Mary Engelbreit Inspired Card

This card was inspired by the way that Mary Engelbreit makes her flowers...I just love 'Mary'! This card will be one of the make & takes for my sale-a-bration party coming up on March 24th at 2pm. If you haven't received an email invite and are in the Saskatoon region and would like to come, please leave me a comment and I will provide you with the details.

There is no cost to this workshop other than your sale-a-bration order:) You will get to make 2 fun make & takes and see many of the products in the sale-a-bration mini and the occasions mini. PLUS there will be prizes...some awesome products from the occasions mini, so you don't want to miss it!! Be sure to register by March 14th; space is limited.

Everyday Enchantment Card

Just a simple card today using goodies you can earn for free from the sale-a-bration mini. Sale-a-bration ends on March 31, so be sure to contact me to get in on the fun and freebies! Also I will hosting a special sale-a-bration party on March 24th. Watch my blog for details later this week and rsvp by March 14th!

Recipe (all SU):

cardstock - pool party, very vanilla, ridinghood red, lucky limeade

dsp - everyday enchantment

stamps - fresh vintage and mixed bunch, rue des fleurs

punches - scallop trim border, bird builder, 1" circle & blossom punch

Another Mixed Bunch Butterfly Card

As I mentioned a few days ago I am loving my new mixed bunch stampset and the coordinating blossom punch. They are great for flowers, but, as I mentioned a few days ago, they are also great for butterflies. I showed you one version of a butterfly you can make with this set a couple of days ago, and today, here is a second! So adorable:)

Recipe (all SU)

cardstock - lucky limeade, soft suede, very vanilla, calypso coral

dsp - everyday enchantment

stamps - mixed bunch, belssings from the heart

punches - blossom punch, bird builder punch (for leaves) and boho blossoms

Other - framelit dies, pearl jewels, new vanilla scented embossing powder

ink - old olive, calypso coral (and a sponge), soft suede

Club Project #2 - Kindness Matters Card

You can earn practically everything you need to make this card for free from the sale-a-bration mini with a minimum purchase. The stamped images come from the kindness matters stampset which you can purchase from our main catalog or earn for free by placing an order over $60. The cardstock used includes pool party and lucky limeade which are the in colour cardstock pack you can also earn for free, and the dsp is the everyday enchantment pack you can earn for free during sale-a-bration too. Oh and see that ribbon and brad, you could select the ribbon and brad back as your free sale-a-bration item or if you have a big shot, you will want the frames embossing folders which you can either purchase from the main catalog or earn for free during sale-a-bration (the oval frame from this pack was embossed on the dsp behind the oval butterfly image on this card).

The butterfly image on this card is stamped with our second technique from this month's club which was 'rock and roll'. Bascially what you do is stamp your image in a lighter colour and then roll the edges in a darker or contrasting colour to achieve the effect you see on the edges of the butterflies. It is simpler to use this technique with round images, but it is totally doable with various shapes too!

Club Project #1 - Simply Sent Favor/Treat Box

This little treat box was created using a card from the simply sent everyday elegance card set. You can order this simply sent kit or you can earn it for free by placing a minimum $60 order before the end of March. The kit includes 4 cherry cobbler and 4 baja breeze cards with lovely embossing and that beautiful laser cut edge! It also includes 16 self-adhesive tags and coordinating envelopes.

One of our techniques for this month's club was 'kissing'. this is the stamp treatment on the body of the flower (which was stamped with an image from the mixed bunch stampset). First the image was inked with a lighter colour (we used a baja breeze marker) and then it was stamped onto a french background stamp that had been inked in cherry colour and then it was stamped in whisper white cardstock and punched out with the blossoms punch. You can also do this technique without inking the stamp in a lighter colour first and then you would just get the effect of the background stamp on the image shape (great for adding texture!)

The treat box was completed with one of the tags that comes with the everyday elegance simply sent kit which was stamped with a sentiment from the clearly for you stampset. The centre of the flower was stamped in cherry cobbler and punched with a 3/4 inch circle punch and embellished with a pearl jewel. And what treat box is complete without treats? This one contains five chocolates...and since I was out of small cello bags, I used our clear envelopes and cut off the end...and the treatback is tied with the cherry cobbler dotted grosgrain ribbon:)

Club Hostess Gift - Blossoms Journal

Last night was our techniques club and at each of these I try to make something for the hostess based upon things I've been meaning to try or use more. This club I made this journal using the new blossoms punch, the everyday enchantment dsp and the creative elements stampset.

I love the sale-a-bration dsp, everyday enchantment, so much and I wanted to make something that mixed a number of the patterns. You can earn this paper (and the coordinating ribbon and brad pack that I used on this journal for free during sale-a-bration:) I was a littl elate to ordering the mixed bunch stampset and blossom punch...right when the occasions mini came out I was so excited about the framelits etc that I kind of overlooked it, and I only got around to ordering it a few weeks ago and now I'm wondering why I waited?! They are wonderful. I think that probably my wait had something to do with the projects pictured in the mini using these products...while they are very pretty they just weren't my style, but once I got my hands on them I realized that they are oh so versatile!:) You'll see a few more projects using these products here over the next few days.

If you haven't placed your sale-a-bration order to receive your free product(s), be sure to contact me in the next few weeks as sale-a-bration only lasts til March 31st. You can also click on my website on the right sidebar and place an online order if that is easier for you!

Recipe (all SU):

cardstock - lucky limeade, pool party, very vanilla

stamps - creative elemnts, fresh vintage

DSP - everday enchantment

Ink - marina mist, old olive, soft suded

Ribbon & brads - sale-a-bration everyday enchantment pack

Punches - blossom punch & boho blossoms & large tag

Look What You Can Do with the new Blossom Punch & coordinating stampset...Butterfly Card

Inspired by page 16 of the Occasions Mini, I made this little butterly card using the new Mixed Bunch stampset and the coordinating Blossom Punch. I am loving this new punch even more than I thought I would!:))

Recipe (all SU)

Cardstock - wisteria wonder, early espresso, whisper white

Ink - wisteria wonder, rose red, early espresso

DSP - flirtatious

Stamps - mixed bunch & blessings from heaven

Other - labels framelits, blossom punch, pearl jewels

Simply Scored - NEW Diagonal Plate!

I'm so excited to tell you about this new product debuting today!!

This plate sits on top of your Simply Scored tool and is perfect for creating envelopes, boxes, and more! It's the must-have companion to your Simply Scored scoring tool.

Item	Description	Price
125586	Simply Scored Diagonal Plate	$15.95

Watch this video to see it in action!

My Digital Studio

Here are a few details about My Digital Studio and the 2 formats you can purchase it in...the full suite or the express...



And don't forget that Stampin Up currently has a free 30 day trial available on My Digital Studio Express. Learn more at this link.

New Sizzlet Paper Doily Die!

Vintage Heart Box Class - Sneak Peek

When: Thursday March 15^th 7pm

Cost: $15 (discounted to $10 with a minimum order that night of $25)

RSVP by: Sunday March 4^th

^{PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR PREFERENCE FOR FEATURE COLOUR (CHOICE OF PRETTY IN PINK OR MARINA MIST)}

Register early because space is limited.

In this class you'll not only learn how to make this adorable heart box, but also how to make 3 different vintage flowers (one with fabric, one with ribbon and one with paper) and though you can't see it very well in the picture we'll finish the project off with smooch spritz and fine glitter:)

Timeless Portrait Card

I made this appreciation card recently for someone who shared some amazing insights and personal learning. When she spoke she used an image of a tree as God, and I couldn't help but think of her as swinging confidently, freely, connected to that tree. So I pulled out this stamp from my Forever Young stampset and made this card.

Recipe (all SU):

Cardstock - cherry cobbler, island indigo, basic black, whisper shite

Ink - basic black

DSP - timeless portrait

Stamps - forever young, strength & hope

Dies - label collection framelit dies; vintage wallpaper embossing folder

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:)

The NEW Occasions Mini is LIVE today!!!

...and it is full of amazing new crafting goodness!! Here's a link!
Some of my favourites in this year's mini are:
- the twitterpated dsp...don't you love that word 'twitterpated'!!
- new FRAMELIT dies for your bigshot
- new EDGELIT dies for your bigshot
- see that lovely bid image with the elegant wing...that's a new die too for your bigshot
- PLEATED ribbon!
- a vintage stampset called Rue des Fleur....sigh....
- Tea Shoppe stampset...teacups and all;)
- stampsets to coordinate with the framelit dies!
- embossing folders to coordinate with the edgelit dies...AND a coordinating stampset too!

...and that is just a sampling of what's there, so what are you waiting for...click here to see the mini now...and click here and select 'shop now' to place an order...OR contact me to book a workshop and/or get your own copy of the mini!:)))