An Invitation

From Adriel:

We are throwing a Christmas party for our employees (my husband and I own a restaurant), and I made up invitations for the party yesterday. These are very simple... I made 12 invitations in about 45 minutes. Not bad!

Here's what I used for the invitations:

Sahara Sand CS

Basic Black CS

Kiwi Kiss CS

Whisper White CS

Love It set (retired)

Lots of Thoughts

Scallop Square punch (love this punch!)

Crimper

Black classic ink

Kiwi Kiss classic ink

Riding Hood Red classic ink

Hemp Cord

Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!

Scalloped Card

From Adriel:

I went over to my moms today and played with stamps! I haven't gotten to just sit down and be creative for awhile, since we were getting ready for those craft shows. It was a nice treat to get to spend a little time and play. I got to use our new scallop square punch! What fun! It is so versatile and looks so nice! This is the card I made today!

These colors remind me of Valentines Day! I decided not to make it a Valentines card, but I almost did. Below are my supplies:

Priceless set

Fundamental Phrases set

Pretty in Pink CS

Rose Red CS

Elegant Eggplant CS

Lavender Lace CS

Whisper White CS

Bashful Blue classic ink

Rose Red classic ink

Pretty in Pink classic ink

Lavender Lace classic ink

Elegant Eggplant classic ink

Scallop Edge punch

Scallop Square punch

1-1/4" circle punch

Corner Rounder

1/8" Handheld circle punch

Sponge

White satin ribbon

Dimensionals

Thanks for taking time out of your day to look! I hope you enjoyed yourself!

Etsy Store Now Open!

From Adriel:

Our etsy store is now open! For those of you not familiar with etsy, it is a website dedicated to buying and selling handmade items! I will be adding new items to our store every few days, so check us often to see what we have to offer. You can visit us by going to: http://www.twohappystampers.etsy.com/. There is also a link on the side bar of our blog at the very top which has pictures of one of our items and a link to our shop. You can click on the picture to take you to the store front as well. Please be sure to visit us at etsy and see the goodies up for grabs!

New Look!!

From Adriel:

So what do you think? Do you like the blog's new look? It was super easy to do and didn't cost anything!! The site I found my blog skin on is called Cutest Blog on the Block. They have so many backgrounds to choose from! The hardest part is picking only ONE! Be on the lookout! With it being so easy to change, the look of the Two Happy Stampers blog may change now and then! Thanks for looking and let me know what you think about the new look!

Changes Coming!

From Adriel:

Hi there! I'm just letting you all know that the Two Happy Stampers blog will be getting a new look in a few days. That's right... a "blog-lift". So, when you visit us and it looks different, you will know why and not think you came to the wrong place! I think you're going to like the new look! Stay tuned...

BTW, sign up for the City of Chandler Parks & Recreation classes begins November 15 for Chandler residents! Click here to check out the Break Time magazine and see what classes we're offering. We are in the Teen & Adult section and also the Senior Adult section. Just look for our names as instructors for the classes. We will be teaching at Tumbleweed Rec. Center and my mom will be teaching a few classes at the Senior center in downtown Chandler. Below is a picture of a bunch of nugget boxes. These have a slider insert that slides out and holds nugget candies. The candies are individually covered with decorative paper. It's such a cute gift for anyone! This is one of several projects that we will be making for our Christmas Treasures class.

Cute Nugget Box and Cute Frame (and a Cute Kid)!

From Adriel:

LOL! That cute kid is my brother... like 4 or 5 years ago!!! Haha! He is going to appreciate my title very, very much!

Today I worked on October's newsletter. We should be getting it out to those of you who are signed up to receive our newsletter within the next couple of days. I had it almost completely finished this evening and hit the save button and this box pops on the screen that says "We're sorry, Microsoft has encountered an error and has to close the program." NOOOOO!!!! Fortunately for me, I have a genius computer guy for a husband and he was able to restore the file and get it back! Thanks, Gary!!! So, I didn't end up having to spend the rest of the night redoing all that work! I'm so thankful!

Here's a little something to share with you. A chocolate nugget box and chipboard frame! I made these in preparation for our Christmas Treasures class through Chandler Parks & Rec. For those of you who haven't heard, beginning in December, our classes will be held at Tumbleweed Rec. Center in Chandler! We are very excited about this! My mom is also going to be doing classes at the Senior Center downtown.

This nugget box was pretty simple to make. There's a gal on SCS that posted a gob of different files with different dimensions for different sized boxes that fit different numbers of nuggets with different... you get the point! Anyway, the link to get to the thread all about the nugget boxes is HERE. It's crazy! There are no directions, but if you are familiar with basic box-making, it's fairly easy to figure out. I got stuck at one point and had to take my box apart and fold it differently, but I think that was more of a blonde moment (my SCS user name is blondestamper) and not because the project was difficult! I used Chocolate Chip CS for the basic box and the all-new Autumn Vine DS paper from Stampin' Up! I used the Best Friends alphabet set for the letters on the nuggets. Love the results!

The frame is from Stampin' Up! and is a chipboard frame. I just covered it with Autumn Vine DS paper and sanded the edges. I put a piece of CS behind, leaving a space for a picture to be inserted. Added the bling in the corners. I will be putting a magnet on the back of this (it is supposed to be a magnetic picture frame).

Hope you enjoyed looking today! I know Christmas is a little ways away, but we are having to get all this stuff ready for our classes. Hope some of you can join us! Thanks for looking!

24/7 Online Ordering Now Available!!!

You did indeed read the title correctly! Stampin' Up! is now offering 24/7 online ordering for our valuable customers! You don't have to call your demonstrator or email them... you can just go online and order on your own, at a time convenient for you and have it shipped to your home! How convenient is that? To order, simply click here or visit http://www.heidiscorner.stampinup.net/ which will take you to Heidi's Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. Under the contact information at the top right-hand corner of the page, there is a "SHOP NOW" button. This will take you to the online store where you can put items in your shopping cart and checkout! More information about online ordering can be found HERE! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. Try it out and let us know how you like the new online ordering!

My First Swap Card

From Adriel:

Hey there! Last month I joined my first swap! For those of you who are wondering what a swap is, it is exactly that! A swap! As far as details go, it is basically you making a certain number of the same thing and then swapping with that same number of people to get that same number of different things back. The swap I joined on SCS was an all occassion SU! card swap, 5+1. This means I made a total of 6 of the same card. The +1 is for the person who hosted this swap. I send her all the cards I made, she disperses all the other swaps she receives to those who participated and keeps one for herself from each participant. So after I send my cards to her and she receives them, she will send me back 5 different cards. I won't receive one of mine back. Pretty fun! I hope I explained that so that it was understandable. Anyway, this "swap" idea is good for anything. People on SCS swap all kinds of things. Card fronts, card candy, ribbon, paper, embellishments, boxes, scrapbook pages, etc. All kinds of things! So, I had never done a swap before and thought, "Why not?!" So I joined and below is my card, which I made 6 of. The due date for these is not until the end of October, but I really should send these soon. I just haven't made it to the post office. Too many other things to do (like making more cards and creative projects)! Without further ado, here is the card I made...

The colors I used for this card were: Sahara Sand CS, Pink Piroutte, So Saffron, Bravo Burgundy, & Very Vanilla. I got this color combination idea from the Stampin' Up! catalog from the DS paper, Parisian Summer. I don't have the paper, but LOVE the colors.

I used the Sprinkles set with versamark and clear embossing powder for the background on the Pink Piroutte. Used the new scallop edge punch A LOT on this card, as you can see. The sentiment is from the All Holidays set and stamped in Bravo Burgundy ink. Attached the a Very Vanilla square and attached to card with dimensionals. I used the Boho Blossoms punch for the flowers and added pearl stickers (purchased at Michael's) to the middle of each of the flowers. That just added such a touch of elegance! Love those pearls! Finally, the satin cream ribbon is also from Michael's (a spool of it was $1!), and I made a bow with it. The only thing I don't like about that ribbon is it frays so easily, as you can see in the pic. I'll trim that before I send these off. If you have a tip to keep the satin ribbon from fraying, please share!

Anyway, that's the card! Let me know what you think! Being my first swap, I'm hoping it is up to par with what others do for this swap. Thanks for looking!

More Inspiration...

From Adriel:

Hi there! Check out the newest additions to our "More Inspiration for You" list:

my stamp lady blog

Theresa's blog

Anthonette's blog

&

inking addict

These blogs have some great ideas!

Enjoy your day!

Cards We Did Last Week

From Adriel:

As promised, here are the cards we did at our last 5 for $5.



We did two of this card. This card used some of the new in-colors: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango and Kiwi Kiss. We used the Wow Flowers set along with some of the in-colors inks. The stamped image on the white cardstock was punched out with a circle punch and dimensioned on the card.


This card we used a couple of the in-colors as well: Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette, along with Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery. We used the new hostesss set, Window Dressing, which was perfect for the watercolor technique we used on this card.


This card was made using Sketch Challenge #79 on SCS and was based on this card, which used DS paper in the layout. I was looking for a way to use DS paper, so this layout and card were great to follow. The card we made used Whisper White CS, Certainly Celery CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, and retired DS paper (Flowers for You) from the old catalog. We used the Thoroughly Thankful set and used the Stampin' Write markers to color in the image in the varied colors.


The colors for this card were Mellow Moss, Barely Banana, Cameo Coral, and Chocolate Chip. We used three different sets for this card: Good Things Grow (retired), Sprinkles, and Fundamental Phrases. We used the Sprinkles set to versa mark the background. The saying is from Fundamental Phrases and the square image is from Good Things Grow, punched out with the 1-3/8" square punch. We used hemp thread to make the card a little more interesting.

Thanks for looking! Our next 5 for $5 is September 12, from 1-3pm. Let us know if you would like to join us! Have a wonderful day!

Handbag Challenge #2

From Adriel:

Here's my submission for Theresa Forseth's Handbag Challenge #2! When I saw the colors I thought of my daughter, Kayla. She has dark brown eyes and hair and she loves pink! So, I decided to do a scrapbook page of her with a pink shirt on! I haven't done a full-scale scrapbook page for years, so I've been out of the whole scrapbooking thing, but I wanted to do something with this picture and I really like how it turned out!

I used the all new Pink Pirouette along with Chocolate Chip CS. I had some Berry Bliss DS paper that went really well with the color theme. The ribbon from Bobbin is double-sided and has pink on one side and is reversed with brown on the other. It reminded me of the ribbon on the handbag. I used a huge flower from Heidi Swapps and made my own flowers from punches. I also embellished with chipboard letters and photo corners, along with rhinestones. The chipboard letters were a crazy deal at Target a couple of weeks ago. A pack of 55 alphabet letters was $1!!!!!!! They were even covered in this cute pink polka dot paper! Anyway, they worked great for this page! I enjoyed making this page and getting back into scrapbooking. Thanks for looking! Check back to Theresa's blog in a couple days to vote!

Just a Peek!

From Adriel:

Here's a peek at a couple of the cards we will be making at our upcoming Stamp-a-Stack/5 for $5. We'll be using a new set from the all new Fall/Winter Catalog along with some of the new in-colors. You don't want to miss making these cards and more!


There are a few spots left for this class! The class is this coming Friday, August 15, from 1-3pm. The cost is $5 for 5 cards! Don't miss it! Contact us today to sign up!