Card ideas

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

My hubby's Top 5 Convention-Swap picks!

Every time I attend a Stampin' Up event, I come home with some amazing swaps! And every time, my DH spends some time looking thru them and picking his favorites. Here he is.....

He is so interested in the different techniques, and he likes to "sort" them into piles, of his favorites, least favorites etc. So....I decided this year I would post his TOP 5. (I will also post my TOP 5 in a couple days.) For now, here they are, in no particular order.

The one above is made by ???? (no name on this one-if you know it, please email me!)

This one was made by Amy Rogers.

Love the icecream cone! This was made by a demonstrator in my sideline, Natasha Hein.

The one above was made by a fabulous lady in my side-line, Angela McKay.

The above little monkey was also made by  Natasha Hein. Isn't he cute?!

Thanks for all the swaps ladies! Love them all!

Pop in back to see my TOP 5 soon!

Jo-Ann

Stampin' Up Convention!

I am back from the Stampin' Up Convention! It was a blast! Here are some random pics of the excitement...

 

Some of the fabulous ladies in our group: above, me with my good friend, Kristina Koch, below Kari Metzger and Angela McKay.

 

Me, and my friend, Tracy, who I roomed with. Trying to get some caffeine into us for an early morning start.....

Here's me during the Recognition March, going across the stage, for acheiving over $20,000 in Sales this past year....

 

Here are some random project pics that I thought were cute!

 

This cute little guy was made using the new Big Shot Ball Pop-Up Die! How amazing!

 

Well, I have lots more pics to share, so tune in over the next few days while I post some more!

ttfn

Jo-Ann

Stampin' In the Garden!

Moving to a new house just over a year ago, I no longer had a vegetable garden, a favorite thing of mine. Sure, I was able to grow some flowers and things, but I really missed growing fresh veggies. So, this year in April, my hubby built me a garden! The kids and I planted it in May, and soon afterwards things started to appear.

I love to go out there and dig in the dirt, and see what's blooming and growing each day. It's therapeutic. The best part, however, is being able to run out there when I am making dinner, and pick some fresh herbs, or veggies to add to our meal. One thing was still missing though, and I think I've solved that now. With a little STAMPING, of course!

 

Yes, we made garden signs! They are so cute! My husband started with cutting up some 1/4" plywood for the words (approx 3" X 5"), and made maple posts (2' long) to put them on.

 

I stamped all the names with the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet set with black Craft ink. In order to get them nice and straight, I used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, a fabulous tool for this project! Then I also added some various leaves and flower stamps on most of them, and colored a little bit along the shade lines with markers.

 

After that, I set them out on some newspaper and sprayed them with about 4 coats of outdoor varathane.

Here they are all assembled....

 

 

 

I encourage you to try stamping some signs for your herb or veggie garden too! You will love them, and be able to re-use them for years! You could also do this for flowers, roses, and they'd made wonderful gifts!

Have a sunny day!

Jo-Ann

stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca

Polka-Dot Ribbon Swap!

I am now offering a Ribbon Swap for the beautiful new Polka-Dotted Ribbons! These are in the new In-Colors for 2009-2010: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry. Signup by June 23rd to participate!

I will split up the ribbon colors evenly among the participants, so you will get up to 6 colors of Polka Dotted ribbon, approx one spool's worth, for the cost of one spool! I LOVE Polka-Dots! And this is a great way to get a good variety of colors!

  Bermuda Bay

Melon Mambo

Crushed Curry

Rich Razzleberry

Dusty Durango

Soft Suede

Maximum 6 people per group. Group one is full, group two currently has 4 spots left, and I will add more groups as needed.

Simply email me to signup for the swap, choosing one of the above colors. If you need it shipped, add an extra $3.00, and send me your mailing address. Payment is by cash, cheque, Visa or Mastercard and must be received before June 23rd.

Email me at stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca to get in on this!

Catalogue Tabs

Have your new Idea Book & Catalogue yet? You have to see it! It's fabulous! And, to make life easier, I like to add divider tabs to the pages for quick reference.

Here are the 2009-2010 catalogue tabs that I did with my Stamp Clubbers recently. I made up an Excel file of double-sided tabs that you print out, and punch out with the Round Tab Punch. And we sure got punching!

 

We used the In Colors for the top tabs (Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, and Melon Mambo). For the side ones, we used Certainly Celery.

 

If you would like your own copy of the brand new 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalogue, or a copy of my Excel Spreadsheet to make your own tabs at home, email me at stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca

Happy Stamping!

Jo-Ann

Gift Jam

Hello Stampers! Here's a little idea to make for gifts during our fabulous summer season. You could do this with pretty much any fruits or veggies that you are harvesting!

The kids and I made some Strawberry Freezer Jam, and packaged it up for gifts for their teachers a few weeks ago.

 Here are my little helpers...

 

 

Then, we put the jam in cute little jars, and stamped some white fabric with the strawberry stamp from Tart & Tangy.

 

We also made some matching tags, and the kids wrote little thankyou notes to their teachers on the back of them.

 

 

We used Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Gable Green for the colors.

Hope you like them!

Jo-Ann