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At the Leadership Conference in San Antonio last month there were some beautiful Stampin' Up! fabric projects on display. Stampin' Up! doesn't JUST do stamps, ink, and paper right! They do fabric, too!
Dresden Designs Die #125597 and Twitterpated Designer Fabric #125412
Dresden Die and Twitterpated Fabric Pillows
Using the Pleated Satin Ribbon on a quilted pillow
Love these little Twitterpated Designer Buttons #125579
Using the Elegant Bird Bigz Die on a quilted wall hanging
Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon for fringe on pillow
Use the Dresden Designs Die for the Big Shot with fabric or with paper!
so of course I thought "I should make something with those!"
So here's a simple card you could make for Valentine's Day or really any occasion! This is a 4 1/4"x 4 1/4" card and I just glued on some of the smallest and next size up hearts on to the card. At the end I had to use a little bling by putting on some basic Rhinestones. This would even be cute as a very small 3"x 3" gift card or note card. So here is one!
Isn't that fun??! You could do the same with a heart punch....but what a versatile idea!
Check my Online Store and place your order so you, too, can make hearts!
Here are just a few of the beautiful displays Stampin' Up! had up at Leadership! Each one is creative, beautiful and exquisite!! You can probably click on the photos to enlarge them.
This Valentine card is made with the new stamp set Take It to Heart in the Occasions Mini Catalog and is the swap card I made for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference last week in San Antonio. The color is a bit off but it is Whisper White and Real Red card stock. Just some stamping and some punching with the Large Lace Ribbon Border Punch #122362 and a little blink with a small rhinestone jewel.
If you need this stamp set or any other stamping supplies to make your valentines, please click HERE to go to my Online Store or contact me with your order and I'll place it for you.
Remember, if you purchase $50 or more, you get to choose a free product from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog! If you have an order of $150 or more, please contact me so I can place it for you and get the free workshop tote.
Not sure I can explain this yet without looking back at all my photos and notes, but one part of an afternoon stamping demonstration at Stampin' Up! Leadership showed us how to use ourstamping tools in baking/cake decorating - type projects! It was so creative! Here she is using her Aquapainter on stamped fondant or something to color in. Somehow in there, vodka was involved!! Talk about a WOW project!
Here are some more photos. I can't figure out how to get all my photos onto my laptop yet, just this afternoon group appears right now.
Did you know you could use an empty brad container as a cookie cutter??!
Stampin' Up! has announced the Stocking Builder Punch #124095 will not carry over from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Stampin' Up! demonstrators and stampers alike have thought up so many creative ideas for using the Stocking Punch, so it really took us by surprise that this punch would not be continued! In fact, once the supply of punches is gone, that will be it. So if you have been thinking about getting this punch, or hoping it would be in the next catalog, you better place your order soon! Here is the link to my store. And don't forget to check the Clearance Rack Blitz!
Stocking Builder Punch #124095 Holiday Mini Catalog page 34
Holiday Shopping begins today! TheStampin' Up! Online Extravaganzahas begun! Be sure to check all the discounts available to you! We have Stampin' Up! products 20% - 60% off Nov. 21 - 30 only!
24 Hour Only Sale!!!
For 24 hours only, all day today until 11:59 PM (MT) tonight ONLY!!
These two items discounted 20% TODAY ONLY!!
Click on each image for more information!
Item
Description
Retail Price
24-Hour Sale Price
122334
Simply Scored
$29.95
$23.96
125152
Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps
$16.95
$13.56
Click HERE to see the PDF with ALL the sale products listed! Or click HERE to go directly to my Online Store.
Discounted products are available on all order types. If you prefer to contact me to place your order that is fine! Orders do not have to be Online only (except for digital downloads).
There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
For product bundles, you must use the bundle item numbers provided. Bundle discounts will not be applied if individual item numbers are used.
Additional products from current catalogs may be purchased on the same order.
Be sure to check out these great deals! Start your holiday shopping....for yourself...and others!!....TODAY!
Here is a Star Wars punch art birthday card with Darth Vader and Yoda I made for my favorite son-in-law. Yes, he's my favorite....well, he's my only son-in-law, but he's still my favorite! :) Apparently I hit a home run with it because my daughter says he really liked it! He's a big Star Wars and all-kinds-of-other-stuff fan so I thought this idea would be perfect.
Of course, it is not my original idea because I can't come up with creative things like this! Fortunately, other demonstrators can and they share and it is okay to copy ideas! I found this idea in our Stampin' Up! demonstrator website called "Stampin' Connection". (So if you want to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator but feel you are not creative, this is one of many resources provided by Stampin' Up!) A demonstrator from Canada, Rose Marie Coleman, had made these Star Wars punch art figures and I was able to figure out what she did! I'll add her blog link at the end.
I have to tell you about my greeting on the front! I didn't have much space left for one and I got the idea to have it be something Yoda would say. Would you believe there is a website that will translate anything you write into "Yoda-speak"?! http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/ Just type in what you want to say, and it will translate it for you! Try several versions until you get something interesting!
Then I used several different stamps from On Your Birthday #111664, cut the words apart after I stamped them on scrap paper, and pasted them in order to make my own greeting!
My card is made with a Basic Black card base with a Brushed Silver card stock layer on the front (which doesn't photograph very well!). Here is the inside:
If you need to add to your collection of punches so you can make interesting characters like this at a moment's notice, just Shop Online at my Stampin' Up! website.
Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps!! Who would have thought that besides talking about stamps, paper and ink we would also be talking about baking at Stampin' Up!?
We were surprised at Convention last summer to hear that the cookie stamps would be coming out! We even got to sample them at lunch one day when Stampin' Up! gave us a surprise dessert! What fun!
Listen to Shelli's daughter, Sara, talk about the new Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps. I'm putting them on my order today and can't wait to try them! Yum!
"Take your love of stamping into the kitchen! Create fun and tasty stamped cookies for any occasion. Fit a silicone stamp over the bottom of the wooden handle and press into dough—it's that easy! Let the kids help! Food-safe, easy-to-clean and dishwasher safe. Each set includes 3 silicone stamps, 1 handle, and 2 great cookie recipes."
To order your Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps just add #125152 to your order! Better pick up some extras for gifts, too!
You probably are familiar with the Stampin' Up! Heat Tool #100005 for embossing or using Heat & Stick powder. Sometimes it is used for quickly drying ink, particularly craft ink. I've also told you how handy it is to unstick Sticky Strip on a project like in this old post HERE.
Well, today I used my Heat Tool to unstick self-adhesive postage stamps! Over a year ago when I was putting postage on wedding invitations and putting on too much, I pulled off the extra stamps and tried to save them (at $.44 each!). I stuck them on to the sort of waxy envelope from the post office that the stamps came in, hoping they wouldn't stick for good on there. I've pulled off as many of the stamps as I easily could the past year, but now I'm down to the ones that seemed really stuck on. So today I turned on my Heat Tool and blasted a stamp.....it came off easily and I was able to reuse it on my current mail! Just to be on the safe side, I used a drop of Multipurpose Liquid Glue to make sure the stamp didn't come off the envelope.
So Stampin' Up! supplies aren't just for stamping anymore!
Need a high quality Heat Tool? Here's the Stampin' Up! one! And you might want to pick up some of our great embossing powders, too HERE.
(Don't forget to check the bargains on the Clearance Rack as well!
Just in time for holiday baking, Stampin' Up! has introduced a new product called Cookie Stamps! You get three cookie stamps with a wooden handle to decorate your cookies. This works best with a shortbread recipe so the stamped image will not become distorted while baking. Demonstrators were treated to these stamped cookies at our Stampin' Up! Convention this summer!
And after you bake the cookies, use Stampin' Up! products for decorative packaging! Make a cute tag with a pretty Stampin' Up! ribbon....or use our new Kraft Gift Boxes. You can make great gifts any time of year!!
To order these brand new Cookie Stamps, just email me or go to my Online Store. Be sure to check the Clearance Rack while you are there for some great bargains!
Those of us who are familiar with Stampin' Up! know there are many things to love about the company and its products. But if you want proof......here it is! Creating Keepsakes magazine has named Stampin' Up!'s wood- and clear-mount rubber stamps as one of its Top Ten Tools for 2011!
To quote Stampin' Up!: "While Stampin' Up! has long been recognized in the stamping and crafting industry for producing high-quality rubber stamps and exclusive images in a variety of artistic styles, being recognized by Creating Keepsakes is just another validation that when your customers choose Stampin' Up! products, they are choosing the best!"
Would you like to be associated with a company that produces such high-quality products and is so highly regarded in the papercrafting industry? Stampin' Up! is always looking for new demonstrators! With the holidays approaching, selling Stampin' Up! beats working tons of hours in a store in the mall.
For more information on becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, just click HERE to watch a short video and find out more about the Stampin' Up! business opportunity. Then email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com to get all your questions answered.
Paper flowers have been "in style" for awhile now, but now with the new Stampin' Up! Simply Scored scoring tool this accordion-folded style is so easy to make! It's another one of those "bet you can't make just one" things! Here are some of my most recent paper flowers, often called lollies!
Made with Spice Cake Designer Series Paper #124003 with an Antique Brad #117273 in the center.
This one is tied with Baker's Twine Early Espresso/White #123124.
This one I adhered a wooden skewer to the back of the flower. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755 to attach the stick, then put Stampin' Dimensionals #104430 (two stacked together) on each side of the stick to attach the large circle punch to hide the stick.
It's fun making paper flowers...or should I say lollies?!
If you need a Simply Scored Scoring Tool, doen't hesitate, order one today! You'll be glad you did! Don't forget some designer series paper!
First of all, I have to say I love the color of the cloth! Not that that has anything to do with anything, but I like it! We should all have a jacket or something made out of that fabric! :)
It is a microfiber cloth, 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" inches, designed to clean off fingerprints, ink and dust from the Clear Blocks. When you feel the cloth itself is dirty, just handwash and dry flat.
I don't even know what some of that dirt was on my clear blocks, but it is gone now, thanks to my new cleaning cloth!
Be sure to put one on your next order! It's a great addition to your stamping tools and accessories.
Here's a tip I learned from a Stampin' Up! video: Using one of the flowers from the Flower Folds Die #115970, bend up the petals to make a little cup. I was mixing some Fine Supernova Glitter with the Champagne Glass Glitter, dipping and stirring with my Bone Folder #102300. When you are ready to dump your glitter on your project, you can lower one of the petals for a little spout! I happened to have this flower already cut and laying out, but I would suggest using card stock rather than designer paper. Just a unique way to use our Stampin' Up! products!
The Extra-Large Ornament Punch#119847 is available for order again! The problems with this punch have now been resolved and it is ready to go! You can see a Christmas card I made with the Ornament PunchHERE. But there are lots of other creative ideas you can do with this punch! Can you imagine a vase or a fish with this punch??! You will want to add this punch to your collection! It has been very popular!
Ordering some of the punches you have been dying to have and maybe a pack of paper or a stamp set will get you to $50 for your Sale-a-Bration reward! Be sure to check it out! Just click the Online Ordering button in the corner to go to my store and place your order any time you want to!
I've owned the Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons since they first came out. At that time, they sold all the colors in one long tin, which I liked because I could just open the lid and have access to all the colors at one time. Later Stampin' Up! changed to smaller tins within the color families. Now with the new colors, we've needed new Watercolor Wonder Crayons to fill in the gaps, but there was a delay in getting them. Finally now I have my new colors in Watercolor Wonder Crayons (WWC)! They came with the four tins so I had to make a decision....keep them in my one big tin or be up-to-date (and more portable) in the smaller tins. Well, I opted to try the new smaller tins! I found a file a demonstrator on my favorite online group for demonstrators, SUDSOL, had prepared to insert into the lid of the tins to identify the colors. I scribbled a little bit of color beside each color name and stuck the chart inside the lid of each tin. Now my WWC are ready to go! I love coloring with them!
If you would like to purchase a color family of the Watercolor Wonder Crayons, or if you own them, but need the new Color Kit, click HERE to go to my online store. There are so many different techniques you can do with them.
If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like to have a business-minded group where you can go for ideas and answers to your questions about stamping and running your stamping business, click the SUDSOL button over on the right side of my blog!
Stampin' Up! has chosen the items in this list that can still be ordered even though the Holiday Mini sales period has ended. You may want to print this list and keep it handy!
Stampin' Up! has just announced that the quality issues with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch and the Fancy Flower Punch have been resolved and will be available for order beginning December 1, 2010. That's good news!
The fabulous Watercolor Wonder Crayons are now available for purchase!! They were delayed due to the supplier relocating, but finally Stampin' Up! has them in inventory and can take your orders! Some of the crayons may have sleeves with the old artwork on them but this will not affect the quality or usefulness of the crayons.
Ordering some of the punches you have been dying to have and maybe a pack of paper or a stamp set will get you to $50 for your 
