Barn Animals Addition

I had so much fun doing my first set of barn animals I had to do a few more to make the set complete! What would a barn be without sheep, chickens, dogs and cats? Here are my four new cards!

To see all the details or get the tutorial for these cards
CLICK HERE!

To see the Barn box and original set of animals CLICK HERE!

May is National Scrapbooking Month!

Promotion Dates: May 1-31, 2010

Promotion Details:

May is National Scrapbooking Month--the perfect time for you to share your love of scrapbooking!

This is a special promotion for the month of May: purchase a qualifying scrapbooking stamp set or the My Digital Studio software and receive a FREE package of Designer brads--choose from four designs!

Qualifying products and Designer brads are listed below:

Stamp sets

Page	Description	Wood-Mount Item	Wood-Mount Price	Clear-Mount Item	Clear-Mount Price
81	Extreme Elements	115181	$26.95	---	---
119	Framed with Love**	114389	$27.95	---	---
128	Certified**	113706	$27.95	---	---
129	Circle Circus	115778	$28.95	---	---
12*	Elements of Style	118611	$27.95	120045	$19.95
13*	Mementos	119910	$27.95	120105	$19.95
13*	Elements de style	119900	$27.95	120099	$19.95
14*	Rough Type	118659	$26.95	120072	$18.95
22*	Sentimental Journey	118513	$23.95	120075	$17.95
25*	First Day	118521	$23.95	120051	$17.95
25*	Camino a la Escuela	120152	$23.95	120154	$17.95

*From Summer Mini Catalog
**Last Chance stamp set!

My Digital Studio software

Page	Description	Item	Price
32*	My Digital Studio	118108	$79.95

*From Summer Mini Catalog

Designer brads

Page	Description	Item	Retail Price	Price with Qualifying Purchase
179	Flower Designer brads	112579	$5.95	FREE
179	Filigree Designer brads	112577	$5.95	FREE
179	Circle Designer brads	112571	$5.95	FREE
179	Star Designer brads	112572	$5.95	FREE

Last day for the Mini Catalog!!

Today is the last day of April and that means that the Occasions Mini Catalog is almost gone!! Don't miss your chance to get some of the great items in it before they are gone for good!
Today is the last day!

You can go right on to my Stampin' Up website and place your order yourself or you can email it to me and I can put it in for you.

Also remember that for every $50 of merchandise that you buy, you can pick a tutorial from my site for FREE. If you hit $150 in merchandise, you get 3 tutorials and hostess benefits too!
All for FREE!There is also a great special going on this month that ends today:

Two-Step into Spring Promotion

Promotion Dates: April 1-30, 2010

Hostesses
Host a $350 workshop (or place a $350 order) and receive the brand-new Two-Step Awash with Flowers stamp set FREE!

Item	Description
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)

Customers
Two-Step into spring with a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Be the first to add the Awash with Flowers stamp set to your collection.
The Awash with Flowers stamp set is a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog and will not be available again until the release of the new Idea Book & Catalog in July.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity!!

Item	Description	Price
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)	$39.95
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)	$27.95

Plus, purchase these spring-themed Two-Step Stampin' sets at 20% off the retail price--no additional purchase necessary!

Item	Page	Description	Discount Price
113824	94	Greenhouse Garden	$20.76
113734	98	Fifth Avenue Floral	$19.96
111578	101	Flower Fancy	$29.56
113258	112	Trendy Trees	$14.36

Barn Box with Cow, Pig & Horse Cards

This is my new Barn Box with Cow, Pig & Horse Cards!
These cards are full size(4 1/4"x 5 1/2") and fit in a standard card envelope. The barn roof opens up to be used as a box for a gift or even just a great thing for kids to play with! The barn is approximately 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 10" tall. You do NOT need 12" x 12" paper for this project.

This gift set would be perfect to use the box to wrap the present and give one of the animal cards for a childs' birthday. It would also be great to give the barn full of cards for a baby shower so she has cute thank you cards to send!

To see more details about this project or to order the tutorial CLICK HERE!

Scallop Circle Punch Flower

The flower on this card uses the scallop circle punch. This is the flower that Pam Tatko, a fellow demonstrator, demonstrated at our last team meeting. You can see the rest of the cards from that meeting by CLICKING HERE! I also used the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set for the background.

Here is how to make the flower!

Put a piece of paper that is large enough to punch out two scallop circles through your crimper. Keep putting it through while changing the direction each time. You will want to soften up the paper.


Now crumple and un-crumple the paper a few times. Keep doing this until you see the edges starting to come apart into layers. Do it a few more times and then you are ready to peel it. Pull the two layers of paper apart carefully.


Using the scallop circle punch, punch out 4 single layer circles. Stack them up and poke a hole through the center and put a brad through all four layers.


Now one layer at a time, scrunch up the layers until you have your flower. Now it is ready for your card!


For the leaves on the card I used the five petal flower punch. That time I punched the flowers first and then crimped them and crumpled them and peeled the already punched shape apart. This was a little easier then punching the crumpled paper but you will have more of them to do. It's up to you!

Thanks Pam for this great demonstration!

April Specials!

April is almost over and that means the the Occassions Mini Catalog is almost gone. Don't miss your chance to get some of the great items in it before they are gone for good!There is also a great special going on this month:

Two-Step into Spring Promotion

Promotion Dates: April 1-30, 2010

Hostesses
Host a $350 workshop (or place a $350 order) and receive the brand-new Two-Step Awash with Flowers stamp set FREE!

Item	Description
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)

Customers
Two-Step into spring with a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Be the first to add the Awash with Flowers stamp set to your collection.
The Awash with Flowers stamp set is a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog and will not be available again until the release of the new Idea Book & Catalog in July.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity!!

Item	Description	Price
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)	$39.95
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)	$27.95

Plus, purchase these spring-themed Two-Step Stampin' sets at 20% off the retail price--no additional purchase necessary!

Item	Page	Description	Discount Price
113824	94	Greenhouse Garden	$20.76
113734	98	Fifth Avenue Floral	$19.96
111578	101	Flower Fancy	$29.56
113258	112	Trendy Trees	$14.36

This is a great time to stock up on the colors that are being discontinued and get these great sets at a discount!
The colors below are all being discontinued at the end of this catalogue!!

April Green Mtn. Stampers Meeting

We had another Green Mountain Stamper's meeting this past Saturday under my upline Jennifer Heffernan. We have swaps and demonstrations and some of the ladies bring in samples of their work to share. This is a great group to be a part of! If you are interested in becoming a demonstrator and joining this great group, contact me for all of the details! You do not need to live close by!

Here is the swap that I made for the meeting. I used the Tulipe die cut with the big shot as a stencil for the center and I used the Bellas Border wheel for the background. I used Wonderful Favorites for the words.

Here are some of the samples that Pam Tatko , one of the very talented demonstrators in this group, brought to the meeting to share.

Here are only some of the other swaps that I got:

By Marti Jurnak


By Heather Seeley


By Sharon Tisdale


Also by Pam Tatko


And these were the three make-n-takes that Jen provided the supplies for and we made at the meeting! These all used the Awash with Flowers stamp set.
Right now if you host a $350 workshop (or place an order for that much) you will receive the brand-new Two-Step Awash with Flowers stamp set FREE!
You can also buy the Awash with Flowers stamp set right now as a special preview until the end of April, after that you will not be able to buy it until July!

Item	Description	Price
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)	$39.95
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)	$27.95

There are also these other spring sets at 20% off right now until the end of April!

Item	Page	Description	Discount Price
113824	94	Greenhouse Garden	$20.76
113734	98	Fifth Avenue Floral	$19.96
111578	101	Flower Fancy	$29.56
113258	112	Trendy Trees	$14.36

Gardener's Seed Basket

This little gardener’s bag is perfect to give as a gift full of gardening supplies for an adult or a child! Seed packets fit perfectly in the front and back pockets and you can fill the inside with all sorts of planting necessities. Great for vegetable or flower gardening supplies!

The bag also fits cards and envelopes perfectly to carry swaps in or give as a gift full of cards!!

The bag is approximately 6" x 3" x 4" tall without the handles.

To find out more details about this project or to order the tutorial CLICK HERE!

Sweat Peas with the Butterfly Punch!

My mother found this great blog and passed it on to me. There is a great picture tutorial for how to make these adorable little flowers using the Butterfly punch, the 5 petal punch and the 2 step bird punch on there! I love them and they are so easy to do!

CLICK HERE to get the directions!

For the rest of my card I used the All Holidays stamp set for the sentiment with the small oval punch and Bellas border roller for the edge.

String Art Yellow Rose

When I was a little kid I hammered nails into a wooden board and made string art on it. I had of course totally forgotten about this technique until I saw THIS SITE and THIS SITE. Then I just had to try it on a card!
To make this card I used the Extra Large Fancy Flower punch, the Curly Label Punch and the Photo Corners Punch. I used the Bellas Border roller for the edges and so saffron paper to make the rose and then sponged it with More Mustard.

Here is how to do this technique:
I first cut a 3 3/4" square in So saffron. I cut the inside out, a 2 7/8" square hole. Then I used the Matt pack guide and hole piercing tool and made the holes.


I used thick sewing thread and a needle. I tied a knot in one end and threaded in from the back. Start one hole over from the corner and go across to the next side and go in that first hole. Now your thread is in back, go one hole down and come back up to the front. Now go across and back down the second hole on the other side like shown. Keep doing this until you have the entire corner completed.


The first picture is a view of the back halfway done and on the right is the finished side.


Do the same thing for the next three sides. I put sticky strip on the back of this and put it down on the front of a card with a 3" square hole in the center.


For the black corners, I used the large corner from the photo corners punch. I used removable tape and stuck this to printer paper. I inserted it into the curly label punch like shown and punched out to make the decorative edge. This just makes it easier to hold.


For the rose (I used so saffron on my card but obviously this one is red) you want to punch 4 extra large fancy flowers and cut them like shown. The last one can be cut so you have one two petal and one three petal piece. You want to sponge the edges with ink before you start.


Curl the edges of all the petals of the flowers. The first one is on the left. The next one with the slit you are going to put glue on and fold over to match up the end petals so you have a slight cone and four petals like shown. Curl the edges. Do the same to the rest of the pieces.


For the last two petal piece, you are going to add some glue and fold it over just about in half and curl the petals.


For the three smallest flower pieces, I cut off the pointy ends so I could glue them together better. Then I put my finger in the middle and smashed down the ends like shown on the right.


To assemble them just put Tombow glue in the center and add one petal after another going from largest to smallest. I glued the rose in the hole in the cetner of the card so its really on the inside of the card.


Hope you could follow! This is sort of a mini tutorial.