Kathy's Stamping Niche

2009 Coaster Calendar - Part 3

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a quiet one.  I want to publicly thank Alice Morishima and her brother Edward.  Last year, we were talking about how we would like to try a deep fried turkey and Alice volunteered her brother, Edward as the cook.  Well, Alice volunteered Edward again this year so we had a deep fried turkey yesterday.  Oh my, that was yummy! 

Les made Sweet Potato Pies that we shared with several friends and it isn't Thanksgiving for me without sushi.  Just Maki and Inari sushi is all I need.  Plus we had steamed asparagus and I made oven stuffing.  It was a lovely day once Les got home from work.

Well, here are a few more months from the calendar.

 

Kindred Spirits stamp set was used with Craft Whisper White.  The colors used were Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy.

 

The month of July uses Urban Garden DSP as an accent.  Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Kiwi Kiss are the Card Stocks used.  The flower is from Always stamp set.

 

The last month I'll share today is August.  Urban Garden DSP is used.  Card Stocks are Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy.  I used the Scallop Border Punch to make the border and the Trio Flower Punch for the flowers.

I hope you all survived shopping today.  I ran out around 6:30 AM to Target to pick-up a few things and it wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be!  Now I'm done!  LOL.  Not really, but we only buy for a few people and I HATE crowds so I'll shop later!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Holiday Extravaganza!

The Holiday Extravaganza is here!  Stampin' Up! has bundled together some great holiday gifts for you.  Just click on the picture to view all the details.

 

If you see an * by a stamp set's name, that set will be retiring with the 2008 Fall-Winter Catalog.

To order these great "bundles", you can order on-line at my Stampin' Up! Website or e-mail me or call me.  I will place orders everyday at 9:00 PM.  This sale is only good from November 26 - December 1 AND while supplies last.  Don't miss out and place your order today.

2009 Coaster Calendar - Part 2

I'm going to share 3 more months of calendar pages.  The first one is March.

 

Once again the DSP is Urban Garden.  The stamp used is from Pocket Silhouettes stamp set and is stamped in Kiwi Kiss ink.

 

Here's April.  When this was stamped in class, the image from Upsy Daisy was stamped in Baja Breeze across the bottom first and then the same image was stamped in Not Quite Navy across the bottom too, but off set.  Looked great!  LOL.

 

May has a Baja Breeze flower made from the Sizzlet, Daisy Flower.  The DSP is Urban Garden.

More months to come later this week.

I went to a gathering of stampers last night and WOW!  Everyone's swap was wonderful.  Great minds think alike because Robin and I did similar things.  Rob's is way better too!  I was planning a tutorial with mine, but will be changing it now.  Wait until you see her's.  That will be coming this week if I can get my DH to take the pictures. 

See ya' soon!

Dear Santa....please bring me...

Are you hoping for some Stampin' Up! products under your Christmas Tree?  Let me help you with that.

Here's a gift wish list form that you can fill-out and give to your loved ones.  All you have to do is click on the image below and the form should pop-up.  Fill it out and pass them around.  Hopefully you will have a Stampin' Up! Christmas!

2009 Coaster Calendar

All of my 2009 Coaster Calendar Classes are done and now I need to make about 30 of them for 2 of my sisters and myself to give away as gift.

I used 7 coasters and put the month's back-to-back. 

• Coaster 1 has the cover and December on it.
• Coaster 2 has January and November on it.
• Coaster 3 has February and October on it.
• Coaster 4 has March and September on it.
• Coaster 5 has April and August on it.
• Coaster 6 has May and July on it.
• Coaster 7 has June and the back cover on it.

Here's the cover.

 

Simple and easy to make.

Stamp Set:  Inspired By Nature

Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Inks:  Classic Kiwi Kiss

Accessories:  Horizontal Slot Punch, Bella Rose DSP, Scallop Border Punch, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Metro Retro Sizzix Alphabet.

 

I have always printed my own calendars, but after doing 90 calendars last year, I wasn't doing it again!  I ordered the large calendars from Vippies.  I think next year I will use the medium calendars as these are so large, you can't see much of the background.  I used my Big Shot and the Snowflake die cut with Shimmery White Card Stock.

Card Stock:  Not Quite Navy, Shimmery White

Paper:  Urban Garden DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Snowflake die cut.

 

I stamped the heart from Always 4 times on Baja Breeze Card Stock and cut them out.  They were placed on top of the Urban Garden DSP as accents.  The calendar piece was popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Stamp Set:  Always

Card Stock:  Baja Breeze

Inks:  Not Quite Navy

Accessories:  Stampin' Dimensionals

I will share 3 more months in the next day or so.  You all have a wonderful weekend!

Hand Made Holidays

Hand Made Holidays is a Simply Sent Card Element Kit.  This kit has enough goodies to make 18 cards; 6 each of 3 different styles.  All you add is a paper cutter, stamp set, ink, Stampin' Dimensionals and adhesive.  Simple step-by-step instructions with color pictures of the 3 different cards is included too!

This is the last of the 4 cards done at my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack.  Everyone was allowed to pick 2 of any style to make.

 

These cards were quick to make.  Cut the card stock, cut the designer paper, stamp the words and then put them together.  Couldn't be any easier.

 

The scallop & straight borders are die-cut and are self-adhesive too!

 

The stamp set used is To You & Yours.  I just love how Stampin' Up! did this Simply Sent Card Elements Kit.  Actually, all of these kits are pretty cool.

I am finishing up my 2009 Coaster Calendar Classes.  I still need to make 30 of them for my sisters and a friend, so I'll be sharing them soon.

To You & Yours!

Last month, our demo meeting's swap theme was Christmas.  I took one look at Robin Rouch's card and told her, "Thanks for my 3rd card for my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack!"

 

Rob used the To You & Yours stamp set.  The image is stamped with Basic Brown Ink on Vellum Card Stock.  Wait for the ink to dry, this takes awhile.  When the ink is totally dry, turn the image with the front side down and place of the sponge mat from the Crafter's Tool Kit.  Take your stylus and deboss the image where you like.  The snow around the roof, the top of the chimney and the white spaces in the group of trees were debossed. 

 

Here's a close-up of the image.  After you deboss the areas you want, color the windows Summer Sun, the wind flurries Bashful Blue and the Door Riding Hood Red from the back side.  The Vellum Card Stock was wrapped around a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock before the Dazzling Diamonds was added with the 2 Way Glue Pen.

I also thought the way she used the ribbon was very smart.  The striped ribbon is the Alpine Ribbon Originals from the Holiday Mini and the center is the Riding Hood Red Taffeta.

Way to go Robin!

Thanks for stopping by.

Holiday Line Up Card

I've shown this type of card before, but everyone enjoys opening it so I did it again with a holiday theme.

 

The card uses the snowmen from Holiday Line Up.  The background is the Bold Snowflake Jumbo Wheel and the saying is from Heard From The Heart.

 

Open the card and you have a wonderful pop-up with Shimmery White and Baja Breeze snowflakes punched from the Snow Blossom punch.

CARD STOCK:  Night of Navy, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Shimmery White

INKS:  Baja Breeze, Night of Navy

ACCESSORIES:  1 3/4" Circle Punch, Snow Blossom Punch, Tombow Multi Purpose Glue, Blender Pen

There are 4 more cards to share from the Christmas Stamp-A-Stack.  I let the participants choose from the 3 cards from the Handmade Holiday Simply Scrappin' Kit for their 4th card.  The other card was CASE'd from my friend, Robin Rouch. 

These cards will be posted in the next few days.  Thanks for stopping by!

Peace Card

This week starts my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack classes and when you come to class you will get to make 2 each of 4 different cards.  You will go home with 8 cards and their envelopes.  I might even have a surprise for you too!

Here's the first card.

 

I just love using my Big Shot.  "Peace" comes from Join in the Cheer Decorative Strip Die and I just cut off the word I wanted.  Here's a hint:  make sure you are cutting off the word without the ampersand!  I left it on and my DH looked at it and asked why the double e on the end!  Hurray for Un Du!  The bird is from the Birds & Blooms Sizzlits Die 4-Pack.

Stamp Set:  Lovely As A Tree

Card Stock:  Brushed Silver, Shimmery White

Ink:  Metallic Silver Encore

Accessories:  Detail Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Big Shot and above mentioned dies

Check back in a day or two.  I'll post another card from the class.

Thanks so much for stopping by and not giving up on me!

Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit

Once again Stampin' Up! and Country Living has partnered for a wonderful Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit.

 

This kit has everything you need to create beautiful ornaments.  It includes the exclusive Holiday Collection stampset, four 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut chipboard, eight 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut Designer Series paper (2 each of 4 double-sided designs), for 12" x 12" sheets of Designer Series paper (2 each of 2 double-sided designs), two 12" x 12" sheets of Whisper White card stock, 25 yards of Silver Metallic cord, 10 yards of 3/8" wide Whisper White taffeta ribbon, 20 pieces from the Pretties Kit, Stampin' Dimensionals, 1/2 ounce ofDazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Spot, Old Olive Craft Stampin' Spot, uninked Stampin' Spot and Whisper White Craft Ink refill.  It's an amazing deal for $49.95.

AND as my gift to you, if you purchase your kit through me; you can come to my house and I will help you put it all together at no additional charge!  I got my kit late last week, but haven't had time to play so I'm hoping I will have some samples for you in the next few days.

If you like the Country Living magazine delivered directly to your home, go to www.stamp.countryliving.com and subscribe at a discount and get a bonus mini-stamp kit!

Doesn't get any better than that!  The Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit is available until December 31, 2008.  Make sure to order your's today!