Emerging Color Technique Sheet

Here is a sample of the 6" x 6" technique sheets that club members receive each month.  I had out the supplies for each technique sheet and they put them together.  This was the 6" x 6" technique sheet we did at our last club in October.  The technique is called Emerging Color Technique.  I like giving out technique sheets as they are a great reference if you want to do this technique at a later date.  If you are interested in learning some new techniques, please register for one of my 2011 technique clubs.  There are 3 different ones to choose from.  You can find the details for each one below.  Just click on the link.....

2011 Mini Stamping Technique & Scrapbook Club

2011 Mini Stamping Technique & His/Hers Card Club

2011 Stamping Technique & 3-D Project Club

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
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October Scrapbook Layout of the Month - Page 2

Here is the second page that I demonstrated at my Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club yesterday.  We always do 2 scrapbook page layouts.  As I was demonstrating this page I was telling the club ladies that I love Stampin' Up!'s Days of Gratitude stamp set as well as their Pear Pizzazz card stock & ink and Peach Parfait.  Fall is also my fav season so this page was easy to make.....it has my fav season and a bunch of my fav Stampin' Up! products on it.

If look at the right side of the stamped leaves square you will see a Pear Pizzazz button on it.  Stampin' Up! doesn't make that color in buttons so I found a tutorial on how to make them myself.  Easy Peasy.  All you need to do is punch out 6 3/4" circles, adhere each layer together with Crystal Effects stacking one on top of the other.  Once the Crystal Effects has dried punch 2 holes in the center using the small hole punch on your Crop-A-Dile and voila a "faux button".  You can either leave the holes bare or tie a ribbon in the middle.  A great way to make an accent for a page in any color you want.

Again click here for the details on my 2011 "Mini" Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club - I hope you will join me for 4 months of scrapbooking fun.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Days of Gratitude, Full Calendar

Paper: Soft Suede 12" x 12" card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Pear Pizzazz card stock, Crumb Cake card stock, Poppy Parade card stock, Peach Parfait card stock

Ink: Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad, Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die, Simple Alphabet Numbers Bigz Die, Crop-A-Dile, Crystal Effects

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
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October Scrapbook Layout of the Month - Page 1

Today is a day full of happy thoughts and sad thoughts...I am happy because I get to get together with my stamping club this afternoon.  I always look forward to those days.  I will be demonstrating this single page scrapbook layout (plus a similar one to make it 2 scrapbook pages) to them as well as the "color emerging" technique.  I am also sad as today is the last club meeting.  We are finished the Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club for the year.  We have meet each month for 10 months.  Wow that time has flown by.  I can't believe the last club meeting is here already.  We learnt lots of amazing stamping techniques and completed 10 double layout scrapbook pages.  I really enjoyed doing a scrapbook page every month.  There is some good news though, next year I will be hosting a mini stamping technique and scrapbook club too.  If you are interested please join me for 4 months of scrapbooking fun.  Registeration has already started.  You can find further details here.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp set: Days of Gratitude (my new fav), Full Calendar
Paper: Very Vanilla 12" x 12" card stock, Soft Suede card stock, Pear Pizzazz card stock, Crumb Cake card stock, Poppy Parade card stock, Peach Parfait card stock
Ink: Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (my fav SU Tool), Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die, Alphabet Simple Numbers Bigz Die, Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons (Holiday Mini)

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
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Day of Gratitude Friend card

Here is a card that I will be demonstrating at my last Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club.  I can't believe it is almost the end.  I have had so much fun and am going to miss getting together every month - oh well I guess there is always next year.  The technique that I am demonstrating is called Color Emerging.  If you look close at the stamped image you will see some of the image stamped in Crumb Cake (top left) and some of the image stamped in Blushing Bride (bottom right).  How did I do that......well you take a piece of neutral card stock (here I used Very Vanilla) and stamp your image a couple of times in different colors of Classic Ink (I used Crumb Cake & Blushing Bride), then you stamp your image again using VersaMark.  Pour Clear Embossing Powder over top, shake excess off and heat set.  After you have heated the image take a brayer or sponge (I used a sponge) and cover with a darker color of Classic Ink (I used Early Espresso).  Once you have finished the sponging or brayer part then wipe embossed image off with a tissue and voila you have a card with the Color Emerging Technique on it.  I can't take all of the credit for this technique.  I came across it on Kimberly Van Diepen's blog.  I was blown away with the card she had made.  Here it is here.  You will have to scroll down a bit - I think it is the second card on her "a few techniques" page. This card amazed me so I thought why not try it with the big stamp in the Days of Gratitude stamp set.  I hope my club members like their last technique that I will be demonstrating to them for the year.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Days of Gratitude (my new fav), Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Crumb Cake card stock, Early Espresso card stock, Blushing Bride card stock, Very Vanilla card stock

Ink: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad, Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad, Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, VersaMark

Accessories: Paper Piercer & Mat Pack, Scallop Edge Punch, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Modern Label Punch, Heat Gun, Sponge, Clear Embossing Powder

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stampin' & Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! I have so much to be thankful for.

Michelle B
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
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Spooky Halloween September Scrapbook Layout

This double page scrapbook layout was really fun to make.  I was already in the Halloween stamping spirit after making the Spooky Bats and Spooky Skull cards.  I found a card that was in an issue of Stampin' Success that had the spiral punch with circles.  Their ribbon wasn't pulled though.....I add that touch all by myself.  hehehe  This double page scrapbook layout is the layout my club members are making for September.  I know I kind of have my occasions in the wrong months but that is what creativity is all about.  When the occasion bug bites ya, in this case Halloween bug, you need to create.  :)

Stampin' Up! Supplies:
Stamp Sets: From the Crypt (spider image), Wicked Cool, Sanded
Paper: Basic Gray 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Peach Parfait Textured card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Basic Black card stock
Ink: Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad, Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: 3/4" Circle Punch, Spiral Punch, Basic Black 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Spooky Skull

Here is the second card I will be demonstrating at my September Club.  I saw a card in LaurieF's SCS gallery that I absolutely love.  She has an amazing Bouncing Brayer background with the House of Haunts stamp set stamped in the middle.  I think the Bouncing Brayer technique is a great technique for Halloween cards.  I just love it.  I don't have the House of Haunts stamp set and when I went to order it I changed my mind as I had something like this card pictured with the From the Crypt stamp set.  This card is great for my club as I am teachnig them 2 techniques in one...advanced masking and the bouncing brayer technique.  yeah!  I hope they like it as much as I do.  I had a great deal of fun making this card.

I stamped the Skull stamp set on Whisper White card stock and then again on a piece of scrap paper.  I just cut out the skull not the stuff around it.  I then laid the scrap piece of paper with the skull image stamped on it over top the image I had stamped on the Whisper White card stock.  I then applied the Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry Classic Inks to my brayer and started the bouncing brayer technique all the while the skull scrap piece of paper was on top of the skull stamped on Whisper White card stock.  When I was finished the bouncing brayer background I lifted up the skull scrap piece of paper and voila a beautifully white skull right smack dab in the middle of my bouncing brayer background.  In other words the "Advanced Masking" technique.  I don't mean to toot my own horn but I am very pleased at the way this card turned out.  I hope they like it as much as I do.

If you are interested in learning new techniques like the ones on this card sign up for my 2011 Stampin' Technique Club.  I will be offering 2 different clubs.....one for 10 month (from Jan to Oct) and one for 4 months (Jan., Apr, July, Sept.).  Please contact me for further details.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: From the Crypt, Wicked Cool
Paper: Old Olive card stock, Whisper White card stock, Rich Razzleberry card stock, Pumpkin Pie card stock, Basic Black card stock
Ink: Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad, Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad, Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad, Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, Bitty Bag Large Punch, Decorative Label XL Punch, Brayer, Silver Brad, Paper Piercer

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Masking Anniversary Hearts

Ohh I am finished my Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club cards.  This month we will be doing two.  Here is the first one featuring the basic masking technique.  I decided against the Make-A-Monster card as I wanted to do two cards featuring the masking technique and that one would only let us do one.  It is kind of a timely card........lots of steps.  Masking is one of my fav techniques the reason being is it is so versatile.  You can mask anything.  There are also different ways to mask....you have a basic mask, reverse mask, and an advance mask where you stamp your image and put a background behind it.  For September's techniques we are doing the basic mask which is demonstrated in this card as well as the advanced mask which will be featured in the next post.  Ohhh I am so excited to teach them the advance mask.  I am still back at the drawing board for the reverse mask.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp sets: I {heart} Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper:  Peach Parfait card stock, Concord Crush card stock, Pear Pizzazz card stock, Very Vanilla card stock
Ink: Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad, Concord Crush Classic Stampin' Pad, Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Itty Bitty Buttons, Linen Thread

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Simply Said Wax On

Wax On is the technique used in this card.  Do you see the white flowers - well I got that effect by using my daughter's White Wax Crayon on the flower petals and then I used a brayer to cover the card front with Blushing Bride Classic Ink.  This technique is that easy......all you need is a lined or doodle type stamp set (I used Simply Said), a White Wax Crayon, a brayer and 2 different colors of ink (I used Early Espresso Classic Ink for the flowers outline & Blushing Bride Classic Ink to cover the card front).  Easy Peasy and the results are cool.  P.S.  I have always thought it looked really neat whenever I saw words punched out with the jewellery tag punch and then hung on ribbon with linen thread so I broke down and bought the jewellery tag punch just so I could do that.  hahaha I know that is a little crazy.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Sets: Simply Said, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Crumb Cake card stock, Whisper White card stock, Early Espresso card stock
Ink: Blushing Bride Classic Ink, Early Espresso Classic Ink,
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgraing Ribbon, Scallop Border Trim Punch, Jewellery Tag Punch, Linen Thread

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Dry Emboss Circles Technique card

Here is the card I demonstrated at my July Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club.  This card features Dry Embossed Circles just like the scrapbook page I demonstrated it.  This technique is really easy and fun to do.  And guess what it makes a grea accent on a masculine birthday card - yeah!  No more guessing and being frustrated on creating a masculine card....all I have to do is grab my stylus and circles template made out of Stampin' Up!'s thick window sheet and voila a masculine card sporting dry emboss circles.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Sets: Birthday Bliss, All Holidays
Paper: Soft Suede Textured card stock, Certainly Celery card stock, Bashful Blue card stock
Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Paper Piercer, 2 Bashful Blue Soft Subtles Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Thick Window Sheets, Circles #2 Bigz Die, Stylus

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.
Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's Scrapbook Layout of the Month.......July

Here is the scrapbook layout of the month for July.  This is the page I did for my daughter and also the page I demonstrated at my July Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club.  The version I did for my son has already been posted.  You should check out how different these two layouts look by having 2 different color schemes.  The Certainly Celery card stock has dry embossed circles around it.  To do that technique all you need is a template with circles on it and a stylus.  I made my template by using the Big Shot Die-Cut machine and the Circles #2 Bigz Die.  I cut out the whole Circles #2 Bigz Die in thick window sheets (Stampin' Up! brand) tossed away the circles and kept the negative as my template.  I then put the template on my table, put the certainly Celery Card stock on top and used my finger to find a circle and then used my stylus to dry emboss that circle.  I then repositioned my template to do another dry emboss circle and so on.

Another technique I demonstrated on this scrapbook page was the use of Stampin' Up!'s new builder wheels.  It is so easy to use 3 builder wheels at a time and to get each one of have a different color by using a triple cell cartridge.  Before I used to use my Standard and Jumbo wheels on a Classic or Craft Ink Pad to get ink on them but when you are using more than one builder wheel it is kind of hard to do that.  I bought an un-inked triple cell cartridge, added Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Rich Razzleberry Classic Re-Inkers and voila easy peasy.

Here is a close up of the Certainly Celery dry embossed circles.....

The possiblities for this technique are endless with the Big Shot Die-Cut Machine and all of the Big Shot Dies available.  A winter scrapbook page with dry embossed snowflakes would look good.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Birthday, Candle Craze & So Many Stars Builder Wheels, Birthday Bliss, Word Play
Paper: Rich Razzleberry Textured card stock, Certainly Celery card stock, Whisper White card stock, Chocolate Chip card stock
Ink: Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker & Classic Re-Inker, Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad & Classic Re-Inker, Chocolate Chip Classic Re-Inker
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Circles #2 Bigz Die, Stylus, Stampin' Dimensionals, Alphabet Simple Numbers Bigz Die

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle 

Michelle's Scrapbook Layout of the Month...June!

I was checking my blog to see what it looks like to you and notice I am behind on uploading some of my scrapbook pages.  Yikes!

Here is my June scrapbook layout of the month.  This scrapbook layout was featured at my June Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club.  I came across a scrapbook page similar to this in one of Stampin' Up!'s Stamping Success Magazines.  This is a magazine that Stampin' Up! Demonstrators get once a month.  It is full of products ideas, card and scrapbook layouts and it also has ways to promote your Stampin' Up! business.  I always look forward to receiving it.  A great perk for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.  The scrapbook page they features had a neutral tone to it.  I love the idea of 4 pictures similar in size in the middle of the page (like on the 2nd page of my scrapbook layout).  It is amazing how different a scrapbook layout can look when you change around the color scheme.  hehehe

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp set:
Paper: Rich Razzleberry Textured card stock, Soft Suede Textured card stock, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series paper, Whisper White card stock, Melon Mambo card stock, Crushed Curry Textured card stock, Dusty Durango card stock
Ink:
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Sewing Machine, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Happy Father's Day

Now this card was a lot of fun to make and I think I have found a solution to my masculine card problem.  I have such a hard time making masculine cards but after seeing the "Faux Wood" technique my problem may be solved.  The other day (Thursday) I received my copy of the weCANstamp DVD that my upline Christy Harsch puts out.  On the DVD was a demonstration of the "Faux Wood" technique done by Jean.  Her card had Happy Father's Day on it and being Father's Day is just around the corner I thought this would be a great card to demonstrate at my June Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club.  Yeah!!! I learnt a fabulous new technique and now have a card and technique to demonstrate for my June Club.  I love the inspiration that the weCANstamp DVD gives me.  Thanks Jean!

Faux Wood Technique

cut an 8.5" x 11" piece of Close to Cocoa card stock in half

take your Very Vanilla Craft Stampin' Pad and smoosh it all over so your Close to Cocoa card stock is covered in the craft ink and let dry (I left mine overnight - you could always use your heat gun to speed up the drying process)

once the Very Vanilla Craft ink is dry take a Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad and glide it over top of the Very Vanilla

Place card stock in paper cutter and cut strips off.  I think mine were 1/2" strips

next place the 1/2" strips you just cut off back in the paper cutter and cut more strips at various lengths

Open up your Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad and glide each edge of each strip on it.  This will give a clean look to your wood boards

Next take a piece of card stock (I used Very Vanilla) and position your various lengths wood boards (strips) over top of it 

Once you have your strips in place adhere them to the Very Vanilla card stock piece

Next take a Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker and add nails on each end of the wood boards.  I put my nails where each wood board meets another wood board as well as some nails on the left and right hand edges.

On the DVD Jean suggested you could also make bricks using the above technique.......that is on my list of new techniques to try.  I also had an idea of doing the faux wood technique on a card with the horses and wanted stamps from the Wanted stamp set.  Keep an eye out for those.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Sets: All Holidays

Paper: Kraft card stock, Close to Cocoa card stock, Chocolate Chip card stock

Ink: Very Vanilla Craft Ink, Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad, VersaMark, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Paper Cutter, Stampin' Dimensionals, Very Vanilla Brads from Very Vanilla HodgePodge Hardware

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Michelle's May Scrapbook Layout of the Month

I know I just uploaded April's scrapbook layout of the month but I need to upload May's as well.  Because if I don't I just may forget.  hehehe  I just finished this scrapbook page in the nick of time......my May club is next weekend.  Yikes I best getting to cutting the supplies.  This scrapbook layout is another Scrapbook Lounge Scrapbooking Page Planners.....it is Layout #5 called 12" x 12" Freestyle.  To go with my bow tieing and Shimmer Paint technique theme for my May Club you will see I have incorporated both of those techniques on this scrapbook page.  If you look at the small Melon Mambo 1/2" Circle you will see that is has been stamp with Frost Shimmer Paint.  The bow tied just under the journaling of the scrapbook page is a "classic" bow and the stamp on the left side of the right scrapbook page layout has a mixture of Frost Shimmer Paint and Melon Mambo Re-Inker.

This double page scrapbook layout was so much fun to make.  This page has some of my fondest memories on it.  My daughter sharing something that I love.  Not only do I love card making and scrapbooking but I have a green thumb as well.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Baroque Motifs (one of my favs)
Paper: Melon Mambo 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Certainly Celery card stock, Whisper White card stock, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper
Ink: Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad, VersaMark, Certainly Celery Classic Stampin' Pad, Melon Mambo Re-Inker, Frost Shimmer Paint, Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Scallop Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Certainly Celery 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/2" Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Ice Circle Rhinestone Brad, Paper Piercer

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's April Scrapbook Layout of the Month

I forgot to upload this last month....opps!  These 2 scrapbook pages were a lot of fun to make.  I had a really hard time deciding on the colors.  Just ask my friend Wendy.  She had the joys of talking to me while I was ranting off color combos.  hehehe Thanks Wendy.  This is the same scrapbook layout I demonstrated at my Club get together in April.  We are currently using all of the in-colors and it was time to use Dusty Durango.  The way the Dusty Durango and Bermuda Bay looked did not appeal to me one bit.....but after trying different things I thought I am just going to make it and see what it looks like all finished.....I was amazed and very pleased at how it turned out.  Yeah!  While I was making this page I felt a little sad as my baby is not a baby anymore.  He is 20 months now and the pictures on this page were taken at the beginning of the month.  He can do so many different things now and just loves life.  This is a page of great memories.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used
Stamp Set: Favourite Things
Paper: Dusty Durango 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Bermuda Bay Patterns Designer Series paper, Bermuda Bay card stock, Whisper White card stock, Sahara Sand card stock
Ink: Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad, Dusty Durango Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Tag Corner Punch

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Shimmery Ice Cream

Here is the 3rd card that my Club Members will make for our May club.  As you can see the ice cream is all shimmery.  The idea for this came from the neat demonstration Winona did on the weCANstamp DVD I saw.  Thanks for this idea Winona.  Again to do this effect I added a drop of Frost Shimmer Paint to a couple of scribble lines of Stampin' Write Markers.......the Stampin' Write Marker colors I used were Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry.  The bow type on this card is a "tiered" bow.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Sweet Scoops (Summer Mini)

Paper: Sahara Sand card stock, Melon Mambo card stock, Rich Razzleberry card stock, Whisper White card stock

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker, Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker, Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crushed Curry 1/2" Polka-Dot Ribbon, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Black Horses are Wanted Card

Here is the last card I made using the Ink, Spray & Smash Technique.  I was trying to make it look like the horses were running at sunset or sun rise but it didn't work out how I had hoped.  I tried to make a moon or sun but the sticky note paper was too thin.  I guess I could make a new one using Whisper White or Barely Banana card stock.  I am excited to see which card favourite my club members pick.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Wanted
Card stock: Dusty Durango Textured card stock, Basic Black card stock, Whipser White card stock, Crushed Curry card stock
Ink: Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad, Real Red Classic Re-Inker, Summer Sun Classic Re-Inker, Pumpkin Pie Classic Re-Inker, VersaMark
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Scallop Edge Punch, Gold Brad, Star Punch

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Black Bird Nature card

I was playing around with the Ink, Spray and Smash technique as that is the technique that the April Club hostess wants.  That technique is so much fun.  I remember doing it last year.  We decided to do it again as we have a couple of new ladies this year who haven't done this technique before.  Here is one of the three cards that I made.  I have decided to make this fun for my Club Members...being I have created 3 cards they get to pick their fav and wait until Club to see which one we will be doing.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card stock: Crushed Curry Textured card stock, Tangerine Tango card stock, Basic Black card stock, Whisper White card stock, Glossy White card stock

Ink: StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad, Real Red Classic Re-Inker, Summer Sun Classic Re-Inker, Pumpking Pie Classic Re-Inker

Accessories: Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Modern Label Punch

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Michelle's March Scrapbook Layout of the Month

Here is my scrapbook layout for the month of March. We had fun making this scrapbook page.  I love the monkey stamp from the Fox and Friends stamp set.  He is too darn cute.  I think I may change the pictures on this page when the weather is nicer and I can get some playground photos.  My little guy does love sitting in a sink full of water and having fun.  He is too cute - kind of like the monkey stamp.  hehehe  I gave the ladies a choice to do the monkey page or to substitute the monkey for a bird.  A couple of them did a bird page using the Two-Step XL Bird Punch.  Their pages looked amazing.  You can't really see on the image but we did the sewing technique for this scrapbook page.  We sewed a zig-zag stitch along the Very Vanilla edges.  The hostess of the month wanted the sewing technique to be demonstrated.  It was fun.  I like adding sewing to my card and scrapbook pages.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Fox & Friends
Paper: Bermuda Bay Textured card stock, Soft Suede card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Old Olive card stock, Sahara Sand card stock
Ink; Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Two-Step XL Bird Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die
Happy Stamping!
Michelle

For You Happy Moments Card

Now this card was fun to make........I knew which card layout I wanted as I saw it in Stampin' Up!'s Occasion Mini catalogue.  The hard part was what to put on it.  This is the card that my Stampin' Technique and Scrapbooking Club members will be making for this month's club meeting.  We meet on Saturday - yeah!  For this month's technique the hostess wanted to use her sewing machine.  Sewing on cards is fun.  Keep an eye out for March's Scrapbook page - I will upload it to my blog sometime next week.  :)

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Sets: Happy Moments (SAB)

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo

Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad, Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker, Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker, Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: Crimper, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Certainly Celery 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Vanilla HodgePodge Hardware, Stampin' Dimensionals

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Vintage For You Card

I think most of my posts start with the word Vintage.  hehehehe  I really like the Vintage line that Stampin' Up! has put out.  This card uses the Vintage Labels stamp set from Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration promotion.  This is the card I demonstrated at my club yesterday.  The techniques we did were distressing paper or card stock in this case, direct to paper ink and cracked glass.  The cracked glass technique is very messy but fun and give beautiful results.

Stamping supplies used:
Stamp Sets: Vintage Labels
Card stock: Whisper White, Old Olive, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper, Bermuda Bay Textured card stock
Ink: Soft Suede Classic Ink, Old Olive Classic Ink, VersaMark
Accessories: Cutter Kit, Glassy Glaze Enamel, Heat Gun, Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle