Onstage Local Update

 Hello crafty friends!

I had a wonderful weekend (on 11/12/22) of stamping with some sweet and talented ladies while at Onstage Local in Arlington, TX , hosted by Stampin' UP!

There's so much to share so I'll get started with a few pictures that we took together at our table.

I'll have to explain the middle picture on the left... we had a emoji-matching activity together where we needed to match our face with the emoji they showed on the screen. Hence, our funny looking faces! LOL...

As part of our fun Onstage experience, there's lots of swapping happening throughout the event and am sharing with you what I received from other demonstrators. If that demonstrator shared their website, I have linked to it in their name.

Aletha Pershall	By Ann Cardile	By Caren Curtis
By Caron Bailey	By Cathy Bartlett - Oklahoma	By Debbie Russell
By Dena Grant	By Denise Sullivan - my sweet and talented Upline	By Diane Taylor
By Erica Cerwin - used her very own $1mill stamp set. I want to be like her when I grow up!	By Ethel Wegner	By Jen Kimber
By Kathy Morgan	By Kimberly Jones	By Pam Funk
By Sandra Ballas	By Sue Berreth	By Sue Sanders
By Susan Stitt	By Tracey Gouraud	By Tracy Walker - Oklahoma
Unknown Demonstrator	Unknown Demonstrator	Unknown Demonstrator
Unknown Demonstrator	By Jara Meshell	By Allison Hicks

My Swaps

As for me, I chose to create 2 different swap cards, where both are Christmas/Holiday themed. You may not believe this, but I hadn't played with the stamp sets that I used to design these cards until this point so this was the perfect opportunity.

Vintage Christmas Card

This is such an adorable and beautiful set - Vintage Christmas stamp set. 

I'm a sucker for those additional stamp sets that coordinate with a punch!

Cardmaking Tips & Supplies:

• Finished size is 5" x 3.5"
• When I'm making a large batch of cards, I gravitate towards using the Note Cards & Envelopes set because you already get 20 cards and 20 envelopes that are ready for you to make. This makes me giddy!
• For the stitched rectangle frame, I recommend you think ahead of time and use cut out for another card. I used mine for the next Christmas Scottie Card below. After cutting out the frame, emboss it with the Leaf Fall embossing folder.
• If you have a 3/4" circle punch, use it to punch out the "Happy Holidays" sentiment. Otherwise, you may look for a circle die that will be close enough to cut it out.
• After stamping the background images, use the largest flower as a guide for placing your Vintage Bottle. Place a bow at the neck of the bottle then adhere another large flower that you will have to fussy-cut out. Don't forget to add some Wink of Stella for some shimmer and shine!

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• Below is a list of supplies that I used to create this card.

Christmas Scottie Card

I am partial to the Christmas Scottie stamp set because we have a male black mini schnauzer that looks just like the images in the set. Although we have a boy dog and was the inspiration of this card, it turned out to be a girl-dog card because of the Polished Pink I used throughout the card.

Cardmaking Tips & Supplies:

• Again, when I'm making a large batch of cards, I use using the Note Cards & Envelopes set because you already get 20 cards and 20 envelopes that are ready for you to make.
• Use the Stitched rectangle cut-out from the previous card to use on this card. Hard to tell in the picture but I did heat emboss some snowflakes on the background using clear embossing powder. 
• The thin strip of ribbon that resembles a leash was cut from the Polished Pink Ribbon 
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• Below is a list of supplies for this card:

All in all, it was a much needed time away from the normal routine at home and sure as heck beats having Onstage Online! I missed the interactions between demonstrators and the fun we had together! And that was just the cherry on top! 

As demonstrators, we get the perk of pre-ordering products from the NEW 2023 Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration brochure that's coming on January 5, 2023!!! I may have ordered a few extra products for my birthday 😉! It's always exciting to see those new products on display and in presentations!

Thanks so much for joining me this week and please don't hesitate to comment below if you are inspired by any swaps made from our demonstrators!

Until next time ... 

No black ink with "Kindest Gnomes" bundle

Hello and Happy Happy November!

I LOVE November and I may be partial to it because it's my Birthday month 😉. 

This week I chose to play along with this week's TGIF Challenge 392 - What would you do... without black ink? 

This is definitely a challenge for me so I had to be careful about my choice of stamp set or bundle for this one. 

While I was admiring a cute little tag that was given to me by Erica Cerwin, from a class kit, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to re-use this tag and create a card with it. Sorry, I should've take a picture of the original tag to share with you. 

My creation uses the Kindest Gnomes Bundle, the Storybook Gnomes DSP, and the Snowfall Accents puff paint. All these products (and more) are included in the Storybook Gnomes Suite from page 42-43 of the 2022 Jan-June Mini Catalog by Stampin' UP! This bundle really does lend itself to creating projects without black ink so I was able to re-use the cute tag and join in on the challenge at the same time! 

Cardmaking Tips:

• Cut 3/4" x 4-1/4" strips of DSP, Poppy Parade CS, and Calypso Coral CS to adhere to Balmy Blue card base. Stamp "Warm wishes" onto CS using Poppy Parade ink.
• Assemble the gnome using the Storybook Gnomes Dies cut from Poppy Parade CS, Basic White CS, and Pale Papaya CS. 
• Use the coordinating dies to cut a mushroom from the Storybook Gnomes DSP and place a drops of the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint onto the circles that are on the mushroom top. Heat paint with heat gun until puffy. Adhere the finished mushroom overhanging the Balmy Blue Scalloped rectangle (3rd largest die). Then adhere the gnome on top of the mushroom with dimensionals.
• Cut a piece of basic white cardstock using the 3rd largest Deckled Rectangle die. Adhere the Balmy Blue rectangle centered on top.
• Finish with the "warm wishes" sentiment stamped with versamark ink on Early Espresso CS. Use the heat tool for the white embossing powder. Cut off both ends of the sentiment piece with your scissors at an angle.
• Finish off the inside of the card with the largest deckled rectangle from white CS and a mushroom.

Cardmaking Supplies:

Thanks so much for joining me today! 

Until next time ...