The Stamper

Stampin' Up! Sweet Pea Stitched Felt whimsy

  One of the new items in Stampin' Up!'s Occasions Mini Catalog is the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (Item # 117266 for $7.95 for 52 pieces).  These custom-colored felt pieces add a whimsical touch to any project.  At leadership Shelli Gardner, owner of Stampin' Up! shared this wrist band that was made using the different felt pieces.  She also showed how great it would be on a head band for a little girl. (It makes me wish my girls were younger or that they were older and I had grandchildren!)

These felt pieces are great for any card or scrap page or 3-d projects.  These little 3x3 notes cards are so cute with just a little felt whimsy added to create the main focus.   

My downline Michelle created this little basket with felt and the Big Shot and the Sweet Pea felt was the perfect accent. 

You will also note that the Chalkboard we are going to make in my Hands On Class, February 12 has a sweet pea flower accent so plan to join me for that class and get your hands on the Sweet Pea felts or contact me today and order some for your next project.  Watch for upcoming posts with more samples using the sweet pea felts.

Free Stamps!

Sale-a-bration is my favorite time of Stampin' Up!'s year and this year it is even better.  Stampin' Up! has designed 4 stamp sets just to give away during Sale-a-bration.  They also have a 6x6 paper pad and a wonderful border punch that can be chosen as your free items.  But in addition to that they have a list of catalog stamp sets as options for us to choose for free as well (Note for these catalog stamps to count as SAB sets you much use the merchandise number from the back of the Sale-a-bration brochure). 

How can you take advantage of this free offer?  In three ways:

1. Spend:  Spend $50.00 in catalog merchandise and you earn one FREE Sale-a-bration product of your choice.

2. Host: Host a workshop of at least $300 and earn one FREE Sale-a-bration product in addition to the generous hostess benefits.

3. Join: Join Stampin' Up! during Sale-a-bration and choose a FREE stamp set from the idea book and catalog value upto $47.95 plus the Starter kits are 15% off.  Whoo Hoo!

I would love to come and show you how to use these wonderful products so contact me today and lets party together.

The sample shown here is using the Sale-a-bration stamp set Happy Moments.  I know everyone asks me when they see this card how did you make the pole.  All I did was punch 3/4 of the 1 3/8" punch along the edge of black card stock, then I punch over that circle using the 1 3/4" circle punch.  I cut a 3/8" inch strip of card stock and glued it to the circle punched image and tied the knot where I glued it so you can't see that they are pieced together.  The bird is kraft card stock glued to black card stock and cut out, then punched and I used wire to connect it to the card so it will swing. 

Enjoy.

Chalkboard Hands On Class

February's Hands On should be lots of fun.  I hope you will grab and friend or two and join me for my monthly Hands On Class.  We will be making: the chalkboard using the chalkboard Home Decor and the sweet pea felt flowers, a card using the Big Shot and the new heart die as well as a box of mini cards that is decorated with the new bird punch that I have had so much fun playing with. 

This class is held on the 2nd Friday of each month.  February's class is Friday, February 12, at 10:00 am and repeated at 7:30pm.  The cost of the class is $15.00 and you create these projects to take home with you. 

RSVP by emailing me at wendy@thestamper.com and I will cut and prep the supplies for you.  Join me for a some "you" time and make a few wonderful gifts as a bonus. 

Stampin' Up! Sweet treat heart cups

I have enjoyed Stampin' Up!'s sweet treat cups over these past few months.  They are a fun treat holder and easy to use.  But I was wow-ed when I saw the Heart Shape Sweet treat cups and matching stamp set that is available for a limited time only from Stampin' Up!.  Hearts are always in but at Valentines it seems they are all that matters and this little set creates the cutest things. 

I created this standing Valentine using the sweet treat heart, a little cardstock, 2 ink pads; Real Red and Certainly Celery.  I used the Sale-a-bration border punch Scallop Trim.  You can choose this punch for free when you place a $50.00 order during Stampin' Up!'s sale-a-bration period. 

If you want to order my Sweetheart kit email me today at wendy@thestamper.com and for $60.00 you will receive the Sweetheart Stamp set wood mounted #120415 $21.95, The Full heart punch #113693 $15.05, 2 packages of heart shape cups #120435 $2.95 each and a spool of red gingham ribbon #104827 $7.50 plus shipping and handling and the free Scallop Trim Border punch #118402.  

Contact me today and order this fun set and you will be creating fun treats for your kids class and those you love.

Leadership Manager's Meeting

Leadership Manager's meeting is always the highlight of Stampin' Up! leadership event.  It is a night when they provide a fun atmosphere for visiting and socializing with each other.  To attend this event you have to had a title of Manager or above and it is an event worth working for.  This year it was a Rodeo and Mexican fiesta.  I always enjoy the little details like our SU! logo light that was reflected on a fireplace and all the table decorations and of course the free stamps we always receive. 

We had fun watching a rodeo, I especially enjoyed sitting with friends who had never been before and seeing their reaction.  We enjoy the meal the the entertainment was magical.  It was a fun night with friends.   

This is just one of the reasons I love being apart of Stampin' Up!.  They treat us special and give us opportunities to see and do things we might not do on our own.  If you have ever considered being apart of an organization like this now is the time to look into joining Stampin' Up! and my STARZ family.  SU! is offering their kits at a 15%off plus you get a free stamp set valued $47.95 or less.  Contact me today and join the stamping fun!

Stampin' Up!'s Simply Adorned Charms

Well the wait is finally over the Simply Adorned Chains and charms are now available and to add to the excitement Stampin' Up! has also added a circle and square charm as well as the rectangle charm to the custom jewelry that is available. 

These charms can be created with any stamp images and they are so small that they are easy to make.  These charms were created by Shelli Gardner for her sister. The images can be changed whenever you want and you can add charms as well. 

Don't delay order your charms from me today. 

Big Shot & Stampin' Up! quilt square

Leadership was so much fun and one of the fun new markets we can provide products for is the quilting market.  With the Big Shot, fabric and some dies you can create beautiful quilts.  I loved the classes they taught at Leadership and the beautiful quilts they had on display.  It was amazing how creative you can be with the Big Shot and fabric.  I learned you can cut 7 layers of fabric at one time and because the Big Shot gives you a perfect cut each time your quilt patterns are more likely to stay true. 

The best part was when Stampin' Up! presented each demonstrator who attended leadership a handmade quilt block.  Shelli, the owner/founder of Stampin' Up! hand picked the fabrics and then the production people in Kanab, Utah's production facility  brought in their personal sewing machines and sewed these blocks for each of us.  What a way to make us feel special.  I loved the fabrics I got and will enjoy sharing this with each of you when we attend my classes.  If you love to quilt contact me and let me share a fun new way to create beautiful quilts using the Big Shot. 

Happy Moments, Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration card

I love this little stamp set Stampin' Up! created for Sale-a-bration this year.  I used Happy Moments for my Hands On Class this past Friday and I also create this card for my Leadership and Georgia downline meetings I held this month.  I love the line drawing look of this stamp set and how easy it is to watercolor it. 

This card has a pull out greeting like the Valentine one I shared a couple of weeks ago. The card base is Whisper White and I layer Tempting Turquoise card stock on top of the white.  Don't glue it down until you create the window and greeting slip.  I used Melon Mambo card stock to frame the images and for the tab punch.  The hidden greeting slip has a modern label punch glued to the end so it won't pull out when you pull it out.  Put the greeting strip through the word window you punched on the front of your card then glue the Turquoise card stock to the white card base.  I added a Melon Mambo ribbon to the tab and watercolored the images with the ink pads and a Aqua Painter. 

This stamp set is one of the free items you can select when you place a $50.00 order during Sale-a-bration.  Contact me today and order. 

Stampin' Up! two-step bird scrapbook

Leadership was wonderful, I just need to know how to have so much fun and come home not tired.  It was great to see my downline at our Leadership meeting.  I have the most talented girls in the company and they are a lot of fun too.  This two-step birk scrapbook is one of the projects we made at our meeting.  I was a little unsure about the new style of punches Stampin' Up! introduced in the Occasions Mini catalog until I started to play and now I am in love.  The new design is easy to punch.  Because of the design SU! is able to create larger punched images and even this two-step bird image, it is like getting 3 punches in one.  (the wing of the bird could also be a leaf for a flower)  If you want to try out the new punch style SU! has made it easy and free.  When you purchase $50.00 during Sale-a-bration you can choose the Scallop trim border as your free item and you can try out the new design and see what you think. 

This scrapbook is a piece of card stock 6x12 inches scored at 2, 2 ¼, 7 & 7 ¼ inches, score the band the same dimensions.  I also attached a piece of card stock I trimmed using the scallop boarder punch to the card stock base.

I then attached two envelopes to each other with a 2x 4 3/8" piece of card stock that was folded in half and attached them to the card stock base the same way.  To finish the look I attached a 1x 4 3/8" piece to the top envelope.  Then add designer papers.  These papers come from the Designer Series Paper Stack "Sweet Pea" found in the new Occasions Mini catalog.  I added paper to both the front and backs of the envelopes.  I trim the top envelope down smaller than the back envelope.  Make sure you trim the edge of the back envelope so you can insert the card stock page.

I used the Two-step bird punch as accents.  I hope you enjoy this cute project.  I invited anyone who is interested in in making great projects like this and networking with talented women to join our STARZ group and Stampin' Up!.  SU! has a great special during Sale-a-bration.  The starter kits is 15% off and you get to choose a $47.95 stamp set for free. For more information contact me and learn how you can join on line at my SU! web site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net.

B is for Birthday

For my Kennesaw class we also made this birthday card.  It turned out really great and the colors could be used for either a male or female birthday person.

I used Stampin' Up!'s Party Hearty stamp set.  I laid a piece of paper over the card and stamped the celebrate you round stamp images with Tempting Turquoise ink that was stamped off a couple of times before stamping on the card stock.  I then added a stitched line using a black writer.  The B is for birthday image was inked with tempting turquoise, taken with teal and old olive markers.

I stamped the party hat on Kraft brown card stock using a Close to Cocoa ink and layered the cut out image with a dimensional.  This stamped piece was layered on turquoise and old olive card stock and I added the celebrate greeting from Stampin' Up!'s A little Birthday Cheer greeting stamp set. 

Enjoy!

Stampin' Up! Always pull card

Valentines will be here before you know it and I created this card for my Kennesaw class this month.  We used Stampin' Up!'s stamp set Always and stamped it with Rose Red ink.  I stamped one of the accent flowers and punched it using 1/2" circle punch and layered it with a dimensional.  I layered that on Rose Red and Pretty in Pink card stocks and then onto Rose Red Designer paper.  Before gluing it to the white card base punch a word window punch to the side of the images and punch a modern label punch and glue it to the end of your pull out strip so the paper won't pull out of the word window opening.  Now insert the pull out strip and glue Designer Paper to white base.  I added a Round Tab punch to pull on and a saying on the pull out strip. 

This is a fun layout to put secret sayings on.  

This card can be used for Valentine or just anytime you want to tell someone that they mean "Everything" to you. 

My Hands On Class

It's the New Year and time to get back into my stamping routine.  One of the things I do each month is my monthly Hands On Class where we create cards, gift and gift packaging projects.  The class fee is just $15.00 and I have all the supplies cut and ready for you to create 4 projects to take home with you.  I usually hold this class on the 2nd Friday of each month but due to leadership and 5 Fridays in January, this class will be held Friday, January 15th at 10am - 12:30 and repeated at 7:30-10:00pm. 

This month we will be making these projects pictured to the right.  It is a 3x6 card using Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-bration stamp set Happy Moments.  You can choose this stamp set for free with a $50.00 purchase during January, February and March.   We will also be making the box with 3x3 mini cards inside and the CD Princess Frame.  Please RSVP at wendy@thestamper.com so I can have the supplies cut and ready for you. 

More Holiday card shares

Here are a few more of the wonderful cards I received this Holiday season. 

This card was created by Elizabeth Martinez.  It is a very elegant card.  I loved that she created a Holiday card in purple.  I love this ornament punch and she added just a right accent by adding a wire hook above the punched image to make it look like it is really hanging from that soft ribbon.  She emboss the swirl from Stampin' Up! stamp set Baroque Motifs with silver embossing powder.  And I loved the final accent the rhinestone brad in the center of the ornament.

I guess if I am going to highlight Elizabeth's card I can highlight the one I got from Elizabeth's mother Dottie Foulk.  I love this business and the people I would never have gotten to know if I was not a demonstrator and recruiter.  Dottie's card had a wonderful texture to it that she created using the Big Shot and the embossing folders.  I love how she just layered that great texture with the trio of trees stamp from Stampin' Up! Patterned Pines hostess set and added just the right touch by placing red brads on the tips of her trees. 

The last card I want to share today was sent to me by Tanya Brown.  She told me she was not going to make cards this year until she visited my home and saw a card that was sent to me by Katie Simecka.  She went right home and created this version.  The card is very simple but elegant and easy for Tanya to make enough for all the friends and family she wanted to send cards too. 

Thanks to all of you who shared beautiful cards with me this year.  I love receiving handmade cards in the mail and appreciate all of them I received.  Maybe I will share a few more I received later this week.

Holiday card share

I received some wonderful Holiday cards that were hand stamped and I thought I would share a few with you today and tomorrow and share what I loved about each of them. 

This card to the right was created by Sharon Field.  When it came in the mail Ted did not recognize it as a hand stamped card.  I loved the torn paper layer look that creates the background and she stamped the tree from Stampin' Up!'s Trendy Trees stamp set in chocolate chip and then embossed the leaves in white.  I loved that she then created the shadow by stamping off until she got a light enough shadow look and then stamped on the card.  I think this technique would be fun to do on other cards.

This next card was sent to me by Carol Gonzales.  I love how pretty  Stampin' Up!'s Gifts of Christmas stamp set is.  She created this beautiful card by simply stamping the image in green and then adding red accents around the green images.  I  love the jumbo grommets with the knot accent.  I really love the look of those grommets.

The last card today I want to share was made by Amber Allen.  I loved that she used a full sheet of 8 1/2x 11 card stock and folded it in half to create a large card that has plenty of room for their family pictures and stamped images. I liked that she embossed the trees from Stampin' Up! hostess set patterned Pines.  I also loved that her husband Clint cut out all those tree images they put on their cards.  

All of these designs would be great for Holiday cards next year or think about changing the stamp set and trying these layouts with stamp sets for Spring. 

New Catalog and Sale-a-bration available

I am pleased to share with you the new products and ideas from our Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration catalogs.  You can order from these catalogs starting today from my Stampin' Up! web site:  www.wendythestamper.stampinup.net 

Some highlights:  new acrylic option.  For those of you who love acrylic you will love that SU! now offers their occasions mini catalog stamps in wood or acrylic and you will love the feel of our acrylic blocks.  They feel like our wood blocks.  You will also love that our acrylic stamps will stamp a clear image because they have kept our quality rubber and foam and yet have created a see through look with a sticker option. 

You got to see the new punches.  They are designed to stack and store and they store locked shut so you won't have to worry about them getting off track if you drop one.  They also are able to create bigger images and punches with multiple punches on one punch. 

I also love Stampin' Up!'s new stamp set and roller Vintage Vogue and Very Vintage. I know we are using this stamp set for leadership conference and can't wait to stamp with it and bring home fun ideas using this stamp set. 

Come join me this month for a class or schedule a party for you and your friends and I will demo some of these great stamps and accessories just for you.

Happy New Year!

I want to wish you all a happy New Year!  I have taken a couple weeks off to be with family and to catch up and to help friends with Holiday projects.  I hope to share some of these with you this week.  I am leaving for Stampin' Up! leadership conference tomorrow  and have some fun ideas I have created with the new occasion mini catalog and Sale-a-bration products I will be sharing with you in the upcoming weeks. 

I wish you all the best 2010 year possible.