Stampin ' Up! Amazing Friend stamp set with the chalkboard technique

This the second project we made on Sunday afternoon.  It features the Amazing Friend stamp set from the 2013 Spring Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Sycamore Street Designer Paper and the Button & Ribbon Pack.  This is the card sample I designed:

And these great cards were made by the participants:

By Kristy Kelly and Sandy Wilt

By Angelina Paese and Stacy Miller

By Stacey Epler and Brenda Kiehl

The chalkboard technique is easy!  Stamp with Versamark ink, emboss with white embossing powder and then heat with your embossing heat gun. The swipe Whisper White Craft ink on the black card stock with a sponge to make it look like a chalk board.

Stamping Supplies:
Stamp Sets:   Amazing Friend (2013 Spring Catalog), Vintage Words (Sale-A-Bration)
Card stock:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral. Sycamore Street DSP
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories: White Embossing Powder,  Sycamore Street DSP and the Ribbon and Button Pack, Petite Pennant Builders Punch, Calypso Coral Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals.

A fun afternoon with Stampin' Up Dress Up Framelits

I had a Stampin' Up event yesterday afternoon and chose the Dress Up Framelits with Sale-A-Bration Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper and Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button pack for one of the projects.  Everyone had a great time choosing papers and embellishments for their cards and dresses.

This is the card sample I made for the class which was inspired by the Jacket Dress on Patty Bennett's blog (Patty's Stamping Spot), followed by all the creative variations which are even better than mine!

These were made by Sandy Wilt and Angelina Paese

Made by Stacy Miller and Kristy Kelly

Made by Stacey Epler and Brenda Kiehl

Stampin' Up Supplies:
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack, Basic Pearls, Flower Trim.
Framelits - Apothecary Accents, Dress Up, Delicate Designs Embossing Folder

So buy these Dress Up Framelits!  You know you want them.

Feeling Sentimental - Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration Freebie

I really do like this Feeling Sentimental Sale-A-Bration exclusive stamp set that is free when you spend $50!  This card also features the Core-dinations Card Stock.  It has a lighter color core which creates a vintage, distressed look when you sand it.

I embossed the Real Red Core'dinations Card Stock with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and then sanded the raised design to highlight it and add a vintage look.  

The bicycle was stamped with Versamark Ink on Basic Black card stock and then embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.  I cut it out with an Oval Framelit.  I layered it on a Whisper White oval, also cut with an Oval Framelit, and embossed with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

The little sentiment is from the Pretty Petites stamp set, also a Sale-A-Bration exclusive stamp set.  It done the same way as the bicycle and punched out with the Petite Curly Label Punch.

I finished off the card with Basic Gray/Basic Black 1-1/4" Two-Tone Ribbon and Rhinestones.

Stamp Sets (2013 Sale-A-Bration); Feeling Sentimental, Pretty Petites
Card Stock:  Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Real Red Core-dinations
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  1-1/4" Two-Tone Ribbon-Basic Gray/Basic Black, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Basic Rhinestones, Large Rhinestones, Lots of Stampin' Dimensionals.
Tools:   Textured Impressions Embossing Folders - Honeycomb, Fancy Fan; Ovals Framelits, Petite Curly Label Punch, Big Shot

Stampin' Up Sale-A-Bration Cards - Birthday, Friendship and Easter

I meet every month with two other local Stampin' Up! demonstrators to have fun stamping and to swap cards.  I am a bit late with these because they feature Sale-A-Bration rewards, which will not be available after 3/31/12.  However, I am sure many of you will use your stamp sets long after that and you can substitute other designer paper.

Fresh VIntage by Patti Beachy

This Friend card was made by Patti Beachy.

Stamp Set: Fresh Vintage
Card stock:  Very Vanilla,  Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede and Calypso Coral
Ink:  Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede
Accessories: Designer Series Paper - Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration reward), Mini Brads, Punches - Scallop Trim, Postage, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Small Oval






The next two cards were made by Kathy Braine.

He is Risen by Kathy Braine

The first card is an Easter card that features the new Stampin' Up! Framelits Label Collection and the Sizzix Lattice Die.  She used a smaller size Framelit to cut out the middle to make the big frame.  The cross was made with the lattice die. She die cut the lattice and then cut away sections to make the cross.
Stamp Set:  He Is Risen
Card stock:Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party
Accessories:  Pearls, Twine - Lucky Limeade, Framelits - Label Collection, Sizzix Lattice Die, Designer Series Paper - Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration reward)


The next lovely card has a vintage feel and features the Sizzlets Paper Doily Die.

Hello Doily by Kathy Braine

She stamped images from Fresh Vintage and Baroque Motifs on Whisper White card stock.  The Hello Doily was stamped on top of those images with Versamark Ink and then heat embossed with White Embossing Paper.  She sponged black ink all over the card stock to make the doily image pop.
She finished off the card with rhinestones and the organdy ribbon. The Framelits Labels Collection dies were used to make the greeting.

If you like the stamp set or designer paper, get it now, it will be gone on March 31, 2012!

I will be back with some cards made with the Tea Shoppe Set and a sneak peek from Summer Smooches, coming to you on April 1.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Phyllis Strickland

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration Event - Floating Reinker and Polished Stone Techniques

Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, Ribbon & Brad

I held my Annual Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration event the other Saturday.  I ask my customers to give me ideas for techniques they would like to learn.  This year we did Polished Stone  and Floating Reinker techniques.

Here is the sample I made for the Polished Stone technique.  It also features some Sale-A-Bration rewards - Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, and the Ribbon & Brad Pack.

Stamp Set:  Sweet Cake (sentiment)
Card Stock:  Whisper White, Glossy White, Calypso
Classic Ink Refills: Calypso Coral, Pool Party


I took pictures of some of the cards that my customers made.  This shows how different the Polished Stone will look depending on the amount of reinker that is used and how much it is rubbed into the cardstock.

 
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We also did the Floating Reinker technique.  Here is the class sample which features the Bordering on Romance stamp set from the 2012 Occasions Mini catalog.

Stamp Set: Bordering on Romance
Card Stock:  Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Shimmery White
Ink:  Craft Whisper White
Accessories:  Embossing Powder - White; Classic Ink Refills - Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Gardne Green; Framelits - Label Collection; Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Tulip Frame

Here a few made by customers. Some chose to use Fifth Avenue Floral instead of Bordering on Romance.

Sale-A-Bration ends March 31, 2012, so there isn't must time left to earn those Sale-A-Bration rewards.

Phyllis Strickland

Happy Birthday cards

My Stampin' Up! upline holds monthly meetings, but I don't go very often because they are 1 1/2 hours away.  She was going to show new products from Leadership this time, so my friend Kathy and I decided to go and we joined in the swap.  I will show you several each day until you have seen all 10 of them.  Today I am showing the Birthday Cards which feature products from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration free products catalog.

The first card features the new Sizzix Paper Doily Die, one of my favorite items in this Mini Catalog.

Sizzix paper Doily die by Pesci

 

STAMP SET: A Word for You (Greeting)

CARDSTOCK: Pool Party, Chocolate Chip

INK: Chocolate Chip 

ACCESSORIES:  Satin Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Designer Series Paper - Attic Boutique (Occasions Mini Catalog), Large Pearl, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots

Up in the Air - artist unknown

STAMP SET:  Up in the Air  (Occasions Mini Hostess Set) 

CARDSTOCK: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White

INK: Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Shimmer Paint - Frost White

ACCESSORIES:  Ruffled Ribbon - Wisteria Wonder,  Organdy Ribbon (Sale-A-Bration freebie) - Lucky Limeade, Adorning Accents - Edgelits and Textured Impressions Embossing Folder 

NOTE THAT LOVELY NARROW ORGANDY RIBBON WILL GONE WHEN SALE-A-BRATION ENDS 3/31/12!!

Apothecary Art by Cheryl Smythe

STAMP SET: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts (Greeting)

CARDSTOCK: Island Indigo, Whisper White

INK:   Basic Black

ACCESSORIES:  Dazzling Diamonds, Adorning Accents - Edgelits and Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

I hope you enjoyed looking at these cards.  

Phyllis Strickland