Hi all! I made these 2 cards a while back for a sketch challenge using the Stampin’ Up scallop tag topper punch.
I do love that Woodgrain background stamp! Everything on these are Stampin’ Up:
For this one below, I used So Saffron card stock and ink with the Woodgrain stamp. I punched the tag from the embossed SU paper called Naturals Composition. Coral, Garden Green and Saffron markers for the flower (from Simple Stems) and Baked Brown Sugar ink for greeting.
The card below is square, 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″. Crumbcake card stock and ink for the woodgrain stamp, Pacific Point for the circle image. (I haven’t used Pacific in a really long time!) Soft Suede cs for the scalloped tag, embossed with the honeycomb folder. The little gold pearls are just the white pearls and I colored them with my gold Sharpie pen. Then I threw a few sequins on there.
Where’s the flower stamp from? Serene Silhouettes, page 64 of the SU annual catalog. I hadn’t used that stamp from the set at all but the others are well used!
Here are this week’s Stampin’ Up Weekly Deals! 4/8-4/14 Only.
Here’s my 2 cents on this week’s deals:
I think the Punch Pack is a staple! I use those 3 a LOT. I’m worried they are on sale since it may mean they are retiring in May when the Retiring stamps list comes out. I hope not or if they do, I sure hope they replace them with something as great!
The sparkle glimmer brads (they should really be called glitter brads) are fun but the legs sometimes stick together. I have to use my paper piercer to pry them open since they are ‘glimmered’ all the way down the legs. Annoying but the brads look nice once you get them on the card 🙂
Can’t go wrong with Baker’s Twiner, ever.
The Gingham Wheel is a nice border. I unmounted mine and use it on a block (members, see my video in Stamping School)
I used the SU mounting foam after I ripped it off the wheel. I use them so much more that way!
That “make a cake” stamp set is small. I got it free at a conference 2 years ago and it’s still unused. The tiny butterflies are useful but I have yet to use the cake. Maybe it’s just me.
The Secret Garden framelits go with the Secret Garden stamp set on page 94 and also 2 of the stamps from the Simple Stems in the Occasions catalog on page 33. I hope this means that they are making more flowers to coordinate with it for the next catalog?
To see them in my shopping cart and read details, click HERE
If you are curious about the Spiral Flower Die from SU, they made a quick video for you!
Spiral Flower Originals Die 129379 Price: $17.95Make your own 3-D flowers, perfect every time! Use the Spiral Flower Originals die to cut a scalloped spiral, roll it up, and there you have it–instant flower! Use with the Big Shot and Standard Cutting Pads.
Image size: 3-1/2″ x 4″
Off to clean my stamp room…..what a mess I’ve made lately playing with glitter! Remember those old Rainbow vacuums with the water bowl in it? Gotta get mine out today….
Stampin’ Up has an annual gift-with-purchase every year and it starts TODAY! There are also 2 new cool products being released today. Keep reading to the bottom, you don’t want to miss something good!
January 28th – March 31st
I’ve made a quick video to show you the products since the little brochure never seems do them justice (and I know how visual stampers are:) I go quickly but there are 12 freebies this year to show you!
If viewing from your email feed, you may need to come back to the blog to watch video.
Order $50 (not incl. tax and shipping) from our big catalog, Occasions catalog, clearance rack items or any of our online products. You choose your Sale-a-bration freebie! Choose as many as you like for every $50. You can get hostess freebies starting at $150, too!
To download the Sale-a-bration brochure, click HERE
If you like to see what supplies were used in the projects, click HERE
There are 3 spanish SAB selections this year! Click HERE
For my hostesses during SAB (and yes, can be a book party or in-person event), orders that total over $300 get an EXTRA $30 in freebies that you pick from any catalog! See chart below:
And if you have been waiting for an extra perk to sign up as a demonstrator (hobby or business), you will get an extra $25 in the starter kit. Choose $150 of any product, pay only $99 plus tax and FREE shipping! Call or email me to see if it’s right for you. You can read more about it HERE
Here’s a fun new tool for your crafting toolbox and it’s just released today!
This little guy makes an impression! Literally. It’s a mini big shot that only embosses. 29.95 Item #132657
Now, it can never take the place of the Big Shot, which cuts everything as well as embosses. This lil guy would be good for crops or craft days where you want to take an embossing machine with you. It’s light! Or maybe I may get one for my classes when I want to emboss at one table and cut with my Big Shot at another table.
Here’s a quick video from SU:
Just because it’s SAB time doesn’t mean there aren’t Weekly Deals every Tuesday!
Here are this week’s sale items good through February 3rd.
Whew! That was a LOT of good things, right? Thanks for sticking with me to the end:) If you want anything you see here, call or email or order online HERE!
Here are this week’s Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up:
To see them in action in my shopping cart to read details, etc. Click HERE
(great deal on the chalk talk framelits – I do use those often!)
If you have been following my blog a while, you have heard me talk about the Stampin’ Up Founder’s trip. It’s an annual award and trip for the top 100 demonstrators in St. George, Utah. Here is a quick video of our past September 2013 trip:
AND Stampin’ Up is really on the ball because they already posted our Manager’s Reception video from last Thursday at the Houston Aquarium! So much fun feeding the stingrays!
Here’s another Photopolymer stamp set for us from Stampin’ Up! I sure do love these type of stamps for their stickiness and no inked edges on my projects. There are 2 under the same name, Countless Sayings #1 and Countless Sayings #2 so be careful when ordering to get the one(s) you want.
To print the flyer which will give you actual sizes, click HERE
This is the 2nd set, my favorite of the two:
By the way, if you need a Stampin’ Up gift certificate, I’ll mail you one in a cute gift card holder!
Also on the Stamping School side, we have our printable gift certificates with a bar code so your recipient can redeem their membership whenever they like! Did you know we just hit 800 videos archived in Stamping School? All Stampin’ Up with recipes and measurements for every project.
Each month I swap cards with a group of 10-12 demonstrators.
Here are a few of them from this month:
Deb Townsend made this beauty by embossing the flower on SU vellum card stock in gold, then either brayering or sponging Cherry Cobbler ink on the back. Our gold foil sheets used to cut out the Merry thinlit really adds the balance to the gold embossing.
Mary hall stamped Lovely As a Tree in Night Of Navy ink, then added Dazzling Diamonds glitter with a glue pen over the trees as snow. She embossed the sweet deer (from Joyful Celebrations set) in silver powder and fussy cut him out.
Kimberly Allen really stepped up the silver foil card stock by embossing the Stylist Stripes diagonal folder in 2 directions to create a plaid! Brushed Silver card stock and silver glimmer paper really sparkle in person.
Elizabeth Hardin created this sweet layout by using Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler card stock with For the Birds. I love this set because it’s so versatile. See it on page 28 of the big Stampin’ Up catalog.
Rhea Hughes added a touch of that pretty foil paper, Winter Frost, along the top and bottom of this pretty card. The Frosted Finishes add pretty sparkle to the middle of the snowflakes!
Linda Pagel created this fun gift Santa card holder Easel Card.
The band of Brown Sugar card stock is the pocket for the gift card and acts as a stopper to keep the card propped up.
Totally non-stamping related! Do you know what new breed this is? A Pomsky! Half husky, half Pomeranian. Yes, we are still partial to Boston Terriers but entertaining the idea of other breeds. (Matt loves huskies) I’m told they get about 15-20 pounds, look like a husky but stay small. I hear they still howl like a husky so can be noisy. Meanwhile, we are still checking out the Boston terrier adoptions!
I hope you are inspired to go stamp something today!
The Best Of…stamp set for November is called Best Of Snow! For those of you that have been around a long time with Stampin’ Up, you will remember the cute hedgehog series!
Download the flyer HERE and print to see actual sizes. The Let it Snow fits the bracket punch we have so that helps to see the scale.
Best Of Snow Clear-Mount Stamp Set # 134387Price: $14.95 Is it winter yet? Even if snow isn’t on the ground yet, you can still celebrate the first snows of winter with some of our favorite snow images from the past 25 years! With the Best of Snow set, you also get the never-before-seen Let it Snow image which coordinates perfectly with the Bracket Label Punch.
We are totally excited for Digital Scrapbooking Days! Stampin’ Up is “amped up” and kicking things off with 50% off the Amped Up Ampersands Kit. Over on MyDigitalStudio.net, guest bloggers are sharing some projects to highlight this kit.
Don’t forget, tomorrow SU has a FREE download, another daily deal, guest bloggers, and even more fun on Digital Scrapbooking Day!
Stampin’ Up has a new product called Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags! They come in a booklet of 70+ tags in five designs–created from our existing punch and die shapes. These tags (which coordinate with the Season of Style products in the 2013 holiday catalog) are easy to put together quickly.
There are a few different ways to purchase elements of the kit or buy the whole Starter Bundle:
Before I go into day three, I need to back up about 12 hours and update you on the pajama party last night along with our swap & share event.
We lined up in a string of about 115 people, Winding up and down the hotel halls to swap our creations.
I can’t wait to spend some time to go through each one and look at them more closely!
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Oh my gosh, these ice cream sandwiches were amazing! Salted caramel ice cream with red velvet cookies….yep, amazing.
I love this pic (thanks, Dena!) since we are in our pjs, probably on a sugar high, and reminding me of why I’m still doing this after 14 years. Mary Ellen, Robin, Dena and Susan- you girls are awesome.
Ok, on to Day 3, which began bright and early with our Annual Trip to Kanab, which is Stampin’ Up’s manufacturing facility. All of the employees Look forward to us coming over for the day and wave us in!
We load us 2 big buses for a 2 hour trip filled with lively ‘discussions’ with corporate team. Great time for us to tell them our ideas and feedback!
For the first time ever, they allowed us to take pictures of what happens in the facility to get all of the product to us. It’s so much fun to see how the ink pads are made, how the stamp sets are burned and created and all of the hard work that goes into getting everything we need to stamp ready for us.
See the huge mountain of pool party card stock? After they cut it to size, there are huge bins of large scraps that I know we would never throw out but they do recycle it. I wanted to dive in the bin and save them from certain demise:)
Brandy Cox got a lesson on burning the rubber images, cutting them apart and peeling them out of the molds. She did a proper job and has a good back up plan if her demonstrator gig doesn’t work out lol
My Florida buddy, Lisa Curcio, worked the line assembling stamps in their cases. She wasn’t as fast as her neighbor on the line who had been there 16 years. She was going so fast I couldn’t believe how many she made in just 5 minutes!
They were so generous and gave us many gifts as we walk through the different departments. We are always just happy to be there and gifts aren’t necessary but thank you Stampin’ Up for the extra goodies!
This year they even had 2 cute little make & takes for us, two easy cards with washy tape:
(Since there is usually no professional photography studio in a dimly lit hotel room at these events, so you will have to pardon my iPhone pictures)
Lunchtime was at the facility with
grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken along with potato salad, baked beans and a really nice salad. Then we headed outside to the Rock, a place to get our picture each year. It’s a tradition as long as I earn the trip!
We always stop on the way back at the Kanab Park where the playground is filled with our recycled rubber chips!
I believe that Shelli and Sterling donated the funds to renovate the park in memory of Sterling’s father. It’s really pretty there and I can’t help taking off my shoes and feeling it barefoot!
This picture doesn’t even come close to experiencing the park but the confetti looking stuff in the air is really rubber bits I was throwing around.
Great hanging out with old and new friends like Brandy today!
After a 2 Hour bus ride home and a short nap, a few of us went to a lovely Italian place called Piccolo Mondo’s.
The food was wonderful but lots of laughter was the best part! Chef Alfredo (yes that is his real name) was quite a charmer! Thanks Tami, Mary and Dawn for the entertainment:)
And to top off an amazing day, I came in to my hotel room to find this pretty package!
It’s a pretty corduroy pouch and a brand-new pair of craft scissors!
This was a long one today- if you read all the way to the end, well done!
Tomorrow will be a lazy day of finishing my make and takes and a surprise dinner event! The only clues they have given up is a dress code of ‘cowgirl optional’, pet dander and dust. Hmmm…… Petting zoo? Horses?
I’ll find out tomorrow night!
Linda
Linda Heller-Ind. Stampin' Up
Demo in North Carolina
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