2023 Summer 1-Day Crafting Retreat is OPEN!

 

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hosted by Stephanie Flath & Nadine Stolt

 

Saturday, July 29, 2023

10am – 10pm

 

Calvary Christian Reformed Church

3500 Byron Center Ave SW, Wyoming, MI

 

Invite your friends and join us for a fun day of crafting!!

 

Bring your own crafting project(s) to work on

(and your own adhesive)

& we’ll provide some Stampin’ Up! projects for you, too!

 

Retreat includes:

goody bag ● make-n-takes ● “pillow gifts”

lunch & supper ● your own table

access to our punches and dies ● friends and more!!

 

Cost: $65

Payment reserves your spot; register by June 29**

 

Register here: https://conta.cc/42bz97Z

 

 

Or contact me to mail a check.

 

 

** No refunds after June 29.

If you can’t attend, please contact us to pick up your goody bag, make-n-takes and pillow gifts after the retreat.

 

 

Don't wait to register!!

Our last 2 retreats closed early!

 

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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SO Many Daisies!!

 

Happy Weekend!!

 

TODAY is the last day to register for my Dazzling Card Club for June!

Click here to register: https://conta.cc/3NZxyOC

 

And I have SO many more Cheerful Daisies samples for you!

 

(And they're all different from what we're doing in class!)

 

 

Cheerful Daisies bundle, swap by Jamie Sales, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Cheerful Daisies bundle, swap by Melissa Winko, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Cheerful Daisies bundle, swap by Pat Miller, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Cheerful Daisies bundle, swap by Barb Rider, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

Here are products used:

click any product pic to order!

 

 

 

Have a fabulous weekend!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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Zany Racoons

 

Hello!

I'm back with more from Zany Zoo!

 

These racoons can be stamped and die cut or simply die cut from the coordinating DSP.

 

Here are a few samples:

 

Zany Zoo, swap by Georgianne Everhart, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

Zany Zoo, swap by Carol Slack, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Zany Zoo, swap by Dee Slater, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

 

Here are some of the products used:

click any product pic to order!

 

 

 

Click to order with my host code!.2

 

 

Have a wonderful day!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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Videos for Non-Live! Day

 

Happy Non-Live! Day!

 

I decided to share some Stampin' Up! product videos with you today!

 

I love Stampin' Up! products!

Grab some popcorn and enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to use my host code:

 

Click to order with my host code!.2

 

Have a fantastic day!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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Zany Turtles

 

Hey--it's Turtle Tuesday!!

 

One of the suites we could preorder before the new catalog went live was Zany Zoo.

 

It felt a little too quirky for my taste, but I have to say--people who swapped with it, nailed it!!

 

 

THIS one was my favorite swap from one of the groups!

 

Zany Zoo, swap by Ami Wilson, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

The color choices...

The stripes themselves...

(That had to take a lot of time!)

The line of musical notes...

The singing turtle cracks me up!!

 

 

Here's another one:

 

Zany Zoo, swap by Julie Salva, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

Here are some of the products used:

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Click to order with my host code!.2

 

 

 

Have a zany Turtle Tuesday!!

 

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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My Fave Judy VIP Card

 

Happy Monday!!!

 

Judy Cole has been featuring the Cheerful Daisies on our team Facebook group this month as VIP Stamper of the Month.

 

This is my fave she's shown so far!!

 

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Isn't it fabulous???

 

 

Here's what I can tell she used:

click any product pic to order!

 

 

 

Click to order with my host code!.2

 

 

Have an amazing week!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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A Little More Timeless Arrangements

 

Happy Weekend!!

 

I have a couple more samples using Timeless Arrangements today.

 

This first one is a little modified from my Live! LAST week.

 

I wanted to use it as a make-n-take, so I thinned it up a little bit, so less stamping was necessary/it would be quicker.

 

Timeless Arrangements bundle, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Here was the original:

Timeless Arrangements bundle, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Here are a few more swaps:

 

Timeless Arrangements bundle, swap by Deb McCahan, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Timeless Arrangements bundle, swap by Dawn Stock, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

It's always interesting how different cards can look from the same bundle!

 

 

Here are some of the products used:

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Click to order with my host code!.2

 

 

Have an awesome weekend!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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Fun Fold & Die Closeups

 

Happy Thursday!!
 
 
I have my closeups for you from yesterday.
This was just another take on a card I shared from the weekend with Rachel.
 
I used the die trick on it.
 
 
By My Side, www.dazzledbystamping.com
 
 
 

MEASUREMENTS:

Thick White card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; scored at 4 1/4"

DSP: 4" x 5 1/4"

DSP: 1" x 5 1/4"

Basic Black: 2 5/8" x 3 5/8"

Basic White: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Crumb Cake: 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"

 

PRODUCTS USED:

 

 

#2

 

This one is a 2-4-6-8 card shown recently by Patty Bennett.

 

Timeless Arrangements bundle, Fresh as a Daisy DSP, www.dazzledbystamping.com

Timeless Arrangements bundle, Fresh as a Daisy DSP, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

MEASUREMENTS:

Pretty Peacock card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Basic White: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and 3 1/2" X 4 3/4"

DSP: 5 1/4" x 12"; scored at 2", 4", 6" & 8"

Pretty Peacock: 2 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Basic White: 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"

 

PRODUCTS USED:

 

Here are more 2-4-6-8 samples I made:

 

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Cheerful Daisies bundle, Circle Sayings, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

Wonderful Thoughts, Fresh as a Daisy DSP, www.dazzledbystamping.com

Wonderful Thoughts, Fresh as a Daisy DSP, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

New May host code:

Click to order with my host code!.2

 

 

Have a spectacular day!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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Facebook Live! with a Very Fun Fold & a Dies Trick

 

Happy Live! Day!!
 
 
Today I shared a FUN FOLD that I learned from Rachel Markin; she learned it originally from Patty Bennett.
 
You need to use 12x12 DSP.
 
I also showed a trick for making your rectangle dies a little more versatile!
 
I used the Timeless Arrangements bundle and By My Side stamp set.
 
 
My Live! winners from last week were Janet Bignall and Marcia Hill. Congrats girls!!
 
 
REMINDERS:
  • I will NOT be Live! next week. I'll see you in 2 weeks!
 
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR:
 
 
 
Thanks for watching!!
 
 

 
 
 
MEASUREMENTS:
 
#1

Thick White card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; scored at 4 1/4"

DSP: 4" x 5 1/4"

DSP: 1" x 5 1/4"

Basic Black: 2 5/8" x 3 5/8"

Basic White: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Crumb Cake: 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"

 

PRODUCTS USED:

 

 

#2

Pretty Peacock card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Basic White: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and 3 1/2" X 4 3/4"

DSP: 5 1/4" x 12"; scored at 2", 4", 6" & 8"

Pretty Peacock: 2 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Basic White: 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"

 

PRODUCTS USED:

 

 

Click to order with my host code!

 

 

Have an incredible day!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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VIP Judy Cole & Cheerful Daisies

 

Good morning!!

 

Registrations for our Summer 1-Day Crafting Retreat are pouring in!

We are 2/3 full already!

 

I will NOT be updating every day, but I wanted to today....

DON'T WAIT to register!

 

Hopefully, you've seen my next Dazzling Card Club features the Cheerful Daisies bundle. 

 

You need to register for that Card Club by Friday, May 26. Details/registration: https://conta.cc/3NZxyOC

 

So I decided to feature more swaps I have using it.

 

This is from my VIP Stamper Judy Cole this month:

 

Cheerful Daisies bundle, created by VIP Stamper Judy Cole, www.dazzledbystamping.com

Cheerful Daisies bundle, created by VIP Stamper Judy Cole, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

 

Here are some of the products Judy used:

click any product pic to order

 

 

 

Order here using my host code:

Click to order with my host code!

 

Have a spectacular day!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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Our Weekend with Rachel M

 

Happy Friday!!!

 

A week ago, my team member Nadine Stolt and I were on our way to see another demonstrator friend Rachel Markin in Ohio. (Do you remember "cardboard Rachel" from my pics from OnStage Indianapolis?)

 

We had an amazing time visiting and crafting with Rachel!!!

She was actually "up to" crafting and going out for dinner, etc!

We were all so thankful!

She's been sick for quite awhile and isn't always up to much.

She goes through A LOT but always has an amazing attitude and is WONDERFUL testimony for the Lord.

 

We started with dinner when we arrived at Rachel's house; she was so happy to get out!!

 

So we all planned a card with new product for each of us to make; I brought a new "colors" game for us to play; and I surprised them with an extra project, too.

 

When we went back to her house, her hubby Shawn was home, so we chatted AND played this fun colors game Hues & Cues. Todd saw it online early this year and showed it to me. I bought it immediately!

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There's a big board (2 ft x 3 ft??) that looks like the front of the box. You have to give 1 word or 2 word clues (cues) to help people guess which exact square you're describing. (You need at least 3 people.) You can't use the words red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, brown or white--OR lighter or darker. AND you can't use the same cue word twice in a game! It's much harder than you'd think!! 

 

It was fun!

And guess what. SHAWN WON against all of us color-loving demonstrators!!

He bragged about it to Rachel all weekend. ;)

Haha!

 

I'm bringing it to our Weekend Dazzling Demos Retreat next month, too! (You can join our retreat, too, if you're on my team!!! Join here. Then I'll send you an invitation!)

 

 

After our game Friday night, we made my card. BUT--I'm saving that one, because I'm using it for my swap that has to get in the mail before I leave for Maine.

It is SO ADORABLE!!!

I can't wait for you to see it!!

But I'm gonna (wait). ;)

 

We left Rachel's house Friday night and came back Saturday after a relaxing morning and checking out of our hotel.

 

 

Here's the first project Rachel planned for us--using By My Side.

 

The set was in the last annual catalog, but I own it and hadn't used it yet!!

She let us choose our own DSP--AND make 2 cards!:

 

By My Side, design by Rachel Markin, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

By My Side, design by Rachel Markin, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

Products used:

 

 

I finished up this last one at home, cuz I splatted my greeting and needed to cover it up. :D

 

Tip: I used a longer stitched die and cut it off at the edge of the cardstock....But you can still see the stitching!! I was gonna try to describe it, but I think I'm gonna have to show it on my Live!

 

 

I'm saving one of Rachel's designs that she CASE'd from Patty Bennett. I may do it as a stamp-along (as opposed to Mystery Stamping) next week!

 

 

Here's the card from Nadine--using Countryside Corners bundle. (ps the stamp images are ALL ONE STAMP, much to our surprise. The [retired] Stamparatus would be very helpful.):

 

Countryside Corners bundle, design by Nadine Stolt, www.dazzledbystamping.com

 

 

Products used:

 

 

As I mentioned I brought one more project....

 

Rachel had shared a video over a month ago on Facebook of a painting project; Nadine commented, "Are we painting these at your house??????" So I bought the stuff and surprised them!

 

Here's the work in progress:

 

Painting projects, 5/6/2023

 

Painting projects, 5/6/2023

 

Our finished projects:

Steph, Rachel Markin, Nadine Stolt, 5/6/2023

 

You may be surprised I didn't choose purple, but I wasn't sure how much paint we needed for the project. So I chose 2 light/dark colors in 3 different color schemes and let them choose first. [It probably could have been 1 dark color each besides the white, but I'm one that plans TOO MUCH food for an event cuz I'd rather have too much than not enough. ;) ]We really probably could have shared 1 set, as there was plenty of paint. But it was nice to just have your own bottle(s) next to you to add color as needed. We just kept the whites and greens in the center until needed. I had sheets of acetate (that comes in the photopolymer stamps) for each of us and bought some extra items (besides canvas and paint) at the dollar store.

 

I can't believe we fit it all in!!! We had such a wonderful time together and only left for home 15 min later than I had in mind.

 

 

 

In case you're interested in giving this a try yourself, here's the video Rachel originally shared. We referred to it a few times:

 

 

 

We're all looking forward to more time together, but for now, our hearts are full!!

 

Have a fantastic weekend!!!

 

 

Remember, if you can fall in love with a project, you can learn to create it! Here to help you channel your inner Creative Genius...

 

Steph

 

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