Shop News

20 on 20

 Tomorrow is October 20th...and that means it's

 

20% OFF DAY

Shop and get 20% off your purchase!*

  

Discount is taken before tax and your club card will not be stamped and

cannot be redeemed. Discount does not apply to sale items, clearance

item, consignment, gift certificates, class fees, special orders,

make & take projects, items on order or hold. See store for details.

 

Saturday Make & Take

 

Saturday Make & Take is $2 each

10:30am - 2:00pm or while supplies last.

 

Happy Stamping,

Nic

Shop News

Memory Box and Poppy Dies are here!















Candy Tube Ideas
I have a treat for you today...some awesome Treat Tube samples that is! 

These tubes can be decorated for Baby Showers, Birthdays, Easter, etc. How about for Thanksgiving to set on each place setting. Fill them with nuts and dried cranberries & raisins for a healthy treat. The ideas are endless! These samples were made by one of my instructors. Come in and check them out in person.
 
     2 sizes available



Happy Stamping,
Nic

Classroom News and Inspiration

Coming this week:

Monday, September 20th
Burnished Velvet with Nic **CLASS IS FULL**
1:00 – 4:00

Tuesday, September 21st
20% Off Day
This is your day to come into the store and save money on all the goodies you have had your eye on. Today I will be including all 81/2x11 cardstock, 12x12 paper and ribbon. Remember, your club card will not be stamp and cannot be redeemed.

Thursday, September 23rd
Sassy Ladies with Carole
1:00 – 4:00
$25
Get ready for some every day women you can identify with. The baker with a yummy pie for desert, a shopper at the mall, and a sexy grandma out on the town. Copic markers will bring them all to life.
(Click pics to enlarge image)


Saturday, September 25th
DeNami Halloween and Thanksgiving with Kelly
9:00 – 12:00
$25
We are going to mix it up a little in this class by using both fabulous fall-themed stamps and spooktacular Halloween images. We will be making 4 cards and one special Halloween project that will be sure to get your fall season started out right!!


Saturday, September 25th
Delightfully DeNami: 10 Card Blitz with Kelly **CLASS IS FULL**
1:00 – 5:00

Sunday September 26th
DeNami Christmas Spectacular with Kelly
9:00 – 12:00
$25
Christmas already??? ABSOLUTELY! As stampers, we need to get a head start on our holiday cards and here is the perfect chance!!! I will be incorporating some of DeNami’s brand new Christmas images in this class. I am so excited to share them with you. Our projects will range from classic to whimsy and elegant Christmas designs that will be sure to match up with everyone on your list!! We will be making 4 cards and one special Christmas giftable item to help get you in the Christmas spirit!!


Sunday September 26th
DeNami Divine: 10 Card Blitz with Kelly
1:00 – 5:00
$35
Welcome to the divine world of DeNami Design! In this blitz class, we will be creating 10 quick and simple (yet GORGEOUS) cards. These all occasion cards will be a bit more traditional than those created in the “Delightfully DeNami Blitz” class but still will be in classic DeNami style with a slightly whimsy yet elegant flair. Remember: Blitz classes are very fast paced so come armed with your basic supplies and ready to work. At the end, you will have 10 wonderful cards to share with your friends and family and you will have had a great time creating them!!!


***PLEASE NOTE: ALL DENAMI CLASSES MUST BE PRE-PAID TO HOLD YOUR SPOT AND DUE TO ALL THE TIME AND HARD WORK INVOLVED IN PREPARING FOR THESE CLASSES THEY ARE NON-REFUNDABLE!!!

DeNami Class Samples
Kelly has posted class samples on her blog. Click HERE to see all the fantastic designs she has come up with. I know everyone is going to have a blast making these cards at her classes!

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NEW CLASS has been added for September!

Thursday, September 30th

Celebrate Christmas with Carole

1:00-4:00

$25

It's Christmas with Penny Black rubber stamps. There's something for everyone from elegant trees or a robin with holly leaves, Wise men, to some whimsical penguins in the snow. Come celebrate Christmas card making with Carole.



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Did you miss the Saturday Make & Take?

Here is what we made:

We used one of the new Our Craft Lounge sets called Spooky Tags. I LOVE this set!


"Thank you" to all of you that stopped by the store to stamp with me :)


Happy Stamping,
Nic

Another Hoppy Spring project

Here is another card from the A Muse Hoppy Spring class. This is what Lori had to say about her design:

"When I was a kid I loved looking inside those sugar Easter eggs to see the little scenery. That was my inspiration for coming up with this design. A simple egg shaped card base with a hole cut out of the front. The ideas are endless! The little bunny stamp can be used for more than just Easter. Hand draw some little flowers in the basket...or add a little rhinestone to turn it into a purse. You could also mask off the basket and have just the bunny image. I love coming up with more ways to use each stamp."



Thank you Lori for sharing some of your creations here on the blog.


Happy Stamping,
Nic

Hoppy Spring

I have a special treat for you. One of my instructors has given the OK to share a couple of card designs from her A Muse Hoppy Spring class. Lori is a certified instructor for A Muse Artstamps and has been teaching here at Stamp Works since 2008.

Isn't this card adorable! I just love this bunny. Such a sweet little thing :)



A Muse products are designed as a collection. With their fresh, simple designs you can create beautiful cards, invitations, scrapbook pages and more in just minutes. I have a large selection of A Muse images, papers, ribbons and other goodies here at the store. Stop on by the shop to see this card as well as many other A Muse projects to get your creativity flowing. Make sure to check back here on the blog later this week for another Hoppy Spring creation.

Happy Stamping,
Nic

Shop News & Card Idea

JUST ARRIVED!
More Spellbinder Dies are now in stock!!

CARD IDEA
I have another project to share with you. Lori Barnett created this card using products from the A Muse Back To School release.

The background on the card is an image from the School Time clear set. I love how it adds to the card without taking focus away from the main image. The sentiment is also from the clear set. The new Solid Apple is one of the new wood mounted stamps. I'm sure any teacher would just love to receive this sparkly red apple. :)

TIP: A great way to adhere glitter on solid images is with a product called Simple Stick. This amazing powder is an adhesive used to attach glitter, glass beads and flocking. It's like using embossing powder. Your glitter will not rub off - and it stays sparkly!

Products used to create card: A Muse Papaya Yellow 4-bar Note Card, White Cardstock; Bazzill Red and Black Cardstock; A Muse School Time Set and Solid Apple; A Muse Black Dye Ink; Colorbox Chalk Ink Yellow Ochre; Versamark Ink; EK Success 1 3/4" Circle Punch; Marvy Uchida Circle Punch (blue) and Scalloped Circle Punch (pink); A Muse Simple Stick; Art Glitter True Red; Copic Markers R22 Light Prawn,R29 Lipstick Red & YG17 Grass Green; A Muse Papaya Yellow Polka Dot Sheer Ribbon; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ruler; Paper Piercing Tool; Foam Dimensional Tape

Back to School Ideas

I hope you all are enjoying my blog. It's a wonderful way to share information about the shop and classes. Many of you have asked if I could post some stamping projects. So that's what I have to share with you today.

When the begining of September rolls around I think of school. So I thought it would be fun to share some school related ideas. A Muse Artstamps just came out with a fabulous line of Back to School products. Lori Barnett, instructor for A Muse, designed this 6 x 6 scrapbook page using some of the new back to school goodies.



The page base is their new Lined Cardstock. I love how Lori created the frame with the ruler stamp from the new School Time set. Clever!! The picture is a standard school wallet photo - and works perfect for this page size. You could very easily create an entire album with 1 page for each school year.

Here's the list of products used to create this project:
A Muse - Lined Cardstock, Black Gingham Cardstock, School Time Set, Birthday Builder Set, Black Dye Ink; Colorbox Chalk Inks - Olive Pastel, Lipstick Red, Charcoal, Amber Clay; EK Success - Small Brackets Punch; Bazzill - Red Cardstock; Misc - Foam Dimensional Tape, Black Brads, Small Hole Punch, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

I hope you enjoyed this idea. In the next few days I'll have another project to share with you.

Happy Stamping,
Nic