Hello my friends, sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Life keeps getting the best of me, plus our weather is getting warmer. We have been spending a little more time outside. We got our plants planted in the greenhouse and some of the rainy winter weeds pulled. I have been working on some cards, I just haven’t had a chance to photograph them and get them posted. I finished my paper pumpkin cards for this month. I have been trying to get my craft stuff in order again. The new catalog is out and you can start ordering on May 4th. I haven’t ordered anything except some of the new colors. Stanmpin’ Up has retired a lot of their colors. They have brought back 7 old colors and added 4 new colors and 5 new in colors. When a new catalog comes out they get rid of lots of old inventory, some at reduced costs. So go check out my page and see if you find any deals. Card class tomorrow! 

Have a great weekend,

Ruth Gonzales, Stampin’ Up Demonstrator

Irresistible Blooms

Hello everyone, Today I am just going to post some pictures from our March card class. I CASED some really pretty card ideas from Pinterest. Thank you, “INKspirations”, “Rachael Tessman” and “Charlene Bayley” for the ideas. We always enjoy a quick lunch provided by different  members of the group each month. Then we get down to the business of card making. The Bundle I used this month is part of the new online exclusives Stampin’ Up is going to be doing. Also, FYI we just found out that most everything will be going up in price with the new catalog. So if there is anything you like or need you might want to purchase it now from the current catalog and Sale-A-Bration catalog. I am including a QR code that will take you directly to my website for your shopping convenience. If you have any friends you think might like to have a great time making their own beautiful cards, just let me know at rgonza1581@aol.com

Happy shopping everyone see you next week.

  Thank you all for stopping by today.

Ruth Gonzales, Stampin’ Up Demonstrator 

Irresistible Blooms

Hello, my crafty friends, Life has been a little weird lately. I have had some dental things I have been with, now I am having to deal with some health issues. But anyway, I am here today.

I was going to focus on the free stamp set "thanks a bunch", but sale-a-bration is over and this stamp set is no longer available. But I still wanted to share these cards with you just in case you were able to get it before it was over.

 Stampin' Up is doing a new thing. They are called "exclusives". these are items that can only be seen online. The bundle I am featuring today is called "Irresistible Blooms". This set has some extra dies besides just the ones that cut out the stamped images. As you can see from the pictures above, the circle cut out is one of those dies. So, let's get started with today's card. I used Flirty Flamingo card stock for my card base today. It's cut at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4. Then a flirty flamingo piece of card stock was cut at 5 1/4x4. Take the circle die from the bundle and place it on the upper part of the flirty flamingo paper and die cut it using the mini stampin' cut machine. Next you will use the background stamp and some flirty flamingo ink and stamp round the circle and the bottom. Cut a piece DSP at 4x4. Adhere that to the upper front of your card base. Using dimenionals adhere the piece of card stock you just cut the circle on, to the front of the card over the DSP to form a window. Now on another piece of basic white card stock we are going to do some heat embossing. With versa mark ink we are going to stamp one large flower, one small flower and three of the double leaves. Then you are going to put some embossing powder on all of the versa marked images. Now with your heat tool you will carefully heat and melt the embossed images until they are smooth and shiny. Now comes the fun, using your blending brushes you are going to apply ink to your embossed flowers and leaves. Start in the middle of your flowers and apply your ink, darker in the middle. On the leaves start at the bottom and work your way up. With a tissue gently wipe off the top of the images to get the extra ink off. Now you will die cut those pieces out and adhere, using dimenionals and glue, to your card front as shone in the above picture. I used a banner tag from the "stylish shapes" dies to stamp my sentiment on, I used a sentiment from the bundle. Adhere that to the lower right corner of your card front. Next you are going to place your embellishments on. I used the "loose frosted dots" that coordinate with this bundle. On the inside of your card cut a piece of basic white card stock at 4x4 1/2 and adhere that to the inside of your card. If you want to stamp some flowers or another sentiment on it, do it before you adhere it to the inside. You may also stamp on your envelope to match it to your beautiful card.

THINGS I USED...

irresistible blooms bundle #161150

hello, irresistible 6x6 DSP #161139

Loose frosted dots #161153

flirty flamingo card stock #141416

basic white card stock #159276

daffodil delight ink #147094

flirty flamingo ink #147052

stampin' dimenionals #104430

multipurpose glue #110755

blending brushes #153611

mini die cut machine #150673

paper trimmer #152392

if you need any of these supplies you can go to... ruthgonzales.stampinup.net

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed making this card. 

Ruth Gonzales, your Stampin' Up Demonstrator

Paying in the Rain

 

Hello friends, I have another easy card using the “playing in the rain” bundle. I am having a great time with this stamp set and the designer series paper. This set is from the new sale-a-bration catalog. Let’s get started… 

The card base, old olive, cut at 4 1/4x11 and scored at 5 1/2. Raindrop DSP cut at 5 1/4x4. Adhere that to the front of your card base. Cut a 1 1/2 x 4” piece of DSP with the grassy flowers and then using the basic borders die to cut the ground adhere that to the bottom of the card front. On a piece of scrap basic white stamp the bunny, the umbrella using memento black ink. Then using balmy blue ink stamp the clouds. I colored the bunny and umbrella using my stampin blends. Using the mini die cut machine, I die cut all of  the pieces out using the coordinating dies from the bundle. Then you will die cut a circle from the basic shapes die set and stamp your sentiment in the middle of the circle. Using dimenionals pop up the bunny and the clouds. Next pop up the circle and adhere it to the front of your card. Now you will cut another piece of basic white card stock at 4x4 1/4 for the inside of your card. Adhere that using stampin’ seal. You can stamp another sentiment inside. I also stamped my envelope.

Items used on todays card…

Playing in the rain bundle #160551

Old olive card stock #100702

Basic white card stock #159276

Rain or shine DSP #160540

memento black ink #132708

Balmy blue ink#147105

Smokey slate stampin’ blends #154904

Daffodil delight stampin blends #154883

Parakeet party stampin blends #159220

Dimensionals #104430

Stampin seal #152814

Mini cut & emboss machine #150673

Paper trimmer #152392 

These items can be purchased from my website at…

ruthgonzales.stampinup.net

Remember that anything you purchase that totals $50.00 or more you can earn free products until the 28th of February. Stampin up just added new products from the annual catalog as free items you can choose from. Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed todays card. 

See you next week,

Your Stampin’ Up demonstrator

Ruth Gonzales

Playing in the Rain

                         

Hello my crafty friends, 

Wow, a new month already and a new stamp bundle. This month we are going to be using the “Playing in the Rain” bundle. It is such a cute and fun bundle to play with. Just like last month I will be focusing on one bundle or stamp set. This one has paper that matches and two of the 12x12 sheets have images you can cut out with the dies that come in the bundle. I did not use those with this card, I colored it myself. I love to color the images with the Stampin’ blends. They are the best alcohol markers I have ever used. 

So lets get started…

Granny apple green card stock 11x8 1/2, cut to 11x4 1/4, scored at 5 1/2. DSP cut to 4x5 1/4. Linen twine, cut enough to wrap around twice and tie a small bow. Wrap that around the bottom of the card, tie your bow and adhere to the front of your card. Next we are gong to do some stamping. On a piece of basic white card stock and memento black ink, stamp the cute turtle and the flowers. Then we are going to color the images using mango melody and granny apple green stampin’ blends, dark and light. Once you have finished coloring, cut them out using the mini cut and emboss machine. Now we are going to take the “Rays of light” background stamp and using the stamparatus and another larger piece of basic white card stock. We are are going to stamp the image using mango melody a couple of times to get a good image. Next cut a circle from the rays of light piece, using the 3” basic shapes die. Now stamp your sentiment on the circle. We are ready to assemble. 

Place some dimenionals on the back of the circle and adhere it to one side of the card front. Using some glue and more dimenionals adhere the turtle and flowers to the bottom of the circle. Cut a piece of basic white card stock for the inside of your. If you would like you can stamp the flowers on the bottom, adhere to the inside of your card. Such an easy but cute card. 

Products I used to make this card…

Playing in the rain bundle #160551

rays of light background stamp #158925

Granny apple green card stock #146990

Basic white card stock #159278

Stampin’ blends…

Granny apple green #154885

Mango melody (no longer available) use any dark yellow markers

Basic shapes dies (retired) use any 3” circle

Rain or shine designer series paper (DSP) #160540

Linen thread #104199

Dimenionals #104430

Stampin’ seal tape #152814

Multipurpose glue #110755

Paper trimmer #152392

Stamparatus #146276

Mini cut and die machine #150673

Such a simple card to make. If there are things you need or would like to purchase you can go to my website at…

ruthgonzales.stampinup.net

Thanks for visiting today I hope you enjoy making this card. He is so cute and easy to color and can be used as a masculine card as well. Have a safe and happy week. See you next week with a new card from the “Playing in the Rain” bundle.

 Your stampin’ Up demonstrator, Ruth Gonzales

 

Adorable Owls

Welcome back my crafty friends. Today we are continuing our cards made with the “Adorable Owls” stamp set that you can get for free with a $50.00 order. So lets get started…

  

Stamp sets-

Adorable owls #160269 (free)

Framed Florets #162407 (bundle)

Card stock-

Fresh freesia #155613

Basic White #159276

DSP- (designer series paper) 

The paper I used are now retired

Stampin’ blends-

Fresh freesia #155518

Smokey slate #154904

Pumpkin Pie #154897

Petal pink #154893

Crumb Cake #154882

Balmy Blue (dark) #154830

Pool party (dark) # 154894

Other stuff-

Pretty flowers embossing folder #155428

Dimentionals #104430

Memento black ink #132708

Stamp and emboss die cutting machine # 149653

Rhinestone basic Jewels #144220

Stampin’ seal tape #152813

Multipurpose glue #110755

Paper trimmer #152392

Let’s put these cards together. Cut a piece of 11x  8 1/2 fresh freesia card stock at 5 1/2. One of the cards score at 4 1/4, the other one score at 2 1/8 on one end and 2 1/8 on the other end, for the gate fold card. Find some DSP to match the fresh freesia and cut to 5 1/4 x 2, cut two for both sides of the front of the gate fold card. Cut another piece of fresh freesia at 2 1/4 x 3 5/8 for matting. Cut some basic white to 3 1/2 x 2 1/16. Stamp and color the birthday owl. Stamp your sentiment at the bottom. Adhere the white to the fresh freesia matting. Adhere this piece to the middle of the left panel. Then cut a piece of white at 4 x 5 ad adhere to the inside of card. Now place your jewels on the front of your card. 

 For the other card use the other half of the card stock and score at 4 1/4. Cut another piece of fresh freesia  to 4 x 5 1/4. With the pretty flowers embossing folder place the paper into the folder and run it through the stampin’ emboss machine, fold side first. Adhere that piece to the front of your card. On a piece of white scrap card stock stamp the flying owl and the swag of flowers from the framed florets and color them. Hand cut the owl and use the die for the swag. Cut out a white frame from the “framed florets” bundle. With liquid glue adhere the frame to the front of your card. Using dimensionals, adhere the owl and the swag to the front of the card. Stamp your sentiment on a piece of basic white, 3 1/4 x 1/2, I got my “happy birthday” from the happiness abounds stamp set. But you can use what ever you have. I used more dimensionals on the back of my sentiment and adhere that to your card. Then cut a white card stock to 4 x 5 for the inside. 

There we go two more cards using the “Adorable Owls” stamp set. If you need any of the items listed you can shop at my store

ruthgonazales.stampinup.net

Thanks for stopping by and and crafting with me today. Have a great weekend see you next week with two more cards made from this stamp set. Ruth Gonzales, your stampin’ up demonstrator

Adorable Owls #2

 Hello, hello my friends, 

I’m a little late this week. I have taken some time this week to clear and clean out some cupboards in my kitchen. It looks so good and it feels so good to declutter. So for todays card we are using the free stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. We Weill be making a Z fold card. I’m sorry but I am using retired DSP again this week. But everything else is available for purchase. So here are the things I used to make these Adorable cards.

Adorable owls, free with a $50.00 purchase from any of the catalogs #160269

Pool Party Card stock, cut at 5 1/2x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 and 2 1/8 and another piece cut at 2 3/4x 4 #122924

  Basic white card stock, one piece cut at 5 1/4x 2 #159276

DSP of your choice cut at 2 x 5 1/4

Memento black ink #132708

Pool party stampin’ blends #154894

Soft suede stampin’ blends #154906

Light Crumb cake Stampin’ blends #154882

Pumpkin pie stampin’ blends #154897

Light Tahitian tide stampin’ blends # 159221

Pool party ink #154894

Blending brush #153611

Paper trimmer #152391

Stampin’ seal tape #152814

Glossy dots #158827             

Bone folder #102300

Here we go, let’s put this card together. Grab your pool party card base and fold and crease using the bone folder. Adhere the two pieces of DSP to the left and right front side of the card. Then adhere the basic white to the inside of the card. On the smaller piece of basic white stamp the birthday owl from the set. Next using the stampin’ blends to color your owl. Take your blending brush and the pool party ink and brush the ink around the owl. Now adhere the stamped piece to the smaller pool party card stock. Using the stampin’ seal tape runner only put tape on left back side of the piece you just finished and place it on the left front flap of your card. Stamp your sentiment on the inside of your card. Take three of your polished dots and place them randomly on the front of your card. Then on the front of your envelope, stamp half of an owl to the left corner. All done, don’t forget to share your card with someone.

I hope you enjoyed todays card. If you need any of the supplies used today you can go to my web site. When you order $50.00 or more you can get the “Adorable Owls” stamp set for free.

ruthgonzales.stampinup.net.

Thanks for joining me today. See you next week with another “Adorable Owls” card. 

Adorable Owls

 Hello my friends, I’m so glad to be back. I was sort of burned out after making so many Christmas cards. As you can see from the last post, it’s Sale-A-Bration time. The stamp set I’m featuring this month is a free set you can earn with a $50.00 order from any of the catalogs. This is a very cute stamp set, one of many in the Sal-A-Bration free catalog. The free catalog is good from January 5th to February 28th. The new mini catalog is good from January 5th to April 2023. Here we go with our cards for today.

Stuff I used…

Free stamp set “Adorable Owls” #160269

Starry sky card stock #159263

Basic white card stock #159276

Crumb cake stampin’ blends #154882

Soft suede Stampin’ blends #154906

Pumpkin pie Stampin’ blends #154897

Mint macaron Stampin’ blends #154889

Tahitian tide Stampin’ blends #159221

Ring of Love DSP (retired)

Memento black ink #132708

Deckled edge dies #159173

Glossy dots #158827

Dimenionals #104430

Stampin’ seal #152813

Paper trimmer #152392

Mini cut and emboss machine #150673

Cut the starry sky cardstock to 11x 4 1/4, score at 5 /2. Cut the the DSP, any DSP that matches your project, 5 1/4x 4. Using the mini cut and emboss machine to cut out the deckled edge pieces. Cut out a deckled edge starry sky piece. On those pieces stamp and color the owl and sentiment. Place the DSP on the front of the card. On one of the cards adhere the frame to the middle then with dimenionals adhere the stamped piece to the middle of the frame. Place three embellishments to the card. On the other card front adhere the DSP. On te second card adhere at an angle the starry sky piece. Then using dimenionals and place the stamped piece on top of that. On the inside of the cards adhere a piece of basic white card stock cut to 5 x 4. Stamp a birthday greeting inside. On the envelope stamp half an owl in the front corner. 

To order any of the things used today you can go to…ruthgonzales.stampinup.net

Tank you for stopping by today, see you next week. Ruth

Happy New Year!

 

Happy new year my friends, 

I hope everyone had a great holiday with lots of family and friends. I was a little worn out by the end of December. I also got Covid a couple of days before Christmas so I was unable to join my family for all the festivities. But thats okay they all live in town so we get to see each other frequently. But by the time all the cards were made and the parties were over, I was so tired. I actually haven’t stamped anything since before Christmas. I switched my focus to finishing a sweater I had been working on. Covid didn’t hit me that hard this time, it was just the quarantine time. Anyway…

Today is January 5th. The first day of Sale-a-Bration. Hopefully those of you who wanted a catalog received one. If you place a $50.00 order you can choose some really cute free stuff. Who doesn’t like free, right? If you have a chance one of the things I like the best from the free catalog is the “dainty flowers” 12 x12 paper pack. I will be making a card with some of that paper next week. I have also been getting all my calendars and journals set up for the new year. I have decided that instead of doing a different stamp set a week, I would be focusing on a stamp set a month with different ideas for them. 

If you would like a catalog you can email me at  rgonza1581@aol.com and put in the subject area Catalog or you can visit my website at   ruthgonzales.stampinup.net.  I would love for you to visit and see the wonderful produces for yourself. Also this months host code is…FYNPJSJB.  So if you do order and it’s under $150.00 please use the code. 

thanks for stopping by. Next week I will be ready to get back into the swing of things. Happy weekend to all and I’ll see you next week.