WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24.2021...SIMPLY SUCCULENT BUNDLE

 Hey, Hey, Hey Stampers!  Happy hump day!  We are halfway through the workweek and just a couple steps away from the weekend. 

A while back I thought I was ordering the Simply Succulents bundle but goofed and ordered the wrong number! eek!  I only ordered the dies!  

Now don't get me wrong....for me the dies are the star of the show....but I needed the stamp set too....so I had to wait another couple of weeks for it to get ordered and arrive.  

I just the stamp set today....so now I can proudly say I have The simple succulents bundle… And I’m here to share a card with you today!

This bundle is fabulous!

Here is a look at this bundle:

Notice that there are four stitched tag dies for the greetings, along with four succulents die, a pot die, two greenery dies and the OH SO FRICKEN FABULOUS intricate background die cut!!!! 

And here is my card:

For my card I used a Mango Melody card base ( this is a color I rarely use)  and Night of Navy mat layer.

 I die cut the fabulous intricate die and clipped away some of the flowers and used it as a background. Then I used a wink of Stella to color inside the petals.

The photo does not do this card any justice.  In-person it is gorgeous....with the glimmery die-cut and plain background.

Next, I stamped the images and colored them with Stampin'  Blend alcohol markers 

I added a bit of Wink of Stella to the foliage as well. 

A quick greeting die cut with one of the stitched tag dies and my card is done. 

You are going to see more of this gorgeous set....I have a ton of ideas floating about in my head with this fabulous bundle! 

Don't forget: 

If you want to continue using any of these colors, you must stock up on them now!

• 
  The current catalog ends May 3rd. (That's earlier than you're used to.)
• When the retirement list comes out on March 24th, anything with these colors will be on it.
• And, of course, at that point everyone will be rushing to try and get stocked up on these items:
  • Ink refills 
  • Card Stock  
  • Markers
  • Designer Series Papers
  • Stampin' Blends
  • Embellishments 
  •  Ribbons
• By stocking up on your favorites now, you'll get a free Sale-a-Bration item for every $60 of your purchase 

****And it all ends on Sunday****MY LAST WORKSHOP ORDER GOES IN TOMORROW MORNING.....CONTACT ME BEFORE 8 AM IF YOU WISH TO ORDER ANYTHING*****

I hope to see you all live for a chat and some crafty fun tonight: 

TUESDAY, FEB 23, 2021. . . STAMP WITH SHEL - HALF FOLD CARDS

Hey, Hey, Hey Stampers!  Happy Tuesday!  

Today I wanted to pop on and share with you a bit of business and then share a video tutorial fun fold!  

Grab a beverage and get caught up on the current Stampin' Up! news and then check out my video tutorial below: 

ONLY FIVE MORE DAYS LEFT OF SALE-A-BRATION AND THEN THE FREEBIES WILL BE GONE 😩 MY LAST SALE-A-BRATION EARNING WORKSHOP ORDER GOES IN ON THURSDAY FEB 25.....IF YOU WANT ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE THURSDAY AT 8 AM.  

Coming March 1st!!!!!  Butterfly Bouquet!  These products are GORGEOUS!  

 Here are my half fold cards:

And here is my video tutorial for the half-fold cards: 

Monday, Feb 22, 2021....FABULOUS New Card Class To Go!!!!!

Hey Hey Hey Stampers!

  I am super excited to announce my 

Pretty Perennials Card Class To Go! 

This beautiful class is so bright and cheerful!  

 There are two options available for this class 

Check out all the details here: 

 Contact me to register:  

Email: andersonshel@gmail.com or 

Phone (204) 232-7744

FRIDAY, FEB 19, 2021...BUTTERFLY BRILLIANCE.....SNEEK PEEK.....

 Hey, Hey Stampers!  Happy Friday! 

Thanks so much for popping by today.  I have a new product to share with you, a couple of card samples and a video tutorial too! 

Here is the new product.....available to you March 1st.....it is an early release from the upcoming new annual catalog: 

And here are the two cards I made: 

And here is the link to the video tutorial: 

https://youtu.be/GRxTjUOO-WQ

MONDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2021......CONTEST ALERT......CONTEST ALERT......CONTEST ALERT

 

Hey, Hey Stampers! 

I am here today to announce a contest that starts today and ends on February 28th. 

Here is a quick video explaining the contest, and the prize. 

Good Luck!

https://youtu.be/o3QOQnk4Ciw

Good Luck!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020....LOVE IS IN THE AIR.....STAMPING INKSPIRATIONS BLOG HOP.....

 

Hey, Hey Stampers!  

                             Happy Saturday! 

Today, I am hopping with my pals over at the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop!  

The theme this month is "Love Is In The Air"  

How appropriate now that Valentine's Day is tomorrow.  

Here is my card: 

Here is the supply list for this card: 

Supplies: 

Basic Black (card base) 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 score at 4 1/4

Whisper White (liner) 4 x 5 1/4

True Love DSP 3 3/4 x 5

Vellum Cardstock 3 1/4 x 43/4 (hammered metal embossing folder)

Purple Posy 2 1/8 x 4 (stitched rectangle)

Basic Black 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 (love die-cut) 

Cut flower bloom from the dsp

Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather & Soft Suede blends

Matte Black Dots

Wink of Stella

Forever & Always Bundle

Versamark ink pad

Heat Tool

Embossing Buddy

Black Embossing Powder

Now hop on to the next blog and see what my crafty friends have in store for you......

 

Here are all my crafty friends in case you get lost on the hop: 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Alejandra Gomez  ●  Vicki Milyard

  Tricia Butts  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith  ●  Annette Ball

Jo Blackman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Jan Musselman

Terry Hamilton  ●  Lisa Mackey  ●  Deb Macdowell

Sue Allen  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Linda Moore  ●  Satomi Wellard  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Melissa Faust  ●  JoAnn Pollock  ●  Narelle Fasulo

Mo Rootes  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Susan Webster

Susan Simpson  ●  Anne Marie Hile  ●  Ann Krucek

Shel Anderson  ●  Kimberley Morris  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Danielle Kassing  ●  Chris Smith  ●  Mikaela Titheridge

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Jill Chapman  ●  Teri West  ●  Libby Fens

 

FRIDAY FEB 12, 2021.....

 

HEY, HEY, HEY STAMPERS!  

HAPPY FRIDAY!   WOOT WOOT!

AND IT IS A LONG WEEKEND TOO! 

YAY!  

I HAVE A BUSY WEEKEND PLANNED ....IT IS CLEAN OUT THE CRAFTROOM WEEKEND....SO I WILL BE A BUSY GAL!  

TIME TO PURGE AND RE-ORGANIZE AND RE-INK MY MARKERS AND INK PADS....DUST AND CLEAN AND POLISH....YOU KNOW, THE TWICE A YEAR OVERHAUL AND REFRESH.  

TODAY, I HAVE A FUN CARD TO SHARE WITH YOU , MADE WITH TODAY'S FEATURED PRODUCT......(DRUMROLL) .....SNAILED IT! 

THIS FABULOUS BUNDLE IS FOUND ON PAGE 55 OF THE J2J MINI CATALOG. 

I ALSO USED THE COORDINATING TWINE, DSP AND EMBELLISHMENTS FOUND ON THAT SAME PAGE:

I ALSO USED THE STITCHED SO SWEETLY DIES FOUND ON PAGE 74 OF THE ANNUAL CATALOG AS WELL AS THE NEW BLENDING BRUSHES FROM THE J2J MINI ON PAGE 70. OF COURSE I COLORED MY IMAGES WITH ASSORTED STAMPING BLENDS AND ADDED A HINT OF WINK OF STELLA TO MY SNAIL TO MAKE HER A BIT SHIMMERY.

AND HERE IS MY CARD: 

I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN ME SUNDAY AT 2PM FOR STAMP WITH SHEL FACEBOOK LIVE!  

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND MY FRIENDS....

  

STAY SAFE AND HAPPY STAMPING!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021......TECHNIQUE THURSDAY....DISTRESSING AND MORE.....

 

Hey, Hey, Hey stampers!  Happy Thursday!  

Last night I hosted my Wednesday night Facebook Live....and I did things a little differently.  

The card we made featured three techniques: 

• distressing
• split panel cut
• blender pen coloring

And it was designed for the guys! Here is the card I made: 

I completed the card during the live and then asked the participants to grab their catalog and turn to page 70.....this is where they found a card very similar to mine......I used the most valuable tool.....the catalog.....I found a card I liked and CASED it....I changed it up and made it to my liking but still the idea came from the catalog itself. 

I wanted to show the girls that they can find inspiration whenever they are feeling a loss of creative mojo.  

If you would like to see the video for this card and all the supplies go to my Facebook live video on my Facebook business page: @stampwithshel

Please like and share my page.  

WEDNESDAY, FEB 10, 2021.....SOON TO RETIRE ITEMS AND EARN FREE PRODUCTS....

 

This year there is a change in catalog dates, meaning that the retiring products list will be coming out in March this year.  

Typically once products hit the retiring list they sell out very quickly. 

I had a thought....if I showed you the products that I know for sure are going to retire now....you are ahead of the game and IF YOU ORDER BEFORE FEB 28 you can earn SALE-A-BRATION FREEBIES too!!  

So....I went through the online store and created a list of items( cardstock, dsp, ribbon and trim, embellishments, inks, re-inkers, stampin write markers, stampin blends, etc) I know are going to be retiring.  

Go through the list and let me know if there is anything you wish to order. 

Here is the link to the retiring items: 

http://www.stampinup.ca/shared-lists/b140ac3c-23d9-4c14-8ccb-0d993458c3cd?

I have an order going in later today.   

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2021....AROUND THE WORLD ON WEDNESDAY....YOU'VE GOT MAIL...

 

Hey, hey Stampers!  Happy Wednesday!  

I am especially happy today as this is the second Wednesday of the month....that means Around The World On Wednesday Blog Hop!  

This is a global blog hop with Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world.  Each month we have a specific theme and base our project on that theme.  

This month it was "You've Got Mail, with a specific focus on the inside"  hmmmm....I will admit this one was a challenge for me.

I can make a wow on the outside no problem....but the inside.....geesh!   I was stumped!

  But I went in my craft room and just sat there and found a stamp set and it went on from there.  This card was VERY time-consuming!  Here is what I came up with: 

Now from the outside, this looks like a regular card....which is what I was going for....nothing special....just a regular card.

  

But to up the wow factor for the inside, I used double-sided DSP for the card base and put the pretty flower print on the inside!   

I also decided to make this a fun fold with four panels that opened in different directions. I do not know the name of the fold as I have never seen one before. it is just something I made up as I went along. 

Also, I made it a peek a boo window card that worked on three of the four panels!   

Here is the card with the first panel open to reveal the same snail that was on the front with an additional tag: 

Here is the card with the second panel open to reveal the same snail that was on the front with an additional friend:

And here is the card all the way opened to reveal the fourth panel and the decorated message panel: 

The supplies that I used for this card are:

• Cherry Cobbler card stock
• Basic White card stock
• Basic Black card stock
• Rococo Rose card stock
• Assorted Stampin Blends
• White chalk markers
• Memento Black ink pad
• Layering circle dies
• Snailed It stamp set
• Playful Alphabet dies
• Hole punch (office supply) 
• Black glittered organdy ribbon

Now I hope you enjoyed my card.....and I would love to hear your comments. 

Now for more creative fun please click the link and head on over to the next blog on the hop: 

Jan Clothier - NZ

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Satomi Wellard

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Wendy Lee - US

You are here ---> Shel Anderson - CA

Chris Smith - US

Anne Marie Hile - US

Brenda Nelson - CA

Tricia Butts - US

Elaine de Montmorency - CA

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

 

 Don't forget we only have two more weeks to earn  Sale-A-Bration FREEBIES....and then it's gone. 😔😔  

Also, about the new promotion coming March 1st....it is the early release of some GORGEOUS coordinated products from the upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalog!  Check this out: