Market Fresh Double Matted Windows

I have seen this look quite a bit and did a little research to make sure I knew how to achieve it.  For August, my stamp clubs got treated to this technique and some water-coloring too for these cards.

I let my club members choose their designer paper from the 3 sheets I picked out to coordinate, and we also made a page in our Technique Book for this technique. 

We used the Farmers Market designer series paper and Market Fresh stamp set that coordinates from the annual catalog (the big one).

Tip:  Put dimensionals all around under the frame for a deeper inset look.  I used 6 dimensionals on each card.


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Fall is in the Air

I decorated these cafe gift bags and filled them with Stampin' Up! products and candies for a recent home party.  They are poly-lined so you could fill them with baked items like corn muffins for Fall or cookies for Christmas.

Petite Café Gift Bags

$5.95

Gold Sequin Trim

$4.95

Natural & Old Olive Two-Tone Trim

$4.95

Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Autumn Wooden Elements

$4.95

Linen Thread

$4.50

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Forgot to list the Burlap Ribbon in the table!

I've got lots of Christmas cards to upload.  October was super busy for me with craft shows and my daughter's annual Halloween party, so I'm trying to catch up...stay tuned.  I'm also looking forward to my kit class on Sunday: The Many Merry Stars Simply Created Kit.

Happy Stampin'

For All Things Fall Card - Collage of Leaves

I made this one on our Labor Day Retreat inspired by a card my friend, Dee, made.  It's just lots of stamping and a few popped up items.

Colors:  Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow

For All Things Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$24.95

For All Things Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.95

Fun Fall Framelits Dies

$24.95

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

Stamping Sponges

$3.50

Big Shot

$99.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

The big leaf is cut out with scissors (Paper Snips), but I used the framelits on the other two.  I just stamped scrap Very Vanilla card stock with the water color paint strokes stamp in this set.  Then, I used two of the framelit leaves to cut them out with the Big Shot.

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Magnificent Maple - Crayon Rubbed Embossing Technique

My August Stamp Night card celebrating Fall also demonstrates my technique for this month.

Stamps:

• Magnificent Maple
• Four You
• Gorgeous Grunge

 Colors:

• Cajun Craze
• Crushed Curry
• Chocolate Chip
• Pumpkin Pie
• Whisper White

Tools / Supplies

• white crayon (raid your kid's crayon box)
• Burlap Ribbon
• Woodgrain embossing folder
• Brayer
• Glimmer Brads - Basics
• Paper Towel
• Dimensionals

I love how this turned out.  You get the best results by rubbing the crayon firmly and going over it several times.  Here's the instructions for the technique written out in my Technique Journal page.

Tomorrow I'll post the Christmas card.

Happy Stampin'

Stampin' Up! Convention 2013 - Some More Projects

Here are some of Sara's projects from convention.  I loved her presentation and especially her Halloween frame.  I wasn't fast enough to get photos in the gathering place, but luckily my downline, Laura, managed to get these!

Sara was showcasing the kits from the Holiday Catalog:

• Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit
• Build a Banner Simply Created Kit
• Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit
• Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit

She used the Tablescape to make a scrapbook of her family...one page for each person and decorated the cardboard it came in for the front and back covers (some of the pages are under the banner in the first photo).

The canvas paper banners are very sturdy with big grommets already done for you.  Also, they showed us that you only spray briefly to get the color when using the stencils (less is more...don't soak the canvas).


Laura and Me during General Session or Awards Night on Friday.

Happy Stampin'

Stampin' Up! Convention 2012 - Witches & Wands

Friday started with Shannon West doing Halloween projects in a great witch costume.  I tried to get a photo, but we were far away.

She did Fall projects too.

I also forgot to mention that the Manager's Reception coming in January will be in Orlando at Universal Studios Harry Potter World.  They also gave out 5 wands after they announced it.  I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan so this will probably be my favorite Manager's Reception ever!!!

We took lots of photos of display boards after lunch Friday and had our optional fun project classes Friday night.

More tomorrow...