Canvas Wrap Butterfly Artwork

This is a 3-d canvas covered with "First Edition Speciality" paper from Stampin' Up!. Once you decoupage the background... cut out butterfly shapes with your Big Shot while the decoupage is drying. Run these butterfly shapes through the Big Shot using texture folders. Embellish the butterflies with Basic Rhinestones. Arrange butterflies onto the canvas area and adhere in place. Add a bow on top of the canvas and trim (I used the pom poms from the occasions mini catalog)to the edge of your canvas. Now you are ready to hang this on your wall! :-) This would be so easy to do in any color scheme to match your room decor.

Lattice Die cut

Here's a quick and easy card. I used the Big Shot Lattice Die to cut the fun shape for the background.
Layer on scallop and circle punched shaped for your greeting.
Of course, you need a little ribbon to finish it off.

Happy stamping,
Jennifer

Simple Textured Hearts Card

I love the look of the background on this card and for those of you that know me know that I love my "BIG SHOT". I used the Square Lattice Textured Embossing folder on this project. Just punch the hearts out and adhere to the white cardstock. Run this piece through the Big Shot machine and it will texture the hearts and the white paper....reminds me of the fun textured on a high end paper towel! :) I also like the way the hearts look distressed due to the embossing pattern. Of course you can use any of the wonderful Stampin' Up! embossing folders for cards like this. Have fun trying some designs of your own!
Happy stamping,
Jennifer

Wheat Harvest & a Masculine Card

Here's a quick and easy idea for a masculine card. I love the Square Lattice embossing folder for the Big Shot machine. And, I'm kind of laying low hanging out in the house today to avoid the heat and all the farm trucks out on the roads.

Yep, it is that time of year here in western Nebraska....time for wheat harvest. I live near the grain elevator as you can see from the photo of the my back yard with the tall white grain elevator peeking out over the treetops. I can hear the rumble of the trucks coming and going all day/night until the farmers get all the wheat out of the field. Of course there is always an urgency to do this once the wheat is ready and before any hail storms come. So you can't miss that window of opportunity. Here's a few picture of my son cutting wheat last year for my uncle.

And yes, next week I'll have to dust the entire house...see all the dust from the combine and we have lovely dirt streets in town too! I'll be going to convention tomorrow so it will just have to wait (as usual) ha!
Have a great summer day,
Jennifer

Builder Wheels! I might be a fan!

Ok, I have to confess that I have never been much of a fan of the stampin' wheels. They have just never been my thing. I guess I always felt like once I used them that then, I was kind of... well,... bored! Yes you can change the color of the ink cartridge and yes you can roll the images on tissue paper, lunch sacks, scrapbook pages or anything that stands still long enough! :-) But honestly they were not that much of a thrill to me. However,.....the new builder wheels seem kind of exciting. I love the fact that I can create my own 3 color ink cartridge with colors of my choice and the best part is that each and every time I use my wheel I have the choice to "MIX IT UP" a bit. I can rearrange the wheel designs in any order and also can add spacers and use 1-2-3 images at a time. So thanks to this great new product from Stampin' Up! I'm becoming a fan of wheels...finally! :-)
This is a super easy card design that you can use over and over and just by changing the images I can create several different cards for a variety of occasions.
It is also a great way to use up spare pieces of cardstock and ribbon left over from previous class projects & events.
Check out all the great new Builder Wheel designs on page 219 of the new 2010-11 Stampin' Catalog

I also used a Big Shot textured folder for the strip of cardstock below the ric rac bow.
Once again this a basic layout that can be used for any theme/occasion.

New Set: "Apple Blossoms"

From the new 2010-11 Stampin' Up! catalog this new set is called "Apple Blossoms". Big Shot items used were: Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder #115963 and the Oval Scallop Die #114521.

With these card designs you could make the same layout from any set in the catalog (or in your stamp room...but you know you want a fabulous new set from the new catalog! :-)

I'm using up retired ribbon & retired Designer Paper. You can find great deals on those on the Clearance Rack...go to the "Order Online 24/7" on the right side of this blog to get to the shop now button on my Stampin' Up! website.
Enjoy your summer day...hope you find time to stamp today,
Jennifer

Ready to Swap!

Here are some swap bags I made for convention. For the past several years my group of convention roomies & friends from Nebraska, Colorado & Wyoming have formed a swap with 2 other demo groups from New York & Virginia. We meet at convention, sort out one each of our projects into each of the bags I have provided. Once you open the bags up and stand them up you will see the name of each swapper listed on a bag....then you know to put one item in every one's bag except your own. When everyone has had a chance to swap out their items each gal has a fabulous bag full of goodies to take home and drool over! :-) This really is a great swap...so we call it the "WOW" swap. I created these simple bags for this year's swap. Tag is the Two Tags die cut from Daffodil Delight cardstock, flower from Cherry Cobbler cardstock & Island Floral die, leaf also from that die and made from Pear Pizazz cardstock. Rhinestone brad and some disc. ribbon (cleaning out the old stamp room). After convention (July 21-24 in beautiful Salt Lake City, UT) I'll share some of the swaps I received. Now I have to make my "WOW" item for this swap.
Have a great weekend,
Jennifer

Sympathy Card

We did this card at stamp class last night. I think I'll do more Sympathy cards at future classes as it is something we always seem to need so we are always looking for new card design ideas.

The "Square Lattice" embossing folder was used for the long green piece. I think that texture is my latest favorite. You'll find it in the Summer Mini Catalog, pg. 24, #119976 $7.95. Mini Catalog runs through August 31, 2010.

Brown felt ribbon was on the Clearance Rack (on www.stampinup.com) a few months ago. You have to check that out, most items are while supplies last so they don't last long ...check frequently. Flower image was a stamp from a retired set, any stamp that fits in the large oval punch will work. The green label shape behind that oval is a die cut image from the Matchbox die. Butterflies are made from Daffodil Delight cardstock (new color in upcoming catalog!) from the butterfly embosslit.
TGIF,
Jennifer

Sneak Peek of New Colors and DSP!

This is the Big Shot favor box made out of new Designer Paper: "Newsprint" and new cardstock colors for the flower embellishment: Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz & Daffodil Delight. This is a project from stamp camp last week and stamp class tonight in Mitchell.

Stampin' Up!has a new color line, they renovated the color families with the new catalog coming out July 1. If some of your favorite colors are retiring NOW is the time to order ink refills and extra packs of paper.
Here is the upcoming chart for the new color families. There will be new inline colors in the new catalog too.

Have a great day...can't believe June is 1/2 way over!
Jennifer

Summer "Golf" card

Here's a fun summer card using the Big Shot texture plates to create a fun dimple look to a punched circle to create a golf ball. This could be a Father's Day card too, just change the stamped message.