July Club Card

Good morning, today is the first day of Convention and I am probably standing in line waiting for the Memento Mall to open. This starts the fun and excitement of Convention. If you would like to join me next year all you need to do is sign up to join me team and we can make the trip together. The line to get into Memento Mall is a great place to swap cards with all the other people and this year I am taking this card for one of my swap cards. We also made this card for our July Stamp Club and now I would like to share it with you. I pulled out the new products for this card and a technique that my club ladies found fun and easy. It is faux suede and the Basic Black strip across the card is done with this technique. The rest of the card consists of Crumb Cake Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Daffodil Delight Card Stock, Jet Black Stazon Ink, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Newsprint Designer Series Paper, Black Brad, 1" Circle Punch and Artistic Etchings Stamp Set. The edges of the card stock are Distressed. I made 50 more of these for Convention with the help of my stampin' assistants. They were both big help with punching, stamping, and labeling. Well, I am off be sure and come back tomorrow when I will have another convention swap to share with you. If I get a chance I will update later today but today is a getting settled day and tomorrow starts all the real excitement and fun! Have a great day, Tonya

Simple Artistic Etching

Hello, I haven't disappeared or anything but I have been bad about not posting this week. Sorry about that. I had club Tuesday night and we had a wonderful time and I have been busy making swaps. I have one more organized swap to make and then a few more generals swaps before I leave on Tuesday, add in our family activities and that doesn't leave much time to post. I will be writing post that will be published while I am gone, so at least the days I am away there will be new projects for you. The other day I was playing with the Artistic Etching Stamp Set and I decided I need a simple yet elegant card to showcase the new colors. This is one of the cards I came up with. The base is Basic Black Card Stock with a layer of Daffodil Delight Card Stock. I used the new (and my favorite right now) embossing folder Vintage Wallpaper to add a design to my Very Vanilla Card Stock. I only did the top portion so that I could stamp on the lower portion. I used Jet Black Stazon to stamp the design on the bottom. It is one stamp that I stamped three times across the card. It is super easy to line them up with the new Clear Mount Stamps. To finish off the card and cover the area where the stamping and embossed image meet I added a piece of 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon and there you have the finished card. Nothing to difficult yet it would be perfect to make a bunch for notes to teachers, friends or loved ones. I am off to bed it has been a long day and tomorrow will be more of the same. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day, Tonya

Introducing Blushing Bride!

Good morning, today I would like to introduce you to two new colors that Stampin'Up! introduced in the new catalog. The first is Blushing Bride and the second is Early Espresso. I am enjoying playing with all the new colors and trying out new combos. The new Color Coach is great for suggesting new color combos and there is even a place to add your own favorites. How sweet is that. Today's card is one that we made this weekend at my New Catalog Card Class. It is fairly simple but uses several new products and a new stamp set. The base card stock is the new In Color Blushing Bride and the ink color is also the same. The stamp set is Style Beautiful and is new and available in Clear Mount or Wood Mount. After stamping the biggest stamp on the bottom corner of the card I stamped the sentiment on Whisper White Card Stock then punched it out with the Wide Oval Punch and layered it with a Lots Of Tags Die cut from Early Espresso Card Stock. Early Espresso is a darker more rich color than Chocolate Chip. I added two of the new Basic Rhinestones Jewels that have adhesive on the back and are ready to add to any project. I can see myself using a lot of these. I finished off the card with Whisper White Organza and 1/8" Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon tied together into a knot. The 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon is a fun size to layer with some of our wider ribbons and is easy to tie. This week is going to be a busy week. I have Stamp Club tomorrow night and then I will be busy finishing up my swaps for Convention. It is hard to believe that I leave a week from tomorrow. I am looking forward to learning so much and bringing it all back to share with you. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Tonya

Marina Mist meets Cherry Cobbler

Hello! I have been playing with the new colors and I am loving them! There are so many combos that I am excited to try but for today I thought I would share with you a Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler Combo. Cherry Cobbler is definitely one of my favorite new colors. I started with a base of Marina Mist Card Stock and I sponged it with the Marina Mist Classic Ink Pad. I added a strip of Cherry Cobbler Card Stock and then a sponged piece of Presto Patterns Specialty Paper. This is my first time using the Presto Patterns Paper. Yes, I have had it a while but just didn't get around to trying it. I wish I had tried it earlier it is fun to use and there are so many possibilities. You can sponge it in any color. How great it that! I then pulled out the Dreams du Jour Stamp Set and created the stamped image. I stamped it twice. Once with the Basic Gray Classic Stamp Pad and once with the Cherry Cobbler Classic Stamp Pad. I cut out the Dreams portion of the Cherry Cobbler image and after I watercolored the Basic Gray Image I added the Dreams with Mini Glue Dots, a couple of layers of card stock and this card is ready to send. If you like these colors they will be available to purchase on July 1st. Well, that is all for today. We have baseball games again tonight and I am going to start sewing my quilt blocks for the quilt block swap I am in at Convention this year. If you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for July so that you can try the new colors for yourself just let me know. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya