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RemARKable Open House Blog Tour - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3, the final day of our RemARKable Open House Blog Tour! Are you "wowed" by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members?

Today I have two final photos of my Ronald McDonald House to share with you. Here's a peek inside my Ronald McDonald House looking down from the roof:

 

And here are the other two cards, using the Very Thankful stamp set, that you will make to pop into your house at my Houseful of Cards class:

    

Don't forget to register for my Houseful of Cards class on February 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm. Click here to go to my Calendar of Events and register now. The class includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet highlighting 30 different house ideas.(Prepayment must be received by February 17th)

If you are unable to attend on my class date, you may sign up and take the class at my February 20th Crop Night. If you are on my mailing list, you will receive details on how you can participate in this class via mail as well as other class and club options. 

So…. are you ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet? If so, we would love to have you! Stampin’ UP! has  a great "move-in" special going on right now. If you don't have a Demonstrator you currently work with, feel free to contact me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com.

Thanks for participating in our RemARKable Open House Blog Tour. I hope you saw lots of GREAT ideas and will pop by to visit with me again soon! Now hop on over to your next stop on the tour.

 

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our RemARKable Open House Blog Tour! You are going to wowed by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members once again. Each RemARKable on this tour is offering the same class to their customers that includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet with a total of 30 house ideas on it. 

As one of my customers, if you have not yet registered for my Houseful of Cards class, it is being held on February 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm. Click here to go to my Calendar of Events and register now. 

If you are unable to attend on my class date, you may sign up and take the class at my February 20th Crop Night. If you are on my mailing list, you will receive details on how you can participate in this class via mail.

     

I thought you might like to see a close-up of the roof:

 

Before I adhered the Whisper White card stock strips, a GREAT use for leftover card stock, I ran the Real Red roof through the Big Shot using the Texturz Plates #4 (#114531) to add some interest to the roof. Isn't it amazing what the Big Shot can do?

Here are two of the cards using the Very Thankful stamp set that you will make to pop into your house at my Houseful of Cards class. The other two cards will be posted tomorrow, so come on back to check them out!

   


So…. are you ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet? If so, we would love to have you!! We are friendly, supportive of each other, and as you can see very creative and we love to have new people join our community. To find out how you can be a part of our neighborhood, contact your RemARKable Demonstrator on this tour. Stampin’ UP! has  a great ”move-in” special going on right now. If you don't have a Demonstrator you currently work with, feel free to contact me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com.

See you tomorrow!

 

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour - Ronald McDonald House

Welcome to Day 1 of our three-day RemARKable Open House Blog Tour! You are going to wowed by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members.

Each RemARKable on this tour is offering the same class to their customers that includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet with a total of 30 house ideas on it. As one of my customers if you have not yet registered, my Houseful of Cards class is on February 27th at 3:00 pm. Click here to go to my Calendar of Events and to register for my class. If you are unable to attend watch your email Inbox – customers on my mailing list are receiving details on how to participate in this class via mail.

All of you know my commitment to Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill and so when I learned how to make these cute house containers I decided to make one to honor Stampin' Up! as one of the national sponsors of this charity.

Here's the Ronald McDonald House I created:

 

You can't see it very well but I used the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I texturz plates on the yellow house base - the plate with large polka-dots on it. This is just one idea and if you follow the Blog Tour through each spot you will see other fun ideas for houses.

And here's the best part: you can attend my House of Cards class and learn how to make one of these houses. The class includes four cards with envelopes to pop inside, using the Very Thankful stamp set. Plus, you will take home a complete set of instructions so you can make more houses at home. You have two registration choices: one with the stamp set included (to take home after the class) and one with no stamp set included. (When you purchase the Very Thankful stamp set, Stampin' Up! will donate $2 to Ronald McDonald House Charities)

Here's what the Very Thankful stamp set looks like:

 

Did you know that you can also get the Very Thankful stamp set for FREE with a $50 order? To take advantage of Sale-a-Bration, email me directly at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com.

Come on back tomorrow and Sunday to see the cards you will create at my class! And to register for my House of Cards class, click below.

House of Cards Class

Basic Class fee $20.00 Class with Stamp Set included $38.00

Are you ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet?  If so, we would love to have you!! We are friendly, supportive of each other, and as you can see very creative and we love to have new people join our community. To find out how you can be a part of our neighborhood, contact your RemARKable Demonstrator on this tour. Stampin’ UP! has  a great ”move-in” special going on right now. If you don't have a Demonstrator you currently work with, feel free to contact me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com.

 

Love Bandit Card

Today I dusted off my Love Bandit stamp set and created this cute card to mail to one of my customers:

 

I received the Love Bandit stamp set for FREE at the Manager's dinner at Stampin' Up!s Leadership conference in January and hadn't used it yet (gasp). I decided to make a Valentine using Love Bandit but wanted to point out that you could replace the phrase to make it a birthday card, a get well soon card or a friendship card. And do you recognize the designer series paper? Yes, the paper is from the Merry Moments pack, which is Christmas themed but doesn't have to be! Take a second look at your left over designer series paper and create beyond its original purpose. 

Tomorrow is the final day to register for my Be My Valentine class. Don't miss out on making 5 Valentine projects, each with a matching card! Click here to go to my Calendar of Events page where you can register for this fun class.

Chat and Challenge: Sweet Pea Stitched Felt

I caught the tail end of a Stampin' Up! demonstrator Chat & Challenge this past week and really loved the card I created using the card map we were challenged with. For those of you who are new to my blog, a chat and challenge is an online chat room for Stampin' Up! demonstrators only. One member in the chat room shows us a card map and we chat online in the chat room while we work on creating our own version of a card using that map. It's a fun way to connect with demonstrators around the US and Canada and see what creative ideas we all come up with during the hour we spend in the chat room.

Once the chat time is up, we upload our cards to a demonstrator-only art gallery for other demonstrators, who may have had other commitments during the chat room time, to see. I really love these challenges as I find I can instantly envision what I want to make once I see the card map. And I always love the card I end up creating.

Here's the card map for this week's challenge:

And here's the card I created following the map:

 

Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Birthday Card

Stamp set: Well Scripted

Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic pad

Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Sending Love designer series paper

Accessories: Corner rounder punch, Wide Oval punch, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, mini glue dots, 1 3/8" Circle punch

It may look like I have three strips of Sending Love designer series paper as layers on the card front, but I actually have two 1/4" strips of Chocolate Chip card stock adhered on top of one large layer of Sending Love paper. It's kind of an optical illusion.

What can you create using this card map? I challenge you to make a card this weekend following the map I used for my chat and challenge. Send me a photo by email as I'd love to see your creation. And don't forget you can order the supplies I used to make this card – contact me at: terri@nutzaboutstamping.com. Long distance orders welcome!

One tool I can't live without

As I think of all the stamp sets, accessories and tools that I own, I can honestly say that one tool I can't live without is a punch. Or should I say all my punches!

Punches make quick and easy layers, add interest to edges of card stock, make holes to peek through and add color coordination to designer series paper. There is seldom a card or scrapbook page I create that doesn't use a punch, right?

And do I love the new punches in the Occasions mini catalog! My fave punch-of-the-week is the Two-Step Bird punch.

Oh, my gosh, do I LOVE this punch:

 

It is so easy to use (punches like a breeze!) and can be used in so many different ways on paper crafting projects, cards and scrapbook pages. At my birthday card Stamp-a-Stack last weekend everyone got to play with this new punch to create this card:

 

Don't you think this would be a fun birthday card to receive in the mail? Yes, in case you are wondering, I will be having another Stamp-a-Stack, on Saturday, April 17th at 1:00 pm. This time you will create a variety of Occasion cards, 15 in total, with envelopes for only $25. Want to reserve your spot now? Click the buy now PayPal button below:

Bitty Birthdays

Happy Australia Day to all my down under Stampin' Up! demonstrator friends! And in honor of this special day I have created a special birthday card using Bitty Birthdays:

 

Ok, ok, just kidding.

Here it is for all my Northern Hemisphere friends:

 

I used watercolor paper, my aqua painters and my So Saffron and Old Olive reinkers, along with a piece of Tall Tales designer series paper. And no birthday is complete without some bling, of course, so I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter too.

Have you learned how to use aqua painters yet? If you'd like a demonstration, email me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com and I'd be happy to give you a personal demo.

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Tonight I return to the Chapel Hill Ronald McDonald House to stamp with the families in residence. Although I know the families there are under a lot of emotional stress it is my way to give back for the success of my business and give them a distraction for a couple of hours.

Did you know that Stampin' Up! is a national sponsor of Ronald McDonald House Charities. As part of the commitment to support this organization, Stampin' Up!:

• Makes an annual contribution of $100,000 to RMHC.
• Designs an exclusive stamp set each year; a portion of the proceeds from the sale of that set will be donated to the organization. This year's set is Very Thankful.

 

I am proud to be the lead demonstrator for the Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill and I love to create a card just for that evening. Here's the card the residents will make tonight:

 

Isn't that stinkin' cute? This card is a great way to use up retired designer series paper as I did in this card. I also used the brand new Small Heart punch from the Occasions mini catalog to cover up the heart image in the stamped phrase, taken from the Beary Nice Wishes stamp set #118050. This stamp set was introduced in the Holiday Mini catalog and was brought back with the Occasions mini catalog. Check out pages 38-40 for all our Build a Bear products.

Wouldn't this card make a cute sleep-over invite card? Or as a get well card?

If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and live in the Raleigh, Durham, Cary or Chapel Hill area and you would like to volunteer with me at the Chapel Hill Ronald McDonald House, please email me at: terri@nutzaboutstamping.com. 

If you love Stampin' Up! products and want to support Ronald McDonald House Charities, email me to purchase Very Thankful because two dollars from the sale of this stamp set goes directly to this charity.

Sundays with Sizzix: Beautiful Wings

Last week I introduced the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions folder and showed you how to use it to make a beautiful Valentine's Card. Today I am going to use that same folder but also introduce a Big Shot Embosslit, called Beautiful Wings, to make a stunning birthday card:

    

Stamp Set: Short & Sweet #11506; On Your Birthday #111664

Card stock: Bravo Burgundy (5 ¼ x 4 ½", 2 ½ x 2"), Very Vanilla (two pieces: 4 x 5 ¼", scraps)

Ink: Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Big Shot, Platform, Standard cutting plates, Beautiful Wings embosslit #118138 , Perfect Polka Dots Impressions folder #117335, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Bravo Burgundy ribbon (two strips: 5 ½" and 5"), Ticket Corner punch #107214(forgot to mention this in my video!)

And now for the video tutorial. Enjoy!

 

 

To order the Beautiful Wings embosslit and to earn FREE Sale-a-Bration products, email me at terri@nutzaboutstamping.com.

Last Day to Register

Today is your last chance to register for my Birthday Card Stamp-a-Stack!

   

Attend this class and make 15 birthday cards with envelopes using a variety of stamp sets and accessories, including some from the new Sale-a-Bration and Occasions mini catalogs!

Date: Saturday, January 23
Time: 2:00 pm
Cost: $25

Think about how nice it will be to have a pile of birthday cards set aside for the year and how delighted friends and family will feel when they see the card you hand stamped just for them!

Register now: