Guest Stamper, Carla

My friend, and one of the gals in my down line, Carla, is doing so well 

with her card making - selling them before she can stock up even!  

She has a great resource through her regular job and her friends are 

starting to make requests.  

I LOVE IT!!

These are two cards she made when someone requested some

butterfly cards

 She used Butterfly Prints Stamp Set on the out side of her card

 and Kindness Matters Stamp Set on the inside

I think she did a BEAUTIFUL job!!

Thanks for Sharing, Carla!!

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August Stamp A Stack

Another very successful Stamp A Stack class this month. Yes, July was extremely slow, but I was glad to see the ladies eager and ready to get back to card making.

Here are two of the cards that we made this month


Layout inspired by Sabriena Satchwell
I just changed the stamp set used and the color scheme.
You have until the end of August to take advantage of this this stamp set called STRENGTH AND HOPE. For every stamp set sold, Stampin' Up! will donate $2
to the Breast Cancer Research Fund.
Won't you help them out by placing an order for this stamp set today?!
Click HERE to place an order at my on line site.

MENU:
SS: Strength and Hope #118100, $17.95 Wood Mount
or #123660 Clear Mount $13.95, Thank You Kindly
CS: Very Vanilla, Basic Black
INK: Basic Black, Pretty In Pink
PUNCHES: Wide Oval, Modern Label, 2 Step XL Owl (small heart)
Accessories: Pretty in Pink 1 1/4" Stripe Ribbon, Victoria Crochet Lace,
Basic Pearls, Dimensionals. the Butterfly really stands out as I stacked
2-3 Dimensionals on top of each other for the extra "wow" effect.

CARD #2


MENU:
SS: Butterfly Prints, Happiest Birthday
CS: Early Espresso, WW, Blushing Bride DSP from the In Color bundle
INK: Blushing Bride, Early Espresso
PUNCHES: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Butterfly, Ticket Corner
Accessories: #2 Scallop Circle Die, 3" Circle Die, Big Shot, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals
Inspired By: Angie Juda

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Convention, Here I Come!!

Today is the day I leave for Stampin' Up! Convention in Utah!!
I am soooo excited I can hardly stand it!
This is my first chance to go, and from what I hear from other demonstrators
it is a ton of fun and we learn many new and exciting things.

My Friend Rachel came one day last week to help me get my SWAPS ready for Convention

A SWAP is where you bring a card (front only) and then you SWAP with other demonstrators for the card fronts they made. That way I will come home with a ton of ideas for future classes.
This is a card idea I made up a while back and was planning to use it for one of my Stamp A Stack classes once the new IN-COLORS came out.
So this was a perfect chance to make these up.

First we stamped the three butterflies using Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, and Lucky Limeade, then ran it through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.
Then another corresponding butterfly was placed on top using a Dimensional to pop it up.

This was another idea Rachel thought of, but the first card won out. I really like this card alot especially now that I put the Island Indigo card stock behind it. Oh well, maybe another time.


Won't Rachel get a laugh when she gets this in the mail as her Thank You for all her help.

Click HERE to place a purchase at my online site. As an added incentive BONUS, any order $50 or more (before S&H) placed on my Stampin' Up! site while I am at Convention
(July 12-17, 2011) will receive an EXTRA FREQUENT STAMPER TOKEN.
Remember if you collect 10 FST's you can redeem them for a FREE stamp set of your choice.

Have A Blessed Day!!

Christi

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C3 Challenge

Now that I have 7 lovely gals in my down line I have been having a separate down line meeting in my home for them, and then once a quarter Glenda has everyone come to a full down line meeting at her house. I am still getting used to this so I try to piggy-back off her meeting and then share the same info at mine - yes, I know, I'm cheating (haha). So even though we are all Red Hot Stampers, we are also in a group of our own call Christi's Creative Crew which I lovingly call C3.

In March we met here and I issued a challenge for the gals to pick a layout design from any of the Stampin' Success Magazines that we get every month and to make a card.

This is the card that I made for my challenge...


First I stamped the butterflies from the stamp set called Butterfly Prints on Whisper White card stock with Poppy Parade, Concord Crush and Peach Parfait - three of our current IN- Colors. Then I ran the card front only through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I also stamped the same butterflies on a separate scrap piece of Whisper White Card Stock, smooshed Versa Mark on them and then heat embossed them with Iridescent Ice to give them a bit of "dazzle". I attached the butterflies with a side piece of dimensionals and added pearls and a rhinestone.

The more I look at it the more I like it - such a simple basic card, but it has flare!!

If any of my gals complete their challenge I will share those with you as well.

Have a Blessed Day!!

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