My July Stamping Newsletter has been posted. You can view itHEREor by clicking on the Newsletter link on the right side bar. You can view the Card-of-the-Month we'll be making at this month's informal U-Stamp Class, updates on the Ribbon Bundle Share, the Be Inspired page, a Note Box tutorial and more inside the newsletter.
These are my "thank you" tags from last month. Midnight Muse is going to be one of my favorites!
July U-Stamp Classes
($3/card - 5 card limit)
Tuesday, 7/17 –1:00-3:00 PM; 7-9 PM at Heidi’s House
Tag Supplies
CS: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso
DSP: Designer Series 2012-14 In-Color Stack
SS: A Fitting Occasion
Punches: Scallop Edge, Scallop Circle, 1-3/8 Circle, 1-1/4 Circle, 1/2 Circle, Itty Bitty Shapes (scallop), hand held punch
As promised, here's my Acetate Class Part 3 video. This little card below uses the techniques in Video 3, and is a lot of fun to make, as you get to stamp and then color in the stamped image with markers...fun, fun, fun!
I am offering the PDF for this class, which includes 2 cards and 2 cute embellishments. The PDF includes a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step directions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction. In addition, I have 3 free technique videos that feature the technique how-to's for this class. You can view the first video HERE, which is Acetate Class Part 1, Part 2 HERE, and today's Part 3 video. It's the next best thing to stamping with us!
The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all 3 projects) is $3.95 and can be purchased below by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Acetate Technique Class PDF
Wow, my blog heading was quite a mouthful! I hope that you're all having a wonderful day so far.
I'm excited to share this week'sInkspiration Challenge card that I made. To back up a little bit, last month we visited my in-laws. (I have one of the sweetest mother-in-laws, honestly!) While we were there she showed me an apron I'd made her. It must have been a LONG time ago because the only memory I had of the apron was the fabric, no memory of sewing it for her. She asked me to make her another one because the one she showed me was wearing out.
What a treat to have her ask me for something! She has everything. So since I'm teaching my granddaughter, Kayla, to sew, we picked out some fabric and trim and started sewing on it last week. What a fun project to do together. I wanted to make her a card to go with the apron, so this week's Inkspiration Challenge got me going...I incorporated the apron fabric and eyelet trim to the card, so that it will coordinate with the apron, and since one of the Acetate Embellishments I made in last month's Acetate Class used the same colors as the fabric, it all worked together nicely.
To top it off, I created a Free PDF tutorial for the card which I'm excited to share with all of you. Just CLICK HERE and it will take you to the FREE PDF tutorial. Plus, I've posted a video tutorial below showing you how to use the White Stazon and Stampin' Up pastels on acetate.
I am also offering the PDF for the Acetate Class, which includes the 2 cards and these 2 cute embellishments shown below. The PDF includes a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step directions and lots of photographs to give you written and visual instruction. In addition, I have 3 free technique videos that feature the technique how-to's for this class. You can view the first videoHERE, which is Acetate Class Part 1. Today's video is Acetate Class Part 2, I'll post Part 3 on April 15 (Tax Day, BTW!). It's the next best thing to stamping with us! Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the video and the free tutorial!.
The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all 3 projects) is $3.95 and can be purchased below by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Acetate Technique Class PDF
Have you ever wished you could take one of our classes and create with us, but you can't make it to one of our classes because of time or distance? Well, we've got some exciting news for you!
Today's video, Part 1, shows how to stamp on acetate using White Stazon, which I used on the card below.
We are offering the PDF for our Acetate Technique Class that we taught last month, which includes 2 cards and 2 embellishments. The PDF includes a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step directions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction. In addition, we have 3 free technique videos that feature the how-to's for this class. We've posted the first video below, which is Acetate Class Part 1. The Acetate Class Parts 2 and 3 videos will be posted over the next few weeks. It's the next best thing to stamping with us!
The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all 3 projects) is $3.95 and can be purchased below by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours.
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. =)
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.
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! =)
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!
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)
Did you miss us having classes during December? Even if you did, I doubt many of you probably had the time to come even if we had planned classes, right?! Even without the classes this month, December flew by like that! We've been working, though, on new ideas and projects and we're looking forward to a new year of creating with you!
One of the things we are planning on working on this coming year is getting our own website up and running! We want to be able to offer card kits online for our readers who want to make the cards we teach but don't live near by. We are also entertaining the idea of doing some videos. All of this will take time and is probably months (maybe even a year) down the road, but we thought we'd share what we're throwing around as possibilities this next coming year.
I promised you a sneak peek and I'm going to deliver! One of our January classes will feature handmade flower embellishments. We will be teaching you how to make 3 different kinds of flower embellishments. You can view our newsletter for dates and times for this class, which is called Creative Cardmaking: Flower Embellishments. It should be a lot of fun! Here's one of the cards we will be making.
Don't you love it? Those flowers are so dainty and lovely. =)
That's the sneak peek for today! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We're looking forward to the New Year!
This is terribly late, but better late than never!
Here are the submissions we received for October's THS Color Challenge! Enjoy! Both of the submissions are from our regular stampers, Crystal and April. =)
Crystal submitted these really cute Thanksgiving cards!
April made a fun fall/autumn-themed card!
Thanks for playing along with us, stampers, and thank you for being patient! I haven't even posted the color challenge on our blog for this month. I'm so behind!
The color scheme for this card along with the style of the DSP makes for a playful-looking Christmas card. The glittery red polka dots, a shimmery snowflake, a tiny little sentiment... so many fun details. The buttons just complete the card and add to the playful and whimsy look. I'm not a big "pink" person, but I love the pink on this card! This is definitely a departure from the more traditional holiday cards, but it's a ton of fun and I love it! I finished off the inside with white cardstock and more of that fun glittery red polka dot paper! Very merry, as the sentiment suggests.
You can find this card in our Etsy shop right now. We're slowly adding more holiday items, so come by again to see what's new!
Stampin' Up! is having an awesome sale on discontinued items in the Clearance Rack section. We just ordered a few things of ribbon and a couple packs of Designer Series paper along with shipping for around $20! Definitely check it out and see if there's anything in there that you could use. Some items are discounted up to 80%! FYI, when you get to page 10, if you keep clicking the arrow on the side, it will take you to more pages. I don't know why they don't list more numbers, so you think you've reached the end of the clearance section. But you haven't and there's a bunch more so keep clicking!
The picture above will take you to Heidi's Demo site where there is a "shop now" button. When you get to the shop click on the "clearance rack" section to check out all the goodies for a bargain!
Picture this: You need a card... like NOW! What do you do?
You cut a piece of Night of Navy CS to 5-1/2"W x 8-1/2"L and score lengthwise @ 4-1/4" and fold in half. You're halfway there... okay, bad pun... sorry! =)
You round the corners of your card base.
You run a piece of 5-1/4" x 4" Sahara Sand CS through your Big Shot machine with the lattice embossing folder. You round the corners of this piece.
You adhere this to the front of your card.
You find a scrap of texture brown CS... maybe it's Soft Suede? You're not sure what color it is or if it is even Stampin' Up! CS... it doesn't matter... you've got enough to send through the Big Shot machine with the Little Leaves die.
You find a scrap of Whisper White CS and stamp "a little something" from the Matchbox Messages stamp set in Night of Navy ink, which you then punch out with (I think) a 1-3/8" circle punch.
You adhere the "mystery brown" Little Leaves die cut to the front of the card.
You attach your punched circle sentiment using a dimensional to the front of the card.
Of course, you don't want this looking like you whipped it up in like 5 minutes or something, so you add a couple of brads.
Your card now looks something like this!
And that took, what, 5 minutes? Okay, 6 minutes with the brads.
It is completely possible to make a decent looking card in under 10 minutes!
I've gotta admit that the Big Shot makes this possible, for me anyway.
The texture just adds that "umph" that would be missing if it wasn't there.
(This story is based on actual events. Names have been omitted to protect identity... who am I kidding?)
Hope your week is getting off to a great start! Thanks for visiting! =)
Yes, I know it's only September, but I've got another Christmas card to share with you today! =)
I used Stampin' Up! DSP from last year that we still have quite a bit of. I don't mind... I like this paper a lot. =) The punched sentiment from the "Perfect Punches" set is embossed with silver embossing powder. It's super shiny!! And that organza ribbon is one of my favorites!
I've got an all-out assault planned for our Etsy shop next month. This card will be in our shop then! =)
My mom's birthday was yesterday! We celebrated by eating lunch at Paradise Bakery (their Tomato Basil soup and Chopped BBQ Chicken salad are amazing!!), dinner at the Olive Garden, and homemade sundaes for dessert! (I love the benefits of birthdays, ie - eating out).
I appreciate my mom very much. She does not just care for me physically (watching kids, inviting us for dinner, taking care of business stuff, etc), but she also cares for me spiritually. She has a love for God's word and a passion for pursuing godliness that encourages my heart. She always has something to share about the Lord because she fills herself with His word. I am blessed to have a mom like her! =)
Here's the birthday card I made for my mom. This was my second attempt. My first attempt turned out terrible (in my opinion) and I just couldn't bring myself to give it to my mom. Kayla saved it from the garbage, saying she would give it to me sometime. (She's a sweetie!) Anyway, I was much more pleased with my second attempt. =)
Stamp sets: Because I Care, Vintage Labels Paper: Cherry Cobbler CS, Early Espresso CS, Very Vanilla CS Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake Accessories: 1" square punch, adhesive rhinestones, sponge, Stampin' dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by! Hope your day is going well. =)
Our September Newsletter has been published and is uploaded for you to view. It includes our September classes, upcoming events and a fun craft project for you to try out.
We've also posted a couple of free card tutorials to make. We made these cards at a workshop last week, so for those of you that were there, simply click on the highlighted links and you'll have access to the tutorials. Hope you have fun with them!
