Sympathy Quilt Card

I got this pattern from Jill Olsen and I changed the colors and a few of the other elements. I love this pattern. And, I love the triple color rock'n'roll technique and the way that it makes the leaves sort of soft and feathery.

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Vibrant Birthday Card

This is my first card that is all my idea. Sooo...I little bit nervous about it. I think it is bright and vibrant and perfectly cheery!

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Hello Blossoms Card

This is my Hello Blossoms Card. I love the colors in this card. It is one of my favorite color pallets. And, I got to use a new technique when I made it. I got to use the Shaving Cream and Ink Refill Drops technique. It is a fantastic technique that allows you to be able to take white card stock and make your own patterns on it.

Every time I see this card I think of the song Hello by Martin Solveig and Dragonette. I don't know why. It just reminds me of that song. And, now that song reminds me of this card. I actually considered using a clip of that song for this video. But, copyright laws and all that jazz, had me leaving it out.

Cupcake Card

This is my Cupcake Card. I made this using the Simple Birthday Thanks stamp. It is a large stamp you can color and decorate, and it has wording on it with lines made specifically to make it easy for a person to send a Thank You card. I just stamped the outlined cupcake down and cut the image out into 2 pieces to make it more of a 3D card. There is another card very similar to this one in the Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog. But, the cool thing is that I hadn't seen it for almost a year. I didn't remember exactly what kind of decorations were on the one in the catalog so, upon finishing mine, I found the one in the catalog again and, I am surprised at how similar the two are. We crafters are a like-minded group.

Wrap Around Card with Vellum

This is my Wrap Around Card with Vellum. There is a card somewhat similar to mine in the new 2011-2012 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. I really did change mine in reinterpretation. I re sized the inside from what was in the IB&C. I used Vellum while the one in the catalog used card stock. For a while, I have felt like I wasn't so much creative as just good at seeing and copying. Now I realize that, every card we all make has elements from someone else's work. It is just how you apply those elements in your own work and creations that makes a piece truly your own. And, I feel that is what I have done here. I did make this my own and, I'm really proud of it.

Step Ladder Card

This is my Step Ladder Card. I got the basic layout from another Stampin' Up! demonstrator and, I just re-interpreted it a bit. I love it. It is really kind of simple to make. It's versatile. And, I have found that people really like the 3 dimensional cards.

I actually made two of these. One is for a neighbor who brought my dog some treats and a handmade card that her daughter drew for him, after his surgery on his hip. The second one I made is for my Vet. My dog was such a mess. He had lost a lot of muscle. He was really only using his 3 other limbs. He is 10 years old and has some problem with his liver that we can't quite figure out. But, my Vet has been great with him. He has worked with us to help his liver. It isn't great but, it is so much better than it was a year and a half ago. And, now he probably gave Frizbee (my dog) another year or more of life by repairing his leg.

So, I really wanted to make something to show my appreciation for the kindnesses of my neighbor and my Vet on behalf of my healing and feeling better 4 legged fur ball.

Shaving Cream/Re-inking Drops Paper Pattern Technique

This is fun! I learned this yesterday on Stamp TV on YouTube. Using shaving cream and re-inkers, you can create your own patterned paper. Have fun making your own patterns!

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Bird Feeder - Part I

This is one of my favorite things to make. You can either make it as a Gift Box before cutting the hole in it, or turn it into a Bird Feeder. It is a labor of love as it takes awhile to make and finish but, it is so fun to make!

Bird Feeder - Part II

This is Part II of my 3 part video. I tried to edit it down as much as I could but, it is really difficult to do a short tutorial without properly showing people how to make it.

Bird Feeder - Part III

And finally...part III. I hope you enjoyed it. Happy Stamping!

So Exciting...

Today I got an email from a friend who has decided to hang up her Stampin' Up! hat and has offered me the opportunity to take over for her clientele. I'm so thrilled! I can't wait to get started! She has a monthly stamp club that she demonstrates for and I will be taking that over. I have only taught one person, in person and I loved it. It was so much fun to teach my friend how to make a card that she could duplicate and give to one of her relatives as a pack of Thank You cards. I never considered myself much of a teacher but have been told that I would make a good one. Now may be my chance! So, fingers crossed for me that this works out and that I get to share my passion with a group of others with a passion for crafting!

Another Envelope

I decided to record another envelope to see if I could take less time and make fewer goofs. So, I recorded it and, wouldn't you know it, the timing was almost flawless, I made few goofs but, the camera quit right at the end. But, I am the girl who loves to try to make lemon-ade out of lemons so, I figured out how to add a still shot of my work at the end and, while it didn't perfect anything by any stretch of the imagination, it did fix it a bit and, if for no other reason than the fact that I learned something in the editing process of this video, I am a little proud of it!

The only other mistake I made was in saying that you should clip the one piece off at the 1/2" and 4 1/2" score lines. I verbally made the correction later in the video...after I said it something like 3 times. So, you need to clip those pieces off at the 1/2" to 4 1/4" score lines. Sorry for the misinformation. I hope that none of you did exactly what I said and screwed it up as a result.

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Envelope

I love to make envelopes to coordinate with my cards. I think it adds something even more special when everything but the postage stamp is handmade with love and care. I made another envelope video but, it cut off at the end so, I am debating posting it. I would love to re-shoot the last minute, give or take, of the piece but, I can't break it apart and reassemble without compromising the entire piece so, we'll see. I'm still learning the editing process and would love to add a text near the end apologizing for it cutting off. It was a much better video with zero editing necessary so, it's a shame to let it go to waste. Perhaps I'll just video another one in the future and post that one.

Anyway, until next time...Happy Stamping!

Post-it Cube Holder

This is something I am extremely proud of. I am not great with innovation. When it comes to my cards and crafts, I grab inspiration from what others have done. I do little adaptations here and there and incorporate learned techniques into pieces down the road. But, with this particular project, I actually came up with it on my own. It is inspired by the idea of a pretty way to dress up Post-it pads. I saw videos done by others but, I adapted and changed them to make one that is my own recipe.

Anyway, I'm in the process of learning how to edit my crafting videos. They're really messy and, perhaps some day, I will make my videos as seamless as those of the crafting videos I have seen posted. But, until then...enjoy this one. I hope I am able to teach you something and be of some sort of inspiration as others have been to me!

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My First Project

This is my first Stamping video. I am a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and have been since August of 2010. So, I guess you can say I am still a bit of a newbie. I got this idea from Dawn5377 on YouTube, a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator who never ceases to inspire me...Hi Dawn! I'm super sorry for all the choppy work, for the many frames in which my work was off-camera, and for the general poor camera work but, as I said, this is my first. I hope you like it.

If you have questions, and I know there are bound to be some, please ask me anything. I neglected to give you the measurements of all the pieces. So, I will do that here:



The ribbon, from Michael's, is about 7 3/4"
The brown piece is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
The greenish blue piece on top of the brown piece is 3 1/4" x 2 1/4"
The Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla piece that sits on top of the greenish blue piece is 3" x 2"

I'm sorry that I made this into two videos. My original intention was to put it up on YouTube but, as for right now, I am having a hard time cutting it down to 10 minutes, which is a requirement for me to post it on there. I trimmed it by making the inside a separate video. I also trimmed a lot of it in my original editing but, before I trimmed it to a second part, it was over 20 minutes long. I may still trim it down to put on YouTube. We'll have to see.

Stay tuned for another video...maybe tomorrow...of a project that is all my own.

Until then...Happy Stamping!

Part II

This is the second part of my first video. I couldn't fit it all on one video so, I had to divide it up. This is the inside of the card. Enjoy and Happy Stamping!