Sending Love Workshops

Edited to Add: Supplies list is now added for each project.

Hi Stampers!

Last month I had two "Sending Love" workshops in my home that was based around new items in the Occasions Mini Catalog. All projects were Valentine themed just in time to order supplies to create Valentine gifts! I had a good turn out and it was lots of fun. But, since I've never done two workshops in one weekend (one on Saturday and one on Sunday) I was pretty exhausted afterwards. Even still, it was fun catching up with some old customers and meeting new ones!



Here are the projects, enjoy!

Here is the first card we made. It uses the brand new I {Heart} Hearts stamp set. Remember that with every purchase of this set, $2 is donated to the Haiti Relief Fund. This set is available in wood mounted or in our NEW Clear Mounted Stamps! The beautiful background papers we used are also brand new and from the Occasions Mini Catalog. It is the Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. I fell in love with this paper as soon as I saw it. The designs are beautiful and it has glitter! Lastly, we used the brand new Pinking Hearts Border Punch on the bottom part of the Real Red DSP.

Here's a close-up of the DSP and the hearts. I hope you can see the sparkly glitter on the paper, its beautiful! All four hearts were cut out and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals. Also, you can see a close up of the Pinking Hearts Border Punch. Aren't the tiny little hearts cute?

Stampin' Supplies(All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise indicated):

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts

Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Real Red 3/4" Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips

This is the second card we made at my Sending Love Workshop. This card uses the brand new stamp set, Well-Scripted (available in wood mount or NEW clear mount) and the beautiful Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Flowers. Both of these items are from the Occasions Mini Catalog. The background paper is also another sheet from the Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Here's a close-up of the card. The colors I used were taken from the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Flowr itself. The main card base and the "Love You Much" sentiment are both Rose Red, the same as the flower. The Scallop Border Punch was used on a strip of Chocolate Chip Cardstock.

Stampin' Supplies(All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise indicated):
Stamps: Well Scripted
Ink: Rose Red
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Sweet Pea Stitched Flower, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sorry, I'm not sure why the background in this picture looks blue...but here's a picture of the final project we made. It was made using the Fancy Favor Box Bigz XL die, the Build-A-Bear Die and the BAB Valentine's Day Sizzlets. It was so quick and easy to make! And isn't the box and bear just cute!? I fell in love with the cute little bear...

Here's a top view of the box, it was filled with real red paper strips that were crimped and then filled with Valentine Heart Chocolates.

Stampin' Supplies(All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise indicated):
Stamps: None
Ink: None
Paper: Real Red 12x12 Cardstock, Basic Black, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Retired Designer Series Paper Pack
Accessories: 1/2" Circle Punch, Build-A-Bear Stampin' Up! Bear Bigz Die, Stampin' Up! Beary Lovely Sizzlets Die,Stampin' Up! Beary Essentials Die, Stampin' Up! Beary Girl Die, Big Shot, Stampin' Dimensionals

Well, I hope you enjoyed looking at the projects. I will be posting a full supplies list for each project hopefully tomorrow. Remember, you can order from me 24/7 by clicking here. Have a great President's Day Holiday and Happy Stampin'!

A Happy Heart

Hi Stampers! So it turns out that I forgot to show you this cute little goodie bag holder. I think that's what it's called. LOL I got the instructions on how to make this project, way back when I purchased the Crazy For Cupcakes class from Angie Juda. I love, love so many of her projects. This comes together rather easily and is cute!


The inside of the holder has the small, flat cello bag filled with candy. I took a side view of the holder so that you could see the inside. I'm sorry if it's too dark and/or you can't see the baggie. But trust me, it's there and it is filled with some yummy candy and tied with the Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon.

To keep the entire holder closed, I just tied some of the Riding Hood Red/Very Vanilla Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (from the past Holiday Mini), around the whole package.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!
Stamps: A Happy Heart
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red/Very Vanilla Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Small Flat Cello Bags

REMINDER: March 31st is the last day of Sale-A-Bration, so don't forget to contact me to place your $50 order and earn your free stamps!

Have a wonderful Sunday and Happy Stampin'!

Another Valentine Card

Hi Stampers!

I made my very FIRST Stair Step Fold Card. I had seen lots of samples of these cards floating around and kept wanting to make one, but just kept putting it off. Well, I wanted to make a Valentine card for a dear friend of mine, and decided that I had put this off long enough. So I did it! I think it turned out pretty nice, though I think in the future I will make the back panel a bit bigger. But all in all, I love it! I'd love to hear what you think...

You can find the instructions on how to make a Stair Step Fold card by going to SplitCoast Stampers. They have lots of great ideas, techniques and sketches to try out. It's a wonderful site with lots of resources!

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love You Much, A Happy Heart

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Close To Cocoa

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Heart To Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Flower Fusion Too, Silver Brads, Blender Pens, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

Have a great day and Happy Stampin'!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

Hi Stampers!

Sorry this post is so late but again, school is so hectic for me right now! Well, I just wanted to share with you the cards I made for the children in my class. They came together fairly quickly, and all of them measure 4x4. Since my school has a "No candy" policy I gave each child a Valentine's pencil, heart eraser and Valentine's sticker. They loved it!

Here's a group shot of the cards, aren't they cute!

With this first card, I paper pieced the cute birds from the Love You Much stamp set using the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper. I also used the scallop edge punch to add some detail to the bottom of the card. I love it!

For the second card I stamped the elephant from Happy Heart Day in Jet Black Staz-On ink and colored him using the Stampin' Write Marker in Going Gray. The rest of the images (heart, flowers and grass) were colored in using Blender pens and Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Pink Pirouette ink. The card is the same layout as the above card I just turned it on it's side so that the elephant would fit nicely. The background paper is again from the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper.

The final card uses the little mouse also from the Happy Heart Day stamp set. I think he is soo cute, holding that heart. He was also stamped in Jet Black Staz-On ink and colored in using blender pens and Close To Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette and Tangerine Tango Ink.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love You Much, Happy Heart Day

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, Close To Cocoa, Jet Black Staz-On

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Blender Pens, Going Gray Stampin' Write Marker, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Paper Snips

That's all for tonight, just a reminder, Sale-A-Bration is still going on through the end of March. Earn FREE stamps, ribbon or Designer Series Paper for every $50 you spend in merchandise! Click the catalog on the left for more information or contact me! Plus, you receive a FREE catalog for every online order you make through my website.

Have a great night and Happy Stampin'!

Thanks from the Heart

Hi Stampers! I just wanted to share with you a card I whipped up on Sunday. I was looking for a Thank You card to make for my customers that was not only quick and simple but pretty as well. So I was doing some blog surfing and came across this card, by Dawn Griffith. I fell in love with it right away. It came together in mere minutes!

The hearts are punched out using the Heart to Heart Punch and the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper. The "Thank You" sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. I also added some hearts to the envelope to match the card.

Sorry the picture is dark but my Natual Light lamp is broken! :o( I'm not sure what happened to it, after several years of owning it, it just gave up on me. So now I have to buy a new one, until then I think my pictures will be a little dark.



All Supplies Stampin' Up!
Stamps: All Holidays
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Paper: Very Vanilla, CandyLane Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Heart to Heart Punch

Have a great night and Happy Stampin'!

Love You Much Workshop Samples

Hi Stampers!

I know this took me a week or two to post but let me tell you, homework has been building up and by the time I have any free time available to stamp or update my blog I'm mentally exhausted! I am hoping to work on some Thank You cards, Valentine's Cards and goodie bags today after I get home from my cousin's Bridal Shower if it's not too late.

These are the three projects we made at my Love You Much Workshop on January 25. They were very quick and easy to make. I had to make some substitutions with some of the projects because I had ordered extra cardstock but it didn't arrive in time so I had to make do with what I had. But I still think they turned out great, don't you?

Here is the front view of a box we made to hold some Valentine's Day treats. This box was a lot of fun to make and came together rather quickly! My original idea was to make it out of Riding Hood Red Cardstock but I didn't have enough to use, since my order did not arrive in time for the workshop, so I substituted by using Chocolate Chip instead. I still think it came out cute.

I don't remember where I got the measurements to make this box, but as soon as I find the information I will post it on my blog. If you happen to know what blog I saw the tutorial on please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.

I love the little birds from this set and for the box, I used the Candylane Designer Series Paper to paper piece the two birds. Aren't they cute? I stamped them first in Close To Cocoa Ink onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. I then restamped them again with the Close to Cocoa onto two different pieces of scraps from the Candylane Designer Series Paper, cut out the bodies and glued them onto the Very Vanilla stamped images. Cute!!

This is a side view of the same box, so you could have a better idea of what it looks like. We filled it with some Skittles and mini Starbursts. Again, I needed to improvise here because I had wanted to use the small, flat cello bags to fill with treats but I did not get them in time. Oh well, such is life. The inside of the box is actually quite roomy so I'm thinking we probably could have fit some more candy inside of it. You can never have too much candy!

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Close To Cocoa

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candylane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Heart Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, 1/8" Circle Punch

This is one of two cards we made at the workshop. Isn't it lovely? I had seen lots of samples using the Flower Fusion Too felt flowers but since I didn't have them I substituted yet again. LOL Instead, I used the Boho Blossoms punch and punched out the flowers out of Pink Pirouette and Close to Cocoa Cardstock and attached them to the flower image using the Silver Mini Brads and used my finger to curl up the petals.

The "Love You Much" was stamped using Close to Cocoa Ink and then I colored in the word using my Blender Pens and Riding Hood Red Ink. I then punched out the two hearts out of Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette Cardstock, using the new Heart to Heart Punch, and layered them over the "O." I also cut out the little heart from the scallop circle image after I stamped it onto Riding Hood Red Cardstock and popped it up using dimensionals and attached it to the scallop medallion.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Close To Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Candylane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Mini Brads, Blender Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals

The final card was a CASE from Andrea Walford. I love the way this card turned out! It's similar to the card above with a few minor changes. This is my sample that I had out for the workshop. As you can see in the picture, I did not use Pink Pirouette for my cardbase. However, I did supply my guests with Pink Pirouette Cardstock for their cards. I didn't have any enough, so my sample was made using I think it was, Pretty in Pink Cardstock.

The flower is again punched out using the Boho Blossoms punch and Pink Pirouette Cardstock and attached with the Silver Mini Brads. Tip: When attaching brads to your cards, attach them through at least a couple of layers, because if you attach it to just the top layer, the result will be lumpy, and we don't want that!

The "Love" was again colored in using Blender Pens and Riding Hood Red Ink. I stamped the hearts from the Love You Much set across the top to make a background in Riding Hood Red ink and then sponged the edges of the card. Voila!

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Close To Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Candyland Designer Series Paper

Accessories: 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Blender Pens, Paper Piercing Tool, Boho Blossoms Punch, Silver Mini Brads, Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals

Remember that Sale-A-Bration is going on right now! So take advantage and earn your free stamp sets for every $50 you spend! Contact me for more details or view the post here.

Have a wonderful day and Happy Stampin'!

Love You Much Samples

Hi Stampers! I thought I'd share the card and cute, little cello bag I made on Saturday with my Upline, Yolanda. She had a Hostess Appreciation Lunch for us on Saturday and we got to eat some yummy food and stamp! How awesome was that?

Both the card and bag are made using the supplies from the Love You Much Bundle. Remember, you can get this bundle at 20% off now through January 31st. Click here for more details.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Love You Much
Ink: Basic Brown
Paper: Kraft, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper
Accessories: VersaMarker, Clear Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Silver Brads, Flower Fusion Too, Heart to Heart Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Pink Pirouette 1-1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool, M&Ms

Also, as a reminder January 18 is the last day to order any stamps or accessories from the Retired List. Remember select items are on sale during the Stampin' Up! Inventory Blow-Out! Plus, the last day to order from the Holiday Mini Catalog is also January 18. Contact me to place an order or shop now!

Have a great night and Happy Stampin'!