The Stamper

Christmas Jingle Tag Book

The theme of the workshop I did this week was gifts that are simple to make and low cost.  This is another one of the projects I made for that workshop.  It is a tag book, this one has three pages that you decorate front and back but you can make it as many pages as you want by just gluing tag books together.    I used Stampin' Up! Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' kit to create this adorable little book.  Drop a few pictures of someone you love and you have a great gift idea. 

The Simply Scrappin kits come with six 6x12 sheets of die cut card-stock images, 3 sheets two designs of decorative, double sided card-stock sheets as well as solid texture cardstock sheets.  I cut one of the textured card-stock sheet in half to make a 6x12 piece, scored it at 4" and 8".  And then I cut one of the corners off and used it as a pattern for the other corner.  I cut the die cut border strips into 4" pieces and then used those and the decorative card-stock pieces for decorations.  I cut the decorative sheet into 3 3/4' x 5 3/4" pieces and used the corner piece as a pattern to clip the corners to make the perfect border look.   If you would like to have your own workshop we can custom a class to meet your and your friends needs, just give me a call and we can schedule a date.  I know the Holidays are a busy time but they are also a time where people like to get together so call me soon.

Looking Smart Scrapbook page

 Yesterday, I wrote about how I needed to borrow kids because mine had grown too old for adorable pictures, well I guess you can say that is what I did here.  I was scrapbooking the other night and had these great pictures of Abby I had taken and they were perfect for this looking smart scrapbook page we made several months ago in my wow scrapbooking classs I dropped them onto the page. 

My Wow Scrapbook classes are held on the 4th Friday of each month.  It is a great thing to come and create 6 page in just a couple of hours and then drop pictures onto them when you find the perfect pictures like I did here.  My next class is on Thursday night, December 3rd and Friday morning, December 4th due to Thanksgivng.  I would love to have you join me. 

This page was created with the Jackpot Designer Series paper and Stampin' Up!'s tart and tangy stamp set.  I love the Big Shot and used the Go Go Boots Alphabet and Stampin' Up! Billboard Alphabet and Scallop Circle and Scallop Circle #3 dies.

Stampin' Up! Great Friend CD frame

  This morning I had a workshop for Rory and she asked me to show some simple, inexpensive gift ideas.  I loved this CD frame idea when I saw it several years ago and I think it is a fun gift idea that is easy to make and looks so cute on a desk so I designed one using Stampin' Up!'s Great Friend stamp set and the Thoroughly Modern Designer Series paper pack.  The matching Designer papers make a great background and then I used the scraps for the accents strips.  The frame is stamped in Soft Suede Classic ink and the butterfly is Bermuda Bay Classic ink.  I used the oval frame from our Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware kit for the accent on the front of the tin. 

I had to add these adorable pictures of my nephews.  I was laughing at myself the other day when I told my husband that I needed new kids, mine have grown too old to take adorable pictures of them.  He said, I am not getting new kids until I get grandkids so I will just have to borrow other people kids until them.  There is no hope for Grandkids in my near future so I am stuck with borrowing. 

Stampin' Up! Berry Christmas Trio

What fun I had to day making up these gift ideas.  I was inspired by the card I made a few weeks ago using Soft Suede card-stock, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Stampin' Up! stamp set Berry Christmas found on page 20 of the Holiday Mini catalog. 

The pencil box was created with a 11x 2 1/2" piece of card-stock.  You score the long sides at 1/2" and the short side at 1/2", 1", 8 1/2", 9".  Cut away the 1/2" square on the corners on the bottom of the holder and fold into a box. 

The Post-it note  holder is the same concept but different folds and dimensions.  I will try and make up a pattern and put it in a blog. 

I can't believe Christmas is only a few weeks away.  My girls keep reminding me.

Deal of the week Pirate and Princess kits

This weeks deal of the week features the Pirate and Princess birthday kits that are found in the main catalog. When I saw these kits for the first time I wished I had little kids again because they are perfect for a quick and easy birthday party with a lot of pizazz to them.  I love the eye patches in the pirate kit and I even used these pieces to create a fun scrapbook page after the event.  It comes with all the ribbon and elastic for the patches and banner and the invites just need to be filled in and sent in the envelope provided. 

The princess kit has a banner and crowns instead of eye patches which I think would be a fun craft to do, let each child make her own crown to wear.  The cost of these kits are regularly $15.95 but this week only they are $9.95 each. 

These kits are paper packets for 8 kids and they also have a stamp set that is designed to match the set.  You can order these deals of the week on like at my web site www.wendythestamper.stampinup.net or at any workshop or event this week. 

Stampin' Up! Impressions Folder

The more I work with Stampin' Up!'s imressions folder and the Big Shot the more impressed I become. This past week I had a workshop for my KSU group and they asked for an ornament and I decided to make one a part of the card.  I used the new impressions folder Petals-A-Plenty found on page 21 of the Holiday mini catalog.  This folder can be made to look like Holiday flowers or Daisies depending on the cardstock color you use. 

The Ornament is chipboard cut with the Scallop circle die.  I used a marker to color the edges and then add 2 Scallop circle dies that were impressed with the folder.  It is best to color the edges before attaching the cardstock so if you slip you don't draw a marker line down the front of the ornament. 

The pocket is created by folding a corner of DSP paper down and adding Tombow white glue to the 3 edges and with the ornament in place hold the edges until the glue sticks, remove ornament and let the paper set good.    I added a knot and silver cording to finish the ornament.  Enjoy

Serene Snowflakes by Stampin' Up!

This stamp set Serene Snowflakes by Stampin' Up! is a really elegant set.  The images look like snowflakes and yet they don't depending on the colors you use. 

The colors of this is muted soft suede.  The pattern paper is from the Designer Series Paper Christmas Cocoa Specialty.  I used a 4" square of paper layered over Whisper White Card-stock and Soft Suede Card-stock.  The snowflake accent was stamped once on the square white card-stock and then on a scrap piece of card-stock and a clean rhinestone was added and pop-ed up on the card with dimensionals. 

I think this card would be one you could make a hundred of for your Christmas cards without a whole lot of stress. 

Stampin' Up! Circle Brads and Enjoy

    At my "Take Better Photos" class we made this 6x6 mini album page and I showed them how to turn a 6x6 into a 8 1/2x 11 page and then into a 12x12 page like is shown here. 

After the class I really liked the page and I had these great photos from a rafting trip Tysha went on late summer that really popped when put on these colors.  As the final accent I used the circle brads that are one of the deals of the week. 

The page is Chocolate Chip 12x12, Really Rust 8 1/2x 11 stamped with the circle from Stampin' Up!'s Enjoy and Sahara Sand accent color.  I stamped on Vanilla card-stock for the accents. 

Here is a close up on what the flower accents look like.  I stamped them with Really Rust, and added the dotted circle stamp from Stampin' Up! Enjoy stamp set in Chocolate chip ink and then added the small circle brad and popped them up on the page with dimensionals.

Wow Scrapbooking pages sneak peek

As I was writing about my wow scrap-booking sneak peek page for this Friday I realized I should write about how anyone, no matter how far away you live from me, can get these wow scrap-booking page ideas. 

I have partnered with one of my down-line Monkia and we create electronic patterns and instructions for the 3 two-page spreads I create for my wow scrap-booking class each month.  You get pictures of the pages and directions for creating these pages in your own home.  We also give you the cutting dimensions and what supplies you will need to create each set of pages. 

There are always different themes each month and these can be purchased as a group or individually.  Our Wow Scrapbook kit site is found at http://wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com/.  We would love to have you go to our site and see the pages that are available there.  Or you can contact me for more information. 

Stampin' Up! Jumbo Grommets

 On Monday I shared that I had just done a page using the Stampin' Up! Jumbo Grommets that are a part of the deal of the week this week.  I realized that this is one of the pages I will be doing this Friday at my wow scrap-booking class so the pictures is just a sneak peek.   We make 3 two-page spreads on the 4th Friday of each month for only $30.00.  That is 6 pages you get done in 2-3 hours and all you have to do is drop your photos onto the page once you get home. 

I love this class and have been doing it for over 9 years and I still have a couple of my first customers that come and create these pages with me so we have a good time.  I hope you will join me at one of my scrap-booking classes soon.

Stampin' Up! Circle Circus

 Stampin' Up!'s deal of the week this week has several accessories on sale and the mini Library clips is one of the items you can purchase at a discount.  Since Friday's post showed these adorable little clips on a scrapbook page I thought I would share a card that also has one of these clips attached to it.   I love the little clip and how you can attach your focal point to a card and draw you eye to it.  This card also reminded me a little of fall because of the colors and the worn look to the card itself. 

This is a quick and easy card layout that you can use with other images but if you love this circle set as much as I do you will have a hard time not using it.   The Library clips are regular priced at $12.95 but are on sale this week only for $8.99.  You can order on my Stampin' Up! web site www.wendythestamper.stampinup.net or email or call me and I can add them to a order I am placing this week. 

Stampin' Up! Deals of the week

Mini Library clips    Circle Designer Brads     1/2" Library Clips     Jumbo Gromments

   # 109847  $8.99       #112571  $3.99        #112581  $3.99       #114348  $4.49

The deal of the week this week includes some great accessories that if you have not tried them this is the time to do so.  I thought is was great that the page I posted on Friday used the mini Library clips and I will post a page I made on Saturday that used the Basic Jumbo Grommets so you can see how great these items are.

You can order these items on-line at wendythestamper.stampinup.net, at a workshop or by just calling or email me and I will add them to my next order. 

Stampin' Up! Nursery Necessities

It is always fun to pull out a scrap-book page I have made for a class and use it in my personal scrapbooks.  I have several baby pages that I have been saving to use with a baby of mine (not that I will be having any more babies myself but I do have hope that my daughters will have a few for me to call my own someday) but I don't see a baby coming into my home in the near future except this little guy.  He is Jackson and has connections is several ways to our family.  I used to baby sit his dad when he was young and lived in Utah, my daughters baby sit him, his mom is a friend and customer and Jackson has lived at our home most of the summer since Tysha was his nanny.  We have all become attached to him and him to us. 

He is one spoiled baby with all the mothering that he gets when he is at our home.  He is also just so darn cute to take photos of and since he was right here and sometimes a willing participant I have a few really cute pictures of him growing up.   The other day I realized that I have not taken too many photos of him with the girls so we tried to get a shot or two so they all remember how close they were to this baby as he grew into a toddler. 

The page is Whisper White card-stock that we glued 3" squares to and then created a grid pattern around them using a black writer.  The Bashful Blue card-stock was cut with scissors in a wave pattern and the Certainly Celery card-stock was punched along the edge with the small oval punch.  I used a marker to color the boat from Stampin' Up!'s Nursery Necessities stamp set and ink pads to stamp the moon, and stars from that stamp set.  The colors I used were: Apricot Appeal, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose.  I typed my journaling on the computer and printed it on Vellum card-stock and attached it to the page using the mini library clips.

Weekend at Wendy's memory

I really love to scrap-book and I think it is because I get to remember good times as I create beautiful pages to house lasting memories.  This page was a page I did a couple of years ago for a wow scrapbooking class here in Woodstock, Georgia and it seemed to be the perfect page for the pictures we took at this year's Weekend at Wendy's, a retreat weekend for those who have joined Stampin' Up! through me. 

When my down-line get together it is always a time of sharing and caring.  We seem to support each other as we create beautiful projects, this year was no different. 

The page is created with Sage Shadow, Really Rust and vanilla card-stocks.  I used 2 way glue and strips of light weight paper to cover parts of the vanilla cardstock to create stripes and then stamped and sponged over the strips.  Once I had the look I wanted I pealed the light weight paper away and I was left with elegant background paper.  I used Stampin' Up!'s Baroque Motifs stamp set and Sage Shadow, Really Rust and Groovy Guava (this color was an in-color a couple years ago). 

Stampin' Up! Nouveau Chic Designer Papers

I was trying to do a few scrap-book pages this weekend and when I got to the photos of Ted's dad funeral I thought of putting off scrap-booking it until another day and if you are like me the sad times seems to get put off forever so I sat down and decided to just do it.  While I was looking at the pictures I remembered that Ted has wrote Shanae an email sharing with her the funeral details since she could not be there.I pulled up the email and used that for the journaling on the pages I did of this event.  It was nice to get Ted's perspective in my scrap-books especially when the event meant so much to him. 

I also decided to include a photo of Ted's dad the last time he was out here visiting us to make the page be about him and his life and service to not only his family but our country.   I know Ted and his family was touched by the kindness of others and their sacrifice to give this world war two, B-52 Bomber pilot a warm farewell.

This page is done with Basic Gray and Sage Shadow card-stocks and Nouveau Chic Designer Series paper.  I really thought these papers and accents were just right for this event.  The flowers are made by pleating the DSP and shaping it into a flower and adding a 1" punch circle for the centers.

Take Better Photos Class

This Friday I am giving a FREE presentation on how to take better photos.  This class will be held Friday, October 16th at 7:00pm and will be just over an hour.  You will learn how to take better photos without having to learn how a camera works.  These simple hints will improve your photos and are fun to do.  After learning how to take better photos you will create a mini scrap page for your to use with your first improved photo. 

Bring your mom, husband or a friend or two and join me for a night of photography fun. 

Please RSVP by Thursday, Oct. 15th.   

Stampin' Up! Deal of the week!

I am excited to share the second week of Stampin' Up! Deals of the week and this week it features the Big Shot dies.  I love my Big Shot and all the great custom dies Stampin' Up! has to offer.  I sometimes wonder how I ever did a class or scrapbooking event without using a Big Shot.  The second deals of the week are from October 12, 10 AM (MT) through October 19, 9:50 AM (MT). So don't miss out, you can order on line by going to my SU! web site www.wendythestamper.stampinup.net  or call me at 678-494-4599 and I would love to help you with all your stamping and scrapbooking needs.

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Special Price
115961	200	Perfect Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95	$25.99
114515	195	Flower Burst Embosslits die	$11.95	$5.99
116760	201	Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die	$39.95	$25.49

     

6x6 Seasonal Album

 The 6x6 Season scrapbook was one of my most popular project last year at my Gift Making Extravaganza so I had to design another one for this year. 

It is a little bit different this year, you get even more Seasonal pages, one for each month.  It has been designed so you can use this as one album or as two 6x6 Calendars. You can also ask for this to be prepared so you can use it for a card a month album like we did last year.  The pages are less work than last year so you can make more than one set and yet they look great and I know Grandma will love getting them. 

This class is held Friday, November 6, and Saturday November 7, from 10 am to 10 pm each day.  Class fee is $15.00 plus supply fees for any projects you want to do.  The Twelve 2-page 6x6 album supply fee is $24.00 and you can add on the album or calendars as well.   The dead line for this class is October 21st.  Just email me at wendy@thestamper.comand I can send you the newsletter with all the Paypal links. 

Holiday Bread Bag

  We have just less than a month before my Gift Making Extravaganza event and this Holiday Bread Bag is the most popular project for my weekend class. 

This bag idea was shared with my STARZ group by Julia Grenier at our convention meeting and I adapted it for the Holidays.  I thought it would be the perfect size for a loaf of holiday bread to take to your neighbors or office friends.  It is easy to make and they will all look different depending of the designer paper you use. 

My class will be held Friday, November 6, and Saturday November 7, from 10 am to 10 pm each day.  The class fee is $15.00 plus supply fees depending on the projects you choose to make.  The Holiday Bread Bag is $3.00 each and should not take more than 10 minutes to make. 

Email me at wendy@thestamper.comto receive my newsletter and all the paypal links for this weekend of fun.

Stampin' Up!'s Medallion

It is always fun to get a hand stamped card in the mail and as a demonstrator I think I enjoy them more than most because I know what goes into making one and then getting it to the post office.  Getting it to the post office is the hardest part for me. 

This week my friend Wendy Knowles sent me this card and I love it.  It was made using the Medallion background stamp, stamped in the corner of white card stock.  Then add a half pearl to the middle and rough up the edges and you have the card half done. 

I liked how she added two ribbons layered on top of each other and used the new Modern Label punch to finish it off. 

The colors are Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry. 

It was a great card but knowing my friend was thinking about me makes it even better.