Connie's blog

Out with the old ...

Hi Stampers, 

Well - today is the last day of our current catalog and I am so excited for tomorrow when we can start ordering from the new catalog!    I just wanted to share a few last cards from the retired book - and then tomorrow we will move on to the new things!   I found a bunch of pictures of cards from my classes over the past months that I never got around to sharing - so here they are.  Hopefully tomorrow I can try harder at posting more often!!

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet

 

Renee & JR's Wedding

Hi Stampers! 
A little over a year ago I created some lovely things for the wedding of Renee,  one of my daughter's horse trainers.   This month the photos from her wedding are featured on Wedding Row KY,  and there are some beautiful photos of the wedding and the things that I made for Renee.   Her wedding took place at her family's horse farm in Versailles KY and Renee was a beautiful bride.   I can't copy the photos to my blog, but I will give you the link to check out the photos.   The things I made for Renee were the little orange scalloped envelopes featured in the first photo - these were the table favors, the envelopes were each attached to a horseshoe and had a  beautiful message inside.  I also did the Table Numbers, seating cards  and the postcards and mailbox that were used for the guest book.   In order to save money - Renee and her fiance came over and helped work on the projects and I think the night Renee brought JR over to help - he was a bit worried about what he was getting into.   I handed him a beer and then I  taught him how to use the Big Shot, and he die-cut 200 of those little orange scalloped envelopes!   It was a fun night!   Here is the link:

http://weddingrowkentucky.com/renee-and-jr-lexington-wedding/

This is the only picture I have but the pictures on the link are much nicer!

Now I will share another card from the Mixed Bunch class!

I have seen a lot of versions of this card, and I really don't know who originated the design - but this is my version!   

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet

Mixed Bunch and Blossoms Punch

Hi Stampers!

I have a few cards to share, that we made at the mixed bunch and blossoms punch class.   I love this stamp set and punch and I have made so many cute cards with it!    Here is the first one I want to share!  I love these colors together and I am a bit sad that we will be losing Poppy Parade.

Stamping Supplies: 

• Stamps: Mixed Bunch
• Ink: White craft, pool party and poppy parade
• CS: White, Pool Party and Poppy Parade
• Punches: Blossoms and some circle punches
• Ribbon: Poppy Parade Twill
• Accessories: White gel pen and pearls, white embossing powder, heat gun etc.
• Big Shot: Edgelits 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet

 

Retired Lists

Hi Stampers,

I just wanted to share a little bit of info today about the retired lists. The items on these lists are sold on a first come first serve basis, so if you see something you want, please let me know ASAP!!

The lists can be viewed by clicking on the link on the left side of my blog page, but an even better way to see what has been retired is to just look at it online!   If you click on Shop Online - at the top of my blog page, it will take you to my Stampin'Up! Demo page and then  you can click on the pink box that says  Shop Now on the right side of that page, and it will take you into the Stampin'Up! Store.  If you click on retired products or accessories - you can scroll through the retired products and see pictures of everything.  I think that is a much easier way to see what you may or may not want!!   You don't have to place your order through the website, you can just send me a list of the items you want and I will put the order in for you if that is easier!

You may notice that a lot of ink pads and cardstock are on the list.  As you know, the 2010-2012 In color products will all be discontinued at this time, so we have to bid farewell to our favorites like Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade:0(   They are also making a big change to our ink pads, which I am so excited about.  We will now have a hard foam pad to cushion our lovely colors of ink and I am very excited to try that out.  I have always preferred working with a foam pad - and I think this is a great change.   The colors will be the same, and the case that holds the pad will be the same, the only thing changing is the pad itself!    Very exciting!!   I have also heard that markers will no longer be sold individually, there will be a few colors that you can purchase individually, but most will be sold in sets so this is your last chance to stock up on individual markers!   The craft inks will be gone - but we will still have a black and white craft ink pad.     

That's all I have to share for now - I will be back later today to share some of the cards we made at my Mixed Bunch ~ Blossom Punch class this week!  

 

Post Creation Craze Papercrafting Weekend!

Hi Stampers, 

Well, we all survived our papercrafting weekend and it was so much fun.  I hope that everyone who atteneded had a great time - I know that I sure did!   I am so grateful to my handful of customers who took a chance on this new event, and hopefully when we have our next event in the Fall even more of you will be there to share in the fun!  On Friday night we had over 60 attendees for our round robin make-n-takes and everyone went home with a bag full of some really nice cards and projects that they made.  We had lots of room for everyone to work and each make-n-take presenter came up with something fun for our guests to make!   On Saturday each vendor set up a table to sell old products and display their papercrafting arts and we each had a table set up with more make-n-takes.  I am not sure how many make-n-takes were done throughout the day but I am going to see if I can find out - I am guessing it was  250 or more.  There were all sorts of things on display - we had a mixed media artist, The Polka Dots stamp store represented and a bunch of very talented Stampin'Up! demonstrators.  Some of the vendors were selling used stamps (with great prices on them) and I sold retired DSP and cardstock, bow makers  and I brought 750 hand stamped cards, in bags of 20-30 cards and sold all but three bags of  them!   They ladies were just swarming to get those cards!!   We had a number of break out classes which were very successful.  Planning a new event like this is a big undertaking and learning experience, but I really feel like our customers went away happy and had an enjoyable and relaxing day or two of papercrafting and shopping and now that we have one event behind us - we have all sorts of ideas for how to make it even better for you!   Tonight I will just share a couple of pictures - I wish I had taken more but I took them on Friday night and not everyone had their booths ready for pictures!

I better get to work - I have two classes this week, we will be making cards using the Mixed Bunch stamp set and new blossoms punch for our cards so I need to get busy cutting!    Maybe tomorrow I will share one of the cards we are going to make!

Creation Craze ~ Papercrating Expo - April 13th and 14th, Mukwonago WI

 

 

I am so excited to share the link for our Creation Craze Stamping weekend that we have been planning for the past couple of months.  We have created this event for our stamping friends, other demonstrators  and customers to come and have a fun day or two of stamping/scrapbooking, and I hope you will come and spend some time with us!    This event is for anyone who loves creating things with paper,  I will share the link to our website, which has a very good description of what the event with pictures of the class projects that you can sign up for.  If you have any questions, please contact me directly.  I have tickets left for the Friday night session and I would love to set one aside for you.  The Saturday session is free admission, you just pay for the make-n-takes and classes you would like to do and we have a group of lady's who will have a cafe set up where you can get  a snack of lunch!  

http://creationcrazepapercraftingexpo.blogspot.com/

 

I will be teaching a collage class on Saturday - this is what we will be making.  If you lived in the Milwaukee area and are interested in attending the event - please let me know!!

 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only. If you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

How about some Summer Smooches!

Hi Stampers,

Oh my gosh did I have a fun day of stamping - it was so fantastic to see all of my KY stamping girls and thank you so much to Margaret for opening up her home to us, and to Michele and Natalie for all of their help in setting up, taking down and making fantastic food.  We had the yummiest lunch and thanks to the all of the other gals who brought desserts - Yummy!!   The food was delish!   You would think after all of that I would be too stuffed to eat anymore, but we went out to dinner tonight at our favorite restaurant in Louisville - Mojitos!   If you are ever in Louisville and get a chance to eat there - don't pass it up.  I would seriously drive here just for that.   It is a fantastic tapas restaurant and every single thing we ate was amazing - now we are in a food coma!  

Okay - time to share a card - then off to bed!   This is the card I swapped last week at the Stampin'Up! Regional Seminar in Milwaukee.  I used the new Summer Smooches stamp set, DSP and the new Daffodil ribbon which I love. The summer smooches products will be in the new catalog, and they will be available for you to purchase during the month of April.  It is a really cute stamp set and I love the DSP!   I hope you enjoy it!

Stamping Supplies:

• Stamps: Summer Smooches, Pursuit of Happiness
• Ink: Island Indigo, Wild Wasabi
• CS: Saffron, Wasabi, Island Indigo, White
• Ribbon, Daffodil Seam Binding
• DSP: Summer Smooches
• Punches: Decorative Lable
• Accessories: Designer Printed Brads - in color

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet

Stormy Day!

Hi Stampers! 

Wow was today ever a stormy day!  I drove from Milwaukee to Louisville, and I seriously drove thru some of the scariest storms I have ever seen.  I am here in KY for a fun day of stamping with all of my KY stamping friends!   I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow and share all of the great new products from the mini catalog with them.   The reason I mention the stormy day is because I wanted to share one of the cards we will be making tomorrow, and I thought this one would be perfect!  Last week I attended the Stampin'Up! Regional seminar in Milwaukee and we made a cute card with this kite set,  (which I am so in love with), so I decided to make up my own version of the a kite card!  I hope you enjoy it and I hope the skies will be looking brighter tomorrow!

Stamping Supplies:

• Stamps: Send me Soaring
• Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral
• CS: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral and White
• DSP: Berry BLossoms
• Punches: 1 inch Circle, 1 1/4 inch Circle, Scalloped Border
• Accessories: Coral Bakers Twine

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi Stampers,
I hope everyone has a sweet Valentine's Day.   I am home alone since Sarah is at school late today and my hubby is traveling for work, but he sent me the most gorgeous box of chocolate covered strawberries so I can't complain!   Tonight I am going to put away all of my Valentine's Day stamping stuff and do some cleaning up in my stamp room, so I can move on to my next adventure!   Here is one last Valentine I want to share, I made this card for a special friend.  I have been wanting to try making these flowers for a long time - so I finally did it today.  The flower is made out of dress lining, and you cut it into a bunch of circles and then heat it up with your heat gun and it shrivels - very fun and pretty!   Enjoy your day and I hope you feel loved today!!

Stamping Supplies:

• Stamps: You are loved
• Ink: Real Red
• CS: Real Red, Rose Red, Pear and White
• DSP: Brights Pper Stack
• Big Shot: Designer Frames and Stripes embossing folders, Circles #2 Big Shot die (for fabric flower)
• Accessories: Pearls, Glimmer Brads and Ruffled Ribbon

A Little Birdie

Hi Stampers,

Here is another little Valentine's Day card I designed.  I love this card because it could easily be used for any occasion!  Enjoy!

 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet