HSS Anything BUT a Card Challenge #95

Good Morning Stampers!!! It's Challenge time AGAIN, and at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week we are challenging you all to create anything BUT a card!  Your inspiration is ORNAMENTS. I love handmade ornaments and my original idea for this project will have to come to life next year, when I prepare in advance better and don't wait until 2 days before December.  So my ornament is COVERED in glitter- the shinier the better!

Check out the HSS blog for even more inspiration from the other AMAZING design team members.

This cute little reindeer had to go on the front of my little house, I had planned on doing a SLEW of these with all different seasonal characters on them, but I honestly ran out of time- or should I say that I didn't prepare far enough in advance, ;-|

But this little fellow turned out super cute- no?!  I gave him a little surprise too, keep going...

Check it out, even in TX there is snow.  Glitter is probably the only snow us Texans will hardly ever see.  This is TX snow. :-)

Check it- I made a little door for the ornament so you could put treats or a note or better yet- CASH inside the ornament.  Note: put the brad on the ornament BEFORE you put it together, otherwise it takes you FOREVER, especially when you are trying to keep your glitter looking nice. :-)

Can you imagine an entire tree covered in these adorable little things?  I think having an elf and a Santa and a snowman, and a dove, and OH MAN I could go on and on... I will give myself much more time next year to make that happen.  Thanks for coming by today and checking in- I might try and put together

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NOVEMBER Club Projects

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Good Morning Stampers!!!   I thought I would share with you the projects that my Hostess Clubs made this month...  We will start off with my McAllen and San Antonio Hostess Club.  This month we made a holiday scrap layout.  I had seen this layout in an old Spanish Stampin' Up! Catalog and thought it would be cute to recreate it.

So we used the ornament punch and created the "tree" using those shapes.  We used Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Glimmer paper, and Green Chunky Glitter. We used white embossing powder for those ornaments that look WHITE.  We used the Delightful Decorations stamp set, VersaMark Ink, Embossing Powder.

I used about a 1/3 of the Top Note die for the "trunk" of the tree... sort of.  I created the sentiment with the Four the Holidays Stamp Set and the VersaMark ink with the white Embossing Powder THEN using the Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker I wrote in the family name and year, but they wrote whatever...

On some of the ornaments I ran them through an embossing folder and then enhanced the pattern on each ornament with the dazzling details.  I have to say that this is my favorite effect for the ornaments.

In order to make the star I used the 5-Petal flower punch then took my paper snips and cut a straight line from the outer tip to the inside of the flower.  I tried to make this as wonky as I could BUT it didn't get as wonky as I would have liked, I like things to look off centered on purpose so the stress of getting it perfect is gone!

Here is the gift card that we made for my PROJECT HOSTESS CLUB.  As part of this club the gals order the supplies needed for the club project the month prior- this month the gals made an adorable Holiday Jar using the Decor Elements... I don't have a picture of the jars we made (I have a club member sending me a pic of her's soon) but this is the card that we made to accompany the jar.

We used the Pennant Parade set and the Pennant builder punch to create the tree.  I had them make the tree 3-D which is super cute and EASY!!  They just scored the completed tree down the center and then attach the edges of the center tree to the side of the other 2 tree's.  Then attach the tree using dimensionals to the card front.

I colored in the ornaments with the Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Markers THEN put the dazzling details on top to make it shimmer... BUT the glitter sucks the color out of the image in areas... just don't show them the card up close?

Here's a better view of the 3-D tree.

I love the topper... I used a MINI JINGLE BELL to top my tree.  Super cute and easy!

Thanks for stopping by today to take a peek see- 

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Snowman Soup Tutorial

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Good Morning Stampers!  As I promised yesterday, here is the video tutorial of the project I made yesterday- SNOWMAN SOUP.  I hope you enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed the video and I am hoping to make a few more over the holiday... we will see how much I get done. :-)  I hope you have an AMAZING Thanksgiving and thanks for stopping by!

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HSS Inspiration Challenge #94 WINTER WONDERLAND

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GOOD MORNING STAMPERS!!!  I CAN'T wait to share my project for this weeks HSS challenge, the inspiration for this challenge is WINTER WONDERLAND- and I squealed when I figured out what I was going to make.  Me LOVE the 3-D tings!!!  I know when I think about a WINTER WONDERLAND I think snow, hot coco, and fuzzy socks!  So what it made me think of is SNOWMAN SOUP.  This is SO STINKIN' CUTE!!!

You have to pop over to HSS to see what the other Design Team members were inspired to do for this challenge, man are they talented. :-)

I made these holly leaves and berries with a large oval punch and the 3/4" circle punch.  Then I used the 1/2" circle punch to make the holly berries.  SUPER CUTE!!

I used the 3/4" circles for his eyes, and gave some life to them with my white gel pen.  I use that thing SO much that I usually have 6-8 on hand at all times!!  The nose is hand cut from Pumpkin Pie Card Stock and popped up with demensionals.

Look what I stuck inside- I have a pouch of Hot Coco mix, and a small baggie of Marshmallows, and there was a candy cane BUT I think I dropped it somewhere between my desk and my photo table... Mmmmm

And what Snowman Soup is complete without a sweet little poem for your recipient.  I printed these and created them using My Digital Studio- I love that thing!!!! I attached it to the back of his head- wouldn't you?!

His hat is made from a few different pieces of black card stock and don't fret I am making a tutorial on this little man to help you all create it for yourself.  I have to give props to Tammy White, she made this with a 3x3 envelope instead (I used a standard A2 envelope) and she made hers into a ornament hanger.  I just wanted mine to be BIGGER- I am from TX so it's more appropriate, right?!

So give me a day (maybe 2) to get the tutorial finished... I have my kids home and my goal was to complete it to post with this today, yeah- that didn't happen.  I will have it for you though BEFORE Thanksgiving- swear!!  I hope you all have a VERY HAPPY & SAFE THANKSGIVING. I am so grateful and thankful for all of you that share in the love of this passion of mine, I am so grateful for ya'll!  See you back in just a few days, take care and until then~

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LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN!!!!

Online Extravaganza, Stampin' Up!'s annual sale to kick off the holiday shopping season, will begin

Monday, November 21, 2011 and run through
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

You may place orders either through MY Online Store or by e-mailing me directly at erin@HandStampedStyle.com.  Please remember, the quickest way to order is via my Online Store. 

You'll definitely want to log in to MY Online Store on Monday, November 21, to take advantage of great savings!

~FREE Digital Downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express

~60 % OFF select Designer Fabrics

~30 % OFF an exclusive ribbon bundle

And WOW - look at this!
There will be two items on sale for 24 hours only (November 21, 12:01 AM - 11:59 PM [MT]), so make sure you don't miss the first 24 hours of Online Extravaganza!

As a reminder, when you place a $50+ order from MY Online Store, you will receive a FREE Gift from me!  This is in addition to all the savings you'll receive from Stampin' Up!

HSS Technique Challenge Bargello #93

Good Morning Stampers!! I am sorry that I haven't been good at posting on a more frequent basis over the last week or so... I have been crazy busy!  I have had several classes/clubs and trying to get things ready for a few vendor fairs and more clubs coming up, so I truly apologize!  I am super thrilled with the card that I made for this weeks Challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments, it all about the Bargello Technique- super easy and FUN!!  I did it with a twist... instead of using designer or stamped paper I did it with embossed paper- FUN!!!

You should check out HSS for all the details-

I took strips of embossed card stock and pieced them together.  I used the stripes, polka-dot, square lattice, & vintage wallpaper embossing folder and my big shot to make the designs.  I used Rich Razzleberry, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Old Olive, and Pink Pirouette card stock.

I used my ornate blossom stamp for my focal image, I love this stamp and I made it with a variety of my colors using the marvelous markers. :-)

Of course I can't consider it complete unless it is showered with shiny things... I outlined and covered different parts of my card with dazzling details. I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!

I put thick layers of it on the petals of the flower, it almost looks like puffy paint. :-)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my little crafty space here, pop on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments and share your project for this weeks technique theme.  I can't wait to see what you all create- have fun!!

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HSS Theme Challenge #92 Over The Top!!

Good Morning Stampers!!  I am SOOOO excited to share with you my project for this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Theme Challenge #92 OVER THE TOP... and is mine over the top!!!

 It took me a while to get my OVER THE TOP juices flowing, since that just doesn't come naturally to me- BUT once I did it was like throwing up... I couldn't stop.  Ok, so maybe that wasn't the best analogy, but you get my point.  For me over the top translates to shiny and the more shiny the better- in fact there are many times where I have to talk my way down from using too much most times.  So having this challenge felt freeing to me, I could use as much as I want!!!

So I thought it would be FUN to make a little video about the card this week.  I took so many cool shots at all kinds of angles and thought it would be even more over the top if I put the entire thing to music- Soooo, here goes!

I hope you enjoyed my project this week and I hope you get the bug to share your own project with us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out my upcoming classes and ALL the Stampin' Up! specials going on right now.

NEW CLASSES!!

SO, I have been a busy bee lately... I have been preparing the projects we will be making for ALL of the classes I am holding in December.  I know it is a bit early BUT we all know how crazy busy life gets in December- so I wanted you to be able to schedule your crazy life around your classes :-)

So something NEW I am doing, to make life easier for you is to schedule the SAME class series on the SAME day every other month.  For those of you who may be new to my classes I hold my club meetings on odd numbered months (Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov) and my classes are scheduled on even numbered months.  Don't fret- if you are dying for a class or event and you are NOT a member of a club you can always attend as a guest.  CLICK HERE for more details on attending a Club Meeting as a GUEST.

So now for upcoming December classes:

First there is my HAND STAMPED SCRAPBOOK CLASS series.  This class will be held on the FIRST Friday of every even numbered month.  CLICK HERE for more details.

I thought it would be FESTIVE to do something creative and fun for the holiday season, SO on Friday December 9th from 6-8 PM I am hosting a COOKIE EXCHANGE for all my stamping friends.  CLICK HERE for more details, we will have a creative project which there is a small charge for but the cookie exchange event is FREE.

STAMP-A-STACK card class, which is held the SECOND Saturday of every even numbered month.  This is a great class for stocking up on cards- CLICK HERE for more details about the project for December.

K.I.S.S. CARD CLASS, held the THIRD Friday of every even numbered month.  Although normally we will be doing adorable easy cards, perfect for all levels of stampers, we are making gift tags in December.  CLICK HERE for more details.

MOMMY & ME CLASS and DADDY DAUGHTER CLASS, held  the THIRD Saturday of every even numbered month.  This class will allow Mom's & Dad's to create and bond with their girls (or boys, my son would love this!!) CLICK HERE for more details on this class.

EMPTY NESTER'S CLASS are held the FOURTH Thursday every even numbered month, this class is held DURING the day while the hubby is at work and kids are at school.  This class was made for those who find it hard to step away from the family during family time.  Now you don't have to, do it on your time!  CLICK HERE for more details.

I hope you see something that is of interest to you, if you are attending one of the club meetings in November you will get to see the samples of these projects in person.  YOU CAN REGISTER FOR ANY OF THESE CLASSES BY CLICKING HERE!! Or check out the CLASS REGISTRATION button located on the sidebar.  

I will ALSO be offering these classes virtually- BE ON THE LOOKOUT for some NEW ON-LINE CLASSES that will be available SOON!!  These ON-LINE classes will be just as great as being here in person.  I will supply you with a list of items you need to complete these projects at home so you can craft along side me. :-)  It is a great option for those stampers that don't live locally and can't attend my classes, OR if you can't make the class date you can do it in the convenience of your own home.  These are a great option for ANYONE local or not!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!