Simple and Sweet

I love this card for it's simplicity...but texture and dimension prevent it from being too simple! 

The Just Believe set is so beautiful and the monochromatic background really lets the images  pop.  I love using Regals for the fall.  And of course some gorgeous vanilla seam binding. :)
Have a great day!

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Team Tuesday

Good morning!  Welcome to another Team Tuesday post!  Today's very talented stamper is 'Thinking of Inking' own Veda Ramsamooj.  Her cards are beyond amazing and I can't wait to try them for myself.  Check it out:

Here is what Veda has to say about her cards:

"These two cards were created from Stampin’ Up!’s fabulous full colored cardstocks and the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper featured in the current Holiday Mini Catalogue. I love these cards because they make a wonderful item to display as part of your holiday decorations while also providing a unique gift for your loved ones. Each card has 4 mini drawers that can be filled up with all sorts of goodies and the Easel Card (or Jump Card) on top can be any occasion that you want it to be! I chose Christmas but you can just as easily make them for Birthdays, Valentines, Mother’s Day…with Stampin’ Up Designer Series Papers the sky’s the limit! I finished the cards with some embossing techniques and a few ornaments from my new Ornaments Keepsake Bundle (stamps and framelit dies). Another thing I love about these cards is you can also customize them by using Whisper White cardstock and stamping the images and colors that you want for your own special touch! And right now from Nov 1^st to Dec 16^th if you host a qualifying party or join the Stampin’ UP! family you can get an entire family of Stampin’ UP! Ink pad colors absolutely FREE! It’s Ink-redible! How’s that for customizing your favourite projects! Gotta love Stampin’ UP!"

Thank you so much for sharing your projects Veda!  I will be back tomorrow with a card that is holiday free...before we get all caught up with Christmas again. :)

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Team Tuesday

Welcome to a new segment I'm introducing to my blog!  Every Tuesday, I will feature a guest stamper from my 'Thinking of Inking' team.  Thanks to Becky Roberts over at Inking Idaho for the Team Tuesday idea! :)

Today the very talented Paula Stewart has made a scrapbook page using MDS. I'm super excited about this because I have yet to take the plunge into MDS so I love to look at the creations of others!

Here is what Paula has to say about her page:

"This scrapbook page was created using MDS2, if you don't have it already you can try it free for 30 days! Even better, from Oct 29th to Nov 5th there will be free downloads and 50% off all digital kits!The fun part of this project was actually searching for a fun Halloween-ish font to use. The font I used is called "You Murderer". Font names are so funny. One of my favorite features of MDS2 is re-colouring DSP. You can take any DSP and change the color with the click of your mouse. If the DSP is multicolored, you will end of with shades of the colour you choose. Like my background paper here, I re-colored to basic gray.  MDS2 is so easy to use, I hope you give it a try!"

Check out more of Paula's great projects at her blog Sweet Shoppe Cards!

Trick or Treat!

I'm busy, busy, busy today with the mega stamp sale Stampin' Up! is having (more details below) so this post will be super fast but I wanted you to have something pretty to look at!  And I'm also running out of time for Halloween posts.

This little gem is getting filled up with an assortment of candy and is headed, along with the coordinating card, to my oldest son's teacher.

The box is really my favourite and I went super overboard with products but it turned out so awesome...that I really, really don't want to give it away but the anti-hoarder in me says do it!!  I embossed directly onto the box and it worked perfect so don't be afraid to give that a try.  If you haven't gotten any of these awesome Kraft boxes, you definately need to!  And at only $3.50 for 4 of them, why wouldn't you? :)

 

Huge Sale Today Only!!!

For 24 hours only, almost every stamp we sell will be reduced 15% !

It's a Sell-A-Stamp Spooktacular!

 

Get your Christmas List ready and do some shopping!

Personalized stamps make perfect Christmas gifts!!

All new single stamps are available at the discounted price also!

Place your order HERE at my online store.

More details here 

Stamps: Toxic Treats (127901), Etruscan Elegance wheel (127868)
Inks: VersaMark (102283)
Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Gumball Green (126840), Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP (126906)
Tools: Heat Tool (129053), Big Shot (113439), Labels framelits (125598), Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch (119275)
Embellishments: Tangerine Tango Scallop Dots ribbon (124144), Antique brads (117273), Neutrals buttons (119743, Black embossing powder (109133)

Promotion Commotion!

 

Sell-A-Stamp Spooktacular!

 

Mark your calendars!!! On Monday, October 29, from 12:00 a.m. (MT) until 11:50 p.m. (MT), Stampin' Up! is having a ONE DAY ONLY sale where every stamp and stamp set in the Annual and Holiday catalogues will be 15% OFF!! This is the best time of the year to be a customer and certainly the best time to stock up on the stamp sets on your wish list...and even get some Christmas gifts for friends!  You can order directly through my website or email me your order and I will process it for you.  PLUS, if you order is over $200 you will receive an additional $35 in FREE product...on top of the stamp discount! Please not that you must email me the order to receive the free product.

 

Stamps reduced to 15% off include:

• Almost ALL stamps in the current holiday and annual catalogs. View Stampin' Up! Catalogs On-Line.
• Personalized name stamps
• Cookie press stamps
• Single Stamp Promotion (new single stamp choices added on 10/25, including 3 never before seen stamps)!

Stamps NOT included in the sale:

• Hostess sets
• Bundled stamp sets
• Digital stamp brush sets

There is no minimum purchase and no limit to the amount of stamps you can buy

 

STAMPIN' UP! SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFFER: Get the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack FREE with a special holiday product purchase. Offer ends Oct. 31.  Find more details here.

 

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Witches and Goblins and Spooks

Halloween is almost here and I haven't made nearly as many spooky and tricky projects as I had planned.  Which is especially inexcusable given the totally rockin' Halloween stamps we have this year in the Holiday catalogue and the Howlstooth and Scaringbone (makes me giggle everytime I hear that name!) paper.  So from now until Wednesday I will share things that are strictly spooky...or cute spooky...you understand.

This card was somewhat stressful, I couldn't decide which DSP to put where!  But once I finally settled on that it came together pretty quickly.  I snipped off the prongs on the gold glimmer brad and attached it to the button with a glue dot.  Then attached the button to the ribbon.  My original plan here had been to go with a fancy bow but that was covering the words and we simply couldn't have that.

I gave it the full treatment with a decorated inside as well.  I've been dying to use that creepy little frog but couldn't make it work on the front of anything.

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Stamps: Toxic Treats (127901)







Inks: Basic Black (126980), Basic Gray (126981), Versamark(102283)

Paper: Basic Black (121045), Basic Gray (121044), Whisper White (100730), More Mustard (100946), Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP (126906)

Tools: Heat Tool (129053), Big Shot (113439), Perfect Pennants (123126), 2 1/2 Circle punch (120906)

Embellishments: Neutrals Designer buttons (119743), Basics Glimmer
                                    brads (121003), Basic Black taffeta ribbon (119962) 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Lots of Fluff

Lots of fluff: that's what I say about cards with hardly any stamping!  Here is a sleek and simple card that I put together in less than 10 minutes.  The parts that used the Big Shot are really what took up the most time.  This is a card that can be mass produced...hmm, potentially a good Leadership swap?  Lots of dimension keep this card from being too plain.

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Stamp Sets: Sweet Essentials (126457
Inks: Baja Breeze (126960)
Paper: Whisper White (100730), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Floral District DSP (126919)
Tools: Elegant Butterfly punch (127526), Big Shot (113439), Fancy Fan folder (127751), Bitty Banners framelits (129267)
Embellishments: Pearls (119247), Metallic Brads (119741)

Watercolor Winter

The first Christmas card of the season is always a lot of fun to make and always being a little more glitzy than any card I would send out!  You know the type: lots of techniques, specialty paper, tons of embellishments, too heavy for the mail, etc.

Watercolour Winter is such a gorgeous stamp set and so simple to use for a two step set!  I stamped the holly and leaves and the other fan looking thing (someone want to help me out with what that is called?), and then rolled over that with the Music Notes wheel...love that one!  Then I stamped the poinsettia and used gold embossing powder for the overlay.   It's popped up with a dimensional to make it the focal point.  A little Champagne glitter paper is super stunning on the side!

It's a little hard to see but I stamped my greeting in Versamark before inking it up and then embossed it to give it some shine.  I love that I can keep the colour I want but still have that pretty, embossed look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stamp Sets: Watercolour Winter (129727), More Merry Messages,(126402), Music Notes wheel (120327)

Inks: Cherry Cobbler (126966), Always Artichoke (126972), Old Olive (126953), Soft Suede (126978)

Paper: Soft Suede (115318), Old Olive (100702), Very Vanilla (101650), Champagne Glimmer (127885), Festival of Prints DSP (126904)

Tools: Heat Tool (129053), Decorative Label punch (120907), Scallop Trim Border punch (118402)

Embellishments: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding (120992), Early Espresso 1/8 Taffeta (119959), Naturals buttons (127554)

 

Convention 2011 Highlights

Happy Sunday friends!  Instead of uploading all my pictures from Convention I thought I would let Stampin' Up! do all the work.  So here is a short video with just a few of the best moments from Convention. 

If you would love to attend an event like this, why not become a demonstrator?  You could be in Salt Lake City in 2012 having an amazing time with brand new stamping friends!  Find out more about becoming a demonstrator or jump right in and use the password 'stamp2009' to join my team!

Have a fantastic day!

Time is running out on the very special Designer Series Paper Promotion!  Until August 31, when you buy three packs of Stampin' Up!'s high quality, double-sided Designer Series Paper you will receive an additional package in a design of your choice for FREE!  Learn more or start shopping.

The Holiday Mini catalogue is coming soon!  In it you will find a huge variety of new and exciting products covering holidays including Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, even Valentine's Day!  Even better is that you can earn ANY of the stamp sets in this Mini for FREE when you hostess a workshop or have your own private class.

Want to earn your favourite stamp sets for free?  Check out the new and improved Hostess Benefit plan here.  Contact me to learn more today!

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With Love & Caring

I know I had promised another Holiday Mini sneak peek but yesterday got away from me.  My day became consumed with last minute cutting for my Basic & Beautiful class yesterday evening. 

This card is one that I made a month or so ago but every time I look at it I fall a little more in love!  Everything about it turned out just the way I hoped.  This very rarely happens!  The sentiment is from the retired set With Sympathy...so sad that one didn't carry over.  :(

Tips & Techniques:

• After colouring on your stamp with your Stampin' Write markers, spritz a little water directly onto it before stamping to give it a slight watercolour effect.
• Curling the wings of the larger butterflies makes them look like they are about to take flight off the card!
• Scrunchy ribbon across the bottom of the card provides the perfect base for a vintage safety pin and a little linen thread which creates a softness.
• Does tearing freak you out?  Let it go!  The torn edge here adds so much texture.

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Stamp Sets: Just Believe ( 120453), With Love & Caring (retired)

Inks: Old Olive marker (100079), Baja Breeze marker (120965), Crumb Cake (121030), Basic Black (101197)

Paper: Concord Crush (119792), Baja Breeze (111352), Crumb Cake (120953), Whisper White (100730), Neutrals Patterns DSP (117157)

Tools: Big Shot (113349), Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138), Decorative Label punch (120907)

Embellishments: Baja Breeze Seam Binding (122331), Linen Thread (104199), Vintage Trinkets (118764), Bitty Buttons (118761), Basic Pearls (119247)

Fast & Fun!

Yesterday evening was spent putting together these sweet little cards.  They are actually invitations for Skyeler's upcoming birthday party.  He gave his input on colours and his consent to the button! Boy they get opinionated, don't they? ;)  Ever since I saw the I Dig You set in the new catalogue I had to have it...with three little boys I'm pretty sure it's going to get regular inking!

Tips & Techniques:

• Need a background in a snap?  Embossing folders are always up to the occasion! Here I've used the new Stripes folder for added texture.
• Create a colourful image easily using Stampin' Write markers directly on your rubber stamp. 
• A brights button adorned with some white Baker's Twine provides the finishing touch...and a little extra fun!

Tomorrow will bring another sneak peek from the Holiday Mini...it just has so many fun new stamps, beautiful paper and fabric, and, my favourite, embellishments!

Need a copy of the new Holiday Mini Catalogue? If you are in Canada and would like a FREE copy of the Holiday Mini Catalogue sent to you, please email me your address.


Going, going...Don't forget that the Summer Mini will be gone at the end of this month...click here to shop for your favourites before they are gone!  Don't forget that the gorgeous Designer Series Paper in the Mini are included as part of the Buy 3 Get 1 Free Promotion.

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Stamp Sets: I Dig You (122722)

Inks: Stampin' Write Markers in Real Red (100052), Pumpkin Pie (105115), Pacific Point (120968), Daffodil Delight (119677), Wild Wasabi (120975), Marina Mist (119679), Basic Gray (120966)

Paper: Marina Mist (119682), Real Red (102482), Whisper White (100730)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Strips Embossing Folder (123128)

Embellishments: Brights Designer Buttons (119747), White Baker's Twine (124262)





Spice Cake? Yes Please!

First off I must apologize for the quality of my photos.  I don't know what is going on with my camera!

When my "Top 10" list for the new Holiday Mini posts on September 1 you're going to see the Spice Cake paper and fabric really close to the top.  The colours are so yummy and soft.  This card also features the Gently Falling stamp set coming soon!

Tips & Techniques

• The leaf was watercoloured using an Aqua Painter and More Mustard, Soft Suede and Pool Party ink pads for a truly lifelike look.
• I dusted off the sewing machine for the edges of this card. It is such a seemingly small thing that packs a mighty punch!
• Use paper snips to piece out your sentiment for a more unusual word display. 
• You can't tell from the pictures but this card is 'dimensionalized' to the max...each layer is popped up for pizazz!

BUY 3, GET 1 FREE!  Stock up on your favourite Designer Series Paper with this fantastic promotion.  Don't delay, this offer will expire on August 31...use the link below to shop directly from my website today!

Need a copy of the new Holiday Mini Catalogue?  If you are in Canada and would like a FREE copy of the Holiday Mini Catalogue sent to you, please email me your address.

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Stamp Sets: Gently Falling (coming soon), Occasions Alphabet (123598)

Inks: Soft Suede (115657), More Mustard (103162), Pool Party (122938)

Paper: More Mustard (100946), Soft Suede (115318), Spice Cake DSP (coming soon)

Embellishments: Linen Thread (104199)

Tools: 1 3/8 Square Punch (119877), 1 1/4 Square Punch (119865), Aqua Painters (103954), sewing machine

A Beautiful Hello

It really is a beautiful hello for me!  Are you still alive or have you died of shock at seeing a post on here?  :) 

I could get into the details of my extended absence but I won't.  You're really here to see something stampy and pretty, not read my ramblings!  Here is a card I created with the adorable 'Hello' stamp from the Summer Mini.  Love it?  Get it now because in 8 days it's going to be gone!

I really "pimped out" the one above with bling, layers, buttons...even layered buttons!  Sometimes I do get a little carried away with my embellishments.  Ah well, use 'em or...well, they retire! ;)  Here is another one that I simplified to use in a class. 

If you want to make this card there is still time to RSVP for my Basic & Beautiful class on Thursday evening at 7:30.  Use the link to my website to sign up quickly and easily!

Come and visit me again tomorrow to see a preview from the new Holiday Mini that is going to rock your socks! 

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Beyond Busy & Blizzards!

It's been a harsh reality the past few days, seeing a blizzard outside everytime I look out the window.  It's amazing how quickly you get used to seeing palm trees and sunshine! *Sigh*

I've been locked into the stamp studio since we arrived home on Tuesday prepping for events, catching up on emails, getting thank you cards in the mail, etc.  Here's what I'm working on today:

I love tucking these sweet little 3x3 notes into customer orders as a little thank you that they can resuse!  They are also a really important addition to the markeing packets that I keep on me at all times to hand out.  Right now I'm stocking up so that I have them on hand to add into the orders for the workshops I have coming up.

Love them?  Book your own workshop!  Sale-A-Bration ends on March 31st but I still have spaces available. I'd love to show you and your friends some great techniques and help you earn even more FREE stamps!!