Sunny Days

Here is a card I made for someone very special in mind... :)

My boyfriend asked me to make a card for his daughters birthday and I knew I had to break out my Flight of the Butterfly stamp set. I stayed in the color family of Bold Brights since she just turned 7.

In order to get the fluffy clouds, I punched out the scallop circle punch out of scrap paper and used the negative space to then sponge in the clouds. I randomly moved around the page and just played with the ink. I love the look it created!!! The grass was created using paper snips and the butterflys were also cut out using paper snips. To finish the card off I used my paper piercer and mats to free hand some holes to indicate their flight path. A simple happy birthday from Teeny Tiny Wishes finishes this card off.

I have to say... this might be my favorite card that I've made in a long time! Might have to make some more! :)

Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Pixie Pink, Pink Passion, Whisper White Craft Ink, Tempting Turquoise, Glorious Green
Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise,
Accessories: Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Scallop punch, sponges, Paper Piercer, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive

Meet Joe

First I have to say, sorry for the bad pic.... hopefully I will figure out how to take better pics of my scrapbook pages...

Well this is a scrapbook page I did of my youngest nephew Joe. He is the most content baby I have ever seen. I just loved these pics my sister in law took of him! He just looks so chill and calm... Just like always!

This paper is actually retired (tear... I love my Baja Breeze and Parisian Breeze DSP) but there are some great elements on this page that are still available!!!!

I wanted the pictures to be the main focus of this page so I kept most of the elements very simple. I covered the On-Board Lots Of Letters with Baja Breeze paper (you can cover this chipboard to match any project by covering it with paper, craft ink or even.... glitter!!!). To make the letters stand out a little more, I inked the edges with Chocolate Chip Craft Ink. To get in the smaller sections, I dipped my blender pen in the ink and colored ever so carefully along the edge...

Next I took a piece of textured Baja Breeze paper and trimmed it down to a size that looked right. I then scalloped the bottom with the Scallop Punch (love that thing!) and inked the edges... I adhered the two pictures on the left and right down and then popped the center image up and on an angle using Pop-Up Glue Dots. Before adhering everything down, I decided the page needed something down at the bottom to draw the eye around... Now is when I went searching through my embellishments.... Luckily I had the Kraft Corduroy Buttons and sticked with the rule of three on these. I think these were the perfect touch. I then adhered everything and tada! This would have been a super fast (under 30 min) page if I had only decided to cover the chipboard with ink instead of paper.... Next time.... hehe

Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft
Paper: Parisian Breeze DSP (retired) Baja Breeze (retired)
Accesories: On-Board Lots Of Letters, Scallop Punch, Sponge, Kraft Corduroy Buttons, Signo Gel Pen, Pop-Up Glue Dots, Tombow Multi Purpose

Go Team

Here's a card I recently created that I'm loving! NFL preseason kicked off this past week and I couldn't be more thrilled! I love spending Sundays watching my Seahawks play while eating some of my famous Super Bowl Nachos and drinking an ice cold Corona!

Growing up, I had to watch whatever my older brother wanted. Which meant I watched a lot of baseball, basketball and football, and a lot of Nintendo playing. To this day, I'm still perfectly content sitting and watching someone play Nintendo or watching a sporting event. But put on some NFL and I will be screaming and cheering louder than some guys in the room!

This card was very easy to create! And perfect for any NFL fan in your life! Good luck to all the teams this year! I'll keep my fingers crossed for my Seahawks (and the Colts for my brother!)

Stamps: Sporting, Just Football
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Designer Series Paper, Kraft, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Paper Snips, Pop-Up Glue Dots,

I can hardly contain my excitement at work today. My starter kit arrives today!!! Woohoo!!! So far I have checked the tracking number twice (and it's only 10:30 in the morning). Unfortunately I'm taking my boyfriend to dinner tonight to thank him for supporting me in this business venture. Which means I won't get to play with my box of goodies till after dinner.... But stay tuned for lots of new cards, goodies, and scrapbook pages, oh my!


On to the card....

Here is a quick and simple card I created using minimal product. Great when you need a card in a matter of minutes (or you're on a budget). that's what I love about the stamp sets on the last page of the idea book and catalog. They are all statement stamps under $10! In these hard economic times, we can all use that!!! And even better, this ribbon is $4.95 for 15 yards!

Stamp Set: Elegant Thank You
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip DP
Accessories: Bashful Blue 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch

Hope you enjoyed this clean and simple card today.

Hostess Promotion- September through November

Stampin' Up! just announced a NEW Hostess promotion for September, October and November to celebrate the new Holiday Mini Catalog out September 1st! If you host a workshop with minimum $250 in sales you will receive ANY stamp item (excluding hostess sets and My Digital Studio) for $10! That could be a $30 value depending on what you choose. And let's just say Stampin' Up! has outdone themselves again with this new mini. We have now teamed up with Build-A-Bear to offer exclusive dies and stamp sets, we're introducing a jewlery line AND we will be introducing Stampin' Up's brand new digital scrapbooking software! Now how COOL is that!?

Also, once My Digital Studio is available, if you host a workshop with $400 in sales during September, October or November, you will receive any item (excluding hostess sets and My Digital Studio) for $10 AND be able to purchase My Digital Studio for 50%. That is up to $70 in additional savings!!! Plus, with the same $400 in sales, you will be able to choose 2 hostess sets from the main catalog or mini catalog for FREE and receive $45 in FREE product!

And remember, for the month of August through me, anyone who books a party for September will receive an extra $15 gift certificate to be used at their workshop! To qualify for this additional savings, the workshop must be booked by August 31 and have a minimum in $150 in sales.

If you do not live in the Seattle (or Spokane area) you can still take advantage of these great offers!!! You can host a catalog party anywhere in the United States (say Colorado or Arizona for example...). To host a catalog party, I will send you a FREE idea book, the mini catalog, order forms and some sample cards to present (and keep!). You will need to collect your orders and turn them into me on a set date. It's just that easy!

Now who wants to hostess a workshop??? Contact me today at jessgos1313@msn.com or 206-484-0899. I have limited spots available, and with this new promotion, they are sure to fill up fast!!! So contact me today!

Pink Tiger Lily

I couldn't wait to make this card last night, let alone share it with all of you!

Have you ever had one of those creative ideas at the least opportune time? This was one of those ideas. The other night my bf and I were having one of those nice cuddling watching tv nights when all of a sudden I realized I should do the lily image from Fifth Avenue Floral like my favorite flower! (why didn't I think of this sooner!!!). Immediately I jumped up, went to make sure I had Pink Passion and Yo Yo Yellow markers. I got a weird look and a "What are you doing???" from my bf, so went back to watching tv... all the while plotting my next great card.... mwhahahahaha!!!

Once I saw the Pals Paper Arts sketch for this week, I knew it would be perfect. Since this card was a little more work and time intensive, I will explain how I made it

• First I stamped the lily image from Fifth Avenue Floral in VersaMark and then colored the yellow pollen tentacale part of the flower with my Yo Yo Yellow marker. I then covered the image with Glassy Glaze Enamel and heated with my heat gun. I repeated this 4 times
• I then colored the inside of the pollen puffs with my Yo Yo Yellow marker
• Since I do not have a Pink Passion ink pad, I took the sheet from my Stamp-a-ma-jig and colored some pink passion onto it. This created a pool of ink for me to dip my blender pens into
• I then colored in each petal on the 4 images, keeping the base and middle the darkest. The outside edges were kept the lightest pink possible, almost white
• After each petal was shaded to my liking, I took the pointy tip of the marker and dotted each petal according to how a real pink tiger lily looks
• After each flower was to my liking, I cut each flower out with Paper Snips
• The Yo Yo Yellow base was cut to 5 1/4 x 4. With my Pink Passion marker I colored in the Thank You section from Elegant Thank you. This was stamped on the bottom right corner
• The Pink Passion portion was cut to 3 1/2 x 4 1/2. The bottome section was then scalloped with the Scallop Punch. Then each scallop was hole punched using the crop a dile.
• The Pink Passion section was the adhered to a piece of Whisper White that was 3 3/4 x 4 3/8. This section was then adhered to the Yo Yo Yellow.
• I took two of the flowers and adhered them using Snail adhesive. The other two were popped up using dimensionals.
• The entire card front was then adhered to a 11 x 4 1/4 piece of whisper white, folded in half to finalize the card

Whew! That was a lot of work, but well worth it! I think this card is stunning. Could just be that they remind me of my favorite flower. Have a great weekend everyone! And don't forget to take advantage of the great deals I'm offering for the month of August. These deals are only offered through me. Contact me at jessgos1313@msn.com if you have any questions.

August Promotion

I have decided to run a special for the month of August! To celebrate the beginning of my business, I am offering anyone who places an order for $50 or more a $5 gift certificate to be used on a future order!

Also, anyone who books a workshop for the month of September will receive an extra $15 gift certificate to be used at their workshop! To qualify, the workshop must be booked by August 31 and be a qualifying workshop (minimum $150 combined orders).

To view the current catalog or to see further promotions being offered by Stampin' Up! please view the links to the right of my blog.

I'm OFFICIAL

I officially signed up to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator today! Hopefully today is the beginning of getting to make a living doing something I LOVE!!! This weekend is going to be fairly laid back. Lots of stamping/scrapping and reviewing my demo site. And of course, lots of planning for workshops, classes, and promotions! So much to do, but yet all stuff that will be fun!

Here is a card I created with a One Sheet Wonder. I will try to get a tutorial and a template posted next week for those who many be unfamiliar with OSW. Basically, you make your own designer paper using stamps. Then, you take the "one sheet" of paper and cut it to maximize the piece of paper to create the most amount of cards possible. When I created this card, I was able to make over 8 cards in a matter of an hour and a half! Talk about value in both time and products!!!

On the right of my blog is a link to my offical Stampin' Up! website. Feel free to browse the catalog and the projects. You can place an order directly online or email me at jessgos1313@msn.com

Stay tuned, next week I will announce my open house. You will not want to miss the great projects I will showcase and the promotions I will have in place for the weekend!

paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Real Red
Accesories: Silver Brads

Cheers!!!

I recently found this card on SplitCoastStampers gallery and I immidiately fell in love. My mom and I both purchased the Cheers to You set not only for the great drink images (our song is it's 5:00 somewhere!) but also for the versatility. The great image of a foamy mug of beer is perfect for manly cards, st. patricks day, congratualtion cards and many more occasions!

Last night I wanted to make a quick card using up scraps from the invites I just made. And I immidiately knew Sheryl's card would be perfect to use up my kraft, so saffron and bashful blue! This card came together so fast, I was amazed. I think I made it within 30 minutes! Now how is that for a cute card that would be great for a guy or a girl!!!

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Kraft, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Stampin' Up Classic Black

Accesories: paper snips, snail adhesive, Stampin' Up Gold Brads, Bashful Blue Gros-Grain ribbob, scallop punch

Beginning next August 12th, you can purchase this stamp set and many more Stampin' Up products from me! Contact me if you would like more details and stay tuned for all the great deals, classes and promotions I will be having to get my business rolling!

Inside of Wedding Invite

The inside of the invites were a little more tedious. Could have been all the extra cutting (I can't do math in my head for cutting!). Or could be that I was finishing these the week we hit 100 degrees here in Seattle!

Again for the inside of the card we stayed very basic. The vellum is added with a few drops of glue. And then dew drops to cover the glue spots. I added a small pocket by cutting a strip of paper and using sticky strip on the outside edges. The So Saffron card stock is the RSVP card. Cute, huh!

cardstock: Stampin' Up-kraft, so saffron, vellum
other: sticky strip, clear dew drops

I really enjoyed being able to help out my friends for their upcoming wedding. These were fun invites to make. Plus, gave me an excuse to get several new products!!! hehe

Wedding invite for a friend

Here is an invite I did for a friends wedding. She wanted something very simple, with no frills, no ribbon, etc. This is what we came up with. Here's the recipe:

Cardstock- Stampin' Up: Kraft, Bashful Blue

Stamp set: a Stampin' Up stamp set from 6 years ago?

other: Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder, versa mark, black embossing powder

This card was actually fairly simple to re-produce. I had to make 80 of them, and the front was the easiest part! Now the inside... that was a different story...

Getting to know me

Phew! Well it's taken me quite awhile (and a few mistakes) but I finally think I have my blog the way I want it... So I figured I would start off by letting you get to know me a little better. After all, hopefully you will be coming back often!

Well I was introduced to the stamping world roughly 6 years ago while hosting a friends first Stampin' Up party. Little did I know, I would become obsessed (thanks a lot Sarah!). Literally I spent the next year going to the big craft store every week stocking up on everything paper craft related just so I could use my 40% off coupon. My passion really exploded when I began scrapbooking almost 4 years ago with the birth of my first nephew. Now I scrapbook my personal life, my oldest nephew (Cameron) and our newest addition to our family, my nephew Joe.

Now I have decided to turn my passion of all things papercraft related into a business with Stampin' Up. I have been sharing and teaching my girlfriends how to stamp and scrap for awhile. But now I will get to earn money doing it! Pinch me, I think I'm dreaming!!!

I'm really excited to start my business, not only for the extra money, or the great products I will get (at a discount!!!) but hopefully for the great relationships I will begin with people just as excited about crafting as I am! I hope to share with you my cards, scrapbook layouts, altered items, and many more projects I come up with!

So please bare with me as I get used to this whole blogging thing. :) Come back soon to see all the great classes I already have planned and to learn about my open house in September (one in Seattle and one in Spokane for my friends and family there!!!) There's sure to be lots of goodies to be had and fun projects to make!