Ali's Stampin' Programs

Demonstrations in your Home

Gather a group of friends and family and host a party in your home. Participate in a demonstration of Stampin’ UP! products and accessories and everyone gets to make and take a wonderful project. It’s a great way to earn free products and accessories while sharing ideas and laughs!

Workshops in your Home

There is no better way to appreciate the fun and creativity of stamping than a workshop in your home. Make 4 fantastic projects, experience hands on the various techniques used in stamping cards, scrapbooks and more! The cost of the workshop is $15.00 per person, if you place an order save $5.00. All stamping supplies are included and you and your guests will each have 4 projects to take home and show off to your family and friends. As Hostess you earn free Stampin’ UP! stamps and accessories.

Stampin’ Club

Gather a group of 6 friends and agree to meet once a month for 6 months. Each member of the club agrees to spend a minimum of $34.50 at each meeting and each month a new hostess will be selected. Included in the membership are 4 stamping projects that you create at each meeting for you to take home and share, or keep for yourself…LOL.

Stamping, Sharing, Laughing...

Double Stampin

Another day another card! Spring is in the air and it's raining! Yeah no snow! Finally! LOL! I've been playing with some different colour combinations and some fun techniques. This card uses Yoyo Yellow, Real Red and Whisper White CS. To start off with the base of the card is on whisper white card stock. I used the corner rounder to scallop the bottom edge of the yoyo yellow cs. I stamped the dots from the polka dots and paisley stamp set in whisper white craft ink. I used real red to double stamp this elegant flower from the heartfelt thanks set, stamped so saffron in the center of the flower and cut it out....I'm into a real cutting frienzy lately...Look out! Red twill ribbon was added across the top of the yellow to complete the front. Now for the inside.....I cut out a piece of yoyo yellow cs and scalloped the top and bottom edges. I added some slices in the center of the card to allow for the pop up sentiment. The sentiment is one of my favourites from the all holidays set, and was stamped in real red and mounted on coordinating cs. Just to show you how versatile this stamp set can be I've included another card, a little more subdued and just as easy. For this card I cut the paper 4 1/4" by 10 1/2" so that it would still fit in a standard card envelope. I folded the card off center so the front is a little shorter than the back of the card. For the center image I double stamped the flower using mellow moss as the solid stamp and old artichoke as the outline. To get the variations in colour some of the flowers were stamped two or three times before reinking. I added some eyelettes and threaded some ribbon through them. I matted the front image on old artichoke cs and added a strip of cs behind the scallops to accentuate them. The result is a very soft card that can be used for almost any occassion: birthday, thank you, thinking of you, get well, etc. I hope you enjoy my blog and keep stamping!

Easter Cards

Well it's a little late to offer much inspiration..but hey I can't be the only one leaving my Easter creations to the last minute...can I? LOL. This card is made from some glitter paper I received for Christmas....thank you Santa ;-) I thought the colours worked perfectly for Easter! The adorable chick on the top of the card is a QuicKutz(QK) die (if you've never heard of QuicKutz just ask me....but be warned I love QK and will talk until your ears fall off). I used an Easter Wishes sentiment from the All Holidays set in Perfect Plum. I punched the sentiment out with the tag punch and hung it from the ribbon. This next card uses the same glitter paper as the chick card but I scalloped the edge with the corner rounder punch. The corner rounder is a must have tool for 3 reasons: first it rounds corners which is a nice accent for scrapbooking and card making, secondly if you remove the guide you can use it to scallop corners and third it's inexpensive. Double duty tool at an affordable price...need I say more? LOL. I stamped the elephant in Tempting Turquoise, the bird in So Saffron and the Flower in Pink Passion. The animals are from the Wild About You stamp set and believe me I am Wild about this set! I cut the animals out and pop dotted them up, although you probably can't see it very well on this card. I'm actually going to use this card as an Easter card but it would also make a very cute baby card. Double duty!

Easter Inspiration!

When I started this card I wanted to punch it up with a vibrant and easter inspired colour scheme, and I really wanted to try out this criss cross card technique. I still owe you a tutorial on the slider card, so I won't get myself in hot water by promising you another one just yet...LOL! I used Yoyo Yellow, Whisper White and Lovely Lilac CS. The glittered flower at the top of the card insert is from the Pretty amazing set, and stamped in So Saffron ink (who says everything has to match perfectly....sometimes close is close enough...LOL) and glamoured up with some glitter and a crystal brad. On the bottom of the card insert I chosse a Thank You sentiment from the Wonderful Words stamp set and inked it in Perfect Plum. The Whisper White CS on the front of the card was stamped with peices of the Priceless stamp set in Perfect Plum, So Saffron and Pale Plum. I think this card is an excellent example showing how you can mix and match colours together even if you don't have the exact right one.

Spinner Card

This is a spinner card that I made at Nancy's party. I didn't really realize how much I just love this So Swirls roller....this is card number 3 in my blog! LOL! This time I kept it subtle rolling with Tempting Turquoise in on coordinating card stock. I used the word window to puch out the slot for the spinner to spin in and stamped Wish Big from the Short and Sweet stamp set in Tempting Turquoise on whisper white cardstock (CS) mounted underneath.

I stamped a flower from the Priceless stamp set in---you guessed it---Tempting Turquoise! You know what I love about the Stampin' UP! punches--besides the fact that they are so easy to use? The stamps and punches coordinate and fit just perfectly, it just takes the guess work away! So with that said I punched out the flower with the 1 1/4" circle punch and punched a cirlce out of Chocolate Chip CS with the 1 3/8" circle punch. I added some Chocolate Chip ribbon and that's more or less it. Stay tuned for the tutorial I will be putting together for the spinner cards. This next spinner card is for the wonderful child in your life. I used Green Gable CS and used randomly stamped some of the animals from Wild About You stamp set in Green Galore. I just love the little penguin in this set.....and with the popularity of penguin movies lately what little kid doesn't? Wait a minute...did I just call myself a kid? LOL...well there's some truth in that...I'm a big kid at heart...LOL. With the bright colours and cool spinning action it's a really neat card for that special child on your life. Although, I know a few adults that have had fun spinning the card back and forth...LOL. Well as I said earlier I'm going to try to create a tutorial for a spinner card and figure out how to post it on the blog....just for all of my creative friends out there!

Celebrate!

This is a card that I've been working on lately, where I've done a couple of versions. This first card is done on Chocolate chip cardstock and rolled with the So Swirls jumbo roller in whipser white ink. I love the So Swirls roller, it just looks so elegant and it's so easy to do! On the whisper white card stock I stamped the flourishes from the Priceless stamp set in Sky blue, and Celebrate from the Wonderful Words stamp set in Blue Bayou. When the In Colours retire in July I will be so sad, they are some of my favourite colours! The bird was stamped on Tempting Turquoise card stock with Black Stazon ink. A little snip and little clip and a pop dot completes the bird! This next card was actually the one I made first. For a more subtle look I rolled So Swirls with Pretty N Pink ink on coordinating card stock. The same flourishes from Priceless were stamped in Sky Blue as well as the Celebrate from Wonderful Words in Blue Bayou. To accent the card I used some stick on gems in pink and traced the flourishes with a clear gel pen. Add a little coordinating ribbon and voila! You're done! Easy Peasy!

Stem Sayings--Happy Birthday!

As much as I love to glitter and glam up my projects, sometimes simplicity is just as nice. This is a quick and easy project that makes it look like you spent hours slaving away!

The large oval was used to punch out the petals and I added chalk around the edges in red and chalked white in the center of the petals to add the illusion of dimension. Punch out a circle for the center of the flower, use of one the stamps from the Stem Sayings set, add some ribbon, glue and voila------before you know it you're already done!

I just love it when a project comes together :-)

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Pretty Amazing Card

This is one of the projects that we did at Nancy's party, thanks again for being such a gracious hostess! Chocolate chip is one of my favourite colours and is a wonderful accent with the gable green cardstock and green galore ink. The turquoise rhinestone brad adds the perfect bit of sparkle. When I planned this card I was thinking it was going to be quick and easy--goes to show how much I know. LOL. There was a lot of grumbling when the ladies were cutting out the flower, it has a lot of petals and they did it twice. I'm not sure how well you can see it in the photo but the smaller flower was embossed with iridescent ice. I'm not sure about you but I always feel like card making is a labour of love---and boy did those ladies labour!