Stampin' Up

So I love scrapbooking and love the way that stamps look but always swore up and down that I wouldn't do the Stampin' Up thing. Well, I was recently converted. A friend of mine is into Stampin' Up and her distributor does monthly demonstrations. Suzann invited me to go along with her yesterday for this month's demonstration. And I loved it! We made a card to start out with which was really neat because it combined different techniques that I already knew a little about and expanded on them. I know how to emboss and I know how to roll ink but never thought to combine them and use the embossing as a resist to the ink. I didn't do a perfect job with the ink roll but I like the overall look of the card.

Project number two was to learn how to stamp on fabric napkins. And they turned out so neat looking. I absolutely love them! And by using 100% cotton napkins and the kind of ink pad (I can't remember the name right now) I just had to stamp and go. There was no heat setting involved at all which I think is simply fantastic. I wound up loving the stamp set we used so much that I decided to buy it! I also picked up a second set that has other floral designs. And when I sat down and figured out the cost involved, it's actually cheaper to purchase the sets from Stampin' Up then it is to purchase the individual stamps at the store. I can't wait until my order comes in around the 30th. By that point my studio should be completely set up and I can go to work!

And the laminating machine we used inspired me to design some jewelry that I'm working on as I type this! I should have some completed by tomorrow and a new post about it then!