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Strength & Hope for Cancer Awareness

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Friday, August 5th, 2011

I am excited to be celebrating 15 years with Stampin’ Up!

On August 4th 1996, I joined as a demonstrator while living in Connecticut with three small girls. Now two major moves and an additional child… I’m still here and still loving Stampin’ Up! and the wonderful people that I have met along the way as well as the wonderful people who leave me such kind feedback on my blog!

I’ve had this set for two months and have finally gotten around to working with it and it will only be available until August 31st. By purchasing it, you can support breast cancer research. This special edition set ‘Strength & Hope’ is part of Stampin’ Up!’s Making a Difference program in partnership with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF).

From May 1-August 31, 2011, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2* from the sale of each Strength & Hope Set and Digital Kit to BCRF. Available in three languages:

Strength & Hope
Wood mounted 118100 $17.95
Clear mounted 123660 $13.95

Force & Espoir (French)
Wood mounted 123665, $17.95
Clear mounted 123667, $13.95

Fortaleza y Esperanza (Spanish)
Wood mounted 123670, $17.95
Clear mounted 123672, $13.95

A Strength & Hope Digital Kit (item 124475) is also available that includes a four-piece stamp brush set, 12 Designer Series Papers, and 10 embellishment pieces for $9.95. Contact me or order online today to order this beautiful set and support BCRF as they work find a cure for breast cancer!

*Stampin’ Up! is donating $2 from this purchase to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide. For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.

CLICK HERE for more information about the set and to purchase it! For more information on the sample, here are the accessories used:

Strength & Hope (#118100 W, #123660 C)
Accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ½ Soft Suede Cardstock
3 ½ x 4 in. Beau Chateau DSP #122357
½ x 4 in. Soft Suede c/s Strip
3 ½ x 2 ¾ Pink Pirouette cardstock
3 ¼ x 2 ½ Very Vanilla cardstock
1 ¾ x 8 ½ in. Pink Pirouette cardstock (for stamping and cutting–you will be stamping the butterfly and cutting it out, as well as punching the scalloped square ‘H’)
Soft Suede Classic Ink, Lace Ribbon Border punch #122362, Scallop Square punch #119884, Dimensionals

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Categories : Specials

Manhattan Flower Bride Dress Card

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Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Isn’t this an awesome idea? I just had to CASE the bride dress idea I received from a swap at convention where Betty Button, Hinesburg, Vt., made a wedding dress from detail on the Manhattan Flower embossing folder (#114517).

I opted to make my card Vanilla on Vanilla and used the new Beau Chateau designer paper and coordinating Marina Mist cardstock and ink. How simple!!!

What you might not be able to see, is that the dress is double layered (Very Vanilla cardstock and Vellum cardstock embossed together and then adhered together and trimmed to the outline of the dress. Before cutting, I adhered the two layers at the ‘waistline’ and covered the monoadhesive with the taffeta bow.

Set (greeting): Word Play
(122268 W, 122270 C)
Accessories/Measurements (All products are Stampin’ Up!):
5 ½ x 8 ½ Marina Mist cardstock
5 ¼ x 4 Very Vanilla cardstock
3 x 3 Marina Mist cardstock
2 ¾ x 2 ¾ Beau Chateu DSP #122357
(DRESS) 3 x 3 Very Vanilla cardstock
(DRESS) 3 x 3 Vellum cardstock #101856
8 in. Vanilla Taffeta, Marina Mist Classic Ink, Dimentionals
——–Sizzix————
Manhattan Flower textured embossing folder #114517
Sizzix Die Cutting Machine, Multi-purpose platform
Two clear cutting pads

Too stinkin’ cut, no?

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Categories : Wedding

Beautiful Butterflies

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Friday, July 22nd, 2011

This card is my ‘stationery’ this month–if you get a card from me, this is the one you get! I got the inspiration for the background (pink stripes on pink & black) from one of my talented team members, Jackie Schulz. I used the decorative element from Friends 24/7 and also my favorite Embosslits die ‘Wonderful Wings’. Enjoy!

Set - Friends 24/7 (retired)
Accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ½ Blushing Bride cardstock
2 ¼ x 4 ¼ ‘Patterns’ DSP – ‘In Color’ pinstripe
3 ¼ x 4 ¼ Black cardstock
3 ¼ x 3 Black cardstock
3 x 2 ¾ White cardstock
12 inches wide grosgrain
2 ½ x 3 Blushing Bride c/s for Embosslit Die, Scallop Trim Border punch (#118402), Black StazOn, Dimentionals, Glue Dots
——–Sizzix————
Wonderful Wings Embosslit Die #118138, Sizzix Die Cutting Machine, Multi-purpose platform,
Two clear cutting pads, Dimensionals

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Categories : blog

Convention 2011 Display Boards

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Monday, July 18th, 2011

I had an amazing time in Salt Lake City at Stampin’ Up!’s convention! I am excited to share that I earned Founder’s Circle as Demonstrator of the Year #91. Founders Circle are the top 100, so as you can see, I squeaked in JUST under the wire (they are letting in the riff-raff now). In any event, I will share an all expenses vacation to St. Georges, Utah in September with the Shelly and the WONDERFUL staff at SU who make that event AWESOME. Yes, I will behave, I will behave… and certainly practice my curtseys!

Convention Display and Boards – always the highlight of MY convention attendance is the displays and this year did NOT disappoint!

NOTE: if you are receiving this via email, please click here to view it online:
http://ustamp4fun.com/convention-2011-displays

To view an either LARGER version of any shot, hold down ‘Control’ key and then click on the thumbnail. The image will bypass the lightbox and open in full size on a new page.

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Fabulous Florets Anniversary Ensemble

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Friday, July 8th, 2011

This is an anniversary invitation and favor ensemble that I designed and made for my good friends Louise & Ray Phillips on their 40th anniversary. Congratulations!!! I was so excited to be asked to design the invitation for their special day and I’m sharing it here.

The invitation is inside a half sheet of Pacific Point cardstock folded into the middle and embossed ( ‘Flower Garden’ textured embossing folder). The ‘belly band’ is made with the Fabulous Florets set.

The invitation inside is printed vellum overlay (created in MS Word and printed onto our vellum paper) over the ‘then’ and ‘now’ photos I pulled into Photoshop and then printed on glossy photo paper.

The pattern for the favor box is one that I’ve done numerous times, you can download the PDF from an older project here, Below are the project accessories that I used for the outside of the invitation:

Fabulous Florets (#123025 W, #123027 C)
Pacific Point cardstock
Daffodil Delight cardstock
Pear Pizzaz cardstock
Daffodil Delight 1/8th inch taffeta ribbon
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzaz,
Scallop Trim Border #118402
‘Flower Garden’ textured embossing folder #120175
Dimensionals™, sponge daubers, glue dots

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Categories : 3D Project, blog, Wedding

The Open Sea

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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Isn’t this an awesome set? It is a rare ‘ship’ set and only available in the Summer Mini Catalog only (that ends August 30th)–and I think we all need to band together and complain to someone! (Just leave my name out of it, LOL!). Below I have shared the materials and supplies to make this card.

Set(s): The Open Sea (wood: #123030, clear: #123032)
Sanded (background stamp) #109294
Accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ½ Crumb Cake cardstock
1 ½ x 5 ¼ DSP Nautical Expedition (#122343)
2 ½ x 3 ½ Crumb Cake cardstock
2 ¼ x 3 Chocolate Chip cardstock
2 ¾ x 2 ½ Not Quite Navy cardstock
Chocolate Chip ink, Not Quite Navy ink, Crumb Cake ink, Sponge Daubers
Bakers Twine (Espresso/White) #123124
1 ¼ Jumbo Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Jumbo Circle Punch
White Embossing Powder & Versamark, Heat Embossing tool, 1/16th inch punch

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Categories : blog, Masculine

The Open Sea

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Monday, June 13th, 2011

This is a totally simple card idea that I stole from my downline Cristal. I had to… I mean, how easy is this? The ship was colored with markers, Chocolate Chip and Not Quite Navy and stamped onto White Naturals cardstock and layered on Not Quite Navy.

The coordinating Designer Series Paper “Nautical Expedition” is perfect and literally one strip (1 1/2 x 5 1/2) make this card!

Set: The Open Sea (wood: #123030, clear: #123032)
Accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ½ Naturals White cardstock
1 ½ x 5 ½ “Nautical Expedition” DSP
3 ¼ x 3 ¼ Not Quite Navy Cardstock
3 x 3 Naturals White cardstock
Chocolate Chip and Not Quite Navy Dual Tipped Markers, 10 inches natural hemp, Cogs XL Double punch #118873, Basic Rhinestones

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Categories : Father's Day, Masculine

Fabulous Florets

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Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Great card… and QUICK too! Did you notice the new embossing folder? It matches the set, Fabulous Florets) and the strip of ‘Beyond the Garden’ Designer Series Paper all from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog.

And while I think you *can* figure out how to make it, I have included the accessories and measurements…

Set: Fabulous Florets (#123025 W, #123027 C)
Accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ½ Pacific Point cardstock
1 ½ x 4 Beyond the Garden DSP (#122342) floral
2 ¼ x 3 ¼ Daffodil Delight cardstock
2 x 3 Whisper White cardstock
2 x 3 inch white cardstock (for stamping 3D flower)
Pear Pizzaz, Pacific Point & Daffodil Classic ink pads, Dimensionals™, sponge daubers
——–Sizzix————
Flower Garden textured embossing folder #120175
Sizzix Die Cutting Machine, Multi-purpose platform and two clear cutting pads

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fantastic card; thanks again, for sharing! — Susan Mac Donald
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