Paper Folding and shaped cards

I found a Page a Day Origami calendar on sale after Christmas and have been enjoying the folds. 

When I did the elephant, I thought that it would make a cute card. I was right! 

It does. 

I made it so it could be removed from the card as it is free standing. 

I made the card to be complete be itself after the elephant is removed. 

It uses the Zoo Babies set that I have had for awhile but just started to play with now. 

I think I will do this and the tea pot card as a class on the scrap booking day on the 23rd. 

This cute tea pot card was on Jackie Topa's blog. She is amazing with punch art. 

This one is done with the oval framelits. Thanks for sharing Jackie!

I adjusted it so it will fit in a regular A2 envelope. 

It opens from the bottom and stands by itself also. 

That is new DSP and wash tape from the Occasions catalog. 

I think the spout needs a little adjustment , don't you? 

Free Stuff!

Do you like free things? 

I do! 

I took a challenge back in November from SU! and completed it. 

I received a package full of retired product that was amazing!

I would like to pass this on to you. 

Have a party with me during January or February and you can choose the one you want as an extra gift at your workshop. 

If you have an order of $150 or more, that is a party! 

These are a few of the items that were in the package:

Three of them are Simply Scrappin' Kits:

Bandstand, Merry Moments, and Pinwheels on Parade.

These sold for $21.95!

I took a pix of the catalog page so you can see what is in these kits below. 

Not real good pix. Sorry. 

One pack is Specialty Paper: Candlelight Christmas

The other one is Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street

There were also many packs of fabric! 

I know that I will be able to use these eventually but if you would like a package....I am willing to share! 

The following packages are available. 

Get your first choice be replying early. First come, first choice. I will hold it for your party. 

I have been playing with the new product from the new Occasions catalog and been enjoying it. I am anxious to share the projects I am doing with you at your party and the Stamp Along. 

If you need one of the new catalogs, I will have one for you at the Stamp Along on Monday the 13th.

I will also have the Sale a Bration catalog so you can plan which products you want to get free with your $50 order in February. In the meantime, I will be having my own personal SAB so you can get a free product with your $50 order in January. Those will be on a first order, first choice as they are product that is retired. Some of it is from the challenge package and some are my retired sets. I will have them at the Stamp Along for you to check out. 

Looking forward to helping you get free product! 

Thank you for being my customer! 

New Year; New Product

I have been playing with some of the new product from the Celebrate the Everyday mini that we, as demonstrators, can get during the month previous to the start date. I am anxious to share them with you.

It feels good to put the Christmas cards to rest. I have had those at the Stamp Along since July! 

Now it is time to feel the love in the air and think Valentine's. 

This one will be at the Stamp Along with a tiny variation. 

The printed vellum is in the new mini and is beautiful! It comes in either silver or gold. Fancy foil Designer Vellum page 23 in the mini. 

If you don't have a copy of the Mini, I will have one for you at the Stamp Along.

I have chosen to use the silver with the brushed silver card stock that is still in the catalog. I had to go and check because it has been so long since I used it. 

Do you ever forget about the product that you have? 

The heart on the front (and the one on the inside) are cut with the heart framelits on the Big Shot. 

The one on the front was put in a new embossing folder and through the Big Shot. 

Even though the Strawberry Slush ruffle stretch trim from this year's in-colors has been around since June, this is the first time I have outlined a shape with it. It was easier than I thought. Glue dots really made it easy! 

The little snowman, made with the Envelope Punch board, isn't coming to the Stamp Along, 

It is going to be at Mary's party on the 16th. If you would like to come and make one for yourself, just let Mary or me know and we'll have one cut and ready to go for you. 

With all of the snow and cold that we are having right now I am ready to think about tulips and spring! 

I was so anxious to try the new Fringe scissors on page 31 in the Mini. I made the grass on the tulip card with it. 

Works great! 

This card would be good for almost any occasion. It is a single stamp with an Easter saying attached but using the markers to color the stamp itself eliminates that easily! I used the Blessed Easter Stamp on page 20 in the Mini. I also used the Framed tulips folder on that one.

That one will be at the Stamp Along also. 

I am going to have a personal Sale a Bration at the January Stamp Along. 

If you place an order of $50 (before S&H) I will let you pick a product from many choices that I will have there. There will be retire stamp sets and other products. 

Hope that you can make it. 

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a blessed, happy, and healthy 2014!

What do you do with your scraps?

The beautiful silver and gold foil sheets that are in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog are so elegant that I don't want to waste even the smallest of pieces!

I have been using the Gift Bow Bigz Die to make one of these double bows for the hostesses at my parties since I got mine back in August. 

There are many different ways to put these bows together so they have several different looks. This one is my favorite...the double bow with the tails hanging down. 

When the pieces of foil got to be too small to cut a bow I went to the angel. They don't take quite as much foil. It is the same as a small bow but so much more fun. This one will be hung on the Christmas tree. 

There are now lots of little pieces of foil that aren't big enough for bows of either size.

There were enough to cut some 1/2" strips so I designed this note card for the Stamp Along. 

Who wouldn't want to receive this pretty note card with a special message from you? 

Stamp Along choices

The card in the front is the one that I mentioned yesterday as a variation of the three that we did at the workshop. Do you see the similarity? 

Also, here are the New Year cards. The one on the left has some champaign glimmer  paper that can't be caught with a camera. It is one that has to be seen in person to be appreciated. The Best of Christmas set is one of my favorites. The crib scene is one from that set. The Santa in the following photo is another. The Merry Christmas ornament pictured in yesterday's post is a third and the fourth is a very stylish reindeer. I will try to use that one for the Stamp Along also. 

Have you gotten any of the Best of..... sets? Which one is your favorite? 

Leave a comment on this post and I will put your name in a drawing for some blog candy. 

I will pick the name on Monday after the Stamp Along. 

Good luck!

Just because it is Christmas time, doesn't mean that we don't need birthday and sympathy cards. 

I wish we never needed that sympathy ones but it seems like those are the ones I need the most. 

This one uses the beautiful image from the hostess set, Simply Sketched. 

The birthday cards use the Label Love set with the Artisan Label punch. That is one of the many bundles that Stampin' Up! offers. Don't you love that they give a discount when you bundle? 

The other image used here is from Sketched Birthday set. 

There will be more selections available at the Stamp Along but they aren't out of the ink pads yet. 

Which of these do you like the best? Which ones will you be making? 

Leave a comment and let me know. 

Stamp Along Time

We just did these three cards at my last workshop. We made the background for all three at the same time with the triple time technique. I have a variation of these ready for the Stamp Along. 

There will be several Christmas cards again this time (next Monday) but there will also be some Birthday, Sympathy, and New Year ones. 

Do you ever get that one last Christmas card too late to get a return on in the mail in time? 

That's the time to use a Happy New Year card! 

Another card done at a workshop. Some cards are a little too complex to do at the Stamp Along.

This is one of them. 

The center part of this card is an ornament that can be removed easily from the card to be hung on the tree. When the card is stood up, the ornament swings freely. 

Thank you to my sweet friend, Carla, for sharing this design with me! 

If you would like to do this one, give me a call and we can work out a time to do a private class or a workshop before Christmas. 

Tomorrow i will post a few of the ones that will be at the Stamp Along for you to make on Monday.

Thanks for stopping. 

Make sure you don't miss a post by following by email...just put your email in the little box on the right under the little crab.

Click on the little crab to see the specials from Stampin' Up!

Speaking of specials...I will have some of my own at the Stamp Along!