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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Featured Artist



Congratulations to Nancy Horn for being chosen to be my Featured Artist.


Below you will find some info about Nancy and a sample of her work.

To check out more about Nancy and her projects, hop on over to her blog and take a look around.

Hi, my name is Nancy Horn and I am so excited to be the Featured Artist this week on Shelly's blog!!! A little about me . . . I originally came from the Washington coast, about an hour north of Seattle. I am married and have 2 boys - 25 & 17 and 2 adorable granddaughters - 4 & 2 - that live with us half time. I now live in Jerome, ID., we moved here from Ontario, OR the summer of 2006 after my husband finished Dental Hygiene school and accepted a job in Sun Valley. When people ask why we moved to Jerome (since I had hoped to return to the coast), we always say The Lord sent us into the desert for a reason; we don't know why, but HE did. Then a year later my husband surrendered to the ministry in the summer of 2007, and we realized that was the reason!

My sister-in-law was one of the first SU demos in Montana, and for Christmas in 1995 she gave me my first SU stamp set (a foam mounted set) and a Spectrum pad - I was hooked! The Spring of 2000, as I approached my 20-year class reunion I began to panic that I hadn't "done" anything with my life; so I decided to go back to school for Cisco Networking. While I was in school my mother passed away and eventually I decided that I didn't want to be a network nerd anymore; I needed to be a creative again. I had inherited all of my mom's crafting supplies & over 300 craft books. Add that to what I had in my stash, from 5 years of SU workshops, I was in a crafters paradise! 5 years later, I met Judy Mahon a SU demo from Council, ID and she taught me so much. When I moved to Jerome, I told Judy I was going to have to sign up since she wasn't close enough to do classes anymore at my house (I had moved 5 hours from her). I signed up during SAB in 2007 and have been Happy Stamping in Jerome ever since.

Monday, April 20, 2009

It's My Birthday!


But you get the present! That's right! In honor of my birthday today, I am giving away blog candy. My first ever! And all you have to do to win it is leave me a comment on this post wishing me a happy 39th birthday! My husband is trying to convince me that I am actually turning 40 this year but I'M NOT! It really is my first 39th birthday! But trust me, I'm sure there will be plenty more 39th birthdays to come!

Check back tomorrow to see who wins the candy and also to check out my featured artist!

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

Shelly

Monday, April 13, 2009

Monday Featured Artist



Last week, I introduced Wendy Kidd as my featured artist.
I decided to start having a featured artist every Monday. This weeks Featured artist is Elaine Wright. Please take a moment to look at her project and read her information. If you get the chance, you may want to visit her blog as well. Thank you Elaine for your interest in being my featured artist!
My name is Elaine Wright, I live near Clarksville, TN where I was raised but after marrying my husband while going to college in Idaho we have lived in 7 states until 1999 when he retired and we moved back to TN.
I have been a Stampin' Up demonstrator for nearly 3 years. I will celebrate my 34th wedding anniversary in July and my husband and I have 4 grown children and our 5th grandchild is on the way. We live on a small farm and have a cat and 3 chickens and a garden and orchard. Besides stamping and scrapbooking I love gardening and doing yard work and visits from the grandchildren and teaching classes.
If you would like to be a featured artist please leave a comment on this post. I will chose another artist next Sunday and feature them on Monday!
Until then, GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Friday, April 10, 2009

PHEW~~~ I'm worn out!

I struggled for several hours making this card. It may not look like it now, but for some reason, I just could not get these colors to go together. I made this card for Kristina Warner's Color Inspiration on her blog. And now that I am finished with it, it will go into the box of samples that I send to Sherrill... and I say... GOOD RIDDANCE! lol
Seriously though, I did struggle for quite a while but in the end, I am happy with it. The final touch was the paper piercing on the top and bottom right sides. Hopefully, it shows up in the picture but in person, it was the perfect addition to finish off the card.
That's it for this post. Until next time, GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Fifth Avenue Floral



This is a card that I worked on today. I stamped the rose three times and cut out different portions and popped them up. Before I popped them up, I sponged some chocolate chip around the edges. I really like how it turned out. This will be one of the cards that I send to Sherrill Graff. As many of you know, she hired me to make samples for her. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions, please leave a comment or send me an email. Until later, GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Rearranging things just a bit!


When I decided to order "Wagon full of fun" from the mini catalog, I thought that there were a few stamps in it that I would not use. The wagon being one of them. There was just something about it that didn't sit right with me. Lately I have been doing a lot of paper piecing on my cards. This means lots of cutting. So looking at the wagon, I finally figure out what it was that I didn't like. The handle! It was at the top of the wagon instead of at the bottom of the wagon. Then it hit me, I can cut this thing apart and put it back together the way I want it! And so not only did I put the handle at the bottom of the wagon, I put it on the right side instead of the left side! So the image is not exactly the way it is in the catalog but that's OK! I like it now!

Every thing on this card is cut out! The Ducks wing is popped up and the egg in the wagon and the wagon are popped up. I used a stipple brush with some Bashful blue ink to create the sky. It took me a couple of hours to make this card but that was OK, my friend was over stamping with me and we just talked and cut up all night!

I hope you enjoy the card and if you have any questions, leave a comment or email me!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and now... GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

FREE STAMPS!!!

How would you like to have one of these wonderful products FREE!?!?

All you have to do is spend $40 on the following stamp sets in the Occasions Mini Catalog and you can choose any one item from the "Under $10" page (page 208) in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for free.
Hostesses Hold a workshop with a total of $150 or more and choose any one item from the "Under $10" page (page 208) in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for free. Call me today to book your workshop and along with all the FREE stuff you already receive, you can add one of the under $10 offerings to it! And you have the opportunity to earn more than one! So get your stamping friends together and give me a call! I can't wait to come to your home and share with you what I love to do!
If you are not in my area.. that's OK, you can just click here and order online!

Have a great weekend and now.... GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Quilt Card




This is my very first attempt at a quilt card. I have seen them all over the net on several different blogs. Too many to name! I thought I would give it a try and as it turns out, it was pretty easy!
If you would like to recreate
this card on your own,
you can watch my video and
you will need the following items
to complete the card!
NOW GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Big Shot-113439 Top Note Die -113463 Large Oval Punch-107305
Scallop Oval Punch -114889 5/8' Whisper White Satin Ribbon-114616

Raspberry Tart Designer Series Paper-113975 Kiwi Kiss Card Stock-111353

Pretty in Pink Card Stock-100459 Uni-Ball Singo Gel Pen White-105021

StazOn Black Ink pad-101406 Regal Rose Classic Ink pad-105211

Monday, March 30, 2009

Just Ducky!


OK, so when I saw this set, Wagon full of fun (113262) in the mini catalog, I thought, I like it but not enough to purchase it! Boy was I wrong! I am loving this set. It's funny that the one stamp that I thought I would like the most in the set hasn't even been inked up yet!
Don't worry, it will.... IT WILL! lol
So, on latenightstampers they post
a creative challenge. This week it is winged things. I thought I didn't own any bird stamps and then I realized... ducks have wings! So here is my entry for this weeks challenge!
What a great way to get the creative juices flowing!
I'm so happy that I am a part of that group... and
if you would like to join and get inspired too, just click on the owl icon over on the left side of the blog! Anyway, enjoy my card and as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me or leave a comment. I will be happy to answer you!
Until tomorrow... GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly