Stampin'Up! Convention 2012 ~ Riverton Tour

Me, my mom Cindy, Donna & Sam at "the Rock" in front of corporate.

Wow, I have had such an amazing time at the Stampin'Up! Convention this year!  I haven't made it to the last 2 conventions, so this was really special for me to see the other girls on our team and spend time with them.  On Tuesday we headed out to the Riverton Campus where the Stampin'Up! corporate headquarters is located.  We toured the facilities and they are truely amazing!

One of the fabulous rooms decorated with all Stampin'Up! products.

I love the seam binding ribbon they used across the top of the wall!

Amazing is all I can keep saying about our In Colors this year!  I love the Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit and Midnight Muse! If you have not seen these in person, then you are really missing out!

Talk about a dream work space!  It is very bright and organized! Love it!

I hope you have enjoyed a little peek inside my trip out to Riverton ;)  I hope to share more with you very soon!  If you are not already following my blog, then please put your email in the subscribe box to the right and you will automatically receive an email when I make a new post!

Have a great day!

~Charlotte

aka Stamp Tramp

Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day to you!  Today I am sharing a beautiful gift from one of my dear stampin' sisters Holle Witorek!  She had these adorable key chains made up by someone with some of our wonderful Stampin'Up! fabric.  I can hardly wait to put the keys from my new van on it tomorrow! I am so thankful to have such a thoughtful friend.

Hope you are having a great day celebrating our many freedoms in this country!

~Charlotte

Bright Blossoms Class Share

Hello friends! It has been too long since I have been a blogging on here!  My hubby has finally made it back from Honduras, so I am stamping more often and hope to blog more frequently as well! 

I really love this card that I am sharing with you today!  I used alot of fun, new products that are available in April as a preview of the new Stampin'Up! Catalog Idea's Book coming out June 1st.

This new stamp set is called Bright Blossoms and the Summer Smooches paper pack uses a ton of bright, happy colors such as Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Delightful Daffodil, Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquise, Rich Razzleberry and Island Indigo! I really love the new Delightful Daffodil seam binding ribbon!  There is a wonderful collection of these items called Summer Smooches! To check them out, click here http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/cmhollingsworth/promotions

This card will be one of several we are making this Saturday for the Bright Blossoms class! Contact me now to get your place reserved in the class!

Have a great day!

Charlotte

Stampin'Up! Stars ~ Stampin' Spaces Blog Hop

Hi, and welcome to my blog! Today I am joining the Stampin' Up! Stars Stampin' Spaces Blog Hop!  I am very excited that you have made it here from Jayne's blog: http://www.jaynestamps.com/2012/02/blog-hop-stamping-spaces.html she has a really wonderful set up for creating beautiful handstamped projects. 

I have to tell you that I shot a video of me walking around telling you about my stampin' area.  It turned out pretty long, so I thought I would do pictures for now to get my post ready to share, but I promise I am going to edit that video down so I can post it for you to see as well. 

In this corner is where I store alot of my Stampin' Up! supplies! I have my ink shelf, organized by family, ribbon dowels in the middle and reinkers at the top along with VersaInk and Stazon pads. To the right are my towel rods from IKEA that are overflowing with punches! I do need to pick up a few more next time I am close to one.  In the boxes below my inkpad shelf are embellishments, adhesives, markers, embossing powders, and more.  I really love these little drawers because you can organize alot into them without taking up alot of space.  That pile of paper on my desk are scraps that I need to file away, but haven't gotten around to yet ;)

So moving clockwise around the room you will see several paper racks.  The first one holds my In Color papers, the next one holds all my 12 x 12 cardstock, the third holds odds and ends of pieces I need to clean out!  On the black shelf I have buttons in jars, items to alter and decorate, my stampin' wheels, unfinished projects and the bottom shelf is full of paper kits that need to be put together into scrapbook pages.  The shorter black shelf holds most of my clear mount stamp sets and some current wood mounted ones that I haven't put back into my storage cabinet.

Next I have my cabinet that holds stamps, more stuff to alter, scrapbooks, photos, and whatever else I am forgetting about.  On top of it I have my extra Clear Mount stamp cases.  I found that awesome 12 x 12 paper rack on Craigslist and have all of my current Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper on it! On the white shelf to the right I have photos of friends, family, projects I have made this past year for classes, craft fairs and teacher gifts.  I also keep my old catalogs on the bottom shelf, because you never know when you might want to look something up.

The next photo shows the middle area of the room where I have two tables set up that I do most of my work on. I have two other tables that I can set up to fit 12 - 14 people total in for classes and workshops.  My Big Shot sets on a rolling utility cart that I found at Sam's Club.  Underneath I have my Big Shot Dies, Textured Embossing folders, Sizzlits and Embosslits stored.  It has big wheels that make it easy to push around on the carpeted floors.

On this wall I have a big wood frame that a friend's husband built with chicken wire on it.  I bought a bunch of small clothes pins at one of those big box craft stores and pin my card up on it.  Right now I have mostly Sale A Bration swaps, and Occasion Mini swap cards on it.  I also have a bathroom down here so no one has to climb the stairs to use the restroom.  I also keep some of the newest products on a table displayed for customers to look at.  I was trying to get everything cleaned up so my Stampin' Space would be somewhat presentable ;)

I hope you have enjoyed checking out where I stamp!  I have been stamping for 10 years now and have been a demonstrator for almost 4 years.  I really enjoy the creativity that I get from stamping in my room.  ~Charlotte

Please continue the hop over to Shari's blog at:  http://www.sharisstamppad.blogspot.com/2012/02/sustars-stampin-spaces-blog-hop-feb-18.html

Thanks for stopping by!

If you jumped in the middle and haven't been thru all eight stops, then click here to start at the beginning: http://su-stars.blogspot.com/2012/02/sustars-blog-hop-february-2011-stampin.html

I have been busy this weekend working on new projects.  This adorable new stamp set from Stampin'Up! is called Somebunny and it is so stinkin' cute!  I stamped this cute little bunny girl with Chocolate Chip Classic ink and colored her in using Blender pens.  I used Lucky Limeade ink & cardstock, Blushing Bride ink & pleated ribbon, More Mustard ink and Bashful Blue ink. I gave the Crumb Cake 3 x 3 card base a spritz with Blushing Bride Spritz Spray.  The flower accent is made with the Newsprint DSP and an Antique Brad.  I L-O-V-E how beautifully this all came together.  I hope you enjoy and have a great day!

Charlotte 

Countdown to Halloween ~ Day 4 Scrapbook Layout

Good evening! It has been a crazy day around here! I don't have my computer with me, so I am doing the best I can to keep working on my blog for the 10 Day Countdown to Halloween!

So I found some pictures of a Halloween scrapbook layout that I made 3 years ago.  Some of the elements have changed in the Stampin'Up! catalog since then, but many of them are still the same!  Here's how I made Frankie:

Old Olive Top Note; Basic Grey Round Tab punch for the "ears"; not sure of the circle punch size for the hair, guessing 1-3/8" Circle punch in Going Grey (retired color) I used my small paper snips scissors to freehand his bangs; Whisper White 3/4" circle punch (2) , Going Grey 1/2" circle punch (2), Old Olive 3/4" circle punch (1 cut in half and raised with a dimensional), then I free handed a grumpy smiley with my Basic Black marker.

On the other page I used the Big Shot Scallop Circle Die #113468 to make the "hills" in the graveyard. The tag I used for the tombstones is retired.  I used the tree stamp from Season of Friendship #111776.  I also sponged the "hills" with Silver Encore ink that Stampin'Up! used to sell. The bats in this project are retired, but we do have some other Halloween sets that you can get something similar in, they are Spooky Bingo Bits, and Wicked Cool in the Idea Book & Catalog, the annual catalog or in the Holiday Mini Catalog there are a few sets that would work out nice as well.  They are Howl-o-ween Creeps or Out on a Limb.

Hope that has been helpful in figuring out what I used!  Have a great weekend and I will hopefully post Day 5 before midnight tomorrow!

Charlotte

Hobby Horse - Build a Stocking Punch card

This is another card made in the Stitched Stockings Class last week.  I found him on Jackie Topa's blog and wanted to share him with my stampin' friends so bad!  Jackie is an amazing talent!  The Stitched Stocking stamp set and Build a Stocking punch are so much fun!  I can't wait to share another card that I designed myself with you tomorrow ;)

Stamp Sets:
Stitched Stockings
Pennant Parade

Paper:

Frost Lodge DSP
Crumb Cake card base
Cherry Cobbler cardstock
Soft Suede cardstock
Whisper White cardstock

Inks:

Early Expresso – I stamped off the horse one time
Basic Black marker
So Saffron marker

Accessories:

Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding
Marina Mist Tafetta ribbon
Vintage Trinkets
Build a Stocking punch
Jewelry Tag punch

If you love this card and can't live without any of the supplies it takes to make this fun card then head over to my Stampin'Up! website www.cmhollingsworth.stampinup.net and place an order with me today!

Have a great day! 
Charlotte Hollingsworth
aka Stamptramp

Rudolph the Sparkly Nosed Reindeer Card

I had a great Stitched Stockings Punch Class last week!  This is one of the cards that we made.  I really love how versatile the Stocking Builder punch! 

I do have a little hint for you if you want to put the Baker's Twine thru the Mini Jingle Bell, use a needle threader!  At my class I thought we were NEVER going to get them threaded!  So sorry girls, I wish I would have figured it out sooner!

 

Stamp set:

Four the Holidays

Paper:

Garden Green cardstock
Red Glitter paper
Crumb Cake cardstock
Cherry Cobbler cardstock
Chocolate Chip cardstock
Very Vanilla cardstock

Ink:

Chocolate Chip ink pad

Accessories:

Cherry Cobbler/White Baker’s Twine
Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder
Square Lattice embossing folder
Snowflake punch
Stocking Builder punch
Mini Jingle Bells

If you have a chance, you should sit down and make this sweet little reindeer!  If you need the supplies you can order directly from me online at www.cmhollingsworth.stampinup.net OR if you are local, give me a call and we can make some together! 
Have a great day!
Charlotte Hollingsworth
aka Stamptramp

Pick Your Poison Halloween MDS scrapbook page

Welcome to the SU Stars Scrappin' Blog Hop!  If you are just starting the hop make sure you go back and check out Connie Smith's blog at: www.highdesertstamper.com to see what wonderful projects she has created for the hop!  There are 20 blogs for this all weekend hop, so sit back, relax and enjoy!

I haven't scrapbooked anything in a while, so the challenge this month of scrapbooking something was well overdue!  Halloween is sneaking up on us and before you know it all of those little trick or treaters will be at our doors wanting candy!  I decided to used my Stampin'Up! My Digital Studio to create this page.  The background paper is from the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper download.  The flourish you see behind some of the photos is from Baroque Motifs and the little spider hanging from the journaling box is from the Eat, Drink and Be Scary download.

What I really love about using MDS is that you can move your different elements around without cutting paper and decide what layout you like best.  I hope you enjoyed my scrapbook page! 

Next on the SU Stars Scrappin' Blog Hop is Jackie Watson's blog http://jackielwatson.blogspot.com .  I am sure she created something really special to share with you as well!

Have a great weekend!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

aka Stamptramp

Easy Events Baby Duck Card ~ SU Stars Blog Hop

Hello Stampin' Friends! It is time for the SU Stars Blog Hop again!  I really love blog hops because you can sit back, click and enjoy the show, plus get great ideas to use all of your wonderful Stampin'Up! projects with!  The first stop on the blog is Jan's blog www.stampwithjane.com if you haven't seen her post yet, then backup and check it out!

I sure hope you are having a great weekend! I have been running around like a crazy woman trying to keep up with my commitments this week!  Finally I have a simple baby card made with Easy Events from the *NEW* Stampin'Up! Idea Book & Catalog released July 2011!  If you still need one let me know!  Anyways... onto the card!

Here is what I used:

123225  Easy Events stamp set $24.95

124339  Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper $10.95

119682  Marina Mist cardstock $6.95 and 119668 Classic ink pad $5.95

105117  Pumpkin Pie cardstock $6.95 and 105216 Classic ink pad $5.95

105118  So Saffron cardstock $6.95

101650  Very Vanilla cardstock $8.50 (40 sheets)

109014  Wild Wasabi Classic ink pad $5.95

102845  Blender Pen $9.95 (pack of 3)

101406  Black Stazon ink pad $7.95

104430  Stampin'Up! Dimensionals $3.95

104332  Stampin'Up! Snail adhesive $6.95

I also stamped the envelope with 122507 Ain't Love Grand, a Hostess stamp set from the catalog!  Both stamp sets are so cute! I can hardly wait to use them again to make more baby cards!  I hope you have enjoyed my little project I am sharing with you today, and please continue the SU Stars Blog Hop over to Carol's blog at www.cjstamps.blogspot.com !

If you have just happened upon my blog in the middle of the SU Stars Blog Hop, then please take a minute to start at the beginning at www.su-stars.blogspot.com , there are 10 hops total, so sit back and enjoy!

Have a super weekend and please sign up to follow my blog! If you read down to the previous post you will see why I haven't been able to stamp much lately.  I hope to put out some great projects at an all day Stampin' Crop event and will share pictures with you as I can!

Thanks,

Charlotte

~Stamptramp

Back in Business?

The summer storms have not been kind to my house.  We had a great vacation to Disney World in June and came home to storms and a flooded basement! My stamping room is the "blue room" in the basement.  After everything dried out the carpet has to be replaced in the blue room so hubby told me to set up shop in the rest of the basement! I was pleasantly SHOCKED that he would give me this option, I think he just wants his garage and dining room back, that's where everything from the basement went after the flood damage.

Punch rails are the only thing left in the room.

Picture of my Stamp Room after they vaccumed some of the water out of it.

 

Part of my stash in the main room of the basement.  It was not
flooded all the way like my room was.

My cubes and more in the garage.

My desk, bookshelf and cabinet.

My reorganization in the basement so far.  It has been alot of work and I will post more pictures soon.

Have a great day!
Charlotte

Baby Girl Onesies cards

These adorable cards I am sharing with you today were made by my very talented mother.  She had four baby girls born to friends last week and made these fun onesie cards! When I saw them I had to share them with you!

Supplies used:
116824 Petals A Plenty Textured Embossing Folders
119854 1-3/4 Scallop Circle punch
119860 1-3/8 Circle punch
116631 Paper-piercing tool

Hope you are having a great day!  Charlotte

If you want to order these products or any other products, please click on the Order Online button on the right!  Thanks!

Going, going, gone #3 - A Cardinal Christmas

When this stamp set was released a few years ago I was so excited!  I remembered growing up with beautiful, red cardinals in the snowy, winter weather in the Midwest.  So I am sad that A Cardinal Christmas is retiring forever as of June 30th, 2011.  If you have not purchased this set yet and want it, I encourage you to order it before the end of the month.

A Cardinal Christmas # 111760 for $23.95

We are on our way to Disney World today! I will share Disney themed projects with you soon!  Until then, check out the retired list and get it while you can!

Have a great Sunday!

~ Charlotte

Going, going, gone #2 - Tart & Tangy

Today I wanted to share some samples of another retiring stamp set called Tart & Tangy #111514 for $12.95.  I made these cards as a customer a few years ago at a Stampin'Up! workshop.  I really loved these cards so much that I have held onto a few of them for ideas.  This set includes cherries, strawberry, apple and a citrus fruit.

Tart & Tangy is a really cute set and I will miss it!  Hope you are having a nice weekend!

~Charlotte

Going, going, gone #1 - Animal Stories

These two cute cards are both made with the retiring Animal Stories stamp set #116716 for $15.95.  It includes a little owl, whale, giraffe and elephant stamps.  This is one stamp set that is going in my retired sale July 1st. 

Don't forget to checkout the retired list so you don't miss out on any of these stamp sets.  After June 30th these stamp sets are gone forever!

~ Charlotte

Last Day of School Teacher Gifts

Today I wanted to share with you some of the Teacher Gifts I gave to the rest of Tommy's Teachers.  I made three more notebook tins with coordinating Thank You cards.

The first Notebook Tin is using the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper that it on the retired list! 

By the way, the products retiring from the 2010-11 Stampin'Up! Idea Book & Catalog are now available for final purchase thru June 30th!  I recommend you order what you want early, especially the accessories, they sell out fast!

The second tin with the flowers has a cute card made with the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch!  I really love this punch and will share more on it soon!

The final tin is decorated with the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper.  I really love how bright and cheery the inside of this one turned out!  I used the Friends Never Fade stamp set that coordinates beautifully with the Greenhouse Gala paper, can you tell that I really like this paper? LOL...

I hope to share more with you soon!

Charlotte

Pedestal Cards for Teacher's Gifts

Paige's last day of preschool was on Thursday.  She was sad to leave her classmates and teachers behind!  I took my camera in when I dropped her off and took pictures of her with each teacher and brought back these cute pedestal cards later that afternoon.

I started out with one of my favorite new stamp sets from the Stampin'Up! Summer Mini catalog called Flower Fest!  It is such a happy and beautiful set ;)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

~Charlotte

aka StampTramp

Sunny Fun with Fish Frenzy card

Here is a cute little card that I made with some awesome new stamps from the new Summer Mini catalog!  Here's what I used:

Sunny Fun stamp set 123040- wood mount or 123042- clear mount

Fish Frenzy jumbo wheeel 123105

Not Quite Navy cardstock

Pumpkin Pie cardstock

Bashful Blue cardstock

Black Craft ink pad

Clear Embossing Powder

Watercolor crayons

Aqua painter

Word Window punch

White Craft Ink pad

Stampin' Pastels

Paper Piercer

Marina Mist Ribbon

Scallop Border punch

Sponge

I really love how this card turned out! I made 18 for a swap and now I am going to make a few more to send out to some of my new stampin' friends!

~Charlotte

Square Lattice Shamrock card

This was quick and easy card to make today! First I punched out 14 small hearts in Garden Green cardstock, 2 of those were used for stem pieces. I stamped the Lucky Shamrock stamp from the 2011 Occasions Mini catalog with Garden Green Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the 1 3/4" Circle punch and layered it on a 2 3/8" Scallop circle punch. I used snail to adhere it to the Whisper White and ran it through my Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  This smashes everything into a beautiful thin layer, a really cool effect! Then I adhered it onto a Garden Green card base.  It took less than 5 minutes to make!

~Charlotte

Sweet Treats Cup Card and Candy Bars

I sure had alot of fun making this little treat! The hardest part was figuring out how to get the candy to dispense out of the treat cup so you could get to it! Here is where I found out how:

http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweet-treat-cup-with-sliding-door.html

Here is what I used:

120780 Sweethart stamp set clear mount

119883 Full Heart punch

120435 Heart Treat cups

119864 Round Tab punch

118402 Scallop Trim border punch

119260 1/8" Pretty In Pink Taffeta ribbon

119685 Cherry Cobbler cardstock

119669 Cherry Cobbler Classic inkpad

101650 Very Vanilla cardstock

100459 Pretty In Pink cardstock

This prettied up candy bar is another treat we made in the Sweet Treats class. I used a bunch of goodies out of the Occasions Mini.              

122000 Baby Blossoms clear mount set

121782 Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper

121879 Vintage Flower Adornments (Rose Red rose)

121884 1/2" Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon

119795 Pear Pizzaz cardstock

119784 Pear Pizzaz Classic inkpad

I hope you enjoy my projects, I love to share them with you!

~Charlotte