Donna Schafer's Stamping Station

Gold Embossed Ornament Keepsakes Card

Here's a card my club members made last week.  I love the ornament embossed in gold!

We had a couple of guests at the club, and they had not yet used the Framelits.  When they stamped and embossed the ornament, they thought they would then have to cut it out by hand!  Oh dear, they don't know me very well, do they?  Anybody that knows me knows that I am not a "cutter-outer," lol!  I was excited to show them how the Framelits work.  They loved them!

Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes (Holiday Mini Catalog, p. 3).  Colors:  Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple, Gold.  Accessories:  Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Framelits (Holiday Mini Catalog, p. 3), Versamark Inkpad, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Raspberry Ripple Satin Stitched Ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder.

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

Fancy Favor Christmas Gift/Treat Box and Scentsational Season Stamp Set

Here's a little treat box I made recently using the Fancy Favor Bigz XL die for the Big Shot and the new Scentsational Season stamp set with the matching Holiday Collection Framelits.

By punching a hole in the front of the box (before I assembled it) I can use it with a (battery-operated!) tealight holder or I can put a treat inside.  I just love how the Scalloped Tulle Ribbon makes a beautiful bow!

I used vellum for the "window."  To get the candy canes going in opposite directions, I stamped one on each side of the vellum.

Stamps:  Scentsational Season (Holiday Mini Catalog), Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Colors: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip.  Accessories:  Big Shot, Fancy Favor Bigz XL die, Holiday Collection Framelits (Holiday Mini Catalog), Scalloped Tulle Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler (Holiday Mini Catalog), Vellum Cardstock, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Small Cello Bags.   

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

Second Card for Christmas Class Tonight

Here's the other card we'll be making at my class tonight.  I just love the stamp sets that have matching framelits to cut out the images!  This card uses the Scentsational Season stamp set and matching Holiday Collection framelits from the Holiday Mini Catalog (page 16).  The stamp set is $18.95 for wood mount or $14.95 for clear mount.  The framelits are $24.95.  Buy the bundle (stamp set and framelits) and save!  $36.95 with wood mount stamp set or $32.95 with clear mount stamp set.

Stamps:  Scentsational Season (Holiday Mini Catalog), Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Colors:  Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip.  Accessories:  Holiday Collection Framelits (for use with the Big Shot die cutting machine); 2 1/2" circle punch, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Big Shot die cutting machine.

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

 

First sample from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog!

My preordered box of goodies from the SU! Holiday Mini Catalog arrived today.  Yippee!  I opened it immediately and proceeded to make this card using the Heart of Christmas stamp (p. 15), the new Core'dinations cardstock (in Cherry Cobbler) (p. 6) and the new 7/8" Cotton Ribbon (p. 20).

Lucky club members will make this card tomorrow :-)

Stamps:  Heart of Christmas (Holiday Mini Catalog), Colors: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Naturals Ivory (card base), Gold.  Accessories:  Framelits Labels Collection, Big Shot, 7/8" Cotton Ribbon, Core'dinations cardstock in Cherry Cobbler.

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

Star Tree Card - Come Make It Thursday Night (plus, here's the blog candy winner...)

Here's one of the cards we're making at my quick class on Thursday night.  It features the new Star Tree stamp (p. 19 - $9.95).  I just love that little tree!  See the second photo for a variation.

Alternate version, with tree colored in.  I'll demonstrate how to do this at the class.

Which one do you like better?

Stamps:  Star Tree, More Merry Messages.  Colors:  Lucky Limeade, Eggplant Envy.  Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits, Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Last week I asked you to comment on this card for a chance to win some of our stunning Red Glimmer Paper.  Thanks to everyone who commented!  Lisa E. was the winner of the drawing.  Congrats, Lisa! 

 

 

Betsy's Blossoms Again!

I've been mistakenly calling this stamp set "Betsy's Blooms" in my previous posts.  Oh dear!  Well, whatever I call it, I really do love this set.  Here's another card my club members made at our last meeting.

Stamps:  Betsy's Blossoms (p. 72)  and Trust God (p. 136).  Colors:  Lucky Limeade, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit (all In Colors), Pool Party.  Accessories:  Big Shot Die Cutting Machine (p. 186), Delicate Designs Embossing Folder (p. 188), Labels Collection Framelits (p. 191),  Betsy's Blooms wheel (ah, there's the name! p. 72), Standard Wheel Handle (p. 6).

Did you notice the embossing over the wheeled flowers?  Cool, huh?

I didn't put an ink cartridge in the wheel handle.  We just rolled it across the inkpad.  (It's good for just one rotation when you do it that way.) 

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

From My Heart Card

I really like the new From My Heart stamp set (p. 139 in the new catalog).  It has so many wonderful sayings, such as "I'd rather do nothing with you than something with anyone else."  (Don't you love that?)

Here's a card using the From My Heart stamp set.  We made this one at my Hostess Luncheon.  The sentiment works for so many of life's occurrences.

Stamps:  From My Heart.  Colors:  Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, Whisper White.  Accessories:  Big Shot die cutting machine, Labels Collection Framelits, Argyle Embossing Folder,  Crumb Cake Seam Binding.

Enjoy.  Thanks for stopping by! 

Betsy's Blooms Thank You

I received the stamp set Betsy's Blooms free from Stampin' Up!  Don't you just love FREE?  I earn free goodies all the time as a Demonstrator.  You can, too!  Thinking about it?  Contact me today and let's talk.

Meanwhile, here's a card I created today.  I needed a couple of thank-you cards, so I grabbed the Betsy's Blooms stamp set and two new In Colors: Midnight Muse and Gumball Green.  I think they're gorgeous together!

Stamps:  Betsy's Blooms, Itty Bitty Banners.  Colors:  Midnight Muse, Gumball Green.  Accessories:  Big Shot Machine, Bitty Banners Framelits, Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch,  Stampin' Dimensionals (behind Decorative Label), Glue Dot (for ribbon).

What do you think of these two new In Colors?

Come stamp with me this weekend!

After all those posts about Framelits, I thought it was time to let you get your hands on them!

Come make these three cards, as seen in my previous posts:

  

This is a more advanced class where you will learn how to use the new framelits in a variety of ways.

Price: $ 12.00

Dates:  Friday, March 9, 7:00 PM   -or-  Saturday, March 10, 11:00 AM

RSVP ASAP to me at [email protected]

Please bring your own adhesive.

Framelits Frenzy - Day 14

Thought I forgot, didn't you?  lol, I was just a little busy yesterday and this morning :-)  Hopefully you'll like today's card enough to consider it worth the wait.

It's not to early to think about St. Patrick's Day cards.  It's only three weeks away!  Wouldn't this brighten someone's day with all the vibrant colors?  I think so! 

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Colors:  Tempting Turquoise (sky), Garden Green (grass).  Rainbow colors:  Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Concord Crush.  Accessories:  Framelits Labels Collection, Big Shot, Cupcake punch (clouds), 1 3/8" circle punch, Word Window punch, Two-Step Owl Punch (gold pieces).

Here are a couple of photos to show you how I made my rainbow.

 Using Dotto, I adhered all six of the Framelits pieces to my cutting pad to ensure that they wouldn't move.

 Next, I cut out the framelits in six (rainbow) colors.

 Next, I nested my colors in rainbow order (anybody remember ROY G BIV?  (Technically, the "I" (indigo) is missing, but the Framelits only cut 6 layers, so something had to give ;-)).  

You'll notice that I'm using our fabulous Stampin' Up! Grid Paper here.  That was to line up the Framelit pieces exactly so as to ensure a straight cut.  It's easy to line it up vertically because there's a point at the top and bottom.  Finding the center of the sides is a bit trickier, but the Grid Paper made it a cinch!  Once I had it straight, I used Post-Its to mark the cutting line.  Then I took it over to my paper trimmer and cut it in half along the Post-It lines.  (Note, there's a strip of paper underneath, with some Dotto on it to hold all the framelit pieces in place when I move it to my trimmer).

I do hope you found this post worth the wait!  Thanks for stopping by!