An Afternoon as Sherlock Holmes

There was a reason why I have been MIA from my blog over the past few weeks. Yesterday I celebrated my milestone birthday with a Sherlock Holmes themed Murder Mystery tea party. I spent a month planning the party along with preparing decorations to turn my living room into a 1938 atmosphere.

Be prepared for a lot of photos. Please note that I used some retired Stampin' Up! items in decorating this party.

The murder mystery required me to print the individual characters' scripts, put it into an envelop and seal it immediately. Rather than a boring brown envelop, I stamped it with top secret and labeled it individually with the characters' names. Each of the characters are also given a magnifying glass as a fun prop to take home.

And what fun is it without taping out the shape of a victim. Here's me posing.

	Obviously where there is a private consultant, there is a private criminal consultant too. Moriarty. It isn't a tea party without having some Moriar-Tea. I designed the tea label and wrapped it around an old tea bag can. The tea bags were also labeled accordingly.

And of course, it is always exciting to dress in character and for a chance to win a fun prize with a bag nicely decorated by yours truly! I used the World Map and the From My Heart stamp set to put together this bag.

And a tea party isn't a tea party without cupcakes! I ordered these customized Sherlock cupcakes through my friend, Cathy Wong of SweeTease Cupcakes.  It was everything I wanted and the best way to celebrate a milestone. We'll see what the next decade brings. I'll have to start brainstorming for the next milestone to find a way to top this one.

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Feeling Sentimental Celebration

Featuring one of the free stamp sets that you can earn during Sale-a-bration, I crafted this card using the Feeling Sentimental stamp set. I really like the vintage and intricate details of this stamp set. It really brings back old memories. Very sentimental.

I paired this stamp set with the World Spectacular designer series paper to draw out the imagery of the old-fashioned carnival rides.

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This card is a case by Julie Wadlinger. Thank you for the inspiration. Pin It now!

You're Amazing, Brayer

Vibrant, brilliant, sexy!! It's the first words that come to mind when you see this card using the bouncing brayer technique. 

Stamp Club is still taking new members anytime.

January Stamp Club Promotion: Join a stamp club in January 2013 and receive a free ink pad of your choice AND receive an extra stamp club session for free. (Instead of 8 classes, get 9 classes!)

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You're Amazing Birthday Card

I think I'm really enjoying creative challenges. This week I'm playing along with the Stampin' Royalty challenge again. This week is a picture inspiration challenge. The You're Amazing stamp set is now my "to go" stamp set for creating birthday cards.

I also used the coordinating designer series paper, World Spectacular with this stamp set. Trimmed the paper to a fun banner shape and then sewed the banners side by side together.

And of course, I added embossing using the now super trendy Chevron Textured Impression Folder.

I then finished off the card with the color spritzer using the 2012-2013 in-colors and gave the card some bling with rhinestones. A very quick and simple card using minimal tools, stamps and accessories.

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You're Amazing

Thank you everyone who came to my New Product Soiree last week! I hope you all had a fun night. I apologize for my limited demonstrations due to my sprang thumb. I injured my thumb early last week moving furniture for my new studio renovations!
It was worth the pain because pretty soon we can have better events in a fun inspirational setting!! I can't wait!

Last week's event was nevertheless filled with fun chats, new friends and new projects!

We crafted this cute Happy Birthday card using the new You're Amazing stamp set.

We die cut the happy birthday phrase using the new Apothecary Accents Framelits. These set of framelits are absolutely perfect for making tags and is very versatile in providing accents to your projects! A must have item!

If you missed last week's event and would like to participate in a workshop, please let me know and I will customize one just for you!
My next big event is my Annual Retired Item Blowout sale on July 21 11am! Pin It now!