Goody-Goody Gumdrops

Good Morning Sunshine!!!

This little number was for a special request workshop...I can't always make it work, but my hostess really loves owls! So I dug out the only owl image I have from the hostess set, Goody-Goody Gumdrops! He's simply watercolored. A little bit of paper piecing and presto :)

I actually CASEd this idea from Melissa's blog. Thank you so much! A perfect illustration, that even us demonstrators need (sometimes) A LOT of inspiration help :)

The term CASE was taught to me early on in my stamping career.....Copy and Share Everything :)

Stamps: Goody-Goody Gumdrops, On Your Birthday
Paper: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Whisper White and Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Inks: Pacific Point, Basic Black
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens, Whisper White 1/4 Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Punch, White Gel Pen

Happy Stamping,

Jami

Crazy for Cupcakes 2

This is a quick one if you need a card in a hurry!!! While you can't see it in the picture, these cherries are made bright and shiny in 3-D using Crystal Effects!

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Paper: Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Blush Blossom
Inks: Basic Black, Old Olive
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Crystal Effects

Happy Stamping!
Jami

Wow Flowers

This lovely card is referred to as a slider card. The Happy Birthday circle slides up and down (and spins) in the slot. This is a fun type of card to do at Easter time using an egg or spring time with butterflies fluttering across your card! I once saw a baby card use this style and there was an image of a happy baby, crawling, that spun across the front of the card. Anyone getting this card feels very special :)

Making a slider card is a lot simpler than it looks....you simply use Stampin' Up's Word Window Punch to make your slot for sliding. And then you layer pennies and dimensionals! Call me anytime and I'll help you make your very own!!

Stamps: Heard from the Heart, Wow Flowers

Paper: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Kraft and Whisper White

Inks: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: 1 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 1/8 inch hole punch, Word Window Punch, slot punch, dimensionals, gold brad, and pennies.

Happy Stamping,

Jami

Just Buzzin' By 2

I made this card with a "gate" fold. The two sides open from the center. It's nice to take a break from the hum-drum of traditional folds occasionally!!

Crystal effects make the bees' antenna 3-D.
After I let everything dry, it occurred to me I should add dazzling diamonds glitter.

So when the gals made this card at my open house (way back in January)....I gave them the glitter and suggested they add it. Well, did they ever show me up!!! They added Crystal Effects and Glitter, not only to the antennae, but to the little wings and the flower pistil!!! I highly suggest it! Sometimes glitter just adds that extra special something to really catch your eye.

When I make this card again, I will certainly add the bling :)

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By

Paper: Barely Banana, Whisper White

Ink: Staz-On Black

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Sponges, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, (Glitter - next time)

Happy Stamping,

Jami

Heartfelt Thanks

This card is a tried and true favorite of mine! I think I might say most of my cards are a favorite :) But this card is so easy to make and always makes a big impact when I give it to someone or showcase it at a workshop. Everyone always love it! It easily changes colors or sayings for the perfect card to any occasion.

The stamp set used is Heartfelt Thanks and uses the 2 step stamping technique. The solid background flower works easily with a separete outlined flower stamp to give you the definition from 2 different color inks. This is how I did both the background flower on the Baja Breeze paper and then the more defined flower on the shimmery white mat and the flower that is cut out and adhered with a dimensional to make it pop out. While you can't see the subtle glitter on the shimmery white paper, it adds a very beautiful, elegant something special. It really catches the eye on this card :)

This is one I pulled out of my hat of tricks for my 4 week art series class I taught at my church this past month. As always, it was a hit!!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Heard from the Heart
Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Shimmery White
Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!! I hope you all find some time to take for yourself to relax and stamp a little!! I am very excited...my husband is having a few friends over tonight for a poker party.....so all the guys will play poker with my boys and I will have most of the evening to hide in my stamp room!!! (After I bake the brownies, I promised) YEAH!!!


Happy Stamping :)

Jami Carrera

Designer Series Paper Sampler Club

Join my Designer Paper Sampler Club!

We have so many beautiful and unique double sided printed papers, won't it be great to have a piece of each to sample and pick your favorites???

Thanks to the great special Stampin’ Up is offering on the designer papers for the month of May***…I am able to offer you one 6x6 piece of all 6 double sided designs (for 12 designs total) in every single paper we have! Join my Designer Paper Sampler Club and receive one 6x6 square of the following pattern packs:

· Rockabilly Specialty
· Parisian Breeze Specialty
· To The Nines Specialty
· Sweet Slumber Specialty
· Jackpot
· Urban Garden
· Bella Rose
· Candy Lane
· Bella Birds
· Pink Flamingo
· Manchester
· Rainbow Sherbet
· Good Morning Sunshine
· Raspberry Tart
· Sweet Always
· Urban Oasis
· Washington Apple
· Bella Bleu
· Flock Together
· Tea Party

You will receive a grand total of 120 6x6 squares for the fabulous price of $25. That’s less than $0.21 per square!
If you ordered each of these 20 packs of designer series paper, individually, your grand total for all 20 would be $248.76!

Details:
Simply email your request to participate and I will give you payment details. Please add $7 if you would like your paper sampler mailed via USPS. In order to share designer series paper, I need at least 8 participants and will place orders for our paper after I receive your payment. Once I receive 8 participants, our order will be placed that Friday and be ready for pick-up approximately one week later. Participants may sign up for more than one share, thus doubling the amount of paper received! You may order more than one share, however, shares for this special must be ordered in multiples of 2. If you would like multiple shares, your shares will be combined into one order. For example, 2 shares would be a half sheet (6x12 inches), and 4 shares would be a full, uncut, 12x12 sheet. Last day of our Designer Series Paper Sampler Club is May 31, 2009.

***Stampin' Up! is having a fabulous May special!! Purchase 3 packs of designer series paper and receive a 4th pack FREE!!!! This includes all Designers Series Paper, including the specialty papers, the print patterns AND the 12x12 textured Cardstock!!!! And here's the best part....order directly through me and your free pack can be the $11.95 (even if your first 3 packs are the $9.95 packs) Place your order before May 31, 2009 to take advantage of this offer :)

Last day to sign up for our Designer Series Paper Sampler Club is May 31, 2009. Participation subject to approval. Offer valid only in the United States. This offer can be revoked at any time.

Interested in “Sharing” another accessory? Simply email me your favorite accessory and maybe we’ll do that soon :)

Cheep Talk and Big Shot Fabrics

This card was designed for a special workshop. I can't always honor specific requests for a workshop, but this one was a fun challenge and worked out just lovely! My hostess loves to sew and wanted to see the Big Shot in action with fabric. She also has a "retro" style and loves owls and birds!! So the first card I designed (after several attempts) combined the fabric with her love of birdies :)


Supplies:
Stamps: Cheep Talk
Papers: Whisper White, Night of Navy
Ink: Garden Green, Night of Navy
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Scallop #2 Die, Whisper White 1/4 inch grosgrain, sponge, corner rounder
Additional Supplies: Denim (I cut up a pair of jeans my son out grew and wore holes in the knees - I have lots of these to choose from between my 3 boys) and red, thin "silky" fabric (also acquired from a friend, who had oodles left over from a Halloween costume cape she made).

Look around for unique uses of old clothes or rags you start to toss out! The Big Shot can cut thru so many different types of materials! But the easiest to come across is fabric - and with a little creativity you can avoid a trip to the fabric store! And you don't even need the Big Shot, even though it is totally fun. You can use a piece of fabric as an accent or in the place of where you would layer a sheet of designer paper!


Happy Stamping :)
Jami

Ribbon Sampler Packages!!

Can you believe all this ribbon! I never imagined it would take me sooo long to get it all measured, cut up and divided. Some days, I thought I would be cutting forever :) And, of course, I had to come up with a way to make it easy for you to store and use!

But, everytime I sat down to work on it -I thought "ok, I'll whip it out and finish it today"....and then naturally, several hours later, I would get interuppted and need to be a Mom, again :) My kiddos do like a little attention every once in a while

Eventually, I finally finished!! And it is sooo satisfying to see all that ribbon transform from pile after pile into a neat little package all ready to go to a new home! It was even fun to hand them out. It's amazing how relaxing I found this whole process! I know, a bit nutty...what can I say :)

How satisfying to turn such chaos into this neat little package?? Not too mention, I had so much fun making the packages cute using the Delicate Dots Designer Paper I earned through Sale-A-Bration last February. I even added a little something to the inside package to thank everyone for their order. Not to mention, everyone can use their designer paper "decoration" to make a several cards! And you will have matching ribbon!!! Naturally, I used the Top Note Die for the Big Shot to make bag topper!

Stationery Holder

OK...so once again it has been a while since I posted :( Oldest son's 8th Birthday Party, a school fundraiser, a workshop, painted my living room and dining room and hallway, a stamp a stack class, cutting up ribbon, cutting up more ribbon, a poker party, and once again still cutting up ribbon for our ribbon share, my Husband's birthday, and finally I was teaching a card making class as part of an Art Series at my church. These are just a few of the things that mark the days away on my calendar faster than I can keep up with. It was all very fun, but my posting to this blog certainly was neglected..... In my Art series, we made a total of 11 projects. Most were cards, but today I want to show this great Stationery Holder we made. I was shown how to create it at a meeting I attend with many other local demonstrators and it really is easier than it looks! Isn't that how everything goes??? It also includes 4 matching cards to complete a set.

I used the Designer Series Paper that was a Sale-A-Bration reward from February and March to create the holder and decorate the matching cards. The decorative edge was made using our new eyelet border punch. The colors used were Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue. Many of the embellishments were created using The Big Shot.

Isn't it cute?? Imagine the possibilities for this little basket....even though I call it the Stationery Holder for lack of a better term! Wouldn't it just be adorable as a baby shower basket? Put something different in each compartment, like a onesie, a rattle, a pacifier and a washcloth? Or for a little back to school gift with pencils, rulers, markers and scissors? If you used a 6x6 sheet of paper and made a smaller one - - wouldn't it make a cute party or shower favor filled with little candies?

I plan to host a spotlight class for this project soon!

Ribbon Sampler Club

Announcing a Ribbon Sampler Club!

Can’t decide which ribbon you like? Never have the color needed to add that perfect touch to your project?

Well do I have an idea for you! Join my Ribbon Sampler Club and receive one yard of each of the following ribbons:

·All 19 colors of ¼” Grosgrain:

Basic Black, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rose Red, Bravo Burgundy, Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Bashful Blue, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip

·All 6 “in-colors” of 5/8” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon:

Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango

·All 8 colors of 5/8” Grosgrain:

Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy, Real Red, Regal Rose, Brocade Blue, Certainly Celery and Old Olive

·Both colors of Gingham Ribbon

Black and Red

·Organza Ribbon:

White

·Ribbons Original:

Dress Up – So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Our newest 5/8” White Satin Ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog!

You will receive a grand total of 40 yards of ribbon for the great price of $27. That’s less than $0.68 per yard!

If you ordered each of these ribbons, individually, your grand total for all 38 rolls of ribbon would be $312.80!

Details:
Simply email your request to participate and I will give you payment details. Please add $7 if you would like your ribbon mailed via USPS. In order to share ribbon I need at least 10 participants and will place orders for our ribbon after I receive your payment. Once I receive 10 participants, our order will be placed that Friday and be ready for pick-up approximately one week later. Participants may sign up for more than one share, thus doubling the amount of ribbon received!

Last day of our Ribbon Sampler Share is May 14, 2009. Participation subject to approval. Offer valid only in the United States. This offer can be revoked at any time.

**Interested in “Sharing” another accessory? Simply email me or leave a comment with your favorite accessory and maybe we’ll do that soon :)

Oval All 2

I had a chance to get stamping cards again today! I was a little sidetracked with a couple of "book" projects I have been working on. I am so close to being finished that I was spending my time working on them and didn't get a chance to make cards to post for you all :) I hope to finish them and give you a peak at them soon! But I put together this card today. I'm experimenting with different ways to post my pictures. I've been scanning them, as that is the fastest method with the least amount of steps. But today I took a snapshot of the card. We'll see how it looks once I publish this post. Feel free to comment on your favorite mode!

Stamps: Oval All

Papers: Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Bella Blue DSP

Ink: Sahara Sand

Accessories: Oval Scallop Punch, Large Oval Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

Oval All

So....I contemplated repeating yesterday's post as my April Fool's Day joke! Or at least making another quilting card, ahhh! But I had such fun creating some cards and getting ready for a workshop this weekend that I just couldn't resist sharing my card with you. You can thank me later :) Besides, I am all April Fooled out. My boys spent all day "pranking" me. Which at their age consists of making up some entirely random story and then yelling at me "April Fooled You"! I can thank the Disney Channel for preparing them with all kinds of helpful hints about playing jokes on people. My middle son even hid the shampoo. Luckily he stays nearby to enjoy our reaction and is sooo quick to take credit for the antics :) Naturally, this has been going on for a few days given they have no idea that it's only supposed to one day of FUN (?)... It's all OK, though, I got them back! One of the pastors at our church had a fabulous idea and called and told them school was cancelled! We had a good laugh!

Anyways, April 1st was the start of a great new Occasions Mini Catalog! The spring colors are just beautiful and you can't pass up the new Designers Series Paper "Walk in the Park". For this card I used several items showcased in the new mini. This uses the new DSP, our new Oval Scallop Punch, and a new coordinating stamp set "Oval All". The colors are "Baja Breeze", "Basic Gray" and "Cameo Coral". I wish you could see that the oval is popped up using dimensionals, as well as, the little flower is actually cut out and popped up, too! It really adds some character. I can't wait to keep playing with our new goodies!

Happy Stamping!

Quilt Quips

Happy April Fool's Day!!!!

OK, Folks....I want to say that I have saved the best for last, but I really like a couple of the cards I made in my quilting theme of cards! This one is definitely in my top 3 of favorites. This is my 9th and final card in my little series I have been working on, as of late. (Or is it??....it is April Fool's Day - I guess you will just have to come back tomorrow to see if I'm FOOLING you). I pulled my inspiration for this one from a picture in Stampin Up's giant idea book and catalog....the picture they have is of a decorated pin cushion, but the colors and simplicity were just too sweet to pass up. So here is my version in greeting card form! I used "Certainly Celery" card stock and Patterns Designer Series Paper. With a couple of simple embellishments using our "Pretties Kit", "White Taffeta Ribbon", and the final touch with our special green "Square Ice Rhinestone Brad", this card was finished within minutes! The sentiment, stamped in "Handsome Hunter" says, "may your sorrows be patched and your joys be quilted". Very Sweet!

Quilt Quips

Hmmmm, I decided to do a couple more with this new set, "Quilt Quips". So look for just one more card tomorrow and then I promise to move on to some of our new items that are available starting April 1st! I promise we have a couple of really fabulous things I can't wait to show you :) But I just didn't feel quite done with this new set. It just came out in January and was the very first set I purchased from the new catalog... It's a simple design using "Yo Yo Yellow" and "Tempting Turquoise". I sponged the "Whisper White" panel with "Yo Yo Yellow" to soften the transition and the "Ticket Corner Punch" added the perfect cove for the "Tempting Turquoise Brads". I am always so pleased that are all our items have matching accessories when I'm looking for that perfect touch to add to all my cards! In case you can't read the little writing, the cute saying is "In the crazy quilt of life....I'm glad you're in my block of friends".

On a side note, I am so happy I have been able to post a new card everyday for a whole week! And the best is yet to come!

Puns from the Past

Well, it looks like I'm not quite done with my series of quilting cards! I promise I will be soon. I have to be....Stampin' Up! has a new Occasions Mini starting April 1st that has some great new toys I want to play with and show you! You can contact me anytime if you want to see some of the fabulous new things we are using!

For this card, I chose the "Puns from the Past" stamp set that is new this year. It is very rare to come across stamps with this antique sewing machine! Red and Black is such a striking combination and it always works for any occasion! Thanks for looking :)

Pattern of Friendship

Well, wouldn't you have guessed it?? My 6th card in this on-going theme.... Do you think it will end soon?? One will never know unless you return often to see what I've been up to! I have saved several of these unique, hard to find quilting/sewing related stamp sets that I've collected over the years and appear to have acquired quite a collection :) This set is titled "Pattern of Friendship" and mimics a McCall's dress pattern. I find that I am often drawn to it and it's one of many stamp sets that I feel doesn't get nearly enough use.... I colored these gals with the "Watercolor Pencils" and used the blender pen to get a washed out effect that I think is pretty close to the pattern packaging. To change things up a bit, I substituted good old fashion ribbon with a measuring tape I found in an old box and cut it all up!

Sew...What's New?

And here is, yet, another card in my quilting theme! That's all I've been doing lately, in between all my workshops during Stampin' Up!'s best sale of the year - SALE-A-BRATION! But still, I used another retired set that is soooo old, it is virtually impossible to find any where! But this antique sewing machine is such a classic and my mother in law has always loved this image. She has her mother's sewing machine that, of course, looks a lot like this one. I did a "faux" stitching technique around the edges to give it that special detail without actually having to pull out my little sewing machine! It's amazing, in person, just how much this technique really looks like I took the time to sew my paper :) The button stamp is actually a single button from another ancient stamp set, "Buttoned with Love", that I stamped 5 in a row, colored them with markers, and them cut them out together to make one long row! All in all, this card may look simple, but is actually rather time consuming. I think the final effect is well worth it!

Baskets Full of Fun

Here are we again for another day for "quilted cards"! Card #4 uses "Baskets Full of Fun" and is also a retired set. It was only available to hostesses for a limited time. Stampin' Up has had soooo many cute sets that I have oodles of them I just can't seem to part with! I love the little balls of yarn and used the "Stampin' Write Markers" to color each one different. I even used the basic gray marker for realistic knitting needles! The colors of card stock are "Elegant Eggplant" and "Lavender Lace".

Quilts Give Comfort

For the third card in my series of quilting themed cards, I used a retired set from long, long ago titled "Quilts Give Comfort". This card needed a lot of detailed coloring, so I chose our "Watercolor Pencils". They give such a nice, soft look and are easy to use for any detailing that needs to be done. The "stitching" on the "quilt" is simply free hand, using markers. You'll have to forgive the poor picture quality, but the saying on the lower right reads, "Friends, like quilts, give comfort when needed".

Quilt Quips

This is the second card I made for my Mother in Law. It also uses "Quilt Quips" Stamp set. The saying on this card reads "may your sorrows be patched and your joys quilted". I used the colors Kraft and Pretty in Pink. I used card stock and our Patterns Designer Series Paper for the layers that have the polka dots. The striped ribbon is an "in-color" Pink Pirouette. I CASED this design from one of the very talented ladies over at SCS :) It was so cute and striking, I just couldn't resist. Sometimes the best remedy for a little stamper's block is to get the creative juices flowing by reworking another card!

Quilt Quips

My Mother in Law loves to Quilt. I've been working on several cards for her these past few weeks and this is the first of several cards in the series. I used the new stamp set "Quilt Quips". It has several cute quilting related sayings, along with the quilt themed "blocks". This one says "May your bobbin always be full!" I used Stampin' Up!'s in-color Pacific Point and the eyelet border punch to create the layers. The quilt blocks are colored using our Stampin' Write Markers.

Cheers To You

This is a really fun card that can be used for multiple occasions!

It uses Stampin' Up's "Cheers to You" stamp set and limited time "In Colors", "Tangerine Tango" and "Kiwi Kiss". I used the "Cheers" stampin around wheel to create the tone on tone design on the "Tangerine Tango" card stock and colored in the cute little margarita glass using our "Watercolor Pencils". Even though our "in colors" do not have matching cartridges for the wheeled stamps, you can cheat when using small pieces of card stock. You simply roll your wheel in your classic ink pad, making sure it is well inked and then wheel it over small areas of card stock. You just have to re-ink your wheel in-between each application! While the picture doesn't do it justice - the lime margarita is covered with our "Crystal Effects" making it shiny and raised 3-D. There is even a little bit of glitter lining the umbrella!

This is an inexpensive set from "Stampin' Up!" that includes 6 cute little stamps. It has a foamy beer stein, champagne glasses toasting, a martini glass complete with olive, a curvy strawberry daiquiri glass and of course, the margarita glass you see here. Naturally, it also has the simple phrase "Cheers to You".

Time Well Spent

This card was designed by a friend of mine (Thanks Pam;) It uses "Time Well Spent", "Simple Stripes", and "Cute & Curly" stamp sets. We stamped "Very Vanilla" craft ink on "Chocolate Chip" card stock, and used "Bashful Blue" tone on tone for the bottom. This card showcases Stampin' Up's exclusive "Movers and Shakers" die for the "Big Shot"and coordinates perfectly with our "Curly Label" punch. Using these two tools together, we created the layered window.

Crazy For CupCakes

My husband really liked this card. The color combination is very striking. I used the stamp set "Crazy for CupCakes" and colored the cupcake using our Stampin' Pastels. It is hard to see in the photo, but the sprinkles have "Dazzling Diamonds" glitter and the red card stock is stamped with "Itty Bitty Backgrounds" to add definition.

Just Buzzin' By

This is my "Just Buzzing By" spinner card. It was fairly easy to use and makes a great gift card. I used the stamp set "Just Buzzin' By" and colored the bees and flower using our Stampin' Write Markers. I used "Barely Banana" and the "Summer Sun" card stock. The "Summer Sun" framing the bumblebees is stamped with our "Sanded" background stamp.

Spinner cards are actaully very easy to create. All you do is attach dental floss in between two pieces of card stock and then apply a bumblebee to each side. (There are actually six bumblebees on this card.)