Sale-A-Bration Has Started

Sale-a-Bration 2011 has started!  During Sale-A-Bration, you can earn free stamp sets and other great items.  There are three ways to Sale-A-Brate:  as a customer, a hostess or by becoming a demonstrator.  Click here for more details. 

So far, among my customers, the two favorite stamp sets have been Punch Bunch and Bliss. You can these stamp sets and other Sale-A-Bration items by clicking here to get the catalog. 

Here are some cards that use Punch Bunch and Bliss.

This is a card that I made using the Bliss stamp set and the Beautiful Wings embosslit.

Shauna Mikuliak made this card using the same stamp set.  The deep purple color is Concord Crush.  If you are a TCU fan (I live in a suburb of Fort Worth), this color is the closest to TCU purple that I have seen in card stock, ribbon and ink.

This last card was made by my newest demonstrator friend, Sue Manlove.  I met Sue and her husband, Larry, my first day in Nashville as we were waiting for the bus to go to the Gaylor Opryland hotel.  While the hotel was within walking distance, it was below freezing every day, so Larry kindly drove us back and forth to the hotel. 

If you would like to take advantage of the Sale-A-Bration promotion as a customer, hostess or demonstrator, please contact me at sharon@sharoncheng.com.  In addition to the bonus bundle provided by Stampin' Up!, I have a little something extra for the first person who signs up under me during this special.

Creatively yours,

Sharon Cheng
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Leadership Swaps - More Valentines

Here are three more Valentine cards that I got at Stampin' Up!'s Leadership Conference earlier this month.

This card by Lela Grunden Holper uses the Heart Pressed Letterpress Plate for the background.   Notice the bird's wing on the right is made with Red Glimmer paper.

Jacynthe Gauthier made this card using the flamingoes in the Valentine Defined stamp set. 

Here is card by Aly Schilling that also uses the Valentine Defined stamp set. I love how you can use the same stamp set and make so many different cards.

Today is also the first day of Sale-A-Bration.  This is Stampin' Up!'s annual sale where you can select free products for every $50 in orders.  Click here to get more details about this promotion.  

Creatively yours,

Sharon Cheng
Richland Hills, TX

Leadership Swaps - Valentines

One of the things I enjoy about Stampin' Up! events is swapping cards with other demonstrators.  Here are three Valentine cards that I received when I was at Leadership at the Gaylord Opryland.

All three cards use the Red Glimmer paper that is in the new Occasions mini card.  The glimmer paper allows you to add red glitter to your projects without the clean up when you use regular glitter.  All glimmer papers are not the same.  You want a paper that can be cut, die cut and punched and has glitter all the way across the page without gaps.  As you can tell, I've been pleased with the quality of Stampin' Up!'s glimmer paper.

This card was made by Katrina Merriman.  She used the Love Impressions designer series paper and the Be My Valentine stamp.  She textured the Love Impressions paper by running it through the crimper and lightly sponging Basic Gray Classic Ink on the paper.

Judy Almanzor made this card which also uses the Love Impressions designer series paper.  She die cut the scalloped square using the Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die.  She used the XOXO stamp set in the Occasions mini catalog and the small heart punch.

This third card was made by Peggy Taylor.  She used the First Edition specialty designer series paper.  This paper is lighter weight than most of our paper which makes it easier to crumple or use for papier-mache projects.  Now you don't have to rip pages out of old books any more.

I received lots of swap cards, so keep checking back to see more of them.

Creatively yours,
Sharon Cheng
Richland Hills, Texas

Leadership Make and Takes

Last week I was in Nashville at Stampin' Up!'s Leadership Conference.  It was fabulous and one of the best conferences ever. Here are some of our make and take projects.

 

This fabric brooch was made using the Springtime Vintage fabric and the new Fun Flowers Bigz L Die.  You can cut 4-8 layers of fabric at the same time in the Big Shot.  That makes prepping for a project like this very quick.  You can hot glue or sew the layers together to make this brooch. 

Stampin' Up! included the largest Simply Adorned charm and chain in our make and take packet.  They showed us how to add the seam binding ribbon and more charms to personalize the chain.  This jpg includes the inserts they had us make to put in the charm.  I made the flower insert on the left with the leftover items in my kit.

This notebook is made from one of Stampin' Up!'s DVD cases. You'll want to use the Stampin' Up! cases because it doesn't have the molded plastic to hold the DVD.

Here is the notepad and pen that I put inside the case. I did have to cut the notepad to fit into the case.

This last project was a card that we made using the Petal card punch.  I liked the way that we used the crimper to make the ridges at the bottom of the card.

Check back later this week and I'll post some of the swap cards that I got at Leadership.

Creatively yours,

Sharon Cheng

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Open House This Sunday

This is my flying heart Valentine's Day card.  I used the Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to emboss the heart.  The rhinestone fits perfectly in one of the circles from the folder.  The texture around the edges is from the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder in the new Occasions mini catalog,

You can see this card and other new samples from the Occasions and Sale-a-Bration mini catalogs at my open house.  We'll also have a free make and take and lots of retired stamps and other items priced to sell. 

Date:  Sunday, January 9th
Time:  1 to 4 p.m.
Location:  Crafty Hen House, 2604 Harwood, Bedford, 76021

With 5 demonstrators participating in this event, you'll see many different samples and lots of bargains.  

Creatively yours,

Sharon Cheng
Fort Worth, TX
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3D Poinsettia

For my Christmas printers tray, I made a 3D poinsettia that I also used in this card.  The poinsettia was adapted from a tutorial by valita.  She is a talented Stampin' Up! demonstrator who lives in Australia.  I also cased the card layout from another demonstrator.  I love the way that the card looks like a gift wrapped package.

For the poinsettia, start by using the Leaves #2 die (113459) to cut 6 leaves:  5 are Real Red and 1 is Old Olive.  I then embossed the red leaves using the Finial Press embossing folder (115963) and the green leaf using the Elegant Lines embossing folder (119277).

Cut the stem off of each leaf.  Then cut the leaf into 3 pieces as shown.  You'll also want to punch out a 1/2"circle (119869) to use as the base for the poinsettia.  Sponge each leaf using Cherry Cobbler for the real red leaves and Always Artichoke for the old olive leaf.

Curl each leaf as shown.  I held the tip of the leaf in my right hand and pulled up with my left hand to curl the leaf.

Attach the five long leaves to the ½”circle.   

Then add the smaller leaves.   

After everything is dry, add the green leaves to the flower.

When you are done, finish off poinsettia flower with a brad in the middle.  

For the card, I used Stampin’ Up!’s Build-A-Brad (109128).  The Build-A-Brads can be customized with any insert that you can punch out with your ½” circle punch (119869).

For the center of the flower in the Christmas tray, I used a gold glitter brad (121003). 

Click here to see the Christmas tray.

Go to my online store to buy the items to make this flower.

I hope you enjoy making this flower!

Sharon Cheng

Richland Hills, TX

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Art-To-Go Printer's Tray - Christmas Joy

 

This is the Christmas version I made for my Art-To-Go Printer's Tray series. 

I had so much fun making the 3D tree in the bottom left hand corner of my Christmas tray that I used the same technique on this card. 

The idea for this tree came from the fact that I couldn’t follow the directions for a different 3D tree!  This tree is relatively quick to make when you use the Big Shot and a punch to cut your scallop circles.

 

For this tree, I used the following dies and punch. 

Scallop Circle Die (113468)
Scallop Circle #2 Die (113469) I used the largest circle
2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch (118874) 

Cut one of each scallop circle and then cut each one in half.  Because you cut all three pieces in half, you’ll get two trees from the three circles!  I embossed the half circles using my Big Shot (113439) and the Final Press embossing folder (115963).  Then I used a dauber to add Frost White Shimmering Ink (116854) to the paper.  

Form a cone with the first circle and glue in place by overlapping one scallop as shown here.  Repeat with the other two half circles.

 

Press the cones until they are almost flat.  Then glue one to the other as shown here.

 

When you have all three parts glued together, you have your tree.  I added the bird from the Merry Details Sizzlit (116823).

 

For the card, the tag is made with the following items.

Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set (115370)
Modern Label Punch (119849)
Tags til Christmas Stamp Set (121169)
Decorative Label Punch  (120907)

Visit my online store to get your supplies for this project.  Remember that when you purchase $25 or more in product, you are eligible for my Rewards Program.
 
Creatively yours, 

Sharon Cheng
Richland Hills, TX

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