Stamping In My Neighborhood

Deal of the Week #3: Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge

If you've been wanting to add some substance to your creations, you're in for a good savings this week!  Regularly $29.95, for this week only, you can purchase the Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge for only $18.99.  If you'd like to save on s&h, contact me today as I have an order going in soon so instead of paying the base s&h rate of $6.95, you'll only need to pay $1.90 in s&h.  Your purchase, including s&h and tax would be $21.93...for 100 pieces of metal accents with 100 matching brads.

If you'd like it shipped directly to you, however, you can click on the Shop Now button at the top of this blog and be taken to my online store where you can place your order.  You'll still be paying less than the listed price of the hardware (total for those of you in Maine will be $27.24 with s&h and tax).

If you will be attending one of my two workshops this week, just add it to your order!

Crushed Curry, anyone?

This is another card I'm featuring at most of my July workshops.  The floral image was created using the Reinker Spread technique.  The stem is a die cut created by the Little Leaves die and my Big Shot and Old Olive CS.  The stamp set was Fifth Avenue Florals and I added a little interest with the Scallop Edge punch.

This Crushed Curry base color is really warm and inviting.  It's going to look especially great with the fall cards I have planned in my head.

My fall calendar is already starting to fill, so if you are interested in hosting a workshop, please schedule now.

A Perfect Summer Card

I demonstrated this card at a workshop last Friday.  It was sooooo easy.  The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Whisper White.  I used the Fresh Cuts stamp set to stamp "thank you" on the butterfly and the card.

The Big Shot (Butterflies Die) and SU Backgrounds Texturz Plates gave me the interest and that yummy new polka dot ribbon in Rich Razzleberry tied everything together. 

The center of the butterfly  is a clear rhinestone brad.  Did you know that Stampin' Up!'s Deal of the Week is a package of the Square Fire Rhinestone brads?  Regularly $10.95, they are on special for $6.99 until Monday, July 20th at 11:50 AM, Maine time.  Contact me today if you'd like to order some and save on some s&h charges by piggy-backing your order with others.  I have an order going in on Friday.

Cute little boxes...little effort

I just love my Matchbox Die for my Big Shot!  Here are two matchboxes I did at a workshop last night.  The first one is just one I demo'd, showing how to use the Thick Window Sheets (they are thick!) to create a see-through cover.  The box itself is made from Rich Razzleberry cardstock, which is one of the new In Colors.  The tag is from the Matchbox Messages stamp set.

The second box shows a stamped cover.  I stamped it with Fifth Avenue Florals.  At the workshop we actually used Embrace Life because I thought I left my FAF set at home.  Turns out I had moved it to a different bag during my set-up.  I found it when I was cleaning up.  Embrace Life worked well, but nothing beats Fifth Avenue Florals!  The colors are Certainly Celery and Tempting Turquoise.  It really is much cuter in person.  The boldness of the Turquoise and the softness of the Celery didn't translate too well in the photo.  Actually, I guess you get that impression, but you don't get a true sense of the lovely combination.

Hostess Twist Box

Stampin' Up! put out some new training videos the other day and one of them was how to created this cute little twist box.  I think I'm going to have to do a video tutorial on it sometime.  I know for sure I'm making these as hostess gifts for my July workshops.  I think I'm going to demonstrate them in August and/or September workshops.  Wouldn't these make nice Halloween treat boxes for the special goblins in your life?  I wouldn't make them for every kid that drops by (well, I might since I get a max of one child), but definitely for my kids and some special adults.  And they'd look great done in a Thanksgiving theme.  Ooooh, I just purchased the Autumn Days stamp set.  That pheasant would look great on there!  Maybe that one will be my video.

For this box, I used Perfect Plum, Apricot Appeal and Whisper White cardstock.  I used the Oval All stamp set and the Scalloped Oval punch as well as some Apricot ribbon.  The dots on the Perfect Plum cardstock came from using Itty Bitty Backgrounds in Apricot Appeal Craft ink.  I watercolored the StazOn'd image using Apricot Appeal and Pale Plum.

Would you like me to show you and your friends how to create this box?  Contact me today to set something up!

A New Catalog Year is Upon Us

Did you miss me?  I was on vacation.  A lot has happened since my last post...namely that a new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog was unveiled!  It's fabulous.  Lots of great new stamp sets.  Lots of great new stamp sets and very attractive price points!

And, of course, there are new In Colors.  This year's colors are Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay.

Also, Stampin' Up! has announced they'll be having Deals of the Week throughout July.  Today they unveiled the one that runs until 11:50 AM (Eastern time) next Monday...the Doctor's Bag that goes with the Big Shot.  It's on sale for $20 off!  If you would like to order this bag, click on the Shop Now button in the upper left column of this blog.  That'll take you to my online store.  If you've been eyeing this fabulous bag, NOW is the time to get it!

If you would like to schedule a workshop to get a copy of the Idea Book & Catalog for free, or to see the new In Colors in person, or if you want to place an order personally rather than online, please contact me today!

I'm going to leave you with a card I did using the new In Color, Soft Suede.  The actual Soft Suede color is somewhere between the one you see as the base of the card and the color you see on the far right in the first image of my In Color cardstock packages.