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CARD SWAP MANIA!

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Card Swap MANIA (just like we do it at SU! Convention)
Monday, June 20, 2011
~12:00 NOON~
Here are the rules: 
E-MAIL ME TO SIGN UP~ loni@sfcn.org!! Create 20 +1 (the extra card will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House)  of the SAME card using supplies from Stampin’ Up! (card stock, ink, stamps, accessories, etc). Include an envelope for each card. You can create Birthday or Wedding Cards for this swap and will receive 20 different cards in return!

If you are mailing your cards, include $5 for return postage or send $5 Paypal payment to loni@sfcn.org…all cards will be returned Priority Mail. Cards must be postmarked by June 15th (so we can swap them on the 20th). Late cards will be returned unopened (sorry!). 

Mail to: Loni Spendlove, 860 E 1050 S, Spanish Fork, UT 84660

If you are coming to my house in Spanish Fork for the swap, bring something to share for our light potluck lunch! Last Names A-M bring a salad of any sort and Last Names N-Z bring dessert 🙂 Please leave kids at home (babes-in-arms are welcome to attend with mom). 

NEW: Create a CARD KEEPER book at the swap on June 20th for only $15. This fun spiral bound folder will help you track and remember up with all the special occasions in your life…request your Card Keeper Kit when you RSVP for the swap: loni@sfcn.org
You **can** use retiring supplies and can order on my website until June 13th to get your supplies in time to participate!

Here Comes the Sun(flowers)

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Finally! The sun has peeked through the clouds of La Nina and it has brightened my soul! I was so inspired by the light (and a card sent to me years ago by a demonstrator friend, Mindi B) that I pulled out the Love & Care stamp set from the Summer Mini catalog and my Stampin’ Pastels for a little “Poppin’ Pastels”:

This technique is really fun and easy: Stamp with Versamark onto white card stock and then use sponge daubers to apply pastels (chalk) to the stamped image and watch the color POP! It’s such a cheerful look, matching my optimistic attitude today. Oh, and the flowers embossed into the Early Espresso card stock is the new Flower Garden Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (also from Summer Mini). Enjoy the sunshine!

Take it and Run With it

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Sometimes I find I need a springboard to get my creative Mojo running…and it happened this morning when I checked out the Clean & Simple Sketch 141:

So I took the sketch and ran with it! I immediately thought of a new Hostess Set in the Summer Mini catalog (Love & Care) and combined it with the fabulous new Flower Garden Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (also from the Summer Mini). In an effort to bring a little spring color to our VERY WET and overcast spring here in Utah, I used the brightest colors I could think of: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise.

Have you ever tried the “Rock & Roll” technique? I stamped the flower in Daffodil Delight classic ink and rolled the stamp edges around in Melon Mambo ink, like this:

While you are here, let me invite you to join my Stampin’ Up! Birthday/Wedding Card Swap! I’d love to see YOUR creativity!

Send a Little Hope

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Is there anyone whose life hasn’t been touched by Breast Cancer? As part of the Make a Difference program at Stampin’ Up!, we have partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the “Strength & Hope” campaign. I created my first card (and have already sent one) with this beautiful set based on a design I recently used for my Stamp-a-Stack Card Class:

I hope you can see this detail: Add a few drops of the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint to a hand sanitizer spray (the kind that looks like a fat pen which you can buy at the dollar store or Staples) and spray it over your card for a beautiful shimmer!

Hint: When you run out of hand-sanitizer spray, fill up your “spray pen” with rubbing alcohol and add more shimmer paint! These little spray pens give a perfect mist over a card and the alcohol content dries quickly so your card doesn’t get too wet.

From May 1-August 31, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 from the sale of each Strength & Hope stamp set and Digital Kit to BCRF. For more information (or to order your own set) click HERE. I’m sure you know a strong woman who would love a card created from this inspiring set!

Stamping Show and Tell

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At the Stitched Stampers quarterly meeting last week, we had a “Shoebox Swap” and “Show-and-Tell” so today I’m sharing some of the really cute ideas. However, I’m saving one **unbelievably adorable idea** for my April workshops, so if you want to make the CUTEST little spring project, you should call me ASAP to book a party!!!

We’ll start with Pam’s card: This lovely monochromatic card displays the versatility of brown!

Sally’s card is next: The tip she shared is to start with a 3″x3″ square of White card stock and using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, simply insert your card into the punch in the middle on all four sides, creating a perfect frame!

And to finish off today’s fashion show, Hop the Easter Bunny presents some darling dotted Easter Milk Cartons in their stylish container, courtesy of Pam! (Hop had to be in the picture because those sweet little creatures showed up halfway through the swap, and they were the focus of attention from the moment they arrived!). I’ll be happy to show you how to create these cute containers at YOUR party 🙂

Spring Is Blossoming

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Enjoy a few more samples using the Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper and Four Frames stamp set (part of the Spring is Blossoming April Promotion!) Did I mention that the Four Frames stamp set co-ordinates with the new XL Decorative Label punch? It makes creating these beautiful cards that much easier!



Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

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This “box” of chocolate is fat and calorie free 🙂 Playing along with Clean & Simple Sketch 134 today…and I used the Eat Chocolate Stamp set (in Occasions Mini Catalog), Curly Cute stamp set (for greeting), an Early Espresso Ink Pad & Stampin’ Write Marker and the Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper pack punched with the Scallop Square punch. To make it look good enough to eat, I added Crystal Effects to each piece of chocolate…yummy!

TIP: If you can’t eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can’t eat all your chocolate, what’s wrong with you?

Keepin’ it simple…

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Another Friday and time for another Clean & Simple Sketch!

And here’s my version:

All supplies from Stampin’ Up! (of course!). Colors: Pacific Point, Pear Pizazz, Real Red and Whisper White. Balloons from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set and greeting from the Full of Life stamp set. Designer Series Paper: Celebrations. Have a great weekend!

Lucky You

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“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, 
the more I have of it.” ~Thomas Jefferson



One of my favorite quotes from my sister (almost as profound as the honorable Mr. Jefferson) is, “I don’t speak Whine-ese!” Of course, she was addressing her young daughter, but I think it would be an appropriate response for the current fad of “entitlement mentality” across the nation. And that’s my soapbox for today, followed by a wee bit of creative luck (based on the Clean & Simple sketch 131):

My model today is Bernadette, the Stampin’ Up! bear that I got at convention two years ago, and in case you can’t read the small print on the tag, it says, “LUCKY YOU…and lucky me for knowing you.” It’s from the Afterthoughts stamp set (one you can choose free if you host a qualifying workshop!) and the shamrocks are from the Got Treats stamp set. The colors are Wild Wasabi and Certainly Celery, in fashion this week as we are about to celebrate St. Patty’s Day!

I’m off to cut more card stock for my Stamp-a-Stack class tomorrow…may you make time to be creative over the weekend!

Plane & Simple

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Here’s a sneak peek at one of the cards you can make this Saturday at the Stamp-a-Stack class:

It uses a wonderful masculine/vintage set from the Occasions Mini Catalog (Plane & Simple) and you can make it into a Thank You or Happy Birthday card instead of a Father’s Day card! So if you are low on greeting cards, this is your opportunity to prepare for those special occasions in your life…We’ll also be making Birthday Cards, Feminine Cards (Mother’s Day, Thank You, etc) and Wedding cards!

Stamp-a-Stack Class
Saturday, March 12 at 1 p.m.
Spanish Fork, UT 84660 
Create 16 cards (4 each of 4 different designs) for just $20! Bring own scissors & adhesive.