Paper Casting

Have you ever heard of paper casting? Jonnelle introduced me to it yesterday and I can't stop!! Want to try it? I'll tell you how...You will need bathroom tissue, a rubber stamp , and a dry towel or paper towels.

Here's how you do it...

1. Tear off about 8-10 squares of bathroom tissue and stack them on top of each other. You can use more or less squares depending on how thick the tissue is and how puffy you want your image. Moisten the paper in the sink. You will want to get it pretty wet.

2. Lay the bathroom tissue stack on your stamp. Press image into stamp. Use your fingers to push paper into the details.

3. While the paper is wet, tear sides for uneven edges or use the side of the stamp to tear straight edges on your image.

4. Using a dry towel or paper towels, press onto image to soak up excess water. Try to get as much water out as you can.

5. Carefully remove image from stamp and let dry.

After the papercast is dry, you can color these with chalks, inks, or other mediums. I used ink pads and a sponge dauber on mine!

I'm totally in love with this technique! Why don't you give it a try! If you do, please send me a picture of it or come back here to tell me how you liked it!

Stamps: All Holidays, Bloomin' Beautiful

Cardstock: Really Rust, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Ink: Really Rust, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Toilet Paper!!

Lovely Letters Gift

I was asked to make personalized notecards to give as a wedding shower gift. The bride is using "Pistacio"as one of her wedding colors. The closest I could come was Certainly Celery! I sort of cased this card but added another layer! What do you think?

I got the Lovely Letters set FREE from Stampin' UP! They are so generous with their demonstrator rewards programs! What a fun company to work for! If you are thinking about joining, I'd love to have you as part of my growing team! Call or email me for details!

On another note, Ben really wanted me to "put this picture on my computer"! He's my CRAZY 5 year old! He's definitly a handful but he's so hard to get mad at because he is just SO funny and absolutly adorable! I feel sorry for his teachers!

Have a wonderful day!

Reminder: Button Share!!

I've been dying to use the new Stampin' UP! Corduroy Buttons but just can't decide which colors to order! So, I've decided to do a Corduroy Button Share so we can get ALL of the colors! Here's how it works...there will be 8 spots in this share (I'll do another group if there is enough interest). Once all 8 spots are taken, I will place the order. You will get 3 buttons of each color (1 of each size) for a total of 24 buttons. The colors include Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun.Cost for local customers is $11.50. If you need your buttons shipped to you, your cost will be $13.I will be placing the first round of orders on May 1st, if all spots are full. There will be 8 spots in each share. If round 1 fills up, I will start another round. You are more than welcome to buy more than one share! You may reserve your spot by emailing me at leaving a comment here or emailing me at wiemannfamily@verizon.net

Rock-A-Bye Boy Pages

Here are the boy pages as promised...! For some reason I cannot get the first two to rotate! If anyone has any advice, let me know!

We're off to the park! Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!!

Scrapbooking

Last night was Scrapbook Night at the Wiemann House! I held a class using the Rock-A-Bye Simply Scrappin' Kits and it was SIMPLE! Here are the layouts that I created! Excuse the glare on the pictures.I was trying to get these taken before the little ones woke up this morning and insanity began!

Simply Scrappin' Kits make scrapbooking SO easy! Stampin' UP! offers a variety of kits for your scrapbooking needs! Browse my online store by clicking the "Shop Now" button on my Stampin' UP Website to take a look!

Come back tomorrow to see the boy layouts! And don't forget to subscribe to my blog for a chance to win a prize!

No Stampin' On This One!!

Last week I made 16 cards with less than 1/2 of the Petal Party Simply Scrappin' Kit and the Chit Chat Rub-Ons. I love how easy and cute they were! Here is one of my favorites! I'll be posting the rest of them sporadically!

Well, it's a rainy, yucky Monday and I am so thankful that I don't have anywhere to be today! I just got JP off to school and now I think I'll head upstairs and start cleaning. I've promised myself that if I can get the boys rooms and the upstairs bathrooms cleaned this morning that I can stamp this afternoon!

Birthday Card Gift Set

I made this gift set awhile ago but never got around to posting it. I'm planning on having a class using this set, Crazy For Cupcakes. But, I keep getting more ideas than I have time! I'll schedule it one of these days!

Box Of Cards

A friend of mine asked me to make a few cards that she could give as a gift. She wanted a variety and I thought it was a great chance to use my Oval All set again! Yes, this is my new favorite set! I just love the simplicity of it! Here are the 4 cards and matching envelopes that I made along with the box to package them in!

Stamps: Oval All

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue

DSP: Chocolate Chip Designer Series Prints

Accessories: Bashful Blue 1/4" Ribbon, Oval Scallop Punch, Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Punch

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Is it good enough to give as a gift?

Fabulous Friends

I think ALL of my friends are FABULOUS! So, this card is for YOU! Thank you all for your support in my Stampin' UP! business and just life in general! You rock!

If you scroll down to my "Fore!" card you'll notice that I used all my "leftovers" from that card on this card! Even the DSP is just the opposite side of the paper. I love the new Oval All set from the Occasions Mini and the Oval Scallop Punch is just the cutest! It's little but totally adorable!

On another note, Happy Tax Day! We LOVE today at our house because it is also Ben's Birthday! He turns 5 today! I'm heading up to his preschool this morning to bring cupcakes and ice cream! Then tonight we will celebrate with my parents. Daddy is out of town till tomorrow so we'll do another "Birthday Dinner" with him tomorrow night! We celebrate birthdays for WEEKS!

Free Stamp Winner!!

Reenee Brady is the winner of the FREE Stamp Set! Send me an email to claim your prize!

If you were not a winner this week, maybe next week you'll get lucky! All you have to do to participate is subscribe to my blog! Good luck!!

Corduroy Button Share

I've been dying to use the new Stampin' UP! Corduroy Buttons but just can't decide which colors to order! So, I've decided to do a Corduroy Button Share so we can get ALL of the colors! Here's how it works...there will be 8 spots in this share (I'll do another group if there is enough interest). Once all 8 spots are taken, I will place the order. You will get 3 buttons of each color (1 of each size) for a total of 24 buttons. The colors include Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun.
Cost for local customers is $11.50. If you need your buttons shipped to you, your cost will be $13.

I will be placing the first round of orders on May 1st, if all spots are full. There will be 8 spots in each share. If round 1 fills up, I will start another round. You are more than welcome to buy more than one share!

You may reserve your spot by emailing me at leaving a comment here or emailing me at wiemannfamily@verizon.net

Hair Bow Keeper

Alright, I NEVER thought I'd EVER EVER EVER have any reason to make a hair bow keeper for any of my children but now I do! Yes, Allie is only 3 1/2 weeks old but she has already accumulated a stash of hair bows! How cute is she? I know, I am so "that Mom"!

I had these frames from the Dollar Spot at Target. I just added some DSP, a flower made out of the scallop punch, a button, and little bit of ribbon! Super simple!

Here is a close-up!

This is her PINK bedding!

And these are the "TuTu Valances" that my Mom made for her! Aren't they adorable?

Happy Easter and Masters Sunday!

What is better than the Easter Bunny visiting? Masters Sunday, of course! Our family really enjoys watching golf! Even the little ones get into it! This year Easter Dinner was changed to "Easter Brunch" as to not interfere with tv coverage of the tournament! It's Allie's first Masters...it's a big deal. Even though her future Father In Law isn't doing so hot! Yes, we've already arranged a marriage between our daughter and his new son as well as with Will and Sam!. We're nuts.

I made this card with The Masters in mind, obviously! I saw a similar one somewhere but can't for the life of me find it now! So, if it was your card, thanks for the inspiration!

Stamps: Taffy Alphabet

Ink: Baja Breez
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

DSP: Urban Garden

Accessories: Stampin' UP! Texturz Plates, Dimensionals, Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, Circle Punches

FREE STAMP SET!

I’m giving away a FREE stamp set! All you need to do is subscribe to my blog for a chance to win! I’ll be choosing a random subscriber (or two) to win a FREE Stamp set from my stash! Winner(s) will be chosen on Wednesday, April 15th and will be announced on the blog! Enter your email address in the box on the right hand column to subscribe now!

Baby Announcements

All of my baby announcements have been sent out so now I can share it on my blog! But, first I need to thank Jaimie for the inspiration! I saw a swap card that she did and knew right away that it would make a perfect announcement! Check out her blog! She does awesome work! I had so much fun making these! Granted, it took me awhile since I had to do them in little stages in what "free time" I had! I hope you like them as much as I do!

As you can see, I used a variety of paper from the Sweet Always DSP pack. I was also able to use a few different colors from the DSP to coordinate the flap with the photo and birth info! I am one of those people that has a hard time making a lot of just one project so it helped me to be able to change it up a bit! The inside was printed on my computer using the RGB codes for Stampin' UP!'s Chocolate Chip. Here are the details..

Stamps: Introducing

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Bone Folder for scoring

Easter Animal Crackers

Here is a card that I made for Easter! I actually made it a LONG time ago (ie. pre-Allie!) but am just now getting around to posting it! I'm not sending out Easter cards to everyone this year since I just finished sending baby announcements and am still working on thank you notes! But, there were a few people that "needed" Easter Greetings so here it is!


Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, So Saffron
DSP: Sale-A-Bration 2009
Stamps: Animal Crackers, $1 Stamp From Michaels
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Bashful Blue Marker,
Punches: Circles, Scallop Edge, Scallop Square

Notecards for Allison

Allie needed a few notecards to send to some very special people! I'm pretty limited on time right now so I wanted something that was quick and easy! I saw these and thought they would be perfect! I had some Candy Lane DSP scraps sitting on my desk and here is what I came up with...

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla

DSP: Candy Lane

Stamps: Taffy Alphabet, Polka Dot Punches

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Easter Project

Isn't this an adorable little Easter box? We have a few different Easter Activities to attend and I thought this would be a perfect hostess gift! Running out of time for Easter? Just use different colors/stamps/embellishments and make one for Teacher Appreciate Week!

Click on the image to see what supplies are used! All of these products can be purchased online through my Stampin' UP! website! www.jenniferwiemann.stampinup.net

Reminder: Baby Scrapbooking Class

Don't forget to RSVP for the Baby Scrapboking Class! See details in the earlier post!

Great Friend

Aren't these butterflies beautiful? They are part of the new stamp set "Great Friend" from the Occasions Mini Catalog! Click on the card to view all of the products used to make this simple card!

All of these supplies can be ordered through my Stampin' UP! Website www.jenniferwiemann.stampinup.net

Place an online order and recieve a FREE Idea Book and Catalog. I am also offering a FREE Ink Pad to all of those that order through my website. The FREE Ink Pad offer must be done through me so once you place your order, email or call me and let me know so that I can put in the ink pad of your choice! This offer is good through the end of April!

Get Connected: Free Stamps!

How's this for a great deal? From April 1-30, spend $40 on products in the Occasions Mini Catalog or host a $150 workshop (including a catalog party) and get a FREE item from the "Under $10" page in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog (p. 208). Filled with exclusive, brand-new products, the Occasions Mini has the products you need to connect with friends and family!

Note: If you place an Online Order, make sure to enter the $40 worth of merchandise first to ensure that your $10 and Under item will come up as FREE.

If you are hostessing a workshop during the month of April and your workshop is at least $150, you also get to choose one of those $10 and Under items for FREE in additional to all the regular hostess benefits.

My April calendar is filling up so I encourage you to call or email me to book your April workshop today. Nothing's better than showing your friends and family just how much fun stamping is!!!

Click HERE to download the flyer for more details on the Get Connected promotion.

Order Your Stampin' Up! Goodies via my website

4 Spots Left in DSP Share!!

I have a few spots left in the DSP Share!! Look a few posts down for the details!