Keep Calm and Carry On

My wonderful upline Lyssa brought some of the newest stamp sets for us to play with earlier this week, and this was one of the cards we made...

I can't share the photo of the other stamps in this set yet, but among the 11 stamps included, you could also choose to Stamp On, Shop On or Eat a Cupcake!


I have to admit, I felt a little silly for not understanding this trendy set, so here's some background:


Only a two weeks until you could earn this set yourself!  Schedule your new catalog workshop with me today!

Happy Stamping!
Cristy Butzen

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Household Stamping Supplies

I love getting together with other Stampin' Up! demos at our monthly meetings!  I can hardly wait to see what everyone has been working on for the month, and to check out the results of our monthly challenges.

This month, one of our challenges was to create with household items like staples, bleach, bubble wrap, or whatever else we could find.  I had already created a masculine card for one of my clubs using the Totally Tool stamp set, which is retiring at the end of the month.  I had even added a couple strips of Duct Tape, so I thought I was done....

 But then, when I was cooking dinner, I noticed the onion bag, and decided I could definitely do something with that too!

 It takes a LOT of tape to hold the bit of bag in place, but it is so stretchy that you can get several projects from one bag, if you so desire!

Thinking the onion bag looked a bit like chicken wire on the card, I went with the Countryside stamp set (and My Friend, too).  Maybe this word work nice as a fishing net, too?  Or construction fencing?  Or fishnet stockings?

Supplies used:

Countryside stamp set	RETIRING Totally Tool stamp set	My Friend stamp set	RETIRING Well Worn Paper	Basic Gray Cardstock
Tangerine Tango CS	Chocolate Chip Cardstock	RETIRING Silver Smooch Ink	Basic Black ink pad	Chocolate Chip ink pad
Tangerine Tango Ink	Neutrals Glimmer Brads	Snail Adhesive	Stampin' Dimensionals

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Inspiration really is all around us, if we're looking!  What will you create with today?

Cristy Butzen

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Mother's Day Blossoms

Happy Mother's Day to all my stamping friends! 
Here's a card we made at All Year Cheer card club last month, for all the moms in our lives.

There is a teensy bit of Punch Art on this card: the petals on the whisper white blossom are snipped towards the center to create a more dimensional flower, and the butterfly is actually made by snipping 2 petals out of the same blossom punch shape!
Here's what I used to make this card:

Blossom Punch	RETIRING Blossom Bouquet triple punch	Mixed Bunch stamps	RETIRING Perfect Words stamps	RETIRING Pear Pizzazz Ink
Daffodil Delight Ink	Whisper White CS	Daffodil Delight cardstock	Brights Buttons	Mini Glue Dots
Snail Adhesive

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*Some of these product are retiring May 31; the ribbons have already been retired. 

Enjoy your day!
Cristy Butzen

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

His & Hers New Catalog Sneak Peek

My older son had his tonsils and adenoids removed earlier this week, so today was the first chance I had to play with my newest Stampin' Up! products, fresh out of the upcoming 2012-2013 catalog.

I love the new In colors, which you'll see here, but my favorite new product is the new Firm Foam Ink Pads, hands down!  I can't wait for my customers to try them out at my New Catalog Open House & Rubber Rummage on June 3rd!

So here's what I managed to accomplish: his & hers birthday cards, both made with the new Patio Party Designer Series Paper...

This first card features sneak peek of these new products: Patio Party Designer Series Paper, Itty Bitty Banners and Happy You stamp sets, Bitty Banners Framelits, and the new colors Midnight Muse (blue) and Summer Starfruit (yellow).

The second card also features the new Patio Party Design Series Paper, along with Memorable Moments and Make a Cake stamp sets, and Whisper White 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon.  You'll find 4 out of 5 new In Colors on this card: Midnight Muse (dark blue), Primrose Petals (med pink), Raspberry Ripple (dark pink) and Summer Starfruit (yellow) - the only one missing is Gumball Green.

Hope you enjoyed this sneak peek!  Be sure to RSVP for my New Catalog Open House & Rubber Rummage, so you can try out some of the new products for yourself!

Cristy Butzen 

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator