Stampin' Mama: A mama that stamps

Winners of the Creative Photo Gifts Download!

Wow....some of you gave me some really good questions to answer in an upcoming "Questions & Answers" post! I'll be posting on Sunday to answer some of them, so be on the lookout!

Mr. Random Generator picked two lucky winners to get the Creative Photo Gifts Download for FREE! (see below for details)

The winners are....Miesje and Chris Kraimer

I am really hoping to win this! I have a huge family and my husband is in construction (need I say more)so times are tough at this house. Looking for creative ways to give the kids and grandkids some things to open at Christmas.
Posted by: Miesje | December 01, 2009 at 05:40 AM


I am super happy to have stumbled onto your site! I live in MN, and I am always looking for inspiration. I also work with children on the spectrum, so having a creative outlet after a tough day is fantastic. You inspire me to be and do more, so thank you for your inspiration.
Happy Crafting back at 'cha,
Chris Kraimer
Posted by: Chris Kraimer | November 30, 2009 at 05:52 PM 

This download includes:

* 3 creative photo gift projects
* Full color, step-by-step photos
* Detailed instructional tutorial
* Dimensions included for cardstock cutting purposes
* Bonus tips, ideas and suggestions
* Extra sample photos of multiple projects
* PDF files so you can print out the tutorial to keep in a binder to go back to every
time you'd like to make these gifts again!
* Printable files so you can customize your projects for multiple occasions and holidays.

All of the Creative Photo Gifts in this download can be made with most, if not ALL, of the
supplies you already have in your papercrafting stash! This download will show you how to
create gifts that won't break the bank but will get a WOW and a big smile from the
special people you gift them to. And just in time for the holidays!

Creative Photo Gifts Download - $17.95

(Please allow 24 hours for email delivery of file. If your regular email address is different than the one you use for Paypal, please indicate this when sending payment to ensure proper email delivery- thanks!) 

If you have any questions, please email me at erikaerin2001@yahoo.com

Sweetest Memories Sneak Peek

Day 3 of the GinaK Sneak Peeks has arrived. Tomorrow night is the release party over at the GinaK Forum on Splitcoast. It runs from 7-10 pm (CST) and it's full of all the things that make the GinaK Release parties famous - chatting, friends, sneak peeks, prizes, challenges, contests, etc.

The Design Team is showing off the new One Free with Three set, called Sweetest Memories. This set seems to scream "SCRAPBOOK" to me, so that's what I did with it. Hey, if your stamps are screaming to you, wouldn't you perk up and pay attention and obey, too?

I chose this photo of my kids and I as it seems to embody what this stamp set is all about.

I used two of the sentiments from the Sweetest Memories set and paired them with the two butterflies from the Take Flight set and embossed all my images with black powder. I added some hand journaling and cut some free hand patterns from patterned papers

For even more ways to use this fabulous stamp set, please check tonight's featured Illustrator's blog:

GinaK {Sweetest Memories}

Then, visit our Designer's blogs participating in the previews tonight:

Carolyn, Cathy, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, Nina Tami, Theresa

 

(Photo courtesy of Family Room Studios)

Life is Good & Warm and Wonderful Sneak Peeks

Day 2 of  the GinaK Sneak Peeks is here and we're showing off 2 more sets.

The first set is Theresa Momber's new set, Life is Good. This is a beautiful set perfect for creating scenes on your stamped projects. Theresa is a goddess when it comes to scenery and I can't wait to see what she comes up with.

I went with a winter scene for my card. I stamped the trees and deer onto In the Navy cardstock with Versamark ink and embossed them with white powder. I added some snowflakes from Rupa Shevde's new set (sneak peeked below), Warm and Wonderful, and added a greeting from Theresa's set, A Very Merry Christmas and stamped them with white ink. 

I used the white ink pad to swipe around the outside edges of the navy cardstock and up onto the bottom of the cardstock to give the ground a soft fallen-snow look to it.

I mounted the navy cardstock onto the new Mother of Pearl cardstock ( shimmery white metallic) and then onto a card base of the new Ocean Mist cardstock. 

The second set is Rupa Shevde's newest, Warm and Wonderful. Rupa has such a way with clean and crisp images.

I'm a big hot chocolate fan so this little mug image was definitely the one I gravitated to first. This cardstock tote filled with peppermint hot cocoa packets, candy canes and marshmallows is a quick and easy gift for teachers, co-workers and to give to hostesses at all those holiday parties you get invited to this time of year. 

I stamped a sheet of Ocean Mist cardstock with the 3 snowflakes from Rupa's set with Versamark ink and embossed them with white powder. To make the stamping quick, I placed all 3 snowflakes on the block at once.

I added a piece of patterned paper on top of Chocolate Kiss cardstock and adhered it across the front of my box. I stamped the mug and sentiment with black ink on white cardstock and colored it using my Copic markers. I added a shadow using the Cool Gray 1 Copic marker. I hand drew some steam lines with a Black glaze pen and added some sparkle to the snowflakes on the mug and the marshmallows with a Stardust Glitter Pen. This was put on top of Chocolate Kiss cardstock and mounted on top of the patterned strip with pop-dots.

I used some Rocket Red Polka Dot Satin ribbon for the handle. I also used some Rocket Red stitched ribbon to tie around a cello bag filled with marshmallows.

I tucked some white tissue paper into the box and filled it with the cocoa, candy canes and marshmallows and it's all set to go!

For even more ways to use these fabulous stamp sets, please check tonight's featured Illustrator's blog:

Theresa Momber {Life is Good}

Then, visit our Designer's blogs participating in the previews tonight:

GinaK, Carolyn, Cathy, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, Nina We also have one of our special Center Stage Spotlight Designer joining tonight:

Peggy Wainman

Lovely Shelf & Tech Talk Sneak Peeks

It's Sneak Peek time again for the GinaK Designs release!

First off is the new set from Nina Brackett. It's called Lovely Shelf and it reminds me so much of my mother as she used to have beautiful shelves full of tea cups and tea pots back when they were still living in the farmhouse here in Vermont. When they moved onto their sailboat 5 1/2 years ago, my mom gave away or sold most of her collection. It just didn't make any sense to take hundreds of tea cups and tea pots (yes, hundreds!) onto a sailboat. After all, boats move and that doesn't work well with delicate china.

I knew that this set would make a lovely card for my mom. I went with a patterned paper that looked like wall paper and stamped the shelf onto it with black ink and then stamped the tea cup onto white paper and colored it with Koh-i-noor pencils. I cut it out and mounted it on top of the shelf with a pop-dot. I used a Black Sakura Glaze pen to draw some steam coming from the cup. The sentiment is also from the Lovely Shelf set and I really like that the "person" stamps (like Mom, Grandma, Friend, etc.) are separate so you can customize your projects.  I adhered the patterned paper to Chocolate Chip cardstock and then onto a Kraft cardstock base. 

The second set that is sneak peeking tonight is Melanie Muenchinger's new set, Tech Talk. This is a great set for all ages, since all ages are totally into the "computer age" these days. I created a card for my hubby, who, ironically, really isn't into computers, though he knows how much I am, so I know he'll appreciate the gesture.

I wanted to go with something clean and crisp but also something that would convey love, so black, white and red was where I went with it all.

I stamped the computer image onto black cardstock with Versamark ink and embossed it with white powder. I added some of the text images to spell out the greeting. I cut around the laptop and added it to a piece of Rocket Red cardstock with pop-dots. I also stamped some white satin ribbon with one of the emoticon images with black Staz-On ink so it wouldn't bleed into the grain of the ribbon. The hearts across the top strip of black cardstock were done with white embossing powder.

For even more ways to use these fabulous stamp sets, please check tonight's featured Illustrator's blogs:

Nina Brackett {Lovely Shelf} Melanie Muenchinger {Tech Talk}

Then, visit our Designer's blogs participating in the previews tonight:

GinaK, Carolyn, Cathy, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Lee, Lynn, Tami, Theresa

We also have two of our special Center Stage Spotlight Designer's joining us with samples as well:

Cheri Weston Melissa Shultz

Creative Photo Gifts Download Available & Give-Away!

LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST TO WIN THIS DOWNLOAD FOR FREE!

Times being what they are, many of us are looking for ways to create gifts for

special occasions, the holidays, birthdays, etc. that are cost effective, but personalized and meaningful at the same time. When it comes to personalized and unique gifts, we can so often overlook the wealth of supplies that we have right in our papercrafting stash.

These photo gifts are truly unique and not only do they make great holiday gifts for the
holidays coming up right around the corner, but they are great to make all year round!

This download includes:

* 3 creative photo gift projects
* Full color, step-by-step photos
* Detailed instructional tutorial
* Dimensions included for cardstock cutting purposes
* Bonus tips, ideas and suggestions
* Extra sample photos of multiple projects
* PDF files so you can print out the tutorial to keep in a binder to go back to every
time you'd like to make these gifts again!
* Printable files so you can customize your projects for multiple occasions and holidays.


All of the Creative Photo Gifts in this download can be made with most, if not ALL, of the
supplies you already have in your papercrafting stash! This download will show you how to
create gifts that won't break the bank but will get a WOW and a big smile from the
special people you gift them to. And just in time for the holidays!

Creative Photo Gifts Download - $17.95

(Please allow 24 hours for email delivery of file. If your regular email address is different than the one you use for Paypal, please indicate this when sending payment to ensure proper email delivery- thanks!)

If you have any questions, please email me at erikaerin2001@yahoo.com

Two lucky winners will receive a FREE dowload of this project!

*** This Give-Away is NOT limited to where you live.....so even if you are outside of the US or Canada, you can still participate.***

Leave a comment on this post for your chance to win this download for FREE! I'll be bringing my "Questions & Answers Sunday" posts back, so ask me anything you'd like to know - about me, about my family, about my stamping, scrapbooking, business, ANYTHING! :) I'll incorporate these questions into my upcoming Sunday posts.

I'll pick the winners with the random number generator on Friday (Dec. 4th) at 11 am Eastern Time and announce them here!

Spread the groovy love and send your friends over to enter, too! And while you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for my mailing list (which is that little box ALL THE WAY at the top of my blog, on the left side of my side bar), pop your email address into that box so that you don't miss out on any of the fun stuff I have going on outside of this blog, along with newsletters and more!

Black Friday Special - FREE Shipping & Holiday Extravaganza

 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my stamping and scrapbooking friends! I'm thankful for the friendships I've made with so many of you, and for the friendships that are just starting with some of you. I hope that each of you have many things to be thankful for this holiday week.

As a "thank you" to all of you, I am offering a Black Friday Weekend Special! Unlike all the other specials in stores this weekend, you don't even have to step out your door! You can shop right from home! No waiting in line, no early morning hours standing in the cold and waiting for the doors to open, no pushing, shoving or rude customers trying to grab that special item you've got your eye on.......this is Thanksgiving weekend shopping at its easiest and best.

Keep reading for more details!

This Thanksgiving Weekend, get more value for your dollar! From Friday, November 27th, through Monday, November 30th, you can take advantage of FREE SHIPPING on all orders of $69 or more! Get those wish lists and catalogs out and settle down with a cup of hot chocolate!

Here's how it works:

Place an order ANY TIME from 9 am Friday, November 27th, through 9 pm Monday, November 30th and get FREE SHIPPING on all orders of $69 and over!

I'll also be having a PRIZE DRAWING for everyone participating in this "Black Friday" Special!

One winner will be drawn at random on Monday night to receive a FREE Stampin' Mama Artwork Inspiration CD!

• Place an order up to $69 =1 ticket
• Product order $70 - $99 = 2 tickets
• Product order $100 or more = 3 tickets
• Refer a friend who places an order = 2 tickets
• Schedule a workshop for January/February = 4 tickets

Because I like to make things even more fun....

Be the FIRST person to order on Friday, November 27th, and receive a FREE spool of 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon in your color choice! (a $4.95 value!)!

5th person to order receives a FREE White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen
10th person to order receives a FREE Package of Stamping Sponges
15th person to order receives a FREE Pack of Hemp Twine

Don't have a BIG Stampin' UP catalog at hand? Just click on the link below to view our catalog online!

Don't forget the Holiday Mini Catalog

Click here to view the Big Catalog online!

 

Through November 30th, get up to 50% OFF select Stampin' UP products. Find the perfect present for all the stampers and paper crafters in your life - or even stock up for yourself!

Click here to view these specials online!

Call or email me today to place your order!

• 802-877-2296 (home)
• 401-391-6900 (cell)
• erikaerin2001@yahoo.com

*Bundles are available while supplies last or until 11/30/08

There are 2 ways to order during this "Black Friday" Special:

• Email me at: erikaerin2001@yahoo.com
• Call me at: 802-877-2296 (home) or 401-391-6900 (cell)

There are 4 ways to pay:

Pay with your Visa Card
Pay with your MasterCard
Pay by PayPal (I'll send you an invoice via email...payments must be made by Tuesday, December 1st)
Pay by local Vermont check (Local checks must be received by Wednesday, December 2nd)

This "Black Friday" Special end at 9 pm, Monday, November 30th.

** Any orders over $150 will qualify for hostess benefits. All orders are shipped direct through UPS.

In order to receive FREE Shipping, orders MUST be emailed or called in to me.

Happy Holidays!

Erika Martin, Your Stampin' UP Demonstrator

Full tax applies in states where tax is applicable. This special is only available through Erika Martin, Your Stampin' Up Demonstrator.

Winners of the Flap-Style Paper Bag Book Download!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend and that those in the US have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

I should have posted this earlier, but I'm sure you all know how it gets over a holiday weekend with family in town and the busyness it all creates.

I have two lucky winners that were chosen by the random number generator (he really should have a name....maybe Mr. Random).

The winners are....

I would love to make an album like this. Erika, you are a very talented person and I love all the projects I have learned from you. Thanks for a chance to win. Also have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Judi Markel | November 23, 2009 at 09:25 AM

AND

Erika, you surprise me every time you create something. Love your album. Would be nice to win it!!
Madeline
Posted by: MADELINE MORCELO | November 23, 2009 at 04:21 PM 

You can still purchase this download or order the kit by using the Paypal buttons below:

Flap-Style Paper Bag Album Download
- $6.95

(Please allow 24 hours for email delivery of file. If your regular email address is different than the one you use for Paypal, please indicate this when sending payment to ensure proper email delivery- thanks!)

SIMPLY SCRAPPIN' KIT OPTION: Choose a Stampin' Up Simply Scrappin' Kit and get the sales tax for FREE and also get the download for FREE!

Choose from 9 different Simply Scrappin' Kits found on pages 166-169 of the Stampin' Up Catalog.

Please specify which Simply Scrappin' Kit you'd like when checking out on Paypal. There are a few items you'll need for your album that don't come with the kit and you'll receive a list of those when checking out.

- $20.00 (plus $6.95 direct shipping)

(Allow 7-10 days for delivery of your Simply Scrappin' Kit.)

New free project idea - sign up for my mailing list!

Are you on my mailing list?

Did you know that I've been sending out a new free project idea once a week leading up to the holidays?

I send these free project ideas by email, so make sure that you don't miss out....sign up for my mailing list by using the sign up box at the top right side bar of my blog. 

The next free project idea goes out TOMORROW around noon!

I'll also be sending out a Black Friday special this weekend through my mailing list - sign up so don't miss it!

Calendar Bits & Pieces & Grid Blog Hop

I'm always looking for ways to reuse things around the house and also for unique ways to create invitations. I'm so tickled at what I came up with for this blog hop!

I've been looking for ways to use these little bottles up that we get our Elderberry syrup in. I thought it would be fun to create an interactive invitation to a cookie exchange. I filled the bottle with some chocolate chips and then decorated the outside with some patterned paper and a strip of white cardstock stamped in Teal and Ruby Red with the small snowflake image from Tami Mayberry's Calendar Bits & Pieces set. I created a tag to go around the neck of the bottle using more images from the set and tied it on with a piece of Red organdy ribbon (from the Holiday Assortment).

I created the invitation using white cardstock and sponged Teal ink around the edges, which I rounded the corners of. I stamped more of the snowflakes and then used the invitation images and "Please Join Us" image to create my invitation. I used a marker to write the black words in.

I added some gingerbread cookie images from the Have a Cookie set (by Melanie Muenchinger) to go along with the cookie exchange theme. I rolled the invitation up and slipped it inside the top of the bottle opening. Now I just need to come up with a date for my cookie exchange! Wanna come???

For more inspiration, please visit Calendar Bits and Pieces' illustrator, Tami Mayberry, then to the following Blog Hop Participants from the GinaK Designs team:

 Carolyn, Erika, Donna, Jessica, Lee and Nina

{the GinaK Designs CSS team} Deb, Sharri, Sue, Melissa. {Tami's Guest designer} Jennie Harper

Make sure you stop by Gina's blog to leave your comment for a chance to win this amazing stamp set for free! Remember to check our Idea Center for even more samples, tutorials, and links!

Flap-Style Paper Bag Album Download & Kits available - Give-Away

LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST TO WIN THIS DOWNLOAD FOR FREE!

The "Flap-Style Paper Bag Album Download" includes all of the dimensions for this album,so even when you've finished creating your first book, you have all of the dimensions and directions to follow when you wish to make another book from scratch, all on your own.

The "Paper Bag Book Download" includes:

* 22-Page step-by-step tutorial of directions, measurements and scoring dimensions
* Full color photos of every step of the creation process
* Full color photos of another Paper Bag Book to give you even more creative ideas

It's an all inclusive course with every step of the project fully covered.

Flap-Style Paper Bag Album Download
- $6.95

(Please allow 24 hours for email delivery of file. If your regular email address is different than the one you use for Paypal, please indicate this when sending payment to ensure proper email delivery- thanks!)

SIMPLY SCRAPPIN' KIT OPTION: Choose a Stampin' Up Simply Scrappin' Kit and get the sales tax for FREE and also get the download for FREE!

Choose from 9 different Simply Scrappin' Kits found on pages 166-169 of the Stampin' Up Catalog.

Please specify which Simply Scrappin' Kit you'd like when checking out on Paypal. There are a few items you'll need for your album that don't come with the kit and you'll receive a list of those when checking out.

- $20.00 (plus $6.95 direct shipping)

(Allow 7-10 days for delivery of your Simply Scrappin' Kit.)

If you're a papercrafter looking for an original and creative keepsake album to make, this is a fantastic design that will impress you and make you feel accomplished once you've created this album from start to finish! Once you made one, you'll be making them over and over again! Start your own little library of these books and/or give them as gifts to your friends and family!

For any questions, please email me (Erika Martin) at erikaerin2001@yahoo.com

Two lucky winners will receive a FREE dowload of this project!

*** This Give-Away is NOT limited to where you live.....so even if you are outside of the US or Canada, you can still participate.***

Leave a comment on this post for your chance to win this download for FREE!

I'll pick the winners with the random number generator on Wednesday (11/25) at 11 am Eastern Time and announce them here!

Spread the groovy love and send your friends over to enter, too! And while you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for my mailing list (which is that little box ALL THE WAY at the top of my blog, on the left side of my side bar), pop your email address into that box so that you don't miss out on any of the fun stuff I have going on outside of this blog, along with newsletters and more!

Let the Holiday Extravaganza begin!

 

Stampin' Up has just announced their Holiday Extravaganza Sale!

Get select products up to 50% off from Nov. 23rd - Nov. 30th!

You can place your orders by calling me at 802-877-2296, emailing me at erikaerin2001@yahoo.com or shopping right on MY WEBSITE.

Item	Description	Regular Price	Discounted Price
120280	Framed with Love Bundle Framed with Love stamp set Full Heart punch	$43.90	$21.95
120281	Thank You Kindly Bundle Thank You Kindly stamp set Scallop Edge punch	$29.90	$14.95
120976	Thank You Kindly Bundle (French) Tous mes remerciements stamp set Scallop Edge punch	$29.90	$14.95
120282	Animal Crackers Bundle Animal Crackers stamp set Star Designer brads	$25.90	$12.95
120283	Corduroy Button Bundle Kraft Corduroy buttons Pumpkin Pie Corduroy buttons Summer Sun Corduroy buttons Basic Gray Corduroy buttons Chocolate Chip Corduroy buttons	$49.75	$24.88
120284	Game Night Bundle Card Games stamp set Game Night stamp set	$40.90	$20.45
120285	Four Square Bundle Four Square stamp set Scallop Square punch	$30.90	$15.45
120286	Heart to Heart Bundle Love You Much stamp set Heart to Heart punch Pretty in Pink 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon	$49.85	$24.93
120310	Heart to Heart Bundle (Spanish) Te Quiero Mucho stamp set Heart to Heart punch Pretty in Pink 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon	$49.85	$24.93
120311	Heart to Heart Bundle (French) J't'aime beaucoup stamp set Heart to Heart punch Pretty in Pink 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon	$49.85	$24.93
120287	Chipboard Letter Bundle On Board Timeless Type On Board Loads of Letters	$25.90	$12.95
120288	Double-Stitched Ribbon Bundle Bashful Blue 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon Rose Red 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon	$17.90	$10.74
120289	Ultimate Stampers' Starter Bundle* Best Wishes & More stamp set Eight Great Greetings stamp set On a Pedestal stamp set Earth Elements Stampin' Spots Earth Elements assorted card stock (8-1/2" x 11") Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11") Old Olive 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Flower Designer brads	$127.70	$76.62
120290	Build-A-Brad Bundle Calendar Alphabet stamp set Pewter Build-A-Brad Antique Brass Build-A-Brad	$40.85	$24.51
120291	Enjoy Every Moment Bundle Enjoy Every Moment stamp set Circle Designer brads Flower Designer brads	$43.85	$26.31
120312	Enjoy Every Moment Bundle (French) Profiter de chaque instant stamp set Circle Designer brads Flower Designer brads	$43.85	$26.31
120292	Cheep Talk Bundle Cheep Talk stamp set Note cards Pumpkin Pie Corduroy buttons	$42.85	$25.71
120293	Sock Monkey Bundle Sock Monkey stamp set Sock Monkey Accessories stamp set Chocolate Chip Corduroy buttons	$58.85	$35.31
120313	Sock Monkey Bundle (French) Sing-chaussette stamp set Sock Monkey Accessories stamp set Chocolate Chip Corduroy buttons	$58.85	$35.31
120294	Alphabet Bundle Jayne's Type Alphabet stamp set Lovely Letters stamp set	$87.90	$52.74
120295	Simply Said Bundle Simply Said stamp set Old Olive 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Full Heart punch	$52.85	$31.71
120314	Simply Said Bundle (French) Amitié stamp set Old Olive 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Full Heart punch	$52.85	$31.71
120296	On Board Bundle On Board So Tweet On Board Batch of Blooms On Board Essentials	$42.85	$25.71
120927	Christmas Décor Bundle #1 Holly Berry Wreath Décor Elements (Kraft, Real Red) Real Red Vintage Ornaments Décor Elements Chocolate Vintage Ornaments Décor Elements	$74.85	$44.91
120298	Christmas Décor Bundle #2 Holly Beary Wreath Décor Elements (Chocolate, Real Red) Real Red Vintage Ornaments Décor Elements Chocolate Vintage Ornaments Décor Elements	$74.85	$44.91
120299	Christmas Décor Bundle #3 Holly Berry Wreath Décor Elements (Old Olive, Real Red) Real Red Vintage Ornaments Décor Elements Chocolate Vintage Ornaments Décor Elements	$74.85	$44.91
120300	For All You Do Bundle For All You Do stamp set 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$36.90	$25.83
120315	For All You Do Bundle (French) Merci pour tout stamp set 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$36.90	$25.83
120316	For All You Do Bundle (Spanish) Por todo lo que haces stamp set 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$36.90	$25.83
120301	Striped Ribbon Bundle Bashful Blue 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Pumpkin Pie 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Old Olive 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Pretty in Pink 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon So Saffron 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon Real Red 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon	$47.73	$33.41
120302	Bling Bundle Sticky Pages Sticky Cuts Sweet Fine Supernova Stampin' Glitter Fine Galaxy Stampin' Glitter	$43.80	$30.66
120303	Fresh-Cut Bundle Fresh Cuts stamp set Fresh-Cut Notes 5/8" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$37.85	$26.50
120317	Fresh-Cut Bundle (French) Fraicheur exuise stamp set Fresh-Cut Notes 5/8" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$37.85	$26.50
120304	Pendant Note Bundle Pendant Park stamp set Pendant notes 5/8" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$39.85	$27.90
120318	Pendant Note Bundle (French) Adorable parc stamp set Pendant notes 5/8" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$39.85	$27.90
120319	Pendant Note Bundle (Spanish) Un dia en el parque stamp set Pendant notes 5/8" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$39.85	$27.90
120305	Sporting Bundle #1 Large Night of Navy Sporting Décor Elements Night of Navy Just Sports Décor Elements	$67.90	$47.54
120306	Sporting Bundle #2 Large Chocolate Sporting Décor Elements Chocolate Just Sports Décor Elements	$67.90	$47.54
120307	Sporting Bundle #3 Large Black Sporting Décor Elements Black Just Sports Décor Elements	$67.90	$47.54
114864	Ginormous Flowers I Décor Elements	$39.95	$27.97
114863	Ginormous Flowers II Décor Elements	$39.95	$27.97
112534	5/16" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$7.95	$5.57
112533	5/8" Neutrals Jumbo brads	$6.95	$4.87
112081	Scallop Square punch	$15.95	$11.17
113693	Full Heart punch	$15.95	$11.17
113694	Heart to Heart punch	$15.95	$11.17
112091	Scallop Edge punch	$15.95	$11.17
112571	Circle Designer brads	$5.95	$4.17
112579	Flower Designer brads	$5.95	$4.17
112572	Star Designer brads	$5.95	$4.17
114785	Small Wonderful Flowers Décor Elements	$39.95	$27.97
114786	Medium Wonderful Flowers Décor Elements	$69.95	$48.97
114791	Small Wonderful Leaves Décor Elements	$39.95	$27.97
114792	Medium Wonderful Leaves Décor Elements	$64.95	$45.47

  *This bundle is only available while supplies last.

Winners of the Photo Album Tutorial!

Thanks for all the comments on my Give-Away post for the Compact Fold-Up Photo Album Tutorial.

The winners are:

Erika, this is a super project.You are really clever. Thanks for the chance to win!
Sarah
sarah@stetelerarts.com
Posted by: Sarah Miller | November 18, 2009 at 01:10 PM

and.....


This is such a great idea. We are having a family picture taken at Thanksgiving for my Dad's upcoming 80th Birthday. This will be great for the grandkids pictures. Hope I win!!
Posted by: BETH B | November 18, 2009 at 04:30 PM

If you'd like to purchase this tutorial, you can check out all the information about here:

Compact Fold-Up Photo Album

Have a happy and creative weekend!

-Erika

Vintage Borders Blog Hop

My daughter has been busy making soap for the upcoming craft fair in town the first weekend of December. This is her first time setting up at the fair. She's really excited about it. She's also going to have some other items available and we've been coming up with creative ways to package what she's selling. The soaps are especially fun to package. This is one of the boxes that we created to package 3 little heart soaps in pearlescent greens.

We used Chocolate Kiss cardstock for the base of the box and decorated it with patterned paper trimmed with a scalloped edge punch. The top of the box was made from acetate (also know as transparencies or window sheets).  

A little bit of tissue paper and the soaps were put in the box based and then the acetate top was placed on top. The acetate top rests inside the Chocolate Kiss box base.

I wrapped a piece of Red organdy ribbon (from the Holiday Organdy ribbon assortment) around the box and adhered the ends underneath the box. A piece of patterned paper was adhered across top of the acetate and then layered with a piece of Rocket Red cardstock. I stamped the ornament image from the Vintage Borders across a piece of white cardstock with black ink and colored them in with Copic markers and stamped the word, "peace," underneath (also from the Vintage Borders set).

How about some more inspiration with the Vintage Borders stamp set? First, check in with the Illustrator of this versatile stamp set, our Senior Designer Nina Brackett and her friend Lisa Hjulberg joining in the blog hop tonight. Then, stop by these GinaK Designer's & Center Stage Spotlight blogs for even more samples:

Asela, Carolyn, Cindy, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Kurtis, Lee, Lynn, Tami, Theresa and Melanie

Deb, Melissa, Karen, Sharri, and Sue

Before you finish hopping, be sure to check in on GinaK's blog to enter your comment for a chance to win Nina's Vintage Borders stamp set. If you already have purchased Nina's set, you can substitute any GinaK Designs stamp set valued at $23.95 or less. For those of you are who looking for a quick and easy Christmas card idea, check out the Vintage Borders Card Kit available online in GinaK's store tonight. The Kit includes the step by step tutorial as well as all the card stock cut to the exact measurements needed to make 4 cards. For more details and photos of this card kit, see Jessica Fick's blog link as well as this Class Kit link.

Give-Away & New tutorial available - Compact Fold-Up Photo Album

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If you're looking for a clever way to give the gift of photos, this Compact Fold-Up Photo Album will give you the space to include 8 photos while showcasing them in an easy-to-carry and beautiful hand-made photo album. They're great to give as gifts and also to carry around in your own purse as little brag books.

You can now purchase the tutorial file for this amazing project as a single file!

The tutorial file includes:

* Full color photos

* Step-by-step instructions

* All cutting and scoring dimensions

* Full supply list

Compact Fold-Up Photo Album Tutorial file -$4.95

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Two lucky winners will receive this file for FREE (or a file of their choice).

This give-away is not limited to where you live so if you're outside of the US, you can still participate.

Simply leave a comment on this post and I'll pick two winners with the random number generator on Friday (11/20) and announce the winners here.

First Christmas Blog Hop - Gingerbread Recipe cards

I don't know what is up with me lately, but I just can't get my  mind off the sweets! As long as I'm not eating them all or gaining back the pounds I've lost lately, that's a good thing. Thinking about them is satisfying enough. Well, sometimes. *wink*

These little gingerbread cookie images make me think of a house full of the scents of ginger, molasses, cloves, cinnamon.....all those luscious wintertime baking smells. I love to make baked goodies for the neighbors and many people ask me for my recipes so I thought it would be fun to make some recipe cards to go along with the cookie tins I make as gifts. I got this recipe from All Recipes and created a file that prints out with 4 cards on a sheet of cardstock. I formatted the file into a PDF so that you can download it here and print them out for yourself.

Download Gingerbread cookies - PDF File

What better cardstock to print these off on than Kraft cardstock. I stamped the gingerbread couple from the First Christmas set on white cardstock with black ink and colored them in with Copic markers. I trimmed them out and adhered them on the recipe cards and mounted the recipe card on top of Fresh Asparagus cardstock. I punched a strip of Sweet Corn cardstock with a scalloped edge punch and layered that across the bottom of the Fresh Asparagus. This all got mounted on top of a piece of Rocket Red cardstock. The finished card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, the same size as a quarter-fold card. The Kraft cardstock was cut at 3 1/8 x 5 inches. 

Are you ready for some more Eye-Candy tonight!? Stop in at Asela Hopkin's blog (our featured Illustrator tonight) and see what she has prepared for us. Then, check out these GinaK Designer's blogs for their projects:

Carolyn, Donna, Erika, Jessica, Lee, Melanie, and Theresa

as well as our CenterStage Spotlight Designer's blogs:

Deb and Sharri

Karen and Diana

Remember, the Idea Center has lots of tutorials, photos, and links that will provide even more ideas for you with this stamp set! And, if you haven't already done so, be sure to leave a comment on GinaK's blog for a chance to win this stamp set tonight too! If you have already purchased this set, you may swap it out for any other GinaK stamp set valued at $23.95.