Jun 8, 2012 | Scrapbook Pages, Season of Friendship |
I know – I forgot to post this before May ended – the month just went by so fast. I can’t believe it is June already and the new catalog has started. Hopefully you already have the Season of Friendship stamp set since it is now retired.
The tree trunk was stamped on Whisper White card stock and then I stamped leaves all over it until I had a tree as full as I wanted. Then I cut it out to put it on the layout. I Designer Paper is the Big Top Birthday paper from the last catalog. It had the perfect page with the banners and clouds and sunrays on it. To make the Kite I found a coloring book kite that I traced and cut out of the designer paper, then punched the ribbon border punch and lined the sides, add some bakers’ twine for the string and the skinny taffeta ribbon for the tail.
I get many of my scrapbook ideas from magazines or the internet but I find that many are only single page layouts so I am always converting and stretching and adding a second page to mine. This was one of my class pages during the last couple of months.
I hope you like it. It just needs some pictures added to it now.
My 55 goal is slowly coming along – I talked to a couple more people today who plan to place orders soon. As the orders get placed I’ll update the tracker on the side of my blog. I hope to see it growing each day. And then we can all celebrate at a Stampin’ Up! party in the fall. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then check this post. I’m so exited at the possibility of actually earning a Stampin’ Up! incentive trip.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Jun 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, In Colors |
Thanks for hearing my plea! I wanted to update you that I have 2 of my 55 orders and 3 more people that said they would be placing orders in the coming days. I’ll keep you updated and if you’d like to help me out that would be so greatly appreciated!
Summer Starfruit is one of the new Stampin’ Up! In-Colors. And I’ve featured it on this card –
I think it is such a different color not like anything we already have in our color families. I used the Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper on this card so that helped decide the rest of the colors – Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, Pool Party and Very Vanilla. The card “sketch” was one I saw recently on another blog. The stamp sets I used are Betsy’s Blossom – that’s the bird, and Itty Bitty Banners with the new Itty Bitty Framelits. I’m going to have to look up all these names – I know they are close but I haven’t learned the names for all the new things yet.
Thanks so much – have a good day!
Jun 7, 2012 | Stampin' Up! Events |
Thank you for your Help!
Update 6/29 – I have one final order to put in today and I will be there. I can’t believe we are getting this done! This is amazing! You are all amazing! I have the best customers, friends and demonstrator sisters – this company is just amazing and just the best people. I’m doing the Happy Dance!
I have been working hard all year long to try to earn my first ever Incentive Trip from Stampin’ Up! and I am almost there!! But I REALLY need everyone’s help – I checked my points this morning and I’m a little over 3000 points away – yikes! I hate to be so close and not get it. So I’m sending out one more plea to everyone on my list. The deadline is June 30 – so only 24 2 more days to go!
If I can get 55 people to place a $55 product order I’ll be able to get there. So here is what I’m going to do once I earn the trip – all 55 people that place at least a $55 order will get a pass to a free Card Maker’s Club class – and if you don’t live close enough to come to class I’ll send you a class by mail instead. If you place a $100 or more order you’ll get the pass to the free class and I will pay your shipping on your order. Plus I’ll have a Stampin’ party in the fall for everyone that places an order no matter what size.
I’ll try to keep updates on my blog posts – right now I have 1 order – so 54 more to go.
You can look online in my store – you can even order online if you like – if you earn free shipping from me I will reimburse you. You can email me an order or call me on my cell phone.
The new catalog is available as a “flipping book” on my blog – in the sidebar. Or as a pdf (but it’s a big file). I also have catalogs here at my house if you don’t have one.
Thank you in advance to everyone that helps me earn this trip. Thank you to everyone for supporting my Stampin’ Up! Business!
Happy Stamping!
Your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
Jun 6, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Vintage |
Hi everyone!
Here is a new stamp set and a fun technique for you today. This idea came from my friend Michele from Iowa – she was my very first convention roommate – and we have been friends and roommates ever since. This year at Leadership we were roommates and everyone that attended Leadership received this sneak peek stamp set from the new catalog – it is called Everything Eleanor. Michele was also the lucky winner of one of the Simply Scored Diagonal plates during Leadership – the rest of us were so jealous! Since we didn’t get to play with the Diagonal plate back in January I asked Michele to play for us and send us an idea. Well this was the idea she came up with – a faux tile technique. I have been saving it because the stamp set was coming in the new catalog and now I can share it. We actually made this card at my stamp club last Friday night and it is slightly different from the one the Michele sent me.
I decided to use the new Midnight Muse ink pad (Michele had used black which was really nice on this card) so I could show case not only a new color but the new Firm Foam ink pad. They stamp so nicely – I find that I don’t want to use any of my old colors, because I’d have to use my old ink pads. It looks like there will be an order for the new pads in my future…..
Anyhow for the faux tile technique – first take the card stock and put it on the Diagonal Plate on the Simply Scored board and score diagonally in both directions every 1/2″. After the piece has been scored then stamp the image – the ink won’t go into the scored indentations so it ends up looking like tile.
The colors are Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, and Midnight Muse. I stamped and cut out both the large and medium sized flowers and layered them on top of each other. Also the Baja Breeze piece is embossed with the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. And to finish there is a piece of the Baja Breeze Seam Binding and an Antique Brad.
I hope you like it and thanks so much to Michele for the idea!
Jun 5, 2012 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Got My Digital Studio? Then go get your new In Colors! Our new 2012-2014 In Colors (Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, and Summer Starfruit) will be available for FREE when you update your software. Not only will you see them in your color palette, but you’ll get the card stock as well.
You can update your software by clicking Help and then Check for Updates, or manually update with the file in the MyDigitalStudio.net Resources section here.
Here is a page I created with My Digital Studio -the page idea came from Heather’s online class.
And here’s some more news related to My Digital Studio –
Don’t miss out on all the digital fun! Be sure to check out the My Digital Studio content discs available in the 2012-2013 annual catalog. Packed with exclusive artwork, stamp brush sets, Designer Series Papers, embellishments, and designer templates, the content also coordinates with our traditional product suites to make digital designing even sweeter!
Product suites available on a digital disc are noted throughout the 2012-2013 annual catalog. You can buy content discs at your parties and save 10 percent versus purchasing individual downloads!
DVD Collections are shown on pages 198-199 of the catalog and include the following product suites:
- Patio Party, p. 43
- Story Time, p. 59
- Floral District, p. 71
- Birds of a Feather, p. 89
- Fan Fair, p. 107
- Comfort Café, p. 131
Hostesses can also earn the following content discs with a qualifying order, as part of a workshop or an individual order.
- Keep in Touch Digital Content CD, p. 201
- Days to Remember Digital Content CD, p. 204
The current versions of the software are still available even though they aren’t shown in the catalog. Since MDS 2 won’t be available until later this year, you can purchase My Digital Studio (item 118108) or My Digital Studio Express (item 124483) and upgrade to MDS 2 for FREE when it becomes available.
It’s Tuesday and there are new Digital Downloads available too –
You can see all the available Digital Downloads on my website.
Have a good day –
