Author Archives: Karen Fontinelle

A Mixed Bunch Card

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Mixed Bunch

We received this Mixed Bunch stamp set free at the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference.  I admit I wasn't crazy about it in the Occasions Mini Catalog, but as soon as we did some Make & Takes with it and saw other samples on display I loved it!

Steven is home this weekend with several friends to participate in a wushu competition today and Carolina thought she'd like to try some stamping. After all she was staying in my craft room, which can be a scary proposition with all that is in there!  So we sat down at the kitchen table and made this card so she could try out some stamps and ink and add some embellishments with the seam binding, a punched out flower with the Blossom Punch #125603 and even a little rhinestone!  We had a great time!

And then so she could try out a little bit of coloring, we stamped with Easy Events and just made a little 3×3 card…and had to add a little Dazzling Diamonds!

Easy Events 3x3 Card

It's so much fun to stamp with someone else….especially someone new who enjoys it!

Use Stampin’ Up! Fabric in Many Ways!

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Here are a few more examples of how to use your Stampin' Up! fabric! These photos were taken at the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference where we saw samples of so many creative ideas!

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Decorate your pillows with Stampin' Up! fabric!

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Make a flower with the Dresden Designs Die.

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A cute cozy or decoration for your coffe cup!
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You can even decorate your digital printed photo albums with Stampin' Up! fabric!
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Just tie some fabric around an album cover!

If you are ready to order some of the beautiful Stampin' Up! fabric for your projects, you can order anytime from my Online Store HERE.

 

Beautiful Stampin’ Up! Fabric Projects

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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!

Quilt at Leadership
Dresden Designs Die #125597 and Twitterpated Designer Fabric #125412

Using Dresden Die

Dresden Die and Twitterpated Fabric Pillows

Quilted Pillow using Dresden Die

Close-up of Ribbon

Using the Pleated Satin Ribbon on a quilted pillow

Twitterpated Designer Fabric
Love these little Twitterpated Designer Buttons #125579

Twitterpated Fabric wall hanging

Using the Elegant Bird Bigz Die on a quilted wall hanging

Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon

Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon for fringe on pillow

Stampin' Up! Twitterpated Fabric quilted wall hanging


Using Dreden Designs Big Shot Die

Use the Dresden Designs Die for the Big Shot with fabric or with paper!

My Digital Studio New Heights Kit….New Digital Downloads!

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Here are the latest My Digital Studio downloads by Stampin' Up!, and I think they are really great ones! When you purchase My Digital Studio you will have plenty of images to play with for your projects….but rest assured that there will always be something new coming out to inspire and delight you! Click HERE or on the images above for a better look.  Then you can zoom in a bit with your computer to see them even better or go to my Online Store and check them out there.

And for a BONUS…..you can get a 30-day FREE trial with My Digital Studio Express! For more information, read my posts HERE and HERE.

What can you do with a digital program?  More than you think…..almost anything!  Contact me at Karen@Karenstamps.com if you have questions!

You’re My Type Valentine Card

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You're My Type Valentine Card

I love this "You're My Type" stamp set and thought it would make a good Valentine card for my husband.  Then I saw a sample online where someone used the Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper along with the typewriter since it looks a little like typewriter keys!  I thought it was brilliant and wondered why I didn't think of that!  So here is the paper as a background for my card, plus bits of the "notebook" paper also in that pack, plus the First Edition Specialty Paper.

Here's the inside….just going crazy with my valentine stamps!

You're My Type Valentine Card inside

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Valentine Petal Cone Die Candy Holder Gift

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Petal Cone Valentine Candy Holder Gift

The Petal Cone Die #121810 can make a beautiful Valentine gift, holding candy or whatever treat you want to put in it.  I felt like a school girl decorating this one for Valentine's Day! I just kept sticking on more stuff and hoping I would know when to stop!  Isn't that what you remember when you were little and decorating a valentine shoebox for school or making your own valentines?  We had our scissors, probably that school paste stuff, construction paper, doilies, and maybe some stickers or those little stars that teachers would put on your paper. Aren't those some of the best memories, making our own cards and gifts for our parents and family?!

I hope you will take some time to have some old-fashioned Valentine fun! Make a Valentine or gift for someone.

Valentine Petal Cone Die Candy Holder Gift

A Valentine Card

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Valentine Card

You may be looking for more valentine card ideas this weekend so here is a valentine I made while ago and don't think I ever posted. You could make the card base Whisper White as I did or you could just make it Real Red.  I embossed some scraps of paper and cut into squares for the focal point, plus stamped a heart and added a bit of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. Everything is better with a little Dazzling Diamonds, isn't it?! The cupid stamped on the background is from the Occasions Mini Catalog stamp set P.S. I Love You. Just stamp the cupid with either Versamark ink for that watermark look or the same color ink, Real Red, to provide that same light monochromatic look.

Just get out some colored paper and your stamping accessories and see what you come up with!

Fashionable Hearts Valentine Card

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I noticed I had a few stacks of die cut hearts from the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit Die #125596 in the Occasions Mini just sitting on my table….

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so of course I thought "I should make something with those!"

Fashionable Hearts Card

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!

Fashionable Hearts 3x3 Gift Card

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!


New My Digital Studio Downloads—and Free 30-Day Trial! Try It!

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More new My Digital Studio downloads for this week! To see them, click HERE or on the image above. My Digital Studio is the Stampin' Up! digital papercrafting program that you can learn to use easily to make digital scrapbook pages, albums, calendars, cards, gifts…anything you can come up with!  Use either a predesigned template that you only have to add a photo to or print out as is or delete and change anything you want to and make it your own!

Don't worry that you've never done digital scrapbooking or cardmaking before…or didn't have success with it.  This program is intuitive and easy to learn.  For additional help and ideas, check out www.mydigitalstudio.net, a website for both customers and Stampin' Up! demonstrators alike.

Try the My Digital Studio Express FREE 30-Day Trial right now!

Here's a little bit of information about it:

  • At the end of the 30-day trial period, you can purchase either My Digital Studio or My Digital Studio Express to continue using the software. You will not need to re-download the program, but will simply enter the product key you receive after purchasing the software. (If you purchase the disc version you'll find it along with the shipped software, and if you purchase the downloadable My Digital Studio Express, you'll receive the product key via e-mail.)
  • You will be able to keep any downloads you purchase during the 30-day trial period. 
  • To get the free trial version, add My Digital Studio Express Trial (item 129600) to your online shopping cart, and then download and install it from your Download Manager.

One of the best parts of My Digital Studio….no charge for shipping for My Digital Studio Express or the extra downloads!  And you can download and install right away!

Click HERE to go to my Online Store and order the Free Trial today!



Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment Card

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Everyday Enchantment Card

One of my two favorite products you can earn for free during the Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration promotion is the beautiful Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper.  With just a $50 Stampin' Up! purchase, you can choose one free product in the special Sale-A-Bration Catalog…spend more, earn more! For more details about Sale-A-Bration, click HERE.

I originally planned to make a valentine, but I think it turned into more of an all-occasion card…..not that it can't BE a valentine!

Here is the inside of the card.

Everyday Enchantment Card inside

And if you noticed, I used the new Adorning Accents Edgelit Die #125595 to cut the beautiful edge on the front of the card.  The Big Shot does make a little bit of a horrible noise as it goes over that die, but don't worry. I already had my designer paper attached to the Very Vanilla card base.  

AFTER cutting, I then embossed with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder #125601 that matches the Edgelit Die.  This is a regular embossing folder but narrow to place exactly where you want it.  

Remember to cut first, emboss second! This keeps the embossing from getting smooshed when you cut.

The greeting inside my card was stamped with the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Elementary Elegance stamp set.

If you need some valentine card ideas, just get out your paper, ink and stamps and play….you'll come up with something, perhaps unexpected!

Need a Valentine Gift?

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Valentine Gift Simply Adorned Charm

Need a Valentine gift? This is the Stampin' Up! Simply Adorned Charm and Chain and the valentine insert that I designed myself. It is so much fun to design your own jewelry by making a little insert for each side of the Simply Adorned Charm.

I just stamped a little flower from Tiny Tags, tore a little piece of First Edition Designer Series Paper, punched two hearts with my Small Heart Punch, made a tiny little border with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and added a cute little Rhinestone Jewel.

Simply Adorned Charm Open

And you can also design something on the backside of your insert or make another one to show through on the other side of the charm.

Valentine Charm insert back

Here's the other side using the same Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, a string of rhinestones and an embossed heart from the Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die.

The Simply Adorned line from Stampin' Up! is going to be discontinued so if you are interested in owning this unique jewelry, be sure to get the pieces you want.  My charm is the 1"x1 1/4" Charm #116798 with the Simply Adorned 24" Chain #116800.

You can find this Simply Adorned line in the Stampin' Up! 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalog on page 189.


View-Master Stampin’ Up! Regional Card

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View-Master Card Stampin' Up! Regional

I'm not sure but I think I've heard this kind of card called a "View-Master" card because it has this circle that you turn to see various images.  It was a Make & Take at the Stampin' Up! San Antonio Regional.  This card was made with the very cute stamp set Send Me Soaring in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  I think we fell in love with this stamp set after making this card!

Here's another image when you turn the circle to see another kite!

View-Master Card

If you need any stamping supplies, you can purchase them easily at my Online Store!

Super Bowl Sunday 2012 My Digital Studio Scrapbook Page

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Before you go off to your big Super Bowl 2012 party this afternoon, why not make a scrapbook page in My Digital Studio (or the traditional way with paper!) so that when you come home with some photos of your friends, you'll be ready to make a Super Bowl scrapbook page right away!

This is one that started with a template already in the program and I just changed the colors to reflect this year's Super Bowl.  That's the great thing about My Digital Studio….even if you start with a professional template, you can change anything and everything on it to suit your own tastes!

Even if you prefer traditional scrapbooking, My Digital Studio is great for designing….design your digital page without wasting any paper or embellishments….then copy it the traditional way!

And the "hybrid" way, is a little of both!  Design some parts in My Digital Studio but add "real" embellishments or stamps or punches.  It's great any way you do it!

Why not try My Digital Studio Express FREE for 30 days from Stampin' Up!….You can read all about it on my blog post HERE. And for even more details on the free trial, click HERE. Then play with it and see if it works for you!  

The more you use it, the easier it gets….and it's pretty easy to start with!

Work From Home: Sell Stamps!

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If you want to work from home, I have an business opportunity for you! It's not stuffing envelopes, but you might be stamping envelopes, making your own envelopes, or stuffing them with your beautiful handmade cards! Stampin' Up! has a great business opportunity for you, right now, if you would like to start your own business! Work from home, do it "your way" as Stampin' Up! proclaimed at Leadership conference a couple weeks ago.

Be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and work your own business from home…and have fun at the same time! What is more fun than paper, ink and stamps….unless it is getting together with friends and other stampers you will meet to make cards, scrapbook pages and other projects together!

You can make money selling stamps, ink, paper and the myriad of accessories and other products Stampin' Up! showcases in their Idea Book & Catalog.  Or if you prefer digital, there is My Digital Studio for digital papercrafting of all kinds and new downloads every week. Interested in the Hispanic market?  We have Celebrando Creatividad!

And right now, during the biggest promotion of the Stampin' Up! year, Sale-A-Bration, you can join by purchasing a Starter Kit for only $125 (regularly $175) AND the following month after you join, you can order yourself a free pack of Designer Series Paper or a digital download free each month for the rest of 2012! The earlier you sign up, the more free paper or downloads you get! What a treat to know you have something free coming in your order every month!

Email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com if I can send you more information or answer any questions!  We have lots of fun being Stampin' Up! Demonstrators and there are lots of opportunities to take your business to whatever level you want!

To sign up online in minutes, all you have to do it go to my website HERE and click the JOIN NOW button on the left. I'll get an email from Stampin' Up! saying you joined and I'll be in touch with you!