And the winning Project is!!

Fancy Friends Kit is now available

Customers and Demonstrators alike asked for Stampin' Up! to offer kits for sale. Well, Stampin' Up! has done just that. About two weeks ago (or so) Stampin' Up! asked for customers and demonstrators to vote on their choice of a new kit and the RESULTS are in. It is gorgeous.

 

 

  

You can purchase the new Fancy Friends Kit, Item No. 132319, for $15.95.

If six cards are not enough, you can order additional note cards, Item No. 107311, for $5.95 (20 cards and envelopes). NOTE: Fancy Friends Kit has extra rhinestones for those needed more than six cards.

 

To assemble the cards:

1. Stamp the doily image in Daffodil Delight or Old Olive ink three times on the card and once on the envelope, re-inking between uses.
2. Stamp "Friends" in Daffodil Delight or Old Olive ink on the front of the card.
3. Adhere the flowers to the card. Adhere Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the center of the flowers.

Visit my On-Line Store to order your kit today.

OCTOBER 29TH

Sell-A-Stamp Spooktacular

For one day only, you and your customers will get 15 percent off almost every stamp we sell!

Starting at 12:00 AM (MT) and ending at 11:50 PM (MT), almost every stamp we sell will be 15 percent off.

This means all stamps in the current catalogs including

◦Background stamps
◦Personalized name stamps
◦Incentive stamp sets from the supply list
◦Cookie press stamps
◦Single-image stamps  CLICK HERE

This DOES NOT include

◦Hostess sets
◦Bundled stamp sets
◦Digital stamp brush sets

There is no minimum purchase, and no limit to the number of stamps you can order.

Order online 24/7 on Oct. 29th

at  http://stampingjackiewatson.stampinup.net

Click here to go there now !

Twelve Days of Christmas Reminder

Twelve Days of Christmas

Just a quick reminder that my Twelve Days of Christmas will be starting November 5th. I hope you are getting excited as I am.

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Almost here my Twelve Days of Chrismas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Let’s face it; the holidays seem to appear earlier every year. Wouldn’t it be nice to get some creative ideas to help with the Holidays?


This is the first year that my sister and I are doing this and we are so excited to show you all the projects that we have done.

Are you ready for twelve days of fun? It will start on November 5th and runs for twelve days.

With the holidays just around the corner, I have a wonderful opportunity for you! As a subscriber to my blog (http://jackielwatson.blogspot.com) you will be receiving my Twelve Days of Christmas Projects. If you are not a subscriber at this time visit my blog and sign up.

Each day you will receive not only a picture of the finished project, but you will also receive a complete supply list. A step-by-step tutorial will be available for some of the projects.

Whether you sign up and subscribe to my blog or just stopping by it is all free. This is my gift to you.



Jackie Watson

Friday's Tip of the Day

Shading using Markers and Reinkers

Today tip is how to use our markers and reinkers in shading. I don’t know about you, but I always have a hard time with shading. Getting the colors to blend correctly and placing the highlights where they belong. A couple of years ago I ran across this pictorial on how to do this amazing technique!
 This technique made it a lot easier for me.  So to give credit where it belongs I saw this on Jennifer Foley's blog.   Her card was amazing,  I decided to share with you what I had done. Now I also will include step instructions.

So let's get started, first here is my card done, I love the way it came out. This is the easiest shading effect that I have ever done.

Supplies

Card Stock                            Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Vary Vanilla

Stampin Ink                           Stazon Black, Eary Espresso

Markers                                 Only Orange

Re-Inkers                               Soft Suede

Ribbon                                   Daffodil Delight Stitched(I colored it with Only Orange)

Button                                    Neutrals Designer Button in Early Espresso

Stamp Set                              Blooming in Kindness

Here is how to do it: 

1. Choose the colors that you want or use the color coach to choose a Dynamic Duo color combination.  
2. Choose one of  the re-inkers for the dark color, and the marker for the light color.
3. Squeeze one drop of ink into a color palette or a plastic container or paper plate.
4. Place the brush tip of the marker into the ink until it absorbs the desired amount of ink that you want. 
5. When you color an image with the side of your marker, you will get two colors for a shaded affect. 

When you are done to get rid of the re-inker on your marker just color on a scrap piece of paper until the darker color is gone.

I did have to play around with it for a few minutes, but once I got the hang of it I was in love with the results!!!  I also tried some added effect by taking my aqua painter and only orange marker and did additional highlights. This is optional.

 Here what mine looked light before I finished the card.

 That’s it! I hope you like it. It looks like it took a really long time to make, but in reality it only takes about 5 minutes to make, if that!
Adding additional card stock, ribbon and button. All together about 10 minutes. I don't know about you but I like quick cards. I love this technique.

Let me know what you think of it, and if you try it send me a picture and I will post it on my blog.  Just email me at jackielwatson2009@hotmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by,
Jackie

The Stampin' Trimmer has Arrived

The time has come! The voyage is complete and the Stampin' Trimmer is ready to order! We know you're excited--we are too!

Start planning for your holiday events and let your customers know that the Stampin' Trimmer is coming in November. What makes the new Stampin' Trimmer so great? Check out all the great new features in the video below or refer to this current update.

Check  back  soon for more information.  If yu would like to order one of these fabulous trimmers contact me at my SU blog or email me at jackielwatson2009@hotmail.com .

Jackie

SU Stars Halloween/Fall Blog Hop

It is that time of year again, where the air is getting cooler and the trees are changing. This month at SU Stars our host Loni Holt and let us choose between Fall or Halloween. I choose Halloween done in a Vintage way. I have made allot of the traditional Halloween cards and wanted to do something different.

If you came from Michele Tinsley, blog  then you are right on track. Wasn't her project just adorable! If you just got here and want to start at the beginning go to  http://www.su-stars.blogspot.com/.


Here is what I came up with. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

Supplies
Card Stock                            Basic Black
Stamping Ink                         Basic Black, Versa Mark
Designer Series Paper          Howlstooth and Scaringbone
Stamp Set                              Toxic Treats
Stamping Markers                 Basic Black
Embossing Folder                 Spider Web
Embossing Powder                Dazzling Diamonds
Brad                                      Antique Brads (Cut out Rose)
Framelits                               Apothecary Accents
Tools                                     Color Spritzer Tool
Bling                                      Rhinestones

The lace, Ribbon came from my scrap box and the spider came from the Halloween Printer's Tray Kit.
I know it is hard to see with the photo I have, but the spiders web is done with Embossing Powder to give it the webby feel. I love the texture of this and overall feel of this card.

Your next stop on the hop will be to visit the very talented  Dawn Hoffman and you can see what she has created for you here.
Thanks for stopping by. I love comments, so be sure to leave one. I hope you too find some time to create something fun for yourself...Enjoy!

Fridays Tip Of the Day

Refilling SU Markers!

I thought I would revisit how to refill our SU markers. I know I need to be reminded every now and then and for our new sister demonstrators it maybe something that they didn't know about.


You can re-ink your Stampin’ Up markers!!!

All you have to do is use a pliers to pull off the larger colored end like I have shown above.
You do have to get a good grip and pull REALLY hard. You will not break them, it goes right
back in and snaps closed when you are done.

When you get the top off this is what the inside tube will look like. You just take your re-inker bottle and put a bunch of drops of ink right in the hole in the center and let it soak in.

Take the tube out fully so you can re-ink both end for the small and large tips. Once you have inked the center, put it back in and pop the marker end right back in, it goes back in with a click. This works great!! It takes a few minutes after you are done for the color to soak back up to the ends but then its just like having a brand new marker again!


This is great for the retired colors if you still use them and did not buy extra markers or just for the colors that you use a lot!!



Thanks Gail for sharing how to do this – it’s great!  I want to credit where it is do,  I found this wonderful post over 2yrs ago and wanted to pass it on.


Thanks for stopping by I hope you enjoyed today's tip. See you next Friday.

Jackie Watson

Twelve Days of Christmas is just days Away

Here is a sneek Peak of my Twelve Days Of Christmas!

This is my first year doing Twelve Days of Christmas so my sister and I are so excited to show you all the projects that we have come up with for the Holiday Season. I will be announcing very soon the start date. Below is a teaser of what is to come.

I hope you will come back and see what my sister and  I have been up too. 

Friday's Tip of the Day

How do you fix the cracking caused when using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder?

I know allot of us have had this problem since the Woodgrain has come out and thanks to Kay Kathoff and Linda Heller there is a way to fix this.

All your cracking issues will be solved when you place a card stock Vellum panel inside your folder. You can adhere it with snail and keep it there permanently. Sounds Great!! Can't wait to try it out.

These two ladies even made a video so we can see the before and after pictures. I posted it to my tab under videos. 

I am going to try this technique on some other embossing folders that I have issues with and will let you know how that works out.

I want to thank Kay and Linda for sharing their great video with all of us.

Until next Friday when I post another great tip!

Jackie

Halloween Dual

I have been  working on Halloween cards to send too my daughters and their families this past week. Our family gets into Halloween.
Case in point here is my daughter Kari's bathroom. Isn't she just the coolest and all for $4.50 now that girl can shop.

I think my card will fit right in. What do you think?

Here is the inside

Supplies
Card Stock                            Basic Black and Tangerine Tango
Designer Series Paper           I used some of the left overs from my Halloween Printer's Tray Kit
Stampng Ink                           Basic Black
Stamp Set                               Googlies Ghouls
I also added Rhinestones for Bling. 

The card is simple and spooky all at the same time.

My next card for my other daughter Shelly is a little more Toxic if you know what I mean.

Witches and Goblins and Spooks  Oh My!

Inside of card

Supplies

Card Stock                              Basic Black
Stampin Ink                             Stazon Black
Stamp Set                                Toxic Treats
Designer Series Paper             Howlstooth and Scaringbone
The Bats are from the Halloween Printer's Tray and the red eyes are from Cherry Cobbler  Dazzling Details.

Thanks for stopping buy and sharing in my Spooky Halloween Day. Which card is your favorite Kari's or Shelly's?

As always I would love to hear from you so leave a  message and let me know what you think.

Jackie  

                                              

Ho Ho Ho It's Christmas from Stampin Up

I wanted to share we you that this morning Stampin Up announced a new promotion in October which is actually a gift for all of you.

Buy

Bundle 1: The Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper pack --

or Buy

Bundle 2: The Ornament Keepsakes Bundle and the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper pack --

When you purchase either one of the above bundles, you will receive:


The Paper-Piercing Pack absolutely free!

Order yours TODAY and begin enjoying your FREE Paper-Piercing Pack within no time!


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Thank you so much for visiting my blog and have a great day!