Well I loved my first quilted bag that I decided to do a bigger purse that fits my personal taste!  I was inspired to create in the tones of the bag that I received at leadership. (One of the purkes of being a demonstrator) You can view it  here.  My challenge was to take a picture of this bag since I made it bigger to fit in all my nic nacs that I usually bring in my purse.  The bigger the better!

 Here is a close up.  Thank you Paula for the expertise in haute couture!

The flower folds were different this time.  I decided to add lots of layers without crossing them over.  I just love the fluff, makes it so feminine!

This is my favorite pic.  You can see all the layers here!

If you are interested in signing up for a class on how to do these gorgeous bags, please email me!  I have so many ideas since I started using the Big shot to cut fabrics with all the sizzix dies!  Thank you stampin up. What next!

Have a wonderful monday! Bon lundi tout le monde!

When I attended leadership in Arizona I learned that you can use the big shot for quilting.  Actually did you know that the big shot can cut up to 50 different types of material.  

 Last Thursday,my friend Claudine and I decided to attack this great opportunity.  I wanted to create the scallop square purse.  Here is my first gorgeous quilted purse.  These colors remind me of spring. The flower has been created with the Flower Folds die # 115970 and for the purse, I used the Scallop Squre die #  115950.  And of course I love matching things so I used Button Latte #114333 on my fabric flower.  Wouldn’t it be cute to do a diaper bag for expecting moms.  Even my husband was super impress  by the bag.  I just got a bunch of fabric and I am off to create a very trendy bag.To order these or to see other great dies for scrapbooking or for quilting contact me. 

Sale-a-bration is a great opportunity to earn your big shot for FREE or if you have the big shot then why not get FREE dies!  Contact me today to book your party.  we still have February and March!

Stay tune I have lots to share this week!  Have a great Wednesday!  Bonne semaine!

Were there some Sizzix dies or accessories that you know you want–or you know your friend wants?  Now’s your chance!  There are special deals from now until shortly before Christmas on Stampin’ Up! exclusive dies and other accessories for your Sizzix Big Shot and also select Decor Elements.

Discounts range between 15-25 percent.

Click here to see all the products on special until December 22nd.

Pendant 12 jours seulement, vous et vos amies pouvez obtenir des rabais sur les poinçons et le matériel Big Shot sélectionnés ainsi que les décors éléments.  Même les alphabets que j’ai utilisé pour ma retraite des fêtes sont en spécial!

Rabais allant de 15-25%

Cliquez ici pour voir tous les produits en spécial jusqu’au 22 décembre.

Well I have to share that I’m having way too much fun with the Christmas products from the holiday mini catalogue and the 2009-2010 idea catalogue.  I decided to sign up for Chrystal’s tag swap for the third year in a row.  Here is what I created for my fellow swappies!

This is a tag for those large gifts that you just can’t wrap properly.  I used my favorite bigz clear die, scallop square and used the on board book basics as my background chipboard #110713 and the specialty designer series paper, christmas cocoa specialty from the mini catti.  Glued them together using my tombo glue.  I took the vintage ornaments I stencils from the definitely decorative catti and dabbed chocolate chip ink in my stencil.  I then added my second stencil and put some stencil paste to create a 3D image.  Why?  Because my husband said it wasn’t popping out enough… And he was right!  I hate to admit it but he is pretty good at commenting on my projects.  Try it with your husband let me tell you some interesting ideas come out.  My stencil paste was white but when it dried it had a little greenish color which I didn’t like at all so I dabbed some chocolate chip ink on my paste and needed to also add a little champagne mist shimmer paint.  And voilà!

 Here is my close up picture!  Vintage it is.  Then I added a mini tag from the stamp set Four the holidays and I added 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon in chocolate chip.

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Second tag was very simple and quick to do.  I saw this die at convention and had  to order it.  It’s exclusive to stampin’up!, Stampin’up! Two tags.  I decorated it with the specialty designer series paper, christmas cocoa specialty from the mini catti. When you touch this paper it feels like felt.  I punched out a snowflake from the Jumbo snowflake  punch and added some frost white shimmer paint.  Let me tell you, you can go a long way with that shimmer paint.  I have been using it like crazy!  I had to add my final touch a pearl from the pretties kit and 5/8" satin ribbon.   And for all the ladies in my group, I personalized all your tags.

I printed the names on my computer matching my ink to the stampin’up! colors RGB codes.

That is my share for the day, have a great one!

Well it’s 1o’clock in the morning.  Just can’t sleep.  I went with my 3 girls and my husband to the movies and we saw G-Force, a Walt Disney movie.  Then we went the chapters to look at some books, card magazines and scrapbooking magazines.  Can you believe that the Halloween stuff is out already! I made a mistake by having a starbucks Chai latte. (which I know if I drink it past 3pm that I can’t sleep)  But I couldn’t resist!  Anyway, I am participating in a holiday mini catalogue swap and I just can’t decide which card to do.  I started playing with products from the mini.  It’s the best mini ever!!!  Help me to decide!

I just wanted to create a classy simple card for Sherida Giddings’ swap.  I used the Stampin’up! petals-a-plenty folder and four the holidays stamp set from the mini catalogue.  I also used the stamp set tree trimmings, the specialty paper bride, whisper white paper.  I dazzled it up with the pretties kit and whisper white taffetas ribbon.  My images were stamped in soft suede.

Here is a close up of my ornaments (these are only stamped in soft suede)

On this card, the ornaments look lighter because I stamped my ornament with soft suede then I added shimmer paint in champagne mist with my dauber on my stamped cardstock.  I just love the new shimmer paint in the holiday mini!

I know it is kind of hard to see.  It is much better when you look at it in person but I need to make a decision before monday.  Also my husband is very good at making compliments and adjustments about the projects I stamp but he would be very critical if I wake him up. lol

Help me out!  With the shimmer paint or without??

I have been crazy busy in the past week… with my daughter Lauren’s first communion, Megan’s birthday party, Megan’s figure skating lessons, workshops, classes etc…  Didn’t even have the time to go to the gym! Today, my daughter Megan was going to a girl friend’s birthday party.  Madison turned 10 yesterday.  Happy birthday Madison! While I was looking at my new 2009-2010 stampin’up! catalogue while taking a bath ( the only place where I get a few minutes for myself,  lol, it came to me to create a surprise box for Madison where I could give her a gift card loaded with minutes for her new IPod touch, a picture of her with Megan from last weeks birthday party and more pictures of Madison and her friends.  What better way of giving Madison all these pictures, the Sizzix 3D ball!

The link below will show you just how easy it is to create this 3D ball! (Click on Pop-up ball video below)

I sure will miss this amazing Rockability Specialty designer paper and the 2008-2009 retiring in-colors

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Ridding hood red, kiwi kiss, rockability specialty designer paper

Ink: ridding hood red, basic black

Accessories: Big Shot, Pop up 3D, scallop oval punch, oval all stamp set in French (En ovale), Dimensionals, Crop a dile, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack,button bouquet, kiwi kiss very vanilla satin ribbon,hemp twine, rubberband

 Picture below Megan (left) and Madison (right)

There is still time to earn all these retiring stamp sets, in colors and accessories by booking a party before June 30th.  Also you will receive extra bonus stampin’money to spend.  Contact me to get full details.  kim@riverfrontstampin.com

Details how easy it is to host a show here

I know, I have been posting pages lately but have also been working on cards which I will post soon!  This page is my version of the cover page of our Stampin’Success magazine (May2009).  Stampin’Success is a magazine that Stampin’Up! sends to demonstrators once a month.  In this magazine, there is always a note from Shelli Gardner co-founder of the company, business tips, announcements, new specials, new techniques, featured art projects, product of the month,demonstrator promotions, art contest winners and more… 

For this page, I used the simply scrappin’ kit  2 Sweet, item code 113943. For my title, I used the Naturally Serif and Serif Essentials Alphabets compressed with the big shot.  It was quick and simple because the scrappin’ kits contain 2 sheets of all 4 matching colors, 3 sheets of double faced designer paper x  2 designs, 2 sheets x 3 designs of stickers.  You can create a lot of pages or cards with one single kit.  Speaking of kits…

There is a fabulous Stampin’up! special  at this time.  You can purchase a scrappin’ kit, 1 package of 12×12 textured cardstock, craft ink pad and a stamp set, value of $51.95 for only 99$  Click here to see the special.

Do you want your NEW 2009-2010 Stampin’ Up! Catalog in June!!??  

Guess what.. demonstrators have the opportunity to receive their NEW (July 09) catalog the first week in June!!  It will arrive with the first order we place in June!!  Isn’t that too cool!??

So, if you are not a demonstrator yet, but want that new catalog in your hands in June, I’d love to talk to you about becoming a demonstrator now, so that you can place your FIRST order (at 30% OFF) in June and receive that new catalog in your order!!!!  Super Exciting News, isn’t it!?

CLICK HERE to read the details about signing up for only $99 in May and to read the PERKS of being a demonstrator and a member of my Cupcake cuties group!  There are only 10 days left for this promotion!!!

There will be new "sneak peek" sets available to order on June 1st, too… so it’s a great time to order and get that new catalog too and maybe the new in colors!!!

I was busy stamping all weekend.  Stay tuned because I will be posting this week.  Well I have been cherishing these pictures for a while and was waiting for the right technique to create a page.  Thanks to Patty Bennett, I created a perfect and beautiful rose to match Jordan’s pictures.  The rose was created with the watercolor rose technique which I am going to show my stampers group.  I will also be showing this technique to our Sparkledaisies meeting, leader Marlayne Hardy.  I sure hope to wow them!  By the way, at Josee Smuck’s Inkies meeting, there were a few who asked me where I had these pictures done.  It’s a studio called Magenta Studio , in Montreal

Material used:  shimmery white cardstock, pink pirouette textured cardstock in 12×12, pretty in pink 8.5×11, whisper white textured cardstock, Bella Rose designer paper, vellum cardstock, white pearls from the pretties kit, 2 way glue, dazzling diamonds, whisper white taffeta ribbon,  chipboard, white craft ink, ink refills in pink pirouette and pretty in pink, aquapainter, eyelet border punch and naturally serif letters with my big shot.

WATERCOLORING RE-iNKER TECHNIQUE

Instruction:

1.  Take a piece of shimmery white cardstock

2.  Stamp your image with White Craft ink

3.  Apply clear embossing powder on stamped image

4.  Heat the image with your embossing tool

5.  Spray your entire image with a spritzer bottle filled with water

6.  Use a lid ex.  cool whip lid to apply a dab of reinker of your color choice. ( You can use different colors)

7.  Take your aquapainter and dip it in the dab of reinker.

8.  Touch stamped paper with the aquapainter (the color will spread on the wet stamped image)

9.  You can repeat step 7 and 8 with another color and can go over the image more then once if you want to create more colors ( I used pink pirouette, pretty in pink)

10.  Let your stamped image dry standing up (the extra water will drip down)  It doesn’t really matter because you will cut the image after.  It will take approx. 30 min for your image to dry

Voilà! you are done…

To order some of these products you can contact me or order here click on the shop now button

Here is a page I did for a door prize, it included a class for 6 people, a value of $120 and extra designer paper, ribbon and a stamp set.  Erin, a member of my stampers group had asked for a door prize for the Minto skating club Banquet which is taking place tonight.  To show projects we do in a scrapbooking class, she gave me pictures of her daughter Hannah who will turn 8 this May.  Hannah had attended a skating competition, Scarboro Skate which she one a gold medal.  Congrats Hannah!

In this page I used:  Bravo Burgundy, Pink pirouette cardstock and Bella birds designer paper.  And I used the cardstock vellum which I punched with the eyelet border punch.  It really made it look more feminine.   I also added the 1 1/4 grosgrain ribbon in pink pirouette and attached 3 pink rhinestone brads.  Hannah’s dress was so pretty that I added accessories to complement it.  Also, I just have to say, cannot scrapbook without my bigshot!  I used the decorative accents, the decorative accent #2 and my gogo boots alphabet.

My close up of the decorative accents:  I sponged with the dobbers some bravo burgundy classic ink on the pink pirouette cardstock to create a vintage look.  It turned out great!

This month is a great month to stock up on cardstock,  see special below.  Email me to order your cardstock today.

Buy three packs of DesignerSeries paper—including Specialty Designer Series paper—or 12" x 12" texturedcard stock and get one FREE!