Friday, April 18, 2014

Hostess Thank You Bag


If you host a Stampin' Up! workshop you get treated like a King/Queen.  Not only do you get the hostess benefits to order your favorite products for FREE, but you get nice gifts like this from me as my way of thanking you for hosting the workshop!


This bag was full of Stampin' Up! products that I gave to my hostesses in March.  I just love spoiling my hostess and who wouldn't want more Stampin' Up! products to use!  You can host your own workshop with your family and friends in your home; we can do a catalog party where you just collect orders; or we can even do a Facebook party if you aren't local!  Contact me to learn more or check my available local party dates at http://brittnysmith.stampinup.net


Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Kissing Technique

I have started teaching techniques as part of my classes.  I call them Technique Tuesdays!  The first one was last night and they learned the Kissing Technique. Image what kissing means and picture stamps doing it and you have done the kissing technique!  This technique will add texture to a solid stamp and change what the stamped image can look like.  Here's the project they made in class to practice the kissing technique.  Notice the hearts and coastal cabana banners have been "kissed"!


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If you live in the Pittsburgh, PA area and would like to attend any of my classes you can check out what I'm offering each month at http://brittnysmith.stampinup.net under the "Events" tab.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals April 15-21

Stampin' Up! started discounting a few products every week.  Here is this weeks deals.


Order at http://brittnysmith.stampinup.net or contact me to place the order.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Army Get Well Card


My husband needed a get well card for an Army friend.  I just love the camouflage that each branch has in their combat uniforms that I wanted to try to mimic.  I used the sponge and ink pads and just started dabbing with the lightest to darkest colors and filling in the empty spaces as I went.  I think this background turned out pretty cool and would love to hear your comments below.


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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Customize Your Stampin' Up! Experience!

As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator the one thing that I love to do is to introduce new people to our products.  One way I do that is by going in to hostesses homes who invite their friends and family over to have a home party.  They earn lots of free products and it's a blast seeing people experience crafting for the first time with our products.  I customize the party to what the hostess will want their guests to make and take home with them.  Last month I went in to someones home who wanted to do a wine bottle tag.  This was during Sale-a-bration so some of these products you cannot order anymore but I still wanted to show you the project.


The ladies enjoyed learning how to use these products and it's given them a way to pass out those wine bottles as gifts!  Check out my calendar of events at http://brittnysmith.stampinup.net to see my open party dates if you think you would like to take advantage of these benefits as a hostess!  We can also party on Facebook if you are far away or can never get everyone together.  Contact me at brittnycreates@gmail.com.

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Monday, April 7, 2014

My Wish with Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio

I have been meaning to make this for my sister since my wedding which was 7 years ago!  I kept making excuses like "I don't have the time" or "I don't have the perfect supplies to make it."

Then I realized, I do have the perfect supplies and would only take a short time to make it.  How would I do it you ask?  Well it's called My Digital Studio!

I couldn't believe I didn't realize this a long time ago.  Not only could I pick from many different tools but I could manipulate the page to exactly what I wanted it to look like in no time!  I literally probably spent no longer than 30 minutes to create this page.  (I have to admit I didn't pay attention to the size picture frame I bought so had to rework the size of the page after I had it all finished which added maybe an extra 10 minutes)  I will take 40 minutes to finish a project any day though.!

Let me explain the page though.  My sister and I have been best friends for a LONG time now.  We had our fights growing up but grew extremely close in college.  She was my maid of honor in our wedding and played such a big part planning it since I was living in Virginia at the time with the wedding being in Pittsburgh.  My thought was to make this soon after the wedding as a thank you, but going on 7 years later that didn't work out.  So instead it's going to be a birthday present.

Anyways, at the wedding she requested "My Wish," by Rascall Flatts.  If you haven't heard that song or know the words google it cause it's such a touching song.  My sister and I were bawling our eyes out on the dance floor because after the wedding my husband and I were moving to San Diego, CA.  (Little did we know then that she was going to move to San Diego herself in a year!)  The song fit our situation perfectly.

I am getting better and more used to digital crafting.  My Digital Studio is so wonderful in allowing me to grow as a digital crafter.  I feel like I'm expanding what I'm able to do and make with this software.


Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Butterfly Thank You Card and Video


I love butterflies and try to use them as much as I can in my projects.  This was a fun card to create and I got to demonstrate how the Stamp-a-ma-jig works.  I'm usually a stamp and go type of person but really can't with this card.

The other thing about this card is I started doing Facebook parties in my business.  If you can't have a party in your home, you can still have one but everyone just logs in to Facebook at a certain time and we party together live through a Facebook event.  It's a lot of fun and I share exclusive products and videos and the hostess gets all the rewards of having a typical in home workshop!  I shared this video to demonstrate how to make this card.  Not the best quality and some background noise but enjoy my very first ever project video!

 

If you want to host a live Stampin' Up! Facebook party contact me at brittnycreates@gmail.com and we'll get started planning your event.


Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals

A couple months ago Stampin' Up! introduced weekly deals.  They take some products and discount them for one week.  Here are this weeks deals that you can order at http://brittnysmith.stampinup.net