On Monday night on my Facebook live, I showed how to do the Retiform Technique. I made one of these cards a couple years ago when I was on the Stampin' Up! Creative Crew Design Team on Splitcoaststampers. If you haven't seen that post, check it out at SCS Creative Crew September 2017.
This is the card that I created on my Facebook live. I used the Gather Together, To Every Season and Colorful Seasons stamp sets. I wanted to use fall stamps, so I looked through my stamps and found them in three of my sets.
Would you like to try out this technique? I have the video I made on Monday night for you to see how it is done.
To make this project, you will need the following products:
Cardstock:
Early Espresso
cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4"
Whisper White
cut 2 at 4" x 5 1/4"
I used the following inks for this project:
Cajun Craze
Cherry Cobbler
Crumb Cake
Crushed Curry
Early Espresso
Mossy Meadow
Pumpkin Pie
The card on the left is the one I made during my Facebook live and the one on the right is the one I made before taping.
One thing that you want to make sure if you are going to try this technique, you need to have post it notes or post it note tape. You want something you can take off and move that won't rip your paper.
Thank you for stopping by today! Stop back on Friday to see my latest project for my Fall Friday series.
Happy Stampin and
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The second kit we did at our Holiday Extravaganza retreat was the Come To Gather suite from the Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday catalog. I really like how this kit came out. I have made extras of these cards to use for my personal use, especially the gift card holder.
In this kit there were 4 cards and 1 gift card holder. The first card they made was a simple but pretty card. I think using the Pinewood Plank on the Terracotta Tile cardstock really made this card.
The designer series paper on this card is from the Come To Gather designer series pack. With each kit the attendees got a little gift and with this kit they got the Linen Thread as we used it on a lot of our projects.
One of the colors that coordinate with the Come To Gather suite is Pretty Peacock. It is such a pretty rich color and is perfect for Fall or with some of our Christmas designer series paper. We used another piece of paper from the Come To Gather designer series paper pack. One this that I really like about the dies from this suite is that the small leaves cut and emboss at the same time.
I like this card as it uses different colors, Pretty Peacock and a grayish/brown tint, than most Fall cards. The colors that coordinate with this paper are Early Espresso and Pretty Peacock.
The final project for this kit was a gift card holder. This holder is very easy to make and can be used for any occasion. All you would have to do is change the colors and designer series paper. You could make one for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Valentines Day or birthday. So many possibilities.
Please note: Some of the projects from Holiday Extravaganza were from Pinterest and/or YouTube. We used them for inspiration or we might have case'd (create and share everything) them. Then there were some that we designed exclusively for our Holiday Extravaganza. Since they were created special for the attendees, I will not be sharing the measurements or instructions.
For each of our kits, we picked a suite and used that for all of our projects, with the exception of sometimes using an additional stamp set.
Here are all the products we used for this kit. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies I used for any of the projects, just click on the picture below.
Here is a list of supplies that we used for this kit:
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Tonight I am going to be showing you a fun technique called, Retiform, on a card. I haven't made one in a long time, so this will be fun to show you this technique tonight. I will be live on my Facebook page Stampin Scrapper at 7:00pm EST. I hope you can join me!
Welcome to Fall Friday 2019! This week I have a treat holder that I made using the Stampin' Up! Kraft Pillow Boxes. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do for my Fall Friday series when I saw one of the pillow boxes sitting on my craft table. I was looking at it, trying to figure out what I could do with it.
I knew I wanted to do a Halloween one, so I started with the Harvest Hellos stamp set and the coordinating Apple Builder punch. I stamped the Pumpkin and tag with Memento ink. For the tag I used the Tags, Tags, Tags stamp set and cut out the tag and little pumpkins on the tag with the Trio of Tags dies. If you buy them as a bundle (using the bundle item number) you will save 10% .
I colored the Kraft Pillow Box with a Basic Black Stampin Write Marker. I was looking for a ribbon to use on it, and I couldn't find one that was the color Pumpkin Pie. So, what do you do? You make your own. I colored the Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon with the Dark Pumpkin Pie Blend marker. You are going to want to let it dry before you use it. If not, the color will come off on your hands if the ink isn't dry.
I decided to make another pillow box for Fall using the same stamp set, Harvest Hellos. This time I used the apple stamp and punched it out with the same Apple Builder punch.
To color the apple I used Stampin' Up! Blends Cherry Cobbler - both light and dark, Old Olive - both light and dark and the dark Soft Suede. I used the Classic Label Punch to punch out the hole at the top of the pillow box and tied the bow with the Basic Black 3/8" Scalloped Edge Ribbon from the Stampin' Up! 2019 holiday catalog.
There are so many possibilities with these boxes. What are you going to make with them?
It's Friday! It is going to be a busy weekend in my stamping studio. I have Christmas card class tonight and on Sunday afternoon. Tomorrow I am really excited because we are going to Ikea!!! Yay!!! I wonder what we will come home with?
Thank you for stopping by and have fabulous weekend. If you are in an area that is getting the cold weather, stay warm. I know we will be getting out our winter coats for tomorrow morning.
Happy Stampin and
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Robin and I had 5 different kits for the attendees to create at our Holiday Extravaganza. The first one was Halloween themed and we used the Wonderfully Wicked stamp set and Wicked dies. We also used the Monster Bash designer series paper all from the Stampin' Up! 2019 holiday catalog.
The first project they made was the adorable pumpkin with the clear boxes. We got inspiration from a lot of different places for our projects. Some we created, some we took bits and pieces from projects we saw on line and came up with our own and some we made just like the original creator. This is one of the projects that we made just like the creator, but changed the sentiment.
In this treat holder Mentos fit perfectly inside of it. With all of our treat holders, we gave them the candy to put in them, so they didn't have to go get it themselves. Also, with each kit, they got a surprise from us. With this kit the got the beautiful Glittered Organdy Ribbon from the annual catalog.
I think it was a couple of years ago that Stampin' Up! had the test tubes in one of their catalogs. Well, for some reason I thought I needed to buy boxes and boxes of them. This was a perfect time to use them! I still have a bunch left. LOL
Robin designed this card and I love how it turned out. I am not a person big on Halloween, I am more of a Fall type of girl. However, after using this set, I really like how the projects came out.
Every year we can find the Halloween mini popcorn bags, but not this year. We looked every where, even online, and couldn't find them. I know as soon as we go out shopping again, we are going to find them everywhere. Who doesn't like sweet and salty together?! So, we added a small packet of M & M's to add to the popcorn when they pop it. Yummy!
For each of our kits, we picked a suite and used that for all of our projects, with the exception of sometimes using an additional stamp set.
Here are all the products we used for this kit. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies I used for any of the projects, just click on the picture below.
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Thank you for stopping by today! Come back on Friday for my Fall Friday series. I will have more projects and pictures from my Holiday Extravaganza next week. Have an awesome Wednesday!
The Stampin' Up! clearance rack has been updated and guess what is on it! Everything Is Rosy Product Medley. Now, this is only going to be available while supplies last, so you don't want to wait!
The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley includes these exclusive products:
Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c,
Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies; largest die 2-7/8" x 1"
6" x 6" Designer Series Paper Stack—48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
6" x 6" rose gold foil paper—8 sheets
Printed die cuts—2 sheets
Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs
Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—60 embellishments; 1/4"
Melon Mambo 1/4" Ruched Ribbon—10 yards
Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8" Metallic –Edge Ribbon—10 yards
Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz.
You will want to order online, to make sure you can get the products you want from the clearance rack. Click my Shop Now button to go to my store.
Please use my October host code R637MTVT when you place your order. You will get a FREE gift from me when you order $50 or more in product and use the host code.
This picture makes me so happy! When I look at it, I smile, I laugh and my heart is filled with joy. On Saturday, I had my first ever retreat. I called it Holiday Extravaganza since all the projects were created from the Stampin' Up! 2019 holiday catalog. Robin and I along with 21 friends and family, created 23 different projects.
This is how the room looked when they came in. In the morning we had the Halloween and Fall theme and in the afternoon we did a Christmas theme.
All of the seats had a bag with all the project kits in them. They were decorated for fall on the front and winter on the back. In the picture on the right hand side you can see the back of the bag. The project on the right (Halloween) was a little thank you gift, of course, it had chocolate in it! They all know how I love to do thank you gifts all the time for everyone. The fall pillow box was for everyone who paid in full when they registered for the event. In the box was the new Snowfall Accents Puff Paint.
I wanted to recognize my team members and thank them all for coming to my event and supporting me. I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for them or my customers.
I love these ladies so much! It was great being able to spend time with them. Of course, I wanted to give them a gift to let them know how special they are to me and it had to have butterflies on it.
I used the beautiful Copper Dotted Treat bags and put the new Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewel in them.
I couldn't have done this retreat without the help of my best friend Robin.
We spent a lot of hours together, creating, laughing, drinking Starbucks, ordering pizza at midnight and getting slap happy. I think I can say for both of us, we had the best time. I can't wait to do it again next year.
Come back on Wednesday to see the projects we made in the first kit - Halloween. I will have more pictures of the room too.
I am going to be doing something totally different in my Facebook live tonight at 7:00pm EST on my Stampin Scrapper page. I hope you can join me to see what it is.
Thank you for stopping by today! Have a marvelous Monday!
Happy Fall Friday!!! It finally feels like Fall here in Ohio. I can't wait to open up my windows and get fresh air in the house.
Today I have a fast and easy triangular treat box to share with you. I used the Monster Bash designer series paper and To Every Season stamp set. I saw this project on Pinterest, created by Julie DiMatteo, and it caught my eye right away. It was a different shaped box and I wanted to know how she made it. I love learning new 3D projects, especially treat holders.
To make this project you will need the following paper. For a complete list of all the products I used, please see the end of this post.
Cardstock:
Black
Cut at 7" x 9 3/4"
Score 7" side at 2" and 5"
Score 9 3/4" side at 1 3/4", 4 1/4" and 7 1/4"
Pumpkin Pie
Scrap for 1 1/2" circle
Whisper White
Scrap for 1 3/8" circle
Monster Bash Designer Series Paper
Cut 2 at 2 3/4" x 1 1/2"
Cut 2 at 2 3/4" x 2 1/4"
Cut at 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Here is a template on how to score and cut your paper
Here is the video I did on how to make this project.
I am so excited that I can't even sleep. Tomorrow is my Holiday Extravaganza! I can't wait! Check out my Stampin Scrapper Facebook page for lives (I am going to try) and updates.
Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by today!
Happy Stampin and
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I love this kit so much I ordered 4 of them! I am not a person who likes skeletons, skulls or any of the other types of scary Halloween items. I go towards the scarecrows and pumpkins. I think it is from working with children for almost 31 years, but even as a kid I wasn't into it.
When I saw this kit I thought I wouldn't like it, but was I wrong! I love it! I had so much fun playing with it and creating these cards. You know how I love how Stampin' Up! demonstrators share their creations with each other, which was what I needed for this kit. Not that I couldn't have created my own designs (I did on one card) I just didn't have the time this week. My Holiday Extravaganza is on Saturday, so my stampin studio has just been a little busy and hectic. I found two of the cards online and changed them up a little bit to fit my style.
The first card was originally created by Dana McClelland and this is my take on it.
The measurements for this card are:
Cardstock:
Gorgeous Grape
cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4"
Black
cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
scrap for cat
Smoky Slate
cut at 3 3/4" x 5"
Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede and Old Olive
scraps for pumpkin
Whisper White
cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
The other card that caught my eye right away was created by Linda Sterling.
The measurements for this card are:
Cardstock:
Black
cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4"
cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
Granny Apple Green
cut at 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
cut at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Gorgeous Grape
cut at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Pumpkin Pie
cut at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Whisper White
cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
The last card I did create myself. When I saw the skeletons in the Paper Pumpkin stamp set the first thing I thought of was them dancing across the card.
The measurements for this card are:
Cardstock:
Granny Apple Green
cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4"
Gorgeous Grape
2 3/4" x 5 1/2"
Whisper White
cut at 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"
cut at 4" x 5 1/2"
Here is the video from my Facebook live on how to put the September Paper Pumpkin kit together and how to create the above cards.
How cute are those treat boxes. I am going to make 62 of them for Beckett, Brielle and Blysse to take to their Halloween parties at school.
If you would like to get a fun creative box in your mailbox each month, check out the details below about the October and November Paper Pumpkin kits.
Stampin' Up! knows how we love to create beautiful cards and tags for our Christmas gifts. This year they have coordinated October and November's Paper Pumpkin to make it easy for all of us. Yay! Put them together and you have everything you need to make handmade and heartwarming projects.
October’s kit includes 10 traditional cards
holiday card size: 4 1/4" x 5-1/2"
November’s kit features 24 can’t- miss tags.
holiday-themed gift tags of 4 various sizes and designs.
Coordinating colors: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce
Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.
NOTE: the October and November kits coordinate; however, each kit is all-inclusive and can stand alone.
Each month I will be doing a Facebook live showing you how to put the kit together and how to make alternative projects . Join me on my Stampin Scrapper Facebook page on
October 28th at 7:00pm
November 25th at 7:00pm
Come back on Friday to see what fun project I have created for you!
Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!
Happy Stampin and
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I love designer series paper and Stampin' Up! has beautiful paper in their annual and holiday catalogs. Today is the last day of their Designer Series Paper Sale.
Here are all the details:
from September 4th - 30th
Buy 3 packs of designer series paper from list below, get one FREE
You may mix and match papers from any of the listed papers.
No limits how many times you can participate in this promotion
When you order, after you enter three qualifying item numbers, and a prompt to add a free pack will appear.
If you want all four packages of the same, enter three together and then redeem the fourth.
Click on the pictures below to order your favorite paper!
Don't forget to use the September Host code below, when you order online. If your order is over $50 and you use the host code, you will receive a gift from me!
Purple Posy ink pads and refills are here!!!!!!
Yay! I am so excited. I have been wanting to use that color and now we can get it!
Click on the picture above to go to embossing folders in my online store.
Stampin' Up! knows how we love to create beautiful cards and tags for our Christmas gifts. This year they have coordinated October and November's Paper Pumpkin to make it easy for all of us. Yay! Put them together and you have everything you need to make handmade and heartwarming projects.
October’s kit includes 10 traditional cards
holiday card size: 4 1/4" x 5-1/2"
November’s kit features 24 can’t- miss tags.
holiday-themed gift tags of 4 various sizes and designs.
Coordinating colors: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce
Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.
NOTE: the October and November kits coordinate; however, each kit is all-inclusive and can stand alone.
Each month I will be doing a Facebook live showing you how to put the kit together and how to make alternative projects . Join me on my Stampin Scrapper Facebook pageon
October 28th at 7:00pm
November 25th at 7:00pm
Tonight on my Facebook live I will be sharing with you the September Paper Pumpkin kit and alternative projects. Oh, my goodness, I am in love with this kit and it totally not my style. I can't wait to share it with you! Join me tonight at 7:00pm EST at Stampin Scrapper Facebook page.
Only 5 more days until my Holiday Extravaganza! I can't wait! I will have pictures and Facebook lives on my Stampin Scrapper Facebook page throughout the day. Stop by and check them out. Next Monday on my Facebook live I will share with you all the projects we made at my event.
Thank you so much for stopping in today. I hope you have a terrific day!
Happy Stampin and
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Happy Fall Friday! This is the second card that we made at my Stamp Camp using the Hello Harvest stamp set and Apple Builder punch. When I saw this card on Pinterest, created by Cindy Brumbaugh, I knew I wanted to make it.
One thing I was trying to figure out was how did she make the basket. Did she emboss a piece a paper and hand cut it to the shape of a basket? I could do that, but there had to be an easier way. So, I watched Cindy's video (click on the link to watch it), and saw how she did it. She used the Stitched Nestled Labels dies! What, no way! I am so going to use this idea a lot more.
To make this card you will need the following paper. For a complete list of all the products I used, please see the end of this post.
Cardstock:
Crumb Cake
cut at 1/2" x 5"
cut at 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"
cut at 5 1/2" 8 1/2"
Early Espresso
cut at 1 1/4" x 5 1/4"
scraps for the stems and bow
Garden Green
scraps for the leaves
Granny Apple Green
cut at 2 1/4" x 2 1/2"
Real Red
cut at 2 1/4" x 2 1/2"
So Saffron
cut at 2 1/4" x 2 1/2"
Once I cut the Crumb Cake cardstock with the Stitched Nestled Label dies, I ran it through the Big Shot with the Basket Weave embossing folder. You are then going to cut it in half and that is how you get the basket! Isn't that brilliant!
The little tag and bow I used the Cup of Cheer dies from the Stampin' Up! 2019 holiday catalog. The red apple is popped up with stampin dimensionals. On the envelope and the inside of the card I stamped the apple slice and colored it with the Crumb Cake and Real Red Stampin Write Markers.
I can't believe in one week from tomorrow is my Holiday Extravaganza!!! I am getting so excited!
I will be sharing with you the September Paper Pumpkin kit and alternative projects. This kit is so cute for Halloween treats and cards. You can join me on my Stampin Scrapper Facebook page.
ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!!!
Here are all the details
from September 4th - 30th
Buy 3 packs of designer series paper from list below, get one FREE
You may mix and match papers from any of the listed papers.
No limits how many times you can participate in this promotion
When you order, after you enter three qualifying item numbers, and a prompt to add a free pack will appear.
If you want all four packages of the same, enter three together and then redeem the fourth.
Here is the list:
#149100 Perennial Essence
#149443 See A Silhouette
#149481 Come Sail Away
#149484 Magnolia Lane
#149488 Garden Lane
#149489 Follow Your Art
#149497 Woven Threads
#149589 Dinoroar
#149592 Bird Ballad
#149500 Pressed Petals
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Have a fabulous weekend! Thank you for stopping by today!
Happy Stampin and
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