Late Night Stampers Fall Treasure Hunt 2013

Hi Everyone!

Please join our Late Night Stampers Fall Treasure Hunt 2013 and hope that you enjoy visiting the following blogs to collect all of the clues to WIN!!!

Happy Stampin',

~ Linda

LIST OF PARTICIPATING DEMOS & BLOGS

First Name	Last Name	Blog Address	Country
Tammy	Baldwin	www.creativeapplescrampers.blogspot.com	US
Carolyn	Bennett	www.carolynstamps.com	US
Jody	Brechbill	www.jodybrechbillstampinqueen.com	US
Brenda	Cook	http://www.cardscraps.com	US
Carolee	Crabb	Care2stampwithcarolee.blogspot.com	US
Tina	Davis	http://www.tinadavisstamps.blogspot.com/	US
Beverly	Farmer	www.createwithbev.blogspot.com	US
Sherrill	Graff	http://yourhiredscrapbooksupplies.blogspot.com/	US
Penny	Hanuszak	http://pennytokensstampinspot.blogspot.com	Canada
Lori	Helvick	createwithlori2.blogspot.com/	US
Diane	Ison	http://teachtostamp.blogspot.ca/	Canada
Suzanne	Johnson	www.gottastampwithsuzanne.com	US
Carolyn	Lindenmayer	http://carolynscardcreations.blogspot.com.au/	Other
Rhonda	Macnally	http://rhondalovesstamping.wordpress.com	Canada
Serena	Marsh	www.reenybeanies.blogspot.ca	Canada
Robin	Messenheimer	http://robinscraftroom.com	US
Joni	Metras	www.joniinthespotlightstamping.com	US
Cynthia	Millan	http://www.StampWithCynthia.blogspot.com	Canada
Kimberley	Morris	http://procrastistamper.blogspot.com	US
Ruth	Pearson	http://pearsonifiedcrafting.blogspot.co.uk/	UK
Ginger	Rabesa	http://www.stampingginger.com	US
Brenda	Riehle	www.stampandscrapwithbrenda.blogspot.com	US
Linda	Rodenberg	www.prettyinky.blogspot.com	US
Heather	Sewczak	heatherscutecards.com/blog	US
Cynthia	Simpson	http://cynthiastampinhappening.wordpress.com/	US
Dee	Slater	http://createwithdee.typepad.com	US
Deborah	Smart	www.stampandcreate.net	Canada
B Jayne	Stenstrom	http://www.jaynestamps.com/	US
Tanya	Stottlemire	www.scramptastic.blogspot.com	US
Charlene	Tackvic	www.AlwaysStamping.com	US
Heidi	Tekunoff	www.twohappystampers.blogspot.com	US
Jackie	Watson	jackielwatson.blogspot.com	US

Here’s how to play:

1. Go to the page (listed at the top of my blog) titled ‘LNS Treasure Hunt-Participating Blogs'.

2.  Visit each of the blogs listed (it’s always nice to leave a comment!) -look for participating Treasure Hunt players – they will have the picture of the SU! box (above), and they will list their clue.

3. Make a note of what the clue is, and whose blog it is on.

4.  Once you’ve collected 50 clues, email them to ME at (Lindam530@cox.net),  listing each clue & where you found it.

5. You have from Tuesday August 20th to Friday, October 25th 2013 to collect 50 clues and email them to me, to be entered into the contest -Contest closes Friday Oct. 25th at midnight PST.

~ My Clue ~ 

MOJO Monday 307 ~ One of a Kind ~ Friend

Happy Monday! MOJO Monday, that is!

Just playing along using a very fun sketch today to get the week off to a great beginning!

Hope that you get to play along too!

Stamps: Postage Collection (Hostess)

Ink: Island Indigo

Paper: island indigo, pool party, summer starfruit, whisper white, Sycamore Street DSP (retired)

Tools:scallop punches, circle punches, mosaic punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Accessories:  dimensionals, basic rhinestones dauber

Hope that you enjoy your day!

Please check back tomorrow as I am participating the "Late Night Stampers Fall Treasure Hunt 2013" for your chance to win some terrific prizes...

Happy Stampin'...

~ Linda

Porcelain Roses

While at the 25th Annual Stampin' Up! Convention this past July there was a lovely English demonstrator, sorry I do not recall her name, that showed how to create these oh so pretty porcelain roses.

As I was making my swaps for Convention, I thought that I would use some of these little pretties somewhere, somehow, but alas that did not happen.

So, upon my return home and in preparation for my Team Meeting swap I thought to myself how cute these would look grouped on a card and this is the result!!!

Recipe:

Ink: early espresso, pink pirouette

Stamps:  Loving Thoughts

Paper: very vanilla, early espresso, river rock, Cooredinations Primrose Petals cardstock

Tools: white simply pressed clay, buttons and blossoms simply pressed molds, doily sizzlet die,
beautifully baroque impression folder, little leaves sizzlet die, subtles candy dots, linen thread

Misc: dimensionals, sanding block, tombo glue, crystal effects, water color pen

To create the Roses :

You will need the clay and the molds. Tear off a piece of clay and roll it around in the palm of your hand and then press each piece into each mold.
Put the mold in the freezer, yes, the freezer, for 30 minutes, take out your mold and carefully pop out your flowers. I would strongly suggest that you allow them to dry overnight.

Next, you watercolor or using your markers, color the roses and wait at least 10-15 minutes to dry.
Then you carefully cover each individual flower with crystal effects and let them dry overnight.

You can also add glitter, multi-color your roses, try different embossing powders...would love to see what you create!

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda

Favorite Nephew's Birthday Card & Gift Bag

 

This weekend I will be celebrating my favorite nephew's eighth birthday with him and his mom and dad up in beautiful Sedona, Arizona.

These are his favorite colors and I thought that I would happily create a matching gift bag to go along with his unique birthday card. Since I am posting before handing it to him, I do hope that no one up there views it beforehand.  And, you may ask what would be inside the bag? Well, I am only going to give you a hint as to what it is, something to keep him warm up in chilly Sedona! I know, I know, it is a little cooler up there in the High Country of Arizona, unlike here in sunny Phoenix!

Stamps: Bring on the Cake

Ink: Pacific Point

Paper: whisper white, pacific point, real red

Tools: postage stamp punch, mini heart punch, Cloudy Day textured embossing folder (retired)

Misc: real red ribbon (non SU), white satin ribbon (retired), dimensionals

Pretty easy card and gift bag...lately I am concentrating on creating more clean and simple items.

There also may be some upcoming Scrapbooking Classes in the near future! Stay tuned!

Happy Stampin' !

~ Linda

 

 

Bermuda Bay Dreaming

Happy MOJO Monday to all of my stamping buddies out there!

This morning I decided to play along with MOJO Monday and utilize their sketch designed by Julee Tilman. You can click on the above link to find other pretty creations.

Here are the details:

Stamps: Loving Thoughts, Friendship Wheel (retired)

Ink: Bermuda Bay

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Venetian Romance dsp

Tools: large oval punch, scallop punch, pretty print embossing folder

Misc: white satin ribbon, basic rhinestones, dimensionals, sticky strip, tombo glue

Enjoy!

Happy Stampin"!

~ Linda

My Paper Pumpkin Promotion!!!

Good Morning Fellow Stampers and Crafters!

I have some exciting news to share with you today!

Having attended the Stampin' Up! Convention in beautiful Salt Lake City last week, I want to share an awesome DEAL that is going on now regarding...

My Paper Pumpkin

In addition to the SU promotion, I am offering a BONUS to the FIRST person that signs up using me as their demonstrator.

You will receive an additional Paper Pumpkin Kit FREE from me!!!

Offer Dates: Now -August 31, 2013

Offer Details: Use the promotion code PUMPKINDEAL to join Paper Pumpkin before August 31, 2013, and pay only $10 a month* for the first two months.
*plus tax, where applicable. Shipping included!

The Fine Print:

• For new subscribers only.
• Promotion applies only to the first two months of a new subscription. 
• After receiving two month's worth, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $19.95.
• You need to visit www.mypaperpumpkin.com to join.
• You must click "Add Promo Code" and then enter the promo code PUMPKINDEAL in the "Promo Code" field when you sign up on the mypaperpumpkin.com website to take advantage of this promotion.
• You must join by Saturday, August 31, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT).

Stampin' Up! 25th Anniversary Convention

Just one more day and I will be on my way to beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah where Stampin' Up! and about 6000 of my fellow demonstrators will be celebrating SU's 25th year in the rubber stamping/paper crafting, card making/scrap book making business.

With me, I will be bringing about 200+ swaps, samples to trade with my cohorts.  Each year it gets easier and easier to prepare.

This year is especially meaningful to me because my first down line, Karen Klaassen will be attending along with her down line. We are staying in the same hotel. I am looking forward to showing them and my room mate, whom also is a first timer, around the Salt Palace Convention Center.

There are a wide variety of activities to participate in, one of which is SU is asking each of us to bring a hand made greeting card addressed and stamped to send to someone. If they gather 2,000 of these, they will have broken a world record of cards being sent from one place at the same time.

One is addressed to someone whom I believe reads my blog regularly, when I post. She is the very lady that got me involved in the awesome hobby way back when...and was present when I made my very first greeting card!

Although, I will confess that I do not post as regularly as I would like to on here, if you follow me on Facebook...Linda Rodenberg, Phoenix, AZ, you can see what I am up to more often.

With that long blurb, I must say my good nights for now and wish you all a wonderful, happy week of doing whatever it is you enjoy most!

Happy Stamping Hugs,
Linda

~ Happy Valentine's Day! ~

Finally...I get to post on my blog.  Today is my dear husband and my 8th Wedding Anniversary!
It sure does not feel like we are married that long at all. Must mean that we have a nice long future ahead of us, a happy and healthy one at best.

In honor of Love and all of the sentiments that go along with it, I knew that I would have to share something with all of you, my dear friends out there in Blog land and now Pinterest land :)

At a recent demonstrator meeting I received a very lovely swap from a talented young lady, Stephanie Noack.  And as some of you enjoy doing, I had to CASE (copy and share everything) it!

Therefore, I made eight little Valentines that will be going out in the mail today!  Inside is a secret message spelled out in little hearts :)

Recipe:

Stamps:Teeny Tiny Verses, You are Loved
Ink: crumb cake, pretty in pink
Paper: pretty in pink, very vanilla
Tools: heart punch (large), heart punch (mini), Two Tags Die, Scallop Envelope Die
Access: very vanilla satin ribbon (retired), pink pirouette two tone ribbon, pearls, Vanilla 5/8" flower trim, sticky tape, dimensionals, tombo glue

And, there you have it! 

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda ~

Mojo Monday 257

Hope that you all enjoyed your Labor Day Weekend! My dh bbq'd a delicious flank steak tonight!

Let's get down to stampin' business now...this morning I was very excited to see today's sketch challenge over on Mojo Monday's blog. I really like the placement of the various elements on the card that I came up with, inspired of course by the sketch!

Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Ink: island indigo
Paper: DSP Fan Fair, island indigo, more mustard, riding hood red, very vanilla
Tools: fancy flower punch, hole punch, antique brad, silver brads, small scallop punch, bird punch leaf, small flower punch, jewels basic rhinestones, Edgelits-adorning accents, Emossing Folder-adorning accents

Everything just fell into place when I began with this beautiful designer paper. The colors included in the pack are: very vanilla, riding hood red, basic gray, crumb cake, island indigo, more mustard and pink pirouette.

Two of the papers are printed with lace, one has bicycles on it, one has an Eiffel Tower on it, and the no. 3 frame on the card is cut out from one of the papers with 11 other lovely adornments.

Hope that you enjoy my sharing today!

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda ~

Holiday Ornament ~ 2012

Good Morning!

Yes, it is a very good morning here in sunny Phoenix, AZ where the temperature is cooling off down to only 114 degrees...yesterday was hotter at 115. We do manage ok here, but I have found that I do not venture out much beyond 2pm, so I have been a little busy here in my Stampin Studio.

Have you seen the beautiful Christmas ornament on our splendid Holiday Catalog from Stampin' Up!

Well, sometimes I become a bit impatient about waiting to order something and I had a lot of inspiration from viewing a few you tube video tutorials on how to create this. So, I thought to myself, I can try to make one with the punches, stamps and paper, etc. that I already have. Not bad!

This is my first attempt, a prototype, it took me about 1 1/2 hours to punch out, cut up and glue this little pretty all together! There is no stamping involved, so that saved me some time too.

Stamps:ornament as template from Tree Trimmings (retired)
Ink: none
Paper: Christmas Cocoa (retired from a few years back)
Embellishments: cherry cobbler 3 1/2" scalloped tulle ribbon, linen thread, jewels basic pearl large, designer vintage faceted buttons, retired close to cocoa ribbon
Tools: glue gun, tombo multi adhesive, large scallop punch, ornament punch, BigZ XL designer rosette die, hole punch

Hmmm...not sure if I want to attempt to hold a private class to make these or just make them myself and give them as gifts...decisions, decisions.

Still have a few hours to get out there and run a few errands before the temperature soars.

Hope that you enjoy your day and have some time to stamp and create!

~ Linda

Mojo Monday Challenge 254

Today I was determined to participate in the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I am going to do my best to post one each Monday.

My computer needed a physical! LOL! It has been running extremely slow lately, so with my annual anti virus renewal, I also purchased a download that speeds ol Betsy up a bit...can't say it would do the same for me :) Ok, enough on that matter...on to the important stuff...

Stamps: Moving Forward ($3 from the sale of this set goes to Ronald McDonald House)
Ink: marina mist
Paper: marina mist, whisper white, Polka Dot Parade dsp
Embellishments: jewels basic rhinestones, 1/2" scallops dots ribbon
Tools: scallop punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, polka dots embossing folder

Lately, I have had this urge to create children's cards. I suppose that I owe this to my oh so cute little twin granddaughters, Keira and Kaely. Their birthday is coming up next month and they want Strawberry Shortcake as their theme. If you have any suggestions along those lines, I would enjoy hearing from you.

Til next time...

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda