Stampin' Up! April Special!

Did you know that when you order $50 from the NEW Occasions Mini - you get 1 thing FREE from the $12 and under page in the Spring/Summer Idea Book & Catalogue (Page 208)? Order $100 worth of amazing product from the new mini and receive 2 FREE items from the under $12 page!

What are you waiting for?

Treat yourself to a new stamp set, some beautiful new Designer Paper, or maybe you're in the market for some fresh spring embellishments!

The sample shown today was one of the cards we made at my Stampers Club event this past Saturday! I used a layout and color scheme from a sample I saw on SCS and just made a few subtle changes... I really wanted to showcase one of the individual stamps available on the $12 and under page on this card so I chose to use the 'Elegant Thank You' stamp. I also changed the flower & the location of the butterfly! The butterfly image is from the 'Great Friend' stamp set in the Occasions mini, and we embossed the image using Cameo Coral craft ink + clear embossing powder to give it a more dramatic look! The Designer Paper used can also be found in the Occasions Mini and its called 'Walk In The Park'! The combination of Basic Grey and Going Grey is striking - I love this new paper!!

If you've thought about joining a Stampers Club... be sure to pop in tomorrow where I'll showcase another project we made this past Saturday and provide an update on my next club starting up in May!! Thanks for stopping by today!

Penny's Stamp-A-Stack!

My friend Penny (HI PENNY!!) decided to host a Stamp-A-Stack last night in her home, for a few friends & family! Nothing like stamping while it's SNOWING... in April!!!

Here's what we made:



If you would like to host your very own Stamp-A-Stack, email me anytime to receive more details and date availability!! lisaburns@rogers.com. Penny whipped up her guest list in less than 1 week and had a 100% turnout - WAY TO GO PENNY!

Have a great Wednesday everyone! Let's hope the Spring weather is going to grace us with its prescence very, VERY soon :o)

Perfect Party Aylmer! Saturday April 18th!

* The Perfect Party *

Everything you need Under One Roof

Where: Knights of Columbus Hall
58 Beech St W. Aylmer

When: Saturday April 18th Time: 12:30pm – 4:00pm

Money saving & healthy living products, hats, purses, clothing, jewellery, crafts & scrapbooking, books, health food, beauty products, candles, cookware, environmentally friendly products, soaps, lotions, massages, personal items and much more

Come and browse our new products! If you wish to place orders, book home parties or seek out new business opportunities - we're here to help!

Free admission, Refreshments, Everyone Welcome

Contact me at lisaburns@rogers.com if you wish to learn more about this fun event!!

Big Shot Butterflies!

I created this 6x6 scrapbook page as part of my HodgePodge 101 class display. I challenged myself to try to use 1 of each piece of the hardware kit on various projects including cards, 3D projects and scrapbook pages! I was really happy with how this page turned out!

I started with Summer Sun cardstock and layered on some 'Good Morning Sunshine' Designer Paper. Then I stamped the butterfly image from the new 'Great Friend' stamp set found in the Occasions Mini! I have no doubt that this stamp set will quickly become a stampin' favorite!!

I layered a bit of Chocolate Chip cardstock down as a matte for a future picture and added my Styled Silver HodgePodge frame with the month of May stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. The May image comes from the stamp set 'Full Calendar'.

Finally, I used my Big Shot 'Beautiful Butterflies Bigz' die, and more Good Morning Sunshine Designer Paper to create some butterflies to layer and complete my page. Before adhesing to my page, I added 2 brads from the Styled Silver HodgePodge kit to hold the 2 butterfly layers together and used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up on my page so that I can easily slide my picture beneath them as needed!

Thanks for stopping by today - feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think of the projects this week!

Explosion Of Butterflies & My Big Shot Club!

As I build my collection of Big Shot Die's... I find myself 'playing' more with different ideas and projects! The possibilities for the Big Shot system are endless! It amazes me how easy the Big Shot makes all of the 3D projects I personally used to shy away from attempting!!

Not any more !!

Maybe the Big Shot has captured your interest? I bet you've seen hundreds (maybe thousands) of projects using the Big Shot splashed all over blogs, craft websites and in magazines!

If you think it's time to try the Big Shot out for yourself - you need to contact me about my next Big Shot Club! The club will focus on Big Shot / 3D projects every month and you'll have access to all of these events for FREE! You'll also end up with your very own Big Shot at the end of the club.

Yup - you heard me right! Email me at lisaburns@rogers.com for full club details!

The project I'm showing today is called an Explosion Box - and it isn't the first time you've seen one of these from me... I do enjoy making them! We made these boxes at our March Club event and I think the girls were surprised with how easy they were to make! For this explosion box, I used the SAB Designer Paper reward (Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper) for the lid and Sahara Sand cardstock for the base of the box. I used the coordinating SAB stamp set 'Polka Dot Punches' and Sahara Sand ink on the inside of the box.

To make the butterflies, I used the 'Beautiful Butterflies Bigz' Die with Bashful Blue cardstock. For the butterfly on the lid of the box, I stamped images using the 'Seeing Spots' stamp set and Bashful Blue ink. I used a piece from the Styled Siver HodgePodge Hardware Kit and added it to the core of the butterfly.

For the butterfly on the inside of the box, I stamped a saying using the 'Congrats' SAB reward set and then popped the image up using some Stampin' Dimensionals!

Come back tomorrow to see my 6x6 Scrapbook Page using the same Big Shot Butterfly Bigz Die!!

CASE'd From The Spring Summer Idea Book & Catalogue!

CASE = Copy And Share Everything!

One of the reasons the Stampin' Up! catalogue is called an 'Idea Book' is because it is packed with wonderful project ideas & inspiration - intended for COPYING! People often ask me where I get my inspiration for my projects and while I have a number of favorite places, the IB&C is at the top of that list!! When I'm running short of time (and/or creativity), I pop open my IB&C and find something I can create (or re-create :o) You can view the Spring/Summer IB&C online by visiting my business website OR you can contact me to get your very own book of inspiration!(lisaburns@rogers.com).

This card uses one of my favorite things lately...TEXTURED CARDSTOCK! If you haven't seen, or tried it yet... you must check it out! Textured cardstock is available in all 48 colors, plus the Neutrals & 'In Color' colors. It really is amazing to work with!

To recreate the card found on Page 98, I started with regular cardstock (Almost Amethyst) and layered on the same color, but textured cardstock and while this picture doesn't allow for the contrast to show - in person - you can see the effect!! I then used my Trio Flower Punch and the textured Almost Amethyst cardstock to add flowers to the card front and added a little dot to each flower using the Uni-Ball Signo Gel pen! The butterflies were made using the 'Flight Of The Butterfly' stamp set and just behind the butterflies is one of the frames from the set 'Frames with a Flourish'. I stamped the saying in White Craft ink but then added some Winter White Embossing Powder to the word to make them more defined on my card.

What project have you CASE'd from the Spring/Summer Idea Book & Catalogue?

Enjoy!

Announcing... The NEW Occasions Mini!

It's here... and it's packed with amazing new stamp sets, and accessories to help kick-start your Spring crafting projects!

Let's get April started with a SPECIAL exclusively from me to you!!! Ready...set...GO!

From April 1 -7th from me to you!
I'm offering a FREE ink pad with any $25 order before shipping & applicable taxes*! Stock up on your Spring cardstock, some new Spring stamp sets or perhaps some Spring ribbon and choose an ink color of your choice from me as a THANK YOU for your business!

*Cannot be combined with any other offers , class or club perks...sorry