Sale Update!

Mission Embossable and All in the Family are now sold out! If there is something else that you were wanting please let me know as I will be placing another order tonight! Sorry for the short post...class lastnight, tonight, and tomorrow night! My stomach hurts from all the laughs!

The Language of Stamping

The best part about the card that I am posting today is that I cased it from someone whose blog I can't read a word of! I came across Silli's blog completely by accident. I saw a card that she had posted on Splitcoast and I proceeded to check out the rest of cards. Little did I know her blog was in German. I love the fact that it doesn't matter what language we speak, or blog in, we all share the common love for stamping! This card is such a non-traditional Christmas card in its colour choices, but I thought it was stunning. I think that it was also the layout of this card that I fell in love with; it was so different the way that the center panel seemed to hang from the top of the card. I think that tonight's task will be to make a card using this as my sketch. I think that I'll challenge you to make a card based on this sketch too! Email me your pics by December 4th and I'll post them for you along with a special "gift" for the most creative entry! Remember, if you're the only one to send in your photo, you'll automatically get the gift!

Items are Selling Out

I just found out that the All in the Family Bundle is already sold out! Make sure that you aren't disappointed and place those sale orders as soon as possible! Any sale item orders placed yesterday I've already entered so you don't need to worry!

Quick and Easy Card

The was a very quick and easy card that I cased from someone who is in our HUGE Colourful Impressions Group here in the Lower Mainlaind. Carrie Gaskin designed this card, and I loved the simplicity of it. I decided to add the white signo gel pen along the Rik Rak and to change the colour of the Happy Holidays stamp, but other than that I left it as is. This was such a great way to use up strips of DSP that were leftover and create an adorable card at the same time. I created the Rik Rak using the scallop border punch on a piece of cardstock that was 1" wide and 5.5" long. You first punch completely down one side, then flip it over and punch the other side off-setting the punch. This technique is so simple but provides an easy transition from DSP to solid cardstock or DSP to coordinating DSP. This was very popular at all of my Christmas stamp-a-stacks this year so don't be surprised if someone sends it to you for Christmas!

Yiiiiipppppeeeee! It's Here!

It's here and it's fabulous! This was one sale definitely worth waiting for! I won't go on and on because I know that you won't be reading it. Just click on the image to be taken to the sale flyer... make sure you have your catalogue handy as it lists page numbers that you can see the items on ! Happy shopping! Remember, every $100 order earns you a $10 gift certificate whether you place your order on line or by phoning/ emailing me. I'll try to place orders as soon as people call/ email them in to ensure that the items that you want are still available. There are limited quantities so don't wait too long!

It's Almost Here!

Starting Wednesday, November 26th, Stampin' Up! will be offering 20-50% off select product bundles (I still have no idea what will be is included... I promise it's killing me too!). You can be the first to see these bundles by checking out my SU website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/northshorestamper or by stopping by my blog. You can place your orders one of two ways, by using the online shopping on my SU website or my calling/ emailing me your order!
*BE CAREFUL, SU has announced limited quantities of the bundles, so order early to avoid disappointment! I will be placing orders Wednesday morning as you email/ call or you can place them yourselves online. In addition, I will be giving $10 gift certificates with all purchases of $100 or more (before taxes and shipping). Don't worry if you place your order online, I'll send these out to you as soon as your order is confirmed.

A Minor Change

Yesterday I posted a card done by Dannie Graves that I adored as well as a new variation of the card. Today's card was another take on it just changing up the stamp used for the focal image. I love the set To You and Yours from the Mini Occasions catalogue; I can't believe how much use I've gotten from it. Unfortunately, as this is a set from a mini catty it is not guaranteed to make the next big catalogue. I would definitely take advantage of this set while it's around! Another item you won't want to miss out on is the Alpine Originals ribbon! I love this little set of ribbon. You get one roll of the ribbon used on this card as well as TWO rolls of the brown felt ribbon.

GUESS WHAT TOMORROW IS?????? LESS THAN 24 HOURS LEFT UNTIL WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE BIG HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA SALE! (Tonight will be like Christmas Eve for me:)

SU from Start to Finish!

If you 've followed my blog for awhile, you'll probably recognize this card using the Bugs and Kisses stamp set. I've really had a lot of use from this set as I have two little boys in preschool and the birthday parties seem to be never ending.

The boys had a party on Saturday that they were both invited to so we made their favourite card together. It is easy to do with this card as the images are just stamped randomly on the Whisper White. Joe and I used the Colour Spritzer with my Blasic Black marker to put some "dirt" on the card and on the wrapping paper. The brown wrapping paper is just the packing paper that SU puts in all of my parcels. We flatten it out and use it for everything from paper recycling bags for all my scraps, to wrapping paper and art projects! (another perk of being an SU demo:)

When I first joined SU I was hard pressed to order envelopes from them because as far as I was concerned, an envelope was an envelope. Well, as long as you're never going to stamp on them, that's probably the case. If you do like to make matching envelopes there is no comparison! It's the same quality as the Whisper White cardstock so your images are sharp and it absorbs the colour really well.... definitely worth the money!

New Twist on a Cased Card

I came across a card on Dannie Grave's website that I absolutely adored (the Ruby Red and Brown). Now any of you DSP fiends out there will know, you only get two sheets of each pattern of DSP in your package, so although you may love a card, you've got to make sure that you love the other patterns as well. When I was designing my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for this month, I decided to offer both cards. What I found is that there are people who are definitely in love with only one of the two colour combinations and it was pretty much fifty-fifty. Both cards used the same stamp set, To You and Yours, but I was able to change up the ribbon, DSP and even add felt flurries to the second card instead of the three brads in the corner. The top card was made to fit in the Carousel Notes chocolate chip envelopes as I had a number left over after making Carousel Notes purses. The Baja Breeze and Old Olive card was made as a 5.25" square to fit the Whisper White Square Envelopes. What's your preference?

TWO AND A HALF DAYS UNTIL THE BIG HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!

The Start of Scrappin' Saturdays!

Although I actually got into this whole Stampin' Up thing because a friend knew I was an avid scrapbooker, my focus has shifted since March. I became ADDICTED to cardmaking. I've really enjoyed the fact that with the limited time we all seem to have that I could create a finished product in much less time than it took me to complete a 12x12 scrapbook page. Well... it's time to get back on the old scrapbooking train, but this time I'm doing it in Stampin' Up style!

I finally bought one of the Simply Scrappin' Kits and decided that I could no longer neglect my neice's scrapbook that should have been finished months ago (June to be exact)! When my nephew was born I made him a scrapbook and it has always been my plan to complete Sophie's; life has just gotten in the way! The Simply Scrappin' Kits are amazing in the sense that all of the die cut stickers, DSP, and cardstock already match one another. The time that it takes me to put a page together has been cut in half! On top of that, I have ribbons that match exactly so I'm thrilled with the final outcome of each page.

As I have set a goal for myself to have this book complete by the end of January, I am going to be having "Scrappin Saturdays" to keep myself on schedule. Every Saturday I will post a picture of a 12x12 two page spread from Sophie's book. I will try and keep each page to Stampin' Up products,, but you may notice the occasional "contraband" (teehee) item on the page. I do still have my Cricut and the New Arrival cartridge that I didn't get enough use out of after my boys were born:) I did try and convince Sean to have another baby so that I could make more things with it, but he just didn't see that as a real reason... men!!!!!!

This particular page is demonstrates a technique called "progressive scrapbooking". First you create a 6x6 scrapbook page and then mount it on an 8 1/2 x11 piece of cardstock and add embellishments. When that is complete you now mount on a 12x12 piece of cardstock and embellish again. This is a very easy way for someone new to scrapbooking to create a fabulous looking page!