I Teach Stamping

Stamp Club!

2012-02-16T09:48:00-06:00

Tonight and Saturday my Stamp Clubs meet! I am so in love with these ladies, they are a blast! And I am super excited about what they will be making at club this month. Last month, the most ordered items from my club members were the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set and the Blossom Punch, the most ordered Sale-a-Bration item was the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper. So I decided to show them some incredible ways to use these items this month. We are making three cards that are just yummy! Stamp Club does require some work on my part and I am not complaining, but here is what my dining room table starts as the day before club:

Now I am off to get all the items in the (hopefully) correct envelopes for each of them. In case you are wondering, the little buckets hold all their little punched pieces.

I get excited the days that my clubs meet. A lot of these women have been in my clubs for over 5 years now. They are like family. We laugh and visit, it is just a good time.

I hope that you have enjoyed this brief glimpse into my stamp clubs, if you are interested in being a member of my stamp clubs, please let me know!

Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occasions - Video Tutorial

2012-02-14T08:00:11-06:00

Today I will be sharing the video tutorial from yesterday's card featuring Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occasions stamp set. Remember that the Outlined Occasions Stamp set is not one that you can buy, but rather one you can earn during Sale-a-Bration with your $50 merchandise order. In the video, Calypso Coral looks a little 1980's fluorescent orange, no matter how I tried to adjust it.

Here is the Outlined Occasions card:

Here is the video tutorial:

I hope that you have enjoyed today's video tutorial featuring Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occasions.

Today I tried to channel Kelly Ripa in one of her commercials

2012-02-13T22:38:52-06:00

(Can you hear the Bewitched song playing in your mind?)

I could, all day long, as my list of things to do grew and grew and grew.

On the list:

Take care of sick kiddo, bake 24 cupcakes for school Valentine's day party tomorrow, help sick kiddo finish her Valentines for party tomorrow, make a card, shoot video of card, edit video of card, go to the post office, update events section on my website, cook dinner, prepare for downline conference call this evening, tuck sick kiddo into bed, do conference call, relax on the sofa and play a game of solitaire on my phone. Can you still here the theme music playing?

What actually happened: Took care of sick kiddo, made a card, shot a video. Took care of sick kiddo, feed sick kiddo, help sick kiddo make her Valentine's, made cupcakes while sick kiddo was watching and crying, worrying that she will miss her party and sad that she did not help make cupcakes, rock sick kiddo in between cupcake batches, give sick kiddo a bath to help with fever, rock sick kiddo, read story to sick kiddo, took sick kiddo to Sonic (because a root beer might help her feel better), finished her Valentines for her, dosed her up with medicine and sang her night-night songs, watched sick kiddo fall asleep, did downline call, watched the last 10 minutes of Nancy Grace since she gave a short tribute about a dear friend of mine that was killed in Afghanistan, just updated my site, you can view it on the left hand side under Events, and I believe that I am going to have to call it a day.

I believe that this does not follow the Bewitched theme song, and I am not Kelly Ripa, but I think I did the important things today. You will get to see the video tomorrow, thank you for understanding!

Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occasions

2012-02-13T11:03:02-06:00

To get the creative juices flowing for the week, I grabbed Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occasions Stamp Set. This is a fun set, you can do so much with it, and remember, it is not one that you can buy, but you can earn it right now with Sale-a-Bration for free! And I wanted to also use the Sale-a-Bration ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Bundle, it is fun ribbon, and I don't use it enough. So that gave me one color to work with, and then I grabbed some of the Everyday Enchantment DSP to go with it and it gave me the other colors. I used a sketch to begin with and then changed the sketch up to make it do what I wanted to with it and away I went. What I start with in my mind never seems to be what I finish with, odd, huh?

Here is the card featuring Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occasions Stamp Set:

Stampin' Up! Stamps: Outlined Occasions, P.S. I Love You

Stampin' Up! Ink: Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade

Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla

Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment

Stampin' Up! Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, 3" Circle Die, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Full Heart Punch, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon, Lace Ribbon Border Punch

I will be sharing a video tutorial walking you through how to make this card and how I did the Top Note section. But for now, enjoy this card featuring Stampin' Up!'s Outlined Occassions.

Stamping with My Kiddo

2012-02-11T17:17:01-06:00

I have had the best day today stamping with my daughter. We grabbed a ton of Real Red and Pretty in Pink Cardstock, Ribbon, DSP and punches and went to town making the Valentine's Cards for her party on Tuesday. No TV, no phone, no nothing (come to think of it, I think the ringer is still turned off), just her and I stamping and chatting and that is a big part of creating with someone else. We spent about 3 hours just visiting, and that is better than anything else I could have been doing today. And then she said something very insightful for a 5 year old, "Maybe we should make a video so that people that don't have a little girl at home to stamp with can stamp with us." I almost started to cry! And we did it! We made a video and I will start editing it tomorrow. But I was so delighted that she was concerned about other people while we were stamping.

We are about to curl up on the sofa in our jammies and watch a movie. I hope that today has been equally as wonderful as ours has been!

Check back for a fun stamping video with Emily!

Stampin' Up!'s Everyday Elegance Simply Sent Kit - Video Tutorial

2012-02-09T16:05:30-06:00

Stampin' Up!'s Everyday Elegance Simply Sent Kit is not only incredible, but it is also a Sale-a-Bration choice, so that means that you can choose it for free - and I did a video tutorial teaching you how to make this kit into a mini scrapbook!

I presented this project at Stampin' Up!'s San Antonio Regional in January of this year and I have received over 100 emails asking me to make this into a video tutorial and here it is! So if you are one that has been waiting for it, today is your day!

When you order any combination of these products used to create this project that add up to a $50 minimum, you can earn the kit for free. ***NOTE: when redeeming your Sale-a-Bration item, for Everyday Elegance kit there will be a different item number than what is in the big catalog, for SAB use #127712.*** Here are the items:

Fabulous Phrases Stamp Set (Wood Mount $37.95 117002; Clear Mount $26.95 120501)

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock $6.95/24 Sheets (119685)

Baja Breeze Cardstock $6.95 / 24 Sheets (111352)

Baja Breeze Ink Pad $5.95 (111833)

Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad $5.95 (119669)

Table Top Cutter $45.95 (106959)

Snail Adhesive $6.95 (104332) Snail Refill 4.50 (104331)

Stamp-a-ma-jig $11.95 (101049)

Here is your video tutorial:

So what do you think? Do you like this fun video tutorial teaching you how to turn Stampin' Up!'s Simply Sent card Kit - Everyday Elegance - into a a fun mini scrapbook?

Stampin' Up!'s Take It To Heart - Video Tutorial

2012-02-08T14:50:26-06:00

As promised, below is the video tutorial featuring Stampin' Up!'s Take It To Heart. Did you go through your mental list of who you can send three Valentine's Day cards too yet? And you don't have to stop at three, just in case you were wondering. I started my list and it is more than three. If you do not know me very well, I tend to take things farther than most - which is exactly how my I Teach Stamping VIP Program came to be. I would make my simple cards, leave them on my desk and then start tweaking them. I would add layers, add bling, add ribbon, do the inside, completely redo the outside and before you know it, there are 15 layers on my card and it looks nothing like how it started. Then people started asking me how they could attend my Advanced Card Class when they live out of the area, out of state, out of the country from me. And the VIP Program was born. Now my VIP members have digital access to my monthly card class where I take them through four cards each month. They have an "over the shoulder" look on how these cards are made. Not a VIP member yet? Come on over and check it out! It is less than $10/month (and most of us spend way more than that on supplies or even craft magazines) and you have lifetime access to your classes. To learn more, visit http://www.iteachstamping.com.

Here is the card:

Supplies used to create this card:

Stampin' Up! Stamps: Take it To Heart

Stampin' Up! Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Stampin' Up! Accessories: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Cherry Cobbler Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Simply Scored

And here is your video tutorial:

So now that you have seen the video tutorial for today, what kind of Valentine can you make using Stampin' Up!'s Take It To Heart?

Stampin' Up!'s Take It To Heart

2012-02-08T13:53:56-06:00

From Stampin' Up!'s Occasions mini catalog, comes the stamp set Take It To Heart. Here are my top three reasons to love this set:

It has coordinating framelits (the Hearts Collection).
You can use a variety of color combinations with it.
There are plenty of places to add bling/glitter!

Today's card really hits me differently today than it did yesterday when I made it. I thought I was just using a sketch to create a Valentine's Day Card. Then this morning at Bible study, someone had made cards up for us to send to the widows and widowers in our church. We each grabbed a name and a card and wrote away. I was so touched by this that hours later, I am still thinking about it. It is such a simple idea, make cards and send to those that may not receive a Valentine's card. After I got home, I started making a quick lunch, and let's see if you get what I mean by this... I was standing in front of the sink, rinsing out my coffee mug, and while I was there, I really wasn't there, as demonstrated by the large amount of water that is still all over the kitchen countertop right now. And I thought of the card that I was going to post today. For some reason, yesterday as I was creating it, I kept thinking to myself, "Keep it simple, you don't know how many of these you may need to make." And then I told myself, "That is crazy, by the time I make Valentines for Emily's classmates and bake the cupcakes for the class party (my attempt at being super mom), I won't want to see anymore Valentine's until 2013." Then today happened and everything is different.

So here is a challenge I am giving to you:

Make three Valentine's cards.
Send this card out to three people that may not receive any Valentine's cards and let them know that you are thinking of them.

Here is the card that I will be doing this with:

Supplies used to create this card:

Stampin' Up! Stamps: Take it To Heart

Stampin' Up! Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Stampin' Up! Accessories: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Cherry Cobbler Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Simply Scored

I will be sharing a video tutorial for this card featuring Stampin' Up!'s Take It To Heart stamp set.

Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance - Video Tutorial

2012-02-07T18:50:54-06:00

Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance Stamp Set was the one I grabbed today to make a video tutorial, I am making a card that says, "I'm back!!!" (not really, it says 'Hello' - but close enough). It has been a long few days, everything is good, and I am trying like heck to catch up! So tonight I am sharing with you a quick card featuring Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance stamp set. This is one of my favorites from the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets and it is just an awesomely (not sure if that is a word, but I am going with it) versatile set. I love that you can use the Curly Label Punch to punch out the center of the frame in the main stamp as I showed you previously in a post. But that is not what I did for the card today. Today I wanted to just make a card that I can make a lot of. I use cards that I can create a lot of for my Thank You Cards for orders. And this is the one that I am using this month. So when you place an online order with me this month, expect this card to show up in your mailbox, not your inbox :)

Supplies used to create this card:

Stampin' Up! Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Elementary Elegance

Stampin' Up! Ink: Melon Mambo

Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White

Stampin' Up! Accessories: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Blossom Punch

Here is the video tutorial for this card:

Remember, when you purchase the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set, the Blossom Punch, and the cardstock, (before March 31, 2012), you will earn a Sale-a-Bration Stamp Set for free! So you can choose Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance and make a ton of the cards that are featured in today's Video Tutorial!

Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance & Everyday Enchantment - Video Tutorial

2012-02-01T10:35:05-06:00

Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance and Everyday Enchantment bundle are perfect for both card mkaing and scrapbooking and here is the promised video tutorial. Now that I have internet back (long story that involved AT&T coming out to the house) I am finally able to share the video tutorial.

Here are the supplies used to create this card:

Stampin' Up! Stamps: Elementary Elegance (wm: 125120; cm: 125122)

Stampin' Up! Ink: Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade

Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment

Stampin' Up! Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon Bundle

And here is your video tutorial:

So now that you have learned how to make this shadow box using your Curly Label Punch along with Stampin' Up!'s Elementary Elegance & Everyday Enchantment bundle, what can you make?