RemARKble Stampin’ UP! New catalog Blog Tour – Day 3 Shimmer, Smooch & Shine!

Welcome to day #3 of our RemARKable Blog Tour – I hope you have been inspired and that you have found new favorite blogs to follow and lots of great ideas to CASE. Don’t forget that if you do not have a demonstrator to work with any of the RemARKable Stampers on this tour would be a valuable creative partner willing to support your creative habit. Simply contact them via their blog.

Today’s posts features Shimmer Paint & our new Smooch Pearlized Ink. (You can find a smooch spray free PDF tip sheet on my tuesday post of this week). I used the Shimmer paint and smooch pearlized ink to alter ribbon from plain to wow and embellished a few cards to show you as well.

This little accessory is POWERFUL and a MUST HAVE accessory in your creative arsenal. A little goes a long way and the cute Pearlized Ink bottles with their fine point applicators make you feel like you are at the Creativity SPA when using them.

TIPS FOR ALTERING RIBBON WITH SHIMMER & SMOOCH -
*use sponge daubers
*a little goes a long way
*Drying times vary based on type of ribbon (grosgrain, taffeta, satin, etc).
*Simply highlight a ribbon’s natural colors or totally change the color from white to silver, white to gold, etc.
 *Thin ribbon such as taffeta absorb ink through to the other side, your thicker grosgrain do not – you can opt for a double sided look by coloring only one side or if you don’t want that look remember to turn it over and color the other side as well.
*It’s just ribbon – experiment!!!

EXAMPLES – On the two square of red cs – bottom – bottom piece is coated with shimmer, top piece with pearlized ink.
     

BABY GIRL BLING – start her off right with blinged up WELCOME BABY CARD  features our Baby Tees’s jumbo wheel, Nursery Suite Specialty Paper – Illuminate Top Coat Pearlized Ink used on Blushing Bride twill and DSP.

QUICK CHRISTMAS – silver taffeta (color with shimmer paint) is just the thing for your Holiday Cards – Card features Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions folder, Perfect Punches Stamp Set, Scallop circle punch and Cherry Cobler (yummy)

SWEET & SOUR – the fine point tip of the pearlized ink makes it easy to color just where you want such as the swirls on this SWEET & SOUR DSP, taffeta ribbon colored with Gold Lame Pearlized Ink.

RemARKble Stampin’ UP! New catalog Blog Tour – Day 2 – Engraved Greetings

Welcome back to day #2 – hope you are right clicking and saving tons of ideas to copy and that your wishlist is growing. Today’s post features Elegant Engravings & Engraved Greetings. As I looked through the new catalog this is one that made it to my MUST BUY FIRST list immediately. It is featured on page 182 of the new 2010/2011 catalog. Elegant Engravings is a set of 8 precut cards and envelopes. The cards are heavy weight, have a touch of gold and are embossed. The stamps coordinate with the cards perfectly but of course can be used alone.

Elegant Engravings – Notecards

ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS -  Card on left features the stamp Engraved greetings direct to the Elegant Engravings Card – simple and easy. Card on Right features new greeting set Curly Cute.

ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS – Card on left features Scallop oval die, Curly Cute Greeting. Both card features neutral brads. Card on right features Early Espresso wide grosgrain (a must have).

ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS – Card on right Features Occasional Quotes, Top Note die and is accented with our new crochet trim and early espresso button from the new neutrals collection.

ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS – Card on left is an ultra quick Christmas card – these cards are perfect for a quick and elegant handmade Christmas Card.

RemARKble Stampin’ UP! New catalog Blog Tour – Day1 -Newsprint & Love Letter Designer paper

Welcome to 3 days of New Catalog  Sneak peaks and fun. I hope you enjoy what the RemARKable Stampers have in store for you. If you do not have a demonstrator – any one of the demonstrators on this tour would be happy to provide you with remarkable service or to extend the offer to join her team…simply contact any of us via our mailing list and contact info.

Today we start with two of my new  FAVES – Newsprint DSP & Love Letter DSP – There are so many things you can do to this DSP to alter it from it’s original state.
  Tear it, crinkle it, staple it, distress it, corrugate it, texture impressions folder, smooch, stamping, brayering, sponging, die cut, stencil it, punch it and the list goes one. Here are a few finished samples to give you an idea.

Add Newsprint DSP & Love Letter DSP to your WISHLIST today…

BRAYERED Newsprint – Pedaling Past Stamp Set, Newsprint DSP, Bashful Blue Cardstock, More Mustard Cardstock, Basic Black Cardstock, My Way Punch, Linen Thread. (Newsprint brayered with More Mustard Ink)

TEXTURED LOVE LETTER DSP – Altered with Vinage Wallpaper Textured Impression folder and our new Distressing Kit – tea stain ink spot, also features our new crochet trim and Notably Ornate Stamp Set.

 
STAMPED LOVE LETTERS DSP - Style beautiful stamp set used to alter DSP, also features new dotted scallop ribbon border, narrow ribbon taffeta, basic pearls, lovely letters stamp set and designer label punch.
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DIE CUT & PUNCHED – Newsprint DSP die cut and punched with timeless type sizzlits and our new two step owl punch, dotted scallop ribbon border, heart punch, circle punch.

STENCILED NEWPRINT STENCILED – Newsprint DSP stenciled over with crumb cake ink and mostly vintage stencil.

Crafting Joy (Seeing you tomorrow)
Jan

RemARKable Special Occasions Blog Tour – DAY #2

Welcome to Day #2. Today’s special occasion is GRADUATION. It’s that time of the year. I chose to do a “OH THE PLACES YOU WILL GO” theme using some great quotes and our new travel collection.

Supplies used – Sentimental Journey Stamp Set, Travel Journey Designer Paper, On Board Briefcase, Pumpkin Pie Cardstock, Night of Navy Cardstock, Sahara Sand Cardstock, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain, Night of Navy Grosgrain, Circle Punches, Clear Circle Big Shot Die, Big Shot Box #2, Modern Label Punch, Vintage Brads, Serif Essentials Big Shot Alphabet, Natural Serif Decorative Strip Big Shot Die, My Way Punch, Heart Punch, On Board Essentials

I created a 12×12 sign that can later be used as a title page for a scrapbook layout.

Our clear envelopes fit with a little trim off the top – perfect for dropping 3×5 photos into for a fast photo album to remember the fun party memories.

Tie two on board briefcase books back to back to create a simple self standing table decoration.

Briefcase books measure approx 5 7/8 x 5 5/8

Last but not least some party favors – die cut Box#2, fold and insert into impression folder, then assemble.

OH THE PLACES YOU WILL GO – Oh The Places You Will Go

See you tomorrow for one more Special Occasion.

RemARKable Special Occasions Blog Tour DAY #1

Welcome to another RemARKable Blog tour. This tour will focus on invitations, decorations and more for special occasions.

Having  just returned from the islands I am kicking off my 3 days with a tropical themed party. What I love about our new tropical collection is that it can easily be used for a Cinco de Mayo celebration, a Fiesta, a luau, and more.
Supplies used – Island Oasis Designer Paper, Island Floral Big Shot Die, Square Lattice Textured impressions folder, Old Olive cs, Rose Red cs, So Saffron cs, Tempting Turquoise CS, Close to Cocoa cs, Pumpkin Pie cs, pumpkin pie grosgrain, vintage brads, calendar alphabet, chocolate chip ink, oval punch, circle punch, crop a dile.

See you tomorrow for another special occasion.

TROPICAL PARTY close ups and tips – TROPICAL PARTY

Fun party tip – I found great beach mats at the local store and used them as table runners for a more “tropical” look than just a bright tablecloth.

The flower is under the clear plate and held in place with a glue dot.

Inspired by a card on display during our recent SU cruise.

Low watt lights altered with our Island Oasis party favor boxes and Island floral flowers – this is my version – my bulbs are bigger than these ones here below shown on our recent SU cruise.

Crafting Joy
Jan

GOING GREEN BLOG TOUR DAY #3

Our last day of touring but not our last day of sharing. Hopefully you take the time to stop back by and visit myself and my RemARKable teammates often. We love sharing.

The last term/concept I want to leave you with in GOING GREEN in your crafting is the idea of “RECLAMATION”  – the idea of reclaiming pieces from old projects you never gave away, used, had on display, never finished, etc.

Go ahead it’s ok – pull those rhinestone brads off, snip those buttons off, unstitch something, paint it, start over. As a demonstrator I do a lot of reclaiming from my card samples – I save buttons, great bows, pieces of ribbon, brads, half pearls – basically anything I can get off a card w/o ruining the embellishment that is if I am not sending the card to someone!

Consider your UFO’s – Unfinished objects – how much money do you have tied up in those? Go ahead unbead those projects, unsew, unglue, undo, put the materials to use elsewhere. You will be surprised at what you do own and you will free yourself of the guilt of the UFO and the clutter of an UFO!

Today’s Project – Placemat Apron – I repurposed two linen placemats into a fun apron to wear at my events. In addition I have begun wearing aprons at home all day long. I love wearing aprons because I have learned the pockets are a great place to stash my reading glasses and cell phone. But why have just 1 apron. I have started to create an “apron” wardrobe. The apron has become my “work clothes.”   Go ahead make an apron today and share your version with me.

Supplies – 2 linen placemats, Big Shot XL Pennant Die, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Retired Baja Breeze Buttons, Retired Baja Breeze Stitched Ribbon, Sewing thread, Sewing Machine – about 1 hour start to finish!! Way fun!

Ribbon Scrap Storage – I love my ziplock storage bags – they are flexible, I can easily zip them up and take them with me to a crop, class, event, and are not expensive! I have mine sorted by “grosgrain’s” “Taffeta/Satin” “Twill” & “Patterned Ribbons”

Hope you are ready to be a little more Green in your Crafting.

Crafting Joy
Jan

GOING GREEN BLOG TOUR DAY #2 – Jelly Bean Prayer & More

Welcome to day #2. Another great term I saw as I was surfing the web for definitions of going green was the term “TRASHformation” I love this. The thought of transforming something that might have ended up in the trash.

Today’s  first project fits that term – this old tin could have ended up  in the trash but we “TRASHFORMED” it.In addition the flowers/leaves and vanilla cardstock were all from my scrap bin. The big shot dies are a great partner for using up scraps.

Recycling #2 – These glass jars were used at Valentines – new candy, new tags.  The larger jar also features something I call “Jar Wraps” instead of adhering things right to your glass jars making it harder to use them over and over I create a wrap for the jar.

Recycling #3 – FRAME – I repurposed this old frame to hold my Jelly Bean Prayer.
   JELLY BEAN PRAYER -jellybeanprayer

ORGANIZATION TIP #2 – Small Scraps. I have a “scrap station” that has 4 buckets – 1 for color scraps, 1 for in color scraps, 1 for DSP scraps and 1 for mini scraps. This bins are labeled for ease of use and accessible. I always reach for my scraps first when punching, using the big shot, making samples or tying something out. The “scrap stations” is also accessible to attendees at my Crop & Crafts and my team events held at stamp world. I also take my buckets of scraps to crops for our “MY SCRAPS ARE YOUR SCRAPS” stations.

Stop by tomorrow for my Repurposed Placemat Apron!!!

RemARKable GOING GREEN BLOG TOUR DAY #1 – Big Shot Easter Table Runner

Welcome to another RemARKable Stampers Blog Tour – this time around we are focusing on Going Green. I am excited to see how the RemARKable’s embrace this idea in their projects.

I did a little web surfing for the definition of “GOING GREEN” and this is one that I found that I could relate to…

Going green is a popular term used to describe the process of changing one’s lifestyle for the safety and benefit of the environment. People who “go green” make decisions about their daily lives while considering what impact the outcome of those decisions may have on global warming, pollution, loss of animal habitats, and other environmental concerns.

I thought this definition was appropriate in that my project today focuses on using scraps & repurposing and anytime I can use scraps it benefits the Stamp World environment by decreasing the pile/boxes, etc.  One of the best ways to use scraps is to have them organized. If you can’t find it you can’t use it. In addition to sharing my projects with you the next 3 days I will be sharing with you how I organize my scraps so that I can use them. Now mind you Stampin’ UP! is my career, what I do full time, so between meetings, diva events, customer events, crops and more I have a TON of scraps to use.

USING SCRAPS – What to do with scraps 

REPURPOSED Pillow Cases – I couldn’t find what I wanted for Easter for my table so I created what I wanted from old Pink Pillow Cases. I incorporated The Large Scallop Oval For Big Shot (just the oval), Big Shot Serif Essentials Alphabet, Premium Cream Felt, Assorted Fabrics, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Old Olive Wide Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Old Lace, Gotta Love fusible webbing it’s about the only time I like to iron.

Organization – Cardstock Scraps- I try to cut scraps into usuable sizes first – 1/4 sheet, 6×6, 3×3 – anything that is not this size goes into buckets you will see tomorrow. After cutting scraps to usable sizes they are sorted by color families. This makes it easy not only for me but guests at my Crop & Crafts, OPen Stamp events to make use of them. Before sorting my cs this way I always reached for a full sheet of cardstock first – this has sure helped me make use of what I have on hand.

See you tomorrow
Crafting Joy
Jan

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour – Day #3 Tea House Journal

Welcome to Day #3 of our  RemARKable Open House Blog Tour. Our tour is coming to an end. Just in time as many of the houses you see are on the east coast and will be snowed in. I hope you have been wowed by our creativity and imagination. Don’t forget to sign up for my classes (see yesterday’s post) or to consider moving into our neighborhood. We would love to help you join our family of RemARkable Stampers. Near or far we can help you meet your needs. Don’t hesitate to ask any questions. Remember Sale-a-bration means the kit is on sale, you get an extra free stamp and you get to offer great savings to your family and friends. Again hope you join us and thank you for taking time to visit our neighborhood.  

I added a journal to my Tea House Gift set

Journal – 5×5 art journal (Stampin’ UP!), Asian Artistry, Dream Gardens, Lattice Big Shot Die, To The Nines Designer Paper, Chocolate Chip Cardstock, Cardstock Vellum, Craft White Ink, White Embossing powder, Spiral Punch, Kraft taffeta, Chocolate chip wide grosgrain, sage shadow grosgrain.

Crafting Joy
Jan

RemARKable Open House Blog Tour – Day #2 PRIORI-TEAS!

Welcome to Day #2 of our  RemARKable Open House Blog Tour –hopefully you are being wowed by the creativity and imagination of my fellow team members. Don’t forget that each RemARKable neighbor on this tour is offering the same class to their customers that includes the HOUSE PDF/Pattern, and an IDEA sheet with a total of 30 house ideas on it.   

As one of my customers if  here are 3 ways you can participate in this class
  a. Take in Person – February  15th, February 28th,  or March 28th
  b. Take at any Crop & Craft – February 5th, February 20th, March 13th, March 19th
 c.  Take by mail – watch your inbox for those on my mailing list for details
          *Register today – info@remarkablestampers.com

Today’s Post features my Embellished Scripture Tea Bags. But I need your help- I have a long list of “TEAS” and associated scriptures but have some “teas” that need ideas and would love a much longer list to keep the tea time going for months! You can download this MS word document and email me any ideas you have to TEAS and or coordinating scriptures. I will continue to post the updated list under my FREEBIES tab.

If you are interested in having me do this project with your women’s group just let me know.

  Keep God a Priori-tea – KEEP GOD a PRIORI-TEA

TEA BAGS – Stampin’UP! table setting Bigz XL Die, Stampin’ UP! Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die, Sahara Sand Cardstock, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel, Vintage Brads, Pretties Flowers.
   a. Wheel cardstock
   b. Cut “napkin” ring from Table Setting die – this will be your tea bag holder
   c. Trim edge of tea bag holder as shown below so it fits in fancy favor box
   d. Print “teas” on whisper white cardstock
   e. Punch with oval punch
   f. Embellish as desired
   g. Fold in half, secure with flower and brad
   h. Slide tea bag inside
   i. You can open up the tea bag holder to mark the scripture reference. 
   j. Cut fancy favor box – assemble, embellish as desired, place tea bags inside
  h. Place in box (note there is still room for more goodies – that’s day#3)

       So…. are you ready to move into the Remarkable Stampers neighborhood yet?  If so, we would love to have you!!  We are friendly, supportive of each other, and as you can see very creative and we love to have new people join our community.  To find out how you can be a part of our neighborhood, contact your RemARKable Demonstrator on this tour. Stampin’ UP! has  a great :”move-in” special going on right now . If you don’t have a Demonstrator you currently work with , feel free to contact me.