My Stamping Classroom: September 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Last of the Swaps

Good Morning!

Today I will show you the last of the demonstrator swaps. I saved the best for last!
This card is from our Mother Duck, Lori H.- great card; colorful and simple!

The second card is from Kim B - great use of the Cookie Cutter Christmas and the leaf framelits. I love the thick Kraft Rope Trim that is new in the Holiday Catalog.

The last card is a fun double Z fold;

It looks like a regular card when closed - but when you open it - a fun surprise. I love how she made her own designer series paper using the Timeless Textures stamp set in the Annual Catalog!

Now for some family stuff - in September we celebrated 2 birthdays - my grandson Kale, who turned 2 years old and officially became a toddler! Here he is loving his birthday cake!

He soon abandoned the fork and went for the cake bare handed..... the only way to eat cake!

On September 19th, Chloe celebrated her 2nd birthday as well! She's beyond toddlerhood, thank goodness. She still gets into mischief and has lots of puppy energy and kisses!

That's it for today!

Have a blessed day!

Sheryl

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Swap Cards Day 3

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope you had a restful night and are ready for some more swap shares.

The first on was created by fellow demonstrator Kelly I. Simple yet so cute!

She used Pool Party card stock as the base; Softly Falling embossing folder, Work of Art stamp set for the pool party swoosh and then she used the Cookie Cuter Christmas stamp set and coordinating punch. She popped those cute snowballs up on dimensitonals and used Wink of Stella to give that blue swoosh some pizzaz!

The next card was made by Karen F. and is absolutely gorgeous; she used real red and gold:

This is the Star of Light stamp set and coordinating thinlits. She also used the new red glitter embossing powder to give the card some extra depth and sparkle. She embossed the star and sentiment in gold embossing powder and that pretty design on the left is cut from gold foil and the Flourish thinlits. A very special card for someone who is special!

The last card is so simple, yet so elegant, thanks to the great detailed thinlits called Detailed Santa Thinlits. This also comes with a coordination stamp set called Greeting from Santa. Buy as a bundle and save 10%! Nancy L. is the one who made this card. It's so cute and so easy!!!

That's it for today. I hope you found some inspiration. I know I did. I'm sure you will see several of these cards in my annual Christmas Card Buffet class coming up soon. More details later.

Have a wonderful day!

Sheryl

Greetings From Santa Clear-Mount Bundle - 143524

Price: $39.50

Star Of Light Photopolymer Bundle - 143508

Price: $49.50

Flourish Thinlits Dies - 141478

Price: $29.00

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle - 143493

Price: $35.00

Work Of Art Clear-Mount Stamp Set - 134114

Price: $22.00

Gold Foil Sheets - 132622

Price: $4.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 102482

Price: $8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 100730

Price: $9.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 101650

Price: $9.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 122924

Price: $8.00

Versamark Pad - 102283

Price: $8.50

Real Red Glitter Stampin' Emboss Powder - 142635

Price: $6.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder - 109129

Price: $5.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada) - 129053

Price: $30.00

Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - 139672

Price: $8.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush - 141897

Price: $8.00

Supply List

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Stampin'Up! Promotions you Won't Want to Miss

Good Morning!

Designer Series Paper Buy Three, Get One Free Sale - Beginning October 1!

October 1 through 31, you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free! Stampin' Up! let us know the papers that will be included in this promotion ahead of time so that we can get our wish lists ready!

Item # Product Name
141663 Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper
141645 Moroccan Designer Series Paper
141660 Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper
141654 Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper
141630 Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper
141640 By the Shore Designer Series Paper
141986 Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper
141981 Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

I love that two of the new designer papers from the 2016 Holiday Catalog are included (two of my favorites too!) in this sale. This great deal starts on Saturday, October 1!

Lets not forget the Paper Pumpkin Special going on now....Until October 10th. New signups - buy your first Paper Pumpkin and get the 2nd one free! The September 2016 Paper Pumpkin is out and it's really something special. Here is the video:

And if that doesn't tempt you, here are some alternative ideas found on Facebook group Paper Pumpkin Fan Club, using the included stamp set and some card stock and a few other things. Here are just two cards - you can find tons more on Pinterest:

And lastly, good news: Thoughtful Branches is still available while supplies last.

Here is a card we made using the Thoughtful Branches bundle at my September class:

That's about it for today. Tomorrow I'm getting back to the swap cards.

Have a blessed day and make someone's day by making them a card!

Sheryl

Monday, September 19, 2016

How to make Your Own Custom Sized Box

Good Morning Stampers!

Today I'm sharing a Stampin'Up video which shows you not only how to custom make a box with Stampin'Up product, but also how to make a really cute tassel. (2nd Video). I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!

And now the video on how to make these adorable tassels!

I love how we can make unique gift wrap for our special friends. I love customizing my gift to make them feel extra special!

Have a blessed day!

Sheryl

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Swap Day 2

Good Morning, or Guten Tag (if it's speak German day);

Another Stray Duckling Day of Swaps! Here is the first card designed by Greta W.

Here she is using the Joyful Nativity stamp again, but in a delightful new way. The base card is Dapper Denium and she used Night of Navy and the new Star of Light stamp set, found in the Holiday Catalog. She embossed the word "JOY" in gold and the Holy Family, Angels and Stars in Soft Sky (I think) and then used Wink of Stella to make them pop. I love the way she cut around the word JOY and punched out the circle in the O. A stunning card!

The next two cards use the Petals and Paisley in the new Stampin'Up! Holiday catalog (pg 47).
These are WOW cards as well:

The second card also uses the Paisley embossing folder and some of that yummy copper foil paper. Love the use of Rich Razzleberry with Night of Navy!
Such beautiful cards! I hope today's selection has inspired you!

Today I'm catching up on some old projects and making some new ones and working on the Peoria Stamp Fair, which is October 1st. Hope to see you there.

Check out the weekly specials: The layering oval framelits are on sale!!!! Click on the Special Offers graphic to see the full list.

Sheryl

Friday, September 16, 2016

Swaping Cards

Good Morning!

Sorry I missed posting the last coupled of days, but hey! It's Pumpkin Festival time in Morton. Time to paint our bodies orange, dye our hair green and dance around a bonfire! Not really - it's food tent, vendor tent, carnival time! And time to get your fill of everything pumpkin - pumpkin chili, pumpkin butter, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin coffee and even pumpkin pie blizzards.

As I told you a couple of days ago, we Central Illinois Stampin'Up Demonstrators had a meeting and we shared cards. We are known as the Stray Ducklings...mainly because most of us have lost our uplines and we needed to band together to share business tips and information. Plus we just have fun talking stamping!

Our challenge was to make something either fall/halloween or Christmas out of the Holiday Catty or the annual catalog: Here is the first card:(speaking of Pumpkins!)

This card was created by my good friend Mary B. Isn't it cute? Very creative with the circle framelits. She used Pumpkin Pie card stock and Basic Black. Not quite sure what the DSP is though. The fork is from a retired thinlits set - tea time. I just think this is such a special card!

The next card is from my good buddy Debbie K:

Love the skinny layers! So simple yet so elegant. The DSP is from the annual catalog (pg 172) and is called "This Christmas". The stamp set is also in the annual catalog, pg 35, and called Joyful Nativity. The banner is actually a hostess set in the annual catalog called Time of Year and cut out with Bunches of Banners thinlits. (pg. 201).

The last card for today is this one:

Such a pretty and yet elegant card! The background was embossed with the "Holly" embossing folder (pg 195 AC)/ The paper is once again the DSP "This Christmas" in the annual catalog. The sentiment is from the beautiful "Peace this Christmas" stamp set, pg 27 of the AC. the pretty flower and leaf was cut out using the Flourish Thinlits (Pg 194 AC).

That's it for today. I'm very fortunate to belong to a wonderful group of very talented ladies! Tomorrow; 3 more cards.

Don't forget to check out this week's specials! Just a note: the card kit O Happy Day, is on special, but only in French. Check out the list here: Weekly Special - Sept 15th - Sept 21st

Until then, keep stamping!

Sheryl

Here are some of the supplies used in today's cards:

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

New Clearance Rack Items

Good Morning Stampers!

Today is the day! Stampin' Up! has refreshed their clearance rack. Be sure to jump on those bargains here:

I have class today so this is just a quick post. Tomorrow I will share with you some cards that my fellow demonstrators shared in a swap when we met last Saturday. Be prepared to be wowed!

Also, there is still time to sign up for the Peoria Stamp Fair on October 1st! Contact me today if you want to play!

Until tomorrow.

Sheryl

Saturday, September 10, 2016

What are you Waiting For?

Today is the deadline to sign up for the World Card Making Day Stamp Fair!!! It is being held on October 1 in Peoria. We've got a great morning or afternoon planned for you. Go home with a SWAG Bag, 4 projects, lots of picture of samples, bargains from our Stamp Store and learn cool techniques. This isn't only fun it's great therapy with fun people!! Contact me here for the details. Let me reserve a spot for you! The form for signing up and all the details is right here! or in the right column of this blog. Either way, download, print, write that check and call me!

Hope to see you at the Fair!

Friday, September 9, 2016

My Moose is gone! (I mean muse)

Hi everyone.

In the past few days I have been trying to design cards for my September and October classes, design cards and 3 -D items for our Peoria Stamp Fair on October 1st (and if you haven't signed up yet, whatcha waiting for?) and a swap for our Stray Ducklings Demonstrator meeting this Saturday. This is in addition to a huge and very upsetting event at our church (which I am still reeling from), and flooded basements, rats in the garage, spilled milk and a giant spider which is guarding the side door to the garage. The rat appears to be gone. Maybe the spider got him. It's big enough. I don't know, don't care. All I know is that I have to go out the front door and walk around back to get into the garage, because I'm avoiding that spider.

Anyway, as you can see, my mind is a bit muddled right now. Try and design a card in that state....can't be done. So here is a picture of swap card #1 (I apologize in advance):

Yeah, What was she thinking? Here's the second one....still not convinced this is the way to go:

Which one do you prefer? I wanted something quick and easy but using the Holiday Catalog products. The first card is a lot of work to put together. The second one is much easier, but its just kind of too simple. I CASED this idea from Angie Juda of mychicnscratch. I love her designs, and I think this is really cute. This card is not wowing me. I think I'm just in a card funk right now. My card Muse has left the building! Maybe she turned into a moose.

Which one do you prefer? You will probably see these cards in the near future - at a class or my annual Christmas Card buffet. You just never know. I'm that desperate.

Back to the drawing board - I've got to get these made tonight - I have to have at least 7 kits cut by Saturday for my class and the instructions written up and printed. So I better stop whining and get busy.

Until tomorrow,
May all your cards turn out perfectly! Because mine sure aren't!

Sheryl

Thursday, September 8, 2016

New Weekly Specials From Stampin'Up!

Good Morning!

I can't wait to show you the weekly specials this week! They are really great! Check out the list here:

What is of special interest to me is the gold binder clips and the acetate foil, both of which I ordered last week at full price, of course! Dang! Well, you just can't have enough gold clips or Designer Series Paper, can you?

Angie Juda at mychicnscratch.com has a really cute project using these binder clips and the cookie cutter reindeer. Watch the video with the Christmas reindeer treat box. Check it out here: http://mychicnscratch.com/2016/08/christmas-treats-box.html.