Archive for Occasions and Themes
You’re #1 & The Winners Of The Nautical Expedition Class
Posted: Monday, June 13th, 2011 | Comments
Happy Monday everyone! I just got back from a three day business conference in Conneticut called the Continuity Summit 3 by Ryan Lee. It was absolutely amazing, and I would say for me, definitely business-changing, possibly even life-changing. My business coach John Sanpietro was there, as well as 10 fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators (well, I guess I should rather say, former fellow demos).
Today I wanted to share with you all a quick and easy Father’s Day card I created, along with a more generic version of it which you can use as a congratulations card. To switch it up for a girl, all you would have to do is to switch up the colors.
Supplies:
Stamps: Grunge Rock, Sanded Backround (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Early Espresso Classic Ink (Stampin’ Up!); Tea Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper: Early Espresso CS, Crumb Cake CS, Real Red CS, Pacific Point CS, Pacific Point DP (Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories: 1 3/4″ circle punch, 2 3/8″ scallop circle punch, Real Red Grosgrain ribbon, Billboard Sizzlit Decorative Strip die, Big Shot (Stampin’ Up!); Chit Chat Rub-ons (retired Stampin’ Up!); Janome Sew Mini (Janome); white sewing thread (other);
Blog Winners
The winners of the Nautical Expedition Give-Away are posted below. If you are one of the lucky winners, please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com to claim your prize. Be sure to put “Nautical Expedition Blog Winner” in the subject line of the email, and then in the email itself, let me know if you want the Stamp Class by Email version, or the Class Planner version for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.
1. Patti Beachy
June 6th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Oh, I was hoping you would do something with this set & paper – it is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing. Perhaps this time, I might win:)
By the way, your puppy is so darn cute:)
2. Stace
June 6th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
I love this theme. It does have a masculine feel, but I live near the coast of Maine, USA-where I actually know female ship/boat owners and operators-so it wouldn’t have to be just for men. Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing such wonderful ideas with us. You are a true teacher at heart.
3.Nancy Dawson
June 7th, 2011 at 6:27 am
Oh Andrea how fabulous expecially for masculine cards. I love all your work and was sorry to see you give up your SU biz BUT am happy for you that you are so successful with your new endeavor! Thank you for a chance to win such a super planner. Nancy
4.Jen Martin
June 7th, 2011 at 7:51 am
Andrea,
So sorry you have been feeling so sad and overwhelmed. Just know that this too shal pass and you have something big just around the corner that will make all your hard work SO WORTH IT!!
THANKS for continuing to be a wonderful creative leader for me. SU or no SU!!
LOVE THE KIT!! THe DSP is so great in this one!! as always I love your designs and look forward to what is next!!
5.Lynn Forsythe
June 7th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Beautiful cards Andrea, but I’ve come to expect that from you. You do great work. I would love to win the class by email and hold it for my customers. So glad you’ve solved your internet problems and it’s great to see you back. I miss you when you’re not “on” all the time.
Good luck with Ginger – anyone with a dog has gone through the puppy thing and one day she’ll learn how it works.
An Announcement
So here’s a little bit of news to keep you guys on the edge….since I love you all so much, and appreciate all the support and encouragement you guys give me, I’m working on a free gift for ALL of you – a free class planner/stamp class by email!It’ll be featuring all Stampin’ Up! products (of course) and the stamp set and DP will be from the new 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. I’m anticipating releasing it sometime mid-July! I’ll keep you guys posted.
Video Tutorial:”Happy Bird-day” Card & Free PDF Download of Bird-Pun Birthday Greetings
Posted: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 | Comments
Posts have been kind of sporadic here lately – I apologize for that. It’s just been one thing after another. A few weeks ago I hired a virtual assistant so of course as with any job, there’s a lot of training that needs to go on. I also recently contracted a few video editors for Paper Crafter’s Library – so that alone, between the job posting, interviewing and training is taking up a lot of time.
I had some major electrical work done in my home office – re-distributing some of the electrical load, adding some new dedicated outlets and improving lighting. We also added a third room to our set up here. I have our studio where we do all of our design work, an office where myself and two-employees work, and now the third room – a video studio which is where we now do all of our filming.
Then on Saturday we had a minor flood in my studio when the main water pipe coming into the house sprung a leak. Thank heavens it didn’t do more damage! So of course that had to be fixed.
Finally, on Sunday we picked up our new addition to the family – a little puppy we named Ginger. She’s absolutely adorable! She’s a little Pom-Poo (a cross between a Pomeranian and a Toy Poodle). So that’s been a bit of an ajustment LOL! (a good one though).
Anyways, on to today’s project. I created this card using Stampin’ Up!’s Aviary stamp set. I really wanted to have a greeting with a bird pun in it, but didn’t have any, so I created a bunch of them - and then decided to put it into a pdf format for all of you as well!
For those of you that have been asking, there will be a video for the super cute Mushroom On A Log Treat Holder in the Paper Crafter’s Library- it will be posted this week.
Download the pdf instructions and free greetings here
Watch the video below:
Supplies:
Stamps: Aviary (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (Tsukineko); Melon Mambo Classic ink (Stampin’ Up!)
Paper: Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS(Stampin’ Up!); Raspberry Fizz CS (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Long Rectangle Nestabilities die, Long Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Big Shot, Basic Black satin ribbon(Stampin’ Up!); pink rhinestones (Dollarama);
Other: Bird-day Greetings pdf handout
A Creative Way To Use Your Patterned Paper Scraps – A Video Tutorial
Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 | Comments
Today’s card is a fantastic way to use up all those itty bitty pieces of patterned paper that you’ve been saving. How do I know you’ve been saving them? Well, most of us paper crafters seem to be hoarders and savers at heart. How can we possibly throw even the teeniest piece away when we might just need it? So if you’re like me, then I KNOW you’ve got some.
The inspiration for this card came from THIS one that was created by Maille Bells. I just re-created it in a standard-sized card (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″). It’s SO easy to change up – simply pick out your patterned paper pieces (and you can use two to four different patterns), and then choose a color of CS that coordinates with your patterned paper to create the base of the card. I chose the Basic Black CS to accent the black ink that I used for the greeting.
The great thing about this card is that it’s an under 10 minute card – more like 5 or 6 minutes to make.
Watch the video below:
I’ll be posting the winners of the Beyond the Garden Class shortly, and you’ll find it in a post BELOW this one.
Supplies I used:
Stamps: Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie CS, Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS, Sweet and Sour Specialty DP (Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); double-sided adhesive (Thermo web); Corner Chomper (We Are Memory Keepers)
11th Birthday Card & a Video Featuring Stampin’ Up!’s Celebrations Collection
Posted: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | Comments
Today I wanted to share with you all a fun and easy birthday card I created for my son’s 11th birthday. I used Stampin’ Up!’s Celebrations collection – the Celebrations Designer Paper, the Celebrations Quick Accents and the Bday Party Rub-ons. These are some of my favourite products in the current catalog because the colors and designs are so bright and vibrant – they are perfect for kids, but even better – can be used for both boys and girls.
As part of my card design I decided to incorporate some fun metal accents, which I created by die cutting and punching a lightweight copper foil (copper on one side and silver on the other).
I decided to film a video for you all, to show you how I made the card.
Paper: Real Red CS, Whisper White CS;, Celebrations DP (Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories: Stars #2 Originals die, Cogs punch, Stampin’ Up! Timeless Type Alphabet Junior, Bday Party Rub-ons, Celebrations Quick Accents (Stampin’ Up!); Matte Accents (Ranger); Copper Premium Craft Foil (Spellbinder’s)
Take 10: Butterfly Card With A Video Tutorial & the winner of the $25 gift certificate
Posted: Thursday, April 21st, 2011 | Comments
Today I wanted to share with you all a fabulously simple card to make. This card was actually inspired by a picture of a pillow I saw in the advertisement section of one of my Somerset Studio magazines – and for the life of me, I can’t find which magazine it’s in now (I have a LOT of those magazines LOL)!
I decided to put together a quick video to show you guys how easy it is to make.
Here are the supplies:
Stamps: Sanded background, En Francais background (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Pear Pizzazz Classic ink, Whisper White Craft ink (Stampin’ Up!)
Paper: Pear Pizzazz CS, Basic Black CS (Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Big Shot, Basic rhinestones (Stampin’ Up!); Heat It Craft Tool, Non-Stick Craft Mat (Ranger)
By the way, I’m not sure how many of you check out our Paper Crafter’s World blog, but yesterday I posted some pictures of another mixed media canvas that I made and one that my 8 year old daughter made. You can see them HERE.
And now, as promised – the winner of the $25 gift certificate to the Sunny Stampin’ Store www.sunnystampinstore.com:
April 19th, 2011 at 8:16 am
OMGosh this card is fabulous! Love the colors and soft petals and you really had to WORK hard girlfriend! Wow. Amazing.
My favorite thing to remember on Easter was the anticipation of a SOLID Sander’s chocolate bunny in my basket… then it is the Egg Hunt!
Hugs.
Congratulations Diane! To claim your prize please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com and put “Sunny Stampin’ Store winner” in the subject line!
Andrea Walford 
