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Friday, September 4, 2009

Back To School - Time To Scrapbook

I can't believe it's almost time to go back to school. Quick get out those cameras and capture the last few moments of summer this weekend and we'll have plenty to scrapbook all winter long.

Have a wonderful Holiday weekend everyone and I'll see you back here soon for another "Movie Monday".

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Glitter, Glitter Everywhere

I absolutely love glitter don't you?

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Dazzling Diamonds and Embossing Class - Maybe

As October approaches and we head for Breast Cancer awareness month, I thought it would be fun to create a class and learn two new techniques while creating some very simple and yet meaningful note card sets.....

If you think it would be fun to learn how to use Heat and Stick Powder and combine it with Dazzling Diamonds and craft ink to create this dazzling note card or simply make a some stylish embossed cards, send me an email reeveelizabeth@hotmail.com and if enough people are interested I'll add it to my Fall class schedule.

Ribbon of Hope note cards.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

You Won't Believe Your Eyes.....

The Holiday Mini Is HERE

Quick go and look at this catalog, it's way bigger than Minni's of the past and packed with soooooo many new products you just won't believe your eyes.

If you don't receive your personal copy in the next two weeks, please email me, as there has been a major mailing issue.

To View All The Current and Fabulous Promotions - Click HERE

Holiday Mini Update.....

Simply Adorned Temporarily UnavailableAugust 26, 2009

Due to a manufacturing quality issue, products in the Simply Adorned jewelry line do not meet our quality standards and will not be available for purchase September 1. We are working with the manufacturer to correct the problem, and we will let you know when these products are available.

The following products will not be available for purchase September 1:

116799 Simply Adorned 1-1/2" x 2" Rectangle charm
116798 Simply Adorned 1" x 1-1/4" Rectangle charm
116797 Simply Adorned 1" x 1" Square charm
116800 Simply Adorned 24" chain
116853 Simply Adorned 34" chain

Thank you for your patience as we work to ensure that you receive products that meet our quality standards.

We are in Spanish Too....

Did you know that you can now order Stampin' Up! products in different languages - some stamps are now available in French and Spanish and there is an entire catalog dedicated to Spanish? Click Here

Monday, August 31, 2009

Shouldn't Every Day Be Mother's Day?

Here's a video I found in the archives - with Christmas just around the corner - oh yes, it reallly is, you could use this video as inspiration to get started on a special project for the Holidays.

Flower Frame Project with Spencer Willis

Join Spencer Willis from Stampin' Up! as he shares a fun photo frame project--featuring the Big Blossoms stamp set (retired)--with Brooke Walker from Studio 5.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Inspiration For Melanie

When Melanie called me and said she needed to make Baby Shower Invitations for a friend and could I help with ideas - I had absolutely no idea where to start. All I knew was that I needed to keep it simple because I know how Melanie loves brads and I knew somehow I needed to leave her some "brad mania" space, she also wanted bright colors....

.... Well, here are a few of the samples I gave to Melanie - I knew she'd be making a lot of cards and so I wanted to keep it simple and because she was making so many cards I liked the idea of using curvy verses, because you don't have to get the stamp perfectly strait every time. Once I hit on the idea of polka dots, I wanted to repeat it and so it is in the ribbon and embossed on the white card and again in the eyelet punch boarder and of course I made the ribbon a simple knot so that Melanie didn't have hours of frustrating ribbon tying.

I added a little dazzling diamonds glitter to the bunny tail and to the owl wings, which you can just about make out in the picture. What I loved about this card is that she could use one as the invitation and then keep the theme going by making coordinating Thank You cards with a different "Forest Friend". She stopped short of creating coordinating favors for the shower.

Way to go Melanie, you created beautiful invitations for the shower and you are one heck of a friend, she's one lucky lady to count you among her friends!

Have a great weekend everyone - stop by here for "Movie Monday" on what will be the last day of August!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Build A Bear Delight

Imagine untying this bow and finding a wonderful Build A Bear surprise inside.......

I was having so much fun with my Build A Bear stamp set that I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning to create this fun card. You only have to wait a few more days and you tooooooo could be having as much fun and creating as many smiles on little faces as I am. These cute stamps are featured in the new Holiday Mini which goes on line September 1st 2009.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Hot Off The Press - Growth Chart Success

Stampin' Up! have just shared this fabulous information with us on our Demonstrator web site and I just had to share them with you too:

The Décor Elements Growth Chart Everyone loves the Décor Elements Growth Chart special offer so much, it is now the top selling Décor Elements item for the month of August! Lucky for you, this offer is still available until September 30, during the Just for Kids campaign. Great School Products!

A fellow demonstrator and second-grade teacher from Metairie, Louisiana, reports, "Everyone at my school decorates their classroom doors, so I decided to use the growth chart on mine. This was the first Décor Element I had put up . . . and I'm hooked!"

Here's how she plans to use the growth chart at her school:

"On the first day of school, I always take a picture of each student . . . so I will take it in front of the grow chart. At the end of the year, I'll take a second picture and send both of them home with our last writing project which will be a book about how they have grown to be better students during the year.

I also plan to use the growth chart during Math and let the students compare the length and height of various objects. I'm going to invite other classes to send their tallest and shortest students to be measured on our door, and we'll compare the differences to the tallest and shortest in our room.""Since my main focus is getting my students to be better readers, I also plan to use the chart to graph the number of books they have read at home . . . so I will be putting other numbers where the metric ones were and adding student names and small punched shapes to the door to show how many books they read."

"Last but not least, my new door decoration has already had lots of comments and questions about where I got it. It's a great conversation starter!"

It's An "IN COLOR" Thing.....

When I came to America over sixteen years ago, I thought a "Queen" was someone who lived in a castle and wore a crown - wellllllll, I couldn't believe it when I discovered that here in America you even have a "Queen" of your very own and here she is........

....So right now you're thinking "what the heck is this crazy English Stampin' Nut talking about now" - am I right?.........

...... Well, I've been telling you for several years now how you'll see the current Stampin' Up! "In Colors" featured in all kinds of places so you'll be able to coordinate your paper crafts with gift giving in the very latest colors and now you don't have to take my word for it, just look at the cover of the last Oprah magazine, almost every Stampin' Up! in color is being worn/featured by none other than your very own "Queen".....

You don't have to take my word for it, just look at how fabulously they all go together. Isn't that just amazing?

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Build A Bear - Color Me Caddy - Sneak Peak

Just imagine, you're going to visit someone with a youngster and you take this fabulous hand made color me card caddie for their little one - now who's going to be the coolest visitor to ever walk through the door?

or

Maybe you're giving a party for a little one - you'll be every Mom's best friend if you give these out as party bags - not only will they appreciate the time you took to make them, they'll love you for not giving their children "another" party bag filled with things they don't need - this one will actually give the children something to do and may even encourage them to save their parents money and make the next card they need for a friend.......

These fabulous stamps will be available for you to purchase from the Holiday Mini from September 1st 2009 and I promise this cute tote took just minutes to make and is very simple.... My husband walked in when I was creating the tote and I told him I was flying by the seat of my pants because I had no dimensions and he said "yep I can tell, you're not measuring anything" - he was right, I just used the size of the box of crayons and the envelopes and hey presto it worked out just fine.

Build A Bear - Color Me Caddy - Class Maybe?

Our Build A Bear product line is brand new and as I start to plan my Fall class schedule, I was wondering if you'd like to attend a class to make this fun "Color Me Card Caddy" class. If you think this is a class you'd like to attend, please send me an email reeveelizabeth@hotmail.com and if enough people are interested we'll add it to the Fall schedule.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Pop Up Ball Die For Stampin' Up!

Sizzix Pop Up Ball Die for Stampin' Up!

Sizzix and Stampin' Up!, two leaders in the crafting industry, have joined forces to bring you even more irresistible products! Bring your cards into the third dimension with the pop up dies for the Big Shot. In this video, Donna Griffith shows how to create our pop up ball.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Holiday Mini Sneak Peek - Build A Bear Is Coming

One of the really cool things about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is that we get to order items ahead of their release and boy oh boy is this an exciting time to be a demonstrator.....

The new Holiday mini which will be launched on September 1st is packed with brand new product lines.

Stampin' Up! has partnered with Build A Bear and we'll have a fabulous range of products for you to enjoy, including three delightful stamp sets and dies to create seasonal clothes for the cute bears in the stamp sets.

Stay tuned and on Tuesday I'll show you just one of the projects I've made with this fun new product line......

Don't forget, if you'd like to become a demonstrator, I'm only a phone call away and I'll be happy to work you through the process and hold your hand as you enter my wonderful world of secrets.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Fall Classes

I'm going to be putting together a Fall class schedule soon. If you would like to attend a class to learn how to create the quilt card and if enough people are interested I'd love to offer it in the Fall - Please email me reeveelizabeth@hotmail.com

My Swap

Last week I promised you I'd show you close up pictures of my Stamp Club swaps and so here they are:

How do you create this? Hmm, well, here are a few notes to get you started:

Run the white background Whisper White through your Big Shot, using the texturz plate of your choice - it takes just seconds to create all this beautiful dry embossing.
Take another piece of card any color you like and a square punch and punch out your favorite designer series paper squares - I used Razzleberry Lemonade #115675 - Page 162. It's double sided so I punched out just two or three from each sheet.
Starting in the centre - glue your squares onto the card.
Run the card through your Big Shot, using the Top Note Die to create the outer shape of the quilt.
Take a black Stampinwrite Marker and x stitching onto each square.
Decorate your card as desired - I used two of our brand new punches from page 186 - Butterfly #116629 and #116630 Modern Label and of course some of our fabulous in color ribbon.
The buttons on the inside of the cards were created with my Big Shot and the Buttons #5 die on page 196.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Stamp Club Project From Friday Night

As soon as I saw this technique, I knew I had to buy all the ingredients and share it with my stamp club. This technique was demonstrated at the Seattle regional and I was absolutely blown away the first time I saw it.

Of course it helps to have fabulous products to use, such as the Bride Speciality paper #115669 - Page 158 - actually, it shouldn't be called paper because it is sturdy enough to make a box from. The Organza Ribbon #114319 - Page 183 is delicately delightful and one of my ladies was stunned to find that it is only $5.95 for 15 yards.

To create the leaf design we ran Handsome Hunter card stock through the Big Shot using the Little Leaves #114511 Sizzlits Die - no cutting required - now that I love.

OK, I know you want to know how the roses were created, so here goes:

Using White Craft Ink, stamp Rose from Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set #113436 Page 98 on Shimmery White Card Stock #101910 - Page 159.
Emboss images using clear embossing powder.
Spritz with water making sure small amounts of water pool on the petals.
Take three or four of your favorite color reinkers and put a spot of each color on a plastic lid.
Using an Aqua Painter #103954 - page 192 pick up a little of one of the inks and touch it on one of the pools of the water. You will see that the ink spreads through the water but stops where the image is embossed. Continue with the same color and then change to another color - repeat until your rose is how you like it.
You can use your dry Aqua Painter to remove any excess liquid, or I used the corner of a paper towel to soak up the excess.
Leave your image to dry. Once it is dry cut it out and attach to your card.

This is one of those hit and miss techniques and no two creations will look exactly alike, just like in nature. The more you experiment, the more fun you'll have.

Thank you Patty for sharing this fabulous technique that you saw in Seattle.

Have fun!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Join My Team

If you love the new Stampin' Up! In Colors for 2009/10, then here's a great way to own all of them and earn some extra money to help pay for your hobby and some of those wonderful extras in life!

As the children start heading back to school, why not give me a call or send me an email reeveelizabeth@hotmail.com and you too could be a member of my team and enjoy the freedom, flexibility and fun doing what I think is the best job in the world! There's even a limited time offer to get you on your way for less than half the normal cost to join......

Dates: July 15 - August 31, 2009
Promotion Details:
Become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator with the limited-time $85 Mini Starter Kit. The Mini Starter Kit contains the following products:

Stampin' Up! - Recruiting Promotion: "Item CodePage #*DescriptionRetail Value**
115360118For All You Do stamp set$28.95
115658155Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad$5.95
115656155Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad$5.95
115659155Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad$5.95
115654155Dusty Durango Classic Stampin' Pad$5.95
115655155Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad$5.95
115657155Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad$5.95
100730155Whisper White card stock (8-1/2' x 11')$7.50
115315155In Color assorted card stock (8-1/2' x 11')$7.95"

*All page numbers refer to the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog**All products may be substituted for like items; see Mini Starter Kit order form for details.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Window Sheet Video

I thought you'd enjoy another video from our home office, this time featuring our vesitile window sheets - enjoy!

Our window sheets bring a whole new look to your creations. Use them on scrapbook pages, embellish them with Rub-Ons that you use as overlays, or layer them on card stock. Create shapes with the Big Shot die-cut machine, sponge the edges with Craft ink to color, or make see-through boxes. There are countless options! They come in two different thicknesses, as well as a printed option. Window sheets provide a lot of options, and Shannon West is only too happy to share those options with you in this video.

Friday, August 14, 2009

"Wellie Boots"

In yesterday's post I was chit chatting about my English Mom and my English friend and the next card I came across was this one and these boots just reminded me of England - We call the "Wellies" - Don't you just want to put them on and jump in puddles?

Have a fabulous weekend - Don't forget to check in on Monday to see more pictures of my swaps and I'll post our project early next week too......

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Autumn Days #115452 - $23.95

The moment I saw the new "Autumn Days" stamp set, I just knew it would become part of my collection.

My Mom is visiting soon and if she returns to England without creating silver embossed Pheasant (bird) place cards, I'll eat my hat.

I have another good friend from England who actually lives just down the road from me here in the United States and it's on her wish list too.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Ribbon Of Hope #115552 - $7.95

When I saw the Ribbon Of Hope stamp in our new catalog, I knew that I absolutely had to add it to my collection.

My dear friend in Germany and my Mom's dear friend in England have both faced Breast Cancer this year and I knew this stamp would help me to support Cancer Research. Alex and Chrisie, I'm so proud of you - you are brave, wonderful and an inspiration to us all!

What I love about about this stamp though is the versatility - you can change the color to any and use it to support which ever cause you choose. If you Google it, you'll find a list of what different colors represent.

A good friend of mine (Debbie) who sells CABI clothing was donating 10% of the sales from a show she was doing to support her friend who is doing a massive three day walk soon to raise money for Breast Cancer research and so I made her this bag tag and some cards that she could use to thank her guests. The next day Jane called me and ordered twenty more cards so that she could use them to show her appreciation to the folks who are supporting her.

"Together We Can Make A Difference"

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Stamp Club Swap August 2009

When it comes to creating my swap for Stamp Club, I always want to create something special for my ladies - they are amazing and some of the founding members have belonged to the club for more than five years now and I'm so thankful to have these ladies to inspire me.

I'll post some close up pictures next week once the ladies have seen them, along with some pictures of our project too. I just thought that since I posted a Big Shot video yesterday, I'd show you this project now - I used the top note die to create the shape of the quilt, the buttons die to create cute coordinating buttons for the inside of the card and the texturz plate to create the white textured paper and of course I used four of our fabulous new in colors.

Some of my ladies have the Big Shot and some of them have it on their wish list - they are going to kill me when they see how many times I used my Big Shot for these swaps - oh and did I mention I used two of our new punches and brand new Designer Series Paper?

Monday, August 10, 2009

Big Shot Video

Hi,
I hope you enjoy this cool video that Stampin' Up! shared with me to help me introduce my customers to the fabulous Big Shot Machine:

The Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin' Up! product line is a big deal! With the Big Shot you can cut over 50 different material types and duplicate creative and intricate designs quickly and easily. We've designed exclusive dies that coordinate with current Stampin' Up! product lines--such as our stamps and punches--as well as Sizzix dies that coordinate with the Stampin' Up! look and feel. Our product line will continue to expand, so check back to see what exciting new things are on the way.

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