Wendy's Little Inklings

Creative Elements - a very unique card!

For those that love unique and different cards, this is one that you may like.  It has a different method of closing/opening that it is easy yet different.

Creative Elements was used for the stamping on this card. The butterfly, background image and sentiment are all included in the set.  Very versatile!  The colour combination of Early Espresso & Bashful Blue is quite striking. 

When closed, it looks like a triangle of paper has been added to the right side of the card.  Actually, the card itself has diagonal cuts in the front and back layers, and then they are joined together, securing the card closed.  Sneaky eh?

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A Mug of Coffee (or Tea!) For Your Day

Today I have another card that we created at Stamp Club in January.  This one is based on a card originally created by Mary Fish, and it features some of the gorgeous Twitterpated Designer Series Paper featured in the Occasions Mini Catalogue.

Now, the halogen light has changed the colour of the paper, but I assure you that the background is white, white, white.

A bit of Baja Breeze Seam Binding ribbon has been woven around the matted DSP, and the mug was stamped on some DSP and quickly cut out.  The mug stamp can be found in the Morning Cup stamp set (one of my favourites), and the sentiment is in the Sale-a-Bration stamp set Outlined Occasions.  Those big pearls?  Huge aren't they?  They're a great compliment to the pearls that we have in our Idea Book & Catalogue, and they can be found on page 26 of the Occasions Mini Catalogue.

I still have a bit of space in my Stamp Club - let me know if you'd like to join us for a month!

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Scrapbook Sundays - Back to School

We're back to scrapbooking this week.  I do have oodles of finished Disney pages to post, but I'm going to start by posting the pages that we have created in my scrapbook club over the past six months.  First up is the September Back to School pages. 

The apples were hand created by moi, based on a photograph that appeared on a cover of the Stampin' Up! demonstrator magazine Stampin' Success.  Wherever you see a piece of white paper, this is where the photos are supposed to go.  I haven't printed photos in eons, so I have yet to add pictures of my kids to these pages.  I'll get there (that's my mantra these days).

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Monsieur Melon Mambo Piggy

If you could see the collection of unpublished cards I have lying around, you would shake your head.  They're everywhere.  I never did end up posting the photos of all of the Christmas Cards I made over the past six months, and I'm not about to begin posting them now!

However, you may see a few pop up as I begin posting things on the blog again.  First up is a very cute card that I received from Jennifer Tinline back last summer (this is where I bang my head against the desk for holding on to this so long).

Button Buddies created quite a stir when it was released last summer.  All of the images from the set co-ordinate with our Designer Buttons to give them a bit of pop.  The pig on this card was embossed using Melon Mambo embossing powder, so he's got a great vibrancy to him.  A bit of Lucky Limeade ribbon, Designer Series Paper, and a button, and he's good to go. 

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A Thoughts & Prayers Sympathy Card

I created a couple of these cards last week (because I seem to always make cards in even numbers), and they are rather somber yet pretty in person. 

Thoughts and Prayers is a stamp set that is good for every stamper to have.  The images themselves can be used on a multitude of different cards as they are not pure sympathy images, and the phrases are perfect for the occasion.

I am loving the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper that is featured in the Sale-a-Bration catalogue.  I CASE'd this card from another, but seem to have deleted the web page featuring the card from my browser.  Sad considering I had it sitting there for well over a week. 

The tree was coloured using Soft Suede and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write markers.  The leaves were then thumped with Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait.  It gives them some added colour, and makes for a pretty fall tree.

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Everyday Enchantment - What a Vintage Feel!

The weather is less than ideal for those of us that are crappy photographers, so I resorted to taking photos yesterday under the halogen lights in my kitchen.  A tad washed out... my apologies.

Everyday Enchantment suite of products is featured in this year's Sale-a-Bration catalogue. It contains a stamp set, Designer Series Paper pack, as well as a Ribbon & Brad pack.  Each of these can be earned with a $60 purchase during Sale-a-Bration.

Today's card is one that was originally designed by Ilina Crouse, and was created during our January stamp clubs.  It features one of the stamps, the paper, and the brads from the Everyday Enchantment line of fun stamping products.  Enjoy!

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It's Time to Sale-a-Brate!

Who doesn't like to get a little crafting something for free?  Especially at this time of year when we're stuck inside our houses, riding out the miserable weather (although it hasn't been all that miserable this winter).

Sale-a-Bration runs from now through March 31st, and there are a bunch of great items that you can earn for free for every $60 that you spend (before tax & shipping) from the Idea Book & Catalogue and/or the Occasions Mini Catalogue.

Click HERE to see our entire line of catalogues, including the Sale-a-Bration catalogue, or click on the link in the right sidebar.

Quickly:

1.  Customers earn a free item for every $60 they spend

2.  Hostesses earn a free totebag if they have a $200 workshop, and a Sale-a-Bration bundle (all products on pages 6-7) if they have a $525 workshop. 

3.  Join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator for only $150, and you will receive a free Designer Series Paper Pack OR free digital downloads each month for the rest of the year.

Call me at 905-655-9347 or e-mail me to book a workshop ASAP.  I have very few openings for these, and want to be sure that I can schedule yours in.

I'll post a card tomorrow morning that features all of the items from the Everyday Enchantment suite of Sale-a-Bration products - just to get your mojo running.

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Happy Stamping!!

  

Wendy's Stamping Reminders:

• Book your workshop today to earn free Sale-a-Bration rewards.

Occasions Mini Catalogue is now Live

Now that we have waved good-bye to Christmas, it's' time to look forward towards the spring.  The new Occasions Mini Catalogue is now available, and there are some wonderful new products & stamps available for Spring crafting.

Click HERE to see the new catalogue. 

This is THE perfect time to host a workshop.  Sale-a-Bration begins at the end of January, and when you combine both of these together, hostesses & customers alike will have lots to look forward to.  Give me a call or drop me an e-mail to book a workshop today.

Click here to order Stampin' Up! products from my ONLINE STORE.  I ship across Canada.

Happy Stamping!!

  

Wendy's Stamping Reminders:

• Book your February workshop now to receive all of the benefits that Sale-a-Bration has for hostesses & customers.

Holiday Mini Carryover Products from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! has released its list of those items that are being carried over although they don't appear in any current catalogue.  You can find them in the list below.

Please note:  The Stocking Builder Punch on page 34 is NOT being carried over into the 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalogue.  Once the supply of these punches has been depleted, they will no longer be available.

Items still available:

Red Glimmer Paper - 121790 - $5.95

Silver Glimmer Paper - 124005 - $5.95

Holiday Stocking Bigz L Die - 124098 - $40.95

Peekaboo Frames Bigz L Die - 124587 - $40.95

Stocking Accents Originals Die - 124099 - $21.95

Cellophane Bag 1"x 8" - 124134 - $3.25

Spice Cake Designer Fabric - 124066 - $12.50

1" Square Punch - 124094 - $21.95

Dazzling Details - 124117 - $3.25

Love Blossoms Stampin' Around Wheel - 123830 - $7.95

Shaker Frames - 124155 - $5.95

Pewter Stampin' Embossing Powder - 124114 - $5.95

Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - 124096 - $9.75

Click HERE to see the PDF version, containing pricing & photographs of the carryover items.

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Happy Stamping!!

  

Wendy's Stamping Reminders:

• Tomorrow (January 3rd) is the last day to order from the Holiday Mini Catalogue.  If there is something on your wishlist that doesn't appear in the list above, make sure you order it before the end of the day tomorrow!

 

Happy New Year!

Bonjour all,

Yes, I've been gone for a little while.  As I look back through my posts, I realize that it's been a couple of months.  I had the best intentions to post something yesterday, but it never happened. 

I found myself a tad burnt out by the time the middle of November rolled around.  I had been working non-stop since the middle of August, and it took its toll.  Creating 1350 cards in 11 days was the icing on the cake.  It was easier to just take a few steps back than force myself through certain things.

Now that 2012 has arrived, I'll begin posting again - just not everyday.  It may only be a couple of times a week while I get things moving again.

Thanks for sticking around - I'll put up another post in just a moment with information about the products that Stampin' Up! is carrying over once the Holiday Mini disappears on Wednesday.

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Happy Stamping!!