5/22 Sneak Peek: Chalk Talk & a Graduation

 

One of the new stamp sets that will be coming out in our new catalog is called Chalk Talk and here is a sneak peek for you! I love the trendy chalk board look that you see all over the place these days and of course Stampin' Up! has captured that unique look with this set.

And, a little family talk for you . . . my daughter, Kari Kalthoff, graduates from Concordia Academy this week. She is the Valedictorian of her 2013 class and also received the departmental award for Mathematics. We are so proud of her academic accomplishments!

Thank you so much for stopping by today . . . I appreciate you!

Stamps: Chalk Talk (available from the new catalog on May 31)
Paper: Basic Black (121045) Whisper White (100730) Brights Designer Series Paper Stack (117155)
Ink: Daffodil Delight (126944) StazOn Black (101406)
Tools: Extra Large Oval Punch (119859)
Embellishments: Daffodil Delight ¼” Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126872)
Adhesives: Dimensionals (104430) Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

5/21 May 2013 Scrapbook Pages

 

I was in a Scrapbooking Swap last summer at Convention and I've used the pages here and there throughout the year. With my Spring Schedule heating up, I turned to these pages to help me through the month of May with my Open Scrapbook Club. The layout above was created by Tiffany Bauer and my customers loved it! The designer series paper (now on discount) that we used is soon to be retired and it is called World Spectacular. The stamp set on these pages is called Flowering Flourishes.

Glenda Travelstead designed these pages for our swap and they were also a big hit at my class. The Flower Framelits are so pretty and show off the 2012-14 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack off perfectly. We used the alphabet stamp set . . . which really does look kind of "lazy" called Notable Alphabet. All of the flowers that you see stamped on this page came from the stamp set called Betsy's Blossoms.

I hope you enjoy these pages as much as my customers did! And again, a special thanks to Glenda and Tiffany for their wonderful pages and willingness to share. Have a great day!!

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5/20 My Shoebox Swap for our May Demo Meeting

 

Our Scallop Dots Ribbon is retiring and I thought I would share it with my downline at our shoebox swap by having them make their very own mini ribbon spool holding 2 yards of ribbon and personalized with a sentiment from the sneak peek stamp set called A Round Array. It makes a cute gift for a special customer.

The Soda Pop Tops from the Spring Mini catalog are not being carried over so I made sure to order a few extra sets to have on hand since the make such darling embellishments. To smash them, use your Big Shot machine. This is the way I layer them:

1 - I open up the platform to 'no tabs' and set a cutting plate on the platform.
2 - I add a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock to protect the plate from the "bite" that occurs when you smash the cap.
3 - The pop top goes onto the scrap of Whisper White with the pointed edge down and the second cutting plate goes over the top.
4 - Crank it through for a perfectly smashed Soda Pop Top!

Here is the side view. If you are interested in seeing a video that shows how to put mini ribbon spools together, you can click HERE.

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Stamps: A Round Array Set Available May 31
Paper: More Mustard (100946) Very Vanilla (101650)
Ink: Early Espresso (126974)
Tools: 1” Circle Punch (119868) 7/8” Scallop Circle Punch (129404) 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch (118874)
Embellishments: More Mustard Scallop Dots Ribbon (124140)
Adhesives: Glue Dots (103683)

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5/16 Shoebox Swaps from Our May Stamping to Share Demo Meeting - Part Two

 

This is part two of our Stamping to Share Shoebox Swap that we had in May. Dorene Bye, inspired by an online tutorial, taught us how to make these beautiful flowers. You can make them with or without stamping. For the flower on the left, stamp a flower in black five times. Dorene used a flower from Secret Garden. Punch it out with the Blossom Punch. It will not "fit" the flower, but that doesn't matter. Roll all the petals towards the center with a skewer. Fold the petals upward, glue together and shape. The flower on the right was not stamped, just five punch outs, rolled, folded, glued and shaped. How lovely!

Mary Kiley's card layered up some punches and heart die to make this beautiful wedding card. The butterfly punch outs made with Papillon Potpourri and the Bitty Butterfly Punch are not wasted as they are used to decorate the inside of the card as you can see below. The sentiment is from Fabulous Phrases.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from our Occasions Alphabet set.

Cindy Standal had us put together this lovely card with the vintage dress that used one of our Tea Lace Doilies. I love all the small details from the pearls to the flower to the embossing.

Dawn Michels made up a wedding card for us to make. She had enough rings left over from her daughter's wedding that we were all able to use two of them on our cards. Lot's of fun and bling and yet oh so elegant!

Cindy LeMire taught us how to make a spinning card with her shoebox swap. The piggy from Button Buddies whirls from one side of the card to the other thanks to pennies and dimensionals. The sentiment was made with one of our photopolymer stamp sets called Designer Type. The clear set makes it easy to put your letters into the word bubble.

Barb Manship's card was a window card that she precut for us with a combination of label and window framelits.The flowers from Secret Garden were also cut with the coordinating framelit set and colored and glittered up to make a very showy card. We customized our greeting by selecting our choice from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Thank you so much for stopping by Stamping to Share. Tomorrow I will share what I made for the Shoebox Swap.

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5/15 Shoebox Swaps from our May Stamping to Share Demo Meeting

 

Linda Watson was our "snack" person so she designed her swap to be a cupcake holder. Super cute . . . but I have to admit, my cupcake only found a home in that box for about as long as it took for me to take this picture as I couldn't wait to eat it!! I love chocolate cupcakes from Grandma's Bakery!! She used the stamp set called Summer Silhouettes.

Mary Bellis had this wonderful collage card for us to make using some new In-Colors!! We were all tickled to try out "Crisp Cantaloupe," "Pistachio Pudding," and "Baked Brown Sugar." The stamp set Mary used is Clockworks.

This is the inside of the card. I love it when the inside of the card coordinates with the outside of the card. The sentiment is from the stamp set called Trust God.

With Father's Day coming up, Debby Filiowich created a cute card for us to make featuring a grill. I love the flames!! I put mine up pretty high since I've never grilled anything without burning it. My husband trys to keep me away from the grill!! He's truly the "pro" in that department! The sentiment is from the stamp set called Delightful Dozen.

Sharon Merritt has a whole pack of grandkids so it's no surprise that she picked the soon to be retired stamp set called Dino-Roar to work with. I loved the idea of creating the circle pattern with Sponge Daubers.

Elizabeth Schwerm's Shoebox Swap featured a butterfly from a long retired stamp set that Elizabeth still owns. (We never let go of our favorites, do we?) Elizabeth black heat embossed the butterfly onto our cardstock white vellum so all we had to do was color and cut. We colored the butterfly with markers from the backside. I was impressed by how bright the markers showed through to the front side! The sentiment is from Curly Cute.

If you want to make a smaller version of this Butterfly, you can purchase the stamp set called Best of Butterflies through March of 2014. It's one of the featured images from the past that Stampin' Up! is highlighting during its 25th Anniversary year.

Irene Boesen featured some great punch art on her Shoebox Swap card. Circles make great wrenches, nuts and bolts. The background is embossed and sponged up and it features the soon to be retired background stamp called "Tool Shed." Don't miss your opportunity to get this awesome man stamp before it's gone!

I'll have more shoebox swaps to share tomorrow so please stay tuned!!

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5/13 Just Married and Sneak Peek Hostess Set!

 

Happy Belated Mother's Day, everyone! I enjoyed a wonderful, relaxing weekend with family, but it wasn't "quite" perfect as I was missing my daughter who is currently traveling abroad.

I have a little peek for you into our upcoming catalog. The banner sentiment on the card above is from a new hostess set called Banner Greetings. I thought the Mr. & Mrs. was a nice match to the Just Married set since the are both bold and solid images. To avoid the "floating" cake, I created a table for it with our tea lace doilies. To give this clean and simple card some elegance, I used the Simply Scored Tool to outline the edges of the card and added a layer of Silver Glimmer paper below the image panel.

The inside of the card has another cute image from Just Married and the Congratulations is from the sentiment set called Delightful Dozen.

Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by Stamping to Share!

Stamps: Just Married (Wood Mount 129207, Clear Mount 129210) Delightful Dozen (Wood Mount 122650, Clear Mount 122652) Banner Greetings Hostess Set Available May 31

Paper: Elegant Eggplant (105126) Whisper White (100730) Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)
Ink: Wisteria Wonder (126985) Elegant Eggplant (126969)
Tools: Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Embellishments: Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399)
Adhesives: Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755) Dimensionals (104430)

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5/10 Just Believe Charity Card for May

 

Just Believe is on the retirement list and it is a great set. I especially love the flower silhouette that I used on this card. My May Clubs will be making this for our local befriender's group. The sentiment if from the set called Blessings from Heaven. The striped paper is from the Subtles Paper Stack which is also retiring. At first I was sad to see this paper go because I've enjoyed using it these past few years, but at Fiji we received one of the new paper stacks and wow . . . it's great! Now I'm not so sad knowing that something new and different and fun is right around the corner.

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Stamps: Elements of Style (Wood Mount 118611, Clear Mount 120045) Trust God (Wood Mount 123050, Clear Mount 123052)
Paper: Pear Pizzazz (131201) Crumb Cake (120953) Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack (117152)
Ink: Perfect Plum (126963)
Embellishments: Basic Gray Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126879)
Adhesives: Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

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5/9 Sneak Peek at Wildflower Meadow!

 

One of our "pillow gifts" on the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip to Fiji was this single background stamp called Wildflower Meadow and if you look closely, you can also see that there is a coordinating embossing folder! It's so easy . . . all you do is stamp your image, then line it up to the image in the embossing folder and with a quick crank of the Big Shot, you've got something pretty!! A little ribbon and a little "go crazy with the pearls" and next thing you know you are done - in less than 10 minutes!! How's that for nice and quick? Love it!!

The ink and card base is Pear Pizzazz . . . an In Color that retired has returned to our regular line! The Old Olive Striped Organdy Ribbon from the Spring Catalog made a nice accent . . . along with the pearls, pearls and pearls!!

Our new catalog goes "live" on May 31. Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by Stamping to Share!

Stamps: Wildflower Meadow (available May 31)
Paper: Pear Pizzazz (available May 31) Crumb Cake (120953)
Ink: Pear Pizzazz (available May 31)
Tools: Big Shot Machine (113439) Wildflower Meadow Embossing Folder (available May 31) Paper Piercing Tool for pearl placement (126189)
Embellishments: Basic Pearls (119247) Old Olive Striped Organdy Ribbon (129291)
Adhesives: Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

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