Stampin' on the Run

Wish List

2011-09-11T22:16:00.001-05:00

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Ultra-Absorbent Cotton Towels (most needed item of all)

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· Atlantic Blue and Collegiate Blue

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o Hand Towels $19.95: Need 3 of each color

o Washcloths $12.95: Need 2 of each color

· Dark Cranberry

o Bath Towels $21.95: need 1

o Hand Towels $19.95: need 2

o Washcloths $12.95: need 1

Ultra-Absorbent Cotton Bath Mat

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· Collegiate Blue: Need 1

· Dark Cranberry: Need 1

Waterhog Doormat, Outdoor Leaf Pattern

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· Green

· $39.95

· Need 1

Waffle Waterhog Mat

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· Green

· $29.95

· Need 2

Lowes

Shower Head: Delta 5-Spray Msg Hand Shower Orb

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· $44.98

· Need 2

Lowes Gift Cards

2011-06-24T14:15:00.002-05:00

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Lots going on

2009-09-15T08:36:00.002-05:00

Sorry for anyone that is waiting to hear from me. I am feeling stretched right now.

My hubby and I bought our first house which we have been working in every free second. We are officially moving in this weekend. I started my college classes again right before Labor Day. And I start a new job tomorrow. Those are just the three of the things pulling me. I also have a side job that I am working on. It was supposed to end on Aug 1, but should end by tomorrow - for sure, no exceptions.

So I should be settled in soon in my new home and new studio. I have some scrapbook pages that I have done recently using Glimmer Mist that I need to post. I can't wait to share them.

New cards

2009-07-30T11:36:00.006-05:00

For those of you that came to my last card class, this is an alternate version of the card. I hope to get the original on here too but I keep forgetting to take the picture.

I used shimmery white cardstock for the focal point. The flowers are the new embossing folder, Elegant Bouquet. What i did is brayer the embossing folder on the side that has the stampin up logo with sage shadow then put my cardstock in there and ran it through the big kick. Then used the soft suede marker to color the dots. Added some ribbon and punch outs. The colors are Soft Suede, Sage Shadow and Shimmery White.

This card I made for a friend for her to send to someone that likes patchwork.

It is a retired designer series paper but you really can use anything. The squares are 1.25" and I adhered them to a piece of scrap cardstock then ran it through the big kick with the Top Note die. I used my marker on perforations to make it look like stitching. Then I ran it through the big kick inside the Finial Press embossing folder as well as the front of the card base. Then used the modern label punch and the word window punch for the greeting. With a little Ivory taffeta ribbon as the final touch. She loved it :)

Glimmer Mist is the same great product with a Fabulous NEW Look!

2009-07-02T15:16:00.004-05:00

For those that don't know - I am addicted to Glimmer mist. I try to use it on anything I create now. They have just updated their look and adding lots of new products and colors. I can't wait for CHA to be able to see everything (I am not attending this one, but I have plans in place to attend in January)

Copied from their blog "Bet you didn’t know that ALL of the bottles of Glimmer Mist are hand labeled? Glimmer Mist is made right in a warehouse in Loveland, Co. And each bottle is mixed, bottled, and labeled by crafters. To make things easier on our staff, they have decided to change the look one last time. Their bottles will now have a screen printed label to help out their bottle crew (and to prevent them from getting Carpal Tunnel!). They bottle over 10,000 bottles a week."

I personally have over 40 colors and store them in an awesome sterilite box from Wal-Mart. They are close at hand at home and go to any crops I attend.

We (Croppin' Train) have a new shipment of about 50 colors coming in anyday now.

Check out all the colors and products at the Tattered Angels site at www.mytatteredangels.com

I need to think this every night

2009-06-09T20:45:00.000-05:00

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great Memorial Day

2009-05-26T10:16:00.002-05:00

I had a great Memorial Day. I got to stamp all day long. I made about 50 cards and am now caught up on birthday cards. Well, I do still need to mail them but at least they are made. ha ha

Now I am going to make a set of thank you cards to keep on hand.

What a great weekend :o)

CKC Tulsa

2009-05-26T09:22:00.002-05:00

I am so excited to be going to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Tulsa this August with some friends. I have signed up for 7 classes. I am hoping to learn lots of new things to share at the Fall 09 retreat. I am taking four glimmer mists classes - my new addiction. I can't wait.

Then I will be taking my mom to CKC Kansas City this October.

Let me know if you are going to - maybe we can carpool to KC or eat dinner together if nothing else.

Embellished versions of class layout from Spring Retreat

2009-05-11T21:17:00.004-05:00

Sorry for the fuzziness of some of the pictures. I took these and retook these and I just couldn't stay still.

Hot Pink Rhinestones and Orchid Pastel Cat's Eyes ink on the edges:

Citrus Brads and Pink Cat's Eyes ink on the edges:

Orange Peel and Fruit Punch Stickles with Sour Apple Cat's Eyes ink on the edges:

Zoom of the stickled flower and scallop border:

I like this quote

2009-04-30T12:54:00.001-05:00

"Imagination is the thinking of creation"

George Bernard Shaw

Quick Quotes Projects

2009-01-25T16:34:00.004-06:00

Well, I know that it has been too long since I posted. Here is a picture of ALL the projects Melissa and I did at the Quick Quotes Retreat we went to in Washington state. We did so much!!! It was a good trip. One of them may be revised for one fo the Spring 2009 Retreat class. Can you guess which one?! Hee Hee

This picture is of almost all of the free stuff we received at this retreat. Wow. Needless to say, we had some trouble with our luggage coming home - too much stuff.

New stamp set and Chalkboard technique

2008-09-08T20:33:00.004-05:00

I finally got my new stamp set from the new catalog. It is called Inspired by Nature and I LOVE IT! The samples here (plus a dozen more in my room) are done with the chalkboard technique. To do this, stamp the image with white craft ink. Then using chalks, color the image on your CS. My favorite chalks are the shimmery chalks made by Pebbles Inc. If you have more questions, feel free to ask. This is a very simple technique and can be done on numerous colors of CS not just black.

The one above is Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze CS. The one below is Elegant Eggplant and Pixie Pink CS.

Mounting Stamps with EZ Mount

2008-04-08T16:04:00.017-05:00

I LOVE Stampin' Up stamps. The images are so clear and crisp. And they coordinate with so many of the other products: paper, punches, brass, etc. But I also love the idea of being able to see where I stamp. So I purchased some EZ Mount and am changing my wood mounted stamps to cling mounted. Here is my first tutorial ever and how you convert SU stamps. There are a few steps in this process - but it is worth it in the end. Currently I am converting only my new stamps but soon will start on my wood mounted stamps. When I do that, I will add a tutorial for that.

Step 1 - Take the rubber portion of your stamps

and pull the rubber away from the foam

Step 2: Cut out the image from the rubber as you have done in the past

Step 3: Place the rubber image on the side of the EZ Mount with blue writing - leaving the paper backing on.Step 4: Holding the rubber image in place, cut out the foam to the same shape

Step 5: Peel away the backing from the side that has no writing on it. This is the cling side (no sticky).
Step 6: Ink up the rubber image with Staz-On and stamp in the cling side of the foam - matching up the edges. This is in place of the sticker that we put on the wood block. This step is optional. Note: Clean your stamp immediatly and you can prevent staining and allow time for the ink to dry on the foam.

Here is what you should have now, stamped foam and clean rubber image:
Step 7: Almost done.... Clean the backside of the rubber image with rubbing alcohol and let it dry. Sometimes when you peel apart the rubber and foam, it leaves a "furry" residue. You will need to scrub this off. Once you get it started, it isn't so hard to get it off.

Step 8: Peel off the backing from the foam that has the blue writing. This is the super sticky side.

Then stick the rubber image to this super sticky side of the foam - carefully lining up the edges.

Step 9 - This is it. You now have a cling mounted stamp ready for that acrylic block.
If you are interested in doing this - I have EZ Mount sheets available for sell and I promise I am cheaper then EBay (where I bought my first set of sheets).

Latest Creations for Card Class

2008-03-20T15:47:00.005-05:00

Wow it has been a long time since I posted. I have been focusing my time on the retreat that was last weekend and finding a new job. My intentions are to post every weekend - so sorry.
These two cards I created (they are originals) for the Card Class tomorrow night.
I used Textured Wild Wasabi for the base. I made two of the same design - one for boys and one for girls. The ribbon is the same color as the cardstock base - not sure why it scanned as a different color. I also used Textured Pumpkin Pie for the Arrow (used the My Way punch) and the Flower (used the Die Cut Flowers from the mini). The other color is Brillant Blue and Jersey Shore DSP.

Valentine's

2008-02-12T10:18:00.000-06:00

Saturday, my nephew and I made his Valentine's. He is four and loves to stamp. Sometimes he starts telling me how to stamp which is pretty funny since I have stamped a few more years then him. :)
Anyway, we used Pun Fun and he stamped them with Night of Navy and colored then with regular crayons. He also glued some of them together (the top and bottom one in the picture) but since we used a glue stick, at some point he said it was disgusting. Well, I am not a glue stick fan so I have to agree with him but I become the officail gluer that night. Then I punched two holes in the cards using the crop-a-dile and stuck a Tootsie Pop in them. He was supposed to write his name on them but said he was too tired and laid down on the couch. Hopefully his mom and him will do some every night this week. If not, he will just be a secret admirer to his whole class. ha ha

Upcoming Retreat and Bus Trip

2008-02-04T14:06:00.000-06:00

I have been working hard to update the Croppin' Train Retreat website. Our retreat is coming up in March and we are trying something new this year - a BUS TRIP to the Great American Scrapbook Convention in ARLINGTON. Woo Hoo! I am excited for our new adventure - I have always wanted to go.

Check them both out at www.croppintrain.com

Hope to see you there, at one or both.

Embrace Life CASE #4 and inspiration

2008-01-27T17:11:00.000-06:00

This is the last CASE for yesterday. This uses Ruby Red and Choc Chip CS with Ginger Blossom DSP. I also used the jumbo eyelets and the crop-a-dile. I colored the flowers in with Watercolor crayons and a blender pen. I used the pumpkin pie and ruby red crayons. I stamped the Canvas BG on the tag. Oh yeah - I embossed the flower with the (now retired) brown EP. If you do not have brown EP, there are two other ways to get it brown - ask me how.

Here is what the CASE inspired. This is a pop up card. Same colors and inks. We may do this one at my next class.

Embrace Life Case #3

2008-01-27T17:08:00.000-06:00

Another CASE from SCS - can you tell what I did yesterday. My room is finally clean so instead of doing homework, I stamped. Yipee. I needed that.

On this one I used River Rock, Soft Sky and White CS. I embossed the leaves with white EP and colored them in with Wild Wasabi ink and blender pen. I used the blender pen and ink pads (bashful blue and brocade blue) to color in the flowers. I used the White Tafeta ribbon.

Embrace Life CASE #2

2008-01-27T17:07:00.000-06:00

Here is another CASE from SCS. I used Wild Wasibi, Black and White Cardstock. I colored in the flowers with the white gel pen.

Embrace Life CASE

2008-01-27T17:04:00.000-06:00

I CASEd this one from Splitcoast Stampers (SCS). I used Whisper White, Gable Green and Bashful Blue cardstock. I also used the White Taffeta ribbon. I colored it with the Watercolor crayons and a Blender Pen.

New Catalog Open House and Customer Appreciation

2008-01-04T19:52:00.001-06:00

Here is the invitation I sent out for the upcoming New Catalog Open House and Customer Appreciation. If you are on my mailing list, I sent one to you right before Christmas. Which I decided was a little too early. It uses the new Celebrate Everything set and Mark the Date set. Also the Spiral Punch and Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon.

Inspired from stamping school

2008-01-04T19:45:00.000-06:00

Here is a card I did from a video I watched on stampingschool.com. It was inspired from a sample in the catalog, page 82. The colors I used are Regal Rose, Purely Pomegranite, Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip. I used the new Bali Breeze designer paper and a new rub-on (love them).

Crystal Effects

2007-12-10T09:45:00.000-06:00

This is the swap card I made for November. The stamp set is the new one, "Time Well Spent". I colored Crystal Effects using reinker then painted it on the stamped image. The flower center is So Saffron, the petals centers are Rose Red and the rest is Regal Rose. This is a neat effect is you want some shiny, raised color on your image. Like heat embossing in a way - but with all the colors SU makes.

2007-12-10T09:40:00.000-06:00

This is a card I made for the December swap between SU demos. It uses the 1-3/8" and 1-1/4" circle punches to make the flower. The same technique as using the tag punches (tutorial on SplitCoast Stampers called "Tag Punch Stars"). I haven't tried it, but I bet you could use the oval punches too. The stem and leaves are from a set that will be in the new catty, "Time Well Spent". The words are from the "Absolutely Fabulous" set.

Niagara Falls

2007-12-07T09:45:00.002-06:00

Back in September I took a business trip to NY. I got to see Niagara Falls. Gorgous. I love nature and it's many wonders.

Most of this picture is of the American side of the Falls, called American Falls. The falls that is the farthest away with all the mist is the Canadian side - this is the side that is in all the pictures. It is the Horseshoe shaped one, hence the name Horseshow Falls.

A Christmas card using the star punch

2007-12-07T09:39:00.000-06:00

Well, it has been a LONG time since I last posted - sorry about that. This card using the star punch in the current catalog. In the Spring/Summer Collection that comes out in January, there is a bigger star.

I will be getting some stamp sets from the new catty on Tuesday - expect to see some new samples. Also, we will host a Customer Appreciation/Open House in January. Details to come soon

KC CK double layout

2007-10-22T15:14:00.000-05:00

Ok, here is the double layout. On the left page we did a hidden slider photo holder. On the right we made a cut into the patterened paper for a semi hidden photo spot.

This was an SEI class and we DID actually finish in class (even though we were late)

The top picture is of the left page with the slider closed. The second picture is of the left page with the slider open. The third picture is of the right page with the hidden photo in it's slot. And the last page has the hidden photo pulled out a little.

Kansas City Creating Keepsakes Convention

2007-10-22T15:01:00.000-05:00

Friday and Saturday I went to the KC CK Convention. The classes were great. I still need to finish some of my projects (if you have never been to one before, don't expect to finish anything in class) - so check back for more pictures. I did a total of one double layout, three single layouts and and a mini album plus we attended a Wishblade class. :)

This picture is one of the single layouts we did. It is orange and yellows. The orange flowers are felt. It was a class using the idea of being able to take 4x6 pictures and put them on your page, quick and easy. Love this layout for fall. Their class sample had cats on it but they also had one with autumn pictures - very nice.

There is a place for a title (by three flowers), a place for journaling (lower right rectangle) and a couple of journaling lines (by big, double flowers)

Bronc Buster CASE

2007-10-14T20:54:00.000-05:00

I CASEd this from Beate on splitcoaststampers. I changed it up a little from the original. Love the new scallop punch and how it fits the stamped images so well.

Fall Tree (with copper)

2007-10-14T16:13:00.001-05:00

Sherry, a fellow demo, showed this card technique at our last meeting. Gorgeous. So I had to try it myself. It is easier to explain this technique in person rather then typing it out. It uses markers, copper embossing powder (ep), versamark and of course the tree. Hopefully you can see the copper ep on it.

the others

2007-10-08T22:08:00.001-05:00

Here I am

2007-10-08T21:42:00.000-05:00

I have been able to stamp lately and wanted to share what I have been doing. These four cards are a design from www. stampin school.com. I just joined this website and love it. The top piece of the card is only 4.25" across. You could make so many cards from one pack of Deisgner Paper. I will be teaching three of these at a card class this week. Hope they like them :)