Hello everyone! Who is ready for the holiday season? It is fast approaching! Still looking for that special gift for someone? Check out the beautiful jewelry pieces Fun Stampers Journey has to offer. You can click on the 2017-2018 Inspiration Book & Catalog or click on the Shop Now button to check out all of the jewelry pieces we offer. If you see something you like, check out the SKU and price list below... If you shop with me during the month of November, you could get a 20% discount on select pieces. Want to know more? Feel free to contact me anytime. I'd love to chat with you about Fun Stampers Journey! : ) Until next time...
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I was asked by a friend to make a Slytherin birthday card for her fiancee, and I thought "Well, how am I going to do that? I have plenty of Stampin' Up and Fun Stampers Journey stamps and supplies, but they certainly don't make any Harry Potter stamps.." Wouldn't that be super awesome, though?? I decided to take a look online and see what I could come up with... Surprisingly, the printable images are few and far between... I finally settled on this one of the Slytherin crest. Wouldn't have been my first choice... if I had other choices... but it was the best I could find. Then, I had to come up with a way to incorporate that image into a card... I decided on a Joy Fold Card. I'm not really sure why it's called that, but I love the way the card is made. You have two separate "flips" to the card... Let's take a look. Above, you are looking at the front of the card, now let's take a look at the first "flip"... Since Slytherins are always striving to be the best, I decided to add this little message here. Then for the second "flip", you drop down the flap with the quote on it... Once the card is completely opened up, you have another little message plus you have room to write your own message to the recipient.
Since the colors for Slytherin are green and silver, I used some silver glittery washi tape for the mat pieces and then threw in a little black to break up the green a little. The Celebrate sentiment was stamped with VersaMark ink and then I used white embossing powder to make it stand out on the black card stock. Although I started out this project with a little reluctance because I knew I would be printing out the main focal point of the card - to me, that's "cheating"... if you're printing your stuff out, you're not being very "creative". This is just MY OPINION. When I create a card or other project, I stamp, punch, paper piece, use my inks and markers, etc... so, this just started as a "blah project" for me. Once I found the image and printed it, though, I began to create around that image. So, when it was a said and done, I felt a little better about the whole project... I just hope my friend and the recipient enjoy it. Thank you so much for "Slytherin" in and joining me today... Until next time... Peace Love & Chocolate, Are you a planner girl... or guy? Do you like to write everything out and make lists to keep on top of your busy life? I am always making lists of everything I need to get done. I don't know, there's just something about marking things off a list that makes me feel good about myself. "Yay! I accomplished that... and this... and that today! I deserve a treat!" Surely I'm not the only one! Right?? Did you know, Fun Stampers Journey has some really great planners and a ton of fantastic accessories for those planners? I'd like one of each! I'd never get anything done because I'd be too busy writing everything down and making everything pretty, though... lol. Fun Stampers Journey has partnered with Webster's Pages for their planners and we offer a variety of different sizes and styles. We also have pens, stamps, clips, jewelry and more to make your planner unique to you. We already have great prices on all of our planners and accessories, but for the month of October, we've decided to make those prices EVEN BETTER! For the whole month of October, you can get a 25% discount on our selection! This is an amazing deal you won't want to miss out on! Stay tuned here on my blog and/or on my Facebook Page for more info on this fantastic sale. You can click on the Shop Now button on the right hand side of the page to check out the planners and accessories we have available if you'd like to take a look. Starting on October 1st, you can purchase your items and get your 25% discount, so make out your wish lists now! We also have a few bundles to help get your planner started, let's check those out... Both of these bundles are worth $40, but they will be available beginning October 1st for only $24.95 each. Such cuteness in each of these!
Don't forget to stay tuned here on my blog and/or on my Facebook Page for more info on this fantastic sale that will be running the entire month of October... Until next time... Peace Love & Chocolate, Do you like to craft? What is your idea of crafty fun? Do you like to make handmade cards and other paper crafted goodies? Do you like to do the whole mixed media thing and play with paints? Or maybe you like to do that and more.... At Fun Stampers Journey, they have a little bit of everything. You can buy rubber stamps, inks and papers to make paper crafted goodies. You can buy acrylic paints, chalks, inks and more if you're feeling more artsy. You can even use these same items to do a little home decor, if that's your thing. That's not all, though. They even have planners and jewelry items! If you haven't checked out our products, you really should. What do you have to lose? You see that lovely image over on the right hand side of the page with all of the gorgeous flowers? That's the 2017-2018 Inspiration Book & Catalog. It is chock full (335 pages!) of amazing products! Just click on the image and you'll be taken to a new page where you can "flip" through the pages of this awesome catalog.... See anything you liked? If you have a crafty bone in your body, I'm sure you did! I would love to be your Coach and "hook you up" with some amazing product and share great crafty ideas with you if you'd like to shop with me. Just jot down what caught your eye and then click on over to my store via the Shop Now button also over on the right hand side of the page. Have any questions? Ask away! I am ALWAYS happy to talk crafts and Fun Stampers Journey! If you have more than one crafty bone in your body, wouldn't it be awesome to get some (or all!) of those amazing products in the catalog WITH A 20% DISCOUNT? Yes, you CAN... 20% off everything! I know, right?? You'll also be joining the wonderful Fun Stampers Journey family (and they are great!). If you've tried "that other company", yes, they have some great product, too, and yes, you can get a discount with them as well... but you also have to buy and/or sell $300 worth of product every three months. I like to craft and could EASILY spend that much money, that's not the problem... the problem is, I CAN'T spend that much money every three months. $150 every three months is definitely a lot more do-able, though and that's all you have to buy/sell when you become a Coach with Fun Stampers Journey. Sounds great, but you need more? Well, how about this? If you join during the months of October or November, not only will you get to be a member of MY downline and get to become a member of MY upline's downline (confused yet? lol), you can also get in on an awesome deal. Let's check it out... Wow!For ONLY $25 you can become a Coach! That is an amazing deal! If you decide to jump on this deal, when you go to sign up, you will get to pick and choose from a list of options for the items you will receive in your Designer Starter Kit. So, not only are you getting a great deal, you also get to choose what YOU want. And as if that deal wasn't already amazing, there's more! After becoming a Coach, if you place a PARTY order (which can consist of just your purchases, only purchases from one or more customers or a mix of both) of just $150 or more (and, hey, there's your quarterly minimum already, too!), you have the opportunity to purchase the Journey Platinum Die Cutting Maching for ONLY $50 (plus tax and shipping)! That is a savings of almost $200! Holy moly! If you decide that being a Fun Stampers Journey Coach isn't for you (that's crazy talk, I know, but hey...), just don't make any more purchases until your quarter runs out and you will drop as a Coach, no penalties, AND you will still have the products you received in your Designer Starter Kit to play with PLUS the die cutting machine! (I hope you'll stay in our family and as a part of my downline, though... I'd hate to see you go!) Okay, any questions so far? Leave me a comment or send me a message or an email (be sure to put something in the subject line.. I don't want to accidentally delete you as spam!) and I will be happy to help. : ) Once October rolls around (yes, I know it's tomorrow!), I will be posting again about this, so be sure to stay tuned here on my blog or you can pop on over to my Facebook Page to stay updated as well. Also, stay tuned to my blog for even more amazing deals beginning in October! Until next time... Peace Love & Chocolate, Hello and Happy Friday everyone! I hope your weekend has gotten off to a fantastic start! I have been busy busy today knocking out a few projects I've been meaning to get to. I managed to finish out a customer order for 30 Christmas cards today and get my oldest daughter's late birthday/early Mabon gift finished and ready to gift. In a previous post, I shared the cards I was making for a customer, so in this post, I will be sharing a video showing how I made one of those cards. I hope you enjoy! If you like the video, give me a Thumbs Up and if you haven't already, please be sure to Subscribe to my channel. Feel free to leave a comment on the video itself or here. I'd love to hear from you. : ) If you have any questions, message me or email me. Now, onto the video.... Until next time...
Peace Love & Chocolate Errr.. well... soon to be In The Mail... I have been so behind! I usually have my cards for the coming month ready to go by the last week of the month before, but this month just snuck up on me! I had about two plates worth of stuff piled up on one small plate and I was definitely having trouble sifting through all of it to work it down. I'm still behind, but I've managed to knock some of the pile on my plate down in the way of completing my September birthday cards. Now I just have to get them in the mail and delivered to their recipients! I'm trying to incorporate my new Fun Stampers Journey products into as much as I can in order to share them with others, but I am also trying to use up my Stampin' Up products to move them out so I can move in more FSJ. While crafting yesterday to make 7 birthday cards, I realized that 4, yes FOUR of my Stampin' Up ink pads have dried up! One of them was fairly new and I have not used any of them THAT much. I'm not sure what has caused this. I know that it gets fairly warm in my craft space because the sun sets on that side of the house, but surely that wouldn't be it... or all of my ink pads would be drying up... wouldn't they? Anyway, no time for solving a mystery right now... we have cards to look at! Let's begin with that delicious looking cake, shall we? I adore that cake stamp! There are three different cakes in the set and I always say they make me think of Dr. Seuss cakes.They are just too cute! The Happy was stamped along the edge of the card with a Navy ink from Stampin' Up (since I'm the Crooked Crafter I opted to stamp them all wonky on purpose instead of trying to make them straight), the strip that looks like Washi Tape is actually a stamp that is in the same set and it was inked in a pink Stampin' Up ink and fussy cut out and glued straight to the paper just below the cake, the birthday stamp is also from the same set and was stamped in the same Navy ink and also fussy cut out and popped up on dimensionals and the cupcake, also from the same stamp set, was colored with markers from Stampin' Up so that I could get the red and black for the cherry, the pink for the frosting and the tan for the bottom. I also fussy cut it out and then put some Journey Glaze over it to make it stand out a little more (I see that didn't really make a difference for the picture, though). The background behind the cake stamp was made by rubbing a pink Stampin' Up ink pad directly over the cardstock in a wavy motion. I think it turned out pretty neat, what do you think? I was going to leave the card at that, but BOOM accidents! *smh* Somehow, I managed to get some black (or dark) ink smudged on one of the cards and then as I was taking a picture of the cards... yep... the one standing up fell over... on top of the other card..... that still had wet Journey Glaze on the cupcake. NOOOO! Yep, that brought about a "Woo-sah" moment, for sure. All I could was roll my eyes, laugh... and then take a moment to breathe. So, to cover up my "boo-boos", I added some acrylic dots from Stampin' Up. To You stamp set - You can also buy this in a bundle if you aren't a fan of fussy cutting. Journey Glaze (this comes in a 2 oz bottle as well as a 4 oz bottle) The next card on the list is the Make A Wish card. I used the ink directly to the cardstock technique here on the oval. The background was done by using ink and an Aqua Painter from Stampin' Up. The inks are all from Stampin' Up except for the black used for the sentiment, which is Black Licorice from FSJ. The Make A Wish stamp is called an ATS from FSJ, which stands for Artist Trading Stamp. ATS stamps are usually either single stamps or smaller stamps if there is more than one. The oval was die cut using a Stampin' Up die set, but the banner behind the oval is a die set from FSJ - I was impressed with this set, you get several dies in the set and some of them are huge! The cardstocks are all Stampin' Up.and the little speckles you see in the background is also a stamp set from SU. Make A Wish -this also comes as a bundle if you'd like to be able to cut the sentiment out. Banner Parade Die Set Black Licorice True Color Fusion Ink Pad Next, let's check out the card with the small floral stamp. This card was super quick and easy to make! The floral stamp comes in a set with three other floral stamps plus several sentiments and come from FSJ. Definitely a set worth having, in my opinion. The sentiment below is from a different stamp set from FSJ that contains several birthday related sentiments that are great for the front of your cards as well as the inside. I used dies from Stampin' Up to cut out the floral stamp and then to frame it and I finished the card off with a strip of Washi Tape, also from Stampin' Up. Super cute, super quick, super easy. Gotta love those types of cards! And for the last card of the day, we have the large floral. This stamp set from FSJ has two large, very lovely, floral pieces as well as three sentiments. I saw the two floral pieces and just had to have the set, love them! They are so pretty, I didn't even feel the card needed any other decoration on it. The inks and cardstocks are all from Stampin' Up, as well as the Happy Birthday stamps. I used markers from SU to color in the image. If you'd like to purchase any of the Fun Stampers Journey products used to make any of these cards, I've provided links to each product below each card description. If you have any questions about any of the other products or how to make the cards, just leave me a comment or contact me via Messenger or Email (please be sure to put something in the subject line so I will not mistake your email as spam.).
I hope you enjoyed today's cards as much as I did making them. : ) Until next time... Peace Love Chocolate, Hello everyone! Can you believe it's only 128 days until Christmas? Santa will be here before you know it! I've just now got Halloween on my brain and whipped up a few cute and easy treat holders (that'll be another blog post!), but then a customer asked for some Christmas cards. I thought, "Christmas cards? But I just started playing with my Halloween stuff!" Well, needless to say, I am now in the process of getting ready for Halloween and Christmas at the same time. lol When tasked with making cards or other projects for people, my go-to creative spot is, of course, Pinterest. So, off I went, with Santa Clause, Rudolph, Christmas trees and more on my brain... I'm still not through making Christmas cards, but I have managed several so far and although I was reluctant to start on Christmas at first, I'm actually, now, looking forward to making even more cards. Ready to see what I've come up with so far? I know I'm ready to share. : ) I'd love to see some comments below... let me know what you think of the cards. Have you made any Christmas cards yet this year? If so, let's see them!
I'll be back with more once I've had time to make them... Until then... Peace Love & Chocolate, I love a sale, don't you? Through the month of August, Fun Stampers Journey is having a 20% off sale on their ink pads! This would be the perfect time to check out their inks if you haven't already or to stock up on them if you already love them. Want to know more about Fun Stamper's Journey inks and what makes them so great? Check out the video below and let the Co-Founder and President, Richard Garay, explain. Pop on over to the Fun Stampers Journey website and check out their ink pads as well as all of their other great products - You've got to see their stamp sets!
Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think of the True Color Fusion inks from FSJ.... Until next time... Peace Love & Chocolate, Hello everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it? Wow. Day to day is always just so busy... even when ya get some free time, you're just too tired to do anything.
I have some news, though, so I had to make some time in order to make this blog post... because I just really wanted to share this news with you. : ) For many.... many... years, I have always been a Stampin' Up person. I have been a Demonstrator several different times and even when I wasn't a Demonstrator, I still bought and used Stampin' Up products because, well, they really are awesome. Recently, though, someone introduced me to a fairly new company called Fun Stampers Journey. When I saw the catalog (which, let me tell you... it's massive!), I absolutely fell in love with their stamp sets! I decided right then that I was going to become a Coach for Fun Stampers Journey and see where it took me. Over on the right hand side bar, I have the two current catalogs for FSJ (or Fun Stampers Journey). You really should click on over and take a look at them. Let me know what you think of their stamps in the comments below. I can tell you that their stamps are great. They are not only some of the cutest and nicest ones I've ever seen, but they are also great quality and give a really nice image when you stamp with them. I can also tell you that their Black Licorice ink pad is awesome (I do believe I like it better than the StazOn and the Tuxedo Black ink pads I was previously using!). I can't really tell you about their other ink pads, refills or other ink related items yet because I haven't had a chance to try them out yet. I also can't tell you about their other products (i.e. cardstock, paper, adhesives, etc) yet since I've just begun this journey, but as soon as I try them out, I will definitely be blogging about it here to let you know what I think. All of my comparisons will be against Stampin' Up product, of course, since that is what I have used for so long because other product, in my opinion, just doesn't compare to Stampin' Up's products. Now, when I compare FSJ products to SU products, if I say I like them better, this in no way means that I think SU products aren't good items. I still think SU is awesome and still have and use some of their stuff, I'm just trying on a new hat at the moment because I love their stamps and look forward to seeing what else FSJ has to offer. Now, with all that said, if you take a look at the catalogs on the right and see something you like and would like to try out, I would LOVE to be your Coach! You can either click on the Shop Now logo on the right sidebar above the catalogs or you can go the Fun Stampers Journey website and shop from there. Either way, I'd love it if you could list me as your Coach when you shop. To do this, you could try using my zip code (63801) and finding my name or you could try searching for my name (Tina Hodge), but your best bet would be to just use my Coach number which is #10406. This will ensure that you definitely locate me. : ) I'd really love to hear from you if you take a look at the items or if you have used some of the products before. Let me know in the comments below what you think.... Until next time... Peace Love & Chocolate, Hello! I just got word from Stampin' Up that they are offering an awesome deal for first time subscribers! If you aren't familiar with Paper Pumpkin, they are kits that you receive each month from Stampin' Up that allow you to make a set of cards, treat holders and sometimes a small home décor item. You receive all the items you need in the kit (with the exception of scissors) so that as soon as you open the box, you are ready to busy making your project. You can learn more about Paper Pumpkin here. The kits are already a deal at $19.95 (plus tax) because not only do you get all the bits and pieces to make each project, but you also get an ink spot and an exclusive stamp set in each kit that you can use on other projects as well, but during this 24 hour flash sale, first time subscribers can get their very first kit for just $5. Yes, 5 dollars! Don't miss out on this spectacular deal! Be sure to sign up before 11:59 pm tonight, Friday, June 30th. Just click on the Paper Pumpkin button over on the right hand side of the page and follow the prompts to sign up - easy peasy!
If you have any questions or need any help signing up, just send me a message (you can use the pop up messenger at the bottom of your screen or click on the messenger icon on the far right of your screen). I'd be happy to help! Until next time... Happy Crafting! |
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