Follow Your Bliss http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:56:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 New Limited Edition MINI Cooper~ The GP! http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2012/07/25/new-limited-edition-mini-cooper-the-gp/ http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2012/07/25/new-limited-edition-mini-cooper-the-gp/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:57:17 +0000 trudee http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=1917 MINI has released a couple of videos and a photo of the new MINI GP to be available later this year. Oooooh it’s purdy! :D

Click to see a larger picture:

http://track.minithesource.com/link/track/54303b4b-9796-4ac9-8701-768a215c9b61/

Click this one to see the making of the Carbon Fiber rear wing:

http://track.minithesource.com/link/track/385c4a86-50ee-46f7-b21f-95e540481e66/

Click this one to see the video of the wind tunnel testing. Cool! :)

http://track.minithesource.com/link/track/8ae555fc-0601-4aeb-9825-332065ec1b64/

 

Sign me up! I’ll take one. Only 2,000 will be made! :D

]]> http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2012/07/25/new-limited-edition-mini-cooper-the-gp/feed/ 2 Look who is 50 and FABULOUS! http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/12/13/look-who-is-50-and-fabulous/ http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/12/13/look-who-is-50-and-fabulous/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:55:28 +0000 trudee http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=1910 Oh, it’s a very special day in Stampendous land! Our fearless Design Team leader, Laura Mann Weed is celebrating her 50th birthday today! Since we all love and appreciate her so much, we agreed to do a special little blog hop in her honor. As I was thinking about a card to make for this special occasion, I remembered Laura’s reaction to a card I made many months ago…my airbrushed hydrangea:

She absolutely fell in love with it, and was so kind with her compliments. I’m so glad I saved it, because Laura, this card now belongs to you. Happy, Happy Birthday! :)

Please hop along to the other blogs of our Design Team and share in the celebration with us:

Melinda

Be sure to wish her a Happy Birthday, okay? She deserves it. :D
]]> http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/12/13/look-who-is-50-and-fabulous/feed/ 9 Encrusted Jewel? Yep! It’s Time to HOP! http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/11/12/encrusted-jewel-yep-its-time-to-hop/ http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/11/12/encrusted-jewel-yep-its-time-to-hop/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:00:26 +0000 trudee http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=1882 Welcome to the Stampendous “Fran•tage Encrusted Jewel Hop”!

All of us on the Stampendous DesignTeams are sooo excited about this new technique…an accidental creative process discovered by our own Fran Seiford, Chief Artistic Officer at Stampendous!

There is a quote that says, “There are no mistakes, just opportunities for embellishment!” How true is that? Today our super-creative-with-mistakes designers are excited to show you how you can deliberately create with gorgeous sloppiness. For more info on the process of Encrusting with the Fran•tage Essentials, check out the YouTube video HERE.

Here’s the list of our Encrusted Hoppers for today:

Stampendous Impressions’ Blog
Cyndi Bundy
Trudee Sauer <you are HERE!> ;)
Jennifer Dove
Pam Hornschu
Wendy Price
Taylor Usry
Wendy Jordan
Lynn Mercurio
Krissy Fossmeyer
Rachel Sztonyk
Suzanne Czosek

Here’s what I came up with for the challenge. I really love the added texture and bling from this technique, don’t you? It just adds that different, yet interesting detail to the design! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: I love Paris (Cling), Jornal Border (Perfectly Clear), Vintage Piano (Perfectly Clear), Blossom Spray (Cling)
Paper (Bazzill): kraft, pear, cameo, tawny medium
Ink: versamark, versafine sepia, versafine spanish moss, Adirondack pink sherbet, ranger vintage photo distress ink
Other goodies: vintage mahogany tinsel, pretty princess glitzy glitter (pink & green), corner rounder punch, notebook paper punch, may arts ribbon: pink, brown. Creative impressions olive crepe
Encrusted Jewel “ingredients”: amber mica, shabby white embossing enamel, champagne crushed glass glitter, multi medium crystal glitter

Okay, here’s the RULES! :D

As you hop from blog to blog, oohing and aahing over the Encrusted Jewel fabulousness, be sure to
leave some love (and your contact email) for the designers, as well as on the Stampendous blog. Your
comments are your insurance that you have an opportunity to win one of four blog
candy goody boxes of Stampendous Fran•tage Essentials for you to create your own Encrusted Jewel goodness (click to see them!). You have until 8pm EST on Sunday to leave your comments! At this time we can only offer the goody box winnings to those residing in the United States. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you enjoy the hop today, and GOOD LUCK!! :D
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Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/10/12/gratitude/feed/ 10 Lucky Number 7! http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/07/13/lucky-number-7/ http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2011/07/13/lucky-number-7/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:05:53 +0000 trudee http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=1869 Okay, I have decided that these stamp sets have got to go. Seriously. So, I have priced them all at $7 each. The small sets are 2 for $7.  That is a really good deal, as most of these stamps sets are like new!

Check ‘em out on my listing HERE! :D

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