Simple Christmas

Happy Sunday!  My weekend has absolutely flown by and I can't believe it's Sunday night already.  I really think that all weekends should be 3 days!!!

Last Thursday, I did a workshop for Janet and we had a BLAST!!!  Tonight I'm going to share one of the cards I did for Janet's workshop.

I started with a 6x6 piece of textured Crumb Cake cardstock.  I added a piece of Early Espresso and then layered a stamped image from the Tags Till Christmas set.  I inked the image with Cherry Cobbler ink and then took off the Cherry Cobbler on the Dec. 25 and colored it with an Old Olive marker.  To get the ink off, I dampened a Q-Tip and rubbed it over the portion of the stamp that I wanted to change the color of.  The image is stamped on a piece of Naturals Ivory cardstock and then it's punched out with the new Extra Large Decorative Label punch in the Holiday Mini.

To finish if off, I added a piece of Old Olvie cardstock that I cut out with the new Taseful Trim die and a Cherry Cobbler button tied with a piece of Linen Thread.  ***TIP:  Tie the Linen Thread through the button, stick it to the card with a Mini Glue Dot and then tie the bow.  It's much easier than trying to tie the bow with the button in mid air!!!***

Here's the best part.  I took the same supplies and turned my card into a 6x6 scrapbook page.

This little 6x6 page can be a page on it's own in a cute little 6x6 album, or you can easily add it to a larger layout.

Well, that's all for today!  Have an inspired day!

Trick or Treat

Brent Steele showed some fabulous Halloween ideas at Convention this year.  One of the ones that I really loved was the Trick or Treat pumpkins.

I chose to use only one pumpkin, because they're a bit pricey!  I just purchased the largest white foam pumpkin I could find at my local craft store and applied some of the Spooky Things Decor Elements to it.  I did cut apart the words and place them they way I wanted on the pumpkin.  To embellish, I used a package of the Black Flourish Designer Jewels.  I also cut some of them apart and applied them so they would fit the way I wanted.

Around the bottom on my shelf is a piece of Raven Lace Trim.

So spooky!

Have an inspired day!

Eek!

We have some fantastic halloween products in the Idea Book & Catalogue, Holiday Mini and the Definitely Decorative brochure right now.

Today I'm going to show you a super cool project with the Spooky Bats Decor Element.

EEK!  I love it!!!!  I purchased a fall garland from my local craft store, spray painted it black and tied some ribbons in it.  Then I wrapped it around this fabulous container I found on clearance at that same craft store.  I applied the Spooky Bats Decor Element directly to the glass, poured some halloween glass beads into the bottom and stuck an awesome green candle in it.  As an aside, it's REALLY hard to find a good green candle!  I think I bought 3 before I found the "right" one!

To add some visual interest, I punched some bats from the Wicked Fun DSP and stuck them on some wire with Dimensionals (I sandwiched the wire between 2 bats).  So fun!  The eek was also purchased from my local craft store and I added some bats to it as well.  Here's some close ups...

So fun!

Have an inspired day!

Queen for a Day

I promised to share about the meeting I went to a couple weekends ago in Millet.  It was so fun!  I got to spend time with some of my team that I see often and more importantly got to spend time with team members that I don't see very often!  We had a blast cataching up and stamping!

I got to be Queen for a Day at the meeting!  Now, I wasn't the only queen, there was a small group of us who got recognized for sales during the summer.

This is me and my upline Christy!  I loved my Queen sash and was sad to have to give it back at the end of the meeting!

We played some fun games after lunch.  They were Minute To Win It games and I was a helper for one of them.  My prize was a game prop...a DSP covered can of pop!

Good times!  We had 4 make & takes that day and a special bonus make & take which was a ribbon wreath.  The ribbon wreath also made a great crown...as modelled by Sherri!

I can say that the friends I have made through Stampin'  Up! are some of my most cherished and best friends!  We always have a blast together and pick right up where we left off if we haven't seen each other for a while.

If you are looking for a fun group of people to hang out with, some extra money each month, a discount on stampin' supplies or a business, you'll want to contact me about joining my team!  Stampin' Up! has a place for everyone and is truly a fantastic company to work with.  Not to mention, as a demonstrator, you get to come to fun events like this one!!!

Have an inspired day!

Bleached!

I absolutely love the new Just Believe set and was thrilled to get it at Convention this year.  There are so many ways to use this set!

At my stamp clubs this month, we did bleaching and used the Just Believe set to make a gorgeous card.

I just love the way the main image turned out!  Bleaching is a super easy technique.  You just need to make yourself a little "bleach pad" with a plastic lid, some paper towel and some bleach.  Your paper towel should be damp, but not dripping.  Once you have that done, you are ready to stamp and you just use your bleach pad like a regular stamp pad.  The cardstock colors will bleach out to different colors, so be sure to do a little test on some scrap so you know what colors to put on your card.  Also, you want to clean your stamp really well when you're done.

That's it for today!  Have an inspired day!