Gusseted Gift Package

I'm going to be having a very busy holiday season what with being involved in 3 different craft fairs. So, there is lots of prep work to do and I'm thankful for a the quick easy ideas I can get from other people.

These little candy packages (or gift card holders) was a project I saw from Ronda Wade using our gusseted bags and a strip of DSP. Easy Peasy.

 Cut a piece of Designer Series Paper 6 x 12"

Score at 4.5 and 9 inches

 Cut one of the Gusseted Bags to 4.5 inches

Add Tear Tape to all four edges on both sides of the bag

 

Line the top of the bag up with the top of the Designer Series Paper and attach

 Peel the top of the second set of  Tear Tape and fold along score line - the bag is now adhered on both sides

 Fill the bag with desired candies, or you can use it for a gift card or cash gift giving

 

Fold down the flap along the score line and close the package with ribbon

 

 

Decorate the front of the package as desired 

That's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

Chocolate for Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  I just thought I would quickly show you the table place holders that I made yesterday afternoon in preparation for this evening's dinner.  They are quick, they are easy, they can be decorated any way YOU need them to be.  I will give a tutorial the next time I make them, for sure!

As of now, my grandson is eager to tell the rest of the family that we are having chocolate for Thanksgiving dinner.  He's excited to see their reaction.  I'm eager to see how many of us will eat the chocolate before we eat the turkey.  A chocolate appetizer sounds good to me!

Hope your Thanksgiving weekend is full of blessings.

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan.....

Here's the wee lad and I playing dominos while Grandpa is in the kitchen preparing the turkey.

ps......in our family, the men always prepare all of the holiday dinners.  Of course, the women end up with the clean up afterward.  I try to follow close behind my husband so as not to end up with a total mess at the end of the event.  LOL.

So Grateful

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends and family - I am grateful to have you in my life.

I was happy to be able to experiment with a different Faux Linen technique this past week at a stamping event.  I know how to scratch glossy paper to create a linen look, but I hadn't heard about using tissue paper.  Super duper easy!

This card will be one of the ones featured at my Technique Class on October 16.

I hope you are able to spend time with family this

Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

Blessings to you all

Joan

Love the Shimmer

I attended a Shimmer Paint Bingo a week or so ago to see how it was run and came away with these three cards, and a few more techniques using this product.  It's hard to see the wonderful effect in these photos, but in person, the cards are glitzed up!

For the first card we added alcohol and Shimmer Paint to a Spritz bottle and sprayed the card once everything was on.

 For this card, we simply painted some Copper Shimmer Paint onto the stamped images to add some glitz and dimension.

Finally, the Shimmer Paint was sponged directly onto the stamp before stamping onto the cardstock.

All of these are quick and easy ways to add just a touch of shimmer to your creations.

When I have my own Bingo I will be providing some tutorials on how to do the techniques for the cards I create for the event.

Enjoy your day,

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

World Card Making Day

Do you know about World Card Making Day? It’s our very own day to get creative and we're celebrating from October 1-7.

• I challenge you, alone or with a friend, to create a card sometime this week to put in the mail to someone who could use some happy mail.
• It doesn't have to be grand and elaborate, use the supplies you have on hand.
• Post a picture of you holding your card to my Facebook business page and I will put your name in a draw for an adhesive bundle valued at $27.75. My business page is at JJCreations247
•  Deadline for photo entries October 7 at 9:00pm

 Enjoy your cardmaking day.

Thanks for dropping by,

Joan

VIP boxes

I have been quite busy this past month and the highlight of the month was celebrating my 13th year with Stampin'Up! with some of my VIP customers.

I served them a chilli dinner and then they stamped two cards.  Once they were finished with their cards they settled in to enjoying some hot apple crisp.

Each attendee also left with a small little gift from me, which is shown up above.

Now it's on to a busy October

Hope you are well in your neck of the woods.

Thanks for visiting.

Joan

Skating Snowman

Tonight we are having a card swap at my Team Meeting so I thought I'd share my card with you today.  The one I made multiples of is the one on the left.  I played around with making the ice blue, but didn't like the effect too much.  On both cards I added some Glimmer Paint to the ice and the snowman to make them sparkle just a bit.

I'm getting ready for a special event this month, so this is going to be a short post.  Hope life is well your way.  Thanks for stopping by.

Joan

 

Spirited Snowmen

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Country Milk Jugs

 

I have four of my Grandma's old milk cans and one of her milk jugs that are very precious to me.  So when I saw the tin and jug in the "Country Home" stamp set, I knew I would be adding it to my collection.  I also love the little cotton plants included in the DSP and in one of the floral stamps.

 

 One of my favourite items in the Country Lane Suite is the Tin Tile embossing folder.  It is one of our Dynamic Textured impressions folders, so the embossing is very detailed.  I CASEd this card from someone on pinterest.  I loved the monochromatic look to it and the way the cotton was coloured in.  I used on of our Chalk Markers to colour mine.

This suite also includes some Galvanized Metallic paper. Paired with  the Tin Tile embossing folder it's reminiscent of tin tiles on walls and ceilings in the past.

Here is a video from Stampin'Up! to show you  how versatile this embossing folder.

That's it for now.  Have a fantastic day.

Joan

Country Duo

This is the card that was created Friday night at my open house - well, actually the one on the right hand side.

I love to distress paper.  Either with ink or with tearing.  The main features of the card remained the same.  All that changed were the embellishments and distressing.

On the left hand card I used silver metallic thread behind the focal piece - which you can't notice in the photo.

The right hand card has the torn edges, a different ribbon and the greeting is left square to the card.

Something about tearing paper.  Did you know that paper has a grain just like fabric?  That's why it is easier to tear paper in one direction than in the other.  Taking smaller tears against the grain makes it easier to match  your tearing all the way around.  Also, for a more feathered edge, tear the paper toward you; then you can see the layers of paper and if you add ink to the edges they will stand out more.

That's all for today.  Two different looks for the same card.  Leave a comment to let me know which one you prefer.

Come back tomorrow to see more cards created with this Country Home Stamp Set.

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

Thankful for the good things

 Happy Holiday Monday.

Today's project is my take on the framed project in our upcoming Holiday Catalogue.  (only 1 more day until it's available).

I love this new Tin Tile Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder - and the new galvanized metallic paper that coordinates with it.  I've already used the folder quite a bit in my projects and will be using it at my Open House on this Friday.

This week's "product" is my Open House and the notice of my upcoming Christmas in September card stack.

You can contact me for my address if you are wanting to come to my Open House and if you would like to register for the Christmas stack you can click the link

HERE.

Here are the details:

Date:  September 21, 2018

Time: 6:30-9:00pm

Place: 9505 - 86 Street, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

Cost:  $35.00

Cost includes 15 cards (3 copies of 5 designs), envelopes, Bag Gift, and light snacks.

Here are the cards:

 Have a great day - thanks for stopping by

Joan

Dashing Deer

This morning I worked with our Dashing Deer stamp set to get ready for my open house this coming week.  I'm showcasing different sets in our upcoming Holiday Catalogue as well as showing off some special exclusive DSP for this promotion.....

Have you been waiting for just the right time to host a Stampin’ Up! party? Do you love gorgeous Designer Series Paper? If you said “Yes” to both questions, this may be the perfect time for you to contact me. What’s the occasion? Right now if you host a party with $300 CAD in sales, you will earn the exclusive Dashing Along Designer Series Paper for FREE. This offer ends on September 30, so don’t wait! Get ready to take advantage of this exciting offer today!

Of course, I had so much fun playing with the DSP and the reindeer that I just kept going creating. 

My Open House is

Friday, September 7 from 6:00-8:15

You can e-mail me to get my address if you are wanting to attend in

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

Have a great day

Joan

Creative Retreat

Be Creative!

You're invited to get away for a Creative Escape!

7 hours of Crafting, Creativity and Fun!

Saturday, August 25, 2018

9:00am - 4:00pm

Place: Fort Museum Program Room - Fort Saskatchewan Alberta

Your fee includes:

* A table for you to work at all day on your personal projects

* 8 Make-n-Takes

*A $25.00 Goodie Bag

*3 Gifts throughout the day

*Snacks and Candy

*Coffee, Tea, and Water

*Use of all my supplies: A Big Shot Station, Colour Station, Inspiration Station, Punches & Stamps sets

You will also have 2 optional classes to choose from to add to your fun!

*Adhesive and kits for sale that day

*Bring your own lunch



Cost: Early Bird $65.00 if paid by July 29

Cost: after July 29 $70 due by August 11.

Register for this event - HERE

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at

j-jeffery@live.com

780-914-1840

A Little Christmas in the Air

 

Today I've been playing with some Christmas goodies in preparation for my Creative Retreat.  We will be stamping Christmas Cards in the afternoon.

The first card uses the Seasonal Wreath DynamicTextured Impressioins embossing folder.  I also absolutely love the little red rhinestones that are available.  I've used them on every Christmas card for the retreat.

 

I'm glad that the Pretty Pines Thinlits carried over to the new catalog.  They help by giving you a variety of themes in your Christmas cards.  The pine cones are fussy cut from a sheet of the Designer Series Paper.

 

This Mistletoe Season is a new set in the catalogue.  I like the two step stamping bow: you get the two tones by stamping off some of the colour for the body of the bow.

 

This Blended Seasons set is really new.  It's not even in the catalogue, so we'll hope to see it in the future.  Of course, the holly berries are rhinestons!  Lots of shiny bling.

If you want more information about my Creative Retreat you can see it HERE , or contact me and I'll help you with whatever questioins you have.

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

Tea Time

I'm starting to prepare the projects for my Creative Retreat in August....details in the next post.  During the morning stamping class we will be using pieces from the Tea Room Suite: Stamp set, Framelit dies, ribbon and DSP.  I like these little doily pieces from the framelits dies - they are quite versatile.  I also like how Stampin'Up! has gotten intricate on some of their dies to add to the details of the piece: like the little hole cut out where the teacup handle.

For the above card, I fussy cut some of the DSP to get the little floral arrangement.

 For two of the cards I took images from the "Big Wishes" set.  The candles are stamped in Rich Razzleberry and coloured in the coordinating colours from the DSP for this Suite.  This sample shows the verstility of the doilies in the framelits set.  I cut it in half to make it appear as though it is bigger than the oval.

The coordinating DSP for this suite is so delicate.  Reminiscent of Grandma's tea cups.  This time I've used the smaller doily to hold the sentiment, cut out some stamped flowers and used the butterfly from the "Springtime Impressions thinlits.

This is the fourth card that will be included in the Creative Retreat....along with the above three.

This final card was created because I put the "wrong" DSP on the envelope - so I had to make a matching card.  I've added an embellishment to the little doily from the "Tea Room Copper Vinyl Stickers" and put some Copper Thread behind it.

With the products that are included in the goodie bag for the retreat, there enough yardstick and DSP to create 7 more cards.

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by,
Joan.

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Happy Little Mistakes

I was playing around with the new embossing powder in the new In-Colours a couple of weeks ago and made a happy little mistake on one of the cards. It ended up taking some patience to get all the different colours on in the same sort of spread out fashion, but it was worth it in the end.

 

This is what each card in this series was suppose to look like - but variety is good.

To add to the variety, I decided to use the thinlit that co-ordinates with this stamp set.  The Framelit die set includes the little candle, flame and the piece that makes the little diamonds along the top.

I continued playing with the Framelits and pulled out the DSP that goes along with this Broadway Bound Suite.

 I love this Broadway Marquee included in the Framelits.  Rhinestones or pearls can be used for lights around the edges.

 

The last creation was a birthday card to celebrate my husband's 60th birthday.   The numbers were cut out of one of the sheets of DSP which is covered in numbers, so you can create whatever age of birthday card you need.  This set and paper would be great for teens.

Thanks for stopping by.

Joan

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