stamping with Maggie

Christmas Baroque Motifs

Cherie Scott of New Albany Indiana cnscott@insightbb.com  used the stamp set Baroque Motif from Stampin' Up and the scallop circle punch as a snowflake for a great Christmas card.

French Sparkle

Cindy Andrews cindygeoa@yahoo.com put lots of sparkle and shine on this beautiful card.

Stamp set: French Flair, circle of friendship

Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, vanilla

Ink: Purely Pomegranate

Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way glue pen. 3/4 and 1 in circle punches

Wanted free stuff

I made this 6x6 scrapbook page at Convention.  I really love the whole Boho West collecion. What was fun about this page was the different uses of punches.  There were five on this page. Can you find them all?  Leave a comment  listing them, and I will  send  a free gift to the winner.  Good Luck!

What is black and white and red all over

Shelley Pruett from Monument Colorado shellpru@gmail.com created this card for swaps at convention. Oh, and the title, is a very worn out joke. sorry for boy humor.  ( 1/2 a cat)  But this is a gorgeous card. It makes me even think of the holidays.

Stamp set: baroque motif and wonderful words

Cardstock:real red, black, white

Ink: real red,silver encore, white, versamark

Accessories: ticket punch

fun for a challenge

Last week our challenge was to use inspiration in everyday life to create a new project. This is one of my favorite challenges. I am always amazed.  This was one of my favorites. Link: Bohler's Babblings: Blogger's Challenge #17. I love how much like her inspiration Lisa Bohler was able to create her card.  Very Fun!

Challenge 18 - An Altered Lunch box

Our challenge this week is to use designer paper in our project. This is a cute little lunch box that I found at deals. There was candy in it, which I sacrificed myself to eat. Now it can be a cute little card holder or gift. I used the polka dots and paisley paper. Maybe not very seasonal but it was a pink lunchbox. Check out the other blogger challenge players for great ideas.

Just a little Santa Ho Ho ho

Jennifer Thorson from St. Louis, Mo.  made this card. He is the cutest Santa Claus I have seen in a while. cardsbyjenn@charter.net I love her colors.

Stamp Sets: Polka dot, party punch, jolliest time of year

Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Black, River Rock, Vanilla, soft sky

Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Black,  soft sky

Accessories: Designer label punch, Blender pen, watercolor pencils

12 weeks of Christmas special offers

I am offering a 12 weeks of Christmas special and will link them to this page if you are interested please let me know. maggie@stampingwithmaggie.com They will be archived on my sidebar. thanks! week4

Monkeying around for a birthday

Zoofari is the Stampin' Up stamp set that Sonja Stauch  from Grove City, Ohio, used to get this great look and feel of a filmstrip. How cute for a child's birthday card!  sstauch@columbus.rr.com

Each square is 1 1/4 inch by 1 1/4 inch. THe black is a strip of paper 2 inches wide x 4 1/2 and punched on both sides with the spiral punch. By stamping the monkey  traveling across each consecutive square, it will look like he is in a slow motion animation.  How fun!  She used Close to Cocoa, purely pomgranate, black, and white cardstock. And used markers to color the cute little monkeys.

cherish

Thelma Antolin slemma@excite.com  created this beautiful card. I have used this Stampin' Up set - Baroque Motif -more than any other stamp set. And I have used the cardstock - River Rock - on many many projects. It is a very versatile color, rich ,but light enough to go with many other colors.

Be sure and check out the Stampin' Up color combo widget in my sidebar to find beautiful color combinations that will make your creations really great.