stamp camp ideas

Cards for the Troops Day!

Yesterday I held my first ever Cards for the Troops Day at my church. I had a great turnout….26 ladies came and worked like crazy stamping over 500 cards in less than 2 hours! It was truly amazing! At this table we have Paulette, Nicole, Holly and Wendy. They were the super fast table and whipped out the cards in no time flat.

This table was all beginners and girls from my church who had never stamped before and they did an awesome job making a ton of Christmas cards!

Here are Sheila, Deb, Bonnie and Niccole. Niccole is in my downline and Sheila, Deb and Bonnie are my customers. They also did a fabulous job!

This is Donna Cunningham (in red) who is another fellow demo in our area and she had all beginner stampers at her table too!

Here are just a few of the many cards we made today.  As you can tell from the picture, it is a great way to use up lots of retired papers!

There were about 15 or so different cards and we made between 20-50 of each one. I have to give a big THANK YOU to one of my downline (Melissa Carr) who couldn't come but sent in 5 different projects for the girls to make today. Also thanks to Niccole Marshall, Donna Cunningham, Susan Tenczar, and Lynn Wyndham for helping out today. I could not have done it without you!

When I got home, I went through all the cards and bagged them tightly into the biggest box Stampin' Up has and it was filled up to the very top! These will be sent to http://www.fromourhearts.info/ and then they ship them to several different groups of service men and women stationed overseas.

Here is a side view of the box so you can see how big it is.  I can barely lift it! I bet it weighs about 40 pounds.

Autumn Spice Stamp camp

Here is a pic of this month's stamp camp! We will be making the adorable card holder in the back plus the 4 cards shown. All cards include the Autumn Spice designer papers and either the Day of Gratitude set or the French Foliage set. I am working on another card too if I can get it done in time for class. Times are this Sunday at 1pm  or 3:30pm and Tuesday at 10am and 7pm. Cost of the class is $20 and includes all supplies, snacks and door prizes. Sign up quick before all the spots are taken.

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Featured Demo of the Month part 2

Here is part 2 of my featured demonstrator of the month. For part 1, just scroll back a few days. This month I am featuring Niccole Marshall and her cute creations. This first one is an adorable gift for a small child for a birthday goody bag or for a classroom gift. I just love the owl punch.

This one is a cute Halloween treat. This one shows the new bat punch and the lace trim ribbon found in the Holiday mini.

Inside you can fit any small treat like this yummy Reese's Peanut Butter cup. That is one of my very favorite chocolate treats. Who doesn't like chocolate and peanut butter together?

Note: Niccole just gave me the dimensions and scoring for the Reeses treat holder

cut 9×4 piece of designer paper and score at 1/2 inch on both sides of 4 inch side

score at 2, 2 1/2, 5 1/2 and 6 on the long side. Then fold up to look like box shown. You will need to cut off the edges of top part and do corner rounding.

Here is a cute little key chain with a mini post it note inside. THese make great little gifts for anyone. I know I am always looking for  a little piece of paper in my purse to write something on.

This last card is so cute. Niccole used the polka dot embossing folder for the background and the Candy Cane Christmas designer paper from the Holiday mini. The stamp set (A Cute Christmas) is also in the Holiday mini.

More Bakery Shop items

Unless you were actually at the recent Stampin' Up convention, It is hard to imagine the Bake Shop displays. They were simply AMAZING!  I have never seen anything like it. I could have stayed there taking pictures all day and I wish we could have done a video of it.  But, since I can't share a video, these pictures will have to do. This first one is the baby carriages filled with candy.  How cute would these be for a baby shower? Don't our new buttons look like life savers?

This one shows off our new "design a house" kit from the Holiday mini.  They are so cool and you can decorate them for any holiday. This one is Christmas, but they would be great for Halloween too!

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Quilted Ornament video

I have always wanted to learn how to make these beautiful quilted ornament balls and one of my friends showed me this video on youtube. It was made by a girl named Angie. So, thanks Angie for making this awesome video tutorial. I can't wait to try it myself. Note: Angie (the girl who made the video) emailed me and here is a link to her blog.

Featured demo of the month part 1

Each month I feature one of my fantastic downline to showcase. This month I am featuring Niccole Marshall. Niccole was one of my very first customers after I became a demonstrator 9 years ago.  She signed up several years ago and has been going strong ever since. Here are a few of the projects that Niccole submitted to me this month……

This first one is a little cork board she found at the dollar store and decorated. How cute is that?

This one is a great back to school gift for the classroom. What child wouldn't want to get something like this?

This is a card folder with notecards inside. The paper is retired but can easily be switched out with current papers.

Here is a view of the inside of the folder with the notecards shown.

This one is a gum holder.  This is a great little gift to carry around with you and give to a friend.

Here is the gum that fits perfectly inside.

How would you like a free class?

These classes are free with any $50 online order. As soon as I receive your order, I will send you the step by step instructions for this class or another one of your choice. To see more free classes, click on the "Free Card Kits" at the top of this page. Some of the classes use retired materials but can easily be substituted with current products.

Holiday Punch Stamp-a-Stack

Stamping Class

You have your holiday cards ready, right?  No?  No worries!

Join me for this great Stamp-a-Stack card class and you’ll have a jump on your holidays!

These festive cards feature the versatile Tags til Christmas stamp set and coordinating punches along with fabulous fast accents like the self-adhesive Rhinestone Jewels, 1/2" Seam Binding and Waffle Paper!

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August Stamp Camp–Just Believe….

For this month's stamp camp, I am doing a gift box (shown on the right side) with a set of cards to go inside. All of the projects use the Just Believe Stamp set found on pg. 109 in the big Stampin Up idea book and catalog.  Cost of the class is $20 and includes all of your supplies, refreshments and door prizes. If you can't make it to class, I can cut a set of supplies for you to do it at home. I will try to do a tutorial for this class if I have time. It would be easy to change these cards to any colors you like also. I wanted to do shades of blue and neutral tones. The card that is laying down was actually a swap card I got from my good friend Susan Adams. I liked it so much that I decided to use it in my class. The rest were designed by me. These cards are great for duplicating too. You can make several sets in no time.

Click on my calendar at the top of the screen to see class dates and times!

This is what the top of the box looks like and one of the cards actually matches the box idea. I used the Friendly  Words wheel for the background and the colors are baja breeze and soft suede.

Stampin’ Up’s Bakery Shop

At convention, one of my favorite things was seeing the Stampin Up Bakery Shop displays. THey were INCREDIBLE! You almost wanted to eat them but they were all made out of paper, buttons, ribbon, etc. This first one is a cupcake display that is so yummy looking and it is all paper! The circles on top are just punched out and covered in glitter.

This one is a basket full of Build a Bear "sugar cookies". How cute is that?

These are Builder wheel lollipops. You really can't get the full effect without seeing the whole display but let's just say it was better than being in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory!

These are ice cream cones I think.  They are actually cones made out of paper and filled with candy. They are so cute! These would make great party favors for a kids birthday.

Vintage Vogue meets Thoroughly Modern

This is another one of the cards I am doing at stamp camp this coming week. I love the Thoroughly modern designer papers and the Vintage Vogue stamp set. The corduroy buttons are also one of my favorites. I am so going to miss them! I used soft suede and bermuda bay ink pads on this one too.

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