June Club Card 1

Here is a card we did in my 3 clubs this month ~ it's using a retiring stamp set called Wild About You. We used the "thumping" technique with Stampin' Up!'s markers. For this technique we inked our image first in Certainly Celery Classic Ink, then used the Garden Green marker. Using the brush tip end, you just "thump" the marker onto your inked stamp, huff on the stamp, then stamp your image onto your cardstock. Just remember to always ink in a lighter color, then thump in a darker color so you don't mess up your markers! Don't you just love the "bite" taken out of the corner using the Scallop Circle punch!

Hope you like it!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Wild About You
Paper: Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink: Certainly Celery, Garden Green
Accessories: Slit punch, Hemp Twine (natural), Scallop Circle punch

Stampin' Up! is now on YouTube

Good Morning, Everyone!

Yes...Stampin' Up! is now on YouTube.


I just wanted to let you know that I've created a link in my sidebar to the Stampin' Up! YouTube Channel. There are free videos that Stampin' Up! is sharing to teach you more about our company and our products. There are some great ideas on these videos as well. If you'd like, you can subscribe to their channel and whenever a new video gets posted, it notifies you. All you have to do is click on the subscribe button and create a username and password ~ it's all FREE!! So check them out today...

Enjoy!

Good Friend Explosion Box

Here's another Explosion Box I made. I had had some requests for a tutorial, so I had to make a new sample and take pictures along the way. What's different about this explosion box compared to some I've seen, is it will hold a total of 20 4"X6" photos...the actual box is made using a total of 6 sheets of 12X12 cardstock. And, I just love this Good Morning Sunshine DSP ~ so sad that it's retiring!! Get yours while it's still available...

If you would like a copy of this tutorial, please click here and download your FREE copy today!! Be sure to leave me a comment and let me know how you like my first tutorial!! Thanks...







Glad you stopped by...

Supplies:
Stamps: Good Friend
Paper: Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Naturals White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon, Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals

FINALLY!!! A Card...

Sorry I've been MIA...sometimes life just catches up to you...

Anyway, here's a baby card I made for my husband's cousin who is expecting her first child in August. I just love the Texturz Dies ~ they add so much to a simple card. Plus...I got to use pink since she's having a girl ~ no pink things around here with 2 boys and a husband! ;D Sorry for the backdrop for the photo ~ I took a picture on the way to the shower laying the card on the console of the truck...it was one of those last minute cards ~ easy to come up with if you stamp!! Hope you like it!


Enjoy!

Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Baby (those single stamps in the back of the catalog!), Nursery Necessities
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, SU! Backgrounds I Texturz Plates, SU! Lots of Tags Sizzlet die, Metallic Eyelets, Crop-a-dile (love this for setting eyelets...if you've never tried it, you're missing out!!!), Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Word Window punch

It's Official!!!

Hi, Everyone! Sorry I've been absent this week but I've been really focused on wrapping up this....


I have a club order that I'm waiting on the hostess to pick out her benefits ~ once that's done and I push "SEND" it's official!!! I have earned the Southern Caribbean Incentive Trip with Stampin' Up!! I figured last year was just an accident (especially with double points), but to do it a 2nd year in a row, I'm really excited and proud!! Thank you to my customers and downline that have supported me this year ~ you all are the greatest!! I promise once I get back from out of town this weekend, I will get some projects posted. Thank you for your patience....

Hi, everyone! Sorry I haven't posted anything new in a couple of days. I have 2 clubs this week and another workshop, plus 2 swaps I've signed up for. So...I'm busy stamping away ~ I just can't share any of it yet. I'll try to get something posted soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Special Card

In a previous post I mentioned my SAM (Service Account Manager). When you earn the Incentive Trip with Stampin' Up! they assign you what's called a SAM ~ they're the person at Stampin' Up! that you call direct to help you with anything in your business that you need. I had called my SAM a couple of weeks ago to ask about ideas for increasing my sales in June to see if she had any insight since I'm so close to earning the Incentive Trip to the Southern Carribean this year. We also talked about my downline and things I had done to increase my sales. Stampin' Up! uses the SAM Program to interact more with their demonstrators which helps all demonstrators ~ just a good line of communication! Anyway, within a few days of talking to her, I received a card (handmade, of course!) from her in the mail...so I thought I would share it with you. Employees at Stampin' Up! all stamp, too!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Baja Breeze (textured)
Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge punch

Decor Stencils...

Today's project was an idea my SAM (Service Account Manager) sent out last week. There were a couple of demonstrators that had submitted ideas using our Stencils found in the Decor Elements catalog. Both of these projects were inspired by projects done by Kimberly Van Diepen...

(ETA: The date has been changed for this class ~ it will now be offered on Monday, June 29th at 6:00 pm!! Contact me today to reserve your spot.)

Do you like what you see? Do you want to learn the different ways to use these stencils? Well, you'll be happy to know that I'm offering these two projects, plus a card at a Stamp Camp on June 27th from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon at my house. Cost of the class is $35 ~ included in the price of this class are the 3 projects, plus you get to keep the Kind Thoughts Flourish Stencil, a package of Sponge Daubers, and the On Board Art Journal ~ that's more than $30 worth of products! Contact me today to reserve your spot (Deadline to sign up is Friday, June 12th so that I can order your Stencil, Sponge Daubers, and Art Journal.)...

Let me know if you have any questions! Enjoy!

Supplies:
Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, Great Friend
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Chocolate Chip (Classic & Craft, marker), Old Olive (Classic & Craft), Ruby Red (Classic & Craft), Creamy Caramel (Classic & Craft)
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Corduroy Button, Antique Brass, Jumbo Eyelet, Linen Thread, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon, Chocolate Chip 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain ribbon, Sponge Daubers, Wide Oval punch, Small Oval punch, Glassy Glaze Enamel, Sizzix Big Shot, Stampin' Up! Lots of Tags die, Color Spritzer, Kind Thoughts Flourish Stencil, stencil paste

Flip-Flop Card

I participated in a Folding Card Swap in the month of May. There were so many neat cards!! Here's the card I did for it...

This is called a Flip-Flop Card. It's so hard to tell exactly how this card works without seeing it in real life. In the top photo you see the front...just imagine the card laying flat. Then you just pull on each side and the middle of the card "flip flops" to the other side (shown in the 2nd photo). I just love the Sweet Always paper!! I will miss it when it's gone. Everything I use it on is just so stinkin' cute!! It really makes a project with it's color combination.

Glad you stopped by...

Supplies:
Stamps: Oval All (Occasions Mini), Absolutely Fabulous
Card Stock: Sweet Always DSP, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, Scallop Oval punch, Large Oval punch, Double Rectangle punch, Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, Flower Fusion Too (Chocolate Chip), 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo Brads (Whisper White)

Embossed Wedding/Anniversary Card

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My downline Katy had done a wedding card that I thought was really pretty and simple, so I thought I would use her card as inspiration and make one of my own.

You can see her card HERE.

And here is my version...



I just love the Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die!! It makes such a beautiful image with very little effort. I used the Shimmery White Card Stock for the card base ~ just enough shimmer to make it special. I only ran the front half of the card through the Big Shot using the Embossing Textured Impressons Die. After I embossed the flower image, I cut around the outside edge and layered the Basic Gray card stock behind it to make it POP. Hope you like it!

Enjoy...

Supplies:
Stamps: Sincere Salutations
Card Stock: Shimmery White, Basic Gray
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Key Tag punch, Basic Gray Taffeta ribbon, Horizontal Slot punch