Paper Expressions Rubber Stamping & Video Tutorials

Lace Border Punch Video

 

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Spreading Ink Technique Video

 

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Order your Diagonal Plate Today!

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Available through the end of May so order yours today!

Product Features

• Sits on top of the Simply Scored base
• Held securely in place by rubber pads on back of the plate
• Has etched grooves every 1/8"
• Can score any size card stock up to 12" x 12"
• Includes instructions for creating common envelope sizes
• Coordinating products included
  • Simply Scored (item 122334)
  • Simply Scored Place Markers (item 125625)
  • Simply Scored Stylus (item 125624)
  • Bone Folder (item 102300)
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8x8 page

Hello friends!

At Leadershpip we had 8 make and takes and one of them was this really cute 8x8 scrapbook page that I plan to re-create in 12x12 for several of my kids/grandkids albums using a variety of punches not just flowers. The punch out Flowers on this scrapbook page are from the Mini Catalog Page 18 #125410 Designer Printed Kit.  We Received the ENTIRE kit including the pearls PLUS a full container of buttons and bakers twine in our make and take bags! So I have enough of them left over for a page or 2 more! Stampin Up! is SO generous! I love these perks!

I hope  your day and weekend are as wonderful as you are to me!

Thanks for stopping by!

Busy Day Today!

Today we have card class in the morning, a Stampin UP! Party in the afternoon here in my Studio, and then I have to teach Young Women's at church tonight. A very busy day indeed!

Call or email me today to book YOUR Stampin Up! Party and earn FREE Products!

A Stampin' Up! Party is a creative event you host at your home Or mine, where you invite your friends to enjoy an exciting project demonstration provided by a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. When you host a workshop, you'll see new project ideas, learn different techniques, make a project, and have fun with people you enjoy--all while earning free products based on your workshop's sales.

Just contact me to set a date and invite your friends and family into your home OR mine to stamp and have fun with you. I will help you make it the perfect event for you and your friends! During Sale a Bration we have some exciting EXTRA Benefits for our Hostesses on TOP of all the other FREE procuct we already offer!

No time to hostess an in home or in studio workshop? NO PROBLEM! Collect orders from your family and friends and yourself and call me with them! We can do a phone party or a catalog party.

For your qualifying party you will still receive the benefits, it's all shipped directly to you by UPS AND I will send you a fun Hostess KIT to put together for you and each person who orders!

 

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Tips for Using the Doily Sizzlit

Many of you have emailed me asking for tips to use our new Doily Sizzlit - ask and you shall receive!

With the Paper Doily Sizzlits Die (item 125592) you can now create the intricate designs you've grown to love with our Sizzlits Dies, in a new, larger size.

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Paper Doily Sizzlits Die	125592
Price: $21.95
Create an intricate doily design from single layers of Designer Series Paper or card stock using this newly-sized larger Sizzlits die. Makes a delicate background on a card or a focal point on a frame. Doily image is approximately 4-1/4" diameter.

A few tips and tricks: 

• Because of variations in materials, you will most likely need to use a shim (such as piece of card stock) when you send it through the Big Shot. 
• The detailed intricacy comes with a little added work. The negative pieces will not come out automatically when you cut the die. 
  • It may take a little time to remove all the cut pieces from the die-cut paper. Remove the pieces by poking or punching them out. Carefully, push the pieces through the cut design and remove them from the back. Make sure you work from the front side of the doily (the side that was face-down when it was cut) and push the pieces through; if you try to pull them out from the front or if you push them through from the back side, the doily might tear. To make it easier, gently roll the die-cut paper to pop out some of the larger pieces.
  • Push the pieces out using the Paper-Piercing Tool or the small end of the Simply Scored Stylus. 
  • The front side will look completely cut through, however, the back side may not. This is normal with this die, and if you follow the directions of removing the small pieces you will find that the die has cut through the paper. 
• Because of the intricate design of this die, small pieces might stick in the foam on the actual die. Clear all small pieces from the die before using it again. This will ensure you get a clean cut every time. Remove the remaining pieces by using your Paper-Piercing Tool, being careful not to tear the foam on the die.

Other resources:

• Each die comes with instructional text with the above information (in a little less detail). 

The most important thing to remember is that with the intricate delicacy and detail comes some added work.  The larger Sizzlits dies require a bit more time to use than other dies and that there is a certain amount of hands-on effort involved in creating with these detailed designs. However, you will find with the gorgeous finished piece, the little bit of extra effort is totally worth it!

If you have anymore questions about the dies you order from me, feel free to email me I am happy to help in any way I can!

Watch for my class newsletter coming out later this week by email. New to my blog and Not a Stampin Up demonstrator??  On the upper left column of this page is a place to sign up for my email newsletter, I send it out about 2 times a month filled with inspiration, information and upcoming classes and Stampin Up Specials and it is FREE!

Have an awesome day!

She's 84

Hi everyone!

I created this Torn Paper Technique Challenge Page of my Mom's Recent 84th Birthday. She has Alzheimers so seeing her this happy in the photos was wonderful and I just had to scrap it.

My Technique Challenge at Soul-Scrappers is Torn Paper.  Come play along!

I love our Stampin Up Designer Papers and cardstocks because they are current updated colors that match everything and coordinate together so that it makes it REALLY easy for me to put a page together quickly.  The individual doilies are from our Designer paper Flirtatious page 183 of the catalog. 

At this link you can see close ups of the detail.  Come Join Soul-Scappers for FREE and take advantage of the gallery, challenges and the fun to help you create cards, scrapbook pages and more!

Now, I have something to share that every young woman needs to be told and every woman needs to remember:

A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day drinking iced tea and visiting with her mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.
'Don't forget your sisters,' she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. 'They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them.'
'Remember that 'sisters' means ALL the women. your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. 'You'll need other women. Women always do.'
What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman thought. Haven't I just gotten married?
Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!' But she listened to her mother. She kept contact with her sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her mother really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, sisters are the mainstays of her life. After more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT.........
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you....Or come in and carry you out. Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family: all bless our life!
The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other, every day, we need each other still. Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful.
I just did!

Have a fabulous day!

 

Exciting News!!

We're excited to announce that Creating Keepsakes magazine has named Stampin' Up!'s wood- and clear-mount rubber stamps as one of its Top 10 Tools for 2011!

While Stampin' Up! has long been recognized in the stamping and crafting industry for producing high-quality rubber stamps and exclusive images in a variety of artistic styles, being recognized by Creating Keepsakes is just another validation that when you choose Stampin' Up! products, you are choosing the best!

12 Weeks of Christmas Exclusive Newsletter is about to begin!

This post will remain at the top until Sept 28th 2011

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It's time for the 12 weeks of Christmas Email Newsletter! 

The ONLY way to receive each email, 1 per week for 12 weeks: is to be signed up for my email newsletter. Already on my list? Then just sit back and wait for them to arrive!

Not on my monthly email newsletter list?  Sign up Today so you won't miss a thing!

Just go to the left column of this page at the top under the "Gwen's Newsletter" tab and put in your email info

It will take to you a page to fill out and confirm.

You will be sent an email confirmation

Be SURE to click it so that you are automatically registered and then sit back and enjoy the fun!

And... You will also recieve by email a FREE tutorial for signing up!

New this year- some of the tutorials will include an EXCLUSIVE link to a video tip for the project tutorial! 

We will have a variety of projects from cards to gifts to fabric items!

My September newsletter went email/postal on the 10th!