Nutz about Stamping

Sundays with Sizzix

Today's sample uses the Top Note die and a piece of the Join the Cheer die. I also featured the Haiku DSP (designer series paper) and one of the Birds and Bloom Sizzlets. The Big Shot can add so much to a card front!

A Rose by any other name

August is the Stampin' Up! Anniversary of one of my team and so I made her this cute little lip gloss holder using Bella Rose paper. I made it a bit differently from the one I featured several posts ago. This time I used Always Artichoke ribbon and created a flat bow as this gift need to be mailed in a package.

If you would like to learn how to make these fun 3-D gift ideas, join my Anything but a Card club. We meet once a month for ten months. The club projects are FREE and all members agree to purchase only $20 in product each time we meet. Each club member gets to be hostess one of the months and earn all hostess awards for that month! Only four spots remain open and the club begins in September.

Inspired to Scrapbook

When I first saw Inspired by Nature I really wasn't too..........well, inspired! The stamp seemed huge and I had no idea what I would create with it. We used the stamp set twice during Convention make-n-takes and the gift bag we made was what turned the tide for me. I now love this stamp set almost more than any of the others I have. Tomorrow night is my scrapbook camp and here's one of the three two-page layouts my customers can choose to create.

Level One Hostess Set Poll

Time for a little fun: take my Hostess stamp set poll. Let's see which Level One hostess stamp set is the most popular. Vote today - the poll is on right hand side of my blog. Then add a comment in the comment section below telling me you voted. I will do a random draw from the comment section and the winner will receive four hand-stamped cards using the winning stamp set! Poll closes September 6th.

Sundays with Sizzix

Oh my gosh, you should see my Stampin' Spot after a weekend of playing with my Big Shot. Um, well, maybe you shouldn't see my Stampin' Spot! It is completely covered with bits and pieces of card stock. Does that tell you how much fun I had experimenting? My Big Shot is broken in and I have tons of new ideas for my "Anything but a Card" club meetings. I also discovered that die-cuts make great cards too! Here's a card made with the Birds and Blooms pack:

You will be able to order your own Big Shot after September 1st. Watch for my September e-newsletter where I will announce a club you will "die" for!

Urban Garden

No, I am not referring to my sad little garden in Raleigh, NC! Instead of spending time outside weeding tonight, I am delighting in my new box of goodies that arrived yesterday! Urban Garden is actually a new Designer Series Paper that caught my eye on the flight home from Stampin' Up!s convention. Check out page 168 in the Idea Book and Catalog to enjoy the Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Bali Breeze and Not Quite Navy color combos.

Here's just a taste. This card also uses Pocket Silhouettes (featured in the Never Seen Before Special) and the brand new Scallop Square punch.

 

Crazier for Cupcakes

I just can't stop playing with this stamp set even though a very large box arrived from Stampin' Up! tonight (yippee!!!). The Bella Rose designer series paper (DSP) makes a nice partnership with the cupcake stacks. And I thought the bottom corner seemed a bit empty and so I completed the card with three 1/4" circles. Colors used: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black and Whisper White.

After I created this card I couldn't resist any longer and opened my Stampin' Up! box. The Big Shot has arrived! I had ordered the Big Shot Starter Kit and in the kit was the Top Note die. This die created the Riding Hood Red layer on this card. Talk about easy-breezy. I can't wait until my Stampers 10 card club starts next month. We are going to have so much fun using all my new goodies!

Crazy for Cupcakes

It is so much fun creating cards with this stamp set as I never seem to have enough birthday cards on hand when I need them. And of course the little flame on the candle screams for glitter! Yesterday I created these two cards. I embossed the large cupcake in black and then colored with a blender pen. The Not Quite Navy sample uses the new cooresponding wheel: Cupcakes. And as I was stamping away I realized that Short and Sweet has a tiny cupcake stamp which makes a really neat background so I used it on the Pale Plum card!

Which one is your favorite? Post your fave in the comment section under this post and you will be entered into a draw for a lil gift from me!

If you love to create cards like this, consider joining my Card Club - there is only one spot left! Contact me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com for club details.

Lip Balm Holder

When one of my team celebrates an anniversary as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I like to make her a little gift from the heart. Tracie just celebrated four years with Stampin' Up! and while I was at Convention I picked up some Stampin' Up! lip balm at the Memento Mall (a really cool shopping gallery just for demonstrators!). Here's what I created for her anniversary gift, using her favorite color: Pink!

I also used Chocolate Chip, Deer Friends (Level 2 hostess set), circle punches, the scallop punch and Bella Rose designer series paper. I just know she'll LOVE it!

Would you like to learn how to use your Stampin' Up! products to make 3-D items like this? Well, join my Anything but a Card Club which starts in September and meets monthly for ten months. Contact me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com for more information.

Top Ten Reasons to Attend my New Catalog Open House

10 - Great food and drink

9 - Meet new friends

8 - Join a monthly club (stampers club, scrappers club, anything but a card club)

7 - Enter to win a door prize

6 - See awesome convention swap cards (bring your cell phone/camera!!!)

5 - See new stamp sets from the Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalog

4 - Purchase retired stamp sets (36% off!)

3 - Make 2 card samples for free!

2 - Enter to win a free stamp set! (Congratulations Gina B!)

1 - Get a new catalog for FREE!

Thanks, everyone, for a GREAT day!