Stamp with Michele

Stamping for the Troups Mothers Day Card

Here is the last of the cards we made for the troups to send home to their mothers.  It seemed to be one of the favorites. 

This used the following Stampin' Up! products:

Level One Hostess Set Because I Care, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Aqua Painter, Rose Red Classic ink & Wild Wasabi Classic ink, retired Purely Pomegranite satin ribbon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA had a fun afternoon stamping for her Masculine Stamp a Stack, her workshop & just for herself. 

Stamping for the Troups Mothers Day card

This is the 5th of 6 different cards made to send to the troups for them to send back to their loved ones.  This uses the current word Stampin' Up! stamp set All Holidays.  I used a retired stamp set along with retired Designer Series Paper, cardstock & button. 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.  Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA

Stamping for the Troups Card

This Mothers Day card uses the Embedded Embossing Technique I just taught my Technique Club this month.  I attached the polka dotted designer series paper to some Whisper White cardstock & put it through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice textured impressions embossing folder.  I then stamped the large flowers from the Stampin Up 2 step Level 2 Hostess set called Fast & Fabulous.  The words were stamped using a retired stamp set.  This piece was sponged with a brown ink to help it show up better & popped up with dimensionals.  The last step was to  add the retired ribbon I had left.  This card used mostly retired supplies I have had left over from the last several years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA

Stamping for the Troup Cards

The first 3 cards below I am showing you are pretty much cased from the cards I have done for other events but changed them up to use different colored cardstock, brads, ribbon etc.  The first card was also stamped with Happy Mothers Day, I just grabbed the wrong stamp when making the sample card.  We also can't use any glitter on cards for the troups. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope everyone has a great weekend, Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA

Stamping for the Troups

Monday night of group of people from my day job, GMAC Mortgage came to My Stamping Place to stamp 300 Mothers Day cards for the troups.  They are sent to Martie Shea, a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator in Missouri who started a wonderful non profit organization.  She in turn will send them overseas for our troups to use to send back to their mothers.  If you would like more information on this worthwhile organization please check out their website:  http://www.fromourhearts.info/

We also had a 3 other helpers to get these done.  My mom who cut all the cardstock & ribbon & some punching prior to the event.  She also helped that night with putting dimensionals on some of the popped up pieces.  My oldest sister Dianne helped when she learned we might be short a couple people who had intended to come.  Also my friend & customer Barb who not only helped do the cards but helped clean up after.  I was really thankful for that the next day when getting ready for my Technique Club.  Last but not least we had a couple younger girls come to assist. 

  

I thought I would share a few pictures of everyone working together to get all the cards done that night.  Tomorrow I will start showing you the cards we stamped. 

 

 

 

Can you tell we were having a good time?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA is getting ready for Technique Club in Des Moines, IA this weekend.  Yeah!

What does 300 Stamping for the troups cards in a box look like?

Recently my department at my day job (GMAC Mortgage) decided to do a project to stamp Mothers Day cards for the troups in Iraq & Afganistan to send home to their mothers.  Ten of my co workers joined me last week to stamp the 6 cards you have enjoyed on my blog over the last week or so.  Only a couple of them have ever stamped before but they came through with flying colors.  I appreciate the time all of them gave to achieve the goal.  Thanks everyone.

These cards were boxed up & sent to Martie Shea in Jefferson City, MO who is a fellow Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator & is founder of a non profit business called From Our Hearts.  Her business website is http://www.fromourhearts.info.  Martie has it set up on her website to also take money donations to help cover the cost of mailing the cards overseas as well as for envelopes, adhesive, etc for events to stamp more cards for the troups.  She also accepts cards from anyone whether it be 1 or 1000.  The address you can send your cards to is:   

From Our Hearts

1100 Dogwood Dr

Jefferson City, MO  65109

If you have an interest in sending any cards you may contact me & I will give you further information. 

Michele Schmidt, email:  MSCH1L@mchsi.com or phone: 319-610-1114

Mothers Day Cards for the Troups

 Here are the 2 cards Kelli came up with using a little of my input. 

 

This first card uses a Stampin' Up! background stamp called Medallion from pg 133 from the Idea Book & Catalog.  It also uses Well Scripted from the Occasions Mini catalog & Vintage Labels which is a free set you can earn during SaleABrations & is listed in the SaleABrations Brochure.  The colors are Elegant Eggplant & a retired In Color called Marigold Morning. 

This second card uses a retired Stampin Up background stamp called Fine Lace along with a retired word stamp set.  The white stamped background was also put through the Sizzix Big Shot with the Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The heart used heavy duty foil adhesived to some cardstock & run through the Big Shot with the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit Die from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  The bird uses the new Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch from the Mini catalog.  The card used some retired cardstock called Positively Pink along with Whisper White, Pretty in Pink & some Certainly Celery Designer Series Paper. 

Thanks so much for your help Kelli.  I really appreciate the time you gave me. 

Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA

Mothers Day Cards for the Troups

So we have a fundraiser going on at my day job to collect funds to make Mothers Day Cards for the Troups to send home to their mothers.  We will be making anywhere from 150 to 300 cards depending on how much money is collected.  I already have cardstock cut for 200 cards & all the supplies ready for another 100 if needed. This was due to the help from my mother Kathleen Hansen & Kelli Hansen (no relation).  My mom cuts most of my cardstock and Kelli one of my stamping friends who came to open stamping last week & spent 3 hours helping me come up with some of the cards, punching & embossing some of the pieces. The next several days I will be showing you these cards I came up with for some non stampers to come & make the beginning of March. 

This first card uses a Stampin Up stamp set called Best Wishes & More along with a retired word stamp set.  It is also using some retired Designer Series Paper and Certainly Celery ribbon from last years SaleABrations plus a couple of punches.   

Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, IA

Adopt a Family Christmas Present

Each year at my day job we adopt some familys for Christmas.  We provide presents whether they be clothes or toys, maybe even a Holiday meal to a less fortunate family.  This year  our department raised over $1400 with fundraising events.  My manager asked me for some assistance as one of the mothers wanted some scrapbooking supplies.  I asked how much she had to spend for supplies & she stated $20.00.  As all you scrapbookers know, this will not get you much but I advised her I would also donate some items to this mother.  I had plenty of retired items that I had not used I was happy to share.  The Simply Scrappin kit pictured was $20.00 itself.  I estimated this mother was receiving between $80.00 to $100.00 worth of supplies.  What a good feeling this has been. 

Artwork © Stampin' Up!

Michele Schmidt feeling blessed in Waterloo, IA

Mother of Twins Cards for Nursing Home

Each year for about the past 5 years I have assisted the Mother of Twins Club of Blackhawk County with making cards for a Nursing Home.  They felt most people probably get Christmas cards so they do them for Thanksgiving.  The cards are set on the food tray at that particular nursing home on Thanksgiving Day.  They have made anywhere from 45 to 90 some cards depending on the nursing home they chose for that particular year.   

Artwork © Stampin' Up

Michele Schmidt

These are 2 of the 3 cards made this year.  The 3rd card is one you have seen on here before so I didn't put it out here. 

The 1st card is a case of a card in the current years catalog on page 13.  It was changed just slightly.  It uses a Level 1 Hostess set called "Of the Earth".  Also used was the Give Thanks from the Level 1 Hostess set called "Holiday Best" on the same page.  Cardstock used is Kraft, Really Rust, More Mustard & Close to Cocoa with Really Rust & Chocolate Chip ink used. 

The 2nd card uses a old favorite called "Lovely as a Tree" from page 110 of the current catalog.  The Sizzix Big Shot was used with the Stampin Up Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die & the Originals Ovals Die.  Also used was the Texturz Plate Kit #4 for the background of the card.  Sponge Daubers were used to color the tree with Chocolate Chip, Old Olive & Ruby Red ink by starting with the lightest color first & then stamping on Very Vanilla cardstock. You do have to clean the stamp in between.  Happy Thanksgiving came from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set from page 145 & the Modern Label punch (page 186-187) was used to punch the words.