Virtual Inking

Welcome to Virtual Inking!

Hi there!

I hope you enjoy visiting my site. Please feel free to email me or call me with any questions. My calendar is on the left hand side, but you can click here to view it as well.  

WHEN you sign up for a class, PLEASE use the RSVP link on my website and NOT the Paypal link.  I will email to confirm both that you are a Groupon customer and your spot in the class.  

Make sure that you RSVP 10 days before the event or you will not get into the class.  I have to make sure I have enough supplies for everyone.

If you'd like to have private class with 5 or more of your friends, I am happy to accomodate you.  You will be free to choose the date and the class.  You will need to call or email me to schedule.

If you are current customer, TAKE ADVANTAGE of this fun deal!

Please note:  If you buy a Groupon, you will be eligible for a ONE TIME 20% off product order.  All orders must be emailed or called in to me.  DO NOT order from my website.  This cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount including Sale-a-bration or hostess products.  You will be responsible for tax and shipping and handling on the full amount.  You will need to pay with your Credit Card or with PayPal before I place your order.  

Here are some of the class offerings I am making.  I have classes scheduled through June for those of you who buy a Groupon, but I don't have everything made yet to show you.  I will be updating with pictures soon.

Sign up for my newsletter (top left!) and get lots of project ideas with pictures and instructions as well as notice of my other offerings and promotions!

Sweet Centers Card Treats

January 18th 9-11:30 am or January 19th 6:30-9:pm

In this class you will make:

• 3 cards with treat cups (child, masculine, feminine)
• 1 matchbook style treat holder

Easy Events Stamp-a-Stack

February 8th 9-11:30 am or February 9th 6-30:-9 pm

In this class you will make:

8 all-occasion cards

(The stamps may vary) 

 

 

Mocha Monogram Purse Set

March 7th 9-11:30am or March 8th 6:30-9pm

In this class, you will make:

• Purse box
• 3 coordinating cards

 

Build-a-Card Kit

April 4th 9-11:30am or April 5th 6:30-9pm

• 4 Cards
• 6 Coordinating Greeting Tags
• 6 Coordinating Card Candy Accents 
• 1 Coordinating Card File Purse

(The paper and colors may vary)

 

 

 

Can’t wait to stamp with you! Linda:)

Only One More Day!

Just wanted to let you know about a couple of things that are coming to an end!  

The LAST DAY to order from the Holiday Mini is January 3rd.  Click here to view it. Or, click here to order.

The Clearance Rack Blitz is only on through January 5th!  Order here before you miss out!

 

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:)

How to Scrapbook: Digital Scrapping

Hi there!

Yesterday I showed you a fun layout that I found in a magazine and adjusted it for my pictures in a traditional scrapbook page. Today, I made a digital page using the same idea, but with different details. I love how it turned out using My Digital Studio.  

One of the fun things about doing digital pages is that you never run out of supplies AND if you mess up, there isn't a mess to clean up or throw away. I've even done some scrapping while IN THE CAR on a road trip!

All of the pieces I used come from My Digital Studio and downloads from Stampin' Up!  It truly is a great piece of software and I highly recommend it.  There are TONS of tutorials on www.mydigitalstudio.net where you can learn all sorts of fantastic ideas.  I'll tell you the steps I used to make this fun, fun page.

1. Open My Digital Studio.

2.  Select Photobooks and Individual Pages.

3.  Select 8x8 square.

4.  Name your project

5.  Go to the Resource Palette and choose background papers.

6.  Choose card stock and then Crumb Cake.

7.  Then choose Punches.

You will do the next three steps over again until you have enough strips.

8.  Choose a square punch and click on it once.  

9.  Stretch the square until you reach the desired length and width.  You can click on it and copy and paste the strips on the page and lenghten and shorten as desired.  Start building your tree.

10.  From the Design Center on the right hand side, choose the paper fill option and find the papers you want.  Here I used Jolly Holiday and Christmas Jingle.

11.  From the Design center on the right, Choose the photo option and click on photo box option.  You can change the shape to circle.  Add as many photo boxes as desired.  Add photos.

12.  Mat your photos (here I chose Real Red) by clicking on them and choosing the mat option from the design center.  Change the mat color.  Choose all photos on this page.

13.  Add the shadow option by clicking on a photo and choosing shadow option.  Choose all photos on this page.

You will do the next two steps over again until you have enough hangers for your photos.

14. Choose Punches from the Resource Palette. Choose a square punch and click on it once.  Shorten and reduce to desired size.  I made them a small rectangle.

15.  Click on the small rectangle and  choose color fill option from Resourch Palette.  I chose  Daffordil Delight.  Copy and paste enought for each photo.  Add to each photo

14.  From the Resource Palette.  Choose Stamps and find Circle Circus.  Choose the stamps that you want and add them to the top right corner.  

15.  Change the color of each stamp to Very Vanilla.

16.  Choose Text from the Resourch Palette.  Type in the text you want in the font you want.

17.  Choose Embellishments from the Design Center.  Click Browse.  Choose Home for the Holidays Embellishments.

18.  Choose the snowfall overlay.  

19.  Add any journaling you want using the Text option from the Design Center.

 

Thanks so much for visiting!  Let me know if you have any questions in the comment box.

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:)

 

 

Rubber Stamping Technique: Rock and Roll

Hey there! I'm going to have monthly technique classes starting in February. 

My first class is "How in the World Do I Rubber Stamp?"  I will teach you 10 basic rubber stamping techniques.  You will go home with a sample and instructions so you remember how to do it again.  

This is one of the samples you will make.  It won't be a whole card, but a sample that you will put on a 6 x6 page with directions.  If you want to sign up and get your spot: click here.

The Rock-n-Roll Technique is very easy.  

1.  Pick two coordinating colors.  Here I used Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral.

2.  Ink an image with the LIGHTEST ink.  

3.  Roll the edges in the darker ink.

Easy and so pretty.  

Supplies: card stock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White; Ink: Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral; Accessories: 1/8" Organdy Calyso Ribbon, Basic Pearls, 1" Circle Punch, Dimensionals; Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Thank You Kindly

Hope to see you in February!

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:)

How to Scrapbook: Love and Joy

Hey there!  

So, two years ago I got a fun Black Friday deal where I got a WHOLE bunch of scrapping, rubber stamping and paper crafting magazines.  They came to my door so frequently that I still haven't caught up.  They had beautiful photos of their projects, but they were not my style and pretty hard to reproduce.  Their instructions were minimal and not really helpful if you really wanted to try and copy what you saw.

However, there were a few pages in all those magzines that did inspire me and here's one scrapbook page that I made as a result.

With the exception of the Crumb Cake 12x12 card stock everything is made from scraps.  Now that I'm looking at it, I can see some changes I might make later, but you know what, I'm pretty pleased with it and I got to enjoy that Christmas with my girls again.  One of the things about being "behind" is that you get to relive the memories as you are scrapping them.  I love that.

Paige had made her Christmas tree encompass the whole page and her pictures were the ornaments.  This could not work for my pictures, so I put the tree to the side.  I didn't add any journaling because these picture are pretty self-explanatory.  They make me smile to remember my girls so young.  They made my girls smile when they saw the page.  This is WHY I enjoy scrapbooking.  I enjoy remembering.

I will be having lots of scrapbooking classes starting in January.  Check out my calendar.  Enjoy your memories.

Happy scrappin'!

Linda:)

Supplies: Lots of retired designer series paper; card stock: Real Red, Old Olive, Crumb Cake; Big Shot; Star Punch (retired...but you can replace with Stars #2 Original die); Billboard Decorative Strip Die; Timeless Type Junior Alphabet, Cheer Decorative strip (retired); Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die (available January 4th, 2012)

How to Make a Card: Cherish

I have some thank yous to write because of the generosity of some friends and family during Christmas. Here’s a ten-minute card I made this morning.  I had a bit of an idea and it came together pretty quickly!  

This is an easy layout that you can adapt to any of your card making needs.  You can make it fun by changing the color combo to Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi.  You can make it a Valentine's Day Card by putting a heart in the middle and changing the sentiment.  You can add a bit of Real Red Glimmer Paper for pizzaz.  So fun!

Want to get even more ideas?  Sign up for my mailing list in the top left hand corner!  You get a free gift, too!

Supplies  Card stock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake.  Punches: 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Butterfly, 1 3/4" Circle, Cupcake Builder.  Accessories: 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Dimensionals, Jewels: Basic Pearls. Stamps: Baroque Motifs.  Ink: Basic Black and Crumb Cake. Designer Series Paper: First Edition Specialty

1.  Cut a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of Basic Black card stock, a 4" x 10.5 piece of Very Vanilla (fold in half) and a 3" x 4.5" piece of Crumb Cake.

2.  Punch a 2 3/8" Scallop Circle from a scrap of Very Vanilla,  a butterfly out of a scrap of First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper, a 1 3/4" Circle Basic Black Circle from scrap and the candle from the Cupcake Builder Punch from Basic Black scrap.  

3.  Adhere the Basic Black circle to the scallop circle.

4. Adhere the candle to the butterfly.  Adhere the butterfly to the scallop circle.  Make sure the wings come up a little.

5.  Take 2 sets of three pearls from the line of the smallest pearls and adhere to the Basic Black circle making it look like antennnas.  Set the whole thing aside.

6.  Stamp the Crumb Cake piece with the swirls from Baroque Motifs in Crumb Cake.

7.  Stamp the word "cherish" (or "kind" or any sentiment for that matter!) in Basic Black on the bottom right.  Tip:  stamp the word on grid paper first to make sure you are aligning it properly.  If you REALLY hate imperfection then use a Stamp-a-ma-jig.

8.  Tie a lenght of 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon around the Crumb Cake piece.  

9.  Adhere the scallop circle on top just over the knot so the two ends of the ribbon show.  Use dimensionals.

10.  Adhere the Crumb Cake piece to the front of the 4" x 10.5 piece of Very Vanilla and the Very Vanilla piece to the Basic Black piece.

 

SHHH...

Hi!

My eldest daughter loves to write.  She writes almost every day and she's getting quite good.  It's fun to watch her develop her skill. 

Most days she writes on the computer, but there are times when an idea strikes her when she's no where near one.  For those days, I made her this.

The ribbon is actually a bookmark that she can take on and off to mark her place in the book.  This was my first attempt at one and I love it.  I got the idea from the October Stampin' Success magazine, a magazine specifically for Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  

There are so many options for this bookmark, but as it was my first time, I wanted it to be on the simple side.  This is a mixture of retired and current product.  It so great to know that the Stampin' Up! product lines always go so well together.  I've had this paper for years and it still looks good!  My eldest LOVES polka dots so it was fun to find something she would like.

Maybe later, if there's enough interest, I'll make a video on how to make the bookmark.  Totally easy!

I sincerely hope you enjoy your loved ones today, tomorrow and so on!

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:) 

Don’t Miss Out!

STOCKING BUILDER PUNCH

December 20, 2011

Our occasion-specific mini catalogs allow us the opportunity to share the latest seasonal products with you and your customers, and we often carry over products from our mini catalogs into the following Idea Book & Catalog. This time, however, we have decided not to carry over the Stocking Builder Punch (item 124095) from the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog into the next Idea Book & Catalog. Instead we will offer other great designs in its place--not to mention a trendy, new design planned for next holiday season.

Once the current inventory of this punch has been depleted, it will no longer be available for purchase. We hope many Stampin' Up! stockings will adorn cards and brighten holiday projects this season and look forward to seeing what you create with the next seasonal design.

You can order it here.  While you're at it, check out the Clearance Rack!  Up to 80% off some of your favorite product!

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:)

Here’s a GREEN Christmas Gift!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.  Great motto, right?  Let's do some of that right now!

So, everyone I know has some sort of twine around their house.  And most people I know have washers either in their garage in a bucket or tin or in a drawer in their kitchen.  If you are ANY kind of crafter you also have paper scraps.  Lots of them.  Here's a gander at what my girls and I did with what we had at home.  

Aren't these washer necklaces so fun?  My girls and I made them for their friends.  My eldest made 18 of them!  She has a lot of friends!!  All the girls loved them and I can tell you, this is an EASY, PEASY gift!

1.  Take a 1" washer.

2.  Smear it with Crystal Effects.

3.  Punch out a 1/4" circle from scraps using the Crop-a-dile and THEN punch a 1" circle around it.  It's a lot easier to punch the middle out first before punching out the 1" circle.  Trust me.

4.  Put this punch out on the washer.  We actually did both sides.

5.  Let dry.  Add twine and/or ribbon.  

6.  Add beads.

Tip:  You might need to sand the edges, but that's pretty easy, too with our Sanding Blocks.

SO easy!  And, the sky is the limit as to how you decorate them.  You can use rub-ons, stickers, glitter, jewels, etc!  

This would be fun to do at birthday parties.  Hmmm.  I have one of those coming up.  I might have to do this!

My 12 weeks of Christmas is wrapping up, but it's not too late to get in on the last weeks for gift wrapping ideas!  Sign up at the top left-hand side!

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:)

Christmas Card

I had so much fun at the Holiday Shoppers Open House the other night that we decided we will probably do one quarterly.  It was nice to hang out with all those talented ladies!  

My friend and dowline Cindy G. made this beautiful card.  I know, I know the picture is not great.  However, you still can see the beauty of the Silver Glimmer paper which is what I wanted to show you.  This paper is SO amazing that you will want it year round.  You can color it.  You can die cut it and it's a no mess, no stress kind of paper.  Look how sparkly it is and I took this picture under low light!  

Supplies: Silver Glimmer Paper, Rhinestone Jewels, Hand-Penned Holidays (love this set!), 1/4" Black Grosgrain Ribbon (a total staple), Whisper White and Basic Black Card Stock, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder and Craft Ink, Northern Frost Decorative Strip, Stripes Embossing Folder.

I have had a couple of you send pictures of cards you've made my way.  If I can get the pictures working for me, I will feature them on this blog!  So, keep sending them!

Happy Stampin'!

Linda:)