Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

It's a quick post today - I know many of you are busy today getting the kids back to school!.
Take a few minutes and check out the new Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!
More items will be posted on the Clearance Rack today too!  Don't miss out on those deals too!

Happy Stamping!
Melva

Here it is September already!

Saturday, 5 September 2015

Where does the summer go!  It has been a very hot and dry summer here on the West Coast and suddenly and with a vengeance, fall arrived last week.  I can't really complain as we really needed the rain, but I wish it could have been a little more gradual!

On that theme, I'm sharing a couple of "Fall-ish" cards.  Both cards use a mix of products from the Annual Catalogue and from the Holiday Catalogue.

I made this card with a new stamping friend.  Chris came over the other night to learn more about stamping and to "play".  It was nice to just sit down and make a card together and to get to know her a little bit better.  This card using the Sheltering Tree stamp set as well as the Vintage Leaves stamp set.  For the ribbon embellishment, I cut the edge off the Burlap Ribbon and pulled some of the threads off.  Then I took some gold cord trip and twisted it.  I like how it turned out.  I also love the Curvy Corner Trio Punch - 3 different shapes on one punch.


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I absolutely love the Vintage Leaves stamp set and coordinating framelits.  I think they are my favourites from the Annual catalogue.  I cut out different leaves from Delightful Dijon, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie and Gold Glimmer paper.  Using the same mixture of colours I sponged the cardstock leaves, then spritzed with alcohol and scrunched them.  I attached them to a step card after tying them together with some burlap threads.  I used the Boho Chic Embossing folder to add some texture to the rest of the card.


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Interested in learning how to make the Step Card? This card will be featured at one of my Card Classes this fall.  Email me to learn more.

If you haven't received your Annual or Holiday Stampin' Up! catalogues, Email me and I'll make sure you get one.

Happy Stamping!
Melva

The most wonderful time of the year! Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue is available

Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Today is THE DAY! The Stampin' Up! 2015 Holiday Catalogue is LIVE! Click here to browse the catalogue and the go over to my my online store to place your order 

If you're finding that your wish list is close to or, if you're like me, over $125? Why not join the Stampin' Up! family of demonstrators and my Canadian team? It's a no-risk opportunity and you'll get $155 in product of your choice for $125. What have you got to lose? More details on that HERE

If you want to receive a paper copy of the catalogue, email me and I'll get one to you!

Happy Stamping!
Melva

The weather outside is frightful, but my craft room was so delightful....

Monday, 31 August 2015

We had a terrible storm on the south coast of British Columbia this past weekend with winds up to 90 km/hour.  At one point during the weekend we have 500,000 people without power and some of those are still in the dark over 48 hours later!  My thoughts go out to all of those people who are trying to clean up from the storm! We were lucky and didn't have a power outage but there were trees down around us.

I took the opportunity on Saturday to play in my craft room.  I'm so excited that the Holiday Catalogue is available tomorrow for you to order from!  I'm not sure if it was the storm that inspired me or if it was just the fact that the products are so amazing!

I want to share with you one of my creations.  This card uses the Cozy Christmas stamp set and the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper.  I wasn't so sure I liked this paper when I first saw it at Convention, but now it just gives me a very warm feeling - takes me back to my childhood and the memory of the wrapping paper I used to see under the tree.

For this paper, I used a card base of Whisper White (cut 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" and scored in half) and layered on Real Red Card stock (cut 4" x 5 1/4") and the DSP (cut 3 3/4" x 5").


The banner is a 2 1/2" x 5 1/2" strip of Real Red and a 2 1/4" x 5 1/4" strip of Whisper White.  I cut a tail in both ends.  On the Whisper White I stamped the Merry Little Christmas sentiment from Cozy Christmas in Real Red.  I adhered these two pieces together and stapled a 5" piece of the Real Red Pompom Trim to it.  

From the DSP I fussy cut a Santa image.  I love this paper - the images are positioned in such a way that you can cut out individual images without worrying about cutting through others.  I used a Dimensional to adhere this to the banner.

Finally I used dimensional to adhere the banner to the card base.  

I love how this turned out!  It was so easy and quick with only a little bit of fussy cutting :) 

You can order the supplies to make this card (and many others) from the Holiday Catalogue as of tomorrow!  Let me know if you haven't received a catalogue and I'll be sure to get one to you.  The catalogue will be online tomorrow - check out this link (the catalogue isn't there now, but will be there tomorrow).

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Interested in signing up for my upcoming classes, check them out by clicking here.

Happy stamping!
Melva

Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peeks

Saturday, 29 August 2015

You can place your order from the Holiday Catalogue as of Tuesday, September 1st.  Do you have your list of 'must haves'?  I'm afraid my list was the whole catalogue!

I wanted to share some cards that were made using products from the Holiday Catalogue to get you as excited as I am about everything in it!

I created this card using the Six Sayings stamp set which is a Hostess set from the catalogue and the Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper.  The circles are cut on Whisper White and Silver Foil.


I received this card from Jenn Tinline.  She's used the Winter Wishes stamp set.  The cards has a lovely vintage feel!  This was a stamp set that I didn't order (what was I thinking!) but I may have to change my mind!

Sandi MacIver's card is amazing - I'm trying to figure out how she got such deep colours in the back ground.  She's added a layer that is cut out using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits on top with a sentiment from the Jingle All the Way stamp set.

Another great card using the Winter Wishes stamp set from Alison Solven.  She's using the Christmas Greetings Thinlits to cut out "Merry" and lay it over the image.  Yep, another reason to add this to my wishlist!
If you haven't received your Holiday Catalogue, you can email me and I'll be happy to get one to you.  You can order as of Tuesday, September 1st - don't miss out!  I can't wait to spend some time in my craft room this weekend playing with all of the wonderful Holiday products.

Happy Stamping
Melva
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