Final Christmas card for Stamp-A-Stack

This card is made using Snow Swirled set and new In colors Island Indigo and Pool Party. I also used the northern flurry embossing folder, ruffled Island Indigo ribbon, and rhinesones on the tree. The other pic is the inside of the card.

Check out the rest of the cards and the inside for all the cards that I'm adding on the previous Christmas card Stamp-A-Stack post.

Fabric flowers

I made this and the multi colored flower barrette below as an adoption gift for a 2 yr old using several different dies (fun flowers, blossom party, and retired flower layers #3) for the Bigshot.

 This is made with fun flowers die and spice cake Stampin'Up! fabric. I added some tulle and used spray starch and scrunched it.

 This is one I made for my granddaughters using fabric I had leftover from making shirts with fabric flowers. It also uses the fun flowers die.

 This was a gift from Audrey, my convention roommate using springtime vintage fabric and buttons from Stampin'Up! It also uses the fun flowers die. She attached both a pin back and barrette clip.

 

I can teach you how to make these for yourself and all the girls in your life. 1/8 of a yard of 3 different fabrics plus some tulle will make several flowers.

Buy Two Simply Sent Kits-Get a Free Stamp

Dates: October 1-31, 2011

Buy two Simply Sent Kits and get a FREE coordinating stamp set! Our Simply Sent Kits are the ideal choice for the beginning crafter. The card kits offer a variety of basic themes, so it's easy to create cards for any occasion. Click on button on sidebar to go to website and see the actual items.

Page	Item	Description	Price
192	122375	Simply Sent Great Day	$12.95
193	122377	Simply Sent Everyday Elegance	$11.95
193	122376	Simply Sent Sweet Moments	$13.95

And get a FREE coordinating stamp set:

Page	Item	Description	Price
192	123682	It's Your Day	$8.95
193 193	123686	Everyday Wishes You're Cherished 123684	$9.95 $8.95

Clearance Rack Reloaded Up to 60% off

Check out the new things on the clearance rack. Save up to 60% off. You have to place an online order or I can bundle if several want to order to split minimum postage. Go to my Stampin'up! website: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=493 to see and order.

NEW Cookie Press Stamps

ONLY Available October 1, 2011-January 3, 2012 Item # 125152 $16.95
Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps are a brand-new product that will appeal to crafters and non-crafters, alike--not to mention kids!
The easy-to-use cookie stamp has a solid wood handle with three interchangeable stamp images: a heart, a jack-o-lantern, and a snowflake.
Just make your favorite shortbread cookie dough (or one of the two included recipes) and stamp away! Create beautiful, hand-stamped cookies in a flash. The stamp images are completely food-safe and child-friendly.

However be aware that this will not work with most sugar cookie dough that is premade. We got to  see the cookie press (picture below) and taste cookies made with one of the included recipes (picture above) at convention, they were great!!

How would you like to have a FREE Bigshot?

An offer to DIE for!
If you've been looking for an opportunity to do what you love, while getting a 20 discount on your favorite products, now is the perfect time! During October, you'll get a FREE Big Shot when you join the Stampin' Up! family as a demonstrator.* If you already own the bigshot, you can choose $100 in other FREE product!!
Use the Big Shot die-cutting machine and Stampin' Up!'s exclusive dies** to create uniquely beautiful projects in a flash.
In addition, the new-demonstrator Starter Kit--a steal at just $175--contains over $345 worth of stamp sets, card stock, ink, accessories, and business supplies-everything you need to start your new business.
There are so many benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, including

• A 20 percent product discount!
• A free monthly issue of Stampin' Up!'s demonstrator-only magazine, Stampin' Success!
• Sneak peeks at brand-new products!
• Invitations to exclusive Stampin' Up! events!
• Regular get-togethers to stamp!
• Free access to an online community of 30,000+ crafters/stampers and creative artists, as well as 160,000+ project samples!
• Plus, access to an exclusive video and training for your new Big Shot!

Don't miss this BIG deal! Contact ME today to learn how you can take advantage of this great opportunity and get your FREE Big Shot!

The nicest thing about this great deal is that you don't have to do anything more with this business if all you want is a discount for yourself. You will get 30% off on a first order placed within 45 days of signing up, after that it is 20%. You don't have any minimum requirements your first partial quarter, so you have until March 31, 2012 to meet the $300 quarterly minimum. If you choose to drop at that point, you still have your bigshot and all the rest of the products that came with the starter kit. But you may also decide to keep going, all it takes is 1-2 "parties" a quarter. Or you may want to make this a business. I have loved my last 9+ years with this wonderful company!!

Christmas Stamp A Stack Cards

 These are 4 of the cards that we will be making. I am still working on the 5th card.There will be a jingle bell on the stocking, note picture added of close up of stocking with jingle bell. Click on any of the pics to see more details. I have added pictures of the inside for all of the cards. You will be able to change up the sentiments on any of them.

 Cherry Cobbler and White with Frostwood Lodge DSP and Stitched Stockings set. I found a similar card on Stampin' Connection by Charlotte Hollingsworth. I added the white scallops and stamped the stocking instead of using the same dsp.

 Navy and white with silver glimmer paper and Sounding Joy set. This card is a direct CASE (copy and share everything) from Lisa Young on Splitcoaststampers (SCS). I used navy instead of black and added a 3rd star.

Olive, red, and white with Beautiful Season set. I found this card also on SCS by Diane Vander Galien, but I added a red layer and used green for the lace ribbon border punch instead of white, then used red ribbon.

Red and white with Dasher embossed with white. Tyshero on SCS made a card similar to this, but I used white organza ribbon and made mine vertical with a different sentiment.

Christmas Card Stamp A Stack Sat 10/22 10am-4pm

Do you dream of getting your Christmas cards done in Oct or Nov, but are feverishly working Dec 24th to get your cards in the mail? Sign up NOW for my Christmas Card Stamp A Stack!! Let me do the work and all you have to do is bring your own adhesive and a pair of scissors to make 20 cards (4 each of 5 different designs including envelopes) that you will be proud to send or include with gifts. Stamp sets that we will use are: Dasher, Snow Swirled, Beautiful Season, Stitched Stockings, and The Sounding Joy. Cards will be embellished using Northern Flurry and Snow Burst embossing folders, stocking punch, NEW silver glimmer paper, Frostwood Lodge DSP, Jingle Bells, Mini Silver Brads, Dazzling Details, and a variety of ribbons. I will have a variety of inside sentiments, some religious and some not. Pics will be posted as soon as I have some samples made, just waiting for my recent order to arrive.

And if that isn't enough reason to come, I will be providing lunch (probably pulled pork sandwiches, chips, a salad of some sort, brownies, and lemonade). Only $30 for everything! Tell your friends. I have the meeting room at the Bondurant Library reserved.


Don't miss out-RSVP by Wed 10/12 and get payment to me by Sat 10/15.

French Foliage and one Gently Falling card

I made this card at my sister's house as she got this stamp set and paper, also the fabric and buttons. I'm not sure I am happy with the bow, will have to think on that. I used a strip of the dsp as a punched layer and for inside the card.

 A swap card that I received last year at the Des Moines regional event by Stampin'Up!

 I received this beautiful card in a WOW swap at convention this year. She put a lot of time and effort into this.

 Another Des Moines regional swap

 One I made last fall. It also uses the clear block stamping technique. I love the vintage brads paired with the lace.

Accordian card

I go to a monthly stamp club at Urbandale library (not Stampin'Up! affiliated) and the members take turns teaching a technique or style of card. Last week Paula brought this card for us to make. It used one sheet of 12x12 specialty paper. It was a heavier weight and had lots of fun details to the paper. We cut a 5 1/2 x 12 " piece for the card itself and used the rest of the paper to cut out various details to embellish the card. I used lots of dimensionals to add depth to most of the additions. I used small bird and small butterfly punches that some ladies brought then sponged and stamped on them to also add some extra details. The card is scored at 4 and 8", then cut each long side 1 1/2 " in from 2-10", then score at 2" and 10" between the cut lines. Clear as mud? Ask for further directions if you want to make a fun card like this. I'm sure it has a name different than accordian, but I'm not sure what it is.

 This is the front of it flat. It fits in a regular A2 envelope.

 This is the card standing.

 The bird and birdcage are added and popped up.

 A bird stamp that someone brought fit perfectly on this small inside panel.

 Lots of cutting and dimensionals used here.

A close up of the front.

Stamp club card swap

We occas have a card swap and these are from our group this month. I don't have detailed info since I did not make the cards, but definitely some fun ideas. Click on any pic to enlarge for details.

 By Melba

 By Tiffani

 By Jackie

 By Alice

 Also by Alice

 By Marlene

 By Dorris

By Teena

Happy Bearthday

 I ordered a grab bag from Stampin'Up! clearance rack and got the 2 and u so decided to make birthday cards. I needed two cards for our youth pastor and music minister, so didn't want flowers, etc. In looking through my stamp sets, I noticed my build a bear set feeling a bit lonely, and decided to pull it out. I colored the bear using the aqua painter and cut him out, also the balloon. Glad I only had to make two!!! The inside was simple using the chipboard pieces already colored and glittered.

CASED Card in 3 colors

 This is a card we made at stamp club Sat. I found a similar one on Stampin' Connection ( a website just for demonstrators where we share ideas) made by Pat Meyer. She used daffodil, but her main card layer was also white. I immediately fell in love with it and made one in all 3 colors that I had of the 1/8" taffeta ribbon. I tried using sharpie markers to color our Stampin'Up! rhinestones and thought they matched until I got them on the card. If you look carefully, we used the NEW Simply Scored to make the score lines around the lace ribbon border punch. That punch is also NEW in the current catalog. We also used the NEW designer frames embossing folder for the layer for the sentiment.

 I think this is an elegant wedding card. The sentiment is from word play. The rhinestone added some fun bling.

This was another choice. I posted pictures and let the ladies choose since I couldn't make up my mind. No one chose the black card, but then loved it when they could see the card IRL (in real life). This card has our pearls and most of the ladies used pearls on their cards. 

Clear Block Stamping meets French Foliage

This is the technique card we made at club yesterday. I used clear block D to stamp this focal piece using crumb cake. Then I used some dotto to temporarily stick it to the main vanilla panel and stamped the card. I then added the old olive layer and voila!! it all lines up. Note the vintage trinket brad at the bottom corner.

 I used 4" of lace to make a knot and added a vintage trinket safety pin and hello from tiny tags punched with the jewelry tag punch. It was attached to the card with a glue dot.

 Here is the finished card. I'm quite pleased with this if I say so myself. I used gold smooch spritz as the finishing touch. Click on th epicture to enlarge it to see details. Colors are cherry cobbler, more mustard, old olive, pumpkin pie, and cajun craze. The inside of the olive leaf is colored in with a pumpkin pie watercolor crayon and spread using the aqua painter.