Last week for Sale-a-brating!!

Hi! Can you believe we are in our final week of SALE-A-BRATION??? I sure hope you are taking advantage of Sale-a-bration, and having fun with all of your free stuff!!! If you haven't, you have one week to contact your Demonstrator and place your order!!! It's so fun!! If you don't have a Demonstrator, you can contact me at stampwithkaren@aol.com or place your order HERE!! Click on "Shop Now".

How about joining Stampin' Up! with me??? Now is a great time to join if you ever thought about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! The Starter Kit is on sale for $148.75! You will get over $310 worth of products and business supplies!! The products alone are well worth the price of the starter kit! I'll let you in on a little secret...if your business doesn't work out, you get to keep everything in your starter kit...no questions asked!! It's a great deal!!! Oh, there is a BONUS too!!! You will receive a product bonus, just for joining during Sale-A-Bration!! And I have a little gift for you too, valued at $25 in products!! So add that to the value of your Starter Kit, all for a low price of $148.75 (Stampin' Up! will pay for your shipping costs!)

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Hope you are enjoying your day!!

Karen

Emboss Resist with Bliss

Hi! Good Saturday Morning to you!!! Here is the final project that we created at my Friday Night Stamp Club and my Tuesday morning Day-Time Stampin' Class!! It was one of the favorites!! I have to give credit to the amazing Kimberly Van Diepen for this card. She has a great VIDEO TUTORIAL. Check it out!!! I changed my card up a bit, but it is so inspired by Kimberly!

This card uses the Emboss Resist technique. We embossed the main image from the Bliss stamp set in Clear Embossing Powder on Very Vanilla Cardstock. Then we sponged the Baja Breeze color over the image so that the embossed image resists the ink! We then stamped a background image over the entire thing. I used a retired stamp called Script. Remember that one??? I also had the Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel, which looked incredible! But of course I didn't get a picture of this one!! I'll try to create another one and take a picture of it, because it is so worth it!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Bliss (SAB 2011), Script (retired), Sincere Salutations
Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso (for some sponging)
Assessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Corner Rounder, Mini Glue Dots, Sponges, Dimensionals

FRIDAY NIGHT STAMP CLUB PROJECTS* FOR MARCH

TUESDAY MORNING DAY-TIME STAMPIN' CLASS* - MARCH

*Scroll down to see the details for these cards!

Ok, that's all for now. I took a class that my friend Rita was having on the Build a Blossom stamp set and Blossom Petals punch. Wow!!!! That's all I can say. I created 5 different cards using these items. They are soooooooooooo pretty!!! I can't wait to share them with you! Thanks Rita for letting me join you at your class!!! I love all the cards!!

Have a great weekend!!

Karen

Stamp-a-Stack Card #5

Hi! Here is the final Stamp-A-Stack card!! I hope you enjoyed them! Were you inspired? I hope so!!

This card was probably the favorite!!! I love the look of this technique!! Before running your cardstock through the Big Shot with your embossing folder, adhere the punched circles to the cardstock. So simple!

Supplies:
Stamps: Punch Bunch
Ink: Pacific Blue
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Pacific Blue, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Square Scallop Punch, 3/4", 1", 1-3/8", 2-1/2" Circle Punches, Dimensionals

So that's all for the Stamp-A-Stack cards! I have a few more projects to show you this week, so please come back!!

Karen

Stamp-A-Stack Card #1 - Bliss

Hi! I hold a Stamp-A-Stack every year about this time. It was suppose to be held the first weekend of February, but we were hit with a good snow storm, so I rescheduled for later in the month. At my Stamp-A-Stack, everyone gets to create 2 each of 5 different cards. Here is Card #1 that we stamped. So pretty and simple!! I used a Happy Anniversary sentiment, but there are several other sentiments that will work for this card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Bliss (SAB), Something to Celebrate (Level 2 Hostess set in Occasions Mini Catalog)
Ink: Soft Suede
Paper: Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Dimensionals

I think Pearls added to this card, would make it really pretty too!

I'll be back tomorrow for Card #2.

Take care,
Karen

Pretty Bliss & February Day-Time Stampin' Cards

Hi! This is such a pretty card in person! It's created with Very Vanilla cardstock and it's so soft looking. I used my Bliss stamp set, which is a Sale-A-Bration reward that you can choose for FREE!!!! I stamped the flourish image in Crumb Cake, but stamped off on scrap paper, then "rocked and rolled" in the Crumb Cake ink pad to make the edges of the images a little darker than the main image.

To get the non-embossed cardstock in the center, I replaced one of my standard cutting pads with an unfinished wood oval frame when cranking it through the Big Shot. You can find these in your local craft store for $1!!! This allows the cardstock to only be embossed at the solid portion of the frame, and not at the oval opening in the frame. Who thinks of these things?!!!! I'm SOOOOO glad that they do!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Bliss (SAB), Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede

Paper: Very Vanilla

Accessories: Finial Press Embossing Folder, Big Shot (everyone needs one of these!!), Pearls, Glue Sticks

Here are the three cards that we stamped at my Tuesday morning Day-Time Stampin' Class in February. Please scroll down to see details of the other 2 cards shown here.

Have a great day!
Karen

Cute Owl!

Hi! I created this card for a workshop that I had in February. We also stamped this card at my Tuesday morning Day-Time Stampin' Class in February, and I'm thinking it might be a card that we stamp at my Friday Night Stamp Club in March!! It's cute, isn't it??

It's difficult to see, but the owl's chest and heart have a little texture to it, using the Texture Plates Kit #4.

Supplies:
Stamps: Punch Bunch (SAB), So Happy for You (SAB), Woodgrain
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, More Mustard
Accessories: Texture Plates Kit #4, Big Shot, Two-Step Owl Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Two-Step Bird Punch, Buttons, Linen Thread, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Cute, huh???

Have a great start to a new week!!

Karen

Card with a Hinge!

Hi! Here is another project that we stamped at my Friday Night Stamp Club in February. I host a monthly Buddy Swap with other Demonstrators. And I received an adorable card from my friend, Rita. It was very similar to the project that I have shown here, but she did her card in Concord Crush/Whisper White with Concord Crush DSP. It was so cute! So I created my card with the supplies that I have on hand.

I found a great video tutorial showing how to create this gift card holder. You can see it HERE.

For the insert, I punched 2 slots using my slit punch for a gift card. But you can easily stamp and write your own message here, instead of a gift card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Punch Bunch

Ink: Poppy Parade and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers

Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Sunny Garden DSP
Accessories: Extra Large and Large Oval Punches, Round Tab Punch, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Brads

Here are the 3 projects that we stamped at my Friday Night Stamp Club in February.

Scroll on down if you would like to see details on the other 2 projects.

Have a great Sunday!

Karen