One of the activities I participated in at Leadership was the Craft War. We could use any of the Paper Pumpkin stamps on either a Whisper White and Cake Crumb card base. A limited number of ink pads and designer paper were available. The new Basic Metal buttons, Rhinestones and Pearls, the new silver and gold Bakers Twine were the only embellishments supplied. We had 20 minutes to complete a card. Here is mine:
I made two swaps for Leadership this year - one using Sale-A-Bration (will post that in a day or so) and the following Valentine's Day card:
Supplies: Real Red and Whisper White card stock; Real Red Core'dinations paper; Fresh Prints designer series paper pack; Scallop Textured Impressions & Decorative Dots Embossing Folders (Sale-A-Bration); Hearts Collection Framelits; Read Red Classic Ink; Rhinestones; Chalk Talk stamp set
I can't believe how fast the past few days have gone! I fully intended on posting every day we were in Houston but we have been kept so busy that when I got back to our hotel, I just crashed! So here are a few of the highlights - will post more over the next few days! The conference started on Thursday with the announcement of an exciting new product: Blendabilities! Alcohol markers! I am really excited about these and can't wait to get my hands on them! I did get to play with them for a few minutes - wow. So much fun! They will be available sometime during the next couple of months. There will be three to a package: a light, medium and dark of the same color tone - Stampin' Up! colors and the cost will be $11.95 (US dollars). The launch will include 12 colors along with 6 flesh tones, a color lifter and Memento black ink.
I just love being able to attend Stampin' Up! events with my daughter Julie. I am so proud of her! She presented on the afternoon of the first day and did an awesome job!
As we were leaving the convention center on the first day, we ran into Shelli and Sterling Gardner. Shelli is recovering so well after her accident in August! The nurse in me is truly amazed at how well she is doing!!
After a short (and I mean short) rest, we boarded a bus for the Manager's Reception. This year we headed to the Downtown Aquarium. What a fun evening! Here a just a few of the things we saw!
I think that's enough for tonight! We need to pack up as we are heading out first thing tomorrow (Sunday) morning! Will post more tomorrow!
Happy 2014 everybody! I hope all of you are staying warm! It's a balmy -3 degrees with a wind chill of -18 degrees here in Southeast Michigan! Perfect weather to stay inside and stamp! I thought I would kick off the new year and the new Occasions Catalog with a video tutorial featuring the new Spiral Flower Originals Die (#129379) Be sure to scroll down after the projects to watch it!
I love the simplicity of this card that showcases the message of the Christmas season. It features one of the Single Stamps that are available until the end of January. Click on Single Stamps to go to my on-line store to see all of the available stamps. Supplies for this card include the Prince of Peace stamp, Night of Navy ink and card stock,Very Vanilla card stock, Gold Foil Sheets, gold glitter and the Deco Label Framelits, Tasteful Trim Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder. .
I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It's hard to believe that Christmas is less than 2 weeks away! I swear it was only November 1st yesterday! Sigh....I still have Christmas cards to make and mail...do you? I thought I was so clever coming up with a Washi Tape Christmas Tree card....until someone told me several bloggers have posted similar projects! Anyway, here is my version! Using the Pennant Die, die cut the largest triangle. I found it easiest to start at the bottom of the tree and work my way up, alternating different designs of Washi Tape. Be careful not to overlap the different designs since the tape is somewhat sheer. I also recommend you wrap the tape around the edges for a cleaner look. The tree is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. The greeting is from More Merry Messages stamp set. A quick and easy card! You make several in a short period of time!
Late last week I received an invitation to set up a vendor table at a Halloween event at our local YMCA. The event was late Saturday afternoon. They were expecting several hundred kids and their parents. Vendors were either asked to have a craft prepared for the kids to make, or provide a Halloween treat. I literally had one day to prepare so I knew prepping a craft for over 200 kids was out of the question! I hadn't put together my Halloween Banner from the Holiday catalog yet so thought it would make a perfect table decoration. It came together easily and quickly! So if you are looking for a fast decoration, this is definitely it!
Next I pulled a basket out of my stash for my treats. It clearly needed some Halloween decorations so pulled out Owl Builder Punch for some bats and ghosts, die cut a bow and embellished it and the basket handle with some Halloween Washi tape and Voila!
It was fun watching the kids parade by in their costumes! And it was great introducing some paper crafters to Stampin' Up! Yep, believe it or not, there were many crafters who stopped by my table that had never heard of Stampin' Up! I do believe I have some new stamping friends!
The collage technique is one of my favorites - it lends itself to any occasion, any person. And I'm still in love with Best of Autumn!
Supplies: Naturals Ivory and Old Olive card stock; Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar and Old Olive ink; Burlap Ribbon, Chalk Talk Framelits
Note: The leaf that is popped up was stamped with Old Olive and sponged with Baked Brown Sugar and Tangerine Tango. After "fussy-cutting", the edges were sponged with Baked Brown Sugar as well.
