Up, Up and Away with Cloudy Day Birthday Card

Today's card is a bright, cheery birthday card that I made for a Birthday Card Stamp Camp that never happened.  I was sick all week and had to cancel the class so I used some of the prepped cards for projects at my Stamp Club in February instead! Oops... I am busted, they weren't supposed to know!

 

So let me tell you what supplies I used on this lovely Happy Birthday card. 

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Marina Mist Cardstock, scored at 4 1/4

5 1/4 x 4 Whisper White Cardstock with sentiment stamped in bottom right corner.  I used 4 markers to color the stamp starting with Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade and Marina Mist. These colors coordinate with the piece of DSP I used on my card.

1 1/2 x 5 Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series paper (126922), with a flag cut snipped in the bottom of it

3 x 3 1/2 Whisper White Cardstock for cutting out Label Framelit, then run again thru Big Shot with the Cloudy Day Embossing Folder (127022), then used my Sponge Dauber (102892) dabbed in Marina Mist inkpad (126962) working gently over the embossed clouds and sponged around the edges of the Label shape.

I colored the basket stamp in with my Chocolate Chip Marker and stamped one, then the other making sure there was enough room between them so the two ballons did not touch.

Scrap Whisper White Cardstock for stamping the two hot air ballons in Melon Mambo and Lucky Limeade and cut them out, finally I put a dimensional under each hot air ballon and placed them over the baskets.

 

I hope you enjoyed my card for today! I love to share them with you :)

Charlotte Hollingsworth

 

If you are interested in ordering any of the supplies I used on this card, please feel free to go directly to my personal Stampin'Up! website and order from there.

www.cmhollingsworth.stampinup.com

No Peeking Card Share

No Peeking stamp set, Baja Breeze cardstock & marker, Lucky Limeade marker, Primrose Petals cardstock & marker, Early Expresso marker, Whisper White cardstock, 5/8" Organza Ribbon, Wide Oval punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper pack.

I sure do love this little snowman from the No Peeking stamp set!  He is so stinkin' cute and just makes me smile!  I am making more of this little guy and 4 other designs this Sunday with more of my stampers ;)

Hope you are having a happy Friday!
~Charlotte

Frosty Friends Card Share

Crumb Cake cardstock, Gumball Green cardstock & marker,Black Stazon inkpad, White Craft Ink, Blender pen, Tangerine Tango marker, Cherry Cobbler marker, Island Indigo marker, Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (Island Indigo layer), Snow Festival Designer Printed Tag (Cherry Cobbler layer), Frosty Friends stamp, Teeny Tiny Wishes (sentiment),  and Gold brads

I really enjoyed making the Snowman & Snowflake themed cards for Round 2 of Christmas Crank! I have another session this weekend and I am looking forward to seeing more of my stampin' friends!

 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

~Charlotte Hollingsworth

Scentsational Hot Cocoa Stamp Club Card Share

Last week was Stamp Club at my house, so I decided to start using some of the fabulous new products from the Stampin'Up! Holiday Catalog! This is my version of the catalog sample on page 16.  They are very similar, in fact I challenge you to tell me the difference first and I will mail this card to you!  Just leave a comment below and I will announce next week who gets it! 

I used products from the Scentsational Season Bundle which include the Scentsational Season Stamp Set & Holiday Collection Framelits Dies together.  You can purchase the Wood Mount Bundle for $36.95 (129945) OR the Clear Mount Bundle for $32.95 (129946).  Now bundling these two products together will save you 15%!  What a great deal!  If you would like to purchase any of these products you can click on the Order Now button on the right. Here is a list of other products I used:

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Gumball Green ink pad

Gumball Green stitched ribbon

Chocolate Chip ink pad

Blender pen

Festival of Prints DSP pack

Labels Collection Framelits

Vintage Trinkets (safety pin)

Jewelry Tag punch

Pennant Parade Stamp Set (merry sentiment)

Cherry Cobbler marker

I hope that information helps.  If you have any questions please email me directly at stamptramp@hotmail.com OR leave a comment below!

Have a great afternoon!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

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

Betsy's Blossoms

I have to share with you how excited I am about the *New* 2012 In Colors!  I love them!!! From left to right I stamped one of the cute flowers from Betsy's Blossoms in Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, and Gumball Green leaves.  I stamped these on Whisper White cardstock, the picture is a little dark, sorry ;) 

~Charlotte

Betsy's Blossoms Birdie

It has been a long time since I have posted, so I am will have several new ones coming out this week. The cute little cards I made for todays post uses the NEW Betsy's Blossoms and Friendly Phrases stamp sets.  I stamped this sweet little birdie card in the new In Colors Primrose Petals and Gum Ball Green.  These are cute and quick and I am so happy to share something new with you!

Thanks for stopping by!
~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

Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps in action!

Paige and I had so much fun making cookies and using the new Sweet Pressed Cookie Snowflake Stamp by Stampin'Up! last weekend!  They are so easy to use, even my 5 year old can do it!  You start by simply mixing up sugar cookies and popping them in the fridge for an hour to cool.  Then I used the medium scoop (approximately 2 tablespoons) and dropped the dough into some flour and rolled into a ball.  Next I placed them on the cookie sheet a few inches apart and let Paige do some cookie stamping! 

 I really wanted to make these cookies pop, so I found blue sprinkles at the grocery store and WOW! They look and tasted awesome!

There are 2 other interchangeable stamping pieces, a heart and pumpkin face!  More designs will be available in the Occasions Mini Catalog in January.

Happy Stamping to you!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

SU Stars Blog Hop ~ Gift Giving Ideas

Hello and welcome to the SU Stars Blog Hop!  You have arrived here from Denise Foor's blog:http://denisefoor.blogspot.com/2011/11/gift-giving-idea-blog-hop.html

Hi Ladies and welcome to the SU Stars Blog Hop this month featuring Gift Giving Ideas!  I know that wine is a popular gift to give when attending parties, so I came up with an idea for a wine bottle tag ;)

I started out with Cherry Cobbler cardstock and ran the Holiday Stocking Bigz L Die thru my Big Shot. I cut 2 of these and used Whisper White for the cuff at the top of the stocking.  I scored just underneath the cuff on the front stocking so it lifts easily for writing/reading the note inside.  I used a piece of Crumb Cake thru the Big Shot with the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder and sponged it with Chocolate Chip ink.  I scored it and punched the top half with the Scallop Circle punch.  I then adheared the Winter Wishes holly leaf and berry stitched felt on with a few glue dots.  Now you can personalize it with a note of gratitude ;)

Hope you enjoy the hop!
Charlotte Hollingsworth
aka the Stamptramp

Please continue the SU Stars Blog Hop by clicking here: http://www.stampingwithjanice.com/ and heading over to Janice Heighway's blog.

Halloween Hand Santizers

What a crazy couple of weeks it has been! I have been busy making Halloween, Fall and now Christmas items to sell at the local craft fairs!  Here are a few of the hand sanitizers I made.  Some of them I gave to my kids teachers, they love getting something special and I think they really deserve it!

I am planning to share a video this week of how to make one of these adorable, easy to make gifts for you to share with each other.

Hope you are having a great weekend,

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

Countdown to Halloween ~ Day 3 Halloween Treat Box

Today I want to share with you a quick and easy Halloween Treat Box that you can make in less than 10 minutes! Here's what I did:  I cut 1 sheet of 12 x 12 DSP from the Pick Your Poison paper pack in half at 6" and then rolled it thru my Big Shot with the Box #2 Die.  I folded the box together and tied a Basic Black Satin ribbon around it. Then I stamped the Happy Halloween stamp from the Gift Givers stamp set in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I stamped it with Black Stazon and then used a Blender pen to color in the pumpkins with More Mustard and Pumpkin Pie ink. I colored the stems in with my Chocolate Chip marker and dotted the crows eyes with my White Gel Pen.  Next I used the Decorative Label punch, that coordinates with this stamp to punch it out.  I punched another one in Pumpkin Pie and stuck it on the back of the other piece. Lastly I placed one of the Rhinestone Jewels on my box.

Hope you enjoy my post today!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

Gently Falling Framed card

If this is your first time seeing this card, then please go over to YouTube and watch me make one just like it!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Stampingismytherapy

Here's what I used:

Stamp sets

Gently Falling

Just Believe

Paper

Soft Suede

Very Vanilla

Inks

Soft Suede

Cajun Craze

Daffodil Delight

More Mustart

Accessories

1-3/4" Circle punch

Shimmer Paint

Snail

Dimensionals

Sponges

I am going to cheat and use this as my Countdown to Halloween Day Two!  I promise something more spooky tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by,
Charlotte

Frost Lodge Build a Stocking Card

Today I have another lovely card made with the Build a Stocking punch from Stampin'Up!  If you haven't seen my previous posts with other ideas you can use this awesome punch for, then scroll down and check them out!  I hope to do some scrapbook pages with this stamp set and punch and share those with you soon as well.

Frost Lodge Stocking Card

Stamp set:
Bells & Boughs

Paper:

Shimmer White cardstock
Cherry Cobbler cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Frostwood Lodge Designer Series paper

Inks:

Cherry Cobbler ink pad

Accessories:

Snow Burst Embossing Folder
Perfect Pennants Big Shot Die
Build a Stocking punch
1 ¾” Circle punch
Decorative Label punch
Mini Jingle Bell
Cherry Cobbler/White Baker’s Twine
Sponge

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
Charlotte Hollingsworth
aka Stamptramp

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

Stocking Builder Punch Door swap card

I L-O-V-E the new Stocking Builder Punch from Stampin'Up!  As soon as I saw this adorable punch I had to buy it from the New Holiday Mini Catalog!  I made around 20 of these  cards and sent them off to swap for other cards made from new products in the Holiday Mini!

Here are the products I used:

124095 Stocking Builder Punch

117100 Woodgrain Background Stamp

121142 Bells & Boughs Stamp Set

119869 1/2" Circle Punch

120907 Decorative Label Punch

119867 Ticket Corner Punch

120953 Crumb Cake Cardstock

119686 Early Expresso Cardstock

100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad

100071 Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker

101650 Very Vanilla Cardstock

119685 Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

102935 Brushed Gold Cardstock

115963 Finial Press Embossing Folder

123134 Houndstooth Embossing Folder

This card was alot of layers to create, but I really love it and hope you enjoy it too!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

aka StampTramp

Berry Blossoms ~Thank you so, so much card

You will have to forgive my long absense of not posting.  I have been so sick over the Labor Day weekend and am just now feeling human again!  My poor husband took wonderful care of the kids and I thought of him when I made this card I am sharing with you now. 

I cut the flower pieces out on my Fun Flowers Bigz L Die with the Big Shot die cutting machine.  I then crumpled them up into a ball and repeated until the fibers in the paper were broke down enough that I could separate the flower piece into 2 separate layers. This technique is called faux suede when you have the raw, inside part of the flower exposed.  I mounted the layers together with dimensionals and I think it turned out great!  I really like the Berry Blossoms DSP and hope to share more projects made with it soon!

Products I used:

122350 Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper

122652 Delightful Dozen stamp set

121045 Basic Black Cardstock

101179 Basic Black Classic Ink

122926 Lucky Limeade Cardstock

122925 Calypso Coral Cardstock

122922 Wisteria Wonder Cardstock

122940 In Color Designer Printed Brads

104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

104332 SNAIL Adhesive

117649 Pinking Hearts Border Punch

119873 3/4" Circle Punch

121812 Fun Flowers Bigz L Die

Hope you enjoy my project today!  Have a great one and keep Stampin'!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

aka StampTramp