Holiday card swap

I did a Holiday card swap with some demonstrator friends of mine.  The card had to use a stamp set from the Stampin'Up! Holiday mini.  There were some great cards!  This is a sample of what everyone did.  I love these ideas!

I hosted the swap and thought it would be fun to show how they all arrived to me.  Everyone made 12 of the same card then we all trade so everyone has 12 different cards to use for ideas.  

Would you like to come to stamping events?  It's always a great time to become a demonstrator, you get a great discount, get to see the products and catalogs first, and there are tons of ideas an inspiration at your fingertips all the time!  I would love to have you join my group, contact me to get started!  

Stampin'Up! has great SPECIALS! 

For the month of September, get a FREE package of 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon-an $8.95 value-for every $40 you spend!  CLICK HERE for colors and more about the FREE RIBBON.
Plus you can see all of the other Stampin'Up! Specials!

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or host a party! 

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Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!
 ~ Tammie

Fall Cards

It was another busy weekend at our house, but I was so excited about the Fall cards from my class last week that I had to post something about it.  These are the 3 cards the girls made at class, they could make 6 or 12 cards at class.  Loved them all!  

With all the Soccer practice, Soccer game, Girl Scout training (for me, I am now not only the Cookie Manager for the troop, but also Co-Troop Leader), and some other fun things I only had time to do a quick post tonight.  Look for more details on these wonderful cards this week, and where I got all the great ideas too!

Going left to right the first is a Triple Layer card--you might have seen lots of this type of card all over the blogs the last few months, it's my first attempt.  Next is the embossed leaf--my friend Gina made a wonderful card for a group swap at Regionals the other week.  Autumn Accents die cut card--I saw a great card on Frenchie's blog that her upline made, it was a fun 4x4 card, but I did mine in a more standard size.  

See the more about the Triple Layer Card HERE.
See more details for the Glitter Leaf Card HERE.
Hope you enjoy!

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 ~ Tammie

Hostess Club card

Here's a fun card I made for the girls in my Hostess Club.  My friend Glenda made a really cute card we did at our shoebox swap.  That is where I got the idea for this card.  It is her design and colors.  The only difference was the punches I used on the front for the flower.  I'll post her cute wiper card soon.  

The stamp in the middle of the flower is from the Mixed Medley Hostess stamp set in the Holiday mini catalog.  All the girls in the club got this card with their orders last month.  Hope you enjoy!

Stampin'Up! has great SPECIALS! 

For the month of September, get a FREE package of 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon-an $8.95 value-for every $40 you spend!  CLICK HERE for colors and more about the FREE RIBBON.
Plus you can see all of the other Stampin'Up! Specials!

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or host a party! 

See all the Stampin'Up! promotions CLICK HERE 
Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE

Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!
 ~ Tammie

Double Gate Fold card

This card was another one I copied from something I saw on Connie's blog.  This card was CASEd from Connie, all I did was change the papers I used.  I love the look of this card, it is so fun!  If you want to see the other card I made and offered at my card class CLICK HERE.

Card is 4.25" x 9", score at 5.5", strip for gate is 2" x 8.5", score at 2.1/8" and 6-3/8"

Here's the view when you open the card, so sweet.

Stamps:  Bright Blossoms, Petite Pairs

Paper:  Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry and Summer Smooches DSP
Inks:  Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango
Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Big Shot with Beautiful Wings Embosslit and Apothecary Accents Framelits, Dimensionals

Stampin'Up! has great SPECIALS! 

For September -- get a FREE package of 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon ($8.95 value) for every $40 you spend!  CLICK HERE for colors and more about the FREE RIBBON.

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or host a party! 

See all the Stampin'Up! promotions CLICK HERE 
Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE

Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!
 ~ Tammie

Barb's Christmas swap

Yesterday I posted a sample of cards from the shoebox swap a group of us did while at the Stampin'Up! convention in July.  Here is Barb Amberg's card from the swap.  She made a cute Christmas card.  Love the Snowflake die, Snow Flurry, in the Holiday catalog on page 14!

Barb used some of the wonderful Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon on her card.

Did you see the free ribbon promotion this month?  When you spend $40 this month, you can pick from one of the five In Color 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbons.  CLICK HERE to see all 5 colors.

LAST CHANCE... 

The Halloween Printers Kit Offer ends Sept. 16!

Sign up with the Custom Starter Kit for $99 (you choose up to $125 worth of products, all for $99), and RIGHT NOW get the Halloween Printer's Tray project kit FREE (valued up to $60)!  This offer for he FREE Halloween Tray ends -- September 16th!  

See more of this fun Halloween kit under my promotions page HERE. Then click on Join to get started with more stamping fun then ever!  

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or have a party! 

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Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE
Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!

 ~ Tammie

Shoebox swap cards

While I was at the Stampin'Up! Convention in July I got together with some friends to do a shoebox swap.  It was fun to make everyone else's cards and have time to talk.  Mine had a lot of Big Shot work, so I did all the dies at home and brought them.  Because of that, it was really fast to put together.  I just didn't have room to pack my Big Shot and punches for that evening.  So that leads me to the timing.  Yes, we had a bit of a contest to see who could put the card together the fastest.  Barb won!

Can you make a card in under 2 minutes?  Barb can, she did it in 1:41.1.  Yes, that's 1 minute, 41.1 seconds!  That's impressive.

Here are all the beautiful cards we made for our shoebox swap.  Everyone had wonderful ideas to share, and I am so happy to have made all these fun cards.  
Thanks to Crista Bailey, Barbara Amberg, Kate Amberg, Jeane Havey, Jan Myers, Glenda Timkovich, and Jean Williams for all the fun projects we made.  And thank you Crista for organizing this fun time!  Love you all and thank you for including me in the fun.  

Here's a LINK to a digital scrapbook page I created with photos of friends in an earlier post.  
Here's the LINK to my butterfly card from the shoebox swap.

I had a problem at convention thought, my camera stopped working on Thursday afternoon that week, but I didn't know it was not saving all the photos I was taking. I continued to take photos through Saturday evening, thinking everything was fine.  It seemed fine to me, until I got home.  They weren't there!  Hundreds of photos, gone!  That was the bad news.   

I did use my phone to take a few photos, so there are a few here and there, like the photo of Barb with her wining time of 1:41.1.  But when it comes to taking photos of the boards and lots of project ideas, I did it all with my camera.  
It was sad to realized how many 100's of photos I didn't have.  Did I mention I really like taking pictures?  I took a lot of pictures!  

The good news was I have some great demonstrator friends! 
They have shared some wonderful photos with me when they heard about my camera.  Now I really need to finish my make and take projects to show.  Thank you girls for coming through in my moment of need!!!!  You are all wonderful!

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 
or have a party! 

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Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!

 ~ Tammie

Fun Beer Card

Here's a fun card I made last month.  I got the idea from Pinterest!  This card idea is on one of my Pinterest boards, "CARDS I LIKE".  I think it would be fun to make a lot of the cards I see on Pinterest. Maybe I should start a new board... Cards I copied from Pinterest?  Just a thought.

I love looking at all the fun ideas on Pinterest, if you have not joined you should, it's a great resource for sharing ideas, recipes and so much more.  I needed a masculine card for my cousin, who likes beer, so when I saw this card I knew is was the perfect card to CASE (copy and share everything).  

Then I needed yet another masculine card for a 40th birthday, so I used the second card I made and turned it into a 40 birthday card.  Now I am out, so I guess it is time to go stamp punch again. 

This great ideas came from another demonstrator, Tammy Bolster (yes another Tammy, but not spelled the same as me), and when she pinned this beautiful card she even gave measurements!!!  I was so excited.  
You can find the pin under my Pinterest board "Cards I like."

It's all done with punches and rectangles:  1-1/4", 3/4" 1/2" Circle Punches, use the Wide and Oval punches for the handle, 3 strips of 7/8" x 3.5" So Saffron, 3" x 3.75" Whisper White for the mug, 4" x 5.25" of Soft Suede with the Big Shot Stripes Textured Impression Embossing Folder.

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or have a party! 

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Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!

 ~ Tammie

Double Dutch Gate Fold

This was a card from my last card class in August.  It's a Double Dutch Gate Fold card.  I saw this card on Connie's blog (she used Comfort Cafe DSP, which I love but did not have, I am fixing that problem).  This card was CASEd from Connie, all I did was change the papers I used.  I love the look of this card, it is so fun!  

 Here's the view when you open the card, so sweet.

Card is 4.25" x 9", score at 5.5", strip for gate is 2" x 8.5", score at 2.1/8" and 6-3/8"

Would you like to come to stamping events?  It's always a great time to become a demonstrator, you get a great discount, get to see the products and catalogs first, and there are tons of ideas an inspiration at your fingertips all the time!  I would love to have you join my group, contact me to get started!  Sign up by Sept. 16 and get a FREE Halloween kit too!

Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Petite Pairs
Paper:  Whisper White, Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry and Floral District DSP
Inks:  Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze
Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Punch, Jewels - Pearls, Dimensionals

Stampin'Up! has great SPECIALS! 

For September -- get a FREE package of 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon ($8.95 value) for every $40 you spend!  CLICK HERE for colors and more about the FREE RIBBON.
Plus you can see all of the other Stampin'Up! Specials!

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or host a party! 

See all the Stampin'Up! promotions CLICK HERE 
Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE

Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!
 ~ Tammie

Digital Downloads

Stampin'Up! offers new downloads all the time!  Here's a few new ones...

Just imagine using My Digital Studio to design your own Christmas cards!  YOu can buy new downloads anytime.  And for the scrapbooker, what if you could design a whole scrapbook in a matter of hours!  These are all things you can do with My Digital Studio.  Once you design them, you can print at home, or have them professionally printed  Cards can be ready to address and send, it's as easy as that.  Contact me to find out more.

---> And don't forget to check out the blog on MyDigitalStudio.net 
for lots of ideas on how to use your new downloads! <---

Digital SALE -- 31% OFF DIGITAL!

It's a great time to try My Digital Studio, especially when you can start with a FREE 30-trail of My Digital Studio 2 and a sale on select products.  HURRY... digital sale ends September 14th!  

Don't have My Digital Studio or not sure if you are ready to take on a new hobby?  Then try it out for FREE! Try the FREE MDS2 30-day Trial and make something cool with this brand new software.  Then print it for 31% off this month!

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 
or have a party!

See all the Stampin'Up! promotions CLICK HERE 

Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE
Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!

 ~ Tammie

Denver Regional swap

Wow, has it been a week since I posted?  Sorry it's been too long for new stuff.  It was a crazy first week of September for my family.  We had a house guest Labor Day weekend, an Air Force Academy football game, 3 soccer practices during the week, followed by my daughter's first game, and I went to the Stampin'Up! Regional here in Denver on Saturday.  It all went by so quickly and I just realized I didn't schedule any posts to share the whole time.  

Here is the card swap I did for the Denver Regional event.  Not sure how well you can see the glitter or the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark ink (Holiday catalog page 23), the photo does not do it justice.  There is a beautiful shimmer of words on the white frame and then the center tree had a nice sparkle.  I stamped the first tree in the center, then continued to stamp the two trees, one on each side, so they look more faded for a nice background.

What a fun, fun time!  Stamping with friends is always fun, but then getting to see so many craft ideas, WOW!  There was even prize patrol.  The best part was that everyone won a few things from the prize patrol!  I am so excited to get some new products to try out!  It's always fun to get something for free, and even better when it's something you didn't have yet.  

Would you like to come to stamping events?  It's always a great time to become a demonstrator, you get a great discount, get to see the products and catalogs first, and there are tons of ideas an inspiration at your fingertips all the time!  I would love to have you join my group, contact me to get started!  

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, En Francais
Paper:  Whisper White and Always Artichoke
Inks:  Always Artichoke, Illuminate Glimmer Watermark
Labels Collections Framelits, Always Artichoke Seam Binding, 2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Dimensionals

Stampin'Up! has great SPECIALS! 

Check online for all the great deals. 

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 

or host a party! 

See all the Stampin'Up! promotions CLICK HERE 
Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE

Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!
 ~ Tammie

Stampin Up Special -- Free Ribbon!

If you are like me then you will love this month's Stampin'Up! Special...FREE Ribbon!

Back to "Spool " Promotion Details While the kids are heading back to school, Stampin' Up! is going back to 'spool'! For the month of September, get a FREE package of 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon-an $8.95 value-for every $40 you spend! Choose from the following  3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbons:

Item	Description	Retail Value
126848	Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon	$ 8.95
126847	Midnight Muse 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon	$ 8.95
126844	Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon	$ 8.95
126845	Raspberry Ripple 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon	$ 8.95
126846	Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon	$ 8.95

Any time is a great time to order Stampin'Up! supplies 
or have a party!

See all the Stampin'Up! promotions CLICK HERE 

Order supplies online anytime by CLICKING HERE
Contact me anytime with questions.  Happy Stamping!

 ~ Tammie