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I spent a lot of time this last week cleaning my stamping area.  I usually start the new Stampin’ Up! catalog year in July with "A Clean Slate".  Well, after spending much of the summer in Texas, my stamping area didn’t get cleaned up until August.  I love working in a clean area!

Of course, it doesn’t always look this clean!  Would you like to share your stamping area?  If so, please email me and attach a pic.  I would love to share your crafting area on my blog.

I’ll be showing more pictures soon, so you can see how I organize.  Yes, all of the cabinets and drawers are FULL of my stamping and scrapbooking items.  I also have a bookshelf where I store all of my stamp set and ink caddies.  I can’t wait to stamp on my clean area this weeekend. 

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Here are the projects that we all completed at Missy’s workshop.  The card uses the stamp set Wedding Sweet.  I love that this set is so versatile and doesn’t have to just be used for weddings.  We paired the Concord Crush with Old Olive and Whisper White cardstock and added the nesting trio of circle punches and the gold brads.  This card is now elegant and simple to make.  The next project we made was a bookmark.  We used the same colors of Concord Crush and Old Olive but this time we paired it with Very Vanilla.  Now, we have a different look that fits nicely with our Vintage Vogue stamp set.

If you have any questions on these projects, please let me know.

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Missy and her friends had a great time at her Stampin’ Up! Workshop.  Everyone made 2 projects using the new In Color Concord Crush.  It is a gorgeous shade of purple that we paired with Old Olive.  The 2 stamp sets that we used were Wedding Sweet (wood mounted stamp set) and Vintage Vogue (clear mounted stamp set).

I enjoy sharing the art of stamping and scrapbooking with others, so please let me know if you would like to host a gathering with your friends.  As an added bonus, you are welcome to have the gathering at my house.  Check back tomorrow, and I’ll have more detailed information on the projects.

  

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I generally take some time off from blogging during the summer.  Well this year, my "break" started in April and ended when the kids went back to school – yeah!  I have been stamping and scrapbooking, so I have lots of projects to share with you.

Here are my kids on the first day of school!  We had a great summer with quite a few trips to Texas.

I hope you check back soon as I will be posting lots of projects.

 

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I have the following retired Stampin’ Up! sets for sale. I will ship sets via USPS priority mail to the US only.  All shipments will have delivery confirmation. PayPal payments only. All sets are mounted and used except as noted.

Please email me at  Sharon@StampingSharon.com if you are interested or have any questions. 

 

A Little Somethin’ (new)	SOLD	$7
ABC Images (new and UM)	SOLD	$9
Bella Blossoms (new)	SOLD	$7
Big Birthday Candle (new and UM)	SOLD	$9
Buttons, Bows, and Twinkletoes	SOLD	$7
Cute & Curly (new)	SOLD	$7
Darling Dots	SOLD	$5
Dig In	SOLD	$5
Doodle This	SOLD	$7
Echoes of Kindness	SOLD	$9
Goody Goody Gumdrops (new)	SOLD	$11
Heartfelt Thanks	SOLD	$7
Hugs & Wishes (new)	SOLD	$7
Hung Up on the Holidays	SOLD	$5
If the Halo Fits (new and UM)	SOLD	$7
In Everything Give Thanks (new)	SOLD	$9
Just Beachy (new)	SOLD	$9
Monogram "K" (double-mounted)	SOLD	$5
Monogram "R" (double-mounted)	SOLD	$5
Stitched Exotics (new and UM)	SOLD	$9
Sweet Celebrations (new and UM)	SOLD	$7
Sweet Sampler	SOLD	$5
Time to Party (new)	SOLD	$5

 

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Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 13.  My annual garage will be held from 8:00 – 10:00 am.  I have lots (and lots) of scrapbooking and stamping supplies that will be priced to go!

My Hostess Club Meeting will be held after the Garage Sale or you are welcome to come early to the Garage Sale and then complete your projects.  If you would like more details on joining my Hostess Club, please email me.  Peaches will be our hostess this month.

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…or throw away those scraps.  I know the holidays are over but I’m sure you have some great pictures to highlight.  This scrapbook page featured one large 5×7 picture and 3 smaller 2.5 x 2.5 pictures. 

 

This 12×12 single page layout features the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Paper from the Holiday Mini, Chocolate Chip paper as the base, Real Red for matting and Whisper white for matting the larger picture and used for embosssed greeting,  The other piece of this page I love is the snowflakes!  These again were from the Holiday Mini and you may have some left – the white Snowflakes from the Icicles Rub-ons.  Baroque Motifs‘ large swirl stamp was used as a textured background (embossed). I like how it goes with the holly designer pattern.

Instructions

• Emboss the left side of the page with a few swirls from Baroque Motifs.  I used Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and then Clear Embossing Powder. Then heated. Then started to add some snowflakes.
  
   
• Next, I layed the 2×12 strip of holly patterned paper and the 3/4 inch strip of real red patterned paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specilaty pack. 

  
   

• Next, matted and laid the smaller picture squares on the right. Some on a diagonal, and the center one as a square. Placed with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You can swap a Whisper White piece for one of these squares for journaling if you’d prefer.
• Then matted and laid the larger picture.
• Matted and created the greeting, which again could instead be used for journaling. Used Stampin’ Dimensionals in the middle so it would not stick to any pictures on the left and right side.
• Finished adding some more snowflakes.

Other Suggestions:

• Add some brads for an accent on the greeting or around large picture.
• Add some ribbon.

Hope you had a wonderful holiday season!

Don’t forget to check out the new Sale-a-bration and Occasions Mini!  Samples to come!

 
 

 

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