New Blog Finally Here!!!

My new blog is finally here:

www.inkspiredcreations.com

Please pay me a visit and leave a comment to let me know what you think!!

I hope you will enjoy my new setup!

Happy Stamping...
Jen : )

New Blog Coming Soon!

I just wanted to let you all know that I am setting up a new blog which should be up and running early next week! I will post web address here when it is available.

Happy Stamping!

Jen : )

Happy World Card Making Day!!

OK so I'm a couple of days late but I know everyone else has been busy this Holiday weekend, so I am sure you will forgive me...LOL. I just wanted to thank everyone who attended my First Annual World Card Making Day Event. I actually had my event yesterday. We made cards for the troops in Iraq that will be there over the Holidays. The cards will be donated to a local Amvets Ladies Auxiliary. They will be sending the cards along with care packages to some of our local troops stationed in Iraq. Here are the cards that we made:

I think the kids had the most fun of all. My girls could not wait for me to let them stamp!! They are my future demonstrators..LOL!

Sam also came over with her mom. She made a card for the troops and then decided she wanted to do another one. I had cards set up in the kitchen for make-n-takes. Sam did an awesome job! She really liked using the pastels and later asked her mom when she could come back to stamp! Kids are so much fun to stamp with!

The cards above are the make-n-takes I had set up. I hope you like them. I am sure you will see them at a future card class. I couldn't resist taking pictures of the cards next to my new flowers! My mother-in-law saw them at work and gave them to me to dress up the table while we stamped. Wasn't that so sweet of her!! I just think they are so pretty.

And...I was interviewed by our local newspaper the Tantasqua Town Common for a feature article. The kids are excited that their pictures may be in the paper!

Well, I hope everyone had a nice Holiday weekend. I hope you were able to do some stamping to celebrate World Card Making Day. Happy Stamping!

New look... and more craft fair projects!

I had time to play with a different look for my blog. I haven't decided if I like it better than the last layout. I am going to have a custom banner created for my blog soon, so this look is only temporary too. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

As you know I have been preparing for future craft fairs. Here are some folded frame ornaments for your viewing pleasure (LOL):

I found the directions on the HGTV website a few weeks ago. It is made with two 6"x6" pieces of Double Sided Paper. Each piece is folded to create a frame. Adhesive is only used to attach the 2 frames to one another (back to back). After the first one the directions are easy to follow. You can fit a small picture on each side of the ornament. This would be a great gift for family and close friends!

CAUTION!! If you do not like origami this project is not for you!! : )

Hope you like it! Happy Stamping!

5 Sided Star

Here is my version of the 5 sided star on page 171 in the catalog... I wanted to make a star ornament for the craft fairs, but I had a hard time finding a template or a technique that would make the Designer Series Paper (DSP) strong enough to last.

The Template for this ornament can be found Here. These are actually directions to make a princess wand for a young girl. You are supposed to make 2 stars and glue them together with a stick or rolled up piece of paper in the middle. Gluing the tabs together at the end of each star point, gives the paper strength! So, I just made one star and before I glued the last 2 tabs together I made a hanger out of a piece of gold cord and placed that under the tabs.

This ornament is SO SIMPLE. A great project for at night while sitting in front of the TV!! And check out what the back looks like... I LOVE IT!

TIPS: Print out the template on printer paper. I used the 2 way glue pen for a temporary adhesive to hold the template on the DSP. I use a ruler and the scorer from the cutter kit to score on every line before folding. Again, the Glue Stick is the best adhesive for this project!!

I hope you enjoy this project! Leave a comment to let me know what you think..have a good night!!

I'm back!

Sorry I haven't posted this week. I have been very deep into planning the craft fairs for this year. Here is another geodesic ornament I made with retired Designer Series Paper.

Adhesive tip: I tried several adhesives for this project and the SU! Glue Stick has the strongest hold overall! I wouldn't use any other adhesive for this project.

I hope you have a chance to try this ornament for this holiday season! Leave a comment and let me know what you think of this project. Happy Stamping!

Denver Day 5!

Sorry! I should have posted this a long time ago, but I was a little sidetracked! Anyway, Day 5 was a blast...During general session I won FREE STAMPS! I won the gently used products from the Pajama Stamp-a-Rama. I think this was the best set to win! We all received:

• Sanded Background Stamp
• Monogram Alphabet Lower "c"
• Versamark Pad
• 2 Chocolate Chip Classic Pads
• 1 Real red Craft Pad
• River Rock Stamp Pad
• Really Rust Stamp Pad
• Sahara Sand Stamp Pad
• Wild Wasabi Stamp Pad

Because they were only used once they are like brand new!!! Thanks Stampin' Up!

Here are pictures of some of the projects that were demoed in the afternoon class:

That night we attended the awards dinner....I found out that I personally know 4 of the top 100 demonstrators of the year! Amy Czuba (LEFT)was #89, she is my upline that runs our monthly demonstrator meetings! Rebecca Bernzweig (RIGHT) was #49, I met her on the first day, through another demonstrator (Gwynne) and she hung out with us during general session and lunch times. Jennifer Peel (RIGHT) was #46, she is in another demonstrator group with Priscilla Meunier(BOTTOM LEFT) who was # 38. We spent a lot of time with them at the bars during convention!! Priscilla has come to several of our demonstrator meetings in Franklin. She is just about the funniest person I have ever met!

The demonstrator of the year, Rhonda Wade, was a guest speaker at our quarterly meeting in Franklin about 3 months ago. She is an amazing demonstrator! I was able to talk to her after our meeting and she is just the nicest person. By the way the I think she received $22,000 as a prize for becoming the #1 demonstrator of the year!!!! Each of the top 100 received a cash prize along with other gifts!! I wouldn't mind that next year...LOL!

Laura and I at Awards Night!

After awards were given out...there was entertainment! "Ryan Shupe and The Rubber Band" They were absolutely amazing! If you have a moment check out their website, they are so talented I had to buy a CD. I have listened to it almost every day since I came back from Denver. I checked already and they are not touring around here. Ryan Shupe is a 5th generation fiddle player. He and the lead guitarist play: guitar, fiddle, mandoline, and banjo!

After that I went back to the hotel, made sure everything was packed for the morning and went to SLEEP! Which is where I am headed right now...Good night!

Christmas is coming....

OK, so most of you are not thinking of Christmas yet, but I am! I am planning Christmas classes and Craft Fairs, so I remember this cool ornament idea from last year and tried it tonight. This is called a Geodesic Ornament...and you can find the instructions here at the HGTV website. It is easier than it looks.



I used retired Designer Series Paper (DSP) from last year. I figured I could practice on this before I order the Wintergreen Designer Series Paper. I used the 1 3/8" circle punch to cut out the circles and the cutter kit with a ruler to make the score lines.



SCORING TIP: I found placing the DSP over a piece of paper or a paperback book works great when using the cutter kit to score lines. The DSP can tear when using the scoring blade on the 12" paper cutter. However, I prefer the scoring blade on the 12" paper cutter when I score cardstock...the cutter kit does not make deep enough lines in the cardstock.



This project was a lot of fun! I hope you like it!



Happy Stamping!