The Parade of Swaps continues with 4 more cards.  Enjoy!

I love Card Swaps because you see lots of different ideas that you would not have even thought of!  Here are four more card ideas for you from our Team Meeting.  I hope some of these samples inspire you.  Enjoy!

Debbie LaRegina

Fran Trischetta

Janice D'Erasmo

Jen Turoff

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and I know there are lots of people who love you that might really enjoy a hand stamped card!  The Talented Stampers at our Quarterly Team Meeting this Saturday agreed to let me share their stamped creations.  Hopefully, they will inspire your Paper Crafting Mojo and get you stamping and embellishing like a pro!  Enjoy!

Dena Mitchell

Carol Bown

Juliana May

Julie Mazurak

Need a great Valentine Gift?  Check out this AWESOME Sneak Peek from the Spring 2013 Edition of StampAcademy.com!!!  This Tabletop Film Strip Display is an awesome 3D Paper Crafting Gift for anyone on your list!!!!  It uses a transparency to create a film strip!  You just pull on the ribbon and each photo appears in the heart “window!”  You can view the Video and PDF in the FREE Video section of StampAcademy.com.

Kudos to Sharon Abrams for her brilliant design!  If you want to subscribe to any of the StampAcademy Online Paper Crafting Classes – Click HERE!

Enjoy!

Sometimes you have to send cards and you can't seem to find a sentiment that fits.  When that happens, I usually use one of my two favorite greetings from the Trust God Stamp Set (See photo below).  You don't have to be particularly religious to appreciate a blessing.  After all, who couldn't use that as often as possible!  

It's amazing what a little Card Making will do to brighten someone's day!  We don't often realize what an impact our creations make on those who receive them!  I have a number of friends with serious health issues.  I want them to know that I am thinking of them and that I care about them but I don't want to bother them with phone calls all the time.  When I do speak with them, they always mention how touched they were by the hand-stamped cards I've sent.  It's a little package of love right there in their mailbox!

For this particular Card, I used our new Distress Tool on each of the layers.  I also sponged just about everything with Crumb Cake Ink.  And…you know me…I'm all about the Paper Crafting Embellishments! For a complete list of everything used, see the end of the post.  Everything used can be ordered rright on my Website!

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• CARD STOCK:  Crumb Cake(#120953) , Very Vanilla (#101650)
• DESIGNER SERIES PAPER:  Fan Fair  (#126918)
• INKS: Crumb Cake (#126975) , Chocolate Chip  (#126979), Riding Hood Red  (#126968)
• STAMPS: En Francais (#109521), Trust God (#126700)
• BIG SHOT (#113439)
• LACY BROCADE TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS FOLDER (#127819) (Yes! It's still available!)
• DIES: Ovals  (Retired)
• SEAM BINDING: Crumb Cake  (#122332)
• PUNCHES:  Large Oval (#119855), Extra Large Oval (#119859), Scallop Oval (#119856)
• EMBELLISHMENTS: Pearl Basic Jewels (#119247), Silver 1/8" Mini Brad (for flower) (#122941)
• DISTRESS TOOL (#127562)
• HEAT TOOL (#129053)
• CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER (#109130)
• Snail Adhesive Refill  (#104331), Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430), Glue Dots (#103683)

In honor of Superbowl XLV!! – I am offering a SUPER (bowl) Gift Pack from me when you place an order with me today!  The Gift Pack has nothing to do with the Superbowl except that it's SUPER cute SU! "Stuff!"  And that's IN ADDITION to your FREE SAB Goodies! You can place an order ONLINE or EMAIL it to me at Cathy@StampsandScrapbooks.com.

Enjoy the Game! 😀

They say Variety is the Spice of Life!  While I would love to keep all of you to myself, I understand that you want to see different styles and perspectives using Stampin' Up! products.  Because of that, I participate in SUDSOL Blog Tours from time to time.  SUDSOL is a fabulous resource for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators!  It has everything we need to be at the top of our game and bring our customers the best of everything! (For your FREE 2 WEEK SUDSOL TRIAL, Click on the Blog Tour Banner Below.)

Think of this Tour  as a little Project Party where you'll get LOTS of ideas in one day!  The "party" for ME is that I have the pleasure of hosting many of you who are not regular followers of mine!  So, WELCOME!  It is a pleasure to have each of you stop by my blog today!  I hope you enjoy the projects!  (All products are listed at the end of the project.) Feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the post. Enjoy! 🙂

This card celebrates all things BIG SHOT!  It uses Framelits to create a heart shaped card and decorations as well as an Embossing Folder and Sizzlit for lots of texture and detail.

Start out by folding your card stock in half and placing on your cutting plate with the framelit JUST BELOW the score line so that it does not get cut when you pass it through the Big Shot.  This will give you a "card."  

To complete the design, you'll have to cut a full scalloped heart out of another piece of card stock and attach it to the front of the "card."  Before you attach it, run it through the Big Shotusing the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder and then sandwich the "arrow" between the hearts so that when it is adhered you will have a piece of the arrow sticking out of the top and piece sticking out of the bottom.

The Arrow is 1/2" x 7 1/2" for the "stick" with the tip punched using 1 3/8" Square Punch and then folded on the diagonal.  Sandwich the "stick" prior to adhering the tip.

To decorate the card, rub the Whisper White Craft Ink Pad across the raised portions of the heart and allow to dry.  (You can use your Heat Tool to speed up drying time.)  The Paper Doily Sizzlit is cut out of Very Vanilla Card Stock and attached to the front of of the card.  Trim off a portion of the doily.  The hearts are cut using the Hearts Framelitss.  The Vanilla heart is run through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder.

Other Supplies:  Cherry Cobbler Card Stock:  Very Vanilla Card Stock:  Basic Black Card Stock: Forever and Always (from Loving Thoughts Stamp Set) stamped in Cherry Cobbler Ink onto a piece of 5/8" x 5 1/2" Very Vanilla Card Stock.  The "banner" edge was cut using the 1" Square Punch.  Basic Pearl Jewels decorate the tip of the arrow and the heart.  Adhesives:  Snail Adhesive Refill; Two Way Glue Pen; Stampin' Dimensionals and Sticky Strip.

I love little candy treats and using Window Sheets to create them is one of my favorite things to do!  This one was cut using the Big Shot and the Two Tags Die with a piece of Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.  The mini Hershey Bar is wrapped with a piece of More Amore Designer Series Paper with two little coordinating hearts glued on.

If Ghirardelli Chocolate is your snack of choice, you can slip it in to the treat holder without making any size adjustments!  Gotta love that!

I am absolutely LOVING the new Soda Pop Tops!!!!!  They're so fun to use!  This is a necklace I created by flattening the Soda Pop Top by sandwiching it between two cutting plates and running it throught the Big Shot with my Multi-Purpose Platform on Tab 2.  I added Pearl Basic Jewels around the stamped image before I coered it in Crystal Effects.  After punching a tiny hole using a 1/16" punch, I added a jump ring and then a simple ball chain.

Supplies:  Soda Pop Tops; Big Shot; Collage Curios Stamp Set; Crumb Cake Ink; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Itty Bitties Wood Mount Stamp Set; Basic Pearl Jewels; 1/16" Punch. 

For your FREE 2 WEEK SUDSOL TRIAL, Click on the Blog Tour Banner Below.

I hope you enjoyed these projects as well as the Tour we've all prepared for you!  Hopefully, you'll visit again soon! 😀  Thanks for stopping by!   Enjoy!

Yup!  That's right!  We have a very cool Blog Tour planned for you for tomorrow!  SUDSOL is a Membership Site that I belong to that is specifically for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators!  A few times a year, we get together for YOUR entertainment!

It's going to be a Project Party created just for you!  For my StampAcademy peeps, you routinely see a Parade of Projects so this will be a little bonus for you!  To my Blog Readers, you'll have a bunch of ideas to get you started with some fun Paper Crafting Projects!

I hope you enjoy it! 😀 See ya tomorrow!

"Laughter is the Shortest Distance Between Two People."  Isn't that the truth?  This stamp is part of the awesome "Feel Goods" Stamp Set from the Spring Mini Catalog!  I just love the sayings in it because they're perfect for little notes you would send a friend to just say hi! All supplies are listed and can be ordered by clicking HERE!

Sending simple notes to let someone know you're thinking about them is a very powerful way of conveying your feelings for someone!  Opening the mail and getting a card from someone always makes me smile!  It's so heartwarming to know that someone was thinking of you!  This is a basic 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" note card (scored at 4 1/4").  The base layer is Crumb Cake card stock which is a great neutral to start with.  The next layer is Very Vanilla car stock cut 4 1/8" x 4 1/8".   The Big Shot and the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder were used on the next layer of 4" x 4"  Crumb Cake card stock.  All of the layers were sponged using Crumb Cake Ink and a Stamping Sponge.

The first two ribbons are from the Artisan Embellishment Kit in the Stampin' Up! Spring Mini Catalog.  The Primrose Petals Core'dinations card stock is a quick way to give a vintage feel to your cards!  Just run it through the Big Shot using the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and sand it a little with our Sanding System!  The greeting was Faux Embossed using Chocolate Chip Ink, Clear Embossing Powder and our Heat Tool.  The little flag ribbons are Very Vanilla Seam Bindiing.  Of course, the pearl border was created using our Pearl Basic Jewels.

The Soda Pop Top embellishment was created by running the pop top through the Big Shot between two cutting plates to flatten it.   Then, the Collage Curios Stamp Set was using to create the image – first Crumb Cake Ink and then the Eiffel Tower in Chocolate Chip Ink.  Punch the circle with the 1" Circle Punch and glue it to the Pop Top.  When dry, cover with Crystal Effects and then adhere to your card using Stampin' Dimensionals!

As always, all supplies can be ordered by clicking on the SHOP NOW button right here on my blog!  Enjoy!

Yay!!!!  Sale-A-Bration Begins Today!!!!!!  That means FREE "STUFF!"  And "Nobody love FREE better than ME" – except maybe YOU!!!  Check out the new Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all of the awesome goodies you can earn FREE with every $50 you spend!

And, it's not too late to sign up for my 9 Weeks of Sale-A-Bration Projects!  Just sign up for my mailing list (in the upper left corner of this blog) and you'll begin receiving them tomorrow! 🙂

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So – check it out – and when you're ready, you can ORDER ONLINE in your pajamas – in the middle of the night if you want to!!!!!