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Sweet Treats for my Stamp Club!

Aloha, all!

For my February Stamp Club meeting, I decided that my ladies needed a Valentine project and treat that they didn’t have to make themselves.  Here’s what I made for them using Hershey’s miniatures and, of course, Stampin’ Up! paper products and stamps!!

I’m back to spending more time with my Sizzix machine, too, and will have a new project to show off tomorrow as well.  For this project, I used the Top Note die, folded over to make a topper for the bag of Hershey’s candy.  I used the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper to cover the miniatures.  To do this, you just need a piece of paper 1" x 3".  Just use a little adhesive on one of the short ends, wrap the long side around the candy, and press the ends together at the back.  So simple, but so elegant!  Finally, I decorated the top note with hearts punched with the Heart to Heart Punch and an image stamped from the Love You Much stamp set, and punched with the Scallop Circle Punch.

Oh, and here’s the table set up for the group to do its first project of the night (the Note Pad cover I showed off in the February 4th post). 

If you live in East Hawaii and would like to be a part of a stamp club, just call and we can talk story!  As always, I’m at 808.854.6145.

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Loads of Love!

Aloha, all!

This morning I challenged myself to make a Valentine’s Day card for my adult son.  With all the frilly, flowery stuff out there, I figured it was going to be a hard thing to figure out. 

But then another kind of challenge came up–one of my online forum groups, SUDSOL, came up with a design challenge:  Make a card with "Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue."  Well, thought I; this has got to be easier than a Valentine’s Card for my dear son.  So I rooted around in the bottom drawers where I keep stamp sets I’ve owned for awhile (all of them current Stampin’ Up! stamp sets, though!!).  There with just a small bit of dust on it was one of my "old" favorites, Loads of Love.  Now why haven’t I been using this set more??  Then I remembered that the leader of yet another online group to which I belong, Sandy Hancock of Udderly Awesome, had used this very set in a Valentine’s Card she’d just made!

Woo hoo!!  Killed two challenges with one stamp set!  At this point I had my "Something Old" – the stamp set; and I had my "Something Borrowed" – the idea from Sandy Hancock to use the set as a Valentine’s Card.  Now I just needed the "Something New" and "Something Blue."  That was a piece of cake, as I still had some of the new "Candy Lane" Designer Paper out from my Wednesday Stamp Club meeting, and I surely could come up with somewhere on this card I could use the "Something Blue."  Aha!  That lady driver (that would be me) could certainly use a blue dress.  So I had my "Something New" – Candy Lane Designer Paper," and my "Something Blue" – the driver’s blue dress.  Add a bit more "new" stuff–the stamp from "Love You Much" and a few hearts punched from the Heart to Heart Punch, and here’s my card!!!  (Oh, and the colors throughout are Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla and Riding Hood Red.  A bit of Going Gray and Basic Gray on the truck’s trim and tires round it off.)

Want to have fun with Stampin’ Up! products like I do?  Look no further than right here!!  I have tutorials and instructions for lots of different paper crafting projects under the "Techniques and Tutorials" tab at the top of the page.

And if you would like some wonderful Stampin’ Up! products with which to make your projects, you can order online 24/7 from my website.  Or call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me, and I can place the order for you! 

And we’re still in the Sale-A-Bration sales period–for another 6 weeks!  For every $50 you spend on Stampin’ Up! catalog products, you can select a free stamp set or accessory from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  To see the brochure, click on the picture of the brochure at the right and look through it right here online!

More Valentine’s projects tomorrow!

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Note Pad Cover for a Birthday Gift!

 Aloha, all!

As a follow up from yesterday, here is the handmade gift that I’ll be sending off to my sister-in-law and wonderful downline, Deb, in today’s mail.  She’ll get it a bit late for her birthday, but I know she’ll really like it.

It’s a note pad cover!  I bought a pack of 5" x 8" lined note pads at a local "big box retailer" and made a nice cover for it.  The colors I used for this particular pad are So Saffron, Certainly Celery, and Pretty in Pink, all of which coordinate wonderfully with one of the great new Stampin’ Up! Designer Papers, Tea Party.  I accented the front of the pad cover with So Saffron 5/8" ribbon from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog.  Did you know that this is the ONLY TIME you’ll be able to get this beautiful So Saffron ribbon?  My heart was broken when I saw this in Sale-A-Bration, because I know that Stampin’ Up! will never put this is one of its regular catalogs.  That’s one of the deals with Sale-A-Bration–these stamps and accessories are exclusive to this catalog at this time.  So, if you want some of that luscious ribbon, now’s the time to buy it.  WRONG.  You can’t "buy" it.  You have to earn it by purchasing $50 in Stampin’ Up! products from one of our regular catalogs. 

For Deb’s name I used the Ticker Tape Alphabet and added one of the flowers from the Level 1 Hostess Set, Darling Dots.  The final touch is the centers from two pieces from the Fire Circles Rhinestones Brads set.

If you like the note pad cover and would like to make one yourself, just print out the instructions that I’ve posted here!

Meanwhile, don’t forget that Sale-A-Bration is in full swing!  You can place an order by calling (808.854.6145)  or e-mailing me, or by going directly to my website to place an order online!

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Happy Birthday, Deb!

Aloha, all!

My sister-in-law and super downline, Deb, has a birthday this week.  Today and tomorrow I’ll be featuring a card and a gift that I made for her for her birthday.  They’re going to get to her late as I’m using them as samples at my Stamp Club meeting this afternoon.  But I’ll add in a couple of nice extras to make up for it!

This is her Birthday Card.  You’ll recognize the stamp sets (Flower Fancy and Sincere Salutations) and punch (the ticket punch) from the last card that I posted, on February 2nd.  The materials were still out on my table in the Craft Room, and I decided to use them again.  This time I added the second stamp of the "2-Step Stamping" set to create a flower that was filled with color.  Then I added the new Stampin’ Up! Flower Brads and some 1" wide grosgrain ribbon.  The colors are Pretty in Pink and Rose Red.  "Birthday Wishes" came from the same versatile stamp set as the "Thinking of You" stamp in the February 2nd post.

I feel so good when I can create a hand-made card that I know will be appreciated!  You can, too, with all the fantastic stamps and accessories that Stampin’ Up! has in its catalogs.  And don’t forget that, this month and next, for EVERY $50 you spend, you can select a stamp set or accessory from the Sale-A-Bration brochure–FREE.

Don’t have your catalog or brochure?  Just call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me and I’ll get one out to you for just the cost of postage.  Want to place an order?  You can call or e-mail me, too, as Stampin’ Up! does take credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, and Discover).  OR you can order online directly from Stampin’ Up! through my website.  If you order through the website, you can order a FREE IDEA BOOK AND CATALOG, AND you can choose your free Sale-A-Bration stamp set or accessory.

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A Bit of a Diversion

Aloha, all!

I actually had some time this past weekend to spend in the Craft Room!  Wow, that’s twice in one week.  What is the world coming to?!  Well, there may be a few dishes that need washing and a bit of laundry.  But I had the time to be creative.

One thing that spurs me on to be creative is a challenge from any Stamping group to which I belong.  This weekend, I took on the challenge to make a card with JUST BLACK AND WHITE.  I’ve tried this before on my own, but always have ended up putting on a bit of Real Red or Tempting Turquoise or Summer Sun to accent the black.  Not this time!  I took the challenge from the group called, SUDSOL (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing On Line–a group for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators only) and made this card. 

The stamp set from which this flower is taken is called Flower Fancy, and it is a stamp set that you can use for just about any kind of card you can imagine.  Last year at the Stampin’ Up Convention 2008, this set was included in one presentation as one that is extremely versatile.  In fact, I think that I’ll use it to make a Valentine Card later this week and start showing off more of its versatility!

Besides the stamp from the set, I used one of the greeting stamps from another very versatile set, Sincere Salutations.  In fact, I’ve used these two stamp sets together on a number of occasions.  I do believe that I could make any greeting card I needed just with these two sets.  Hmmmm.  That sounds like a challenge to myself!  Oh, and I used the Ticket Punch on the top 3 layers, and accented the card with Whisper White Satin Ribbon.  The white images on the black paper were stamped with Versamark and embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

Embossing is a technique that I especially like to teach.  The first time anyone sees that embossing powder liquefy and pop off the paper is amazing!  Have you tried it?  If not, I’d be glad to give you a quick lesson, and I guarantee that you’ll be hooked into it as a way to stamp on dark paper.

So call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me and we can get started!

More later this week.  Got to get ready for my stamp club on Wednesday!

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Sale-A-Bration 2009 Is Finally Here!

Aloha, all!  I am really excited to have Sale-A-Bration here at last!   This time last year I was just beginning as a Stampin’ Up! Independent Demonstrator, and I am amazed that a year has passed!  Hmmm.  It almost sounds like there should be a poem there.  I may work on that….

But I digress!  Those of you on my mailing list should already have received your Sale-A-Bration brochure.  If you haven’t, let me know and I’ll mail one out to you directly.  I understand that there have been some problems with the mailings this year, and I want to make sure that you have your brochures and catalogs.

As always, Sale-A-Bration – or SAB – is a time of the year when you can order FOR FREE from the SAB Catalog one stamp set for every $50 in Stampin’ Up! merchandise that you purchase.  And this year there’s something extra–there are accessories as well as stamp sets!  This card uses the two accessories offered:  Designer Series Paper and the two ribbons from a Ribbon Bundle.  The DSP pack comes with 4 sheets of 4 different 12" x 12" double sides papers, using the colors Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Bashful Blue and Sahara Sand.  Just the perfect pastel colors for Spring 2009!  And the Ribbon bundle includes Certainly Celery Poly-Twill Ribbon and So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon.  Both of the ribbons are shown in this card.

So now really IS THE TIME to purchase Stampin’ Up! products!!!  I made a list of the products that I used in this card, and purchasing all of them, which would allow you to make at least 30 cards similar to this – as well 10 more full sized cards and many other paper craft projects – would add up to just over $100 ($103 to be exact) and you’d get the FREE PAPER and FREE RIBBONS both!   With the FREE PAPER and FREE RIBBONS you will be able to make even MORE CARDS AND PROJECTS.  Finally, after you used up all your paper and ribbons, you’d still have your stamp sets left for EVEN MORE PROJECTS. 

Believe me when I tell you that ordering during SAB is THE TIME TO ORDER!

Call me (808.854.6145) or e-mail me TODAY and let’s get you going on this sooner than later.  Oh, and if your order is $150, not only do you get a 3rd SAB freebie (and you can order more paper or ribbons if you want) you get standard HOSTESS BENEFITS AS WELL! 

Whew

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