Stampin' Addicts Birthday Techniques Blog Hop Stop#10 Collage Stamping

Hi everyone and welcome to another great Stampin' Addicts Blog Hop. Stampin' Addicts is 2 years old so we thought we like to share some gifts with you by showcase 20 different techniques. If you've been following the hop in order you have just come from Sarah's Blog Sarah's Ink Spot where she did a beautiful job showcasing the Paper Piecing technique. After you leave my blog you will travel on to Debra's Blog Heartfelt Inkspiration and she is showcasing the Polished Stone technique. So now I'd like to show you my technique Collage stamping and what I came up with.

Collage stamping is very easy to do now that SU has clear stamps. All you have to do is put a bunch of stamps on one of the bigger clear blocks and there you have it. A really neat background that you can use for a number of things as you see here. I chose to use the Nature Walk stamp set for this project along with Baja Breeze (so glad they brought this color back) Very Vanilla, and Early Espresso for my ink.For my card I chose to use SU Very Vanilla seam binding to add an extra touch and used the extra large Oval punch to stamp my greeting on. I'm thinking this would be a really pretty watercolor technique card too. Just some soft Baja Breeze? Ok enough...

So if your going to have a birthday you need gift bag right? So here is my gift bag and I tied it together with Very Vanilla and Baja Breeze seam binding, also using the extra large Oval punch for my hole at the top. This was just a plane little brown paper sack.

Then a little present to go inside... an altered mini composition books. If you have never altered any of the comp books let me tell you it's very "addicting". Let's see so again I used the same seam binding and then I used the stamp set Tiny Tags and the Medium Jewelry Tag punch to punch them out, tied together with some Linen Thread and there you have it. I hope you've enjoyed your stop and now it's time to "Hop".

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Card Portfolio

Super fun little card portfolio I made using Mary Brown's tutorial found on her blog. I used SU's stamp set Easter Blooms, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, and Love Letter DSP.
Inside view. I used the notecards and envys to make my cards and they are a little bit to little for it. So I think I'll downsize the portfolio a little bit for the next one. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

OMW Scavenger Hunt!!!

Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be able to share with you as one of the Designers for UStamp with Dawn and Friends, Oh My Word! Edition 2011 I get to participate in a FUN Blog Scavenger Hunt. I have a "key word" that I have hidden in my post and the members need to find it and the other hidden "key words" on the rest of the participating Designers blogs, and then unscramble the sentence. I can't wait to see who will win the fabulous hand stamped prizes! Here we go...
This is the card I chose to make for the OMW Hunt. I've actually used 3 of the SAB products on it. The main set I used was a "Flower For All Seasons", the saying I used was from the stamp set "So Happy For You", and the DSP and embellishments are from the "Icre Cream Parlor DSP and Quick Accents Pack". The coordinating papers I used were my key word is and Old Olive and Melon Mambo. I also used Black Stazon and SU Stamp and Write Markers. Thanks for stopping by and happy hunting! :) ONE MORE THING I forgot to mention I have a FREE PASS to give away to the next round of USTAMP to someone who has never been a been a member before. So here is your chance. Please leave me a comment and let me know if you'd like to be in on this fantastic fun experience. Have a great day!

Ladies Scrapbook & Craft Retreat at Camp Illiana

What a great time I had last week-end with some ladies from church. Arlinda, Sherri , Tammy and I traveled over to Camp Illiana for a 3 day scrap & craft retreat and a treat it was! We worked on several different projects and made some new friends too. Here is a picture of some comp book purses we made along with some new friends too.

Sitting by the nice warm fireplace getting our picture takin are (front row) Jill Staggs, Donna Matthews, Sherri Culter, (back row) Tammy Roberts, me :) Amy Stamm, and her sister Kelly. I almost forgot Arlinda took our picture. We had so much fun! (Oh, did I already say that) We worked on projects all day and night, the devotions and music were wonderful and the food was great. Angela Buhr did a great job as coordinator this year! Thanks Angela! I'll post close ups of my purses later, (which by the way were made from a tutorial Becky Robert's had on her blog for FREE. Have a great day everyone!

My U-Stamp Project for OMW

This is my project for this round of Dawn's U-Stamp. What do you think? This is the first woven basket I've made and it was so much fun! Can't wait to make another.

If you'd like to try your hand at making one you can find the directions along with the pdf for it on Dawn's U-Stamp OMW. All you have to do is click on the blinkie over to the left on my sidebar and it'll take you to the link where you can sign up. Cost is $24.95 for 40 different projects and pdf's. I promise you this is the best round yet. There are cute little boxes, little scrapbooks, altered tins and the list goes on. See you there!

Valentine Treats

Here's what the stampers received for attend our Stamp-a-Stack. Cute little flower treats made with the large 5 petal flower punch and some circle punches and the little heart punch. And if they brought a friend... This idea came from Stampin' Connection an online site for demos.

They received one of these folded pouches full of m&ms. This idea came from Andrea Walfords blog. See everyone tomorrow.

It's That Time Again!!! Oh My Word!

The next round of U-Stamp has begun and I think it's the best one yet, in fact I think it should be called Oh My Wow! The projects are such WOW's! I can't wait to start making some of them! Hope you'll join us for this round, cost is $24.95 and worth every penny I promise. 40 different project with pdfs for all of them you can print out or save to a disk! Get in on the fun now! U-Stamp runs now thru March 2, so there's still time to get in on the FUN!

And the Winner is...

Post #17 by Lori. Please send me your address at tjdstampsalot@yahoo.com and I'll send you your bandaid tin and mints. You have one week to reply. Thanks everyone for hopping with us and thanks for the great comments.

Sale-a-bration Blog Hop Stop #3!

Hi everyone and welcome to stop #3 of the Stampin' Addicts Sale-a-bration Blog Hop. There are 21 stops along the Hop filled with great ideas. As you know during Sale-a-bration for every $50 you spend you get to pick a FREE product of your choice out of the flyer!!! If you have been following the Hop in order you have just come from Jennifer's blog where she did a super job creating projects using the Punch Bunch set. The FREE product I am featuring during the Hop is the Ice Cream Parlor DSP & Quick Accents Pack! and I LOVE it!!! So here we go...
The first picture is a group shot of what I made using the Pack. This pack is so much fun! You really don't even have to use stamps with them to make a notecard or two.
I made 3 cards using the pack with a minimum of stamping. I used the Punch Bunch stamp set on two of the cards. Also the 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches, SU markers, the Scallop Trim Border Punch and some of the Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon for accent.I also used Peach Parfait, Pear Pizazz, Pacific Point and Old Olive cardstock to add some background to my cards.
And now for some chocolate. You know me, everything looks and taste better with chocolate. This is a band-aid tin I alter in the Melon Mambo and the Peach Parfait, you know I didn't really like the PP until I put it with the Melon Mambo and now it's really growing on me. Ties different strips of ribbon on the handle, add a couple of York Peppermint patties covered with the DSP and you have a great little gift to give away. Did I say give away? Ok, leave me a comment and I'll select a random winner after the Hop to send the little tin and mints to. (limited to US resident only, please.) I hope you've enjoyed the Hop so far and now it's time to Hop on over to Joyce's blog where she has done a beautiful job of featuring the Digital Content CD which has the Sale-a-Bration items in it!!! Happy hopping.

Close Ups

I thought you might like a close up of my card and the little Hershey nugget holders so...I made this card using one of the new SAB sets "Punch Bunch". My color choices were Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz(two of my favorite new in-colors)!
These little boxes were made using the petal punch. It's just too cute! You put two together, I used glue dots. The stamp set I used was Filled with Love♥, and I just had to use some of our new red glitter paper!!! Thanks for stopping by and have a good day!

Stamp Unto Others Shoebox Swap

Finally pictures of our shoebox swap. At the top a card I made for Robin Goens to use, on the left is Teresa Simpsons and to the right Teri Hermans's.
At the top Darla Cummins' card. (She is our upline), to the left Jenni Miller's and to the right Lori Smith's card.
This was Kelly Woods' swap.
The Valentine card belongs to Leona Gher who wasn't able to attend but sent a swap for us. Thanks Leona! and then the little bitty treat boxes are mine made with the petal card punch. Aren't the cute, they are so little! I love little things! I got the idea from a demo on Stampin' Connection. I love it when we can get together and stamp! It's fun to see all the different ideas and takes everyone has one a card. Plus it's nice to be with stampin' friends.

My U-Stamp Project for YEBO

This U-Stamp featured projects made using a 12 x 12 cardstock base. We had to use all of it. I made 2 6x6 scrapbook pages, 2 3x3 cards and a 3x6 card. The stamp set I used is from the new Celebration mini "Eat Cake" and I used the new DSP Sweet Shop from the Sale-a-bration flyer. If you'd like directions to my project and 39 or so more projects you can sign up here. Dawn's YEBO U-Stamp Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the SUPER SWEET deal in the next post down. If you want everything from the new mini and SAB I've got a deal for you plus you can get 30% off all of it too! and FREE stamps to boot. I want to sign up!

New Starter Kit Deal Starts January 25th!

ANNOUNCING THE SALE-A-BRATION STARTER KIT DEAL!

How would you like to enjoy Stampin' Up! demonstrator discounts and benefits? With the launch of the Sale-A-Bration promotion on Jan. 25, Stampin' Up! is offering a special Starter Kit to tempt you.

•Choose either the Standard Starter Kit or Digital Starter Kit and save $15% ($148.75)
•PLUS: get the following bonus bundle FREE (a $50 value).
Item #
Description

119883
Heart to Heart (or any punch), p. 202 IBC

120806
Something Special Simply Sent (or any Simply Sent) p. 183 IBC

117114
Live, Laugh Love stamp (or any Simply Sent Stamp) p. 183 IBC

121620
Color Coach p. 165 IBC


•Fill Your Wish List! Imagine this! Save 30% on your first product order of $150 or more (placed within 45 days), plus earn hostess rewards plus receive a minimum of three Sale-A-Bration gifts (1 for every $50 in product purchased).
•Take a Demo Test Drive! Enjoy Stampin' Up! Demonstrator discounts and benefits through June 30, 2011 with NO further to sell or purchase any products beyond the starter kit.
•If you wish to extend your demonstrator status for the following quarter (July through September), you would be required to have $300 in product sales (including your own orders). There's no penalty to drop.
•Starter Kit ships FREE.

So what are you waiting for? It doesn't get much better than this! You can join my team by going to my Stampin' Up website or e-mail me today! My recruit word is stamp4you.

"Stamp Unto Others" after Christmas Party

So last night we had our Christmas get-together. It was soooo nice to get togther and stamp with this wonderful group of stampin' friends. We also had a gift exchange where we either made a gift or altered a gift using SU products. Here's some pictures of what the gifts were. This was Darla's gift that I had for a little while. She altered a goodie jar using our Decor Elements.
Teresa is holding the gift that Lori altered. She took a canvas board and made it into a picture board using SU's fabric and those wonderful brads and lace. We all oood and aughed over it.
Then this is a picture of Kelly holding my gift which is an altered photo album block, which Robin who is sitting beside her ended up with. I don't know how I didn't get a pictue of you holding something Robin? I think it was because there was to much stealing going on at one time. Sorry about that.
Then this is my wonderful upline Darla, she is a great upline and a wonderful friend and she is holding Teri's gift that she made which is a framed stamped picture and verse and a checkbook holder which I ended up with. : )
Teri is holding a candle that Leona altered with a belly band of DSP, a ribbon and a button. We missed you Leona!
Then this is a beautiful tin of tea that Robin alterd with the new DSP from the Occasions mini and yes now I have to get some. It's beautiful!!!
Here's Jenni holding the gift that Kelly brought. She made a cute little Christmas picture using our Decor Elements, ribbon and a button.
And here is Kelly again with Jenni's gift. A little plastic ID scrapbook and mini notebook and pen. Love the bright colors!!!
Here's some pictures of my altered box. Not my best work, and it's was harder to do than I thought it would be. I purchased these a couple of years ago from an on-line store and YES I bought them all.
It comes with 5 different little pull set of eight sleeves. The front and back of the box has glass windows and you can add photos or whatever to them.
Top view of the box. Thanks for stopping by and I'll try and get posted the shoebox swaps tomorrow. It was so fun to get together and stamp with all of you last night! Hope to see you soon.

Mini Occasions Blog Hop Stop #16

Hello and welcome to stop #16 of Stampin' Addicts Occasions Blog Hop. If you have been following along with the Hop you have just come from Stop #15 Jennifer's blog sunflowerstamper.com where she featured the stamp set "Bold Blossom" with which she did a beautiful job. The stamp set I will be featuring is called "Eat Chocolate". There are 24 stops on the hop, so find some chocolate and sit back and enjoy. The first photo is a group shot of the projects I chose to make using the stamp set "Eat Chocolate" a very fun set for us chocolate lovers.
Love this card however I'm kinda rethinking her pants. lol Here's the products I used in making this card were "Tote-ally Tess", Elegant Soiree DSP, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede CS, Black Staz-on, SU Markers and some of our tiny little pearls for the buttons on her top.
This is the inside view of the notepad and (chocolate stash) holder. The notepad holders are so simple and fun to make using SU's empty Clear Mount Cases.
My last project is a simple stack of candy bars wrapped in the DSP and Marina Mist ribbon, and a tag and you have a great little gift to give a friend. I hope you've enjoyed your stop with me, now it's time to hop on over Stop #17 Jennifer's Blog Stampin' On The Fly where she is featuring 3 different new products, "Say It Simple", Framed Tulips Impressions Folder, and Beveled Window Panes. She has done a beautiful job showcasing them. I love that new embossing folder!!! Thanks for stopping by and come back so we can "Stamp a Little Longer". Oh and Happy New Year!

More Greeting Card Kids...

I have really fallin' in love with this set my mom bought to do her Christmas cards with.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I came down with step throat last Tuesday and couldn't get in to see a doctor till Thursday. Thought I was gonna die before that! Can't believe how much meds in your system for 24 hours can make you feel so much better. So by Christmas Eve I was ready to go to my mom's for Christmas and Christmas Day was packed also. Of course Sunday I paid for it with a cold and slept about all day, but it was worth it to be with family. ( : I hope you all had a blessed Christmas. The next of Round of U-Stamp begins this week-end and I'm busy finishing up my project. Hope you can join us. It will be projects using a 12X 12 piece of cardstock, should be a lot of fun!