Leadership happenings…

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Leadership stared with a bang and a General Session in the Chapin Theater with Shelli welcoming everyone. I joined up with my SINKS friends to share in the fun!

And there was lots of new information to be shared with everyone.

The afternoon meal was a time to laugh and share with each other. We were pampered with a lovely plated luncheon.

After lunch and a break out session we returned to the theater for a presentation from Shelli Gardner, laughter was in the air as she presented her projects!

Wonderful projects were shared here are just a few made with the Painted Petals stamp set from the Occasions Catalog –

And another one with the coordinating framelit and stamp set. Isn’t the Mini Treat Bag Framelit Die too cute?

The afternoon ended up with stamping and some time in the Gathering Place. One of my favorite areas – I’ll try and share some photos of the displays with you tomorrow.

But mean time I excited about some cards I designed and entered into my first ever Leadership Design Contest. I don’t expect to be one of the winners since there are so many gifted demonstrators out there, but it is always fun to participate, right? And for me I love to try new things, share, and be challenged too!

Here is one of the boards we hung our cards on – I’m sure when I see it next it will be full of wonderful cards from my fellow Leadership attendees.

This first card is one done with the Moon Lake stamp set and uses the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper too. I really love the way it turned out – I’m so a water person!

And I love this set with it’s images. And great for all kinds of occasions with the sentiments the set includes.

These next two cards include techniques that will be high lighted in my March Technique Class. This first one uses the Cheerful Critters stamp set.

It was one of my first choices from the Catalog since I just love the little animals the set contains – fun images to play with and color with the four NEW Stampin’ Blendabilities colors that you’ll find in the Occasions Catalog! And the technique is easy and a lot of fun too!

This last card uses the Sale-a-bration stamp set, A Happy Thing. How can you not love this pudgy little bird? And the Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim – love it! It is also part of my March Technique Class.

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Posted on January 30, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

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And the fun begins…

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Arriving in Orlando I started my Leadership experience with a Shoebox Swap, making new friends and meeting up with old ones. Oh, what fun stamping with 40 other demonstrators and seeing all the wonderfully different cards.

My SINKS friends Kathleen and Teresa-

And here are some of the great swaps from the some of the group.

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Leadership Survival Kit

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Part of the fun of going to a Stampin’ Up! event is the fellowship with your friends and fellow demonstrators. Who’s kidding that’s a big part of it! And I love creating up a little gift for my roomie.

Here is what I came up with….. or at least the gift bag!

I call it my Leadership Survival Kit – you know how when you travel, it’s always the little things that you forget or are a blessing to have on hand. Want to know what is inside?

First a name tag for our bag. With 1,500 of the same Stampin’ Up! Leadership bag at the Orlando Convention Center it is always good to be able to tell which one is yours!!!

I used this stamp set Feel Goods (131916/130538) since I thought the sentiment was perfect for this occasion. It’s my roomie’s first time qualifying for Manager’s Reception – which is a big deal since Stampin’ Up! is taking over the Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the evening. What fun, right?

A little package of mini wet wipes. I found them at Target a while back and thought they’d be great for inky fingers – or anything else we get into!

And a little pack of Kleenex for her new Leadership bag –

A little note pad –

Don’t you love the button? It’s part of the Artisan Embellishment Kit (137909) found on page 27 of the Occasions Catalog. The photo doesn’t show just how beautiful it is!

And of course you need a pen and post it notes – I couldn’t resist adding this little binder clip for keeping the paperwork we get together.

Never hurts to have a package of tic tacs and chap stick on hand. The Convention Center air gets pretty dry. And of course, chocolate – just because she might need a bit of energy. Kathleen and I tend to be night owls! LOL

Here is the set

Of course I’m sure you recognized the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper (137779) that I’ve used for the little purse and other projects. Isn’t it great that the one side is a neutral all occasions pattern?

And since I was having so much fun making this Survival Kit – I made this little note pad for my self too. I love the soft colors in the Sale-a-bration Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper – I love that you can earn the coordinating ribbon and button pack too. I’ve used a bit of the ribbon here along with the Hello Life photopolymer stamp set (137136).

Can you tell I embossed the sentiment using our Calypso Coral Embossing Powder (133752)? And isn’t the Pompom Trim (137898) fun? I’ll be taking notes in style LOL!

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Guy Greetings

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Stampin’ Up! is holding their Leadership Conference later this week and I’m putting my last minute touches on the projects so I thought I would share one of them today.

This card is made using the Guy Greetings set from the Occasions Catalog. I love this stamp set and it’s images, it has such a great selection of greetings for the guys in our lives and it also lends itself well to cards with a lot of texture. It also is available in ALL three types of stamps – have you noticed that in the Occasions Catalog? Stampin’ Up! has heard us and has responded to us by offering this stamp set in wood, clear mount, and photopolymer!!! Now you can have your cake and eat it too!

Anyhow, so here is what I came up with.

What do you think? I’m hoping it is a hit during my Shoebox Swap on Wednesday afternoon with my fellow demonstrators.

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Oh, What fun it is to swap!!

Speaking of swaps I’ve held my first organized swap by mail with my fellow demonstrators. What fun it was to go to the mail box each day and get another package of cards. All total there were 45 different cards using stamp sets from the Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration brochure. I can’t wait to share some of them with you when I return from Leadership.

After several hours of sorting and packaging here is everything ready to go back to those who participated. I know it will feel like Christmas to them when they see their package in their mail box later this week (weather willing.)

I’ll begin sharing these with you next Monday 🙂

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Guy Greetings (138825/138828/137178)

Inks: Early Espresso (126974) and Crumb Cake Classic Ink (126975)

Paper: Early Espresso (119686), Crumb Cake (120953), Cajun Craze (119684), Always Artichoke (105119), and Very Vanilla card stock (101650)

Accessories: 1/2″ Early Espresso Seam Binding (134582), Brayer (102395), Alphabet Press (130916), Zig Zag (133738), and Argyle Embossing Folders (127750), and Stampin’ Sponges (101610)

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Sophisticated Serifs

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Sophisticated Serifs is one of those sets that when you see it you know it will be a stamp set that you’ll reach for time and time again. I was so excited to see it in our Occasions Catalog – I really miss the Lovely Letters stamp set from years ago, it was my go to set and this one is a great replacement!

And I also love the fact that this set is designed to be used as a monogram set. There are two sizes of letters – how cool is that right? And the photopolymer makes it soooo easy to line up.

Today’s card is quick and simple and since I used our Crumb Cake precut and scored note cards (133766) it was soooo easy. Even the envelopes are included! I designed this note card for my sister-in-law and thought a set of them would make a nice gift for her. And since the note cards come in a set of 20 cards and envelopes for just $5.95 it makes my gift very economical too!

So what do you think? I’ve used the Something Lacy background stamp (137155/138900) stamped in Crumb Cake to create the soft feminine background. A quick 1 3/8″ Circle and 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle layered and a few punches with the paper piercer and voila I’m finished!

I figured I’d stack them up and tie some of that yummy 1 1/4″ White Jute Ribbon (137904) around them.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Sophisticated Serifs (137161), and Something Lacy Background (137155/138900)

Inks: Crumb Cake Classic Ink (126975)

Paper: Very Vanilla card stock (101650)

Accessories: Crumb Cake Notecards (133766), Crumb Cake 1/2″ Seam Binding (122332), 1 3/8″ Circle Punch (119860), and 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch (119854), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199) and Paper Piercing Tool (126189)

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Get Organized with my Perpetual Calendar Stamp Camp

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

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Hello Life Skinny Milk Box

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Want a quick and easy treat item? Check out this Skinny Milk Box I whipped up using the Hello Life stamp set.

I love these little Skinny Milk Boxes they are quick and easy and you can make a gazillion of them with our Designer Series Paper Stacks since they contain multiple sheets of the same color! This one is for Valentine’s Day but wouldn’t it be great for a wedding or a shower to hold a little favor?

This one holds some Reese’s Peanut butter cups – a big favorite in my house!

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Supplies:

Stamp Set: Hello Life (137136)

Inks: Strawberry Slush (131178) and Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink (126950)

Paper: 2013-2015 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack (130136) and Whisper White card stock (100730)

Accessories: 1/4″ Rich Razzleberry Cotton Ribbon (134564), Sweetheart Punch (133786), 1/4″ Handheld Circle Punch (134364),Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)

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Blue Mountain Stampers’ Winter Weekend Shoebox Swaps

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Today I thought I would share with you some of the swaps the others brought for our Saturday’s Shoebox Swap. There is a wide variety of projects – it was funny since a lot of us chose to do 3-d for a change.

This first project is Janette’s – It hold a note pad and uses the Groovy Love stamp set (134243/134246) along with the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack (137779) and our Basic Hodgepodge Clips (133765)

And here is Anna’s shoebox it’s a cute little Mini Treat Bag (137547) that we made using the Lullaby Designer Series Paper (133695). So simple and a great new addition to our thinlits dies!

The only word of caution when creating these bags with designer series paper – pay attention to the direction the pattern is going….ask me how I know. LOL

And now for some cards…

This first card is soft and femine and uses the Butterfly Thinlits Dies (137360) along with the Artisan Embellishment Kit (137909) and a couple of FREE items from the Sale-a-bration brochure – the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper (138633) and the sentiment is from the Simply Wonderful stamp set (139125/139128).

Janie used her left over wax paper pieces from a different project to create this wispy feel the butterfly has. Can you see it?

And this last card is Kathleen’s contribution to the shoebox swap. It is made with the Moonlake stamp set (137149/138540) and the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper (137783).

I’ve added a piece of White Vellum card stock (101856) over the top of the to soften the look of this designer series paper since the pattern was so bold. It quickly solved Kathleen’s problem since she wasn’t completely happy with the card originally for some reason. (One of the great parts of the retreat is sharing creative solutions and ideas! You know how sometimes you’re just not happy with your card? Well Kathleen was experiencing this Friday night when she stamped her swap and just couldn’t figure out why she wasn’t happy – no OCS here, right? LOL I’ve got it too so I know how she was feeling!).

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Hello Life Valentine Petite Cafe’ Bags

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Have you seen the Hello Life stamp set found on page 31 in the Occasions Catalog? I find myself reaching for this fun set time and time again. The images are a great size for all kinds of projects!

Here is a Petite Café bag that I created for my daughter and her friends for Valentine’s Day during my weekend retreat.

Can you guess what the treat contains? There is a funny story attached to this treats and everyone at the retreat thought it was rather funny what I was placing inside when I showed them what I was working with!

I chose our Petite Café Bags since they were shape “forgiving” and my little treat was an odd shape. Here is the completed bags – one for each friend.

Want to know what is inside? Well of course I had to add a little bit of chocolate since who can’t use a little chocolate in their lives, right? But the “big” item my daughter picked out while checking out the clearance isle in our local Wally world…….

Yep…. Play-doh! Would you believe? I was shocked when she got so excited about this find on the shelf. But apparently she and college friends are going to have a blast with the Play-doh. She picked out a different color for each one to have during those stressful college days! LOL. I’m hoping she’ll take some photos for me. I’d love to see the group and what they end up making together! (Isn’t it great – It’s fun to see that little glimmer of the young child she used to be – my kids loved spending hours playing with the homemade play-doh on our kitchen table. Sigh… they grow up sooo fast!)

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Supplies:

Stamp Set: Hello Life (137136)

Inks: Real Red (126949) and Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink (131176), and Memento Tuxedo Black (132708)

Paper: Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack (137779) and Whisper White card stock (100730)

Accessories: Petite Café Gift Bags (135826)

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