Stamping on Cork

 Yes you can stamp directly on cork!  This is stamped with Black Stazon and then colored with markers!  I sponged the edges and mounted it on scallop circle.

I hope you have SU's Cork sheets on your Wish list and will give them a try!  I'd love to see what you do with them.

Embossing on cork

Yes you can emboss on Cork!  This butterfly was inked with craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder!  I love the look.. NOTE>>>If you hold your heat gun on it tooooo long it will smoke like crazy!  and leave burnt marks... Not sure that's a technique.

Thanks again to my friend Linda Heller for sharing all the uses with Cork!

More Cork Samples

 This cute card was done with some of the cork that I ran through the Big shot and My Circle die.  I mounted the Fleurettes II found on page 198.  THese handmade crocheted flowers and a delicate touch to any project.  I topped it off with the "IN Color" polkadot brads.  

Thanks for looking and stay tuned for more ideas using cork

Did you Know?

Did you know that Stampin' Up! carried "Cork"?  Look on page 216 of the Idea Book and Catalog.  Pack of 6 sheets 6"x13" for just $9.95   They cut like butter!  With scissors, your table top paper cutter and of course with your BIG SHOT!  At the last Tips and Techniques club all projects were made with cork.  Thanks to my Friend and amazing Stamping Friend Linda Heller I was able to come up with these projects.  This one is cut with the big shot and the fun flowers die.  Sponged edges with Soft Suede  ink and sponge daubers, then put a layer of crystal effects on the cork and allowed it to dry before assembling. 

The cork Flower is mounted on the fancy favor box that can be easily cut with your Big Shot!  Try some.. If you don't have a Stampin Up! demonstrator I'd love to order you some so you can get started creating.  Stay tuned  More ideas to do with "Cork"

Happy I Do Day

We found out that our Son Reid is going to have a happy I do day in October.  I am making the invitations so I've been in the wedding mode.  This looks nothing like the invite.. (I'll share that with you soon) but this makes a great wedding card.  Super easy.  

Yummy Corn Salad

Even though our corn crop has not been the best this year, first the flood, then the crows, then the deer, and to top it all off the raccoons finished it off.  We did get some to freeze and eat but not like we'd hoped.  But there is always can corn....lol and that is what we used for this yummy salad.  The set that is used is the Best Friends forever set  love love love the vine that is in this set.  Crumb cake and black are some of my fav combos!
Thanks to my friend Barbara for this recipe

Be Yourself.

More fun with the button buddies set!  I love how when coordinating with other sets you can get such cute stuff.  My motto has always been to be myself.  True even if you are a pumpkin!
Have FUN

Kindness DOES Matter

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I fell in love with this set.Kindness Matters, You can find this set of 5 is located on page 121 and should be on everyone's wish list.  I combined it with the French Foliage  on page 115 which is another one that is a must have.  This box is so sweet.  Thanks for stopping by

Summer Mini

Just 9 more days to order from the Summer Mini Catalog!  This set will then be gone...I love having this set.  I know you will too.  

Farm Fresh!

This is not stamping releated, yet... I plan on making tags for our eggs we give or sell.  But wanted to share the first eggs from our chickens.  We have 64 layers but only 4 are laying now, so watch out when they all start laying.  

 They were YUMMY!  My first farm fresh egg EVER!  I'm thrilled I can walk out my back door and get myself some eggs!

Is is one of our girls!  She's so pretty!

Button Buddies

I am in LOVE with this set!  Button Buddies found on page 71!    this is one of the card we did at Camp.  They also learned how to use the blender pens to take color off of a stamp.  Plan to attend one of my events soon.  And Thanks for being MY Friend!

Big Shot Dress

This is a Dress that was on display at Convention that was appliqued using Material cut with the big Shot and the butterfly die.  It started out as a T-Shirt! I thought it was really clever and it is some of our new SU Fabric!  I don't sew but if I did I would make one.  Give it a try!

Birthday Card

I received this in the mail from my friend Karen!  I was searching for a great B'day card to share with my card club and it appeared in the mail!  Thank You Karen for remembering my Birthday and for the great card!  I love love love using the flower  for the triple layer blossom punch (122464)  I had this Designer Paper, "Just add cake" and I was off to this design.

Hope you will get out your gear and stamp, punch and glue something today!

Group Swap sample

Our Demonstrator group that attended this years SU convention, received the stampset "Easy Events" as one of Four sets that were in our convention bag.  We each took an image and did swaps.  this is mine.  I used our wonderful water color paper and colored birds with blender pens and classic ink.  The wings were colored in with the matching markers for a more bold look.  I used my color coach to come up with the color scheme.  A must have tool in my opinion.  Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you soon at my stamping events.  

More Fun Party Ideas

These pictures were taken at SU's Home Office where they have more ideas than any human can absorb.  The attention to detail is amazing!  It's just FUN.. Makes me so Happy just being there and again when I look at these pics.  That is why I had to share with you.  I hope this inspires you the next time you are getting ready for a big event or just a fun gathering that needs some CUTE stuff!

More Altered Lighting

 A couple of post ago I featured a Lamp Shade that was altered with Paper Flowers.  Here are a couple more examples of altered Lighting.  Each of these were featured at the Stampin' Up! Home office on our tour that we took while at Convention.

Notice behind the lamp shade at the flowers that are on the wall.  Yep Flowers that were just stuck on the wall.  You can take your SU card stock to your paint store and get a true SU color and then when you use SU card stock it will match!  One of my favorite things about SU is that EVERYTHING Coordinates 

Art Stampin' Up! Style

Sorry that this is blurry, but I still wanted to post it for the idea.  This is framed in a 5x7 frame and sat on the desk of a SU employee.  I LOVE IT.  I'm going to make me one to put in my Stamp Room!  

Again it's not your eyes.. It's my phography but I still had to share!

Planning a party?

This is a set up that was displayed at convention for a Birthday Party!  I thought it was THE Cutest ever!

 These treat bags are too stinkin cute

Hope this inspires you for the next party you give

Easy Events

Easy Events!  Yes that is the name of this stamp set.  You can find it on page 57.  It is also one of the sets you will get in your starter kit when you join Stampin Up!  It has something for EVERY Event and are made so you can create them with ease.  These samples were taken from the display boards at Convention.

Altered Lampshade

Isn't this cute!  This is all done with paper but could also be done using fabric!  What a wonderful way to jazz up a room by adding some flowers to a lamp shade.  I'm going to have to try one!

Layer Up Buttons

My Friend and Amazing Demo Linda Heller was a presenter at Convention and Her presentation was amazing.  It was all on buttons and the stampset Button Buddies!  This picture is of the way she show you can layer up your puttens to make your Favorite Accessory.  I am in love with this idea.. Get out your punches and other embellishments and layer up your buttons.  I'd love to see what combos you come up with.  Thank You Linda for being such a great inspiration to me!

Sorry the picture is not the best.  Remember to click on it and it will enlarge

Have a wonderful Week

I love having this "saying" in a stamp!  What a great way to send a "Just because" card.  This is in the Sweetly Said Set found on page 158 of the IBC.  I received this one free this year at convention for promotions in my group!  I was thrilled.  It is a set of 6 and has some unusal sayings!  I seem to have to have all the word stamps!  This card we made at Tips and technique class.  It showcases the Designer paper Paisley Petals.  It is beautiful!  Every sheet, both sides!    The flower is made from the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle punch, the Fancy Flower Punch and our Paper flower (that come already to use) found on page 198 of the Catalog! in the center of the flower is the 5/8 Jumbo Brad!  Perfect for this flower.  We misted the flower with Stampin' Mist ( it's always handy and also makes your flowers scented)  Wadded it up in to a ball and them allowed to dry!  After it's dry open it up and it all wrinkly and you have this look.  I love it.  Do you?  This is a Different kind of fold but for some reason when I took pics I didn't show that.  I'll feature that in a later post.

Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping buy.
Remember if you need supplies, and don't have a SU demo I'd love to be yours.  Email me inkpadjan@gmail.com or visit my website www.janburnett.stampinup.net where you can order 24/7... Have fun!

Aug Promotion

Did you know that you can buy three of our Designer Series paper packs and receive a Third one Free!  Now is the time to stock up on those new ones that just came out in the new Catalog.
You can email me your order or Go directly to my website and place your order.

Who Knew?

I'm sure most of you figured it out.  But I bet I wouldn't have unless I was shown.  The "Pennant Parade" Stamp set (found on page 69) can also be used for Christmas Trees!  I was thrilled to know this.  The matching punch makes it so easy to punch them out and wallla, Christmas Trees.. You can also make Icecream cones, and I'm sure there are some amazing women out there that have come up with more different things to use this set for.  So order you the Pennant Parade set along with the Petite Pennants Builder Punch (page 213) and start creating!