Sorry about the quality of the card picture. I was in a rush to get to the baby shower, no surprise there I'm usually running late! And this is the best photo of the 6 I took. Anyways you get the idea. The card and diaper cake were made for my sister in law who is having her first baby! Exciting!!

When I saw a diaper cake online months ago I knew I had to make one for Cindy. I used 66 diapers, one pack of baby wipes, 2 receiving blankets, four face cloths, baker's twine, and one adorable teddy bear! It took about 1.5 hours or one Twilight movie to complete it.


Supplies
Stamps: Fox and Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Certainly Celery, Soft Suede
Paper: Certainly Celery, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Accessories: 1-1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Petite Pennants Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crimper, Sticky Strip. Big Shot, Top Note Die, Baker's Twine (on the cake)

~ Amanda

You mean it's all over already?! Those days sure go by quickly when they are filled with swaps, stamping, new friends, classes, new product and free stuff! Arrived home late last night after an all day of travel. But it was great to see my husband and my mother at the airport. After our long drive home from Toronto to Kingston my husband sent me on ahead into the house. This is what I found:
This was another of my swaps - 16 of these were finished in the wee hours last Monday night. I waited on my delayed shipment of new paper and the new stamp until Monday afternoon so that meant Monday night was spent preparing 32 swaps.

Supplies
Stamps: Up, Up & Away
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Sahara Sand
Paper: Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, First Edition DSP, Textured Whisper White
Accessories: Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Strip, Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Polka Dot Impressions Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

An early day today for the first time Convention attendees breakfast. Then off to classes. By the time I was seated in my Make 'n Take session right before lunch I felt like I needed to nap right there! After lunch I participated in Lyssa's CQS swap, so cool! All the cards were fabulous! General session was right after that. Shelli and her daughter presented some ideas for upcoming workshops. It was a blast! We were all laughing so hard!!!

After General Session this afternoon I had a lot of free time! Time to put up my feet, digest some of the 850 photos taken thus far, then venture out into Salt Lake City for dinner and a walk to the beautiful and peaceful Temple Square.

Here is one of my swaps I made for Convention. As of lunch today I have done all my swaps! So many beautiful cards are now packed ready to head home to share with my customers and to use for inspiration. Being Canadian I just had to make a stamp to tell everyone where I'm from. Thanks to everyone who complimented me on my card, it's great to hear!

Supplies
Stamps: Glorious and Free
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Read Red
Paper: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder

Whew! A very busy day today: Opening Session, 2 wonderful classes (one about My Digital Studio), a free pack of Holiday Mini Catalogues, free Simply Sent card kit, afternoon session, Awards night, after party, display boards and so much more!


You are all going to love the Holiday Mini Catalogue. We were given peaks at projects! This afternoon I was able to play around with some of the new product and see the beautiful paper and fabrics.

Found 3 more cards of mine on the display boards! That makes 5 in total. I think I've taken pics of all the display boards but I'm too tired to post them tonight. Anywho, my fabric postcard is the middle project on the top row - the one with the heart with ruffles:

My tree card is the middle of the top row in the next photo:
The next card (top right corner of the photo) was my submission to one of Stampin' Up!'s monthly demonstrator contests:
Now it's time for bed, I think I've started to drift off a little sitting here in the hotel lobby! Better get back to my room soon before I start to snore!

Doing the last minute packing because I'm headed to Salt Lake City, Utah tomorrow for Convention! This will be a treat for me, my first Convention! I am hoping to post pictures here on my blog or over on my Facebook page From Where I Stamp while at Convention. See you all later!

 ~ Amanda

This is my 2nd favourite entry, you'll see my 1st fav later! I love the Night of Navy flowers! Onto watercolour paper the flower was embossed in white, then using a mixture of Night of Navy ink refill and Shimmer Pain in Frost White each flower was painted. It creates a sparkly blue flower. For the Crumb Cake flowers: they are embossed in white, then spritzed with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.

Before shipping this one away I made 2 more copies, one for myself and the other for the bride and groom!

Supplies
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Curly Cute
Ink: Night of Navy, Whisper Write, Shimmer Paint Frost White, Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Ink refill, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Marker, Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker
Paper: Night of Navy Textured, Crumb Cake, Whisper Write, Watercolor paper
Accessories: Two Step Bird Punch , White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Brayer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Top Note Bigz die, Paint brush

~ Amanda

My dog Hoover. This is the first of three scrapbook pages I sent in for Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Award. For this layout I pulled colours from the fall leaves in the photos for accents. The leaves were embossed in gold onto Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron and Peach Parfait card stock.

Supplies
Stamps: Autumn Splendor
Ink: Versamark, Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker
Paper: Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black
Accessories: Neutrals Designer Buttons, Brights Designer Buttons, Subtles Designer Buttons, Early Espresso 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots, Gold Stampin’ Emboss powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Big Shot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlit dies, Big Shot Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

~ Amanda

This is my last card of my non-winning Artisan Award. Stampin' Up!'s fabric is beautiful and there is even more of it in the new 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue. Did you see the other fabric postcard I made a few months ago? Check it out here.

For this card I sewed two pieces (SU's the light blue and the large flower/white) together. Pressing the seams open I used the Big Shot Fabric Adhesive to adhere it to a piece of stiff interfacing. The Vanilla Satin Ribbon is adhered with the fabric adhesive as well.

For the heart I used a piece of SU's pink floral, fabric adhesive and a piece of non-SU cream fabric (cannot see it - but it's there for stability on the back of the heart). These were "glued" together and then cut out with the Big Shot. Sticky strip and Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon finished off the card.

Just realized that I didn't take a picture of the back of the postcard. On the other side is a piece of non-SU cream fabric adhered to the stiff interfacing with fabric adhesive as well. On the top centre of the back I stamped Postcard from the Winter Post stamp set in Stazon ink.

Supplies
Stamps: Winter Post, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Stazon Jet Black Ink Pad, Baja Breeze Ink Refill
Paper: none
Accessories:  Springtime Vintage Designer Fabric, Very Vanilla 5/8” Satin Ribbon, Big Shot Fabric Adhesive Roll, Rose Red ½” Seam Binding Ribbon, Vanilla ½” Rosette, Pearls Basic Jewels, Sticky Strip, Big Shot, Hearts and Brackets Original Die, Cream Fabric, Stiff Interfacing, Rotary Trimmer, mat and ruler, Sewing Machine and Cream Thread

~ Amanda

Card number 4 of 5 for my non-winning Artisan Award entry. Back in January I had made a card similar to this one for my father's birthday. When I started the process of deciding which cards I looked back at all my cards I've made the past few years. This one popped out at me saying "make me!". So here is my Juniper Card:

Supplies
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker, Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker, Versamark Pad
Paper: Early Espresso Textured, Very Vanilla, Old Olive Bright Patterns Designer Series Paper, First Edition Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamping Sponge, Old Olive Brights Brads, Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool

~ Amanda

The 3rd card for my non-winning Artisan Award Entry. I just had to make a card using Concord Crush and Perfect Plum since my fav colour is purple.

Stamps: Elements of Style
Ink: Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Sahara Sand
Paper: Concord Crush, Whisper White,Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Wide Oval Punch, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlit Die

~ Amanda

My 2nd non-winning Artisan Award card card entry was made using the Iris Fold technique. I found the pattern for the balloon online, free cut the balloon out by hand and followed the pattern. The basket was made with a stamp from Create A Cupcake stamp set and then punched out with the Build A Cupcake Punch.

Stamps: Create A Cupcake, Fox and Friends
Ink: Basic Black, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Brights Pattern Designer Series Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango
Accessories:  Word Window Punch, Build a Cupcake Punch, Linen Thread, Sticky Strip. Stampin’ Dimensionals, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

~ Amanda

So I entered Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Award Contest this year and didn't win. But I'm so happy that I did enter, I've never done anything like this before! The most exciting part now is getting to see all the winners entries at convention next week. Hopefully some of my creations will be on the display boards. If they are I will share them here with you! So please return to view the rest of my non-winning entries. Today is one of five cards I made:

Supplies
Stamps: Country Side, Curly Cute, Sanded Background
Ink: Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Paper: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Watercolour Paper, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Silver Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Blender Pens

~ Amanda

Happy Canada Day and a long weekend to boot! There's also another reason to celebrate today, the new 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue went live this afternoon! Now you can order the new In Colors: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Island Indigo. Need your own copy of the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue? Contact me today!


This will be one of my swaps for Convention, although the card fronts I am making are sans ribbon. I'm in love with the 2011-2013 In Colors! Island Indigo and Wisteria Wonder are my new favs! What do you think of the new In Colors?

Supplies
Stamps: Elements of Style, Sincere Salutations, Woodgrain Background
Ink: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso
Paper: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Wide Oval Punch, 1/8" Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals Big Shot, Top Note Die

~ Amanda

Is it already the last day of June? That means convention is coming up in, lets see... 12 days!!! I am so excited to be going this year! But the end of June also means the last day to order from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue. Just remember if there are any stamps on the retiring list today is the very last day to get your hands on them!

Tomorrow, July 1, we can start placing orders in the afternoon from the NEW 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue. Interested in one of your own? Please email me so we can discuss the details! Check back tomorrow for the link to the new catalogue and a look at the new colours!

Fox and Friends stamp set has very cute animal stamps! This cute little card's base was made using the Clear Scallop Square Die, but the piece of Crumb Cake is folded and place on the die in such a way that only 3 sides were cut. Behind the Giraffe image the Very Vanilla Seam Binding is pleated around the circle using Sticky Strip.

Supplies
Stamps: Fox and Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Cajun Craze
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze
Accessories: Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Sticky Strip, Curly Label Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Clear Scallop Square Die


~ Amanda

My husband and I celebrated 10 years of marriage on June 16th! Has it really been 10 years? Has it only been 10 years? I am very blessed to have this man in my life. I love him with all my heart.
My sweetheart created the following card for me. He had the chance to cut into some of the new 2011-2012 In Colors. The colour combo was my idea, I had 2 laid out on my stamp table the night he went to design my card and he decide to choose one of them. I think he did a wonderful job! Now I need to get down there to make my own card with these colours!


Next is the card I designed for him. He loves hunting, especially for deer, so I just knew I had to use the Nature Silhouettes stamp set. The always greeting is my handwriting.

We took a little camping trip to Charleston Lake Provincial Park the weekend after our anniversary. It was perfect weather! Here we are together on the boardwalk trail.


Since I spent so much time on this next project I thought I would share with you this picture of our wedding cake replica. Yummy Gum Drop cake with vanilla frosting and violet purple flowers.


Card Supplies
From Chad
Stamps: Short and Sweet, Always
Ink: Island Indigo
Paper: Poppy Parade, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Accessories: Whisper White Brads, Silver Flower Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals, Bird Punch, Fancy Flower Punch, Curly Label Punch, Designer Label Punch

From Amanda
Stamps: Nature Silhouettes, Sincere Salutations (always is hand-written)
Ink: Early Espresso, Certainly Celery
Paper: Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Cork
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, 1-1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8" Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Hearts and Brackets Die, Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder

~ Amanda

This has got to be the best card ever! That piggy is just so darn cute. My husband spent two evenings working on this card for my birthday. I am so impressed that he created a punch art pig and used my Big Shot for the very first time! Inside this card was a gift card for 2 movie passes and 2 handmade ticket vouchers. You arrr invited to a movie and you arrr invited to bring a friend, so cute. Not sure what movie to see yet but I'll be taking him along with me. (Want to see how far he's gone since last year? Check out my birthday card here.)


This year Stampin' Up! is sending out birthday cards to all demonstrators and giving up an extra 15% off an item of our choice during our birthday month! Thanks Stampin' Up! There are so many wonderful reasons to be a demonstrator! Interested in becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator? Click here to check it out! Below is the card I received on Monday, it was created with My Digital Studio.


Supplies for the Pig Birthday Card and Pirate Movie Tickets
Stamps: Party Hearty, Ahoy Matey (retired), Incentive Pig Stamp
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Craft Ink
Paper: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder (2011-2013 In Color), Pixie Pink (retired)
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Wide Oval Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Sizzlet Dies

~ Amanda

Tomorrow is my birthday! So I just had to show a card with purple on it! This card has a lot of my favs on it! Purples (3 purples: Concord Crush, Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum!), the First Edition Designer Series Paper, the Rhinestones and pleating. Looking forward to tomorrow, a day off with my husband to celebrate, I know he has some surprises in store for me and hopefully a little time to create some scrapbook pages too.

Supplies
Stamps: Just Believe
Ink: Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla, First Edition Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

This will be your last chance to say Goodbye to some wonderful stamps and accessories! These products will no longer be available after Jun 30th, 2011! The accessories are only here while supplies last, so make sure to check the list or my online store when you are placing your order.


Click here to download and print the Last Chance Stamp List.

Click here to view the Retiring Accessory List. These are while supplies last! This list will be updated everyday to show items that have sold out.

Click here to view the Last Chance Definitely Decorative online.

Make sure you order any of these retiring product for your collection before June 30, 2011 and they disappear! Shop Online today!

 ~ Amanda

As part of our Making a Difference program, Stampin' Up! is proud to partner with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the Strength & Hope Campaign.

Throughout the 2011 Summer Mini Catalogue sales period, Stampin' Up! will donate $2 from the sale of each Strength & Hope set and Strength & Hope digital kit to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).
Strength and Hope Stamp set available in Wood $21.95 or Clear $16.95

Strength and Hope Digital Kit $12.50

Supplies
Stamps: Strength and Hope, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Baja Breeze
Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories: Victoria Lace, Stampin' Dimensional, Big Shot, Top Note Die

~ Amanda

A few techniques rolled into this one! Masking and Rock 'n Roll! The thanks was masked with a piece of sticky post-it-note punched out with the Wide Oval Punch.Then the leaves were stamped over it. After stamping the mask is pulled off and ta-da complete! The leaf stamps were first inked with More Mustard but immediately rolled around on the Cherry Cobbler ink pad - this creates the Rock 'n Roll look - before stamping onto the Very Vanilla strip of card stock..

Supplies
Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Thank You Kindly
Ink: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder

~ Amanda

Just had to make a page about the controlled breach of the Hoop and Holler dike along the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. Had we not left Manitoba just over 3 years ago we would have been dealing with this, sand bagging, worrying about our new home and a possible evacuation. So scary.

Because there were so many pictures online I decided to make up a layout using My Digital Studio. It took me about an hour because I took a little bit to decide what photos to use first. I need to go back and make more pages still. Very easy in MDS - I selected a prearranged photo layout and went from there.

Digital Supplies
Stamps: Bliss, Texture
Colours: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz
Paper: Pear Pizzazz Text Designer Series Paper

~ Amanda

Satin Ribbon Roses are so cool, although I'm not too impressed with my very first rose. Next time I think I need to have a longer piece of ribbon as my rose looks kinda plain. To get the look of the satin rose I slightly melted the ribbon with the Heat Tool. Melting the ribbon took a lot longer than I thought it would.

I just had to dive into the Creative Crew Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers for today's card. The Colour Focus for May is all Neutrals with a splash of colour. First a piece of Very Vanilla card stock was run through the Big Shot and the Vintage Wallpaper folder then sponged with Crumb Cake to accent the raised images. To finish off the card I added a piece of Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon,  my first Ribbon Rose and lastly the sentiment.

Supplies
Stamps: Thank You Kindly
Ink: Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla
Accessories: Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Vintage Brad, Wide Oval Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Heat Tool, Sponge, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder

~ Amanda

What a beautiful weekend! I hope everyone was able to spend a little time with their mother or their kids this weekend. I had a great time doing some stamping with my mom on Saturday. This was her Mother's Day card.

Supplies
Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery
Paper: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, 5/8" Marina Mist Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Pearl Jewels, Big Shot, Lattice Die

~ Amanda

From May 1 until May 31, 2011 you will get 30% off a wide selection of scrapbooking products including:

• Select stamp sets
• Select professional print products for My Digital Studio
• Special digital download bundles for My Digital Studio

Click on the flyer image below to view it larger:
Shop online or contact me today to place your order!

Interested in becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator? For the month of May you can get the Digital+ Starter Kit for 30% off - $150.50!

Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
Digital+ Starter Kit* (valued at more than $375!)	$215	$150.50
Stampin' Memories Add-On (valued at more than $95!) 1 stamp set 1 card stock pack 1 Designer Series Paper pack 1 Quick Accents pack 1 Designer Printed Album (12" x 12")	$60	$42

~ Amanda