Mar 4, 2014 | Announcements, specials, Stampin' Up!
Happy Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Tuesday (that’s what it was best known as around our house growing up). Here are Stampin’ Up!’s Weekly Deals – my fave pick? The rhinestones. You can never go wrong having a bit of bling on hand to jazz up your projects!! Happy shopping!
Don’t forget as well – my monthly newsletter goes out TODAY at 1pm – look for it in your inbox – but only if you’re a subscriber!
Mar 3, 2014 | cards, Stampin' Up!
I LOVE the Watercolour Wonder Designer Series Paper in Stampin’ Up!’s Occasions Catalogue. (and yes, I know that it’s listed without the “u” in the first word, but I can’t bring myself to spell it that way. Canadian, eh?!). It’s so pretty and lets me get projects done quickly.
This centre easel card really only has one stamped element on it – the sentiment. The rest is the Watercolour Wonder DSP. The flower is layers of tissue paper punched with the Blossom Punch, and spritzed with a combination of rubbing alcohol and reinker. Also – did you notice that the one size of Basic Pearl Jewels Accents fits in the Candy Dot Brad Base??!!!! I was very excited when I figured that one out!
We did this card as part of January’s Stampers Club. Each month, club members get together for a free card class, and place their orders – and one member gets all the hostess benefits for that month. New members are always welcome, and it’s currently a 6 month cycle – so you are in club for 6 months, and at the end of the 6 months you may choose to continue on, or take a break and restart when you like. As a current bonus, Club Members have access to my Beta online group where all the projects and instructions are posted each month for reference. If you’re local to the Burlington area (or willing to drive a bit LOL), please contact me if you’d like to join us!
Feb 26, 2014 | Big Shot, cards, Stampin' Up!
Shocking, I know! My friend recently became a British citizen, after living there for over 15 years. She’s married to a Brit, and has British children and even has a weird hybrid Canadian-British accent. (Kind of like Madonna’s pseudo-English accent while she was living there…). Anyway. I thought I’d create a custom card just for this transplant to commemorate this occasion, and used my cardstock to come up with this design..
I created the Union Jack using Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White cardstocks, and die cut the maple leaf with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die. Not a stamp in sight. I did ink around the edges of the maple leaf to make it stand out a bit more. I love that I can create such a custom card for my friend – doubt I could find one so appropriate in a card store…
If you’d like to find out more about making cards, (shameless plug follows) I do have monthly card making classes if you’re in the Burlington ON area. If you aren’t, then consider one of my online classes or my upcoming Inbox Inspiration program. The Inbox Inspiration program will be launching at the end of this week, so come back for more information then!
Feb 25, 2014 | specials, Stampin' Up!
Here’s the latest crop of deals from Stampin’ Up! If you’re online shopping, don’t forget that each $60 in merchandise order gets you a free Sale-a-Bration item! My pick this week? I think you can NEVER go wrong with basics glimmer brads – great to have in your stash to add a little something special to your paper crafting projects – and basics will go with everything. Think of these like your shiny little black dress in your crafting closet 😉
Feb 19, 2014 | cards, Occasions, Stampin' Up!
I love how Designer Series Papers make my card making so much faster and easier… This card uses the This and That Epic Day DSP – one of my favourites. It’s combined with the Perfect Pennants Bundle from the Occasions Catalogue that combines the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set and the Banners Framelits Dies.
As with all my projects using DSP, I usually just look to the back of the packaging to come up with the colours I will use in the project – I just pull colours that are featured in the designs. In this case, it was Basic Gray and Calypso Coral. This is a card we made at Stampers Club, and I make a point to be sure that at least one card each month has a more masculine feel to it…otherwise we tend to go with what we like, which may not always suit for both genders.
I am finalizing the details for the Inbox Inspiration program which is set to launch in the next few days – so stay tuned for the launch announcement and all the details!
Feb 18, 2014 | specials, Stampin' Up!
Yesterday was Family Day in Ontario – and it was nice to spend time relaxing with my family at home (we watched the Olympics and hung out)…though it’s disorienting to discover that today is Tuesday, when it feels like a Monday…
Anyway – here are this week’s deals – I love the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder and Silver Metallic Ink – my faves this week!
