New address!

Hi Everyone. I have a new blog address. www.virtualinking.com. I will leave this up for a week or two and then transfer everything there. Here is a picture of what is coming up. If you want to know more, go to my new blog!

Stamp happy!

Linda:)

Stampin' Up! Weekend Crop

Oh dear. It's been a while since I've updated. I have to tell you how much fun I had at the Weekend Crop at Camp Elim. Yes, the camp is on the rustic side, but boy, the food and the space was amazing. The people and the make-n-takes were icing on the cake. I got so much done! Here are some pics of the people that came with me. We ate, scrapped, ate some more, danced a little, more scrapping and eating, watched movies, slept some, and of course, scrapped. Actually, there were lots of people making their own cards and gifts. I hope you want to all come next time. I just found out the dates. March 14th-16th and April 11=13th. You might want to sign up early. Once weekend filled up the day registration started.

Hostess Gifts!

I found this great website and used the directions on it to make these great cards out of 5 pieces of 12X12 cardstock. Unfortunately, I can't find it again. I'll have to go looking through my internet history. The Double-Sided Designer Paper works perfect for these. I'm going to give a set of these to any one who hostesses a workshop in October. I used Brocade Background DSP, River Rock Textured and Chocolate Chip. I used a tiny bit of Old Olive, too. I used the same for ink colors. This was my first time using the Hodgpodge Hardware. I was definitely hoarding it. I used the bone folder to add some distressing. I used Wonderful Words, Warm Words and Background Sampler that my sweet upline, Jen, gave me. I haven't used that set much, but I really like it. The largest cards fit into business envelopes. I really like how these turned out. Email me with your workshop date if you want a set of these!

Reworking Convention Swaps

The Stampin' Up! Convention was so fun. I highly recommend you all go next year! One of the fun things about Convention is swapping. Thousands of women have cards, scrapbook pages, 3 D items, anything that stands still enough to be stamped and brought to Convention is there! Some of the swaps I got were perfect for workshops, others were perfect for clubs, still others worked for classes. So, I reworked this one that one of my friends got into something that worked for me.

Stamp sets: Big Pieces, Little Pieces, Holiday Wishes
Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, River Rock
Paper: Whisper White, Blue Bayou, River Rock Designer Paper (Palette of Prints)
Accessories: 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals

The one on the left is my version of the Make and Take from Convention. So, this wasn't a swap, but the idea is the same. Did you know you can dry emboss with the Crop-a-dile? Did you notice those dry embossed circles across the top of the PP and RR paper? I used the Crop-a-Dile to do it. I also can't believe how easy it is to set eyelets with it. I am really enjoying this tool! I didn't buy it before because it looked so cumbersome, but when I used it at Convention, boy, was I sold!
Stamps: Wanted
Ink: Purely Pomegranite
Paper: Purely Pomegranite Prints Designer Series Paper and Cardsock, Whisper White
Accesories: Double Stitched River Rock Ribbon, Scalloped punch, Crop-a-dile, Jumbo Eyelet

Happy Stamping!

Happy Tuesday

Hello. Okay, I meant to post yesterday, but was unable to. There is a very fun promotion called "Punch a Bunch". Buy the new Three for You Punch Box and get 30 textured Love Notes for free. The Love Notes are so cute. I have CASED (Copy and Share Everything) these samples from a great website called Splitcoaststampers. This one from a creative lady named "Simplykind" from splitcoast. She uses Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranite and Whisper White Cardstock. She also uses Gingham ribbon and our Vintage Brads. So, so cute!



This is from "willowsmama" also from splitcoast. This was quick and easy and also cute. She used the new scalloped punch that Stampin' Up! carries now. I loved this cute one.

I promise to start creating my own to show you, but what I love about this craft is that you can easily duplicate other people and make them your own. I didn't make any changes in these two because they were so cute just the way they are. Here's one more from splitcoast.


Enjoy!

Convention!

Oh boy, oh boy! Convention was amazing. I learned so much and have just managed to process some of it. I am going to post some of the Make and Takes that we made the night of our Pajama Party. I walked through downtown Denver in my jammies and slippers!
This scrapbook page was one of my favorite of the night. Stampin' Up! took a picture of each of us so we could put it on our page. I had never played with the Build a Flower and Build a Brad. Those were very fun. I also loved coloring in the Outline Alphabet in with the Versamarker. That was very fun.

Recipe: Kraft 12X12, So Saffron Palette o' Prints, Build a Flower, Build a Brad, Wild Wasabi and Purely Pomegranite Cardstock, Wild Wasabi Double stitched ribbon, Hemp Twine, pop dots, Versamarker, Outline Alphabet.

We also made this cute box. I love the new taffeta ribbon that Stampin' Up! This chocolate chip ribbon is really pretty. We used the Happiness Background. We also used the On board Blossoms and Basics Chipboard. We learned to use the Sponge Daubers to put the color on the chipboard. It comes out a lot smoother. While I didn't do that in this example, I will in others. Well, we have GOT to get to the store. I will post more on Monday because I made a lot of fun cards with the Three for You Punch Box.

Brand New to Blogging!

Blogging is a really ugly word. Not ugly in the sense of meaning, but in the sense of sound. Blog. Go ahead. Say it. Blog. Sounds ugly doesn't it? Have you ever thought of that? Oh well. I will say things like that from time to time. It's how I'm wired.

Hello to all! I have decided to join you in the virtual world and post some of my inklings and inkings. Hope you like them!

These are two projects I have done with my clubs.




The first, uses Office Accoutrement. It is a very fun stamp set. The large flower used 2 techniques, Rock and Roll and Faux Shaving Cream. Rock and Roll is a very easy peasy but neat technique. You ink up a stamp in your lightest color. Then roll the edges in a darker coordinating color. Here I used Pale Plum and Purely Pomegranite. Monochromatic colors work really well for this technique as well. This is a great one to use with bold stamps.
The next technique I used was Faux Shaving Cream. I inked up a Stampin' Around Wheel Daisy Field in Purely Pomegranite and then rolled and twisted on the large flower. You can do this with several colors, but I just wanted one. Again, this is a technique to use on bold stamps.
The last thing I did was to punch out several ovals from the Large Oval Punch and place them behind the flower. I learned this from a poster on the amazing website www.splitcoaststampers.com. I also learned about the Gate Fold there.
Details: Office Accoutrement stamp set, Stampin' Around Wheel Daisy Field and handle, Purely Pomegranite cardstock (cs) and ink, Pale Plum cs and ink, Large Oval Punch.



This cute little bag was inspired by a swap my upline received at Stampin' Ups Leadership Conference. Basically, I cut a lunch bag down to my desired size, covered it with cardstock, used the Word Window Punch to make the handles and then created a design for the front of it. Another easy peasy, but fun project! Details: Sweet Shapes stamp set Pixie Pink, Ballet Blue and Whisper White Cardstock. Pixie Pink and Ballet Blue classic pads. White Gel Pen. Word Window Punch.


Thanks for sticking with me while I try to get the hang of posting to a blog. I would love to hear from you any constructive critcisim or praise. Praise is really welcome, but I will admit that I do need help!