Welcome to today's Global Stamping Friends blog hop - Stamper's Choice. Today is the perfect day to share this Hummingbird card!


My card is a case from another demonstrator. She shared her project on the Demonstrator only Facebook page. I loved how she used the Thank You stamp to create a great background.


Supplies
Stamps:  Humming Along
Colours:  Shaded Spruce, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, Cajun Craze
Accessories:  Hummingbird Framelits, Stampin' Blends, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thank you for visiting today, it would be lovely if you left me a comment before moving onto Lisa's blog for the next project!
~ Amanda
1. Vicky Wright
2. Libby Dyson
3. Jenn Curtis Charles
4. Anastasia Radloff
5. June Olsen
6. Tricia Butts
7. Jan Musselman
8. Rachel Macleod
9. Amanda Farlinger < you are here
10. Lisa Henderson
11. Kimberley Anne Morris
12. Angélique Stempelkeuken
13. Anja Reuss
14. Narelle Fasulo
15. Marieke Bart

Welcome to a special Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop celebrating the new Sale-A-Bration and Occasions catalogues! Sale-A-Bration runs until March 31, 2019. During this time for every $60 or $120 you order before shipping and taxes you earn a free item from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue for FREE!

So my plan was to share a pocket page with you featuring the new Happiness Blooms Memories & More card pack but ran out of time to finish the page - make sure to check back next week to see it! I had fun making this card - Whisper White Large Memories & More Cards and Envelopes and a the Happy Birthday 4"x6" card from the card pack made it a quick and easy card to assemble!

The Bitty Blossoms Punch Pack is perfect for adding dimension and fun flowers to your projects. For my card I punch out 2 of the flower shapes using Lovely Lipstick and Night of Navy. The center of the flowers is punched in Daffodil Delight. On the Night of Navy flower centers I added a Enamel dot in the center. I also added a Call me Clover Enamel dot on either side of the greeting although it is hard to see.


Supplies
Stamps:  None
Colours:  Night of Navy, Lovely Lipstick, Call me Clover
Accessories: Happiness Blooms Memories & More card pack, Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots, 3/16" Braided Linen Trim, Whisper White Large Memories & More Cards and Envelopes, Bitty Blooms Punch Pack

Thank you for stopping by, leave me a comment below to say hello before you move onto Kimberley Anne's blog.
~ Amanda
Blog Hop Participants

1. Libby Dyson
2. Tricia Butts
3. Karie Beglau
4. Sharon Dalton
5. Vicky Wright  
6. Angélique Stempelkeuken
7. Narelle Fasulo 
8. Amanda Farlinger
9. Kimberley Anne Morris
10. Amanda Bates
11. Lisa Henderson
12.  Marieke Bar
13. Jan Musselman
14. Anja Reuss
15.  Rachel Macleod
16.  Lisa Ann Bernard
17.  June Olsen

Sale-A-Bration is a perfect time to sign up as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! And the Craft & Carry Tote bag is beautiful and well built, I love mine! If you are in Canada 🇨🇦 join my team for $175.

Upcoming Events

Our next crop will be on Saturday January 26th in support of Boys & Girls Club of Kingston. Registration is $30 and closes on January 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/781974782147689/

Join us on February 8 to 10, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat. Registration is open until January 1st, 2019. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/247456682627886/

Today's project is from Sunday's shoebox swap that my upline hosted for her team. I had a lot of fun. Unfortunately a few people were unable to make it last minute but the 3 of us had a good time! Lisa provided dinner and then we made our projects. I will share the other projects later this week!

Whenever I am stuck on a project for ideas, my go to place for inspiration is Pinterest. The theme for the shoebox swap was to use products from the Occasions and/or Sale-A-Bration catalogues.

To create the butterflies I stamped them on Whisper White cardstock with Memento Black ink then used a sponge dauber to put Smokey Slate ink around the end of each butterfly wing and then Daffodil Delight in the center. The stamp set is designed perfectly as the large and small butterfly are attached together as one stamp and then the Butterfly Duet punch lines up with both butterflies to punch them out. You can purchase this bundle and save 10%!

Supplies
Stamps: Butterfly Gala
Colours: Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Smokey Slate
Accessories: Butterfly Duet Punch, Tin Tile Textured Embossing Folder, Pearlized Doilies, Silver Pearls, Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (Sale-A-Bration items)

~ Amanda

Our next crop will be on Saturday January 26th in support of Boys & Girls Club of Kingston. Registration is $30 and closes on January 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/781974782147689/

Join us on February 8 to 10, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat. Registration is open until January 1st, 2019. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/247456682627886/

Wanted to share a non Christmas project with you today. I love this simple card. The Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper has the butterflies ready for you to punch out. This paper will be available starting January 3rd.

I recommend quickly cutting around each butterfly before punching so that you don't punch others one as well. This will make your paper go further. It is hard to see in the pictures but the Whisper White strip was sponged with White Shimmer Paint to give it a pearlized look.


Supplies
Stamps: Butterfly Gala
Colours: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories: Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper, Tailored Tag Punch, Butterfly Duo Punch, Pearls, White Shimmer Paint, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Our next crop will be on Saturday January 26th in support of Boys & Girls Club of Kingston. Registration is $30 and closes on January 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/781974782147689/

Join us on February 8 to 10, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat. Registration is open until January 1st, 2019. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/247456682627886/

A festive pillow box that is perfect to hold a gift card or a small gift like chocolate! Having the cute kraft polka dot pillow boxes makes this a quick project to assemble.

The Farmhouse Christmas stamp set and dies are retiring and will no longer be available after the Holiday Catalogue is over on January 2, 2019. During the Year-End Closeout make sure to place your order early as items are while supplies last - make sure to check out my store to see what is still available: https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/category/20090/year-end-closeout?dbwsdemoid=2157916

Supplies
Stamps: Farmhouse Christmas
Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Smokey Slate, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Farmhouse Framelits, Layering Ovals framelits, Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper, Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine, Kraft Pillow Boxes, Stampin' Blends - Smokey Slate, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Basic Black Stampin' Marker, Glue Dots

~ Amanda


Our next crop will be on Saturday January 26th in support of Boys & Girls Club of Kingston. Registration is $30 and closes on January 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/781974782147689/

At the crop last Saturday I used new product from both the 2019 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogues. You can start purchasing and earning rewards from these catalogues starting January 3rd. I was able to make 5 cards at the crop, it doesn't sound like much but between gabbing, colouring with the Blends (so relaxing) and other stuff I thought I did really well! You will see the other cards later this month.

I decided the card needed to use colours from the Brights colour family since it was for my niece's birthday. Thankfully I had lots of cardstock with me to make the choice easier since my first plan to use Gorgeous Grape didn't work with how the designer series paper was coloured in with Stampin' Blends. The new Botanical Butterfly designer series paper is in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue and can be earned with a $60 purchase. One side of this pretty paper is coloured images and the other is black and white (perfect to add your own splash of colour!).

Supplies
Stamps: Butterfly Gala
Colours: Flirty Flamingo, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Stampin' Blends in Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick, Old Olive, Highland Heather, Bermuda Bay, Tailored Tag Punch, Butterfly Duo Punch

~ Amanda

Join us on February 8 to 10, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat. Registration is open until December 12th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/247456682627886/

Due to record number of Paper Pumpkin subscribers over the past several months the December 2018 Paper Pumpkin is sold out! If you haven't signed up for Paper Pumpkin you will be able to after Dec 11 to receive your first kit in January 2019. Current subscribers can still manage their accounts online but will not be able to add additional December kits. Please make sure that if you are a current subscriber that your account information is up to date - your mailing address and credit card information.

If you are unsure if you would like to try Paper Pumpkin send me a message and I can answer any of your questions.

~ Amanda

Welcome to our November blog hop with Global Stamping Friends! Our theme this month is circles. My card has a few circles on it, I used the Layering Circles Framelits and the Tin Tile Embossing Folder that has circle patterns. And because it's November with Remembrance Day coming I choose Poppy Parade for my flowers.


Next week is Stampin' Up!'s Onstage in Orlando, Florida! I'm so excited and almost all packed, my swaps are done and so looking forward to seeing almost 7,000 other demonstrators from around the world! Even better is that I will get to meet a few others that participate in this blog hop while at Onstage! If you would like to see pictures and updates from Onstage you can follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FromWhereIStamp and Instagram: www.instagram.com/FromWhereIStamp

Supplies
Stamps: First Frost
Colours: Poppy Parade, Soft Seafoam, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Vellum
Accessories: Pearls, Frosted Bouquet Framelits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Tin Tile Embossing Folder, Layering Circles Framelits, Leaf Punch

Thank you for stopping by, leave me a comment below to say hello before you move onto Anja's blog.
~ Amanda


My Upcoming Events:
Our next crop - the last in 2018 will be on Saturday November 24th in support of Lily's Place Shelter. Registration is $30 and closes on November 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/231159510889757/ 

Join us on February 8 to 10, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat. Registration is open until December 12th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/247456682627886/

Thank you to everyone who spent time crafting the day away on Saturday. It was the perfect day to hide inside while rain/sleet/snow fell! This month's crop was in support of Ronald MacDonald House Charities.

I am in love with this Black Ice Technique! And that you can colour in the images using the Stampin' Blends. Amazing what you can make using a piece of foil paper, clear embossing powder and some ink! This technique was taught at our Fall Weekend Retreat in September.

Supplies
Stamps: Touches of Texture, Special Celebrations
Colours: Pool Party, Whisper White, Smokey Slate
Accessories: Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, Tailored Tag Punch, Versamark Ink, Clear Embossing Powder, Silver Foil, Stazon Black Ink, Pool Party and Old Olive Stampin' Blends (both dark), Silver Thread

~ Amanda

Join us on February 8 to 10, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat. Registration is open until December 12th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/247456682627886/

While perusing Pinterest I discovered a beautiful card by Mandy from the Paper Panda using the First Frost stamp set and these colours. I love this color combo! I used Mandy's card as inspiration for my card.

Supplies
Stamps: First Frost
Colours: Blackberry Bliss, Coastal Cabana, Grapefruit Grove, Whisper White, Granny Apple Green
Accessories: Frosted Bouquet Framelits dies, Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

~ Amanda

There are so many things you can use these cute Santa Bags from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue. They are 4" x 5" in size. We used them as thank you gifts for our Fall Weekend Retreat last month and filled them with Andes Mints. The tag was adhered using a piece of Tear & Tape adhesive.

Supplies
Stamps:  Timeless Tidings
Colours:  Old Olive
Accessories: Santa Bags, Tailored Tag Punch, Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper

~ Amanda

Welcome to a special Extraordinary Blog Hop with Global Stamping Friends! We are highlighting projects featuring new products from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue.


This past weekend I helped run Crop Kingston's Fall Weekend Retreat here in Kingston, Ontario. I was able to borrow the stamp set, framelits and embossing folders from friends at the retreat to create this card. On Sunday when I placed my order those items were the first ones on my list! They will arrive next week and I am looking forward to playing with the beautiful stamp set again.

The flowers and leaves were leftovers from another card that I will post next week. I stamped extra images and since they were sitting on my work space it was a perfect opportunity to make another card! To create the embossed piece behind the bouquet I put a piece of Champagne Foil sheet into the Big Shot with the Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing Folder first and then lightly swiped my Whisper White Craft Ink pad to highlight the raised portions of the embossed image.

Supplies
Stamps: First Frost and Detailed With Love
Colours: Blackberry Bliss, Grapefruit Grove, Granny Apple Green
Accessories: Frosted Banquet Framelits, Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing Folder, Champagne Foil Sheet, Subtle Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stitched Labels Framelits, 3/16" Braided Linen Trim

~ Amanda
Blog Hop Roll Call:

I so love the truck from the Farmhouse Christmas stamp set!


I coloured in the truck and tree using a blender pen. The effect makes it look like an old farm truck that the sun has faded the paint so I added a few rust spots! Unfortunately, it reminds me of my rusty truck!

Supplies
Stamps: Farmhouse Christmas
Colours: Crumb Cake, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bliss
Accessories: All is Bright designer series paper, Farmhouse Framelits, 1/4" Copper Trim, Gold Faceted Gems, Blender Pen

~ Amanda

During this weekend's retreat one of the challenges the attendees is a colour challenge: to use at least 3 of the colours listed on the designer series paper pack! I had a piece of gold foil paper done up with the black ice technique leftover from the class I taught today at the retreat.

Supplies
Stamps: Timeless Tidings
Colours: Shaded Spruce, Basic Black
Accessories: Under the Mistletoe designer series paper, Real Red Stampin' Blends

~ Amanda

Welcome to September's Global Stampin Friends Blog Hop where are we sharing creations featuring the colour Call Me Clover from the 2018-2020 In Colors. And with the Holiday Catalogue starting this week I'm sharing a card using new products!


The Timeless Tidings Stamp Set was designed to go with the Timeless Tidings Project Kit but I think it's the most used Christmas stamp in my collection at the moment! It coordinates with so many of our designer series papers.

Supplies
Stamps: Timeless Tidings
Colours:  Call Me Clover, Basic Black, Real Red
Accessories:  All is Bright Designer Series Paper, Tailored Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Real Red Ribbon

~ Amanda

Make sure to head over to the next blog in this hopto see what project Narelle is sharing today by clicking the Next button below!

Blog Hop Roll Call

2. Tricia Butts
3. Anastasia Radloff
4. Karie Beglau
5. Susan Simpson
6. Anja Reuss
7. Kimberley Morris
8. Lisa Ann Bernard
9. Libby Dyson
10. Marieke Bart
11. Jan Musselman
12. Angélique Stempelkeuken
13. Jenn Curtis Charles
14. Amanda Farlinger - You are Here!
15. Narelle Fasulo


If you are in the Canada and you want to get a hard copy of the NEW Stampin' Up! 2018 Holiday Catalogue, drop me an email with your mailing address, and I can get it to you!

The scrapbook page in sharing today uses elements from the Lots of Happy card kit from Stampin' Up!'s 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue. The flowers and leaves were colored in using the watercolor pencils included with the kit and then a blender pen to watercolor them.

Supplies
Stamps: None
Colours: Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist, Rich Razzelberry
Accessories: Lots of Happy card kit, Blender Pen, Celebrate You Thinlits

~ Amanda

This card was one of the four make and takes from Saturday's Crop Kingston All Day Crop. In each Grab Bag was the Twinkle Designer Series Paper that was used for all name and takes. I love this paper but not the coordinating stamp set (it is cute but not something I see myself using). The punched image and the designer series paper with a sentiment from another stamp set is perfect to welcome baby!

Our next crop is Sat Sep 22 at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, On! Cost is $30. Sign up here!

Supplies
Stamps: Special Celebrations
Colours: Night of Navy, Gray Granite
Accessories: Night of Navy Solid Baker's Twine, Twinkle Adhesive Backed Stars, Layering Circle Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

I'm headed to OnStage in Orlando, Florida this November. I'm very excited to be able to go and that my husband will travel with me before to do some sightseeing before hand!! Stampin' Up! has asked for Display Stampers so this blog post is all about my application projects.


First up is my scrapbook page, this page uses items from the beautiful Lots of Happy Card Kit. The cards in the kit are awesome the elements in the kit can be used for lots of other projects! To the kit I added a piece of Whisper White 12"x12" cardstock, pieces of Sahara Sand and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and the Whisper White panels to frame the pictures. The flowers were all coloured in using the watercolour pencils included in the kit - Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lime twist.


The Under the Sea Framelits makes this project easy! The only freehand cutting I did was around the back seaweed. For the sand dollars I stamped the net onto Whisper White cardstock and then ran it through the Big Shot with the sand dollar framelits, then used my Aquapainter with a small amount of Crumb Cake ink to muddy the lines a bit.


My first Christmas card this year! It features 2 products from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue: Timeless Tidings stamp set and the Sprig Punch. The designer series paper is Under the Mistletoe from the Annual Catalogue. I think the gold really pops with Old Olive. I used the Stampin' Blends to colour in the mistletoe.


My second 3D item is a cute pillow box decorated with the Under the Mistletoe designer series paper and the Stitched Labels Framelits. The Kraft Pillow Boxes already have the polka dots on them and coordinate with so many of our designers series papers and colours.


This card was my first using my new Stampin' Blends - Highland Heather and Old Olive. It's relaxing to sit and colour in the images! It also shows off the new 3/16" Braided Linen Trim from the Holiday Catalogue.



A baby card using the Twinkle Twinkle suite. Instead of the stamp set that is part of this suite I decided to use the Special Celebrations stamp set. Do you notice the Twinkle adhesive-backed Sequins? The sticky stars and the punch are my favourites from this suite.


Thanks for checking out all my projects! If I'm selected I'll share my completed projects for Onstage after the event!

~ Amanda