Nestabilities - Day 3

Labels 5 Nestabilities sizes:

3 3/4 x 4 1/8” 3 x 3 3/8” 2 3/8 x 2 5/8” 1 3/4 x 2” 1 1/8 x 1 1/4” 5/8 x 5/8"

Be sure to check out Karen's creations with these new Nesties dies. Also, don't forget to

leave a comment for Spellbinders HERE to enter you into their drawing. You can read all about it on

Karen's blog.

I am taking Preorders for their new dies and will be placing my order about the about the 28th of July. Please e-mail me with your list.

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More new dies from Spellbinders

Debbie Olson started yesterday with Spellbinders Sneak Peak Blog Frenzy. Spellbinders will be revealing 17 new die templates at the CHA show on July 28.

For the next several days, a new release will be shown by the following designers. You will have a chance to win the die shown each day. You can read about it on Debbie's blog. Make sure you go to Spellbinders site to enter the contest. Just leaving a comment with the designer will not enter you.

Visit the following blogs each day to see the new dies and their beautiful creations!

7/09 Debbie Olson
7/10 Michelle Wooderson
7/11 Karen Hunsaker
7/12 Kazan Clark
7/13 Linda Duke
7/14 Heidi Blankenship
7/15 Kimberly Crawford
7/16 Julie Overby
7/17 Sherry Cheever
7/18 Debbie Seyer
7/19 Lesa Rapp
7/20 Becca Feeken
7/21 Jennifer Davis
7/22 Keri Lee Sereika




Labels 8 Die Templates
The largest die template in the set cuts at 5-7/16” x 3-15/16”, and the smallest at 1-1/2” x 1-1/8”. GREAT LARGER SIZES!!!

Pine Tree

Measurements: small 1-1/4" tall, medium 2-3/4" tall, large 4-1/2" tall

Michelle Wooderson is introducing this new Pine Tree set of dies. Be sure to see her cute creations
she has done today with this set. Don't forget to go to Spellbinders site to enter the contest!!!!

Please e-mail me with your Preorder of the dies you would like to purchase. You will not be charged until I ship your order.

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August 22, Get Together

I am planning another Get Together on August 22 from 9 AM to 6 PM. I still have some spots

available. If you live in northern Indiana we would love for you to join us. Of course, if you live

out of state you are most welcome too. In fact we have a gal from Arizona and one from Missouri that will be joining us this time.

I am about 20 minutes south of South Bend, between Lakeville and Lapaz and 3 miles off of US 31. Please email me and I will send you the details. We had a fantastic time last time and I know you will have a great time. There is no charge for the day. Don't delay...please let me know ASAP to hold your spot.

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Enjoy Life by Penny Black

This card was one of those that took me forever to finish, but I was pleased when it was completed.
I started with a 5.5x5.5 card stock, cut the DP at 5.25 and then the Simple Scallop Border punch was used. I didn't want anything fancy on the bottom, just something "simple" and this punch fit that qualification.

The striped paper was a small strip that was in my scrap drawer and it accented the DP very nicely. Then it was time to stamp. I love the new Enjoy Life Stamp set by Penny Black and I wanted to add some depth to it, so Flower Soft was a perfect addition. After the image was completely dry, I ran it through the Wizard using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder.
What a difference that made! Texture adds so much interest, don't you think? Petite Scallop Nestie was used under the oval image, tying the colors all together.

Be sure to check out Selma's blog to see the gorgeous cards (keep scrolling down) she has made with the Enjoy Life Penny Black Stamp. I love how she curls the flowers as it give so much dimension to them. She also loves the Cuttlebug Embossing folders.

JustRite Tiny works stamp was stamped and then cut out with the Small Circle Nestie. I cut a flourish out with my Cricut and added one under the sentiment. Three orange brads were added for interested and then I colored a white Satin ribbon with a Copic marker to match the DP and used my wonderful Bow Easy that I got from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Store.

Joan's Gardens Store - click the link on the Left Side to visit each catagory.

Stamps----------------------Penny Black Enjoy Life Stamp, JustRite Tiny Words Stamp

Spellbinder-----------------Petite Oval and Scalloped, Small Round Nestie

Ink--------------------------Versa Fine and SU

Paper-----------------------Neenah white cardstock, DP from my stash and Foil

Cricut-----------------------Flourish

Ribbon----------------------May Arts Satin

Brads-----------------------We are Memories

Flower Soft-----------------Delphinim Blue, Spring Time, Soft Green, glue

Cuttlebug-------------------Swiss Dots

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