Sapphire Stampers club Jan.17th-Hostess Linda B

Here are the projects that we made at the last club.
This was a cute container that we made using 2 sheets of 12 x 12 DSP

 The flowers were colored using the blends and we added a petal pink rhinestone gem on the old olive linen thread bow (see close up below)

 The card below uses the Joseph's coat technique. 

This technique uses sponge daubers to put color on the paper

emboss the flower stamp in clear embossing and then

cover the entire piece of paper with a dark ink to cover.

After the ink has dried completely, use a tissue to uncover the color under the embossing 

The lovely lipstick foil behind the dark paper you can get as a Sale-a-bration freebie with a $50.00 purchase.

 Below we made a valentine card and used the tufted embossing folder.

 

The card below uses the same layout as the Valentine card above but with a butterfly theme.

The tin tile embossing folder was used on this card

If you look real close in the butterfly above, you can see a spritz of shimmer paint.

Shimmer paint is my latest obsession!

To purchase frost white shimmer paint (147046) for $8.00 go Here

Sapphire Stampers schedule 2019

Here is our club schedule for Sapphire Stampers. 2:00 each day. 

Jan 17 (Thurs.)- Linda B

Feb 17 (Sun.)-  Kathy P

Mar 10 (Sun.)- Shari K

Apr 14 (Sun.)- Judy Mae

Catch up on Christmas

I have a couple pics of some Christmas treat toppers that I didn't get posted before Christmas.
I made the  ones below with the Christmas lights for my cancer support group Christmas party.

 The snowflake topper I made for my card club ladies as a little Christmas treat.

New Stamping Clubs forming for 2019

Hello, I am getting ready to form Stamp clubs for 2019.

You may be asking, “What is a Stamp Club??”
A stamp club is a great way to learn techniques, how to use different products and you don't have to worry about making a mess or cleaning up your house because I hold all the clubs at my house.  Plus you get together with new and old friends.  Want to make your own Christmas cards?  Make little gift items?  Sign up for club and learn how.

How it works:
A minimum of 4 people and max of 6 per club.

Each person in the club is committed to participating in each meeting
which is based on the amount of people in the club.  Usually it is
once a month.
     *For example:  if there are 4 people in the club, there will be 4
club meetings and each person is committed to purchasing a minimum of
$37.50 per meeting.

Each person will have an opportunity to receive hostess benefits at one
of the meetings.
     *That means you get to choose free stuff from the catalog and
benefit from promotions going on at the time of the meeting. (And
Stampin' Up has a lot of promotions!)
I will go over everything at the first meeting so don't worry.

I am planning Jan 17th at 4:30 for the first meeting. 

Let me know if you are interested.

Year End closeouts

Get your favorites from the Holiday Catalog before they are gone!

 

Closeout List Here

If you use Hostess code QY2TXZPP
I will give you  

Sapphire Stampers Club 4-12-18 Hostess: Linda B.

We had 3 projects for this club (which was our last one of the season)
This cute little luminary box using the window box thinlits.  Had to decorate it a bit, so I added a fresh fig paper flower using the pansy punch which is retiring.  I am glad the luminary thinlits are carrying over into the 2018-18 caty.  I love it!

 The center of the flower has a gold faceted gem.

We also made some Birthday cards using the Touches of textures set.  I am also glad this set is carrying over into the new annual catalog as it is one of my go-to favs.  I have made a lot of cards using this set.  We used watercolor pencils to color in the flowers and leaves.  The paper on the right side of the card is pool party.  I also used second generation pool party ink on the splatter stamp that is a very subtle background behind the flowers.  The card base is smokey slate.  Happy Birthday is from the Rose Wonder set which is also retiring.

We also made another card using the Butterfly basics set.  This set is retiring and I wanted to get one more use out of it before it was gone as it was another of my favorites.
We did a technique coloring in the flowers first with the white opaque pens and then took a Stampin blend marker to give it a little color and add some shape to the flowers. Although you can't tell in the picture, I also gave it a little glimmer using the wink of stella.  I used the pressed petals embossing folder on the sweet sugarplum paper.

Sapphire Stampers Club 3-9-18 Hostess: Shari K.

We made 4 projects today.
This first one is a get well kit.  So cute! I have seen several versions on the web and decided I should try my hand at it.
It includes 3 items:  A small package of tissue, a pack of cough drops (I have seen Halls and Ricola in the square pack) and a package of Lipton Cup A Soup.
 (I looked all over town to find Lipton Cup A Soup but was unsuccessful.  So I used the regular Lipton Chicken noodle in a packet)

The paper is the delightful daisy DSP.  I used So Saffron instead of daffodil delight.  I made an instruction sheet to make this project.  (See below)

 This next project is a Birthday card. 

We used the adhesive sheets to apply the cutout Happy Birthday.

The sheets work really to adhere the thin writting without getting glue all over.

The DSP is the Eclectic.  The Glimmer paper is a 6x 6 paper stack from the Myth and Magic suite.

I have decided I like the Lemon Lime twist paper.  It feels refreshing.

And it goes really well with my Maiden Hair fern!  Lol

 This Easter card uses the recently added Sale a bration set, Blossoming Basket.  You can't see very well in the picture, but there are dazzling diamonds on the flower for a little bling along with the butterfly punched from dazzling diamonds glimmer paper.

 The last project was a St Patrick treat using the small clear boxes.  Just the right size for some chocolate coins.

 I used a retired St. Patricks stamp.  I like how the basket weave embossing folder gave the little card a little texture.

Sapphire Stampers 1st club of the year 11-28-17- Hostess Kathy P.

I didn't post these projects back in November when we had the first club night.  Unfortunately I did not take pics of all the projects and I can't remember which projects we did.  Ugh!  So I may update this post periodically if I remember what we did.

 The card below uses "fun foam" or craft foam to get a leather effect.  We cut the fun foam with the stitched framelits.  I hope they don't ever get rid of the stitched framelits.  I love them!

Sapphire Stamper Club 1-17-18 Hostess: Judy Mae

Trying to catch up on my blogging.
 Here are the cards we made at club in January.

This card uses the waterfront set.  It is such a versatile set.  A fun one to play with and see what you can come up with.  I really like the watercolor effects you get with this set.

And since Valentines day was approaching... we had to make a Valentine card.

We used the "Picture Perfect" DSP stack for the card below.  I case'd this card from someone and I can't remember who it was.  But I really liked the idea.

 There is a piece of cellophane from a cellophane bag put on top of the DSP to make it look like a shiny Polaroid picture.

 

I also made little Valantine treats for everyone.

I had a mini espresso cup that I decorated and filled with goodies (unfortunately I didn't take a pic of it)

I also made these little note pads to go with it.

Sapphire Stampers club 2-9-18 Hostess: Terry A.

Hello,
I am finally getting some posts on the blog.  Yay!
Here are the cards/projects that we made at the Feb club night.

This first card was using packing tape and dazzling diamonds to get a glimmer paper look for the pink hearts. The stamp set is the hostess set called tranquil tulips. The colors for the flowers are berry burst and rich raspberry.  The leaves are old olive.  The cardstock is pink pirouette.

 This project idea was from my up line.  It uses half of a acetate card box with DSP.  So cute!

 This final card uses the whisper white narrow note cards and envelopes 145583. You get 20 of each for $8.00.  They are  2 3/4 x 4 3/4. We used the DSP from the tutti fruiti stack and the Label me pretty stamp set.

Coming soon...
Picture of January assignment. 

At the January club everyone had a chance to play with the Brusho colors.  They each made a watercolor using emboss resist for the flower.  

The assignment was to take the watercolor and turn it into a card. Here is what they came up with. 

All of them are different and each is beautiful!!  Good Job Ladies!

Club dates for Sapphire Stampers

Sorry ladies, I forgot to post this sooner.
Here are the dates and who is the hostess for that date:

Nov 28th hostess: Kathy P.
Jan. 18th 17th hostess:  JudyMae
Feb  8th  9th  hostess:  Terry A.
Mar  8th  9th  hostess:  Shari K.
April 12th hostess: Linda B.

See you on Thurs. Jan 18th 17th at 4:30 for our first club day this year!

Below is a picture of the Thank You cards I sent out for our gifts we received at Christmas.

I used the washi tape from Myths & Magic suite and the petal pair embossing folder, both from the new Occasions catalog.

The color didn't turn out very well.  Still trying to get my camera figured out.
The color is supposed to be tranquil tide, below looks more like Almost Artichoke.
Anyway, you get the idea.

Edited addition:  this is a better pic of the true color below

Clubs forming for the year

Hello, I am getting ready to form Stamp clubs for the year.

You may be asking, What is a Stamp Club??
A stamp club is a great way to learn techniques, how to use different
products and you don't have to worry about making a mess or cleaning up your house because I hold all the clubs at my house.  Plus you get together with new and old friends.  Want to make your
own Christmas cards?  Make little gift items?  Sign up for club and learn how.




How it works:
A minimum of 4 people and max of 6 per club.

Each person in the club is committed to participating in each meeting
which is based on the amount of people in the club.  Usually it is
once a month.
     *For example:  if there are 4 people in the club, there will be 4
club meetings and each person is committed to purchasing a minimum of
$37.50 per meeting.
   

*If there are 5 people in the club, there will be 5 club meetings
and each person is committed to purchasing a minimum of $30.00 per
meeting.
     *And if there are 6 people in the club, there will be 6 meetings
and each person is committed to purchasing a minimum of $25.00 per
meeting.

Each person will have an opportunity to receive hostess benefits st one
of the meetings.
     *That means you get to choose free stuff from the catalog and
benefit from promotions going on at the time of the meeting. (And
Stampin' Up has a lot of promotions!)
I will go over everything at the first meeting so don't worry.

Sapphire Stampers Club May 11th- Hostess Judy H.

I just realized that I didn't post pics of the projects from Club on May 11th.
Here are the cards that I designed for club

 I am going to miss the blush glimmer paper.

Also the small butterfly

 

 Thanks go to Kathy P for hosting this club for me since I was not able.

Kathy, you are the best!

Sapphire Stampers Club March 16th- Hostess Linda B.

Had to get into Easter mode this club since Easter is in April.

Below we used the Sale-A-Bration set "Hey Chick"

A little sweet sugarplum and some peekaboo peach made a nice color combo. 

We also used some of the watercolor pencils. 

I am so happy that Stampin' Up brought them back.

Now if they could get enough so they weren't out of stock!

 

The mini egg carton below holds 4 eggs.

It is adorable!

 A little more peekaboo peach to coordinate with the card

 We also did this easy peasy watercolor technique

 below is using flirty flamingo and pear pizazz for the leaves

 

I liked it so much I tried it in different colors! 

Sapphire Stampers Club Feb 16th- Hostess Kathy P.

We had a fun evening putting these projects together.

The Dream Catcher was a favorite!

 This Dream Catcher Card uses a doily to catch the dreams.

I did copy this idea from someone.  I can't remember who it was. 

But I loved it so much that I even bought the feather stamp set  just so we could make it.

 The Sale-A-Bration set Avant Garde is what was used for the card below

I love the color combination

 I love Stampin' Up embellishments

The Birthday card below uses one of the little party hats from the Birthday collection

Sapphire Stampers Club Jan. 19th-Shari K hostess

Hello,
I have been a little behind  in my blogging.  Here are the projects that we made at the January club night.
The theme/technique for the evening was the masking technique.

The Card below uses the Touches of Texture set 143251

and gorgeous grunge set 130517

The colors are dapper denim and crushed curry on whisper white

 We made the mini magazine holder using dapper denim and the In-Color DSP paper stack

The wink of stella was used on the dragon fly to make it pop.

The masking technique was used on the ww paper using gorgeous grunge and crushed curry ink.

The dragon fly was masked off to keep the flowers show depth behind.

 The masking below was to make the contrast between the sky and the snow.

The classic Lovely as a tree set 128655 was used.

The color was applied using sponge daubers with

Bermuda bay, only orange and crushed curry on the shimmery white cardstock

 And since Valentines day is coming we made a card using the Sealed with Love set 142815

The sending love dsp pack 142733 makes a great background paper

 The new doilies are really nice.  They are laser cut and ww on one side and vv on the other.

The heart was cut out of the copper foil using the love notes framelits dies 142752 

The sending love ribbon pack 142737 supplied the red grosgrain ribbon that holds the heart.

 

It was a fun evening!

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Sapphire Stampers Club for 2016-17

Hello,
We have already gotten together for the first club date, but I wanted to post all the dates for reference.
We will meet at 4:30 at my place for each meeting:

• Nov 3rd- Hostess Judy Mae
• Jan 19th- Hostess Shari
• Feb 16th- Hostess Kathy
• Mar 16th- Hostess Linda
• Apr  11th- Hostess Judy H.

I can't wait to get together in January.  I have some fun projects planned.  

Until then we will be taking December off to enjoy the holidays.  Hope you are doing the same.

Here are pictures of the projects that we made in November

Below is a 2017 Magnetic Calendar.

The calendar is a mini tear-off the month type.

I think I ordered them from Taylored Expressions.

 We used the tarnished foil technique on this card

 This card used the new copper foil paper and copper embossing powder