Photo confusion

There seemed to be some photo confusion with the March issue of the Stampin' Up! Stampin' Success. So if you are a demonstrator and see the contest winning entries you will see my name but a photo of my daughter, Alexis. The wrong person was inadvertently cropped out of our family photo so this is me...I'm the one on the right. I guess I should be flattered that they thought I was 18! tee hee

"Wrap it Up" SU Contest Winner

Here's the bags I made for the December Stampin' Up! monthly art contest for demos: "Wrap it Up: gift wrap ideas for the whole year". Each design is a cardstock front and back that covers a lunch bag size sack. All the images were cut out of the Big Shot machine, well... the candle stick is just a strip of paper but the flame is the wing from the bird (nothing was stamped on this project!) I was fortunate to win this contest and received 3 stamp sets from Stampin' Up! Yeah, more free stamps! :-)

Jennifer
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WINTER HEARTS

Here's some photos I took the other day of Potter's Reading Garden after a snow storm. My Community Involvement Class at P.D.H.S. decorated this area for Valentine's Day and the red hearts really "pop" now with the blanket of white snow. We cut the heart shapes out of laminated red paper and used the Sizzix die cut machine.
Stay warm!

Jennifer

FREE Stampin' Up! Spring/Summer 2009 Catalog!

From February 1 - April 30, 2009, customers can receive a free Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog. Place an online order and receive the catalog free.
There is no minimum order amount required, so anyone can take advantage of this offer. Like any order there is the $6.95 minimum shipping. You can view the catalog online. Here are some of my favorite new products:
*Flower designer brads 112583 6.95
*Crochet (Fleurettes) flowers 114019 9.95
*lots of gorgeous designer papers pg. 158-161
*Fun new Simply Scrappin kits pg.162-165
*lots of fun new Big Shot dies!!!!

Check it out,
Jennifer

Winter Greetings

I just love the Top Note die for my Stampin' Up! Big Shot machine. I made this fun card for a winter greeting card (didn't get to Xmas cards this year). Photography is one of my other favorite hobbies (besides stamping and scrapbooking) so it was easy to pick a fun picture of the kids and make some fun cards. Yes, it is winter here in Nebraska. We actually have a Snowday today so, no school! Yipee, snowdays are one of my favorite things! I plan to spend time in my craft room, probably scrapbooking today. Enjoy your day,

Jennifer

Here's an easy idea for a Valentine (or wedding or anniversary) project. You can create this design on a card front or on a gift bag.

Happy New Year! 2009! O.k., my New Year's resolution is to find more time organize my stamping projects and keep up with my blog. So hopefully you will hear from me more often on this blog! :-)

Today I am sharing a project from a fellow Stampin' Up! Demo and friend, Patty Bennett from Hercules, CA. I love the projects that Patty shares with me and after seeing her use the "Bind-it-all" machine on various projects I asked Santa to bring me one of those machines for Christmas. So that is one of the things I got for Christmas and now I need to find time to play with it a bit. Look for binding in some of our next monthly class projects!

This "Create-A-Calendar '09 Kit" is #113052 $7.95 in the Holiday Mini Catalog. If you like this project buy it now as the mini catalog expires January 18. Buy the kit and I'll provide a free spiral binder for you! Remember you can order anytime on line. Click the button on this blog to order or go to my website.....or contact me my email thomas@potterneb.net

Too Cute To Spook! Scrapbooking class...

This is one of the pages for this month's scrapbooking classes. It's quick and easy and uses fun Halloween colors. I love the "Ghostly Greetings" designer paper from Stampin' Up!. There are little shaker eyes in the O's on the word: spook. The pumpkin is one of the new die cuts from Stampin' Up!, the leaves are a retired SU! punch. The titles are also done on the Sizzix. (Cuttlebug's Olivia alphabet and Sizzix Serif alphabet) This has been a hit at scrapbooking classes so far this month! If you missed class this month and are interested in this layout please contact me.

How you are finding time to scrapbook this fall!

Jennifer

Artwork copyright Stampin' Up!

Copy the Catalog!

The Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog is great for copying ideas.

I found this card on page 125. I changed the image stamped on the background to "Eastern Blooms" instead of "Kind Thoughts" from page 122, since I didn't have that one.

I used some Soft Sky paper with the new In Colors: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red.......and you could easily copy this card and use the Baja Breeze for the blue card piece.

Have you noticed all the stamps that fit into the new Square Scallop Punch? This same design could be made with a variety of stamped images with all those choices that fit that punch.

Happy stamping,

Jennifer

Artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 2008

Scallop punch Sunflower card

Here's a fun "Happy" card from a stamping class I taught this week. The Stampin' Up! Round Scallop punch was cut to resemble a sunflower. Leaves were cut free hand out of a folded piece of green cardstock and ran through a crimper. Super easy and fun fall colors too!

My inspiration for my card was this "happiness" card made by Patty Bennett.

Happy stamping,

Jennifer

Artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 2008

Grad gift scrapbook page...off to college!

I'm sharing a graduation gift I made for my daughter's high school graduation this past May. We have scrapbooked together to make pages for her albums throughout the years and I snuck this one in without her knowing...and put it in the front of her Senior year album. I love the saying I found for this page: " All our dreams can come true....if we have the courage to pursue them." by Walt Disney. And this poem:

We're so glad you're our daughter

Especially on this wonderful day

For it's your graduation

And we love you more than words can say

And perhaps this photo album

Will in some way help to show

We're proud of all you've said and done

And we just wanted you to know

So as you turn these special pages

May you feel our joy and love

Today, tomorrow and always

That you're so deserving of

O.K.......get the box of Kleenexs out! :-) .....she has left for college!!!

I used Stampin' Up! embellishments on this page: chipboard letter "A", ribbon, ribbon slide, brads, punch, cardstock & DSP. I did a colored pencil drawing of her from one of the senior pics I took of her. So this is a special page for her album. I'll have to make a similar page for my son in a few years....I was smart enough to buy the poems for both son & daughter....and as long as I don't lose it in my messy stamp room I'll be good to go!

Enjoy, Jennifer

New Arrival: It's a Girl!...think PINK!

O.k., I'm looking through all my swaps from convention searching for fun ideas for my new grand-niece that decided to surprise everyone and arrive yesterday several weeks early! I was just starting to think about making a scrapbook album as a baby present for my nephew and his wife and now..., the baby is here and I can start thinking PINK! So that will be a lot of fun.

Here are several cards that I found in my stack of convention swaps that I thought would be great for a baby girl....and since I don't live close to this new baby I can send lots of fun stuff to her in the mail. Thanks to these fellow stamping friends that swapped with me: giraffe card by Beth Cotta, "for you" card by Patty Bennett, boat card has no name on back :-(, tall brown card by Kim Yancy, and pink "priceless" card by my border buddy Pam Lee from Canada.

Next Project

This is one of my favorite things I saw at Convention '08 using the new wall art. The new Decor Elements "family" image is used on the glass pane of this old window (or cupboard door) frame. I'm anxious to go to the local flea markets and find some old frames like this to make one for my living room. The scroll/vine images are actually on the wall and the words on the glass so that adds an interesting layered look. I really like these and know it will go well with all the family pictures I have in my house. I also think it would be fun to make one with the new Sizzix Big Shot machine & alphabet to cut out last names.....cutting the letters out of vinyl for a personalized framed name to display in our homes. Wouldn't that be great wedding & Christmas gifts? And first names for baby gift! O.k., time to go rummage through the rafters in the garage to see what fun things might be stored in there!

Jennifer

Surf's Up! Sizzix

I bought these Sizzix Sizzlits dies a few months ago for an event with a Surf's Up! theme. After attending the Stampin' Up! convention last week in Salt Lake City I remembered I had these (now that we have partnered with Sizzix and will sell that product line!...yeah!) and if anyone is interested in using these for any gifts for the Stampin' Up! Hawaiian incentive trip let me know. I would be happy to punch out the shapes or work out some deal with you. I think they would be super cute downline gifts for that incentive trip or personal items:

*Scrapbook pages

*Gift Tags

*Card

*Luggage tags

etc.

Convention Swaps

Here are some of my top picks from swaps one of my roomies received at convention. I like that these are demonstrable and repeatable. Sorry I don't know the names of the gals that made these since I just photographed them while we were going through piles of swaps. These will be some I use for ideas for classes and workshop demos.

Enjoy,

Jennifer

Artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 2008

Convention Displays 2008

I have to say that one highlight of convention for me is looking at all the Stampin' Up! displays & seeing items that I have sent into Stampin' Up! for various contests and such. Here are 2 of my creations that I found on display. The light blue 12x12 scrapbook page with the title: "Summer Days" used rub-ons, die cut blooms and cute (old) pictures of my kids who are now 18 and 15!

The other item is the tent card in lt. blues and red with the black bird on the top.

Jennifer

Decor Elements samples

I used my samples of the new Stampin' Up! Decor Elements product line and put them in my stamp room. I put one on the white wood window trim (next to the "create" from TLC) and one on my large glass jar that currently stores bolts of ribbon. And yes, my stamp room is PURPLE....."Does paint come in any other color?" tee hee

The image on the wall got a little squished on my way home from convention and the little dots didn't want to cooperate so I cut part of the image out and just used that on the wall.

Happy stamping, Jennifer

Artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 2008

6x6 Convention project

I also made a 6x6 scrapbook page layout for a project/kit for a group gathering at stamp convention. I used the same layout for my convention swap card (see previous post) and turned it into a 6x6 layout.
....once again super easy!

Convention Swap 08 - paper saving tip!

O.k...............I'm having troubles with this blogging deal......I keep uploading these pictures and some keep turning sideways.
I'm just going to leave it and go finish packing. Please just "Tilt" to view this one! :-) Here are my swaps for the Stampin' Up! convention this year. I am so excited to go to Salt Lake City...I look forward to convention all summer long. I used the new scallop edge punch for this card layout and it made it so easy.....so I made 100 of these to swap out with all the other crazy demo swappers at convention! (Yep, you know who you are! tee hee). If you are a customer of mine you will get to see all the cards I swapped these out for at our next class/home workshop. Remember to book your own catalog party or home workshop to get the NEW Stampin' Up! Catalog & Idea Book for FREE!


I made a few variations to the design so that is why you might see a little something different on each of these. Of course they also look different with the different designer papers used. I used all new cardstock: Riding Hood Red & Kiwi Kiss and designer paper: Bella Rose.


The flower is the 5 petal punch with a jumbo eyelet and some scrap ribbon.




Here's a fun trick to save paper on this card: When you use the new scallop edge punch it punches the scallops and give you the scallop piece, some small scraps of trash and also a long skinny strip. SAVE that long skinny piece and add it to your design....just FLIP it over and attach it to you design. I used a glue pen for that.
Heading to Salt Lake City bright and early in the morning....take care, Jennifer
Artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 2008

New Scallop Edge punch

Here is a sample of some projects made with a new punch that will be in the newest Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog available around August 1st. I punched the bottom of the red piece on the card and the top of the brown piece on the bag in a box.

This punch is super easy to use, easy to punch and easy to line up. I really liked how easy it was to punch through the designer paper! Put this one on your WISH LIST for ordering in August!

Jennifer

Artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 2008