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Sundays with Sizzix: Perfect Polka Dots folder

I have a fun card to share today, using my Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots folder and Seriously Paper Pumpkin kit contents:

Seriously Paper Pumpkin Kit Card

Stamp set: Seriously

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Card stock - Card base (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"), Layer (3 1/2 x 5"), Tag layer (3 3/4 x 2 1/8")

Accessories: Linen Thread #104199, Button, Snail Adhesive, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots folder #117335, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots

And now for the video tutorial: enjoy - as I said on my video, if you don't have the April Seriously Kit at home use my card as a map inspiration!

 

To join the My Paper Pumpkin subscription program and receive fun kits each month, click here! Subscribe through me and I will send you a brand new Snail Adhesive to use with your first kit. Or email me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com for more information.

 

 

Gratitude Giveaway: Day Six

Today's Gratitidue Giveaway thank you card was created using My Digital Studio using a card map to help give me some inspiration. Here's the card map:

Last week I earned some free products for my team sales for the past quarter and I decided that since I sent my team digital cards each month that I would choose a the April Showers Kit for My Digital Studio. Here's the digital card I made using the April Showers Kit:

Took just seconds to make using the digital products in the kit!

Don't forget my Gratitude Giveaway offer which ends tomorrow: 

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Place the largest online order using my FIJI hostess code (FT7JGYD2) and you will earn an additional prize: A Year's Worth of Cards (with envelopes)! 

Learn more about my Gratitude Giveaway here!

 

Epic Day meets Collage Curios

I have a great card layout idea for you to try using the Epic Day designer series paper from the This and That bundle! It's also a great way to use up scraps while creating a striking all-occasion card. 

Here's the card I created:

I had these scrap strips laying around and cut them to create this mosaic layout idea. I added the Collage Curios embellishment and Calypso Coral Baker's Twine (from the Sent with Love bundle) and presto! A cute card ready to add a phrase inside and pop into the mail to send to someone special.

The This and That bundle contains some really cool products:

 

Each product in this bundle is also sold separately. The Epic Day designer series paper #130814 is perfect for scrapbookers, paper crafters, card makers and those who love to "smash"! This and That is even sold as a digital download for My Digital Studio!

So now it's your turn. I challenge you to grab  your scraps, stamps and Baker's Twine and use my card as a map inspiration for your next crafting adventure!

Sundays with Sizzix: Honeycomb Embossing folder

I love the cards featured in Stampin' Up!s Online Class and this week I used one of the card ideas as a card map and, along with my Honeycomb Embossing folder, created this birthday card:

Easy Events Birthday Card

Stamp set: Easy Events #123255 (clear); #116958 (wood)

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Jet Black StazOn

Paper: Whisper White (8 1/2 x 5 1/2", 2 x 3 1/2", 3 1/4" square, 3" square, 5 x 3 3/4")

Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb Embossing folder #129378, 2 1/2" circle punch, Floral Frames framelits, Snail Adhesive, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Blender Pens #102845, Stampin' Dimensionals, Clear Block D, Simply Scored, Craft Scissors

And now for the video tutorial, enjoy!

This is a GREAT weekend to purchase the products used to create this card as you can get FREE SHIPPING right through to Monday night.

And if you want to participate in my Mystery Hostess drawing, remember to use the hostess code:  TC9HBUDH  when you go to check out! For more information on my Mystery Hostess drawing, click here!

Scrapbook Map Challenge

A couple of days ago I spotted another Scrapbook Map Challenge and decided to give it a go using my Sent with Love designer series paper. And since this paper has a travel theme I knew that it would be my first of several Fiji scrapbook pages (more on that later).

Here's the scrapbook map I used:

Looks easy but coordinating everything can be difficult with a set of designer series papers to choose from (thanks Stampin' Up!). 

Here's my page - no photos yet but this page will be ready and waiting when I return from my trip:

I can't wait to see the final product and promise to post this page with photos over on my Facebook Business page in early May so make sure to pop on over to "like" me there so you won't miss my page update.

And yes you did read correctly: I earned (from Stampin' Up!) an all-expenses paid trip for two to Fiji and will be traveling there at the end of this month! This means flights from Raleigh, hotel, food, and daily special treats provided by Stampin' Up! 

I am getting so excited I can hardly concentrate on anything else. I will post on my trip and share the fun and excitement we're having. WAIT! Why not join Stampin' Up! and my team and travel on a trip with me next year? You'll have fun building a business and I'll have fun coaching you to earn some pretty amazing incentives! Email me at: terri@nutzaboutstamping.com to learn more. 

(On Friday of this week I will post a My Digital Studio page using the same map, so come on back!)

Flower Fair Simply Scrappin' Kit

If you have been following my blog for the past while you know that I love a great card map to provide me with inspiration and renewed creativity. I recently saw a card map and decided to use it to create a Flower Fair page for my upcoming Scrapbook in an Evening Class.

Here's the map - (I am one of the design crew members on this website):

And here's the page I created for my class:

 

And here are my class details:

Flower Fair Scrapbook in an Evening Class

Date: Thursday, March 21
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Cost: $40 -  Class price includes the Flower Flair Simply Scrappin' Kit, the 8x8 Designer Printed Album and extra embellishments to make each page pop!!

Deadline to register with payment: Tuesday, March 12

Live long distance but want to take my class? We can do a long distance option - you purchase the class (plus shipping) and I'll send you a series of photos of each page so you can create this album in the comfort of your own home. (US only, sorry)

To see the Flower Fair Kit used for this class and to register, go here!

Make a Wish

Yesterday I held my team holiday party and we had a great time making lots of card samples to show to all of our customers. Here's a card I created using Make a Wish, a brand new stamp set in the Spring Catalog:

You know what I love about the Spring Catalog? The colors are ones I haven't used in a while, like Tangerine Tango - one of the colors in this new designer series paper. I also used the Labels Collection framelits and Square Lattice embossing folder to add interest and texture to the card front.

Have you gotten your Spring Catalog in the mail yet? If so, check out page 9 for a full view of the stamps in the Make a Wish stamp set.

Only four more days until you can place your Spring Catalog order!!! In the meantime, try this layout idea using the Stampin' Up! products you have at home.

And if you need a stack of birthday cards to be ready for 2013, click here to check out my Birthday Card Stamp-a-Stack class I just added to my Calendar of Events!

 

Card Map

I am on a design team crew website for scrapbooking but yesterday I spotted a cool Card Map idea on this site that I wanted to try.

Here's the sketch:

 Underneath the map was a color challenge using: Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard and Crumb Cake. I decided to use My Digital Studio 2 to create my card as I had some new downloads that I wanted to play with. And I decided to use the colors in the challenge too.

Here's my card:

Pretty different huh! Rather than use one punch for the banner I used a smaller Chevron punch and colored each one to match the color challenge. It's neat that we have access to digital shapes and punches that are not yet available in Stampin' Up!s catalogs. 

Want to give My Digital Studio 2 a try - FREE - for 30 days? Click here to download your free trial here at my Online Store. And I'll send you a link to some training videos to help you get started!

And once you download MDS2, give this Card Map and color combo a try!

Card Maps

This past weekend I saw a fun Card Map challenge and decided to use it to create a cute Christmas card to send to a family member.

Here's the card map - it was created using My Digital Studio:

 

And here's my card, using the above map:

This was so quick and easy to create I think I will make a few more to send to some special customers too!

I am going to miss the Merry Minis stamp set when the Holiday Catalog retires. If you'd like to add this cute stamp set and corresponding punch pack to your collection, click here to hop on over to my Online Store and add it to your next order. 

I'm a Design Team Crew Member!

I am excited to share that I have been asked to participate as a Paper Craft Design Team Crew member! My challenge is to look at a map and create a scrapbook page that matches the map. You know how I love a good map so I am all over this with ink, stamps and paper, hehe.

This week the challenge is for card makers and here's the map for the challenge:

I couldn't wait for the scrapbook map challenge to be posted so I decided to make a scrapbook page using the card map instead! Here's the page I created:

This is one of my Project 52 pages - highlighting a weekend trip I recently took to Savannah, GA. The Bonaventure Cememtery was quite the sight to tour and I took several photos to scrapbook, this being one of them.

Do you want to see the cards made for the map above? Click to hop on over to the Paper Craft Crew Challenge blog!

Carry On, part two

Remember the other day I got a card in the mail from my customer, Karen, using the Carry On stamp set?

I had had just gotten my own Carry On stamp set and Karen's card made me want to make my own. I carved out some free time this past weekend to use a card map that I had tucked away and made this card:

You know what's really funny? I am not a shopper! Yet I love these two phrases put together and while I was stamping and assembling I thought about all my friends who are shoppers and realized I needed to make many more of these cards to mail out soon.

If you'd like to add the Carry On stamp to your stampin' supplies I have great news! Carry On is a hostess stamp set so you earn it for FREE by hosting a party or private class for you and your friends or you can place a personal $150+ order and choose Carry On as one of your free choices. 

Contact me at terri@nutzaboutstamping with your free party dates or for ordering support. 

Happy World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day! And to celebrate this fun day I challenge all of you to sit down today and make a card (or three) to send to someone. 

Here's a fun card map idea to help give you some inspiriation:

I decided to use My Digital Studio 2 to make a digital Halloween card to match this map:

 

This card took just minutes to make using several elements and "brush" stamp sets in My Digital Studio 2. And having the layout already in mind certainly helped. I can either print it off using my home color printer or send it off to Stampin' Up! professional printing service (did you hear the prices on printing your digital products have been permanently slashed?).

If you'd like a FREE trial of this amazing digital paper crafting program, contact me and I'll give you the instructions on how to download your My Digital Studio 2 trial and a series of FREE video tutorials to get you up and running in no time!

 

Chat and Challenge

Last night I participated in a really fun Chat & Challenge with several other Stampin' Up! demonstrators. We all belong to a private discussion board - we share ideas, tips, techniques, samples and class ideas with each other. Twice a week one of the members hosts a Chat & Challenge in an online chat room. She challenges us with a card map and then we create a new card using that map idea.

Here was our map challenge - done with My Digital Studio:

Cute, right? As soon as I saw this challenge, I knew right away it was time to dust off my Merry Minis stamp set and use it for this card map.

I had no idea how much fun the Merry Minis stamp set is - especially when paired with the Merry Minis punch pack! Here's my creation:

And now it's your turn: try the Chat & Challenge Card Map at home using your Stampin' Up! products. And I'd love to see what you created if you'd like to share your product with me - email it to me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com.

National Dog Day

This week many people celebrated National Dog Day and I couldn't let the occasion pass by without making a card. After all, that's what I do, right?

I decided to use  My Digital Studio 2 to make a digital card and then I took it one step further. I decided to use a card map I had saved recently. Here's the map:

When making my card I chose the Man's Best Friend brush stamp set which comes with the new My Digital Studio 2 program, along with the Downtown Grunge designer series paper for the striped layer. Here's the card I had so much fun making:

 

And now it's your turn! Take the above card map and see what you can create at home. I'd love for you to share your creation with me too - email me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com and attach your card map card!

If you'd like to explore the amazing world of digital papercrafting, you can download My Digital Studio 2 here at my Online Store and I will be in touch to offer you private training to help get you started.

Card Map Challenge

It's nice when I can take some vacation during the summer and participate in a demonstrator Card Map Challenge as I did last week. I find the challenges refreshing and they get my creative juices flowing.

Here's the map from last week's challenge:

And here's my card, using Lacy & Lovely and some scrap pieces of Comfort Cafe designer series paper:

See how I made a non-square card and turned the map on it's side? It's a different take on the map that worked for me!

Now it's your turn: take the Card Map Challenge too and see what you can create using your stampin' supplies at home! Happy creatin'!

(And if you are already a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, contact me to ask about the group that does these demo-only challenges - they are a fun group!)