May 24, 2011 |
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Sorry for the delay in posting! We had some internet issues and then a very busy day in Ketchikan (which was quirky and beautiful!)
Our pillow gift yesterday was 2 pairs of sunglasses! One for both of us and we headed down to the Post to pick them out. FUN gift! Thank you SU!
In the Stampin’ Up area of the ship, called the Trading Post, we have displays boards filled with cards shared by the demonstrators here. There are no names shown on the cards so I cannot give proper credit now but if you see your card here, just leave me a comment and I’ll update your name under your project! Just wonderful ideas and I wish my pictures were better. Between the boat rocking and people waiting behind me to take pictures, I rushed a bit!
Remember you can stop or pause the slideshow anytime, right click and save if you want. I don’t have the internet time to post individually or give details about stamp sets or supplies but enjoy the stamping scenery!
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Apr 30, 2011 |
I’m a little behind in posting these from our Demonstrator Get Together a few weeks ago but here they are! I love seeing what our group of talented demos brings to share and inspire each other. Remember you can pause the slide show, right click and save the pics if you want to.
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P.s. To my SU Customers: You should have received your Summer Mini Catalog from me by now. If you didn’t get yours, please email me!
Linda
Apr 19, 2011 |
I love meeting stampers, especially when they are here visiting from far away places! This past weekend I met Teneale Williams from Sydney, Australia. She and her lovely family were here on a birthday holiday celebration and we met up for a little bit. She is just delightful and you just have to bookmark her BLOG for some amazing creations and say hello!
Teneale surprised me with a hand stamped gift box and card. When she handed the card to me in the envelope, I couldn’t believe the weight of it! I wish you could feel it.
Gift for me created by Teneale Williams
With my jaw dropping, I said “It’s amazing! And so heavy!” She said “I like to make ’em chunky!” We laughed and she said her customers think it’s to sell them more card stock and I said “I’m sold!” I actually never thought of double layers of each color but it really makes a statement.
See how many layers? Each card stock layer is double!
The envelope and inside of the card was as lovely as the front. (see the white baker’s twine on the inside? Nice touch!)
Teneale Williams - Inside of card and envelope
The SNEAK PEEK is the L2 Hostess Set from the upcoming Summer Mini called Love & Care
Created by Teneale Williams
And the box? All stamped and sparkly was a gift by itself but then she filled it with a beautiful bookmark with our Window pane embellishment. It was nestled in the box on top of paper shreds and little butterfly embosslits.
Teneale, you inspired me! I’m going chunky…
Linda
Mar 29, 2011 |
Stampin’ Up was in Orlando this past weekend for a little mini convention! Demonstrators like me came from all over Florida and some even from close states to stamp and learn for the day. Stampin’ Up has several each year in different states, so they haven’t been here in FL for over 2 years. They have one more left so I won’t post the pictures of their projects so I don’t spoil it for the last stop on their trip!
I will show you what I presented, though! I was one of the lucky ones chosen to present what they call a Workshop Wow, which is a project that is easy to do but still shows a little something new. I decided to play around with our CORK sheets that are on page 205 of the big Idea Book & Catalog:
You get 6 sheets, 6″ x 13″ per package for only 9.95! I cracked up when someone said “We sell cork? I didn’t even know we sold that!”
Here are the projects I demonstrated using different mediums. I’ll be doing videos for Stamping School for all these projects but just showing the pics here. (and for those of you on SSchool, these videos won’t count towards your weekly exclusive videos – just extras)
AND by the way, the Designer Series paper you see on these is a sneak peek from our upcoming Summer Mini Catalog!
This first one I showed is just putting it behind our pendant note. I didn’t get a good pic of it before I gave it to SU after my demo so it’s cut off a bit!
created by Linda Heller
This next one has circles cut with our Sizzix Circle #2 die and I attached our white Fleurettes on with brads:
created by Linda Heller
Embossing on cork is my fav thing to do! It gets a nice, glossy shine to the image with Craft Black ink and clear powder…
created by Linda Heller
This is another way to alter and emboss the cork using craft, pigment ink and powder:
created by Linda Heller
Just stamping on it with black StazOn and coloring with markers (and another sneak peek of a new stamp set…)
Created by Linda Heller
This was my favorite – a little monogram note set and crystal effects on cork:
created by Linda Heller
I hope that inspired you to get some cork!
Linda
Mar 2, 2011 |
Demonstrator Day is my favorite day each month. It’s the day that my local team of demonstrators get together to stamp projects and share ideas with eachother. Here are a few of the Show & Share stamped projects that were on display:
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Tomorrow I’ll show you the swaps from our get together!
Only 28 days left of Sale-A-Bration! See my post here for details in case you missed it!
Linda
Dec 24, 2010 |
Hi everyone! Matt and I are leaving (somewhat) warm Florida today for New Hampshire to see his family. We love to visit snow, just not shovel it so it’s a great vacation! Before we left, I wanted to share some recent stamping projects with you!
We had our annual demonstrator Gift Exchange last Sunday. I read a terribly long left/right poem about Lefty the elf and everyone stands in a BIG circle and pass the gifts left and right. All the stamped gifts are not wrapped, so it is fun to see them go left and right and right and left until they finally end up with their new owner!
Here is a slide-show of most of the gifts as well as stamped projects on display on our SHARE table:
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Sending warm wishes and happy thoughts out to all of you!
Linda
Dec 5, 2010 |
I’m catching up today on posting some stamping inspiration! This slide show features swaps and cards received in my mailbox from my stampin’ friends over the last few months. Below the slideshow, I’ve highlighted a few of my favorites.
(ps – remember you can click on the square button to stop, right click on picture and save to your computer if you want to save the ideas)
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All supplies Stampin’ Up!
Stamped by Karen Wagner
I received this in my mailbox (first holiday card of the year!) last week. I love the colors: Real Red, Old Olive and Night of Navy with the pop of Whisper White. (Stampin’ Up colors are awesome, aren’t they?) Karen stamped the main image from “Gifts Of Christmas” (page 43, Stampin’ Up main catalog) in Real Red twice, cutting out the dove and adhering with a dimensional to pop it up.
Kay Watts - Swap Winner
So elegant in all black and white! Kay was our swap contest winner with this number last month She started with a Basic Black 5×5 card, embossed the left black card stock later with the Finial Press Embossing Folder. The sentiment,. tree and snowflake are from a set called Snow Swirled (one of my favs – page 40, main SU catalog). It looks like she stamped with versamark and then heat embossed with black powder, although you could stamp in black craft pigment ink and then clear embossing powder. Love our wide black striped ribbon that sets it all off!
Deborah LaRue - Swap Winner for November
Our swap contest winner in November for our team get together! Deb started out with a Real Red card, added a lightly sponged vanilla card stock layer, then some DSP, scallop edge in vanilla, more DSP. The skinny black taffeta, red button and little bit of clear tinsel trim makes it extra special.
Matt and I have been staining fences, painting the office and moving furniture around this past week. I need some stamping time so I’m heading to the stamp room!
Linda
Oct 28, 2010 |
I Love Birthdays! October 28th, 2010
Well, it’s not exactly fun getting older, but how nice is it to get hand stamped cards in the mail? Thank you, my friends! There are a few trees so maybe I’m as old as the trees? And there are a few get well wishes as I spent my bday at home with bronchitis and a sinus infection, but hey…nothing wrong with a movie day and my snuggie!
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By the way, to my local Floridian stampers, I have updated my calendar for November so buzz on over to my DBWS at www.lindaheller.stampinup.net to see my stamping classes going on in my Stamping School Studio!
Thanks for stopping in – Linda
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Thanks for stopping by! Today I ‘m posting some stamping ideas from our group of Florida demonstrators. We got together this past Sunday. Above in the slide show are some of the swaps and share table goodies!
You can stop the slide show and save ideas to your computer anytime by clicking the square (stop) button. Right click, Save As to save it to your computer.
Linda
