Tag: card making

Stampin’Up! O Holy Night!

Stampin’Up! O Holy Night!

I did a bit of Pinterest searching today and found some Founder's Circle swaps posted. I was found this card swapped by Shelli Gardner, Co-Founder of Stampin' Up! and her daughter, Sara Douglas:

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 I was inspired to create this card for my Christmas Card Class this month:

Oh holy night

I used the O Holy Night stamp set, Gold Heat Embossing, Pretty Print Textured Impressions Folder, Gold Metallic Encore Pad,  and Apothecary Accents Framelits.

O holy night 2

Inside I used the new single stamp Magical Season and the star stamp from O Holy Night.

Oh holy night 3

Up close you can see I added an Antique Brad, accented by a bit of Victoria Crochet Trim and a bit of 1 1/4" Burlap Trim that I cut down and snipped into banner ends.

O holy night 4
We don't carry gold brads, but we do have silver, so I dipped my silver brad in the Gold Metallic Pad, then in the Gold Embossing Powder. I held the brad with tweezers while I heated with my Heat Tool. The bow is a single thread from the 1 1/4" Burlap Trim.

That's all for now! I will be busy all day tomorrow cutting paper and finalizing my projects for both my SWOW class and my Christmas Card Class. Let me know if you want to come stamp with me Friday from 1-9 or Saturday from 1-6!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’Up! O Holy Night!

Stampin’Up! O Holy Night!

I did a bit of Pinterest searching today and found some Founder's Circle swaps posted. I was found this card swapped by Shelli Gardner, Co-Founder of Stampin' Up! and her daughter, Sara Douglas:

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 I was inspired to create this card for my Christmas Card Class this month:

Oh holy night

I used the O Holy Night stamp set, Gold Heat Embossing, Pretty Print Textured Impressions Folder, Gold Metallic Encore Pad,  and Apothecary Accents Framelits.

O holy night 2

Inside I used the new single stamp Magical Season and the star stamp from O Holy Night.

Oh holy night 3

Up close you can see I added an Antique Brad, accented by a bit of Victoria Crochet Trim and a bit of 1 1/4" Burlap Trim that I cut down and snipped into banner ends.

O holy night 4
We don't carry gold brads, but we do have silver, so I dipped my silver brad in the Gold Metallic Pad, then in the Gold Embossing Powder. I held the brad with tweezers while I heated with my Heat Tool. The bow is a single thread from the 1 1/4" Burlap Trim.

That's all for now! I will be busy all day tomorrow cutting paper and finalizing my projects for both my SWOW class and my Christmas Card Class. Let me know if you want to come stamp with me Friday from 1-9 or Saturday from 1-6!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’Up! Party More Get More!

Stampin’Up! Party More Get More!

Lookie here! It's a Stampin' Up! 25th Anniversary Party!

Party more get more
Have a party during October 2013! When your party sales total reaches $250, you will receive an extra $25 in Hostess Benefits! That's $65 in total Hostess freebies instead of the usual $40!

I still have a few dates open in October to have an in-person workshop! Contact me today!

If you live out-of-my-stamping-reach, don't worry, you can still join in the fun!

You can place your own order of $250 or more in my Online Store, and still reap the extra Hostess Benefits! Just get together your order (and orders from a few of your friends to make it even easier to get to $250!) Just click on the "shop now" button at the top right of this blog and start shopping!

OR

Take part in my "Mystery Hostess" Online Party! Place your personal order of at least $25 in my Online Store between now and October 31 and your name will be put in a drawing for the "Mystery Hostess" Benefits from the collective order! Every $25 increment you order will get your name in the drawing for the Hostess Benefits, so the more you order the more chances you have to win!

You must use this exclusive Hostess Code when you order through my Online Store to qualify for the "Mystery Hostess" Benefits:      H4X9YJ3B

As soon as the collective order reaches $250, I will draw a name and contact the winner to choose their $65 in freebies! I will then post a new Hostess code for the next Mystery Hostess order!

Bluesox Rewards: All orders of at least $25 before shipping & tax also qualify to receive my "Bluesox Rewards" tokens to earn free stampin' stuff too!

In honor of this great October Promotion, here are a few recent "happy birthday" projects I have posted in the past couple of months. You've probably viewed most of these before, but not collected into one blog post!

Balloons 1

Delicate mosaics 1

 

Potpourri medley 1

Skull bday 1 p

 

Gingham bitty butterfly 1

 

Cycle celebration 2

Pretty print 1

 

Label love 1

Cycle celebration 1

Snow day froggie 1

Yay! That's all for now!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’Up! Party More Get More!

Stampin’Up! Party More Get More!

Lookie here! It's a Stampin' Up! 25th Anniversary Party!

Party more get more
Have a party during October 2013! When your party sales total reaches $250, you will receive an extra $25 in Hostess Benefits! That's $65 in total Hostess freebies instead of the usual $40!

I still have a few dates open in October to have an in-person workshop! Contact me today!

If you live out-of-my-stamping-reach, don't worry, you can still join in the fun!

You can place your own order of $250 or more in my Online Store, and still reap the extra Hostess Benefits! Just get together your order (and orders from a few of your friends to make it even easier to get to $250!) Just click on the "shop now" button at the top right of this blog and start shopping!

OR

Take part in my "Mystery Hostess" Online Party! Place your personal order of at least $25 in my Online Store between now and October 31 and your name will be put in a drawing for the "Mystery Hostess" Benefits from the collective order! Every $25 increment you order will get your name in the drawing for the Hostess Benefits, so the more you order the more chances you have to win!

You must use this exclusive Hostess Code when you order through my Online Store to qualify for the "Mystery Hostess" Benefits:      H4X9YJ3B

As soon as the collective order reaches $250, I will draw a name and contact the winner to choose their $65 in freebies! I will then post a new Hostess code for the next Mystery Hostess order!

Bluesox Rewards: All orders of at least $25 before shipping & tax also qualify to receive my "Bluesox Rewards" tokens to earn free stampin' stuff too!

In honor of this great October Promotion, here are a few recent "happy birthday" projects I have posted in the past couple of months. You've probably viewed most of these before, but not collected into one blog post!

Balloons 1

Delicate mosaics 1

 

Potpourri medley 1

Skull bday 1 p

 

Gingham bitty butterfly 1

 

Cycle celebration 2

Pretty print 1

 

Label love 1

Cycle celebration 1

Snow day froggie 1

Yay! That's all for now!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Best of Autumn Emboss Resist!

Stampin’ Up! Best of Autumn Emboss Resist!

We had a really nice day with all our family home for dinner and the afternoon to celebrate Jessica's birthday. Of course I'm not prejudice, but I know I have a great family!

Although it doesn't look very fall-ish at my house yet, I was inspired by my Sunday Swap Day cards to create this card with the Best of Autumn stamp set, the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder, and the Autumn Accents Die:

Best of Autumn 1

I used the emboss resist technique on the Very Vanilla strip. I stamped the leaf image with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder, then embossed with my Heat Tool. After cooling for a few seconds I sponged the embossed images with Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede ink. The clear embossing "resists" the ink and allows the Very Vanilla color to show through. After I applied all of my inks I gently rubbed over the images with a kleenex to remove the excess ink.

Best of autumn 2
The "give thanks" greeting is from the Best of Autumn set, as well as the pumpkin image I stamped in the lower right corner before embossing the Baked Brown Sugar layer with the Woodgrain Folder.

I cut a Very Vanilla leaf with my Autumn Accents Die, stamped the "give thanks" on the leaf, then sponged with the same three colors I used with the emboss resist. I tore apart a strip of 1 1/4" Burlap Trim to get the burlap threads I looped together and secured with a Vintage Trinket brad. After inserting the brad in the base of the leaf I adhered it all to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Best of autumn 3
For the inside I stamped with a phrase from Trust God, then used the emboss resist technique along with LOTS of sponging of Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry.

That's all for now! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Best of Autumn Emboss Resist!

Stampin’ Up! Best of Autumn Emboss Resist!

We had a really nice day with all our family home for dinner and the afternoon to celebrate Jessica's birthday. Of course I'm not prejudice, but I know I have a great family!

Although it doesn't look very fall-ish at my house yet, I was inspired by my Sunday Swap Day cards to create this card with the Best of Autumn stamp set, the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder, and the Autumn Accents Die:

Best of Autumn 1

I used the emboss resist technique on the Very Vanilla strip. I stamped the leaf image with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder, then embossed with my Heat Tool. After cooling for a few seconds I sponged the embossed images with Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede ink. The clear embossing "resists" the ink and allows the Very Vanilla color to show through. After I applied all of my inks I gently rubbed over the images with a kleenex to remove the excess ink.

Best of autumn 2
The "give thanks" greeting is from the Best of Autumn set, as well as the pumpkin image I stamped in the lower right corner before embossing the Baked Brown Sugar layer with the Woodgrain Folder.

I cut a Very Vanilla leaf with my Autumn Accents Die, stamped the "give thanks" on the leaf, then sponged with the same three colors I used with the emboss resist. I tore apart a strip of 1 1/4" Burlap Trim to get the burlap threads I looped together and secured with a Vintage Trinket brad. After inserting the brad in the base of the leaf I adhered it all to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Best of autumn 3
For the inside I stamped with a phrase from Trust God, then used the emboss resist technique along with LOTS of sponging of Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry.

That's all for now! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day! Fall is Here!

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day! Fall is Here!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013Ah, Sunday Swap Day! The day I share some of the samples I receive in the monthly swaps I participate in! Today's theme is "fall"!

Ann Betty created this lovely offering with the Truly Grateful stamp set, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder, Sweater Weather Designer Paper, and the Circle Card Thinlet Die!

Ann betty 1
I love how EASY it is to add the Candy Dots to any project! Just lift with the point of your Paper-Piercing Tool or Paper Snips, then position on your project whereever you want!

After the project is flipped:

Ann betty 2

Next, Kelly Acheson created this Center Easel card with the same Truly Grateful stamp set, Crushed Curry cardstock, Chevron Folder, 1 1/4" Burlap Trim, and the Window Frame Framelits.

Kelly acheson

Mary Waring heat-embossed her offering with Tangerine Tango embossing powder to give the Magnificent Maple stamp a bit more texture. I love how the e.p. coordinates perfectly with the Sweater Weather Designer Paper!

Mary waring

Alas, the final sample for today had no name attached, but it is a lovely card none the less!The Early Espresso/Crumb Cake combo is a perfect setting for the shock of wheat one more time!

No name 1

And inside, a greeting for the Best of Greetings 25th Anniversary Stamp set!

No name 2

That's all for now! You can always click on the "Shop Now" button to shop in my Stampin' Up! Online Store!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day! Fall is Here!

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day! Fall is Here!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013Ah, Sunday Swap Day! The day I share some of the samples I receive in the monthly swaps I participate in! Today's theme is "fall"!

Ann Betty created this lovely offering with the Truly Grateful stamp set, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder, Sweater Weather Designer Paper, and the Circle Card Thinlet Die!

Ann betty 1
I love how EASY it is to add the Candy Dots to any project! Just lift with the point of your Paper-Piercing Tool or Paper Snips, then position on your project whereever you want!

After the project is flipped:

Ann betty 2

Next, Kelly Acheson created this Center Easel card with the same Truly Grateful stamp set, Crushed Curry cardstock, Chevron Folder, 1 1/4" Burlap Trim, and the Window Frame Framelits.

Kelly acheson

Mary Waring heat-embossed her offering with Tangerine Tango embossing powder to give the Magnificent Maple stamp a bit more texture. I love how the e.p. coordinates perfectly with the Sweater Weather Designer Paper!

Mary waring

Alas, the final sample for today had no name attached, but it is a lovely card none the less!The Early Espresso/Crumb Cake combo is a perfect setting for the shock of wheat one more time!

No name 1

And inside, a greeting for the Best of Greetings 25th Anniversary Stamp set!

No name 2

That's all for now! You can always click on the "Shop Now" button to shop in my Stampin' Up! Online Store!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’Up! Stampin’ Glitter Pumpkin!

Stampin’Up! Stampin’ Glitter Pumpkin!

I spent the day shopping with two of my three daughters, Jessica & Alisa. Tomorrow is Jessica's birthday, but she will be shooting a wedding so I won't get to see her. I intended to take my camera with me today to at least get a picture of us together, but rats, I ran out of the house this morning without it! Hopefully when we have our family get-to-gether on Sunday for her birthday I will get a few pics to share with you then!

I've been seeing some really gorgeous cards made with the Stampin' Glitter in the Holiday Catalog, so I decided to have a go at creating with it myself! This is tonight's creation:

Glitter pumpkin 1

I started by adhering a Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet from the Annual Catalog to Very Vanilla cardstock. I then punched with the Extra-Large Oval punch three times. After removing the remaining protective cover to expose the adhesive, I then laid the ovals in a coffee filter and sprinkled them heavily with the Orange Stampin' Glitter. I pressed the glitter firmly into the adhesive with my fingers before tapping off the excess. I removed the glitter that wanted to cling to the backside of the ovals so I could assemble my pumpkin with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then adhered my pumpkin to the Early Espresso Core'dinations layer that I had embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder and my Big Shot. I also lightly sanded the woodgrain to bring out more of the texture. The card base and the Bird Builder-punched leaves are Always Artichoke. "Thinking of You" is from Wetlands, stamped in Early Espresso on a scrap of Venetian Romance Designer Paper that I then cut out with one of the Circle Card Thinlet Dies. For the four-petal flower on the word banner I punched the leftover cardstock from punching the ovals to punch with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack 4-petal flower. I added the Pearl Basic Jewel before I added the glitter.

Glitter pumpkin 2
I decided I needed for this to be a get well card, so I used a phrase from the tried-and-true set, Thoughts and Prayers. The flower spray is from the same set. I added more glittered flowers and leaves in the lower corner to finish everything off!

Tip: When working with any of our Stampin' Glitters, you will need to remove any excess glitter from your project once you are done or it will end up with "glitter scatter", as you can see in my sample above. A few quick swipes with a Swiffer cloth should do the trick nicely!

That's all for now! I'm all tuckered out from our shopping day. Did I mention that two of my grandbabies, Jaxon and Oakley, went with us? I had fun with my daughters and my grandson! yay!

To create your own glittered pumpkins you can order the supplies from my Online Store. The link to my Online Store is over there on the top right side of my blog. Place an order, receive a hand-stamped thank you from me and Bluesox Rewards if your order is $25 or more!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’Up! Stampin’ Glitter Pumpkin!

Stampin’Up! Stampin’ Glitter Pumpkin!

I spent the day shopping with two of my three daughters, Jessica & Alisa. Tomorrow is Jessica's birthday, but she will be shooting a wedding so I won't get to see her. I intended to take my camera with me today to at least get a picture of us together, but rats, I ran out of the house this morning without it! Hopefully when we have our family get-to-gether on Sunday for her birthday I will get a few pics to share with you then!

I've been seeing some really gorgeous cards made with the Stampin' Glitter in the Holiday Catalog, so I decided to have a go at creating with it myself! This is tonight's creation:

Glitter pumpkin 1

I started by adhering a Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet from the Annual Catalog to Very Vanilla cardstock. I then punched with the Extra-Large Oval punch three times. After removing the remaining protective cover to expose the adhesive, I then laid the ovals in a coffee filter and sprinkled them heavily with the Orange Stampin' Glitter. I pressed the glitter firmly into the adhesive with my fingers before tapping off the excess. I removed the glitter that wanted to cling to the backside of the ovals so I could assemble my pumpkin with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then adhered my pumpkin to the Early Espresso Core'dinations layer that I had embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder and my Big Shot. I also lightly sanded the woodgrain to bring out more of the texture. The card base and the Bird Builder-punched leaves are Always Artichoke. "Thinking of You" is from Wetlands, stamped in Early Espresso on a scrap of Venetian Romance Designer Paper that I then cut out with one of the Circle Card Thinlet Dies. For the four-petal flower on the word banner I punched the leftover cardstock from punching the ovals to punch with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack 4-petal flower. I added the Pearl Basic Jewel before I added the glitter.

Glitter pumpkin 2
I decided I needed for this to be a get well card, so I used a phrase from the tried-and-true set, Thoughts and Prayers. The flower spray is from the same set. I added more glittered flowers and leaves in the lower corner to finish everything off!

Tip: When working with any of our Stampin' Glitters, you will need to remove any excess glitter from your project once you are done or it will end up with "glitter scatter", as you can see in my sample above. A few quick swipes with a Swiffer cloth should do the trick nicely!

That's all for now! I'm all tuckered out from our shopping day. Did I mention that two of my grandbabies, Jaxon and Oakley, went with us? I had fun with my daughters and my grandson! yay!

To create your own glittered pumpkins you can order the supplies from my Online Store. The link to my Online Store is over there on the top right side of my blog. Place an order, receive a hand-stamped thank you from me and Bluesox Rewards if your order is $25 or more!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

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