Stampin Up Markers

Currently I am away for a long holiday weekend, but I am hoping you've had the chance to sit down with a very good book :) I'm sure I'll be perusing mine many evenings while I'm away and relaxing with my family. What a great book to get cozy with :) So if you haven't seen it, click on the new catalog cover photo on my right sidebar any time, or Stampin' Up Idea Book and Catalog to download it now. If you'd like a copy, contact me.
So if you haven't seen the new book yet... you haven't seen that the new In Colors now come in our SU Markers. WaHoo - way cool! Stampin' Up! Markers are one of my favorite 'tools' (pg 154) - They are
■ Dual tipped markers: .5 mm fine point and flexible brush
■ Available individually or in a set: Available individually in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors. Available in a single color family (set of 12) Available in Neutrals assortment (set of 4)
■ Available as a collection of all 4 color families, packaged in a rigid plastic case with individual compartments and a handle (set of 48)
■ Odorless, water-based dye ink
■ Coordinate with Classic Stampin’ Pads and exclusive Stampin’ Up! card stock
AND are now In Colors too !!

Use them to custom color your images, omit parts of a design on your stamp, use in coordination with Blender Pens or Aquapainter for a soft watercolored look, or use for writing. A bit of an investment, but I guarantee you'll love them. HINT: Before I became a demonstrator, I hosted a party and used my money rewards to pay for more than half of the whole set. Not a bad reason to have a party Eh? Contact me if you'd like to host a party in your home or a virtual catalog party

Check back tomorrow to see my 4th of July kreation and why I love my markers!

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The Wait is Over

Here it is, the new Stampin' Up! 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalog. WaHoo!! You are going to love it! Grab a snack and get cozy and make sure to have your WISH LIST handy! I know you're gonna need it!
AND whats more exciting than a new catalog. Every week during the month of July, Stampin' Up! will offer one discounted product as a "Deal of the Week." No limits and no minimum purchase required.
Starting today you can purchase the Scallop Edge Punch (112091) for $10.99 (reg. $15.95)


Stampin' Up! is still working on a few transitional blips, but be patient! For now, get your Wish List and ENJOY a good book :)


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A Sweet Girl

My 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Bermuda Bay card base takes a run through the Big Shot with a Backgrounds Texturz Plate. Used a sanding block to 'scuff' up the resulting embossed image, to give it a 'stronger' appearance. Inked up this adorable girl, from A Kind Word,in Basic Brown. HINT: I omitted the kitty simply by removing the ink from the stamp with my Blender Pen and continually scribbling it off until no sign of ink was left on my Blender or my image. Gave it a slight 'huff' of breath to remoisten and set the stamp on Watercolor Paper.
With a slightly damp Aquapainter, I dipped my bristles into a small pool of ink and colored in my little girl. TIP: A small pool of ink can easily be kreated by simply squeezing your closed SU ink pad together and when opened, the lid will have a pool of ink to work with. I layered Crushed Curry Photo Corners on Melon Mambo and placed my image on top with dimensionals. Slid a Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon under my image and around the card and finished with a small bow. Inked my sentiment from Crazy for Cupcakes in Melon Mambo onto Crushed Curry and popped it out with the Large Oval Punch and then layered on a Melon Mambo Scallop Oval.

I just love these rich fun new In Colors. And tomorrow you'll be able to order them from the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalog 2009-2010. You'll find ink, cardstock, ribbon, Designer Paper and more in these fun new colors along with many great new stamp sets and products. If you need a catalog, contact me. A downloadable version will be available here sometime after noon MT, when the catalog officially goes live. Online ordering will not be available until sometime after noon MT as well, as SU will be transitioning and updating. Be patient, there are always a few blips before they can work out all the transitional kinks.

If you haven't done so, now is your LAST CHANCE to order from the following:
* Occasions Mini
* Last Chance Accessories
* Last Chance Stamps
* Decor Elements
*EXTRA hostess rewards. Contact me to host a party in your home or a virtual catalog party


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Supplies:
Stamps: A Kind Word (113194), Crazy for Cupcakes (111618)
Paper: Bermuda Bay (avail July 1), Melon Mambo (avail July 1), Crushed Curry (avail July 1), Water Color Paper(105019)
Ink: Crushed Curry (avail July 1), Melon Mambo (avail July 1), Bermuda Bay (avail July 1), Blush Blossom Marker(100037), Regal Rose(105211)
Accessories: Photo Corners (109042), Large Oval Punch (107305), Scallop Oval (114889), Big Shot(113439), Texturz Plates(114512), Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon(109070), Aquapainter(103954), Blender Pen (102845)

A Quick Share

A few reminders and a quick share... I'm a bit tired from an event filled weekend, and haven't the energy to write up my card, so you will see my kreation on Tuesday (sorry). But I thought I'd share a picture of my 5 year old daughter from her first recital, tap dancing to Zip a dee do da. Absolutely adorable :) She loved every minute of it.





Reminders - TOMORROW June 30th marks the end to the following promotions
* Occasions Mini
* Last Chance Accessories
* Last Chance Stamps
* Decor Elements
*EXTRA hostess rewards. Contact me to host a party in your home or a virtual catalog party

JULY 1st the new Stampin' Up! 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalog will be revealed and orders can be placed around noon MT. If you would like a copy of the catalog, contact me or you will be able to view and/or download it here at Stamp, scrap, get kreative shortly after it goes live. Any questions, feel free to contact me at any time


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Scrumptious

Out of town guests, my daughters dress rehearsal this AM, my twin nieces b-day party this afternoon, and the big recital tomorrow - phew, what a weekend! But I wanted to quick share this card that I kreated using this weeks SCS Sketch 234. My card was kreated using a lot of Last Chance Accessories. Don't forget, you only have until Tuesday June 30th to stock up on any of your favorites. Kreated with Last Chance In Colors, Pink Pirouette starts my 4-1/4x5-1/2 base. Bella Rose DSP kreates a little whimsy with those big polka dots and the reverse side, a softer pink pirouette pattern, is added to the vertical elements of the sketch. Stamped my scrumptious cupcakes from the Crazy for Cupcakes set in Basic Brown onto Whisper White and used my Blender Pens to color them in with Pretty in Pink and Riding Hood Red. Squeeze your SU ink pad together and you will kreate a little pool of ink in the lid when opened. Dab your Blender Pen to pick up a little ink and begin to 'color'. Hint: I always start at the edges where I want the most concentrated color to appear and then the Blender Pen will gradually fade out - gives the images a 'natural' shadowing and watercolored appearance. Scribble off excess ink on your blender onto scrap and you are ready to pick up your next color. I used my 2-way glue pen and some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to that oh so yummy frosting. Punched out two Riding Hood Red Scallop Squares and adhered them to opposing corners of my image and popped it up on dimensionals.

In just days, ending June 30th
* Occasions Mini
* Last Chance Accessories
* Last Chance Stamps
* Decor Elements
*EXTRA hostess rewards. Contact me to host a party in your home or a virtual catalog party


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Supplies:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes (111618)), A Little Birthday Cheer (115018)
Paper: Bella Rose (112041 - Last Chance), Riding Hood Red (111348- Last Chance), Pink Pirouette(111351- Last Chance), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Riding Hood Red (111836 - Last Chance), Pink Pirouette (111838 - Last Chance), Basic Brown (104315), Creamy Caramel Marker (100078)
Accessories: Corner Rounder (109047), Word Window Punch (105090), Scallop Square Punch (112081), Pretty in Pink Striped Ribbon (113882), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), 2-way glue pen (100425)

A Razzleberry Flight

Loving the new In Colors and Rich Razzleberry really gives you a taste of pure elegance. Currently my favorite. Don't hold me to it over the course of the year - I do really love them all!
I needed a quick thank you card for my daughters dance teacher. Her last practice is today before her recital Sunday - I can't wait to share some pictures with you. Ok, the card...
* Started with a Whisper White card base of 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
* Rich Razzleberry provides an elegant matte under another piece of Whisper White
* My butterflies from Flight of the Butterfly set were inked in Rich Razzleberry. This set allows for 2-step stampin - the outline was stamped first and then I eyeballed the polka dots and stamped them within the outline. TIP: If you want precise with your placement you will want to use the ultimate precision tool, the Stamp-a-mi-jig - you'll get perfect placement every time!
* You may notice that there are shades of Rich Razzleberry and this was done by not reinking my image before each stamping.
* Dazzling Diamonds outlines my main butterfly and each polka dot of the little butterflies. Easy to apply with just a touch of my 2-way glue pen. (unfortunately I haven't found a way to capture that sparkle with my photos - but very pretty in real life) CLick photo to enlarge and you may see a bit more dazzle
* A few small non SU rhinestones form a flight path with pizazz.
* The lower right corner is given a little extra detail with my Corner Rounder
* And finally that fabulous Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot ribbon finishes it off (FYI: each In Color will have its own polka dot ribbon :) Bonus: The ribbon is reversible - plain grosgrain on the other side - cool right?!)

My virtual Pal Kris from Kween Bee Kreations is doing an awesome 'Parade of Colors' highlighting all the new In
Colors and my monochromatic card was inspired by her parade of cards. Thanks Kris

My catalogs arrived tonight :) If you pre-ordered your copy will be in the mail tomorrow :) If you'd like a copy of this fabulous 209 page packed with product and inspiration Idea Book and Catalog 2009-2010 ($9.95), contact me and I'd be happy to mail it to you with FREE SHIPPING ($4.95 value)

Less than a week left before these promotions end June 30th
* Occasions Mini
* Last Chance Accessories
* Last Chance Stamps
* Decor Elements
*EXTRA hostess rewards. Contact me to host a party in your home or a virtual catalog party


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Supplies:
Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly (111564)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry (avail July 1), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (avail July 1)
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (avail July 1), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), 2 way glue pen (100425)

In Color Mojo

I'm loving the gorgeous new In Colors. They will be available to order with the release of the new catalog July 1. My card today highlights them all from the Bermuda Bay soft outline, to my Soft Suede wheel barrel, to my Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry flowers down to their Dusty Durango pots. And the most exciting part, all these colors now come in markers too. Easy enough to color your stamped image with your color of choice and get more than one color on your image. The little flower from this soon to be Last Chance stamp set, Blooming with Love, was colored with In Color Markers and Old Olive for the stem and then stamped. I did a lot of masking on my focal point to give a feeling of depth with my pots and flowers. Masking is just a technique of covering up a section to make it appear as though something is in front or behind an image. HINT: Stamping your image onto a sticky note (makes it self adhesive) and snipping it out is the perfect little masking template. For this card I had a wheel barrel mask, a pot mask and even snipped out that little flower.
Here is an example of masking -

Mojo Monday inspired my card layout. After my images were masked and stamped in Basic Brown, I went back and 'colored' in my images using my Blender Pens (gives it a watercolored appearance). Each of my In Color ink pads were squeezed a little to kreate a pool of ink in the lid when opened. Dab your blender pen in the ink and start to color. TIP: When using blender pens, you don't want to continue to go over an area as you will saturate the paper and begin to pill it. Start at your edge/s where you will want it the darkest and let the blender fade to light before you ink it back up. It does take practice with these, but you will love them once you get the hang of it.
Followed the Mojo layout, my image placed on a Scallop Edge Punched Crushed Curry matte onto my Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango card base. Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango were given the ol' fashion embossed look using my Priceless Brass Template, light box and Stylus. A Sanding Block lightly buffed over the embossed image helps it stand out a touch more. Any questions, I'm here for answers :)

Only 2 weeks left, you have until June 30th to order from:
* Occasions Mini
* Last Chance Accessories
* Last Chance Stamps
* Decor Elements

Also ends June 30th - Learn how to earn EXTRA hostess rewards here. Contact me if you live in the Bergen County NJ area and would like to host a party in your home or a virtual catalog party.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Bloomin with Love (Last Chance-114936)
Paper: All new In Colors (available July 1)
Ink: Basic Brown, All new In Colors (available July 1), Signo White Gel Pen (105021), Basic Black Marker (100082)
Accessories: Blender Pens (102845), Scallop Square Punch (112081), Brass Template-Priceless (109541), Stylus (100663), Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (reverse side plain - avail July 1)