ssink - merry monday

It's Merry Monday today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration! I haven't had much time lately to be creating in my stamping studio (right now it's a major mess...surprise, surprise), but after the holidays I hope to jump back into it! Gotta get through Christmas first!

But I do want to share with you some cute tags my daughter made for a class project at the beginning of December. The 3rd graders at her school all were part of a "community-building" class project where they each were responsible for making something to sell. We went back and forth on what to make and I HIGHLY encouraged her to take advantage of my stamping studio. She stamped all of the tags on her own, but I tied the ribbon for her. We used the Scalloped Edge Topper Punch to make it easy-peasy for her to make 18 tags in a jif!

For the first 6 tags she used the White Christmas stamp set and the "to/from" is from the Festival of Trees stamp set. She colored in the snowman's scarf and hat and used Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to add a little sparkle to the snow.

Here's my girl...proud of her hard work!

She also created some mini post it note "books"...those were the hot items!

Come on over to SSINK and see what some of the other designers have created.

ssink - Christmas fun!

Merry Christmas stamping friends! Can you believe we're just 2 weeks away from Christmas?! Say it ain't so!! ;) Are you done with everything on your list yet? We have had a super busy 10 days to start out December (but I am pretty sure I remember saying last year I didn't want to be so busy...ha!) So, with all the busy-ness that means not a lot of stamping. SAD!! I'm sure once January comes around I'll be back in business with lots of fun things to share as coming soon is the Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration!

But, today I do have a little something to share with you! It's the SSINK monthly blog hop and for our hop today it's ANYTHING CHRISTMAS! Thankfully I haven't shared the few Christmas projects I have had the time to work on, so yay ~ now is the PERFECT time!

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 8 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Tonya at Stamp with Tonya. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.


First up is a card I created for last month's card making night. I was inspired by something that caught my eye in the Holiday Catalog.

Because I was using this card at an event, I had to make things a little simpler so my supplies would stretch a little further...we had 22 stampers last month! Woo hoo ~ that's what I love to see! Love that cute star paperclip on the original design, but didn't have enough of those for all my guests!

Stamp Sets	Festival of Trees
Ink	Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso
Paper	Whisper White, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Trim the Tree DSP Stack
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Frosted Sequins, Linen Thread
Tools	Bitty Star Punch, Paper Snips

Another little project I have to share with you today is not one I came up with on my own. I found this cute Santa Fry Box on Pinterest and fell in love! I hadn't used the Fry Box Die yet, so I knew this was the perfect project to break it in. I created these for a 3D Christmas-themed swap at my last team meeting. Aren't they just so cute? The white part on the front uses the Labels Framelits Die and the belt buckle is punched out of Silver Glimmer with the Petite Label Punch.

Add a little baggie of White Chocolate Peppermint M & M's and tie a bow! 

Such a cute little gift to give to someone. 

Thanks for hopping along for some Christmas fun. Next up is Kim! Head on over to see what she has to share with us!





Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Kim at Stamping with Kim
2. Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
3. Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana
4. Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations
5. Darcy at Dj's Stampin' Place
6. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
7. Donna at Organized Chaos
8. Tonya at Stamp with Tonya
9. Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'

under the tree tag a bag or a box!

I had a fun time creating  tags using the Under the Tree Tag a Bag Accessory Kit! For only $7.95 you get 10 large base tags, 10 builder tags, 10 mini clothespins, 1 spool of baker's twine, Dimensionals, and 5 self-adhesive strips. I had plenty of leftover twine for future projects, too! The coordinating colors for this kit are Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding, and Early Espresso.

Here is what the kit looks like when you take it all out of the package. Look at all of that fun stuff just waiting to be played with!

Grab some of your favorite Christmas stamps, punches, and paper and you're on your way to creating a set of beautiful tags! 

And Stampin' Up! sells some awesome packaging, too...

I dressed the bags and boxes up a bit and attached more fun tags I created.

Interested in seeing up close pictures of each item, as well as what products I used? Come on over to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog today where I am giving the complete run down on all of these tags, bags, and boxes!! Would love to have you stop by!

ssink - december color challenge

Happy Monday Stampers!

We have a fun color combo for you today over at the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog. Aren't these colors great together? This combination reminds me of a classic and elegant Christmas card so that is exactly what I tried to pull off with my creation today. We'd love for you to join us in creating something using this color combo and then link back up with us at the SSINK blog!

I stamped the greeting on vellum which made a pretty effect as you can see the stars through the vellum. I added Cherry Cobbler bitty stars in the middle of the stamped star images to give an extra pop of color. The classic black strips on the two sides was just the right amount of black this card needed.

 

Stamp Sets	Bright & Beautiful
Ink	Black Memento Ink, Lost Lagoon
Paper	Whisper White, Vellum, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones, 1/2" Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding
Tools	Bitty Star Punch, Dotted Ribbon Scalloped Edge Punch

Come on by to join us in linking up with the SSINK December Color Challenge!!

ssink - friday favorites (white christmas)

I have a fun card to share with you today using one of my Christmas favorites! The stamp set is called White Christmas (available in photopolymer). Have you seen this adorable set yet? I love all of the little pieces you could use to create a snowy winter scene.

My card was inspired by this card by Kerry Timms. I loved the little banner she made with the ribbon wrapped around it. I added my own little touches to it by adding a starry sky using the Confetti Stars Punch with some silver glimmer paper underneath it and also added some snow to the trees. For the snow on the ground and in the trees I used the white gel pen.

I also added a cute little polar bear that I hand cut out and popped up on a Dimensional. He's just so cute!

Stamp Sets	White Christmas, Endless Wishes
Ink	Memento Ink, Real Red, White Stazon
Paper	Whisper White, Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, White Gel Pen, 1/8" Silver Taffeta Ribbon
Tools	Paper Snip, Confetti Stars Punch

Come visit us at SSINK and see what some of the other designer's favorites are right now!

3rd Annual Team Beach Retreat

I can't believe I haven't posted the fun details about my annual Stampin' Up! team beach retreat from the beginning of October. (I had pictures uploaded...just hadn't posted yet. Distracted much?)

Myself and four other demonstrators (including my upline and two of my downline) whisked ourselves away to Bella Beach in Oregon (just a little south of Lincoln City) where we stayed THREE nights and stamped the weekend away! It was so. much. fun! I got a ton done and it was nice to just recharge for the weekend doing the things we love!

I should have taken a picture of what the living room looked like before we took over! This was the second year we stayed in the exact same house. We might need to look for another house to stay in if our team keeps getting bigger! The bonus for staying at this house, though, is that we got to stay the 3rd night for FREE...such a great deal!

Here is our set up...

The name of the house...


Laura, Kim, Terri, Andrea, and me...


Although we spent most of our time indoors and it did rain a little (come on...it's the Oregon Coast ~ of course it rained! :), we did go for a nice walk to see the ocean. We came right when it was high tide and the water came right up to the stairs, so we couldn't even walk on the beach.






We started a new tradition this year and brought a "Secret Stamper" gift to exchange. We each drew a name and that is who we gave our gift to. It was fun to get a present!

My gift was from Andrea (my upline). She packaged the gift with a Paper Pumpkin box turned inside out. Inside she covered the box with DSP and there was a package of tissues, chapstick, and lotion.

This is what it looked like before I opened it. That Santa is so clever! His mustache/beard is made with the Bigz Bow Die.

Andrea received her gift from Terri. Doesn't Andrea coordinate colors perfectly with the cute fry box Terri made her? Inside are some little goodies and it's finished off with a tag. So creative!

This is my big sister Kim (and one of my downline). Her gift was from Laura. A cute little box filled with a package of tissue, hand sanitizer, a file, and other goodies.

Laura received this fun candle from Kim. It is shaped as a coffee mug. Too cute!

Terri (one of my downline) received this gift from me. One of our polka dot bags turned into a different shaped bag (see my post here) and a chevron bag filled with notecards using the stamp set "For the Birds" (see my post here).

Most of the weekend was spent doing whatever we wanted, but we also brought some make n takes that each of us could make at some point during the weekend. It gave us a chance to "take a break" from having to be creative on our own and we could just stamp to enjoy it with someone else doing all the prep work.

Make n Take Cards

This the card I designed for the girls to make. It might already look familiar as it was my swap card I created for the Holiday Catalog Swap with the Control Freaks.

I already can't wait for next year's retreat!! Tonight is our Stampin' Up! Team Meeting, so I'll be back to share some of our swaps and the inspiration that came from the meeting!


Leave a comment if you have any questions on anything I shared with you today!

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ssink - quick and easy with petite petals

November card night was this week (we meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month!). It was such a fun night and I am still so amazed that all 23 stampers fit in my living room rotating table to table.

Today the SSINK designers are showcasing some quick and easy cards on our blog and I wanted to share one of the cards we made at card night. To help me with my creative mojo, I found this sketch from Retro Sketches that worked perfectly with the Petite Petals stamp set that I wanted to use.

Not sure if you can see it but on the left hand side of the card I used my Scoring Tool to create three score lines to give it something "extra" on the left part of the card.

Calypso Coral & Crisp Cantaloupe - what a duo!

Stamp Sets	Petite Petals, Gorgeous Grunge, A Dozen Thoughts
Ink	Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe
Paper	Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Pearl Accents, Calypso Coral Baker's Twine
Tools	Scoring Tool

Thanks for sticking with me...looks like I'm on a "once a week" posting schedule, but I don't want that to be for long!! I definitely have a couple more cute cards to share with you all, so stay tuned!

ssink ~ festival of trees

Hi Stamping Friends! I have been a little non-existent here on my blog. Most of it is due to my crazy idea to swap rooms so that my stamping studio will now be downstairs instead of upstairs. Of course this is all after redoing my craft room last December. My sweet husband...he's so patient with me!! He helped with the transition all without one bit of complaining. I am in the final organizing phases of where "this and that" goes, but I hope to be done soon so I can actually start stamping again!!

Before I moved rooms, I planned some cards for one of my Card Clubs at the beginning of the month. Because we aren't meeting in December, I wanted to design at least one Christmas card everyone could make. I just love the Festival of Trees stamp set and coordinating punch! Topping off the tree with a gold glimmer star was the perfect finishing touch!!

Stop on by the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog for some more inspiring Christmas cards!

Stamp Sets	Festival of Trees, Endless Wishes, Good Greetings
Ink	Pistachio Pudding, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Paper	Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Pistachio Pudding, Trim the Tree DSP Stack, Gold Glimmer Paper
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 1/8" Gold Taffeta Ribbon
Tools	Tree Punch, Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border Punch, Bitty Star Punch

the creation station blog hop - seasonally scattered

I can't believe that November is already here! Seriously...where did October go?! It's the 1st Sunday of the month and that means it's hopping time with The Creation Station, so I hope that you will hop along with us and get a little inspiration today!

For today's hop we were able to choose from the following (any or all):
1. Stamp Set: Seasonally Scattered
2. Theme: Gift Card Holders
3. Accessory: Gift Card Holders using our dies or the Gift Card Enclosure Pack

I chose the Seasonally Scattered stamp set to showcase today. What a fun set this is!! The card I created to share today uses a fun fold. Take a peek in the photo tutorial below.

The front flap tucks underneath the baker's twine.

I used the And Many More stamp set and using a marker colored in just the GIVE part of the "Give Thanks" sentiment in this set. By doing this I could turn this card into a Thanksgiving card. I used this similar technique with this card, as well. This up close picture also shows the two different colors I used on the stamp ~ Tangerine Tango and Crushed Curry.

These Autumn Wooden Elements are such a fun addition to Fall cards!

Stamp Sets	Seasonally Scattered, And Many More
Ink	Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry
Paper	Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand, Mottley Monsters DSP
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensional, Tangerine Tango Baker's Twine, Autumn Wooden Elements
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Bitty Banners Framelits Die

I am so glad you stopped by for a visit! Continue on the hop to visit Jennifer Frost or hop backwards to visit Sara Levin. Click on the buttons below.

ssink - masculine monday

Today at the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog we are sharing cards that are suitable for all the men in our lives! This card was a CASE from something I saw on Pinterest by Deena Boos. I changed it to have more of a masculine feel using the Retro Fresh Washi tape and turned it into a birthday card. This was one of the four cards my guests could create at last week's card night and I even gave them the option of turning it into a Halloween card if they wished!

Stamp Sets	Label Love, Tape It
Ink	Coastal Cabana, So Saffron
Paper	Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Retro Fresh Washi Tape
Tools	Label Punch

We'd love for you to stop by to see what other cards the SSINK designers have created that are quick and easy! Click on the picture below to head on over for a visit!

ssink - quick and easy

It's quick and easy cards today at the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog. I love how easily these two baby cards came together...both using the same layout. I needed a handful of "congrats baby" cards and really wanted something I could create in a snap! After deciding on this layout, I just changed up the colors to match whether it's for a boy or girl!

Stamp Sets	Zoo Babies
Ink	Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate
Paper	Melon Mambo, Bermuda Baby, Smokey Slate, Whisper White, Brights DSP (Daffodil Delight Chevron)
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Melon Mambo 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Bermuda Baby 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Circle Framelits, Bitty Banner Framelits, Bitty Heart Punch

We'd love for you to stop by to see what other cards the SSINK designers have created that are quick and easy! Click on the picture below to head on over for a visit!