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Valentines Big Shot Club - Janauary 2011

I am in LOVE with this petal cone die!! It is a must have in your stash item!!
There are so many possibilities we have only tipped the top of the iceberg!
Gorgeous Valentines for a masculine touch or an elegant classy friend Valentine
Love Matters DSP, Black, Vanilla, Satin red ribbon and vanilla rosettes with a heart embosslit!
Ohh La La!
This card was inspired by a swap I received at leadership by Amanda Coughlin at www.stampvamps.com
Then this Bitty Box has a bonus a little envelope die on it as well!
I sprayed it with Vanilla smooch spray prior to assembly (let it dry)
and filled it full of BLISS candies. Now that I have my Bliss set, yes, I am going to add some more BLISS to that baby!

inside of the card another fav of mine Word Play you can't go wrong with this set!

Now this is a single petal cone roller wheeled with I heart jumbo wheel in Real Red on whisper white and embellished with a cute little sucker inside! Perfect for my daughters class mate Valentine gifts

One of my customers was looking for an idea for there grandson for VDAY and I thought of the train we made last year. We made the whole train... whew alot of work but so worth it.
This year we just did the engine with the milk carton and the caboose with the #2 box.
Punches: 1 3/4 circle, 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 and the small heart punch for the wheels. You must use something like scotch glue to assemble the wheels. Nothing else works I tried everything.
I also use the Love (red DSP) from Love Impressions for the wheel base it is very sturdy.

back view

Here is a little trip inside my Big Shot club!
We have so much fun every month!
Here is Leslie and her wonderful designs. She is an awesome talented demonstrator on my Serenity Stampers team who inspires me daily!

Leslie with my Upline- Yolie who came up for a visit from Orlando to join us as a guest for club this month. She is a hoot and her company was very much enjoyed by all!

My Big Shot station filled with all the latest and greatest Sizzix and SU products

My gal pals Deb Forguson and Becky Mack
working on their Big shot projects

See how happy stamping and crafting Stampin' Up! style can be!
Won't you come and join us!
Hope to see you soon!

Valentine Impressions

Just wanted to share a few cards I have been playing with for Valentines Day!
Valentines is my ultimate favorite Holiday to craft for I think I have mentioned that.LOL!

This card design above is called a Criss Cross card.
** You can find the tutorial on SCS under resources.
DSP: Love Impressions CS: Real Red, Glitter Red, Basic Gray, White
Punches: Modern Label, Small heart,corner rounder
Big Shot: Heart embosslit, modern label magnet for Movers & Shapers die cut

Inside of the criss cross card
Stamp Set: Valentine Defined & Word Play

Base: Basic Black, Real Red,White with Tulip embossing folder frame, Black DSP, Basic Gray
Big shot: Top Note, Tulip EF,Petal Cone banner
Punches: small heart with glitter red cs
Stamps: Valentine Defined and Something to Celebrate
Ribbon: Black 1/4" grosgrain

Riding hood Red base, White, Pink Pirk, White, Love Impressions DSP
Stamps: Valentine Defined-Be My Valentine embossed in Real Red craft ink with clear EP
Punches: Pinking border, Modern label
ribbons: 1/4: pink grosgrain and ridinghood striped

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Filled with Love Defined Cards

Last Day to order your Filled with Love Bundle (Limited Edition) and you
too can make beautiful cards. Click on the link on the right hand side bar and check it out!

Valentines is my favorite Holiday ever to make cards and 3-D items for.
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Accessories:
Stamps: Filled with Love & Valentine Defined
(Only 1 day left for the Valentine Defined Bundle)
Real Red, Whisper white, Basic Black CS and ink
White craft ink & emboss powder and black craft ink and emboss powder
Big Shot:Tulip Frame Embossing folder, top note die cut,
Punches:1- 3/4" circle, 1- 1/4 circle, 1" circle, 3 hearts,Owl Punch (for small glitter hearts on tree), modern label
rhinestones brads, red glitter CS,red satin ribbon and scor-tape

Inside of the card
Cards inspired by Leslie Sharpe Designs

Loving the new ribbon scrunching technique- just put sticky strip on the back of SU satin ribbon or the seam binding also works great and fold back and forth or twist and scrunch!
Practice makes better...not perfect...you know original! LOL

Valentine Defined stamp Set, Something to Celebrate (level 2 Hostess set)
CS: DP Pink & Red from Filled with Love Valentine Bundle, Real Red and Pink Pirk,White
Big Shot: Petal Cone banner
Punches: small heart stamped with Full of Love heart stamp
accessories: Pretty in Pink 1/8" taffeta ribbon and rhinestones brads, filigree brads, Pink satin ribbon with scor-tape scrunching technique

Inside of the card stamped with both sets and various circle punches.

Leadership Sample Favorites- Part One

I love the petal cone done in the Cherry Blossom DSP (OCM), I especially like how she wove the ribbon through the petal cone top.

The pillow box in Vintage Springtime DSP with a little love on top

Check out the Sew Suite Series-this would be so cool to send to a friend you know that sews and crafts!

This is my favorite card from convention and it was given to me by my roomie Jeannine Tarrio
www.JeanStamps.com
Stamp Set: Build a Blossom & coordinating punch, Because I Care stamp set
NEW Tulip embossing folder, shimmer, and antique brads.
Just beautiful!! This is the winner of all the swaps I received and I got to know the creator pretty well and she is an awesome and amazingly talented lady!

I am so glad I got to see some spinner cards up close they are too cute.

We received some FREE beveled window panes and they are pretty cool! I have had fun playing with them and exploring some of these ideas from the display boards at convention.

I cannot believe how many ways you can use a Petal
Cone Die Cut!! If you have thought about getting it but have hesitated , WAIT no more.
There are so many different ideas and projects you can do with it -it is INCREDIBLE and FUN!
Speaking of FUN... How about the FUN FLOWERS DIE CUT?? If that is on your list it is a must have. Again it is so multi purposed. We will have fun in my Big shot clubs using these wonderful new editions to our SU collection!

I spied this name tag on someones new bag we received at Leadership and had to give you a gander at it! It is the red glimmer paper with a glimmer owl, HOO! HOO! too cute for you!

One of My Favorite Leadership Memories

We are all waiting in line for the Buses to come and pick us up for Manager's reception with our spiffy Cowgirl Hats on which by the way had about a yard of Striped 1 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon and 6-8 vintage brads wrapped around it branding it with Stampin' Up!'s unique touch when I spyed one my Stampin' Up! hero's Kimberly Van Dipen (www.stampinbythesea.com) who is also the #1 demonstrator in the U.S. So as am acting like a teenager seeing a rock star my upline Lisa hollars "Kimberly you have a fan "
and then I was blessed to get a picture with her. I love her blog and creativity but most of all she inspires me to keep moving forward no matter what challenges her business encounters.
She has been a demo for 7 years and during that time moved 5 times as a military wife and had to restart her business and still remained in the top demo's in the company. That is my definition of perseverance and alot of recruiting!

She was very down to earth and sweet to take time to get a picture with a sister demo

She also did a WOW presentation on Friday night that was awesome. I had to come home and try it out. I love the way it turned out, I will post it in a later post.

I love this project she demonstrated so easy! But yet such a big WOW! She is the queen of vintage. Which is my favorites style these days.

This is the top of an adorable box she decorated.

Here is a view of the front

This was a scrapbook page on her display board I thought captured her personality and her creativity all wrapped into one.
If you have not had a chance to attend a Stampin' Up! event before, it is an amazing experience.
If you would like to experience the energy and the greatest group of passionate stampers and crafters in the nation consider becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and you to can join the fun!

Filled with Love Bundle-off to Nashville

Get it Now in time to make all your Valentine goodies!!
Purchase the Filled With Love Bundle
on my online store 24/7 at
www.whitneyrichardson.stampinup.net
check out the bundle on the right hand side bar
and receive a FREE gift from me!
I will be leaving Tuesday the 11th for Nashville Tn for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Convention!
Whoo Hoo! Can't wait to come back with amazing samples and new ideas for the new year!
Order the bundle online while I am away and receive your own FREE gift from me!
Below are beautiful samples of cards made with the "Filled with Love Bundle" by guest designer and Serenity Stamper-Leslie Sharpe

I love this Valentine set!! I really liked these samples Leslie shared with me!
So order your bundle online today and have your Valentine supplies to start working on your Valentine goodies!

Technique Class Projects -cont'd

Sandra and Deb Forguson enjoyed our technique class
as we started out on NEW Occasions series!

I got this sketch from the Saturday 411 Operators using the Love Impressions DSP and the DSP from the Filled with Love Bundle.
Card: 5 1/2 x 51/2 base whisper white
CS: Ridinghood Red, White, Gray
Stamps: Word Play (IBC), Valentine Defined (OCM pg. 9 #121941 $26.95)
Ribbon: White Satin ribbon
Techniques:Stamped the heart with cherry cobbler craft ink and heat embossed with irr.ice cut out the heart and then punched out a gray Full Heart punch put it on a dimensional for a little 3D effect. Heat embossed the sentiment from Word Play in black craft ink and black EP

Now when you have a top heavy card you must really gussy up the inside of the card to even the weight or it will topple over...ask me how I know???LOL
so I used my Scallop envelope die cut and made an envelope used DSP on the lip trace it and trimmed it to fit. Then I cut out a glitter heart with my heart

I absolutely love this technique with scrunching the ribbon. You just apply sticky strip to the back of satin ribbon and fold it back and forth. then do the duck tail dance when you cut your ribbon and your good! (I taught my customers a lil dance to help them remember how to cut their ribbon this way, one actually admitted to doing it at home while stamping and I think her husband caught her, I bet she had fun explaining that technique! LOL We have so much fun!
Love this case from Mary Fish at www.stampinpretty.com
New Occasions:
Nature Walk stamp set, Botanical Gazette DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Espresso,Old Olive
and a pack of Vintage brads and you are good to go!
Sentiment is from Elements of Style.