Stamp, Crop & Cruise

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 I’d like to share something, so please indulge me for just a bit.  I am an avid paper-crafter and have been an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator since 2003. I’ve  presented many times at regional and national Stampin’ Up! events as well as on incentive trips with the company, focusing on innovative ideas and designs. I have earned numerous awards with Stampin’ Up! including top 100 in the company.   I have also been a trainer and facilitator in the dental field.  In short, I love paper-crafting and teaching and sharing that love with others in the form of classes and retreats.  For the past 12 years I’ve hosted our Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat with my sister Peggy, which has been super successful, and we sell out in just a matter of a few days.  The demand has been high, very high.  So, since retreats are my favorite event to put on and host, I got to thinking, how can I expand on this?

Another one of my loves is traveling, and specifically cruising.  Dave and I enjoy unpacking once for a week long adventure to exotic ports of call.   So, after talking and planning for a long time, I’ve decided to expand my retreat repertoire and host a cruise retreat I’m calling Stamp, Crop & Cruise.  This retreat will be like no other, I promise you that.  Please read on and consider Stamping, Cropping & Cruising with me.

Join me for my 2019 Paper-Crafting Retreat Cruise!  Stamp, Crop & Cruise is a 7-night Western Caribbean Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas leaving from Tampa, Florida on January 26, 2019.

Stampin' Studio Presents Stamp, Crop & Cruise

Ports of Call:

  • Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico
  • Belize City, Belize
  • Roatan, Honduras
  • Cozumel, Mexico

There are 2 parts to this cruise: Crafting & Cruising

Part 1: Crafting

The paper-crafting portion of this cruise consists of eight (8) fabulous classes including card making, fun folds, scrapbooking, 3D items, techniques and home décor. All classes will take place on our days at sea (so you won’t have to miss a minute of the beautiful ports) and will feature products from the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalog and the 2019 Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs.

  • You’ll experience quality classes with innovative designs and lots of one-on-one attention.
  • You’ll have a place to call home in the craft room as you’ll get half of a table to use for the duration of the cruise.
  • You’ll receive a project bag filled with all the prepped supplies for all eight classes. They’ll be organized and ready to go.
  • Each class will have a specific start time (on the sea days) where there will be class demonstrations, techniques and instruction given.
  • You’ll also receive printed instructions with photos, so that you can work at your own pace.
  • In addition, the craft room will be open each day from 9:00am – midnight for your crafting enjoyment. You may decide to finish working on your class projects or choose to bring your own supplies and projects of your own to work on.
  • Children wanting to participate in the paper-crafting part of the cruise must be 16 years of age.

The cost for the Paper-Crafting portion is $250 and will include everything listed above as well as many extra surprises! A non-refundable $50 deposit is due to me when you register. Please pay via PayPal to tinarappe@charter.net or mail a check to:

Tina Rappe
N1087 Sterling Lane
Edgerton, WI 53534

A second payment of $100 due to me by October 1st and the final $100 payment due to me by December 1st.

Part 2: Cruising

This experience is for everyone! We’ve separated the crafting from the cruising so that you may bring along your spouse, sisters, daughters, BFF’s and other family members that choose not to craft. To guarantee the best experience possible, we’ve partnered with Fox World Travel, a leader in the travel industry.

The Cruise Includes:

  • Your choice of an Interior or Outside View Stateroom for 7 nights aboard Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas.
  • All meals and snacks on board with coffee, tea, iced tea and lemonade.
  • Complimentary cocktail reception for our group with hors d’oeuvres and live music.
  • 25 shipboard credit per Stateroom
  • All ship board entertainment and complimentary activities.
  • Gratuities to cruise staff (Cabin steward, head and assistant waiters as well as baggage handling aboard the ship).
  • Transfers to/from the Tampa airport to the cruise ship.
  • Cruise port charges, taxes, surcharges. and customs fees.

The cost for the Cruise portion is $974 per person for interior rooms or $1124 per person for outside rooms based on double occupancy. An initial deposit of $350 per person is due at time of registration, 2nd payment of $350 due by September 21st, and final payment is due by November 9th.

For more information and to register for the Cruise portion, please click here Fox World Travel: Stamp Crop & Cruise

Fox World Travel 920-236-8030

The cruise MUST be booked with Fox World Travel, the travel agency coordinating everything for us. They will be the ones to answer any questions regarding the travel and cruise portion of the trip. They can also handle your air flights for you.

I am here to answer any crafting related questions. 2019 marks my 13th year of hosting crafting retreats and they have sold out every year, so don’t delay, you know you wanna do this! Tell all your friends and let’s make this a trip to remember. Thank you!

 

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Big News & Petal Palette Card

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I’ve got some BIG NEWS I want to share with all of you!  As you know, if you’ve been following my blog for very long, I have been doing stamping retreats for the past 12 years.  You can see what they’re like by clicking here.  My sister Peggy and I will continue to hold our annual Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat every March, but I’m taking things one step further….

Stampin' Studio Presents Stamp, Crop & Cruise

For Dave and I, cruising is one of our favorite vacations, and you know how I love hosting paper crafting retreats, so why not combine them together!  I am hosting a new type of retreat in January 2019 on board Royal Caribbeans’s Rhapsody of the Seas.  This retreat will be spectacular and I hope you’ll consider joining us.  I’ll have all the details to share with you tomorrow.

For now, I’d like to share this pretty card featuring the Petal Palette stamp set and the coordinating Petal Passion Designer Series Paper and the Petal Passion Embellishments.

Stampin' Up! Petal Palette stamp set, Stampin' Studio

Today’s Color Palette

Stampin' Studio Color Palette 4-4-18

Measurements:
⦁ Whisper White: 4-1/4″ x 11″ score at 5-1/2″; 3-3/4″ x 5″ and 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ for circle punch
⦁ Basic Black: 4″ x 5-1/4
⦁ Crushed Curry: 1-3/4″ x 4-3/4″, 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ and 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ for circle punch
⦁ Petal Passion Designer Series Paper: 1-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ of dark print and 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ of light print
⦁ Crushed Curry 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon: 5″

Instructions:
⦁ Fold large Whisper White cardstock on score line for card base.
⦁ Attach Basic Black cardstock with Snail Adhesive
⦁ Attach dark Petal Passion Designer Series Paper to the 1-3/4″ x 4-3/4″ piece of Crushed Curry with Snail and attach this to the 3-3/4″ x 5″ Whisper White piece.
⦁ Wrap Crushed Curry 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around Whisper White piece and secure to the back side with Mini         Glue Dots.
⦁ Attach Whisper White layer to the card with Snail
⦁ Attach light Petal Passion Designer Series Paper to the 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ Crushed Curry piece with Snail and attach this     to the 3-3/4″ x 5″ Whisper White piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
⦁ Stamp bird and sentiment of small Whisper White piece and punch out with 2″ Circle Punch.
⦁ Punch circle from small Crushed Curry piece with 2-1/4″ Circle Punch
⦁ Attach bird circle to Crushed Curry Circle with Snail and attach the circle layers to the card with Stampin’                       Dimensionals.
⦁ Attach Petal Passion Embellishments to card with Mini Glue Dots

Supply List

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How to tie a bow using a Bow Maker

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One of my favorite accessories to use on a card is ribbon. We have so many to choose from and they coordinate with our cardstock and ink.  Many times, however, people struggle with making nice looking bows, so I thought I’d give you a tutorial on how to tie a bow using a bow maker.

How to tie a bow with a Bow Maker Tutorial, Stampin' Studio

This is a bow maker my dad made for me.  You can find these or similar ones pretty much everywhere.  Many people own them but nearly as many don’t know how to use them.  I featured the card below, which has a bow on it, on my blog last summer.  You can see the original post HERE.

Stampin' Up! Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set, Lots of Labels Framelits, Stampin' Studio

Below is the How to video.  If you are unable to view the video, please click HERE

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