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The wait is finally over! Storage solutions for ink pads, markers, Blends, and more! And you know I love to organize! Get yours here! See Prices HereSee Configuration Chart HereI placed my order today...stay tuned for pictures!
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 I have been waiting for this day! Stampin' Up! has a stamp position tool! Totally superior to others on the market with four surfaces and hinge stamping capabilities! Here are the product details:
Stampin' Up! has announced the date for the release of their new alcohol markers, Stampin' Blends. If you live near Indianapolis, join us in November where we will be using these at Card Class, Craft Night, and Coffee & Crafting. Stay tuned November 1st for more videos on how to use these markers!
And from now until Oct. 31, you can enter to win some here! I am in love with the new Rose Wonder stamp set out of the 2016 Occasions catalog! I bought it mainly for all the greeting stamps, many of which are encouraging, such as the verse from Isaiah 41:10 which says, "Fear not, for I am with you; do no be dismayed, for I am your God..." I found this especially helpful in a current situation I am praying through, so decided to use the set as a Bible journaling page. I stamped the flower and leaf images using Calypso Coral and Old Olive markers, huffed, then filled in with my new water color paints. The verse was stamped in black MementoLuxe ink. 
I love Halloween, but more for the fun of dressing up, not necessarily for all the sweets. I have never had much of a sweet tooth, but when the sweets come wrapped up in cute packaging, I could change my mind! 
Happy Halloween Bag: Leftover bags from the June Paper Pumpkin, using a retired Wacky Wishes stamp set for the tag, and a clothespin with some washi tape. Good to the Last Bite Box: Fry Box Bigz L Die with the Merry Everything Stamp Set and Note Tag Punch bundle from the new Holiday Catalog, colored with Pear Pizzazz marker, and treats in 4 x 6 cellophane bag tied with ribbon Trick or Treat Bag: Good Greetings Stamp Set with leftovers from the June Paper Pumpkin Kit Eat Something Sweet Bag: The September Paper Pumpkin kit makes 6 of these burlap bags. Sign up now and subscribers can buy past kits! Check out the video to see what comes in the kit: So I am holding my own incentives again for signing up for Paper Pumpkin in the month of October!
PLUS...If I get 4 NEW subscribers to sign up and activate their subscription in October, I will offer a $10 gift certificate (off a future SU order or card class) to each of the first four subscribers!!! Ready? Sign up here!  Did you know Stampin' Up! supports the Ronald McDonald House? Every year SU offers one stamp set where they donate $3 for every set sold during the year. This year, the set is called Flamingo Lingo.
Later this month, I am participating in a vendor event called the Degree of Honor Arts and Crafts Fair put on by a "non-profit volunteer organization that raises money to furnish supplies for various charities with the main focus on The Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House and Disabled American Veterans. Some of this includes donating personal care items to The Salvation Army battered women's shelter, toys for the annual Christmas Toy Shop, gas cards for veterans, food and personal items for the families who stay at Ronald McDonald House while their children are at Riley Hospital just to name a few." To help support the Ronald McDonald House, please come visit me at this event or consider purchasing this adorable Flamingo Lingo stamp set. From now until the event, I will be offering an additional 20% off the set (available through me, not my website). Hope to see you there! Last weekend, I was able to make the trip with my friend Heather to Illinois for a card making weekend! We arrived Friday night, just in time for my upline, Chris', techniques club. We made these awesome cards:  Technique #1: Clay Flowers I miss making vintage inspired cards at Chris' classes! She used the Simply Pressed Clay and Molds to make these flowers. They are colored with markers, and the one on the bottom right was heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The leaves are from the Bird Punch. The vase was made with a framelit trimmed down, heat embossed with gold embossing powder and then clear embossed all over to give it a shiny look. I have never used clear embossing powder, so I love trying new things!  Technique #2: Solid Image Tracing Technique This adorable card was stamped using a solid image stamp from the Hello Darling set in a light color. Then we used a fine tip black marker like the Project Life Journaling Pen to trace the image. Then, the image was colored in using Blendabilities to create this unique look! The greeting is from the Hostess set Hello There stamped in Cherry Cobbler. The embellishments use the Fringe Scissors, Vintage Buttons, Linen Thread, and Gold Sequins. After staying with Chris, the next day we all headed to our upline, Gelnda Travelstead's Sneak Peek Holiday Catalog Stamping Event where we made 20 different cards using 5 new stamp sets from the forthcoming Holiday Catalog (which starts August 28, 2014)!
 Stamp Set #1: For All Things I definitely think I could get a lot of mileage out of this set! I love the watercolor look and the versatility. Notice how you can use ink to get the whole text "Grateful for You" (bottom right) or color with your marker to get just one word "Grateful" (top right).  Stamp Set #2: Endless Wishes This stamp set has been a popular photopolymer which has returned to the Holiday Catalog. I love the look of white snowflakes on Crumb Cake cardstock, as seen on the bottom right. The new Tree Punch makes this a cute, easy card to mass produce.  Stamp Set #3: Letterpress Winter This set makes a sort of snowflake image. I love the fact that it is photopolymer which means you can arrange the stamps on your clear blocks how you want. So in one card the season's greetings is stacked and on the other it is on one line.  Stamp Set #4: Mingle All the Way This set is one that I was left wishing I had bought. The card on the top left can be punched out with a punch and the other three used framelits. The bottom right was my first attempt at a shaker card. There is a clear bag in the window there with confetti stars that move when you shake it! A little difficult, but awesome!  Stamp Set #5: Ornamental Pine
Of the stamps sets we used, this is the only one I had purchased, so you might see some of these cards at my Christmas card class in December. I love the wreath on the door card! The final 6 colors of Blendabilites are now available! Check out my website to order:
Check out these videos to see how these markers work (there is no one right way to use them!): |
