Creativity With Stamps

A Gift

I have made a few hand-made gifts this year despite the craziness of the holiday season and all that comes with it.

These are more coasters I made for my hubby's company secret santa swap.  These ones were hard to give away.  I used some retired DSP that I really love and used my Stampin'Up glitter.

 

 

Stamp Sets:  Friend 24-7; Autumn Splendor; Many Merry Messages; En Francais

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue

Christmas Cards

For those of you who are a bit unsure of what cards to make this year for the holidays..here's some eye candy for you.

 

Surprised Kitty

I just saw this video and had to share...tooooooo cute!!

My November Workshop

I have been busy creating and teaching the entire month of November.  I loved every minute of it although I have to admit that slowing down this month is very appreciated and hopefully, I will be able to bake with my kids and prepare for some amazing things that will pop up in January...think Occasions Mini Catalog 2010!!!

Just wanted to share the projects I taught at my November workshops.  All three projects were done using the Serene Snowflake stamp set.  If there is one thing I like to teach my beginner stampers is that it's important to render your stamp sets as useful as possible and that means focusing on tools and embellishments to maximize the versatility of your stamps.

The projects were done with very basic techniques such as direct-to-paper, heat embossing and pop-pastels...see? You don't need to be fancy all the time to make striking projects.

Last Year's Holiday Card

This card was sent out last year to my family and friends.  Used the Basic Gray/Real Red/Whisper White combo to give a very modern look.  Used my Stars # 2 Bigz Die to get the big star.

As you can see, the little envelope in the center panel held a letter which my husband likes to write every year summarizing our adventures and updating everyone.  He's the creative writer in the family.

 

 

Sparkle With Shimmer Paint

So starts the time of the Christmas season!!!  Here's a card I made using the Platinum Shimmer Paint and the Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder.  Used my brilliant blue cardstock..it has been just sitting there forever waiting for me to pick it up...it had been so long!!!

 

Other cool supplies used:  Pretties Kit, Metallic Eyelets, Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon.

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend & Surprise Promotion From Stampin'Up

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We are very grateful we have this time to enjoy each other here at home and to relax a bit.

First of all, I wanted to share a little gift card I made this week...love that I still have some retired goodies that inspire me:

Secondly (and lastly) I wanted to let you all know that Stampin'Up has come out with an amazing promotion they call "Holiday Extravaganza".  Anyone placing an online order through my online Stampin'Up store will get 30%, 40% and 50% discounts on a large selection of stamps and accessories from Stampin'Up.  Click on the image below to see all the discounted goodies but hurry...offer end on Monday, November 30.

And while you're there, you may want to check a few products that had gone out of production out for sale on the Clearance Rack

Have fun shopping!!!

Thanksgiving With Buttermilk Biscuits

No worries...it's still a rubber stamping/scrapbooking blog but...I am taking a little break in the next few days to make sure I take time to show some loved ones how thankful I am to have them in my life.

Fortunately, this will be one of the few years that I will not be making a full Thanksgiving dinner.  However, I will be making Buttermilk Biscuits for the first time. 

I think I did find a really good recipe on foodnetwork.com

It has a 5 star rating and 220 review and...a video with tons of cool tips...here it is for your viewing pleasure (p.s. it's 21 minutes long so make sure you grab a chair and some nice herbal tea):

Tumbled Tiles

These are tumbled tiles I originally made for a neighbor. Used my Stampin'Up pastels and Classic Ink!!!

I have already started getting ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday and making little gifts/baking for friends and neighbors.

Class/Kit In The Mail - Fall 2009 Mini Album

Hello...it's finally here...my first videos and a brand new Class/Kit In The Mail project for everyone!!!

I have to warn you that I have had to go through a huge learning curve since I had no knowledge at all about camcorders, transfering movies/videos to the computer, editing software and uploading videos on youtube and my blog...crazy stuff!!! 

I still have a lot to learn and you will be able to tell this very easily from watching these videos so if you are kind enough to provide me with links to tutorials and such I would be very appreciative. P.S.  I have a mac...

Fall 2009 Mini Album Class Kit

 

Intermediate Level (not for beginners; you must know basic scrapbooking terminology and techniques; i.e. distressing, tearing, knowledge of adhering chipboard or ribbon to paper)

Material You will need:

Paper Cutter

Scoring Tool

Corner Rounder

Eyelet Setter or 3/8” hole punch or Crop-A-Dile

Scissors

Brown Dye Ink and Sponge (for distressing)

Adhesive (mono, glue dots, double sticky tape)

Dimensionals

Two-Way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter or Stickles

Brown fine tip marker

 

(Optional for Cracked Glass Technique)

Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark pad

Heat Gun

NOTE:  Your basic kit will include all material including papers, cardstock, embellishments, wood sheets and several hand-stamped images (from the Autumn Splendor and Forest Friends stamp sets) to complete your album.  This album kit will take 2 weeks to ship from order date.

U.S. Orders only for Options #2 and #3

Option #1:  PDF Instructions Only  ($17.95)

Option#1 ($17.95)

Option#2 (U.S. Orders Only):   Basic Kit + PDF Instructions ($40 + 4.95 shipping/handling)

Option#2 ($40 + 5.95 s/h)

Option#3 (U.S. Orders Only) :  Basic Kit + Autumn Splendor Stamp Set ($60.95 + $4.95 shipping/handling)

Option#3 ($60.95 + 5.95 s/h)

Option#4: Completed Album hand-made by me w/ Free Gift Wrapping Upon Request ($100 + $10.95 shipping/handling)

Option#4 ($100 + 10.95 s/h)

When you are done placing your order you can view YOUR CART here: