Set of Cards made with Sale-A-Bration items.

Good Morning My Stamping Friends,  Its a gorgeous morning here and I'm finally getting a minute to sit down and work on my blog. Today one of my goals is to write several blog posts and schedule them for posting this week.

Anyway, today I'm going to show you some cards I made last week. My niece and nephew's school (The Pine School in Hobe Sound and Stuart, FL) was hosting a fundraiser auction and I donated some of the Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration products that I had in my studio from last year's event.  I donated a pack of designer series paper, the coordinating stamp set and the accessories (ribbons and brads) that went along with them.  Since the winner might be a brand new crafter I decided to create a simple set of 6 cards and coordinating envelopes so the bidders could see what they could make with the products they'll win. Here are some of the cards I came up with.

I thought they came out pretty cute and they were so simple to make. Today after the shelves get installed in my new stampin' studio (more info on that later) I plan to sit down with the stamp set (Madison Avenue), coordinating designer series paper (Sycamore Street) and accessories (Sycamore Street ribbons and buttons) from this year's Sale-A-Bration event and create another set of cards and envelopes and I plan to post them later this week. Have you seen the FREE items you can earn during Sale-A-Bration this year? Check them out by clicking here. Since Sale-A-Bration ends on March 22nd, you only have about 3 weeks left to get these products for FREE and then you'll have to say goodbye to them!

So, earlier in my post I mentioned my new stampin' studio and I did share a preview photo or two on my facebook page (www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen) but this week I'm hoping to be able to take photos of the completed new space and show you all what I've done....that is, as long as the shelves get finished today, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

Enjoy a wonderful day and I'll post more photos this week.

Rose-Ellen

Thinking of You layout challenge with Stampin' Up!'s Secret Garden and Print Poetry DSP stack

Hello there My Stamping Friends!! I was in a bit of a stamping slump the other day and it seemed like nothing I made was 'working' for me. I guess my mind was less on stamping and more on my almost-done stamp space. So, I gave up went to facebook to see what my friends were up to and the first post I saw was from SUDSOL and it was a layout challenge. That was as good a place as any to start so I went back to my desk and used that layout challenge and ended up a card that looked like ......

Its my floral Thinking Of You card. I know you can't see how glittery and shimmery it is in this photo so I tried to take a side view photo so you can get an idea.

What do you think? Its not 100% my style per se, but I do really like it and it got me out of my stamping slump. And with the card done I could get to work on cleaning, moving, reorganizing my stamping space.  If I hadn't mentioned, I'm taking over our 12x25 basement as my stamping area. I'm sooooo excited about it and even though today it still looks like a wreck I know that we'll be having stamp club in there THIS WEEKEND so I've got to get some serious work done. My work desk has been installed. I have a station for my Big Shots (just need to get some shelves for all my dies) and my Stampin' Score tools, and a cutting station for when I'm prepping for my bigger events (speaking of which, the next Crop Weekend at the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department is February 22 & 23. The registration form and list of optional classes are posted on the website www.dlvfrd.org  and the date for my Open House will be posted soon). In my new space I have room for tables and chairs for my stamping friends, but I have to go pick them out and purchase them. Yikes, so much more to do.

Anyway, enough about that. For this project I used, the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper stack, Secret Garden, circle punch, blender pen, midnight muse ink, basic pearls, a retired eyelet border punch, shimmer paint and stampin' spritzer,

Have you been in a stamping slump before? How did you get out of it?

Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Beehive using Honeycomb embossing folder and Collage Curios

Greetings My Stamping Friends, I'm just buzzin' by to share with you my version of one of my favorite cards from  the 2013 Stampin' Up! Leadership conference. I saw the card standing on a table by the display boards and I wish I could share with you the name of the original creator but I wasn't able to see the back of the card. If you made the original let me know and I'll give you credit here. 

Isn't this a fantastic idea?!?!  I started with a summer starfruit card base and a very vanilla layer. I cut a piece of chocolate chip with the framelits ovals collection and then ran it through the Big Shot using the Honeycomb embossing folder. After I punched a hole for the bee I stamped the bee in the opening and stamped a few more around the vanilla layer. Next I attached the beehive and ran some retired hemp twine (hopefully when done with my stamp room makeover I can find my linen thread) around my vanilla layer. I ran my silver soda pop top through the Big Shot to flatten it a bit and added a layer of summer starfruit and a 'Be Mine' sentiment. 

What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know. 

3x3 Valentine cards and treat bag using fabulous Stampin' Up stamps, ink, card stock and DSP

Are you looking for a little inspiration for Valentine cards and treat holders for your child to give out to classmates or teachers? I LOVE to make 3x3 cards an treat bag tippers at this time of year. Here are the projects we made at my Mom and Me class on Saturday. Enjoy!

Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference 2013 - My Paper Pumpkin monthly kit program and Dude, You're Welcome kit details

My Stamping Friends, I want to share with you that the Stampin' Up! Leadership 2013 was sooooo much fun. I wish you were all there with me but since you couldn't be, I'll post some highlights (not in any specific order).

Stampin' Up! announced the My Paper Pumpkin program which is a new monthly kit program that anyone can enjoy. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. You'll get a unique surprise kit with a project - cards, journals, decor and more. We've even color-coordinated, measured and cut everything for you!  Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper and accessories - everything but adhesive. Its so easy to get started. You can find out  more information and sign up for the program by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and in just a few moments you'll be waiting for your first kit to arrive.  When you sign up, please make sure to choose me as your demonstrator so I can follow up with you on your projects and so I can help you with any of your questions about the program.

Dude, You're Welcome!
We're excited to introduce our new, very manly stamping kit: the Dude, You're Welcome! kit.
Guys don't always have the easiest time expressing themselves, but with the Dude, You're Welcome! kit, they'll have

• Four wood-mount stamps (double-mounted) with the perfect sentiment for every occasion
• Twelve 4" x 6" postcards in four different (manly) colors
• Twelve gray envelopes
• A Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad
• An instructional guide (for the most novice stamper!)

Basically, the kit includes everything a dude needs to create the perfect manly card that any woman would adore, all packaged in an appropriately masculine box.

You can check this out and order this through my online store here. Just search for item number 132807 ($24.95 US).  Before you do that, check out this video from Stampin' Up!

Isn't that fantastic . Can you think of all the guys that need this just in time for Valentines Day? I can!

Have a fabulous day.
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Holiday cards and Christmas Projects for 2012 (part three)

Greetings My Stamping Friends,

I'm finally getting to share a spinner card I made several weeks ago. I used the Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and the Holiday Ornaments framelits die. The sentiment is from More Merry Messages and I used the tree from Lovely as a Tree as the branch. There is a small piece of thread (or you can use fishing line) to get the ornament to 'float' in the opening. Before you close the card you should spin the ornament and close the card quickly.  That way, when the receiver actually opens the card, the ornament will spin for them. It definately gets lots of Ooohs and Aaahs.

 

Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and the Holiday Ornaments framelits die. The sentiment is from More Merry Messages and I used the tree from Lovely as a Tree as the branch.

 

Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and the Holiday Ornaments framelits die. The sentiment
 is from More Merry Messages and I used the tree from Lovely as a Tree as the branch.

 

A joyful wreath card made with the Holiday Frame embossing folder and the coredinations card stock.
I used the JOY sentiment from the Joyous Celebrations stamp set from Stampin' Up!

 

Friendly gingerbread people made with the Scentsational Seasons stamp set. Their hearts were made with the owl builder punch and the scallop was cut with the scallop trim border punch.

 

 

A CASE using the pointesettias from the Watercolor Winter stamp set
and a sentiment from More Merry Messages.

I hope you enjoyed the final post of my holiday and Christmas cards from 2012. Now I can move on to all the exciting things going on in Orlando, FL for the Stampin' Up! leadership meeting. Can't wait to share all the fun things that are starting tomorrow at check in. 

Stay Tuned,
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Holiday cards and Christmas Projects for 2012 (part two)

Howdy Stampin' Friends, Here are a few more of my Stampin' Up! Christmas and Holiday projects.

Stampin' Up!'s Come to Bethlehem on crumbcake, a layer of midnight muse cut with the
 labels collection  framelits for the Big Shot, and layered on crumb cake that was run through
 the Big Shot with the fancy fan embossing folder.

 

A Christmas ornament stamped with the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and cut with
Holiday Ornaments framelits dies. The ornament is hanging from a branch made with Lovely as a Tree.
The sentiment is from More Merry Messages.

 

A snowman giftbag made with the Top Note die and punches.

 

A string of holiday ornaments stamped with the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and cut out on the
 Big Shot with Holiday Ornaments framelits dies. The ornaments are hanging from bakers twine
and the sentiment is from More Merry Messages.

 

A snowman gift tag made with lots of different punches and
 inspired from something I saw on Pinterest.

 

Enjoy,
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Holiday cards and Christmas Projects for 2012

Happy New Year to all my Stamping Friends,   I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season full of friends, family and fun.

My little family got to spend several wonderful days with my sister and her family on her farm in West Virginia. We hiked, rode ATVs and my girls even got to go skiing for the first time. That was exhausting but sooooo much fun.

Anyway, since then I've been keeping busy by working on my presentation for the Stampin' Up! Leadership gathering in Orlando and sample projects for my display board that will be right outside my classroom, gifts for some friends and of course, general swaps for while I'm there. I'll post photos of all these things once I'm in Orlando. Speaking of Leadership in Orlando, I'll be emailing photos to my blog and to my facebook page (Stampin' Up! with Rose-Ellen) and to twitter ( @REEastman ) while I'm there so check back often to stay up on the latest scoop. I just know that Shelli will have an exciting announcement while we're there. I mean, its the 25th anniversary and all so there is bound to be something, right? Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you that you'll also be able to 'be with me' for my very first Managers Reception!! I'll DEFINITELY be posting all about that because its going to be soooooooooo much fun!

Well, before I fill my blog with postings about the 2013 Stampin' Up! Leadership in Orlando, Florida, I thought I'd share with you the last of my Christmas and Holiday projects. I have quite a few to catch you up on so I'm going to have to split this into a few posts.

Christmas wreath made with Stampin' Up!'s Daydream Medallion and a sentiment from Snowflake Soiree #127925

 

JOY card made with Joyous Celebrations #128066, Silver Glimmer Paper # and the Holiday Frame textured embossing folder #127820 on
a midnight muse base card; all from Stampin' Up!

 

CASEd Glimmer Snowflake card using the Snow Flurry Bigz Die and the Northern Flurry embossing folder
 for the Big Shot, Silver, Red and Champage Glimmer paper, Semtiments from Snowflake Soiree and
Lleno de Alegria (the spanish language stamp set for Chock-Full of Cheer) and finsihed off with basic pearls and basic rhinestones all from Stampin' Up!

 

A fun ornament card made with Stampin' Up!'s Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and coordinating
framelits dies Holiday Ornaments, for the big shot and a sentiment from Snowflake Soiree

 

Magic Reindeer Food that I made for one of my craft shows. Made with Jolly Bingo Bits and a
basic rhinestone colored with a red sharpie. The sentiment is from Chock-Full of Cheer

 

The poem from the Magic Reindeer Food that I made for one of my craft shows. Made with Jolly Bingo Bits
 and a basic rhinestone colored with a red sharpie. The sentiment is from Chock-Full of Cheer

 

 

 

Snowman Candy Holder using Stylin' Snowfolk from Stampin' Up! and my Big Shot

Good Morning My Stamping Friends! 

I'm stopping in to share another little project I made to sell at my Stampin' Up! booth at the craft fairs this season. These cute little snowman candy holders are just perfect for leaving a little treat for a school teacher, mail carrier, bus driver, Mr. Brown (ha ha ha ....for all the non-demos reading this, that means the UPS Man), pet sitter, Sunday School teacher, bank teller or grocery store worker. They are so easy to make you can share one with everybody.

I recently joined Pinterest and this was something I saw on there that I just had to duplicate. I used the Two Tags die and my Big Shot for the snowman base and I used the modern label punch and the curly label punch for his hat. To make the snowman face and the buttons on his belly I pulled out my Stylin' Snowfolk stamp set. I finished him off with a 3/8 inch stitched satin ribbon in gumball green as his scarf, stuck the kit-kats inside and sealed it up.  It was so easy to make. Give it a try!

Rose-Ellen

Gift Card Holders using Scentsational Seasons, Watercolor Winter and Jolly Bingo Bits from Stampin' Up!

Well, I was on a roll with my personal blog challenge of posting every weekday in December but that all went kaflooey when one of my little lassies got a tummy bug for TWO FULL DAYS which brought us to the pediatricians and then to the ER. Poor girl was so sick. She is all better now but everyday life seemed to take over (meaning: making things to sell at craft fairs, showing all my Hispanic friends at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Holiday Party how to stamp with all our wonderful Stampin' Up! products - photos of that coming soon - a belated anniversary celebration of sharing a delicious dinner and theatre tickets with my in-laws, my oldest daughter's school band concert, Holiday parties and oh yeah, several days of NO EMAIL since I use cox.net and their whole system across the US was down! Whew thats a lot of stuff. ) . Soooo, my challenge has changed a little bit but the end result will still be the same for you. Instead of posting every weekday in December, I'm going to post 21 times this month (which equals out to one post every weekday in December). This means that I'll be posting more than once a day so come visit often and you'll see lots of Christmas stuff that I've been working on.

One thing I worked on this week was fulfilling some orders I received at a craft show. I made gift tags, candy holders and gift card holders. The gift card holders were so much fun. I made lots of different kinds as you can see. I used Scentsational Seasons, Watercolor Winter and Jolly Bingo Bits from Stampin' Up! for the gift card holders pictured here.

 

Gift Card holders using Scentsational Seasons, Watercolor Winter
and Jolly Bingo Bits from Stampin' Up!

I even made my own designer series cardstock. I needed the thickness of the cardstock but wanted the look of Designer Series Paper so I just went ahead and made my own. Sooooo much fun. You can do 'random stamping' like I did on the Christmas Tree or pointsettia cardstock, or you can so a specific pattern like I did on the candy cane, gingerbread man and hot cocoa cardstock.  So, which one is your favorite? Oh, if you're trying to copy mine exactly, keep in mind that in this photo my cardstock is already cut to the size I needed for this project.

Designer Series Cardstock handmade using Scentsational Seasons,
and Watercolor Winter from Stampin' Up!

Here is a photo of the inside of the project. I attached a folded envelope (which created two pockets) to the inside of my hand stamped designer series cardstock. In the pockets I placed two little decorated blank cards where you could write a note and attach a gift card. I finished it off with a belly band to keep everything inside.

Inside view of the Gift Card holders using
Watercolor Winter from Stampin' Up!

These alwasy get a great reaction for the person that receives them. Hope you enjoy.

Rose-Ellen

Fussy Cut Watercolor Winter Christmas Card with More Merry Messages from Stampin' Up!

Hello there My Stamping Friends, I'm keeping up with my December Daily Posting Challenge so today I'm sharing a card I made using the Watercolor Winter and the More Merry Messasges stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

Watercolor Winter Fussy Cut with More Merry Messages by Stampin' Up!

I really enjoyed making this card because it was so fun, simple, quick and gets a big reaction when you give it away.  I started with half a sheet of confetti cream cardstock and stamped several pointsettia's from Watercolor Winter, along the short edge (making sure that you could see the whole flower along the right side of the cardstock). I stamped the outline of the pointsettia in cherry cobbler and the inside of the petals in real red. Once those were stamped I grabbed my snips and cut along the outside edge of the pointsettias (hence the name 'fussy cutting').

Watercolor Winter Fussy Cut with More Merry Messages by Stampin' Up! inside view

Next I chose a sentiment from More Merry Messages and stamped that in the 'center' of the front of the card. Once the sentiment was stamped I could stamp the rest of the pointsettias to frame the sentiment. Next I used gumball green and old olive to stamp the pine branches just on the edge of the inside of the card so you could still see it when the card was closed.

The cutting is what took the most time and I'd say that took less than a minute. The whole card took probably 5 minutes and I really like how it came out. So, what do you think? Leave some love in the comment section of my blog. I can't tell you how you all brighten my day by leaving such nice notes.

Have a super fantastic day,
Rose-Ellen

Gingerbread Man Spinner card using Scentsational Seasons from Stampin' Up!

Happy December My Stamping Friends! I LOVE this time of year, its getting colder outside (well, not today since its heading to 70 degrees in Northern VA!) and the anticipation of Christmas is so much fun. I LOVE making Christmas cards and sending them off to friends and family.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my stamp club this month. Its a Spinner Card made with the gingerbread man from Scentsational Seasons stamp set from Stampin' Up!.

Gingerbread man penny spinner card using Scentsational Season stamp set,
Holiday Collection framelits dies, Big Shot and colored Basic Rhinestones

My card base is gumball green and I used the Stampin' Up! Be of Good Cheer designer series paper for the first layer. I used a layer of very vanilla and then added a layer of cherry cobbler on dimensionals to give it some lift (in order to make the gingerbread man spin, more on that later on). I stamped the sentiment from the Come to Bethlehem stamp set. On a seperate piece of very vanilla cardstock, I stamped the gingerbread man from Scentsational Seasons and cut him out using the coordinating Holiday Collection framelits dies and my Big Shot.

To make the gingerbread man spin, I stuck two pennies together using a dimensional and slid that on the 'track' I punched out with my word window punch. Then I used a dimensional to attach the gingerbread man to the penny stack and away he went. I think this photo might help explain what I just tried to describe.

Close up of the penny spinner for the Gingerbread man penny spinner card using Scentsational
Season stamp set, Holiday Collection framelits dies, Big Shot and colored Basic Rhinestones

I topped my gingerbread man off with some basic rhinestones colored with a red sharpie marker (did you know you can color the Stampin' Up! basic rhinestones with sharpie markers??) and I stuck them where his buttons were. Since the rhinestones have a sticky back, they were so easy to add.

The card took less than 10 minutes to make and is a big WOW for kids and adults that haven't see a card spin before. Give it a try and let me know what you end up with. I'd love to check out your creations. Meanwhile, leave some love in the comment section on my blog. It always makes my day.

Make sure you come back tomorrow because I have challenged myself to post at least every week day in December. Lets see how I do.

And don't forget that the last day to purchase supplies from the current Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog is January 2, 2013. If you want your goodies to arrive as a Christmas gift for someone, you should order before Dec 12th, but keep in mind that holiday shipping volumes are high at this time of year and you might want to consider ordering earlier than Dec 12th.

Have a super day today,
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza and Door Buster Sales (Big Shot, Doctors Bag, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate)

The Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza promotion is our biggest online sale of the year! We want to make it easier for you to get your shopping done without waiting on lines or even leaving the house. We’ll have items on sale anywhere from 20% to 50% off ...from November 19th through November 28th.

 

 

In addition, there will be three products at 20% off for 24-hours only (midnight MT through 11:50 MT) on both the first and last days of the Online Extraviganza – our very own door buster! WOOT!!

Today’s door busters are:
Stampin' Up! Simply Scored Diagonal Plate (page 181 in the catalog) $9.56
Stampin' Up! The Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (page 186 in the catalog) $79.96
Stampin' Up!The Big Shot Doctor’s Bag (page 186 in the catalog) $55.96

 The doorbusters on November 28th are DIFFERENT than the doorbusters for today, so if you see something you want, get it today!

 You can shop on my website at www.RoseEllenEastman.StampinUp.net or send me an email at StampingWithRose-Ellen@cox.net or give me a call and I can place the order for you.

 

Have a fabulous day.

Rose-Ellen

 

Candy Cane Christmas card using Scentsational Season and More Merry Messages from Stampin' Up!

Happy NOVEMBER to My Stamping Friends!! I can't believe how time is flying by and Christmas is almost upon us. I know I haven't posted lately but I'll tell you that I HAVE been spending lots of time in the stamp room and lots of time at local craft fairs.

Today I'm sharing a quick and fun card from my November Holiday Stamp-A-Stack. This one was so simple and all my stamping friends loved it. I used the Scentsational Season and More Merry Messages from Stampin' Up!

Candy Cane Christmas Card using Scentsational Season and
More Merry Messages from Stampin' Up!

I started by using the Scallop Trim Border on both sides of the whisper white card stock layer. Then I used real red ink and stamped the candy cane image and the sentiment, centering that on the cardstock. I attached that layer to the card base and I was finished.

Give this simple card a try and see for yourself just how easy it is.

Leave some love in the comment section if you like the card. Happy comments always make my day.

Rose-Ellen