Inkin With Dink

Sweet Soiree designer series paper

Hello Stampers!  My latest team swap was anything using the Sweet Soiree designer series paper.  It was such a fun swap to participate in because the paper is so beautiful!  Here are the swaps that I received:

 This card was made by Debbie H.

  I made this card.

 This card was made by Sandy.

 This card was made by Pat V.

 This card was made by Lynn.

 This card was made by Tracy.

 This card was made by Diane.

 This card was made by Pat B.

 This card was made by Deborah.

 This card was made by Julie.

  This card was made by Sheila.

 This card was made by Jeri!

Aren't they all beautiful cards?  I love this designer series paper pack.  If this has helped you out and gotten you excited about this pack too, leave me a comment and let me know!  I will be drawing a name to win a FREE card!

Roomie gifts

Hello Stampers!  I realized that I never shared with you what I received as roomie gifts from OnStage this year!  I did share with you the gifts that I made for everyone:

And here are the gifts that I received:

This cute little nugget holder was made by Sheila.

 

Sheila also made this cute box that had a lotion bar in it!

Pat made us these cute little boxes with chocolate in them!  YUM!

My friend Sue made these cute little bags that were filled with OnStage essentials!!!

My friend Renee made me this personalized bone folder!  It has a charm on the end with my initial!  

 Finally, some super sweet demonstrator gave me this post-it note holder that she had made!  So cute and she was just giving them away!

Wouldn't you love to join us next time and receive some wonderful gifts from your friends?  Our next Stampin' Up! event will be OnStage in November!  We will be headed to Orlando!!!  Join the Cardinal Stampers team and go with us!!

Leave me a comment and I will be drawing a name to win a FREE card!

 

Ladies luncheon

Hello Stampers!  For our April Cardinal Stampers meeting, we had a ladies luncheon!  Two of our members agreed to host it and it was fabulous!  Here are some pictures of the event:

 This is the room before we all arrived

This was our place settings!

These are some pictures of our show n' tell table.

These are some entries for our sketch challenge.

 These are some entries for the color challenge.

Here are the ladies completing their make n' takes.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!  We have such a great time at our meetings!  I would love to have you join us some time!  Leave me a comment and I'll be drawing a name to win a FREE card!

Watercolor Background with Acrylic Block

Hello Stampers!  It's Make a Card Monday!  Today I showed how to make a watercolor background using an acrylic block.    Here is the card that we will be making on the video:

And here is the video:

 

Leave me a comment if you would like to win one of these cards!  I will be drawing from the coments for someone to win the card that I made!

Guy Greetings & Flower Shop

Hello Stampers!  Today I thought I would share with you a couple more retiring stamp sets.  If you haven't checked out the retiring list from Stampin' Up! yet, here it is.  All of the stamp sets are guaranteed availability through May 25th.  Retiring accessories are only available while supplies last!

Here are some samples using the Flower Shop stamp set:

 This card was made by Pat B.

 I made this card for a swap I participated in.

Here are some samples using the Guy Greetings stamp set:

 I made this card for a class.

 I made this card for a class.

 This card was a swap by Kim Vogel.

I will be holding a So Hard To Say Goodbye event on Saturday, May 5th.  We will be at Faith Lutheran Church from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  The cost of the event is $15 or FREE with a purchase.  We will be making 5 make n' takes, playing games, and socializing!  Please RSVP and I hope to see you there!

Leave me a message and let me know which of these two stamp sets you like the best!  I will be drawing a name to win a FREE card!

Cool Treats and Birthday Blooms

Hello Stampers!  Have you been checking out the retiring stamp list?  There are tons of sets that Stampin' Up! will be saying goodbye to at the end of May!  Here is the list in case you missed it.

Over the next few weeks I will be periodically showcasing some of the sets that are retiring.  Today I'm going to be showing Cool Treats stamp set and Birthday Blooms stamp set.

Here are some samples made with the Cool Treats stamp set.  This is also the set that I'm featuring in my online class this month, so if you are thinking you absolutely need it, register for my online class so you will receive a kit to make 5 cards with it too!

 This is a tag that I made at a class I attended.

And here are some samples using the Birthday Blooms stamp set.

 This card was made by Karen.

 This card was a swap made by Kelley Strate.

 This card was made by Sandy Carlson.

 This card was made by Karen.

I'm holding a It's So Hard to Say Goodbye event on Saturday, May 5th.  We will be at Faith Lutheran Church from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  The cost of the event is $15 and we will be making 5 projects using retiring stamp sets.  We will also play games, socialize, and just have fun!  Please RSVP if you can make it to the event!  I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a message and let me know which of these two stamp sets is your favorite!!  I will draw a name to win a FREE card!

 

Stampin' Up! 2018 - 2019 Catalog Preorder

Hello Stampers!  I received my catalog preorder from the UPS guy yesterday, but since I had a class last night, I decided to wait until today to open it and share it with you all!  I LOVE some of the new products!!

Here is my Facebook Live video I did this morning!  Take a look:

 

After you watch the video, leave me a comment here and tell me something you saw that you are excited about!  I'll be doing a drawing to give away a FREE card!

 

Alaska Achievers Monthly Blog Hop

Hello Stampers!  Welcome to the Alaska Achievers Monthly Blog Hop!  I'm so excited about this month's topic which is OnStage!  I have posted a few times already over the last two weeks showing pictures from the event, swap cards, roomie gifts, table settings, snacks, and the goodies that I received!  So I decided that today I would share some thank you cards that I made using some of the new product that we received!  

I created these note cards using both some new items and some of our current or retiring products.  The new stamp set I used is the upcoming Animal Outing stamp set.  It is so cute!!  

The notecards are from a pack called Delightfully Detailed note cards which will be in the upcoming catalog.

Here are some close-ups:

 This card uses some of our burlap ribbon which will be carrying over.  I colored the images with watercolor pencils.

 This card was colored with our Stampin' Blends.  The gorgeous ribbon is our new velvet ribbon and the notice the new Artisan Pearls!!  Love them!

 This card was also colored with our Stampin' Blends.  I used one of our retiring Metallic Foil Doilies and the cute little heart on the kangaroo pouch is from the Cookie Cutter Builder punch.

Leave me a comment and let me know which of the three notecards you like the best!  I will be holding a drawing from the comments to receive one of these notecards for FREE!  

 

Graduation card

Hello Stampers!  I recently got an order for 10 graduation cards, so I thought I would make one and share with you for Make a Card Monday!  Stampin' Up! doesn't have a current graduation sets, so I had to be creative!  Here is what I came up with:

 I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set for the sentiment and the Large Numbers Framelits for the graduation year.  The video tells other supplies that I used.

 

Thanks for watching!  Let me know if you have any graduation cards that you have to make this year!!  I'll draw a name from the comments to win a FREE card!

OnStage goodies

Hello Stampers!  I always love to attend Stampin' Up!'s OnStage events because I come home with a lot of goodies!!  Just look at this stash:

And here is an upclose of my favorite item:

 This is a lightbox and it came with tons of extra letters and numbers!  So fun!!

 I just about forgot my travel mug!  It was being washed when I took the picture!  Thanks Stampin' Up!!!

Leave me a comment and I'll do a drawing for a FREE card!

OnStage 2018

Hello Stampers!  Today I thought I would share with you some pictures from OnStage in Milwaukee.  We had such a great time!  There were two members from my team that went with me.

  We started on Friday evening.  That was the CenterStage event which is held for those at a certain title and above.  Our theme for the evening was 80's since Stampin' Up! is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year! 

 This was our centerpieces at our tables!

 Shelli was at our location!

 

 Tanner and Shannon dressed up too!

 We were given our catalogs that evening too!!!

Saturday started bright and early!

 Here we are waiting for the doors to open!

 These are our place settings.   

Our beautiful table centerpieces!

 It was a full house!  1100 of us in Milwaukee!

It is always great seeing friends we only get to see a couple of times a year!

 Snack time!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Tomorrow I will share pictures of swaps and samples!  Leave me a comment and let me know if you think you would like to attend a big stamping event like this!!  They are super fun!!  I will draw a name to win a FREE card!

Make a Card Monday

Hello Stampers!  I'm still struggling to get caught up after being out of town for OnStage for a few days!  Tomorrow I am hoping to post some pictures from the trip!

Today I want to share my Make a Card Monday video.  I decided that with Father's Day and my hubby's birthday coming up, I should probably focus on some masculine cards.  We will be using the Truly Tailored bundle from the Occasions catalog.  It will be retiring soon, so if you are interested in purchasing any of the supplies I used in the video, I would suggest you do it soon!

Here is the card that we will be making:

And here is the video:

 

Be sure to leave me a comment when you finish watching the video!  I will draw a name to win the card that I made!

 

Retiring Lists are Out!

Hello Stampers!  I'm all behind from being out of town for three days!  Then today, first day back, and I had my church ministry twice today!  I did get my Make a Card Monday video recorded, but not edited, so it will be out tomorrow!  Today, I just wanted to make sure everyone is aware that the retiring lists are out!

Stampin' Up! is retiring items from both the Occasions catalog and the annual catalog.  All stamp sets are guaranteed available until May 25th.  All accessories are only available while supplies last.  Let me tell you, things do sell out VERY quickly, especially retiring in-color products.

Check out the lists, make your wish list, and get your order placed today!!!  Be sure to use hostess code ANPZBD46 to receive your kit to make this super cute gift card holder!

Let me know if you have any questions!  Leave me a comment to have your name entered in the drawing for a FREE card!

Roomie gifts

Hello Stampers!  Today I'm traveling home from Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event!  Whenever we attend Stampin' Up! events, it is always fun to make little gifts for your roommates and friends.  I figured today would be a safe day to share the gifts that I made since they would have all seen them by now.

 On the left is one of our Striped Treat Bags.  I have filled it with candy.  The oval on the outside is actually a bag tag.  Everyone who attends the event will receive a bag.  They will all look exactly alike!!  I like to make tags for my team to put on their bags so they can easily tell theirs apart from others.  There is a little binder ring attached to attach to the bag.

The little chalkboard thing on the right is to sit at the table.  There are two of the boards back to back with a little clothespin in the middle.  You can use it to hold a picture, recipe, etc.  I just thought they would be cute sitting on a desk.

Well, hopefully I will be able to tear myself away from my new catalog long enough to write a post tomorrow!  Leave me a comment and let me know something that you hope will be in the new catalog!  I'll draw a name for a FREE card!