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  • Bring on the Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month & the Ultimate Pink Blog Hop!

    Bring on the Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month & the Ultimate Pink Blog Hop!

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    Welcome to the first ever Ultimate Pink Blog Hop – a collection of ideas from Stampin’ UP! demonstrators all over the globe featuring shades of pink in honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Having had a grandmother who had to battle breast cancer, this is a cause that I know can affect anyone at anytime, and I loved the chance to participate in this fun way to play with all things PINK while raising awareness for this.

    I started by grabbing all my pink papers and had planned a “Thinking of You” card, but as things started coming together, it took a little bit of a turn and ended up here… 🙂

    baby-girl-card-with-cookie-cutter-christmasI had a lot of fun mixing all my pink papers with some of the new items in the Stampin’ Up Holiday catalog to create an anything but Holiday card!

    Not just “Holiday” items:

    • Use the bear in the Cookie-Cutter Christmas stamp set to make an adorable bear for a new baby!  Just pick your color to suit the gender or parents…
    • Fancy Frost Designer paper has many great anytime designs and is a quick way to add texture without having to pull out an embossing folder and BigShot.
    • Matching Glitz comes from the Fancy Frost Sequins – I shared a Frosted Medallions card recently using them for New Years or bust them out for Christmas, but the sequins are perfect for a baby too.

    baby-girl-card-with-cookie-cutter-christmas-side-view I mixed and matched my colors for this too.  Good thing there are lots of pinks to choose from in Stampin’ Up’s color palette and they all go great together!  I had

    • Melon Mambo for the card base,
    • Pink Pirouette and Blushing Bride cardstock for the stripes,
    • and Blushing Bride glimmer paper for just that extra sparkle.  Gotta love sparkle!

    baby-girl-card-with-cookie-cutter-christmas-close-up Now if you missed this bear (it’s easy to do!), she comes from the Cookie-Cutter Christmas stamp set.  You stamp the bear body first and then add in the ears (thankfully both ears are together on ONE photopolymer stamp so you don’t have to worry about spacing and you can see what you are doing!) .  Finally, add in the fun face and you are good to go.

    If you want, stamp the bow and then punch it out with the coordinating Cookie-Cutter punch!  (And yes-siree, they are offered together in a discounted bundle!)

    PS – I have all the project dimensions below if you want to make this for yourself.  🙂

    Thank you so much for checking out my PINK idea and don’t miss out on even more great ideas on this blog hop – To continue to be inspired whether you’ve come from the person previous to me or after me (#4 – Jennifer Blomquist) on the list below, all participants are listed to help you as you journey among us being filled with pink inspiration.



    Happy hopping!

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    Project Measurements:

    • Melon Mambo cardstock – 4 1/4″ x 11″
    • Pink Pirouette cardstock – 2 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
    • Blushing Bride cardstock – 1″ x 4 1/4″
    • Fancy Frost designer paper – 1″ x 4 1/4″
    • Whisper White cardstock – 2″ x 2 3/4″
    • Blushing Bride glimmer paper – 1/2″ x 4 1/4″

    Product List

    Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle

    $35.00

    Better Together Wood-Mount Stamp Set

    $49.00

    Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set

    $37.00

    Fancy Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper

    $13.00

    Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper

    $5.00

    Fancy Frost Sequins

    $5.00

    Punch Corner Project Life

    $8.00

    Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

    $8.00

    Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

    $8.00

    Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

    $8.00

    Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

    $9.00

    Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

    $6.50

    Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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    Stampin' Dimensionals

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    Glue Dots

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  • Beautiful Buttons and Fun Christmas Card w/ Masking Ideas

    So, when Stampin’ Up posted the weekly deals yesterday, I was initially surprised that there were fewer than in previous weeks.  But after looking at the items, I realized that just because there were fewer, didn’t mean they weren’t great items!  I LOVE some of these buttons and the masks and heck 25% off is still 25% I don’t have to pay – right?  And who doesn’t love a sale?  Smile 

    So today, I thought I’d share a few project ideas using the fun goodies on sale this week:

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    Metal Rimmed Pearls – Easiest cute accessory around!

    I love these little embellishments because they are super cute and did you know – they come with adhesive already on the back?!  Talk about making it so easy even my kiddos can do it!  In fact they did – here is the card I made for a recent class.  Check out  the matching blog post to see my kiddos recreate this card all by themselves and turning out pretty darn well, I would say too. Smile

    Beautiful Bunch birthday card – check out the details on this blog post

    Hearts & Stars Mask – Cute in any season

    The hearts and stars mask is a great way to easily make your own custom background in any color you like!  I have use it a few times but this was one of my favorite and most popular designs.  Perfect for easy Christmas cards!

    Festival of Trees Christmas card – get all the details in this blog post

    Classy Designer Buttons – Perfect accents for any card!

    I also really like the Classy Designer Buttons.  I know I used them on a few cards lately but it appears I haven’t posted them to the blog yet.  So instead, I thought I’d share this cute card from my Stampin’ Up website (that page of mine with my class calendar, promotions, and all about the perks of joining my fun group as a demonstrator!)  Anyway, I love how this card is great for any paper you may have lying around.  It is just so easy to cut or punch a few squares, stamp a sentiment and embellish with some linen thread and the classy buttons!

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    Baby Girl card – get all the details here

    Ok, off to do a little more prep work for my Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend coming up on Friday!  I have the goodie bag supplies being delivered today and their wrappings and baggies all made and ready to go!  Now to finish up some samples for some of the on site classes and we will be rockin’ and rollin’.  I can’t wait! 

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  • Fun with Washi Sheets–a birthday card and NEW CLASS by MAIL!

    I will admit, I saw the washi sheets when they came out in the Occasions Catalog and I didn’t give them too much thought.  Sure, washi was fun, but did I really need sheets of them?  Well, I finally decided to get a pack and start playing and turns out that having bigger pieces of washi is actually a lot of fun and great for all kinds of projects!  In fact, I created my April Class by Mail around Washi Sheets and the Celebrate Today stamp set bundle because I was having such a great time.

    See, totally fun, right?  And some of the cards use big pieces of washi sheets for backgrounds, die cuts, or punch outs that you need the bigger sheets to get these looks.  I have all the details of this class by mail below (or join me in person next week on the 15th in either the morning or evening class session).

    But first I thought I would share one of the cards from the class that was actually the very first one I created:

    You could recreate this card with regular washi tape, but the thing that is cool about the washi sheets is that you get to pick the width of the strips you want.  So, say you loved yellow and wanted a wide yellow strip in addition to the skinnier yellow strip shown above – you can totally do that!

    I cut my strips of washi sheets to slightly different widths and then placed them on the background paper.  Then stamped with the coordinating Celebrate Today stamp set for my central sentiment. 

    Turned out totally cute!  Don’t you agree?

    Want to make this and the 7 other cards?

    You can join me in person if you are in the Seattle area

    Card Celebrations! Fun with Washi Tape
    April 15th – 10am-12n at my house in Bellevue, WA or 7pm-9pm at Panera in Redmond
    RSVP here – morning |  evening  or email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com

    Or sign up for my class by mail!  Included in the class kits are:

    • 20 notecards & envelopes (so you have spares as you are working & can come up with your own creations!)
    • a pack of washi tape sheets
    • all extra papers and embellishments precut, including washi sheet pieces
    • all die cut elements cut
    • pdf instructions for all 8 cards
    • Celebrate Today bundle (optional add-on) – SAVE 15% when you order with the class!

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    Have the supplies but just want the instructions?  I’ll be emailing those out starting Monday so get your name on the list today!

    Class instructions PDF – $4.95





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  • Sweet Hello Baby Card

    Sweet Hello Baby Card

    Every now and then a card comes together that is a little bit of this and that and I just love the end result.  This is one of those cards.  I actually made it for last summer’s convention display boards and realized that I don’t think I ever posted it, so I wanted to share!

    Tips for making this card:

    • This is a perfect card for using up a bunch of your scraps because it is lots of little die cuts and scrap strips of paper.
    • Cut out an oval framlelit shape and then add a little bit of detailing by creating faux stitches using your Baked Brown Sugar marker.
    • Don’t be afraid of letting your stamped elements go off the edge of the oval.  It keeps it more interesting to look at and not too stuck together.
    • Mix and match your stamps like the moon from Pictogram Punches and then the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes for just the card you want.
    • Add some flair to your bows by tieing a bow with the Gold Baker’s twine and then AFTER you tie the bow, unwrap the gold piece for a bit of tinsel.
    • Both the pink designer paper and the paper for the little stars come from the All Abloom designer paper stack.  You can give your paper new life by punching out shapes (like the flowers in the paper) with a different shape (the star from the Itty Bitty Accent Punch Pack)

    Sale-a-Bration Update!

    Did you catch the extra set of annual catalog items that are now available as Sale-a-Bration freebies?  The items in the Sale-a-bration catalog and flyers are while supplies last and with Blendabilities now being available, they wanted to make sure there were enough choices for everyone for the last week and a half of the promotion! 

    So if you want to do some embossing like how I used the Arrows embossing folder above, check out some other options you could earn for free!

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    See the rest of the Sale-a-Bration Items here:

    Start shopping here to get your favorites before they are sold out!

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  • A Sweet Baby Card with Something For Baby

    A Sweet Baby Card with Something For Baby

    Thank you everyone who sent me notes or left me comments over the last few days!  I stay up late each night creating blog posts to share with you all the happenings at convention and so I’m glad so many of you are enjoying them. 🙂  I remember not being able to attend Leadership and sitting at home watching for someone to post pictures and news from the event, and I’m thankful I have the opportunity to take my turn to share the experience!

    I still need to photograph my swaps and some recent card class projects, so instead I’ll share a baby card I made a little while back.

    So apparently it was baby season at the end of last year as I’ve had 3 good friends have babies between mid-December and mid-January!  So, I’m glad I had this card on hand and it is time to get out a few more welcome baby cards.

    Tips for making this card:

    • Don’t be afraid to go outside the box and to try a different sized card base!  I was playing along with a sketch (its been so long I don’t remember which one it is) and the card back is the standard 5.5″ tall but more like 3.25″ wide.  That skinny width gives the card a whole different look but also gives me room to let my embellishments hang off the side and still fit in my regular envelope.
    • Use the matching framelits from the Something for Baby stamp set to get your little rubber duck cut out… or fussy cut if you feel like that instead of pulling out your Big Shot.
    • The sentiment is actually one long sentence, but with photopolymer it is really easy to stamp part of it and then clean your stamp and see where you are stamping to break it into two lines before punching.
    • Use your embossing folders to only emboss part of your card base by turning the embossing folder sideways (90 degrees) and having it cover only the desired segment of your cardstock. Makes a neat effect, no?
    • Oh, and don’t be afraid to use images to create a custom background and break out your markers to get fun and colorful with your stamps!

    Weekly Deals – Feb 3 to Feb 9th

    Love the punches and that dazzling diamonds glimmer paper!  Lots of fun tools on sale this week.  View these in the online store here.

    weekly deals 2-3 to 2-9-2015

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  • Two by Two–A Sweet Baby Card

    I just had to share this card today because everytime I look at my stack of card swaps, I smile when I see it.  I have loved this Noah’s Ark stamp – Two by Two – since it showed up in the catalog this year and have been trying to be good and wait to order it but we will see how long I end up holding out. 🙂

     

    I mean, look how cute the animals are all colored in?

    card designed by Linda Cary

    If you heat emboss your stamped image first, it makes it easier to color in and separate the different colors.  Then you can just grab your ink pads and a blender pen; or your markers, and start letting your inner artist come out as you color and sponge away!  (This next picture tries to show you the embossing… can you see the shiny stuff? :))

     

    Plus there are lots of little details to this card like the Fanfare embossing folder for the embossed Baja Breeze cardstock on the top half of the page, the stitched satin ribbon in the middle, the Itty Bitty Banners stamp and framelits to make the sentiment banner, and the fun bitty buttons for just an added touch in the top corner.

    I have to say though, I really like the layered banners for the sentiment myself.  What is your favorite detail?

     

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    Two by Two Wood-Mount Stamp SetTwo by Two Noah’s Ark Card Recipe
    Stamps:     Two by Two, Itty Bitty Banners
    Ink: Versamark, Basic Black, Midnight Muse, Baja Breeze, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, CAjun Craze
    Paper: Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Patio Party dsp
    Accessories: heat tool, Bitty Banners framelits, Big Shot, Label framelits, fanfare embossing folder, clear embossing powder, bitty buttons, primrose petals stitched satin ribbon, sponge, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • A White Only Card– LNS Challenge 131

    Whew! Nothing like a deadline to get me to hurry up and post a card I made this week for a challenge the the Late Night Stampers yahoo group.  Each week they post some kind of project challenge, and this week sounded really interesting:

    Challenge 131:  Only use white in your project except you can use a different ink color for your sentiment.

    So, this is what I came up with:

    I know it is hard to see the different elements so I tried taking some close up shots to show the butterflies and flower heart.

    If you want to try this at home, I punched out a large heart from Whisper White cardstock.  Then I punched out a ton of flowers using the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack.  Then I curled up the flower edges and glued them to the heart with the Tombow liquid glue (the nice thing about both the heart and the flowers being out of white is that if there are gaps, you don’t notice too much!)  Then I added the smallest rhinestone to each flower center.  It takes a bit of time, but looks very pretty in person. 

    The rest of the card is just an embossing folder and the Beautiful Wings embosslit and some white ribbon. 

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    White Challenge Card recipe:
    Stamps:      Teeny Tiny Wishes
    Ink:  Elegant Eggplant
    Paper:  Whisper White cardstock
    Accessories:  Large Heart punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Framed Tulips embossing folder, Big Shot, Whisper White Organza ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • More baby gifts – thank you card set and a frame

    It seems like I know a lot of people having babies right now.  I reconnected with a friend recently on Facebook and learned she was due at the end of August with her first child.  I was so excited for her, I decided to make her a few things to send in addition to a gift card – what i call the light weight version of baby wipes. 🙂

    First I created this photo layout for her using a 5×7 frame.  I started with the baby feet wheel and built the layout from there.  I found the DSP in my scrap pile and started layering pieces together.  After I had it assembled, I wanted to give the stamped image a little kick, so I inked up the wheel in Rose Red and wheeled out some more feet so I could cut them out and glue on top of part of the Chocolate Chip image.  Finally, I added one of the Sherbet designer buttons from last catalog.

    Then I created a set of simple thank you notes so she has something fun Io send folks who give her little girl baby gifts.  I love the Fox and Friends stamp set for baby stuff and so had to use a variety of critters from the set for these cards.

    I also stamped the envelopes to match the cards.  It was a good reminder about how the quality of paper you stamp on affects your image.  I was out of Stampin’ Up! envelopes so I used some of the value pack envelopes that I got from Michaels a while back.  Definitely doesn’t grab the ink nearly as well as Whisper White paper, but it works ok.

    Baby Thank You Cards recipe:
    Stamps:      Fox and Friends, Thank You Kindly
    Ink: Chocolate Chip
    Paper:  Whisper White CS, Melon Mambo CS
    Accessories:  Stampin’ Write Markers, Delicate Dots embossing folder, 1 3/8” circle punch, Scallop Circle punch

  • Stampin’ Up! Convention 2010 – Swaps, Shelli, and my new goal

    I really do have way too many pictures to share from convention, but I wanted to share a few more with you.

    On the last day, mom and I were able to meet the celebrity of the hour – Shelli Gardner, co-founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up!  I hadn’t realized that she had been spending almost all of the lunch break for 3 days sitting and taking pictures with one demonstrator after another.  Of course she was very sweet and was happy to chat with everyone who met her.IMG_4286 

    Like I said before, convention is not only a time for fun, friends, and fabulous ideas, but it is also a motivational time for me.  IMG_4172With a new baby and moving earlier this year, I’ve been slow to get moving on getting my Stampin’ Up! business rolling.  However, with the enthusiasm of convention and the announcement of a new awesome incentive trip – I’ve decided my goal is to work towards Disneyworld 2012.  That means I’ll be working on scheduling workshops and building my team over the next year.  Its an exciting time for me and I’d love to share that excitement with you.

    Oh, and I have to give a shout out to my dad as well.  He came along to Salt Lake City and ended up helping carry our Memento Mall haul and babysitting Nicholas for my make and take sessions.  Thanks Dad!  You’re the best!IMG_0863

    Finally, as promised, here are some of the amazing swaps I got while at convention.  I can’t wait to try them out myself now that I’m home.

    card by Sharlene Mitchell                             card by Teresa Payne-Neal

    card by Laura Tollander                                card by Kathy Thisted

    card by Janine Verster

  • It’s a …..

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    Well, I’m happy to share that we found out earlier this week that we will be having a little boy come Christmas time.  So, of course to commemorate the occasion I had to put together a quick card to share the news. 🙂 

     

    I wanted to play with some scraps left over from cutting a scallop circle with the BigShot and start coming up with some ideas using the Nursery Necessities stamp set.  I have a feeling I’ll be getting a lot more use out of this stamp set over the next year.   If you have put together some cute baby cards or scrapbook pages, I’d love to see your ideas.  Leave me a comment with a link to your blog or photo of your design, and I’ll check them out.

    Well, I’ll leave you with baby’s first picture and I’m off to finish my Stampin Up convention 2009 scrapbook!

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  • Another baby card

    ladybugbabycard_wmI told you that the card I posted earlier in the week was only first of many to come.  🙂  Last Thursday, my co-worker had her last day at work before spending the next week or two preparing for the birth of her baby girl.   I couldn’t let her leave without making her a card.  Again, I waited until the last minute but I guess sometimes pressure is a good thing. 

     

    Almost every piece of this card started as scraps from my pile.  I had to use the new, fabulous scallop oval punch.  i just love punches that let me layer cardstock.  Once I had the card done, I suddenly remembered that they had nicknamed the baby “Lady Bug”.  So, I had to add a little ladybug on the inside.  She is created completely with circle punchs (3/4″ circle, 1/2″ circle, double circle punch).  Such a fun punch art and my coworker loved the fact that I had a ladybug in the card.

  • The first baby card of the season

    So, I’m realizing that I’m now of the age that wedding seasons are winding down and its baby time for many of my friends.  Over the last month or two, I’ve learned that at least 5 friends are pregnant with most of their due dates being later this summer and fall.  I’m so excited for all of them and am looking forward to having lots of cute little babies to play with.   Yesterday was the first of a number of baby showers and so I needed a card to go with my gift.  Of course, I waited until the last minute to put it together so I was rushing the morning of our drive to Seattle to put one together.   

     

    baby_congrats_wmIf you can’t guess, we learned that our friends were having a girl so I had to go with the pink theme and this Bella Rose designer paper seemed to fit the bill.  I pulled out my old baby stamp set for the stamp set and went from there.  If I had more time I would have colored in the teddy bear but I think it works as is.  The other fun bit I did was to take a pretty in pink brad and wrap the tines around the knot in my taffeta bow to make the pink center.  It was a little hard to get started but I think it adds a fun bit of color to the ribbon. 

     

    The baby shower ended up being lots of fun.  Since it was a co-ed shower, my hubby came with me and we had a chance to catch up with a number of friends that we haven’t seen in over a year.  Hopefully now that we live closer to Seattle (and I seem to drive up there all the time) we will see them more.  I was wondering what kind of game they might play at a co-ed shower and it turns out they put together a game of Life (like the board game) using pieces of paper taped to the floor.  At one point you have to either go down the kids or no kids path based on if you have kids or not.  I made it through the no kids path first and the last square was labeled “suprise”.  I was told to flip up the paper and read the suprise.  Turns out the suprise is you are accidentally pregnant and get to go back to the start of the kids path.  We all laughed and said of course, its a baby shower so everyone has kids in this game. 🙂  And the honored mom-to-be won the game so it turned out perfect. 

     

    Recipe
    Stamps:     Bundle of Joy, Congrats
    Ink:  Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette (for sponging the teddy bear edges)
    Paper:   Whisper White CS, Basic Black CS, Bella Rose DSP
    Accessories: White taffeta ribbon, Soft Subtle Brads, glue dots, mat pack and paper piercer, sponge