Creativity With Stamps

Artisan Award Projects - Card#1 & #2

School is over for my little ones and they are home 24/7!  We are enjoying each other's company although I had to explain that mommy doesn't really get summer vacation and that I am not always "free" to just play around.  Both kids had pneumonia last week and since I never had any experience with it, I felt I needed to be there with them all the time to make sure they got better and played quiet games instead of bouncing off everywhere (which is something they are used to doing all the time).

Ok, so I was not one of the Artisan Award finalists and since the winners have already been announced through Stampin'Up, I have been told that it's safe for me to start posting my projects that were submitted for this award.  For my cards, I did not want to use lots of product since I wanted to show that one does not need to use the entire catalog to make a wow card.  So let's start with two cards:

I have been on a crumb cake kick and have been using it to make most of my latest projects, this particular card has crumb cake cardstock as its base.  I love photo cards and I made a birthday thank you card using only one stamp set ..."Short & Sweet" which thankfully is not retiring.  Here are all the supplies:

Stamps:  Short & Sweet

Cardstock/Papers:  Crumb Cake, In Color Designer Series Paper Pack,

Ink:  Basic Black

Accessories:  White Signo Pen, paper piercing tool & mat pack, 1 1/4" circle punch, basic pearls, dimensionals

 

This second card still uses only one stamp set and notice that I am still incorporating crumb cake in it.  I have been making more things using origami this year since my kids have shown interest in making anything origami.  I fell in love with these origami dresses and I know I had to incorporate them in one of my artisan award projects so I came up with this card.

Stamps:  Something To Celebrate (retired)

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, In Color Designer Series Paper Pack, Sew Sweet DSP

Ink:  Soft Suede

Accessories:  white baker's twine, dotted scallop ribbon border punch, 2way glue, dazzling diamonds, stampin' dimensionals

 

Stay tuned for more postings on my artisan award projects!!!

Fabulous Florets Gift Ensemble

Here are the two other projects I showed at my last workshop.  All using the beautiful Fabulous Florets stamp set.

 

I love doing gift ensembles and showing people the versatility of our stamps...card, gift box and scrapbook page all using one main stamp set...love it!!!

 

 

Stampin'Up 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog Retiring List

Yes, the time has come when some of our most coveted stamp sets and accessories will retire from the big Stampin'Up Idea Book & Catalog at the end of this month (June 2011).

NOTE:  All discounted items as well as all accessories will be available until the warehouse runs out and then they will be gone forever.  Regular retiring priced stamp sets are all available until the end of June.

Click on the images below to see all retiring items

Last Chance Discounted Products

 

Last Chance Accessories

 

Last Chance Definitely Decorative

 

Last Chance Clear-Mount Stamps

 

Last Chance Wood-Mount Stamps