Category: Contests

Greatest Journey

Have you ever fallen in love more with the dies than with the stamp set?

That is how I felt when I first saw this suite. It was the dies that drew me to them. Maybe because my family is very outdoors and we love to camp, hike and bike and I thought these would be perfect to make cards for them and scrapbook pages. When I started to play with this stamp set I really wanted to use the blending brushes in a unique and different way. I chose to use the dies to cut out a template that I held to create a layered effect on the card. Rather than having a blended look by using the template I was able to create depth to the background without adding more layers. I finished it off by layering cardstock that I embossed the saying on with white embossing powder and the used one of the die cut images as a focal point.

I originally created this card as a swap with my Stampin’ Up! team and I’m happy to report that I was one of the winners of the swap with this card. Here is a close up picture where you can see the detail better.

After creating the card for the swap I decided I wanted to see what I could come up with using some of the other images and sayings in the set. Here’s what I came up with. What do you think? I still like the first one the best, but I like these as well. I know I’ve said this before, but I’m sad this one didn’t carry over from the mini catalog as I think it’s a great set and I love the dies.

  • 160588 – Greatest Journey (R) (M)
  • 160593 – Greatest Journey Dies (R) (M)
  • 160594 – Greatest Journey Bundle (R) (M)
  • 160597 – Three Twine Combo Pack, Pumpkin Pie, (R) (M)
  • 160518 – Small Blending Brushes (C) (M)
  • 153611 – Blending Brushes (C)
  • 160519 – Blending Brush Storage (C) (M)
  • 155554 – Stampin’ Emboss Powders, White, (C)
  • 129053 – Heat Tool (C)
  • 147277 – Craft Stampin’ Ink, White (C)
  • Colors – Mango Melody (R), Cajun Craze (C), Orchid Oasis (C), Highland Heather (C), Starry Sky (C), Basic Gray (C), Basic Black (C), Basic White (C)

(R) Retiring, (C) Carrying Over, (M) Found in the Mini Catalog

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Dinosaur Punch Art

I’ve been seeing throw back Thursday on Facebook a lot and I thought it would be fun to do it on my blog.  I’m not sure that Thursday will always be a throw back, but I’ll try.  If you are like me you keep stamps, punches and even paper that you love even though you can’t by them anymore.  So I figure why not share some fun ideas to do with them.  Maybe I’ll even make some new projects using retired products.  Who knows.  So now lets get on with the project because hey that’s the fun part right?

Dino Chart

Every year Stampin’ Up! has a contest called the Artisan Design contest.  I’ve entered many years, while I’ve never won I’ve had my projects shown at Convention and I’ve enjoyed creating them.  It does however make me sad to give them away.  Some of them I’ve re-created and some I’m still planning on it.  This is one of the still planning on it projects.  Hopefully before my little boy grows out of dinosaurs.  I think this was the hardest one to give away and I wish I had it still.  It was also quite big so I actually took it to Stampin’ Up! (Good thing I live close.)

Dino Chart Top

This is the top of the chart.  I used MDS to create all the pictures for the chart.  I changed them all to Sepia so they would match and added a fun background.  I also added the age and height.  He was only 5 when I made the chart so I left spots to add more pictures over the years.  I attached twigs to the top to hang it with.  Of course the top picture is when he was born.  So cute.

Bird Dino

Here’s a better picture of the bird Dino.  All of the dino’s are made using punch art and shapes from the big shot.  Can anyone guess where I got my inspiration for my characters.  Yep “Land Before Time.”  You can also see the close up of the texture on the letters.  I cut them out of chip board and paper, then glued the textured paper to the clipboard.

Green Dino

Next is my green Dino working his way up the mountain.  The mountain is just created by tearing up paper and crumbling it up then smoothing it out.  I used the directly to paper technique to add texture.  (That’s where you just take the ink pad straight to the paper to highlight the texture and edges.)

Brown Dino

Here’s the brown Dino.  I think I actually used the leave die to make the splotches on his back.  You’ll noticed I also added some grass to the mountain by just tearing up paper and snipping the edges.

Orange Dino

This one wasn’t really in the movie, but I wanted one more to work with the spacing.  I think he turned out cute.  He also had to be orange because that’s my son’s favorite color.  The ruler was created by using the simply scored tool.  I placed a cardboard so I would know how far to score each section so they stayed even.  Then I flipped it over and used a sponge to highlight the marks and added the numbers with the calender set.

 

T-Rex Dino

Of course we had to have the T-Rex at the bottom chasing the little Dino’s up the chart.  I left space on the side so that I could mark the height and write the date.  My son was very disappointed that I gave away the T-Rex.  That’s his favorite Dino.  Just posting about this makes me want to re-create it.

I hope you have enjoyed my throw back Thursday.  As you can see I really do love punch art.  It’s so fun to see what you can create using our awesome punches.  Especially something they weren’t designed for.

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Thank You card

Over the weekend I went to a Stampin’ Up! Training meeting with my awesome up-line and group.  These events are always filled with friends, great training and fun projects that I will be sharing with you.  However we also usually have a card swap and contest.  I was so excited to find out that I won second place with my Thank You card.  So I just had to share it with all of you.  You may notice that some of it looks familiar.  I took the tag from my Zucchini from the other day and created a card.  Hope you enjoy it.

Thank You Card

Materials used:

Colors-  Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze

Stamps-

Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge, Lots of Thanks, Magnificent Maple*

Accessories-

Early Esspresso Core’dinations Cardstock w/ Sanding System, Woodgrain Embossing folder w/ Big Shot, Linen Thread, 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, Stampin’ Sponges, Stampin’ Distress Tool

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I love “My Digital Studio”!

I just love this program.  It’s so easy to use and I have so much fun creating with it.   Here’s a fun page I created using just the basic program.  I used the punches to create Goofy just like I did on my card in real life.

Just a quick reminder now you can try it out for FREE.  It’s simple; add the free My Digital Studio Express trial (item 129600) to your online shopping cart, and then download and install it from your Download Manager.   Click here to start shopping and download your free program.  Once you try it I’m sure you will want to keep using it.  You can purchase the DVD program from me or on-line or you can order the express version on-line.

With the FREE trial, you’ll get:

“MDS” Contest

Win the Sale-a-bration “My Digital Studio” DVD.  It’s easy here’s how to enter.

  1. Down-load “MDS” and have some fun creating a card or scrap-book page with it.
  2. Save your project as a JPEG (share option) and up-load it to my Facebook page or e-mail it to me and I will up-load it.
  3. Share the page with your friend and invite them to like my page and vote for you project.
  4. Invite your friends to down-load the program and join in the fun.
  5. Contest Entries must be up-loaded before March 31st.
  6. Winner will be picked based on:  # of votes, quality and creativity of the project.  Voting will begin April 1st and end April 10th.
  7. Winner will be announced on my blog and Facebook on April 15th.

Good Luck and have fun!

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I’m so excited I had to share!

I’m super excited and just had to share my good news with you.

Stampin’ Up! was having a contest to help us get inspired to earn the Disney World trip this year.  So they decided to have a Disney contest.  All you had to do was create something Disney and then post it on our group website Stampin’ Connection, which is like a facebook for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators only.

Of course I just had to enter and today I found out that I won.  There were over 250 entries and I was picked as one of the five winners.  I also got a free stamp set of my choice so I’ve been walking on air all day.

Anyway I thought I would share with you the 5 projects that I entered.

This is my fun Disney sign to keep me inspired.  All of the fun characters are made with punches.

I had a friend request for me to make a Donald Duck out of punches so I thought the contest was the perfect opportunity.

This one is a little different.  It’s a giant Genie that I have on my back door.  He’s holding our dream board.  I drew him, but I colored him with the Stampin’ Up! water-color pencils.  Oh and yes I do know that I spelled command wrong.  I just through it in the picture on Photo shop and didn’t notice till later.  It will be correct when I add it to the door.

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You’ve probably seen this one before it was a page that I entered in my first Artisan Award Contest.

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Last is the winning card.  This is my Goofy card which you’ve probably seen before.  His all made with punches.  I actually made him for a swap a few years back.

Thanks for sharing my excitement with me.  I hope you enjoyed my projects.

Remember that there’s still plenty of time to join me and earn the Disney trip together.  Plus there is the Totally-Awesome tote that you get for free when you sign up before 18th.  Contact me today for more information.  435-245-5321

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I was thinking that I would give away 5 of these fun cards. To win all you have to do is help me get to 50 fans on my “Stampin With Candice page” on Facebook.  All you have to do is go to my page by clicking on the link and select like, then invite your friends to like my page too.  Then leave me a comment. I will choose 5 winners when I get to 50 fans and I’ll mail them out to you. Thanks so much for your support and for helping me to spread the word.

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Workshop of a Lifetime Challenge

Hey everyone I’m trying to win a contest at Stampin’ Up!  It’s the chance to have Shelli Gardner the Co-Founder of Stampin’ Up! come and do a workshop for me.  I will also be able to have a Down-line meeting that day.

So I’m sure you are wondering how you could help.  Well there are two ways.  First if you have ever thought about joining my team and being able to offer our wonderful product to your family and friends now is the time.  Not only would it help me out, but during Sale-a-brations you can get an awesome deal.  You will save 15% on the starter kit, plus you also get the stamp set of your choice for free.  That’s in addition to all the great training that I offer my group.  The best part is when you sign up this month you will still have 2 full months of Sale-a-bration to start earning money and free stamp sets.  If you want to learn more please feel free to contact me.  I’d love to answer your questions.

They only trick is I need you to sign up before the end of this month for it to qualify for the contest.  It’s really easy all you need to do is go to my website www.candiceanderson.stampinup.net and click on the join now button.  It will walk you through everything else that you need.  You can change the items in your kit or keep them the same it’s up to you.  You will need a password which is Candice I know nice and simple.  Thanks again for helping me out and I look forward to having you on my team.

So I said there were two ways you could help me out.  The second is by placing an order.  The contest is based on the number of new people who join my first level however if there is a tie they will look at the total number of sales, so any orders can really help me out.  Right now is a great time to place an order.  We have a bran new mini catalog out and of course it’s Sale-a-bration time.  That means you get free stamp sets for every $50.00 you spend.  You can place and order on-line at the site above just click shop now or you can e-mail me an order to andersoncandice@hotmail.com.  You can also call me anytime at 435-245-5321 or 435-232-2655 Cell & messages.  Remember I need to close the orders by January 31st so please get them to me asap.  Thanks again for your help.

So there is one last thing.  Sale-a-brations is also a great time to have a party.  I have several dates available.  You can check them out on my website.  I have a little incentive for you to book your party this month.  First anyone who books a party this month for February or March will be able to come to my special class for FREE to make this cute Spring sign.  Next for every $300.00 in party sales you will receive a free sale-a-bration set.  Last if I am one of the winners for the Workshop of a Lifetime Challenge it just may be one of you who get to have Shelli Gardner as your Demonstrator.  Or you may get the chance to come to the party.  (There are certain guildlines I have to follow for the party.)  So get those parties booked today.

Here is a picture of Shelli and I in Hawaii.  I’ve had that chance to meet her several times.  She is so awesome and down to earth.  She demonstrates at Convention and Leadership and is so fun to watch.  This really would be an awesome treat.  Thanks again for your help and I will talk to you all soon.

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