Stamping Handmade Hugs

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Archive for ‘January, 2018’

Picture Perfect Birthday

By on January 29, 2018

January 29, 2018

     Birthday cards could not be easier to design and make when you use the Picture Perfect Party Suite on page 4 of the 2018 Occassions Catalog. I’m not kidding I whipped these festive cards out in a very short time. The paper is fun and lively with bright Birthday colors!

WMPPB Collage

   The only bummer about the Suite is that the manufacturer for the Picture Perfect Paper Ribbon fell through, (on page 5)…I was so looking forward to playing with it!

Another reason this suite of products is great is because the cards can be for anyone, male, female, young or older.  I will be offering some of these cards in up coming classes!

       If you are looking for and don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would happy to be yours! I’m happy to answer product and technique questions.  If I know, I’ll tell you the answer. If I don’t know, I’ll find you the answer! I would be thrilled if you left a comment, question or suggestion in the comments section below all the products.

  All of the products used in my projects are available in my online store, just click on the products you would like and it will take you directly to my store!

  Please remember to use the Hostess Code at checkout!

 

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Heart Happiness

By on January 22, 2018

January 22, 2018

    Valentines Day always makes my heart happy! I have more Valentines Day cards to make now that we’ve added 3 really awesome people to our family, both my daughter’s husbands and my son’s wife! More about our family tradition below the Card Collage…

WMHeart Happiness Collage

   I started a Valentines Day family tradition before all our kids could write. Each member of the family would write a love letter to each other family member. When the kids were little, they told me or my husband what to write for them. Oh how fun to go back and read them now! It was such a special time! From our son’s short and sweet notes to his sisters, to one he writes: “Your good at piano” and to the other he writes: “You are fun to play with” to the much wordier paragraphs from our two girls, my husbands sweet and observant notes of love and my efforts to try and express a love so big that there just aren’t words for…yes, Valentines Day has full to the brim, bursting with love memories of raising our kids! We have done one long letter to everyone since the kids have had partners, last year we missed it due to the great pain I was in with my back. This year, each of them will get a love note from me. And someday…the grandbabies will get their own Valentines.

    The following card uses the Masking Technique. I used framelits to cut out “full sticky back” postit notes for the masking. It’s an easy card to do and I love it! The ladies at my January Card Buffet made this card.

JANCB3 Collage

    If you are looking for and don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would happy to be yours! I’m happy to answer product and technique questions.  If I know, I’ll tell you the answer. If I don’t know, I’ll find you the answer! I would be thrilled if you left a comment, question or suggestion in the comments section below all the products.

    All of the products used in my projects are available in my online store, just click on the products you would like and it will take you directly to my store!

  Please remember to use the Hostess Code at checkout!

Price: $16.00

 

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Stampin’ Blends

By on January 15, 2018

January 15th, 2018

     If you like to color…you’re gonna LOVE Stampin’ Blends! They are less expensive than other quality alcohol markers…AND…even less expensive than the refills for other alcohol markers!

WMStampin Blends Collage.jpg

   I had SO MUCH fun coloring these cards!! I sat next to my hubby as he watched tv…and I sorta watched tv, but mostly colored! I’m just beginning to learn how to use the Stampin’ Blends, but as you can see, just some basic coloring techniques make a lot of impact! (On a side note…don’t miss the 3 rain drops coming down on “Beautiful You”, those are our new Glitter and Clear Epoxy Shapes in the Occasions Catalog!)

   To learn more about this fun and fast way to color, just click on the following links:

Stampin’ Blends by Stampin’ Up!

Basics of Blending

Stampin’ Blends; Features &  Benefits

Color Lifter and Skin Tones

    If you are looking for and don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would happy to be yours! I’m happy to answer product and technique questions.  If I know, I’ll tell you the answer. If I don’t know, I’ll find you the answer! I would be thrilled if you left a comment, question or suggestion in the comments section below all the products.

   All of the products used in my projects are available in my online store, just click on the products you would like and it will take you directly to my store! 

   Please remember to use the Hostess Code at checkout!

 

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Sure Do Love You

By on January 8, 2018

January 8, 2018

    Time to start preparing for Valentines Day! No better way than with Stampin’ Up’s! Sure Do Love You Bundle! The colors, which are somewhat different from the traditional pink and red, are gorgeous!

WMSure Do Love You Collage

    I never would have thought to put the Calypso Coral in this group of colors but it really works! Plus it’s one of my favorite colors. These cards were so fun to make in additon to being easy. Once again, Stampin’ Up’s experitse in design and color-coordinated products makes for easy and beautiful projects that you will be proud to share with everyone you know!

    Who are your Valentines that are going to recieve a  handmade card/project? Family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, your kids’ teachers and classmates? EVERYONE loves to recieve your handmade paper creations on Valentines Day! Bless away!!

       Here’s some helpful tips you can use if you have a MISTI.  If you don’t have one, be sure and check out Stampin’ Ups! new stamp positioning tool…the Stamparatus!  Until I get my Stamparatus, I’ll be using my MISTI, which is still a great product…but the Stamparatus will have lots more functions!

WMMISTI Collage

     All of these products are available in my online store. Just click on the products you would like and it will take you to my store! All the products for each of these cards are posted below.

   I would be happy to be your demonstrator, if you don’t already have one. If you have a question about products, technique or just want to leave a comment or suggestion, please leave it in the comment box below all the products, and I will get back to you.

   Please remember to use the Hostess Code at checkout!

Take some time for yourself to create and later you’ll have something special to give to someone you love!

 

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Amazing You!

By on January 1, 2018

January 1, 2018

   You ARE amazing!! As amazing as you are, it’s nice to know that a new day brings opportunities for do-overs! Everyone gets a clean slate on New Years, at least it kinda feels that way.  It’s a good time to write out some goals.  I’m hoping your written goals include giving yourself time to nurture your creative side, which for me is stamping greeting cards.

    I thought I’d start the year with a new and FREE stamp set!

A YOUWM Collage

   This set is unique in that it has a FREE thinlit set that you can pair it with!  The new Level 2 Sale-A-Bration,(SAB), items are free with a $100 purchase, Level 1 are free with a $50 purchase.  The new SAB catalog begins in just two days!!

   You may have wondered what coloring technique I used for the Dapper Denim card in the top and bottom left hand corners of the collage.  Brusho! Such a fun coloring technique, you can learn more if you click here:  LEARN ABOUT BRUSHO

    And finally, a new tip for the new year…I hope it helps you in your creative endeavors!

WMAmazing you TIPCollage

    If you would like to order any of these products, I would be happy to be your demonstrator, if you don’t already have one. Just click on the products you would like and it will take you to my store! All the products for each of these cards are posted below.

Please remember to use the Hostess Code at checkout!

    If you have a question about products, technique or just want to leave a comment or suggestion, please leave it in the comment box below all the products, and I will get back to you.

Take some time for yourself to create and later you’ll have something special to give to someone you love!

 

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