I'm a Dreamer!

As part of the RemARKable Stampers, I was invited to be a Dreambuilder.  A Dreambuilder is someone who wants to grow their Stampin' Up! business and be challenged to take risks and go outside of our comfort zone!  Well, at our team meeting last week I was so surprised when Jan invited all of the Dreambuilders that were unable to attend Leadership training up front!  She presented us with this cute little bundle!  The tag was made with Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio program!  Isn't it beautiful!?  Inside was a pearl bauble from the Simply Adorned jewelry line!  What a great gift! Our team meetings are always a lot of fun and filled with lots of surprises!

Gorgeous Centerpiece

Isn't this adorable!?  I have told you before about my fabulous RemARKable Stampers team meetings, hosted by Janet Wakeland!  Well, these were the centerpieces at our meeting last week!  I was lucky enough to have my name picked as a winner of the centerpiece at my table!  Everything in the InColor, Blushing Bride!  Ribbon, marker, paper bird and another packet of DSP, cardstock, and more ribbon were under the birdcage on the table!  I also won a pack of the Sweet Stitches Designer Fabric!!! It was definitely my lucky day!  I will be sharing more projects that I received in the swap and that we completed as make and takes!!!  Wait til you see them!!

More Valentine's Bling!

These are the projects that my Friday night hostess club made last week.  We started off with the box at the top and then created each of the cards.  I really do love the red glimmer paper.  It just brightens up the cards! I borrowed the box and the snowman card from my December team meeting and my talented RemARKable teammates and leader! Thanks!  I really do love my Friday night group too!  They are all a great group of ladies!  We have a great time together eating, laughing, and creating!  I hope that you enjoy looking at them as much as we enjoyed creating them!

Thinking About Valentine's Day Yet?

Do you recognize this cute little box decorated for your sweetheart!?  This is one of the Countdown Calendar boxes from the current Holiday Mini!  Instead of using the numbers and papers that came with the kit, you can use other supplies to decorate the box for a Valentine treat!  What a great time to stock up on those boxes!  This is one of the DIVA Day projects that we made at our November day at Jan's!  Enjoy!

Storage for Your Cards!

This is the last project that we made at our RemARKable Team Meeting last Saturday!  It is a box that fits all of the cards that we made at our meeting!  It would be a great gift box for cards, jewelry, gift cards, candies or anything else that you can think of!  Any ideas for how to use it?  Check out the Candy Cane fabric that we tied around the box to finish it off!!!!

What? A Fork?

I know that many of you are using a fork today to eat all of your wonderful Thanksgiving meals.  Did you ever think that a fork could be used for this........

At our RemARKable Team meeting last Saturday, we learned how to use a fork to tie a bow!  Isn't it amazing!  You can vary the size of the bow depending on how big the fork is!  Try it out!  Lots of fun!

Another RemARKable Stampers Card

This is another card from our RemARKable Team meeting last Saturday!  So simple and easy to put together but it looks great doesn't it! The sparkles are a little hard to see but the dots on the paper and the brad inside the white circle are sparkly!! Love them!

Cute Valentine's Card

 This is a cute and simple Valentine's Card to make!  Love the polka dots embossed on the background!

RemARKable Gathering

Hello!  It has been a few weeks since my last post.  Sorry for the delay!  I am here to share the projects from my most recent Stampin' Up! team meeting.  I spent the day in Spring Grove, PA on Saturday with my RemArkable teammates!  My upline Jan Wakeland is amazing!  She always provides us with a great meeting, great topics, and great projects!  My teammates always come with so much to share too! And we have a lot of fun at the meetings!  For the next few days I will be sharing the projects that we made at our meeting!  They all use the Candy Cane Designer Series Paper that is featured in the Holiday Mini.  None of the projects are Christmas though.....they all have a winter and/or Valentine's theme!  What a great way to use up all of your paper!  Or you can order some of the paper before the mini expires so that you can duplicate these great projects!  By the way, have you thought about joining the SU! team?  Did you know that the Starter Kit is 50% off right now until November 30!?  What a deal.....$310 worth of products for $87.50!  It doesn't get better than that!  Contact me if you are interested in joining my SU! team!!!  Enjoy this cute hand sanitizer holder!

Fall Fun with Cork

On Saturday, I attended my RemARKable Stampers team meeting!  What a fabulous group of women that I got to spend the day with!  Isn't this card so simple but cute?  This is one of the make and takes that we did at our meeting.  I just purchased theBig Shot die cut that includes this leaf and it is cut out in cork!  Love the texture and dimension that the cork gives to the card. And the Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper is great for Fall projects too!  Shhh.....I think we will be making a project next month at our Hostess Club using this die and the cork!  Enjoy it!

Happy Graduation!

Today, we are heading off to a special graduation party!  It is special because it is a dual graduation for brothers Anthony and Michael.  Anthony graduated from college and Michael from high school!  Our families have become very close over the past 3 years and today will be a big celebration! In honor of Anthony and Michael's graduations, here is a graduation card! We also did this at one of my Stampin' Up! team events!  I am lucky to get the chance to spend time with all of these talented people that share their ideas!  I hope that you find inspiration in their talents as well!

Scrunchie Flower Card

Isn't the Scrunchie Flower adorable!?  I learned this technique at my upline meeting in March.  The flower is made from some retired Designer Series Paper and the Scallop Circle Punch!  I have included the directions to make them.  Thanks to my teammate Michele Reynolds who did the demonstration at our meeting and gave all of us the very specific and easy-to-follow directions!  Here they are:

Scrunchie Flowers

                                                        Demonstrated by Michele Reynolds
1) Punch out 11 Scallop Circles from coordinating pieces of Designer Series Paper.

2) Crumple all 11 circles. The more you crumple them, the more scrunched your flower will be. Tip: If you spray them lightly with water first, they can be a little easier to crumple.

3) Set 1 crumpled circle aside to use as a base.

4) Fold the other 10 circles in half. They don’t have to be precisely folded in half, just roughly.

5) Fold them in half again. Again, you don’t have to be precise. You should have 10 triangles.

6) Put a Pop-Up Glue Dot in the center of the unfolded circle you are using as a base.

7) Press the pointed tip of one triangle lightly into the Glue Dot.

8) Add a second triangle in the same way but make sure the open edges are facing the open edges of the first triangle.

9) Add a third and fourth triangle in the same way making sure that the open edges are facing each other and closed edges are facing each other.

10) Put another Pop-Up Glue Dot in the center.

11) Adhere 4 more triangles in the same way as in steps 7 through 9 but have them cover the seams made by the first layer.

12) Put another Pop-Up Glue Dot in the center.

13) Cut the pointed tips off the last two triangles and discard the tips.

14) Press the flat edge you just made of one triangle into the top of the Glue Dot.

15) Press the flat edge of the second triangle into the top of the Glue Dot so the open edge is facing the opposite direction.

16) Scrunch the entire flower up in your fist repeatedly.

17) Keep scrunching and gently pulling apart the folds until you get the look you want.

18) Adhere your scrunchie flower to your project using Glue Dots or Stampin’ Dimensionals.

- If desired, you can spritz your scrunchie flowers with a mix of Shimmer Paint and alcohol. Or, try spraying them with the new Smooch Spritz we’ll be able to order soon!

- For a larger flower with a slightly different look, try using the Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch instead.

- For a small flower, use the largest flower in the Boho Blossoms Punch. Use Mini Glue Dots to adhere this one together instead of the Pop-Up Glue Dots.