Susan Farrant

Online Extravaganza!!!

WOW! Stampin' Up!is having a big sale starting today. And forTODAY ONLY there are two very special deals on the new Simply Scored Scoring Tool and the Sweet Pressed Cookie Set.

Check it all out HERE

 

Thanks for visiting!

Sue

 

HUGE CRAFTERS DELIGHT GARAGE SALE!!!

You don't want to miss this one!!

 

Crafters' Delight Garage Sale!

Date – Saturday, October 22, 2011

Time – 10:00 am to 2:30 pm

Place – Salvation Army, Southmount Corps

3403 East 49th Avenue, Vancouver
(Entrance on East 48th Avenue)

There a dozen vendors who are destashing their extensive craft cupboards to offer their stock to fellow crafty ladies! If you need or want any fresh supplies for your favorite craft everything will be at rock-bottom prices!

Also a great source of affordable and fun items for kids' arts & crafts time!

Hundreds of Rubber Stamps & Supplies
Buttons, Brads & Embellishments
Carstocks & Specialty Papers
Beads & Ribbons
Scissors, Punches & Other Tools
Fabric & Patterns, Yarn & Knitting Needles
Storage Containers & Tubs
All Sorts of Other Crafty Supplies!~

Apparently there are also lots of brand new/overstock items to help you get started – or even finish! – your Christmas shopping!

Handmade Greeting Cards
Halloween & Christmas Holiday Jewelry
Beaded Bookmarks & Keyholders
Knitting Stitch Markers & Scissor Fobs

Upcoming events.

Hi There. I know it's been a while since I posted anything but I have been busy! I'll share some cards that we made recently at my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack.

Everyone made 5 cards...4 of each design for a total of 20 cards and envelopes.

This was my least favourite...I took the idea for this one from our Idea Book and Catalogue. I though the unusual colour scheme would add interest to the class ... with a green snowflake I should have gotten my first clue LOL.

The next card used one of the few sets that have survived the cut since I have been a demo..the always beautiful Lovely as A Tree..truly a timeless set of stamps. I added the skaters in the foreground. Lovely As A Tree is great for creating scenes.

It's hard to see the real colour but it is Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla.

Next up was my Purple christmas card. I love Purple at Christmas...

My #2 favourite of the bunch was this one, adding a little glitter to the decorations makes it pop. I CASEd this one but have lost my source..I'll try to find it again and credit the inspiring stamper.

The fun part was that I used Designer Paper from our Halloween DSP! It is perfect for Christmas too!

and last but by no means least...my very favourite one...

Simple and Elegant. The inspiration for this one came from our demonstrator website on which we have access to thousands of cards and creations made by our SU demos world wide. Demo Leslie Ormand created one in this style and I loved it!!! She had silver embossed hers...I just embossed the stocking and punched the accents from our glittery specialty silver glitter paper. I am pretty sure this is my christmas card this year!

here is a close up...

Simple and elegant! Just my kind of card.

I will be offering this class again in November and maybe another Stamp-a-Stack with different cards. If you would like to take this class please e-mail me and I'll be sure to notify you when it is scheduled.

This is another class I am offering in November. A Boxed Set of cards and tags. Perfect for a hostess gift at the holidays.

The box contains 4 cards with envelopes, 4 each of three different tags all packaged up into an awesome box ready to gift to someone!

Date to be advised shortly. Again, if you are interested in this class emails me or leave a comment on this post and I'll contact you when I set my schedule for November.

Thanks for stopping by

Sue

More swap cards

Some more of the awesome cards I got from my swap buddies :-)

Another stunner from Mo. Check out that sparkly paper..you can use it in your punches too! So much fun!

and this one from Liane...how adorable is the little bag in the owls 'hands'?

all items are in the new mini...if you don;t have it yet and live in Canada let me know and I will drop one in the mail to you.

Thansk for stopping by

Sue

My Stamp-A-Stack tomorrow...

I have a fun class tomorrow evening at 6pm. In it everyone makes 10 cards..2 each of 5 designs. It's been a while since I created a card class like this.

Here is a sneak peek..

If you would like to take this class I might be holding it again...just let me know if you might be interested.

I'll be showing them in full over the next few days.

Meanwhile here is another card that I recieved from my swap with my SU demo friends

This was done by Morag Dickie from Toronto. Isn't it lovely??

Check back soon for more inspiration..

Sue

 

Wonderful cards to share with you!

I recently took part in a card swap with my friend and SU sideline Alison Solven, Liane Binder, Morag Dickie and Eleonor McGary. All very talented stampers and I will be showing you all the beautiful cards that resulted from this little swap over the next few days.

Lets start with my cards (because I have pictures taken already LOL.)

The theme was the mini catalogue and we could do anything we wanted.

I showed you one of the cards in my last post

GENTLY FALLING:

Using products fro the new Spice Cake Product Suite.

Stamps: Gently Falling $35.95 clear mount or $48.95 wood   mounted 

Ink: Pool Party; More Mustard and Chocloate Chip

Paper: Spice Cake DSP; Pool Party; More Mustard; Chocolate Chip; Whisper White

Accessories: Spice Cake fabric; Spice Cake GIANT Buttons; 5/8 Inch Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon; Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon

PINES AND POINSETTIAS:

STAMPS: Pines and Poinsettias 24.95/17.95

INK: Chocolate Chip; Sahara Sand; Old Olive Real Red & Chocolate Chip Markers; PAPER: Very Vanilla; Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES: Mini Jungle Bells; Quilted Early Espresso Ribbon; Dazz. Diamonds;

PINES AND POINSETTIAS: Take 2

This one has very little stamping and lots of punching and texture:

STAMPS: Pines and Poinsettias

INK: Cherry Cobbler

PAPER: Frostwood Lodge DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Very Vanilla;

ACCESSORIES: Stocking Builder Punch; Lace Ribbon Border Punch; Snowflake Punch (for the corners); Pearls; Victoria Lace Ribbon; Mini Jungle Bells; Perfect polka Dots embossing folder.

Those are my cards for this swap...I'll share my friend's creations over the next few days. They are beautiful!

I'll also have LOADS more from another bigger swap that I partook in recently with many of my down line. I am itching to get them back :-).

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CURRENT RIBBON SWAPS:

I have two ribbon swaps going at the moment:

Ruffled Ribbons: 2 yards of 5 in-colour ribbons beautifully ruffled at the edges $15

Polka Dot Scalloped Ribbons: 2 yards of 10 different reversible ribbons $25

Just e-mail me at surich@shaw.ca to order your share.

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Thanks for dropping by, it is so great to be back stamping and creating!!

 

 

 

 

Fall Fun Blog Hop...jump on board!!!

Hello...welcome to my blog..and most of you probably arrived from The Captain's (aka Crooked Stamper aka Leslie) blog. My good blogging buddy Lydia of Understand Blue blog fame did an all out call for her bloggy pals to do a fun Fall Themed Blog Hop. I hope you enjoy the creative beauty that will follow. Below is a list of all the participants if you want to hop along...otherwise you can just click on the link at the bottom of this post that will take you to Michelle Hanway's blog.

Here is my contribution. I am actually hitting three birds with one stone with this card (poor wee birdies) ... my club ladies made it, I also made it for a small swap I am doing with some pals (check back to see the others) and I am using it for this blog hop!

Now if I ever were to actually send it to someone this would be close to the perfect card LOL.

I am IN_LOVE with this colour combo! The thing I love the most? See in this picture how the inks (Pool Party and More Mustard from SU) blended to create a third colour ...

 

SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!

one more pic...

Just look at that giant button...LOVE THEM!!

From here you will want to pay Michelle a visit....here ya go..a short cut to her blog...

MICHELLE HANWAY

Thank you all so much for visiting, and thanks to all the other great crafters and artists who are participating in this hop! Happy Fall Y'all...you KNOW someone had to say that!!!

If you want to start at the very beginning just click on Lydia's link below.

Remember to leave some love as you visit!!

 

 

Lydia Fiedler
Libby Hickson
Kim Williams
Michelle Single
Lee Murphy
Sara Henton
Yapha Mason
Lisa Adametz
Jimmi Mayo
Jeanne Streiff
Bev Gerard   
Shannon
Dana Keith
Joan Ervin
Maren Benedict
Teresa Kline
Hannah Clark
Dina Kowal
Wanda Cullen
Korin Sutherland
Taylor Usry
Monika Davis
Harriet Skelly
Kim Schofield
Cathy McCauley
Mary Marsh
Julia Aston
Bridget Finlay
Alison Habetler
Leslie Hanna
Sue Farrant
Michelle Hanway
Misti Oblander
Judy Rozema
Jenna Barber
Tammy Hershberger
Eva Dobilas
Kerri Michaud
Cheryl Navarrete
Neva McMullen
Marianne
Samantha
Cindy Wallach

 

It's here....The Holiday Mini Catalogue!

Click on the image above to be taken to the page where you can download all the current catalogues and also all the details on what was used in all the projects included in the catalogues!

Have fun!

Sue

 

Hello!!

It's been a while. I just had so much happening here wiht the house updates and our new grandbaby arriving..well..suffice it to say life is pretty good right now :-)

This is Landon James...I am kind of biased but is he not the cutest baby EVER??

We have cuddled and loved him so much..and he is a wonderful calm little baby. Life changing times!! I think his poor little face will be kissed off soon if we keep up the loving!!

End of Summer

Where did it go? It seems that it was just Canada Day, and now in the blink of an eye, summer starts to come to a close with an onslaught of Back to School sales. As kids are getting ready to go back to school, it is also a great time for everyone else to get ready for fall. Just doing a little bit each day can help you to get organized and ahead of the game before the busy schedules of fall are in full swing. Need somewhere to get started? Check out these fun and practical ideas:

Stamp up cards to replenish your stash.
    Look ahead for the next 4-5 months to see how many birthday cards you’ll need to have on hand. Stamp up some extra thank you, thinking of you, get well, and note cards, too. You can use the Medium Die Box (#122220), with or without the insert, to keep your cards organized. (The box fits the standard-sized cards on end nicely.) You can even create some dividers for the different kinds of cards that you use. The Medium Die Boxes come with a nice label plate on the outside so that you can mark what’s inside. And don’t forget to make it pretty with a little bit of ribbon, and maybe a paper flower or two. Also consider getting yourself a personalized address stamp and postage stamps to keep with your card stash to make sending out cards a breeze. Stampin’ Up! has a variety of personalized stamps to choose from, like the Conventional Three-Line stamp (#115580).

I will be doing a Simple Card Class on September 14th. Check our the details of all my card classes below. The Simple Card Class is a great way to replenish your stock!

Start your school year scrapbooks.
    Or if you have one big scrapbook that you add to each year, start by making some general pages - first day of school, school pictures, sports, fall fun, etc. to get a start on the pictures that you’ll be taking throughout the year, This will make it easier to keep up with your scrapbook as the year progresses. The Simply Scrappin’ Kits are a great way to make scrapbook pages come together quickly. Check out our new kits, like Party Animal (#122372) and Tickets & Tags (#122373). If you are a digital scrapbooker, My Digital Studio software (#118108) can have scrapbook layouts ready for your pictures or you can create your own custom pages right on your computer.

Some other ideas you might like include decorating and embellishing plain old file folders with Designer Series Paper like the Pocketful of Posies (#122354) or Domestic Goddess (#122355), using Chalkboard Decor Elements, like Days of the Week (#122298) to keep the whole family organized, and creating mini bulletin boards with an inexpensive frame and our Corkboard (#119819). And if you are really motivated, you might even want to start thinking about and planning your holiday cards ...

So get ready and be ready! I know it’s hard to think about fall when summer is still lingering, but a little bit of preparation can ensure that you’ll be able to enjoy each moment in the busy months to come.




UPCOMING CLASSES:

All Occasion Class

At this class you will make 8 All Occasion Cards. Use them to send out to brighten someones day or keep them to use as reference.

Date: September 14th / Time: 1:00pm or 6pm / Location: My Studio

COST: $15 or FREE with a $25 order

 Space is limited so don't delay. RSVP by September 10th

**Bring a NEW guest and you get a SECOND set of cards for FREE!! That's a total of 16 cards!**

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Flower Garden Class

The beautiful garden-inspired Designer Paper is an amazing backdrop for these four lovely cards 
and matching card purse! 
When you add in the Flower Garden embossing folder on the front of each card  you have a 
match made in heaven!   
Date:17th September
Time:10am
Cost:$30.00 or $20 with a $25 order
Location:My Studio
RSVP: September 8th
Place a minimum $50.00 online order at my store and recieve a full colour instruction file for this 
class in your mailbox!
Please email me to sign up for this class: surich@shaw.ca
Supplies will all be provided and this class includes envelopes
•	Ink:   Chocolate Chip Classic ink and Chocolate Chip Craft ink
•	Paper: Whisper White CS, Chocolate Chip CS, River Rock CS, and Paisley Petals DP  



Hope you can join me at one of these events!

PRODUCT SHARES:
I have two ribbon shares available at the moment

Scallop Polka Dot Ribbon
2 yards of each of the 10 colours.  This ribbon has polka dots on one side and is plain on the other making 
 it so versatile and the wee scalloped edges are adorable!
$25 per share
Basic Black/Cherry Cobbler/Chocolate Chip/Elegant Eggplant/Marina Mist/Melon Mambo/More Mustard/
Old Olive/Pretty in Pink/Tangerine Tango


Ruffle Ribbon
2 yards of each of our new 5 In Colours. This ribbon is sooo pretty with a little ruffle 
on each edge. $15
Calypso Coral/Island Indigo/Lucky Limeade/Pool Party/Wisteria Wonder

E-mail me to sign up! surich@shaw.ca

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That's about it for today!! Hope you can join me soon for some fun and friendly stamping! 
Watch this space for info on upcoming Scrapbooking Classes and Stamping Clubs!

 

WOYWW - Whats On Your Workspace Wednesday....or is that What's NOT on my Desk?

Whats NOT on my workplace would be more to the point! You may or may not know we moved to our new home in January. The plan was that I would use the antique pine furniture we had in the Stamp Cave...well..tried it and it just was not working out for me. I came home from my last trip and hubby a.k.a. McIver had decided that the old Hoosier that I kept my non-SU toys in would be better upstairs in the kitchen and put all my things on the table in the Cave. Suffice it to say..I was jetlagged and when I saw the chaos I almost cried...and let him know LOL. Guilt set in and we agreed that that the antiques were not functioning for me so we attacked the Ikea catalogue and then went for a visit. Things are about to change :-))) Hopefully next week we will be all organised and I will share the whole thing here on the blog. I hope I make the right IKEA choices!!Any and all sugestions are appreciated.

So..here is my desk this week...

and the table...

promise it will be much nicer next week!

(All the Pine has been shipped on 'permanent loan' to my friend...with the understanding if we ever buy a cabin etc that we can get it again LOL)

Thanks for visiting! I am linking over to WOYWW...

 

Sue