Year End Sale is Here!

Check out the great deals that Stampin' Up is offering! HUGE YEAR-END SALE.  Stampin' Up!'s amazing year-end sale starts TODAY!  They've loaded up the Clearance Rack with lots of new goodies - including many items from the Holiday Catalog.  With some great products marked up to 60% off, this sale is not to be missed!  Click on the banner above to see everything that's on sale.  Sort by "newest" to make sure you catch everything.

December Class - Christmas Finale

Here are the samples of my Christmas Card Class Finale!  We will be making 5 cards total - 2 of the shadow box card, that I took the recipe and instructions from Dawn Griffith! You can check out her video on YouTube if you want to get a heads up on how to make this great card!

There will also be a surprise 6th card!  Cost is $10.    There is lots of room left in my Friday and Sunday Classes; 

Friday, December 11th - 10 am to 2 pm - light lunch served
Sunday - December 13th - 1:30 to 4:30 pm  (no lunch).

I hope you can join me!  Call or email for your reservation!

Sheryl

ps. - check out my December Newsletter in the right hand column!

New Video Today!

I've filmed a new video for you and have discovered some things about filming videos!  Noises are annoying.  And apparently I have an obsession with closing my ink pads - very noisly too!  Plus I talk too much.  I've taken notice of all this and the next video will be shorter and quiter, I hope. 

Anyway, about today's video.  This is one of the cards that we made in my 10 Card Christmas Buffet.  My inspiration for this card comes from Stampin'Up! demonstrator Tina Rappe. I loved the red cardinal stamp (state bird of Illinois!) and the tent card presentation.  A tent card is a 4-1/4 x 4-1/4  card with an extension on it to make it 5 1/2" tall and fits in a standard envelope. 

Here is the receipe

Stamp Set - Joyful Christmas (2015 Holiday Catalog)

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Memento Black

Paper: 
Always Artichoke - 4-1/4 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
Whisper White - 4x4 (cut 2 - for front and inside);  3 x 3 for cardinal, scrap to stamp cardinal and cut out.
Cherry Cobbler - 3x3

Assesories:  2 way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds

So here is the video - you may want to drink some coffee to keep you awake!

Have a wonderful Day!

Sheryl

On Line Extravaganza Starts Today!

The Online Extravaganza is Here - check it out!

Here are the Flash Sale only good Today!

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Here are the items that are 40% off: 

 

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Items that are 30% Off

 

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And Finally Items that are 20% Off

 

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Contact me if you wish to place an order.  Sale only good until November 30th, or while supplies last!

Sheryl

Starts Monday! Save up to 50% from Stampin' UP

Once a year, Stampin' Up! offers a one week Online Extravaganza with select items on sale up to 50% off.  Sale starts Monday, November 23rd and ends Monday night, November 30th!Sale items include, Designer Series Paper, Paper Pumpkin Kits and refills (no subscription necessary), Project Life Bundles, Punches, Ribbons, Framelits, Dies, etc... Check out the complete list and the percentage off by clicking on the image below!

You can either order on line through my store www.sheryldstamps.stampinup.net or you can call me or mail me here.

Now is the time to fulfill your wish list items.  Remember, the sale is for one week only!


Sheryl

Going, Going, Gone!

Good Morning my stamper friends!

Yesterday Stampin' Up published the Holiday Catalog retirement list.  This means that you have only until January 3rd, 2016, or until supplies last, to get the fabulous product that is offered in the catalog.  So if you haven't made your Christmas cards yet, not is the time to start!  To find out if your wish list product is on the retirement list, click on the image below and order today!

Sorry I have been so absent from the blogging scene.  I have been very, very, busy.  On November 7th we had our 2nd annual Peoria Stamp Fair, attended by 62 very happy ladies.  We offered two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  We had 4 Make & Takes, Paper Pumpkin, product demonstrations, display boards and best of all we had Prize Patrol. And to top it off, we had a grand prize basket that you could win with over $125 of Stampin'Up product!

Then last weekend, November 14th, with 2 of my other Stampin' Up demonstrators, we went up to Milwaukee WI to join hundreds of other demonstrators to attend Stampin' Up's first ever On Stage.  The main program was broadcast from Brussels Belgium (yes that is right.  Stampin' Up is international!)  They unveiled the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration catalog which will go live in January.  It was a great time to reconnect with fellow demonstrators and get inspiration and hands on knowledge of the new product.

Today I'm starting my Christmas All the Way 10 Card Buffet.  Classes are today, Friday and Sunday where my customers get the chance to make up to 10 Christmas cards.  Hope they eat their whites today!

If you would like to take any of my classes, please contact me!

Have a good stamping day my friends!

Sheryl

Christmas all the Way Card Buffet in November

We will really be serious about getting our Christmas cards made in November.  To help you along with this goal, I am offering a Christmas Card Buffet on Tuesday, November 17th, Friday, November 20th and Sunday, November 22nd.  Contact me by November 10th if you wish to sign up for this class.  The class will not be held in my home.  So if call to make reservations and find out where this thing is being held!

Here is a sample of the 10 cards we will be making (there are only 9 in the picture...I still need to design one more!)

 

 

 

My November newsletter is out.  Click on the link in the right column to read it. 

 

I don't know about you, but the time change has been kind of hard on me.  I'm waking up at 4:30 or 5am and then I'm dead tired by 8:00 pm!  Not getting much work done.

 

Have a wonderful day friends and share your love of stamping with others!

 

 

Sheryl

Last Day for Savings on Stamps from Stampin' Up!

Good Morning Friends!

Just a quick post and a reminder that today is the last day of the 15% off all Stampin'Up! stamps.  So if you've had your eye on a favorite stamp set, today is the day to order it.  Either access my on-line store to order, or call or email me to place your order!

Today I'm dropping Chloe off at Play All Day Doggie Day Care (the happiest place on earth, next to Disney World), and I've got a doctor's appointment to go over the MRI that I had last week.  I'm all ready for my class next Tuesday, other than making the Caramel Corn.  This is going to be a special treat for my guests, as my way of thanking them for choosing me as their Stampin'Up! demonstrator.   I need to make more Halloween Treat holders for my grandchildren.  Gotta get over to the apple orchard too.  Need more apples and cider!  So I better get cracking on my busy day.

Enjoy this fall weather and by all means, stamp something!


Sheryl

Some Thanksgiving and Christmas

A Hosted Class and Custom Design:  I got a call from one of my ladies the other day and she wanted to host a class.  She has invited 5 of her friends and has asked me to design 3 cards for them to make.  Since she is doing all the work of getting people together, she will be the "hostess" of my class and all orders resulting from that class will go toward her hostess credits (if the orders are over $150 before S&H and taxes). 

 The class is next Tuesday.  She wanted one Thanksgiving card and two different designs of Christmas, which they would make two of each.  She wanted a religious card and the other card, she wanted it to say something about Christmas - none of this Happy Holiday businesss!  Here are the cards that I designed.  I hope she likes them!

I used the Grateful for You stamp set found in the annual catalog and the 2013-2016 In Color Palate

Night of Navy Card stock and ink, and embossed the Dove of Peace Stamp with silver.  Finished off with silver cording.

 The last card shown, of the Holy Family is from a stamp set called "All Ye Faithful" and is a CASE from the Holiday Catalog, page 21.  I changed it up just a bit to make it a little easier for my class.  You have to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to get everything lined up on that tag.    I also used the Boughs and Berries textured embossing folder and the Winterland Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack.  The snowflake aka star is the Snowflake elements all found on page 23 in the Holdiay Catalog. 

I think these Christmas cards will find their way into my Christmas Card Buffet which will be held on Friday, November 20th.

Have a creative afternoon with friends!  If you would like to host a class so that you can earn hostess credits,  please contact me and we can set up an arrangement.

Sheryl

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15% off Sale and Clearance Rack

Just a few days left on Stampin'Up!'s 15% off stamp sale.

Click on the picture below to access my on-line store, or email me here.

Check out the weekly deals on the side bar.  Don't forget the clearance rack where you can save big bucks on retired products!

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Until later my friends!

Sheryl

Happy Halloween

I just love making treats for Halloween, especially for my grandson Cody's classroom.  Ever since he has been in pre school, I have handmade some kind of Stamping' Up! treat holder.  He is now in 6th grade, and I don't think he will want me to do anything this year.  :(    However, I do have a 3 year old granddaughter who is in pre-school (she calls it pretty-school), and I'm gearing up for her class!

The treats in the photo below are what I made for my card class attendee's for October.  Aren't they cute?  The cloths pin witches hat has several video's out on how to make them.  It's made with black glitter paper, the tree punch and circle punches.  Go to YouTube and search for Dawn Griffith - Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.  She has a terrific video out there showing how to not only make the hat, but the bow as well. (using the bow builder punch, which just happens to be part of the weekly deal this week!)

The treat base is a 6 x 6 piece of Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Catalog, called Happy Haunting.  At our last quarterly demonstrators meeting, Lori Helvick showed us how to make these cute little treat holders.  You can go to her blog and view her video on how to make these at createwithlori2.blogspot.com.  I just turned mine the other way and decorated it.  There is room for two treats.  I'm cheap.  I only gave my people one Ghirardelli.

They are really fun and easy to make.  Kind of addicting.  I may or may not do a short video on how to make these cute little treats for that special little spook in your life.  

Sheryl

Stampin'Up! Sale!

Stampin'Up! is having a stamp sale!  That's right.  But it's a short one!  Only today, Monday, 10/19/15 through Friday, 10/23/15.  Here are the details:

• Dates: October 19-23, 2015 
• Host stamp sets, rotary stamps, and supply list stamp sets are not eligible for the 15 percent promotional discount on stamps. 
• Bundles are not eligible for this promotional discount, but they will retain their current 15 percent Bundle & Save discount. The stamp set from the bundle may still be purchased ala carte with the 15 percent promotional discount. 
• Stamps purchased using a 50 percent Stampin' Rewards discount will not be available for this 15 percent promotional discount. Stamps purchased using Stampin' Rewards discounts will still be 50 percent off retail value of the stamp set. 
• All order types qualify for this promotion. 
• There is no limit to how many discounted stamp sets can be placed on an order. 
• There is no minimum purchase required for this promotion.

Click on the picture below to access my on-line store to order, or contact me either by email or phone.  

Christmas Gift Card Holders

Just a quick post this morning.  Last Saturday, my group of Stampin'Up! Demonstrators, aka the Stray Ducklings got togther for our quarterly meeting.  At these meetings we share business tips, blogging tips and all kinds of other things.  Debbie Kramer showed us her home made "Photo Booth", a booth for taking perfect pictures of your cards!  It's made out of a tri fold presentation board, some fun foam, vellum card stock and a couple of lights.  I took pictures of a few cards in there just to test it out. 

These two gift card holders were made by Mary Booker, inspired by Dawn Griffith.  They are made using Stampin'Up regular size envelopes.  Cute, huh?  And dig the flawless background and foreground. 

The cards are very easy to make.  I'm sure these will find a spot in my December stamping classes!

So now, here is the picture of the photo booth: 

You'd never now this was what was behind those cards!  I can't wait to make mine!

By the way, if you would like to join my team and become a part of a great group of demonstators, please contact me.  I will give mentor you through the signing up process and give you all the support and information that you need to either get your business up and running.  Or if you just want to join Stampin'Up to get the great demonstrator discount, that is welcomed as well.  Either way, you can join me and the Stray Ducklings and get to know a great group of women and have a great deal of fun as well!

Until later my friends, keep stamping!

Sheryl

October 2015 Class Plus November Classes

Good morning my stamping friends!

The days are ticking away until the November 7th Peoria Stamp Fair - deadline to register is October 16th, midnight.  Click on the registration form on the side bar to print out a registration form.  I must receive both the form and your check to guarantee spot in either the morning or afternoon session.

Also, on the sidebar is a link to my October 2015 newsletter.  Click on the link to access it.  The following is a summary of that newsletter....

I've got my October class, Fall into Christmas, is ready to go.  There is still time to sign up.  Email me to sign up if you haven't already:  to: Sheryl - I want to make cards

Tuesday, October 13th - 10 am until 2 pm
Friday, October 16th - 10 am until 2 pm
Sunday, October 18th - 1pm until 5 pm

You will be making 3 fall/Thanksgiving cards, and 2 Christmas cards plus a Christmas tag.  The shaker card and the tags are from the Holiday Catalog, and are kits found on page 4 and 5.  I just wanted to give you a taste of doing a kit.  They are wonderfully easy, and you get some spectacular cards and tags.  Plus, there is a lot of "stuff" left over that you can use on other projects!  In fact, I'm so excited about the shaker card kit, that I am offering two additional classes in November.  More about that later in this post.  Here are the cards that we will be making :

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Pretty cool, huh?  I'm especially excited about the woodlands embossing folder card - looks like a water color painting doesn't it?  And it's very easy to do.  It is definitely a WOW card.

Ok, now for November classes.  I am offering 2 different classes in November:

Kit Class - "To You and Yours Shaker Card Project Kit" - November 8th and 12th
The class is free.  All you have to do is buy the kit from me.  The cost for the kit is $24 - total price with shipping and handling and state sales tax comes to $28.18.  I will provide the stamps, ink and any specialized glue.  I will also show you how to change it up a bit to make it your very own!

Classes will be held on Sunday, November 8th from 1 - 5 pm or Thursday, November 17th from 10 am until 2 pm.  Email me here to sign up 

Christmas All the Way Card Buffet
November 17th, 20th and 22nd
Just to shake things up a bit and let you get more bang for your buck, I will be offering a Christmas Card Buffet.  I will design 10 different Christmas cards and put everything you need in a shoebox like box plus instructions.  One box per card.  You choose which cards you want to make.  Minimum order is 5 cards.  You can make 5 cards, you can make 10 cards or you can make 8.  The choice is up to you.  Cost is $2 per card, which includes the envelope.  Once you've made your card, you return the box and pick another one.  Since this will take considerable room - I will be having this card buffet somewhere other than my house.  Haven't found the venue yet, but will let you know.  Email me here to sign up.

Welcome to the Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle!

Good Morning Friends!

I belong to a group of Central Illinois Stampin'Up! demonstrators,   We called our selves the "Stray Ducklings" and would like to present to you our first Stray Duckling Waddle!

This is the card that I made for our swap that we had for our quarterly meeting, held yesterday.

I was inspired by Linda Heller, to make this card.  I used Bermuda Bay and the (wonderful) thick Whisper White Card stock.  The Decorative ornaments stamp and framelitts.  Silver foil paper and the silver cord set it off.  I also used the stripes impressions folder.  Bermuda bay ink and pool party were used on the ornament. And no card is complete with out a rhinestone!

Hope you enjoyed my card!  

Thanks for stopping by today.  You arrived here from Mary Booker's Blog.  Now, on to the next blogger Sue Boerner

Here are all the Ducklings that are participating in todays Waddle!

Lori Helvick

Bonnie Alexander

Nancy Legate

Debbie Kramer

Mary Booker

Sue Boerner

Blessings, 

Sheryl

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The Cards that Didn't Make it.....

Good morning friends!

Today I thought I would share with you some cards that I selected for my classes, but for one reason or another, they didn't make the cut.  (Maybe they will show up in future classes, you never know), and why.

When I'm designing a class I have to keep in mind the time factor, which means the cards either have to be fairly simple, or I have to do a lot of pre cutting.

I also have to take in consideration the "get Up" factor.  I have a small house and I don't want everyone having to get up 2 or 3 times per card to go use the Big Shot or Emboss or use the scoring buddy.  That would cause a big traffic jam.  So I usually try to make it worth their while at the Big Shot... they have to do several things, like emboss, then cut out with a framelitt, etc....

One last consideration is, is it a pretty card?  Some cards I see on Pinterest or on other blogs, look wonderful, and then I make it and find out it's not quite that pretty in person, or it's way more involved and wouldn't work in a class situation.   Or I don't have the card stock or embellishments
in stock.  That happens a lot where I don't have the right color of card stock and I have to change 'er up.

So here are the runner ups... I will share more with you tomorrow.

This one I had to use the scoring buddy and the in color ribbon is a tad expensive - only 5 yards on the roll!

There is no excuse for this card.... It's very pretty using the Sheltering Tree stamp set - I just never got around to adding it to a class.  I used Strawberry Slush as the card base, and it's springy looking.  This definitely will resurface next spring in one of my classes.  With a substitute for the Strawberry Slush - Rose Red perhaps?

Tomorrow I'll share with you some Christmas cards that I made last year and didn't make the cut either.

Class Pre-Instruction!

Here is a short video created by Stampin'Up! showing how the Christmas Shaker card kit goes together.  This is one of the cards that will be featured in my October class.  So get a leg up on how to put this really cute card together!

Until next time,

Sheryl

Making a Difference

Stampin'Up! has always been committed to making a difference.   One charity that is widely supported is the Ronald McDonald House Charity.  Stampin' Up!  dedicates one stamp set per year, that when sold they donate dollars to RMHC.  The stamp set this year is called "Sprinkles of Life", found on page 189 of the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog.  $3 is donated to RMHC for every set sold!  Stampin'Up! also supports this charity with demonstrators volunteering at the houses, and by collecting cards made by their demonstrators to send for the patients and their parents to use.  

In October, Stampin'Up! is supporting another charity;  Breast Cancer Research with their Paper Pumpkin kits.  Please read below....

Click on this image to sign up for Paper Pumpkin!

To show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stampin’ Up! is going PINK . . . or at least the October Paper Pumpkin boxes are! And, Stampin’ Up! is excited to announce that they will make a donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The best part—the amazing subscribers will determine the amount of the donation!

Stampin’ Up! will donate

• $1 for every active Paper Pumpkin subscriber.
• Plus, an additional $1 for every new subscriber who signs up by October 10.

Together, we will make a difference!

More About BCRF

BCRF is a world-class organization, dedicated to ending breast cancer and we are excited to be teaming up with them to make this happen. Their mission is to advance the world's most promising research to eradicate breast cancer. To learn about more ways to help, please visit www.bcrfcure.org.

Who doesn't know someone who has either had this disease or been affected by it?  Please consider subscribing to Paper Pumpkin by October 10th!  To subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, click on this link here:  My Paper Pumpkin

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Back Again

Sorry I've been off the radar.  I had stamping classes last week and big back problems.  When you are in a lot of pain, blogging isn't as exciting!  Plus, the church that I attend is moving to a new building!  And we are forming a new mission parish with another church.  Exciting times are ahead!  But lots of work to get this done.  I'm the church treasurer and it's my job to inform the utilities, post office, etc.  of our new address.  I also have to close out old bank accounts and open new ones.  Lots of details when moving. 

Chloe celebrated her birthday Friday at the Doggie Daycare.  They didn't take a still of her, but she was pretty decked out in a pretty pink baseball cap and snazzy looking scarf.  She had a bone shaped cake with cheese frosting on it.  She got to lick it before the other dogs.  They cut it up and everyone got to take a piece home!  For her birthday present we got her a dog toy with 3 rings hooked together.  She plays with that at daycare and it seems to be her favorite toy.  True to being a puppy and being Chole, she chewed up one of the rings to smitherens! 

Here's the cute Chole - a little damp - she loves to play in the water!


And here she is with her friends - don't they all look happy?

I'll be back tomorrow with actual stamping stuff!  At least I hope.  I have to camp out at the doctor's office tomorrow so he can take a look at my back and do something! 

Don't forget to check out the weekly specials in the right hand column.  Until later my friends,


Sheryl

A Stepped Up Card

Good Morning!  I'm digging this cooler weather.  Chloe, my puppy, is full of beans on these crisp mornings.  I just finished cleaning up chewed up bark under my dining room table.  We have an old tree stump out back and Chloe likes to peel off the bark and chew it up.  It was cold out this morning, so she sneaked it in.  Go figure.  The puppy mind is truly a mystery.

Today I'm going to show you a stepped up card.  What do I mean by stepped up?  Well, you take a card that's a bit plain and with a little help from Stampin' Up, you make it into a WOW card.  The original card was a butterfly stamped on a notecard from Stampin' Up and then the black detailed butterfly attached on top.  Very pretty in it's simplicity.

Well, I couldn't leave enough alone.  I made a full size card (4-1/4 x 5 -1/2 ) in Basic black.  I put a whisper white layer over it (4 x 5-1/4), and used the Fluttering embossing impressions folder to give me a back ground of many butterflies.  I then stamped the butterfly using the WaterColor Wings stamp set,

cut out the butterfly using the thinlitts, and attached to the card.

For antennas I used a black sharpie and colored a bit of linen thread.  I attached that to the back of the butterfly head with a dimensional.  I attached the detailed butterfly with glue dots, and then the entire butterfly with dimensional.  I scattered rhinestones on the background butterflies, and used a line of rhinestones on the back of the butterfly.  The sentiment is part of the Watercolor Wings stamp set and was just cut out and backed with basis black paper.  I thought it turned out pretty nifty.

I'm planning on filming two new videos this week.  We will have to see how that goes!  I have my classes this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, so I may be off the radar a couple of days.  It's Pumpkin Festival in Morton this week (yeah!) and Chloe's birthday on Saturday.  She's having a birthday party at Doggie Daycare.  Pictures WILL be posted.

Until later my friends, keep stamping and sharing!

Sheryl

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Stamping Class Room News

Good morning fellow stampers!  Today, as I promised I am revealing an addition to my Stamping Classroom card classes;

Finished Cards:  If you cannot attend my classes, but like the cards, I will make the projects for you.  The price is $12 you will receive 5 cards and envelopes, hand stamped by me!  Great to use or use as samples and inspiration.  Just let me know by email or phone, and I will get the cards to you after all classes have been completed for the week.

My big project today is to prep for the classes next week.  Cut the paper, get the card boxes together, make sure I've got everything.  Then I have to decide the order the cards will be made in and mark the boxes accordingly.  A lot of thought and preparation goes into my classes!  It's all worth it however, when all of you come to my house and we have 4 hours of creativity, laughter and fellowship.  You lift my spirits! And for that I am forever thankful.

Here is a video made by Stampin' Up! for using the Fine-Tip Pen that is found in the 2015 Holiday Catalog.  This is a WONDERFUL item to have.  I just got mine and have been using it on just about everything.  The best part is that the tip never clogs because of the needle in the lid.  Genius!

Have a wonderful weekend my friends - Create a card, Inspire someone to find delight in creativity and share what you love!


Sheryl

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Card #8 of the Shoe Box Swap

Good morning everyone!  You are getting a twofer this morning.  I just published my first talking video, which is not all that good, but I did put some new iMovie knowledge to good use.

Today's card is the #8 card that we made.  It's very simple to make, but stunning; 

This card was designed by Debbie Kramer.  The color palate she used was Lost Lagoon, Mint Macaron and Pear Pizzazz.  The stamp set is called Flurry of Wishes.  The card base was the thick Whisper White card stock, new in the Annual Catalog.  We stamped snowflakes randomly in 3 different colors on 1" strips of paper and then adhered them to Lost Lagoon strips.  The sentiment was stamped in Lost Lagoon and layered onto the Lost Lagoon circle.  To finish it, we used silver cording and a pretty Iced Rhinestone.  Simple, but elegant!

Hope you enjoyed seeing my 8 swap cards.  Until next time....

Sheryl

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Testing...1,2,3

I did a video this morning - very primitive... I created my own title page, I edited the movie and rendered it to YouTube.  Messing around with all this instead of cleaning the house, which I intended to do this morning.  Oh well.  I love technology and learning new things.  So here is the video.  It's pretty not so good....  I goofed up some of the product, but it is listed below.

So there you have it.  My first "talkie".  I do plan on doing another video showing how to get the saw tooth effect on a circle - and how to make the acorn card.  Be kind until later.

Sheryl

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Some more Shoebox cards....

Today I'm showing you 3 more cards that we made with the shoebox swap.

All cards were made with products from the 2015 Holiday Stampin' Up! Catalog.

Aren't they cute?  I especially love the little snowman.  Here are the cards close up:

This card used the new embossing folder called Woodland Textured (pg. 30 HC).  She also used the stamps "Acorny Thank you" with the acorn builder punch, and the "grateful" came from the Seasonal Frame Thinlits Dies (pg. 40 HC).  To add texture some burlap ribbon (AC) was used.  The saw tooth circle was actually a circle punched out with the scallop circle.  You adhere it to a large post it note, put it back in the scallop punch and turn it just slightly to get the sawtooth effect.  Punch and there you have it!  I'm thinking of making a video to show you how this is done.  Still just thinking about it.

Here is that cute snowman.  His hat, arms, and sentiment are from a stamp set called "Snow Place".  It has coordinating framelits which can be purchased in a bundle to save 15%.  The ribbon used on his scarf is on page 32 and you get both Garden Green and Real Red striped Ribbon - 5 yards of each.

This beguiling witch is stamped with the "Haunt ya Later" stamp set found on page 48 HC.  I colored her and cut her out.  The paper is "Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper"  - pg 47. That really cute spider web is also found on this page and is called "Spider web Doiles"  you get 24 in a pack and if you flip them over, they are white and can be used as snowflakes!  Really cool!


Hope you enjoyed seeing the cards today.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email.

Have a great day!

Sheryl

Cards from the Shoebox Swap

Good Morning!  It's another warm day in Central Illinois.  Big things happening next week.  First, Pumpkin Festival begins! The whole Morton year revolves around Pumpkin Fest.  We seasoned veterans know how to keep our heads low and off the radar.  We go and enjoy the Festival on Wednesday and Thursday night, then we crawl into our bunkers for the rest of it.  Unless you or someone you know is in the parade.  Then you gotta go see it.

Secondly, next week is my puppy Chloe's first birthday - on September 19th she will be one year old.  More about that later!

And last, but not least, my Stamping Classroom card classes are in session - on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.  The cards are all fall leaf themed.  Beautiful but easy to make.  Contact me if you would like to attend, but haven't registered yet.  There is still time!  $10 for 5 cards and envelopes.  Also, keep tuned in.  I'm going to make an exciting announcement on Friday regarding my card classes.


Todays cards are 3 samples of the cards we made on Sunday.  All of them used product from the 2015  Holiday Catalog.

This card was designed by Christ Thomas.  She used the Wonderland Stamp set (pg 23) and the Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer series paper.  The color palate was mossy meadow and very vanilla.  She also used the Lots of Labels Framelitts, found in the Annual Catalog.

The card designer was Lori Helvick.  She used Season of Cheer Designer series paper, and Flurry of Wishes stamp set, with the Snow Flurry Punch.  Her color palate was soft sky, night of navy and whisper white.  Silver ribbon and rhinestones added the special touches.

Mary Booker designed this card.  She used the Softly Falling textured impressions folder, Winter Wonderland Designer Series paper, Wonderland stamp set, and gold glimmer paper with the star framelitts.  The wow technique on this card, and you can't really see it in the photo, was that we stamped the trees on the glossy designer series paper using the new archival black ink, then heat embossed using Iridescent Ice.  Really beautiful and easy to do.

That's it for today!  Check out the weekly specials on the side column.  Some things you might need for your Christmas cards!

Keep on stamping!

Sheryl

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The Reveal - My Shoebox Card

Good Morning!  I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend.  Yesterday, I went to Sterling Illinois (yes, it's a long drive, but worth it!) with 3 of my fellow demonstrators from the Peoria area for the First Annual Demonstrators Holiday Catalog Shoebox Swap.  That's a lot of words!  Mary Booker was our host.

In case you don't know, a shoebox swap is where you design a card, and cut all the card stock, provide the stamps, ink and anything else you used to create the card.  Put all this in a "shoebox".  Then other people take your box, look at your card and make their own card following your design.  It's a great way of seeing other people's creativity and trying out new product.

Anywho, we arrived at Mary's house around 2 and met the 4 other demonstrators and we got right down to business.  Tomorrow I will share with you some of the cards that we made.  But for today, here it my card that I created for the swap.

Outside of card - I used the new Corrugated Paper and the BoHo impressions folder

This is the inside of the card.  Had a few strips of the corrugated paper and put them to good use!

It only took me 5 hours to create this card, along with the other one I showed you the other day.  I thought it turned out pretty good.  I was trying really hard to come up with something on my own.  I finally caved and went looking for inspiration.  I did get ideas from Linda Heller of Stamping School, and then a card I found on Pinterest, created by Leena Girsa.   However, the inside of the card is all mine!

The elements I used in my card were:
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, whisper white, corrugated paper, In to the Woods Designer Series Paper
Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey and Blackberry Bliss
Stamps:  Acorny Thank you
Accessories:  Acorn Builder Punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Circle Framelits, Boho Chic Impressions Folder

All items either in the Annual Catalog or the Holiday Catalog.  If you would like the order any of these items, click on the links below....

Have a great day and go stamp something!

Sheryl

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Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

One of the best things about Stampin' UP! is their beautiful Designer Series Papers.  They are of fine quality, and they coordinate with all their colors.  It makes card making so much easier when all you have to do is pick the designer paper, then use the colors in it.  But do you know how they come up with the ideas for the paper?  Below is a video from Stampin' Up which tells you the thought and process of coming up with their delightful paper!

I hope you enjoy the video!  If you would like to order any of these three Designer Series Paper packs and their coordinating paper packs, click on the links below.

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Have a great Saturday and safe holiday weekend!  Sheryl

A Little Bit of Fall

Even though the temperature is hovering around 95 degrees, I can tell it's starting to be Fall by the change in the color of the sunlight - it's softer and more golden.  Today's card was inspired by this and also it was my warm up card for the shoebox swap that I'm participating in this Sunday.  The challenge was to create a simple card, that could be made in 15 minuets or less, and use at least 3 elements from the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog.

Oh the agony of creating something from scratch!  I usually either CASE (copy and share everything) a card design from my favorite demonstrators, or I go to Pinterest.  Well, this time I thought I'd just do without all that.  Took me 5 hours to design this card, and many, many revisions.  In fact the final version looks absolutely nothing like the first version!  And it's nothing too exciting.  So enough discussion;  here it is;

This is a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 finished card.  I used Soft Suede cardstock as my base.  The Designer Series paper is Into the Woods.  The cute acorn stamps and punch are a bundle found on page 45 of the new Holiday catalog.  The products are listed below.

Have a great day an make sure to stamp something!

Sheryl

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A Spinning Star

Good Morning again!  Third day in a row I'm blogging.

Last night I was the entertainment for the Peoria Chapter of the PEO.  There were around 15 ladies at the meeting and we made this cute and fun card:

It is a Christmas card, but in the card making world, it's NEVER too early for Christmas cards.  The ladies had a lot of fun making this and everyone had a great time.  I want to thank the ladies of the PEO especially Roberta for making me their guest.

Now, for another first;  I've got a video showing you how the spinner card works!!

Thanks for dropping by today!  Now go stamp something!


Sheryl

A Guy Type Thank You Card

Good Morning!

Look at me.  Blogging for a second day in a row.  Will wonders ever cease?

Today I wanted to share with you a card that I made for my 12 year old grandson.  It's made with retired product, but I thought it turned out so well!  I used the crumb cake note cards and envelopes as my card base.  The note cards, both whisper white and crumb cake are the best deal in the annual catalog;  20 cards and envelopes for $6!  The card stock is heavy too.  They are perfect for the quick little card that you need to make.  They also go through regular mail without extra postage!  Last February I did a class where all we did was stamp and decorate notecards, and then we made a box to put them in.  Everyone loved it!

About my card:  I used the 2013-2015 InColors, other than the Blackberry Bliss (I couldn't find it at the time - Yikes!).  And I used Tuxedo Black for the skater.  Mossy Meadow was the frame and very vanilla for the front and inside of the card.  Here it is:

I'm off tonight doing a card make & take for the Peoria Chapter of the PEO.  Sunday I have my shoe box swap.  Lots of stamping going on in my world.

Until tomorrow,

Sheryl