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Bringing Paper to Life

July 15, 2017 By Sharon

Bringing Paper to Life

Welcome to the Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! We will be Bringing Paper to Life with our 2017-2018 Idea Book & Catalog Release Theme!. I’m so happy you’re hoppin’ along! If you have arrived here from

Kristina’s blog, you’re on the right track. If not, that’s ok too! Just continue the hop and you’ll come full circle!

Bringing Paper to Life

With so many terrific stamps, debuting in our new 2017 Catalogue, it was hard to decide on one, but the Koi Dreams stood out as a great opportunity for Bringing Paper to Life. I started with a whipped cream card base and created a background on a second piece by spraying 4 different splashes. I love working with a variety of media and watch the colors blend together to create new tones, and hues. I stamped the Koi Fish with the ink, and then embossed with white embossing powder. Once cool, I painted the Koi with Citrus cooler silk, and later rubbed it off to create a texture look. I stamped the waterlily with Lavender fusion ink and cut out the fish and waterlily. You can tell I love bling; thus you will find lots of sparkle silk throughout the background, and the koi and lily. I added silver thread wrapped twice around the background and tied in a pretty bow. Sparkle drops were added in various areas of the background.

It’s always fun to work with sprays and silks because the results often surprise you. Our vast media options give so many opportunities for Bringing Paper to Life.

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to the next blog which is Kim’s

Sharon

Heather

2. Kristina Deyette

3. Sharon Venclauskas

4. Kim Lamos

Supplies used on my project:

Card Stock Whipped Cream

Stamp Set Koi Dreams

White Embossing Powder

Splashes Cool Pool, Turbo Teal, Electric Lime, Sour Lemon

Silks Orange Rave, Sparkle Silk

Silver Twine

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FSJ Convention 2017

June 20, 2017 By Sharon

Hi Crafters,

I just returned from our annual Fun Stampers Journey convention and it couldn’t have been any more amazing. This year it was held at the Sheraton Grand in Chandler, Arizona. The resort is lovely, with several restaurants and unbelievable views.

Sheraton Grand Resort Chandler, Arizona

Sheraton Grand Hand Painted Ceiling

The first day of convention, we were treated to a tour of the Journey Station and lavished with delicious goodies.

Journey Station Kitchen

Due to the remarkable growth of Fun Stampers Journey, the space has been enlarged and decor radically changed. It is quite beautiful and we were invited to craft while we were there.

Crafting at Journey Station

Later that afternoon we registered and received our gorgeous denim bags which held our convention information and the stamp sets we would be using at a later time.

Convention bag 2017

Stamps for make n take

In the evening we attended the first meeting where the theme of Dreams Happen, was presented in a beautiful video. And the moment came when we received our priceless new catalogues. The new line of products is beyond belief.

FSJ 2017 Catalogue

Pre-Order your copy of the catalogue here.

Day two was filled with awesome demos of the new products and an introduction to our new partnership of the Gel Press. What fun we will have with this. Would you believe that Richard has designed an FSJ only heart template gel press and we are the only company carrying the 8 1/2 by 11 inch size.

Gel Press

On Day three we attended several breakout sessions to help us with our business growth and creative endeavors. Our awards banquet was held that evening and as always impressed us with the sales and recruit growth for the past year.

Awards Banquet

Day four included another breakout session, where some of us learned some tips for doing videos. Yes, I’ll be trying some videos this summer. We were treated to several demos by fellow coaches as well as Journey Crew members. Richard shared with us his vision for the future and it was time to say our bittersweet goodbyes until next summer.

We stayed a few extra days to visit the local Outlet mall, as well as the casino. We enjoyed a nighttime cruise down the river by the resort and were awed by the full moon reflecting on the river. Every year we find Arizona to be a beautiful place to visit and while it is quite hot in June, it is worth it to enjoy the beautiful scenery and culture.

Arizona scenery

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Birthday Game Card

February 3, 2017 By Sharon

Hi Fellow Crafters,

It’s a new year, and I’m ready to get serious about some really fun projects. I find it hard to think of fun and unique birthday cards for my older grandchildren. I was so excited when FSJ introduced a new stamp set called Birthday Game Card. It comes with a circle with pie shapes and cute phrases on the slices. They also offer spinners that can be used for the center section so that the card may be interactive.

Birthday Game Card

I started with a piece of white whipped cream card stock and stamped the circle and cut it out. I chose deco paper from our line of Be Amazing and cut a rectangle for one of the card layers along with one of the pie shapes. I used paper from our neon color set to rest amp the circle and cut out various pie sections and arranged them on the white pie.

I chose neon papers in orange and lime for the card bases, and layered with white card stock and the deco card stock and finally the white pie. I inserted the spinner and pointed it toward the birthday phrase.

I decided to create envelopes with some of the deco paper, and hopefully the bright colors will impress some of the older grandchildren. This is a fun, Birthday Game Card, to create as there are so many choices for coordinating colors and paper.

Birthday Game Card

Products used

Be Amazing Deco Card stock

Birthday Game Card Stamp

Black Licorice Ink

FSJ Cardstock

Spinner

May Flowers Blog Hop

May 15, 2016 By Sharon

Welcome to our Fun Stampers Journey May Flowers, Blog Hop! I’m so happy you’re hoppin’ along! If you arrived here from Charlene’s blog, you’re on the right track. If not, that’s ok too! Just continue the hop and you’ll come full circle!”

May is such an amazing month, as we watch the sun give warmth to the earth and the flowers burst forth in a blaze of colors. It’s a time when some of us get out in the gardens to cultivate and manicure the newly blossomed beauty.

I selected a cute print from our Spring Parade paper collection and tied the Cool Pool color through using it for the card base, image base and ribbon. The coloring was done by using reinkers to fill in the pretty stamped image. The image base, you might notice has a perforated border around the outer rim. This is a trend you will find with the FSJ shape dies. In this oval die, there is a perforated die to match each ring. I love the effect it gives. I love being able to create a card with such of variety of products that compliment each other so well in color. Thanks for stopping by our May Flowers Blog Hop, and I’d love for you to leave a comment.

Supplies

Spring Parade Print Paper

For You stamp set

Hello Lovely stamp set

Card Stock Cool Pool, Whipped Cream

FSJ Fusion ink Black Licorice

FSJ reinkers Limeade Splash, Candie Apple, Orange Cream sickle, Sweet Berry, Blue Lagoon,Riverstone, Summer Days,

Thanks for hopping to my blog. Please head over to Sandra’s blog to see what he/she has to share

Nautical Handmade Card

May 13, 2016 By Sharon

Hi Blogging Friends,

A Nautical Handmade Card is the perfect selection for a man who loves to be out in the boat.

It seemed to be the right time to create a guy themed birthday card, so I chose a nautical theme. I love the new 6×6 paper pack that features this theme and selected a brown and blue stripe, as well as a blue/brown print paper. I adhered these to a Buttercream card base. The ship wheel was stamped on a Buttercream card base. using oatmeal fusion ink. The sentiment was stamped with Denim blue fusion ink.

I absolutely love our Envelope die. It is perfect for A2 cards, and the die includes some cut outs for the flap area of the envelope. I found a 12×12 paper that I thought went well with it and created the coordinating envelope. So easy to do.

Supplies

Buttercream Cardstock

Nautical 6×6 Paper Pack

Nautical Stamp set

Envelope Die

Oatmeal Fusion Ink

Denim Days Fusion Ink

Journey Twine

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharon