Stampin' In His Name

SNEAK PEEK: You Stole My Heart

Oh my goodness - isn't he cute!!??  He makes me smile every time I see him.  This little guy comes from the Love Bandit stamp set that will be available in the 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog (beginning January 5th).  Be sure to watch your mail boxes at the end of December for your copy of this catalog.

I can't show you the entire stamp set (per Stampin' Up! rules) but I can show you the projects that I have made from all the new goodies I was able to pre-order as a demonstrator. 

I made this card as my swap card for my Icy Inker downline Christmas party last Saturday.  I just had to have this set when I saw it.  I went very simple with the card allowing the Real Red heart and punch accent to "speak for themselves".  I love the color combo and the interest that is added with the polka dots that come from our Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate.

I stamped Mr. Bandit with StazOn Jet Black Ink and colored him in with Going Gray and Real Red Stampin' Write Markers.  I accented the heart with some Crystal Effects.  Don't you just want to pinch him!?

OK, I'll quit gushing.  But I do have to say that I love our new 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog and I know you will too!

Stamps: Love Bandit

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White and Real Red

Ink: StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad and Going Gray and Real Red Stampin' Write Markers

Accessories: Big Shot, Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I Texturz Plates, Round Tab Punch, Crystal Effects

Stampin’ In His Name,

Jill

 

Thankful For You - SDC67

I have to say that I love this time of year when we reflect on all the things for which we are thankful.  I am blessed in so many ways and I thank God for all of it.

SUDSOL (demonstrator website) had a Design Challenge (SDC67) to make a card with a "Give Thanks" theme.  This is what I came up with.

I pulled out my ever faithful Lovely As A Tree stamp set.  You can never go wrong with that set!  I embossed the maple leave image in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and watercolored it with our Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Aqua Painters.  Love those too products!  I'm not an artist but those two products put together just about make me one!  They are so beautiful!  I added some brads and ribbon for embellishment and that is it!  I think my hubby may just get this card on Thanksgiving!  ;0)

One of the things that I am thankful for is my Stampin' Up! business and all of the wonderful people it has put in my life!  THANK YOU!  Thank you for following my blog, coming to my classes, joining my clubs and just sharing your love of paper crafting with me!

Have a wonderful week!

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Stamps: Happy Everything and Sanded Background Stamp

Paper: Sahara Sand, Confetti Cream, Chocolate Chip and Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper (Hostess)

Ink: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, More Mustard and Garden Green Classic Pads and Chocolate Chip Craft Pad

Accessories: Big Shot, Naturally Serif Die, Aqua Painters, Vintage Brads, Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon and Stampin' Dimensionals
 

CARD REQUEST - PLEASE HELP!

 I made this card to send to a 10 year old boy who is very sick and in a local children's hospital.  He has been there since November 1st and has battled: H1N1, pneumonia, a staph infection and a collapsed lung.  He is now battling a fluid build up in his lungs but the doctor's are unable to determine where the fluid is coming from. 

His name is Nathan and as you can imagine, he is beginning to get a little frustrated and tired of being ill.  Each time he gets a little better and hears of going home, he takes a few steps backwards.

Please, please join me in sending him cards to raise his spirits.  He is defying doctors' predictions in his healing and has been an amazing fighter.  He is blessed with a strong Christian family who have been battling with prayer.  But, they could use some of your warm wishes.

Please send cards to:

Nathan Hamilton, Room 769

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

311 South L Street

Tacoma, WA  98405

I believe the family will be mapping where all of the cards come from so please be sure to list the city, state and country where you live.  I would love my international followers to join in! 

Thanks so much for your help!

Stampin’ In His Name,

 

Jill

PS - This card followed along with a sketch offered at SUDSOL's Chat and Challenge 213 last night!

 

Patterned Pines - SC253/CC243

This card was the result of combining two challenges - a sketch challenge and a color challenge.

Does this layout look familiar?  It should if you saw the card in THIS POST.  I took the same sketch (SC253) and just offset the triangle embellishments.  The three trees from the Patterned Pines hostess stamp set seemed an obvious fit to the rectangle focal point.  You can find this beautiful Level 1 hostess set in our Holiday Mini Catalog. 

The color challenge (Splitcoast's CC243) was to use neutral card stock and have just the stamped images and accessories add the color.  I have to say - that was tough for me.  But, I need to get myself out of my comfort zone!  I inked the trees with my Stampin' Write Markers and stamped them on the Very Vanilla card stock.  I inked them a second time, stamped them on a scrap of Very Vanilla and then cut them out.  They are mounted on top of their matching tree with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The star images are cut out and "popped" with Stampin' Dimensionals as well.

I like how this card turned out, but something seems to be missing.  I'm guessing it is a greeting but I could not find one to add that didn't make the card just TOO busy!  So, I left it off.  Do you have any suggestions?  Please leave a comment if you do and I will give it a shot! 

Thanks for looking today!

 
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Stamps: Patterned Pines (Hostess)

Paper: Kraft, Basic Black and Very Vanilla

Ink: Garden Green, Ruby Red and Summer Sun

Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, Vintage Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Simply Thanks

I love when I create something from the miscellaneous items that are sitting on my stamp counter.  I was stamping on Saturday with a friend and I had this piece of Shimmer White card stock already embossed with our Manhattan Flower Impressions Embossing Folder. 

So I decided to play along with the Clean And Simple Challenge (CAS40) of white and one other color - I chose Real Red!

The Real Red Polka-Dot Ribbon and Manhattan Flower impression are enough to carry this card.  I just added a little sentiment set off by some oval punches.  Clean and simple. 

I was thinking this would make a perfect Christmas card design if you switched the Embossing Folder to the Petals -A-Plenty Folder that is in our Holiday Mini Catalog.  Easy to mass produce - what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

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Stamps: Fresh Cut Notes

Paper: Real Red and Shimmer White

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Big Shot, Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 3/4" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Large and Wide Oval Punches 

Club Projects - A Fun Card and Gift Card Holder

This is one of the cards my club members made at class last week.  It is called a Tri-Fold Shutter card and it is easier to make than it looks!  The bonus is that it closes to fit into one of our Medium Envelopes.

My gals really enjoyed making this card and I even received an email two days later from a club member who made a Hanukkah card with this card design.  I love it when my gals leave inspired!

Stamps: Christmas Punch (hostess) and Heard From The Heart

Paper: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Old Oliver and Merry Moments Designer Series Paper

Ink: Old Olive and Real Red

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Gold Brads, Gold Elastic Cord, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

My club members also made this cute gift card holder.  The idea and dimensions came from my Stampin' Success demonstrator newsletter.  I changed the images and colors to fit the supplies I had on-hand.  I went with a little different color combo to go along with the cool feel of winter - Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant and Bashful Blue. 

 

Can't we all use a new, fun and cute way to give our gift cards?!  I know I can!

 

Stamps: Sweet Season

Paper: Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant and Bashful Blue

Ink: Bashful Blue and Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Large Tag Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Silver Brads, Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

 

I had so much fun with my club members last week and signed up more people for my next club which will begin in January.  Would you like to join us in January?  Contact me and I will add you to the list!

 

Have a great week!

 

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Icy Inkers Swap Cards

Here are a couple of swap cards from my Icy Inkers group meeting this last Monday. 

Great colors and Jenn added Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the pink frosting which made this extra cute!

I named this card Dasher In Suede.  Chris used three of our "Under $10" stamps and just two colors!

Thanks for looking!

Tree Trimmings Swap Card - FTL 66

 I got to spend the evening with some of my downline on Monday night at our Icy Inker group meeting.  Always fun!

This is the card that I made for our swap.  I used the Fall To Layout (#66) as my jumping off point!

Perfect!

Just added some of our Merry Moments Designer Series Paper that coordinates with our Tree Trimmings stamp set and - VOILA! - you have a quick and cute Christmas card the would be easy to "mass produce" for your Christmas cards this year!

Yes, it's that time...have you decided on your Christmas card design yet?  Let me know if I can be any help in choosing your design and selecting your supplies.

I will posting more Icy Inkers meeting samples soon.  Be sure to check out my Facebook page as I have been adding projects to my photo albums there too!

Stampin' In His Name,

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Stamps: Tree Trimmings and Warm Words

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red and Merry Moments Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon and Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU!

No ghosts and witches here - just a simple, classy pumpkin to wish you a Happy Halloween.

I used a sketch from a SUDSOL Chat and Challenge for this one (CC204).

Sorry for the poor picture quality.  While I love our printed window sheets, they are very difficult to capture in photos - too much reflection!

Have a safe and fun weekend!

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Stamps: Autumn Harvest

Paper: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Night and Day Designer Series Paper

Ink: Staz-On Jet Black

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Vintage Brads and Stampin' Dimensionals

MDS: My First Project and New Dowloads

Ok, so I finally had some time to sit down and play with our new digital paper-crafting software - My Digital Studio(MDS).  What fun!  It took me a few clicks and a few "oops"'s to get comfortable, but I can see how this will be come very addicting.

Do you see all the fun things you have at your fingertips with this program???  Brads (and tons of other embellishments), punches, designer series papers, Stampin' Up! exclusive colors and great effects like "drop shadow".  The drop shadow effect is what gives my flowers a bit of a haze and gives my "Thank You" punch embellishment a little dimension.  Too cool!

I created this card to play along with the sketch challenge #3 over at SUDSOL (Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Group).  I really like how it turned out.  I've been seeing this color combination a lot lately so I decided to go with it: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.

Stampin' Up! has already release new downloads for My Digital Studio!  Downloads are like buying new Designer Series Paper, stamp sets and embellishments only in digital format.  Here are the newest additions:

Item #	Product Name	Price
118114	Cast A Spell Designer Series paper - digital download	$4.95
118115	Night & Day Designer Series paper - digital download	$4.95
118124	Medallion stamp brush set - digital download	$1.95
118126	Circle Circus stamp brush set - digital download	$5.95
118116	School Days II stamp brush set - digital download	$9.95
118121	Great Moments II stamp brush set - digital download	$9.95
118122	Pumpkin Patch stamp brush set - digital download	$5.95

I had to have the Night & Day Designer Series paper and the Medallion stamp set downloads for sure!!  Can't wait to play.

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