Stamping Fun 101

Advent Calendar in Candy Cane Christmas

The glittery Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper makes an Advent Calendar even more fun!

If you like this paper, ORDER NOW! 

Stampin' Up! has announced that the inventory of this design will be depleted soon; this week, most likely.  Unfortunately, they are unable to order more from the manufacturer.

Don't miss the Candy Countdown Calendar Kit; available in the same Candy Cane design with fast-fold boxes for easy assembly. 

Here is a shot of the top; similar to the coordinating Little Cardinals Builder Wheel which is adorable!   

I didn't have a set of number stamps that would fit well on the tiny drawers so I used the digital scrapbooking software, My Digital Studio.

If you don't have My Digital Studio yet, don't miss this opportunity to get it for 50% off, until November 30!  Additionally,there are many extra digital downloads on sale right now including Christmas images for card making and scrapbooking kits.

If you are not familiar with digital software, these numbers are an actual Stampin' Up! stamp set and the digital images came with the software.  This time, the digital "stamping" was a better choice for my project because I needed to reduce the size of the numbers to 1/2".  I then changed the color to Garden Green and printed.

Punch the numbers with the 3/4" Circle Punch and layer on Real Red card stock 1" Circle Punches. 

Use the Crop-A-Dile to punch the handle holes and tie a 13" length of 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon. 

Contact me if you have any questions about My Digital Studio.  It's an incredible tool to have, especially for only $39.98!

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Create this beautiful cookie-cutter ornament with our Designer Fabric; now 50% off!  Click here for all of the sale items

Also...

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Create this Christmas Project:

1. Find old metal cookie cutters at thrift and antique stores, this copper tree was $1.
2. Cut Deck the Halls Designer Fabric slightly larger than the cookie cutter.
3. Adhere the fabric to the outer edge of the cookie cutter with Sticky Strip; trim edges of excess fabric.
4. With a second layer of Sticky Strip, cover fabric edges with 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon leaving approximately 5" on each end at top of tree to tie knots for hanging. 
5. Tag was stamped with A Cardinal Christmas, punched from River Rock cardstock.  Embellished with Basic Pearls and hung with 1/2" Crochet Trim Chantilly.

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family or friends yesterday!

Order Online before November 30 for free shipping and save 50% on select items, including our software My Digital Studio - a $39.97 savings! 

Free Craft Tote

I love that I can take time off to spend with my family like I have this summer; it's the best part of being CEO of my own company! 

You may have questions about starting your own business with Stampin' Up!  When you contact me, I will be happy to send you information and answer your questions; that's it.

I believe my job is to inform you of the opportunity; not convince you to join.  Honestly, I would prefer that you want to sell Stampin' Up! in order to make money; we will both benefit!

Still interested?  

Maybe you would like to know that Stampin' Up! is sweetening the deal of the Starter Kit by offering this gorgeous Craft Tote for free when you join as a Demonstrator!  It is the same design as our new Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper, beautiful and functional for taking with you to workshops.

Valued at $39.95, this offer is valid while supplies last or through October 18. 

To join as a Demonstrator, choose from the Standard Starter Kit or the Digital+ Starter Kit, $175 each.

Call or email me today to learn more.  

Letterboxing is Stamping Fun

Stamp your image in the Letterboxer's book and stamp the found image in your logbook.

While we were on vacation this summer, I discovered a new stamping-related hobby all of my family can enjoy together; letterboxing!

Letterboxing is a combination of treasure-hunting and rubber stamping, what could be more fun?

People hide weather-proof boxes in public places with a book and a stamp.  Usually, the stamp is handmade and is significant to the location.

There are clues to find the boxes on a couple of websites, this hunting aspect is the fun part for the men and kids, who may have at first dismissed the whole idea when you mentioned there would be stamping involved!

Some boxes are hidden in easily accessible areas, even in stores.  Or you can choose to find one that requires hiking.  There are icons on the sites that give details about each letterbox.

Hide the Letterbox where you found it for the next person to enjoy!

Take your own rubber stamp, an ink pad, a pen and a blank book.  You can use a notebook or make your own special logbook in which to stamp the images you will find on your travels.

After you find a letterbox:

1. Stamp the image you found in your logbook
2. Stamp your rubber stamp image in the Letterboxer's book
3. Write the date and your Trail Name, which you will have chosen when you register on the website
4. Replace everything in the waterproof bag/container and hide it very well for the next adventurer!

Letterboxes are virtually everywhere so you can do this anytime; at home or on vacation, an afternoon project when the kids are bored, a good distraction to break up a long car ride.

Parents, homeschoolers and scout leaders; letterboxing helps with reading skills, direction, distance, teamwork and many are located near historical sites.

Interested in joining the fun or making your own Letterbox?  There is information on both Letterboxing.org and Atlasquest.com.

I can't wait to hear back from you treasure hunters on your finds!

Beautiful Combinations with Color Renovation

My recent Top 10 List for the new Stampin' Up! Catalog listed the Color Renovation in the top spot!

Check out this Color Combination:

1. Cherry Cobbler - A deep, rich color that is very versatile; beautiful at Christmas and with fall colors, mix with a bold blue and green for a simple project, use sparingly with paler colors to highlight an image.
2. Marina Mist - Shown as the 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon on the card, this color is a peaceful, medium blue.  Another versatile color that works well in different combinations.  
3. Wild Wasabi - A returning In Color, Wasabi was so popular it is now part of the permanent collection.  I rarely meet a shade of green I dislike, I like this one!
4. So Saffron - This is a returning color and it looks great with so many things, I'm going to name it a "virtual neutral."  (I just came up with that term, whaddaya think?)

Stamp set is from the new Idea Book and Catalog, Friends Never Fade (item #118750, $17.95) 

Scallop Trim Border Punch was used to make the bottom of the Wild Wasabi card stock look pretty!  (item #118402, $15.95)

Email me, let's get together and stamp!

Background Bleaching Technique

We are visiting family in Indiana now and I love to go antiquing here; much less expensive than in Virginia! 

This card features two background techniques that give it an antique feel. 

The Basic Black card stock is embossed with the beautiful new Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, #120175, $7.95

For the second technique, I folded paper towels together and poured on bleach, creating a temporary stamp pad. 

The crown image from Artistic Etchings stamp set is stamped repeatedly with bleach on Rich Razzleberry card stock. 

If you would like a more distinct impression using bleach, use a solid image stamp (crown is outline image) and apply the stamp to the card stock for a few seconds longer than you would with ink.  

It is important to clean the bleach from your stamp immediately; use Stampin' Mist (#102394, $4.50) which will clean and condition the rubber to keep it from cracking.

The embossed crown is mounted on an Extra Large Oval Punch (#119859, $16.95) and ornate Lots of Tags Sizzlit Die (#114508, $21.95) cut with the Sizzix Big Shot. 

Color combination:

• Cajun Craze
• Rich Razzleberry
• Basic Black
• Old Olive

Order these products online.

Top 10 List for New Stampin' Up! Catalog

It's always fun making wish lists with the release of a new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.  As I pare down my list, I enjoy creating a Top 10 List of favorites! 

10. Funky Four stamp set -item #113738, $14.95, page 93

    You might want to cut the four mushroom images apart and stamp with them separately; they're so stinkin' cute!  There is an entire line of coordinating products with these images: rub-ons, file folders, and...

9. Playdate Designer Series Paper -item #117168, $9.95, page 175

    This double-sided paper is a must-have for scrapbooking and crafting of anything!  Somehow it captures the essence of both modern and retro with Funky Four flower and leaf images, fun numbers in cool fonts, bold stripes, small hearts. 

8. Broadsheet Alphabet stamp set -item #118724, $43.93, page 159

    Gorgeous uppercase alpha with flourishes reminiscent of old-fashioned newspaper banner. 

    This will coordinate well with the new vintage line of products including Newsprint Designer Paper, Artistic Etchings stamp set, Music Notes wheel, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and...

7. Antique Brads -item #117273, $5.95, page 187

    The front cover of the catalog shows these beautiful brads in detail!

6. Hostess Sets -item # varies, pages 10-16

    The hostess sets in this catalog rock!  I soon realized that the stamp set Playful Pieces was more versatile than I was imaginative!  Luckily, there are lots of samples in the catalog! 

    Occasional Quotes has 6 sets of matching quotes; you can stamp a quote on the outside and a coordinating quote on the inside of your card.

    So many crafters love Inchies. The set Cute by the Inch not only has 9 versatile Inchie images but there is a fabulous new Petal Card Punch that will make adorable little Inchie envelopes!

5. Two-Step Owl Extra Large Punch -item #118074, $16.95, page 201

    This is the most economical punch Stampin' Up! has; you get the owl outline, three different circle sizes, a heart punch and the owl's belly which you can also use for a vest.  Or maybe to layer on the Round Tab Punch. Amazing! And the owl is too cute!

4. Morning Cup stamp set -item #116988, $21.95 and

wheel Take a Sip -item #120323, $6.50, page 60

A teapot, percolator, tea bag, coffee mug, tea cups, amusing sayings... what's not to like about this?

3. Teahouse background stamp -item #117132, $17.95, page 141

With the introduction of the Sizzix Texturz Plates, I don't use the 4.5" x 5.75" background stamps as much as I used to, which means I simply need to stamp more often! 

Don't miss the new beautiful backround stamps including my favorite, Teahouse; oh so elegant! 

2. Make a Monster stamp set -item #118742, $23.95, page 95

Monsters. Eyes, teeth, hair, horns, spots.  This is on everyone's list.  Just buy this now because you will see so many adorable projects with Monsters and you won't be able to wait until your set arrives! 

1. Color Renovation! 

All the new colors are a wonderful change!  We needed this update and these colors look so good together!  The new In Colors are trendy as always; my fave is Pear Pizzazz!

American Flag Card with Embossing

Happy Fourth of July!

We are celebrating with friends later (I still need to make deviled eggs, better hurry!)  I hope you enjoy your holiday; don't forget to share the meaning with your children.  My son was surprised that a 234-year old country is young!

Thanks to the original creator who posted this on our Stampin' Up! online board.  I was asked yesterday where I get my ideas and I am grateful that Stampin' Up has created a place for us to share our ideas as well as sending us a monthly magazine. 

Maybe you are interested in joining Stampin' Up! but didn't realize there are resources like these available.  Email or call me; I can answer your questions, send you information to read, no pressure to join. 

The card stock is textured with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder, used with the Big Shot and multipurpose platform.

HINT: Tombow Multi Purpose is the absolute best adhesive for deeply textured card stock like this!

Using the Direct-to-Paper technique, run the Whisper White Craft Ink Pad over the Night of Navy card stock.  Apply Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and heat emboss to create shimmery stars.

To create the the look of movement, I cut wavy lines free-hand with the scissors tool on the Cutter Kit.  (Protect your work surface with the Cutting Mat.)

Flag is adhered to Early Espresso card base with Tombow Multi on left side, then Stampin' Dimensionals in the center and finally a row of double Dimensionals on the right to add to the look of movement and depth.

  Inside with Large Star punch and Modern Label punch; Celebrate is from the stamp set Fundamental Phrases.

Extral Large & Itty Bitty Scallop Punches

Introducing the new Extra Large 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch.  This is the biggest scallop circle we have  now and it makes a cute treetop with our new In Color Pear Pizzazz! 

I discovered that the new Hostess stamp set Playful Pieces has a flower shape that fits in our smallest scallop circle punch; one of a set of three punches in the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack. 

The small flowers are stamped in another new color, Daffodil Delight.  The card stock base is In Color Blushing Bride.

The tree trunk is also from Playful Pieces, a 30 piece stamp set that is only limited by your imagination!  (The new Catalog shows 19 samples to get you started!)

Do you have trouble tying bows?  Order the new 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in all 13 colors!  This narrow ribbon looks great with any knot, no more fluffing bows for you!  A good choice for masculine cards as well, Marine Mist used in this sample.

My Open House weekend is wrapping up today but I want all of you to have new catalogs!  Please call or email me with your phone number for a free catalog.   

Watercolored Hummingbird Card

It was a joy water coloring the hummingbird image from the stamp set Spring Song; unfortunately this is one of the hundreds of products retiring NEXT WEEK!  

There are only 6 more days to order from the Last Chance Lists, retiring stamps are available through June 30 but retiring accessories are available while supplies last.  

Practice, practice, practice if you love the look of watercolor!  Proper tools are essential; use high quality watercolor paper made of 100% cotton, stamp the outline image with permanent Jet Black StazOn ink and my absolute favorite: apply color with an Aqua Painter. 

The Aqua Painter's handle can be refilled with water, the tip is a brush.  With practice, you will learn how to control the amount of water you are applying. 

With the water contained in the handle, the Aqua Painter is portable and versatile.  You can pick up and move color with ink from markers or ink pads, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, pencils.    

Order these products online and recreate this project or begin your own water coloring art adventure! 

• Aqua Painter, $16.95 set of 2, #103954
• Watercolor Paper, $6.95, 20 sheets 3.75" x 5", #105019
• Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad, $7.95, #101406
• Finial Press Textured Embossing Folder, $7.95, #115963 

• Spring Song stamp set, $15.95, #115074 - retiring

• One of a Kind stamp set, $19.95, #113624 - retiring

• Bloomin' Beautiful stamp set, $25.95, #111490 - retiring

Re-creating Catalog Projects

In March, I hosted a Coffee and Catalog class where we re-created this cute card with the versatile stamp set Fun & Fast Notes from the Idea Book & Catalog, page 56. 

Then we began experimenting with other images from the set! 

Some cards use a larger Circle Punch for the Whisper White card stock.

HOW TO:

1. The images are stamped on both the Whisper White and the Close to Cocoa card stocks. 
2. Cut out the image stamped on the Cocoa.  Punch out the White Circle.
3. Adhere the Cocoa piece over the image you have stamped on the White Circle punched piece.  This technique is called Paper Piecing.

I have scheduled a second class with a different project. If you are in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area; join us for coffee and crafting on Thursday, May 20!

Email me to RSVP or place an order.  Order online 24/7.

All of the Idea Book & Catalog supplies can be found in a link in the right column of my blog under Catalog Supplies.

Folk Flowers Stencil on Burlap Bag

Everyone is talking about recycling these days but don't forget to reuse as well!  Reusing items you already have, things you find and buy from others.

Garlic cloves came in this little burlap bag; after planting I re-purposed it to hold a set of six cards for a gift.

The Folk Flowers Decor Stencil is from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  You might recognize the flower image, it is the same as one of our stamps, Razzle Dazzle!   

Stenciling was quite easy, I inserted a piece of cardboard in the bag so the ink didn't bleed through and sponged Chocolate Chip ink over the stencil, the ink dried quickly.

You can use the same technique for stenciling the image on cards and scrapbook pages, use more ink on the sponge for the burlap bag than the card stock. 

Create a beautiful focal image or a subtle patterned background paper for a layout.  Use the smaller imaged portions of the stencil to create embellishments.  Stencils have a great deal of value!

I love the Stampin' Up! Lots of Tags Sizzlits Dies I just received.  Two of the five tags in the set are shown here, in Ruby Red and Naturals Ivory card stocks.

Stamps sets are Vintage Vogue from the Occasions Mini and Great Friend.

Want to re-create this project?  You can order these products online:

• Folk Flowers Decor Stencil, $12.95, Item #118139
• Chocolate Chip Ink, $2.95, Item #101065
• Sponges, $3.50, Item #101610
• Stampin' Up! Lots of Tags Sizzlits Dies, $21.95, Item #114508
• Ruby Red card stock, $5.50, Item #102030
• Naturals Ivory card stock, $7.50, Item #101849
• Vintage Vogue stamp set, $23.95 , Item #117690
• Great Friend stamp set, $17.95, Item #113792
• Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, $7.95, Item #109051

Bird Punch + Butterfly Die = Easy Decorating

Birds, butterflies, flowers, hunting bargains at yard sales... I'm loving the warm weather! 

This little bird house was a found treasure at a sale that I quickly and easily decorated with a few goodies from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

The Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch has three pieces in one punch; the bird's body, wing and the branch - love it!

(Cut your card stock in strips when you punch if you don't want to waste any, then you won't be left with blue branches when you punch the birds)

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die cuts and embosses FIVE fabulous butterflies in about four seconds flat! 

Pink Flamingo Designer Series Paper made this project even faster, the butterflies are a beautiful shade of Cameo Coral with a floral design, I simply adhered them with Stampin' Dimensionals.

If you enjoy decorating, check out even more ideas on my new Home Decor Projects page!

Order these products online:

• Extra Large Two-Step Bird, $15.95, Item #117191
• Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, $11.95, Item # 118138
• Pink Flamingo Designer Series Paper, $9.95, Item #113976
• Simply Said stamp set, $28.95, Item #115066
• Always Artichoke 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, $4.95, Item #109035
• Stampin' Dimensionals, $3.95, Item # 104430
• Pop Up Glue Dots, $3.95, Item #104183

Flower Fancy Watercolor Card

Flower Fancy Stamp Set with Watercolor Wonder Crayons

Today was such a beautiful sunny day, spring is here! 

I'm planning to build a spiral-shaped herb garden so my son and I went down to the ocean and scavenged rocks from the beach.  I would love to have a fountain at the base of the garden but I'm not sure that is going to happen.

It's a new month and we have a new promotion with fun floral stamp sets!

Receive 20% off the following Two-Step Stampin' sets from our current catalog:

Item	Page	Description	Reg. Price	Sale Price
113824	94	Greenhouse Garden	$25.95	$20.76
113734	98	Fifth Avenue Floral	$24.95	$19.96
111578	101	Flower Fancy	$36.95	$29.56
113258	112	Trendy Trees	$17.95	$14.36

   

Also, you can purchase the brand-new Awash with Flowers Two-Step Stampin' set--or get it FREE when you host a $350 workshop!

    

Item	Description	Price
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood mount; set of 18)	$39.95
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear mount; set of 18)	$27.95

Chocolate Bunny & Specked Easter Eggs

The Stampin' Up! Chocolate Bunny is popping up everywhere this spring! 

My friend recently hosted a workshop and asked me to show her how to use the Color Spritzer Tool, something I never remember I even own!

With various Stampin' Write Markers, I misted two or three colors of ink onto Very Vanilla card stock for a light, speckled look. 

Then a few punches using the Wide Oval Punch and voila: instant Easter eggs!

The Color Spritzer blows air across the marker tip, misting the ink.  One advantage to using Stampin' Write markers is that you can re-ink them using the same reinkers that you refill the Classic Ink pads! 

My friend tried a few different brands of scrapbooking markers she had from a large craft store and they were too wide to fit through the opening. 

It was fun pulling out an old tool and creating with it again.  Go "shopping" in your craft room this week and see what you can dust off and use, maybe for the first time even!  

Ingredients include:

• Inspired by Nature stamp set (111656
• Chocolate Bunny stamp (#116980)
• Wide Oval Punch (#112082)
• 1-3/8" Circle Punch for sun (#104401)
• Color Spritzer Tool (#107066)
• Old Olive 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (#115618)
• Sponge Daubers (#102892)
• Stamping Sponges (#101610)
• Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla, Old Olive & Rich Razzleberry card stock
• Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Crushed Curry & Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink

Scrapbook Layout with Wood Sheet Frame

Only two more weeks left of Sale-A-Bration! :(

I love that we can choose stamp sets from the Idea Book & Catalog that are $15.95 and under this year; like the set D Is for Dog on this layout.  

I also used the Sale-A-Bration reward Designer Series Paper Pad Welcome Neighbor for the trees along the border.

Wood Sheets (page 158) were used to make this frame, I simply cut out the center with the Top Note Bigz Die and stamped on the wood with Classic Ink. 

The wood is thin enough that I was also able to round the edges with my Corner Rounder Punch! 

The Wood Sheets are sized to fit in the Big Shot without cutting, 5-3/4" x 13-3/4" and four sheets are only $9.95.

The title is cut with the Big Shot Bigz Stampin' Up! Alphabet Simple Letters, a useful sans serif alphabet for scrapbooking with a matching numbers die set available.

I rolled the Ballet Blue background with the Stampin' Around Wheel P Is for Paw with Versamark Ink (if you only buy one ink cartridge, make it that one!) and then I rolled again with Chocolate Chip ink on Kraft paper. 

I cut out four smaller paws with the 1/2-inch Circle Punch and adhered them in the Antique Brass Build-A-Brads.

101 TIP: Wheels are a great way to create backgrounds and make your own Designer Paper on scrapbook pages, cards and other projects.  Wheels are quick, simple to use and economical as well. 

There is an area for journaling under the bottom right photo on the second page.  The Kraft-colored piece with stamped bones is popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals and a 2.5" x 4.25" tag is slid in behind it. 

The journaling tag has a Round Tab Punch adhered on the right side so you can easily pull it out.

The colors on the layout are;

• Ballet Blue
• Pumpkin Pie
• Chocolate Chip
• Kraft

Isn't our new little Beagle a cutie?  We rescued her from a local shelter last month.  She's about 6 years old and other than stealing food left out within her reach, she's a little angel!

Sneak Peek from Easter Class

Isn't the Chocolate Bunny stamp from the Occasions Mini Catalog so cute!

The detail is fabulous, he looks just like the real thing! 

I stamped every combination of brown ink on various colors of card stock and my favorite is Chocolate Chip ink on Creamy Caramel card stock. I recommend you do the same, what colors are your favorites?   I admit this doesn't look the most "chocolate-y" but you can see the most detail with this combination!

It's not too late to RSVP for one of my Easter Classes this weekend!  If you are in the Hampton Roads area join us Saturday, February 20 or Sunday, February 21 at 10:00 am.

Create three Easter cards and a 3-D project with the Eggcellent Eggs Kit and other Occasions Mini Catalog products.  

Cost: pay what you think the class was worth. Really!

Contact me to save a seat!

Happy Valentine's Day

I have been wanting to use the Sweetheart Treat Cups and finally found the time.  Don't pack away all of your hearts on February 15; your family and friends need love all year long! 

The background Crushed Curry card stock has the I {Love} Love Jumbo Wheel in Real Red ink, wheeled twice. 

Both the Wheel and the Sending Love Epoxy Brad can be found in the Occasions Mini Catalog.

The cinnamon red hots are easily accessible with the Stampin' Up! Two Tags Big Shot die, my newest favorite! 

 

The smallest tag slides between the pieces of Real Red and Taken with Teal card stock keeping the candy in the Sweetheart Treat Cup. 

The Round Tab Punch with the three hearts stamped in red is adhered to the end of the Tag to easily pull it out.

HINT!  Punch from the bottom layer of card stock first with the Full Heart Punch, in this case the Taken with Teal color.  Then, line up the next layer to punch.  Otherwise, the punch may not reach the center of the card stock; I speak from experience!

I use Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive to adhere the red card stock to the teal because it is a strong adhesive and it has a fine tip so you can put a thin line along the bottom edge.  There is also a thick tip on the opposite end to add a thicker line along the other edges but leave plenty of space for the tag to slide in and out. 

This adhesive also dries quickly and if you get some where you don't want it, simply let it dry, then remove it with our Adhesive Remover!

If you enjoyed learning about this project, don't miss the opportunity to receive exclusive projects, techniques and promotions by mail each month.  Sign up for my free Newsletter by entering your email address in the box "Delivered to You" in the left column!

Super Bowl Sunday Free Shipping Special

Are you ready for some football?!?  I always loved that Hank Williams, Jr. song before the games!

I'm not a big sports fan but I am a Hoosier so we are having friends over tomorrow to cheer on the Colts! 

I am also having a Super Bowl Sunday Stampin' Up! Special:

Order $50 or more* on Super Bowl Sunday and receive FREE SHIPPING and a Sale-A-Bration reward of your choice!

Orders must be placed by contacting me directly, I cannot give you free shipping if you place an online order.

Call me at (757) 663-1301 or (757) 222-1843. 

Email me at create@stampingfun101.com

The Just Football stamp set shown on this card is one of the options available to earn during the Sale-A-Bration Promotion.  This is something new this year; Stampin' Up! is offering almost 80 stamps from the Idea Book & Catalog in addition to the exclusive Sale-A-Bration products!  Check out page 11 of the brochure for the list.

Punch art is perfect for creating customized embellishments on scrapbook pages. 

Here are the ingredients to create Peyton Manning ready to throw the football!  Thanks to Ellen Kemper for the idea.

• Football: 1 1/4" Circle Punch- punch circle and then punch away part of the circle for football shape
• Helmet: 1 3/4" Circle Punch- punch white and blue circle, cut out area for face on white circle and cut strip of blue for top of helmet
• Body: 1 3/4" Circle Punch
• Shoulders: Small Oval Punch- punch one, cut in half
• Face: 1 1/4" Circle Punch
• Eyes: 1/2" Circle Punch, White & 1/4" Circle Punch, Black (2 each)
• Nose: Heart to Heart Punch, smallest heart
• Arms: Heart to Heart Punch, medium heart (2)
• Face Mask Top: Small Oval Punch & Large Oval Punch- punch Small Oval (discard it) then punch the Large Oval around the hole left from the Small Oval. Use 1/2 of this.
• Face Mask Bottom: Wide Oval Punch: punch Wide Oval (discard it) then punch a second Wide Oval around the hole from the first.

Don't forget to order tomorrow for free shipping and free Sale-A-Bration rewards! 

Stamping & Scrapbooking Projects for Kids

It's a blizzard here and the kid's are out of school today and tomorrow.  We've been snowed in all weekend with an incredible eight inches of snow!

Yes, you read that right, eight inches shut down our city!  Of course there are only a few snow plows, Southerners don't have to deal with ice and snow very often. 

This is a fun project for you and the kids to make when the cabin fever sets in this winter.   Kids enjoy talking about themselves; they can journal, draw or just color in this book depending on their age. 

Ask them questions to get them started; what is your favorite room, which window in our house gives the best view, where is the best place to read a book?

The Welcome Neighbor Designer Paper is perfect for this project.  Adhere a piece of the brightly colored Designer Paper to card stock with a glue stick. 

Cut pages with the Scalloped Square Clear Die.  A clear die is great for a project with Designer Paper; you can line up exactly where you want the die to cut, don't worry about slicing off an element near the edge!

Stamp the house and trees with the coordinating Good Neighbors stamp set.  This stamp set and the Designer Paper are both free Rewards available in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

Punch holes through all layers with the Crop-A-Dile and tie Bermuda Bay Ribbon through to bind your book.

• Big Shot Die Cut Machine, #113439
• Alphabet Simple Letters, #115960
• Scalloped Square Clear Die, #115950
• Crop-A-Dile, #108362
• Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, #115610
• Bermuda Bay card stock, #115317
• Crushed Curry card stock, #115319
• Wide Oval Punch, #112082

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