The Stamper

Stampin' Up! Season of Friendship Spring and Summer

Here are the other two seasonal plates Monika shared with me at my gift making class this past weekend.  They are adhered to the front of the plates so you can layer with ribbon and extra paper layers. I loved the button accent of this one.  And check out the different placement of the top note die.  Each one looks different but the same. 

Monika is very talented and I appreciate her friendship and her willingness to share especially this week as I am trying to catch up from last weekend and get ahead for upcoming classes.  Thanks Monika.

Top Note & Stampin' Up! Season of Friendship

This past weekend Monika shared this plate idea she did at one of her events.  I thought it was wonderful so I thought I would share it with all of you.  I have the most talented ladies in my STARZ group and they are always sharing ideas with me and each other and I love that.  We have a meeting coming up this Saturday where I know there will be sharing and caring for each other.  These plates are attached to the front of the plates so you can add the layers and ribbon.  Monika used velcro. 

Here are plates fall and winter and I will post the other two tomorrow. 

She used Stampin' Up! Season of Friendship stamp set and the top note die.  Each season the layout is just a little different using the same items.   Enjoy

Stampin' Up!'s Nouveau Chic

This designer paper Nouveau Chic by Stampin' Up! was one of the first papers I bought, I love how chic they are but I have not used them a lot because I have not sat down and played with them much.  Over the weekend Monika shared with me this lovely card using these papers I like so much.  She created a vase using the ornament punch that can be found in the Holiday mini catalog and then colored the paper with the new shimmery paints to give it a vase look.  Stamp a sprig of flowers and add a few layers of card stock and papers and you have a wonderful all seasons card.  Thanks to Monika for sharing her ideas and all she does to help me when life gets crazy.

Stampin' Up! Dasher stamp set

This weekend at my Gift Making Extravaganza weekend Monika shared with me this great gift idea.  She made a set of Christmas coasters using Stampin' Up! Dasher stamp set.   These are stamped with Craft inks and then sprinkled with clear embossing powder and either baked in the oven or heated with a heat tool.  She boxed them in a handmade box with the large 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain ribbon (I love how soft this ribbon is) and added a Big Shot tag that was stamped the same as the coaster set. Add a few felt feet to the back on the tile and you have a coaster that is perfect for holding drinks during this holiday season. 

Being a mom 24-7

This weekend I went away for a weekend of scrapbooking with a couple of friends and I would love to show you all the pages I completed but the truth was I did not complete any pages.  I made a darling mini album I hope to show you once I develop pictures to go inside but no two-page spreads were completed. 

I guess you could say I relaxed this weekend.  I organized pictures and typed in journaling for a Europe Album I want to make for my daughter and I from our trip last year and then sat and looked at my title page and reorangzied it and looked at it some more and finally just kicked back and did nothing.  What a concept, I think I need more moments of doing nothing in my life, it seems like I am doing something 24-7 even it that is just being a mom.  A few weeks ago I finished this page that expressed how it feels sometimes just being a mom 24-7.

My Digital Studio Christmas card

I created a Christmas Card using My Digital Studio and sent it off to Stampin' Up!'s printer to see how it would turn out and I must say I was really impressed when I got it back. 

I decided to try the 5 x 7 card size and I used one of Stampin' Up! templates to make it really easy.  I changed things around a bit and added a greeting to the front and a picture of my daughter and it took me no time at all.

I did decide to design a custom inside and I love how that turned out as well. If I had been thinking I would have added our families signature line to the inside. 

For those of you who want to create a special Christmas card but don't seem to get around to stamping on this is a great option. 

My Digital Studio comes with hundreds of accents and some great custom templates for only $79.95. Note: if you hold a workshop before November 30 and  your workshop total is over $400.00 you can choose my Digital Studio software for free! 

Call and schedule a date for your party today! 678-494-4599

Gift Making Extravaganza Weekend

 It is finally here, my Gift Making Extravaganza weekend is this week and I am busy getting the 227 kits prepared.  It is always a little overwhelming when I get started but as I get going on them it is exciting to think about all the great gifts you will be giving to your loved ones this year. 

I could never do all of this preparing on my own and Ted has been busy in garage as well as helping to cut papers, I have him in charge of all the snacks for this weekend as well.  I also have some great friends who stop by and help me cut and sort as well as loan me supplies when I need a extra punch or two.  I really appreciate all the support and I know this will be a successful, fun weekend. 

Can't wait to have you here working hard on your projects.  Remember to bring your own adhesive and a cutter/scorer if you don't want to have to share.  Class is from 10am-10pm Friday and Saturday.  See you soon.

Stampin' Up!'s Berry Christmas card

This card was a design I taught this past week.  It was a fun card to create and simple to make.  Fold 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of card-stock in half, then cut off 2" of the front of the card. 

Cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white card-stock and stamp it with Stampin' Up!'s  Berry Christmas stamp set.  I just inked the end of the holly piece and the berries on this piece of card-stock. 

 Stamp on a 2 3/4 x 2 1/4" piece of Whisper White card-stock with; Old Olive for holly piece, Real Red for berry piece, Crushed Curry for bird piece and Real Red for Make Merry piece.  Layer that with 3" x 2 1/2" piece of Real Red card-stock.  Using a 3/4' circle punch, punch a 1/2 circle from card-stock piece before gluing it to the left side of your card. 

Now take a jumbo grommet and push it through your card right where you cut punched the 1/2" circle and open prong with bone folder.  Add a ribbon knot with glue dot to finish the look.

This card is one you can make a bunch for Christmas.  It is not too hard and can be stamped quickly.

Christmas Jingle Tag Book

The theme of the workshop I did this week was gifts that are simple to make and low cost.  This is another one of the projects I made for that workshop.  It is a tag book, this one has three pages that you decorate front and back but you can make it as many pages as you want by just gluing tag books together.    I used Stampin' Up! Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' kit to create this adorable little book.  Drop a few pictures of someone you love and you have a great gift idea. 

The Simply Scrappin kits come with six 6x12 sheets of die cut card-stock images, 3 sheets two designs of decorative, double sided card-stock sheets as well as solid texture cardstock sheets.  I cut one of the textured card-stock sheet in half to make a 6x12 piece, scored it at 4" and 8".  And then I cut one of the corners off and used it as a pattern for the other corner.  I cut the die cut border strips into 4" pieces and then used those and the decorative card-stock pieces for decorations.  I cut the decorative sheet into 3 3/4' x 5 3/4" pieces and used the corner piece as a pattern to clip the corners to make the perfect border look.   If you would like to have your own workshop we can custom a class to meet your and your friends needs, just give me a call and we can schedule a date.  I know the Holidays are a busy time but they are also a time where people like to get together so call me soon.

Looking Smart Scrapbook page

 Yesterday, I wrote about how I needed to borrow kids because mine had grown too old for adorable pictures, well I guess you can say that is what I did here.  I was scrapbooking the other night and had these great pictures of Abby I had taken and they were perfect for this looking smart scrapbook page we made several months ago in my wow scrapbooking classs I dropped them onto the page. 

My Wow Scrapbook classes are held on the 4th Friday of each month.  It is a great thing to come and create 6 page in just a couple of hours and then drop pictures onto them when you find the perfect pictures like I did here.  My next class is on Thursday night, December 3rd and Friday morning, December 4th due to Thanksgivng.  I would love to have you join me. 

This page was created with the Jackpot Designer Series paper and Stampin' Up!'s tart and tangy stamp set.  I love the Big Shot and used the Go Go Boots Alphabet and Stampin' Up! Billboard Alphabet and Scallop Circle and Scallop Circle #3 dies.

Stampin' Up! Great Friend CD frame

  This morning I had a workshop for Rory and she asked me to show some simple, inexpensive gift ideas.  I loved this CD frame idea when I saw it several years ago and I think it is a fun gift idea that is easy to make and looks so cute on a desk so I designed one using Stampin' Up!'s Great Friend stamp set and the Thoroughly Modern Designer Series paper pack.  The matching Designer papers make a great background and then I used the scraps for the accents strips.  The frame is stamped in Soft Suede Classic ink and the butterfly is Bermuda Bay Classic ink.  I used the oval frame from our Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware kit for the accent on the front of the tin. 

I had to add these adorable pictures of my nephews.  I was laughing at myself the other day when I told my husband that I needed new kids, mine have grown too old to take adorable pictures of them.  He said, I am not getting new kids until I get grandkids so I will just have to borrow other people kids until them.  There is no hope for Grandkids in my near future so I am stuck with borrowing. 

Stampin' Up! Berry Christmas Trio

What fun I had to day making up these gift ideas.  I was inspired by the card I made a few weeks ago using Soft Suede card-stock, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Stampin' Up! stamp set Berry Christmas found on page 20 of the Holiday Mini catalog. 

The pencil box was created with a 11x 2 1/2" piece of card-stock.  You score the long sides at 1/2" and the short side at 1/2", 1", 8 1/2", 9".  Cut away the 1/2" square on the corners on the bottom of the holder and fold into a box. 

The Post-it note  holder is the same concept but different folds and dimensions.  I will try and make up a pattern and put it in a blog. 

I can't believe Christmas is only a few weeks away.  My girls keep reminding me.

Deal of the week Pirate and Princess kits

This weeks deal of the week features the Pirate and Princess birthday kits that are found in the main catalog. When I saw these kits for the first time I wished I had little kids again because they are perfect for a quick and easy birthday party with a lot of pizazz to them.  I love the eye patches in the pirate kit and I even used these pieces to create a fun scrapbook page after the event.  It comes with all the ribbon and elastic for the patches and banner and the invites just need to be filled in and sent in the envelope provided. 

The princess kit has a banner and crowns instead of eye patches which I think would be a fun craft to do, let each child make her own crown to wear.  The cost of these kits are regularly $15.95 but this week only they are $9.95 each. 

These kits are paper packets for 8 kids and they also have a stamp set that is designed to match the set.  You can order these deals of the week on like at my web site www.wendythestamper.stampinup.net or at any workshop or event this week. 

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

Serene Snowflakes by Stampin' Up!

This stamp set Serene Snowflakes by Stampin' Up! is a really elegant set.  The images look like snowflakes and yet they don't depending on the colors you use. 

The colors of this is muted soft suede.  The pattern paper is from the Designer Series Paper Christmas Cocoa Specialty.  I used a 4" square of paper layered over Whisper White Card-stock and Soft Suede Card-stock.  The snowflake accent was stamped once on the square white card-stock and then on a scrap piece of card-stock and a clean rhinestone was added and pop-ed up on the card with dimensionals. 

I think this card would be one you could make a hundred of for your Christmas cards without a whole lot of stress. 

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.

Wow Scrapbooking pages sneak peek

As I was writing about my wow scrap-booking sneak peek page for this Friday I realized I should write about how anyone, no matter how far away you live from me, can get these wow scrap-booking page ideas. 

I have partnered with one of my down-line Monkia and we create electronic patterns and instructions for the 3 two-page spreads I create for my wow scrap-booking class each month.  You get pictures of the pages and directions for creating these pages in your own home.  We also give you the cutting dimensions and what supplies you will need to create each set of pages. 

There are always different themes each month and these can be purchased as a group or individually.  Our Wow Scrapbook kit site is found at http://wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com/.  We would love to have you go to our site and see the pages that are available there.  Or you can contact me for more information. 

Stampin' Up! Jumbo Grommets

 On Monday I shared that I had just done a page using the Stampin' Up! Jumbo Grommets that are a part of the deal of the week this week.  I realized that this is one of the pages I will be doing this Friday at my wow scrap-booking class so the pictures is just a sneak peek.   We make 3 two-page spreads on the 4th Friday of each month for only $30.00.  That is 6 pages you get done in 2-3 hours and all you have to do is drop your photos onto the page once you get home. 

I love this class and have been doing it for over 9 years and I still have a couple of my first customers that come and create these pages with me so we have a good time.  I hope you will join me at one of my scrap-booking classes soon.

Stampin' Up! Circle Circus

 Stampin' Up!'s deal of the week this week has several accessories on sale and the mini Library clips is one of the items you can purchase at a discount.  Since Friday's post showed these adorable little clips on a scrapbook page I thought I would share a card that also has one of these clips attached to it.   I love the little clip and how you can attach your focal point to a card and draw you eye to it.  This card also reminded me a little of fall because of the colors and the worn look to the card itself. 

This is a quick and easy card layout that you can use with other images but if you love this circle set as much as I do you will have a hard time not using it.   The Library clips are regular priced at $12.95 but are on sale this week only for $8.99.  You can order on my Stampin' Up! web site www.wendythestamper.stampinup.net or email or call me and I can add them to a order I am placing this week. 

Stampin' Up! Deals of the week

Mini Library clips    Circle Designer Brads     1/2" Library Clips     Jumbo Gromments

   # 109847  $8.99       #112571  $3.99        #112581  $3.99       #114348  $4.49

The deal of the week this week includes some great accessories that if you have not tried them this is the time to do so.  I thought is was great that the page I posted on Friday used the mini Library clips and I will post a page I made on Saturday that used the Basic Jumbo Grommets so you can see how great these items are.

You can order these items on-line at wendythestamper.stampinup.net, at a workshop or by just calling or email me and I will add them to my next order.