Mini Blog Hop

January 12, 2019January 12, 20196 Comments

Today features a mini Blog Hop! Tracy and I are doing a test run of linking our posts. So this hop is just 2 stops. Quick and fun so you can spend a little time in your stamp room recreating our projects:)

My hand stamped greeting card features Blackberry Bliss cardstock and ink which is a rich, dark purple. Daffodil delight and whisper white cardstock add contrast to the blackberry bliss. Snippets of organdy ribbon from the Sale-a-bration combo pack provide a soft look reminiscent of luscious frosting.

These are all the supplies I used to create the card. I wanted to show that the Lemon Lime Twist patterned piece has a black and white butterfly print on the opposite side. These 2 prints are my least favorite in the Sale-a-bration Botanical Butterfly DSP package because they are monochromatic. That just means we need to add our own flair to the prints:) The “sprinkles” stamp was inked using blackberry bliss ink and added to the edges of the lemon lime twist paper for my flair.

Add a comment and let me know what pattern is your favorite from the Botanical Butterfly designer series paper pack.

Now hop down to Australia to see what my friend Tracy Held has created. Click on the next image to zoom to Tracy’s blog and see what fun project she designed.

All the supplies used can be ordered through my online store here. Please use the host code found on the right side of my blog when ordering through my online store if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

Earn Sale-a-bration rewards for every $50 purchase excluding shipping and tax. Full details with freebie options at my online store here.

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Join my Super Awesome Stampers Team for the best benefits! Click the Contact button above to get the conversation started.

P.S. You made it to the bottom of the post! This card will be on the January 16th and 19th Card Buffet line up. RSVP is required to attend this event. Full January Card Buffet details are in this post so click on these works to zoom there. Thanks!

January Card Buffet

January 8, 20191 Comment

January Card Buffet will feature Sale-a-bration 2019 products with spring Occasion catalog goodies rounding out the designs. Would you like to join us?

Sessions are Wednesday, January 16th, 9:30am or Saturday, January 19th, 9:30am. My Friday, January 18th is open as well. So if Friday works better for your group, please let me know what time to schedule a session! RSVP by clicking “Contact” above and let me know which day you prefer.

Just for attending the buffet, you will go home with the Sale-a-bration 2019 and spring Occasions catalogs.

If your shopping list is long, you might consider signing up to be a demonstrator for the discount. If you sign up during Sale-a-bration, you select either receiving $175 of product for $99 plus tax or $175 of product plus the Craft and Carry tote for $129! Shipping is free for an additional $17.50 in savings! Plus you select which $175 of products you want! Please contact me if you have questions about being a demonstrator and the support I offer as your upline and being a member of the Super Awesome Stampers.

Card Buffet details:

Create 10 hand stamped greeting cards with all supplies cut according to the samples provided and tucked into the envelopes. You pick which designs to create and how many of each design from a buffet of options. Create 10 cards with envelopes for $20. Let me do the prep work for you! Add additional kits for $1 per kit.

I can provide adhesives for $5 extra or bring your own. I’ll have new packages of glue dots, dimensionals, liquid glue, tear n tape and SNAIL for cash and carry sale as well.

You are welcome to bring friends! A new friend that has not stamped with me before earns you an extra card kit. If you are a member of my Super Awesome Stampers team, you get an extra kit too.

Place an order during the event or using the January host code CSJ6SEWG and receive an extra kit.

Please invite your friends! I reserve the right to cancel the session if less than 3 stampers RSVP.

Hope to stamp with you then!

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

ICS Blog Hop It’s Time to Sale-A-Brate

January 2, 2019January 2, 201920 Comments

Thank you for hopping around with us as we showcase Sale-a-bration 2019 products. You may have arrived from Deb Naylor’s blog and her fabulous project. My project is below.

The frogs from the So Hoppy Together stamp set have been calling to me. That’s unusual because coloring is not my favorite technique. But I envisioned shades of green on my go get ‘er frog so coloring I did.

I started by stamping the frog with jet black Staz On ink on watercolor paper. Then a blender pen pick up a little bit of garden green ink and filled in the darker parts of the frog. The second, lighter shade was Pear Pizzazz and filled in the tummy and face.

Real red lips were drawn using stampin’ write marker. Daffodil delight stampin’ write marker filled in the eyeballs.

See the epoxy hearts above? There are 2, one for the froggy heart and one on the Sale-a-bration organdy ribbon. Punch a heart from granny apple green cardstock using the brand new Dog Builder punch and place behind the epoxy heart so it stands out.

All the supplies used…

You have one last day to order the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set. I used the blobby looking stamp to create depth with the daffodil delight ink under the bike part of the stamp.

Please leave a comment and let me know if the new Dog Builder punch is on your shopping list!

Thank you for hopping with us. Now click on the next image below to travel to Audra Monk’s blog to see her fabulous project.

Paper Crafting Packaging Blog Hop

December 19, 2018December 19, 20188 Comments

I hope you are enjoying our Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Blog Hop featuring gift packaging. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe are participating so we have a wide array of fun projects to share with you! You may have arrived from the United Kingdom and Sandra Robert’s blog. She had a fabulous project!

The leftover custom designer series paper I created for this blog post was still on my table when I started to gather supplies for my project. So I grabbed by scoring tool and an acetate box to quickly create a custom belly band. The whisper white cardstock measures 4.5×11 inches with scoring at 4 1/2, 5 1/8, 9 5/8 and 10 1/4 inches as marked on the photo below. Use a strip of tear and tape to secure the band after wrapping around the acetate box.

The paper and ribbon belly band are not secured to the acetate box so the box can be reused for a different occasion. Use our epoxy dew drops and clear faceted gems generously since this box is intended to be hand delivered. The white flax ribbon is a new spring catalog product.