Accessories- Markers

Build a Bear Workshop & Stampin’ Up!

I am so excited to share with you the best mini catalog ever! Really! Its this year’s Holiday Mini Catalog.

Along with the holiday sets (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas), Stampin’ Up! is introducing three new product lines.

First, there’s Simply Adorned. These are charms and chains that you use to create unique jewelry and home decor.

Also, My Digital Studio- which I am so stoked about!!! Digital (and hybrid!) scrapbooking- the Stampin’ Up! way!!! I’ll share more about that later.

Today, I’m sharing with you the partnership between Build a Bear Workshop and Stampin’ Up! Genius!

BABW pic by you.

Build A Bear Workshop is very popular in my house. My daughter, Esther, got her first Build A Bear for her birthday last year. She loves her Princess Fluffy. We’ll probably take my son to get his first for his birthday later this month. (They’ve got some cool boy styles.)

My kids got SO excited when I showed them the BABW section of the Holiday Mini. They want it all! We’ve got three stamp sets, eight Sizzix dies and patterned paper. They are all fabulous for making cards and scrapbook pages. But with the dies, you can also make super cute and easy paper dolls for the kids, where the can change the clothes and have so much fun! Your kids, grandkids and friends’ kids will have hours of fun playing with these.

On Monday, I went to a demonstrator swap where we made cards with a lot of the Holiday Mini products. I’ll share the rest of the projects later this week. Today I’m sharing the bears. :) Both cards are made with the new set Beary Best Friends.

This is the project I designed:

I stamped and watercolored our cute girly bear using Watercolor Wonder Crayons. Then I punched out the flower and balloon from our new Cottage Wall DSP. (The punches are the Trio Flower & the 3/4″ Circle punches.) I popped those up with Dimensionals. I made the grass using the Scallop Edge punch, like I did with my Upsy Daisy silhouttes card. I popped that up with Dimensionals, too. The background was made with my Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates.

This one was designed by fellow demonstrator Aimee Wayment.

I love how she used Crystal Effects to shine the shoes! Also notice how the skirt is “paper-pierced” using Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.

The sentiment up on the side is from Beary Nice Wishes. They are cute sayings in the BABW font.

Contact me to order your Build A Bear Workshop supplies!

beary best friends by you.

Shaker Card: Party Hearty

September 1st, 2009 at 11:46am | In Events,Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
Tagged: Accessories- Big Shot Accessories- Markers Accessories- Punches Stamp Set- Party Hearty Stampin' Up! Technique- Shaker Card

I love cards that have texture, or that are 3-D. I think it makes them more interesting. Some cards go a step further: interactive cards! These cards are so much fun to make- and to receive!

This is a Shaker Card. The focal point is a rubber stamped cupcake that shows through a window holding confetti. You can shake the card and the confetti moves all over the image.

I like to show the cards I make to my kids (they’re actually very constructive critics!). But I have a hard time getting my shaker cards back out of their hands. They’re too much fun!

I’ll be having a class soon to teach the Shaker card technique, along with the Slider and Spinner cards. I haven’t decided yet whether we’ll be making this particular Shaker, or another one. I have lots of ideas and will let you know when I pin one down!

Here are the details (you’ll be seing more samples in the coming weeks):

On the Move: Specialty Card Class
Friday, October 9th @ 7pm
Where: my house- 9141 Brevard Dr, Sacramento, 95829
Cost: $20
RSVP & Prepay by Weds Sept 30th

Scratch n Sniff: Strawberry Lemonade

August 28th, 2009 at 9:21pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 2 Comments »
Tagged: Accessories- Big Shot Accessories- Markers Stamp Set- Tart & Tangy Stampin' Up! Technique- Scratch n Sniff Techniques- Glitter

I’m sure you can relate. Sometimes, you make a card and have a hard time giving it up. I’m a hoarder, so this happens to me a lot. This week, I’ve actually made a lot of these almost-didn’t-leave-my-stamp-room-because-I-couldn’t-bear-to-part-with projects. The one I’m sharing today is definitely no exception.

Introducing… Scratch ‘n Sniff: Strawberry Lemonade.

There are a lot of things I really like about this card. The awesome 3-D curved vellum glass for one. The Dazzling Diamonds sugar up on the rim. The lemon slice cut so that it sits on the rim…

…The Texturz polka dot background. The pieces of fruit inside on the bottom of the glass…

…And, of course, the Scratch n Sniff!

Oh, this is one of those cards that you just cannot fully appreciate on the computer monitor! The lemon and strawberry each smell like lemon and strawberry. “Scratch a lemon, it smells like a lemon. Scratch a strawberry, it smells like a strawberry. Scratch a snozberry, it smells like a snozberry.” “Whoever heard of a snozberry?” (Sorry, the Wonka in me just took over.)

If you’d like to learn how to do this technique (of course you do!), just make sure you are signed up for my email newsletter. I made a step-by-step photo tutorial that will be featured in the September issue. It will be going out next week, so sign up soon. (Just use the blue box at the top of my sidebar.) And hey, its FREE!

The photo below shows the textured polka dot background the best.

So, yeah, I didn’t want to give this beauty away. But the person I made it for really deserves it. So, thanks- you know who you are.

(The inside of the card.)

I hope you don’t think I’m cocky with all my compliments on my own work. lol. But I have just had a really terrific stamping week, and I am relishing in it!

Supplies

Stamp sets: Tart & Tangy and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Yoyo Yellow, Real Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, VersaMark
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Vellum Card Stock
Accessories: Dimensionals, Stamping Sponges, Sticky Strip, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Big Shot machine, Texturz Plates (Backgrounds 1)

Scrapbook Page: Bringing Jared Home

August 21st, 2009 at 6:33pm | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 1 Comment »
Tagged: Accessories- Big Shot Accessories- Designer Series Papers Accessories- Markers Accessories- Punches Stamp Set- Nursery Necessities Stampin' Up!

Last week, I made this 2-page-spread. I don’t do my scrapbooking in any order, the way some scrappers work chronologically, or do holidays or vacations first. I just work on whatever I feel like. This time I pulled up photos of my little boy, born almost 4 years ago, and the day we took him home from the hospital.

This page is simple, and I like it!

I mostly did basic stamping, then used punches and Paper Snips to cut out the images. I used Dimensionals to pop up some of the elements.

I used a little grosgrain ribbon throughout the page. Here, I opened the prongs of a Silver Brad and wrapped them around the ribbon.

I had this scrap of designer paper that I had used to punch out stars for another project. I liked the way it looked, so I just layered it over the photo mat. This is what started the page, and I added the other stamped and punched stars around the page to tie everything together.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Nursery Necessities
Ink: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Night of Navy & Whisper White Card Stock, Patterns DSP
Accessories: Lrg & Sm Star Punches, Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad

nursery necessities by you.

Razzle Dazzle

July 16th, 2009 at 8:05am | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
Tagged: Accessories- Markers Accessories- Ribbon In Colors Stamp Set- Razzle Dazzle Stamp Set- Thank You Kindly Stampin' Up!

I know I’ve been slacking on my blog here, lately. My daughter’s birthday is coming up and we’re planning an awesome party (you’ll be seing the invites soon- stamped, of course!).

So I’m cheating a little today and posting a card someone else made. But I love it- the new stamp set, the new In Colors, and the simple layout that is easy to duplicate!

This card was created by Dawn Olchefske. She used the new Razzle Dazzle stamp set & Rich Razzleberry & Melon Mambo In Colors. She used the new Markers to color directly onto the stamp. Isn’t it pretty?

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“Sweet Always” Stamp Club Projects

April 7th, 2009 at 3:57pm | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
Tagged: Accessories- Buttons Accessories- Designer Series Papers Accessories- Die Cuts Accessories- Markers Accessories- Pretties Accessories- Punches Stamp Set- Big Flowers Stamp Set- Enjoy Every Moment Stampin' Up!

At my last Stamp Club, I featured the Sweet Always Designer Series Paper.

Big Flowers Card

Supplies

Stamps: Big Flowers
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie & Apricot Appeal Markers
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Chocolate Chip & Whisper White Card Stocks, Pink Pirouette Textured Card Stock, Pumpkin Pie Blooms Die Cuts
Accessories: 1/4″, 1-1/4″, 1-3/8″ & Scallop Circle Punches, Trio Flower Punch, Silver Brads, Crafters Tool Kit, Dimensionals

Easter Egg 6×6 Scrapbook Page

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Apricot Appeal & Pumpkin Pie Card Stock
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Clear Button, Tombo Multi Adhesive, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

Easter Basket

Supplies:

Stamps: Big Flowers
Ink: Regal Rose Marker
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Regal Rose 12×12 Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Pretties Kit Flower, Silver Brad, Paper Cutter w/ Scoring Blade, Crafters Tool Kit

I put some candy into the basket and gave it to my daughter’s teacher.

Contact me to join a Stamp Club!

April Card Class Samples

March 30th, 2009 at 3:48pm | In Events,Projects,Stamp Sets | 2 Comments »
Tagged: Accessories- Markers Accessories- Pretties Accessories- Punches Stamp Set- Baroque Motifs Stamp Set- Doodle This Stamp Set- Enjoy Every Moment Stamp Set- Fun & Fast Notes Stamp Set- Say It with Scallops Stamp Set- Warm Words Stampin' Up!

My monthly $10 card class is this week! Here are the cards that we’ll be making. Call, email, or pay through the PayPal link soon to reserve your spot!

Friday April 3rd @ 7pm. My house- 4931 Concord Rd, Sacramento 95820.
$10.00

Little Lamb Card