Stampin With Jan

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Petite Petals Challenge

It's Thursday and time for the DOstampers challenge for the week. This weeks challenge is a picture challenge. Love - Love this one! The picture has such bold colors, which is right up my alley. With the cold weather that we are having here in MN, this gives us hope that it will be Spring soon!!

I do have to Thank Glenda Collins for the great layout! I had cased the layout from a card that she did.

When I saw the picture for the challenge this week I knew exactly what stamp set I wanted to use and the color scheme that I was using. This one was an easy one for me. Petite Petals had to be used soon and this was my chance to use it. The Petite Petals stamp set and punch just came out in the Occasions Catalog. What is so great about this set you can now buy the Stamp set and the punch as a bundle and save 15%! How great is that!! Also in the picture above if you maybe asking yourself where did that twine come from??? Let me tell you can get it all FREE right now through Sale-A-Bration!!!! It can't get any better then that, can it!!

Also in this card you are going to see a few things that you haven't seen before. Why? Because they are new products from the Occasions Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. You have to check them both out. But...you really have to check out the FREE products you can get in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. You are not going to believe it!!

Below is a list of Stampin' Up! products that I used to create this cheerful master piece.

Cardstock and Ink

Melon Mambo 115320

Daffodil Delight 119683

Whisper White 100730

Gingham Garden DSP 129310

Stamp Sets

Simply Celebrate Clear Mount 133224 / Wood 133221

Petite Petal Clear Mount 133155 / Wood 133152

Remember you can Save 15% by buying the punch at the same time!

Clear Mount 134822 / Wood 134821

Accessories

Big Shot 113439

Decorative Dots Impressions Folder (FREE Item in Sale-A-Bration) 133520

Pearl Basic Jewels 119247

Petite Petals Punch 133322

You are more than WELCOME to join in on the fun of the DOstampers Thursday Challenges. If you do participate please let me know your link to your post and I will post it here with the rest of the DOstampers links.

Connie: http://www.cpstamping.blogspot.com

Miriam: http://mstampinwithyou.blogspot.com

Dawn: http://dostamping.typepad.com

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Going for the Gold!

Let's get the gold!

With the Olympics starting tomorrow night, what a perfect card to get the excitement going! Who doesn't want the gold!!!

I have to thank Stampin' Up! for the card today. This is cased from page 90 in the Annual catalog. I made a change or two, hope you like it. I am starting to fall in love with the new Silver and Gold products that Stampin' Up! is coming out with. They have added Washi Tape , Ribbon and more in the Occasion Catalog that is out. If you haven't checked out the catalog yet...what are you waiting for?!?! Also they have come out with a Card kit "Good as Gold", that you can get FREE in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog when you order $50.00 in product. There are so many FREE products in the Sale-A-Bration catalog that you are going to want!

The products that I used for this card is as follows:

Cardstock and Ink:
Gold Foil Sheet Item# 132622
Night of Navy 100867
Whisper White 100730
Pacific Point Ink 126951
Crushed Curry Ink 131173

Stamp Sets:
Regarding Dahlias Clear Mount 130327
Gorgeous Grunge (One of my Favorites!) Clear 130517

Accessories:

Aqua Painter
Water Wonder Washi Tape (NEW)

Occasion Catalog

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Don't forget about Sale-A-Bration that is going on now!!

Happy Stamping!

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Starburst Sketch Challenge

Every Thursday the DOstampers are doing challenges. They are Sketch, color and picture challenges. This week it is a sketch challenge as you can see above. You can also join in on the fun!! If you do decide to participate, let me know and I will post a link of your creations that you have done. I will also be posting links to all the DOstampers that are participating in the sketch challenge today.

Starburst Saying's can't go wrong!!

The other day I just got another one of those Stampin' Up! boxes from the guy that wears Brown. LOL I was so excited to use something from that box, of course it was full of products from the new Occasions Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. If you haven't checked either of these out.....YOU MUST!! They are so many NEW products that you are going to LOVE!

So from my box of goodies I decided to use the Starburst Sayings stamp set. The best part of using this set is that there are Framelits that you can get to cut them out. And of course you can save 15% when you buy both of these in a bundle. How great is that!! I also wanted to make it more of a manly card. This is a challenge for me in itself. What do you think about Chevron Ribbon?!?! I love it! You really can't go wrong with a Chevron pattern these days. This ribbon is new in the Occasions Catalog. I used the Chevron Embossing folder for the Soft Suede piece of cardstock. Below is a list of products that I used on this card.

Cardstock and Ink

Pool Party 122924

Whisper White 100730

Crumb Cake 120953

Daffodil Delight 119683

Soft Suede 115318

Pool Party Ink 126982

Stamp Set

Starburst Sayings Clear 133185 / Wood 133182

Accessories

Vintage Trinkets 118764

Natural Chevron Ribbon 132982

Big Shot 113439

Starburst Framelits 132967

Bundle with Stamp Set and Save

Clear 134818 / Wood 134817

Come and join us for Challenge Thursdays!!!

Mariam:

http://mstampinwithyou.blogspot.com

Connie:

http://www.cpstamping.blogspot.com

Dawn:
http://dostamping.typepad.com

Robyn:
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/robynsroost/blog?

I will continue to add the DOstampers that are participating as they post.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Minion Birthday Card

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS LITTLE MAN!!!

This is my Grandson Carson.

It was his birthday recently and he turned 8 yrs old! He has been through allot the last couple of years and has been a trooper through it all. It has made him grow up a little faster then most his age, but he has grown into such a little man. In this picture he is eating a Chocolate cover Strawberry that I had sent to him on his birthday. He LOVE' EM!!

Below is one of his favorite characters from the Despicable Me Movies. He loves these movies!!! I do have to give credit to Gill Prescott for the card. She did an awesome card!! When I saw it, I had to case it for Carson.

How adorable is he!!!

This Minion was so much fun to make. I love punch art to begin with. So making this for Carson was exciting. Hope you enjoy him as much as I did.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Picture Challenge

Our group, the DOstampers, are doing challenges every Thursday. We have a very talented group of ladies!! If you would like to join us for some fun and creativity you are more then Welcome. If you do join us, please send me a link to your post so I can post it here. I will also post links to the DOstampers that are participating in the challenge.

Love - Love the Ampersand Embossing Folder!!

So with the picture challenge we are to look at the photo and create a card from something that we have taken away from the photo. With this photo it was very easy to know what I was going to do. With Valentine's Day coming soon and the hearts in the photo = Valentine's! As I sat down to come up with the above card, I started to think of all the people that I have in my life that I love and cherish. WOW!!! I better get going and start making those Valentine's cards!!

In this card I used Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White cardstock. I really like these colors together, the black makes it all pop! The Ampersand Embossing folder is NEW, you can find it in the newest Occasions Catalog. As always....Stampin' Up! has out done themselves again with this catalog. The stamp sets that I used are also in the new catalog. They are called "Language of Love" and "Perfect Pennants". With the Perfect Pennants stamp set you can bundle it with the framlits and SAVE!

Perfect Pennants Bundle

Clear Mount 134816

Wood Mount 134815

The thing that I like best about the bundles are that you can stamp your images and then go to your Big Shot and cut it out with the framelits. How easy is that!! No more cutting out your images, you know how time consuming that is! This is just as easy as punching out your images. You really have to check out all the bundles that Stampin' Up! is offering. There are 7 NEW Bundles just in the new Occasions Catalog.

Here are a few DOstampers that are playing along with the Challenge.

Linda Kaufman:
http://lindaksstampinpage.blogspot.com/2014/01/dostampersstars-Thursday-challenge.html

Cindy Techlin:
http://www.stampinaninktrail.blogspot.com/2014/01/home-sweet-home-stars-challenge.html

Connie Plaumann:
http://www.cpstamping.blogspot.com/2014/01/dostamperstars-065.html

Miriam Bollinger:
http://mstampinwithyou.blogspot.com/2014/01/dostampers-star-065-best-of-flower.html

Dawn Olchefske: http://dostamping.typepad.com/dostamping_with_dawn/2014/01/thursday-challenge-dsc063-vivid-vases.html

I will add more as they get their posts up, so make sure you check back!

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Resist Embossing Technique

Love this Technique!!

Using the Festive Flurry snowflake stamp set with this technique is wonderful and so graceful looking. The Island Indigo ink with the white snowflakes really make the snowflakes pop! Above you will see 2 cards that I did with this technique. Why, you ask??? I did this for my Technique Club and couldn't decide which one I liked better.

This is the one that I decided to use for the club.

I decided to use this one because it was so clean cut and simply but yet elegant. My club members loved it! I know this technique has been around for awhile, but I have some newer stampers in my club and it is nice to show them the older but yet fabulous techniques. Another thing that I believe makes the card is the Silver Glimmer cardstock. Always have to have some bling!

I do still love how this one turned out.

Another thing that is so great about the Festive Flurry stamp set is that you can buy it in a bundle with the Festive Flurry Framelits. NO cutting out the snowflakes by hand!!!! Love that Stampin' Up! is coming out with a lot more bundles.

Products that I used on the 1st card are:

Cardstock and inks: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Glimmer Silver and Versamark ink.

Stamp Sets: Festive Flurry and Warmth & Wonder.

Accessories: Heat Tool, White Embossing powder, Embossing Buddy and Sponge Dauber.

Technique Club Information

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