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Truly Grateful

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

Thanksgiving is almost here and it is not the only time to be thankful.  Everyday is a gift and everyday we should appreciate all that is good in our lives.  Stampin’ Up!’s Truly Grateful stamp set has inspired me to create these cards to say Happy Thanksgiving and Thank you.

The first card I CASE’d from the  Stampin’ Success magazine.  The background is stamped with the help of the Stamp-a-ma-jig then stamped with the Truly Grateful background and embossed with gold embossing powder  The Pumpkin Pie banner is layered with a hand cut arrow shape banner and stamped with the lines stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  The sentiment is from the Tags 4 You set.  All the layers are layered with Early Espresso twine.  Such an easy card!

Stampin' Up! Truly Grateful card

Stampin’ Up! Happy Thanksgiving Card

For this other card I used the Expressions Thinlits Dies.  To ensure you can remove the ‘thankful’ from the framelit use two sheets of wax paper between the framelit and the cardstock.  I stamped the wood background in crushed curry then stamped the wheat stalks in Versamark and heat embossed with Early Espresso.  To get the very cool ink splatters I used the Gorgeous Grunge set and Early Espresso ink.  I then added Early Espresso candy dots on the top right.  Another easy to make card.

Stampin' Up! Thankful Truly Grateful card

Stampin’ Up! Thankful Card

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Happy Thanksgiving Card

Size:  4.25″ h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets:  Truly Grateful, Gorgeous Grunge, Tags 4 You

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie

Ink:  Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Versamark

Accessories:  Label Bracket punch, Early Espresso twine, Gold embossing powder, heat tool

Thankful Card

Size:  4.25″ h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets:  Truly Grateful, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie

Ink:  Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Versamark

Accessories:  Early Espresso embossing powder, heat tool, Early Espresso Candy dots, Expressions Thinlits Dies

Filed under: Feminine Thank you cards, Gorgeous Grunge, Thank you cards, Thanksgiving, Truly Grateful | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Stampin’ Up! is celebrating their 25th with 25% off 25 stamp sets

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

Stampin’ Up! is celebrating their 25th anniversary all year long, but during the week of the actual date (October 25th to be exact) they thought they should pump up the party even more. So what better way than a sale on the very products that started it all: stamps, of course!

Dates: October 22-28, 2013

Offer: Get 25 percent off 25 stamp sets.

Click here for the Humongous List of Stamps on Sale:  Or, go to the Online Store for a prettier glance.

Remember this sale ends October 28.  Start shopping now!

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My Digital Studio Christmas Card

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

Lately I’ve been creating on My Digital Studio and for this week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments I have created this Christmas Card.

Creating photo boxes and sizing them to your liking then filling with your choice of paper is how I created the glimmer strips and the strip of Season of Style DSP at the top of the card.  If you have MDS and haven’t used it in awhile, I invite you to create a card or scrap page using it.  If you don’t have MDS and would like to try before you buy click here for a FREE trial.

Stampin' Up My Digital Studio Christmas card

I would love to see what you create using the sketch below.  For more inspiration go to Hand Stamped Sentiments and see what our talented design team has created.

www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

My Digital Studio Christmas Card
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Glimmer – designer series paper\Glimmer – silver

Embellishments
Designer Rosettes\Designer Rosettes – pointed old olive
Designer Rosettes\Designer Rosettes – scallop crumb cake
Other Ribbon\ribbon – alpine – knot
Antique Brads\Antique Brads – brad 2
Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – rhinestone large
Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – rhinestone large
Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – rhinestone large

Punches
Extras\Holiday Celebration Punches\Holiday Celebration Punches – christmas, Fill Color = CHERRY COBBLER 165,30,44
Extras\Holiday Celebration Punches\Holiday Celebration Punches – christmas, Fill Color = OLD OLIVE 138,151,71

Photos
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Season Of Style – designer series paper\Season Of Style – 4
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Glimmer – designer series paper\Glimmer – silver
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Glimmer – designer series paper\Glimmer – red
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Glimmer – designer series paper\Glimmer – red
C:\Documents and Settings\Gen\My Documents\Watermark_PNG\Stampin by Genny watermark2_wht

Filed under: Christmas, Digital Cards, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, My Digital Studio, Sketch Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Happy Halloween My Digital Studio Card

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

For this week’s challenge I decided to play with My Digital Studio to create a Halloween card.  The colors were inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge of Tangerine Tango, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green and Basic Black.  Don’t these colors just scream HALLOWEEN!  It was so much fun using the coloring tool to add different colors to the digital stamp images.  If you haven’t tried digital crafting, download the free trial version of MDS here.  You can create cards, scrap book pages and books, journals and whatever your paper crafting mind can conjure.

Halloween card-001

Create a scary or funny Halloween card, scrap book page or 3D item using these colors and upload your card to Hand Stamped Sentiments.   If you need more inspiration go to HSS and see what our very talented design team has created.

http://www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Happy Halloween My Digital Studio Card

Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Howlstooth & Scaringbone – designer series paper\Howlstooth & Scaringbone – 9

Embellishments
Scallop Dots Ribbon\Scallop Dots Ribbon – black
Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – rhinestone large
Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – rhinestone large
3 Antique Brads\Antique Brads – brad 5

Stamps
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 5
Spooky Things\Spooky Things – happy halloween
_Designer Kits\Chevron\Chevron – 1 grunge
_Designer Kits\Chevron\Chevron – 8 grunge

Punches
Extras\Flag Punch,  Filled with: Card Stock\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Elegant Eggplant
Extras\Flag Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\Small Polka Dot\Garden Green Small Polka Dot
Extras\Flag Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Frightful Sight – designer series paper\Frightful Sight – 2
Labels & Tags\Lots of Tags – shape 4,  Filled with: Card Stock\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Elegant Eggplant
Labels & Tags\Lots of Tags – shape 4,  Filled with: Card Stock\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Tangerine Tango

Filed under: Color Splash Challenges, Digital Cards, Halloween, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, My Digital Studio, Spooky Things | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Join for $25

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

Do you like the idea of
• A discount on your favorite products?
• A chance to earn extra cash?
• Tons of exclusive creative ideas at your fingertips?
I thought so. For two weeks only, join Stampin’ Up! for just $25, and experience all this and more.  The cost to join has never been this low—in all of Stampin’ Up!’s 25 years!
Hurry—this offer is only good October 7-21!
Here are all the details…

  • This offer is only good for two weeks, so take advantage of it right away!
  • During this offer, only the special $25 starter kit will be available; the regular $99  starter kit will not be available. The $25 Starter Kit includes
    • $26.95 worth of Stampin’ Up! product (it must be more than $25, but not more than $26.95 before tax)
    • Business pack which includes
      • A box of annual catalogs
      • A package of the current seasonal catalog
      • Getting Started DVD
      • Customer Order Forms
      • Customer postcards
  • While this promotion will concurrently be available in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and France, Stampin’ Up!’s market-specific recruiting regulations still apply.

First Workshop Perks

  • If you as a new recruit place your first workshop order of at least $150 within 30 days of your start date, you can:
  • choose any stamp set from the 2013-2014 annual catalog (redeemable with your first demonstrator order in December).*
  • receive 30% instant income on your first order and any eligible hostess benefits if you host your own event.
  • jump into your new role as a demonstrator and start building up your stamping supplies.

Celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25th-year anniversary by joining the Stampin’ Up! family for only $25! This opportunity is two weeks only-October 7-21 so hurry!

To Join contact me or click here to sign up online.

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Wonderfall leaves and Sweater weather go together

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

September 22nd marks the beginning of fall and no more 100 degree days.  Ahhh so nice!  It’s been a wonderful 84 degrees and with the change of the weather it inspired me to create this card for Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge.  I played with the Sweater Weather DSP featured in the Stampin’ Up! holiday catalog.  Such pretty colors – Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla and Whisper White – make this paper perfect for all your fall projects.

I started with a Very Vanilla card base and die cut the leaves with the Autumn Accents Bigz die.  For the leaves I used cardstock and the Sweater Weather DSP.  I sponged the edges with Early Espresso and used the Houndstooth and Wood Grain embossing folders for texture.  For bling and sparkle I colored basic rhinestones with Sharpies and spritzed my card with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.  It’s hard to photograph and show how sparkly the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Sprintz looks but if you enlarge the photo you should be able to see it.

Stampin' Up! wonderfall leaves and sweater weather dsp

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Go to Hand Stamped Sentiments to see the other projects created by our very talented design team and be inspired!

Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge 169

Wonderfall leaves and Sweater Weather Card

Size:  4.25″ w x 5.50″ h

Stamp Sets:  Tags 4 You

Paper:  Cardstock:  Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla; DSP Sweater Weather

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso (for sentiment)

Acessories:  Basic Rhinestones, Houndstooth and Wood Grain Embossing Folders, Decorative Label and Label Bracket Punches, Bigz Autumn Accents Sizzix Die, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Filed under: Bells & Boughs, Fall projects, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Sketch Challenge, Stamp Sets, Tags 4 You | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Special Season Christmas Card

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a color challenge – Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green and Baked Brown Sugar.  When I saw these colors I immediately thought Christmas!  I know it’s a bit early to think about this holiday but I was so excited to use my new stamp set Special Season.  I was also inspired by a Christmas card created with this stamp set in the holiday catalog.

This Christmas Tree card was very easy to make.  I embossed the Baked Brown Sugar card base with the Northern Flurry embossing folder then added Dazzling Details to add sparkle.  I also added rhinestones for more bling.  I cut the Whisper White layer as a banner, stamped the Christmas tree image and sentiment.  To dress up the  Whisper White layer I made a bow with the Raspberry Ripple satin stitched ribbon and added a Frosted Finishes snowflake embellishment.  I colored the rhinestones for the tree with a Sharpie very similar to the Raspberry Ripple.  I’ve included a close-up photo of the Whisper White layer.  Super easy card!

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Hop on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments and join us for this color challenge.  For inspiration take a look at what our Design Team has created.

Hand Stamped Sentiments

Special Season Christmas Card

Size:  4.25″ w x 5.50″ h

Stamp Sets:  Special Season

Paper:  Cardstock:  Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White

Ink:  Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple

Acessories:  Basic Rhinestones, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Rasperry Ripple ribbon, Dazzling Details, Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Raspberry Ripple 3/8″ Stitched Ribbon

Filed under: Christmas, Color Splash Challenges, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Special Season, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Fur Friends Forever

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

For this week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments I used My Digital Studio to create this scrapbook page of my fur children.  I used the sketch as a guide and quickly created this page.  I love creating with MDS.  There are so many backgrounds, stamps, embellishments and punches.  If you have MDS and haven’t used it in awhile, I invite you to create a card or scrap page using it.  If you don’t have MDS and would like to try before you buy click here for a FREE trial.

Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio pet scrap book page

I would love to see what you create using the sketch below.  For more inspiration go to Hand Stamped Sentiments and see what our talented design team has created.

Hand Stamped Sentiments

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Stampin’ Up! Fur Friends Forever My Digital Studio 8″ x 8″ scrap book page

Background
Card Stock\Soft Suede

Embellishments
Basic Pearls and Rhinestones\Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – pearl large

Stamps
Man’s Best Friend\Man’s Best Friend Dog – 3, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
Cute Cats\Cute Cats – fat cat, Color = 88,53,30

Punches
Extras\Perfect Pennants Circle Punch 1,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Mocha Morning – designer series paper\Mocha Morning – 11
Extras\Flag Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Mocha Morning – designer series paper\Mocha Morning – 3
Extras\Flag Punch,  Filled with: Card Stock\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – So Saffron
Extras\Flag Punch,  Filled with: Card Stock\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Kraft
Basics\1.25 Circle Punch,  Filled with: Card Stock\Early Espresso
Basics\1.25 Circle Punch

Photos
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Mocha Morning – designer series paper\Mocha Morning – 9

Filed under: Cute Cats, Digital Scrap Book Pages, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Man's Best Friend, Scrap book Projects, Sketch Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Honey Bees and Flowers are Backyard Basics

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

My inspiration for this card is based on Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge – Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso.

Creating this card was easy with Stampin’ Up’s! Backyard Basics framelits, stamp set and Honeycomb embossing folder.

Stampin' Up! Honey bee Honey Comb card

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Join us this week for Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge – Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso.

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All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Backyard Basics card

Size:  5.50″ w x 4.25″ h

Stamp Sets:  Backyard Basics

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry

Ink:  Markers:  Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark

Acessories:  Basic Rhinestones, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Blender Pen, Backyard Basics Framelits, corner rounder punch, Whisper White satin ribbon

Filed under: Backyard Basics, Color Splash Challenges, Friendship, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

First Day of School My Digital Studio Card

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

It’s hard to believe that back to school is around the corner and summer is almost over.  Where did the time go?!  The inspiration challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments inspired me to create this card on My Digital Studio.  It was so quick and easy and one of the features of MDS is you can color the stamps.  LOVE that feature.  Wouldn’t it be nice to put this card in your child’s lunch box.  It would be a great way to wish them a happy first day of school.

Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio Back to School card

Join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments and see the wonderful projects created by our talented design team.

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Back to School My Digital Studio Card

Background:  Designer Series Paper\Small Polka Dot\Real Red Small Polka Dot

Embellishments:  Scallop Dots Ribbon\Scallop Dots Ribbon – black, Round Buttons\Crushed Curry button

Stamps:  A is for Apple\A is for Apple – paper; A is for Apple\A is for Apple-Apple; A is for Apple\As is for Apple – A+, color Basic Black for shadow; A is for Apple\As is for Apple – A+, color Crushed Curry; A is for Apple\As is for Apple – school days colored with Real Red, Crushed Curry and Gumball Green

Punches:  Labels & Tags\Modern Label Punch, Filled with Designer Series Paper\Grid\So Saffron Grid; Borders\Scallop Ege Punch, Filled with Card Stock\Whisper White

Photo Block:  Filled with Card Stock\So Saffron for background of lines (paper stamp)

Filed under: Back to School, Digital Cards, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

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