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  • Summer Time Fun Time–Keeping Busy with Fun Stamping Events

    During the school year, I spend a lot of time with my stamping business online.  But with the kids home and summer in full swing, I’ve been spending more time away from my computer and out and about.  But that doesn’t mean all stamping has stopped!  I just have fallen behind on some of my sharing… but whooo boy!  There are some exciting things to share coming up!  From fun events, product sneak peeks, and more!  I thought I’d hop back online and share what I’ve been up to and what exciting things are coming soon!

    Just for August! Thoughtful Branches Bundle, Class in Person & Class by Mail (Get it FREE)!

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    This is a super versatile and adorable stamp set and die that is ONLY available in the month of August.  And it is while supplies last.  Seriously though… it is AMAZING!  Check it out:

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    Love it?  Get a FREE class with it when you purchase the bundle from me! 

    Yup!  That is right!  I’m back with a new class you can either do IN PERSON or BY MAIL!  We’ll be making 4 fun cards using this set (images coming soon!) – the online class will make 8 total (2 of each design). 

    Class options:

    • In Person – Join us on Monday August 1st, at 7pm at the Panera Bread in Redmond, WA.  We’ll be making 4 cute cards together and all supplies are provided.  Class fee is only $15
      GET IT FREE!  – purchase the bundle that night or place another order and get your class fee waived!
      RSVP HERE or by emailing me at jennifer@nwstamper.com
    • By Mail – Not local or can’t make it?  No problem! I’m offering the class by mail as well with extra!
      Class kit by mail:  Have fun making it at home!  Get the supplies to make 2 each of all 4 cards.  You’ll get all the paper precut, embellishments, envelopes, and a full color pdf tutorial so you can have the walk through instructions.  Class kit fee is $25
      GET IT FREE! – preorder the bundle from me and I’ll include the class kit for FREE!  You just pay the shipping to get it to you. Smile  Bundle price with class kit shipping – $69
    • Instructions only:  Already have the bundle?  Get the pdf instructions for $6.95
      PDFs will be emailed out mid-next week

    Class Options





    Northwest Stamp & Share Regional Demonstrator Event

    Are you a demonstrator or thinking of becoming one?  If you didn’t know, I LOVE being a Stampin’ Up demonstrator and in fact am celebrating just hitting my 8 year anniversary on the 26th!  One of my favorite things to do is get together with other demonstrators and share and learn from each other.  I’m so excited for this new event for Stampin’ Up demonstrators in the Pacific Northwest!  Join us as we share the excitement of the NEW Holiday Catalog.  Get project ideas, participate in swapping, learn from other demonstrators, and have lots of fun!  This is our very own unofficial regional event and you are sure to go away inspired.

    This has been the big event I’ve been focused on this summer and I can’t wait to see it all come together next month!

    Get the scoop and register to join us!


    Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend is Coming September 16-18!

    My other big event that is in the works is my fall Crafty retreat!  It is always a blast and this one will be no exception!  We’ll be playing with new goodies from the Holiday Catalog, creating till the middle of the night, getting inspired and laughing all along the way.

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    NW Crafty Escape Weekend

    ANNOUNCING – the Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend Fall Fest!

    Sept 16th-18th, 2016
    Hyatt House in Bellevue
    3244 139th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98005

    RSVP deadline – Sept 5th, 2016

    Get details and reserve your spot here


    Finally, don’t forget, Bonus Days are happening now!  You have until Sunday, July 31st to place your $50 orders and get your $5 Bonus Coupons to use in August! 

    So, as you can see, it’s a busy summer and lots of great stuff happening!

    Don’t forget to take advantage of my FREE CARD CLASS to go with your purchase of the Thoughtful Branches bundle!  Alright, back to planning… stamp with you soon!

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  • Another Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend is in the Books!

    So, you see… back in October of last year, I thought it was a BRILLIANT idea to run my next Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend (the twice-a-year retreats I hold in Bellevue, WA) in April, the weekend IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the Stampin’ Up OnStage event in Salt Lake City.  It will be fun, I said!  I’ll have lots of new displays and samples, I said.  I’ll have the scoop to share on the upcoming annual catalog…

    and all of those things were true. Smile  And we had a TON of fun!

    But I also neglected to think of how little sleep I get when I’m at OnStage… plus how little sleep I get when I’m at the retreat weekends.  And so, let me just say, back to back amazing crafting weekends are fun, but not nearly enough sleep is involved. Smile  But in the end, it was totally worth it and it has been great (though the fall retreat will be a bit more spaced out from OnStage than this time!)  So, I thought I’d share some of the photos from the event so you can see what I’ve been up to!

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    So the weekends always start with me clearing out much of my craft room so I can take all my tools with me for people to use

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    And then I cart everything over to the hotel we run the Crafty Escape Weekend at!  This time was great because our group size grew enough that we needed 2 banquet rooms, which made it fun having more space and room to craft, spread out, and goof off!

    We had displays, a crop store, a swap my stuff table (which was seeing some amazing items being gifted on that table this weekend!), and of course, everyone got their own large space.

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    And I think for all of about 3 hours total of the event, I even had my table clean so I could craft on it. Smile

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    It was like my mobile command center for all things retreat plus some personal crafting at the end of each day.

    I always start out the weekend with a goodie bag full of fun crafty stuff plus a make & take packet with details for projects they can make with the items in their goodie bag.  In this case, I designed 6 cards for them to create using their goodie bag and the tools over on the tools buffet.2016-04-22 18.43.01

    I love how the name placecards and other elements really make the tables cheery each time!  This was my table with my completed Enjoy the Little Things project kit all done and set up.  Isn’t it cute!?

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    Oh, and you see the water bottles that were decorated with some designer paper and the Flower Fair stamped flowers?  Check out what one of the gals at the retreat did with hers!

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    She took it off the water bottle and then picked off some of the extra flowers from her namecard and made them into cute cards!  I LOVE it!

    We had crafty challenges, like this one to use at least 3 products from the goodie bag in one project

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    I ran some classes (3 total over the course of the weekend)

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    Ate some yummy food

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    And folks got a lot of crafting done… and not just paper crafts!

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    I also love our Pajama Party we run on Saturday night.

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    I usually give out challenges for the evening and my favorite was to show us your Crafty Super Hero costume.  I think this was Lady Crafts a Lot and Sir Inky Fingers… or I may have the names a little wrong, but I LOVED the creative costumes!

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    Professor Paper

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    And the super villian – OOPS, who knocks their drink all over your almost completed project Smile

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    And we learned what happens when you try to run an embossing folder through the big shot with the magnetic platform (PSA – either your BigShot cutting plate or your embossing folder will not make it out alive!)

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    But I still managed to get some creating done while I was there, which if you know how much I talk at retreats, you know that is an impressive feat!

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    So, all in all, another fun weekend full of friends, crafts, and lots of laughs!

    Next up… Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend – Fall Fun!
    September 2016

    I’m trying to finalize the dates of our next Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend… it should be Sept 16-18, but I’ll be able to confirm that by the end of the week.  Consider joining us next time and be a part of the fun!


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  • Fun Floral Frames Flowers for Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend Decorations

    Fun Floral Frames Flowers for Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend Decorations

    I was so excited to finally kick off my first crafty retreat weekend!  I have  been wanting to run these for AGES but had a hard time finding a venue.  But I finally found a great hotel that is amazing to work with and so this weekend is the first of what I plan for 2x a year Northwest Crafty Escape Weekends!  (next one coming in October!)

    To kick things off, I had goodies on the table for everyone that arrived and made a cute floral decoration using the Floral Frame dies for them.

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    I thought I would share more about it because I love how it turned out and it was such a fun use for the Floral Frames Framelits.

    Each one used 4 of the 5 dies in the set and after making the flower (more on that in a minute), I attached it to a wooden barbeque skewer that was then placed in one of the new Sketched Dot Tag a Bag Gift Bags that were filled with M&Ms and tied closed.

    Plus I had to add to the front of the flower one of the new Bold Butterfly Thinlits cut out of the Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper.  So sparkly!!

    For the flower itself, I used:

    • The largest die shape in Crushed Curry
    • The 2nd largest die shape in Watermelon Wonder
    • The 3rd largest die shape in Bermuda Bay
    • The 2nd smallest die shape cut out 3 Cucumber Crush cotton paper pieces

    I sponged the edges in all the flowers in Watermelon Wonder. And then directly layered the watermelon and bermuda layers together and then used an Antique Brad to hold the Cucumber Crush cotton paper to the layered flowers.  Then crinkle up the cotton paper to give them some texture.  Add those layers to the Crushed Curry flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

    I’m excited for the rest of the weekend.  Here are a few more pictures of what our set up is like:

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    I have just a few Paper Pumpkin kits with me for sale as part of my Crop Store Smile

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    Punches and tools for anyone to borrow

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    And a few inspiration boards for the event too!

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    Check back tomorrow for more project and other pictures from the event!  This has been so much fun so far, I’m already working on locking in the date for our next one in mid-October!


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