I needed a masculine card for my Birthday SAS, so pulled out a set I have seldom used, "Uncharted Territory". I just played around with it a bit, knowing I needed a very quick, clean, and simple card. When we are making 10 cards in a few hours, we need several of them to be quick & clean! The technique used on the edges was "direct to paper" accomplished by dragging the cardstock edges against the edges of the inkpad to give you the look almost of clouds and water!
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We've actually been out of town the past few days, for my husband's sister's 60th birthday party, so this is just a quick post for today.
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
Good morning Stamping Friends!
I had a fun Birthday Card Class the weekend before Leadership, so wanted to show you some of the cards and share the tutorials from this class!
Here's the first one, a Birthday Cake Pedestal Card complete with Hershey Nuggets attached!
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I also swapped a few of these at Leadership. They are a bulky card, and of course would be impossible to mail (and the postage would be high), but I'm thinking it would make an excellent hand-delivered or attached to a gift kind of card!
The phrase, "happy birthday with a cherry on top!" I thought was appropriate for two reasons, the first being I added punched Calypso Coral cherries from the Cupcake Builder punch to the top of the cake, and second I used the new Cherry-scented Embossing Powder to emboss the phrase! WOW, this embossing powder REALLY smells like cherry while you are sprinkling and using it, but not so much after you have heated it. Stampin' Up! says the scent is designed to be aromatic for two weeks after it is heated, so you need to give this card QUICK before the scent dissipates!
I do have my hand-out/tutorial from this card for you today:
Also, I need to clarify the smudginess of some of the lettering. My stamp wasn't Versamarked enough when I stamped the phrase, so I went back in with my Versamarker and corrected the flaw in the stamping so the words would emboss correctly. Not my best effort, I admit, but it is what it is and I didn't take any pictures of any of the other ones I made for swaps for Leadership, so hopefully your efforts will turn out much better than mine!
It's hard to see in the picture, but I used the "Heart Presssed" Letterpress Plate on the Crumb Cake background. On my swaps I took this one step further and rubbed my Versamark Pad on the plate before running it through the Big Shot. I also left the area where I was stamping the greeting un-letterpressed so I wouldn't have to compete with the background or have issues with the Cherry-scented Embossing Powder sticking to the background. I DID use my Embossing Buddy on the area before stamping and embossing. I sure hope Stampin' Up! gets a new supplier the Embossing Buddy soon! I have kept using it even though we lost our supplier last September and have a waiting list of customers wanting to order it as soon as it is available again!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
It's here!
If you don't have one already, contact me and we'll figure out a way to get one to you!
Also, a great opportunity for you:
To find out more, go to my Stampin' Up! website:
or call me: 618-237-6281
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I am SUPER EXCITED about the Christmas Keepsake Box, which will NEVER be available to purchase and is ONLY AVAILABLE to new demonstrators who sign up in July!
Questions you may have:
1. I love Stampin' Up! products but don't want to do parties. Is there any penalty if I don't do parties?
ANSWER: NO PENALTY! After you join, receive your Demonstrator ID# and get on the Stampin' Up! website, you can start saving immediately! Every order you place for Stampin' Up! merchandise will receive the demonstrator 20% discount! The Starter Kit is YOURS to keep, no matter what! There's no minimum number of parties to have, no obligations. One of the things I love about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is that even though I am a Business Demo and stamp almost every day, if something comes up in my life that I need to do, I can do it without asking anyone's permission. I am my own boss!!!!
2. I'm not sure I like the stamps and colors in this Starter Kit. Can I change them to items I like?
ANSWER: YES YOU CAN! The kit is customizable to meet your needs! All you have to do is choose stamps, paper, and inks you like from the New Catalog, then enter those Item Codes in the boxes provided on the Starter Kit Form. All items you substitute from the suggested ones must be of equal or lesser value than those listed.
3. What is the sales minimum to keep getting the Demonstrator Discount?
ANSWER: $300 in sales per Stampin' UP! Quarter is all you need to submit to remain in Active Demonstrator Status. Stampin' Up! Quarters run as follows:
July, August, September
October, November, December
January, February, March
April, May, June
As a NEW recruit, your first $300 sales requirement is not due until December 31, 2011, so you have plenty of time to stay active and save!
4. Is it hard to join?
ANSWER: IT'S EASY! Just contact me to get my recruiting password, then go to my Stampin' Up! website:
Click on the "Join the Fun" tab on the right side, then follow the links to join and choose your Starter Kit! (You will also have the option to purchase the full $175 Starter Kit)
5. I don't really know that much about stamping, Is there training available?
ANSWER: YES! You will receive weekly emails from Stampin' Up!, helping you to navigate the Stampin' Up! website and take advantage of all the great NEW Demonstrator Programs available. You can also receive all the training you want from ME, via phone, email, face-to-face meetings, and my monthly Downline Meetings for my Demonstrator group, the "Yes, Ma'am's! You will have access to my 8 1/2 years of stamping knowledge as a top 100 Demonstrator with the company.
Take a look at my website and give me a call today!
Here's a fun project we did with the new "Pennant Parade" stamp set (which just happens to be the suggested $99 Starter Kit stamp set!) at my New Catalog Open House this past weekend!
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Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
I remember one time, not too long after I became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, when I was worried about coming up with a cute scrapbook page for a hostess and one of my daughter's said, "Mom, a scrapbook page is just a giant card!" and she's right! Here's the perfect example of how that concept works! Here's the page I will be showing and gifting to my hostess, Lisa, next week, and the card everyone will make at her workshop that matches it! The guests can leave the card and use it as a card, or they can add it to their own page! This page and card uses the "Bring on the Cake" stamp set from the Occasions Mini and the "Build a Cupcake" punch! The colors are Poppy Parade and Baja Breeze with a little Daffodil Delight thrown in! The Designer Paper is from the Hostess Level 1 In-Color 6x6 Patterns Pack, all you need is a $150 order or party to get this FREE!
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And here's the card!(I know, you've seen it before last week, but now it matches the page!)
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I just LOVE the Baja Breeze Glass Glitter on this card!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
Here's another card you will get to make at my workshops this month. If you attend (or host) a two-card free party, you will get to make this card using the "Easter Blossoms" stamp set and "Springtime Vintage" Designer Series Paper, both from the Occasions Mini! The "birthday wishes" is from the Level 3 Hostess set, "Occasional Quotes", and after this card is complete you can spritz it with Vanilla Smooch Spritz for some added shimmer! I CASED this card from Kimbery Van Diepen, who CASED it from a sample Shelli Gardner showcased onstage at Leadership, so this card has a great heritage! There are actually two different ribbon versions of this card available, this one uses Crumb Cake Seam Binding with a Baja Breeze "Vintage Flower Adornment" from the Occasions Mini!
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This version is identical to the first one, with the exception of using Marina Mist 3/8" Taffeta ribbon and a Very Vanilla "Vintage Flower Adornment"! The "Vintage Flower Adornments" come in a package of 24, 8 each of three colors: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, and Rose Red. At $5.95, these little beauties are economical and gorgeous! They remind me of the cream cheese mints that are often served at wedding receptions here in Southern Illinois, I have had to resist the urge to taste them! lol!
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Here's the inside of both cards, but you will have to work hard to try to duplicate the smear I accomplished in my hast to finish up my card! ha! At the workshop you will have the choice of several great phrases from the "Herb Expressions" set that will be on the table for you to use! I punched my smeary phrase with the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, then layered it on top of a 3/4" wide strip of "Springtime Vintage" Designer Paper. Seems like I always have lots of little pieces of Designer Paper scraps when I am working on a project, so adding just a little strip of my leftovers to the inside really helps bring the card together inside & out!
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If you would like to host a workshop this month, just call me or email me and we will try to find a date in my calendar (there are a few days left in this last month of Sale-a-bration,) for you!
If you would like to order any of the supplies to make the cards I show on here, just go to my Stampin' Up! website: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net where you can order from any of the Stampin' Up! catalogs any time of the day or night!
Until tomorrow, my friends, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
If you attend one of my workshops in March, you will get to make this card! I CASED this from one of my monthly swaps from January, and I don't have the creator's name anymore, but it is a fun card! We are using the Occasions Mini birthday set, "Bring on the Cake", with Baja Breeze Glass Glitter. We laid down a piece of Sticky Strip and sprinkled it with the glitter and gently pressed it down as the glass pieces can be a little "pointy"!The candles were punched out with the Build a Cupcake punch and attached with 2-way glue. The pedestal is punched with the Scallop Edge Border punch, which also provided the straight piece for the pedestal stand! We start with a 3/4" wide strip of Baja Breeze cardstock, then punch with the Scallop Edge punch. When we are done punching, the leftover straight strip of cardstock is perfect for the stand. I love it when one punching provides more than one element for the project! The pedestal base is half a 1 1/4" circle. The card colors are Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, and Daffodil Delight, and the designer paper layer is from the Hostess Level 1 In-Color Patterns Paper Pack!
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The inside of the card also uses a phrase from "Bring on the Cake"!
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That's all for today, I've got to put the final touches on the March Punch Class for tonight!
Until tomorrow, friends, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
Last week at a workshop, one of my stampers, Jennifer, requested I post these cards to my blog, so here you go, Jennifer!
This first card was a swap I received at Leadership, but I have no idea who made it! Sometimes demos forget to put their names on their swaps in the last minute rush to comlete them, which makes it impossible to give credit for their beautiful artwork!
This card used the SAB set, "Punch Bunch" for the focal point owl. He is stamped in Concord Crush ink, then punched with the "Two-Step Owl" punch. The "Square Lattice" Textured Impressions Folder was used on the Very Vanilla Background, and the "Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border" punch was used for the trim on his party hat! We stamped "happy birthday" from "Curly Cute" from page 149 of the Big Catalog in Concord Crush on the Pear Pizazz layer, then tied a piece of Concord Crush 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon around it before attaching to the cardfront with Stampin' Dimensionals!
The branch the owl is sitting on is punched from the "Two-step Bird" punch, the pom-pom on his hat is with the 1/2" Circle punch, and the circle behind the owl is cut from the In-Color Designer Paper Pack Level 1 hostess and the 3" Circle Die for the Big Shot in the Occasions Mini!
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Swaps don't usually have an inside, they are usually just fronts, so for the inside of this card I used stamps from "Party Hearty" on page 54 of the Big Catalog, stamped with Concord Crush ink and punched with the 1 3/4" Circle punch!
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You may have already viewed this card in this post:
but this was the other card Jennifer wanted me to post, so I am re-posting it again along with the inside!
I used the "Perfect Polka Dots" Textured Impressions Folder on the Pink Pirouette background layer and the Pink Pirouette flower layer. The flower I cut out with the "Fun Flowers" Big Shot Die from the Occasions Mini. The flower center was punched from the Occasions Mini "Red Glimmer" paper with a 1/2" Circle punch. For the leaves I punched Wild Wasabi cardstock with the Small Oval punch, folded them in 1/2 along a pre-scored line, then ran them through the "Paper Crimper" to get the "leafy" look! The tag was stamped with one of the Hostess Level 2 sets, "Cute by the Inch", and then puched with the Small Tag punch, then layered on a Red Glimmer Large Tag. The red brad from the "Glimmer Brights" brads on page 31 of the Occasions Mini perfectly match the Red Glimmer paper, I hope we get more paper to match these!
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Here's the inside, words from the Level 2 Hostess set, "Something to Celebrate" from the Occasions mini, inked with Wild Wasabi and Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Markers, and punched with the Decorative Label punch!
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Boy I'm super-excited this morning, still so much to do for my New Catalog Open House tonight! If you live in Southern Illinois, don't have a demonstrator but would like to have a new catalog, just contact me today for directions to my house. You can come see & take home a new catalog, stamp a couple of M&T's, browse my samples, and enjoy an Ice Cream Buffet! If you make an order of $50 or more OR book a stampin' party in the next few months, your name will go in a drawing for one of two $25 Stampin' Gift Certificates (you do not have to stay the whole time to win, I will mail out the certificates) I will also have my inventory of Scallop Square purses on display, and any $50 order will get you $5 off the purchase of a purse!
Thought I would show you one of the FREE projects we will be making tonight!
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Isn't it fabulous? I think it's a pretty cool card. I showed it to my daughter, Alisa, last night and she said, "Isn't it amazing how your stamping has changed over the years? How did you even have a business when you started?" I think she is referring to two things:
1. Stampin' Up! has the most amazing stamps, and continuously tries to keep on trend and ahead of the "stamping curve" by providing us with fun creative stamps and accessories so we can create works of art like this in minutes.
2. My stamping skills have improved. (makes me wonder, how bad was I? lol!)
I have to admit, I've gotten better at stamping over the years, which is just the natural result of practice, practice, practice. It's practice that I happen to LOVE, so that makes all that practice a win-win for me!)
Anyway, this card we will be making, which looks rather complicated, uses no fancy techniques, nor has a level of difficulty beyond the easy level. We will be using the gorgeous new set, Artistic Etchings, along with new colors Early Espresso and Marina Mist. We will be using the Cutter Kit to do a little distressing, a Stampin' Sponge to do ALOT of sponging, the Scallop Trim Border punch (it's back in the catalog after being available during Sale-a-bration!), brand-spankin'-new Designer Paper "Newsprint", and a little Log Cabin Smooch Spritz! It was a fun card to create, and I think you will love making it!
Here's the inside of the card. I chose an encouragement sentiment, but I always have several other verse sets available so you can customize your card to fit the occasion and loved one you are planning to give it to!
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While I''m at it, here's the other Make & Take, only this one you will have your choice of THREE different color combos:
Baja Breeze (a returning In-Color) with Very Vanilla using the new Level 1 Hostess Set, "Because I Care"! You are going to need to have a party soon to get this set! We will also be using the Big Shot (of course!) with a brand-new Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, "Vintage Wallpaper"!
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Cherry Cobbler (a new Core Color) with Very Vanilla:
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Or Pink Pirouette (another returning In-Color) with Very Vanilla:
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Well, I've gotta run, lots still to do to get my house ready for tonight! (Come on, you people know how it is, it takes having a party to make you clean up beyond your usual comfort level of clean!)
See ya tomorrow, (or tonight from 5-8 if you come see me!) so for now, have a GREAT STAMPINROX! day!
Carol
I participate in a monthly swap where I receive 20 fresh, new ideas each month. I send 21 hand-stamped samples all the same to Carol in Minnesota and in about a week I receive back 20 different swaps! Each month as a theme and this month's theme was "Fancy Folds". Here's my swap I just put in the mail today:
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I use my new Summer Mini set, "Watercolor Trio", and the "En Francais" Background Stamp. I LOVE this set! It will only be around until the end of August, so if you love it like I do, you better get it now!
I have no idea what the name of this fancy fold is, I learned it from my upline years ago and I don't think she had a name for it either, she learned it someone else (which is how it goes in the stamping world!) I know I've done different versions of it over the years, including making the square/diamond shape look like a graduation hat! One of my stampers asked me for the pattern for this card fold a couple of weeks ago which got me thinking about it again, so decided to freshen it up and use it for this swap. "Old becomes new", which is great! With new stamps, products, and techniques coming along all the time, being a Stampin' Up! demo never gets old!
(Note to my downline: This card is in the running for the Shoebox Swap on the 22nd, let me know if you want to make this one!)
Here's how it looks from the end:
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And the back:
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The new product I used on this card is from the Summer Mini, "Smooch Spritz"! This cool stuff comes in 4 different colors: Vanilla Shimmer, Log Cabin, Gold Glow, and Silver Foil. It comes in a GLASS vial and you have to shake it up ALOT before you start spritzing it so it doesn't glob on your card, but it give a gorgeous, all-over shimmer to your project! Lookie:
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"Smooch Spritz" is a reasonable $4.95 per vial and SU! also offers a very helpful "Color Catcher" for $5.95 that is a MUST when you use the spritz (ask me and the drawers under my stamping table know this!).
I also am announcing my June Hostess Special:
Every hostess in June who has at least $400 in sales and one future booking will receive $20 in extra free stuff from me! Hostess who qualify will be able to choose their $20 free the night of their party, no waiting till later! I currently still have June dates available, so contact me to get your date set! SU! announces the Retiring Stamp List on June 1st, so June is a GREAT time to have a party with all the sets we will be saying farewell to!
Also, if you would like to make this card at your June party, just let me know!
Now, on a non-stamping note, here's my granddaughter, Ava, in our apple tree! Her mom is a photographer, and you can really tell it by her darling pose!
And let's not forget her little brother Cohen, who was actually just inches off the ground!
Have a STAMPENDOUSLY GREAT weekend! Be back on Monday with more stampin' ideas for you!
