Last Chance for the August Technique Class

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Hold your Spot – Just 72 hours left!

(Projects shown above are examples of previous classes.)

Date: Saturday, August 8th

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Class Fee is $25.00

(Class includes a pack of Aqua Painters)

RSVP and Prepay by the Monday, July 20th to hold your spot

All supplies are included except your favorite Adhesives.

Need Adhesive? I’ll have some available at the event.

Have a group of friends who would like to take this class? Ask me about my Private Classes

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BINGO fun!!!

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

This past Sunday I held my first BINGO event – for the Catalog Launch. It was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed the afternoon. We played 6 games of BINGO and made 3 cards using products from the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog. Want to see what it was all about?

Well, here are some of photos of the classroom set up and ready to go.

Everyone received a little gift and a Make ‘n Take packet that included their BINGO cards, a $5 coupon along with their supplies to use for their projects.

I had some displays and samples of course

And my Corner Store with kits along with the pre-made cards, post it note pads and garden stakes for Kaitlin’s DCI fundraiser. (She is currently in Oklahoma preparing for tonight’s performance.)

And what event would be complete without some goodies to keep us stamping!

I had fun making our water bottles a bit more festive too. I used the NEW 2015 In Colors Designer Series Paper Stack (138432) and the All About Sugar stamp set (138684). Quick and easy to add this little touch and the refrigerator didn’t cause any problems with the added labels I simply adhered them to the top of the wrapper already on the bottles and voila!.

And of course the BINGO prize table had to have a special touch – so I created this banner for it.

I love our new Build a Banner kit (138379) the shapes are fun and the kit is filled with a ton of stencils to choose from, so the options are endless. And of course, you know how I feel about our Stampin’ Spritzers! I have listed the supplies I used for this project below for you. And you can see my Getting Started with Stampin’ Spritzers Tutorial HERE.

Want to see some more photos?

It got quiet at times as everyone was concentrating,

but I loved the fellowship and fun as everyone was excited for each other as they called out Bingo!

Everyone used buttons as their bingo pieces that were on the table in little Berry Baskets that I created with our die. And of course, our BINGO Master, my hubbie Larry joined in the fun too!

He’s looking forward to the next time we play. He was having a lot of fun with the cage of balls. LOL!

Stop on by tomorrow when I’ll share the little gift everyone got along with some more pictures.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Watercolor Wings (139424)

Inks: Bermuda Bay (131171), Watermelon Wonder (138323) and Crushed Curry Classic Ink (131173), and Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (132708)

Paper: Whisper White card stock (100730)

Accessories: Build a Banner Kit (138379), Bold Butterfly Framelits (138135), Bermuda Bay (131156), Watermelon Wonder (138328) and Crushed Curry Reinkers (131158), and Watermelon Wonder 1″ Dotted Lace Trim (138425)

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Awesomely Artistic & New Class

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Love dragonflies? I’ve been watching them in the evening checking out the pool in our yard. I just love this time of year to sit outside in the evenings and enjoy the activity of fireflies. They have always fascinated me.

Here is a lovely card that I received using the Awesomely Artistic stamp set (138694/139950) and just love the dragonfly image this set contains.

Great colors, right? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

NEW AUGUST TECHNIQUE CLASS

(Projects shown above are examples of previous classes.)

Date: Saturday, August 8th

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Class Fee is $25.00

(Class includes a pack of Aqua Painters)

RSVP and Prepay by the Monday, July 20th to hold your spot

All supplies are included except your favorite Adhesives.

Need Adhesive? I’ll have some available at the event.

Have a group of friends who would like to take this class? Ask me about my Private Classes

Click HERE to see all my events

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Awesomely Artistic (138694/139950)

Inks: StazOn Jet Black (101406), Garden Green (126973), and Calypso Coral Classic Ink (126983)

Paper: Calypso Coral (122925), Basic Black (124267), Garden Green (102584), and Whisper White card stock (100730)

Accessories: Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits Dies (135707), Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (133520), 1/8″ Handheld Circle Punch (134365), Paper Snips (103579), and Blender Pens (102845)

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LAST DAY FOR THESE GREAT DEALS

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Have you got your spot? RSVP by Friday, June 26th

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

You’re invited to have some fun with me!

Come to Bingo…..Stampin’ Style!

We’ll play 6 or more games of Bingo with lots of prizes

to be won from the NEW 2015 Annual catalog!

Bring a friend along and have an enjoyable afternoon out!

Plus you will make 3 projects…so you’re ALL winners!

Sunday, July 12th

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Cost: 25.00

(Chance to win lots of prizes!)

Space is limited!

RSVP and Prepay by June 26th (so I have time to get all the prizes there!)

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Last chance to RSVP for June’s Coffee & Cards

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Work at your own pace – Cards are clean and simple designs and easy to complete in about 1 hour. The class includes cards for birthdays, thinking of you, thank you, seasonal and more!

Date: Tuesday, June 23rd at 10 a.m.

Thursday, June 25th at 6:45 p.m.

Cost: $15 (free with a minimum order at event)

Envelopes are included just bring your Snail and favorite Adhesives

RSVP and prepay by Friday, June 19h to hold your spot

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June Coffee & Cards Event

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Why not sign up for my June’s Coffee & Cards Event and add to your card stash to use in July?

During this event you’ll make 6 cards (2 each of 3 designs)

Work at your own pace – Cards are clean and simple designs and easy to complete in about 1 hour. The class includes cards for birthdays, thinking of you, thank you, seasonal and more!

Date: Tuesday, June 23rd at 10 a.m.

Thursday, June 25th at 6:45 p.m.

Cost: $15 (free with a minimum order at event)

Envelopes are included just bring your Snail and favorite Adhesives

RSVP and prepay by Friday, June 19h to hold your spot

Click HERE to see my Calendar of Events

Last Chance for this the Weekly Deals

On a personal note – I sent our daughter, Kaitlin off on Friday morning to DCI for the next two months. I did really well and only teared up as I checked her in at the airport and only got one set of “eye rolls” when I said text and send pictures a bunch of times. After all I’m going to miss the kid and the little stacks of junk laying all over the house that I trip over when she is home.

She was both excited and feeling overwhelmed with packing. I can honestly say mom was a bit too – trying to get the required 30 pairs of sock and underwear along with all the other items into one suit case was a hoot! (She was flying which added to the stress since the bag couldn’t be more than 50 pounds!) The enthusiastic picture above was the first of three times we pack things into the suit case.

Thankfully one of the vets took pity on the rookies and sent a picture of what she took with her so we were able to add a duffle bag for the sleeping bag and sleep mat and water cooler!

Kailtin will be marching with the Seattle Cascades and touring the country this summer on a bus (I think the show schedule shows 19 cities in 30 days!) Seriously, she says this will be fun and worth every penny. I know that it will be a experience of a lifetime, but really 2 months of sleeping in gyms floors and traveling packed in a bus…..hmmm.

We’ll be able to see her perform when she comes to Atlanta and performs at the Dome in July. Of course, I wanted to have a little reminder of home while she is away so I made some special tags for her bags for her. I couldn’t resist 🙂

She seemed especially pleased with the music theme and the way these turned out since I let her choose the color. I simply took a piece of black cardstock, scored it so that her information was hidden on the inside and decorated.

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Retreat Pillow Gifts & Another Video Tutorial

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

Pampering and pillow gifts continued through out the retreat – Saturday morning everyone received their goodie bag, or in this case Berry Baskets filled with items for the weekend’s Make ‘n Takes. Since the new 2015 Catalog had not gone live yet this was a huge hit since it contained some of the NEW 2015 In Color Dotted Dotted Lace Trim and Envelope Paper!

Isn’t the Berry Basket Die (137366) cute? I cut it first using Always Artichoke card stock and then ran through the Designer Series Paper pieces for just the sides. The cute little coordinating bow was made using the Bow Builder Punch (137414) and another pattern from the Designer Series Paper Stack. Love this option for Designer Series Paper – our stacks make it easy to mix and match like this since they contain 4 of each pattern. And with the new 6×6 option you can do even more!

And of course – here are some more of the little treats from the weekend.

I love this little Hot Diggity Dot Stamp Set (134021/134024) and it’s sayings and of course, the fry box was filled with what else? Hugs and Kisses of course! The fry box was made with our NEW 2015 In Color Watermelon Wonder and the Fry Box Die (132966). If you want to learn how I made this, you can click HERE to see my video tutorial.

And the final project I’m sharing today had a little extra special something inside – Can you guess what it was?

The petite purse held a scissors charm using our Something Borrowed Embellishments from the 2015 Occasions Catalog!

Now I know that these embellishments are retired at this point – but these scissor charms were so much fun to make I thought I’d share how I made them with you in my How to Make Scissors Charms Video Tutorial.

Easy right? And once you get started there are all kinds of combinations you can make. What fun I had designing these for our guests! Oops, I slipped in my tutorial and let the cat out of the bag – since I’ve made the blue scissor charms for my team members, the Blue Mountain Stampers and our retreat this coming weekend. Shhh…don’t tell them…LOL!

Here is a final picture of all the pillow gifts from the retreat.

Want to see the Make ‘n Takes everyone made on Saturday? Stop on by tomorrow when I’ll share the three projects with you.

And why not leave me a comment and let me know which pillow gift is your favorite? I’d love to hear from you.

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Stampin’ Up! is offering a new recruiting promotion – sign up to be a new demonstrator and you will get to choose 2 FREE stamp sets from the all new catalog!

Not one set but TWO FREE stamp sets!!!

Why would you want to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator on my team, the Blue Mountain Stampers? Learn about my team and HERE

Ready to join the fun? Sign up for just $99 (you get to choose $125 in products) plus two FREE stamp sets!

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Blue Mountain Weekend Retreat Recap

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

The end of May my friend Anna and I held our first retreat and it seemed to be a hit with those who attended. It’s taken me a bit but today I thought I’d share some pictures and projects from the retreat from May 29th.

As everyone arrived we had a special name tag on their table along with a New 2015-2016 Annual Catalog, In Color bookmark, flags to mark their pages and a pen decorated with the Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack to use with their wish list and of course a special coupon.

And of course everyone needed a little something chocolate as the night went on. After all we needed to keep our strength up as we crafted into the wee hours of the night. LOL – sounds good at least, after all do we really need a reason for chocolate?

This little bag was a lot of fun to make and they are quick and easy once you know the trick. The Pansy Punch that I used is part of this week’s Weekly Deals.

I’ve made a video tutorial to share how I made these Self Closing Bags using some of our new Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper. Why not check it out? The complete list of supplies used in the tutorial is listed below for you.

Of course, we really enjoyed making these little goodies and pampering our guests and so we’ll look forward to doing another retreat soon. So that’s great news if you missed our first retreat. We’ll be setting a date sometime soon – Just watch for more information coming soon and of course, you can always keep up to date with what’s happing when you join my Monthly Newsletters list.

It’s getting late, so stop on back by tomorrow when I’ll be sharing some more of the projects, photos and another video tutorial for a project from the retreat with you.

Supplies:

Paper: Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack (138443), Cucumber Crush (138335), Watermelon Wonder (138334), Crushed Curry (131199) and Whisper White Card Stock (100730)

Accessories: Cucumber Crush Dotted Lace Trim (138423), Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine (134586), Fun Flower Punch (133785), Pansy Punch (130698), 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch (129404), and Neutrals Designer Buttons (130031), Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Fast Fuse (129026), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755) and Bone Folder (102300)

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Organizing Tips for the 2015 Annual Catalog & New Events

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Stamp with Jini

It’s that time of year again. I love when the new catalog arrives since it gives me a reason to reorganize my crafting space. After all what feels better than a stamping space that makes things easy for you to create?

So here are some tools for you to use….. First my Designer Series Paper Chart – this chart keeps everything in one place for you so you can refer easily to what colors are needed or what colors you already have on hand. I like to post this where I can see it. I know that Stampin’ Up! has printed the names on the packages of Designer Series Paper, but that would mean I have to pull each one to look.

2015 – 2016 Annual Catalog Designer Series Paper Chart (printable PDF)

(I’ve actually started printing 2 of these – one I have where I can refer to it easily and the second I cut and attach to the outside of each folder I keep my Designer Series Paper in.)

Want labels? How about a printable Avery labels 5167 for your card stock? I use these for my hanging file folders.

2015 File Folder Labels (printable PDF)

New In Color and ink pads need labels too, and while I love the labels Stampin’ Up! provides, I like a little extra something to help things easily go back where they belong. These next labels I use to label my ink pads and storage drawers or anything else I want to use them for. They can be printed on Avery labels 5160 and punched out using our Word Window Punch.

They fit nicely on the end of your ink pads so that you’ve got a label on both sides. I also use them on my storage for daubers, sponges, and refills. (You can click HERE to see a video of how I store things.)

2015 Color Labels (printable PDF)

Stop on back by tomorrow and I’ll share some of my other organizational items with you.

What’s coming up? Check out my upcoming June & July Events

Why not save the date and enjoy a bit of stamping this summer?

Caring with Cards – Tuesday, June 16th at 2 p.m. (Clarkesville Library)

Coffee & Cards – Tuesday, June 23rd at 10 a.m. – noon OR Thursday June 25^th at 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

BINGO Catalog Launch – Sunday, July 12th at 2 p.m.

Caring with Cards – July 21st at 2 p.m. (Clarkesville Library)

Coffee & Cards – Tuesday, July 25th at 10 a.m. – noon OR Thursday, July 27th at 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

Click HERE to see my full Calendar of Events and all the details. And then why not sign up for my Newsletter and get more information about my events, specials and stamping right to your inbox.

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