FRENCH FOLIAGE WREATH card

Hi Stampers!

I told you my downline Ashley is most clever.  Here's another card we offered at Christmas Cards & More last week, repurposing one of the leaves from the French Foliage stamp set to create this beautiful Gumball Green wreath.  See those Cherry Cobbler berries?  Those were made using the "slash" stamp from the same set, sparkled up with little dabs of Dazzling Details.  Add the sentiment from the Christmas Lodge set and a Cherry Cobbler seam binding bow for the perfect finishing touches.

Images ©Stampin' Up 1990-2012

Happy Stampin'!

Trish

ARTISTIC ORNAMENT card

Hi Stampers!
My apologies if my blog comes to you twice today: while editing I hit the wrong button. OOPS!

I hope your weekend was every bit of wonderful!  Here in eastern Nebraska we basked in temps in the low 80's on Saturday and shivered our way to church Sunday morning and all day for that matter in the low 30's.
Such extreme temperature variations are not all that unusual here and residents here are expert in the art of layering up to deal with them.

On to crafting and stamping :  my downline Ashley Weaver does not own very many stamp sets dedicated to Christmas, so she comes up with very clever "repurposing"of other stamp sets to meet her need, like in the card below.  This is one of the many projects the ladies did at last week's Christmas Cards & More event, and they loved it!

Image ©Stampin' Up! 1990-2012

It features Artistic Etchings; notice how the crown is embossed in silver and turned upside down to create the ornament cap?  Very clever indeed.  Other added touches included the Elegant Eggplant mat run through the Big Shot with the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder; Rhinestones for bling; and sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Happy Stampin'
Trish

 Hi Stampers!
Wow! What a great time my downline Ashley and I had with our guests at "Christmas Cards & More" on Saturday.  Everyone said they had a wonderful time, were impressed with the variety of our projects as well as the great value and low cost, and savored some excellent Taco Soup (Ashley's recipe) and other yummy food.  And they left looking forward to "the next time".

We were so busy that day that I didn't get many pictures taken, but here's one of the lovely Robin modeling her use for the paper ornaments our guests learned to make.  I love how my ladies always find ways to add their own personal touch!

Here's a closer view of that Designer Series Paper ornament and the candle stamping project  using the Snowflake Soiree set:

Have you ever wondered where Stampin' Up! demonstrators get their ideas for cards and other projects?  One of our resources is Stampin' Success, a magazine for demonstrators only.  If you would like a peek at a few of the pages from our most current issue, just open this link  a taste of Stampin' Success

Over the next several posts, I will share some of the other projects from Saturday's get together.
Until the next time,

Happy Stampin'!
Trish

ALTERED LUNCH BAG

Hi Stampers,
I hope you had a super weekend.
Today's share is a great little project easily changed up for just about any event or celebration.




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Wishing you a color-filled day,
Trish

FLOATING WATERCOLOR BUTTERFLIES

Hi Stampers!
Glad you stopped by.

Today's card uses the same technique as yesterday's -- Floating Watercolor.  I love how the Shimmery White card stock makes the jewel tones of the butterflies glisten as though they were fluttering about on a summer's day.

Images © Stampin Up! 1998-2012

Other materials needed for this card include:
Midnight Muse card stock, Stitched Ribbon,  and classic ink pad
Whisper White card stock
Comfort Cafe designer series paper
Papillion Potpourri, Friendly Phrases stamp sets
Decorative Label, Beautiful Butterfly punches
Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Midnight Muse ink refills
Clear Embossing Powder and Heat Tool

I would love to see your creations using this delightful technique.

Until the next time,
Happy Stamping!

Trish