Summer Mini Sneak Peak: Watercolor Trio, U Gotta Have it!

Oh my gosh, the soon-to-be-released Stampin' Up! Watercolor Trio stamp set is a "gotta have" stamp set.  You'll want it at the top of your Summer Mini wish list for ordering right away on May 1st!!

OK, so here you go...I paired the Watercolor Trio stamp set with some Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack.  If you don't already know...this paper stack is the BEST BARGAIN of the Occasions Mini Catalog (pg33).  For only $24.95, you get 48 sheets of double-sided pattern paper. Which would normally sell for 4 pack of $9.95 equaling $39.80.  Wow - what a savings!!!  Get yours before it's gone by April 30th. 

Supplies: Watercolor Trio (Summer Mini catalog), Dusty Durango & Old Olive Classic Ink and Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Crushed Curry Ink, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack, Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Dawns Stamping Tips
To get variations of the same ink color, use the STAMPING OFF TECHNIQUE by inking once and stamping twice.  I love the depth of color it gives to your handstamped card!

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Well Scripted, Gotta Have it!!

Today, I'm sharing a couple of cards using the Well Scripted stamp set.  It's from the 2010 Occasions Mini catalog and comes in both clear and wood mount. 

I have to say - hands down...this will be the stamp set I will miss the most from this catalog.  It's a must have for any stamper!

Both of these cards were made my friend Bobbi Peterson, one of my DOstamperSTARS! 

 
Thanks for sharing Bobbi!

OK - if you don't already own Stampin' Up!'s Well Scripted stamp set - You've got less than a week (until April 30th), to get it!  It's a perfect compliment to almost any card!! 

Enjoy~Dawn O

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Amazing Race to San Juan!

It's Sunday morning at 8:00am and we're here in San Juan, BUT...  we weren't supposed to be here until 3:00pm this afternoon. So what happen...Let me start with Friday night.

11:00pm Friday Night
Arrive at home after an awesome DOstamperSTARS meeting.  Decide not to unload my car and just go to bed.  Will take care of it in the morning.  Regroup, tackle my long To Do list, pack for cruise. No problem - I've got all day on Saturday.

7:30am Saturday Morning
Get up, but am still waking up (you know the feeling). 

8:00am Saturday Morning
Think to myself, "Hmmm...let's try printing online boarding passes for our flight tomorrow."  My hhusband, Gene, "Good idea".  He goes online and we receive an error.  This itinerary is not available for purchase.  Hmmm, that's a wierd error.  So I give it a try and get the same message.  Usually I would just say...OK, we'll just figure it out at the airport tomorrow.  But something told me - I better call the airlines.

8:15am Saturday Morning
Call the airlines. 
She asks, "What is the problem?". 
I explain the situation  
She says, "I don't understand.  Are you at the airport?  Did you miss your flight?"
I say, "No, our flight isn't until tomorrow"
She says, "No, your flight was at 6:00am this morning"
I say, "No, that can't be correct.  I didn't plan to leave a day early" (like she knows what I'm talking about.)
She says, "Get to the airport right away and get on another flight".

8:30am  Saturday Morning
Panic sets in and I'm at a loss for just a minute.  Then the problem solver in me shifts into action.  Find our tickets, find our itinerary, etc, etc.  OK - we find everything, including my original itinerary from Stampin' Up! travel agency.  Sure enough - the original paperwork is for Sunday.  However, my tickets do say for Saturday.  WHAT!!  How did that happen?  I never requested to leave early.  

8:30am  Saturday Morning
Call the Travel Agent - no answer, leave a message

8:40am  Saturday Morning
Wow - we've gotta get going and we're like the Tazmanian Devil.  My husband feeds the cat, takes out garbage, calls the house sitter and travel arrangements to the airport, etc, etc.  I look a my TO DO and determine what HAS to be done.  Finalize two workshop orders and take care of a small detail for one of my accounting clients.

Like crazy people we throw some clothes in our suitcases and we are out the door

9:10am  Saturday Morning
In the car to my daughter's house.  Finished up calls to my family and my assistant to let her know...yes, I need her to SAVE me while I'm gone.

10:00am  Saturday Morning
Arrive at Angie's house.  Grab her and Max (my grandson). 

10:15am  Saturday Morning
On our way to the airport

10:30am  Saturday Morning
Arrive at airport.  Hmmm, not sure how we're going to take care of this.  Luckily, the American Airlines area was empty, yet there were a couple ticket agents there to help.  Specifically, ROB - to save the day.  We started to explain what happened.  And before we were able to finish our story, he grabbed our tickets and was booking another flight.  Before he could tell us what he was doing, he handed us our lugguage tags and tells us to quickly get our bags over the the bag area and get them on the plane NOW.  I'm like, wait - tell us what's happening.  He says trust me, get them over asap.  We're getting you on a flight that boarding NOW!  Yikes.

In a matter of minutes - 3 agents were taking care of everything.  We got through security and rushed to the gate.  Rob ended up meeting us there.  He had to reinstate our flight back (since it got cancelled since we had missed it).  Plus he pointed out that the original flight information was incorrect for the flight back. 

At the last minute, we got upgraded to 1st class for our first leg to Chicago.

11:00am Saturday Morning
We're on the plane - yeah!!!!  Now that we had a minute to let everything soak in, we realized that we didn't have a place to stay or transportation arrangements.  Hmmm...well I trust Stampin' Up! and I'm sure everything will get worked out.  I tell myself not to worry about it.

12:45pm Saturday Afternoon
Arrive in Chicago and get something to eat (we hadn't eaten anything yet).  Then arrive at gate area.  Yeah - there are a couple of Stampin' Up! demonstrators there!  Woohoo - I'm couldn't be more happy.  (Hi Joan, Kristen and Lyndsay!!).  Joan and Kristen's arrangements were made by Stampin' Up!.  So we just followed them.

8:00pm Saturday Evening
Arrive at airport.  Arrange to take the shuttle with Joan and Kristen to the Hotel.  Stampin' Up!'s travel agent books a room for us.

WE'RE HERE! A day before we're supposed to, a little stressed out, but starting to breathe and take it all in.

Despite the everything that went wrong - there was SO much that went right.  Actually - I had the foresight to try to print our own boarding passes, which set everything in motion.  Someone was watching out for us - thank you!!!!

I had planned to have some blog posts pre-ready for you while I'm gone - but only got to a couple of them.  OH well - life goes one. 

See ya when I get back

Dawn

 

Guest DOstamperSTAR: Jenny Maetzold

Today I want to introduce you to one of my DOstamperSTARS, Jenny Maetzold.  Jenny would describe herselft as a hobby demonstrator.  She's been stamping and scrapbooking for years (longer than me) and was a club member of mine for a few years.  Now as a demonstrator, she has her own club and is enjoying the benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. 

At each of our DOstamperSTARS get-togethers, I encourage everyone to bring something to share (business or creative idea).  At our March meeting Jenny shared some wonderful creative ideas with us and I just have to share her with you!

 

Jenny's Swap Card

Brayer Technique Cards

 

Fox & Friends 3x3 notecards using the Hostess Level I Pattern Paper Pack

 

This framed Scrapbook Art is such a beautiful piece of art and a beautiful story too!  Jenny shared with us that for each of her kids, she takes a picture of her husband holding them high in the air with one hand.  As his father did to him and his grandfather did to his father (as shown in the pictures in the frame).  Awww-isn't that an adorable story that definitely needs to be preserved!

I was touched by Jenny's sharing at this meeting, as I am with her friendship!  She's been very sweet in sharing with me what it means to her to be able to attend our meetings.  With a husband, four children and many committments, it's something she looks forward to each month.  I get misty-eyed thinking that I'm able to provide such meaningful and appreciated events for my downline friends.  But I couldn't do it without the support of my downline and their contributions to each of our fabulous meetings!  From sharing, display boards, creative and business presentations, helping with setup and clean up, DOstamperSTARS are the BEST!!

Join my fabulous DOstamperSTARS team and you too can look forward to getting together with my team each month.  For Long Distance Demonstrators...All presentations are videotaped and shared on our DOstamperSTARS Video Blog - so you can feel like you're there too! 

PLUS...If you join now, you will also receive TWO FREE Technique DVDs from Stampin’ Up!, each packed with technique demonstrations that you can use to help start your Stampin' Up! Business!  Check out JOIN MY TEAM & DOstamperSTARS to learn more about the wonderful benefits of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and a my awesome DOstamperSTARS benefits too!  Ask me about my special gift to new demonstators!

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Enjoy~Dawn O ________________________________________________________________________

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Video: Crimped Diamond Background Technique

Today I'm sharing a super quick video and technique, Crimped Diamond!  All you need is your Crimper.  Here's a card we did at my last Technique Tuesday Class, using the sneak peak stamp set Awash With Flowers.  The greeting is from the Occasions Mini stamp set, Messages for Mom (only available until April 30th).

Here's the video:  
If you are unable to view, click "Crimped Diamond" to view on YouTube

Supplies:  Awash with Flowers (sneak peak) & Messages from Mom stamp sets, Yoyo Yellow & Basic Black cardstock & Ink, Whisper White cardstock, Black Gingham Ribbon, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Crimper, Crop-a-Dile.

So get out your CRIMPER and give it a try!  If you don't have a crimper, stop by my online store and get yourself one.  Need another reason to purchase one - take a look at how-to make a Flower Rosette!

Enjoy~Dawn O

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Watercolor Pencils Technique Video: Black Magic (w/a Twist)

Get out your Watercolor Pencils for a fabulous and EASY technique called Black Magic!  I came across a beautiful card featuring this Black Magic technique on Stampin' Connection (an online community for Stampin' Up! demonstrators), made by Karen Barber.  I featured the technique at my April Technique Class and my Stamping Club Members loved it and I'm sure you will too!!

 

 

Isn't it GORGEOUS?!  I added the Fleurettes II to enhance the vintage look.  The ovals are the wide oval punch and two sizes from the Ovals die for the Big Shot.

This card actually features the added "twist" for the technique.  The video below shows a comparison of the Black Magic Technique with and without the Twist.

Here's the video:  
If you are unable to view, click "Black Magic With a Twist" to view on YouTube

 

Dawn's Stampin' Supply List

Supplies:  Vintage Vogue stamp set (117690w or 118598c), Basic Black, Bravo Burgundy & Whisper White Cardstock, Groom Specialty Paper (retired), Whisper White Craft Ink (101731), Watercolor Pencils (101879), Bravo Burgundy 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Fluerettes II (115604), Vintage Brads, Wide Oval Punch, Three For You Punch (retired), Ovals Die (114525), Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Pop-Up Glue Dot, Signo White Gel Pen (105021), Cutter Kit (106958)

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Enjoy~Dawn O

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Video: Butterfly Pansies Punch Art

Oh my gosh...I'm feeling the love!  You guys (that's Minnesotan for y'all) are lovin' the Pansies!!  So as promised, today I'm sharing my Stamping Video on how to create these beautiful Butterfly Pansies Punch Art.   This card is a Sympathy card, however it would make a beautiful Wedding card too!

Yes, just by using Stampin' Up!'s Butterfly Punch, Shimmer White Cardstock and Reinkers -  you too can make your own pansies!

 

Here's the video:  
If you are unable to view, click "Butterfly Pansies" to view on YouTube

   

 

Supplies: Thoughts & Prayers stamp set, Very Vanilla & Shimmer White Cardstock, Eggplant Envy Classic Ink, Marker and Reinker, Summer Sun Reinker, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Top Note Die, Manhatten Flowers Embossing Folder, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Horizontal Slot Punch, Butterfly Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Aquapainter, Water Mister Bottle, Bamboo Stick, Gold Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

  

I've received some request from people who are unable to view video online, to share the written instructions.  Here you go:

  

Butterfly Pansies

  

1.     Punch out two butterflies from Shimmer White cardstock (two for each flower).

2.     Spritz them with water (allowing the water to pool)

3.     Load Aqua Painter with Eggplant Envy ink (from a re-inker)  and touch the brush to the outer edges of the butterflies.   The ink will spread, but you might have to "help" it along.

4.     Touch the middle with Summer Sun Ink (from a re-inker)

5.     Let mostly dry (you can let sit, dab a little off, or heat set)

6.     Curl edges (I used a skewer)

7.     Use Eggplant Envy Marker lines to the center of the butterflies

8.     Adhere one butterfly crosswise over the other with a gold brad

  

Don't have a Stampin' Up! Butterfly Punch (#119848)?  Well, you can get one at my DOstamping Online Store.  While there, don't forget to check out the Clearance items too!

 

Enjoy~Dawn O ________________________________________________________________________

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Controlfreaks April Blog Tour is Here!

Welcome to the April 2010 Tour de Freak Blog Hop Tour which officially starts Tuesday, April 20th!  We are so excited that you have joined us today on our 10th Blog Tour.  This month we are featuring Floral Projects!  For my projects, specifially Pansy Punch Art  

Our tour will be nice and short, and features some of your favorite Control Freaks Stampers. You may have come here by way of Janine Tinkenberg.  If so, welcome!  At the end of my post you will be directed to the next stop so make sure to keep on reading and don’t forget to click through on to the fabulous blog of Lisa Martz.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the tour!

IT'S ALL ABOUT PANSIES!!
I've been having so much fun making these Punch Art Pansies.  Whether Workshop, Classes, Video, Expo Demonstrations, or Cards...Every time I show how-to-make these, people totally fall in love with them!

Take two Stampin' Up! Butterfly Punch outs, add water and reinkers and voila...beautiful and kinda realistic Pansies!  Yes - there will be a video.  It's all ready to go and will be posted on Wednesday!!!

First up - the card project:

Wouldn't any newly married couple love to receive this card?

Supplies: Together Forever stamp set, Very Vanilla & Shimmer White Cardstock, Eggplant Envy Classic Ink, Marker and Reinker, Summer Sun Reinker, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Top Note Die, Manhatten Flowers Embossing Folder, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Horizontal Slot Punch, Butterfly Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Aquapainter, Water Mister Bottle, Bamboo Stick, Gold Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Second up - here's a Scallop Envelope Box with 3x3 Notecards:

The Scallop envelope box is SUPER SIMPLE! 
Cut 2 Scallop Envelopes with the Big Shot.  Trim off one of the scallop flaps.  On both envelopes, trim the "bottom" flaps down to 1/2".  Put together to form a box.

How cute are these 3x3 notecards!

As I was cutting off the scallop flap from one of the envelopes (to make the box), a brilliant thought overcame me.  Instead of discarding it - reuse it!  So there you go - how clever am I?

Supplies: Tiny Tags stamp set, Whisper White, Eggplant Envy & Shimmer White Cardstock, Eggplant Envy Classic Ink, Marker and Reinker, Summer Sun Reinker, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Scallop Envelope Die, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Jewelry Tag Punch, Butterfly Punch, Aquapainter, Water Mister Bottle, Bamboo Stick, Gold Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip

 

Lastly - I'm always looking for a clever way to hand out my business card which encourages people to keep it and not throw it away.  Lookie here.  How could anyone throw this card away?

Well, that's it for me.  I hope you enjoyed this stop on the Controlfreaks Tour De Freaks .  Be sure to visit the next stop with Lisa Martz, she has an awesome framed art project she's sharing.  We look forward to seeing you again on May 20th for our next tour!