Dec 7, 2011 |
Hi there!
Today I opened up my box of Occasions Mini pre-order goodies (one of my favorite perks for being a demo is getting things early to play with!) I don’t want to spoil the surprises for you when you get your mini in the mail but a little peek is fun, right?
I can’t make videos for all the new things until it officially goes LIVE on January 4th but I can make something and take a picture to share! This one went together in minutes….
- Created by Linda Heller (all images copyright Stampin’ Up!)
I’m in LOVE! These are called Designer Cuts and they are an item in the Occasions Mini catalog under Cards & Envelopes Set. The cards are laser cut and I was thrilled to see it was ready to go, which means I didn’t have to poke out all the itty bitty pieces from the cuts. in Very Vanilla with Blushing Bride envelopes. I cut the front of the vanilla laser cut card and then cut it down 1/8″ on all sides to adhere it to the front of a Blushing Bride Card.
The DSP is new also, called Twitterpated, which has this Blushing Bride pattern. I adhered a 2″ strip across the top . Then I added the NEW 3/8″ Pleated Satin Ribbon in Blushing Bride (which is so pretty and no bows!!) across the middle.
The greeting is also a sneak peek from the mini called Loving Thoughts, which has so many pretty sentiments you will use over and over.
Here is a close up of the delicate card details:
Oh, forgot to tell you about the big pearls, too! Those are new!
Must go unpack the rest of my goodies so happy stamping!
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 10, 2011 |
At my monthly Where The Rubber Hits The Road team get together, we have a stamped swap and contest. I love to see them all lined up in a row, swapping down the line with each other! By the end of our stamping time, everyone has voted and there is a prize for the favorite. The winner was this beautiful card created by Susan Kirk:
Susan Kirk
Here are the rest of the swaps for the end of February in a slideshow:
(you can stop the slideshow to right click and save a photo to your computer to save for later. If you hover your mouse over picture the controls will show)
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A big THANKS to the stampers who submitted these great ideas!
Linda
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
Mar 12, 2010 |
Here are a few more of my favorites from my February Demonstrator Get Together here in FL. Some were on the Show & Share Table and some were swaps that they traded that day. (Downline, only a selection are here – all of them are posted on the yahoo group)
Cute idea from Mary Taylor for a waterfall card. Pull the tab and the card flips to the left, revealing a buggy hello!
Stamped by Jennifer Blank
Heart Album by Toni Ballesteros
Made from the On Board Heart Book in the Occasions mini. Toni made this for her mom – came out really cute! If you missed my post using these great chipboard albums, go HERE
stamped by Lorena Holmes
I love Taken With Teal and Old Olive together!
Stamped by Lorena Holmes
stamped by Vil Maldonado
Dusty Durango and Black are so classy together!
Glass coasters by Emily Turner
Emily ordered these glass coasters online from Hobby Lobby and stamped the inserts – really a nice gift!
- stamped by Teresa Evangelista, inpspired by a Stampin’ Up! Catalog sample
Only a few weeks left of Sale-A-Bration! Freebies with every $50 order so if there are stampin’ stuff you’ve had on your wish list, now’s the time to get some extras free!
Linda Heller
Ind. Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. Sr. Mgr.
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Feb 7, 2010 |
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Matt and I are in Hilton Head, SC today with a group of friends. We go away each year to catch up with each other and watch the game. I’m not a huge football fan but I watch the commercials and make snack runs during the game. I bring the computer so I can organize photos, work on my taxes and today, show you some of my favorite swaps from January!
The first 10 are from the group of stampers I swap with and mail to Montana each month. I’ve been swapping with them for quite a while but sadly, this is my last month. Matt and I are starting a Stamping School blog and with the extra workload, I have to let some things go. (sniff) I’ll miss the joy of getting their cards in the mail every month. One of my demonstrators here in town is taking my place so I can at least still see their artwork and maybe take some pics to still share with you….
stamped by Rhea Hughes
I love the color combo that Rhea stamped here. The Sweet Pea paper from the Occasions mini has so many different papers and this is one of my favorites.
stamped by Carol Gilmore
I tried to lighten this one up but it still doesn’t look as white as it should. Carol glittered all the hearts and love that pink satin ribbon from the Occasions mini catalog!
stamped by Jan Cramer
‘Our house, in the middle of the street’… great song. I love the paper pierced square and the large oval punch together. The tiny heart paper is from the free 6×6 paper pack in the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog.
created by Mary Ammar
I really like the lattice die being used as a tone-on-tone background.
stamped by Denice Marshall
See the embossed background? Using the embossing folders adds just a little bit extra!
created by Kimberly Allen
Kimberly used the red satin ribbon for a pretty, tailored bow. The Sending Love paper already has the glitter on it and I think she cut the flower out from the paper.
stamped by Mary Hall. I love so many things about this card, especially how she used the scallop corner punch as an accent. It’s a tricky punch so if you are having trouble going all the way around your paper, this is a GREAT way to still use it!
stamped by Rhea Hughes
This is the Sending Love paper again, which has the glitter already on it. I like the little pearl – adds to the sweetness!
stamped by Sharon Skelton
Sharon did a bunch of sponging on this pretty card! I’m guessing but I think she embossed the images in white on white paper first then rubbed the ink into the paper with sponges. Beautiful!
stamped by Susan Gudmunson
Susan glittered the main greeting where the candle greeting is and I liked how she scalloped just the top and the bottom of the pink layer.
The rest of the samples are either swaps from our demonstrator meeting last week or art from the Share and Show table where we bring things to display:
Stamped by Ouida Gordon
Ouida punched lots of hearts with the Heart to Heart punch!
stamped by Ouida Gordon
stamped by Deborah LaRue
This card is really neat in person – I think she used the scallop circle punch for the flower petals and it looks like she sprayed water on it and scrunched it to make it more pliable. The ink on the tips of the flower almost bleed in, so it was probably inked with an aquapainter after the paper was made into the flower.
Here is a close up:
close up of flower - isn't it pretty?
stamped by Mary Taylor
Love, Love, Love! Sweet Pea DSP and teal – great combo!
Need to start my BBQ for the big game so gotta go but I hope you have fun whatever you are doing today! Linda
Jan 31, 2010 |
I had some time to play yesterday! These board books are in the Stampin’ Up Occasions Mini Catalog and what a surprise to get them and see how BIG they are! (er, yes….I did read the fine print in the mini catalog where it says what size they are but it’s just not the same as having them in your hand!)
Here is the video:
Created by Stampin' Up artist. All Images copyright Stampin' Up!
Each book comes with 8 die cut chipboard pieces for $4.95! What a deal! I think most paper crafters will use them for scrapbooks, which will be awesome. I have a demonstrator get together this Sunday and wanted everyone to be able to take one home. Then I realized I needed 50 of them so I quickly slapped the nonsense out of me once I calculated $5x 50 and came up with some other projects using only one piece for each person:
I found the heart Post-It notes at the big T store in the office area. I used the glittery Sending Love DSP and pink satin ribbon.
I used the Sizzix large circle die to cut out dry erase material. (you can buy it on a roll at a teacher’s supply or office store) I used the circle scissor to cut the layers of colored card stock. The photo frame could be any picture but someone sent this to me on email about friendship. It’s a boxer and a goat! Too cute…
Here is another sticky note holder using the scallop frame:
I used the Sweet Pea DSP and added some of the little embosslit butterflies. I cut the sticky notes with the scallop #2 die.
Thanks for tuning in!
Linda
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Dec 10, 2009 |
Another NEW and cool product coming out in the Stampin’ Up 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Catalog is a new punch. Actually, 4 punches. There are 2 new corner punches and coordinating edge punches, so you can punch a border all around your project!
Stampin’ Up is supposed to be creating a video for demonstrators to show us how to use it, but it’s not out yet and I had to hunker down and play with them. It seemed to work great for me using specific sizes of paper but I wanted it to work with any size of paper. So in walks Matt ( my stampin’ husband aka Man Card Man and Big Shot Hero guy) and he gets intrigued to help me figure it out. Within about 10 minutes he does as I look on amazed and wonder why HE isn’t the demonstrator! Anyway, in this video I show you part One and he shows you part Two with his method:
Dec 10, 2009 |
Photo by Stampin' Up and Images Copyright Stampin' Up!
(there are 2 posts and 2 videos so if viewing from a feed in your email, you will need to come to the blog here to view videos)
The new Stampin’ Up Occasions Mini Catalog opens up on January 5th, 2010! As demonstrators, we can preorder those to play with and tease you with sneak peeks during December. If you would like a copy of this mini catalog and the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog (and you don’t have a demonstrator already or are a demonstrator) click here to send me your mailing address and I’ll pop one in the mail asap!
Oh, and by the way – Stampin’ Up is going to have12 days of GREAT sales starting Friday, December 11th, so stay tuned here for info as they release the details!
On to showing you something NEW and FUN!
Stampin’ Up has a new option to mount our rubber stamps! They are not getting rid of the wood blocks but offering another option for those that prefer the space saving solution of clear blocks. We are not selling clear stamps but rather a clever way to mount the rubber temporarily to a clear block and then remove to store in a slim, DVD type cases. SU will be offering the new clear mounts and well as wood mounted for all new stamps coming out!
Those of you that saw my ‘just out of the box’ video with my Occasions Mini Catalog goodies know that I owe you a new video for mounting our unmounted stamps! I didn’t read any directions and just went for it but didn’t do it exactly as the instructions showed. So far, I’ve noticed 2 ways to mount these so I made a quick video for you:
I’ve received a bunch of emails about whether I’m changing over to all clear mounts. I don’t think so at this point. I love the wood blocks and will probably keep using the wood blocks. I do like the option of spending less and saving room so I will buy some clear mounts also. I like being able to stamp fast, each stamp having it’s own block all the time. I think stamping in big groups and classes can get tricky with sharing the acrylic blocks. but I’ll give it a go and see what happens! If I were just stamping at home for fun by myself or a few friends and needed the extra space, then I’d probably switch over. I like the idea of spending less, especially on sets I buy that I might use less or for one occasion. I guess once I use them more, I’ll make a decision!
Linda
