Stamping Bliss

Big Shot Fabric Class

Big Shot Fabric Class.. 

May 8th from 10:00-4:00PM*

We will be making a fabric tote (pictured above), a floppy fabric flower pin, a fabric rose pin, and a Build-A-Bear banner or canvas tote.  You will need to bring your own sewing machine or make arrangements to share with someone else.

There are two options for this class: 

Option A:  $50** will cover the fabric and all the supplies you need for this class.

or

Option B:  $35** will cover the cost of the fabric for the roses and the Build-A-Bear project.  You will need to purchase your own fabric for your floppy flower pin and your tote bag.

You will need to purchase 24in to 1 yard of 4 different cotton fabrics.

*When you have finished your projects you are free to leave, so you may be done before 4:00PM

**Lunch is included

Space for this class is extremely limited.  Please sign up as quickly as possible to reserve your space.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Yes, I dropped off the planet again.  =)  I have been so busy trying to get all of my crafting and stamping supplies that I haven't had much time to stamp anything new.  At least now I am sorting through the chaos and can find things again.  LOL!!  What free time I have had recently has been spent locked away in my office in front of my sewing machine.  My daughter is on her dance studio's performance team and had a dance competition this weekend.  So I was busy sewing costumes for one of their dances.  So even though this isn't stamping related I thought I would share my latest creative project.  =)

 

They are half pettiskirts in a variety of animal prints.  I also decorated plain black leotards by adding ruffle to the collar.  They looked incredible under the stage lights at the competition.  I have orders for about five more of these but I think I am going to take a break for a little while and get some stamping done first.  =) 

 

My Digital Studio Card

Here is a card I made the other day using My Digital Studio.  It took me less than 3 minutes to create this card from scratch.  Then another two minutes to print it onto Very Vanilla card stock.  I love it!  Five minutes to create a card.  How awesome is that?  I get so busy planning for my classes and events that I often forget to stamp just for fun.  My Digital Studio is a great way to send personal cards to dear friends when you need a quick card. 

 

I forgot to take a picture of the actual card before I sent it out so you will have to be content with the digital image.  =)  I hope you take some time out today to stamp, just for fun or to create something special for a wonderful person in your life!

 

Big Shot Does More Than You Think!

I must admit that my favorite Stampin' Up! tool is the Big Shot.  I actually squealed when I read the announcement about it.  I love all of the incredible projects that the Big Shot can help me with.  My kids love to cut out Bears and dress them up.  The fact that I can cut out 20 party favors in a matter of minutes is a huge perk for a busy Mom.  The exclusive dies that Stampin' Up! offers are fabulous and so versatile for scrapbooking or card making.

My latest craze with the Big Shot is cutting out fabric with it.  I am a little addicted to this new use of the Big Shot.  I enjoy sewing but haven't done much over the past year or so.  When I discovered all of the incredible projects I could do with fabric and the Big Shot, a whole new crafting world opened up for me.  We recently purchased a new sewing machine since my old one bit the dust.  I have been busy incorporating two of my favorite hobbies:  sewing and the Big Shot!

Here is one of my latest projects.  This was for a friend of my daughter's birthday present.  I cut everything out using the Big Shot.

Isn't it adorable?  A perfect, fun tote for a nine year old.  I also added a fun headband I embellished using fabric and the Big Shot but you will have to wait for another day to see that.

 

Color Renovation--Introducing New Color Collections

I am so excited that I can barely contain it!!  I have fabulous news and I cannot wait to share it with you.  I thought about teasing you a bit, but I just can't wait.  =)

Are you dying to know what I am talking about?  

Is the suspense killing you?

Okay, so maybe I couldn't resist teasing you a little.  =)

Stampin' Up! has just announced that they will be revamping our color families as of July 1st.  This means a major overhaul of our color families, a reduction in the number of colors being offered and a brand new twist to our popular In Color program.  Sounds a bit overwhelming I am sure.  But don't worry, it isn't as complicated as it sounds.  

Here are the brand new color collections.  You will notice that there are quite a few colors included that are from our current color families and many favorite retired in colors that are now part of our core collection.  We will be going from 48+ colors to 40 (+5 In colors to be released on July 1st).  Plus six new colors to spice things up a bit.  It will be more affordable than ever to purchase all of our core colors.  The new color Crumb Cake is actually Kraft, it was just renamed.

 

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Now you may be wondering what colors from our current color families that will be gone forever.  Here is the list of the colors that will be gone forever.  If there is a color you really love now is the time to stock up on ink, card stock and accessories before supplies run out.

 

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Look for information in the coming months on how you can get all the fabulous new colors in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog that will be released July 1st.

 

Another Blog Header

Okay, so maybe I am having a little too much fun redesigning my blogs but now that I have figured things out it is so easy.  So after I finished giving my Stamping Bliss blog a facelift I realized how sad our family's blog looked.  It definitely had no personality and really didn't reflect our family.  So I spent some time playing with My Digital Studio again.  I used a retired Simply Scrappin' Kit that is on the MDS software called Hoppy Moments.  It is an adorable kid friendly kit and I knew it was perfect for our family blog.

 

I know that the baby isn't born yet but now that we know that we are going to be blessed with another boy I just had to add him to the family portrait.  We call our children our ABCD--Aidan, Brenna, Chloe and Daulton.  Even though they weren't named in alphabetical order as they were born it is still a fun way that our family is unique.  I am glad that I could carry that theme through to our bog header. 

If you have not purchased My Digital Studio yet or want to know more about it, feel free to contact me and we can set up a time where you can play with my copy and see what it is all about.

 

Easter Blessings

I hope this post finds you with family and friends enjoying a wonderful, blessed Easter full of fun, laughter and remembering the true reason for this precious day!

Here is another card from March's Stamp Club and from a recent workshop.  I love the simple elegance of this card.  Sometimes I get so into adding and layering that I forget that simple can make such an incredible statement.  This is such an elegant stamp set.  The flowered image really doesn't need anything added to it.

 

We used pastels to color in the flowers.   I must admit that I rarely use our pastels, they do intimidate me just a little.  I think it relates to art classes in school where I tried, unsuccessfully, to create a beautiful masterpiece with pastels.  All I managed to do was make a blurred, smudged image that no one could make out.  Our Stampin' Pastels are incredibly easy to use.  We just touched a Blender Pen to the corner of the pastel and the pen picked up the color.  Than color your image just like you would normally with a blender pen.  It is that easy.  You also get all 48 colors and a selection of neutrals with the pastels.

RECIPE:  Stamps-Easter Blessings; Ink-Basic Brown; CS-Very Vanilla & Crushed Curry; and Blender Pens with Stampin' Pastels.

 

New Look....Almost

I am not the most computer savvy person in the world.  I freely admit this.  =)  I have learned a lot about blogging and computers from the "try, try again and even then, keep trying" method.  I have recently ordered a book to help me figure out Typepad a little better but I thought until it arrives, I would do some playing with my blog.  Let's face it.  I am impatient and wanted a change now and couldn't wait for the new book to arrive on my doorstep.  So I have been playing and figuring out how to create my own, custom blog on Typepad.  

So now you are seeing the tentative, final result.  I still have some tweaking to do over the next few days but overall I am pleased with the results.  Especially since I had no idea what I was doing when I got started an hour ago.  =)

My blog header was created with My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up!  I love this software because there is so much you can do with it: scrapbook pages, cards, calendars, DVDs, blog headers, widgets and so much more.  I honestly had no idea about the possibilities until I started playing with it.  All the paper colors, stamps, punches, etc. are exclusive to Stampin' Up!  So it is so fun to be able to play with all of that fun stuff on my computer.

My new signature is also from MDS.  In previous posts it looked a little fuzzy (you may have noticed last week that my custom header was also looking a little fuzzy).  After playing around on MDS and Adobe Photo Shop I finally figured out how to resize the image and get it saved at the right resolution.  I am much happier with the result.  I will be working on a widget for my Facebook Stamping Bliss page as well.  If you are not a fan you are missing out on class updates, exciting upcoming projects and so much more.  So sign up to be a fan and don't miss any of my fabulous opportunities to stamp.  =)

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of my new 'look'.  I will keep working on it this weekend and will hopefully get all the page links straightened out and back up and running.