It's Christmas at Sassy Chic - July 2020

Please join us in celebrating Christmas in July! You will get a real head start on your Christmas card list with 10 beautiful cards.

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Christmas in July at Sassy Chic!

As has been our tradition for many years, Sassy Chic Stamp Camp is having it's annual Christmas in July camp!  This is the card I have designed:

The card base and the background pieces are Shaded Spruce.  The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas and is cut out using a die from Stitched Rectangles and the tree is from Winter Woods, both are stamped using Shaded Spruce ink.  The piece under the sentiment was punched using the new Rectangular Postage Stamp punch and the tree was cut using my Scan n Cut machine.  The stars are punched from gold foil and everything is popped up using dimensionals.  The Poppy Parade layer was run through the Tin Tile embossing folder.  Pretty easy and straightforward and I think it is definitely Christmas-y!

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Finalized New Catalog Swap Card

I finally got my card design finished for the new catalog swap that my fellow demos and I are participating in:

Outside

Inside

The card base is Terracotta Tile with a layer of Bumblebee topped by a layer of white that was stamped and then run through the Subtle 3D embossing folder.  The dsp is from the Ornate Garden suite and I used the sunflower stamp on Bumblebee using Early Espresso and layered it on a gold foil sunflower. I colored the center of the sunflower with a Bumblebee marker to make it stand out a bit. The center of the flower looked much better with a circle of gold glimmer paper, but since we no longer carry that, I just cut a gold circle out of the the center of the gold foil sunflower.  The leaves on the inside are stamped in Old Olive using a stamp from Verdant Garden.  The sentiment is from Posted for You.

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Stamp Camp North Flyer - July 2020

Hello Stampers! We had a tremendous response to the May and June Card Camps.  The demo's at Stamp Camp North are happy to continue the "temporary" Card Camp, with a NEW TWIST - for our July 2020 camp you have the option to get the premade cards OR you can get a kit that includes all the parts, instructions for assembly and a picture of the completed card! THEME:   Great CARDS  OPTION A:    $30 for 10 Premade Cards/Envelopes - pick up at Juli Whitfield home: 4635 W.112th Ct Westminster Co 80031 OPTION B:    $35 for same as above WITH MAILING back to you RSVP by  JULY 7th :   juliwhitfield@comcast.net PAYMENT required by JULY 10th: ** cards MUST be prepaid  see below CARDS ready for pick-up/mail to you:  week of July 13th Adams County is dictating no inside groups over 25 can assemble and for us that means we cannot hold an in person stamp camp yet.  Hopefully in August!   RSVP for July 2020 Name: ____________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________ State: ___________  Zip: _____________ Phone:  ______________________  E-Mail: ______________________________ Options:   Pick-up $30 ____________________  Mail $35 ___________________ Pre-made Cards:  ______________________  Card Kits: ____________________ Make checks payable to: Juli  Whitfield 4635 West 112th Court WESTMINSTER CO  80031 Phone#  303-870-6074 Email: juliwhitfield@comcast.net OR PayPal Friends and Family total due to: juliwhitfield@comcast.net

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Happy Father's Day!

Wishing all you wonderful fathers out there a very Happy Father's Day!

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Cards from June Stamp Cam North - Part 2

Here are the rest of the cards from June's Stamp Camp North:

Chris Pereira:

 Juli Whitfield:

 Linda Anderson:

 Patricia Parker:

Terry Kaspari:

I will be posting a notice soon for next month's virtual camp so watch this blog for notices about that very fun event and make sure to get yourself signed up!

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Cards from June Stamp Camp North - Part 1

Here are some of the cards we made for June's Stamp Camp North:

Beverly Derringer:

Cathe Valdez::

 Cathleen Garcia::

 Cathy Hansen:

 Joline Sanchez:

As with last month, this camp was a really fun adventure!  I will have the rest of the cards to show you tomorrow!

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Card Options for Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp - June 2020

I needed a simple card for the kits for the "virtual" Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp.  Here they are:

Either card can be made with the kit as the dsp can be turned over to select one pattern or the other.  The card base is Mossy Meadow with a layer of Old Olive under the dsp layer.  The dsp is from the Peaceful Poppies pack.  The leaf cluster is from the Forever Fern die set and it is cut in half and stuck under the Old Olive label cut from the Ornate Layers dies which is popped up on dimensionals.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with one of the rectangles from the Stitched Rectangle dies.

We had a great camp last month and I am looking forward to another one this month!  The information about this camp can be found HERE.  If you have any questions or concerns about this camp, just leave me a comment or respond using the form in the sidebar.

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Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp - June 2020

Here is the flyer for the June 2020 Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp:

If you would like more information or have any questions, please leave me a comment or use the form in the sidebar.  Last month's camp was a roaring success so be sure to get signed up to share in all the fun.

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Sassy Chic Stamp Camp cards - June, 2020

These are the cards from this month's Sassy Chic virtual card camp.  I swiped the image from Sassy Chic's Facebook page!  If you are on FB, this is an excellent source for information about the status of upcoming events, so do go and visit.  These cards were all done in a "masculine" theme and can be used for all kinds of occasions.

I am busily working on making the cards for the Stamp Camp North virtual camp for June and making a few inroads in designing a card for this month's Rose Hill Stamp Camp, which is also a virtual camp.  I will have more details to share about that camp very soon.  It looks like that is going to be the case for a couple more months at least.  We are all cognizant of the fact that many of us and many of our crafty friends are in a high risk group and we don't see any sense at all in subjecting the campers or ourselves to unnecessary risk.  It's not the same as spending personal time with each other, but for the time being it is keeping us all safe and healthy.  Hang in there fellow crafters and know that all of us are thinking about you.

I have my first order from the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog arriving today and am really looking forward to having the ink pads for the new in-colors!  I have a few stamp sets coming too which means more options for camps! Should prove to be a fun day!

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2020-2021 Annual Catalog Swap - Alternative

I knew I wouldn't come up with the final card until I had tried some more colors and dsp combinations.  Here is another:

This time, I combined my original idea for the swap with the layout for the Stamp Camp North card and came up with this one.  The card base is Terracotta Tile with a layer of Bumblebee.  I then added a layer of white which was stamped in Terracotta Tile with a sentiment from Ornate Thanks and embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.  I then layered a piece of Ornate Garden dsp on a piece of Bumblebee and added it to the front of the card.  The sunflower base is a piece of dsp from the Birthday Bonanza dsp pack over which I layered a sunflower outline die cut from gold foil.  I added a punched piece of gold glimmer cardstock for the center of the sunflower. This won't be the final version as I need to substitute a different dsp for the sunflower base as the paper is retired now.

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2020-2021 Annual Catalog Swap

There is a local group of demonstrators that I am friends with and they are having a swap using items from the new catalog.  I made a couple samples with the set I chose, (Celebrating Sunflowers) but I am not sure which one I want to use:

DH likes the middle one, but I am still on the fence!  The card base on all three is Night of Navy as is the larger label and the sunflower cut out.  The dsp used is from the Flowers for Every Season designer series paper pack.  The larger label was cut out from the Tasteful Labels dies and the white sentiment piece was created using the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.  The sentiment is from Ornate Thanks and was stamped with Night of Navy ink.  The embossed piece is the new in color Misty Moonlight and it was embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.  I added a white mat after making the top one and I do like it better.  I punched out a 3/4" circle from a scrap piece of silver glimmer paper.  I added rhinestones to the sentiment and now I just have to decide if this is the card I want to use and if so, which one!  This is a fun stamp and die combination with lots of potential so I might just keep experimenting!  Cards are not due until the end of June.  I have to make 20 or so and so the supply of dsp is also important.  I have more coming in my first order since the catalog went live and I hope it gets here soon!

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Decisions, Decisions

I am designing my project for this month's virtual Stamp Camp North.  In browsing through blogs this morning, I found THIS CARD.  I thought I'd give it a try (with my twist of course).  These are the two that I came up with.  The first one uses the same colors and dsp as the original and the second switches things up just a little bit with different colors, different dsp and slightly different placement.  What do you guys think?

I absolutely love this Forever Fern stamp set and the dsp in the Forever Greenery pack.  I love how these stamps allow you to have several shades of color from the same inking.  Not sure which one I want to go with yet, but I really like them both.

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Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp - Cards for May, 2020 - Part 2

May's Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp was a "virtual" camp and the demos made card kits for our crafty partners to make at home.  Here's the second batch:

Kathy Howes:

 Chris Pereira:

 Joline Sanchez: 

 Shannon Beddingfield:

Tina Smith: 

This was a fun activity to share with our crafty friends and I look forward to doing it again in June.  I am already working on a project!  Our group of demos is also having a swap with items from the new Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 catalog.  I look forward to making my card and sharing all the cards with you next month. 

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Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp - Cards for May, 2020 - Part 1

This month's Rose Hill Grange Stamp Camp was a "virtual" camp and the demos made card kits for our crafty partners to make at home.  Here's the first batch:

Patricia Parker:

Cathy Hansen: 

 Beverly Derringer:

 Cathleen Garcia:

 Terry Kaspari:

I will post the rest of the cards tomorrow.  This was very fun and I think that our fellow crafters really enjoyed these.

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