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Ornamental Bags & Tags Class Coming Up!

Get a wrap on the holidays with these rich-looking, yet inexpensive, packages and tags. A special presentation makes a real treat of simple gifts and is the finishing touch on your extra special gifts. Bold and vibrant colors make these bags and tags stands out in the crowd. Have a great time creating these projects to have on hand for the holidays. You'll love the way the special presentation makes your friends and family anticipate the goodies inside!

In this class, you will make:

·         One Treat Box with 3-D Ornament

·         One Ornament Bag-a-lope

·         One Ornament Slider Box

·         Six Coordinating Ornament Tags

 

These projects feature the Delightful Decorations stamp set and coordinating Ornament Punch along with a blend of traditional and non-traditional vibrant colors.  Get started on a heartfelt holiday with these beautiful and functional bags and tags!  

This class is $15 and will be November 14th at 2:00 P.M.

Special Deal: Purchase the Ornament Punch, 116794, $15.95 and the Delightful Decorations Stamp Set, 103139, $21.95, from me and the class is only $10,  plus you will receive the email instructions for making all of these projects on your own. If you have purchased them from me already, the same deal applies. There will be 10 slots for the class so register today!

Fall Sleepover Project - Card Tote With 4 Cards and Envelopes.

This weekend was the Fall Sleepover, a semi annual event hosted by my up-upline and participated in by both customers and demonstrators.  The fall air was wonderful! We were in a lodge at a camp in the woods by the water...nice!  In the spring we will have the Spring Sleepover, tentative date March 26th and 27th most likely at the same place. This was a scrapbooking weekend with classes that anyone can take for a fee if they choose. This year there were ten classes taught by 4 demonstrators. We had such a great time with good friends and the food was awesome as always!  I am sharing the class I taught at the sleepover and I plan to teach it again at our January Northpark crop if you are interested in taking this class. The  stand up tote is made from one sheet of Night and Day Specialty Series Paper and tied with this luscious Whisper White Organza ribbon.  If I haven't mentioned it before, this ribbon takes color like butter!  Try dying this ribbon with a reinker and water or perhaps tea dying.  It is beautiful! 

OK, back to the project.  I really don't know who to credit with this tote idea. It was on a blog I had bookmarked in my old laptop that died and I have tried to find the link searching the blogs I thought I found it on but can't locate it so if it is yours let me know and I'll give you credit.  It is a very creative way to make the tote.

The four cards are my design and were made with various stamp sets, dies, ribbon, hardware, embossing, cardstock and dsp. The insides were stamped and the envelopes were stamped. 

The four cards are grouped below. I will have this posted on my Stampin' Up! website calendar as www.marthabeck.stampinup.net.  Happy stamping!

 

Christmas Jingle album class

 
The Christmas Jingle Album class is now a reality and oh so cute!  I love fanning the pages and seeing all the movement. There are envelopes and tabs and more envelopes! Fun!  OK, here's the information, the class will be, Saturday, Nov 7th, 10 a.m., at my house, seating limited to the first 10 registered and paid. The class fee is $24 and includes 1/2 of the Christmas Jingle scrappin' kit and a bottle of Tombow adhesive. You will have some pieces left to take with you to use on scrapbook layouts or Christmas cards. Deadline for registration is next Tuesday October 20th. All seats must be paid for by then to get in this class so hurry, you don't want to miss it! I will order supplies by the end of next week and start cutting and assembling kits.
This is a pay in advance class because class materials must be ordered and I will only order enough to cover the paid seats in the class. This can be a class by mail as well, the only difference is the stamp won't be on the cover since Stampin' Up! will not allow the images to be sold. You will receive 1/2 of a Christmas Jingle scrappin' kit and a bottle of Tombow adhesive along with emailed instructions for completing your album. Postage will be added to the cost of the class and open to US residents only. I  take checks or Paypal but no credit cards please. You will receive a receipt for your payment. Some of you have seen the album in person and have already requested a seat but for those that haven't seen it I am including a couple of sneak peeks.  If there is enough demand I'll do a second class. I will be moving the furniture out of the living room for this one to make room for more people since my stamp room will only hold a few, but I won't make you help me move it, I promise!  <G>  Contact me for further information at gadgetgirlsu@gmail.com and put Christmas Jingle Album Class in the subject line.  Happy stamping!

 

 

Beautiful Fall Candle made with ribbon and Sizzix Flower Daisie Die #2

I love my Big Shot and dies.  There are endless projects to be made with them. Some I have neglected so plan to use much more. I want them to feel loved! These candles were made with the Sizzix Big Shot Flower Daisie #2 Die (item 114520, $19.95) and the Sizzlit Swirls Scribble (item 113441, $4.95) along with a little cardstock and ribbon. The Sizzix Flower Daisie Die #2 is a steel die, which means you can cut multiple images but the Sizzlit Swirls Scribbles can only cut one image at a time. I used a variety of fall color cardstock and Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper (item 115668, $9.95). In our catalog the coordinating colors of cardstock to designer paper are listed under each making it easy to matchy match.  I used several of each size flower in each color.  You can use as many or few as you like, depending on the look you are going for. I wrapped some cardstock around and secured with scotch tape, tied my ribbon, lined up my flowers and glued them together (make sure the circles match as you go and give them a little turn each time you glue one so they are offset and show the petals well) then tied some of the delicious 1-1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon (item 115616, $8.95 for 10 yds) around it for the finish.  There are four Swirls Scribbles on each candle. In the center of the flowers I put a Pumpkin Pie corduroy button brad through the center (item 114342, $9.95 for 24, 8 each of three styles). I love how they turned out and look so Fallish!  Now I want to get some larger candles and do multiple flowers on each candle.  There's no stopping!  It's so addictive!!  

The second picture shows a closeup of the flower itself. 

I hope you will get your dies out and start decorating for the holidays, it's so much fun and no one else will have what you have!

My Digital Studio is now available to everyone & Deal of the Week is back!!

Woo hoo!  So much is going on at Stampin' Up! right now.  We have the Clearance Rack, the Deal of the Week is back and My Digital Studio (MDS) design studio is now available to everyone!!  Order here to begin enjoying your very own digital designs and to check out the Clearance Rack and the Deals of the Week, which I'll talk about more in a minute. .  Click on SHOP NOW in the upper right hand corner and start exploring all of these great deals. The My Digital Studio is so very easy to navigate and create scrapbook pages, calendars, blog banners, cards, and whatever your imagination can come up with. I am not a computer savvy person and I have had a blast using the software with my laptop.  I can create anywhere I go and I love it.  I can create while I sit by the pool and watch the kids, sit in my swing, watch TV, go on roadtrips, and because I am not a person that can just "sit" I need something to do so this fills the space and gets something accomplished as well.  I recently designed a Christmas album in the MDS and then created it on paper for a class which I will be posting shortly.  Whether you are a "put everything on it but the kitchen sink" type scrapper 

 

Or like to keep it a little more simple, you can do it with My Digital Studio.  Unlimited use of embellishments and stamps and punches.  I can put 100 brads on a page if I want to...don't know why I would, but I can!! :- )

Isn't that just the sweetest little fella! 

Now, on to more fun, remember the Deal of the Week Stampin' Up! had a while back?  It's back!  and now you can get different things on sale each week. This weeks specials can be seen here. Stampin' up! punches are so handly to make tasks easier. I love the My Way Punch for fun on a scrapbook page or card.  The flowers are so versatile and can be used in many ways.  Cut the Five Petal flower apart to make leaves to go behind your flowers. Use the Trio Flower Punch with a brad in the center for sweet flowers for your projects and make that just right accent piece. 

That is all for now...it's a beautiful day and I have a Fall Festival party to go to tonite so enjoy and I will see you next time!

Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack

Who doesn't love a bargain! Retired merchandise at deep discounts.

Find Rubons, Chipboard, Ribbon, Snowflakes and more on sale now.

Shop conveniently using this quick link to my  website or at www.marthabeck.stampinup.net then click on SHOP and in the left column click on CLEARANCE RACK to see what great items are available. 

Remember, this is while supplies last so if there is something you want grab it!

Items will be removed and replaced as inventory levels dictate so check back often to see what new items have been added or taken away.

All sales are FINAL no exchanges and no returns.

Shopping at the Clearance Rack is available only through my Stampin' Up! website where you can shop 24/7.

Have fun and I am off to do a little shopping myself!

Swine Flu...it's not for sissies

Swine flu, it's everywhere, and has touched my friends and family as it probably has yours.  My grandson and a dear friend both had the flu so I wanted to make a card for them to cheer up their day.  I dug around in my retired stamps to find a set that I absolutely love and will never part with, Farm Fever, a 4 stamp set that has the cutest stamps for anyone who is sick. The biggest stamp is a pig in bed with a thermometer in his mouth...how cute is that for someone with Swine Flu! Here are the two cards I sent. I printed off the sentiment about Swine Flu on my computer of course.  The first card uses circle punches for a fun look.  The second card uses Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! along with Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon.

         

That's my Blast From the Past for this week.  I think I'll dig out more retired stamps from time to time and post cards.  I have so many that I love!

Have a great day and enjoy the fall that has finally arrived in the South. My favorite time of year!

Thoroughly Modern File Folder Baby Album

A very sweet friend of mine recently had a baby and I made her a little baby album from the Thoroughly Modern File Folders and Gusseted Envelope, using All In The Family stamp set and accessories. The name on the front is blurred and the initial of the baby hanging from the star is blurred. I followed the pattern of the file folder with the Thoroughly Modern DSP throughout the album.  I have seen a few albums made with these file folders but they are always cut square with all tabs and overhangs removed.  To me, these little overhangs and tabs make the album interesting and provides an opportunity to do unexpected decorative things in an album.  This album is really simple, allowing the recipient to add to it if desired or use as is.  Since my friend is a demo and a longtime scrapper she may want to bling it up a bit.  I can see ribbons and tabs coming out of the top for example.  Here are the pics and that is all I am going to say about this project other than, I forgot to get a picture of the page that says baby, there is a pull up tab for hidden journaling, keepsakes, or additional pictures.  I will be doing a class using these file folders to make an album so stay tuned!!
Have a nice day, I am off to plan a Christmas CD folder album class.

Halloween Card from My Digital Studio

Another share from My Digital Studio. I have had so much fun working with this program.  This is a standard 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 card.  I have this card designed to my satisfaction, so now I can go to my scrap room and recreate it on paper or I can print it out on my printer if I choose or send it out for print.

Now I am going to work on scrapbook pages so that I can have a scrapbook printed with the printer Stampin' Up! has chosen to print the My Digital Studio projects. I will be assured of accurate SU colors and high quality printing. Of course, you can certainly print these on your own printer, but the colors may not be true and I want it matchy matchy.  <G>
Have a great afternoon !

My Digital Studio

Stampin' Up! has done it again. My Digital Studio is an awesome design studio that lets you make cares, scrapbook pages, calendars, and so much more!   Another great product that is so much fun and easy peasy to use. I loaded my software yesterday, played around with the buttons and tried out lots of features and came up with this page of my little grandson playing with his somersaulting Tigger. I am a hands on paper girl for scrapbooking and card making, but this fits in nicely and is a compliment to the whole manual process.  Most of this was done while sitting with my hubby watching television last nite. I can design scrapbook pages without wasting one piece of paper, then I can make them in my stamp room if I like.   Another option is to send them out for printing and  make multiples for everyone. Or I can do both!  This will be a wonderful tool for designing cards, calendars and anything else I can think of to do with it.  I have to admit I was resistant to the idea of digital scrapbooking, loving how I get lost in my paper world.  But I have to say, I liked being able to sit there and design this whole page and not get up to go get another punch, or find more cardstock.  Now mind you, I love doing that most of the time and this will never replace my paper world (sorry honey) but I do enjoy it as another facet to my scrapbook/cardmaking/stamping world. 

The words I wanted shadows on but didn't get that accomplished, and I didn't get the tag the size I wanted, but I think it was just cockpit error and I had to stop at some point.  Hey, for a couple of hours of playing around I think it's a great page!  I'll figure it out.  This is a kinda busy page, but I was playing around with all the elements and trying everything...buttons, punches, scrapbooking kit elements, hardware, you name it, but that's okay...when I look back on this page I'll remember how much fun I had discovering the bells and whistles of My Digital Studio design software.  And my little buddy and his Tigger will be where it all started! Isn't he the custest!  I am excited about the Christmas elements in this software since I am getting geared up for Christmas now.  I love Christmas! 
OK, I am going to send this to my daughter.  I can't get her interested in scrapbooking but maybe she would like to do the digital version.  Enjoy!