Saturday Sample

For today's Saturday Sample, I'm showing a card we made in my card clubs this month.  This should get everyone into the mood for fall!  This makes a great notecard or thank you card.

In addition, I'm beefing up this sample by making it into a free project.  I'm giving you the list of supplies for the card PLUS instructions to create it.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Stamps:  Bright Blessings Jumbo Wheel
Ink:  Old Olive, Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pads
Paper:  Old Olive, So Saffron, Cajun Craze Card Stocks, Regals Prints Designer Series Paper Stack
Accessories:  Big Shot, Leaves #2 Die, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamping Sponges,SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

To make card:
1.  Take 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Old Olive card stock (1/2 sheet).  Ink up Bright Blessings wheel with Old Olive and roll along one edge (5-1/2" side).  Fold in half and crease with bone folder to create card base.  Set aside.
2.  Take scraps of Cajun Craze and So Saffron card stock.  Run through Big Shot with Leaves # 2 die.  Now run your leaves through the impressions folder.  Sponge leaves with Cajun Craze ink.  Set aside.
3.  Take 5-1/4" x 1" piece of Cajun Craze card stock and punch with Scallop Trim Border Punch.  Attach to 5-1/4" x 2" piece of More Mustard paper from Regals Paper Stack with SNAIL.  Take 5-3/4" piece of Old Olive ribbon.  Place Mini Glue dot on center front of DSP and stick center of ribbon down.  Now place Mini Glue Dots on each end of ribbon and stick down to back of DSP.
4.  Attach entire piece of decorated  DSP to left side of card using SNAIL.  Put dimensionals on back of both leaves.  Position as shown.  Take small piece of Old Olive ribbon and tie a single knot.  Attach to leaf stems with Mini Glue Dot.

Saturday Sample

For today's Saturday Sample, I'm featuring another card I received in a swap.  Cathy Somody does a beautiful job with Morning Cup, a great stamp set with coffee and tea images along with some cute sayings/greetings.  I love her use of the Top Note Die here as well as the 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.

This is another great example of the 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon that I'm offering in my Striped Ribbon Share.  Scroll down a few posts for the details of that share.  Get in on it and be on your way to making "WOW" cards like this! 

Dark & Dreary

For today's Saturday Sample, I'm sharing a great Halloween card made by Angela Sylvester.  It features items from the Holiday Mini Catalog in the 1800s London Halloween Suite.  Isn't it a great card?!  So many awesome things come together to convey an appropriately "dreary" Halloween message:)

Did you notice the Spider Web Textured Impressions Folder?  It's a beautiful design and will successfully segue from Halloween to gardening and nature projects to vintage projects and more.  Did you notice the black Waffle Paper surrounding the owl circle?  It's one of two colors, Early Espresso and Basic Black, of Waffle Paper, ready to make ruffled accents wherever you want them.

The stamp set is the very aptly named Dark & Dreary.  Lovely images!  Again, the owl, shown here, as well as the raven in the Dark & Dreary stamp set will move effortlessly from Halloween projects to projects for nature lovers.  One of my sons spent many years working with birds of prey, and I'm thinking that these bird stamps will make some great scrapbook pages.  How's that for double-duty stamps?!

To purchase stamps and/'or supplies from our awesome Holiday Mini Catalog, simply click candystamps.stampinup.net.  Then go to "Products."  You can shop 24/7 without leaving home.  Browse to your heart's content, make your choices, and then the UPS man will deliver your things in about 7 days.  Simple, quick purchase and delivery of the best and latest papercrafting supplies available!

Real Hero

As today is September 11th, I thought it was fitting to share this card for my Saturday Sample.  I love the clean and simple layout, colors, and design.  Jamie Sanchez created this and it hits all the right notes of appropriateness, dignity, and simplicity in a great card for the heroes in our lives. 

The eagle stamp (the eagle is our national bird), comes from the In Wilderness stamp set, and the wonderful message is from the very aptly named stamp set Service & Sacrifice.  This is a great combination of stamps for making cards and scrapbook pages for anyone serving in our various branches of the military or public safety. 

Today, September 11th, take a moment to thank God for the many men and women who keep watch over and guard our safety as well as our freedoms each and every day.  If you know someone serving in active duty, whether at the local level or overseas, take a moment to connect with them and thank them for their enormous sacrifice.  And while you are thanking God for the service of these true heroes, pray for their safety as they are keeping watch over ours.  It's the best way we can say "Thank you."

Saturday Sample

For today's Saturday Sample, I wanted to share something from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  I think it's the best Holiday Mini Catalog ever!  When I first received mine (as demonstrators, we receive ours about a month before actual release), I wanted everything in it. LOL  Of course, even us demonstrators have a budget.  So then I went through and began marking my "must haves."  Then I began the next round of "must have nows"!  I'll be using those purchases in my classes, clubs, and workshops over the next several months.  Call me at 210-492-3218 or email me at candy@sweetstamper.  I'll help you find which event will best suit your interests as well as your schedule.

 

Okay, now on to the Saturday Sample.  This is the Make & Take we are doing at my Holiday Mini Catalog Open House today.  (A Make & Take is a simple project, usually a card, that you make and then take home with you.)  This snowman is just too cute!  He is from the A Cute Christmas stamp set.  I'll be showing you several other samples using this set over the next little while.  This card also features the Candy Cane Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper (there are sparkles in that striped paper!) and the super-fun Designer Big Buttons, again in the Candy Cane series.   Once again, Stampin' Up! has given us a great set of coordinating products that make it quick and easy to come up with fantastic looking projects!

Call me to book a workshop, and I'll bring this darling Make & Take for you and your guests to make...absolutely free!  It's a great way to get free mini-lessons in how to stamp while earning free products for yourself.  Don't miss the opportunity to make YOUR holidays handmade, heartfelt...with a touch of class:)

Wordplay

For today's Saturday Sample, I have a really simple card to share featuring the new stamp set Wordplay.  I love the bold greetings in this set and like to make them the central image of the card.  This is actually a remake of a card I had previously made.  I wasn't totally happy with the previous result, so I did a makeover and am much happier with the new, improved version:)

This is a clean and simple design and comes together in minutes.  Learn to make cards like this and more by joining one of my clubs or attending a class.  Strapped for cash?  Host a workshop.  That is absolutely free and a great way to earn free supplies for yourself.  That is how I began to gather supplies when I was a customer.  Even now as a demonstrator, I really love getting free product!  Check out my calendar of events here.  Find an event you want to attend and rsvp today.  I can't wait to stamp with you!

Stamps:  Wordplay

Ink:  Early Espresso, Blushing Bride

Paper:  Old Olive, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White Card Stocks, Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Pretties Kit (retired), Clear Rhinestone and Subtles Brads, Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Big Shot, Scallop Rectangle Clearlit, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Stamping Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals

Good Enough to Eat!

For today's Saturday Sample, I'm sharing a card made by fellow demonstrator Bobbie.  This card looks good enough to eat!  Click on the photo to see a closer look and you will see many fine details.  Notice the dry embossing on the white circle which makes me think of a waffle cone.  What a great touch on a card featuring ice cream!

As we approach the last days of summer (please, please!!!), we also approach the last days to order from the Summer Mini Catalog.  Today's sample features the Sweet Scoops stamp set from the Summer Mini.  Place your order this weekend, and add some items that are available tax-free through Sunday.  The complete list of tax-free items available from Stampin' Up! is here.  Stock up on our fabulous adhesives, scissors, marker, pastel chalks, and more. Look to your right and click on "Order Online" to place your online order.  Or call me at 210-492-3218, and I will place the order for you.

Stamps:  Sweet Scoops

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel

Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Apricot Appeal Card Stocks, Cast-a-Spell Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  3/4", 1", and 1-3/4" Circle Punches, 1" Double Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, , Circles #2 Die, Big Shot, Silver Brads, Mat Pack

Get tropical!

For today's Saturday Sample, I'm sharing a tropical notecard made by my friend and fellow demonstrator Lori.  Here you see the beauty of Stampin' Up!'s coordinated products:  Tropical Party stamp set, Island Oasis Designer Series Paper, and Stampin' Up! Island Floral die for the Big Shot.  When using these coordinated products, designed to go together and complement one another, you can't help creating cards and other projects with pizazz and panache in mere minutes.  Stampin' Up!'s award winning artists work hard to bring us all the elements we need to create stylish projects in a snap.

No time to make your own cards and other papercrafting projects?  Just purchase coordinated products like the ones used here.  Stampin' Up! has numerous groups of products just like this to help you create handmade projects in a snap.  You can create your own projects in just minutes.  

Contact me at 210-492-3218 or email me by clicking on the Email Me button to your right.  I'll help you find a set of products to create the look you want in the time you have.

Friends Fur Ever

For my Saturday Sample, I'm sharing one of my daughter's creations using the darling new stamp set Friends Fur Ever.  Now honestly, if you were going through a rough patch in your life, wouldn't this card make your day?!  I just love it!

The Friends Fur Ever stamp set is just so much fun.  For this card, Tiffany kept it clean and simple.  She also used one of our new In Colors, Poppy Parade, which really pops.  Notice also the layer of Tangerine Tango textured card stock.  Although the tangerine is a micro layer (1/16"), the texture comes through and really adds a little something extra and snazzy.  I hope you enjoyed today's sample!

Would you like to make cards like this?  Check out my card class schedule here and also my card club information here.  All my class and club stamping opportunities offer real, hands-on instruction in card-making.  So join me and be on your way to creating your own handmade, heartfelt cards...with a touch of class!

Almost Artisan Awards

For my Saturday Sample, I'm sharing another of my Artisan Awards entries.  This is one of the larger, 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 cards and uses the Emboss Resist technique.  It features Bermuda Bay, one of our retiring colors as well as True Friend, one of our retiring stamp sets.

To order any of these supplies or others, simply click here and you will be in my 24/7 store, candystamps.stampinup.net.  Feel free to call me at 210-492-3218 if you have any questions at all.