You Are Fabulous!

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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One of the coolest perks of attending a Stampin'Up event is the FREE stuff.  We all love free stuff right?  Well, for the past couple of conventions not only have we received a ton of free products, but also an exclusive stamp set you can only get at convention.  This year the theme of convention was "I am....(fill in the blank)", so of course we all received the stamp set called "I am!"  I used it on this card to send to all of my downline and a couple of my fellow demonstrators I met at convention.  If you too would like to receive a ton of FREE stuff, maybe you should like about becoming a Stampin'Up! demonstrator.....I'd love to have you on my team!

Smiles,
Stacey

Thank You Treats

As many of you may know, I've spent a lot of time this summer in and of doctors offices trying to figure out why I was in so much pain with my back.  As it turns out, it wasn't my back after all, it was my SI joints.  They just didn't want to stay in the right spot, so I've made many trips to the chiropractor to put them back.  Fortunately, this doctor was the first doctor I've had in years that wanted to get the root of the problem instead of just covering it up with a band aide.  So, in the process he discovered that my left leg is almost 3/4" shorter than my right.  This, along with many years of inflicting damage not knowing I was, has caused my body to be just a little out of whack!  I fell in March of this year and that's when my body said "I can't do this any more on my own!"  So long story short, all of this has caused my joints to become hyer-mobile and loose.  To fix this, I've had three rounds of painful Prolotheraphy shot in hopes that the treatment will cause my ligaments and tendons to shrink back to hold my joints in place better.

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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Anyway, I thought that after all these appointments and seeing almost every person in two different doctor's offices, I would make them a little "Thank You" treat.  These were super easy to create using the Petite Pocket die, the Delicate Designs embossing folder and some ribbon.  The greeting is from the stamp set called Perfect punches (page 120 in main catty.)  Add a couple of rhinestones and a piece of candy and you've got a super sweet treat.  Everyone really liked them and one of the doctors might even start coming to my camps...how cool is that!





Christmas Stamp Camp

It's the first day of Fall!  While everyone is out racking leaves and preparing for all the fall activities, I've been inside working hard to get ready for Christmas.....Yes, it's time to be thinking about Christmas!  I thought for the October stamp camp I would focus on making some fun, easy to reproduce, fast to make Christmas cards and projects.  So without further delay.....here they are!

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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This first group of cards and 3D project are super quick to make because the use the pre-printed Snow Festival Designer Tags for the Holiday mini catalog and pre-made mini note cards.  All you have to do is stamp a greeting to the tag, (I used the stamp set "Greeting of the Season" item #128033 for all of them) dry embossed a piece of card stock and add them both to the little mini note card.  For the candy treat holder, cut out a petite pocket with the Big Shot, wrap the tag around it and add some baker's twine.  SuperDuper easy and fun to reproduce.

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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This second set of card is created using the stamp set "Scentational Season" item #121190 for the Holiday mini along with the Festival of Prints Designer series paper stack.  For $6.95 you get 48 sheets of 4.5" x 6.5" pieces of paper, that when cut in 1/2 will give you enough designer series paper to make almost a 100 cards!  At camp we'll be making 4.  The cards also feature the new ribbon slides and stitched In Color ribbon.   But you can't have a card with a cup of cocoa on it without.........a cup of cocoa gift!

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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Isn't this cute!  I saw this blog and instantly knew it would make the perfect 3D project to go along with my cards.  This scored folder uses the same stamp set "Scentational Season", but did you know this set also has a matching Framelits die set?  How cool is that!  Stamp, cut and you're done.  Too cute and so much fun to give.  How much would this be to receive.....chocolate and peppermint...how can you go wrong!

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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Lastly,  I wanted to show you the cool new Core'dination card stock on a card.  This card stock, unlike all of Stampin'Up's other paper, has a white core, so when you emboss it and sand it the white comes through.
It is so much better in person, because you can see the rich texture and feel the velvet created by the paper.  It's hard to see, but the star is stamped in gold and accented with a pearl and the "Wisemen" are misted with a thin layer of sparkle to give the feel of traveling through the starry night.  This a a classic and elegant Christmas card that looks like you spent hours on but didn't. 

Well, what do you think?  I'd love for you to come to camp and make all these wonderful cards/projects.  The date will be Friday October 12 from 6:00-10:00.  Please let me know if you would like to come and if you are already on my email list you will be getting a detailed information about this camp soon.

Smiles,
Stacey

MOJO 257 Sketch card

I love the Mojo Monday sketches, but I don't always get around to using the ideas right away.  Sometimes it's weeks after the sketch was first introduced, but not this week.  I actually got a card created!  I'm getting ready for a class using the Ghoulish Googlies Designer kit and I had a couple elements left over, so I thought it would be fun to make a card to show the class guests how these elements could be used in another way.  This sketch was perfect for what I had in mind.

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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So, what do you think?  I used orange designer series paper from the paper pack Polka Dot Parade (page 164), Lucky Limeade cardstock which I dry embossed with the new Chevron Folder and the printed oval tag element from the Ghoulish Googlies Designer kit (page 27 Holiday mini).  I them stamp the mummy, from the Googly Ghouls stamp set, onto the tag (heat embossed it in black) and stamped/cut out a few bats.  The greeting "BOOOO" was stamped and punched out with the Modern Label punch.  The spooky clouds (center panel) were created by using a scalloped mask and sponging black ink onto the gray paper. I also sponged a little black ink over the chevrons to darken them up.  Have you seen the new 1/2" striped satin ribbon (page 26) in the mini Holiday?  I love it!  For my card I used two pieces side by side.  The teeny tiny little black dots in the upper right hand corner were created by covering our basic pearls with black Stazon ink.  Do you like this card?  Stampin'Up! came up with something really cool this year.....Bundles!  If you like the Ghoulish Googlies Designer kit and the Googly Ghouls stamp set, you can now get them together at a discount.  For the clear-mount bundle it's only $16.95, that's a 15% discount.  Pretty cool!

Hope you give a Mojo Monday sketch, maybe even this one, a try!  I'd love to see what you come up with.

Smiles,
Stacey

Back to School

Created by Stacey Cogswell
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Today was Zach's official first day of the 8th grade, so I thought it would be fun to make him something special.  I saw a verison of this card on the blog "Think Outside the Box" and thought it was so cute.  Of course I had to change it around to use Stampin'Up! products and what would be more perfect than the apple image from the new stamp set in the Holiday mini on page 29 called Perfectly Preserved!  Second, I saw the "pencil" somewhere, but I can't remember where, but thought it was a great idea.  The "pencil" is actually a roll of Rolo candies with a candy kiss on top.  Super easy to make, just roll the paper around the Rolo tube and write something clever on the side.  The hardest part was making the "lead", but what I did was take 1/2" circle punch of paper, cut a slit into the middle and then rolled it into a cone shape.  Zach was pretty excited to have these at his desk, otherwise known as the kitchen table, this morning when he arrived to start school.  He did remark that the card looked more like a pencil that had been almost used up in comparison to the other pencil, but oh well.

Hope you had a great day, school or no school!

Smiles,
Stacey

Are you ready for some Football?

If you live in Oregon, you're either a passionate Duck (University of Oregon) or  Beaver (Oregon State University) fan and don't care much about the side your not on......but no matter which side you're on you have to admit these two cards are Stinkin' Cute!  My friend Cathy Peterson made the Beaver card and I being a Duck fan just had to come up with a duck version.   Stampin'Up! punches/cardstock were used to create the duck and the beaver, but I know, I know I didn't use all Stampin'Up supplies!   I think you'll have to agree (this one time) is was worth the exception.  The printed paper I bought at a local craft store and the duck bill/eyes were stamped using a stamp set from Peachy Keen.  Just think of the possibilities this card could be turned into...basketball, soccer, baseball and graduation....LOVE IT!

Happy Game Day.......and GO DUCKS!!

Smiles,
Stacey