Thursday, February 26, 2015

I just want to...

A busy day of prep for upcoming classes and events, running my minions around and now snuggling my youngest two... Here is how I feel and I couldn't resist sharing it with you. 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A Pretty Vintage Ribbon Cookie Jar

Sometimes we need a little bit of pretty around our home or office to make the day a little bit sweeter.  I wanted to create a pretty candy jar for my crafting table (we love our sweets at my card making and crafting classes). I couldn't resist taking a few moments to decorate the perfect jar (from a discount store but a re purposed jar is great, too!) to create a pretty accent to our crafting area!
Create a quick, easy and pretty decorated jar with:
1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon (132140)
White Jute Ribbon (137904)
Sahara Sand 7/8" Lace Trim (137866)
Silicone Craft Sheet (127853)
Clear Jar & Hot Glue

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BOOK Your OWN Private Class that will Highlight the card styles or techniques you are interested in!  With my designing cards for YOU,Book a FUN Gathering of family and friends to create!  From funHoliday Cards to Celebrations... YOU will earn ALL of the Hostess Benefits on ALL of the Purchases - perfect for stocking up to make cards all year long!! 
Creating a wrapped jar is easy - simply grab the ribbons you like and hot glue (with your jar!).  Here I wanted a vintage accent with a feminine flair and texture - so that it is interesting if we pass it around the craft area.

The Burlap Ribbon was applied in two layers.  Add a line of hot glue, apply the ribbon and wrap it around the jar.  Cut it so that it overlaps the adhered hot glue start.  Use hot glue to finish this line of ribbon.  Apply a second line under this.

Cover the White Jute Ribbon over this and then the Sahara Sand Lace Ribbon Trim.  Tie extra Sahara Sand Lace Trim to the top for a cohesive look.
Happy Tool Tip Tuesday!  Here is a Hot and Helpful Tip!  Hot Glue is known to be - HOT (lol) and burn our finger tips and more.  When you use it on ribbon it's known to bubble through the wholes in the ribbon.  So use the hot glue but use your Silicone Craft Sheet after applying the hot glue then ribbon.  This will prevent your fingers from getting burned, push the hot glue into the ribbon for a flat and clean look.  The Silicone Craft Sheet will remove cleanly for a safe and clean application - YAY!  I use this sheet under most of my adhesives to protect my project and crafting surface - it even makes great 3D Flowers like this one - it's a MUST HAVE in your crafting.
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Create a sweet decoration that will beautify your day.  Taking a pretty but plain glass jar and creating a pretty, vintage and easy hand-crafted decoration.  When you can take a Dollar Store jar (or from a Homegoods, Ross, or a Re-Purposed jar) to create something pretty and new - you can create great gifts, party decoration and more!  It's a priceless way to personalize a gift or decoration.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

RSVP ASAP!

Schedule in some fun - awesome crafting fun!

HURRY - RSVP ASAP - with only 48 Hours Left to Reserve YOUR Spot (Pick a Prize for YOU and YOUR Guest when you bring a new-to-me friend to class!)

Good-Luck Gold Crafter-noon Card Class

Feb 28 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM  (Pacific)
Four "Good-Luck Gold' Cards in One AFTERNOON - $15 or FREE with a $25 or larger Order. 

Create 4 stunning Gold Accented WOW cards in One Afternoon - it's like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!!  Join Me for this FUN Crafternoon class that will preceede my Demonstrator Class for that later afternoon!  RSVP for One or BOTH (Non-Demonstrators are Welcome - save $5 when you book both classes as they will follow one after another.)


Stay and Play with the Gettin' Crafty Stampers and our fun Team Meeting (Dinner, Prizes and MORE!)

Gettin' Crafty Stampin' Team Meeting

Feb 28   3:30 PM - 6:30 PM  (Pacific)
This Fun Group are gathering to enjoy Raffles of Great Crafting Products (WOW!), Guest Speakers, Board Presentations of Great Projects, Swap Contest, Card Making Presentations and a Make and Take, Awards and FUN!!  This $15 Class will include a light dinner.  Earn Raffle Tickets on Every Guest You Bring (non-demonstrator) - Save $5 when you join the Crafternoon Class preceeding this class and fun! Extra Raffle Tickets will be availabe to purchase. (Q&A available until 7pm)

Best Deal In TOWN!

Our Team name is the Gettin' Crafty Stampers.....and we would LOVE to have you as a part of it! 
Stampin' Up! as a company has amazing benefits! A discount off of your product to begin with, early ordering, sneak peeks, exclusive magazines, and more!!
Did you know that as a Gettin' Crafty Stamper I offer you SO MUCH MORE!
1. Awesome Team Meetings (including Dinner, Dessert and PRIZES!) If you want to be a part of a team that learns together, stamps together and motivates you...this is the team!
2. ALL my monthly meetings are offered to you in a tutorial format EVERY month! Step by step directions, business tips, and more!! Again...you can learn and grow no matter where you live! That's a 19.95 value per month!  So you can participate NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE! 
3. An exclusive facebook group for just my team with great support, fun tutorials, challenges, posts and prizes!
4. LOTS of fun incentives! Our newest one is anyone who promotes or has 3 or more recruits during Saleabration earns a ONE-DAY retreat completely for FREE! 60.00 value! Live far away?? Then I SEND you the projects and gifts!
5. ONE on ONE help when you need it! I'm here to support you just for fun or if you want to build a business!
What are you waiting for? Join the Gettin' Crafty Stampers today!!
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/gettincrafty/jointhefun
Right now, Stampin' Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING on their starter kit, AND 2 Free Sale~A~Bration choices! It's ONLY 99.00 and you get to pick out 125.00!that's 26.00 for FREE plus the two SAB choices (or you can pick one of the awesome Project Kits!)
You have nothing to lose, and LOTS of fun to gain! Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions at all!
Jamie@GettinCraftyStampin.com
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Monday, February 23, 2015

Free hand-crafted Paper Flower

To say that I love my Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine is an understatement - lol.  I adore it!  From embossing to die-cutting I enjoy creating WOW Projects with ease. This new Bouquet Bigz Die creates stunning 3D paper flowers.  Add them to a plain gift bag or box for a dynamic gift wrap, add a stem for a beautiful bouquet or add a magnet for a fun accent to your home or office.  See how fun it is to create in a variety of styles (like this one) to create a delightful decoration.  Take this flower into a lovely Spring look that is FREE with the Sale~A~Bration Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper!
Delight with this big blossom:
Bouquet Bigz L Die (137367)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Hot Glue & Magnet

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BOOK Your OWN Private Class that will Highlight the card styles or techniques you are interested in!  With my designing cards for YOU,Book a FUN Gathering of family and friends to create!  From funHoliday Cards to Celebrations... YOU will earn ALL of the Hostess Benefits on ALL of the Purchases - perfect for stocking up to make cards all year long!! 

I am beyond excited to be creating these lovely hand-crafted flowers with an upcoming Private Class for Shelley!  How fun it will be to see the combinations of designs the ladies will create.  Like a snowflake, two will not be the same - with our Designer Series Paper - the double sided images will give freedom to our creativity!
WOW what lovely, big blossom!  Here the petals of three sizes become one this flower (there are 10 different die-cuts to create amazing looking flowers in ONE die!).  To create a lovely 6" full Spring paper-flower - I can take this one packet of FREE Sale~A~Bration Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper to make a full bouquet of Spring, trendy and cool flowers!
Add a fun accent to your refridgerator, office, or around your home when you decorate it by adding these hand-crafted paper flowers!  Here my refrigerator gets a fun accent that adds color and interest - making me happy to see it!
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I love how large, fun, funky and stylish this hand-crafted flower is!  It fills my hand and day with joy.  What a great decoration to your presents, add to a vase, banner or use material to create a lovely flower hair bow and more!  My Big Shot is a HERO in my crafting projects (ask me how to get YOURS for 1/2 Off or FREE!).  What a lovely gift to others or yourself - and it is easily personalized using our vast variety of Designer Series Papers to Card Stocks!  Let ME create with YOU and Your Guests at a Private Class - these 3D flowers are sure to impress with how fun and easy they are to create - and YOU Score the Hostess Dollars - while your guests score FREE Sale~A~Bration items (for a limited time with a minimum purchase).  

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Love You floral hand-stamped card

I love using an item in a new way and finding a way to save scraps and transform them into something new.  This hand-crafted card does all of that and comes together to show some pretty love.  Here taking the Spring Flowers embossing folder and creating a colored debossed image.  Using the scraps from this card to create a new stamped and die-cut image.  No waste and amazing results!  Join Me in creating some hand-stamped love that will bless others; a hand-crafted card is a small measure of love that blesses in a big way.
Create this Spring Flower Love card with:
*Crazy About You stamp set (wood 138856/clear 138859/photopolymer 137137)
Very Vanilla card stock (101650)
Rich Razzleberry card stock (115316)
Rich Razzleberry ink pad (126950)
Brayer (102395)
Spring Flowers Embossing Folder (137365)
*Hello You Thinlits Dies (137363)
Magnetic Platform (130658)
Premium Crease Pad (117630)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113429)
*Crazy About You Bundle and SAVE 15% (wood 139324/clear 139325/photopolymer 138873)


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BOOK Your OWN Private Class that will Highlight the card styles or techniques you are interested in!  With my designing cards for YOU,Book a FUN Gathering of family and friends to create!  From funHoliday Cards to Celebrations... YOU will earn ALL of the Hostess Benefits on ALL of the Purchases - perfect for stocking up to make cards all year long!! 
I love the Hello You thinlits dies!!  They are designed to make a ton of sentiments when paired with the Crazy About You stamp set (see the bundle to save 15% on the two!).  When we created this Love card I had the ladies in my class die-cut the 'you' from a strip of 2-1/2" Very Vanilla card stock.  They cut in-between each 'you' and popped the 'trash' into a basket I had on our Big Shot table.  I couldn't let this 'you' go to waste!  Here, stamping the 'Love' on the die-cut 'you' it won't go to waste and becomes a cool accent to this debossed card!

See the Video below on creating a colorful embossed image - this is the same premise but using the other side (the raised side).  Brayer the Rich Razzleberry ink on the raised flowers of the Spring Flowers Embossing Folder (from the Occasions Mini).  

The secret to a true colored debossed image - use the Premium Crease Pad as the 'bottom' plate!  This is a little thicker to roll through the Big Shot but the Premium Crease Pad has more cushion and will give the ink more contact as it is embossed/debossed.  (see the difference in the top Right image above - one with the most color uses the Premium Crease Pad, the other just standard cutting pads).

See this Video Tutorial (one of my older videos) on creating this cool Colored Embossing/Debossing technique:

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When you purchase the Blendabilites Markers, now available, from me, you receive an exclusive tutorial video and four fun crafted cards - using the Blendabilities - as FREE BONUSES!! 
Take this discarded die cut sentiment and stamp the 'Love' on it.  Using Stampin' Dimensional adhesive to raise it above the debossed flower sheet.  Use the Glue Dots to adhere the cut outs from the 'y' and 'o'.  How CUTE is that - so easy, too!  I love the lack of waste and effort in this.
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Deliver some love with this cute hand-crafted card.  What a wonderful way to prevent waste of supplies or efforts in using the 'scraps' of a die-cut to create something new and cool!  With the cool, vintage and quilted look of this colorful debossed image - it's a fun way to get a new use from your embossing folder.  Join Me in sending some love to others and see how it will bless and encourage!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Classic Guy hand-crafted card

Do you have that classic guy in your life - the manly man who can be quite dapper when dressed up?  This hand-stamped masculine 'classic' hand-crafted card reminds me of my dad (whom I miss, daily, but know is looking down on us and smiling).  Daddy was known for his western shirts, snazzy look of bold patterns and he was such a guys guy.  So celebrate the men in your life with a cute and fun hand-crafted card.  From a recent Private Class - book your's now!
Create this masculine card with:
Guy Greetings stamp set (wood 138825/clear 138828/ photopolymer 137178)
Baked Brown Sugar card stock (131296)
Lullaby Designer Series Paper (133695)
Chocolate Chip ink pad (126979)
Bow Builder Punch (137414)
Pearl Jewels (119247)
Glue Dots (103683)
SNAIL Simple Neat Affordable In-Line adhesive (104332)

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BOOK Your OWN Private Class that will Highlight the card styles or techniques you are interested in!  With my designing cards for YOU,Book a FUN Gathering of family and friends to create!  From funHoliday Cards to Celebrations... YOU will earn ALL of the Hostess Benefits on ALL of the Purchases - perfect for stocking up to make cards all year long!! 
My dad was known for his Western type shirts - the pearl snaps and bold patterns/plaids.  Even when out of fashion, he had my mom sew him some - lol.  Inspired by his love of bold patterned shirts, our love of vintage cars this card came to life.

Cutting a 4-1/4" by 3" strips of the Lullaby Designer Series Paper.  Snip the center top about a 1/2" inck down (for this version) and fold back the edges to create this shirt collar look.

For that dapper man in your life who likes his accessories - add the smallest adhesive backed Pearl Jewels to the tips.  Accent with the Bow Builder Punch bow and the largest of the adhesive backed Pearl jewels in honor of the buttons (or pearl snaps).
Myyyy Daddy loved the wide winged collar type shirts - this was a 1" cut on the top.

The Designer Series Paper is DOUBLE Sided and gives the coolest look for projects like this!  Coordinated colors and style but a large variety to play with!

Stamp the Guy Greetings sentiment 'To A Classic' in the Chocolate Chip ink on the Designer Series Paper.
With a variety of styles to our Designer Series Papers and the way you design this shirt - it can fit that special guy in your life!  The Classic car image from the Guy Greetings stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink on the Baked Brown Sugar card stock.  This In-Color will go away this year - snag yours while it's still here!  It's super warm and does look like yummy Baked Brown Sugar!!

(I love the Occasions Mini Catalog from the Bow Builder Punch to this stamp set - it's a winner of a catalog!!).

My 'old man' as he was often called.  Dad would soooo have sported a bold pattern at my wedding - if he was allowed, lol.  He would have soooo loved this hand-stamped card.
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I love the men in my life - from my beloved Gpa to Dad to Uncle, Cousins, Hubby and my Son.  This new Occasion's Mini 'Guy Greetings' stamp set covers ALL of those men in your life with style!  These classic images are beautifully designed and perfect with a variety of styles.  From vintage cars, guys, tools, shoes and anchors - it makes for easy masculine crafting.  Celebrate those guys in your life with a classic hand-crafted card. 

Friday, February 20, 2015

Fashionable Bow hand-stamped card

Deliver a stylish hand-stamped card.  This quick, clean and elegant 'Congrats' hand-crafted card is a great way to celebrate life with others.  From clean lines, a simple sentiment, accented with a pretty punched paper bow and sparkling, adhesive backed Rhinestone jewels - this hand-stamped card is created to be classic and timeless while delivering smiles!
Create a stylish Congrats hand-stamped card with:
*Simply Wonderful stamp set (wood 139125/clear 139128)
Basic Grey card stock (121044)
Pink Pirouette card stock (111351)
Silver Encore Metallic Ink Pad (132142)
Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
Bow Builder Punch (137414)
Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder (132174)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Glue Dots (103683)

**  SHOP 24/7 with me while Earning BONUS Frequent Buyer Points!!   If you enjoy this project and want to have some fun crafting with me, CLICK HERE and RSVP ASAP for my Upcoming Classes!!  Most classes are FREE with a qualified purchase!!


BOOK Your OWN Private Class that will Highlight the card styles or techniques you are interested in!  With my designing cards for YOU,Book a FUN Gathering of family and friends to create!  From funHoliday Cards to Celebrations... YOU will earn ALL of the Hostess Benefits on ALL of the Purchases - perfect for stocking up to make cards all year long!! 
I LOVE Fashion!  So Happy Fashion Friday!  This classic, clean, elegant and easy hand-crafted card is sure to brighten someone's day.  Inspired by a stunning ensemble this card came to life.  

Emboss the lower half of the Basic Grey card with the Stylish Lines embossing folder in the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine.  Adhere a 1/4"x4-1/4" strip of Pink Pirouette card stock with Glue Dots.  Punch, assemble and adhere the Pink Pirouette bow using the Bow Builder Punch.  The Glue Dots (or Hot Glue) work great to help assemble the bow - use the Bone Folder to curl the edges of this card stock.
Stamp this FREE Simply Wonderful Sale~A~Bration image using the Silver Encore Metallic ink pad.  Accent with the cute, adhesive-backed Rhinestone Jewels.  Adding the accent to the Bow in the larger of the Rhinestones and the smallest to the sentiment - you create a subtle but elegant sparkle.  (Three sizes give you fun options for coordinated looks on one sheet of 150 jewels!)
Who wouldn't be inspired to (a) wear this ensemble, sigh and (b) let it inspire a timeless and feminine hand-stamped card!  No matter WHERE you find inspiration - have fun and create!  A hand-stamped card is a small effort that blesses in a big way.
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Deliver a hand-crafted card that will stand through the test of time.  A hand-stamped card is a great way to share in one's celebrations, to show that you care and to bless others.  This clean, elegant and easy card is inspired by fashion but translates beautiful wishes.  Like fashion, it's sure to make the day a better one!  Join Us in creating hand-stamped cards at our many card making classes!

What Others are SAYING about Getting Crafty with Jamie

Jamie is so passionate and creative about making cards - and wants everyone else to join her in the fun! She is so encouraging and positive in her attitude, helping me along when I get frustrated - and then rejoicing with me at the finished product! I love going to her classes to get new ideas, learn techniques, and have loads of fun in the process. ~ Christine C.

Jamie has wicked awesome classes! If you don’t like a particular stamp or paper/ink color Jamie wants you to change it to suit your style! I did my sister-in-law’s entire bridal shower from invitations/thank you cards, party favors to decorations, it was quaint and whimsical! Everyone ooh’d and ahh’d! I’ve had lots of special requests for classes and Jamie delivers; she always has tasty treats and flavored coffees too ~Ashley W.

I have been attending Jamie's classes for over a year. Her ideas for cards are fresh and fun. She always tries to have several different styles of cards available, so everyone gets to make cards that fit their personal style. The techniques she shows each class can be used in many different applications. She is very patient teacher when instructing class members on how to use the Stampin Up products. ~ Carol D.

If I looked up the word sparkle in the dictionary, I would find Jamie Albanese picture there. I have had the sweet blessing of knowing Jamie and her family for over 5 years now. Every time I am with her I feel loved and inspired. When I am in one of her classes I feel my creative juices flow, as she encourages me to go outside my comfort zone. Jamie helped our girl scout troop make cards for a soldier who needed some encouragement!!! For any of you who have not been in one of Jamie's classes, please don't let another day slip by. She is a beautiful friend and she will become yours too. ~ Blessings, Karen:-)

Jamie has a great eye for style and flair, and it shows in her work. Yet she can pick up on your own individual style and makes great recommendations. I love that she is always flexible for last-minute decision maker mommies like me! So much fun to host craft events with your friends and family - that personal touch always means so much. ~ Adonna

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