More Swaps!

As promised here are a few more swaps! Both of these swaps used the Avant Garden. I really like this set. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it! One can never have enough flower stamp sets!

This first one was done by another good friend Dale. Dale also helped in the planning and preparing of our Spring Fling event. The background was the top of the flower stamped repeatedly around the border. Doesn't it look like patterned paper? Very simple, but elegant I think!

This next one was made by another good friend Debbie. I just love these colors. Really makes you think spring! The stripes behind the top layer is the new 2016-2018 Envelope Paper! I didn't get this paper, I'm going to think twice about that paper. You can obviously use it to make envelopes, but using it as you would patterned paper! I really like these new colors they introduced in the annual catalog. Don't they look yummy?






I hope you enjoyed these cards and have inspired you to make some of your own or want to get this set! If you need any of the supplies to re-create them you can find them in my store.

Spring Fling!?

No it is spring, sad to say, but our Spring Fling event is over and I can now concentrate on my classes, blogging, and everything else! We had a great day and everyone loved the projects we had planned. If you're wondering what the Spring Fling event was, it's our local event that my upline Tina puts on and I've been helping her plan and prepare it for the last several years. As demonstrators for Stampin' Up! we get together to share ideas, create stamped projects, learn about new products and business ideas. We had a couple of organized swaps, which I participated in and had lots of fun in general. Over the next few weeks, I'll share with you the swaps that I made and received. The smaller swap was for Sale-a-Bration.
Sale-a-Bration is a huge sale that Stampin' Up! has every year, starting in January. You get a FREE item for every $50 you spend, so everyone makes out. To top it off, last year Stampin' Up! started adding product halfway into this huge event! So next week you'll have even more items to choose from!
This first swap is mine. I used the Designer Tee set. The "Happy Birthday" is from that set, along with many other sayings that fit great into the Tee framelit in the Occasion Catalog. I didn't get that framelit (I know crazy!) but wanted to show it being used without the framelit. I also used the Candle Border punch. We made a similar card at the recent Open House. I tried to keep it simple, so if the recipients wanted to use it for a class. That's part of the reason for participating in a swap, is to get ideas and to have more samples! I hope you enjoy!

The next swap is from a good friend Gayle. She ran the swap and came all the way down from Massachusetts to be with us! Doesn't she do lovely work! She used Delicate Details. I love the colors, very soothing, don't you think? This is a very easy card to duplicate for a class!

 Well I hope you enjoyed these cards and I will post a few more in a couple of days!

New Name!!!

I have been working on "branding" myself and in doing so wanted to have the same name everywhere. So if have been looking for me at cyndystamps.blogspot.com it isn't there anymore. I'm hoping this will work. I now have to change my business cards, flyers, etc. But hoping in the long run it helps. I called my blog Cyndy's Creative Corner but the address was cyndystamps because that was my Stampin' Up! web address. Well guess what? I changed that too! After such a long time at one address this is a BIG step for me. I want to make more of an appearance online so here we go! I hope you like it!

So with all that, I had a great open house over the weekend. We had LOTS of displays and a fun make n' take. Here is the make n' take we did Saturday.

Here are a couple of pictures from the open house.

Another Beautiful You!

I had sent a picture of a card I did with Beautiful You set. Here is another quick and easy card using that same set. I used the new watercolor pencils to color in the one image and the aqua painter. It really makes her stand out don't you think?

I just layered this on Basic Black, Stamped the "celebrate" from the set and used a heart from the silver & gold enamel collection. Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy card. If you need more info, please let me know.

Succulents

I was over at my upline's home yesterday working on our Spring Fling event and started talking about the Oh So Succulent stamp set and coordinating framelits. So we decided to get together today to making some as a display for our upcoming event. I couldn't wait so I started making some last night! Once I started, I just couldn't stop! Here is what I have done so far! Wouldn't you just love to make these? Well you're in luck! I'm in the process of putting together a class so you can make your very own! Let me know what dates are good for you!

Happy Stampin'
Cyndy

Valentine Card

Just realizing it's Tuesday and didn't post anything since last week! Wow that time flew by! Took down my Christmas decorations and boy does it look bare! Had to get my order in for my Valentine Sampler Class later this month and stock up on cardstock. It's amazing how quickly I've been going through that stuff. So I thought I'd post a quick and simple Valentine card. I did CASE this card, but of course I don't know where to give credit. I don't send out cards for this holiday, but do like to make something for my husband. That card I'll post later, since it is part of my Technique Class this Saturday. If you'd like to join us just RSVP on my website so I'll have enough supplies for everyone.

Below are the supplies I used. I just ran the Whisper White cs through the embossing folder, stamped the sentiment and then punched it out and used dimensionals to attach. The heart and arrow are from the Love Notes Framelits in the new Occasions along with the stamp set. I attached the arrow & heart with glue dots. You can click on any of the items to order or go to my store and order there! Remember it's Sale-a-Bration so every time you order $50 you get a FREE Sale-a-Bration item! Don't forget to download my customer loyalty tracking sheet!

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Product List

• Sealed With Love Photopolymer Bundle [144705] $45.75
• Sealed With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [142815] $21.00
• Love Notes Framelits Dies [142752] $30.00
• Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $8.00
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] $6.50
• Red Glimmer Paper [121790] $5.00
• Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $5.00
• Classic Label Punch [141491] $18.00
• Happy Heart Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [137364] $7.50
• Glue Dots [103683] $5.25
• Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
• Big Shot [143263] $110.00
• Precision Base Plate [139684] $25.00

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Huge Meltdown!!!

Well our Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-Bration went live yesterday and unfortunately Stampin' Up! had a technical issue. They worked all day to fix the issue and trying to find out what happened. They are truly sorry for all the problems this may have caused everyone and hope this doesn't happen again. It was just a coincidence that it was on the day these catalogs went live. So all is well and if you need help with anything, please let me know.

I'm putting in a link for another fabulous product, this time one that's in the Occasions Catalog. This is using the Balloon Pop-Ups framelits. It's such a fun easy die to use and really delivers a huge WOW factor to the recipient. I'm also scheduling a product base class using this bundle.

Well that's it for today!
Happy Stampin'
Cyndy