Build a Bear Workshop & Stampin’ Up!

September 2nd, 2009 at 10:00pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets | No Comments »
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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:

build a bear- mine by you.

 

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. 

build a bear -Aimee 1 by you.

 

 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.

Invited to Tea

August 5th, 2009 at 4:46pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
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For my daughter’s birthday party, I made tea party themed invites.  The party was a Wonderland theme.

invites by you.

    

These were simple, but sweet.  I used the Pun Fun stamp set to heat emboss the tea cup onto the tag.  Then, I watercolored them using the Watercolor Wonder Crayons.  Its a little hard to see on the photos, but I ran the pocket base through the Big Shot with a Texturz die to get pretty dry-embossed flowers.  And you’ll recognize the Scallop Edge punch on the flap.

The invitations were a great way to introduce the theme to our guests.  They loved them!

       

“Around the House” Technique Class

March 11th, 2009 at 11:15am | In Events,Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
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I have an exciting class coming up featuring regular house-hold items you probably already have in your home!  You will be amazed at the stamping effects you can achieve using these basic items: bleach, shaving cream, and rubbing alcohol.

Here are the cards we will be making that evening.  You will take home directions as well.

Scroll down to the bottom of the post for Class Details and to Pre-Pay through PayPal.

Bleached Flower Card

bleach stamping 1 by you.

bleach stamping 2 by you.

I used bleach in a couple different ways on three areas of this card.  At the class, I’ll give you tips on a number of ways to incorporate bleaching into your projects.

Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum, Kraft, Perfect Plum, and Very Vanilla Card Stock
Accessories: 1/4″ Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Key Tag Punch, Blender Pen, Bleach

    

Shaving Cream Heart Card

shaving cream stamping 1 by you.

shaving cream stamping 2 by you.

The marbled background behind the heart the the saying is made with shaving cream!  At the class, I’ll have an assortment of ink colors available, so your heart can be pink (like mine), or red, blue, yellow, purple, whatever!

Stamp Set: Love You Much
Ink: Pretty in Pink & Regal Rose Reinkers, Basic Black Craft Ink Pad
Paper: Rockabilly Designer Series Paper and Whisper White Card Stock
Accessories: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Button Latte- Designer Button, Word Window Punch, Clear Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Shaving Cream

  

Polished Stone Bouquet Card

polished stone stamping 1 by you.

polished stone stamping 2 by you.

The Polished Stone is one of my favorite techniques!  Its easy to create an elegant, impressive background if you just follow a few simple steps!  I had a hard time getting a good photo.  The background is very pretty with a metallic shimmer.  I’ll have the complete Fun & Fast Notes stamp set out, so class members can choose to use another image if they wish.  There will also be many colors available if you’d prefer a different color scheme.

Stamp Set: Fun & Fast Notes
Ink: Ballet Blue, Mellow Moss, Barely Banana and Encore Gold Reinkers, and Basic Black Craft Ink
Paper: Glossy White, Whisper White, and Basic Black Card Stock
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Brads, AquaPainter, Dimensionals, Rubbing Alcohol

    

Class Details

When: Friday, March 27th @ 7PM
Where: my house- 4931 Concord Rd, Sacramento, 95820
Cost: $20 ($18 for stamp club members)
Bring: Your adhesive of choice
RSVP & Pre-Pay By: Sat 3/21

Class Fee (please select)

March $10 Card Class Samples

February 27th, 2009 at 9:41am | In Events,Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques,Uncategorized | No Comments »
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These are the cards we’ll be making Friday, March 6th (7pm @ my house) at my montly card class.

Use the PayPal “add to cart” button at the end of the post to register now!

              

Happy Bird-Day Card

happy bird-day card by you.

Stamps: Pun Fun
Ink: Basic Black Ink Pad, and Apricot Appeal & Pretty in Pink Markers
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Whisper White & Pretty in Pink Card Stocks
Accessories: AquaPainter, Dimensionals

                  

Baby Card

baby card 1 by you.

baby card 2 by you.

Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Ink: Basic Black Ink Pad
Paper: Brocade Blue Pattern DSP (hostess level 1), Bashful Blue & Whisper White Card Stocks
Accessories: Stampin’ Pastels, Double Rectangle Punch, Key Tag Punch, 1/4″ White Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

                       

Get Well Card

get well card by you.

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace & Certainly Celery Stampin’ Markers
Paper: Whisper White, Almost Amethyst & Certainly Celery Card Stocks
Accessories: 1/4″ White Grosgrain Ribbon, Key Tag Punch

              

Only 8 seats available.  RSVP & pre-pay to hold your spot now!


LOVE that $10 Card Class!

January 31st, 2009 at 2:03pm | In Events,Stamp Sets | No Comments »
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I have three lovely cards to show you!  I went with a heart theme, but none of the cards is exclusively for Valentine’s.

These are the cards we’ll be making at my $10 Card Class this Friday evening (2/6, 7PM, my house).  If you’d like to join us, just let me know by this Weds (2/4).  You’ll also take home matching envelopes.

class sample 1 by you.

 

 Lots-of-Hearts Flower Card

class sample 2 by you.

 class sample 3 by you.

class sample 5 by you.

class sample 4 by you.

Stamps: Warm Words
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Heart to Heart Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Stamping Sponge, Dimensionals

     

Love Birds Gate-Fold Card

class sample 6 by you.

class sample 7 by you.

class sample 8 by you.

class sample 9 by you.

Stamps: Love You Much
Ink: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze
Paper: Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red, Urban Garden Designer Series Paper, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Word Window Punch, AquaPainter, Silver Brad, Dimensionals

  

Heartfelt Standing Card

 class sample 10 by you.

class sample 11 by you. 

class sample 12 by you.

Stamps: Love You Much, Heartfelt Thanks
Ink: Basic Black Craft, Riding Hood Red Classic
Paper: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Clear Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Whisper White 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, AquaPainter, Uni-ball White Gel Pen

I’m on Stampers Showcase

November 12th, 2008 at 10:03am | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
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Well, I’m not.  My card is.

Do you remember the card I shared with you yesterday?  It had been featured on the Stampers Showcase on the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator website.  Coincidently, one of my cards is featured there today!  Stampin’ Up! chooses 4-6 cards to be featured each day.  They receive these cards from contest submissions and swaps at Events.  This card is a swap I made for Convention.

Supplies

Stamp Sets: Pun Fun, Sweet Stars Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Uninked Jumbo Cartridge inked with VersaMark Refill
Paper: Real Red, Brocade Blue, Always Artichoke and Whisper White Card Stocks
Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, AquaPainter, 1/4″ Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Star Punch, Silver Brad, 1/8″ Handheld Circle Punch

I hadn’t planned on posting today.  I’m starting a pattern this week that I can’t possibly keep up.  Oh well.  :)

Technique Video: Watercoloring

November 8th, 2008 at 12:07pm | In Projects,Techniques | No Comments »
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Stampin’ Up! has provided a wonderful technique video on my Demonstrator Website (www.ruth.stampinup.net).  I believe the video changes each month.  Click on the photo below to go to the page where you can watch the video.  It can also be found on the main page of my Demonstrator Website.

Carrie Cudney did a great job on this.  I always love to watch her present at the Stampin’ Up! conventions. 

As Carrie said, if you have any questions about watercoloring, just ask!  It is one of my favorite techniques.

Also, if you’d like hands-on training, watercoloring is a great technique to learn in a workshop.  I find that new and advanced stampers have a great time with this technique.