Welcome to the December 2010 Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! We are so excited to have you join us today, This month we are featuring Sneak Peaks at the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration Brochures from Stampin' Up!. Our tour is nice and short and features some of your favorite Control Freaks Stampers. You may have just come from my friend Lisa Martz's Blog or you may be one of my followers or you may have just stumbled here…however you got here, you’ll be very glad you did! Be sure to take the whole tour! - welcome!
I will start with items from the Oh Sew Suite Collection. This retro, whimsical fun color pallette is perfect for everyone from little girls to grandma. I wanted to make some coasters for my stamp room as alot of my stampers bring beverages when they come and stamp with me.
I used the Sweet Stitches Designer Fabric for my coasters along with our Big Shot Fabric Adhesive. ***FREE Mini Tutorial for the No Sew Fabric Coasters on my blog!!
In addition to the Designer Fabric, I used the Sweet Stitches Big Designer Buttons and the Sweet Stitches Fabric Designer Brads as my accents.
Next up is a set of notecards made with the Love Impressions Rub-Ons and our Note Cards with Envelopes. A single sheet was a gift in my first demonstrator order that I placed in December. Just another perk of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. 🙂
I used Crumb Cake card stock for the rub-ons and then tied a knot with the NEW Crumb Cake Seam Binding!!! WOO HOO, there are four new colors of Seam Binding in the Occasions Mini Catalog. The swirly image is from one of my all time favorites, Priceless.
Who wants to win this set of Valentine Notecards? I am sure you all do. All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and you will be entered to win. The more comments I get, the better. 🙂
Thanks for stopping here, the next stop on the Control Freaks Blog Tour is Liz Shultz.
Great job, Barb! I am so loving the Fabric Brads!
Love the “non-traditional” Valentine color on the cards, very cute!
Oh my what a very cute card, thanks for sharing.
Love it! Love your blog! Love your creations!!
hi barb, love all of your ideas. wish i lived in your area.
Barb,
I just love the new rub-ons and how you made the cards! I must get the new Crumb Cake Seam Binding, it is a beautiful color!Great job 🙂
Hi Barb,
Aren’t the rubons just adorable. Haven’t used mine yet, but thanks for giving me a starting point!
Delicate and elegant… my type of card.
Great job.
what a cute notecard set!
this blog hop is inspiring to blog again- gotta get on that!
This is the first of the Freak show for me…LOL Love the note cards…I want them, they are adorable.
Great little coasters and the note cards are darling! (I agree about the Priceless swirl, too!) Guess I need me some of that Crumb Cake seam binding now, too!! 🙂
Very cute cards! Love the simple rub-ons!
Wow…I forgot all about those rub-ons! Have to pull them out and use them…great cards, Barb! The coasters are SO much fun! I made some with the Candy Cane fabric…I can see now I’ll need to make more to switch them out each season!
I love the note cards you made and of course I would love to win them. The new Mini Catalog looks like I will need to get many of the items I have seen. LOL
I just love to follow the Freak Show Blog Tour. Thanks so much for all the work everyone does.
Cute projects! Love seeing the rub-ons up close…
You have a wonderful blog header, BTW!
Cindy 🙂
Oh man….you are creative…I love the rub ons and love love love the color….
Ooooh, love both projects today! I really like the layered look of the button and brads on the coasters. And the hot air balloon hearts are great! Are those the rub-ons? Great!
I love the Valentine’s Cards, I’m still a bit behind on Christmas though. Thanks for sharing.
Great projects, think I need to make some coasters and I just love the cards with rubons. I never seem t o think out of the box with rubons, I only think of them for scrapping!!
The coasters are such a cute idea! I will have to try making those.
Your rub on card is adorable, I bought my first rub on’s ever so I am dying to start playing with them, you have given me the push I need to get creating. Thanks for the incentive!
great Freak Show Hop! TFS these creative ideas! I would certainly love to have my name added to the drawing for the Valentine cards.
Holiday Hugs!
Kavi Coulson
I am loving this sewing themed designer paper – uh oh … Thanks for sharing your wonderful, projects!
oh my gosh. i have gone hot air balloning and i am excited to make these as my valentine cards. wow you are great. thanks for being so creative
Very cute! I love seeing your creations each month!
Dawn
Cute cards, I’m loving that crumb cake seam binding tape. Will probably have to buy all the colors. 🙂
Thank you for sharing! The coasters are neat! I am looking forward to the tutorial for the fabric adhesive.
Very cute note cards!
Love the note card sets, very cute! Rub-on made things so easy!!!
I look forward to the blog tour, you guys make such nice cards and other things. I haven’t been making cards that long, so I love getting ideas from you. Your note cards are really cute. Just proves that less is more. Love the color of the crumb cake seam binding too.
LOVE IT ALL! TFS! I love Crumb Cake. I seldom use rub-ons but definitely have to try them out on cards. Thanks for the chance to win!
I am new to your blog but hope to visit it often, like what I see and see what I like.
Thanks for sharing
Madeline
oooh! I love red and crumb cake together! What a great job! Love the blog tour!
Just enjoying the Freak Tour on this very rainy monday nite in So Cal.
Those rub-ons are to die for! Me thinks I will CASE what you have created here! {wink!}
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the op to win some yummy note cards!
Rubber Hugs,
Char in So Cal
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What a great idea!! I love the card!! Thanks for sharing!
I just love the new colors for the seam binding, and those brads— gorgeous!!!
Cute cards love the crumb cake, ribbon and rubons. Valentines are my favorite.
Oh, the more I see of the projects from the mini, the longer my wish list gets! I think I need all the colors of seam binding! Thanks for sharing your creativity and the opportunity to win these gorgeous cards.
Martha L.
Love those Valentine Note Cards. Well done.
Love those rub-ons! Super cute cards, too!
CRAZY cute coasters! Thank you for the adorable projects & taking time out of your life to blog about it & help the rest of us.
Too darn cute! TFS