May Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop

So wonderful to be part of a group of international demonstrators hopping today!  We want to give you a sneak peek of some of the lovely things in the Annual catalogue that will be going live very soon!  Do you have the date marked in your calendar?  June 1st 2pm EST is when the website will be live with all the new goodies! 

Today I'd like to share a card I created for a Canadian swap that I participated in.  I'm using one of the upcoming Host Exclusive sets called "Very Vintage".  This set will be available only to those who have earned Stampin' Rewards through hosting a party or placing a minimum $200 order or you can also access it if you are a Stampin4fun Club member

I actually bought the set because I loved the distressed medallion image but when I sat down to play, it was actually the floral image that caught my fancy! 

On this card I decided to use the copper embossing powder for the floral image. 

I love how it gives it an elegant shine

I can't wait to find more time to play with this set and explore all the vintage style cards that I can make! 

Don't forget to nab all the retiring products that you want before the current catalogue disappears.  Just head to my online store to browse it all! 

Don't forget the Share What You Love promotion as well as my May Online ordering special.  Read about it HERE

Thanks again for dropping in and make sure to hop around and see the other great projects using sneak peek products from the new catalogue! 

Super happy stamping

As hoped, I was able to spend much of the day yesterday crafting in the craft cave. I was super happy!
Check out a sneak peek of the sweet and simple cards.  Don't forget to RSVP ASAP for this Thursday evening's class. (genevieve.ko@sympatico.ca)

 

 

 

Then in the evening a few ladies came over to stamp their wedding favours.  Father of the groom handmade these beautiful wooden cheese boards and they had the idea to personalize them with the intials of the happy couple and the wedding date.  They weren't sure the best way to do this but then they spoke to someone who knew about the ease of stamping...

Yes!  Stampin' Up! to the rescue.  We used Staz On black in which worked very well on the stained wood.  I warned them that Staz On is not food safe so they are going to cover it with a special food safe coating on top. 

Here are the boards shaped and stamped to look like a wine bottle. 

 

The stamps used are papaya collage, natures pace, lovely letters alphabet and a personalized one line stamp for the date. 

 

We were done the 35 cheese boards in about an hour.  Stamping is great for all kinds of projects! What can I help you stamp?  Feel free to contact me anytime!

vive la stamping!

Having three children has forced me to to multi-task. I can cook dinner and talk on the phone at the same time. I take a shower while drilling an 8 year old on his multiplication tables. I can pursue my love of stamping while planning a club project and creating an end of the year teacher gift at the same time!

This is a card folder.

You open it up and there are pockets to hold the cards and matching stamped envelopes.

Here is the close up of the card. It uses the fleur de lis stencil from the elegant trio stencil set. Yes ladies, stencilling is not just for walls and decor items. The card base is kraft paper and the matte is soft suede. I did the fleur de lis stencil with a sponge dauber and soft suede ink. The flourish is from the new GORGEOUS Elements of Style stamp set in the summer mini. I used bermuda bay ink colour. I never thought bermuda bay and soft suede would work together but I saw it on the stampin' up demo site and had to try it myself. It might be hard to see but I used the colour spritzer tool with my soft suede marker to add some softness/interest.

Now of course the trick is to make 3 more for the rest of my kids teachers. It's actually very easy to make but I also have to get cracking on daddy's father's day gift. Boy, I"m going to be very happy the next few days with all this stampin' I have to do. :-)

wedding invites

A friend from church called me up and said she had a friend getting married and they didn't know what to do in terms of invitations. All the bride knew was that she wanted something in an ivory colour. That's all I needed to know to get my mind whirring...Here's three simple ideas I tried last night. I figured the key was to keep it really simple since it would be the friends of the bride that would probably be commissioned to make all 60 invitations if the bride decided to go with the handmade route. Of course the great thing about hand stamped is that you can use the same stamps to dress up the envelopes, the placecards, the bonbonniere gifts etc.