Thank you card Stamp-a-Stack

Yesterday I had a thank you card stamp-a-stack.  Each lady made 10 cards – 2 each of 5 designs.  The first 2 were the ones I showed a while ago from the new Occasions mini catalog and the others were great cards too!

#1 - 

Stamps:  Elegant Thank You

CS:   Ballet blue

Ink:  Dusty Durango, Ballet Blue

Accessories:  Whimsy Jumbo Wheel, Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon, Top Note Die, Scallop Square punch

#2 -

Stamps:  Elegant Thank You

CS:   Green Galore, Bermuda Bay, Barely Banana

Ink:   Green Galore, Bermuda Bay

Accessories:  Scallop Circle Punch, Matchbox Die, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot ribbon, Bermuda Bay Designer Specialty Paper

#3 -

Stamps:  One of a Kind, Thank you Kindly

Ink:  Handsome Hunter

CS:  Old Olive, Handsome Hunter

Accessories:  Rose Red Designer Specialty Paper, Rose Red marker, Certainly Celery marker, Curvy Label punch, Boho Blossoms punch

WOW! January is off with a BANG!

It has finally come!  The most loved time of a stampers life - Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up!  This year is full of excitement for sure.  If you are not familiar with how Sale-a-bration works for every $50 you spend on Stampin' Up! products, you may choose a FREE gift from the Sale-a-bration brochure.  These are limited edition items that are only available during the sales period.  This year Stampin' Up! did something so exciting!  You can also choose a stamp set from a specific list taken from the Idea Book.  You can view the Sale-a-bration catalog by either clicking here or the Sale-a-bration brochure icon on the ride sidebar.

Also today, a new mini catalog came out with amazing items for our spring celebrations.  With the unveiling of this new Mini Catalog comes some amazing announcements.  Stampin' Up! has begun offering Clear Mounted Stamps.  They maintain the high quality of the rubber stamps they always have, but now with the option of using a clear acrylic block to stamp instead of wood.  I have to admit... I have played with them for almost a month now and I AM IN LOVE!  Also introduced is a new punch design and over 5 new punches!  You can view this mini catalog on the right sidebar.  Just click on the cover of the orange book or click here.

As if all that wasn't enough to make your mouth water, you can also purchase limited edition Heart shaped Treat Cup.  these are the most fun little gift giving idea just perfect for Valentines Day.  You can check out the flier HERE.

Now is the perfect time to book your workshop with me.  It will be a wonderful time with friends creating and laughing.  My calendar will fill up fast, so get with me soon!  You don't want to miss out on the most amazing sale of the Stampin' year!

Some card play tonight - farewell dear Serene Snowflakes

As of Monday this set will no longer be available.  I will miss this gorgeous set! It is in the Holiday Mini Catalog and it will leave the product line to make way for the new Occaisions mini coming Tuesday!  If you have items you were dreaming of from the Holiday Mini, make sure to let me know by Monday so I can order them for you!

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes
Colors: Real Red, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Eyelet Border punch, Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon

Some sneak peeks

So, within a few short days 2 new catalogs will be in many of your hands!  I've had mine for about 6 weeks now and had some 'toys' for a couple of weeks.  I just got around to playing with them!  Here are some fun cards using some new products coming out next Tuesday!  These are some cards we will be making at my Stamp-a-stack on January 16th.  If you can come, let me know!

Stamps:  With All My Heart

Colors:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Orchid Opulence

Accessories: Spiral punch, Crystal effects, Cottage Wall DSP, texture plates

Stamps:  5th Ave Floral, Whimsical Words

Colors:  Summer Sun, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive

Accessories:  Old Olive ribbon,Scallop Trim border punch, Scallop Trim corner punch, Wide Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Oval punch

12 Days of Christmas - Day 12

The last day… it has been fun sharing things with you the past week and a half and hard to believe that it is truly the LAST day! So, I picked some quick easy gifts for those people who you didn’t MEAN to forget. As my gift to you, I am going to give you a quick tutorial of how to make the post-it holder!

There are 2 post–it holders that are super simple to make. And a quick Kit Kat snowman that takes almost no time and just punches (1 1/4” square punch, Word Window punch, Boho Blossoms punch, both tag punches).

Post-It Holder

Whisper White cardstock – 7 3/8” x 3 1/4”
Gable Green cardstock – 1” x 3 1/8”
Whisper White scraps
Gable Green ink
Apricot Appeal ink
Circle Circus stamp set
Scallop circle punch
1 1/4” circle punch
3/4” circle punch
Sticky Strip tape

With the 7 3/8” side on the top of your trimmer, score your Whisper White cardstock at 3 1/8”, 3 1/2” and 3 7/8”. The 3 1/8” piece is the front of your holder.

Choose a couple of stamps from the stamp set to randomly stamp on the entire cover. Now fold on your score lines; to get a crisp fold, I recommend using a bone folder. Fold on the center line (the 3 1/2”) and with your scissors cut a slit 1” from the bottom from the side fold to the next fold line. Repeat this from the top. This makes the slit necessary to hold the pen.

Open up the holder and on the long back portion (the 3 7/8”) place 2 strips of Sticky Strip on the top 1” and the bottom 1”, leaving the center without any tape. Remove the adhesive and stick the folded section down. Pop out your center section that did not have any tape and you have your pen holder.

For the cover, tape down the 1” piece of Gable Green in the center. Take the scalloped circle in the Circle Circus set and stamp it once in Gable Green and once in Apricot Appeal. Punch out the 3/4” circle first out of the Apricot Appeal, then punch the scalloped circle. Punch out a 1 1/4” from the Gable Green. Layer these medallions on top of each other and using a dimensional stick to the Gable Green strip.

Now you just need to use Sticky Strip to adhere your post-it pad to the inside and slip your pen in the holder

12 Days of Christmas – Day 11

Here are a couple more pages of the gift I made in My Digital Studio.

12 Days of Christmas – Days 8, 9, 10

Ok, so I had the last day of school before winter break, Nathan came home, and life was insane!  So – you get a three-fer!  LUCKY YOU.  Here are 3 pages from a gift I am making – it will obviously be late for Christmas!  It is using the new software that Stampin’ Up offers – My Digital Studio.  You really NEED it!
This is the cover of the gift.  The next 2 are pages inside.


 

12 Days of Christmas – Day 7

I received lots of fun goodies this week at school, so I made some quick little (yes, they are only 3 inches!) Thank You cards using the Stampin’ Up! Thank You embosslit that is on special this week.  It was quite fun to make them.  It is almost magic when you pull out the die and open it up and find a tiny little cut AND embossed embellishment. 

Enjoy this one!  I’ll be posting a new embosslit I just got in a ‘toy box’ yesterday

12 Days of Christmas – DAY 6

So, today I share some little coaster calendars that I made for a mini craft fair a co-worker and I did in our little space at the school I work at.  They are really simple and cheap! Enjoy them!

They use my favorite stamp so far -CIRCLE CIRCUS!

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12 Days of Christmas – Day 5

I am posting 2 cards today since they are out of my house after today.  I coordinated a card making evening at church to make Thank You cards for our local Ronald McDonald House.  The ladies made a total of 50 cards that night!  It was fun.  Here are the 2 cards:

Here are a couple of pictures of the ladies working on them -

12 Days of Christmas –- Day 4

For this day I decided to spotlight the calendar we made at the calendar class last weekend.

 

12 Days of Christmas – Day 3

So, today my posting is actually my NEW blog header!  I made it using the new My Digital Studio software.  I have to admit I am slightly addicted to it!  It is so amazing to created so many digital crafts!  It really would make some crafter VERY happy to get it for Christmas!  If you want to order one for someone special (yes that can be YOU TOO!) in order to get it on time for Christmas, I need your order by Dec 15. 

If you want to know more, contact me! 

12 Days of Christmas Cards – DAY 2

Here is today’s card. I used a favorite stamp of mine, Patterned Pines (hostess stamp) and a NEW PRODUCT coming out in January. It is a new border punch and a new corner punch.

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12 Days of Christmas cards – DAY 1

So, on a group I belong to, we are challenged to create a card a day – so I shared one that I made last weekend – it is my favorite card from last weekend!  Enjoy it – and watch for upcoming cards.  I will be giving you some sneak peeks into some new stamps coming in January!!!!

Year-round Fun with the Ornament Punch

Yesterday I had a few wonderful ladies over for my Ornament Punch class. We had a great time making fun things with the soon to be gone Stampin’ Up! Ornament Punch.  These ideas were CASED from many talented stampers online- thank you!

If you want to order one of these great punches, time is almost out!  It will disappear January 5th; you can contact me to order one for yourself.

 

• Fun flowers using Designer Series Paper and the coordinating stamp set Delightful Decorations. 

  

• I felt like a kid making the pinwheels with more Designer Series Paper.   The quality is so nice.  Not as thick as cardstock, but much thicker than most patterned papers.

 

• Two little punch friends ---

 

 

• A fun birthday card with hardly any stamping.

• I think this last card was the favorite!  I know it is MINE!

 

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