Stampin' Terri!

Secret Garden Star Book!

Here's a little teaser for those of you who signed up to take my Star Book Class this Tuesday!

Here's the book closed:

......and here it is open!

This really isn't as hard as it looks, especially when you use one of our Simply Scrappin' Kits!  We are using the Secret Garden kit...there is enough stuff in the kit to make two of these star books!  I was short one piece of 12 x 12 patterned paper but I stole a piece out of the Brocade Background paper that I had left from my progressive pages last week.

Even though it's too late to register to attend this class you can still get your hands on it by asking for the class "To Go!!"  The cost of the class to go is $30.00 plus $9.00 s/h. (Canadian $$)  International customers, please ask me for a pay-pal invoice before you send payment.

The class to go includes all the supplies except for adhesive and a step by step tutorial including pictures!  You must have sticky strip to complete this book!  Our SNAIL adhesive or glue stick is not strong enough.

To order the Star Book Class "To Go!"  please email me at terri@stampinterri.com or check out my new heading Classes To Go to use a shopping cart!

Halloween Hoopla!

I've been working on some 6 x 6 pages today for an upcoming scrapbook class I'm offering.  It's a one day class where we'll make a double page spread for each month of the year, a title page and a back page, they make an wonderful gift for that hard to buy for grandmother or mother in law!  Today I was working on my October layout.  I really wanted to use the Carved and Candlelit stamp set and the Creepy Crawly designer paper for this layout as I just don't really make that many Halloween cards.....okay NONE in fact, lol!   So here's the layout:

It's hard to tell from the pictures but the center pumpkin on the left page and the pumpkin on the right page are both popped out using stampin' dimensionals, as are the photo corners.  To give the pumpkins a bit more contrast I stamped them first in pumpkin ink and then rolled the edges in Really Rust.  It was a real pain to cut out those stems, I won't be doing THAT too often!

Supplies:

Cardstock:  Basic Black, Pumpkin, Confetti Cream, Pumpkin textured for photo corners, creepy crawly designer paper

Stamp Set:  Carved and Candlelit

Ink:  Pumpkin, Really Rust, Always Artichoke, Basic Black

Accessories:  Rich Regal Brads, Pumpkin Grosgrain ribbon, photo corner punch

Altered jars!

Don't throw out those used jars......recycle them!!  And no I am not talking about the recycle box.....give them new life by turning them into a great gift! 

I had this empty jar of loose tea...my favorite Chai tea from Epicure :)  SO of course the stamper in me knew that it could be used for bigger and better things!

Here's the before shot of the jar:

                              

And here's the end result:

               

And the top:   

 

Now who wouldn't want to receive this....especially if it was filled with candy, coffee beans, popcorn....whatever! 

If you enjoyed this Christmas idea, make sure you sign up for my newsletter on the left....from now until Christmas, all my newsletter subscribers will enjoy a weekly Christmas gift idea and product specials exclusive to them!

-Terri

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Gift Register!

Now we all know that Christmas is about the giving and not the receiving....but has anyone ever not once been even a teensy bit disappointed when they didn't find what they really wanted under the tree?  Let's be honest ladies, we can be guilty of sending mixed messages to our hubbies and sometimes they are not so great at figuring us out on there own, lol.....

So why not make it easy for him this year??  Make him your Stampin' list!  Here's how it works:

Download and print the form below and fill it in.  I need to know your potential gift givers name and contact information away from home....like a work number, email or cell phone.  Send your list to me either by snail mail or scan it and email it back to me.  I will contact the person on the form, and ask them if they'd like to purchase your gift from the list.  They can pay with a credit card or by paypal....I'll have it shipped to my house so that I can wrap and deliver it to them if local to me or it can be sent to them directly at work.  Whatever works, we'll figure it out between us :)  It's a win win arrangement!  They don't have to brave the malls on Christmas eve and you get what you want! 

So click the link below and get it back to me ASAP!!!  Deadline for sending in orders to guarantee arrival for Christmas is December 7th.

Download GiftRegister2007.pdf

And here's a little 6 x 6 page to help get you thinking about Christmas!  Doesn't it drive you nuts that the Christmas stuff is already showing up in stores and we haven't even gotten past Halloween or thanksgiving yet?!?  I'm just trying to keep up, lol!

This page uses the Season of Joy stamp set from the Holiday mini and the Holiday Harmony designer paper.   The color of the ribbon in the picture is kind of off but it's the Artichoke colored wide ribbon from the Theater Ribbon originals.

Supplies:

Stamp Set:  Season of Joy

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, River Rock, Real Red, Holiday Harmony

Ink: Real Red, River Rock, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Rhinstone Brads, Theatre Ribbon Originals

Brocade Basics Part 2!

Here's the second page we did the other night!  This one's my favorite :) 

Again....a good example of Progressive scrapbooking using Brocade Basics.  Here's a close up of the      6 x 6 part so that you can get a better look at it.  The border at the bottom is layered with two patterns from the Brocade Background designer series paper with Old Olive.  I used the corner rounder punch with the guide removed to make the border. As a finishing touch I sponged the edges of all the pieces with chocolate chip ink.

Now I just have to put some pictures on it!  ......it'll be a shame to cover up some of that nice patterned paper, lol....

-Terri

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Brocade Basics

Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Brocade Background, River Rock

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Assessories:  Pretties Kit, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch

Brocade Beautiful

It's been awhile since I posted anything with scrapbooking so I figured now would be a good time, lol.....Last Wednesday I had my downline meeting at the house and the girls had expressed a desire to focus on scrapbooking so here is the first project we did:

This was made using the printed paper frrom the holiday mini, Holiday Harmony and the Brocade Basics stamp set.  This is an example of Progressive Scrapbooking.  Basically you start with a 6 x 6 page, build it into an 8 1/2" x 11" page and stack that onto a 12 x 12 page.  When I'm doing a progressive page, I like to use a minimum of 2 patterns for printed paper and 3 colors.  When they are layered, and you add the embellishments you get a beautiful page that is full of interest and dimension.  For added texture to this page I added a buckle onto the satin ribbon, added some dry embossed divots onto both the top edge of the pomegranate card stock and bottom of the 12 x 12 artichoke card stock (click here for the tutorial on that!), the photo corner is popped out with dimensionals and the scalloped circles are held together with Rhinestone brads from the pretties kit and placed onto the page again, with dimensionals. 

Remember that when you have a page that contains hard embellishments, to place them carefully so that they will not rub on the pictures on the opposite side of the book and that scrapbooks should always be stored standing, not lying down, this helps to prevent any embellishments from damaging your pictures.  And that's really what it's all about right?....the pictures!  Yeah, yeah...I'll add some soon, lol.....

Supplies:

Stamps:  Brocade basics

Cardstock:  Purely Pomegranate, Alwasy Artichoke, River Rock

Designer Paper:  Holiday Harmony

Ink: Always Artichoke

Assessories:  Satin ribbon in Pomegranate, Antique Brass Hodge Podge Hardware, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Scallop punch, Photocorner punch, paper piercing kit, cropodile

Double Slider Card Tutorial!

As promised, here's the other card I made at my advanced class this month! 

Shamelessly, I have to admit that is is mostly copied by another artist's wonderful card that I saw on Split Coast Stampers, who's name now eludes me.  These colors together really caught my eye so I substituted the Garden Whimsy set instead since the class was focused in with that one :)  This tutorial also includes directions for the "Rock 'n Roll" technique.

These are the kinds of tutorials that my class participants both by mail and in person receive....so make sure you are signed up for my newsletter to get updates on all classes and specials, because participants (both by mail and in person) get the chance to order all the class supplies at a discount as well!

Click here to download a copy of this tutorial!

Download double_slider_card.doc

Or subscribers who get updates on my blog in their email, can visit the blog and download it from the tutorials section on the right hand column :)  There are oodles of pictures in this tutorial so please be patient as it loads, good things come to those who wait!  Enjoy!

-Terri

 

Whimsical Spinner!

Check this out!  This was one of the two cards that I did in my advanced class this month.....I simply adore this set!  This sample also utilizes the masking technique into the spinner design. 

Supplies:

1 3/8” Circle Punch

Scallop punch

Word Window Punch

White Craft Ink jumbo cartridge

Blue Bayou Classic Ink

Wild Wasabi Classic Ink

Garden Whimsy Stamp set

Whimsy jumbo wheel and handle

Paper snips

SNAIL adhesive

Soft Sky Cardstock ( 5 ½” x 8 ½”)

Whisper White Cardstock (scrap)

Wild Wasabi Cardstock (5 ¼” x 4”)

Rhinestone circle Brads

Stampin’ Dimensionals

2 pennies

Bone Folder

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Everyone who was at the class loved this card, they are so much fun to play with!  If you are not familiar with how a spinner card works, when you tilt the card from side to side, that round scalloped piece spins over to the other side in the track :)

 

Rather than repeat a tutorial in this post that I already have in word format, I uploaded the file in the Tutorial list in the right hand column.  There are step by step instructions including lots of pictures!  The pictures do make it load a bit slow so please be patient...it's a large file!  If you have trouble with it let me know!  Vista users may have issues...I know I sure do!

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If you don't live in the Stony Plain area to attend my classes, no problem!  My advanced class is available by mail!  If you don't have the inks, papers or stamps, you can order the class from me and I will send you a package with all the pre-cut and pre stamped pieces, for the original cost of the class (Advanced class fee is $20.00)  plus $5.00 for shipping and handling.  All you have to do is print out the directions and assemble your card!  Plus all advanced class participants (even the by mail ones!) benefit from product specials on the supplies used in the class! email me to order your "snail" mail class! 

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Need to know when then next class is being held?  Well all that and more is in my newsletter!    Newsletters contain class lists, specials (not just the Company ones!) stamping techniques and tips and it's free so what do you have to lose?  Sign up today by entering your email in that little box at the top right under the Canadian flag!

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Tune in Thursday for the next tutorial from this class....the Double slider card!

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We now return you to your regular scheduled program........  lol......

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-Terri

 

P.S.  I don't know if it's my new computer with VISTA or what but I am having trouble opening my own tutorial from here with the new computer, yet I can open it just fine with the old one running XP....weird.....if you are having trouble please do let me know!

Christmas Swap Cards....Round 2!

I've added the rest of the swap cards to my holiday mini photo album now...It was so hard to pick my favorites this year!  This is my favorite swap of the year by far....people put so much effort into their designs giving me some really awesome ideas for my classes!  Enjoy!

Click here to see the rest of the swap cards!