24 hour Stamp Sale

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This does not happen very often!!

 Stampin'Up is having a 24 hour sale!!

 AND it is STAMP SETS!

On October 23, 2019 for 24 hours ONLY get 15% off selected stamp sets!

 It will end at midnight on the 23rd.

The list is long! Be sure to contact me soon to get the list and get your order placed!

A few of my favorites that made the list are:

Very Versailles #149275

Winter Woods #151359

Merry Christmas To All #147702

Many many more are on the list, so contact me today to get a pdf of the list!!

World Card Making Day complete!

 Celebrating World Card Making Day was so much fun with a lot of great friends and family! Over the 2 day event we were able to complete over 75 cards and small projects to share. Most cards were created following the specific card kit, however some changed it up and made the design work for a specific need! Love It! This was a great time and will definitely become an event we will do again!
NOW this week is World Card Sending week... Lets get those beauties in the mail and spread those greetings and sentiments with those we love and care for!

Day 5 and it's a treat!

Fall is such a TREAT!

Well I am ready now for a fun packed day of card making! My sneak peek today is not a card, but 2 simple treat packaging ideas that will be available at my WCMD event on Saturday and Sunday to make and take! I do love making 3D items as much as I love card making! These two are easy to duplicate and always a hit when filled with a treat!
 The mini pizza box is food safe and lined to be able to hold a home made cookie too!

The belly band just slides over the box so it can be kept and treasured.Also great for packaging small items for gifting. Adorn the belly band with pumpkins using the apple punch  then add the die cut leaves in any fall colors you desire! Of course it will be gorgeous as a Christmas treat as well.
 Let your imagination and creativity go!

Making the little pocketful of sunshine treat holder is as simple as stamp, die cut and assemble!!This is also a great treat holder for any season!
Here are most of the products used to create these and by clicking the photo you will go directly to my shopping page!

Day 4 of my sneak peek World Card Making Day!

Today I chose to preview one of the sympathy cards that I have prepped for this Saturday and Sunday.

 The Pretty Posy cardstock is such a nice feminine choice for this one. It teams up beautifully with Blackberry Bliss for the little violets  and any green will do for the leave, I used Mint Macaron. The flowers were punched out, but any of your small flower dies will work just as well. The real fun with this card was making the oval frame with the Heirloom dies and embossing folder! I did use dimensionals to give it the proper  thickness. The sentiments from the set are so fitting for this beautiful sympathy card.

The Moments in My Life

  My Wednesday sneak peek card is a beautiful friendship card!

World card Making Day is celebrated the first Saturday of October each year. 

Making a card and sending a card is a rewarding experience that I have found very rewarding in the making, sending, and also sharing the fun with my friends & customers!

This year I am having a two day event to celebrate FALLING in love with card making!

I have chosen a great selection of cards I have made with my customers at card classes this past year and many that have been inspired or copied and shared from other great Stampin' Up demonstrators around the world!  This one is simple and stunning! It uses a sheet of foil card stock embossed with a beautiful embossing folder called Scripty #149634! This is so elegant and adds such a perfect texture. I find myself using this embossing folder over and over.

The daisy punch, NOW available in two sizes, is the quick and simple way to add a 3D touch to your card. Of course you can just stamp a daisy, but why not make it really pop!

Here are the products Used in the creation of this daisy lane card:

Check back tomorrow for sneak peek day four!

Day 2 of World Card Making day card share

 Today I will share another of the card choices I have selected for my World Card Making Day event!

 This beauty is  another very easy card! The base is whisper White and I layered a mat of Champaign foil under the Cajun Craze layer. Then I cut the filigree design  mat from the Beautifully Detailed Laser cut designer series paper and added that to the front of the card. So pretty already just needed a Greeting stamped on Crumb Cake thin strip and added two maple leaves using the Gathered Leaves dies!  Not  alot of effort for a great seasonal feeling card...  I am in Love with the Come to Gathere suite! All of the colors and papers just say "Fall is Here" This is a beautiful season to celebrate for sure.
 Here is the list of products used to create this one...
   Oh, and the greeting came from the Woven Heirlooms #149306 stamp set, but this could be for any occasion celebrating the season!


 

Good Monday end of September !

As I prep for World Card making Day 

I am learning just how technology challenged I really am!

It has taken me most of the morning to try to get some pictures to show of my card choices for this coming event...UGHHH! I can take pictures, some good some bad, but to do a watermark, that is a challenge... but I will conquer that too! I will post one a day... even though I have prepped about 20 cards to choose from! This one is a very easy card but looks like there is lots of effort involved.

I have a list of products used in the process listed below. The color of choice on this one is one of my favorites, Soft Sea Foam.  Adding silver embossing to the greeting and small pearl accents  make this card a very feminine card. I can also see this used for sympathy, anniversary, wedding, 

or thank you cards!
If you do not have a Stampin'Up demonstrator, I would love to be able to help you with that!
You can find me @
gramnancy.stampinup.net

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Almost ready!!

Busy week coming up!

All cards are prepped for my World Card making Day event next Saturday and Sunday!

I' m very excited to share the process of card making with so many friends! We always have a great time at these card classes. I have discovered it is a very relaxing hobby and most that attend totally agree! There is a satisfied feeling the creation  brings and then to be able to share it by giving to someone is the added PLUS! Watch for the pictures of single cards starting tomorrow!!

Getting some inspiration for Holiday cards!

https://gramnancy.stampinup.net/

  I have loved this stamp set, Toile Christmas, from the moment I saw it!
I just wanted to make cardinals all day! This card is my first of many I am sure! The cardinalis from Toile  Christmas bundle is stamped on Real Red cardstock, but I did add a little color in areas throughout the wings with blends in Cherry cobbler and Real Red . To make sure his beak stood out I stamped an extra cardinal with Memento on Whisper White and colored in with Blends then fussy cut to layer on the beak. The embossing folder I used is the Scripty one to give just a little texture to the background.
 Then I cut the Heirloom oval frame out of gold foil, embossed it. The oval inside is just Whisper White and stamped with a sentiment from Frosted  Foliage in Versamark,  heat embossed with gold. All of the embellishing around the cardinal is Old Olive cuts from the Frosted Foliage bundle and branches from the Colorful Seasons set.
Also added some snow  and ice!!  All the items used are listed below. You can shop with me on my website to recreate this card!

Painted with Love Gift bag

Just could not wait to be able to plan a class around this cute gift bag! February is a big month for gifts around here! Love being able to create the packaging, and sometimes the actual gift myself!

When the Painted With Love specialty designer series paper appeared in the Occasions 2018 catalog I knew immediately I would be hooked on this paper! I am not sure the beautiful shimmer of the gold shows here but every piece of this package of paper is a shimmery delight! I can't stop making cards with it and then there are the little boxes and the note cards and birthday cards and the list goes on!

The cards are the easy part...just add sentiments and of course embossing in gold  is as elegant as can be...

The gift doesn't have to be extravagant...

even adding a set of handmade cards can make a wonderful gift!

So crack open that designer paper in your stash and get creative!

All the supplies I used are available in my on line shop...

Thanks for stopping by today! I do love creating and sharing with all of you!

Happy February!

Well here it is February already! I  don't know where January went, but here we are a couple days into February and I am thinking I want to see green grass and flowers already. Didn't get cabin fever as bad as I have in years past, but still spent enough time inside to know I want it to be warmer and  see the sun shine!

I have a new card here for my February card of the month that will given in a card kit to all who place a $50 order with me this month! It is a simple card and can be given for many occasions.. Here I did a thinking of you sentiment using the Heartfelt Blooms #147202  from a Sale-a-bration set! I seems to  have a need for this sentiment several times  already in the new year. After all a card is really a

((hug)) with a fold in the middle!

I chose to use a soft pink (pink pirouette) for this card but honestly the color of the card can be any color!  I can see a Thank You on the card as well as Happy Wedding, Anniversary, or Birthday!

I have the card details and the products used listed below! The pdf supply list is at the very end!
Thanks for stopping by!

January Classes!

Love is what I can say about the classes I have held in the last 2 weeks!

I have some very fun ladies that join me for card classes on a regular basis each month. This month I tried to feature some of the super cute stamp sets that are available during Stampin'Up Sale-a-bration!

Each time we create at least 4 cards and just really have a great time doing so! This is what I enjoy the most... the fun social time we have as I share one of my favorite things to do!

I have been a demonstrator for going on 9 years this April, and I have just met the nicest people through this hobby!

I am going to share the photos of all the choices of cards we worked with through January.

Most of these I will say are ideas from some very creative demonstrators that share their ideas via blogging, Pinterest, or Facebook! I can come up with ideas myself but there are sooo many wonderful ideas to pull from I actually get overwhelmed and think I have to create them all!

The top picture is a card that is very simple and requires only some of the gold foil paper for the heart and sentiment and the beautiful paper background is one of the new Painted With Love designer series papers in the Occasions 2018 catalog!  (not the best lighting tonight for my photos) so the paper is much  more beautiful than it is showing!

So here are some of the other cards ...

Some of the products and stamp sets used for the cards are noted at the end of the post. Each is a link to my online Store if you care to have a look !

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cupcakes and Ice Cream!

Today my post is quite lengthy, I will  attempt to do a picture tutorial for you!

I came across these cute cupcake candles at my local Dollar Tree before Christmas. My original thoughts were to make a cute birthday display for my future birthday card classes...

All I needed to do with the candle was to insert a paper straw (cut in half) and for the "flame"

I used  a piece from the leaf punch #144667 and stamped the little flame image from the Picture Perfect Birthday set #145519 and glued it to the straw!

Then I thought about all those really cute 3D projects for mini coffee cups I have been seeing on Pinterest and decided I could make a sweet little box to display the candle and add a greeting!

The dimensions of the candle are a little larger than the mini coffee cups so I needed to adjust some measurements. Here is what I came up with:

Box base cut @6 1/2"x 6 1/2"  score @ 1 3/4" on all sides

    side panels matching paper cut @ 1 3/4" x 2 1/2"

Insert cut @6 1/2" x  2 7/8"   score @ 13/4" and 4 3/4"

     matching paper cut @ 6 1/2" x2 7/8"

card holder base 2 7/8" x 7" score @ 3"

     matching paper cut @ 2 3/4" x 2 1/2"  and one  cut @ 1 3/4" x 2 1/2" for top inside

Here is the shot of how the base will look before you assemble it. Easy stuff!

 Now add some tear and tape to the sides...
I use tear and tape since the candle is heavy and needs the added security.

Fold into a box

Here is where you can add those small pieces to the panels on the box.

Now make the insert that will hold the candle secure in the box with the 61/2" x2 7/8" strips

lay these on top of each other on the Big Shot platform to cut a circle...

use the circle from the layering circle framelits #141705 that just fits in the middle section of the strips and roll it through to cut it out!

To make the insert I layered the 2 pieces in opposite directions and added some glue(or tape) in the corners to secure them. Fold them down and tuck it into the box!!

The box is ready for the candle OR maybe even a real cupcake!!!

To finish the gift you could add a Gift Card Holder to tuck behind the candle.

Simply score the 7"x 2 7/8"cardstock @ 3" fold it and add the matching piece of DSP and use a 3/4" punch to make the little notch, then a small piece of coordinating paper to the top inside ...

All that is left to finish the project is to add stamped images or sentiments!

I used the cutest stamps in the set Picture Perfect Birthday #145519

in the 2018 Occasions catalog!! 

Add a gift card  for a cupcake shop, coffee shop, ICE CREAM, or even some spending money...

Pop it into a cellophane bag with a bow!

I just think this is a real fun idea for friends, family or co workers!!

Here  are the tools I used to create!

all of this is available at my online shopping page!

Just so pleased with the card I have chosen to make for my card of the month! Today I received one of my Sale-a-bration orders that had my package of Bubble and Fizz #147244  designer series paper! The colors are so fun! I could immediately see a celebration card of some sort jumping out of that stack! Here is what I ended up with first...

These little Pandas are so stinkin' cute I thought one needed to be on the card of course!

I did experiment with a few sentiments, and arrived at these for my choice.

But, with creative thinking they could be substituted with so many other choices! That is why it will be my card for the month... colorful flowers, balloons, animals will make this a

 festive card for any celebration!

Happy Occasions and Sale-a-bration beginnings!!!

Happy January 3, 2018

Today is the first day to order from the 2018 Occasions catalog and earn FREE  products from the Sale-a-bration brochure! If you are ready head to my shopping page and check it out!

Today's simple card is created with a stamp from the Sale-a-bration brochure
It can be a simple as one color ink and one color cardstock or step it up with a slight frame of black and add Versamark ink and clear embossing powder to make it shimmer like I did with this card.

Loved the simplicity of the card and the sentiments that are included in the stamp set  are perfect for doing a whole set of cards for a gift set!

Change up the cardstock and ink choices and it makes a great gift for anyone or to keep in your card stash!