Clean Slate....well desk!

 It's a rare occurrence that my stamp desk is clean enough to share a picture but I took this picture while it is the cleanest it has been all summer.  I love my ink pad storage rack from Stamp-n-Storage and the rolling metal cart from Ikea.  It won't be long and it will be messy again!

Detailed Floral Thinlits

I have always been a huge Big Shot/ Sizzix fan.  Between Stampin' Up!, teaching k-12 kids at school and using it at home I just love my Big Shot machine!  This is a fabulous new thinlit die:  "Detailed Floral".  This card was quick and easy and oh so pretty!  I used Dapper Denim cardstock, scrap of DSP and the "Celebrate" image from the RMCH set called "My Hero" (page 209 of current catalog).

Ready for stamp club!

Here's 3 of the projects we are making tomorrow night at stamp club in Colorado.  If you are interested in attending a stamp class let me know and I will notify you when a class is in your area...of course you can always come stamp with me in Nebraska!  These three cards use a past Paper Pumpkin kit.  The kit was so adorable that I purchased refills to have enough for our classes.  Did you know that only Paper Pumpkin subscribers can purchase the left over kits?  That is true... and another reason to sign up for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kits.  As well as using the supplies in the kit, I added the Foxy Friends cute fox image......head of fox is punched out and adhered with a dimensional.   All cards are quick and easy and I love the color combination of Pool Party and Calypso Coral.

Bundled Baby Gift Tag

I made this adorable gift tag for a baby shower this weekend.  Even though I used the Bundled Baby set (which I think is retired) any cute Stampin' Up! baby image would work for a quick and simple tag. Or, change the image all together for a Birthday, Thank you etc.   The second tag is behind this and it coordinates and is where I signed my name.  I love the new Metallic Foil Doilies from Stampin' Up! as well as the Washi Label punch and the DSP: Cherry on Top.
The polka dots on the top of the tag are just a new pencil used to stamp the eraser in the Smoky Slate ink pad and stamp on the tag to create a pattern.  I wanted polka dots to match the baby's blanket and that was the quickest solution I could dream up. :-)

Four of 4 Sprinkles of Life ideas

Here's the last card of the 4 ideas I made up to share with the set: "Sprinkles of Life".  Remember that this is the set where Stampin' Up! donates $3 for each stamp set sold to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  Check out this previous post for images of the stamp set and the coordinating punch.  The embossing folder used on the white background can be found in the Holiday Catalog, page 24, Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
Holiday Catalogs should be arriving in your mail box any day now. If you haven't received a copy and would like one please just let me know.

3 of 4 designs for: SPRINKLES OF LIFE

In the last 2 posts I have been sharing designs using the Ronald McDonald House Charities set for 2015-16.  

Here is one more card idea which has the Silver Glimmer paper as the silver lining in every cloud....this gorgeous, extra shimmery paper is perfect for this phrase.  

*There is just one trick you need to know to get this look....use the coordinating punch (Tree Builder) and insert the Silver Glimmer paper in the punch with the back (white side) facing "UP" in the punch and the glimmer side facing the bottom of the punch.

Check out the previous post from 2 days ago to see the full stamp set images and the coordinating punch.

Card 2 (of 4) from SPRINKLES OF LIFE set

As explained in my previous post, the SPRINKLES OF LIFE set is the Ronald McDonald House Charities set for this catalog year of 2015-16.  Each stamp set we sell gets $3 donated to this charity from Stampin' Up!.  With fall right around the corner I thought it would be fun to design a card using the bare tree and a fun pile of leaves.  This set has so many fun options from trees, cupcakes, ice cream cones, flowers etc.  It is very versatile.  Don't you just love the fall colors?

2015-16 Ronald McDonald House Charities Set by Stampin' Up! Card 1 of 4

One of the many fabulous things Stampin’ Up!® does each year is  help families through RMHC. Each year they have a special stamp set that is used for this charitable donation.  This year the set is called: "Sprinkles of Life".  When you purchase this (photopolymer) set, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 TO RMHC. Please consider helping this great cause.  Details for this set and stamped samples can be found on page 189 of the 2015-16 Stampin' Up! catalog.

Here is one of my designs using this set for the first time today.  I love ice cream so this set was so fun to play with.

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 2015        
    #139971  Sprinkles of Life - 22 photopolymer stamps $21.00
Suggested acrylic blocks:  A, C. G

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 2015    

#138295 Tree Builder Punch $18.00

I've been busy in my stamp room.  

More fun samples of this set coming soon!

Thankful Forest Friends: Bear

This bear is so adorable and makes for a quick and easy card with the Holiday Mini catalog set: Thankful Forest Friends.  The wood grain paper is Designer Series Paper: Into the Woods (also in Holiday Mini).  If  you look closely the white paper is embossed with the wood grain embossing folder so there are lots of textures and layers to this fun card!  Tag is made with the new Ornate Tag Topper punch from page 165 of the current big catalog.  Bear is stamped with the new Archival Basic Black Stampin' Pad...Hip Hip Horray! for having a true BLACK ink pad again.  (pg. 19 of Holiday Mini Catalog #140931 $7.00) Ordering for Holiday Mini: Sept. 1-January 4, 2016.

If you are not on my mailing list and would like a catalog just let me know.

Bold Butterfly Thinlits

This is a fun new card uses my favorite In Color: Watermelon  Wonder

The embossing folder used for the background is called "Fluttering" and it is a new folder in our 2015-16 catalog and these new folders are larger in size.  They are 6x6" and just fit into the Big Shot machine.  Having this larger space allows for choosing your placement or for larger pieces of course. The "Bold Butterfly" Thinlits match up perfectly with the "Watercolor Wings" stamp set which makes a beautiful butterfly cut out.

Paper Pumpkin Kits 50% off your first 2 months!

Thanks right, 1/2 price Paper Pumpkin kits for new subscribers.  Sign up by September 10 to get your first 2 months of kits for only $9.95.  At convention we had a chance to see a sneak peek of the August and September kits and they are adorable.  August has a chalkboard theme but it is not just for teachers.  It has adorable images on black papers with pink cardstock accents.  September has a fall theme and I want the kit just for the adorable straws that look like birch trees.  These straws make a gift bag that looks like a broom.  Now, convention always tires me out so I can't remember all the details but remember that they were ADORABLE!  For that price you can't go wrong trying Paper Pumpkin for 2 months.  The kits also make great gifts.

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You've Got This

These adorable cards were a convention roomie gift from Tina B. I just loved how the new In  Colors 2015-17 were used to create this gift set of 4 cards.  You can find this set on page 113 of the 2015-16 Catalog.

Summer Wedding Card

I just love the new Brick Wall embossing folder that is in the new 2015-16 Stampin' Up! Catalog.  The new folders are 6x6" in size so you have a larger folder to place your cardstock in and place it either direction.  I find they run through the Big Shot very easily. 
I used this embossing folder to make this wedding card.  I also used retiring embellishments.  Remember to check out the Clearance Rack in my online store.  Great buys on ribbons in the clearance rack as well as other retiring products.  Once opened, this card has a slot for a gift card.

Blended Bloom

I'm filling up the card basket for the silent auction.  Here is the card that is going in next.

Round Card

Another card design for the silent auction project.  This one is a round card.  I bought these as precut cards with envelopes so these were quick and easy cards with something a little different.  Stamp image was embossed with black and flowers were colored in with the Blendabilities markers.

Embossed Birthday Cards

I sponged white ink over the embossed images of this Sizzix embossing folder.  These are cards #4 #5 for silent auction fundraiser.  I tried to make one more masculine and girly.

Hello There! New stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Card design #3 for the silent auction fundraiser.  "Hello There" is from the new hostess set on page 237 of the newest Stampin' Up! catalog.  I cased this layout from the sample on that page.....made for easy and quick card making  (I made 6 cards that are all the same.)

Party Pennants Card Design

I love how fun and easy this card design was with the new Party Pennant die for the Big Shot.  This uses the new hostess set:  I Like You, which I colored in with the Blendabilities markers.  The Lovely Lace embossing folder gives an great texture to the background.  This was card design #2 for the fundraiser mentioned in the last post.  I cased this layout design from the card sample on page 237 of the latest Stampin' Up! catalog.  I really like this pennant die, so be forewarned as you will probably see it in several more of the cards for this fundraiser project.  :-)

Kind Koala

I'm working on making several cards of several different designs to make a basket of cards for a silent auction fundraiser.  Here is my design using the Kind Koala & Work of Art sets from Stampin' Up!.

Summer CRAFT CAMP

Coming soon!  Kids Craft Camp.  Held at the Potter Site building in Potter, Nebraska each Tuesday morning in June.
Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m.  $15 material fee  For students K-6

This is a fundraiser for the Art students going to Chicago in May 2015.  Each participant will go home with oodles of fun art projects with each week being a different theme:

June 3 - Paint It: flower paintings, canvas paintings and a 3-d painting

June 10 - Stamp It:  stamp a stack of greeting cards and crafts

June 17 - Melt It: crayon art projects including monogram canvas and other waxy creations

June 24 - Craft It:  4th of July wreath and other summer crafts.

Contact Jennifer Thomas at thomas@daltontel.net to register or if you have any questions.
Class sizes are limited.  Your payment confirms your spot in the class.

Jr. & high school Art students will mentor the campers.
All materials are provided.
Wear old paint clothes for June 3 & 17!