Continuing on with our Stampin' Up cruise pics, here we are in the dining room onboard Royal Carribean's ship, enjoying our first (of many) 5 course meal!
And here's our amazing stateroom, complete with a couch, and an outside balcony.
View from our balcony...
Huge shopping "mall" area inside the ship....
I will share some of our fun excursions tomorrow....
Jo-Ann
I LOVE this Stair Step card I made for Easter! Probably because it uses my favorite Designer Paper, Cottage Wall.
I also love the Beautiful Wings embosslit used to make the butterflies! It is available in the Occasions Mini Catalogue only until April 30th. The Scallop Trim Border Punch is also one of my new faves! This card also using the "Eggcoutrements" easter stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalogue!
Leave a comment below and tell me what your favorite Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper set is!
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happy stampin'!
Jo-Ann
The above card is one I designed for my recent Christmas Card Stamp A Stack, held on Oct 24th. It was so much fun!
This card uses:
Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Tree Trimmings, Holiday Best Hostess stamp set
Cardstocks: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip.
Inks: Versamark, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Ornament punch (from the Stampin Up Holiday Mini Catalogue), Modern Label Punch, Scallop Edge punch, silver brads, dimensionals, 3/4" circle punch and Iridescent Ice embossing powder.
Here are some of the ladies enjoying a great time of stamping 16 Christmas cards!
Above are Jen, Joanne and Kristin
And here are Diane, Erica, bekky, Jimi, Kathryn, and Alex....stamping away!
Stay posted for some more great Christmas ideas coming soon....
Jo-Ann
I received this pretty swap card at the Stampin' Up Convention. It is made using the Melon Mambo cardstock, and some tule in the window, on either side of the Pretties flower.
Pretties are so pretty!
It was made by Diana Keith. Thanks for looking!
Happy Stamping,
Jo-Ann
Just wanted to share with you a pretty Christmas card I demonstrated at my last stamp club event.
It is made using some of the new products from the Holiday Mini Catalogue (contact me to get your copy!)
The ornament stamp from Delightful Decorations (#116517) was inked in Soft Suede, then I dabbed on some of the new Champagne Shimmer Paint (#116806) with a Sponge Dauber before stamping it. I punched it out with the new Ornament Punch (#116794). The Whisper White cardstock was stamped with the Serene Snowflakes (#115438) stamp, dabbed with just the Shimmer Paint, and punched along the edge with the Eyelet Border Punch. I added a slit with the Slot Punch, and ran some Polka-Dot Soft Suede Ribbon around it. The sentiment is from Four the Holidays (#116921), and I added some Gold Elastic Cord (#109867) to make the top of the ornament.
The Shimmer Paint is amazing, and so easy to use. It can be dabbed right onto an inked stamp, or dabbed onto an uninked one, for a tranparent shimmery look. I LOVE the BLING this gives you, and it's so perfect for Christmas cards!
If you'd like to place an order for any of the above, or anything else, please email me at stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca, or go online to my website, and click Shop Now.
Happy Stampin'!
Jo-Ann
Here is another card I made for Convention Swaps. (The little butterfly is actually very glittery, it's hard to see in this picture. I used Iridescent Ice Embossing powder and Versamark ink to make it pop!)
Thanks so much to Pamela for helping me design and assemble about 30 of these!
All supplies used are from Stampin' Up. Order the supplies today to make this pocket card!
stamps: Great Friend
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Versamark
cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
patterned paper: Razzleberry Lemonade
Accessories: dimensionals, Iridescent Ice Embossing powder, Big Shot, Matchbox Die (for the pull), Texture Plates, Top Note Die, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, Razzleberry Polka Dot ribbon, slot punch, heat gun
Have a great day!
Jo-Ann
Here is a card that I made recently. They were some of my swap cards for the Stampin' Up Convention, to trade with other demonstrators. I took about 30 of each of these, and I had lots of help this year in making swaps!
A BIG thanks to Barb for helping assemble all these ones while she was away camping!
This card uses the following Stampin' Up product:
stamps: Dreams Du Jour stamp set
Ink: Basic Black
cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Patterned paper: Celery Prints
Accessories: Markers, Circle Scissor Plus, dimensionals, Big Shot texture plates
My inspiration for this card came from this creative lady. Thanks!
Happy Stamping!
Jo-Ann
Here's a Father's Day card we made at stamp club recently. I love the masculine look and feel to this one. And it is hubby approved!
I used the All Holidays stamp set to stamp the sentiment on Basic Grey cardstock in Versamark ink, heat embossing it with Silver embossing powder. Then I ran the Basic Grey cardstock thru my Big Shot, using the texture plate called Distressed.
I also ripped the Whisper White piece, and added some silver embossing along the ripped edge by rubbing it on my versamark ink, and heat embossing that with silver too.
The Pewter Jumbo eyelets were added using the Crop-A-Dile, and I crumpled the edges of the cardstocks for a distressed look and feel. Topped it off with some Natural Hemp Twine, and it's done!
Hope you like it!
Jo-Ann
Here's a card I made a few weeks ago, using my new Circle Scissor Plus cutting system, and the Big Shot Scallop Circle Die.
Stamps: Love you Much, Polka Dot Punches (SAB)
Inks: Rose Red, Basic Black
Paper: Cameo Coral, Whispere White, Raspberry Tart Designer paper,
Accessories: Rose Red stitched 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, markers, white taffeta ribbon, red chunky glitter, 2 way glue pen
Circle Scissor Plus #112530 $37.95
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine #113439 $118.95
or Premium Starter Kit #116314 $232.95 below.....
And, here's the Love You Much stamp set... 
Hope you enjoyed my card, and if you'd like to place an order, email me at stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca
Happy Stamping!
Jo-Ann
I have been playing alot with my Raspberry Tart Designer Paper (#113975 $11.75), and here's a card I made with it. I used the Big Shot texture plates (114512 $13.95) to emboss the card base, and then ran my Kiwi ink over it a few times. I love the little bees from this stamp set, called Just Buzzin By.
(Sorry for the bad lighting on this one....not sure what happened)
Stamp Set: Just Buzzin By
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Raspberry Tart DSP
Inks: Kiwi Kiss classic, , Basic Black, Markers in Old Olive, Rose Red, Cameo Coral, Going Grey, So Saffron
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Word WIndow Punch, Dimensionals, Rose Red Stitiched 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot Texture Plate, 2 way glue, dazzling diamonds glitter
If you like any of the above products, contact me to place an order today! Or shop online thru my website www.stampinwithjoann.stampinup.net and click on Shop Now!
Have a terrific day!
Jo-Ann
Well, I had some leftovers from my previous card, and wanted to play with my Circle Scissor Plus, the new Circle Cutting System. Here's what I came up with....
Stamps: Love You Much
Paper: Rose Red, Raspberry Tart Designer paper, Whisper White, Cameo Coral
Accessories: Circle Scissor Plus, White Taffeta Ribbon, Heart to Heart punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch
This was very easy to make!
Here is the Designer paper I used:
Raspberry Tart #113975 $11.75 
■ 12" x 12", 100-lb text | |
Here's another 4X4 card I made, also using the Wild About You stamp set. This one was pretty simple, and I like that I could make it quickly.
I used the Wild About You stamp set, the Scallop Circle Punch, and the new Wide Oval Punch . The little lion was stamped in Chocolate Chip, and also in Bashful Blue, on Whisper White, and I cut out the pieces and glued him together. I also popped up some of the layers with Dimensionals. I love that little lion! Isn't he cute?
Have a great day!
Jo-Ann
Here's a cute 4X4 baby card I made recently. I like to keep a variety of cards on hand, for all occasions, and I store them in a Photo Box, with dividers. (I made the dividers out of Chocolate Chip cardstock, the corner rounder, the Round Tab punch and some scraps of DSP.) I was getting low in my "baby" category, and thought I should sit down to use up some scraps, and turn out some cute cards.
This one was made using the following products from Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Wild About You
Ink: So Saffron, Pretty In Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Whisper White, and some scraps of retired Designer Series Paper.
Accessories: 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, dimensionals, white 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, square punch, chipboard coaster, sanding block (to round the edges of the DSP off)
And here's a peek at my Card Box.....
Hope you enjoyed this, have a great day!
Jo-Ann
I just wanted to share this card with you, that we made at Stamp Club a short time ago. I just love it. I was showing some different ways to use chipboard (coloring with classic ink, coloring with craft ink, covering with designer paper, and covering with glitter.)
On this project, we used the following products:
Stamps: Funky Trees stamp set, Classic Stripes background stamp
Inks: Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey, Versamark
Paper: Urban Garden Designer paper, Kiwi Kiss and Basic Grey cardstock
Tools: Circle Cutter Plus, Word Window punch, stapler
Accessories: Kiwi Kiss striped 5/8" grosgrain, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, chipboard frame
Hope you like it!
Jo-Ann
I am holding a Valentines and Anniversary Card Class coming up, and you are invited! We will be making 5 cards, some using the Big Shot, and some with embossing.
Below is one of the cards we'll be making.....
The little Owl (from Owl Together Now) is embossed with black embossing powder, stamped again on Olive Patterned paper, paper pieced, and the wings are glued on top. Isn't he cute?
If you want to join us, the classes I am offering will be on Weds, Feb 11th at 7:00pm or Thurs, Feb 12th at 9:30am. Space is limited, so register today. The $15 class fee includes all materials and instruction, and must be pre-paid by cash, cheque or Paypal by Feb 5th. Please bring your own scissors and adhesive. Email me at stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca to register.
I will share some more of the cards after the registration cutoff.....
Happy Stamping!
Jo-Ann
