The Stamper

Toxic Treats trick or treat card

Happy Halloween, I hope you enjoy all the little scary people who come to your door tonight.  They won't have to pass through a scary gate like the one on this card but the night should be filled with excitement and a little bit of "boo".

This card was shared with me by Kimberly Van Dispen.  I like the layered ribbon effect that was created using the Howlstooth and Scaringbone Designer Series paper.  This has been one of my favorite collections in the mini catalog.  The background of this card was rolled with the etruscan Elegance roller and on this card it creates atmospere but can be very elegant in a different setting.  

These products make great scrap pages which you will need after taking all those Halloween photos.  Drop me a response and let me know what the best costume that came to your door was this halloween.

 

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Perfectly Preserved couple

I guess this was not the best title a perfectly perserved couple sound old but what I meant was perfect together.  

I had fun creating this card using Stampin' Up!'s Perfectly Preserved stamp set and framelits dies that match.  The new woodgrain embossing folder and Big Shot machine created the background for my jar that was cut using the framelits as well.  I love cutting the jar lid from the desginer paper Orchard Harvest and then stamped the image over the paper and cut it out.  It makes it look like fabric.  I hand wrote the perfect pair tag that hangs from the jar.  

A little linen thread, tiny brads add the finishing accents.  Who do you consider a perfect couple?  leave me a message and let me know?

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Egypt another great trip

One of the things I am most grateful for living here in the middle east is the ability to travel and see this side of the world.  And this month it is Egypt we are going to go see.  

Seeing the pyramids is something Ted has dreamed of since reading his family encyclopedia as a child.  He will be able to cross of several bucket list items this fall and this is something that really amazes us.  We often sit at these famous sites and say to one another, "can you believe we are here?"  Traveling the world still seems like a pipe dream to us even though that is what we are doing.  

I must also say I love being able to take pictures of these sites and look forward to sharing some of these photos on my facebook after this trip.  

Toxic Treats glitter card

My friend Mary Polcin gave me this beautiful card, if a Halloween card can be beautiful.  It is using Stampin' Up!'s Toxic Treats stamp set and the new glitter paper.  Gitter and Halloween seem to go together so well on this card.  

I loved the spider web embossing folder background, this was done with folder and Big Shot.  Also the image, image frame and the glitter paper were cut using Stampin' Up!'s Labels Collection Framelits.  It is wonderful having so many different sizes in one small package and a small price as well.  

What is your favorite Halloween tradition?  I would love to know, just leave me a note and let me know.

To order these supplies go to my Stampin site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net 

Googly Ghouls treat holder

Halloween is just around the corner and this treat holder was one of my Hands On projects this week.  What fun we had, Claudia and ended up working on 20 of these for her to use for her son's class party.  

The flat back box (pattern here, I don't do it exactly like this but close) can hold treats or small gifts and can be make for any occasion.  I used the Googly Ghouls stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the Halloween designer papers.  I think everyone's favorite part of this stamp set is the wiggle eyes that coordinate.  I used five on this treat holder and could have added 2 more for the spider's eyes.  Note to self:  when using this stamp set have plenty of wiggle eyes on hand. 

To order these products and more wiggle eyes go to my Stampin' site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net.  

Perfectly Preserved Corn

I had fun creating this thank you card using the new Core'dinations Card Stock by Stampin' Up!  The stamp set and matching dies made it a lot of fun as well.  

Core'dinations Card Stock lets you distress the thick cardstock layer and let the core of the paper show through.  I used the new Chevron embossing folder to create the background for my corn which I used the marker techinque for coloring and the matching die and Big Shot machine to cut them out.  I added a pin for interest.  

I will be teaching this card at a hand on class at my home this coming Saturday and look forward to sharing the fun I had with others.  

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Blue Ribbon Day

One of my stamping friends, Susy Miller, created this blue ribbon day card for someone special birthday.  Lots of layers and fun textures makes this a winner just like Stampin' Up!'s Blue Ribbon stamp set is a winner.  I wish they had this set when my kids were young and you wanted to do classroom rewards or just leave a little note to tell my child how proud I was of their accomplishments.  

Blue ribbon day has a textured background that was created with the Big Shot and the dotted embossing folder.  Texture always seems to add interest to any project.  

To purchase Blue Ribbon item # 125979 wood or 125981 clear you can go to my Stampin' Site: http://wendythestamper.stamplinup.net or email me at wendy@thestamper and I will place your order for you.  

Flowering Flourishes Scrap page

These past two weekends I had an album class where those who came completed 24 pages, or a whole album.  The theme of this album class was About Me.  It was a class that encourages you to scrapbook yourself.  I created the pages and journaling questions to go with each page so those who came could drop their pictures onto the pages and answer the questions so they had a book about themselves to treasure.  

Each 2 page spread I create usually features a technique as well as an unique theme.  The technique for this page was how to remove ink from your stamp and use a marker to fill in the empty space.  I inked the stamp from flowering flourishes stamp set with Old Olive ink and then with a piece of a sponge I rubbed the ink away from the flower image and two of the dots.  Then I inked those images with a marker, remember to huff of the stamp before stamping to add moisture back into the ink and allow you to stamp a clean image.  Repeat this process foor the border strips.  

The Flowering Flourishes scrap page was a page about your hobbies.  What do you do for fun or relaxation?  What lights you up or gives you energy?  Do you enjoy reading a good book in a corner or scrapbooking your family history?  Do you love to run or do you swim?  

I would love for you to leave a note and tell me what you would put on this page?

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Circle Maker table runner

The quilt guild held a workshop where we learned to create circles that you stitch together to create a wonderful pattern.  I had to purchase a circle maker for my machine and that made all the difference in how easy these were to make.  You take a 10" square that is layered with the top and bottom, right sides together, and then the batting and you place the center of the square on the circle maker that is attached to your machine and let the walking foot to the work to create the circles.  After they are sewn you trim the seam to 1/4' and then cut a small hole in the front of one of the circles close to the edge and turn them inside out.  The hole is hiddle when you sew two circles together.  This was a fun class and I can't wait to create one with Stampin' Up! fabrics.  

You can check out Stampin' Up! fabrics on my stampin' site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net 

My Digital Studio Hybrid Envelope Mini Album

What fun I had putting pictures into this My Digital Studio Hybrid scrapbook we made at my stampin' retreat this summer.  Cindy Schuster created and brought this adorable album as her retreat wow project.  

It is an envelope scrapbook that has pages that tuck into the envelopes. There are places for photos on the outside of the envelopes.  The art work was created in My Digital Studio and printed, then cut up and glued in the proper places.  

The theme of this little album is"I am", which was Stampin' Up!'s convention theme this past summer.  It was fun to print and scrap photos from convention.  I love my friends, downline and those stampin' friends you get to hug once a year at convention.

Convention is an event that I look forward to attending and this year was no exception.  It is wonderful to have a meeting place for my downline that we can all come together and share our lives and stampin ideas.  I am grateful for these wonderful women.  

 

If you want to learn more about My Digital Studio2 you can check out the details on my stampin site:  http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net.  You can try it for free! and now it is even cheaper to purchase print products in MDS2.