A Fall Birthday card using Stampin' Up!'s Core'dinations cardstock, Sanding System and the Big Shot

Wow, I can't believe it's been sooooo long since I've posted. The end of summer was so busy with my little lasses and traveling that I was just enjoying my time with them before they all went off to school.  But that doesn't mean I wasn't stamping....I just wasn't blogging. Now that they are all at school, I've been enjoying my time in my craft room and here I am to post a project from the other day.

Yesterday was my darling hubby's birthday and he had to go on a business trip. I only got to see him for a few moments that morning but I had to make sure he had a card before he left on his trip. So, I made this card and had the girls sign it for him before they went to bed just so it was ready and waiting for him in the morning.

Stampin' Up!'s Tweet Leaves and Core'dination card stock make a fantastic birthday card

So, what do you think? I started with a Stampin' Up! crumb cake base and a layer of the new Core'dinations card stock in Early Espresso. I ran that through the big shot using the new Woodgrain textured embossing folder. I sanded with the Stampin' Sanding Block and was completlely blown away by the awesome Core'dinations Dust Buddy as it picked up every piece of dust and debris I made using the sanding system. I then wrapped a piece of Pool Party Seam Binding around that layer. I went back to my beloved Big Shot and cut out the largest leaf using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die. I markered the Tweet Leaves stamp and put my image directly on the leaf that I cut out and then I adhered it to the card layer with Stampin' Dimensionals. I finished up the card with a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes cut out and layered with the Word Window Punch and the Modern Label Punch.

My hubby loved the card. What about you? Feel free to leave me some love in the comment section and then have a fantastic day.

Rose-Ellen

Faux Triple Time Stamping using Affection Collection stamp set and more from Stampin' Up!

Good Morning My Stamping Friends,  I've seen this Triple Time Stamping technique floating around for a while so I thought I'd give it a try. I made two cards (which I'll post soon) but they came out a little bulky and I wondered if it might cost extra to mail it. A few days ago I saw my card sitting on my desk next to my Big Shot and I got a fantastic idea....or at least I think its a fantastic idea. Today I finally got a chance to try out my idea and I sorta like the way it turned out.

For those that havent heard of the Triple Time Stamping technique I tracked it back to Dawn Olchefske so you can google the technique and see a few tutorial videos. For my FAUX Triple Time Stamping technique I wanted a similiar look with not so much bulk soooooooooo, I pulled out my handy dandy Big Shot and my Labels Collection Framelits. The photo below shows how I cut my frames.

Stampin' Up! Labels Collection Framelits

I used the smallest 4 framelits (the collection comes with 6) on a 1/4 sheet of black cardstock to make my 'layers'. Once I ran that through the Big Shot I had three frames (and a center piece). I used the largest and smallest of the black cardstock frames on my card. This eliminates the three layers but still has the same look so I'm calling it the FAUX Triple Time Stamping technique.

Stampin' Up! Affection Collection Faux Triple Time Stamping

To make the white layer of the card I cut a piece of whisper white cardstock with the 5th largest framelet (the one that is just a bit bigger than the one shown above). I used the new Stampin' Up! In Color inkpad called Raspberry Ripple along with Crumb Cake ink. The stamp set is the Affection Collection stamp set that I received FREE with my 2012 Convention Attendance. After I stamped and sponged my main card layer I used snail to adhere the two black frames. I added a few basic pearls to the image, added a sentiment using the Modern Label Punch and finished it up with a linen thread bow.

If you haven't seen the Affection Collection stamp set in your Catalog thats because its not there! It's in the BRAND NEW HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG and is available for purchase starting TODAY. If you didn't get your holiday mini catalog yet and would like one, send me an email or give me a call and I can get one in the mail to you. If you are like me and can't wait another second, click on the holiday mini catalog link on the right sidebar of my blog. You can place your order online 24/7 or contact me and I can place the order for you.

I'd love to hear what you think about the card and the technique so feel free to leave a comment. And you can follow me on facebook on my business page at Stampin' Up! with Rose-Ellen or on Twitter @REEastman .

Have a fantastic day,
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! gives you a great Reason to Smile for a few more days

Howdy My Stamping Friends,  Today I'm sharing a card I CASEd (Copy And Share Everything) straight from Stampin' Up! . I used the Reason to Smile stamp set that is only available for a few more days (till July 31st).

What do you think? It was so easy to make. I used Tangerine Tango as my base color and Pool Party, Tangerine Tango and Calypso Coral for the Two Step Stampin of the flowers. I used a retired punch, the Eyelet Border punch, because I thought it coordinated better with the polka dots on the very vanilla layer. Speaking of those polka dots, I made them with my Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and my Big Shot. A sentiment and little linen thread bow and the card is complete.

If you like the Reason to Smile stamp set, you are still able to get it for a few more days with the Reason to Smile promotion. The basics are that you can get the Reason to Smile stamp set for ONLY $5 till the end of July. Here is the flyer with all of the details.

You can place your order online at www.roseelleneastman.stampinup.net or you can call me and I'll place the order for you.

Have a wonderful day,
Rose-Ellen

Christmas in July - Create handmade Stampin' Up! holiday cards

It’s that time of year again. Time to start making your Holiday or Christmas Cards** so you can have them all ready to mail out in December.

In this Stampin' Up! Holiday Stamp-a-Stack class you will make 12 Christmas/Holiday cards** (4 cards each of 3 different designs). If you come to all 6 Christmas Card classes scheduled you’ll have 72 cards ready to be mailed in plenty of time to get to your loved ones by the holidays.

In this class each participant will get a bottle of Stampin' Up! Dazzling Details FREE to use on their projects and take the rest of the bottle home. The class fee is $20 and will be waived if a minimum order is placed at the event.

These classes fill up quickly so please RSVP early. RSVP by clicking here and going to my calendar page. If you can't make it this Wednesday, check out my calendar for the rest of the Stamp-A-Stack Holiday classes scheduled through December.

 ** You can feel free to leave the sentiment off the card and change them to general winter holiday cards. Sentiments will be available in English and in Spanish.

RSVP TODAY for this winter/holiday card class scheduled for this Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

Here is a sample of a holiday card (using the Chock-Full of Cheer stamp set) we could do at one of my Holiday Stamp-a-Stack events.

Stampin' Up! Christmas Card photo from Convention 2012 using Chock-Full of Cheer

Have a fantastic day and I hope to see you this Wednesday.

Rose-Ellen

End of School Teacher Gifts (Gift Cards, Punch Art Frog and Pencil Holder)

Wow, I can't believe its been so long since I've posted on my blog. June was a busy month around here with a graduating 6th grader, a graduating preschooler,  graduation parties, end of year parties for all the kids, camps starting, and much more. I did get to create some teacher gifts that I promised I'd share so here goes. Enjoy!
Our class decided to give a plant to our teachers and if we wanted to, we could give gift cards in decorated envelopes. The envelopes were put into the plant on floral wire and were supposed to look like flowers. I might have taken the theme literally, but they were so cute I couldn't stop, so several teachers got gift card envelopes like these.

 Here I used some retired Designer Series Paper and the retired 5 petal flower punch

 For this one I used retired Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper and the retired 5 petal flower punch

This set used the Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' Kit, the retired 5 petal flower punch, the retired fancy flower punch, the 1-3/4 scallop circle, the 1-1/4 circle and the 1/2 inch circle.

I used the scallop envelope die and the Big Shot to cut the envelopes. The envelopes are normally a little too small to fit a regular sized gift card so I folded the paper in half and left three scallops uncovered when I cut the paper.

This makes the envelope longer and voila, it now fits a gift card.

One of the teachers is very fond of frogs and she has a frog as her classroom mascot so of course I had to make her gift card envelopes frog themed.

Too cute, right??

My youngest was graduating preschool and she is going to a different elementary school than most of her classmates so she gave pencils to her classmates so they could start kindergarten with a memory of her. This is what we made for all her preschool classmates and teachers as a graduation gift. Pink for girls and blue for boys.

 I used the owl from the retired Stampin' Up! set called Go, Graduate and punched it out with the cirle and scallop circle punches. A little 1/8 taffeta daffodil delight ribbon and it was finished.

Today I'm stamping with my brand new goodies from the new Holiday Mini Catalog to create projects for my Christmas/Holiday Stamp a Stacks. I hold one of these each month starting in July and running through December. When you come to the class you'll make 12 cards (4 each of 3 different designs) and if you come to all the classes you'll have 72 cards ready to send out or give away just in time for the Christmas Holiday Season. The best part is that when you sign up for one of these classes you'll get product to use on your cards while you're here AND you get to take the rest home. The Christmas in July Stamp-a-Stack is going to feature Dazzling Details. You can take the bottle home and add some sparkle to any cards you already have or are about to make. Not a bad deal. Click here to check out my calendar of upcoming events and see which events you'd like to attend. And don't forget that the card sentiments can be stamped in English or Spanish if you'd like OR you can leave them blank and use them through out the season as Thank You or Thinking of You notes. So many options, so little time. I'll post some of the Holiday Cards this week so stay tuned by following my blog, liking my facebook page (Stampin' Up! with Rose-Ellen), following me on Twitter at @REEastman or signing up for my newsletter. You can email me with questions anytime at StampingWithRose-Ellen@cox.net

Hope you're having a wonderfully relaxing Sunday!
Rose-Ellen

Lego Birthday card using Itty Bitty Banners from Stampin' Up!

Hi there My Stamping Friends, I hope you're having a fantastic week. Ours has been packed! One thing we did was attend a birthday party last night for my daughter's classmate that was turning 5. He was having a lego themed party and I wanted to make him a card that fit his theme so I went to Stampin Connection (the demo only site full of ideas, samples and instructions) and found a lego card made by a fellow demonstrator named Teresa Hyde. I CASED it pretty closely since the colors and layout were perfect for what I needed, and I used Stampin' Up! Bitty Banners from Stampin' Up!.

So, what do you think? Next time I'll place the legos on the card before I do the shading with the gel pen, so I can make sure the shading all goes in the same direction.

Don't forget that today is the last day to shop from the current catalog and retiring list. You can shop online and get a discount by clicking here http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryid=736 Tomorrow (Friday) is the first day we can order from the new catalog.

Have a fantastic day.
Rose-Ellen

Musical Note cards for Teacher Apprecation Week using Stampin' Up! Music Notes Wheel

It was Teacher Appreciation Week in our area last week and that is our time to show all our teachers a little extra love. My daughter Samantha plays the clarinet, so I wanted to make sure that her music teacher was included on the list of teachers that received our Teacher Appreciation gifts. Since I know a lot of teachers, I know that they write a LOT of Thank You notes at the end of the school year so I thought I would make them some Stampin' Up! thank you notes. One of my other daughters, Jordan, takes piano lessons and when she saw me making the musical note cards  (get it, musical note....note cards....sometimes I crack myself up!!) and asked if I could make her a card to write out to her piano teacher. I'll share more of the teacher gifts over the next few posts but today I wanted to share the cards I made for the music teachers.

I'm having Samantha deliver the note cards to her clarinet teacher so unfortunatly I'll miss her reaction, but I was there when Jordan handed over her card to her piano teacher. She wrote him a note about how much she loved piano and how happy she was that HE was her teacher. It was very sweet; misspellings and all. And then, he raised himself up ANOTHER notch in her eyes. He actually sat down at the piano and played the music, or at least the parts he could see, from the front of the card and it sounded beautiful. I wish you could have been here (well, not really cause it would have been a packed room and my house isn't that big, but you know what I mean).

This is where I give KUDOS to Stampin' Up! They went out of their way to make sure that the Music Notes wheel had ACTUAL music on it. Imagine how embarrassing it could have been to have the teacher sit down and try to play some random notes that were just put there for 'looks'. I'm so impressed that once again Stampin' Up! is proving to be such a wonderful company.

For this project I used:
Crumb Cake cardstock
Very Vanilla cardstock
Crumb Cake ink
Chocolate Chip ink
Music Notes wheel
Sentiment Stamp from a retired set called Just A Note
circle punch
sponge (for an aged look)
3-1/4 x 3-1/4 mini envelopes
Big Shot
Top Note Die
Hand-Penned Holidays from the 2011-2012 Holiday Mini

I hope you enjoy the cards and feel free to leave a comment. I LOVE reading them. They really make my day.

Have a wonderful creative day!
Rose-Ellen

Betsy's Blossoms and Itty Bitty Banners by Stampin' Up!

I was so, so, so stinkin' excited to get my box of sneak peek goodies that I ordered from Stampin' Up! this week (an awesome benefit of being a demonstrator is that we get to order products one month before they are available to the public).I wish I could show you photos of all the products in my box of goodies, but at this point, I'm only allowed to show projects, not products.

I finally got a few minutes to stamp and play around for a bit on Sunday and here is what I came up with.

I had several frames that I picked up at a craft store years ago, sitting on my desk (honestly, they were waiting to go in the donation box) and as soon as I saw this wonderfully colorful Designer Series Paper from from the Floral District pack, I knew I had to alter the frame. I cut the

GOING, GOING, GONE!! Stampin' Up! Retiring Accessory List

Get them before they are gone! The Stampin' Up! retired accessories and Definitely Decorative (including Décor Elements) lists are now available and won't stay around for long--these items are only available while supplies last! And with discounts of up to 60% off, they won't last long!

When you look at the retired accessories list, you'll note that all of our Stampin' Pads are listed. This is for two reasons: (1) Craft Stampin' Pads will now only be available in black and white; and (2) we are introducing a new Firm Foam pad in our Classic Stampin' Pads with the 2012-2013 annual catalog.

The Firm Foam pads offer better ink coverage and, in turn, better stamped images.

In addition, please note the following about the new catalog:

• Only select Stampin' Write Markers will be available individually (Stampin' Write Markers in color collections will continue to be offered)
• 12" x 12" Textured Card Stock will no longer be offered
• 12" x 12" Smooth Card Stock will only be available in select individual colors and color collections

Please remember that these accessories are only available while supplies last (and they often sell out quickly). If you want something from this list you can call me or email me right away to let me know.

I am also attaching a link to the list of retiring stamp sets. You'll notice it's longer than in years past. During this transition to the new annual catalog, there are a higher number of stamps being refreshed and replaced than usual. While many stamps are going away, most are being replaced so that the breadth of our stamp lines is every bit as broad as ever!

***UPDATE***
Two items that were included on the Retiring Accessories List are not actually retiring. We have updated the lists to remove these items.

208	108360	Craft Scissors
208	103579	Paper Snips

Because these items were included in error, the Paper Snips will not be offered at a discounted price.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
***UPDATE***

The list of retiring accessories can be found here  PDF WHILE SUPPLIES LAST !!

The list of retiring Definately Decorative    PDF

The list of retiring stamp sets can be found here PDF

If you're thinking about joining Stampin' Up! as demonstrator to make income or to get a discount on the products you purchase, be sure to check out my post on our Starter Kit for $99.

I hope you have a fantastic day!!

Stampin' Up! Starter Kits for only $99 !!!

I'm excited to announce that beginning May 1, 2012, Stampin' Up! will be offering a fully customizable Starter Kit for new recruits at a new lower price of $99! This will give them the perfect start to their businesses--their way!

When a new demonstrator joins Stampin' Up!, the choice is hers to put together a kit with any of our current high-quality products--she can choose up to $125 worth of any Stampin' Up! products! She'll also receive a business supplies pack (valued at $65) to create a kit with a total value of $190 that still ships for FREE!

With the introduction of the new Starter Kit, new demonstrators will no longer have the option to purchase another kit or the add-ons. If you want to order the current kit option, you will need to place your order by 30 April 2012, 11:50 PM (MT).

You can order your starter kit on my website at www.roseelleneastman.stampinup.net by clicking on JOIN THE FUN.

I'd be happy to answer any questions you have so feel free to contact me here or via email at StampingWithRose-Ellen@cox.net

Fresh Vintage Sale-A-Bration sample

Today, March 31st, is the last day for Sale-A-Bration

Good Morning My Stamping Friends, I hope you've been enjoying a wonderful day so far.

I am writing to remind you that today, Saturday, March 31st, is the last day of our Sale-A-Bration promotion and therefore the last day to to receive a free gift with your $50 order. If you've been planning to place an order but never got around to it, today is the day. If you know you're going to need a lot of envelopes or whisper white card stock or snail over the next few months, you might want to go ahead and get it today and reap the rewards of a FREE item with every $50 purchase. If you purchase $150 in merchandise you wil get THREE FREE SAB items, $25 in hostess benefits and a FREE tote bag. If you enter orders that total over $400 you also get a bundle of all the items from pages 6 & 7 in the SAB catalog (this isn't available with online orders so call me to enter your order if you would like to take advantage of that gift).

You can view the catalogs by visiting my website at www.RoseEllenEastman.stampinup.net and clicking on products and then clicking on catalogs.

I also want to remind you that today is the last day to join my team and get the full starter kit for the amazing price of only $125. Tomorrow, April 1st, the price of the starter kit will return to $175. To be fair, I want to let you know that Stampin' Up mentioned at the Leadership conference in San Antonio in January that they are going to be looking at creative recruiting promotions in the future and they insinuated that they would be stepping back from discounting the starter kit. If you're considering joining, now might be the right time for you.  Another bit of information to consider about the current promotion is that you will get a FREE 12x12 pack of designer series paper OR a FREE digital download every month for the rest of the year! That's a great deal ! 

Of course you can place your orders or join my team via my website, but if you have any questions, I will be available to help you until 11:30 eastern time. 

Have a fantastic day, Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Bordering on Romace and Twitterpated Designer Paper Make and Take at the Crop

Good Morning My Stamping Friends, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was choc-full of stamping friends at my Stampin' Up! Scrapbooking and Card Making event on Friday and Saturday and then I spent Sunday afternoon putting my craft room back together (since I brought most of my tools with me to share with everyone at the crop). Ah, now its nice and clean and ready for me to make a stampin' mess.

Here is a peek at the Make and Take we did at the crop this weekend. What do you think?

Stampin' Up! Bordering on Romance & Tagtastic with Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
and pink rhinestones from the Blossom Builders Designer Printed kit

We used the Stampin' Up! Bordering on Romance stamp set and the Tagtastic Hostess stamp set along with the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper. If you click on the photo you should be able to enlarge it to see that we also used the pink rhinestones from the Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit in the center of the flowers. At the end of the post there is a list of everything you need to recreate this card.

All of the attendees at the crop received a welcome bag with Stampin' Up! goodies inside. In the bag they each got Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, a glue stick, dimensionals and some chocolates. Attached to the bag was a reusable gift tag also made with the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper.

Welcome Bag from the Scrapbooking and Card Making event to benefit the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Dept

Gift Tags made with Stampin' Up! Tagtastic stamp set and Twitterpated
Designer Series Paper and 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon

Just for being a guest at the event they were also gifted with a little envelope with some Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzaz 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon and some coordinating Twitterpated Designer Buttons.

Gift envelope for Scrapbooking and Card Making Event attendees made with
Stampin' Up! Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

Inside gift envelope with Stampin' Up! Pleated Ribbon and Twitterpated buttons

Everyone had a great time and most of them are able to join us for our next Scrapbooking and Card Making event scheduled for Friday, May 11th and Saturday, May 12th. This is Mothers Day Weekend so on top of everything else, we'll be spoiling all of our guests with lots more goodies such as gift certificates for facials, manicures and pedicures, and possibly even a massage. If you want to stay up to date on the latest news for that event, follow me on Facebook at Stampin' Up! with Rose-Ellen or on Twitter at @REEastman , or you can contact me to get a registration form.

Have a great day. I'm off to work on some cards for two upcoming events. If you're local check out my online calendar here and join us for an event.

Rose-Ellen


Card Supplies:
Stampin' Up! Bordering on Romance stamp set #125480 w & #125482 c 
Stampin' Up! Tagtastic stamp set #122745 w & #122747 c
Stampin' Up! Twitterpated Designer Series Paper #125406
Stampin' Up! Blushing Brider card stock #119796
Stampin' Up! Whisper White card stock #100730
Stampin' Up! 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon #114319
Stampin' Up! Pear Pizzaz & Blushing Bride Markers #119801 (5 piece set)
Stampin' Up! Baja Blue Marker #120965
Stampin' Up! Island Indigo Marker #123002 (5 piece set)
Stampin' Up! Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit (pink rhinestones) #125410
Stampin' Up! Large Oval Punch #119859
Stampin' Up! glue dots #103683
Stampin' Up! dimensionals #104430

Other Supplies
Stampin' Up! glue stick #104045
Stampin' Up! Pear Pizzaz 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon #125568
Stampin' Up! Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon #125569
Stampin' Up! Twitterpated Designer Buttons #125579
Stampin' Up! Big Shot #113439
Stampin' Up! Ovals Originals Die #114525

Stampin' Up! Outlined Occasions & Sprinkled Expressions Rainbow Cards

Good Morning My Stamping Friends, I hope you're having a fantastic day! I'm sitting here with the sun pouring in the window, warming my back, and wishing it was already Spring. Only a few more weeks to wait and I'm super excited about that.

Anyway, on to my card share for today. I recently needed a quick, cheery, colorful, thank you card so I looked at one of the Valentines day cards I posted here and tweaked it a little bit. In my mind I was going to do a similar card and just change the colors to a rainbow and this is what it turned into.

Stampin' Up! Outlined Occasions and Sprinkled Expressions on Concord Crush base.
Rose-Ellen Eastman

I started with a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of Stampin' Up! whisper white card stock and used