It was great to see so many people at our first all day crop of 2018 this past Saturday! I look forward to each crop - the time away to be creative and spend time talking with friends. In two weeks we have our very first weekend retreat on Feb 9 to 11 - I'm starting to be really excited about it!! If you weren't able to make it to our first retreat we are working on the details for the next one so stay tuned!


The first project I'll share today is a pocket page. The 4x6 journal card was modified from the original card in the pack. Pink is so not my colour and the bottom of the card was pink. I cut around the flower and along the straight line to get rid of the pink band, then glued on a piece of Basic Grey cardstock to the bottom! The flower and the "hello" were shaded first with watercolor pencils and then a blender pen to create a watercolour look.

Very little stamping on the card. The birds and heart image is a 3x4 card cut out using the Big Shot and the Stitched Shapes Framelits. From the Heart is stamped in Calypso Coral from the Petal Passion stamp set.


I love everything about Lisa's scrapbook page! Especially the black and white photos. The Petal Palette Memories & More card pack has 2 cardstock sticker sheets that have the hearts on them and 2 accent sheets that include the words hello from the above pocket page and the smile from the scrapbook page along with other words diecut ready for you to use!


Registration is now open for our next all day crop on Saturday February 24th in support of H'art at St. Lawrence College. Click here to find out more details and to register!

Supplies
Stamps: Petal Palette
Colours: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey
Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Blends

~ Amanda

January's Paper Pumpkin is perfect for Valentine's Day! I put together one of the pocket cards the same day it arrived. It's adorable! Below is the unboxing video from Paper Pumpkin's YouTube channel.

This year for Sale-A-Bration Stampin' Up! has two different levels of free products AND I believe this is the first time that a Thinlits die has been a freebie! The celebrate die-cut is one of the 3 Thinlits in this package.

This was the perfect card to use the Tutti-Frutti Adhesive-Backed Sequins. They are a perfect way to add a pop of colour to this card. Even better they already have adhesive on the back, so peal off the sheet and adhere wherever you want them to be!

Sale-A-Bration ends March 31, 2018. Make sure to place your order either online or directly with me! Now is the time to earn some freebies!!

Supplies
Stamps:  Labeler Alphabet
Colours:  Berry Burst, Tranquil Tide, Soft Sky, Silver, Whisper White
Accessories:  Celebrate You Thinlits Dies (Sale-A-Bration), Tutti-Frutti adhesive-backed sequins, Stampin' Dimensionals, Myths & Magic Specialty Designer Series Paper
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~ Amanda

Colouring is very relaxing, especially when you don't have to worry about colouring in the lines! I must admit that I wasn't very careful with my colouring job but it turned out great anyways! That is what is so great with this kit, the images are ready for you to use the watercolour pencils to shade the images. After colouring you can leave the pencil shading as is or use a blender pen like I have to watercolour the images.

These cards would be great for any occasion and if you want to make more cards there is a refill kit! The refill kit does not include the watercolour pencils, the stamps or block.

Stampin' Up! has this great video showing some tips and tricks for this kit.

Supplies
Stamps:  Lots of Happy card kit
Colours:  Old Olive, Rich Razzelberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Lemon Lime Twist, Sahara Sand, Basic Black
Accessories:  all accessories are included in the kit!

~ Amanda

On Sunday my up line, Lisa hosted a shoebox swap at her house. Each person brought a card for everyone to make. It was a lot of fun! If you want to join us it is the BEST time of year to join my team! Join during Sale-A-Bration to get your starter kit at $135 CAD, along with the choice of TWO additional stamp sets for their kit - any stamp set, any price. (Excludes bundles and Sale-A-Bration sets.) Plus, the kit ships for free! Sign up here.


This is the card I prepped for us to make. I don't use the Wood Textures designer series paper often enough! You could easily change the look of this card just by using a different piece from that pack.

You can earn the Lots of Lavender stamp set for free until March 31, 2018 by placing a $60 order. Place your order online or contact me!
Supplies
Stamps: Lots of Lavender, Special Celebrations
Colours: Fresh Fig, Sahara Sand, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
Accessories: Wood textures Designer Series Paper, Lots of Labels framelits, Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Tomorrow (Jan 10th) is the last day to sign up for January's Paper Pumpkin. But before you do I wanted to share some details with you! First up is a peak at the Inspiration board for January shared by Paper Pumpkin on Facebook earlier today:
Paper Pumpkin is a fully designed project kit that arrives at your door each month with stamps, ink, and paper—everything cut and ready to go, so you can skip to the fun. We’ll surprise you with fun projects like cards, gift packaging, home décor, and more for just $26.95 CAD a month (shipping included).

Welcome to another wonderful Global Stamping Friends blog hop! Enjoy today's hop and everyone's fabulous projects.

It's one of my favourite times of the year! New products to play with and earn Sale-A-Bration rewards! For every $60 you spend you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product! To download a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue click here. My project today uses the new Petal Passion Memories & More card pack and the Petals & More Thinlits dies.


The frame on the journal box was highlighted using Smokey Slate ink and an Aquapainter. Also used an Aquapainter and ink on the flowers to highlight then a bit. A piece of Always Artichoke cut out with the leaf bunch was added to the 4x6 card to create some dimension.

Here are some close up pics of the extras I added:


Supplies
Stamps: Petal Palette (words only)
Colours: Always Artichoke, Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Petal Passion Memories & More card pack, Petals & More Thinlits dies, Pearls

~ Amanda

Blog Hop list:

Today is the day for new products and free items! The Occasions and Sale-A-Bration brochure are live. If you would like a copy and live in Canada please contact me to request a brochure.



For every $60 you spend you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product! New this year there are 2 levels of product you can earn. In the Sale-A-Bration catalogue it will let you know whether the item is redeemable with a $60 or $120 order.

~ Amanda

Day 4 is missing a photo. I had sent pictures quickly off to Costco and hoped I had gotten the right ones. But it meant that I missed sending a few.

Mostly I tale horizontal pictures with my phone but this month I'm trying to take more portrait ones so that I can include all 4 different pocket page designs. Saying that, the picture at the gas station was taken horizontally. I made sure to crop it on my phone so that if would work with the other portrait photos I took that day.

Supplies
Stamps: none
Colours: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories and More card pack, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper.

~ Amanda

Even though Christmas is not too far away, I'm already looking forward to the new year and new catalogues!! Today I'm sharing some projects that I've designed for my application for display stamper for OnStage in April using products from the upcoming 2018 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogues.
My first card uses the Petal Palette stamp set, Petals & More Thinlits and the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper. Colours: Fresh Fig, Early Espresso, Whisper White

My first 3D item features the Lots of Lavender Sale-A-Bration stamp set and Special Celebrations stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. I spritzed the white pizza box with Crumb Cake ink and alcohol. It's finished off with a piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a piece of Silver Sequin Trim. Colours: Always Artichoke, Wisteria Wonder, Crumb Cake, Whisper White.

My second 3D item is a decorated acetate box featuring my favourite new stamp set: Magical Day! The adorable knight was coloured in with water colour pencils and an aquapainter. The bricks were coloured in with Stampin' Write markers. Colours: Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Silver, Whisper White.

This card uses a piece of the new Sale-A-Bration Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series paper. The yellow design look just like honeycomb! A little bee from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits completes it! Colours: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Basic Black.

This card uses Petal Palette Memories & More card pack (with its fabulous stickers!). The smile is a cut-out that comes with the card pack that I sponged with Calypso Coral ink. I also sponged the little heart sticker. Colours: Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette.

My scrapbook page is my last project and it uses the Petal Passion suite. These pictures are from my parent's 25th Anniversary in 2005. The flowers and leaves were coloured in using Watercolor Pencils and a blender pen. The lovely word is a cut-out embellishment included in the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack. Colours: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver, Basic Black, Old Olive, Smokey Slate, Vellum.


~ Amanda

A few months ago I saw on both Pinterest and something that Stampin' Up! had shared about decorating a star with similar elements that I have on this snowflake. Couldn't find a star but I think the snowflake looks even better! The snowflake is about 11" x 11", maybe a bit smaller. The JOY card is mounted on a piece of chipboard (I keep the chipboard that comes inside each of the photo pocket page zipper bags for projects like this). The size is 3.25" x 2.75".

To assemble I used hot glue. It took some time to lay it out ahead of time and then make sure that the card would sit right on top of all the elements and not cover anything. This one will be a present but I have another one made with a different type of snowflake that will hang at my house this month.

Supplies
Stamps: none
Colours: Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper, Large Letter Framelits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Green Sprigs, Mini Silver Ornaments, Gold Metallic Snowflakes, chipboard from inside packaging of the photo pocket pages. Red holly berries and chipboard snowflake (both not Stampin' Up!)

~ Amanda

Happy December! Welcome to my blog and I hope you are enjoying everyone's fabulous projects! Today I am sharing my set-up for December Daily using Stampin' Up!'s Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card pack and the Merry Little Christmas suite. This is my 4th year doing December Daily. If you are unfamiliar with December Daily it is a daily memory keeping of events in December, mostly centered on Christmas celebrations and preparations, I first came across this idea from Ali Edwards. I've always done Dec 1 to Dec 31, the whole month and a perfect way to end the year with New Year's Eve!

Here are some of the elements that will be used this month: album, photo pocket pages, and Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card pack. My goal is to have this completed by mid January 2018, with pictures cropped and edited on the weekends for the previous week, printed maybe 3 different times throughout the month at Costco. I already have the numbers cut out in different colours.

This will be my title and day one page. The bottom 2 4x6 pockets are reserved for photos I'll take today. As the month goes on I should be able to plan some pages ahead of time but I find that if I do too many ahead then I change my mind and get frustrated that I have to redo some of the work I've already done!


A close up of the date pocket and filler card. It's hard to tell but the holly and leaves (a sticker from one of the two sticker sheets included in the Memories & More card pack) on the Fa la la card are popped up on a mini dimensional.

And here is day 2 and 3. Some pages I will split into 2 days but sometimes if I have a lot of photos it might spread over 2 pages or more! It all depends on what we do this month.

Supplies
Stamps: Carols of Christmas, Labeler Alphabet
Colours: Old Olive, Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories and More card pack, Black Faux Leather 12" x 12" Album, 12" x 12" Pocket Pages, Large Number Framelits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Copper Foil Paper, Stitched Shapes Framelits

I hope you will check back with me every week to see what I've done and that you enjoy the rest of the blog's in today's hop! Thanks!
~ Amanda

2. Rebecca Urban
3. Libby Dyson
4. Jan Musselman
5. Lisa Ann Bernard
6. Karie Beglau
7. Amanda Farlinger You Are Here!

8. Kimberley Anne Morris
9. Tricia Butts
10. Amanda Bates
11. Kristie Neal Walthall
12. Anastasia Radloff
13. Erica Jones
14. Jenn Charles Curtis
15. Marieke Bart
16. Courtenay Heuston
17. Angelique Stempelkeuken
18. Sarah McDermott

The piece of Wood Textured Designer Series Paper with the embossing paste trees has been sitting on my desk for too long... since the September crop maybe? The great thing about embossing paste is that you can create your own masks to use with it! Made mine by using a piece of Whisper White cardstock and cut out the trees using the Card Front Builder tree framelits and the Big Shot. If you wanted to create a mask that is reusable I would suggest using a piece of Window Sheet (something that's on my to do list!).

After trimming down the designer series paper I stamped the main image with Versamark and embossed with Copper Embossing Powder. Stamped the flower and leaves, put everything thru the Big Shot and put together! Definitely will be one of the cards I'll be sending out for Christmas!

Supplies
Stamps: Carols of Christmas
Colours: Copper, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories: Card Front Builder Dies, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Embossing Paste, Stampin' Dimensionals, Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack, Versamark, Copper Embossing Powder

~ Amanda

This colour combo is not traditional but I love it! Found a card similar to this one with this colour scheme on Pinterest. I think I will make some more of these cards to sell at my craft fairs that are coming up soon! Join me Nov 26 at the RCAFA Club at Norman Rogers Airport, Dec 2 at the Battersea United Church and Dec 3 at the Selby Hall.

Did you see the announcement on Monday from Stampin' Up! about the Stamparatus? It's an awesome new stamp positioning tool that I was able to see at Onstage in Salt Lake City last week! Today at 4pm EST you can reserve yours by logging in to the online store. See below for directions on how you can reserve yours!

Supplies
Stamps: Carols of Christmas
Colours: Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories: Card Front Builder Dies

~ Amanda

Day 3 already! Time has flown by. It has been so much fun here in Salt Lake City. I am looking forward to being home again with my husband and dog but sad to leave all my friends and fun here at OnStage!

My third and final swap is a Christmas card featuring a stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue. The Hearts Come Home stamp set is so perfect for this time of year! This is the first one I made as a full card to see if I liked the design. You might notice under the houses there is glitter, I put a swipe of Wink of Stella to create a snow base but then forgot to add it to my swaps!

Supplies
Stamps: Hearts Come Home
Colours: Pool Party, Dapper Denim, Island Indigo
Accessories: Wood Textured Designer Series Paper Stack, Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

~ Amanda

Last night I participated in an organized swap! It was a hoot - we swapped in our PJ's! For this swap I made 36 card fronts.

Supplies
Stamps: Colorful Seasons
Colours: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Soft Suede
Accessories: Crushed Curry 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon, Pinewood Planks 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

~ Amanda

It's an exciting time this week as I'm in Salt Lake City, Utah for Stampin' Up!'s 3-day OnStage event! Today I'm sharing with you the first of my swaps that I have. In total I made 76 swaps! Thankfully I was able to complete them at Crop Kingston's all day crops in October.


I'll be sharing some pictures of my adventures at OnStage on my Facebook and Instagram pages. Check them out to see what I'm up to and then check back tomorrow for my second swap!

Supplies
Stamps: Lovely Inside & Out
Colours: Smokey Slate, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Accessories:White Embossing powder

~ Amanda

Hello and welcome! Today I am participating in a global blog hop with other Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world. This month's theme is Anything But A Card and since I love pocket page scrapbooking I just had to share this one:

Lovely as a Tree stamp set is so versatile! The pine tree was perfect for a watercolour technique for this pocket page. After inking the pine tree with Emerald Envy ink I spritzed it with water and then stamped onto the watercolour paper. That created the darker more smooched trees. For the other versions I inked up the stamp, stamped it on my grid paper and then spritzed it with water before stamping on the watercolour paper. It's fun to try different combinations of ink saturation and water saturation! To get the splatters I used my Aquapainter and Emerald Envy ink and tapped the Aquapainter to spray the colour onto the watercolour paper. After it was dry, Wink of Stella was added to give the trees some shimmer.

Supplies
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree
Colours: Emerald Envy, Whisper White, Tranquil Tide, Basic Black
Accessories: Watercolour paper, Basic Black Bakers Twine, Layering Circles Framelits, Seasonal Layers Framelits, Lovely Words Thinlits, Wink of Stella, Aquapainter, Memories and More Journal Pens, Softly Falling Textured Embossing Folder

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoy all the projects in the blog hop today! To move onto the next blog in the series hit the Next button below and under the arrow you'll find a list of all the blogs in this hop. I hope you will stop by each blog to see everyone's projects!

~ Amanda

My Up line hosted a Shoebox swap earlier this month and this is the card I had prepped for us to make. The Drink and be Merry stamp actually says Eat, Drink and be Merry but we used a sticky note to cover the "eat," part of the stamp since it would not fit into the circle. To adhere the vellum to the card we used Tear & Tape Adhesive behind the circles and a Mini Glue Dot behind the Rhinestones. That way you don't see the adhesive thru the vellum!

Supplies
Stamps: Merry Little Labels
Colours: Basic Black, Tranquil Tide, Smokey Slate, Real Red foil sheet, Vellum
Accessories: Layering Circles thinlits, Silver Mini Sequin Trim, Winter Wonder Textured Impressions Folder, Merry Little Christmas designer series paper, Rhinestone jewels

~ Amanda

These are the projects I shared last night on my Facebook page for my Memories & More Facebook event. Join me next time on Thursday November 16th for my next events on Facebook. I will be sharing the pages I'll be using for my December Daily! Hope you can join me!

Supplies
Stamps: Carols of Christmas, Merry Little Tags
Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card pack, 7/8" Striped Ribbon, Layering Ovals Thinlits, Everyday Label Punch, Cooper Foil sheet, Lemon Lime Twist ribbon, Card Front Builder Thinlits

~ Amanda

 I'm not looking forward to the snow coming again but I do love taking pictures of how pretty it makes everything! The above layout is about our first snowfall in our new house and how it changed how everything looked.

The snowflake stickers are from the Memories & More card pack. It's awesome that there are embellishments as well as 3"x4" and 4"x6" cards!

If you would like to see the cards in this kit head over to YouTube to see Stampin' Up!'s video here.

Supplies
Stamps: None
Colours: Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories & More Card Pack, Card Front Builder Thinlits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Here are 2 cards I designed to showcase the Merry Patterns stamp set for a demonstrator meeting earlier this month. I created the same card twice but the second card is a stepped up version. On the above card the sentiment is stamped in Basic Black Archival Ink and then Cherry Cobbler Ink.

The sentiment on the second card is stamped with Versamark ink and embossed in gold. As an additional embellishment the punched image of holly and berries was added. After making the second card I noticed that the cards looked different since the designer series paper around the edge is more white than black. Both were cut from the same sheet but different sides. It's strange!

Supplies
Stamps: Merry Patterns
Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Basic Black
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper, Holly & Berries punch, Gold Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink

~ Amanda

Have to say that I'm in love with the deer from the Merry Patterns stamp set! And how well it pairs with the Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper. The deer was fussy cut and the mini dimensionals to lift it.

Supplies
Stamps: Merry Patterns
Colours: Smokey Slate, Old Olive
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Hearts & Stars Wooden embellishment, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Layering Circles framelits, Basic Black Embossing Powder

~ Amanda