Nov 10, 2010
Royal Blog Tour - Blog Candy Winner
And the winner of the set of four paperclip-bookmarks I created for the RBT is...
Ola from Indiana!
Congrats Ola! I will be mailing your blog candy soon!
Now, many of you asked for directions and such and I will not disappoint. Please check back tomorrow and I will provide you receipes as well as links to tutorials and the demos who inspired me.
Again, thank you for your visit and for helping to make the Fall Royal Blog Tour such a huge success!
Nov 4, 2010
Fall Royal Blog Tour
I have four projects I will be sharing with you, each using the set Merry Crittermas, which can be purchased from the Holiday Mini Catalog.
I thought long and hard about what kinds of things I wanted to make for you. I wanted them to be things that could be easy and quick to make. Thats when I thought, why not make small items that can be used as stocking stuffers, treats for co-workers, small gifts that your child can give to their teacher, etc.
The first project I have for you can fit all three of the categories. What I've made for you a small gift card which holds inside a lip balm!
This is versatile and the lip balm can be replaced with several things, such as lip gloss or a small pack of gum. Here is a view of the inside of the card:
The next project I created for you are these adorable triangle treat containers. Let your imagination have fun deciding what to place inside these.
The third project I came up with is a bookmark made out of a 4 inch silver paperclip. Super easy and fast to make.
Do you like those bookmark-paperclips? Well then great because I'm giving them away as Blog Candy!! Just post a comment and be sure to leave me your email address to be entered into my giveaway. I will be randomly choosing a winner which I will annouce on this blog after the Tour! And I will ship overseas!
Please note, if you fail to leave your email address I cannot contact you if you win!
For those of you who feel uncomfortable with leaving an email address in a post, you can write your info like this: yourname at emailaccount dot com
I hope you've enjoyed your visit and the treats I've prepared for you. Please step back on the carriage and it will take you to the next castle on your trip. Safe Journey and please be sure to visit again!
Oct 25, 2010
MDS Mondays, #2
Its a new Monday and time for another MDS Monday's Sketch

To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery. Then leave a link to your project using the widget at the bottom of this post.
If you upload it to an online gallery, could you please use the tag MDSM001 to make it easy to find?
I can't wait to see what you come up with!
To start, here is what I came up with! I made this card in My Digital Studio.
Oct 18, 2010
MDS Mondays
In my previous "MDS Mondays" post, I stated the plan was to post a sketch every Monday. We'll, I think I was too optimistic about this taking off. I know that I've found my myself making more time, but well, this blog doesn't get much traffic (yet I hope :)) so I'm revising it to a new sketch every two weeks on Monday!

Once again, here is the sketch for MDS Monday #1.
To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery. Then leave a link to your project using the widget at the bottom of this post.
If you upload it to an online gallery, could you please use the tag MDSM001 to make it easy to find?
I can't wait to see what you come up with!

The link for this MDS Monday has been closed.
Oct 13, 2010
New My Digital Studio Downloads!
Item Description Price
122174 Nite Owl Digital Kit $7.95
122175 Autumn Spice Digital Kit $9.95
122176 Deck the Halls Photocard Digital Kit $3.95
122177 Candy Cane Lane Photocard Digital Kit $3.95
123728 Celebrations Digital Kit $9.95
122166 Brad Add-On Pack $0.95
If you would like to view the complete list of My Digital Studio download offerings, from my Online Store > click on Shop Now > Digital Crafting > Newest Downloads.
Oct 11, 2010
MDS Mondays (#1)
The plan is for me to provide you a sketch every week using My Digital Studio. Hopefully the sketch will inspire you. However, you are not restricted to using MDS to make your project - its up to you how you use it! You can create your project traditionally, or you can make it in MDS ... or using both ways create a hybrid!

To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery. Then leave a link to your project using the widget at the bottom of this post.
If you upload it to an online gallery, could you please use the tag MDSM001 to make it easy to find?
I can't wait to see what you come up with!
And to hopefully get the inspiration going, here is my project!

The link for this MDS Monday has been closed.
Something New!
To that end, I've decided to try something new! I love My Digitial Studio and have been wanting to find a way to use it more. Therefore, I have decided that today beings MDS Mondays!!
Every Monday, I will share a sketch with you to use as you please. I'm setting up a Mister Linky account so that you can then share with me your great creation! I'm hoping that this will be a lot of fun and show the great versatility of My Digital Studio.
And to make it even more fun, you don't have to make your project in MDS, or you can make it a hybrid! Start your project in MDS, print it out and add finishing touches! My goal is to have some fun, get inspired and hopefully help inspire others!
All you'll have to do its create your project, post it to your blog, and then come back here to share the link to your post!
I'll be posting my first sketch shortly and I hope you'll participate.
Sep 13, 2010
The merge is nearly done
I've just finished importing my posts from my previous blog, but now I need to go through them to insure the photos also imported. Please bear with me as I finish my conversion.
I did teach a very small class last night on how to make the quilted "rag bag" purses. We had a lot of fun and will be getting together again next weekend to work on another bag. I also taught how to make those cute fleece flower pins that have been showing up around the internet world a lot recently. I will post pictures tonight.
If you're in the Sacramento area and would like to get together for some stamping, I'm holding a workshop on Saturday, September 18th from 12:30 to 2:30 at the Round Table Pizza at 1307 Florin Road. The cost is $10 and we will be making 3 projects. I will share photos soon! They have an all you can eat buffet from 11:30 to 1:30 if you wish to show up a little early for lunch.
Hope to see you there! Happy Stamping! ♥
Sep 3, 2010
She's at it again!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. Here is your chance to play along with our Late Night Stamper game.
my clue is : Beautiful Wings, Page 215
She will pick the winner to our $400 stampin up shopping spree soon, so hurry!
Holiday Mini Share - Tags til Christmas
I used the Tags til Christmas set from the new Holiday Mini (page 24). I used our Shimmer Paint in Platinum (Item #116807) and mixed it with some rubbing alcohol to make a shimmer paint spray. I then sprayed a sheet of whisper white cardstock. After it dried and the alcohol evaporated, I stamped the ornament image in Cherry Cobber. You can see some of the shimmer. I then used our Rhinestones (#119246) to add a little more sparkle.
Stamp Set: Tags til Christmas
Ink: Cherry Cobbler (stamp pad), Old Olive (marker)
Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Confetti white, Whisper white
DSP: Brights--Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack
Assessories: Basic Rhinestones, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Big Shot
I'm planning a Tags class coming up in the next couple weeks. If you would like to host a workshop and earn this set (or others) for free, contact me to set up a time thats best for you! I even offer one-on-one workshops if you want to just get together and stamp!
I hope you enjoyed this share! Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. I love hearing from you.
Happy Stamping! ♥ Raberta
Sep 1, 2010
New SU! Holiday Mini
Its September 1st and do you know what that means? It means its time for a new Holiday Mini from Stampin' Up!
From September 1st until January 3, 2011 Stampin' Up! has a lot of new wonderful products for you to enjoy!
To download a copy of the Mini in pdf, Click Here!
If you would like to download the Stampin' Supplies pdf, Click Here!
I hope you're just as excited as I am about the new Mini! Stay tuned for information on upcoming classes and projects using some of the great sets from the catalog!
Aug 30, 2010
Aug 16, 2010
Quilted "Rag Bag" Using SU Scallop Square

Aug 9, 2010
My first Workshop!

Aug 8, 2010
To Live in Exciting Times...
What were these changes that so affected me? I'm on my way to becoming a mommy. I have a 3-year-old cousin who was placed in the foster system towards the end of May. Since early June, my husband and I were doing what we could to get him placed with us. It was a very frustrating and upseting time because due to the economy a lot of social workers were being laid-off so it was difficult to get in contact with people, and there were periods of time when children didn't even have a social worker assigned to them.
But on July 2nd, the judge ordered placement with my husband and I and we've had him in our lives since then. We didn't have any children of our own (not counting our cats :)) so we were having to learn how to be parents. The first time I heard him call me mommy melted my heart.
So with that being said, things have started to call down (a bit). They will be picking back up again because we're going to adopt and will need to go to classes and such, but I'm ready. :) I've also finally had a chance to sit down and design again!
In fact, I have a workshop scheduled for later this afternoon! I will post pictures of the projects I came up with early this evening once I return from the workshop.
Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers. Its going to be an interesting ride, and I'm thankful to have this outlet to help me through.
Happy Stamping!
~Raberta
Jun 23, 2010
Gift Card Exploding Box
I'd like to share with you an exploding box I've done altered to fit a gift card!
I got the idea for this box based on one that was offered in a magazine. The owner of a local scrapbooking store shared the idea with me and I did my best to recreate the box. The directions weren't very easy to follow, and some of the demonsions were very off!
So I took notes as I attempted to make my own version and will be posting a tutorial I've created so that you too can make this box, but without the bumps I hit. :)
The sample in the magazine used bugs and such on strips of transparancy sheets. I attempted to duplicate this with flowers, but I was not entirely happy with the results.
You can see, based on the shadows from my pictures how some of the flowers kind of float. I may attempt this box again and try another approach with the transparancy strips to see if I can come up with something I'm happy with. For now, my tutorial will leave the decorating of the insides to you, but I will share the information from the magazine article in case you would like to try this for yourself. If you figure it out, I'd love it if you shared. :)

I decided to use this box for my cousin's upcoming 18th birthday, after completing this adorable box, I stepped away for a few minutes to call my sister to discuss plans for the party.
When I returned, one of my kitties decided to leave his own mark on the box. I guess he wanted to leave his own birthday wish. :) Thankfully he gnawed in such a way that I was able to fix the tips and my cousin loved the box.
This box used the Tropical Party and Island Oasis DSP from the Summer mini Catalog. The Summer Mini is good through August 31st so head on over to my online shop and order yours today!
I hope you enjoyed this share! Please be sure to check back soon for the tutorial to make your own Gift Card Exploding Box!
~Raberta Gannon
Sacramento, CA
Chic Fleece Flower Pins - Stampin' Up!
Hello fellow stampers!
Today I'm sharing with you an adorable flower pin I made on Friday using our Stampin' Up! Big Shot, the Circle #2 and Island Floral die-cuts.

Isn't it cute? I can just see making a bunch of these for my neices! It was really easy to make and I plan to make more of these in a few weeks when I replenish my supplies.
For this pin, the SU! products used were the Big Shot (#113439), Standard Cutting Pads (which come with the machine), Circles #2 die-cut (#114526) and the Island Floral die-cut (#118871). I used the Summer Sun corduroy button, however I'm sad to say this line is retiring. Be sure to visit my online store to see if there are any left! But don't worry, in just 8 days the new catty will be released and I'm sure you'll be happy with some of the new offerings!!
Would you like to make you're own flower pin? Well then, check out this great tutorial by Tami White!
Jun 1, 2010
Last Chance List for 2009 posted
Welcome to Inkabella!
Apr 17, 2010
Shoebox swap and retired colors
Apr 12, 2010
Ceramic Coasters
What do you think?
Apr 11, 2010
Free Technique DVDs Special Offer
Special Offer Dates: April 1-May 31, 2010 (or while supplies last)
Special Offer Details: From April 1-May 31, join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator and receive two FREE technique DVDs.
Free Technique DVD Details
Description | Retail Value | |
Workshop Wow DVD 2008-2009 (140 min.) | $24.95 | |
Workshop Wow 2007-2008 DVD (117 min.)
| $17.47 | |
Total Value | Over 250 minutes of stamping and paper crafting | $42.42 |
Apr 8, 2010
Its a Color Renovation!
Thanks to Amy for making and sharing these great images.
Mar 29, 2010
Late Night Stampers - Challenge 64

Mar 28, 2010
Eggshell Easter Basket


Mar 15, 2010
A use for retired cardstock


Finally ... a post!
Feb 20, 2010
Baby Shower Banner and Party Favor


We used the Whimsical Words set from Sale-A-Bration, stamping "happiness always" in rose red. We then punched it out with the Scallop Oval punch and sponged the edges with Rose Red. The flowers are from the Vintage Vogue set in the Occasion Mini. We stamped the small flower in Pretty in Pink and the large flower in Rose Red. We cut out both flowers and then pierced them together with a gold brad.
Jan 17, 2010
Turtle Punch - Using MDS
Isn't he adorable?!
As I was trying to decide how to create this cute guy with current punches (we no longer have the 1/4 and 1/8 inch circle punches), I realized that with My Digital Studio I had a whole new area I could explore.
I played with the different punches available in the program, calculating the width and height for each type of circle needed.
Below is the sheet I will be printing out to insert in my album. I gave the measurements for each circle, converting from the 1.25 inch.
The modern label, 3/4, and 1 3/8 inch circles are Garden Green with a mat of Always Artichoke.
The 1 1/4 inch circle is Always Artichoke.
The 1/4 inch circles are Certanly Celery with a mat of Old Olive.

I hope you enjoyed this share!
Happy Stamping!
Jan 6, 2010
My Chipboard Album

To store all these ideas, I decided to create my own album using one of my favorite papers currently available, Razzleberry Lemonaide.
I was able to make this album using 99% SU! items. The only item we don’t sell are the posts. J You can get those at any craft/scrapbooking store.
This paper set uses mostly the new in-colors, and contains my two favorite from that set, Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo.

Using the On Board Basics, you can create your own album.
As you can see in the pictures below, for the cover I actually cut off about an inch and put maybe a 1/16 of an inch between the two pieces of chip board to allow for the cover to bend.
The inserts are 6x6 post album inserts (item #103687, $6.95). Each package comes with 20 sheets.
This is the outside view of the album. Once I start filling in the page, I suspect that the posts won't show so much. But then, I'm also hopeful that I'll have a lot to share and will need to buy post extenders at some point.
I hope you've enjoyed my little share here. Now its time to decide what will be the first punch project to share and place inside!
Thank you so much for visiting and Happy Stamping!
Raberta Gannon
Sacramento, CA
(P.S. Perhaps its time to play with MDS again and create a signature :))
Jan 5, 2010
Sale-A-Bration 2010 and Occasions Mini Begins!
For more informaiton on Sale-A-Bration, you can visit here. If you would like to see the supplies used for the projects in the Sale-A-Bration cataloge, you can download them here.
One of the newest products I would like to share with you are clear stamps!
Each of the stamp sets available in both the Sale-A-Bration cataloge and the new Occasions Mini are available in the traditional wood mounted set, as well as a clear stamp set. The clear sets come in a DVD sized container for ease of storage. To learn more, please visit here.
As I shared, along with Sale-A-Bration begining today, the Occasions Mini is also available today. You can download a copy of the pdf file here.
Happy Stamping!
Raberta Gannon
Sacramento, CA