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On Stage Local in Phoenix

November 8, 2016 by Cindy

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!

What a Great Weekend!

November 7, 2016 by Cindy

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!

And We’re Off!

November 4, 2016 by Cindy

totally-trees-1-0816 Janet, Jan and I are off to Phoenix! It’s not quite tropical but it’s really, really warm. It’s been nice at home here in Denver but I’ve been wearing shoes and socks….I’m going to have to paint my toe nails before I head to Phoenix so I can wear sandals! Just one more thing I have to do before I go! 🙂

This card was made using the new Totally Trees stamp set in the Holiday Catalog. Isn’t this little palm tree cute?! It’s the reason I fell in love with the stamp set! Ha!

I’ll have to put this card out front and center when I actually start counting the days down until our trip to Thailand! I don’t think I’ll start counting quite yet. The trip isn’t until July!

This card was the first time I used the Seaside Embossing Folder. Isn’t it fun?!

I doubt I’ll get anything posted while I’m in Phoenix but you can check out my Facebook page for any exciting news I may be sharing. While you’re there be sure to LIKE my page!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Fa-la-la-la Friends

November 3, 2016 by Cindy

fa-la-la-la-friends-swap1 OK…how many of you fell in love with this stamp set the first time you saw? I knew that I had to have it as soon as I saw it because I am in love with the bear from the Bear Hugs stamp set and here is again in this stamp set! Thank you Stampin’ Up!

I think it’s great that Stampin’ Up! coordinates things like this. Two stamp sets, Bear Hugs and Fa-la-la-la Friends, that both coordinate with the Bear Hugs Framelits. Then there are the Everyday Jar Framelits that coordinate with 3 stamp sets: Jar of Love, Jar of Haunts and Jar of Cheer! I love those products that have multiple uses! 🙂

My friend and downline, Janet, created this adorable card for a swap my team held. Isn’t it great?! Thanks Janet! Janet and I and are friend Jan are heading to Phoenix tomorrow morning for Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage Local event Saturday. We’ll get to hang out with fellow demos, do a little stamping and learn some new stuff. The best part will be that we get to have a sneak peek at the upcoming Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs! Woo Hoo! I do love getting an early look at new catalogs!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Jar of Haunts….Christmas!

November 2, 2016 by Cindy

I LOVE creative people and I especially love those that can think outside the box! When I look at the Jar of Haunts stamp set I see Halloween…I don’t see anything that can be used for Christmas. I CASEd this card from the fabulous Connie Babbert. Thank you Connie!

I would never have seen the Grinch in the spooky face and pumpkin head without Connie’s help. Isn’t this card great?!!!

This card was so cute I didn’t change much of anything. My layers and the ribbon are a little different but that’s about it. I love the Grinch! Well, actually, my favorite character in the story is little Miss Cindy Lou Who. I’m pretty sure you can guess why. That’s my name! 🙂

Yep. When I was born my dad said they would name me Cynthia Louise and they would call me Cindy Lou….and they did. Needless to say that one of my favorite Christmas stories is How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Of course who doesn’t love Dr. Seuss?!

Have a fabulous day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Jar of Haunts

October 30, 2016 by Cindy

jar-of-haunts-swap1 Boo! It’s almost Halloween! Are you ready?

Jar of Haunts is a great stamp set with lots of fun images. The little mummy jar has to be my favorite. He’s just so darn cute! I received this card as part of a swap from my friend Tammie. I like the way she was able to incorporate many of the images on the card. I’m glad she was able to make the mummy the focal point since he’s so cute. 🙂

I love when lots of things coordinate together. The Jar of Haunts stamp set, Jar of Love stamp set and the Jar of Cheer (Christmas stuff) all coordinate with the Everyday Jar Framelits. How great is that?!!! One set of framelits that coordinate with 3 different stamp sets! Woo Hoo!

Isn’t this a fun card design? I’m not sure I’ve seen one like this before. Fun and different. A lot of my cards end up looking the same. I get stuck on the same old design. I need to start branching out a bit and try some new things. How about you? Do you get stuck in a creative rut or do you try new things all of the time?

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Acorny Thank You

October 28, 2016 by Cindy

acorny-thankyou-0916 I love my Stampin’ Up! catalogs. They are full of great products that you can purchase but they are also full of fabulous ideas to make with those products! How often do you go back through the catalog looking for a project idea?

I’m finding that I’m doing this much more often. It should be the first place I look for an idea but I usually head over to Pinterest first and as a last resort head to my catalog.

I don’t usually copy an idea exactly. I have to change at least a few things up on it. Take this card for example. It is very close to the sample on page 36 of the annual catalog but I just changed out a couple of things. How many differences can you spot?

Do you do change things up or do you copy a card exactly? I’m usually a changer. I almost always have to make the card a little different. Not that I don’t love what the original artist has done but I just like to make the card my own.

I hope you have a wonderful day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Paisleys & Posies/Take Two

October 26, 2016 by Cindy

paisleys-posies-1016 Today’s card is one that I made for my first ever Card Buffet. Nice and easy. I had some cut pieces left over and decided to figure out how to repurpose them for a workshop I had last Thursday. I also wanted to try the “Give Thanks” stamp from the Suite Seasons stamp set.

Hmm….what to do….

The first thing I did was change the orientation of the card from vertical to horizontal. I then added a little more Baker’s Twine and stamped the sentiment on a separate piece of paper and popped it up. Check out my “new” card in the second picture.

Don’t you love the Petals & Paisleys designer paper? This sheet is one of my favorite from the package. I can’t decide which one of these sentiments I like the best. They both hit home for me. I may have to choose the Thankful, Grateful, Blessed. How about you?

Both cards are pretty easy. Which one do you like the best? Leave me a comment and let me know.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Stunning Totally Trees!

October 25, 2016 by Cindy

I need to start out this post by saying that the picture doesn’t do this card justice. It is stunning! Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? I designed this card for a swap when the Holiday Catalog first came out. Totally Trees was the first stamp set I knew I had to have from the catalog.

I really fell in love with the palm tree from this stamp set but this tree with the heat embossed copper leaves was what I knew I had to use for the card. After embossing the tree I just had to grab some of the new Copper Foil Sheets. Oo La La! They’re gorgeous!

I’m sorry to keep going on and on about this card but I think it’s one of my absolute favorites of all the cards I’ve made….and I’ve made a lot of cards! 🙂

This was my other card that we used at Stamp Camp and everyone loved it. It’s easy to make and as I’ve mentioned before….it’s stunning.

One little tip I’d like to share with you is that when die cutting the foil sheets you really should use clean cutting pads for your Big Shot…especially the top one that touches your foil sheet. Otherwise all of those little cuts in the cutting pad get etched into your foil…..not a good look.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Water Color Basket of Wishes

October 21, 2016 by Cindy

Stamp Camp is tomorrow! This is an all-day event that my group of SASsy Stampers & Friends puts on. My team is the SASsy (Seriously Addicted to Stamping) Stampers but we have so many demo friends that join us that we’ve add “& friends” to our name! 🙂

That’s one of the best things about being part of Stampin’ Up!….the friendships. I can’t imagine my life without some of these gals. I love stamping with them, traveling to events with them and just hanging out with them. They’re all a lot of fun and I wouldn’t have met them without Stampin’ Up!.

Of course the next best thing about being part of Stampin’ Up! is the 20% discount on Stampin’ Up!’s fabulous products! Who doesn’t love a good discount?! If you’ve been toying with the idea of being part of Stampin’ Up! and would like more information just click here or check out the link at the top of this page. The Starter Kit is only $99 and for that amount you get to choose $125 of Stampin’ Up! merchandise. I’d love to have you on my team! 🙂

So, back to this lovely card. Yep. It’s a Cindy original. The guests at our last Stamp Camp in July loved to water color so I designed another water color card for this camp. The Basket of Wishes stamp set is perfect for water coloring. The image even has it’s own shading to make things easier for you.

The card does have a crazy amount of layers on it but that seems to be my thing…the more the better. Ha! The hardest part of making this card was figuring out what color to use on what pumpkin/gourd.

Have a wonderful day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Card Buffet: Sheltering Tree

October 19, 2016 by Cindy

sheltering-tree-1016 I think fall has finally arrived….at least for a few days. Fall here in Colorado has been crazy! The temperature has been in the upper 70’s and even low 80’s most of the time. Then, like today, we will get a high in the 50’s and 60’s which in book is where it should be! I want jeans and sweatshirts!

OK…enough whining about the weather! I originally designed this card for my card group at church to make. We make cards for the church office to send out. I like to keep the cards fairly easy since many of the gals aren’t experienced stampers.

It turned out to be perfect for my new class event: The Card Buffet! Yep. I tried a new event this month. This first Card Buffet of mine actually was a glorified Stamp-a-Stack. I had designed 8 cards and my guests could make up to 3 of each card if they desired. In a true Card Buffet a guest should be able to make as many of any design that they’d like. With this being my first event though I had no idea how many of each card to cut. Even though I didn’t cut as many as I could have I still had extras. That’s ok though. I did get a lot of positive feed back on the class though and will definitely do another one. My guests enjoyed being able to pick and choose which cards they wanted to make. #6monthstampingoals

If you’re wondering about the hashtag let me explain. Back in April at Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event we all were challenged to hold one new event each month. It was kind of fun trying to figure out what type of event to hold. I did manage to rock my #6monthstampingoals so I’m pretty proud of myself. I wonder if they’ll give us a new challenge at the November event?

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

October 11, 2016 by Cindy

My favorite part of this card is the sentiment. Thankful, Grateful, Blessed seems to cover it all. As I mentioned in my last post I am very Thankful, Grateful and Blessed for all of you and also to Stampin’ Up!. They allow me to “Love what I do” and “Share what I Love” as well as give me the opportunity to earn incentives like the trip to Thailand. Stampin’ Up! is a great company to be part of.

This card was made with the Paisleys & Posies stamp set along with the COORDINATING Paisley Framelits Dies. Don’t you love how I always capitalize COORDINATING? Ha! Anyway, this is a fun stamp set with all of the different designs and shapes. The set has wonderful sentiments too like the Thankful, Grateful, Blessed.

As I’m writing this and realizing how powerful this sentiment is, at least to me, I think I’m going to have to make some kind of little frame with this sentiment on it to simply remind me each day that I should be thankful and grateful and that my life truly is blessed.

This card is pretty easy unless you’re me and have trouble with stamping randomly. Ha! I started by stamping the three images in the center that are popped up and then moved out from there. After I filled in my sheet I stamped the three popped images on scrap paper, die cut them and added them to the card.

I hope that today your are thankful and grateful for something and that your day is truly blessed. Have a great one! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Spooky Fun!

October 8, 2016 by Cindy

spooky-fun-1-0816 Are you like me? Does life seem to get away from you? I haven’t actually been stressed this week but I haven’t got as much done as I’ve wanted to get done or should have got done.

I have this great notepad that I can list everything that needs to get done each day. I’m really good at writing on it but somehow I manage not to look at it during the day. Sheesh! Oh well, I can only improve, right? 🙂

This Halloween card is the last one that we made in our Fall/Halloween class. I really like that spooky tree, don’t you? It’s the perfect background for the adorable pumpkins and the spooky little bats. The Halloween Scenes Edgelits are so fun and they coordinate with quite a few of the images from the Spooky Fun stamp set. You know how I love COORDINATION! 🙂

Halloween is coming up FAST! Yikes! I really want to play with all of my Halloween products more but I’m in the midst of planning Christmas classes! Ah….the work of demonstrator is never done. Ha!

I hope you have a spooky fun day! Take care and Happy Stamping!