This weeks "Weekly Deals"- May 13- 19, 2014!

A Chevron Punch 'LATTICE'!

Hello!
Here is another card from STYC.

I love the LATTICE- don't you!

 'Petite Petals', 'Hardwood' & 'Too Kind'

cs:  Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Whisper White & Early Epresso

ink:  Raspberry Ripple & Early Espresso
marker:  Early Espresso

supplies:  Chevron Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit, 
2 1/2" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, dimensionals, glue dots, 
Essentionals Paper Piercing Pack template

This 'Hardwood' background stamp is one of my favorites.
It is just so versatile.
On this card I took a ruler & drew straight lines on the boards 
& added dots for nails...to make it look more like boards.
What do you think?

We are finally "HOME SWEET HOME"!
We walked in our door at 2 am yesterday (Monday morning)-
 after spending all day Sunday in the airport with delayed & cancelled flights. 
We had an amazing time last week with our Stampin' Up! family.
But it is always so nice to be home again to our family, 
sleep in our own bed, shower in our own shower, etc.
We are truly blessed!!
 
We literally got off of the plane- hitting the ground running.
We both have a crazy busy week here.
Deke left early yesterday morning for meetings.
And I was blessed with all 3 of my boys.
Nothing is sweeter than our little ones hugging us telling us they missed us too!
Poor Brayden got his tonsils out last Thursday & isn't feeling so well yet.
Hope he is better soon!!

Yikes- I have mounds of laundry, piles of mail & 372 emails to catch up on.
Deke will be home today- moving pigs & washing buildings today,
as we are getting ready for new baby piggies that come next week.

Last night I got a few loads of laundry done.
And I got my Burlap & Blossoms Wreath for Saturday mornings class all created.
It is so CUTE!!!
I'm so excited about making this with everyone coming.
You are all going to love it too!

I'm off to pick up the boys this morning & spend the day with them.
Tonight I'll be working on laundry & figuring out cards for this weeks classes.
Deke has a night time meeting.
And then we are selling hogs LATE- after he gets home....
so we'll be burning the midnight oil around here out on the farm.

My Uncle Jerry & Aunt Kathy were gracious enough to take care of our animals while we were gone.
We can't thank them enough for doing all of our chores-
 as it is so hard for us to be able to leave with all that we have to do here.
Bless them!
We can't thank them enough for helping us out!

Gotta run...
I hope you have a TERRIFIC day!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A 'white wash' technique using 'Happy Watercolor'.

Hello!

I love the White Chalk Markers.

Isn't is cool how you can color the flowers with them?

These color combination is awesome too.

Just so clean & simple!

My dear demonstrator friend LeeAnn Greff used this set & layout with black 

& yellow that she sent to me.

So of course I thought this would make the perfect card for the me to use at STYC doing the White Wash technique with the White Chalk Marker.

'Happy Watercolor'

cs:  Sahara Sand & Basic Black

ink:  Black Stazon

marker:  White Chalk 

supplies:  Scalloped Edge Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, glue dot, dimensionals, Basic Pearls

I hope you have a SUPERB day!!

Happy Stamping!
SUSIE 

A vellum overlay flower!

Hello!
Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!
I hope you all have a very special day!

Wow- I love how the colors on this flower pops!
I stamped on the vellum using Basic Black Stazon 

& then turned it over & colored the flower using markers.

Coloring it this way just helps to make the flower POP!

 'Peaceful Petals' & 'Petite Pairs'

cs:  Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Whisper White, Vellum

dp:  Quatrefancy Specialty

ink:  Black Stazon & Daffodil Delight

markers:  Old Olive, Tangerine Tango

supplies:  3" Circle Die, 1/2" Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, White Twine, dimensionals, glue dot, sponge dauber

Many blessings to you today!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

An embossed resist technqiue with the 'Chevron' background stamp!

Hi!
Here is another techniques card from STYC.

It is called embossed resist.

It was so much fun to do!

 'Chevron' background stamp & 'Six-Sided Sampler'

cs:  Coastal Cabana, Basic Black, Whisper White

ink:  Coastal Cabana & Versamark pad

supplies:  Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Sponge, Hexagon Punch, Large Oval Punch, Butterfly Punch, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals

I hope you have a very special day!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

More 'Vivid Vases'

Hello!
Here is another card created with the awesome stamp set- 'Vivid Vases'.

This was one of my STYC cards.

The technique is paper piecing on the vases.

 'Vivid Vases' & 'Lovely Little Labels'

cs:  Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

dp:  Soft Suede- Neutrals 12x12 Designer Series Paper Stack

Fresh Prints 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 Designer Series Paper Stack

ink:  Soft Suede

markers:  Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Soft Suede

supplies:  Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls, Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Banner Punch, Little Labels Punch Pack, dimensionals, glue dot

Wishing you a very special day!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE 

A 'Springtime Hello' masking tape technique!

Hello!
Here is a peek that I shared with you a couple of weeks ago.

Check it out here! 

I love this card!

It is one of my favorites that everyone made at STYC.

'Springtime Hello' & 'A Dozen Thoughts'

cs:  Whisper White, Perfect Plum

ink:  Black Stazon, Soft Sky, Perfect Plum & Pear Pizzazz

supplies:  Big Shot, Hexagon Hive Thinlits, Oval Framelits, Decorative Dots embossing folder, White Organza Ribbon, Small Oval Punch, dimensionals, glue dots, Basic Pearls

other:  Masking Tape

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Day!
Happy Stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE

Tulips= Spring time!!

Hello!

Here is a pretty spring card!

Tulips remind me of my Grandma Cox.

Especially purple & yellow ones!

'Blessed Easter', 'Papillon Potpourri' & 'Teeny Tiny Wishes'

cs:  Wisteria Wonder, So Saffron, Whisper White, Vellum

dp:  Afternoon Picnic

ink:  Black Stazon

markers:  So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz & Wisteria Wonder

supplies:  2 1/2" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Word Window Punch, Bitty Butterfly Stamp, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals

I hope you have a very special day!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUISE

A 'By the Tide' card!

Hello!

Here is a cool guy card.

Father's Day is just around the corner.

Don't you like how this looks like a port hole?

'Hardwood', 'Sweet Essentails' & 'By The Tide'

cs:  Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Soft Sky, Smokey Slate, Window Sheet

ink:  Basic Gray & Cajun Craze

supplies:  1" Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Paper Piercing Mat, Paper Piercing Tool, 1" Circle Punch, Mini Brads, dimensionals, glue dot, Big Shot, Circle Framelits, 

Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Have a WONDERFUL day!
Happy Stamping!

Hugs!
SUSIE

'Starburst Saying' Ombre card

Hello!

Here is a cool Ombre card.

This technique & similar card was shown at Leadership by Brandi.

I totally fell in love with it & was waiting for the perfect time to share it.

Since my Spring Stamp 'Til You Cramp as a techniques class....

everyone joining me there got to make this!

 'Starburst Sayings'

cs:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo

ink:  Island Indigo & Versamark pad

supplies:  Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, 3" Circle Die, 1" Circle Punch, dimensionals

other:  Teal Sharpie Magic Marker to color the Rhinestones

I hope you have a SUPER DAY!
Happy Stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE

An awesome gate created with the 'Hardwood' background stamp!

Hello!
Here is another card everyone made at STYC.

I saw a card similar to it on Pinterest.

 'Hardwood' background stamp, 'Besty's Bloosoms', 'Flower Shop', 

'Petite Petals' & 'Petite Pairs'

cs:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Old Olive

ink:  Early Espresso, Old Olive, Crushed Curry

supplies:  Paper Snips, Petite Petals punch, Pansy punch, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Large Oval punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Basic Pearls, dimensionals

I hope you have a TERRIFIC day!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A Sneak Peek of a NEW Catalog stamp set!

Hello!
This was my swap for our group that went to the Catalog Premiere event 
on Monday night in Des Moines.

I used a NEW stamp set that is going to be available to customers beginning
 June 2nd, 2014.

It is called- 'So Very Happy'.
Doesn't it make you happy!!  

 It is a flip fold card.
It is the same fold as the bunny card I posted yesterday.

 'So Very Happy'

cs:  Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Naturals Ivory, Old Olive

ink:  Early Espresso, Crushed Curry

marker:  Crushed Curry

supplies:  Big Shot, Decorative Dots embossing folder, Blossom Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls, Sponge Dauber, dimensionals, Burlap Ribbon, glue dot, Label Bracket Punch

ENJOY!
I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend!

Happy Stamping!!!

Hugs!
SUSIE

Thank you!

I can not express the joy I feel as I get to share my love of stamping with so many of you-

whether it is monthly, quarterly or yearly.

I treasure our time spent together creating.

 

Thanks to each of you that stamp with me!

You are dear friends & I love sharing my love of stamping with you all!

We are headed out this morning to this years Stampin' Up! trip.

I look forward to sharing some fun new things when I return.

I'll hit the ground running when we get back with lots of events that week.

I look forward to seeing many of you then.

Again....THANK YOU!

Is it the Velveteen Bunny?

Hello!

Remember the Easter card I posted a few weeks ago.

Here is the exact same card, but I'm using a different bunny set, thus making it into a baby card.

I think that this little Velveteen bunny is super cute!

'Baby We've Grown'

cs:  Smokey Slate, Watercolor Paper, Summer Starfruit

dp:  Watercolor Wonder 

ink:  Basic Gray

marker:   Smokey Slate

supplies:  Paper Doiles, White Twine Scalloped Edge Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, glue dots, dimensionals, Aqua Painters

The boys are both feeling better.
Brody had a little fever last night.

Manda is still sick.
I feel so sorry for all of them.

Hoping this flu bug leaves soon & doesn't come to our house.

I took the boys home last night & then delivered stamps.

Deke worked until 11- as he is powerwashing & trying to get things done to be gone.

Nothing like eating supper super late.

Then Susie's Hair Hut was open for business....so he no longer is shaggy.

I'm off to get the boys this morning & will be home all day/night.

I will spend my night making my swaps & packing.

I'll sleep on the plane tomorrow.

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Happy 6th Birthday to Brayden!!!

Oh my gosh......

How in the world can Brayden be 6 years old already!

Where has the time gone?

 

 We love our little man!

Brayden Kalan Wood

Here is his birthday card that I made for him.

Pretty cute huh!

He loves leggos.

So I though 6 of them on a card would be perfect for him.

He was so excited when he opened it.

Oh yeah- and RED is his favorite color too!

I think he liked the card more than the gift! 

He knows & loves G'ma's Stampin' Up! things.

 'Bring on the Cake'

cs: Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point & Pumpkin Pie

ink:  Black Stazon

marker:  Real Red

supplies:  1/2" Circle Punch, glue dots & dimensionals

NOTE:  Squares are 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" cut with the Paper Trimmer.

The Seeley family is sick with some type of flu bug!

It is gonna be a long day.

Hope you have a wonderful Thursday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

What a great way to start my day! Shopping & coffee!!!

As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I can pre-order some new products 

from the upcoming NEW CATALOG!  

Woo Hoo!!

Would you like to do this too?

Join my 'Iowa Inkers' downline team!

Go to my demonstrator website-

www.susiewood.stampinup.net 

Click on Join The Fun!

It is so easy to do!

Customers can start ordering from this NEW CATALOG beginning June 2nd, 2014!

Be sure to contact me to save a new catalog with your name on it! 

And you won't want to miss my upcoming New Catalog Open House events.

Watercoloring with 'Vivid Vases'

Good morning!

I LOVE this stamp set......I did the first time I laid eyes on it.

I have used it many times in workshops over the past few months.....

and I'm excited to say that it is going to be carried over 

& available to purchase in the upcoming new 2014-2015 Main Catalog!  

Yipee!!

This was one of the technique cards everyone did at m Spring STYC last weekend.

The watercolor paper is amazing!

And it just makes the images pop off the page!

'Vivid Bases' & 'Express Yourself' (hostess set)

cs:  Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar & Watercolor Paper

dp:  Kaleidoscope Designer Series 12x12 paper

ink:  Black Stazon, Strawberry Slush, Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz, 

Elegant Eggplant, Baked Brown Sugar

supplies:  Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals, Blender Pens

WOW!

What a busy day yesterday back in the swing of things with the boys!

They are so sweet!

We had a fun day together getting ready for Brayden's birthday party that we had last night.

We had a few of Brayden's favorite things- walking tacos, strawberries, 

watermelon & chocolate sheet cake.

He got a big motor controlled monster truck from the Seeley family

& the boys all had a blast playing with that.

We gave him money & we'll go shopping together after we get home to pick him 

out something he wants.

Today I'm headed to pick up the boys & run a few errands.

Then back home for the day with them.

I will be headed to Osky tonight to deposit our hog check & get a few groceries.

Then home to sort stamp orders, work on swaps & get more things from STYC put away.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

New Clearance Rack Items added today!!

Check them out!

Click here! 

www.susiewood.stampinup.net

 

A cool photo of Nathan in his stock car!

'Oh Hello'

Good morning!
Here is a pretty shadow stamping card.

I stamped the darkest image first, then the middle one & the the last one.
I did not re-ink my stamp in between each stamped image- 

thus getting lighter images when stamped each time.

Cool huh!

 I will update this post with the supply list soon.

WOW- what a fun day yesterday was!

26 of us- my Iowa Inkers Team & side-line demonstrators went 

to Des Moines to the 2014 Stampin' Up! New Catalog Premiere.  

It was an awesome event.

And I enjoyed getting to be there with so many demonstrators in my team.

 Here is a photo of the front of the upcoming New Stampin' Up! Catalog!

I am off to get the twins this morning & spend the day with them.

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!

Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

Just for you....

Good morning!!

Here is a beautiful card that everyone made at my Spring STYC.

It was inspired by the tips on page 23 of our Stampin' Up! Catalog.

You just drag your ink pad over the card stock to create this awesome background & then stamp the 'World Map' background stamp over it in a darker color!

I LOVE IT!!

AND.....

The layout was also inspired by a card that my dear demonstrator friend LeeAnn Greff created.

 Check out LeeAnn's card here!

We chat often & share our ideas back & forth & I so treasure this.

Deke & I will be "sailing away" next week on our Stampin' Up! trip 

& we're so looking forward to spending alot of time with LeeAnn & her husband Andy!  

We can't wait to see them & SO MANY of your other SU! family too!

It is awesome that our hubbies look forward to seeing our SU! family as much as we do.

As I know that we keep in the loop with many of them on FB 

& it is going to be awesome to see many of them in person next week.

All Stampin' Up! events are amazing- but it is our connection with our 

SU! family is what makes it the best!

 'Open Sea' 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' & 'Old World Map'

cs:  Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla

ink:  Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist

supplies:  Fancy Flower punch (3 attached together to make the clouds), Chevron Ribbon, Burlap ribbon (shredded for the ribbon), Word Window Punch, dimensionals, glue dots, Paper Snips

Manda & Steve have a dr appointment today for baby Seeley & they are taking the twins with them.

The boys are excited to get to hear their baby brothers heartbeat & see Dr. Hunter.

I can't wait to hear all about it tomorrow when I go get them tomorrow morning.

So since G'ma has the day off I'm headed to Des Moines to the 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! Catalog Preview event with many of my downline & side-line demonstrators.

I think there are 25 in our group that will gather for this event together.

We are all excited!!

I know it will be awesome!

I was up all night working on my swaps & can't wait to share them & see what everyone else does for their swaps.

This SU! event is just another perk of being a SU! demonstrator.

If you'd like to be able to join me for fun things like this- 

I'd love to have you join my 'Iowa Inkers' team too!

What a whirl wind of a weekend I had!

My Spring Stamp 'Til You Cramp was a huge success.

But it was also tons of work.

I spent many hour planning, preparing & creating everything to make it an awesome day.

I spent the whole day yesterday cleaning up the hall I rented though.

Bless my Aunt Kathy for coming to help me for about 5 hours yesterday afternoon.

She has been a blessing & wonderful helper this past week as I prepared for this big event.

My downline & dear friend Judy was also a blessing 

& helped do some of my Big Shot cutting for me too.

I couldn't have done it all without their help.

Thanks to everyone for a great day of stamping & letting me share my love with each of you!!

Mark October 25th, 2014 on your calendar now 

& plan to join me for my Fall Stamp 'Til You Cramp event! 

Ok.....gotta run......lots to do yet before we head to Des Moines.

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A beautiful Faux Patina technique card.....

Good morning!

WOW!

We had a super fun day stamping yesterday at my Annual Spring Stamp 'Til You Cramp.

Lots of great friends, neat cards & yummy food!

What more could you ask for?

This is the Faux Patina technique card that everyone made.

Isn't it beautiful!

 'Simply Sketched' (hostess set), 'Gorgeous Grunge'

cs:  Rose Red, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla

ink:  Blushing Bride, Rose Red, Early Espresso, Versamark pad, Crumb Cake

markers:  Old Olive, Rose Red

supplies:  Big Shot, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, Embossing Buddy, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, sponges, sponge dauber, Baked Brown Sugar 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim, Multi-purpose Glue, Brayer, Artisan Label Punch, Ticket Due Builder, dimensionals
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Here is a Faux Patina tutorial that I found on how on line to learn how do this awesome technique.
 Click here!

NOTES:  

*I brayered by ink on so that I got more of an even color.

*I used the largest splatter from the 'Gorgeous Grunge' stamp set to stamp onto my card with the Versamark ink pad inside of rubbing my versarmark pad onto my cardstock piece.

If you have any questions- let me know!!!
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I am headed off soon to spend the day picking up 

& cleaning up from my class yesterday.

Gotta run....

I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE

Here is an Ombre Spiral Flower card.....

Good morning!

As many of you will be reading this post I'll be headed to South English to finish setting up 

for my big Annual Spring Stamp 'Til You Cramp! 

This is a techniques class.

And here is one of the pretty cards that everyone will be making!

It showcases a couple of my favorite things in the Occasions Catalog.

*Spiral Flower Die

*Fringe Scissors  

Ombre is really in right now.
 The definition of ombre is the French word for color that is shaded or graduated in tone.
And I just love the effects of this card with the fringe scissors!

'A Dozen Thoughts' 

cs:  Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pear Pizzazz

ink:  Calypso Coral

supplies:  Fringe Scissors, Big Shot, Spiral Flower Die, Jumbo Pearl, dimensionals, Bird Builder Punch, Mulit-Purpose Liquid Glue

Have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!
Happy Stamping!
hugs!

SUSIE

 

Brody & Drake had to sit on the mower with Papa this afternoon when he got the mower out.  

What a beautiful day it was! 

Woo Hoo!

 Stock Car WINNER at Columbus Junction tonight!!

 Congratulations Nathan & the 52 Wood Racing Team!

Today is the last day Stampin' Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING!

Here is a masking tape technique card using 'Springtime Hello'!

Good morning!!

Here is a sneak peek!
I used the masking tape technique.
Check out the Hexagon Hive thinlit.
And the Decorative Dots embossing folder that was available during Sale-a-bration
& will be available to purchase beginning June 1st in the New Catalog.
 

This is just one of the many cards everyone coming to my 

Spring Stamp 'Til You Cramp will be making tomorrow! 

I still have LOTS to do tonight after the boys go home.
Wish me luck!!

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE