Time of Giving Fall Tags

A few months ago I was busy creating Christmas tags and other projects with the new bundle - Time of Giving. It’s an amazing set and it’s full of possibilities. I was demonstrating for a group of demo friends and I was focusing on Christmas tags. But this set has other fall stamps and dies so I couldn’t resist making a few fall tags as part of my presentation.  

I’m looking forward to sharing the over 75 tags, cards and projects soon!

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December to go Cards and Arrange a Wreath

I do love this Arrange a Wreath set!  I've been away from it since the summer when I worked on my presentation for my stamping friends.  But I pulled it back out for the December to go kit and fell in love with it again.  

Here are a few easel cards I made with it last summer.  I used a few of the cards I made, but I wasn't ready to part with these two just yet!

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Arrange a Wreath Sampler

Earlier this summer, I participated in Vacation Stamping School with my Stampin' Up! family.  Normally we gather for a day of stamping, demos, make-n-takes, swapping, speakers and prizes, but this year it was virtual.  It was a great day and I'm looking forward to the next one - virtual or in person!

I often do a demo in the demonstration fair and this year I filmed myself  and sent it off to be included in the event.  It was nice because I enjoyed watching all of the other demos that I normally don't see as I am demonstrating.  

I wanted to do something from the new catalog so I chose Arrange a Wreath.  I designed a class that was actually 3 in 1.  Each person makes the same 9 wreaths but then decides how they want to finish their own project - a sampler, a frame, a plate or cards.  

But I couldn't stop there!  I wanted to be sure everyone loved this set as much as I do so I made so other cards and projects too.  Be sure to check back to see more samples.

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April 2020 Quick and Easy Card Class To Go

Introducing April's Quick and Easy Card Class To Go! I've put together a kit to make 8 cards (2 each of 4 designs) - all you need is a greeting stamp of your choice, ink and adhesive. The kit includes pre-cut card stock, Designer Series Paper, die-cuts, ribbon and envelopes so you can get right to crafting!

This class is available for porch pick up starting tomorrow for $20. This kit can be mailed with the addition of shipping costs.

**Per Stampin' Up! policy I can't provide pre-stamped images, but I designed this class with that in mind. All you need is a greeting stamp(s), a basic ink color and an adhesive of your choice. If you need stamps or ink, we can discuss the purchase of some retired ink colors and stamps to help you complete your kit, or I can make suggestions for ordering the products I used on my cards.

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Christmas Tags

This is one of my favorite classes all year.  They are all like tiny little cards, and it is so much fun to play around with them.  I could keep going but I stopped at 15, and everyone made 2 of each - that's 30 tags!  I love picking just the right tag for each package and recipient.    

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On Stage 2018 and New Catalog!!

Last weekend 3 of my stamping friends and I made an after work trip to Milwaukee for a Stampin' Up On Stage event.  It is always a whirlwind, but it's so much fun that it's totally worth it!

We got our hands on a copy of the brand new catalog, and in a week's time, mine has become a little dogeared.  It's one of the best yet!

We also got to try out some of the new products.

Here are some goodies gifted to me by my fellow demonstrators!

I made these cute little boxes for my roommates.

And here are the freebies I came home with after OnStage!!  One was in our bag when we checked in, 3 of them were different prizes and the rest were the items I got when we divided up the leftover make-n-take supplies!  Quite a haul!

And here are the wonderful people I am lucky enough to know.  If you'd like to get in on all of this fun next time, click here to join my team!!

When we finished up our make-n-takes our table went to the front to look over some samples and Shelli, the founder of the company, came up and put her arms around us and asked us what we thought of the new colors!!  We had a nice chat until it was time for her to go back up on stage.  What a fun bonus!

There is so much to look forward to in this catalog.  I'm pretty excited about the Color Revamp.  Every 3-5 years Stampin' Up will update the colors with either a refresh or a revamp.  So this year, in addition to 5 new InColors, we have a ton of returning colors from past InColors or completely new colors.

If you want to see if your go to color is retiring, click here and order right away as they are available while supplies last.  Click here for the list of retiring products.

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Daisy Delight Thank You

I've been having fun creating cards for my Quick and Easy Cards class on Monday.  There's just something about a card that doesn't have a lot of layers and that goes together quickly.  I know I sometimes subscribe to the more is better philosophy when simple can be quite stunning.   I was inspired to put the white daisy on the coordinating Designer Series Paper and then on white again after seeing a box made by a demo in Europe.  While the box was not quick and easy, the white on DSP on white is, and I knew I wanted to do something along those lines.    

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Life's Short Lemon Zest Card

Life's short...squeeze it for all it's worth. This set, Lemon Zest, is a fun new set with a range of sentiments to express your mood.  And when you need a quick no nonsense card, this is a great go to set.  

I am having my first ever, Quick and Easy Cards class on Monday night, and this is one of the 5 cards we'll be making.  I wanted another excuse to pull out some of my new stamp sets, but I wanted it to be a quick and easy class - just like the cards will be.  It will be great for beginners and for any stamper who loves to stamp and wants to make a few cards!  

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Life is Beautiful Adirondack Chair Card

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen a couple of pictures of this work in progress.  (And if you don't, please hop over there and start)!  I was getting it ready for a demonstrator swap and it was one of the first projects I did for the new catalog.  I made 28 of these and got 28 different cards back from my demonstrator friends - so much fun to get that package in the mail!

The Colorful Seasons Bundle is going to be a regular in my rotation because it is so versatile.  It includes beach chairs, leaves, flowers and snowflakes so each season, it will be new again!  

To create the sand and water, I tore the top edge of cardstock and Color Theory Designer Series Paper.  Our cardstock has color throughout so you get a colored edge even after tearing.  But if you tear towards yourself on the Designer Series Paper, you get the white edge for whitecaps on the waves.  I did borrow some stamps from High Tide for the sand, grass, and birds.  Check back later this week for my best tip for gluing all of those chairs on neatly!

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A Bunch of Birthday Cards

Every once in awhile, I like to do strictly birthday cards for my stamp-a-stack.  So this year I decided to  do the birthday cards in my birthday month so I can easily remember when we did them.  Many times we do all occasion cards that can be made into birthday, but these are pretty clearly birthday only!  (We will sneak in an Easter bunny card too this month.)

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Tasty Trucks Birthday

Oh my goodness!  Tasty Trucks was one of my two favorite Sale-A-Bration sets the first time I saw the catalog.  I chose to use that set for a demonstrator swap card that I created back in December, but this one was for last weekend's Stamp-a-Stack.  We were already using the watercolor pencils with a blender pen so I decided we should keep with the blender pen and use the stamp pads.   For anyone who had never used the blender pen, it was a great chance to learn a couple of different ways to use it.

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Paper Pumpkin Valentines

Thanks to My Paper Pumpkin, I put my valentines together pretty quickly for my class last night.  I altered the set a little and left off the wooden arrows.  I've seen them tear into a handmade project pretty quickly so I knew they wouldn't be missed.

Have you been thinking about trying My Paper Pumpkin?  It's so much fun to get a surprise craft kit in the mail each month.  Right now if you purchase a 3-month prepaid subscription (137859) on sale at $55, you'll get the discounted 3-month prepaid subscription and instantly qualify for a FREE Sale-a-Bration item.  Purchase a 6 month subscription (137860) for $114 and a 12 month (137861) for $215 and even more Sale-a-Bration items will be coming your way.  If you purchase a 3, 6 or 12 month prepaid subscription and no other items, minimum shipping charges will apply to your Sale-a-Bration items.

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You don't know what you are getting ahead of time, but there are so many alternatives out there on Pinterest even if you aren't crazy about the kit, some clever person will use it in an unexpected way.

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Pretty Pocket Card Kit

These simple but cute notes with together so quickly.  And the nice thing about it being a kit, is that you can adjust it to your liking. I chose to leave off the bakers twine and save that for another project. This kit will be available starting January 4 as a Sale-a-brations reward item.

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