Kathy's Stamping Niche

The Big Shot and Fabric

I can't tell you enough how much I love my Big Shot!  There is a list of items that can be used with the Big Shot, but until Leadership, I really never paid much attention.

Shelly Gardner gave every attendee at Leadership a quilted square that the people at the Manufacturing Facility made.  They all brought in their sewing machines and made 1000 squares.  Can you imagine?

This is me after receiving my quilt square.  I believe there was at least 4 different color schemes but you didn't really get to choose.  Not a great picture, but it's the only one I have of the quilt square.

We were given many suggestions on what to do with the square.  Make an apron, pillow, purse and so on.  There was even actual items made with the squares, but I decided to make it into a block and frame it.  Eventually, it will hang in my stamp room.

Yesterday morning, I went to my friend Lucy Dean's house.  Not only is Lucy an avid stamper, she is a great quilter and offered to help me out.

We went through 4 huge bins of fabric (better than going to a fabric store!) and chose a Garden Green printed fabric for the border.

I just love how it turned out!  Lucy helped me every step of the way, measuring and cutting all the fabric and the batting for the border.  She showed me exactly what I needed to do and let me use her fancy sewing machine to complete my quilt square.  At first, I was just going to sewing the edge piece on, but after seeing how nicely it turned out, I hand stitched it to the back so there wasn't any stitching where it wasn't suppose to be.

Before I left Lucy, she let me go through the bins of fabric and I was able to take some to make the Ragged Scallop Purses I've been seeing.  I'm hoping to start this weekend and I'll be able to share my version next week.

Big, big hugs and thanks to Lucy.  Lucy, you have always been there whenever I needed any help and I so appreciate you.  Thank you so very much! 

Treat Cup with a Special Opening

One of the many things I love about going to a Stampin' Up! event is the WOW demonstrations.  At the Phoenix Regional, Donna Griffith, an employee of SU, demonstrated how to get easy access to the treats inside a treat cup.

This is the picture I took of the Jumbo tron showing us her card.  From this picture and a few others I took, this is what I came up with.

As you move the Whisper White Circle around, an opening will appear in the back to release or put in candy.

Most of you know how much I LOVE moving cards, so when I saw this one, I went nuts!  This is one of the cards we are doing in my Treat Cup Class.  Oh, the actual candy inside this card was changed to the Juicy Pear Jelly Belly.  Looks much better!  LOL.

Thanks for stopping by!   

I {Heart} Hearts will help the Haiti Relief Efforts

I really am very proud to be associated with Stampin' Up!  Today I learned that the home office put together 5000 hygiene kits to send to Haiti and as if that wasn't enough, they are allowing everyone that loves Stampin' Up! to help too.

From now until February 28, 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set demonstrators sell (or buy) will be donated to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

Product Name	Item #	Price
I {Heart} Hearts – clear-mount  (block D recommended 118485 $8.50)	118571	$18.95
I {Heart} Hearts – wood-mount	117010	$26.95

   
This is a simple and straight forward plan; the more stamp sets we sell, the greater the difference we make. Often it is the simplest plans that work best! 

I used this set for my swap card at Leadership.  However, I BORROWED the set from a fellow Demo, Mary Hetherington.  Thanks Mary.  Now I will buy my own!  Here's my card.

If you would like to order this set, you can place an order HERE at my Stampin' Up! website or email or call me.  Don't forget that we are in SAB so for every $50 in product you order you receive a free SAB product.

Let's all do our part to help.
 

Happy New Year!

Yep, can you believe it?  I'm actually posting.  LOL.

It has been crazy busy for me for the last 4 months.

My customers came over in November to make O Christmas Trees for SilverCrest.  Santa passed them out in the beginning of December.  The residents loved their trees.

I had a mini forest of 47 of these trees with Summer Sun stars on the top, unfortunately, I've lost the pictures. 

I had a marvelous time in Phoenix Arizona at 2010 Leadership and the Regional Seminar.  More information later.  I will share my SUDSOL swap with you.

This is an easy card to duplicate and uses the Good Neighbor stamp set.

I am really rusty blogging so you can help me out if I forget to give you all the information.

Thanks for not giving up on me!

kathy
 

Crease Is The Word - Part 3

This is the final card for this class.

 

This is the front of the card.  We used the Holiday Mini Set, Twick or Treat.

 

I call this card a pop-out card.  I got the basic card design from Amy Celona and with Halloween coming couldn't resist the skeleton and the dog.  The Skeleton is hung like the Geisha in the previous post.  Use 1 1/2" of clear thread/string (I used 1mm Stretchy Bracelet string) attached to the card and the back of the Skeleton's head with a Mini Glue Dot.  I was too lazy to get up and find my cloud template so I just took a piece of scrap paper and cut it into clouds and sponged around it with Going Grey ink.

STAMP SET:  Twick or Treat

CARD STOCK:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Going Grey

DESIGNER SERIES PAPER:  Night & Day Specialty Paper

INKS:  Basic Black, Markers:  Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun

ACCESSORIES:  Sponge Dauber, Mini Glue Dots, Clear string, 17" of 1/4" wide Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail, Paper Snips, Ruler, Bone Folder, Template A, Template B, Craft Knife, Mat Pack

This card will be my October's Newletter Project of the Month so be sure to sign up for my newsletter before October 1st.

Thanks for stopping by!

Crease Is The Word - Part 2

Here's another card that we made during the Crease Is The Word Class.

 

This is another Tri-Shutter card but uses an 11" sheet of card stock.

 

I just love cards that move and this one was pretty easy to make.  I hung the Geisha with 5MM stretchy bracelet string, attached to the back of her head and the inside of the card with a Mini Glue Dot.  I also covered the Mini Glue Dot with a piece of card stock so it wouldn't stick to anything.

STAMP SET:  Dream Gardens

CARD STOCKS:  Basic Black, Real Red

INKS:  Basic Black, Real Red

ACCESSORIES:  Personal Paper Cutter with cutting and scoring blade, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Clear string/thread of your choice, Snail

There is one more card to share and that will be tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.

Crease is the Word - Part 1

I did a class called "Crease is the Word" and all the cards had lots of creases is them. 

Here's one of them.  This is the front of the card.

 

When you open the card, it looks like this:

 

I just love these Tri-Shutter cards.

STAMP SET:  For All You Do

CARD STOCK:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

DSP:  Cottage Wall

INKS:  Rich Razzleberry, Pretty In Pink Marker

ACCESSORIES:  Pretties Kit, 17" of 1/4" wide Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Ice Rhinestones, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Hot Fix Crystals, Snail, Sponge Dauber.

I have 2 other cards to share from this class.  They'll be coming up this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Holiday Mini Available Now!

Woo Hoo!  I LOVE this Holiday Mini and I think you will too!

 

If you haven't received your Holiday Mini by Friday, September 5; please let me know.  In the mean time, you can click on the picture of the Holiday Mini and view it in a pdf file.  Remember, it will take a few minutes to download.  If you want to view the Holiday Mini again, I have uploaded it on the left side bar on my blog.

Here's a GREAT promotion that started today and runs until the end of November.  When you host a workshop and the total of products is over $250, you get to pick one item from the Holiday Mini for $10.00!!!  This does not include the Hostess Sets or My Digital Studio, but OH MY GOODNESS, there is plenty to choose from.

Also, My Digital Studio will not be available until October 1 and the Simply Adorned Jewelery is unavailable until further notice because of a quality control issue.

Starting October 1st, if your workshop totals $400.00 or more, you get the $10.00 item from the Holiday Mini AND you can purchase the My Digital Studio for 50% off!!!

Give me a call or email me to set-up your workshop now!  I have just a few open dates and it's first come, first serve!  LOL.

Mini Convention Swaps - Part 3

Thanks for being so patience.  Time got away from me and this is the first time I had to post the rest of the Mini Convention Swaps.

Gina Taylor did this wonderful tin.

 

When you open the tin, this is what's inside.

 

Mary Hetherington did an Itty Bitty Box.

 

Look what she put inside the box!

 

A variety of Christmas Labels AND she included the cord for them too.

Most people did card swaps, but I didn't want them to miss out on Gina's wonderful Tin Swap and so I asked everyone to make a 3D project we could send to Gina.  Now, I'm not the brightest bulb in the box because I forgot to take pictures of them.  Cindy Fuller did this gorgeous mini canvas with watercolor crayons and included a little easel too!  Jan Bliss did an Itty Bitty box decorated with the Fancy Fold Flowers Die and included wrapped nuggets.  I put in an match box that looked like an easy bake oven and cookies.  I think we sent her a decorated book, a cello bag with a Santa in it and I made and forgot to send her a money book.  It will be on it's way to Gina today.

I hope you enjoyed your tour through our Mini Convention.  I know I had the best time this year and look forward to next year.  I think even if I get to go to the SU Convention in 2010, I will still host the Mini Convention because it's so much fun!

Mini Convention Swaps - Part 2

Here are more of the Mini Convention Swap Cards.

Jann Patton made this card.

 

Kathy Tapp shared this one.

 

Jan Bliss also gave everyone a book mark.

 

The 2nd Day of Convention, I placed a decorated box of candy at each work station.

 

I have a few more swaps to share, but won't be posting the rest of them until Friday.  I have a class I need to put together for Wednesday and Friday.  Thursday I will be attending my adopted Upline Meeting and need to make swaps so please don't worry if you don't see anything new on the blog until Friday. 

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back!