Archive for January, 2010

Charming vase card

A couple of months ago my friend Debbie brought this card to our shoebox swap. I just loved the idea of using the ornament punch for a vase, so I took her card and changed it up to my favorite colors and one of my favorite sets (Charming) and made the pink and brown version (below). I did this in all of my clubs back in December when you could still order this punch. Luckily most of my customers ordered this punch so they can still use it. I really hope this punch makes it into the next catalog though.  It has so many uses other than just an ornament. I forgot to post this back when I was doing it so here it is a little late.

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Winner of this week’s blog candy!

The winner of this week's blog candy is Missy Andrews! Congratulations Missy! You win the Merry Moments designer paper, God's Beauty set and the twine rope! Stay tuned for another blog candy contest coming next week.

Simply Adorned Charms….simply beautiful!

I received my simply adorned charms not too long ago and I think they are simply gorgeous! Shelli showed a few of her samples on stage at Leadership (shown here) and I couldn't wait to come home and make some.  These first 2 photos are the bigger charms. I think this is the medium one and it shows the front and back view. I am sure anyone would love to receive a gift like this.

I bought the charm bracelet  and charms too  so I could make some of the smaller ones. These are so adorable and look  so great on the charm bracelet.  I am offering these to my downline as rewards for meeting certain goals.

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Wow! Stampin Up is an awesome company!

I have always known that Stampin' Up was a great company but today just reinforced that feeling again.

On January 12, 2010 a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, leaving in its wake devastation so overwhelming that the Haitian people and their leaders can only look for help from the outside to cope.

This morning Stampin' Up released a note to demonstrators that for every I (heart) stamp set sold, they will donate $2 to the Haitian Disaster Relief fund by way of the American Red Cross! The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. In addition to donating a portion of sales, Stampin Up bought supplies for 5,000 hygiene kits to be sent.

This is a picture of Dale Fillmore, President of Stampin Up filling boxes to be sent to Haiti.

Click here to check out the flyer.

If you would like to help out by ordering this stamp set, just email me at

stampgirl2@cox.net or

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Couple of Valentine Ideas….

This was a card I did at my recent downline meeting. It is super easy but shows many of our new products including the polka dot embossing folder, the heart embosslit, the new scallop edge punch, our new satin ribbon, and our new designer paper. You have to have our awesome Big Shot die cutting machine to make this card though. I don't know how I lived without mine.

This was a card one of my team members (Kim Leclear) made. I just thought this was so soft and pretty. It uses the new butterfly embosslit. If you have not gotten this yet, you need to run and order it right now. It is so cool. It punches and embosses the butterflies in one step.

This was a cute little note card that another team member (Sandy Alexander) made.  At my monthly downline meetings we do a shoebox swap and all the girls get to make these projects. We usually make about 7 projects each month and I get volunteers to bring them. THese are just a few of the ones we all made.

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Another take on the faux lace

I was having one of my stamp clubs on Saturday and a few of the girls were commenting that the faux lace technique was really a little too hard for them so one of the girls cut her strip in half and did a double layer with the crimped piece and it looked great so this method is much easier but still gives a beautiful look.  So, we can credit one of my customers (Brenda S) for coming up with this easier version. I showed it to several of my other classes and about half of the girls chose the double layered look. All you have to do is take an 11 x 1 1/2 inch piece of cardstock, punch a border along one edge, run it through the crimper several times and cut it in half. Then add sticky strip to the back and tape it down kind of loosely. Then add the other half to the top of that.

Here is a close up of just the lace part. I did end up with about an inch left over on each piece so you could make it a little bit fuller if you want to.

This was the original card that we were making with the faux lace on it.

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Blog Candy time!

For this week's blog candy, I am giving away a pack of the Merry Moments designer paper, a roll of the natural twine rope and the stamp set God's Beauty. All you have to do to enter to win is leave a comment on my blog. I will pick the winner on Saturday.

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A couple more from Shelli’s presentation…..

Here are a couple more of the fabulous projects that Shelli demoed on stage at Leadership in Phoenix. The first one is the Fancy Favor box which is one of my favorite dies. It is so easy to make a great gift box with it. I think the silver hodgepodge hardware adds a nice touch to this one.

Here is a close up of the front. She also used the Very Vintage wheel in the Occasions mini.

This is a card she made using the stencils from the decor elements catalog. Love it!

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More stamp camp sneak peeks…..

Ok everyone, here are 2 more projects we will be doing at stamp camp next weekend. The first one is a giant candy bar with a gift card envelope on the front. One of my downline (Kristi Brock) came up with this idea for Christmas and I just changed it to Valentine's Day.

The second project is a Ghirardelli Chocolate holder. This pattern came from Kimberly Morris. I used the new luscious Valentine paper from the Occasions mini. To make this, all you do is take a 3×8 piece of cardstock and score it at 3-7/8" and at 4-1/8". Then on one end, push your word window punch in as far as it will go and punch, then move it a smidge to the left and punch and a smidge to the right and punch. The window is just a little too small to fit the chocolate with just one punch so you have to make it wider.

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This week’s blog candy winner!

The winner of this week's blog candy is Nicole Chaplin! Congratulations Nicole! You win all the goodies that were posted. Stay tuned for another blog candy contest coming next week.