Patty's Stamping Spot

Yummy new Stampin' Up! Ribbons!!

I got my order of new Stampin' Up! goodies yesterday (yes, I expedited my shipping), and by far, my most favorite things are these 2 new ribbons... OH MY GOSH>>> good thing I ordered 3 rolls of each!  I'm gonna use them up FAST!

This is the Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon... (OH YUM!!!) and the Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon... I can't even tell you how fabulous these are... wish you could feel them!!!

The Kiwi/Vanilla ribbon is "double sided"..one side is kiwi and one side is vanilla.. it is fab!

And the Riding Hood Red ribbon is super luxurious with gorgeous white detail on the edges!

Here is a little card I made with both ribbons and some of my other new stuff.. it's an open end envelope folded in 1/2 and embellished with the Bella Rose paper and some of the new buttons and Filigree brads:

Inside:
  

The riding hood red flower below was cut from the Birds & Blooms SU! die cut.. cute!

Wow Flowers Thank You card

One of my Downline (and dear friend) sent me a Thank You card today, using the new set called Wow Flowers from Stampin' Up!.  It will be in the new catalog starting Aug. 11th.  REALLY Cute card.. thanks, Heidi!

  

New Product Line from Stampin' Up! - Decor Elements

Make a Statement - Personalize your Space... with Decor Elements!

NEW from Stampin' Up!

What is this new product? Décor Elements is a line of wall art made from vinyl used to decorate your home.  They are self-adhesive vinyl wall decorations that can be used on walls, windows, plates, vases, mirrors, picture frames - anything the vinyl will cling to! 

This exciting new product will be available to customers on July 1st.  I will have brochures available to my customers in about a week. Please email me if you would like one.

I have seen the brochure (available to demonstrators as an early sneak peek) and the images are FABULOUS!  I can email you a copy of this brochure, but I cannot post it live here, per Stampin' Up! Demo Manual policy. 

Bermuda Cruise - calendar gift - new papers

One of the gifts we received on the Stampin' Up! Bermuda cruise was this cute CD holder Calendar.  It goes from April 2008 to April 2009 - (from cruise to the Hawaii Incentive trip). 

What I loved about it was the designs on the calendar pages and all the fun (NEW!?) designer papers on the back!!  Some prints look familiar but are in alternate color schemes from what we have now.. enjoy this sneak peek!

all images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2008

Bermuda Cruise - Super Fun Jewelry Ideas!

A SUPER BIG round of applause to my friend and dinner partner on the cruise, Jan Wakeland and her FABULOUS jewelry ideas... CHECK THESE OUT.......

Jan used washers from the hardware store and beads and discs from the jewelry aisle in the craft store, and decorated them with Felt Fusion Flowers and our Rub-Ons!! HOW FUN!!  LOVE IT! I feel a class coming on! 

You look maaaaaaaaavelous, Jan!  Thanks for an awesome week!

more info on Jan's Blog here!

Bermuda Cruise - New Owl Set & "Wheel" Portraits

  The new Owl set we got for Make & Takes on the Stampin' Up! cruise is sure to be a HUGE hit!  Everyone is very excited about this set!

It's called "Owl Together Now" and it has some pretty clever sayings in it!  It was die cut, so we are all hoping this is a sign of good things to come in the Aug. 2008 catalog!  :)  yahoo!

Here are some samples that were on display in the Hospitality Room on the cruise. 

All artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2008

Do you like my new "wheel portrait"?  Stampin' Up! brought the huge wheel on the ship again and we got to have our photos taken with it.. here are a couple more fun ones with my family:

Tune in tomorrow for more fun stuff from the cruise!  I've got weeks of photos to share!

Bermuda Cruise - Fabulous Colors! and some Samples

Shouldn't every morning begin like this??  Coffee and danish delivered to your Verandah??  I think so!! 

I wanted to share some fun SAMPLES with you from the display boards on the cruise, but also wanted to share the gorgeous COLORS of BERMUDA...  and no.. I did not retouch these with photoshop.. the sky really IS this blue!

And now for some fun samples from the cruise:

more tomorrow... stay tuned.. or keep checking back I guess I should say!

Bermuda Cruise - Make & Takes

EDIT 4/8/08: many of you have asked if the new set we got on the cruise was die cut.. YES IT WAS!!  We were speculating if that meant all the sets in the new (Aug. 11, 2008) catalog would be die cut... they did not tell us.. but it would appear that at least THIS new set will be!  yahoo!

One of the highlights on the Stampin' Up! Cruise each year is our Make & Take session. Stampin' Up! gives us a new set and some accessories to make our projects.  This year we got a new set called  "Owl Together Now", seen here:

We were also given the markers and 2 pads in the CUTE tote!!

Here are the projects we worked on during our "at sea day" make & take session.

EDIT: several of you have asked for the pattern for the card below... it couldn't be easier.. it's our mini 3x3 envelope with the flap tucked inside!!  yahooo!  too cute, huh?  :)

enjoy!

Bermuda Cruise - Swaps, samples, new sets

Stampin' Up! displayed and demonstrated some new stamp sets, DSP and cool ideas on the cruise.. FUN new ideas coming our way in the new catalog!! 

New set used on jeans with craft paint.. REALLY cute!

They said that there would be a punch to make this scallop edge.... can you say YAHOO??!!!?? 

Thanks for the photo, Sherrie! :)

I hosted the 6x6 swap so that cruisers could go home and fill a 6x6 brag book with cruise photos.. I asked everyone who swapped to donate one set of their pages to Stampin' Up! and I took photos of them before giving them to the Hospitality Desk.  You can view ALL THE 6x6 samples in my Photo Album HERE. 

Bermuda Cruise - our cabin, gifts from SU! and the NEW IN COLORS!

Here are some photos of our cabin (Superior Verandah Suite) and some of the gifts SU! gave us each night.  I must not have photographed every gift, because I'm missing a few... but this gives you an idea of how Stampin' Up! loves to spoil us on the cruise!

The first gift is an SU! logo blanket which was on our bed (rolled up between red pillows) to keep us warm on deck as we sailed past the Statue of Liberty when we departed NYC:

CUTEST orange tote/purse filled with our Make & Take supplies WITH A NEW SET!

Adorable personalized water bottle with a pack Rub-ons inside... we filled our bottle with pink sand from the beach! :)

Fruit basket with a note that we'll receive the cruise DVD free!

There were a few more gifts... cute BIG tote bag, a calendar, a huge cello filled with snacks... they really treat us well!

AND.. are you ready for this????? HERE are the NEW IN COLORS that will be in the catalog this August!  Aren't they fun and peppy?!?

More with Carousel Notes & Classy Brass

My "Pick a Petal" Classy Brass template (pg 187) arrived yesterday so I HAD to play with it today!  The outside of it coordinates with the Carousel notes!  Hmm.. wonder what else Stampin' Up! has been keeping from us!  LOL

Here are the tools I used:

Paper Piercing tool and mat, brass template, Carousel Notes and 1/8" handheld punch.

TIP: I found that to speed things up, you can pierce and/or punch through TWO Carousel notes at once!  yahoo!  I used some Scotch Magic tape (clear tape) to hold the template and 2 notes together while punching/piercing.  And yes, the 1/8" handheld punch does go through the holes in the template.. you don't have to mark them and then punch.

I added some holes to the scallops on my Carousel Note Card Purse.. tooooo cute!

And here is a quick Thank You card I made with the Afternoon Tea DSP, Carousel Notes and some SAB Rub-Ons:

Another TIP: I learned about sponging over the rub-ons from my ROCKIN' friend Dawn's tutorial HERE! 

Have fun stampin' today!

My Carousel Note Purse needed Photos!

I was working on a project using photos of my mom from her childhood to the day she got married (photos of THAT project to come in a day or 2), so I decided to use up the extra photos and add them to my Carousel Note Card Purse project (see this post for more details).

We lost my mom to cancer in 2006, and I really miss her, so I have been feeling the need to have some photos of her nearby me lately.  Although obviously I never knew her when she was so young, I know this will help!

I've had several questions about how I attached the ribbon handle and realized I didn't take a photo of the back of the project.. but I did it the same way that Jan Tink did: add Jumbo Eyelets in the back 1/2 of the carousel note,  and tuck the ribbon inside the eyelet holes. I added Sticky Strip to hold the ribbon ends down... just in case.  I "snailed" the new Chocolate Chip Poly Twill ribbon onto the Groovy Guava double stitched ribbon.... kinda cool, huh?

WOW - Carousel Notes Purse Project!!

Oh my word... we had the best time making these FABULOUS "purses" out of the new Carousel Note cards and envelopes (in the Occasions Mini catalog from Stampin' Up!).  HUGE THANKS TO Jan Tinklenberg for posting this most amazing idea on her blog this week!!  WOW!! 

Yesterday, Sharon and Ellen and I decided to tackle this project... seemed simple enough - well, I mean.. you are just using a pack of Carousel Notes and a pack of Afternoon Tea DSP, right??  LOL.. check this out... here is all the stuff we got out to make this project!!

OK, back to the pretty projects.... here are the 3 purses we made, including some close ups of some of the fun embellishments we came up with.

The "purse" is made with 2 of the big 6x6 Chocolate Chip envelopes that come wtih the Carousel Notes, plus a piece of Choc. Chip c/s measuring 6-3/16" sq. (scored in 1/2) in the center (the envelope flaps are both stick to this).  Then you add a Carousel note for the top flap, and put a Carousel note inside each envelope pocket, and embellish with Afternoon Tea DSP (and a ton of other stuff!)  LOL

This one was made my Ellen:

This one was made by Sharon:

And this was mine:

Here are some close-ups of the fun embellishments we came up with:

OK.. so how many of you are going to go play with your Carousel Notes today!!?  Have fun!

Carousel Note cards - Oh My Gosh - Too Fun!

I think I'm just having TOO much fun with all my "new toys".. from the Occasions Mini catalog!!  My friend Aimee inspired me to get out my Carousel notes and start playing!! I'm so glad she did!  I am LOVING these notes!!

I've combined them with Sale-A-Bration Rub-ons and "Lucky Star" Accents and Elements Tin die cuts!  (oh, and stamps too!).  As noted in one of the photos, I used the chipboard circle piece (from the Ginormous Pieces pack) as a template for my dashed lines on a couple of the Carousel notes.

The large Chocolate Chip envelopes are just TOO fun!!  I hope you enjoy these.. let me know what you think!

Above: dots are made with a pencil eraser and Chocolate Chip ink.

The brown rub-ons look a little "off" in the photos.. but they look great in person! (above and below)

Have a GREAT day!

Hostess Gift - Summer Picnic paper

My workshop hostess this weekend will be getting this gift from me.. I am pretty sure she doesn't look at my blog (but why not??) - so I'm posting it now and we'll see if she sees it! 

The tutorial for making the Origami box can be found on SCS HERE.

 

I used the Summer Picnic Paper and the Tart & Tangy set, both in the Occasions Mini Catalog - NEW from Stampin' Up! yahoo!  The notes are 3x3 on Real Red cardstock, and the mini size envelopes are on pg 167 in the regular catalog HERE.

Have a GREAT day!