Heart Framelits - Heart Box

I made this heart box using my heart framelits to put my husband's valentine's gift in...he had wanted a compass so I put a compass in this box and filled the box with little notes about things I love about our adventures together:)

Recipe (all SU except for lock):

Cardstock - soft suede, very vanilla

DSP - well worn

Stamps - artistic etchings

Ink - soft suede, early espresso

Dies - heart framelits (the large scalloped one and then the next size down)

Ribbon - ridinghood red pleated satin, linen thread

Other - vanilla smooch spritz

Heart Framelits - Hot Air Balloon Valentine's Card

This was the valentine card I made for my hubby this year:) I wanted to use my new heart framelit dies but I didn't want it to end up looking to feminine...then I came up with a hot air balloon idea and it fit so well with some of adventures that I thought it would work. I paired it with the well worn dsp which added to the feel. I just love the sheet I used to cut the hearts out for the balloon with the red fleur des lis...my husband and I both just love Paris:)

Recipe (all SU):

Cardstock - soft sued, very vanilla, not quite navy

DSP - well worn

Stamps - clearly for you

Punches - heart to heart, postage stamp

Dies - heart framelits; perfect details textures plate

Other - crystal effects (small heart on amour banner); linen thread (strings on balloon and accross banner); vanilla smooch spritz

Tea Shoppe Card 4

One last card from last weekend's class. I already gave you a preview of this one here, but below are the details of what was used to create this card:

Cardstock - ridinghood red, island indigo, baja breeze, whisper white

DSP - twitterpated

Stamps - tea shoppe & very vintage wheel

Punches - large and small tag punch

Trim - white bakers twine and ridinghood red pleated satin

Dies - Edgelits and coordinating texture folder

Tea Shoppe Card 3

Another card from this past weekend's class...same basic ingredients, but this time we also used the 1 1/4 and 1 3/8's square, boho blossoms and heart to heart punches.

Tea Shoppe Card 2

Just another card from this weekend's class...same ingrediates as in previous Tea Shoppe Card post plus we used the framelit dies and the word window and modern label punches.

Tea Shoppe Card

I love this large teacup image from the Tea Shoppe stampset. This was another of the cards from the class this weekend.

Recipe (all SU):

Cardstock - ridinghood red, basic grey, whisper white, limeade

DSP - twitterpated

Stamps - Tea Shoppe

Punches - scallop trim border, scallop oval and large oval.

Inks - basic black, ridinghood red

Marker - tempting turquoise/island indigo

Tea Caddy

We had a great time at the Tea for Two class I did on Saturday! This tea caddy was one of the five projects we made. The main box is made out of a 6 x 12 piece of baja breeze textured cardstock. The base is a piece of dsp backer/carboard covered by baja breeze and it's topped with a lid, so you can easily refill with teabags. Ribbon is the baja breeze seam binding and all the cardstock comes from the twitterpasted dsp pack...all stamps come from the Tea Shoppe set.

Happiest Birthday

This was a recent birthday card for a dear friend. I used the Apothecary Art stamp set from the Occasions Mini along with the Everyday Enchantment from the Sale-a-bration flyer (which you can earn free right now with a minimum order!). I coloured the stamped image with SU markers and then went back in with darker touches using a blender pen directly with an ink pad. I also used the striped embossing folder for the background of the card...you can purchase it from the regular catalog or earn it for free right now as part of Sale-a-bration.

If you want to get in on the Sale-bration fun, be sure to contact me to place your order or book your workshop!

My Digital Studio Express Trial - Digital Download

I'm so excited to tell you about this new offer….I absolutely LOVE My Digital Studio from Stampin Up and have used it to create digital scrapbooks which I then had professional printed and bound from both our trips to Paris, and I'm currently working on our London book. I've also used it to make family picture Christmas cards, do my annual Christmas letter, do mini albums for events in our lives and family vactions, just to mention a few! As of February 1st, you can download a FREE 30 day trial of My Digital Studio Express!!!

So you can now try the express version of the software for free to see if you like it before you buy it! Awesome!!

Below are a few FAQs about this offer...

Q: What digital content comes with the My Digital Studio Express Trial?
A: My Digital Studio Express includes one stamp brush set, 12 Designer Series Paper patterns, 81 embellishments, 26 punches, and 5 designer templates. You can view a list of the included content here.

To download your copy, go to my store http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherribstampin and enter item #129600 in the search field. If you don't have a customer account yet, you'll have to create one.

Once you've order it, you click on the "downloads" section of your account:

That's it….it's that easy to give it a try for 30 days!!! Get started today!

Here's a glimpse of what comes in express version of the program (the full version contains so much more even!):

Just click on 'shop now' on my online store/website at this link and select the following:

Item #: 129600
With the FREE 30-day trial, you’ll get: * Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days. * Full design functionality. * Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express—that’s $65 worth of content! * Opportunity to purchase additional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets--and everything in between. * Access to our professional print services. For use beyond 30 days, purchase My Digital Studio Express or the My Digital Studio disc version.

Tea for Two Class Reminder

Just a reminder about the upcoming Tea for Two Class. Click here for details regarding projects, cost and time:)

It will be held on Saturday February 11th. Please contact me to register by February 2nd.

This class uses the new Tea Shoppe stampset from Stampin' Up and some of the paper and ribbon in the Twitterpated Suite of products:)

Sale-a-brate Good Times!!

It's that time of the year again... Today marks the start of Sale-a-bration!! And boy are there some great things in this year's Sale-a-bration Mini that you can earn for FREE!!

So how do you earn Sale-a-bration goodies for FREE? Well you could:

- place an order of $60 or more before s&h and taxes...for every $60 ordered you get to select a SAB item for FREE!

OR

- host a workshop...for every workshop with a minimum of $200 in sales you earn a FREE SAB tote AND for every workshop with sales of $525 or more you earn a special bundle of SAB products (includes: fresh vintage stamp set, everyday enchantment dsp AND everyday enchantment ribbon and brad pack!) and that is in addition to the regular hostess benefits of a shopping spree of $'s you can spend on any Stampin Up products in any of of current catalogs (and if your workshop is over $525 you earn an item of your choice for 50% off!!)

OR

- sign up as a demonstrator...during SAB you can get your starter kit for a special low price and earn some extra awards...be sure to ask me about this if you are interested, I'd love to explain how it works!

So are are these wonderful SAB goodies that you can earn for free? Well there are several stampsets, some of which I've been giving you sneak peeks at recently, and there is an exclusive designer paper pack, coordinating ribbon and brads, a decor elements item, downloads for your My digital studio, a couple of choices of embossing folders, and MORE. So what are you waiting for? ...click on the link below and start perusing what you want to get for FREE!

Sale-a-bration Mini

Contact me today to place your order or book your SAB workshop!!

Petal Cone Tea Hostess Gift

At each club I make the hostess something special using something that I've been meaning to try or something I've been meaning to use more. For this month's technique club that item was my petal cone die. I love it, but I haven't used it in far too long. And this time I decided to use it a different way... rather than making a cone, I made a pyramid...a tea pyramid...kind of inspired by the 'tea forte' packaging and so I put some tea forte inside too:) Also I decorated with a tea motif as well since this month's hostess loves the new Tea Shoppe set and it was the first item on her hostess benefit form at the end of the night! I also used paper from the pack in the upcoming Sale-a-bration promotion that you can earn for free starting January 24th, so be sure to contact me with your sale-a-bration order so you can earn your free paper/stamps too!

Recipe (all SU):

DSP - everyday enchantment SAB!

Ribbon - everyday enchantment ribbon & brad pack SAB!

Stamps - Tea Shoppe

Cardstock - pool party & very vanilla

Accessories - victoria lace & pearl jewels

2nd Club Project - Apothecary Art

This was the second project from this week's club. As I mentioned in my last post our technique was using blender pens and on this card we used them along with classic ink pads to colour this image from Apothecary Art. We also played around with the new framelit labels die which I love! AND we played with the new edgelit dies (both of them!) and the coordinating embossing folders!:)

Recipe (all SU):

Cardstock: ridinghood red, basic grey, island indigo

DSP: twitterpated ....don't you love that word?!:)

Stamps: apothecary art

Ribbon: ridinghood red pleated satin

Accessories: vintage trinkets, boho blossoms punch, linen thread and pearl jewels

Ink: ridinghood red, basic black & old olvie.

January Technique Club - Project 1

Technique club is tonight, and this month's technique is colouring with a blender pen. We're going to do it two ways. On this, the first of our two projects, the image is coloured using a blender pen and the watercolour crayons.

For this project, we are altering a bottle/jar. I plan to use mine for storing assorted brads that don't have a home to pretty up my craft space. Other uses could be for pearls and jewels, for bath salts, etc....

We're also using some fabulous new products from the new Occasions Mini...in particular the new framelit dies (and edgelits with matching embossing folders on the next project too!) For that reason I wanted to keep the technique a little more straight forward this month so that the ladies would have time to play with the new dies on the big shot!

Recipe (all SU; except for the tulle which comes form an old bolt I have in my stash;)

Stamps - rue des fleurs *LOVE IT!*, charming

Card stock - crumb cake, basic black

DSP - mocha morning (band around bottle)

Ribbon - crumb cake seam binding

Dies - framelits, labels collection

Accessories - vintage brad, pearl jewels, rose adornments (retired; from last year's mini)

Sale-a-bration Preview - More Elementary Elegance

Did you notice that? This set also coordinates well with the images in our Artistic Etchings set!! I love Artistic Etchings as you know, so thinks makes me very happy!

I also used some new goodies from the current Occasions Mini on here: edgelit dies and coordinating embossing folders!:)

Sale-a-bration Preview - Fresh Vintage and...

This project previews not only the fresh vintage stampset that you can earn for free during sale-a-bration, but also the designer series/patterned paper pack that you can earn for free and the ribbon & brad pack that you can also earn for free!

Sale-a-bration starts on January 24th. Contact me to place your order or book your workshop so you can earn your free sale-a-bration goodies!:)

Preview of Sale-a-bration Mini - Elementary Elegance

Sale-a-bration starts on January 24th and you won't want to miss this year's goodies! Here's a preview of one of the stampsets you can earn for free during sale-a-bration. It's called Elementary Elegance and coordinates beautifully with one of punches even:) Contact me to receive your sale-a-bration catalog and/or place your sale-a-bration order or book a workshop!

A Cup of Thanks - Telescope Card

I needed to make a quick thank you card this morning and this is what I came up with thanks to Becky for the inspiration with her original telescope card (she made snowmen cards like this back at Christmas with circles and scallops and again tried it with our new framelits recently. I've linked the snowman because it includes instructions:)

The fold out is attached together with 2 brads as I you can see (this is clearly explained in the link I have to Becky's snowman card above it you're not sure what I mean).

Recipe (all SU except for the button which was in my jar):

Stamps - Tea Shoppe

DSP - Beau Chateau

Cardstock - Pretty in Pink, very vanilla, marina mist & soft suede

Classic Ink - marina mist & soft suede (and a pretty in pink & celery marker)

Accessories - marina mist striped gross grain ribbon, pearl jewels

Dies - framelit, labels collection & vintage wallpaper embossing folder.

Tea for Two Class

Saturday February 11th 1:30 - 4:00 pm
We will be making five FUN projects (4 cards and 1 3D project, a tea caddy:) all using the new Tea Shoppe stampset.

There are two options for this class:
OPTION 1: $25 for the class including the supplies to make all 5 projects
OPTION 2: $60 includes the five projects and the stamp set in clear (Tea Shoppe). If you want the stampset to arrive before the class you will need to register for this option by January 24th. Registrations after January 24th may receive their stampset after the class.

You must register before Thursday February 2nd for this class. Register by emailing or calling me or leaving a comment here and I will contact you (be sure to include your contact information if I don't already have it).

*Bonus* If you place a minimum order of $60 (before S&H and taxes) on the day of the class (ie. February 11th), you will receive a FREE sale-a-bration item AND and $8 credit toward the class fee (thus your class fee will be $17 instead of $25 plus the cost of whatever your order is).

Please bring with you scissors and adhesive (both glue runner and liquid glue/tombow mono multi).

The stamps in this set are super sweet and classic! The tea caddy project is so cute and I just think it would be a great gift of teachers, grandparents, neighbours and friends. It's a perfect 'just for you' gift! I'm already using mine!:)

I hope you can make it, I'm looking forward to creating with you!:)

A Die for Rosettes?!

That's right, we have one of these in the new mini...and you might think, why would I want a die that only makes one size of rosetted, well because you make make huge rosettes in no time at all AND you can cut down the width to form smaller rosettes too!

If you are curious how this new die works, here's a video for you to watch! You can place an order at my online website (see right sidebar) or contact me to place your order with my next workshop order or to book your own workshop:)