Love & Sympathy - Hamilton Regionals 2012 Swap

Love and Sympathy....so simple!  Yet very striking.  I love it all!

No deets provided with this swap card, but here is my best guess at colours, etc.

Stamp Set:  Love and Sympathy

Paper:  Whisper White

Ink:  Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple

Accessories:  Extra Large Oval Punch, Designer Frames Folders,  Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Credits:  Brenda Blum....absolutely lovely Brenda!!

Anxious to see if this set makes its way into the new catalogue coming out the end of May!

The Retire List comes out on April 24!!  That's a Wednesday.  Make sure to check it out and place your order ASAP.  Retired Accessories only available while supplies last.

The list will not show up until Wednesday...go to  my Stampin' Up! website at www.cindymcgurk.stampinup.net

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?email=liam_cindy%40yahoo.ca&phone=(807)+735-3336

Thanks for stopping by...Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Hearts A Flutter - More Amore

Only 10 more days to the end of the Spring Catalogue!

I LOVE the Designer Builder Brads in the 2013 Spring Catalogue!  I made the card on page 12 of the catalogue.  I also love the dimension the brads and butterfly give.

Paper is More Amore (page 10) and there is a wee bit of stamping to make the brad centres.  To make the hearts for the centre, I used the Hearts a Flutter stamp set (page 11) and punched it out with the circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes pack.  The rounded pennants were die cut with the Hearts A Flutter Framelits Dies also on page 11.  

The sentiment is from Oh, Hello on page 4.  I used my Basic Grey marker and coloured just the "thanks".    There's also a new Bitty Butterfly punch  (page 13) which made a lovely centre piece!

Here's a closer look at the Designer Builder Brads

You can order these supplies on-line at

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/cindymcgurk/

www.cindymcgurk.stampinup.net

or contact me at

liam_cindy@yahoo.ca

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Awning and Pennant Builder Wheels - 2012 Hamilton Regionals Swap

A fun birthday card made with the Awning and Pennant Builder Wheels.  You can find them on page 45 of the 2012/203 Annual Catalogue.

All the detail make this a cheery, happy birthday card!  I love it all!

This is a swap card and I'll do my best to list all the ingredients used!  There was no supply list with this card.

Stamp Set:  Pennant Parade

Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, DSP Stacks

Accessories:  Adorning Accents Folders, Bakers Twine,  Brights Designer buttons,  Pennant Punch

Created by:  Tracy Raymond....thanks Tracy!

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Hand Knit - 2012 Every Set Canadian Swap

Isn't this an adorable card? And an adorable stamp set!  I participated in Wanda Dodd's Every Set Canadian Swap a while back and received awesome cards!  This card was made by DiAnne Hill of Nanoose Bay, BC!

I love this card and was very tempted to pick up my knitting again (but didn't LOL!)

Here are the deets DiAnne provided for this card...

Stamp Set:  Hand Knit

Card Stock:  Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum

Accessories:  Big Shot with Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Aqua Painter, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Subtes Brads, Dimensionals

Technique:  Big Shot and Reveresed Embossing.

Cased from:  Sue Noetzel

Happy Stamping....

Cindy

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Stippled Blossoms - Hamilton Regional 2012 Swap

The 2012 Hamilton Stampin' Up! Regionals seems like such a long time ago, but I have been meaning to post the wonderful swaps that I got while there.

This one is by Lisa Cheney.  She came all the way from Nova Scotia to join in on the fun.  I sat with her at convention and it was fun getting to know her a little.  Her work is lovely to say the least.  I love her card and the colours she used.  It is so pretty.

Lisa was kind enough to include the supplies...here they are:

Stamp Set:  Stippled Blossoms

Paper:  Comfort Cafe DSP, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Inks:  Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Wild Wasabi and Always Artichoke

Accessories:  Delicate Designs folder, Delicate Doilies Sizzlets, 2 12" circle punch, Dazzling Details and Island Indigo Ruffled ribbon.

I don't own this stamp set so it's great to have a sample!

Thanks Lisa!

Happy Stamping...

Cindy

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Swallowtail - Creative Convention

Here's a beautiful sample using the Swallowtail stamp set that I made as a make and take during the On-line Creative Convention 2013.  Raspberry Ripple and Basic Grey were used and that's one of the sheets from Print Poetry.

It really is an awesome stamp set.  I can't get enough of it!

Swallowtail stamp  (c) $16.95  product #129216

Swallowtail Stamp  (w) $21.95  product #129213

This is a large stamp approx. 5.5" wide and 4.25" tall

Print Poetry Designer Designer Series paper Stack  $8.50 for 48 sheets Product # 129312

4 each of 12 double-sided designs.

Each sheet is 4.5" X 6.5"

Order on-line at

www.cindymcgurk.stampinup.net

Here's a link...

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/cindymcgurk/

or contact me at

liam_cindy@yahoo.ca

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Secret Garden - Creative Convention

I participated in an on-line demonstrator event and they provided wonderful make and takes.  The event was called On-Line Creative Convention and it was fun making all their projects and listening to their informative videos!

This card uses the new Secret Garden stamp set; together with the Feel Goods stamp set for the sentiment and the faceted buttons that you can get free during Sale-a-bration until March 22.

Colours used were Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse and Baja Breeze.

I hope to post more of the projects in the weeks to come!

A quick post with a quick, fun card..

...thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Patterned Occasions - Getting Started

This is a stepped up version (see basic card below) of a card I created to incorporate the Getting Started products on page 151 of the 2013 catalogue.   I used the Festive Paper Piercing Pack  (carry over found on page 36 of spring catalogue) and framelits (Labels Collection on page 191 of main catalogue) for the image piece.

 Just getting started?  Here are the products for the basic card (shown below):

120954  8 1/2 X 11 Card Stock (you get 24 sheets; 2 ea. in 12 colours) $8.50

119979 Classic Stampin' Spots (you get 11 little ink pads 1 ea. in 11 colours $26.95

126902 Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper 12 X 12; 12 sheets 2 ea. of 6 double sided designs. $13.50

126877 Whisper White 1/4" Stiched Grosgrain Ribbon (or pick a different colour) 10 yards $6.75

119246 Rhinestone Basic Jewels; pkg of 150 3 different sizes $6.50 (or substitute brads for a couple of dollars more)

TOTAL  $62.20 (plus S/H) which means you get the stamp set

129624 (clear) Patterned Occasions FREE during Sale-a-bration.

This is a very popular sketch from Splitcoaststampers and is great for creating a quick and easy card.

The BASIC card made with the products from the Getting Started options.  No extra supplies needed except a paper cutter and adhesives.  You can use rhinestones or brads on your project.

Another version using the Big Shot and the Chevron embossing folder.

You don't need a lot of supplies to get started, especially if you purchase these supplies during Sale-a-bration...going on until Mar. 22!

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Floral District Circles

A quick post for a quick card!  This is a class card I did back in the fall I beleive.

 Circle and scallop punches are the main accessories used to make this card.  I also used Betsy's blossoms to make one of the flowers.  Otherwise the Floral District DSP does all the work!  So easy don't you think?!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Spice Cake Fabric and Dress Up Framelits

I LOVE this new framelits set Dress Up.  This is one of the four cards I did with fabric.

My card uses the colours from the fabric; Pool Party, Soft Suede and More Mustard.  The dress frames were part of a series of products related to the dress.  You can find them all on page 170 of the 2013 Spring Catalogue.

My background was made with En Francais; a very well loved stamp set.  The Ovals Collection framelits are also new (page 4)  The buttons are from the lovely Artisan Embellishments Kit that has tags, ticket stubs, lace, paper flowers, buttons, doilies.....There are 26 embellishments in all.  Page 10. 

The waistband was made with the ribbon you can get from Sale-a-bration that starts Tuesday the 22nd. Spend $60 and get it FREE.  There are 3 ribbon spools and 26 buttons.  The little scallop flower was made with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and a More Mustard brad from the 3/16" Regals Brads.

The sentiment I used is also a Sale-a-bration item!! It's on the flyer below.  Isn't it a great stamp set!  You can get it FREE!

Here is a pic of just 9 of the 19 items you can get during Sale-a-bration.  I haven't figured out how to capture page 2 of this document, so for now I'll just show this 9.   Contact me for further details...it's a great time to purchase from Stampin' Up!

Otherwise the card is pretty self explanatory.  No measurements needed.  Just cut out all your pieces and glue them on!!  Easy Peasy!  Card idea CASEd from Mary Rindal

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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