Tea Time

Hello My Friends,

Sharing the project I made for the Extravaganza, held on June 4th at Stamping From The Heart.  This is a book of tea that makes a great gift. I saw several of these on line in the past. The Extravaganza was a perfect time to teach it.

 Here is the inside. It has 3 pockets to hold tea bags. The tea cup was cut from a Sizzix die, as well as the envelope which holds the tea bags. The bird stamped on the tea cup is from Hero Art. The border is from Inkadinkado. The folder is 8x8.5, scored at 3.5 and 4.5. Very simple.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you find some stamping time this weekend.
Hugs,

Milestones = Blog Candy!!

This month, all of you helped me to reach a major milestone in my Stampin' Up! career. You all have purchased over $100,000 in product. That, my friends, is an awesome thing!!!!!  Thank you very, very much!!

To celebrate, I am giving away some blog candy! I've got 3 stamp sets to send out to new homes. They will be given to the first 3 people to leave a comment on my blog. Just drop a line to say hi! That's all, easy-peasy. Please leave an email address where I can contact you for your mailing address.

 This is a hostess level 3 from the 2010 catalog. It's called Cute as a Button.

Both of these sets are from the current catalog. The first set is a hostess level 3 set called Occasional Quotes. The second set is a level 2 hostess set called Fast and Fabulous.

In the meantime, you need something pretty to look at. The following cards are 2 of the 5 cards to be done in my Hero Arts Stamp-a-Stack. For this Stamp-a-Stack, you will be stamping a stack of 15 cards, 3 each of 5 designs. This class will be held on April 30th at Stampin' From the Heart. Call the store at 310.391.0466 to register.

Hope to see you in class and good luck for winning a stamp set!

Hero + Distress = Happiness

Hello My Friends,

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will enjoy the cards I have posted. Today, I will be sharing samples of cards using Hero Art stamps and Ranger Distress Inks.

I was watching video on one of the Hero designers blogs, where they were teaching several techniques using Distress inks with water and then another with emboss resist. So, of course I had to try it......immediately!

All stamps used are from Hero Arts. All papers used are from Memory Box. This technique is emboss resist with the Distress inks.

 This is a water based smooshing technique. Putting several ink colors on the work sheet and then "walking" the stamp through the inks. Next is to spray the inked stamp with plenty of water, then stamp onto paper.

ETA: Here is a link to the video which teaches the techniques, step by step. click HERE. The video is at the bottom of the post.

Have some fun with your stamps and inks. Thanks for stopping by.

FUN WITH HERO ARTS

Hello,

Had some fun playing with Hero Arts recently. LOVE HERO ARTS! Always have and always will. The stamps sets used are Four Dolls and Asian Frames. I taught this card as part of a beginners class. It combines several beginning techniques: basic stamping, color block, and omission. It also uses a watermark pad to stamp the bamboo image on the red card base on the right side, but couldn't get the image to show up well in the pic. The kimono was colored using the new Smooch from Clearsnap. The tip on the Smooch applicator is dense foam and stays hard and to the point. Allows for great control in small tight spaces.

Get your Smooch today and go stamp something!

JUST A CARD

Hi My Friends,

Thought I would share this little card today. The color combo came from the Hero Arts girls at CHA. One of their make 'n takes was a different style of card using the same color combo. The colors are from Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Faded Jeans, Broken China, and Walnut Stain. The stamps are of course Hero Arts - Heart Flourish and Fancy Heart. The technique is a watercolor technique that I taught in my Basics class. We had a lot of fun in class. I so love to see newbies get totally excited when their card comes out great. They get to see how easy it is to do and feel confident that they can go home and do this on their own. That's the love of stamping!

Enjoy your day and go stamp something......

Fairy Christmas Sneak Peak

As promised, here is my last sneak peak for the TCP release due to come out tomorrow.  This is one more card using the template from Hero 

Arts. Check out the video. So easy, so fun, and so cute, if I don't say so myself. 

Now remember, I've got blog candy! See my post below for the details on what you need to do if you want this cute set. Win it before it's released! 

Don't forget about the Kitty Kat Pack deal....If you buy all 3 sets, you get them at $15 OFF the regular price. WHAAAAT? Yup, that's right! Instead of $54 for all three, you get the whole shebang for $39.oo! How's that for a deal of all deals? 

So, two things to do tomorrow - 

1. Check out TCP website for the new release

2. Check out the TCP gallery for all the great cards and projects completed by The Cat Pack.

And yet another sneak peak........AND BLOG CANDY!!!!!

YES! YES! YES!  I have BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!  Who wants candy? We all want candy!! We might not NEED it, but we all WANT it! Well, let's see what you need to do to get this candy, blog candy that is....how about, in honor of the holidays, show us a holiday card you made using any of the TCP holiday stamps. It could be any holiday, not just Christmas. Leave a link to your card in the comments by Thursday, September 25th, 6:00 PM PST. I'll will use Random Generator on Thursday night to select the winner.  Be sure to check the other Cat Pack blogs. You can find all of their blogs listed over on the sidebar. I'm sure one or two of them have blog candy as well.... and ALL of them have great sneak peaks of cards and projects created using the new stamps to be released on Friday September 26th. Most of all, don't forget to take advantage of the great Kitty Kat Pack deal!

Now, for the sneak peak...this card uses a great template I found on the Hero Arts blog.  The designer is Jennifer McGuire .... love that company....I'll post another card tomorrow using the same template.