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Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #28

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments it’s an inspiration challenge.  The challenge is to use the photo from Pottery Barn to inspire your project, which can be a card, scrapbook page, gift item, etc. Take the challenge.  Submissions are due by noon on Monday, August 16th. I can’t wait to see your projects.   Remember you can use any brand of products to create your projects.

I really love the sunburst quilt on the wall so I used it as my background paper for the Top Note shape.  I printed the full size photo of the quilt on matte photo paper.  Click here for full size photo.  I then cut out the quilt portion I wanted on my Top Note Die then ran it through the Big Shot.  To add dimension and texture I ran the Very Vanilla layer through my Big Shot with the Perfect Details Texture Plate.  I then made a scallop flower and secured it with a 3/4″ circle from the background paper and a silver brad from the Hodgepodge set.  Click here for the fan fold flower tutorial on Splitcoasters.  I adhered the Top Note to the Very Vanilla layer, added the ribbon then adhered the scallop flower with mini-glue dots.

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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.

Project info:

Friends Sunburst card

Fan Fold Flower Tutorial: click here

Finished card size: 5.25″ x 4.25″

Stamp Sets: Tiny Tags

Paper: Card stock:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, non-SU matte photo paper

Ink: Cajun Craze

Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note die, Texture Plate Perfect Details, Scallop edge punch, Jewelry Tag punch,  Hodgepodge silver brad, Black Satin Ribbon, mini-glue dots

Techniques: Stamping

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Splash Challenge

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a color challenge with the bright colors of Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, and Tempting Turquoise.  I love these happy colors.  When I look at them they make me smile.  I CASED this card from Jolene Slack.  The card was featured in the May 2010 Success magazine.  All the layering adds dimension to this card.  I especially like the Scallop Square Clear Bigz Die and Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die.  They are perfect for so many projects.  I stamped the Whisper White layer with the All A Flutter butterfly stamp in Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo.  The Melon Mambo butterfly is behind a Vellum frame.  I love the soft look.  I used retired Trio Flower punch for the flowers and embellished with half pearls and White Satin ribbon.  I used the Friends sentiment from the Tiny Tags stamp set and punched it out with the Jewelry Tag punch.

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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.

Project info:

Friends card

Finished card size: 5.00″ x 5.00″

Stamp Sets: All A Flutter, Tiny Tags

Paper: Card stock:  Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Vellum

Ink: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Scallop Square Clear Bigz Die, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die, Basic Pearls Jewel Accents, Jewelry Tag Punch, retired Trio Flower punch,  Whisper White 5/8 Inch Organza Ribbon

Techniques: Stamping, Embossing

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Get Ready To Shop: Sales Tax Holiday Coming Up

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

BTS applesIf your one of my customers that live in Texas then aren’t you lucky.  The sales tax holiday in Texas includes school supplies up to $100.00 per item August 20 – 22. Because school supply items are included in this sales tax holiday, the  list of items below will be tax free during the holiday period. Please note that you must place your order during the tax holiday period in order to receive these items tax free.  Save this list and place your order online or contact me August 20 – 22.

The following items are tax-exempt during the Texas sales tax holiday:

Item # Description Price
100425 2-Way Glue Pen $3.50
104332 SNAIL Adhesive $6.95
104331 SNAIL Adhesive Refill $4.50
103305 Dotto $12.95
100902 Dotto Refill $6.50
104045 Anywhere Glue Stick $3.95
104294 Sticky Strip $6.95
104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals $3.95
103683 Mini Glue Dots $4.95
103579 Paper Snips $9.95
103179 Craft & Rubber Scissors $19.95
108360 Craft & Paper Scissors $29.95
101879 Watercolor Pencils $19.95
105021 White Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen $3.95
102845 Blender Pens $9.95
Various Stampin’ Write Markers (individual) $3.50
120948 Many Marvelous Markers New Color Kit $35.95
119801 Many Marvelous Markers In Color $14.95
119700 Many Marvelous Markers Subtles $28.95
119701 Many Marvelous Markers Regals $28.95
119702 Many Marvelous Markers Brights $28.95
119703 Many Marvelous Markers Neutrals $22.95
120949 Watercolor Wonder Crayons New Color Kit $39.95
119802 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Subtles $16.95
119803 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Regals $16.95
119804 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Brights $16.95
119805 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Neutrals $16.95
105394 Basic Black Stampin’ Write Journaler $3.50
110755 Multipurpose Liquid Glue $3.95
120962 Stampin’ Pastels $24.95
120963 Stampin’ Pastels New Color Kit $14.95

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Extra, Extra Hostess Promotion

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

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HOSTESSES EARN AN EXTRA $25 IN FREE MERCHANDISE JULY 27-AUGUST 31!

Stampin’ Up!® has announced that from July 27-August 31 hostesses can earn an extra $25 in free merchandise when they host a workshop totaling $350 or more.

Stampin’ Up! is offering this amazing opportunity to all hostesses for a limited time. This is a great time to host a workshop.  Earning an extra $25 to spend is great and the 2010-20110 Idea Book & Catalog just came out with tons of new stamp sets and products to choose from!
To take advantage of this special offer contact me to book your workshop!

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Watercolor Technique Challenge #26

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

Another fun challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments – watercoloring technique.  I really like the hydrangea in the Because I care stamp set so I used the image in my project.  I also used the Newsprint DSP and Vellum.  I love the Newsprint DSP.  All the patterns are so interesting and they’re perfect for so many projects.  I stamped the hydrangea image with Classic Black ink  on Vellum paper.  The Classic Black ink is a good choice to stamp an image you’re going to watercolor because the ink is waterproof.  I then watercolored the hydrangea in Cherry Cobbler and the leaves in Old Olive.  The Crumb Cake layer and oval are sponged in Crumb Cake to give more of a vintage look.  I added a border punched with the Scallop Trim punch and Black Satin ribbon at the bottom of the card.  I hope you’re inspired to try this technique.  I can’t wait for you to take the challenge and post your creation.

Newsprint DSP

Newsprint DSP - $9.95

Hydrangea watercolor card

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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.

Project info:

Because I Care Hydrangea watercolor card

Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.50″

Stamp Sets: Because I Care – Hostess level 1 (This set can only be earned with a minimum $150 workshop.  Email me to book a workshop.)

Paper: Card stock:  Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Vellum, DSP Newspring

Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Trim punch, Large Oval punch, Black Brads, Black Satin Ribbon, Aqua Painter

Techniques: Stamping, Watercoloring

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Stamp Camp

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

Come join the fun at stamp camp.  You’ll make projects perfect for gift giving.  You’ll have a lot of fun making these projects that are fun, flirty and ready for a “Happy Birthday” or “How are you friend?” greeting.  You’ll have the opportunity to make these projects while using the latest crafting products available as well as learning new tips and techniques.  For more fun tell you friends and plan to meet for an afternoon of paper crafting fun.  Click here to get all the deets and I’ve also made it simple for you to pay online.

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HURRY!! Seats are limited — Register ASAP so you won’t miss all the fun!!

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge #25

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments – a sketch challenge.  Come play and post your interpretation of this sketch featured in the July issue of Success Magazine.  This magazine is put out every month exclusively for SU demonstrators to help us be better demos and to feature fabulous projects.  This is just one of the benefits of being a SU demo.

Sketch ChallengeI’ve been having a lot of fun with my Artistic Etchings, Chic Boutique and All a Flutter stamps.  Lately I have also been using vellum.  This paper is great because it adds a touch of elegance to any project.  I stamped with craft white and embossed in clear the butterflies on vellum and I also took a strip and ran it through the Big Shot with my Polka Dots folder.  I love that looks like lace.  The sentiment from Artistic Etchings and scroll frame are stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with black.  The black card base is smooched with silver.  Click to enlarge the photo so you can see the shimmery silver on black.

All a Flutter Amour card

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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.

Project info:

All a Flutter Amour card

Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.50″

Stamp Sets: All a Flutter, Chic Boutique, Artistic Etchings

Paper: Card stock:  So Saffron, Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum

Ink: Basic Black, Craft White

Accessories: Basic Pearls Jewel Accents, Two-Step Bird Punch, retired Flower Trio punch, Black and Clear Stampin’ Embossing Powder, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions,  Silver Smooch, mini glue dots

Techniques: Stamping, Heat Embossing, Dry Embossing

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Luau Theme Challenge #24

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a Luau Theme Challenge.  I had fun creating these projects with My Digital Studio software.  I created a card and favor box using the digital stamps Petal Pizzazz included with initial purchase of MDS.  I used this stamp set because the flowers were big and bold.  Just perfect for this theme.  I printed a layer with the images and sentiment then adhered it to Old Olive card stock and added ribbon.  So easy!  The next project I also created with My Digital Studio but this time I had some hibiscus clipart I wanted to use.  I was able to import the images into My Digital Studio but first I had convert the .jpg images to  .png files then put them into the embellishments folder in MDS so I could access them.  In MDS I created a background with both the Petal Pizzazz and hibiscus images to add behind the flower images and to also make the favor boxes.  The templates for these boxes can be purchased for $1.95.

Petal Pizzazz card and favor box

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Hibiscus card and favor box

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Mini Project Boxes - Digital Download - $1.95

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.

Project info:

Petal Pizzazz card and favor box

This card was created digitally with My Digital Studio.

Finished card size: 5.25″ x 5.25″

Digital Stamp Sets: Petal Pizzazz, A Little Birthday Cheer

Digital Paper: Textured Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rose Red, So Saffron

Paper: Card stock:  Whisper White, Old Olive

Ink: inkjet printer

Accessories: Whisper White Organza ribbon, Stampin’ dimensionals

Techniques: Digital papercrafting

Hibiscus card and favor box

This card was created digitally with My Digital Studio.  The hibiscus images were imported into MDS.

Click here for hibiscus image. (Hibiscus image by KeepDesigning.com  To download image right click then save image to your computer.

Finished card size: 5.25″ x 5.25″

Digital Stamp Sets: A Little Birthday Cheer, non-SU hibiscus clipart

Digital Paper: Textured Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rose Red, So Saffron

Paper: Card stock:  Whisper White, So Saffron

Ink: inkjet printer

Accessories: Stampin’ dimensionals

Techniques: Digital papercrafting

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge 23 – Color Splash

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a color splash challenge – Whisper White, Rose Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake.  Some of the designers this week must have had Paris in mind because we reached for the Artistic Etchings and Chic Boutique stamp sets.  I used the Chic Boutique stamp set because I recently purchased it and I had not had a chance to use yet and Paris is a place I’d love to visit.  I had a lot of fun creating this card.

BlOG CANDY WINNER:  The winner for last week’s challenge selected by RANDOM.ORG is #6 Christiana of Christy Gets Crafty who wrote “How lovely and inventive! You did a great job with this card! I’ve never seen anything like it.”  Congratulations to Christiana and thank you all for your comments.  I also hope to see you participate in this week’s color challenge.

Chic Boutique Eiffle tower card

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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.

Project info:

Chic boutique Eiffel Tower Card

To add more dimension to the background texture I also sponged it with Chocolate Chip.  I stamped the scroll frame with Gold Encore ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  The Eiffel Tower is stamped with Versamark and Chocolate Chip and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Stamp Sets: Chic Boutique, Tiny Tags

Paper: Card stock:  Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Old Olive

Ink: Classic Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Marker:  Rose Red, Gold Encore, Versamark

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Details Texturz Plate, Scallop Trim Border punch, Jewelry Tag Medium punch, Gold brad, Gold Cording, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Non-SU gold flower brads

Techniques: Stamping, Sponging, Heat Embossing

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The NEW Idea Book & Catalog 2010-2011 is HERE!

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

Check out the new Idea Book & Catalog here!  It’s finally here all the new stamps, new colors, new accessories OH MY!  The new catalog is better organized.  All information about what products are available in a certain color can be found in an easy to read chart.  Where there is a matching punch for a stamp it is indicated with an outline around the stamp and of course the new body style for the punches is now available for all punches offered by Stampin’ Up!  At $9.95 the new Idea Book & Catalog is a steal.  With so many project ideas you’ll be glad to own this valuable resource.  If you book a workshop with me I’ll give you one or if you’d like to purchase one you can email me to order.  Click here to view the Spanish supplement of this gorgeous catalog which you can also purchase for $3.95.

2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog

Celebrando Creatividad 2010-2011

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