It's Here!! The 2014 Holiday Catalogue!

Fall is the best time of year for crafting!  With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner there is never a shortage of fun projects to be made.   This years Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue has so many wonderful inspiring items to get you in the mood to create!

Here are FIVE of my favourite items from this Catalogue.

Fall Fest Photopolymer Bundle - 137628   $43.25

Holiday Home Photopolymer Bundle - 137631  $39.75

Confetti Stars Punch  135861 - $29.95

Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle - 137624 $53.25

All is Calm Speciality Designer Series Paper - 135823  $15.95

Of course there are 30 or 40 other items I could put on this list but these popped out at me right away.  The bundles are such a great deal and all of them are so versatile.  I have many clients who love to scrapbook and create cards and these are great for both!  I used the top one "Fall Fest" for my Thanksgiving Centrepiece last week as well as for next months Scrapbook Club page.

Click on the catalogue above to link to the on-line store. 

Watch for my Christmas Card classes, where we will surly be using the product above to create some great cards for your friends and family.

Have a wonderful day.

November 1 ... Now that was fun!!

Well Halloween is officially behind us for another year which in my house means my daughter is one year older and both my girls are riding on a candy high for the next week!!   We had over 80 kids at our house last night (for us that's pretty good) and there were some amazing costumes.  Of course the smallest ones are the cutest but we had a couple of good scary ones too!

My bumble bee and giraffe made out well on their hunt for treats too so we are fully stocked in the sugar department.   The best news of the day is that it was Snow free!  It's really all I ask from mother nature, is to have a snow free Halloween.



Speaking of Snow, it is the first of the month and that means an all new "Best Of" set!   This month is  "Best of .... Snow!"   It is Adorable!!
We are coming to an end of the 25th anniversary celebrations but I think they are saving some of the cutest sets for the end!

Best Of Snow Clear-Mount Stamp Set
134387  Price: $17.95

Another great reason to be happy November has arrived is the MDS Seasonal Sale starts today!


And not only do you get 30% off MDS products but check this out...

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING DAYS KICKOFF

November 1, 2013

We are totally excited for Digital Scrapbooking Days! You might even say, we are "amped up" because we're kicking things off with 50% off the Amped Up Ampersands Kit. Over on MyDigitalStudio.net, our guest bloggers are sharing some projects to highlight this kit. 

Don't forget, tomorrow we have a FREE download, another daily deal, guest bloggers, and even more fun on Digital Scrapbooking Day! 

Don't forget to check back daily for the MDS Deals and go to My Online Store to order your Favourite Digital Scrapbooking products!!

It Feels Like Fall today!

Here in Calgary we have had a wonderful September, warm and sometimes even hot weather!  Very little rain and lots of sun.  Until today.   Today it is cold and rainy.  I hear there is even snow in the mountains.  On the up side tomorrow things are drying out and warming a little, we may even have some beautiful white-capped mountains to look at. 

It's the kind of day that is made for a good book and a coffee.   Or if you are me, crafting and a chai tea latte!   This weather makes me want to start in on Halloween projects.  Of course I have been working on those since August, but in my house there can never be enough Halloween décor.

Today I will show you a really simple project made from one single sheet of Designer Series Paper!   This year's Stampin' UP Holiday Catalogue has some of my all time favourite Halloween DSP (Witches Brew 132185) and for this project I used one single sheet and made a really fun sign to hang in our entry way. 

Witches Brew - Halloween Sign

Here is how I turned this single piece of paper into a fun holiday decoration;
I cut the paper into the sections that it was already divided into on the sheet. I then attached each section to a piece of cardboard with modge podge and attached each bottom piece to the top piece with wire.

The cardboard I used was the sheet of thin cardboard that came with the DSP. 

I then sponged in some colour where I wanted a hint of colour and used more Modge Podge over the top of the paper.


Once the Modge dried I sanded some areas, added some Washi Tape, added Rhinestones I had coloured with black sharpie, and ribbon to decorate.



That's it!  The rest of the DSP in the package is really fun too, check it out!


Witches Brew DSP  132185 $13.50

Hope you like the sign.   Let me know what you think.

And don't forget to check out the LNS Treasure Hunt for your chance to win FREE Stampin' Up Products!   Click Here.

 

 

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca

        

Best Part of Halloween? My complete lack of will power!

As if I need a holiday that is all about candy consumption to get me to eat tiny chocolate bars!  I keep that stuff out of my house all year so that I don't eat it (and yet I still manage to get my fill of chocolate) but every Oct. 31 my kids bring home bags of candy to tempt me.   I do my best to tell myself it's for the kids but that does not stop me from sneaking a little chocolate bar or two!

I enjoy eating the candy just as much as I enjoy dressing it up to make cute little gifts for my kids and neighbours.  One of my favorites from this years Holiday Catalogue are these great little muslin bags that I can use to hold a large variety of candy.  These little bags can be decorated to suit your needs and they are adorable!!

Check out my CASE from the Stampin Connection magazine.  I loved it so I had to recreate it, my way.

 I used Halloween Hello Stamp set for this one.  The ink is Black Stazon, Versamark, and Cajun Craze.  I used Heat and Stick powder for the glitter skull and white embossing powder for the sentiment.   I also colours some rhinestones with an orange sharpie and add those.  I'll admit that little hint of black glimmer paper is not SU but I just loved it!

The bag itself was spritzed with black re-inker and alcohol and then stamped with the skull in Black Stazon.
I used a die from the Chaulk Talk Framelits set to create this tag along with the Decorative Lable Punch. ticket duo punch and a couple of circle punches.  Ok that sounds like a lot of work but I promise it was not!

 

 

I also created this little witches broom with a piece of black licorice and some of the Witches Brew DSP.  I have seen these before and wanted to give it a try.  The only draw back to this cute little broom is I do not know a single child and very few adults that like Black licorice! It sure is cute though.  

 

 

These are great little bags!   132180  14.95 CAD or Bundle it!

Morning Post Clear-Mount Bundle 133292  28.95 CAD

 

One more thing ... Stampin' UP just added some new items to the Clearance Rack!  Check it out.

 

 

 

And don't forget to check out the LNS Treasure Hunt for your chance to win FREE Stampin' Up Products!   Click Here.

 

 

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca

        

Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial! - Owl Sucker Holder

Last Halloween I created a cute little broom out of a sucker for my Halloween Club project.  I was really happy with how it turned out but I never thought in my wildest dreams it would be featured on Splitcoast Stampers!   SCS is one of my absolutely favourite web sites for paper crafting.  There are literally thousands of ideas, examples, and tutorials. 

Bette from SCS contacted me and told me she had chosen my little broom to feature as a Tutorial this August and I was honoured.    I set to work on a tutorial and Bette was nice enough to make a video.  So today it went live! 

If you have not been to the Splitcoast Stampers webpage then you should check it out.  The gallery alone is worth the visit.  There is an entire Stampin' Up Gallery that is categorized by stamp set so if you have a set that you want to use you can look it up on this site and get tons of great ideas for it.

Check it out at www.splitcoaststampers.com you will not regret it.

 

Here is the link to the Tutorial on SCS.

 

 

Have a great Day!

 

And don't forget to check out the LNS Treasure Hunt for your chance to win FREE Stampin' Up Products!   Click Here.

 

 

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca

 

 

 

From Swap to C.A.S.E -- Part 1

Swaps are one of the best parts of Convention but usually I make my trades,  look over the cards and pick one or two that I will case and the rest sit around in a box.   I have loads of swaps from over the years.

    This year I decided to try something a little different.   Instead of looking at the card for it's face value I looked at it as a starting point for inspiration.   Even if I did not love it upon first glance I looked closer for what I did love about it.  Maybe I was not a big fan of the colour or it was not my favourite stamp set but that does not mean it could not inspire me to create! 

C.A.S.E. stands for Copy And Share Everything so I thought I about that when I looked at each swap.  I have to say at Convention this year I got a lot of great swaps so I did not have to work hard to come up with my own version of these.

Over the next week or two I will be posting a series called Swap to CASE.  I will be giving you examples of the swaps I have received and how I recreated them with my own twist.  

Lets get started.  

The Card on the left is the Swap I received from Lynne Seijan.  On the right is my card.   I really love the designer tape and wanted to carry that over so I started with that.  I do not have the same stamp set but these little bats from the New Holiday Catalogue are totally adorable.  The Designer Series Paper is the same but I added a larger piece and downsized the top layer so you could see it a bit more.

I used Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White, changed up the sentiment to match my card and added bling (Rhinestones) mainly because I love bling!

One thing about swaps you should know is that most swaps are just a card front and therefore do not have a base attached.  I added a base to all of my cards but I tried not to change the layers too much otherwise.

Well that is my first card in my Swap to CASE series.  I have more on the way so keep checking back.

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca

Scrapbook MDS -- February Layout

As I said on January 1st I send out a Scrapbook Layout as a Challenge to my clients every month.  My goal is to get them motivated to use the great Stampin Up Products they purchase from me!  By doing this double page layout every month you would have a 24 page book at the end of the year!  I use MDS to create my Layout and my example but all of that could be translated to paper easily enough!  I encourage everyone to put their own spin on it and of course let me know how it turned out!

Here is this month's layout.  It is a little more detailed than last months but sometimes you just have to go for it and make a great busy and fun page!  My inspiration for this layout came from Pinterest!  There are endless ideas on that site for everything!!!

Page 1

Page 2

Creating Circles can be a challenge without the right tools, Big Shot Circle dies or other cutting products can really help you get that look you are going for!  Edge punches are an essential tool for Scrapbookers too.  Adding small details like a scalloped edge can really put a page together! Of course a Scrapbook page is nothing without really great Designer Series Paper.  I used the MDS download "Wicked Fun" one I have in paper also as I know many of my clients do too.

 

My hope is that these layouts will help you to create something fun and lasting for you and your family!  Scrapbooks may contain photos with wonderful memories but they also are put together with love and creativity that will endure.  Happy Crafting!

 

Have a great Day!!!

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca 

 

 

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

This is a very busy time for me.  My oldest daughters birthday is today and of course it is Halloween and because of this I did not get a project done for today so I am going to show you a project I made a couple of years ago. This is a little hand Sanitizer holder that I got from Erica at Pink Buckaroo Designs. Too cute right?. 

 

I hope you are enjoying the day and if you are affected by Hurricane Sandy I hope and pray you and yours are all safe and sound.

Thanks for looking!

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca   

Challenge -- Freshly Made Sketches # 57

It has been a little while since I did a challenge and I always love the FMS Challenges and I have been wanting to use the Pick Your Poison DSP I got last Halloween.  This was the perfect opportunity!  I love the Pick Your Poison Suite from last year.   It is so creepy yet elegant and you can see the SPOOKY Banner and Halloween houses I made last year using the same products here. 

I used Cajun Craze for the base and a layer of Basic Black behind the Pick Your Poison DSP.  Black Satin Ribbon to accent along with a Brain in a Jar (how awesome is that little brain!?).

 

 

To see the great entries from Freshly Made Sketches this week Click Here!

 

 



I hope you like my little Halloween Card.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thanks for looking!

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca  

Halloween Treat Boxes

Halloween is just around the corner and I have been working on ideas for a quick little treat box for my daughters pre-school class.  I wanted something that would be really simple to make and that would help me use up some of my old Halloween DSP!  I have a lot of retired DSP and I am always looking for ways to use it up so I have a reason to get more.  Using the Petite Pocket Die and the Matchbox Die (retired) I created these little boxes.

 I used some Creepy Crawly DSP as well as Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, More Mustard, and Whisper White Card Stock.   I also used the retired stamp set Booglie Eyes and the current sets  Teeny, Tiny Wishes and Mixed Medley.  

 If you want to check out some of my other Halloween creations Click Here! 

Have a great weekend everyone.

Thanks for looking!

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca 

Halloween Treat/Sucker Holder

We had our first Club meeting last night and it was a great time with such a fun group of ladies.   We made this great little Halloween Treats.  

 Here is a quick HOW TO:

Chocolate Chip Card Stock cut to 2 1/4" x 2" and 3/4" x 5/8".
and More Mustard cut to  6 x 2 1/4, Score at 1/2 on the long side.

Break fibres of paper by running it along the edge of a table or counter.  You need to make the paper more pliable so it will wrap around the stem of the sucker.

Using a strong adhesive wrap the Chocolate Chip Card Stock around the stem.  I used the small piece inside the hole at the end of the sucker.  I cut it half way down in strips to make it look worn.

Distress the More Mustard piece by sponging the edges in Soft Suede and using the spritzer to add some splatter also in Suede!

Cut the Mustard piece up to the score line in strips (try not to be perfect.  It looks better if the strips are in different widths).  Using a very strong adhesive wrap the uncut 1/2" scored section around the base of the sucker.  You can wrap some linen thread around the base  and decorate as you see fit!  I used the fun Owl Builder Punch from Stampin Up and the great new Champaign Glimmer Paper in the Mini.


To the right you can see a great way to use a       2-D version on a scrapbook page!  This would look good on a card also. 

Thanks for looking!

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca 

Challenge -- Freshly Made Sketches #51

I went in to my stash of retired Stampin' Up products when I saw this weeks sketch challenge from FMS this morning and using some fun Halloween DSP and one of my favourite Halloween Stamp Set I went to work! 

The Paper is Creepy Crawly DSP from a few years ago, Dusty Durango (also retired), Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, and More Mustard.

The Stamp Set is Booglie Eyes, it is retired but there is a current set that is just as cute. I used pencil crayons and blender pens to colour him in. I also used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment. I also used loads of Circle punches and the retired Spiral Edge Border Punch.

 

To check out the FMS Challenge and all the wonderful entries click the link below.

 

Freshly Made Sketches #51

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca