I will be announcing the winner this afternoon for the Operation Gratitude Card Challenge! The Adorable Owls stamp set will be mailed out on Monday to the winner! Best of luck!
There are additional Sale-A-Bration items now! Please remember all Sale-A-Bration items are while supplies last.
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward.
Have you ever been in a crowd of people and the entire group seems to only have one perspective? It seems that once emotion (whether it be anger, sadness, or happiness) permeates a crowd it is contagious. Everyone seems to be of the same emotion.
These are the times I step back and analyze if I am being swept away via peer pressure or if it something I am truly feeling. At those moments I tend to stay quiet while the rest are quite ruckus. And, if you know me, I am not one to stay quiet usually.
It’s at these times that usually someone will ask why I am so quiet. It’s at this moment that I will give a different point of view.
Are you out of character when you are deep in thought or processing something? Do you get more quiet, loud…?
Remember that just because your opinion is different it is not wrong. Make sure to speak up.
It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today I want to show you the new products that start on March 1! I am also going to create a shaker card and a diagonal pocket card. Enjoy!
Here are the instructions for both of these.
Hello Card
Cut Thick Very Vanilla Card Stock with the Paper Trimmer to 5 ½” X 8 ½”. On the 8 ½” side score at 4 ¼”. This is your card base.
Cut Starry Sky Card Stock to 5 ¼” X 4”. Attach to card base with Stampin’ Seal. This is your outer mat.
Cut Naturally Gilded 12” X 12” Specialty Designer Series Paper to 5” X 3 ¾”. Attach to outer mat with Stampin’ Seal. This is your inner mat.
Cut Orchid Oasis Card Stock to 4 ¾” X 3 ½”. Run through Machine with Basic 3D Embossing Folder. Attach to inner mat with Stampin’ Seal. This is your accent.
Cut Starry Sky Card Stock to 4 7/8” X 3 5/8” and then cut out with coordinating die in the Irresistible Blooms Dies. Cut out a Window Sheet at 4 ¾” X 3 ½”. Attach to Starry Sky piece with Mini Glue Dots. Then place Foam Adhesive Strips around cut out circle to create the pocket for the shaker card. Fill center with Loose Frosted Dots. Then peel backing off of the strips and place over the Dots.
Stamp on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock in Starry Sky Ink “hello” with the Irresistible Blooms Cling Stamp Set. Attach yellow frosted dots with Mini Glue Dots. Attach to front with Mini Glue Dots.
Diagonal Pocket Card
Cut Calypso Coral Card Stock to 4 ¼” X 11”. On the 11” side score at 5 ½”. This is your card base.
Cut Petal Pink Card Stock to 5 ¼” X 4”. Attach to card base with Stampin’ Seal. This is your outer mat.
Cut Basic White Card Stock to 5 1/8” X 3 7/8”. Attach to outer mat with Stampin’ Seal. This is your inner mat.
Cut a piece of Hello, Irresistible 6” X 6” Designer Series Paper to 3 7/8” X 3 7/8”. Then cut diagonally. Place Stampin’ Seal only on the outer edges, not on the long diagonal. Then attach to the inner mat forming the pocket.
Cut Calypso Coral Card Stock to 2 7/8” X 4 5/8”. This is your base for the tag that goes into the pocket.
Cut Basic White Card Stock to 2 ¾” X 4 ½”. Stamp sentiment in Calypso Coral Ink. On the bottom left corner stamp a partial flower in Calypso Coral Ink. Tip: Make sure to stamp off so the flower isn’t as bright as the sentiment. Attach to the base of the tag with Stampin’ Seal. Then place in pocket.
It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended!
You know that you can use the Water Painter and the Blender Pen to blend when you color with Watercolor Pencils. But did you know that you can also use the Color Lifter?
How many products do you use in not the “right” way? Please tell me in the comments section.
It’s Technique Tuesday! Today’s technique is more of a tip.
When dry embossing…if you want to emboss both sides of your card stock at the same time then fold your project in half. But you will need to adjust your platform to correct for the extra thickness. In this case (for a regular embossing folder) I took out plate 2 and replaced it with a thin backing from the Designer Series Paper folded in half.
For this Club from February 16-28 order $50 or more in product with host code ZJVGDRVK or using the link https://www.stampinup.com?hostcode=ZJVGDRVK to qualify. (You can also place your order directly with me but it will not be submitted until March 1.) There is no commitment unlike past Clubs. There is simply a bonus. To read more details about Club please go to https://stampingwithjoni.wordpress.com/cluborderbonus.
Open Day Session
Come on out for the Open Day Session on Saturday any time from 10-3!
Online Shopping
My retired stamp sets as well as finished projects are now available online! There is not an option for local pick up except during the Open Day Session or any other local event. Go to https://stampingwithjoni.wordpress.com/shop/ to take a look.
Host Availability
Are you missing in-person classes? Well, now you can choose everything. When you choose to be a host you get to pick exactly what you want: your location, your food, your projects, and your free products.
So let me know where I am going and when. I look forward to what ideas you have to share with me!
As you may know I was at the 29 Palms Farmers’ Market holding the first ever class! 🙂 (If you missed it I will probably do it again.) I did hold a raffle and would like to announce the winner.
Tim Coghill!!!
Congratulations Tim! Please comment on the to claim your prize! I will contact you for a mailing address. Congratulations again!
It’s Sabbath Sunday! This is the day to rest so you can be recharged for the week.
For me the best way to rest is to sleep in.
The second best way to rest is to have a slow morning.
And the third best way is to have some self care by going to work out. At the gym I can put my ear buds in and tune everyone else out. Lately since I have been more consistent in my moving it is not such a dreaded event. I am finding that less and less hurts. Since I can move more I feel less frustrated.
What is something you used to dread but with practice is now more manageable?
There’s a new challenge out! Mail me your cards (with envelopes) by February 25! For each card that you get to me (mail or drop off) by February 25 you will get an entry into the raffle to win the Adorable Owls Set. Winner will be announced on the afternoon of the 25th (after the mail comes). The set will be mailed out the following Monday to the winner! Best of luck!
There are additional Sale-A-Bration items now! Please remember all Sale-A-Bration items are while supplies last.
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward.
Well, eight days from now is when you need to get your cards in for the challenge. I will be donating the cards to Operation Gratitude. If you don’t know what they are all about please go check it out at https://operationgratitude.com.
Stamping With Joni and the Red Door Crafters 