Undefined-Stamp Carving

Have you ever wanted a stamp but couldn't find the perfect image? Maybe one of your customers has a special family logo or a sketch she'd like to have as a stamp. Well now she can! Undefined is Stampin' Up!'s new stamp carving product line. You define the rubber stamp any way you want. When you carve your very own stamp, you have will have an entirely new and different creative experience. And when you're finished, you will have created a one-of-a-kind stamp! How exactly do you carve a stamp? Watch the video for a tutorial.

Intrigued? We know you want to get your hands on the kit and start carving your own masterpieces. Here are the item numbers you'll need (we suggest adding a refill kit on your first order . . . trust us, you're gonna want it).

Item #	Description	Price
133402	Undefined Stamp Carving Kit	$19.95
134808	Undefined Refill Kit	$9.95
124236	Clear-Mount Cling Foam*	$10.95

*Add a sheet of Clear-Mount Cling Foam to create your own clear-mount stamps. Mounting your stamps on the cling foam allows you to make stamps any size you want, not just what will fit on the blocks in the kit.

Included in the Stamp Carving Kit: 2 carving tools 3" x 4" rubber 3" x 4" foam 4 wood blocks (various sizes) 1 Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker 3 postcards Instruction sheet Stamp image templates

Included in the Refill Kit: 3" x 4" rubber 3" x 4" foam 4 wood blocks (various sizes) Instruction sheet

Express your personality, thoughts, feelings, etc. with a stamp you've carved all on your own! We know you'll have a "look what I made!" moment.
We'd love to see what you make with your kit. Please e-mail us a photo of your creations and any projects you make with your carved stamps to undefined@stampinup.com so we can pin your photos to our Undefined Pinterest board!

Happy Birthday Card

Stamps
• Essentials*

Paper
• Island Indigo Cardstock
• Tea for Two Designer Series Paper*
• Watercolor Paper

Ink
• Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad
• Gold Glow Smooch Spritz®

Stampin’ Up! Accessories
• Basics Glimmer Brads
• Stampin’ Dimensionals®
• Aqua Painters®
• Big Shot™
• Pinwheel Sizzlits® S Die*
• Toothpick

*From the 2013 spring catalog (available January 3—May 31, 2013).

Hey There Card

How cute is this card? Have you checked out the card ideas on my Stampin Up web site? Super cute stuff.... go to www.debbiebuchanan.stampinup.net and click on ideas..... oh what fun it is.....
 
Paper
• Daffodil Delight Cardstock
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper

Stampin’ Up! Accessories
• Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine
• Naturals Designer Buttons
• Epic Day This and That Designer Stickers
• Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape
• Stampin’ Dimensionals®

Art Journal

Our baby moved to PA. Boo Hoo - so why not journal about it? Looking at it from God's point of view makes it a little easier to accept... but sill doesn't make me happy :(.

Join Paper Pumpkin

Have you joined Paper Pumpkin yet? Come on.... sign up at www.mypaperpumpkin.com, enter me as your demonstrator and when I get the email notice, I will drop one of these cards in the mail to you. These cards are from June's Paper Pumpkin Kit. Super cute, right! Sign up by today July 10 to get this months in the mail. If you want til tomorrow, your first Paper Pumpkin delivery will be in August.

Flowers Make Me Smile

I thought I would share one of my most favorite Art Journaling flowers to date. Ya never know when a better one may be created! I love flowers, all flowers, and I love stamping, drawing, coloring them even more. Flowers just make me smile! I drew the words first, then filled in with the flowers and leaves. I colored them using my Stampin Up Watercolor pencils, then blended them with a blender pen. I then used pan pastels for the background shadows. Black marker makes the words, dots, outlines and little details.

I hope you are inspired to create some really great flowers that will make you smile too. Please do not use this art work for any type of contests or publications. This is my original art and I am sharing it for inspiration use only. Thanks for not using what is not yours.

Arch Swap

I entered yet another swap for an Arch Card. The design was to be red, white and blue on a 4"x6" arch type of card. The card is to be any type of heavy board. After the year all who participated will add a few holds and make them into a book.  Here is my swap for July.

I so love this past paper from STampin Up. The flower was from some wired twine I picked up a few years back and finally dug it out to use. The rest of the goodies are from my stash of all stashes, and I so enjoy using some of them up and seeing them go to a fun project. Both sides of this arch card is decorated paper. So that when we put them together the "book pages" will be pretty on both sides.  Super fun huh?!
I hope this inspires you to dig out some of your stash and put them to fun use too.

Christmas in July

I entered a Random Act of Art Swap with my wonderful yahoo group. This months swap was tags. Well I don't know to many who couldn't use Christmas Tags, so that is what I chose to make. I had such fun with using up a bit of this and a bit of that for this swap. The tags are made from the left over cardboard from the bias tape that we used on the Haiti Dresses. What fun to reuse trash and make it into something so pretty. I used past Stampin Up Designer Series Papers, and tid bits of this and that to embellish. I so enjoyed this project.

Art Journaling Mini Book.

I have made some little Art Journaling Books. They are 6 1/2"x 8" in size, hand sewn five hole binding and made out of cold pressed heavy weight watercolor paper. There are four inside pages, and a front and back cover with four flip out pages. This one shown was one I had designed and used as a door prize drawing in my last Art Journal Class. The cost is $10 each, and $2.50 for USA shipping. If you are interested in one, please send me a message (see left side of blog to send).

Card Share Swap

Card by Becky K.

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Card by Gloria Ross. Stamping with a broken rib!

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Card by Judy Hacker

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Card by Debbie Bond

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Card by Debbie Bond

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By Crista Miller

Bathroom!

Well it all started with this. Oh my what a mess..... We are well into a bathroom, back porch, living room, and kitchen remodel! Oh my I never dreamed that a little leaky toilet would end up in turning the whole house upside-down.

I can share a few before and afters with you... however there is really nothing fully finished as of yet!

 Here are the new knobs we picked out for the master bath. Pretty huh! The lighting was so different that it changed the cabinet color... really these are the same cabinets.

 Now on to the living room (great room) .....

 Looks like two different rooms, but this is really the living room, looking out to the back deck. The top door is just a regular 5" door. Nothing special, we never really used it, but to look out of the tiny windows in it. The living room has always been dark and yucky to me...

....but  as you see below we now have this amazing 10" telescoping door. Wow, the room is light and bright. The windows are amazing. I love love love it.

And you see it is not finished yet, we get to paint, trim, clean.... oh and looking out those windows you can see the mess that is going on, on the porch... and that green thing in the middle of the yard out there... yes it is a tub!

Stay tuned as there is much much more to come. Till then... this is our view of our bathroom!

Nothing! Just a big ol' dusty mess every where, and stuff stashed ever where, and the trips to Lowe's, Menard's, Home Depot are a mounting!

The building remodel, repair continues...... A New Roof

I know this isn't all that exciting for most.... but I had to show you our new pretty roof! Since when did roof get to be pretty? Ha! I am such a nerd sometimes.
So here is the before.... dirty, streaky, ugly, boring.

and the After...... pretty amazing! It kinda reminds me of a shake roof. I have always loved shake roofs, but they are not so good to use in Indiana due to our beautiful freezing white winters. This one has a life time warranty, yippee!

We had a new air conditioner/ heater put in to0. Yicks! I really didn't think you wanted to see pictures of that. But is sure works great, and the new thermostat can be set by my i pad. Oh boy now I am really living like the "in" crowd! heeheehee

Card Swap Share

Card by Georgeanne Caine

Art Journaling Class Art

Janice R., Georgeanne C. & Sharon M.

 What fun I had with my dear stamping friends. I am so excited how everything turned out.

Crista M., Shelly, Nikki T. & Janice R.

 Everyone's watercolor tulip page came out just beautiful. We used Stampin Up's ink pad refills, aqua painters, water, background papers, black stamp pad, background stamp, and butterfly stamp, dot stencil, black marker, white gel pen, and a glitter pen.

Anita F., Candace B., Rose W. & Jody V.

"Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the class last night.  I am really pleased with my art work especially after looking at it this morning.  Not bad, if I say so myself.  Looking forward to learning how to do the lettering you do.  Thanks.  Love, Janice"

If you live close by and are interestded in attending my Art Journaling Classes. Stay tuned and watch for the dates to be posted soon. Next class will be in August and you will learn "lettering". 

Card Swap Share

Card Swap by Sarah Smith.

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Card Swap by Rose Wainman.

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Card Swap by Anita Taylor.

Dresses for Haiti

I can not thank Betty Buchanan, Nikki Thiele and Janice Rowe for spending there Saturday sewing 37 pillow case dresses for Haiti. It was a great afternoon spent with friends doing something that matters. If you want to help make dresses for the little girls in Haiti, let me know I can send you the directions and where to donate them.

Art Journaling: Support

My best friend since the 4th grade shaved her head for a dear friend who is struggling with breast cancer. I am so in ahh of her love and support that I had to put this moment in my journal. So here is my rendition of the picture she sent to me to tell me all about the experience. No wonder this amazing women is still my best friend after all these years! What a act of support! Love you Franny.

If you are struggling with breast cancer, may you know that the prayers I say are for you too. May you know the touch from our healing loving God and that others care too.

Art Journaling My Jesus

My Jesus page is not done yet, I want to add some more words to her wings. But I thought I would share my second page and face with you. I used Stampin Up Watercolor pencils, aqua painters and blender pens.

July ATC Swap

I am sharing the swaps from the June Men's ATC Swap. Won't you join us for the July ATC Swap.  Theme is: Summer. Make four  2 1/2" x 3 1/2" little pieces of art. Get them to me my the end of July and I will swap them out. You can take the ATC's and apply them to the front of a card and have an instant card ready to go. Super cute fast and so fun.