Friday Favorites

It is the last Friday in July so if you are a regular follower of our blog you know that it is time for Friday Favorites!!! This month our Design Team has brought you some great products, from Designer Paper to Stamps we have something for everyone. We hope you enjoy today's cards and don't forget to check back on Monday for our Color Challenge. Thanks!

Pamela Wu - Stinky Tofu

 

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Jennifer Campbell- Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Jennifer Gregorsky ~ Jenny G Paper Crafts

Diana Eichfeld ~ Stampin' Fun with Diana

Favorite Products:  Deco Label Framelits and Friendly Wishes Stamp Set

 Heidi Boos ~ Stuck on Stampin' 

Favorite Product: Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper

Happy Birthday to You

Is today your birthday?  If so...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Today a few of our Design Team Members are showing you Birthday Cards!  This is one of the card types that all of us need and I seem to always need more and more!

Handmade Birthday Cards are one of the best things to receive EVER!  Take a few minutes and check out what our Design Team Members created for you today and remember to click on the links below their cards to learn more about their creative process!

Dawn Bourgette - Dawn's Creative Chalet

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Tobe Buffenbarger -- The Craft Sea

Jennifer Campbell- Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Sara Grafton - Craft Break

Leanne Johnson - Literally My Joy

Heidi Boos ~ Stuck on Stampin'

Product Focus: Sequins

We all love a little bit of bling and the fancy new sequins in the 2015 Annual Catalog are the perfect way to bling up your stampin' creations!

Take a look at what our fancy design team members did with their sequins today!

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Jennifer Campbell- Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Carrie Rhoades - Carrie Stamps

Jennifer Gregorsky ~ Jenny G Paper Crafts

Leanne Johnson - Literally My Joy

Kim Ryden ~ Stamping with Kim

So much bling-y goodness...love it!

We hope we have INKspired YOU to create something fancy with some bling today!

Happy Stamping!

Quick and Easy!

Good Morning (afternoon!) Happy Stampers!

We are just coming off of our Convention 2015 (#inspirecreateshare2015) high and are getting back down to business.

Have you a need for a quick and easy card for any occasion?

Simplest way to achieve that is to find a great image stamp....add a sentiment and embellishment and go about your day.

What makes a card quick and easy?

Find a stamp set (or framelit image) that is a focal point.... Stamp that image (or adhere it!) in the center in a bold color.
Add a quick sentiment and a few background images or some bling...and VIOLA! here you go!

Here are a few great examples from our Design Team that will help you do a quick and easy card for any occasion.

Dawn Bourgette - Dawn's Creative Chalet

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Jennifer Campbell- Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Jennifer Gregorsky ~ Jenny G Paper Crafts

Masculine Monday

A little over half of our design team traveled to the 2015 Stampin Up! Convention this past week. Although we all were a little scattered in different places throughout the four days, we were able to all come together on the last day to snap one group picture of the eleven of us who were there. Of course we had to throw in a little SILLY!! 

 

{top left to right - Jennifer G, Jennifer C, Donna, Diana, Carrie, Heidi}

{bottom left to right - Breelin, Cynthia, Kim, Dawn, Leanne}

A handful of our designers are sharing some fun masculine cards today for Masculine Monday!

Click on the designer's name below each picture to find out more details. We hope to inspire you today, so you can also create something for the men in your life!

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Leanne Johnson - Literally My Joy

Jennifer Campbell- Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Diana Eichfeld ~ Stampin' Fun with Diana

 

 

Kathy Alt ~ Kathy's Stamping World

Come on back tomorrow for some quick and easy card inspiration! With a busy summer, we all need a little help with making something QUICK & EASY!

Convention Fun!!

Convention has been VERY FUN!  I am so proud of our team and the joy and kindness they share with each other and the random acts of kindness that they do for other people.  I am so happy to be a part of a team that not only loves to stamp but also loves to give back and lend a helping hand to those in need!

This year we have 11 of the 19 Design Team Members at Convention!  WOO HOO!  We will have a full team (those of us who are here) picture tomorrow!!

But first...here are a few of the fun things we have done this week...

Random Act of Kindness: Diana and Cynthia help a man with a broken bike and a clubbed foot up a steep hill.  Way to go team!

Donna and Kim on the bus ready to tour the Stampin' Up! building!

Getting our picture at "The Rock".  Diana, Cynthia, Bree, Kim and Donna. 

Signing the board in one of Stampin' Up!'s brainstorming rooms!

Top Right: Heidi

Bottom Left: The Jennifers

Bottom Right: Kim, Donna, Diana, Cynthia and Bree

Getting ready for our team dinner...Kim and Heidi!

Dinner at The Cheesecake Factory!

Heidi, Kim, Diana, Jenn C, Jenny G, Bree, Donna and Cynthia

Our Convention Bags!  Aren't they CUTE?!?!

Donna, Bree, Kim, Cynthia and Heidi

Doing a little stamping with some new products!

Bree, Donna, Cynthia, Heidi and Diana

A few of us rented a condo together and one night Bree cooked us dinner!!  It was so yummy!!

Roaring 20's Party!  The Jennifers really dressed up and had a great time taking pictures and dancing!

Diana joined the Jennifers to have a little fun in this picture!

We did a lot of late night stamping and blogging...as per usual.  But this time we got to do it with friends!!!  SO MUCH more FUN!!!

A few of our Design Team Members even ran a half marathon while we were here this week!  Way to go girls!!!

Diana, Bree, Cynthia and a friend, Wendy

Make n Take Time!

Kim, Heidi, Terri (Heidi's downline), Diana, Cynthia, Bree and Donna

Here are the cards that we got to make during out make n take time!

A few of us have won Prize Patrol!  Leanne got a cute Halloween stamp set!

Heidi received the same one!

The Jennifers won too!!!

Diana won a NEW Project Life stamp set!

Kim won it too!

We loved hanging out with each other this week!

Love you girls so much and I can't wait until we are back together stamping again!!