Archives for October 2015

CARD: Every Blessing Joyful Christmas “Joy fold” Card

stampin up every blessing christmasThis simple, and beautiful Christmas card is a real wow in person. The special fold is called a "joy fold", I have a link to a video tutorial I made for this technique. I love the black and white color theme. Designed by Connie Heisey.

PROJECT: Halloween Treat Bags

stampin up paper pumpkin baggyLooking for some fun last minute Halloween treat ideas? Check out this quick and easy Happy Haunting treat bag filled with popcorn. Created with the September "Wickedly Sweet" Paper Pumpkin kit. More details about September Paper Pupmkin Designed by Veronica.

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CARD: Reason for the Season Christmas Card

stampin up build a birthday cardA very merry Christmas to you card from the Stampin Up Reason for the Season stamp set.Lots of fun gold embellishing to make this a super classy holiday card. Designed by Veronica.

VIDEO: September Paper Pumpkin Alternate “Beautiful Bouquet” Card & Giveaway

stampin up paper pumpkin oct 2015 alternateIt's Paper Pumpkin time of the month, yipppeeeee! On today's first video, I'll be showing you:
  • New Paper Pupmkin Give-away
  • What's inside the "pink paper pumpkin box"
  • How to "dress up" the already fabulous kit cards with a couple simple touches to make them "wow"
  • How to make this alternate card using the October 2015 Stampin Up stampin up paper pumpkin october 2015 alternatePaper Pumpkin kit and exclusive stamp set. It's a gorgeous floral stamp set, good for all occasions. I used both masking and watercoloring techniques and made 2 different versions of the card.
Video #2: The PP October kit includes supplies & instructions to make 9 note cards. Check out the 2nd video below for a video on how to put the kit together.

STEPPED UP CARDS

First card in each design is created from the instructions, the second card is sponged and the third is sponged with Pearl Jewels. stampin up paper pumpkin october 2015 step up 3 stampin up paper pumpkin october 2015 step up 2 stampin up paper pumpkin october 2015 step up 1

ALTERNATE PP CARD INSPIRATION SHEET

screen paper pumpkin oct 2015 Featuring all supplies and measurements for this project pdf

NEWS: Breast Cancer Fundraiser Update & Winners Announced

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WINNER OF MY EMBELLISHED ORNAMENT GIVEAWAY

140857SEveryone who donated to our "Stamp Out Breast Cancer" fundraiser, and posted on my blog was entered into a drawing for a free Embellished Ornament Bundle. I was moved and inspired by your posts and memories of your loved ones who've fought with Breast Cancer. Together we can and will make a difference. The winner of the Embellished Ornament bundle is.... Geri Stuart -who's donation was in honor of her mom and aunt  

2 WINNERS OF MY PINK BOX PAPER PUMPKIN KITS

stmapin up paper pumpkin pink for breast cancerEveryone who used Hostess Code 3Z7H3ADT when entering their orders was entered into a drawing for 1 of 2 of October’s “Pink Box” Paper Pumpkin kit “Blissful Bouquet” (I will have a video on this month's kit on Wednesday).

The 2 winners of these kits are ... **Kay Hyde & Anne Agar-Krill

Winners chosen randomly via random.org.

More giveaways coming:

I've been having some fun with the Blissful Bouquet “pink box” kit, and will be posting a new video with an alternate project for it on Wednesday. I won another kit at our fundraiser this past weekend and will host a give-away for it with my alternate project video. Stay tuned.

CARD: Definitely Dahlia Sympathy Card

definitely dahlia card stamp setBeautiful "thinking of you" sympathy card from the Stampin Up Definitely Dahlia & Sheltering Tree (words) stamp sets. The background is created with the Into the Woods DSP from the Holiday Catalog. Designed by Veronica.

CARD: Gorgeous Poinsettia Wow Card & Video

stampin up happy scenes cardThis is a really cool "wow" card, created with the Stampin Up Festive Flower punch from the 2015 Holiday Catalog. The saying "Thinking of you with a grateful heart" comes from the Happy Scenes stamp set. The flower was created with layers of the Festive flower punch in Rich Razzleberry card stock. See the video below for how to use the punch. The flower came out amazing. The leaves were stamped with the 140853Scoordinating Reason for the Season stamp set. When you purchase the punch and stamp set together as a bundle, you get 15% off. Designed by Veronica.

BLOG HOP & VIDEO: Thanksgiving Pilgrim Box and Card Set

Welcome to my Stamp It Demonstrator’s Group Stampin Up Thanksgiving themed Blog Hop. We’re all really excited to unveil our projects that we’ve been crafting for you. You may be just beginning your journey through our blogs, or you may have arrived from another blog in the hop.  To continue… Read More

CARD: Guy Greetings Birthday Classic Card

guy greetings stmapin up cardGreat masculine birthday card "To a classic" lol. Love the classic car. From the Stampin Up Guy Greetings stamp set. The background paper is from the Go Wild DSP stack. Designed by Veronica.

CARD: Joyful Season Christmas Wish Cardinal Card

stampin up joyful season cardinal cardA Christmas Wish for You card from the Stampin Up Joyful Season "cardinal" stamp set in the 2015 Holiday Catalog. The smoky slate is layered over a whisper white card base, with the 2-1/2" circle punch out for a "window". Designed by Veronica.

VIDEO: How to make this Falling Leaves 2-Timing Spotlight Card

stampin up sheltering tree fall leaves cardDouble your pleasure, double your fun with this "technique within a technique" video tutorial. Merging the Two timing technique with the spotlighting technique for this awesome card. Create this card in a jiffy with no skills required. Don't cut out early, stay tuned to the end of the video where I’ll give you a sneak peek of my Thanksgiving set project for a blog hop my demonstrator group is doing this weekend You’re going to want to visit my blog again on Saturday, October 24 for more amazing Thanksgiving projects from my Stamp It Demonstrator group. If you’re not sure what a “blog hop” is, I’ll explain more on Saturday. Just know that you don’t want to miss it.

INSPIRATION SHEET

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VIDEO: Booby Box of Hope – Stamp Out Breast Cancer

stmapin up bikini box of hope breast cancer Save the girls! October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Our 6th Annual "Stamp Out Breast Cancer" fundraiser event is approaching quickly. I had some fun making this "Booby Box of Hope" in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. This is a fun gift box, you can fill it with a gift, or candy treats. I'm going to show you how to make this "Ribbon of Hope" pink ribbon, from a white ribbon. Great trick when you need ribbon in a color you don't have.marketing graphic A huge shout out and thank you to all who've donated, near and far. We are currently at 50 % of our $3,000 goal, with only one week left. Help us Stamp Out Breast Cancer and reach our $3,000 goal for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. All donations are tax deductible and receive a free tutorial. Click here to donate and for details on my Ornament Bundle Giveaway.

INSPIRATION SHEET

Stampin Up Breast Cancer Booby Box of Hope download Featuring all supplies for this project pdf

CARD: Silent Night – Wonderland Beauty

stampin up wonderland stamp set cardHere's another fantastic card that is a great design for large Christmas / holiday card lists. The trees are strikingly bold, simply by stamping them in Staz On black ink on the Stampin Up Up Silver Foil card stock. The trees are from the Wonderland stamp set, and the textured background is the new Softly Falling impressions folder. My friend Phyllis Shepard designed this for our Founders Circle swap (110 person swap). You can see a video about the event, and swap card shares here.

CARD: Sending you a Flurry of Wishes Christmas Card

stampin up flurry of wishes stamp setLove this card! I'm a big fan of Christmas holiday cards that are gorgeous, and easy to make "in bulk" (or "mass produce" lol). Since my holiday list is big. This design is perfect. You can even swap out the greeting and make this a winter birthday card. Designed by Veronica.

CARD: Build a Birthday Wishes plus new blog feature

Screen Shot 2015-10-14 at 1.09.33 PMToday's card is a bright and cheery birthday card from the Stampin Up Build a Birthday stamp set. The cool effect on the candles was created by stamping them in Daffodil Delight ink, then rolling the bottoms in Pumpkin Pie. Designed by Veronica. BLOG ENHANCEMENTS Wahooo!!! Just finished up some blog enhancements including a new "Find Projects" by catalog and/or occasions feature I think you're going to love! Want to find some Christmas Card ideas? Simply click "Christmas" in the right side menu under FIND PROJECTS BY OCCASIONS and BAM there they are in one place. Search by holiday, birthday, sympathy, and more. new blog feature

VIDEO: Peace Sleigh Ride Ornament Wow card

stampn up delicate ornament wow christmas cardIf you love to "Wow" your friends, and family, with your Christmas holiday cards, this is the Holiday card for you this year. Shockingly easy to make, by following my quick youtube video. You'll be able to create this gorgeous Christmas card featuring the Stampin Up Delicate Ornaments, Sleigh Ride and Christmas Greetings dies (all available in my online store). Card inspiration by Jan Brown. On this video, I'll share a couple of tips, like how to prime new thinlits dies and how to keep edgelits in place if they "wiggle". NOTE: I used Snail adhesive in the video, but I think the Stampin Up Fine Tip Glue is a better choice on the glimmer paper so I've switched to that for the product list below.

INSPIRATION SHEET

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CARD: Celebrate Christmas – Joyful Season

stampin up joyful season cardinal christmasCelebrate Christmas cardinal card from the Joyful Season stamp set in the Stampin Up Holiday Catalog. Such a great, easy set to work with. Everything looks great with it. The "celebrate" is from the Expressions Natural elements and Season of Cheer DSP and Washi tape. By Jen Gulch.

VIDEO: Paper Pumpkin meets Project Life – Storage Tips

Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin Storage Tips Are you loving your Paper Pumpkin kits from Stampin Up each month? Do you have a pile of orange boxes filled with stamp sets and left over pieces? Wondering how to store these? Project Life to the rescue! In today's video tutorial, I'll share a "quick tip" on Paper Pumpkin organization using Project Life albums that you're going to love. My apologies in advance for my "naked" album, I "dressed it up" enough to give this video a family rating (kidding). Here is my friend Siara's album. She altered it with Watermelon Wonder Designer Series Paper from the 2015-2017 In Color Designer Paper Stack

NEWS: Winner of the “Wickedly Sweet Treat” Paper Pumpkin Kit is ….

On my September Paper Pumpkin alternate project video I announced a drawing for my 2nd Wickedly Sweet Treat PP kit. I drew the winner randomly using random.org. And the winner is…. Jessica Erickson Congratulations Jessica!! I will email and send this off to you on Monday. More giveaways coming: Can’t … Read More

CARD: Cozy Christmas Ornament Card

stampin up delicate ornament cardHave yourself a merry little Christmas card from the Cozy Christmas stamp set. The gold ornament is cut from the Delicate Ornaments dies. The background paper is from the Season of Cheer DSP in the Holiday catalog. By Joni Daniel.

CARD: Floral Wings – Just for You Card

stampin up floral wings card ideaGive wings to your creativity with the Floral Wings stamp set from Stampin Up. There's a flower revel in the butterfly image. Love it! Layered over the Winter Wonderland vellum (Stripes) cut with the Lots of Labels die. The Brick Wall impressions folder creates the perfect subtle background. Designed by Veronica.

CARD: Delicate Ornament Christmas WOW card

stampin up delicate ornamentsThese Delicate Ornament thinlits are gorgeous on everything. Pair them with some of Stampin Up's Red (Gold or silver) Foil sheets and you have an instant WOW card. This card has a red foil ornament, layered over silver glimmer. The stripes red foil accent on the bottom is from the Holiday's Fancy Foil Vellum.

VIDEO: Halloween Chicklet Gum Treat Holder

stampin up halloween chicklet treat holdersToday's video tutorial is for this stinkin' cute Halloween Chicklets gum / candy treat holder. Created with the Stampin Up Sweet Hauntings stamp set. This project makes a great Halloween party favor, or treats for the classroom or grandkids. This was a viewers choice, picked by you guys from my Founders Circle video card shares. Designed by Jen Gulch.

INSPIRATION SHEET

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CARD: Baby, The World Just Got Cuter – baby card

stampin up made with love baby cardBaby, the world just got cuter...purrrrfect baby card. Adorbs! The baby "onsie" is darling, and perfect with the kitten next to it. Colored with the Stampin Up Blender pens and the ink pads. Design by Veronica.

VIDEO: Witches Hat Pumpkin Box for Halloween

stampin up curvy box pumpkin halloweenWho says Jack-o-Lanterns have to guys? Is it because they are named "Jack"? Today's video tutorial is for Ms. Jackie-o-Lantern. That's right, she's a girl pumpkin, and she's stinkin' cute in this witches hat made from Stampin Up punches and a Spider Web doily. The face comes from the Sparkly Seasons stamp set in the 2015 Holiday Catalog. I've also got a quick tutorial on the bow builder punch.