The Stamper

Holiday Projects

The Holidays are quickly approaching and we actual have had a few cool days that feel like fall or winter.  It is the Eid Holiday here in Arabia which is their New Year so Ted has been home and we have been doing some fun things around home.  I will write about Sand rose digging and our trip to Baharain but today I wanted to share our "cold" weather experience last night. 

We had some friends invite us to a movie on the soccer fields that turned out to be on the cricket field instead.  It was great fun, they attached a sheet to an end post and projected the movie up onto the sheet.  We all brought chairs and popcorn and last night we had blankets, long sleeves, hats, socks and shoes and we still went home cold. 

Now I know for you in other parts of the world what we expeienced last night would not be cold but when you are used to over 100* weather 60 and 70 feels cold.  The crispness reminded me of the holidays and my upcoming Holiday class.  We will be making 2 cards and a 3-d sock.  The sock and card I copied from projects shown at convention this summer.  They both have a lot of glitter on them and I added glitter to my Holiday card.  When Ted saw the projects he said, are you teaching a glitter class?  I guess I am. 

I do like the glitter paper in both red and white, the best part is you don't get glitter anywhere because it stays on the paper.   The sock is created with the Big Shot and the new Holiday Stocking Die you can find in the Holiday mini catalog.   To order go to my Stampin' Web site:  http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net  and create your own cold weather projects.

Saudi Hands On Class

This coming Saturday, April 23, is my Saudi Arabia Hands On Class.  We meet at 12:30pm and repeat the class at 5:30pm at my home.  I am excited to show everyone how to create this fun spinner card.  The spinner stamp set and accessories are in the Occasion Mini catalog by Stampin' Up!.  This catalog is good until the end of April so if you have not got all the things you love from it don't wait because after the end of April many of those items will not longer be available.  

At Hands On class we create 3 projects.  This week we are doing the Spinner card, a Mother's Day scrapbook made from the file folders in Stampin' Up!'s catalog and a sunset-shadow card. 

You can sign up for my class until Wednesday, April 19th. You can email me at Wendy@thestamper.com Hope to see you there. 

Hands On Class

I am excited to share with you these projects at my next Hands On class that will be held on the 2nd Friday in march.  March, 12th at 10am and repeated at 7:30pm.  We will be creating this birthday reminder box using Stampin' Up! sale-a-bration stamp set Happy Moments.  We will also be making this standing card and one of the fabric pins shown here. 

You will get to play with the Big Shot with fabric and then with paper on the embossed butterflies.  You will also get to use the new Satin ribbon and sweet pea felt. 

Join me and have a night of stamping fun.  To RSVP email me at wendy@thestamper.com today.

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.

Stampin' Up!' Wandering Words

 Stampin' Up!'s wandering words stamp set has three long stamps that include a thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine stamp with wandering words.  I loved the Valentine and Christmas stamps a lot.  For my customer appreciation event that is being held today I made this card as one of the projects.  It was created with Melon Mambo card-stock, a 2 x 6 piece of the Night and Day Specialty paper that can be found in the Holiday mini catalog, I laid this across the bottom and trimmed the edges and the top right corner piece is an edge I trimmed off.  I used Garden Green, Basic Black and Melon Mambo markers to ink the design and finished everything off with a heart punch from Melon Mambo DSP. 

This is a quick and easy card to make and yet it sends the right message. 

Customer Appreciation Class

I am getting excited for my Customer Appreciation Event that will be Friday, December 11, at 10am and repeated at 7:30pm.  This is the time of the year for me to give you, my customers, a gift and that gift is a free Hands On class.  We will be making 4 projects: this post-it note holder, a standing calendar card, a Valentines card and an ornament made from the Sweet Treat cups. 

I have been cutting paper and cleaning and decorating my home for this special event.  Ted's making treats as well.  I look forward to celebrating the holidays with you when you attend this event.

Happy Holidays! 

Also check out Stampin' Up!'s special that starts tomorrow on my Stampin' Up! The Stamper web site:  http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net tomorrow for more details.

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

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.

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). 

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.

The Stamper's Hands On Class

This Friday, October 9th at AM and repeated at 7:PM I will be teaching these fun projects at my monthly Hands On Class.  We will be making the square box that holds an individual cupcake, a perfect little something to give anyone on their birthday.  We will be creating this ornament card using the new ornament punch and matching stamp set and we will be making the Mozi box with cards and envelopes inside using Stampin' Up! new snowflake stamp set called Serene Snowflakes found on page 25 of the Holiday mini catalog. 

I love all these projects and know it will be a fun class.  If you want to join me please email me soon so I can cut supplies and have them ready for you on Friday.  The class fee if $15.00.   

Medallion Coaster set

This is another project we will be making at the Gift Making Weekend November 6th and 7th.  This coaster set is created using chipboard and the circle die.  The Medallion stamp is embossed on colored circles with white embossing ink and powder. 

I think this is a great project and one that both Shelli and another demo showed at convention.  I wanted it to be a little bit more of a gift so I created a box from coasters to hold these on your table when they are not in use. 

Each set includes 6 coasters and you get to choose the color you want your box and coasters to be at the class, color choices are: Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant.

October's Hands On Class

I have been working a lot of November's class but we don't want to forget October. 

For my Hands On Class in October we will be making these great projects.  The pink box is a cupcake holder, I received this as a gift for my birthday from Monika and loved it and can't wait for you to make one as well.  It makes a fun gift to be able to give a friend a single cupcake in a box for any occasion.   The next project is the Mozi box that Shelli showed us at convention with some adjustments to make it easier to make.  The box have some unique folds and it holds 3x3 cards and envelopes.  We will also be making this great holiday card that I have shown you already in this blog. 

Plan to join me Friday, October 9th at 10 AM or 7:30 PM.  The cost is $15.00 for all projects.  

Bear Magnetic Paper Doll Tin

This was my final project for my gift making extravaganza class.  I wanted to use these cute Build a Bear stamps and die cuts and this little tin was a very cute way to use them.  Having had all girls paper dolls and bears were both very popular at our home but my daughter that loved them the most is my oldest Shanae. 

Shanae is serving a church mission but I know she will love this little tin and I plan to send her one for Christmas. 

I love how the clothes are magnetic and stick to the tin as well as to the bear.  My bear can be either a girl or boy and you will be able to make it either way the day of the class.  It does not have to be a girl gift, I know little boys will enjoy it as well. Who would not love to play in the car with this little tin.

Gift Making Extravaganza Event

Wow, it has been a lot of work but I finally have my projects finalized and the newsletter with all the information is sent.  I started it this morning and here it is late at night and I have finally finish. 

It would have gone much quicker if I could have written it without all the distractions.  You know how it is, the phone rings and it is your parents so you talk a while, then a lunch break, then you find out you don't have enough pictures so you hope the sun will come out but after checking the weather report you know that is not going to happen at all this week so you take dark photos and hope for the best, back to the computer and more distractions, your daughter's doing her homework and thinks you can help her write a paper while you are writing an newsletter, another daughter does not want to do her practicing so she comes down to visit with you instead, another daughter keeps checking her email to see if she made the youth orchestra she tried out for on Sunday, then dinner and off to bed so you think you will have a few minutes to finish the newsletter because your husband is at a meeting and the girls are in bed or gone to meetings but alas more distractions, your husband is driving and has nothing to do but call you and talk and ask how your newsletter is coming which you inform him it would be coming along better if you were not trying to write it and talk on the phone at the same time.  And that is how the first item on my to do list did not get done until 10:PM.  I am guessing all of you have had days like this. 

Join me for this class Friday, November 6th, and Saturday November 7th from AM to PM.  The class fee is $15.00 plus project supply fees. 
Send me an email at wendy@thestamper.comto receive a newsletter with all the paypal links if you have not received it already. 

Photo Letter decor project

I made photo letters of each of my girls for my wall and have received so many comments on how great they are and how you, my customers, would like to make some of your own, so this is one of my gift making extravaganza projects.  You can choose whatever letter you desire and it can be for a boy or a girl.  This one is for my niece Allie and I decorated in with chipboard flowers, the ones I am doing for my nephews will be decorated with chipboard stars and stamped images. 

This letter is a little different than the ones I hung on my wall, they are a little smaller and come with a stand so they can sit on a child's dresser or shelf.

You will need to bring mini photos to decorate your letter the weekend we make them, I develop these at a major photo developing store and ask for them to print 2 up on a 4x6 for the largest photo and the rest are printed on their charms layout which will give you several mini sizes to choose from. 

Note: this project is a part of my gift making extravaganza class that will be held November 6th and 7th.  I hope you will come and make a few of these great gift items.

Hands On Class is Friday morning

Just a reminder that my hands on class is this Friday, at 10:00 a.m.  We are making these two 3-d projects and 2 cards.  This clipboard photo holder is a perfect father's day gift.  It can hold either 4x6 horizontal or vertical pictures and will look great in any father's office. 

This will be the last hands on class before the new catalog arrives.  I will have the last chance lists available so don't miss out of ordering those stamps and accessories you want before they are gone. 

June's Hands On Class

On the 2nd Friday in June, (June 12, 10am and repeated at 7:30pm), I am having my Hands On Class for the month and this month we will be making a Father's Day Clipboard and the mini purse and 2 cards.  I thought the clipboard would be a great gift for any dad and can hold pictures that are taken horizontal or vertical. 

The little purse can hold treats or small gifts like jewelry or even mini cards and envelopes.  It is made using the top note Big Shot Die and the scallop circle die.  I will teach how to cut using the new circle scissor system and we will accent it with the Daisy die. 

If you want to repeat these projects, the month of May is a great time to purchase the designer series papers because when you purchase 3 packs of Designer Series Papers you get to choose the fourth one for free.  You can order on line or by emailing me. 

To sign up for this class select this link.