Stamp with Heather

More Cupcake Action...

This set is just too cute!!!  I love it!  For this month's stampers club my wonderful ladies made 2 projects using the Crazy for Cupcakes.  The theme was chunky glitter and of course a new layout/template for a card (I LOVE templates!!!)  Anyhow, we had lots of fun making these two cards.

Recipe:

Colours: Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray (YUMMY combination!)

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

Other: Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Baja Breeze Ribbon, Chunky Glitter, Tombow, Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze DSP, Pretties Kit

Next month is already prepped.....Halloween shaker card and a fun package!!!  For more details or it you're interested in joining a club feel free to email me!  Hope you are enjoying the weekend!

All images Copyright of Stampin Up 1999 - 2008

CRAZY for Cupcakes!!!!

This set is so CUTE!!!!!  I have to say I was waiting for a fun new cupcake set and Stampin' Up! sure delivered!!!!  Crazy for Cupcakes is SUPER fun and doesn't even have to be used as a birthday set!

You can't have a fun new stamp set and not offer it up as a class!  SO, here are the details:

Tuesday, September 16th

7 - 9 pm at my house (I think for sure we'll have to have cupcakes as a treat too!)

Cost: $45 which includes the stamp set, a cupcake themed gift package with a cake mix, icing, cupcake picks, a gift card holder and a SUPER FUN CARD! 

This class will NOT be offered as a Class Planner as the SUPER FUN card idea is not an original from me.  Marlayne Hardy demonstrated this at Convention this year and I just loved it SO rather than offering it as a planner, I am offering it as a ready made card kit inthe mail for Canadians.  Your cost is also $45 (and I'll do FREE SHIPPING as a thank you!)  You will get the cardstock and other SU Supplies needed to make the projects PLUS the stamp set.  The only thing you are missing is the cake mix and icing.  You will get step by step instructions for completing all the projects as well. 

I have four spots left for my class if you are interested and available.  If you are local and would like a kit (the cake and icing would be included) or are Canadian and would like to receive this fun package in the mail please email me at adamsum@yahoo.com

Have a wonderful LOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG weekend!!!!

YAY, I've been in touch with Marlayne and I got permission to link to her blog.....check it out!!!  She's very talented and has some GREAT stuff!

http://sparkledaisy.com/

Festive Friday!!!

 Well hello!  Hope you are enjoying the beginnings of a LONG weekend!  I love Labour Day weekend BUT I hate that it leads into the beginning of school!  I'm not ready to send Adam or the kids back to school yet!!  Just another week or two would be PERFECT!!!  Anyhow, enough of my complaining and onto Festive Friday!

Love KRAFT paper (and Shannon, I bet you're happy to own this!!!)  Anyhow, this is Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Kraft and Old Olive.  Great Christmas colour combination and a little bit of bling!

Recipe:

Stamps: Christmas Classics (isn't it a GREAT set!!!)

Other: Small Star Punch, Chunky Glitter, Tombow Glue, Scallop Edge Punch, Riding Hood Red Ribbon (YUMMY!!!)

Hope you have a great weekend!  Check back tomorrow for a FUN upcoming class!!!

Scrapbooking in the Mail!

Are you a scrapbooker?  Do you ever feel you don't have enough time?  Do you ever sit and stare at a page and get that creative block?  Well, guess what????  I'm now going to offer my Simply Scrappin kits in the mail (sorry, for Canadians only!)  Here are a few of samples of what's involved with this months kit in the mail.

How does this work?  If you sign up for my kits in the mail program I will send you a Simply Scrappin' Kit directly from Stampin' Up! to your door.  On top of this I will also mail you a package each month with any of the extra embellishments or papers you will need to create your pages!

What will you be able to make?  Each month I will email you the complete instructions on how to create EIGHT scrapbook pages (4 double page layouts) PLUS a BONUS project all using one Simply Scrappin kit!!!!!

What is involed?  All of this (the Simply Scrappin' Kit, extra supplies, complete instructions AND a BONUS project) is yours for only $38 per month!!!!  This current kits in the mail will run for four months, August, September, October and November!  Each month the layouts will be different as will the bonus projects!

If you are interested in joining my kits in the mail club, please email me privately at adamsum@yahoo.com.

If you are American, or International (or Canadian demonstrator) friend each month I do sell my class planner so you too can create these fun projects!  Head on over to my class planner blog and check it out!  I will post this planner on my class planner blog in this afternoon.

THE CLASS PLANNER IS NOW POSTED ON MY CLASS PLANNER BLOG....CLICK HERE

Hope you have a wonderful day!  Thanks for stopping by!

Bananas for YOU!

My SUPER talented and sweet downline, Martha, made these adorable creations for a quarterly meeting just a few weeks back.  Is is not ADORABLE???  I have to brag about Martha for a second, she is currently turning her hobby business into a small business venture and is on a roll!  She has had a great workshop, has a new recruit and is creating like a mad woman!  She is so sweet and kind and I am so lucky to have her in my downline! 

Guess what is hiding in the tree???  A single serving little chocolate bar!  GENIUS!  Martha created the box to wrap around the chocolate bar, crimped it and added the shredded Kiwi paper to the top.  Then she stamped the Sock Monkey on the Kraft paper, coloured them in and cut them out!

Leave a comment here for Martha to read OR head on over to her BLOG and leave her one there! 

Have a great day!

I've been Scrapping

The angle on this photo isn't the best...sorry!  I LOVE these pictures of Mark and Nick jumping off the dock at a cottage this summer.  The page is busier than my normal style but I love it!  Mark wants this framed and put in his room!  If you click on the picture you can see it enlarged and see some of the finer details.  Hope you like it!  Sorry for the quick post....of to make more Designer Paper books!

See you tomorrow!

Designer Series Paper Books

If you have seen the new catalogue then you know what I am talking about....the Designer Series Papers are AMAZING!!!!  Not only that there are 20 to choose from PLUS the colour packages of Designer Series Paper.  Well I decided to create some Designer Series Paper Books for you to showcase the beautiful papers to your customers (or maybe you are a customer and would like to see all 240 beautiful prints and patterns!)

A Designer Series Paper book is a chipboard covered booklet with all 120 sheets (240 designs) of the Designer Series Paper.  Each piece is 4x4 so you can clearly see the designs and colours which is helpful is some of the larger prints.  Each package of DSP is clearly labeled so you know which paper family it belongs to!  They are bound together with a ring with some of the new fun In Colour Ribbon (to also show off!) 

If you are in the London area and can pick up the finished booklets they are $16.  If you require shipping and are in North America this finished booklet is $21 (which includes the shipping)  If you are purchasing these booklets in bulk for downline incentives or gifts please email me privately as we can negotiate a price as shipping will be cheaper.

Thank you so much!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Festive Fr...Saturday....OK, I'm late!

I'm sorry for those of you that were in the festive spirit yesterday, my Christmas card is a little late!  BUT, it's here now for you to check out, case and create!  Hard to believe we are only about 5 months away!  I'm just so thrilled to have about 30 cards already made (however, and you can quote me....come late November when I'm frantically trying to get my cards out feel free to rub this in my face that I was bragging about being early and finished some cards:)

Recipe:

Colours: Baja Breeze (might just possibly be my favourite new In Colour....I'm surprised!), Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Classic Christmas

Others: 1 3/4 circle punch (new and GREAT!), Star Punch, new bouquet button pack, 5/8 Chocolate Chip Grosgrain, Holiday DSP

This is a very simple and easy to reproduce card.  I love the colour combinations and it just seems to work!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

UStamp Questions

Well good evening!  I'm so sorry it's a late post today, but I suppose better late than never.  My Festive Friday will be posted tomorrow for you but for tonight I thought I'd respond to the many email questions I have been getting about UStamp.

YES, you can still sign up!  Go to www.ustamp.blogspot.com

YES, anyone can make these projects as long as you have a paper cutter, adhesive, ink and stamps you can make these projects!

The projects are very similar to my class planners.....more than one item for sure per project and you will be getting more than 10 of these for ONLY $25!!!!

YES, there are prizes and give aways!

YES, we'd love for you to join us!

Today's photo on my blog is only one part of a project that we posted this week....there are many more components but I thought I'd put the tease out there for you.  If you're already in UStamp I'd love for you to comment on this post and let people know what you think!  If you're not in UStamp we'd love for you to join us!

Have a wonderful weekend!

My FAVOURITE new set!

Well, for those of you that don't know (and there can't be many of you!) my new favourite set is hands down JUST JAWING!!!!  I love it!  I know, some of you out there are saying but I only have boys....it's okay!  I've figured out how to make it look more "manly" if need be.  But for the purpose of my class we are going ALL GIRL...Pink Passion, Basic Black and Basic Gray!

Class Details:

Wednesday, September 10 from 7 - 9

Mother Daughter Class Option!  IF you'd like to bring your daughter along to this class these fun projects will be SO much fun for the two of you to make together (it'll be a FUN class!!!)

Cost: $55 which includes my FAVOURITE set, Just Jawing, a package of Ghostly Greetings Designer Series Paper

We will be making a card, a 12x12 scrapbook page (and if you're not a scrapbooker, you can make 2 other cards using the same materials), a FUN box, a bag and a SURPRISE item!!!!

I have 3 spots left for this class if you are interested....because this is my favourite set, you know this will be SO fun!   If you can't make my class and would like to purchase a kit, please email me privately at adamsum@yahoo.com  If you would like my class instructions for this kit please check out my class planner blog at http://www.stampwithheather.typepad.com/class_planners/ for more details!  I appreciate your stopping by!

What is your favourite new stamp set???

The Real Reason....

OK, the real reason you are checking out my blog today is to see who wins the blog candy....I know!!!!  Here goes:

My two favorite colors that I think will go
good together are Riding Hood Red & Mellow
Moss. I hope you are having a great time @
the cottage. Very peaceful I bet. Have fun.

Janey

AND

I just love your blog and you are so creative! Great job and keep up the awesome work you do! Thank you for a chance at some blog candy....my fav. colour combo would be
bravo burgundy and handsome hunter with a bit of apricot appeal.

Posted by: Monika Thiessen

We will be in touch to get you your blog candy!  Thanks to all that wrote entries, some yummy combinations were offered that I will for sure be using in my card class tomorrow night!!!!

Have a great night and thanks for checking back!

A few cards....

For the wonderful ladies of mine that took advantage of an offer in July and received some cards these are the creations.  They had to use Bella Rose (hello....delicious!) and of course some new stamps.  BUT I had to switch things up and use stamps that I got from Convention!!!!

This first card is sweet as it uses a year round stamp set with a cute little frog.  Who does not love a cute little frog...(we caught enough at the cottage to last a life time!)

This second card uses Flight of a Butterfly.  I really like this set and am excited about the potential (stamping on vellum, glitter.....hmmmmm)  This one is quick and simple and elegant.  It would be easy to reproduce and lovely to receive! 

The Designer Series Paper, Bella Rose is so versatile.  It can be whimsical and light or a little more girly.  LOVE IT!

This card is elegant and pretty.  The colours are not exact, not sure what happened in the light but it uses Kiwi Kiss....it is a fun colour!

This next card I stamped a butterfly image on for you but I had to make a baby card and thought this layout and colour combination worked.  There is a bit of glitter on the giraffe in the spots which is difficult to see but adds some depth.  Do you not LOVE the new Heard from the Heart greeting set!!!  I love it!

To hold all the cards I just used a large envelope, covered it in DSP and then made a belly band.  REALLY quick and easy but a nice little package if you are giving away these cards as a set. 

The reason....

Since I talk so much about my favourite place on earth, I thought I'd share a few photos.  Our family cottage is just the most peaceful relaxing place and some of you asked I share a photo so I thought this sums up why I love our cottage!  This is what I see first thing in the morning!

Quick Update!

Hello All!

I really appreciate all your comments and am REALLY exited to try out some of the combinations!  I am still at the cottage (having fun!) but will be home tomorrow!  I have so many new classes and projects to share with you but with not being able to upload photos while here I've struggled with my blog!  I will post the winners tomorrow and a few new projects!  This week will be full of goodies so be sure to check back!  Thanks for checking my site out!

Happy Day!

Festive Friday...sort of and BLOG CANDY

Well Happy Friday! (almost)
It’s that time again….FESTIVE FRIDAY!!!  This term has caught on and more of you are feeling like being in the Festive Spirit!  I’ve visited a few blogs and seen this title, how fun, thanks for the compliment!

I can't seem to upload a picture today here from the library up here at the cottage....not sure why!!!  SO, I have a surprise....BLOG CANDY!!!!

 

AND GUESS WHAT….I have 2 Deer Friend sets to give away as blog candy!!!!!  All you have to do is tell me your favourite colour combination for Christmas Cards….be creative, be original, I can’t wait to read what you have to post!  I will not be posting tomorrow as I am at the cottage and am struggling with the Internet at the local library!  SO, you can post a comment today and tomorrow and I will randomly select my winners on Monday (maybe Tuesday depending on the library!)  If I haven’t posted a winner feel free to check back on Monday and do another combination!  This set is SO darling and perfect for Christmas!

Beach Page

While we were at the cottage this summer we went to a little beach nearby.  The kids had a blast!  They found all sorts of fun wildlife, spalshed around in the water and just played and played and played.  There were too many pictures to narrow it down so I made a page using a collage layout.  I added a few pieces of the DSP in the collage to add some interest and break up all the photos.

I love the colours on this page....Taken with Teal, Old Olive and Purely Pomegranate.  Hope you like it!

I am heading back to the cottage for a few days with the kids and may leave my camera behind to just enjoy the moment....or I might pack it and use it less.....

Have a great day!

Hip-Hippo-ray!

 Thank you so much to all the ladies that came to my open house last night and afternoon!  Adam hunting down the Canada Post truck (seriously!), his making the chocolate dipped pretzels and the yummy punch was very much appreciated and helped make it all possible!  I told him I'd brag about him today!

I have to say that I am in this business because of YOU!  You made my night, you keep my energy and creativity going AND I truly appreciate this, thank you!

This card is dedicated to Crazy Christie today.  While at my house she couldn't stop laughing at all the "punny" stamps in the catalogue and in between tears and laughs she told us the story of how she made a card using this stamp from Pun Fun for a friend who had had a hip replacement!  How cute is that????

Recipe:

Stamps: Pun Fun

Colours: Brilliant Blue, Certainly Celery

Others: 5/8 Celery Ribbon, Dimensionals, BB Brads, Blender Pen and Ink Pads for colouring

Stamped Images Copyright of Stampin' Up! 1999-2008

UStamp is HERE!!!

OK Ladies, are you ready?!?!  Today is the day that UStamp officially begins!!!  Dawn and I are SO excited.  If you have registered for UStamp you will receive an email at some point today inviting you to join UStamp!  Click on the link, fill in the information and you're done!  We will then approve your membership and there is a new PDF waiting for you to create!

If you haven't signed up for UStamp it isn't too late!  Head on over to www.ustamp.blogspot.com and check out the details.  The wonderful feature of UStamp is it is all about U!!!  U can stamp when you want, with who you want and in what want!  All the projects are in PDFs so you can download them and complete them when you are ready!!!

If you signed up for UStamp and DO NOT receive an email from us by 7 pm, please email ustamp2008@yahoo.com and let us know.  We had some undeliverable email addresses through Pay Pal and we want to track you down so you can join in the fun! 

Thank you so much to those of you that have been supportive and excited!  We are looking forward to having you on board!

Isn't he sweet?

Isn't he the sweetest?  We took these photos of Nathan at the cottage this summer sitting on the famous stump!  We take pictures every summer on this stump but these are some of my favourite because Emma and Mark were with me making Nathan smile.

This page only took me 5 minutes to make!  All the borders are from a Simply Scrappin kit and so is the title!  Scrapbooking can be easy and quick!  Have a great day!

A little different post today!

Hello All!  Well for those of you that don't know my family just got back from Convention last night!  We took a two week road trip, travelled over 6000 km and spent at least 60 hours in the van getting too and from Salt Lake City!  Well, what a holiday!  It was fantastic!  We have some amazing memories, saw some beautiful sites and really enjoyed ourselves together!  I am thankful to be home again (as I have a TON of work to do!) but thought today I'd share a few highlights of our trip as a family (in days to come I'll share some Convention highlights!)

This is a picture of Mark at Rocky Mountain National Park!  What a beautiful park, although VERY scary driving through at times as there were no guard rails and no word of a lie.....cliffs about 2 feet (if that away from the edge of the road!)  We say a few herds of Elk while in the park and experienced a wicked hail storm when we hit the bottom of the mountain.  Thank goodness we were at the bottom!  We also saw two elk VERY close up as we were leaving the park.

This cute photo is of Emma and Nathan at the Arch in St. Louis!!!  WOW what a monument!  It took 2 years and 9 months to build and only $15 million finishing in October of 1965.  How amazing is that???  We rode up in the little train barrel thing (not a huge fan of this as I'm not one for heights but boy was it spectaular!  It just blew my mind what the human mind is capable of...envisioning the creation and then implementing it!

This last picture is Adam, Emma and Mark.  We couldn't drive through Michigan and not visit the Parlour in Jackson!  Adam's family travelled many hours as kids just to go to this ice cream store.  We ordered the Baby Deal which is 10 (yes 10) HUGE scoops of ice cream, four types of sauce, whipped cream and cherries!  Well, I'm sad to say that the 5 of us couldn't even come close to finishing it off!

Well, I'm glad to be home and will have a regular post tomorrow.  In the meantime I'll be preparing for Alicia's quarterly meeting tomorrow, my open house on Tuesday (email me if you'd like to attend and didn't get my email) and my downline meeting on Wednesday!  Oh and did I mention.....USTAMP STARTS ON TUESDAY!!!!!! Take care!

Big Soccer Thanks

Mark had the BEST time this year playing soccer.  He has played lacrosse these past few  years and this year decided he wanted to play soccer and he LOVED it!  I think the main reason was his coaches were THE BEST!  They were so fun and pumped and just made practices and games enjoyable for all the kids!  THANKS!  SO, of course this can't go unnoticed, so what else is there to do but make a card!  Mark helped me make these cards using Just Soccer and Thanks So Much.  I LOVE the "just sports" series of SU stamps.  They are very reasonable and make gor a great card and scrapbook page without a big investment.

The card is 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2.  Then I used the word window punch to punch out a slot for the Tim Hortons Gift card.  The white layer is 4x4 and has a soccer ball stamped on it and room for Mark to write a message.  The front of the card has the shoes stamped in Basic Gray, on Basic Gray cardstock, 3 black brads and then the soccer ball and THANKS are embossed in black and the SO MUCH is embossed in white.  Hope you like it!

Have a great day!

Festive Friday

Wasn't it just Friday???  It sure is amazing how fast these summer weeks are going!?!?  Here is another Christmas card to add to your pile!  It uses the new hostess stamp set Deer Friend (level 2).  I have to give full credit for the layout to my fabulously talented downline Shelly!  Isn't it a great one!?!?  I totally cased this from her and LOVE it!  Thanks Shelly!!!

Recipe:

Colours: Ruby Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Deer Friend, Warm Words

Others: circle punches, new scallop edge punch, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon

This would be a quick card to reproduce for the holidays....hmmmm, this could be the one!

Take care!

Enjoy the Little Things

Dragonflies were EVERYWHERE at the cottage this summer!  I have never seen so many baby dragonflies in one place, ever!  My kids had so much fun saving the dragonflies from spiders' webs around the cottage or from the lake.  They would "tend" to them until they could fly away.  It was very sweet and at one point both Emma and Mark had multiple dragonflies on their heads (hence the photos!)  I couldn't help but scrap them.

Because a new catalogue and new papers are coming out I try and use up my old papers so I don't forget about them.  I was really happy with the way the scraps of paper came together for this page.  I journaled on the bottom right corner in So Saffron marker.  It's almost the weekend!  Have a great day!

Oh My Goodness!!!

OK, I can't believe how GREAT Stampin' Up! truly is!  I just finished gushing about it the other day and how it has been life changing and just so amazing and then today I read the announcement that Stampin' Up! is going to have a sign up deal starting August 11th!!!  HOW AMAZING!!!  If Stampin' Up! is something you've ever thought about, if you want cheaper stamping supplies or you just spend lots (I know a bunch of you that fit this category!) this could be for you!!!  Here are the details:

$119 Starter Kit Promotion

Dates: August 11-October 11, 2008

Promotion details:

From August 11-October 11, potential recruits will have the option of
becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator by purchasing one of three
special mini Starter Kits* priced at $119.

Stamp-Focused Starter Kit:

Item Code Description Price
109515 Fun & Fast Notes stamp set $36.95
100730 Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11") $8.95
105548 Bold Brights card stock assortment (8-1/2" x 11") $9.50
101179 Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad $6.25
104332 SNAIL Adhesive $8.75


Scrapbook-Focused Starter Kit:

Item Code Description Price
111570 Contempo Alphabet stamp set $48.95
113059 Simply Scrappin' Petal Party $23.95
105212 Pixie Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $6.25


Home Décor-Focused Starter Kit:

Item Code Description Price
111656 Inspired by Nature stamp set $28.95
114088 Décor Elements Chocolate Classic Ff $4.75
114126 Décor Elements Medium Chocolate Long Stem Silhouettes
$20.95
114285 Décor Elements Applicator $2.25
111835 Kiwi Kiss Classic Stampin' Pad $6.25


*Each kit also includes the same business supplies that are found in
the standard Starter Kit (the Home Décor-Focused Starter Kit also
includes 25 Décor Elements brochures). While all items in the Starter
Kits are recommended, a new demonstrator may substitute a like item
of equal or lesser value.

Q: In the Fall-Winter Sampler, it lists a recruiting promotion during
this same period where the new recruit gets to choose a free stamp
set from the catalogue. Does this apply to these promotional Starter
Kits?
A: No. The free stamp set offer is only for recruits who purchase the
standard Starter Kit for $249.

I WILL STILL HONOUR MY FREE STAMP SET THOUGH...ANY STAMP SET IN THE CATALOGUE FOR FREE FROM ME PLUS I'LL PAY FOR YOUR REGISTRATION FOR USTAMP!

Q: Do the promotional Starter Kits include the same business supplies
as the standard Starter Kit?
A: Yes. All of the business supplies are the same. The promotional
kits just include fewer products. The Home Décor focused Starter Kit
is the only kit that includes a pack of Décor Elements brochures. All
other kits include just one single brochure.

Q: Are any of the items substitutable?
A: Yes. Just like the standard Starter Kit, most of the products in
the kit that are substitutable for like items in the catalogue. Check
out the online order form for more details on which items are
substitutable.

I would love to have you join my AMAZING TEAM of demonstrators!!!  I am so lucky to have such wonderful women working along side me and hope you can join our group!!!  Please email me with any questions you may have or you can sign up on August 11th at www.heathersummers.stampinup.net (password is heatherstamps)  I can't wait for this upcoming stamping year!

Hoot Hoot!!!

Owls just seem to be the "thing" right now and well for our Grandma's generation!  I don't mean that in a bad way but my one Grandma sure has a lot of "owl" stuff around her house.  Anyhow, I thought it would be well suited to make her a card using the Owl Together Now stamp set (that will be available in the new catalogue)  This is not a usual colour combination for me, but after colouring it just sort of lead me down this path....Brilliant Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip.  What do you think?

I like the way I adhered the hodgepodge frame (which is retiring) to the card.  I used an Old Olive Brad on the one side and Old Olive Ribbon knotted on the other.  The owl is watercoloured (see watercolour tutorial from the other day for details).  I used Brilliant Blue DSP and Old Olive DSP on Chocolate Chip.

Let me know what you think!  Have a great day!

All stamped images copyright of Stampin’ Up! 1999-2008

Family Time

As many of you know from my blog I spent some time at our family cottage in July with my Grandma.  It was a neat opportunity this year as well to spend some time with my uncle as he is doing an addition on a cottage not far from my Grandma.  So one evening I took the kids, my grandma and I over to the cottage my uncle, husband and friend are working on.  It was so much fun and am thrilled with the family shot I got before we left!

The Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' kits are amazing!  I can't wait for the new ones coming out in the new catalogue!!!  They are great and quick and I think add to a page and not take away from the photos.  Hope you like it!

Have a great day!

Simple and Neat

Are you ever looking for a card that has clean lines, minimal detail but pleasant to look at?  I find these sorts of cards sometimes hard to make.  I do like the final look of this card though.  I really wanted to accentuate the use of the classy brass template so this card does it beautifully.  Layering the card on the Kraft cardstock also helps highlight the image.  Have I mentioned how much I love Kraft!?!?

I used the template called Shapes (for sure my favourite as it matches with so many of our punches!)

I started by creating the raised circle by dry embossing using the template.  Then I stamped on the ice cream cone and coloured in the cone using Creamy Caramel.  Then I punched out the dry embossed circle using the 1 1/4 inch circle punch.  This is layered on the 1 3/8 circle punch.  After I adhered this layer to the card (with the natural twine wrapped around) I used the template to paper pierce holes around my circle.  I punched every other hole on the template rather than every hole.

Hope you like the card!

All stamped images copyright of Stampin’ Up! 1999-2008

Bad to the Bone!

Mark, my six year old, has a thing about skulls.  His coat has one on it and his favourite sweatshirt is covered in skulls.  I don't really know how to describe them, they aren't scary but cute certainly wouldn't be the right word.  Anyhow, a neighbour asked Mark if he was "Bad to the Bone" since he loved the skulls so much so now his response to everything is "I'm Bad to the Bone"

When going through my Halloween stamps (have I mentioned how much I love Halloween?) I remembered the skull and expression on this set and had to make Mark a card!  So as much as it may appear to be a Halloween card it isn't it's just a "you're a cool kid" card for my little munchkin!

Recipe:

Colours: Lovely Lilac, Basic Black, Basic Gray

Others: 1/2 Circle punch, Vintage Brads (5 black ones), Lovely Lilac DSP, circle punches, dimensionals

I stamped the image first in Lovely Lilac and punched out with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch, then stamped the image in black and punced out just the skull using the 1 inch punch.  This layer is adhered using dimensionals.

A quick and easy card you could recreate for so many other sets!  Hope your day is filled with happiness!

All stamped images copyright of Stampin’ Up! 1999-2008

Stampin' Up! Family

If you follow my blog somewhat regularly (I truly appreciate it, thanks!) you know I don't share too much about myself.  I do find this hard in type but I'm an open book in person.  While at Convention I had a few people say they wish they knew a bit more about me so I will try and include a bit more in my posts but should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!  Along these same lines I thought I would get a bit mushy on you today! 

Today was the last day of Convention.  Convention was an experience that I will cherish and hold for so many years to come!  The enthusiasm and energy (and of course free stamps and prizes!) were nothing like I have ever experienced before (not even at a Great Big Sea concert!).  BUT the highlight of my trip was not the free product, the amazing samples, the super cool presentations or even the main stage events, it was bonding with fellow demonstrators!  There were a large group of local demonstrators that attended Convention (Alicia, Lisa, Sarah, Anne, Cindy, Pat, Pat, Patty, Jenn, Corinne, Maureen, Tara, Cindy and others from Maureen's downline I know I am forgetting!).  We had a great time attending classes together, cheering during main stage and sharing in all the wonderful activities.  One of my highlights was getting to know Anne and Cindy on another level through our three days together!  This was just fabulous!   I also got to meet so many of YOU that read my blog or correspond with me!  I appreciate your stopping me and chatting with me, this meant so much to me!!!  I got to spend a great deal of time with my dear friend and UStamp partner Dawn Rapsas (who achieved so many great awards for all her hardwork!)  I was so happy to seeTerri, Lisa, Kimberly, Stephanie, Kelly, Beth and so many more of you!!!!  Thank you for making my Convention that much better!!!

So my offer to you today comes from advice given to me by my friend and Kimberly.  We were chatting today and I congratulated her on her recruiting and she said something to me today that made so much sense.  Kimberly said to me, "It would be so selfish of me to NOT share the Stampin' Up! opportunity with those around me."  I truly took this to heart!  I cannot imagine my life without Stampin' Up! 

I can't stress enough that I did not start with Stampin' Up! to make money or create a business, I did it to get a discount and maybe some free stuff!  This worked for me when I started my Stampin' Up! career and in 4 1/2 years I have developed my passion for paper crafting into a business that allows me to stay at home with my children. 

So, in my post today(and always) I am extending this invitation to you!  If you have ever thought about getting some free product, or product at a discount, or making some extra income or wondered what Stampin' Up! has to offer this opportunity could be for you!  Worst case scenario you get lots of great stamping stuff at a WAY discounted price in the starter kit!  Best case scenario you establish relationships and friendships that will last a life time(oh, and maybe some free stamps!)  With the release of the new catalogue on August 11th, there is a new starter kit that you can totally customize yourself PLUS Stampin' Up! is offering a FREE stamp set of your choice, which I will match!!! 

If you live in the London area, I invite you attend my upline's quarterly meeting on August 11th(at this meeting you could even win a free starter kit!) with me to check out what Stampin' Up! has to offer or my downline meeting on August 13th.  If you are a Canadian and think that this may be an opportunity you would enjoy I encourage you to email me privately at adamsum@yahoo.com as I would love to chat with you to see if you think Stampin' Up! would be right for you or check out my Stampin Up! webpage at www.heathersummers.stampinup.net

Thanks for taking the time to read my post today and for taking the time out of your busy life to learn a little bit more about myself and Stampin' Up!  Take care.

Wacky Hair Day

This has got to be my kids favourite spirit day at school and boy did they look cute!?!?  I love wacky hair day too!  Going into the school is always fun to see what others are doing as well...spiders in the hair, dye jobs, wild ponies and the list goes on!

I made this page using scraps of different Designer Series Paper.  I used Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst and Cutie Pie.  Each of them are cut into 6x6 squares.  The border at the top and bottom of each page are 3 inches.  I added the brads for some extra appeal and then journaling box is a piece of cardstock with the spiral punch down the side. 

I like the extra bit of pizazz the ribbon adds on the right side of the other photo.  I'm looking for your opinion on something.  I am almost exclusively Stampin' Up!  Very rarely are there other items on my blog BUT I find scrapbook titles WAY easier using my Cricut.  If you visit my blog because I am SU exclusive does it bother you seeing Cricut titles?  I'd love to hear from you!

All stamped images copyright of Stampin’ Up! 1999-2008

Convention Update!

Hello Ladies!!!  I just want to give you an update here from Convention!!!  WOW, this is an amazing event that is FULL of energy, excitement and enthusiasm (and on top of all that....stamping!!!)  This is my first ever Convention and boy I can't tell you how sad I am that I've never done this before!  The women here are AMAZING!!!  There are a bunch of us from the London area here which is GREAT but next year there will be even more(start saving!!!!!!)  The atmosphere is contagious and you can't help but feel pure joy with all the great presentations, new exciting information and fantastic stamped projects!  I'm sure if you blog hop you've seen some of the great things coming out but I thought I'd highlight a few of my favourites for you.....

Favourite New Stamp Set - Just Jawing (with matching DSP....SO FUN!!!!)

Favourite New Ribbon - the In Colour striped ribbon (YUM!!!)

Favourite New DSP - Washington Apple (so sweet!)

Favourite New Scrappin Kit - too many to list...you'll LOVE them!!!

and the list goes on!

Exciting News:

Stampin' Up! donated over $126 000 to Ronald McDonald House this year!

Stampin' Up! has partnered with Sizzix and will be selling their own line of Sizzix dies!!!! (The are SO FAB!!!!)

Stampin' Up! will be releasing more colour choices and designs in their vinyl decor elements this fall!

OK, with all that being said keep an eye in the coming days for some upcoming stamping days, events, classes and news!   Thanks for being so great and I hope wherever you live that maybe someday we can meet up at Convention ... you won't regret it!!!

Festive Friday

It's August!!!  You have got to be kidding me!?!?  Where is our summer going?  Sticking with the new tradition of Festive Friday here's a new Christmas card for you!  (You may be rolling your eyes now, but you'll thank me come December!!!)

It's tough to see in this photo but our little snowman friend is actually dry embossed up on a square.  I am hooked on dry embossing right now....lots of fun and love the look!  The brads just help to accent the embossed edges.  This uses I think my FAVOURITE (maybe second favourite) DSP from the Spring Summer catalogue...Bali Breeze.  The colours must make me so happy!!!

Colours: Old Olive, Taken with Teal, Purely Pomegranate

Others: the NEW scallop edge punch....IT'S AMAZING!!!, EE Brads, SU markers

Hope you're enjoying the long weekend and I'll check back with you again tomorrow!