Snowflakes inside but not out, CASEing the Blog Hop Design 7

January 15, 2018Leave a comment

As I write this post, we have yet to get snow that requires the snow blower to be fired up. I have been surprised when Jim has shoveled the few times we have gotten flakes because they could have just all blown or melted away. We still have many months of winter so I expect the flake count to start adding up. Until then, I will continue to create with my snowflake stamps in my cozy stampin room.

My snowflake design below was CASED from fellow Canadian demonstrator Elizabeth Green and her Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop entry. I mostly followed her card #2 design that you can see by clicking here. I helped coordinate this hop that has 15 stops. If you missed it, click here to hop along.

Our silver foil sheets emboss beautifully using embossing folders. I used our new Simple Strips embossing folder to draw the eye to the center of the card. The “amazing” was also cut on the silver foil sheet using the Sale-A-Bration Celebrate You thinlits that you can earn for free with qualifying order. I used our fine tip glue pen to adhere “amazing” to the card.

The clear faceted gem adds a nice detail…

Inside the card is decorated too. The exclamation point requires no additional paper or cutting. The “o” is punched from the “o” in the silver “you”. The top part is punched from the “g” in “amazing” from the card front.

Supplies used are below plus the Big Shot machine with magnetic and multi purpose platforms. The 3 layering circles framelits are from the Layering Circles framelit collection. 16 circles in that collection so it is a great buy!

Would you like to enjoy the demo discount just like I do? I welcome and support all types of demonstrators from just buying for myself so the dollars can buy more to holding an event or 2 or wanting to build a business. If you have been a demonstrator before and want to sign up again, I welcome you back to my team!

Sale-A-Bration is the best time to join my Super Awesome Stampers team! During Sale-A-Bration, new demonstrators can choose up to 2 additional stamp sets to add to your $99 starter kit. In addition, you pick which $125 of products you want in your starter kit and enjoy free shipping on the entire box! SU even includes basic business supplies to help you get started if you want to explore the business side.

Please go to my business website here to review all the details about being a SU demonstrator. Sign up is through this website too. If you have questions about what SU or I offer for support, please click on Contact above and I will answer your questions.

Please go to my online store to purchase any of these products mentioned in this post.

Hope you enjoy some snowflakes today whether they are inside or out!

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

*Update* It snowed over night. Looks like I’ll be getting out the shovel. Still snowing though so I may wait for a bit. It appears to be light and fluffy. Let’s hope it is to make it an easier job. My front step snowpeeps will be appearing while I am outside as is tradition with the first snowfall!

Happy Second Anniversary Tricia! Blog Hop CASE 6

January 14, 2018January 14, 2018Leave a comment

Today is the 2 year celebration of my sister Tricia signing up to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator on my Super Awesome Stampers Team. Congratulations Tricia!

I created this greeting card to celebrate and share with her.

Tricia likes the warm greens so I picked old olive shades with soft suede carstock. The Sale-A-Bration product Sweet Soiree Memories and More pack has assorted designs already preprinted in old olive, rich razzleberry, peek-a-boo peach and other colors. Here is a sampling from the pack. Both sides are printed so if you don’t like the patterns or sentiments on one side, you can flip it over and use the other side.

The supplies I used included our Stampin’ Write markers to lightly color the flower swosh on the Happy stamp. The fat tip is for adding color and the fine tip is for writing. Both tips on the same marker makes our markers marvelous. I use the fine tip to color coordinate the personal message included on the inside of the card. I also used the new Simple Strips embossing folder which is not in the photo.

Did you notice the word anniversary was custom cut using the Lots of Labels framelit that was also used to cut the Happy layer? See how to custom cut the tag in the next photos.

My design was CASED from fellow demonstrator Karen Philipp and her Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop entry. You can see her design by clicking here.

I helped coordinate this Sale-A-Bration 2018 Blog Hop that has 15 stops. If you missed it, click here to hop along.

Did you know that the #1 reason to be a SU Demonstrator is to enjoy the demo discount? I welcome and support all types of demonstrators from just buying for myself so the dollars can buy more to holding an event or 2 or wanting to build a business. If you have been a demonstrator before and want to sign up again, I welcome you back to my team!

Did you know the best time to join my Super Awesome Stampers team is right now? During Sale-A-Bration, new demonstrators can choose up to 2 additional stamp sets to add to your $99 starter kit. In addition, you pick which $125 of products you want in your starter kit and enjoy free shipping on the entire box! SU even includes basic business supplies to help you get started if you want to explore the business side.

Please go to my business website here to review all the details about being a SU demonstrator. If you have questions about what SU or I offer for support, please click on Contact above and I will answer your questions.

Please go to my online store to purchase any of these products mentioned in this post.

Happy 2nd Anniversary Tricia! Here is to many more years of enjoying paper crafting and being on my Super Awesome Stampers Team!

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

CASEing the Blog Hop Design 3

January 10, 2018January 9, 20182 Comments

I participated and helped coordinate a Sale-A-Bration 2018 Blog Hop that was posted last week. If you missed it, click here to hop along.

I got the idea to CASE the designs shared on the other blogs. I am CASEing Emilie Poncelet today. Click here to see her design. She used pacific point, emerald envy and crushed curry to accent her peacock. I was drawn to this color combination too.

I made some substitutions based on what I had on hand, swapping out the Sale-A-Bration Beautiful Peacock stamp set for Touches of Texture. I needed to add color to my focal point so used the emerald envy marker to highlight the stamens.

To draw the eye to the focal point, I added the gold mini tinsel trim wrapped around a 2 x 5.5 inch piece of Pick a Pattern designer series paper. To further accentuate the focal point, I inked the longest stamp from Touches of Texture with crushed curry ink and applied towards the bottom of the dsp.

Emilie had scattered the three ink colors towards the edges of her card with smaller, assorted sized, stamp images. Touches of texture does not have an assorted smaller size option so I stamped the smaller flower 4 times which draws the eye across the card and invites the reader to open the card.

The card needed a little more color so I reached for a sponge dauber to add crushed curry ink around the focal point and also the top and bottom of the card. Interestingly enough, when I consulted Emilie’s post after I was all done designing, I noticed she used a sponge dauber too but in a different way. She added ink directly to the plume stamp.

Hope you are enjoying my CASEing the Blog Hop! Check back tomorrow for another CASE. Thanks for stopping by!

You can order all of these products and check out the Sale-A-Bration brochure at my online store here.

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

Bridal Brunch Thank You Cards

April 24, 2017April 24, 20171 Comment

So what to do with your bridal brunch paper decor after the party is over? How about transforming the supplies into the guest thank you cards. This is what I did with the patterned paper, flirty flamingo cardstock and vase wraps that were part of the table centerpieces from the bridal brunch this past Saturday.

original decor:

transformed with a little cutting, punching and stamping…

Watch my Facebook Live video to see how the decorative label punch is used for the thanks tag and to see the assembly line! Search for Super Awesome Stamper Shirley Merker in Facebook to find my business page.

I’ll make delivery to Melody on Wednesday. Hope they like the re-design!

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

Last Day to Sale-a-brate and Join the Super Awesome Stampers!

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017Leave a comment

Yes, today is the last day to Sale-a-brate when joining my Super Awesome Stampers Team!

A fellow demonstrator graciously offered this image to share so I am taking her up on it! The image is not clickable for me though. Click on this sentence to be taken to my online store.

Team Benefits offered by Stampin’ Up!:

Discount on all your product purchases! The reason I signed up almost 14 years ago!

Ability to earn an additional stamp set from SU for meeting sales goals!

Advance knowledge of new products and ordering opportunities!

Free training and videos on all things stamping and business on the demo website when you are ready to view!

Team Benefits offered by Me as your upline:

Help with first event projects and demonstrations.

Monthly card in your snail mail box.

Facebook monthly group meetings which you can access at any time.

Support and encouragement whether you are enjoying the discount for yourself or building a business.

In person group meetings.

And Much More from Stampin’ Up! and Me!