Showing posts with label Creative Crew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creative Crew. Show all posts

Friday, August 2, 2013

Creative Crew Challenges

Happy Friday!!  I'm off to take my boys and their friends to the water park today - trying to make the most of our last few days of summer!  Where has the time gone??  A new month means a new set of challenges over at SCS from the Creative Crew.  I have really enjoyed being part of this team for the last four months.  I can't believe it's almost over.  :(

I want to share with you a card I made for one of this month's challenges:


Products Used:
Stamps:  Yippee-Skippee! (#131344)
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:  Vellum, Eastern Elegance, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Curry, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White
Other:  Big Shot, Apothecary Labels, Labels Collection Framelits, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Canvas Creations, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Mini Brads, Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels

I had fun making this card!  I couldn't believe how easy it was to stamp and die cut the Canvas Creations!  What a fun product!  I also love the way vellum looks against DSP - such a nice, subtle look!

Here is the Creative Crew Challenge that inspired me to create this card:

CCREW0813CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus: Beyond the paper basics, take a look at page 156 of the main catty, WOW us with one of the following "beyond the basics" products: Canvas Creations, Vellum Cardstock, Window sheets, or Coaster board sheets. Challenge yourself to think outside of your normal comfort zone, most of the things you can do with cardstock you can also do with these products, stamp on them, die cut them, turn them into boxes/bags/etc, look into mixed media art, try something different (who knows it could be your next big seller!)

You can check out the Creative Crew Gallery for more inspiration.  We'd love for you to play along and add your project to the gallery!


There's a new stamp set this month helping us to celebration Stampin' Up!'s 25 year anniversary!  Introducing the Best of October Stamp Set:



You can purchase this stamp set and see the other "Best of" stamp sets in My Online Store here.

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous Friday! :)

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Oh, Hello Christmas

Happy 4th of July!!  (and I'm about to share a Christmas card?!)  It's a rainy week here in Georgia... perfect day to create and blog! ;)  I wanted to share a card I made for one of the Creative Crew challenges this month over on Splitcoast Stampers.  For this challenge, we were to make a Christmas card using a non-Christmas stamp and follow a sketch from pg. 23 of the Celebrando Creatividad.  This was not easy... I mean, there are so many fabulous Christmas stamps.. .why would I try and be creative and come up with a way to use anything else?!  LOL!  Well.... I tried, and this is what I came up with:


I used the Oh, Hello stamp set shown below:


The only ingenious part was using the "OH" to say ho, ho, ho....  The rest was just using Christmas colors.  ;)

Products Used:
Stamps:  Oh, Hello
Ink:  Gumball Green, Real Red, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Real Red, Gumball Green, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Other:  Artisan Label Punch (#130920), Oval Framelits, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin Sponge

You can see the other DT creations in the Creative Crew Gallery on SCS here.  There are 4 challenges a month - make sure and check it out!!


DESIGN TEAM CALL!!!

Have you ever thought about joining a Design Team?  DT's are a great way to expand your creativity and make new craft-obsessed friends!  ;)  Stampin' Celebration is looking for a couple of new faces to join their DT.  Check out the Stampin' Celebration Blog for details!!  The deadline for submissions is July 31st!!

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Creative Crew Challenge

Shew, I've been so busy with the boys out of school I've neglected my blog!  I'm still creating when I get a few minutes, but I'm spending as much time as possible with my family.  Here's what we've been up to:

My youngest graduated 5th grade the end of May!  I can't believe we'll have two middle schoolers next year!  How did that happen?!

Carter spends most of his time at the ballpark.  He loves playing baseball, my hubby coaches, and I'm his biggest fan!  :)

Evan made a summer lacrosse team.  It's been really fun watching him play.  This is such a fun sport!  :)

We usually conquer and divide on the weekends.  Too many sports... too little time!  I honestly don't know how people with more than two kids juggle it all!  But, I wouldn't change these days for the world!  I love that my boys are so busy and love to play sports!  And of course, all of these photos make for great scrapbooking!  ;)

Ok, I do have something crafty to share with you today!  I'm really have fun being a party of the Creative Crew!  We have four challenges a month and the talent on the team is fabulous!  I love seeing everyone's creations!  Here is a card I made for one of this month's challenges:


Products Used:
Stamps:  Paper Pumpkin, That's the Ticket
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Paper:  Soft Suede, Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Polka Dot Parade, Wild Wasabi
Other:  Paper Doilies, Ticket Duo Punch, Chevron Embossing Folder, Rhinestone Jewels, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

And here was the Creative Crew challenge for this card:

DSP/Color Focus: To celebrate Candy Month (June) let's concentrate on the new InColors: baked brown sugar, strawberry slush, crisp cantaloupe, pistachio pudding and coastal cabana. These colors all look good enough to eat!
Use one or most colors in a happy, sparkly way.
(If the new InColors are not part of your stash yet, use soft suede, melon mambo, wild wasabi, marina mist and daffodil delight.)
Any neutral is welcome in the candy store.

Sadly, I didn't have any of the new in-colors yet when I created this card.  (I do now and am in love with them all!)  The color combo suggested if you didn't have the new colors, I would never think to put together.  But, I'm happy with this little collage of a card.  ;) Make sure and check out the Creative Crew Forum over at Splitcoast Stampers for some fun monthly challenges.  

I've really enjoyed getting my Paper Pumpkin Kits in the mail!  I love the stamps used above and am so glad I'm receiving my monthly kits.  You can sign up for Paper Pumkin here!  You'll love it!

Thanks for visiting!!  (Even though my posts have been sporadic lately!)  ;)

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Creative Crew - Party Favor

I'm back with my second project for this month's Creative Crew challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers!  One of our challenges is always going to be a "Catalog Focus". This month, we're focusing on die cuts and still incorporating into one of the parties shown HERE.  I chose the Sweet Butterfly Party and used my Big Shot to make this party favor:


Again, I used the colors from the party photos.  I also used the butterflies, lace doilies and roses as my inspiration.  Wouldn't this be a fun party favor for a sweet birthday party?


Products Used:
Stamps:  Layered Labels, Creative Elements
Ink:  Versamark, Pink Pirouette
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Pool Party
Other:  White Embossing Powder, Paper Doilies, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Artisan Embellishment Kit, Basic Pearl Jewels, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Labels Framelits, Fancy Favor Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Festive Paper Piecing Pack, Perfect Polka Dots, Big Shot

Did you know that the Fancy Favor Die is retiring?  I am soooo sad!  This is one of my most used dies....  If I were you, I'd get it now before it's gone for good!  :(


Don't forget that you have until the 10th of this month to sign up for May's Paper Pumpkin Kit!  These kits are such a fun surprise to get each month!  Paper, stamps, ink, and accessories... straight to your door each month!  It's a fun creative escape!  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TODAY!

Happy creating!!

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

I'm Part of the Creative Crew!!


EEK!  I was so excited last month when I was asked to join the Creative Crew over at Splitcoast Stampers for their next term!  Over the next four months, we'll be sharing our projects for the monthly challenges.  At the beginning of each month, we'll post them over on the SCS gallery and I'll post mine here on my blog.  We have four challenges each month that focus on different things - so fun!!

Here is the "theme" for our challenges this month:

Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, tired bears are coming out of hibernation it’s time to party!!! Errrrr, I mean…time for spring!


So much begins to happen right now graduations, showers, weddings, birthdays, reunions, and probably a lot more than I've mentioned! With that in mind I'd like you to check out this site: 
25 Parties to Ring in Spring | The New Home Ec 


Pick a party, any party, be inspired by the colors, the decorations, the foodie stuff, the patterns, the prints, oh my there is so many ideas here!

And we have four different challenges to play along with all month long.  Here is the first one:

CCREW0513DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus: All of our DSP is likely to be leaving us after this month, so use whatever DSP or color combo that includes brights & pastels to go with the party you've picked.


And here is the card I created for this challenge:


I chose the Spring Butterfly Party as my inspiration.  The soft colors reminded me of the Tea for Two DSP.  And of course I had to add the doilies and butterfly.  :)

Products Used:
Stamps:  Curly Cute
Ink:  Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette
Paper:  Tea For Two, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Other:  Vintage Faceted Buttons, Lucky Limeade Twine (retiring... sniff, sniff), Paper Doilies, Basic Pearl Jewels, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Tasteful Trim Bigz Die, Big Shot, Sponge Dauber

I had fun creating this card.  Pastels aren't usually my fave... so it's fun to challenge myself!  :)

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Creative Crew's projects over at Splitcoast Stampers!  There are some super talented ladies!


New Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit!!

Here is the newest project kit from Stampin' Up! - just perfect for Mother's Day, teacher appreciation, thank you or just because....

Ordering information:
Item 134542 $12.95
Available starting April 29, while supplies last.
Kit contents:
  • 2 sheets of preprinted and precut flowers on 12" X 12" cardstock; makes 13 flowers using Pool Party, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rich Razzleberry
  • 13 Vintage Faceted Buttons
  • 13 green floral wire stems
Adhesive not included. (Glue gun recommended.)


Don't forget.....


The retired list is posted... there are always things I'm so sad to see go.  Make sure and check out the retired list before these products are gone for good.

Retiring stamps will be available April 24-June 3rd.  Stampin' Up! will continue to product the stamps to meet demand through June 3rd.  Click to View Stampin' Up! Retiring Stamps.

Retiring accessories are available April 24-June 3rd but ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.  You can save up to 60% on select items.  Click to View Stampin' Up! Retiring Accessories.

Thanks for visiting!!  Have a wonderful day!

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