Well right about now we are settled in our hotel and enjoying what SU has in store for us. Conventions are soooo much fun. If you have never been you are really missing out. I am going to try and post some events from convention every day so you can see how things roll here.
This card I created for Lyssa’s ‘Convention Quality Swap’ that is lheld every year at both convention and Leadership. One of my faves! She usually have 5-6 groups of 20 people in each group trading swaps. However, it has become very overwhelming for her and everyone is only allowed to enter one group. This year to make it easier on her she changed it to 15 people in each group. I might add that she swaps in every group. Whew…that’s a lot of card making. I am in group #3 and here is mine:
You know how I love vintage. Well, naturally I had to enter the “Very Vintage Swap” and this is the card I created for that swap. I had to make 15 of these which wasn’t bad, but still a lot of FUN work.
This is my creation for the tag swap at convention. Fortunately I only had to make 8 of these. It is a small swap. So in turn I will get 8 different ones back. Of course, I will be coming home with tons of swaps to share with you.
I had to make 25 of this card for a swap at convention. Actually, after the cocktail party on Wednesday evening a group of us that are staying at the Hilton are doing a fun swap in our PJs. This is always so much fun.
Anyway there are 25 of us and Mo and I have been busy making swaps, although this is the only one that I had to make 25 of. I never realized when I started to create this card that it was going to take me 3 days to complete 25. With all the punching, framelits, stamping, embossing, and embellishments, I was done in. Have got to seriously re-think when I create swaps how many I have to make before I commit to a design. Won’t make that mistake again! LOL
This stamp set is another hostess set called Nuts About You. We made this card at our Friday night hostess club. I used our Fringe scissors on the grass and added banners to the top. Hope you like it!
I got the idea for this from a video posted on the Stampin’ Connection by Linda Bauwin. I think it is so stinkin’ cute! I used our new incolors and the stamp set Work of Art. The flower is made from the new Fun Flower Punch.
I love the vintage technique and it really suited this Hostess stamp set, found on page 240 of the catalog. The set contains 11 stamps with beautiful images and lovely verses. You can get this set as one of your benefits when holding a workshop or a book party. In addition, if you are a hostess in one of my clubs you can also get this set. Contact me HERE to find out how.
I am so excited, I colored these beautiful flowers with my blendabilities and very soon I will be getting my new colors in the mail. You can get these colors right now, they are available including the flesh tones and the colorless blender, along with the Memento Black ink.
This project at club this month turned out to be a good masculine card for really any occasion by leaving the inside of the card blank. Don’t you just love how the sentiment is the old fashion type that used to be on these old typewriters? The stamp set is called Tap, Tap, Tap and can be found on page 126 of the catalog. I also used one of the new Embossing folders, Tiny Triangles for the background.
This little sail boat I carved from our “Undefined” kits, found on page 199 of the catalog. You can make your own stamps and at convention last year, I did not get a chance to do it, but Mo did. She made an awesome little giraff. This year at Leadership I did finally try it and it worked. This is what I made. I must say this is the first time I have used this stamp. I kinda like it. What do you think? Now be honest! I love input, no matter what kind as long as it is constructive and not nasty.LOL
The background stamp is Hardwood and can be found in the catalog on page175. We embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder.
I used the Blendabilities on this card. It was one of the first projects I did with them. They are a little different that Copics and there definitely is a learning curve but after a few times they are a snap! Right now there are several colors available for you to try your hand at. I will be having a class for anyone that buys them from me.
We made this card at club this week and I got the inspiration from a card that was posted on Stampin’ Connection. I changed it around a little to fit the low country. All the items on this card (except for Yippee Skippee & glitter stars) came from this month’s Paper Pumpkin. You can do so much more with these kits. There were Straws to make pin wheels and goodie holders and tons of embellishments.
This is our Ronald McDonald stamp set this year and you can find it on page 249 of the catalog. Except for the flamingo, all of the sentiments and images can be cut out with either a punch or framelits. This set is so versatile. Love it!
You will want to get this set, not only because it is so stinkin’ cute, but for every set that is sold, SU donates $3 to the Ronald McDonald House (RMHC). Good buy!
We sure have a ton of flowers in the catalog this year but you can never have enough flowers. These flowers are from the Hostess stamp set, I like You, on page 237 of the catalog. This is another set that is perfect for using the Blendabilities, which I did use on this card. I used Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler. Beginning July 1st you will be able to order these colors in the Blendabilities. I will have a class teaching y’all how to use them. They are so much fun and the colors come out so vibrant! Don’t you agree?
I love this set with the cute little animals. I thought it went well with the DSP Flashback. This set can be found on page 89 of the new catalog. These lined images would be great with the new Blendabilities. However, I used our Stampin’ Write markers and like the way it turned out.
I am really getting my money’s worth from this set, Pictogram Punches. I used it here with Everything Eleanor, Geometrical set, and the new embossing folder Tiny Triangles. Also, I used the new in-colors. Hope you like it!
As you probably know, if you have one of our catalogs, that SU has decided not to sell the wheels anymore. We were all a little worried because they did serve a great purpose, especially if you wanted to do matching backgrounds for cards, gift bags, make your own DSP etc.
I never could get it straight. It didn’t much matter if you were making DSP or rolling a bag or gift paper because no one ever noticed that it wasn’t straight. However, when you were making a card with it you needed to be more precise and that is when I started removing the images from the wheels.
SU has now started making BORDER stamps to replace the wheels, and they are so easy to use and are wonderful! The one I used on this card is called Chalk Lines and can be found on page 114 of the catalog. I love the new border stamps and we have several of them.
The border stamps do not come in wood, only photopolymer, so you will need the acrylic block “I” when stamping with them because they are all 5 1/2″ long.
This Stamp set is called Be the Star and can be found on page 93. It has matching framelits and makes it so easy to put together an fast card. With the 4th coming up soon I decided to stick with the colors of our Flag. The small stars and the sentiment are from the set Pictogram Punches found on page 89. In addition, I used the matching punch from our new Itty Bitty Punch set on page 222.
Another nautical stamp set. By the Tide on page 131 and Sea Street, page 48. I used the DSP from the Small Paper stack, Moonlight, on page 185. Goes perfect with this set. The sentiment is from Just Saying set on page 109 and cut out with the matching farmelits, Word Bubbles. I used the White Signo Gel pen to highlight the images.
I live near the coast so I love everything about the sea. I am so glad that we have so many stamp sets that are nautical. The DSP is called Maritime and it is just lovely. The stamps I used on this card are from By the Tide found on page 131. I just realized while I was searching for the Hello Sailor stamp set that it was not carried over to the new catalog. So sorry, I try not to use anything that is not current and I will promptly remove it from my current sets.
Do you love our new punches this year? I said I was not going to buy this flower or punch when I first saw the catalog because I have enough flowers. However, this flower is all over the internet and I have really flipped over it. I love that you can use 3 different punches on this flower, as I did on this card. I also used Dazzling Details but I know it is hard to pick up in my photo. I used the sentiment from Pictogram Punches. Great Set.
This is one of my faves in the new catalog. I love that it has matching punches for the hearts, stars and flowers. I just knew I HAD to have this set right from the first time I saw it. You will see lots of cards made with this because it is so easy to work with. I love the new stuff in our catalog. Have you got one? Do you need one? Contact me HERE!
You can save 15% when you purchase the bundle on page 93. The stamp set is “Be the Star” and the matching Stars framelits Dies are awesome! I love this stamp set. However, I did use the sentiment from the set “Pictogram Punches” found on page 89, even though it has several sentiments of it’s own. I used Pacific Point inks and the silver Foil paper.
This is a Hostess set that you can get only by hosting a workshop, or a book party. This set is very versatile as many of the images can be used on a variety of cards. I used the new Large Polka Dots Embossing Folder and our Paper Piercing Tool. The colors are Pumpkin Pie and Mossy Meadow.
This is one of those single stamps that we sell that has everything you need to complete a card. A great image and a wonderful sentiment. You can find this stamp set, A Little Smile, on page 113. I used the new embossing folder, Large Polka Dots for the background. All you need is a few markers and you are good to go!
We made this card in class for Father’s Day. I love the new Maritime DSP, found on page 187 in the catalog. Thought it was great for a masculine card. You will be surprised to find that the ties have been cut out with our new Framelits Baby’s First. These framelits were actually meant to coordinate with the Stamp set on page 74, but the ties are perfect for Dad. I used the new photoploymer Metro Type Alphabet set. What do you think?
This is a very simple card that we made at Hostess Club Friday night. Everyone loved it. I used 2 inks, real red and black Stazon. The stamp set is Work of Art and I used the new Washi tape, Beach House and the new Itty bitty punch. Easy peasy!
This is another card I created with the Flower Patch set and the Flower Fair Framelits. I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Daffodil Delight. The DSP is Lullaby and you can find that on page 187.
I used the new incolor Blackberry Bliss on this card. The stamps (photopolymer) are from the set FLower Patch on pg 156. In addition, I used the framelits that go with some of the images in this set. The framelits can be found on page 230. I also used one of the new embossing folders, Large Polka Dots, just love them. This set is so versatile and the sentiments are really cool!
I needed this little guy to make me feel human again. Why did he cheer me up?
Well, when I came home from Water Aerobics on Saturday Morning I started getting sick and spent the entire Saturday and most of Sunday in bed. When I finally started feeling better I knew that I had to get on the computer and start posting some cards to my blog or you would have nothing new tomorrow.
That’s when I spotted this new stamp and decided to create a card with it. It is called Kinda Koala and can be found on page 113 of the new catalog. I used the new Blendabilities but you can use our regular markers because I know you do not have the blendabilities yet. Works just a well. I use the background stamp Hardwood, and you can find that on page 175.
Hey Stampers, I rec’d my box of new products today and I am having a blast! On this card I used the new embossing folder Tiny Triangles, the 2 new Bigz Dies Flower Frenzy and Party Pennants. You know you are going to see a lot of my new stuff in the next few days. So excited! BTW, I used no stamps on this card.
Saturday, Mo came over so we could work on our swaps for convention. Well, the one card that I designed she liked it but said I could do better. Huh!!!!!
She of course, finished one of her swaps but I am still working on mine because naturally I couldn’t go with the one I had plan on going with. BTW, I posted that card yesterday in case you want to see it. You tell me what you think. Don’t sugar coat it now!
This is another card I created using the new Maritime DSP papers. I love this set of papers, especially the Red, White, Blue and Coastal Cabana. I bought extra of this for the 4th so I can make some patriotic cards with it. All of our new DSPs can be found on pages 184 through 187. Just beautiful! Need a catalog? Contact me HERE.
This card was created using a mask. The colors are our new in-colors and the stamp set, Zoo Babies, can be found on page 78. The background stamp is World Map, found on page 38. Both stamps have been carried over to the new catalog along with lots of more new stuff for you to craft with. Contact me here to find out how to get some FREE.
I know this hashtag stuff is all the rage right now but I still don’t know what it means. Even though my daughter has explained this to me (something about instagram, I think) I still don’t get it. But, I wanted to use it on a card for camp Saturday.
I sponged vellum with matching inks and punched the flower out with one of the new punches from Itty Bitty Punch Pack. This replaces the pack that just retired. SWEET! I also used the new photopolymer alphabet.
