My Inkin Cute Craft Room Paper Storage

I think you Might notice that I love me a good bargain! I have been very fortunate to be able to find such great items to make my Inkin' Cute Craft Room just the way I want it! This Display with paper shelves was a display at a craft store that went out of business (lets face it no craft store can be as awesome as Stampin' UP!) They were selling all of their paper racks and displays at crazy prices. I was just looking for a paper rack, but the manager told me that I could have the center display for free if I purchased both of the paper shelves that match.

I am sure my husband thought I was crazy for buying it seeing as how it took up almost an entire wall in our apartment living room.

It wasn't until we moved to our house that I have been able to use the display portion as display rather than storage. I thought it would be a great place to showcase my Artisan Award entries (not the actual ones, but the doubles I made).
xoxoxo-Heather

Spooky Banner

I received a call from a Concept Artist at Stampin' Up! a couple weeks ago asking me to create a Halloween project for the Artisan Album on Stampin' Up!'s very own Facebook page. I was given a week to create it and give them the supply list. Here is what I came up with....

Spooky Banner Supply list

123754 Piece of Poison stamp set

118592 Tiny Tags stamp set

113439 Big Shot die cutting machine

115950 Scallop Square bigz clear die

113464 Serif Essentials Alphabet bigz die

122334 Simply Scored scoring tool

119860 1-3/8” Circle Punch

117190 Jewelry Tag Punch

119873 ¾” Circle Punch

101227 1/16” Circle Handheld Punch

108362 Crop-A-Dial

101179 Basic black Classic Stampin’ Pad

105216 Pumpkin pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

105117 Pumpkin Pie Card Stock

121045 Basic Black Card Stock

100730 Whisper White Card Stock

117157 Neutrals Collection Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack

124005 Silver Glimmer Paper

119962 Basic Black 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon

109030 Pumpkin Pie ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon

114320 On Board Sheets

124262 White Baker’s Twine

118763 Mini Vintage Tags

124116 Mini Jingle Bells

104332 SNAIL adhesive

104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals

104294 Sticky Strip

104152 Paper Cutter

108360 Craft Scissors

The plan is for all ten of us to regularly have projects posted on the page throughout the next little while.

xoxoxo-Heather

It Is HERE!!!

With everything going on with the move and finishing the house I had to wait to place my Artisan Award order. Finally I found the time to sit down and figure out what I wanted. I am sure I am the last of the Artisans to place this order. Anyway, it is here and I can't wait to use it!!!

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-Heather

Cheryl Lafore's 3-D Cupcake Card

This card is so hard to put into words how amazing it is. There is so much detail that no camera could EVER show it off. We all know I have a SLIGHT obsession with the whole cupcake trend right now, so this card is singin' my favorite tune.

You thought the outside was amazing? Well then have a seat before you see the over the top inside. That is right ladies and gentlemen it is 3-D!!!!
This card along with all of my Artisan swaps will never be used as a greeting card. I have a little shelf that will display ALL of them. So thank you to all of these amazing ladies who put so much hard work into such wonderful pieces of art.

I am wishing you a wonderful day!

xoxoxo

-Heather

Connie Collins flip flops and Thank You Card

You will be able to tell from this post that Connie Collins is a wonderful woman who goes above and beyond the call of duty. Connie is the one who organized the Artisan Award Winners Blog Hop and she designed all of our watermarks for the hop.

These Stinkin' cute flip flops are made with Stampin' Up!s fabric. Connie removed the plastic "toe things" (Wow....I honestly cannot think of a better name at the moment), and used the Big Shot Fabric Adhesive to iron it right on. YEAH, that is right.....FABRIC WITHOUT SEWING!!!!! I love it!!!
Connie took it to the next level by tying the Striped Melon Mambo bows on them. She made tons of extras as to make sure that everyone would be able to get one in their own size. No way am I putting these on my feet! They are going on display! I am so serious, I even picked a pair to match my (soon to be) Craft Room.
Here is where we see Connie's "above and beyond" come out. She made 2 swaps for us.Connie used the Fun Flowers Big Shot Die to create these spirited flowers. I don't think I could ever stress enough how simple the Big Shot can make crafting. Just run some of Stampin' Up!s designer Series paper through it (you can do 8 layers at a time) and Shazam....you have these!!! I love all the layering on this card. Layering is a great way to give a card a major POW.

See you Tomorrow

xoxoxo

-Heather

Jenn Picard's Gratitude Card

Pictures (especially ones from my camera) do not do this amazingly beautiful card justice. I didn't sit close to Jenn at the Artisan dinner, however I was able to learn a little about her when we all shared a bit about ourselves and what inspired us to enter the contest. She brought me to tears as she told how she was a professional make-up artist, until she was in a car accident that did a lot of damage to her shoulder. The accident left her unable to continue with her career. She has since been able to express her creativity through Stampin' up! and loves what she does!

I can't tell you how much I love the finial press embossing folder that Jenn used on her Gratitude card!!! SOOOOO elegant!

She really seems to have mastered the vintage look. the card is complete when you see the coordinating inside. She has tied in all of the accessories very well.

I am so "grateful" to have met such an amazing woman!

Thanks for peeking in today, see you tmorrow.

xoxoxo

-Heather

Merry Merry by Heather Klump

Yuck! A new camera is in my near future people I promise!!!!!

Now far from "yuck" is this beautiful layout of a card made by Heather (what a great name) Klump.

At least you can see the crazy detail in this picture! Heather used the new Petite Pennants Stamp set and coordinating punch. LOVE IT!!!! Thanks Heather!

Don't miss out......today is the last day to leave a comment and have YOUR chance to win the blog candy that I am giving away! Check out last Saturday's post or more details.

See you tomorrow.

xoxoxo

-Heather

Thank You Packet by Laura Mellenger

WOW! My digital camera is mad at me!!! We had a great friendship when I got it as a present back in the late 70's (just kidding). It is pretty old though. I really wish it would work with me enough to get a pic of Laura Mellengers Yummy thank you treat packet.

She put a labor of love into this adorable multi-pocketed creation!
Seeing all of these projects shows why these amazingly talented women are this years Artisan Award winners!

Thanks for Stopping by!

xoxoxo

-Heather

Heather Summers' Convention Trinket box

Ok, so before I jump into this next AMAZING project I have to apologize; my camera is acting up again. Sorry about the quality of the pictures (or lack there of)!

Heather Summers made this sweet trinket box using My Digital Studio. She is a MDS genius!!!! If you thought Digital Scrapbooking is only for Scrapbooking you are in for a treat!

Heather took the time to make each of our boxes personalized. Did you notice that she used the DVD cases that our clear stamps are stored in now. You can buy them in packs of four to create endless projects.
Heather didn't stop with the box, inside is a stunning bookmark that she added ribbon, brads, a simply adorned trinket key and a simply adorned bauble to.


Thank you for stopping by today. Leave a comment for a chance to win BLOG CANDY!

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-Heather

Springtime Vintage Purse by Sandra Farrell

This beautiful creation was given to me by Sandra Farrell. I am sure you recognize the material (it is the same that I used on my Artisan dress). She created several different versions including some using the new Flirtatious material.

I love that you can tell how much care she put into these purses. She even took the time to line the inside of each of them. Thank you Sandra!!!!
Don't forget Blog Candy is still going on. If you have left a comment leave another one on any or all of the posts throughout the week, there is no limit. If you haven't make sure you do, FREE stamps and accessories are on the line!!!!

See you tomorrow!

xoxoxo

-Heather

Summer Stone's Cupcake Card

Summer Stone One of the Artisan Award Winners created this card for our swap. I love this card due to the fact that it uses the punch that is nearest and dearest to my heart... the cupcake punch.

I love the color combo and layering.

Creative Amy

This is another swap that I received from one of the Concept Artists from Stampin' UP, Amy. I can't for the life of me remember her last name.

I love how bright and cheery this is!! She used the new triple layer punch on the fishtail pennant. One of my favorite parts of this card is the envelope, she used the postage stamp punch to make a fun edge. Holding the whole thing together is one of the new mini clothes pins.... LOVE IT!!
See you tomorrow

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-Heather

Wish big

I showed you my swap that I made for the Artisan Award dinner, well now you get to see all of the amazing swaps I received!

Not only did I get to swap with the other Artisans, but the Concept Artists also participated in our swap. These incredibly talented women design cards, scrapbook layouts and 3-D items for the Stampin' Up! idea book and catalog. I felt like I was in the presence of Royalty (Stampin' Up! Royalty anyway).

This Card was designed and created by Melody Hyde, she is in her first year as a Concept Artist with Stampin' up!. She originally designed this for the catalog (you can see it in there for yourself if you would like).
I love seeing this card close up and having the chance to see the little details that you don't get to see in the catalog.

Thanks for looking today.

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-Heather

Artisan Award Dinner place settings

One of my FAVORITE parts of winning the Artisan Award was having dinner with the other nine winners and some of the "big wigs" from Stampin' UP!s home office (including Shelli). My camera was not behaving as a good little camera should, so I had to borrow my friend/ downline's camera. I still need to get the pictures of the actual dinner from her, however until then I have pictures of the place settings that were created just for our dinner.

All of these match the invitation we received in the mail inviting us to the dinner. I have the invite packed up in a box somewhere. As soon as I have my craft room together I will get a picture of that also.

We all had place cards assigning us seats. The adorable name cards were held up by card holders that were available in the "Memento Mall" a demonstrator only area to shop at convention.

Even our menus were Stampified!!!
B-E-A-utiful.........
The best part of the dinner was the "favor".
Just after dinner we opened up these up and found that each of us had our own personalized Artisan Stamp made for us. I can't wait to actually use this!!!
Satmpin' UP! went above and beyond what I ever could have expected. I enjoyed the food, obviously the table setting AND the company. It was so fun to chat with each of these unique women and learn their story.
BLOG CANDY is tomorrow.......

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-Heather

2011 Artisan Award swap

Ok, Here it is as promised. This is the swap I made for the other nine Artisan Award winners, 2 concept artists, Amy Schwartz (The VP of sales) and Shelli Gardner ( The CEO and Co-founder of Stampin' Up!) Yeah, no sweat right?!? At first when we started talking about doing this swap we were going to swap cards, however some of use feel we excel at 3-D projects. When they gave the option of a card OR 3-D I knew i would do a mini version of my birthday countdown I entered in the AA contest.

I used Galvanized flashing that I got from the roofing section at the home improvement store. I have no idea what it is really intended for, but it came in a size I wanted AND the crop-a-dial punches the holes for the ribbon like it is butter!!

It is a ten day countdown. The nice thing about this verses making the board magnetic with paint is that you can store the cupcakes on the back and put them on front as you countdown.
Thanks for stopping by. Check out my blog tomorrow, I am showing off a Scrapbook page layout that I created for an organized swap at Convention!

See you tomorrow,

xoxoxo-Heather

2011 Artisan Award blog hop Day 6

We are in full swing with our 2011 Artisan Award Blog Hop. There are ten of us each showing one of our winning projects a day. We each have a link to the next Artisan's blog so you can just follow the links and go the full circle. You should be coming From Jenn Picard's wonderful project of the day.

This is the first of Three Scrapbook pages. My husband took this picture on his phone and sent it to me years ago. When the Make-a-Monster stamp set came out I couldn't help but laugh when I noticed my son posed the same way as one of the monsters.
The picture is even funnier if you notice the saying on my sons shirt (had to point that out).
I made sure this scrapbook page had plenty of texture and elements throughout. I wanted to make sure that any one piece could stand on it's own. Most of the circles have a different background image stamped on it or has been run through the big shot with a textured impressions embossing folder. I also really enjoy sewing and thought some playful stitching along the top and bottom would be fun.
I watercolored the monsters using Blender pens and Stampin' Pastels.
I hope you are enjoying my projects as much as I enjoyed making them. See you tomorrow. Be sure to check out Summer Stone's great project for today.