Map It! Monday!

Happy Monday Stampers!  Thank you to all that came out to the Bettendorf Community Center yesterday!  It was a cold rainy day but a great day to be inside shopping!  The next event I will be at is for a great cause, Bag a Cure 4 Cystic Fibrosis.  You can find all of the details here.  

 I love simple cards so today's Map It! Monday! challenge is a very simple layout.  It's all about simplicity and embellishments this week, three of them as a matter of fact;  ribbon, buttons and trinkets (safety pin).  Use whatever you have on hand and for the center sentiment, if you don't have the right punch or the Big Shot, you can make it a simple rectangle or circle or whatever you heart desires.  The important thing is to step out of your comfort zone when you're creating something from a challenge.  I simply supply the jumping off point.  I also thought I would change up the colors of the map from my typical grayscale.  I love pink and brown together.  One of my favs!

Don't forget to follow me on Facebook and to play along with the challenge.  Send me a picture of your challenge masterpiece so I can share it and feature you as a "guest designer".  Until next week....

Happy Stamping!

Map It! Monday!

Happy Monday Stampers!  What is your favorite color combo?  Mine recently has been what you see in this challenge.  I love the look of gray and yellow.  Maybe it's the softness of it but then again it could be that I'm seeing it everywhere these days.  I have seen some beautiful bed linens in particular using this color scheme.

This challenge is just to get you started and it's two-fold.  First, use your favorite color scheme and second the map itself.  If you have different sized punches of the same shape you could use those.  If you have Big Shot you could use that.  Mine has the layering look of the new Big Shot Framelits.  Don't forget to share a picture of your completed masterpiece so I can feature you!

 

If you're out and about on the 29th, stop by the Miche Exchange Party in Bettendorf.  I will have a Stampin' Up! table and lots of goodies! 

Until next time.....Happy Stamping!

Map It! Monday

Happy Monday Stampers!  It's been very hard concentrating today because I have a copy of the retired list in my hands.  :/  Have you looked it over yet?  See any that you can't live without?  I do...hence my distraction.  A girl and her stamps....it's a beautiful thing.

On to this week's challenge.  I had a lot of fun making this map!  I plan on making several cards like this.  Wouldn't a teenage girl or young woman love this?!

Change the colors and maybe use squares and you would have a great card for a young man as well.  Don't forget to send me a picture of you finished project so I can feature you!

Happy Stamping!

Woohoo!  The retired list is here.  You can click on the picture in this post or the picture to the top left.  Let me know if I can help you before they are gone! 

Yes, it's me!  I have been MIA for a couple of weeks.  Lots going on but most importantly I have had some quality time with my grandkids.  Even taught my oldest one how to ride a bike this week.  :) 

Today I just wanted to take a moment and give you a heads up that the Stampin' Up! Retired List will be out tomorrow.  I will have a link to it on this page and on my Facebook page.  Look it over and let me know if there are some that you just "have to have" before they are gone for good!  The Retired Accessory List will be out on April 25th.

Of course with the Retired List being revealed, you know what that means...it won't be long until the new catalog comes out!  This year it will be released on June 1st so I will be having my annual New Catalog Bash in June rather than July. 

Don't forget to check back Monday for the Map It! Monday Challenge.  I have it all ready to post.  :)

Until then...Happy Stamping!