Honour House Stamp-a-Stack

Tuesday 25 April 2017

Last Saturday I had the honour of participating in the 1st Annual Stamp-a-Stack in support of Honour House.


Honour House provides a home away from home and a place for recovery for members of the Canadian Forces, Emergency Services Personnel, Veterans and their families completely free of charge while they are receiving medical care and treatment in the Lower Mainland/Vancouver area.

We had a great team of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators (left to right):  Alison Solven (our fearless leader for the event), Ginny Duncan, Angela McKay, myself and Liane Binder.



The ladies who participated made 6 great cards designed by the Team and went home with some great prizes!  We raised over $3600 that will go to Honour House.



Everyone is hard at work!
Check out the prize table!

It's always such a great feeling when you support such a good cause.  If you're interested in learning more about Honour House, check out their website https://honourhouse.ca/# .

These were my sample cards for the event.

Happy Stamping!
Melva

Do you have some favourites that are retiring?

Tuesday 18 April 2017

I sure do.  I'm always sad to see the products that are retiring from the Stampin' Up! Catalogue, but that means they are making room for even more wonderful products.  This year is no exception!  I've seen the new catalogue and actually have some new products to start playing with.  That's one of the perks of being a SU! Demonstrator (interested in learning more, just ask!).

I wanted to share some of my favourites with you.

Helping Me Grow
Balloon Adventures
Oh So Succulent
Oh So Succulent

It's not too late to get these sets.  You can shop online or email me with your order.  All items on this list will be discontinued after May 31st. So if you see something you like, don’t wait or you may miss out!

Click here for the PDF version
Click here for the Excel version

If you're interested in making the Oh So Succulent tray, it's not too late to register for my class on Sunday, April 23rd.  Click here for more information.

Happy Stamping!
Melva

Wednesday 12 April 2017

It's that time of year again as Stampin' Up! gets ready to publish the 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue.  You're going to love the new items and new colours, but before that, here's the list of retiring products.  
Click here for the PDF version
Click here for the Excel version
All items on this list will be discontinued after May 31st. So if you see something you like, don’t wait or you may miss out!
Also keep in mind….
All retiring accessories and tools are available while supplies last. Due to high demand for retiring stamp sets, Stampin’ Up! will keep producing retiring stamp sets until May 22. After May 22, all retiring stamp sets will be available while supplies last.
You can shop in my Online Store or email me. If you please place an online order using this hostess code NVTRW6J3, I'll send you a set of 4 cards and envelopes made using a new stamp set from the 2017 catalogue!
Happy stamping!
Melva

Getting ready for Stampin' Up! OnStage

Tuesday 4 April 2017

I'm off to Calgary to attend the OnStage event on Saturday.  I love attending the Stampin' Up! events!  I get to catch up with friends that I don't see very often, meet new demonstrators and mostly get inspired by the amazing creations and projects that I see.

With the event being in Calgary, it provides a perfect opportunity to visit with my family that lives in Alberta. My sister will pick me up at the airport on Thursday and we'll go to Red Deer, AB to visit my other sister. Then both are coming back to Calgary with me and well stay at the conference hotel on Friday night.  While I'm attending OnStage on Saturday, they'll go shopping - something we all do pretty well (must be in the genes).

I'm participating in 2 organized swaps at OnStage and I wanted to share my cards.

This is a 3x3 gift card made using In This World.  I seem to be in a water colouring mood these days and this was so easy.  I used water colour paper and wetted it down with my aqua painter and then used Flirty Flamingo ink (picked up from the lid of my ink pad) and applied to the paper. Once it was dry I applied Gold Wink of Stella using the brush to the small splotch stamp from Gorgeous Grunge and stamped over the pink.  I stamped directly on top with the Archival Black Ink using the butterfly stamp and stamped a second image on water colour paper.  For the second image, I coloured it using my aqua painter and Peekaboo Peach ink.  You can go over it a few times to get a deeper colour.  I applied Clear Wink of Stella over top of the ink once it was dry (it's hard to see the shimmer in the picture) I added a little bit of Metallic Gold Thread under the popped up image.


Supply List:

Stamps:
142652 In This World (Clear)
130514 Gorgeous Grunge (Wood)
 Paper:
121045 Basic Black 8 ½” x 11” Card stock (6”x3” scored at 3”)
132622 Gold Foil Sheet (2 7/8” x 2 7/8”)
122959 Water Colour Paper (2 ¾” x 2 ¾”)
 Ink:
140931 Archival Stampin’ Pad, Basic Black
141397 Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad
141398 Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad
Other:
104430 Stampin' Dimensionals
138401 Gold Metallic Thread
141897 Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

103954 Aqua Painter


My second card uses the Moroccan Nights stamp set.  For this card I stamped the lanterns on Vellum Cardstock using Dapper Denim and Emerald Envy and then embossed them using Clear Embossing Powder.  The inside of the lantern is coloured using Gold Wink of Stella.  The banner has 3 layers - Vellum with images, Emerald Envy and Early Espresso.  A little bit of Dapper Denim ruched ribbon and Emerald Envy Taffeta ribbon finished it off. This is popped up on the Designer Series Paper from the Moroccan Nights suite and then adhered to a Dapper Denim Cardstock base.  The sentiment is stamped and punched out using the Duet Banner punch and then adhered to the other punched piece in Emerald Envy.

Supply List:

Stamps:
141718 Moroccan Nights (clear)
141543 Weather Together (Polymer)
Paper:
141414 Dapper Denim Card stock (4 ¼” x 11”)
141646 Moroccan DSP (4” x 5 ¼”)
119696 Early Espresso
141415 Emerald Envy
101856 Vellum Card stock
101650 Very Vanilla Card stock
Ink:
141396 Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad
141394 Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad
Other:
109130 Clear Embossing Powder
14189 Gold Wink of Stella
141424 Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon
142742 Emerald Envy Taffeta Ribbon
141483 Duet Banner Punch

104430 Dimensionals

Stay tuned for more pictures from OnStage.

Don't forget about my upcoming Oh So Succulent class.  I have couple of spots left on April 23rd.  Check out this blog posting for more information.

Happy Stamping!
Melva
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