Kilts and Cards

You may have been wondering why am I called the Celtic Stamper?  Well wonder no more! Several years ago, my husband and I decided to embrace his passion of bagpipes, kilts and all things Scottish (no, he's not from Scotland, but is of Scottish descent). Friends of ours owned a Scottish import shop and when my husband approached them about carrying on the tradition after they retire, they decided to retire right then! Three months later we were the new owners of the Blandford shop.

The same year we made the decision to buy the shop, I signed up with Stampin' Up!. Who knew way back then that both our passions would collide? Fast forward almost 9 years, and here we are... both businesses (thankfully) thriving! I'm grateful we have a shop that gives me a location to hold stamping classes and where my hostess club can meet (not to mention our semi-annual kiltmaking workshops, where you can learn to make your own authentic kilt!).

Last night I decided to make some Christmas cards to sell in our shop. Naturally they had to be Scottish-themed, so I rummaged through my tartan scraps from kilts past, pulled out my stamping stuff, and went to town!

All supplies, with the exception of the Gaelic greeting and tartan, are from Stampin' Up! - even the adhesive! Using the new square Framelits made the window for the tartan super easy!

I remember the day my husband approached me about us buying the shop.  And I remember his asking, "In a year, will you be tired of looking at kilts?" I can't imagine a more perfect marriage of kilts and cards.

As always, thank you for stopping by. Now go stamp (or make a kilt)!

Bon Voyage...

Friday evening we drove our daughter, Kristin, to the airport for her annual trip to Scotland (she's a tenor drummer for a competition bagpipe band and they are competing in the World Pipe Band Championships next weekend - woo hoo!). Well I couldn't send her off without making her a card to mark the occasion... could I?  Of course not!

The card was made with Whisper White and Read Red Cardstock and some retired Designer Series Paper called "Sent with Love." I love this paper, but since it seems to have a specific purpose, I never used it all until now.  I cut images from one of the sheets, then stamped "Bon Voyage" in Real Red ink using Stampin' Up!'s new ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers stamp set (item 130565).  
The "par avion" tag is accented with Real Red 1/8" Ribbon. Of course no card for Kristin would be complete without "bling" so I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels outlining the plane's trail.  I'm so pleased with how this card turned out, even though it looks so much cuter in person!  I hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by, now go stamp! :)

Perfect Blend Convention Swap

Convention was amazing!  The whole experience exceeded my expectations! You really need to be there to feel the excitement that 5,800 Stampin' Up! demonstrators can generate!

 

One of the things I love to do at Stampin' Up! events is swap.  What's swapping? You create a card (or two... or in my case five) and make multiples of that design (I did 45 of each card), then you trade them with other people. I swapped over 200 cards and now have over 200 new ideas!

 

Here's one of the cards I created - I must say... it's my favorite!

 

 

 

Want to recreate this card?  Use these items:

 

Stamp Sets - Perfect Blend, Dictionary Background Stamp, Notable Notions

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Gumball Green and Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Ink - Early Espresso and Gumball Green

Accessories - Bakers Twine, Chalk Talk Framelits, Paper Snips, 1" Circle Punch, Paper Piercer

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, now go stamp!