Chantel's Stamping Studio: July 2017

Well Hello! My name is Chantel and I have just recently become a Fun Stampers Journey Coach! My Coach # is 9513 yup that's me! I am excited to include you along on my personal journey, as I learn all about unlocking my own world of creativity! However, as a Fun Stampers Journey Coach I am here to help coach YOU along on YOUR personal journey as well!!!

I wanted to start with a relatively basic card to get us going partly because I was able to use some of what I had on hand, previously ordered as an FSJ customer as I anxiously awaited my new "Journey Star Kit" to arrive!!! If you would like to get started as a Fun Stampers Journey coach, please visit my website funstampersjourney.com/ChantelsStampingStudio to learn more about the current 3 customizable options, and the DOUBLE, yes that's right DOUBLE stamp offering you can select from during the month of July only!

For this fiesta themed card I really wanted it to feel like you were sitting in a little Mexican Cantina while waiting for your chips and "guac" ha ha to be served. This card did not need much coaching along it kind of just fell into place. I used my journey platinum die cut machine which i LOOOOVE because I don't have to cut my paper down! I can use a standard 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of card stock and run it right through the machine yippee! I also used my journey circles dies with pierced elements to create the circle that our little guy is stamped on.

The rest is easy peasy, I randomly stamped all over my lemon grass card stock with the Anaheim Pepper from the Fiesta Time stamp set, using the lemon grass fusion ink to get that nice tone on tone look. Then I added the chips stamped in black licorice.

I used my Grand Pro shears, GUYS! let me tell you something, from a customer standpoint the first time I saw those shears and the price along with them I seriously was almost disgusted lolol NOW I can NOT live without them!!! After i was encouraged by a friend who is now my upline hee hee Hi Cathy! to try them, I immediately understood what all the fuss was about! Not only do they slice like butter through your card stock, not only are they nice and long so you aren't stuck for 10 minutes making tiny cuts trying to line up from your last cut, but guys seriously! these things are NON stick!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh LOVE IT! Whew ok have to calm myself back down! Long story short I used my shears to create the little tag with the "Fiesta" saying.

I am often asked how I get my tags "tails" so even on my little banners. Keep watch for a quick little YouTube vid in the future and I will show you guys how!