Tuesday, 24 January 2017

"It's A Girl" Stampin' Up! Any Occasion Scrapbook Page


Hi my friends and stampers! Today I'm sharing with you this sweet scrapbook page that I made for the Stampin' Up Canadian leadership conference which was held in Toronto last week. I felt so honoured (and super excited) when Stampin' Up asked me to be a display stamper for this event. It was my first time ever! I have since been waiting patiently to share my projects with the rest of you! There will be more to come in the following days and weeks so stay tuned! All of the projects I created for the display included stamps from the "Any Occasion" stamp set. You can earn this stamp set for free with a qualifying purchase (in Canada that equates to a merchandise purchase of $60). Feel free to contact me to get your free set during Sale-A-Bration! You won't want to miss out!


I'm not going to lie, traditional 12 by 12 scrapbook layouts that are made by hand are my favourite form of paper crafting! I love taking precious moments in time, and then creating personal pieces of art with them to treasure forever. This layout today came together with a few of my favourite Stampin' Up products! Stampin' Up's products coordinate so well together. This helps to streamline the creative process and makes it that much easier to get those photos into albums.


Today's layout features the "Hearts & Stars Decorative Masks" as well as the "Sponge Brayer". This sponge brayer is my new fave tool! It seems to give you more control over the spread and the depth of your ink verses sponging with a traditional sponge or dauber. I of course added in some more hearts here using the "Sweet & Sassy Framelit Dies" and the "Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack". I then randomly splattered on some of that pearly shine with my "Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush", added in some "Basic Pearl Jewels", stamped a little bit and voila! The entire process was actually quite fun. Now I have this sweet layout to treasure forever.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I always love when you leave a comment if you wish! If you have any questions at all on today's project please don't hesitate to ask!

Carolynn 💖

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Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Sale-A-Bration ~ The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

It's here! The most wonderful time of the year in the paper crafting world ... Sale-A-Bration! 

http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/catalogs/Sale-A-Bration_2017/SAB_2017_CA.pdf

From January 4th until March 31st Stampin' Up is running it's most exciting promotion of the year! How does it work? You earn free products from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue for every $60 of merchandise purchased. It's as simple as that! There are also added bonuses if you are interested in hosting your own party or signing up to purchase your own demonstrator starter kit. Just check out the Sale-A-Bration brochure above for all the details. Stampin' Up also has some amazing new products to view in the Occasions catalogue. Earning free products couldn't get any easier! 


If you are in the Calgary area feel free to contact me for all of your papercrafting & stamping needs! & Have fun Sale-A-Brating!

Carolynn 💖

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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Gingerbread Loaf With Stampin' Up! Cookie Cutter Bundle


If gingerbread doesn't speak Christmas I don't know what does! This year I fell in love with the little stamped gingerbread man in the picture above. I have a ton of Christmas stamps from past years, so I told myself I really had to have a good use for this gaffer if I was going to purchase him. I hence decided to create homemade gifts for the teachers this year! Something I have done maybe once in my twelve years of motherhood. This is not a usual feat for me... AKA I am not Supermom! I simply had a spark of inspiration hit me and I was determined to try this out! Other than the fact I was set on making gingerbread loaves (something I have never baked before) to tie in with the theme, the rest was fairly straight forward! lol!


First off, if you are interested in making gingerbread loaf I found a great recipe on the Pillsbury website. Just click on the picture below and it will take you there. I did make a few adjustments, as I have a convection oven & I prefer to bake with a dark pan. If you have any questions feel free to email me as I did learn a few tricks along the way. I had 6 teachers to bake for altogether so I've now done this a few times!

https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/gingerbread-loaves/7af3e81d-98f0-4aee-a888-db269d4f595d

After mastering the baking, cooling, & glazing part... the rest came together quickly. What is even more exciting, is that the stamp set, punch & bags I used on today's project are being carried over into the new year! This means you can purchase them any time in the near future! AKA we can start planning for next Christmas! Sadly the lovely washi tape & ribbon used on today's project are only available until January 3rd or while supplies last, so get them while you can!


For a list of all of the products used on today's gift please check out the pictures below this post. If you click on them they will take you to my Canadian online Stampin' Up shop where you can shop online 24/7!

Once again, thank you so much for stopping by & feel free to leave a comment! I love knowing when others have stopped by!

Happy Holidays!

Carolynn 💖

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Saturday, 17 December 2016

Stampin' Up! Christmas Bookmark Card

Well happy December! That snuck up on me! I took a wee bit of a blogger holiday with all of the hustle and bustle of the season. Saying that I feel like I am far away from being ready for Christmas, which is just around the corner in 8 more days!!! I feel anxious just thinking about it actually. Anyhow, I'm taking a short moment to share a fun card that I created during some of my downtime last month. Yes card making is truly a calming break for me from the chaos of life.


When brainstorming crafty ideas one thought that has been brewing in the back of mind these days is how I could create a dual purposed card that incorporated a take away bookmark. One that was a part of the card but that could be used on it's own after the fact. This card here is what I came up with. I was pleasantly surprised with the final outcome. I especially love that when the bookmark is tucked into the cardfront the deer appears to be standing on the freshly fallen snow. I know of quite a few bookworms who would love to receive a card like this over the holidays and I'm sure you do too.

We made a few of these one afternoon when I had a couple of friends come over to stamp. If you are in the Calgary area and are interested in arranging your own stamping, crafting, card making, or scrapping get together feel free to send me an email. I'd love to help you with all of your paper crafting needs. As for the supplies used on today's card just click on the links below. They will take you to my online Stampin' Up shop where there are many great year end specials on right now! Get them before they sell out! You're welcome!

& Happy Holidays!

Carolynn 💖

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