Cards

I designed this card for my first Card Buffet class a few weeks ago where you could come and make as many cards of any design as you like.  It’s a simple card but it’s one of my favorites of all the Christmas cards I’ve designed this fall.

The Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper works perfectly for the card.  There is a holly design that works too.  Designer paper, sentiment, ribbon and layers.  That’s all you need to whip up this beautiful and simple card.

The Cherry Cobbler layer is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals to give the card a little added dimension.  Have you started (finished?) your Christmas cards yet?  If not this one will take you no time at all.  You can check out the products I used below.  Last night and this morning I had my Christmas Tags class so while my guests were working on their tags I was working on Christmas cards.  I didn’t design a special card to send out.  I just cut extra cards from all of my Christmas card classes this fall and now I’m stamping them and putting them together.  I’m off to a good start.  How about you?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Are you still looking for ideas for this year’s Christmas card?  Here’s a simple card perfect for the season.

I designed this card a while ago.  It’s quick, it’s easy and it describes the season perfectly.  It’s the season of joy!  We all need to remember that while we’re rushing around getting ready for the holidays.  Stop.  Breathe.  Remember that this is suppose to be the season of joy.  Don’t stress.  If that batch of cookies don’t get made or you’re a few minutes late for something just remember that life will go on.

I’ve barely thought about Thanksgiving (which is in just a few days!  Yikes!) and I know everything will be fine.  I don’t need to impress anyone.  The people that will be joining me are friends and family and I’m pretty sure they’ll love me even if I forget to put something on the table or make it at all!  OMG!  That reminds me of a funny story….my dear friend passed away this fall and after the service we all gathered at the house.  One of the things I brought was spinach dip….not one person bothered mentioning that I had forgotten to actually put the spinach in the spinach dip!  Yikes!  I didn’t even realize it until I got home and was putting the leftovers in the refrigerator.  Too funny!

So, just remember that this is the Season of Joy!  Keep things simple like this card I made using the Joyful Nativity stamp set.   A couple layers and some blue ink was all I needed.  OK….I’ll admit it….I needed to spice it up a little so I went over the stamped images with my Wink of Stella Glitter pen! 😉

Have a wonderfully simple day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Yep!  Stampin’ Up! has finally got on the coloring bandwagon!  One of the new Sale-a-bration items that you’ll be able to earn for FREE with a $50 order during Sale-a-bration is the fun Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper!

And guess what?!  You need something to color with so why not try Stampin’ Up!’s new Watercolor Pencils!  Yep!  Watercolor pencils!  Woo Hoo!  You’ll be able to find them in the new 2017 Occasions Catalog.  I was able to bring a set of these pencils home from the On Stage event so I can’t wait to sit down and play with them some more!

If you haven’t been able to tell over the past few days I’m a little excited about all of the fabulous new products in the upcoming new catalogs!  I love new stuff!  I know you will too!  January will be here sooner than we think.  (Yikes!)

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

You can never have enough birthday cards or birthday stamp sets on hand.  Someone you know is always having a birthday.

Balloon Adventures is a birthday stamp set that you’re going to want to add to your collection.  There are 8 fabulous sayings as well as balloon and banner images.

How many new items do you see on this card?  Besides the stamp set there is the Party Animal Designer Paper, the Party Animal Embellishments (little hats and balloons) and the Emerald Envy 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon.

Of course, don’t forget the wonderful Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies!  Too fun!  Who doesn’t love a pop-up?!

You’ll definitely want to put the Party Animal Suite of products from the upcoming 2017 Occasions Catalog on your wish list!

Don’t forget to email me your street address if you’d like to receive a copy of the 2017 Occasions Catalog in the mail.  I’d be happy to send you one!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Here we are…..ready for On Stage to begin.  They had this fun balloon prop to pose with.  Yes, there is a very fun hot air balloon stamp set in the new Occasions Catalog.  🙂

From left to right you see me, Lisa, Janet and Jan.  What’s funny in this picture is that I’m concentrating on standing tall and Lisa is crouched down….she’s over 6′ tall!

We had a fun day swapping cards with other demonstrators, meeting new friends, listening to new ideas and of course, stamping!

Here’s a picture of the card I swapped.  I like to go with a valentine feel this late in the year.  I figure that most of the people swapping have had enough Christmas ideas so I go back to the Annual Catalog for my card.

Speaking of cards, we got to make four really cute projects on Saturday with the new products.  This next picture is of the centerpieces on each of the tables.  I love how they decorated the supply box.  It’s a little hard to read but below the word supplies it says “Super Secret * Do Not Open!”  How fun!

After some recognition and watching some stamping presentations we were finally able to do some stamping ourselves and there were plenty of new supplies in the box for us to play with.  Stay tuned in the next few days to see some of the fun projects we made.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I love going to Stampin’ Up! events.  It’s great to get away, hang out with friends, learn some new business tips, and stamp!  I was in Phoenix and the weather was gorgeous!

Jan, Janet and I got there in the early afternoon.  We checked into our hotel and took a little walk.  Deciding that we were hungry we found a restaurant with outside seating and plopped ourselves down for the rest of the afternoon.  We had drinks, ate appetizers, people watched and chatted.  It was wonderful way to spend the afternoon.

After our lovely afternoon it was time to get to work.  All three of us were a little behind schedule before we left Denver and none of us had finished our swaps.  It was time to head back to the hotel and get to work!  We found a nice table in the lobby and set up shop.

By the time we were all done it was time to head up to the revolving restaurant for dessert.  Yum!  The desserts were quite delicious but I did learn that I don’t do well in revolving restaurants.  I found that fact quite interesting since I’d rather go on a spinning ride at an amusement park than a roller coaster.  Hmmm…..

Tune back in tomorrow and I’ll fill you in on the actual On Stage event!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!