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Stampin' Up! Kind & Cozy Again!

2013-06-19T07:00:00-05:00

Good morning! I'm back again today with more Gingham Garden Suite swap board samples from Fiji!

Gingham Garden Washi Tape, Gingham Garden Designer Paper, Kind & Cozy stamps, Paper Piercing, and Candy Dots:

Gingham Garden Designer Paper, Kind & Cozy stamps, Perfect Pairs stamps (on sale $25% off!), Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, White Baker's Twine:

Kind & Cozy stamps, Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper:

Kind & Cozy stamps, Gingham Garden paper, Gingham Garden Washi Tape, Simply Scored Scoring Tool:

Kind & Cozy, Gingham Garden Designer Paper, White Baker's Twine dyed Real Red:

Same designer paper and stamps as previously shown, with the addition of Small Heart Punch and the Hearts a Flutter Framelits.

That's it for today! Hope your day Stampingrox!

Stampin'Up! Gingham Garden Suite!

2013-06-18T07:41:51-05:00

Good morning! I was nosing around in my computer this morning and found a BUNCH of samples from the boards in Fiji that I had not yet shown you, so here is the first of what may become a few days' of installments!

Every Incentive Trip, Stampin' Up! provides a Hospitality Room for demonstrators to hang out in at the hotel or the cruise ship where we are all staying. Also on every trip there is usually at least one new stamp set or product suite they will feature. This is also tied to the stamp set(s) and other product goodies they usually shower us with while on the trip! This year was no exception - the Gingham Garden Suite from the New Annual Catalog featured this time, and WOW, they did a good job!

In the Hospitality Room Stampin' Up! had this display board available all week for demonstrators to take pictures of for future inspiration!

This sample featured Gingham Garden Designer Paper, Gingham Garden Washi Tape, our new Coaster Board covered with Gingham Garden Designer Paper and cut out with the Big Shot, and a greeting from Kind & Cozy, one of the stamp sets we received while on the trip!

This card has the Wildflower Meadow stamp as a background on the new Baked Brown Sugar card base, with Gingham Garden Designer Paper and Washi Tape, and a greeting from Kind & Cozy again!

Finally for today, this sample combines Gingham Garden Designer Paper and Washi Tape with selections from Fabulous Phrases on the adorable hand-cut tag!

That's it for today! I've a full plate today - finishing up my monthly swap to go in the mail this morning, followed by getting my house ready for a 31 Party tonight! Should be a fun day!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

If you have any questions about today's samples, just shoot me an email!

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Stampin' Up! Punch Puppy From Fiji!

2013-06-17T09:26:08-05:00

Good morning! Just a quick post here today, I'm running behind with my day and it's just getting started!

We had a good Father's Day celebration yesterday, beginning with a special song at church, "A Few Good Men"! My husband and SIL, Tony, (a young father of one, Liam!) sang in the mens' ensemble:

Our father-of-four pastor, two young father's of two, a young father of about-to-be three, a young father of soon-to-be six, and one young unmarried fellow all came together to sing this inspiring song!

After church we spent the rest of the afternoon at Jessica's. PaPa Mark was able to spend time with all of his children and grandchildren. He's enjoying Jaxon & Liam, who are just a little over 7 months apart in age:

Seating is not a problem when we get together (at least not as long as you can fit at the kiddie table!) Cohen informed me that the chairs at this table were "very strong, they have BIG NAILS in them"!

We had hoped to be able to swim in Jessica's pool, but it was cloudy, not a good swim day at all, so we contented ourselves with indoor activities.

I want to share this card with you today. It is a case of one of my Fiji swaps. We made this card at the final Punch Class of the year back in May. I thought I had shared it with you already, but after checking my blog here I found that I hadn't, shame on me! One of my groups has asked to make it this month, so here it is:

Doesn't her little tail just look like it's wagging?

A fun card!

Well, I'd better get off this computer and get busy! I have a workshop at the Elkville Rick Warren Library tonight!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Happy Father's Day! Secret Garden Masked Corners Re-visited!

2013-06-16T07:00:00-05:00

Good morning! Happy Father's Day! I'm sure many of you will be preparing a meal, or get-together for the fathers in your life, so I will make this a quick post!

My dad passed away 19 years ago. I still miss him and think of him often. He was a great Dad and an even GREATER grandpa! Just ask my oldest three: Jessica, Kimberly, and Troy, they will tell you Grandpa Wall was the BEST!

Yesterday I prepped for my workshops this coming week. One of them is a monthly class/club, so I see several of the same stampers every month. Last month they picked THIS CARD from my display to do this month. Two of the ink colors, all of the word stamps, and the ribbon retired on May 31, so I re-worked the card using all current products:

What do you think? I kept the Secret Garden stamps and Framelits Collection, then substituted Blushing Bride for Pretty in Pink, Pear Pizzazz for Lucky Limeade, Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon for Certainly Celery ribbon, and a phrase from Best of Greetings instead of the retired Friendly Phrases.

Inside I switched out the Beautiful Birthday stamp (one of my all-time favs) for one of the stamps from the new Million & One set (which is quickly becoming a NEW fav of mine)!

Well,I still have some things to prep and gather together for the day! It's church first, of course, then grilling out at Jessica's, swimming, (maybe a nap, who knows?), and generally hanging out with the entire family the rest of the day! I can't wait!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin' Up! Simply Sketched Hostess!

2013-06-15T09:16:16-05:00

Good morning! It's cool and quiet here this morning, but it's supposed to heat up as the day goes on, so I will be firing up the ol' AC after awhile!

I'm relaxing just a little bit after my marathon week of workshops! I finished up at Katie's house last night. I love to stamp with that group of girls, they are so much fun!

Here's one of the cards we made at Dawn/Julia's workshop on Thursday. It's an adaptation of a couple of inspiration samples using my favorite new Hostess Set, Simply Sketched, I found by Lyssa Zwolanek:

An easy, fun little card. Dimensions are 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4" on the 8 1/2" side to create the little "z" fold.

We stamped just the front layer with the Woodgrain Background with Soft Suede ink on the Soft Suede card base before stamping the foliage branch with Early Espresso.

The bird is stamped with Early Espresso, then colored with a blender pen and ink from a Soft Suede inkpad and an Always Artichoke pad.

The edges of the bird layer are distressed with the Stampin' Distress Tool before sponging with Soft Suede ink. After tearing the bottom of both layers and adhering together, it is attached to the card front with three Stampin' Dimensionals.

Simply Sketched is just one of seven hostess-exclusive sets in the new catalog you can choose from when you host your own stampin' party or place an Online Order of at least $150!

This layout has endless possibilities, depending on the stamps and colors you use! Give it a try!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Use the Shop Now button at the top left of this blog to shop for supplies to make this card:

Simply Sketched Hostess

Clear-Mount #129672 $10.00 (can only be purchased with Hostess-free dollars - $15.95 value)

Wood-Mount #129669 $14.00 (can only be purchased with Hostess-free dollars-$20.95 value)

Soft Suede Classic Inkpad #126978 $5.95

Early Espresso Classic Inkpad #126974 $5.95

Always Artichoke Classic Inkpad #126972 $5.95

Woodgrain Wood-mount #128763 $17.95

Clear-mount #127808 $13.95

Blender Pens #102845 $9.95 -three pens per pack, 2 tips per pen, 6 blending tips total!

Stampin' Distress Tool #127562 $4.95

Stampin' Up! Gifts of Kindness!

2013-06-14T07:00:00-05:00

Good morning! How are you doing today? I'm doing pretty good, I'm on the homestretch in the workshops this week. I actually have enjoyed the routine: get up in the morning, reorganize my workshop supplies, make sure I have enough M&T packets, then do whatever else I can fit in the day before it's time to get dressed to go. Drive to the workshop, stamp, laugh, and share with wonderful women friends, then home to submit the workshop. I could actually do with a couple of weeks like this EVERY month!

Today during the "whatever else I can fit in the day" time frame, I was able to sit down for about 30 minutes and create this using my new Gifts of Kindness stamp set!

The card base is Beautifully Baroque-embossed Sahara Sand, layered with a strip of Afternoon Picnic Designer Paper. I inked the main floral image from Gifts of Kindness with Pear Pizzazz and Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write Markers, stamped on Very Vanilla, then cut out with one of the new Deco Labels Collection Framelits. The Modern Label-punched "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" is also from Gifts of Kindness. I love the font used for all the words and phrases in this set!

Here's the fun part of this card - it's a diorama card!

Close up:

Pretty neat, yes?

The inside window of the diorama is cut also cut with one of the Deco Labels Collection Framelits!

I have some ideas about this card, but you are going to have to wait to find out what they are! Hopefully you won't have to wait too long!

Well, that's all for now! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin' Up! Luscious Layers Class!

2013-06-13T09:02:30-05:00

Quick post today! Wanted to show you a sample from my upcoming class, Luscious Layers!

It's a new style of class, where you will make as many cards you want for $2 each, no limit!

I'm still working on my designs, but here's a sample from the Stampin' Share in Fiji by Sharon Armstrong, where I got this neat idea!

I know, crummy photography, but you get the idea!

We will be using punches, stamps, and embossing folders to create cards with lots of layers and texture! Fun and EASY!!!

Well, I've got to get busy! It's much cooler here today, easier on the AC!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin'Up! Mosaic Madness and Kind & Cozy!

2013-06-12T07:00:00-05:00

Gooooood Morning! It's going to be REAAAALLLLY hot here today, so I am trying to get my post done for you before I go out for my walk! I need to get done before it gets hotter outside!

I have a couple more swaps for you this morning. As you probably know, this is my "marathon workshop" week-I had two workshops on Monday, one on Tuesday, will have one on Thursday, and one scheduled for Friday. Today is the only weekday this week without a workshop, so I hope to get a chance to do some creating and stamping today!

Since I have had zero time to stamp new-ness, I'm opening my swap vault to share these two little gems with you! Sadly, I'm not sure of the creators, as the longer swaps hang out at my house the less likely they are to retain their creator's info!

This first swap uses new Pistachio Pudding cardstock, Mosaic Madness stamp set, Mosaic punch, and Really Good Greetings stamp set!

This swap uses a set I've not had much time to use yet, but am determined to use SOON, Kind & Cozy!

LOVE the new Gingham Garden Washi Tape on this one! It's so stinkin' CUTE!!!!!

Well, I'm going to run out of here RIGHT NOW and get my walk done so I can come back in and STAMP!!!! yay!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin' Up! Open Sea for Father's Day!

2013-06-11T08:44:52-05:00

Good morning! Today I want to show you the third card we made at SWOW Class this month, a masculine card using the Open Sea stamp set, inspired by Tami White!

LOTS of Direct-to-Paper stamping! And can you see the Epic Day This and That Washi Tape?

Inside my stampers had the option to add the "DAD" letters or leave blank for a personal message. I LOVE the old ledger-style designs in the Epic Day This and That Designer Paper!

We did some gradient-color stamping with a stamp from Clockworks that has hidden "seagull" images! We started with Soft Sky ink, then stamped with Pool Party, then finished with Island Indigo! After stamping the ship image with Jet Black StazOn, we re-whitened the ships' sails with a White Gel Pen.

The background layer of Epic Day This and That Designer Paper was embossed with the Chevron folder, then sponged with Pool Party to make the design pop!

That's all for today! I have another workshop to get ready for this evening, so I will be busy! Hope your day Stampingrox!

You can always use the "Shop Now" button at the top left of this blog to go to my Stampin' Up! Online Store to purchase your stamping supplies!

The Open Sea

128454

Wood-Mount #128454 Price: $26.95

Clear-Mount #123032 $18.95

Clockworks

131973

Wood-Mount #131973 $23.95

Clear-Mount #127292 $17.95

This And That Epic Day Designer Series Paper

#130814

Price: $10.95

Epic Day This And That Designer Washi Tape	#131269
Price: $4.95
Attach ticket stubs, photos, anything in your This and That Journal! Color coordination with the journal pages. 3 designs in 3/8", 1/2", 5/8" Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Pool Party

Stampin' Up! Clockworks for the Guys!

2013-06-10T07:29:03-05:00

Good morning! It's raining here this morning, which does NOT make my farmer hubbby happy. They still have some planting to do that has been rain-delayed for quite some time, and this mornings' moisture is extending the delay more. But they will find something productive to do, so the day will not be wasted, just frustrating!

Today begins my four-workshops-in-five-days week! Eeeek! I've designed a couple of cards that I think will work for just about all of them all week. You saw the first one yesterday, the Happy Day "smile" card. Today's card is a masculine birthday/father's day one using Clockworks. I've designed and prepped the packets for this card so the stamper can choose to either create a birthday or a Father's Day card:

Since the Clockworks set lends itself so easily to a "collage stamping" look, I kept the layers to a minimum. The card base is the yummy new Baked Brown Sugar, stamped with Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, and Early Espresso. The Early Espresso banner is embossed with the Argyle Textured Impressions Folder, and the sentiment is from Best of Birthdays. We are adding a Naturals Designer Button with a little bit of Early Espresso Baker's Twine for the finishing touch!

Inside we are stamping a phrase from the fun new Hostess Set, Express Yourself. This is the phrase I have chosen to go with this birthday card, but there are several other phrases (love you, celebrate, amazing you, best wishes) that would work just as well!

The Father's Day card is similar in design, we will just use the "hey there, friend" stamp from the My Paper Pumpkin Try It kit. We will omit the "friend" word by inking up with an Early Expresso Stampin' Write Marker, then we will add in the "DAD" with a stamp created with the photopolymer set, Designer Type! The splatter stamp is also from the MPP Try It kit. While the monthly kits are only available when you subscribe by the 10th of each month, the Try It kit is available for purchase at any time, so you CAN still get these two cute and versatile stamps! Go to My Paper Pumpkin to order your kit today!

Inside another Hostess Set, Banner Greetings!

I also have a stepped-up version of these cards with more layers and lots of sponging:

That's all for now! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

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Clockworks

131973

Wood-mount # 131973 $23.95

Clear-mount #127292 $17.95

Best Of Birthdays Clear-Mount Stamp Set ONLY	#132929
Price: $14.95