Scallop Square Spinner Card

Wow! Try saying that title 10 times as fast as you can. Quite a tongue twister, huh? =)

Here's the last card that we made in our classes this month. The Take a Spin stamp set is kind of fun with the spinners. There are a variety of occasions you can use this set for. The image I used for this card is for a birthday and it has a lot of fun sayings that you can point your spinner to. It's not the most exciting layout, but I felt a little locked in by the size and shape of the stamp, so I went with basic (and maybe a little boring), but I tried to make it a little more interesting with some fun, bright colors and polka dot ribbon. ;-)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're having a great weekend. =)

Scalloped Take-A-Spin

From Heidi...

Here's another Take-A-Spin card that I made. We just finished our last class for February and everyone really loved this stamp set. It's very versatile and just plain fun! The little spinner adds to the fun of it. Thanks for taking the time to visit us!

Supplies:

Paper: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake

Big Shot: Scallop Circle and Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die

Punches: 2-1/2" Circle, 1" Circle

Accessories: Game Spinner Hands, Circle Scissors Plus, 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Paper Piercer, Sponge

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Take a Spin Card Class

From Heidi...

Here's a peek at another card from our class this month which focuses on the Faux Silk technique and Game cards. We've used the fun Take A Spin stamp set, which incorporates a little game spinner as a cute embellishment. We love this set and all it's cute sayings and special events that you can choose with the spinner. Join us for this coming Tuesday's card class, 2/22, at Tumbleweed Recreation Center (10 AM - 314TW.231; 7 PM - 315TW.231). Thanks for dropping by!

Faux Silk Technique Video

From Heidi...

Our monthly class this month focuses on the Faux Silk technique and Take a Spin cards. We offered this class Tuesday, but we've got another class coming up next Tuesday, 2/22, at Tumbleweed Recreation Center (10 AM -314TW.231 ; 7 PM -315TW.231  ), so you can still get in on the fun!

This year we've started sharing technique videos that coincide with our monthly technique or project classes, which we thought would be helpful to those who come to our classes and anyone else, for that matter :-) We're also slowly aiming towards card and project kits, and felt like offering videos would be helpful to anyone who might purchase one of our kits.

This month's technique video shows the Faux Silk technique using the Elements of Style stamp set. I incorporated the Framed Tulips impression folder into this card, which makes the perfect frame for the Faux Silk image. Thanks for stopping by and visiting us!

Doily Valentine Heart Card Video Tutorial

Hey there! Remember this card I showed you several days ago?

Well, this card was part of our card class this month and several of our local stampers bought a kit. I thought it would be nice to include a little video for them to put together this card (not that it's hard or anything!). Plus, it gave me an excuse to make a video... heehee. ;-) And with Valentine's Day being just a few days away, I thought this would be appropriate.

Enjoy the video!



I'd love to know what you think!
Let me know! =)

Sale-A-Bration Sketch Challenge

From Heidi...

Our SAB goodies have been sitting here for a few days, just waiting to be used. I never have time to play in any of the sketch challenges that are out there, but I thought that a challenge would get me using my SAB stuff and this was a nice simple sketch from Splitcoaststampers. I used the Ice Cream Parlor DSP and Flower Buttons. I sponged Cajun Craze and Pacific Point on the DSP. This is a new stamp set for us, too...it's called Word Play and it's so cute! It went perfectly with this paper.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Paper: Cajun Craze, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Ice Cream Parlor DSP

Ink: Cajun Craze (sponging), Pacific Point (stamping and sponging), Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black

Stamp Set: Word Play

Big Shot: Square Lattice Textured Impressions folder

Accessories: Ice Cream Parlor Flower Button, sponge

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Resizing the Framed Tulip Border Tutorial

From Heidi...

I am in love with the new Framed Tulip Border Impression folder...its embossed image is too cute! I keep finding myself using it on new cards I've created. Awhile back Sharon Field shared another way to use the Framed Tulip folder...I call it resizing, but it's simply embossing smaller sizes of cardstock. Since the Framed Tulip's was created for 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of cardstock, or basically a card front, this little resizing technique makes the Tulip folder a lot more versatile.

I made a bunch of tags using the resizing technique and it made for such cute tags. Several of our stamping friends have purchased the tulip folder, and so we wanted to create a video tutorial on how to use it besides just the obvious card front (which is beautiful!).



Thanks for watching the video and for visiting our blog! We hope that you have a wonderful week.

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My Digital Studio Contest Reject #3

From Adriel:

To see my other submissions for the My Digital Studio contest, click HERE and HERE. =)

So here is my last (rejected) submission for the contest. I took a chance with this one, as the requirements were 1 card and 2 layouts. This might not have met SU's idea of "layout", but I wanted to think outside the box. It was a layout in my mind.

This is a weekly menu planner. We will actually be making a real one of these that looks almost the same at one of our upcoming classes. I'm looking forward to that! =)

So I have now shared my failures rejects submissions. ;-)

I hope you enjoyed them.

Which one was your favorite?

Leave me a comment to let me know! =)

Have a great day and thanks for visiting our blog.

February Newsletter and Video Tutorial

From Heidi...

I'm sharing a couple of things today...One is that our February Newsletter has been posted. We have alll of our upcoming classes, along with pictures, listed along with our monthly Craft Room tutorial.

Last month was my granddaughter's birthday, so I thought making a birthday card for her would give me the perfect opportunity to try out the Ribbon Gathering technique that I've seen lately for our Craft Room tutorial.  We actually made a little video tutorial for this technique which coincides with our Craft Room project which you can view below.

Here's a picture of the card I made her.

I chose the color scheme around a set of dishes that I have... the colors just seemed to match Kayla's sweet personality. This card also uses the Framed Tulips impression folder, I love this folder!



Also...don't forget that it's Sale-A-Bration time.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting our blog!

Supplies:

Big Shot: Framed Tulips Impression Folder (121809 - Occassions Mini) ; Hearts and Brackets die (115955); Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder (117335)

Card Stock: Not Quite Navy (101722); Daffodil Delight (119683) ; Crumb Cake (120953); Whisper White (100730)

Designer Paper: Springtime Vintage (121782 - Occasions Mini)

Punches: Pinking Hearts Border (117649); Photo Corners (119878)

Accessories: Button; 3/8" Daffodil Delight ribbon (119766)

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Doily Valentine Heart Card

From Adriel:

Here's one of the cards we will be making at our Valentine card class next month.

I had a lot of fun with this card. We had these small doilies that we had bought awhile ago and I finally created something with them! It's just a really fun and lovely way to dress up a card or project.

The heart is a die cut from the "Hearts & Brackets" die. I used Blushing Bride CS for the pink and Rose Red CS for the heart die cut. The heart was stamped with an image from the Elements of Style stamp set in Versamark ink and sprinkled with a clear embossing powder / dazzling diamonds glitter mixture and set with the heat tool. It's a great way to make your own specialty paper. =) The little sentiment is from the Tiny Tags set. And of course you have the doily in the background.

Soft and sweet with glitter and frills. =)

BTW, I was designing something recently and I used ANOTHER doily! I'm stuck!

How about you? What are you "stuck" on right now?

Looking forward to this class on Tuesday! We'll be all sparkly! =)

Reinker Butterfly Pansy Technique

We taught our Flower Embellishment class this past week and promised a video tutorial for the Reinker Pansies we made. We saw this technique shared last year on several other blogger's sites and couldn't wait to try out the technique for ourselves. This technique definitely creates a "Wow!" for any card or scrapbook page.



Thanks for visiting us...See you next time!

My Digital Studio Contest Reject #2

I shared one of the MDS projects I made a few days ago. (You can view that post HERE.) Here is my second contest reject (that sounds really nice, doesn't it?).

I designed a tri-fold card, so it folds in thirds and when you unfold the card it creates this cute scene. This was my most difficult project with all the layers involved. I definitely have a list in my head of improvements I think Stampin' Up! could make to My Digital Studio, namely have a box with a "stack" of all the layers of your card, so you can quickly move something several layers forward or backward. The way it is now, you have to select the layer you want to move and right click it and then you have to keep clicking move forward (or backward) until it is where you want it to be. It makes designing a little more time consuming than it needs to be, I think.

I ended up changing the sentiment to a birthday greeting and printing this up as my card for Kayla's birthday. We were just getting over the flu, so I hadn't been able to make a special birthday card for her. I just printed this up from my computer and she loved it! =)

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!

New My Digital Studio Downloads Available

Here's some more brand new digital downloads available for My Digital Studio! My favorite is the Eat Chocolate stamp set brush and the new baby boy and baby girl birth announcements. Great ideas! =)

Item	Description	Image	Price	Content
124030	Tempting Turquoise Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Tempting Turquoise Designer Series Paper Patterns
124031	Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Old Olive Designer Series Paper Patterns
124033	Pretty in Pink Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Pretty in Pink Designer Series Paper Patterns
124022	Sweet Stitches Designer Buttons		$2.95	Three button styles in Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, and Daffodil Delight. Total of 12 buttons.
124028	Pattern Pieces Stamp Brush		$1.95	One oversized fabric pattern. Coordinates with the "Oh Sew Suite" product line.
124018	Blossom Petals Punch		$0.95	Four-piece stamp brush set and one 5" x 7" greeting card designer template.
124019	Build a Blossom Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Twelve-piece stamp brush set. Coordinates with the digital Blossom Petals Punch.
124027	Eat Chocolate Stamp Brush Set		$3.95	Four-piece stamp brush set.
125161	Top 10 Photo Book Template		$14.95	This 24-page designer template (11" x 8-1/2") was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125162	2011 Pennant Desktop Calendar		$14.95	This 25-page calendar template (5-1/2" x 6-1/2" calendar with easel) was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125623	Baja Breeze Flower Bouquet Birth Announcement		$1.95	Double-sided baby boy announcement postcard designer template. Colors are Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Basic Gray.
125163	Regal Rose Flower Bouquet Birth Announcement		$1.95	Double-sided baby girl announcement postcard designer template. Colors are Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, and So Saffron. This template was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125164	Play Date Invitation Designer Template		$1.95	Birthday greeting card invitation template. Front and inside of card are pre-designed. Template includes nine embellishment pieces and was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125165	Snowflake Flurry Holiday Trifold Card Designer Template		$1.95	This 4" x 9-1/4" trifold card designer template was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
124542	Chat Room Rock Star Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.
124543	Chat Room Friend Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.
124486	Chat Room Baby Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.

You can order any of these new downloads through Heidi's Stampin' Up! online store by clicking HERE!

Hope you're all having a great day. I have had a super busy week so far and my goal today is not do anything but the bare minimum (which still ends up being a good amount with 3 kids and homeschooling). So... enjoy your day, whatever it is you are doing today! =)

How to use the Framed Tulip Folder

Upcoming Flower Embellishment Class

Here's a peek at the cards we will be making at the upcoming card classes this month. Our theme this month is flower embellishments and we wanted to give you ideas on making your own flower embellishments to adorn your projects.

Class Schedule:

1/18 & 1/25

(if you're in the Chandler, AZ area, email us for more info about our local stamping classes)

It's going to be fun! See you there!

My Digital Studio Contest Reject #1

From Adriel:

A couple of months ago, Stampin' Up! announced a contest using My Digital Studio. I decided to try my hand at it and submitted 3 projects for the contest. The winners have been announced and I wasn't one of them... haha. Regardless, making the projects got me using My Digital Studio and I came away with more experience and a better understanding of how to use the program. I put a bit of time and effort into my projects, so I thought I would share them on the blog. For a complete list of the MDS contest winners, click HERE.

I know I have 2 other children, but something about a baby just begs for a scrapbook page all their own! You know what is sweet? My older kids are not jealous of their baby sister at all. They adore and love her to death and think she is the cutest. I'm so blessed to have such great kids. =)

Thanks for taking time out of your day to share it with us. We hope your week is going great. Come visit us again!

New Digital Downloads

Item	Description	Image	Price
124034	Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124032	Rose Red Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124037	Wild Wasabi Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124035	So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124024	Letterpress Alphabet Stamp Brush		$1.95
124025	Lots of Love Stamp Brush		$1.95
124026	Valentine Defined Stamp Brush Set		$5.95
124029	Be My Valentine Stamp Brush		$1.95
124020	Seam Binding II Ribbon Pack		$3.95
124488	Extra Postage Stamp Brush Set		$3.95
124491	Motorcycle Stamp Brush		$1.95
124492	Printed Petals Stamp Brush Set		$3.95
125157	Chat Room Good Thoughts Stamp Brush Set		$5.95
124541	Chat Room Celebrate Stamp Brush Set		$5.95

Here's the newest digital downloads for My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! Lots of items from the Mini Occasion catalog, even the Lots of Love Letterpress image is available. This image makes a wonderful background for your Valentine cards, whether they be all digital or hybrid. We hope that you're all having a wonderful day!

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