Summer Mini Swap

Wow....I'm posting something. :) I participated in a swap using product from the new summer mini catalog recently and here's my creation. I initially got this set because it had a matching punch....love my punches. Once I actually had it in my hand and was committed to using it for the swap...I was lost. I really like what I came up with though.

Stamps--Itty Bitty Bits, Oval All
Ink--Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Elegant Eggplant
Paper--Elegant Eggplant, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive
Accessories--Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Wide Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlet Die, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

Going to Stampin' Up! Convention 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah? ... think about this :)

Although I'm not able to attend convention this year due to the birth of our fourth child coming right around that date, I would love to offer the following opportunity to any demonstrator that IS able to go to convention. LNS is an amazing group and I'm sure you will LOVE any events you are able to attend. :)

Late Night Stampers... WANTS YOU!!! If you are going to Stampin' Up! Convention this year, 2010, consider going early. Join the Late Night Stampers -- which is FREE! -- and join us at the following pre-Convention events. Love them!
Learn more about joining at: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/LNSDemoOnly/

Plan to attend Stampin Up Convention 2010 with us on July 21-24, 2010 at Salt Lake City, Utah!

OUR LNS events start on Monday July 19th and end on Saturday July 24th with Patsy's WOW event after convention is over.

$180 gives you the "I want it all package"or you can pick from the events below

Send your payment to istmpnv@aol.com using pay pal
or mail a check to
Sherrill Graff
605 Kendrick Place
Boulder City NV 89005

If you are sending a check e-mail me and let me know so I can hold your spot.

Monday July 19th will be a 8:30 AM stamp camp 8 great projects $90 FULL
we supply everything except adhesive Monday Stamp Camp projects are the same on both days

Monday 2 PM shoe box swap $35 OPEN
please bring a project to share with 6 people and a finished project to enter into the contest

Monday Night 7 PM WOW event by Tami $10 OPEN
we need 3 more wow demonstrators to show their stuff. please e-mail istmpnv@aol.com ASAPbring your camera and a note padthe WOW demonstrations are different on both days.all at the Radisson

Tuesday July 20th will be a 8:30 AM stamp camp 8 great projects $90 OPEN

followed by a Tuesday 2 PM shoe box swap $35 FULL
please bring a project to share with 6 people and a finished project to enter into the contest

then the Tuesday Night 7 PM Reunion party 3 fun projects$35 FULL
we supply everything except adhesive all at the Radisson

Wednesday July 21 Anything New Swap 75+1 at the Radisson behind Convention on sign in day

Wednesday Sign In Day 2pm-4pm Shoe Box Swap Hosted by Mary and Brenda $35 OPEN please bring a project to share with 6 people and a finished project to enter into the contest at the Radisson

then a Saturday July 24th 6 PM WOW event by Patsy $10 OPEN
bring your camera and a note pad at the Radisson the WOW demonstrations are different on both days.

All events have prizes and give-a-ways.

Just For You Card

Here is another card that meets this week's LNS brad challenge. This card is a complete CASE of a swap I received a while back. I had a hostess that saw the card and wanted to make the exact same thing. No changes. I did change it a little bit by using a circle rhinestone versus the square one the original creator used.

Stamps--Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink--Rich Razzleberry

Paper--Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP

Accessories--Small Oval, Large Oval, Round Tab and 1/16" Circle Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, Lilac Rhinestone brad

LNS Challenge--Brads

The challenge this week for Late Night Stampers is to use brads. Simple, right? Yea...if you have no problem letting those fun little embellishments go. :) For my first card for the challenge, I did a remake of an older SAS card. Instead of using just some shimmer paint dots, I changed it up and used some brads. I just love this cutie.

Sweet Treat Cups, plus this week's LNS Challenge

Wow...it's been way too long. I have a ton of projects to post, just haven't had the time to sit down and do it. So..tonight I'm making that time to post a project. This little project meets two purposes. One...my upline asked me to demo this type of sweet treat cups card with the pull out tag at our last meeting. Two....this week's challenge for Late Night Stampers is to create something with a Hugs and Kisses theme. So, although I haven't really started my own Christmas cards, I created a 3x3 card with Valentine's Day in mind. I love the Sweet Treat Cups, but hated that I would have to tear up the project just to get the goodies. I have seen and tried various ways to use them with a tag that pulls out. This one simply uses glue dots on the four corners, then you are able to slide the tag through and over the hole that opens up to the center of the card. Once the tag is pulled out and the sweets are gone, you can see the circle with the "I *heart* YOU" through the Sweet Treat Cup.

Stamps - Sweet Centers, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Real Red
Paper - Real Red CS, Very Vanilla CS, Polka Dot DSP from Christmas Jingle SS Kit
Accessories - Circle Punches (1 3/8", 1", 3/4"), Round Tab Punch, Sweet Treat Cups, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots

LNS Challenge #43

This week's challenge on Late Night Stampers is to create a card using only the colors found in your favorite candy wrapper. My all-time favorite is Reese's Pieces, so I decided to go with Pumpkin Pie, Yo Yo Yellow, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. All I could think of when putting these colors together was......candy corn. I had remembered seeing a tutorial at one point creating the fun candies and I wanted to try it out. All you do is layer punched circles and then punch out the little candies with one of the points from the large star punch. How fun is that?! I love punch art!! :)

Stamps - Sweet Centers
Ink - Only Orange
Paper - Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Yo Yo Yellow, Whisper White
Accessories - Circle Punches (1 3/8", 1 1/4", 1", 3/4"), Scallop Circle Punch, Large Star Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

What's your favorite candy? What will you create with the colors found in the wrapper? Join in on the fun. Make sure to post your creation by Sunday night. If you aren't a member of LNS yet, check it out here.

Another one for LNS Challenge 42

Here's another one for this week's Late Night Stampers challenge. The challenge is to use Ruby Red, Really Rust and Old Olive together. I know if I look outside right now, these colors are scattered about my lawn and the trees. Since I didn't use a fall image on my first creation, I decided to use one for this second one. Not quite sure about the knots, but I felt there was a void there and I needed something. I do really like how the image turned out though with the three colors used for the leaves.

Stamp Sets - Forest Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Ruby Red
Paper - Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Really Rust, Naturals White
Accessories - Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Write Markers (Ruby Red, Old Olive, Really Rust and Close to Cocoa)

Take some time this weekend and see what you can create with these colors.