AMAZING opportunity - Artisan Design Team ... APPLY NOW!

You all know how excited I was to be selected to be a part of the 2018 design team. In case you missed my excitement you can read about it here. I've pretty much talked about it non-stop since. It's been an amazing and rewarding experience (in so many ways) and the year isn't even half over!  

MY PSA TO YOU - If you've ever considered applying to be a part of this team NOW IS THE TIME to apply.  Read more about the team and experience here. The Stampin' Up! home office is reviewing sample portfolios now.  There are a few requirements, primarily to be an active SU demonstrator and to maintain and online blog.  Is really easy to apply and you never know how it might shake out. I was shocked and delighted to be selected and never thought it would be in the cards. You all inspire me everyday and I know others see it too. APPLY!

In honor of the fun I've had I decided I would post a few of my very favorite card creations from the last 6 months including a summery new card (shown above). Some of these projects might be your favorites too, maybe. Upon review it seems l like flowers, and using WHITE. LOL. 

THANK YOU for all the fabulous encouragement and support. Your comments, kind words, sharing and CASing of my creations means the world to me. You guys rock!

The 2018 Artisans have become fast friends and are such a warm and inspirational group. Take a look at the fabulous company I get to keep .... Hugs, Charlet.

Cathy Caines - Canada

Connie Collins - USA

Jennifer Frost - Australia

Jessica Winter - Austria

Sylwia Schreck - Germany

Susan Wong - New Zealand

Lauren Garcia Alarid - USA

Emma Goddard - United Kingdom

Sarah Lancaster - France

Kayla Renee MacAulay - Australia

Rhoda MacPherson - United Kingdom

Charlet Mallett (ME) - USA

Kim McGillis - Canada

Jennifer Pauli - Germany

Elizabeth Price - USA

Linda van Wely - Netherlands

Share What You Love Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop #2

SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE ARTISAN BLOG HOP - ROUND 2

Welcome back. Did you catch the first round of the Share What You Love Artisan blog hop? The Artisan design Team is back to share even more projects using the bundles from the SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE promotion. These bundles are available to purchase today, RIGHT NOW! 

My projects today use items from the Just Getting Started bundle (149526). This bundle is perfect for the beginning crafter who wants to start stamping and create quick and simple cards. This bundle includes everything you need to make these cards, including a clear block for mounting your stamps.  It's amazing what can be created only using Stamps, Ink and Paper. 

I created a variety of simple notecards and then packaged them together with a cute little belly band. Shown above. This notecard package will make a lovely gift for a friend. Cute, eh? Are you ready to see the note cards?

Card making does not need to be time consuming. If you are just starting out you can achieve fantastic results in minutes. Each of these first two cards can be created in a minute. These cards use a technique called generation stamping, sometimes called 'stamping off'. To achieve this look stamp your image in full strength ink on a sheet of scratch paper first to removed some of the ink density, then stamp onto your project.

These next two cards take only a few minutes to complete and involve more generation stamping  and a little hand cutting (sometimes called fussy cutting). I find scissor cutting to be relaxing. Do you?
BTW - Ink colors used, and included in this bundle, are Grapefruit Grove and Old Olive. Paper color is Very Vanilla. 

These last cards can be achieved in under 5 minutes but are not any more difficult to create, just include more stamping and more cutting which takes more time. I've created simple backgrounds by repeatedly stamping the same image over and and over to create a pattern.  Stamps, Ink & Paper BABY! Easy peasy.

#149524 Just Getting Started

#149525 A Little More, Please

#149526 Gotta Have it All

The Just Getting Started bundle includes: 
Love What You Do Stamp Set · Grapefruit Grove Ink Pad  · Old Olive Ink  ·
Very Vanilla Notecards & Envelopes  ·  Very Vanilla Cardstock  · Clear Block E

Check out the flyer at the end of this post for a
full list of items in each bundle and ordering information.

Here are a couple more 5 minute or less cards. The options are endless!

#sharewhatyoulove #papercrafting #handmade #artisandesignteam

Are you excited to see what the rest of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Designers created using these various bundles? Me too! Up next is Connie Collins, this round she got an opportunity to play with The Gotta Have It All Bundle. This bundle includes EVERYTHING! Connie's projects are sure to be over the top.

#149524 Just Getting Started Bundle
#149525 A Little More, Please Bundle
#149526 Gotta Have it All Bundle

A reminder ... The Stampin' Up! Artisan designers got a chance to play with these various bundles and we are excited to share ideas with you USING ONLY ITEMS from these bundles. This means if you purchase any of the bundles you would have everything you need to recreate the specific projects we share that were made from that bundle. 

Sometimes links break. Oops! If this happens you can catch back up
with us by clicking on our blog homepage links below.

Cathy Caines
Charlet Mallett (YOU ARE HERE)
Connie Collins
Elizabeth Price
Emma Goddard
Jenni Pauli
Jennifer Frost
Jessica Winter
Kayla MacAulay
Kim McGillis
Lauren Alaird
Linda van Wely-Zwolle
Rhoda MacPherson
Sarah Lancaster
Susan Wong
Sylwia Schreck 

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Just Getting Started Bundle

[149524]

$57.00

A Little More, Please Bundle

[149525]

$91.50

Gotta Have It All Bundle

[149526]

$127.50

Lovely Wishes - What Will You Stamp

Lovely Wishes is a beautiful stamp set.  I enjoyed playing around with it for this weeks What Will You Stamp Challenge.  

I stamped a few of the images in versa mark ink and heat embossed in white. Then I  watercolored with Brusho color crystals. I created a few pieces and couldn't decide how to turn them into cards. I liked how they looked without much else added. So I opted for a fairly simple card with a couple of pearls as accents. What do you think? 

Check out what the team has created on the WWYS blog. 

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Lovely Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

[145924]

$17.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Metal Rimmed Pearls

[138394]

$5.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Fruit Basket - Case the Designer Global Design Project

How lucky are we?! This week over at the Global Design Project we are CASING the amazing Allison Okamitsu. Another fabulous designer and opportunity to CASE. I love Allison's work. CASE = Copy And SHARE Everything. Or copy and selectivly edit. 

While I absolutely adore the layout of Allison's strawberry card I opted to pull from the same products and colors. My card also  features the Fruit Basket stamp set and the Tutti Fruiti Designer Series papers. I had so much fun playing with these products that I created an alternate below.

Check out the #GDP136 challenge and be sure to play along with us!

Can you see that JUICY strawberry? I added just a little fine tip glue to the image to give it that shiny, wet look.

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Fruit Basket Photopolymer Stamp Set

[145833]

$16.00

1-1/8" (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch

[146138]

$16.00

1-3/8" (3.5 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch

[146139]

$16.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Tutti-Frutti 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[145606]

$10.00

Birthday Mini Binder Clips

[145563]

$7.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[144086]

$6.50