Sketch challenge

Hey Stamping friends! I have finally taken the dive and purchased Stampin' Up! My digital studio. One of the things that I am doing with it is creating card sketches. So, I plan to share them here. This is the 3rd week I have done the sketch but the first time I have actually shared it here on my blog. Hopefully, I will be more consistent with posting these then I have in the past. So without further ado, Here is this weeks sketch. Please feel free to create a card of your own and share with me!

Until next time stampers...
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

Hello Stamping friends!  

It has been a long time since I have posted, I know! I am trying to learn how to do some new things with web design. Well, maybe not web design, maybe just trying to learn some things to update this boring blog. lol But in the mean time, Take a look at the deals below and if you see something you like, just click on SHOP NOW and you can order away!

Until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Gift time!

Stampin' Up! has given us another present!  But with the present comes a challenge!
The present: 25 sets of stamps at 25% off! But it is just for one week!  So you must  hurry to get the deal! The challenge issued to Demo's by Stampin' Up! is to sell 25 sets!  I would like to accomplish this challenge but in order to do that, I need your help! So I am offering an extra incentive to you! Help me reach this goal and your name will go into a drawing... what's the prize?? If I make the goal of selling 25 sets, I will give away  the brand new Envelope punch board! Just choose the stamp sets you want from the group below then visit my website to order! It's that easy! Make sure to use the hostess code 7NWNY493. Your order will be sent directly to your home and you can begin stamping right away! So don't delay, choose your set then visit www.shellysmarzik.stampinup.net to order!

 

 

Until next time stamping friends!

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

          

What an awesome deal! Usually when we celebrate our anniversary, WE get the gifts. Well, even though Stampin' Up! is celebrating their anniversary, they are giving US the gifts!  Check out all 25 sets of stamps and then feel free to visit my website to place your order! But don't wait, this deal will be gone soon!

Envelope Punch Board

Its finally here and ready for your hot little hands! How exciting!

September club card

The kids are back in school which means the holidays are just around the corner!! Now if it would just start to cool off a little. This months card theme for club is Halloween so this is the card made to share!  I used mostly punches to create this card but did use the set Tags 4 You (131823)

Outside of card

Inside of card

I just love how he is peeking out from behind the pumpkin!

Until next time 

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Framelet storage

This is how I used to store my framelets. They are all together but take up a good chunk of space. 

Since I don't have Lot of space I had to come up with something better. So here is what I came up with! Makes them my h easier to look through and way more portable!

It's a 6x8 three ring binder and takes up so much less room than the box! 

Until next time

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

First timers!

I love to share my passion for card making with others and I especially love sharing with those who have never stamped before.  This past month I had the opportunity to share with these three lovely ladies. Diane and Nora ( on the two ends) were brand new but Amy in the middle had stamped before. All three did an excellent job ! I look forward to stamping with them again real soon!

Thank you cards

Every month I try really hard to make thank you cards for my club girls. Some months I get them done and some I'm just not so lucky! This was a lucky month!

The set I used is called oh hello and the ink is crisp cantaloupe and early espresso 

I have to admit, when I saw this in the new catalog/idea book, I wasn't so excited about it.
But... after watching this video. I think I NEED it now! lol  And I think YOU need it too! So here is what I am going to do. I am going to post a hostess code. The same as last month, anyone who makes a $25.00 or more purchase using this hostess code will get their name in the drawing for the hostess benefits once the party reaches 150.00 min.  As an added bonus,. if this months party total is over 250.00. I will have a second drawing and that winner will win this cool new tool! (the rotary attachment, not the entire cutter)
So here is the code  WQYB7P6P  I will keep this party open until the end of the month. Also, if your order is 50.00 or more, you will be entered twice for the hostess benefits, 75.00 will get you three chances and so on and so forth! So take a peek at this video and then go grab your catalog and go shopping! Just click HERE to start shopping!


Until next time,
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

Bridal Shower

 

 

 My Niece Holeigh is getting married in October. This past weekend she had a bridal shower. This is the card I made to go along with her gift.
I searched the internet for inspiration and thought that I had found the perfect card. As I started to re-create the card I had found, things started to change, a little tweak here and a little change there and in the end, the card ended up looking NOTHING like the card I have found for inspiration. So I guess in a way, the internet card HAD inspired me... just in a different way that I had intended.  lol and I am totally ok with that!

 

This is the inside of the card. I wanted to bring a little bit of color to the inside of the card so I added a half layer and some ribbon. Finishing it up with a couple of punched hearts that I had run through the big shot with the same embossing folder as the main layer on the front of the card.
Items used for the card:
Stamp set- Express yourself, Yippee Skippee
Card stock - whisper white and blushing bride
Punches - Scallop trim border 118402
Elegant Butterfly - 127526
Bitty Butterfly - 129406
Word window-119857
Modern label-119849
Embossing folder-
Beautifully Baroque -130917
Click here to order any of these products!
Until next time,
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

My room mate gift for Anna

 This is the gift that I made for my room mate at convention. Although I did not come up with the original design or pattern, I did put my own touches in it!

I used one of my favorite sets for this project. A Secret Garden. Along with the framelets that goes with it. The framelets sure do make things go so much quicker. And add the magnetic platform and oh yea baby!!! lol

The inside has a little surprise too. A mini pad covered and decorated slightly differently then the outside but definitely compatible. It fit just nicely in the pocket on the inside cover!
Big thanks to Anna, my room mate for making my first convention so memorable! You Rock!

My Swap card

This was my swap card for convention. I only joined one organized swap and did not make any extra cards for general swapping. I had a lot of fun making this card. If you look close, you can see the paper piercing in the two right corners and along the left side of the card.  Sorry about the little bit of glare on the card... It had a clear envelope on it when I took the picture... silly me, I know!
The set I used is called Perfect Blend and is the perfect set for me because I just love coffee and drink it every morning in a cup that looks very similar to the one on this card!
So, if you don't own this set yet, click on my shop now button and get it.. then when it comes, grab your set your paper ink and don't forget the coffee and come stamp with me!
Until next time,
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

Stampin' Up! Thinlits Card Dies

I am so excited to share with you one of the new items they showed us at convention this year! I was thrilled! I hope y'all are as excited about it as I am. Watch the video and see if you think you will love it as much as I do! Then click on the sidebar and visit my website and order your very own!
Until next time
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

The Terminal

 

As much fun as I had at convention this year, one of the things I will remember for a very long time was my trip home! Of course, I was exhausted from four days full of convention and sight seeing activities. I had been up since 6 am and had been on a 5 hour tour of Salt Lake City. My flight home was supposed to be at 4:50.  My room mate and I decided to take the shuttle to the airport a little early.. so we had been at the air port since 2 pm. My room mate and I went our separate ways. Shortly before my flight was to take off, the air line attendant called me to the desk and told me that my flight had been cancelled. I had two options. One, I could fly to Chicago be put in a hotel and take a flight to Charlotte at 6 am. Or I could take a flight from SLC to Charlotte at 11:59.  When I heard my choices, I just started crying. LOL I was so tired and ready to go home and now I was "alone" and stuck in an airport. I wondered around the entire air port looking for things to do. I felt like Tom Hanks in the movie "the terminal". lol  I was reunited with my room mate for a short time as her flight was delayed due to weather conditions at home. She left and I was alone again. More wandering around the air port and then finally, I saw another demonstrator and struck up a conversation. She said she and a few others were going to be on the same late flight that I was and that they were getting something to eat and I was welcome to join them. On my way to the restaurant, I noticed another demo standing by herself and I invited her to join us. Well, who could imagine how much fun you can have with total strangers in an airport so far from home! We laughed and cut up for hours! We shared our swap cards and even attracted other people who were not even stampers! lol Shortly before we were to leave, we got notification that our flight was.... yeap, you guessed it... DELAYED! lol  and then once again, delayed!  But we didn't care! we were having such a great time together!!!

Finally, our flight took off around 2 am.. yes, that's right... 12 hours in the air port!

I will be forever grateful for meeting my new friends!

Until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

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some exciting new things from Stampin' Up! Check this out!

Look who I was stranded in the airport in Texas with! That's right its Dawn Griffith!  She is one of sweetest people you would ever want to meet! I got to sit and talk with her and several other wonderful demos and the time we spent in the airport just flew by.... no pun intended. lol
And the icing on the cake was her sweet, funny hubby!
Also, one of the other demo's who was there chatting with us, Cherie,*who I sadly did not get a picture with* was one of the presenters at convention! Again, couldn't have been nicer if she tried!

Can  you say YUM? This is what I found waiting for me on my bed when I FINALLY made it to Salt Lake City! My sweet room mate had contacted my husband without me knowing and found out what one of my favorite treats is! She also gave me one of her awesome swap cards using, can you believe it, Aluminum foil! That's right, every day ordinary foil made this card look and Feel awesome! It is definitely something that I will be trying in the very near future I am sure!

 

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This is me and my room mate, Anna! We had the best time together and the most amazing thing to me was how compatible we were even though we had NEVER met prior to convention! I feel like I will truly have a friend for good with her and I hope she feels the same!

Im so excited! The new catalog is here and ready to go!
I already have a wish list a mile long and I am sure once you look at this catalog, you will have one too! As always, if there is anything I can help you with, questions I can answer or orders I can place for you, DONT HESITATE TO CALL ME! LOL email works too but I always love to hear from you!
If you would like to have one of these catalogs for your very own, contact me and we will make it happen!
Until next time,
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY~

Retired list is out!

Click here  http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryid=1200
to check out all the awesome stamps and products that will be retiring at the end of May! Get them while you still can!