Ink Chatter

Guest Designer - Maria Pane

One of the best things about being a Stampin' Up! demo is all the neat people I meet and get to turn into friends.  One of these is Maria Pane.  She's what we call a "sideline"  we both roll up into Janet Wakeland's group of demos call the RemARKable Stampers.  Such a talented group of people it is  my pleasure to be associated with!  Maria and I were roommates at convention last year.  She was wonderful, put up with my snoring and still finishing swaps in the room at midnight!  One night she fell asleep with her glasses on while I was working on swaps!  She's an amazing person and a wonderful stamper!  Here are a couple of her designs that she made recently.

Her blog is great, well worth a visit: http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/ I'm going to a Stamp camp with her this weekend, I'll share those ideas soon.

Enjoy,

Lisa

Chocolate Bunny Love!

I loved these two stamps, Chocolate Bunny & Like-O-Meter, immediately.  I added "More than chocolate", which is my highest level of "like-ability", and created this card for the swap at our last group meeting.  I also used the I {Love} Love wheel on the background, but it's hard to see.

I embossed the bunny with clear embossing powder on Chocolate Chip card stock.  It looks almost edible!

Once I had all the bunnies embossed, cut out and ribbon collars tied, they looked so cute all grouped together.  I almost didn't want to make them into the cards!  I also tried a new ribbon treatment, by layering our luscious new satin ribbon under the punched out hearts.  I thought it looked pretty cool!

Either or both of these stamps would make cute & quick Valentine's cards!

Enjoy,

Lisa

Drop by My Valentines Open House

Yes, it’s that most wonderful time of the year again!  Sale-A-Bration – Lots of free stuff from Stampin’ Up!  We have all kinds of wonderful new goodies: new clear mount stamps, new punches, new stamps sets, new Décor Elements, new papers, new satin ribbon, new embellishments, new Big Shot dies, etc.  Come play with my new goodies and create cards for yourself and for the Ronald McDonald House.  I have lots of card fronts just waiting to be made into full cards. Or pick new designs from my card buffet to make for RMH or your loved ones. Come play with the new clear mount stamps, border and corner punches and the yummy new ribbon and embellishments!

No cost for this fun event!   Saturday, February 13 , 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM in my sun room.  Please RSVP by Feb 6, so I will have enough kits cut.  Open House style, so come when you can and leave when you have to!

RSVP by phone (leave a message): 301-284-5719 or email lisa.chatterjee@gmail.com.  Check back here on my blog, I just might give you a sneak peak of some of the items!

Enjoy,

Lisa

RemARKable LOVE Blog Tour Day 3 - Stop Hoarding Sampler

My Stampin' Up! mentor, Jan Wakeland, gave us a stop hoarding challenge.  She challenged us to use all the wonderful embellishments and ribbons, etc. we have instead of "saving them for later".  She also recently posted a great framed sampler of the paper and embellishments coming in the new Occasions mini.  So I combined the idea with the challenge and came up with this.  Not a card I would mass produce, but a fun change!  LOL!  I used half a sheet of dimensionals! Full details below.

Tiny Tags stamp set; Sending Love Specialty DSP; Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink card stock; Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad; Chocolate Chip 5/8" Satin ribbon; Sweet Pea Stitched Felt; Linen Thread;  Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads; Medium Jewelery Tag Punch; 1 1/4" Square Punch; Chocolate Chip Sending Love Epoxy Brads; Real Red & Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons; Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslits die; Big Shot; Basic Small & Basic Jumbo Grommets; 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo Brads; Pretties Kit; Filigree & Flower Designer Brads; Glue Dots; Dimensionals

All these goodies will be available to order starting January 5th!  With Sale-A-Bration extras and specials also!  

I hope you have enjoyed my tour ideas!  Check back often, I have lots more ideas to share!

Don't forget to click below to the get to the next tour stop.

RemARKable LOVE Blog Tour Day 2 - Heart of Hearts

Okay, so I got a little punchy...  LOL!  The new Sending Love Specialty DSP is so cool!  It shimmers and sparkles, which the picture does not show.  :-(  I punched a whole bunch of little hearts using the new Small heart punch, and arranged them in a bigger heart.  Love the new punches - so compact but easy to use!  Added some of the luscious new Satin Ribbon, a Pinking Hearts punch border and a Fire Rhinestone to finish it off.  I think this might be a good valentine card for my DH of 29+ years!  Full details below.

Whimsical Words stamp set (inside); Sending Love Specialty DSP; Very Vanilla, Real Red card stock; Real Red Classic Stampin' Pads; Real Red 5/8" Satin ribbon; Small heart Punch; Pinking Hearts Border Punch; Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads; Dimensionals

I hope you are enjoying the tour.  I did the complete circuit this morning and loved everything!  Click below for the next stop.

RemARKable LOVE Blog Tour Day 1 - Hug Note & Stand

Welcome to the RemARKable LOVE Blog Tour, showcasing all the Stampin' Up! stuff we LOVE.

I LOVE the new Occasions mini!  The clear mount stamps are a dream answer to a craft room that is crowded with stamp sets!  The new punches are also space savers.  The new butterfly Embosslits die is to die for! It cuts and embosses 4 butterflies from tiny to medium in one pass!  I created this friendship hug note using the new I {Heart} Hearts from the Occasions mini and the Whimsical Words Sale-A-Bration set. 

 

The stand is created by cutting 3 of the Decorative Accents pieces, folding each in half and gluing the halves together.  It makes a cute little stand that holds our new Hugs notes perfectly!  Here is another view of the stand.  I left it plain so that it won't compete with what it is holding.  P.S. Since it's a Bigz die, you can cut all 3 pieces at once!  Details below.

I {Heart} Hearts,  Whimsical Words stamp sets; Hugs sending Love Notes; Pretty In Pink, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand card stock; Pretty In Pink, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pads; Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die; Decorative Accents Bigz die; Hemp twine; Fine Cosmo Stampin' Glitter; 2-way Glue Pen; Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive; Big Shot; Dimensionals

Remember, Sale-A-Bration and the new Occasions mini starts January 5, 2010!  Click on the image below to go to the next stop on the tour.