Wishing You Well

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Handmade card created with the Wishing You Well stamp setThis Wishing You Well stamp set didn’t catch my eye until I started seeing samples created with it. I have fallen in love with this beautiful bow that looks like organdy. This stamp set is one of those DistINKtive stamp sets that were created so that the multistamped effect is actually just one stamp. The best way to ink up this kind of stamp is to sponge the ink on. That way you don’t get blobs of ink on the image. It is hard to see in the photo but after inking up the stamp with the sprigs with Crumb Cake ink, I sponged Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint on the stamp to give it a nice shine. I used the label die from the Petals & More Thinlits Dies and fussy cut the bow. To create this card for yourself, click on the images below to order the supplies I used.

Signs of Santa Bundle

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Christmas Card created with Signs of Santa stamp set

The Signs of Santa Bundle is one of my favorite bundles in the Holiday catalog. The faces of the elves, Santa, and Mrs. Santa cheer me up! On this card I chose to use the elves. They are on their way with their wagon of presents to bring a Merry Christmas from the North Pole. I used the tree pattern of the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper layered on the red dotted pattern as the background. Of course the elves would have to travel through a forest. Right? I added a little ‘snow’ on the signs with the Shimmery White embossing paste. The images were stamped on Shimmer White cardstock with Memento ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends…my favorite way to color!

You can order the supplies to create this card for yourself through my online store. Just click on the images below.

Coming Next Week! 12 Weeks of Christmas Gift

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photo shows 12 Weeks of Christmas N]AnnouncementAnnouncing! One week until I begin my 12 Weeks of Christmas gift. I’ll be sending you a fantastic tutorial each week for the 12 weeks between now and Christmas. It will be a tutorial for a great card, tag, or gift wrap. The thing is that you have to be on my mailing list to get these wonderful tutorials. Sign up now so you don’t miss a single one. Fill out the form on your right to subscribe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love the Santa’s Workshop Specialty DSP!

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card created with Santa's Workshop SDSPThe Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper is so much fun to use in creating cards. Actually, all you have to do is mount a piece of the paper to your card front and add a greeting and your card is finished! The paper does all the work for you. This paper is special because it has flocked snowflakes on it. You can order it and the corresponding Signs of Santa Bundle from my online store by clicking on the images below.

Loving the Frost White Shimmer Paint

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Yes, I am in love with all the Shimmer Paints reintroduced in the 2018 Holiday Catalog on pg.38! Stampin’ Up! sold them several years ago and I bought several bottles of the Frost White Shimmer Paint when they were retired. I am so excited that they are once again offered.

This photo is the beginning of making swap cards for On Stage in Orlando when Stampin’ Up! will end a year of celebrating their 30th anniversary with a huge party. I have sponged Frost White Shimmer Paint onto the evergreen tree stamp from the Winter Woods stamp set and then stamped it on Mossy Meadow cardstock. I’m making 32 identical cards for this swap so have stamped it 32 times pus a couple extra for good measure. The next step will be to cut them all out with the corresponding die.

When making a large number of the same card, you do it assembly line style. You cut all the card bases, cut all of a second layer, stamp all the images and cut out those needed to be cut out, tie all the bows you might be using, and stamp your greeting on all the top layers of the card front before putting everything together. Then you assemble all the cards step by step. This is a much more efficient way to do it. And now with the Stamparatus (146276), you can position your stamps on the plates once and put each piece of cardstock to be stamped into position, ink the stamp and stamp it then remove the cardstock and put the next piece in without having to move the stamp. It’s much faster!

I will share the finished card with you in a couple of days. Be sure to come visit again! You can order the Winter Woods bundle by clicking on the images below.

Timeless Tidings

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Card Samples using the KitOne of my favorite kits from the new Holiday catalog is the Timeless Tidings Project Kit (148028). This is a card kit with all the supplies you need except the stamp set, ink, and adhesives to make 20 gorgeous cards. Even envelopes with gold edges are included in the kit! You either have to order the Timeless Tidings stamp set (w-148939, c-148936) to complete the cards or come to my Timeless Tidings class scheduled for Saturday, October 13 at 10:30 am at my house. I’ll provide the ink, adhesive, and the stamp set. Contact me if you want to come. The fee of $35 includes your own kit and a light salad lunch and must be paid by October 1st so your kit will arrive in time.

Should you order the stamp set as well as the kit, here is an alternative use for the set.
handmade card using Timeless Traditions stamp set and Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper

I have had a card on my stamping desk for at least two years that used this basic design meaning to copy it. Now is the time. I stamped four images from the Timeless Tidings stamp set on Whisper White cardstock with Memento ink, colored them with Stampin’ Blends, and cut them out with the #4 Layering Square framelit (counting the smallest as #1. Then I cut out four squares using the #5 framelit from Real Red cardstock. I used the corner rounder punch found on the Detailed Trio Punch (146320) on two opposite corners of all the pieces. I adhered the Real Red pieces to the cardfront with SNAIL adhesive and added the Whisper White layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The background layer on the cardfront is one of the patterns in the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper (147809). I colored three small rhinestones with Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend and one with Dark Mango Melody Stampin’ Blend and adhered them to the images as shown. The center gem is a clear Faceted Gem (144142) which I colored with the Dark Mango Melody Stampin’ Blend. You could also use one of the gold Faceted Gems if you have them.

You will really enjoy this quick and beautiful combination of the Timeless Tidings Project Kit and the corresponding Timeless Tidings stamp set. Order yours today here.

cGet Set, Get Ready, Go Shopping!

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Cover of 2018 Holiday Catalog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now we can order from the exciting 2018 Holiday catalog! There are so many wonderful stamp sets, designer series papers, and accessories in this catalog to make creating your fall/winter themed cards, scrapbook pages, and home decor items.Watch this video from Stampin’ Up! to see some things created with the products.

Now click on the catalog picture on the side bar to go to access the Holiday catalog online. Better yet, if you haven’t already received a catalog, send me your address and phone number and I’ll contact you about sending you one. There really is nothing better than holding the catalog in your hands and drooling repeatedly on the wonderful things inside!

Leave a comment below about what your favorite item is.

Color Your Season Promotion

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Picture of Stamin' Up!'s Color Your Season August Promotion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up! is offering a very special Color Your Season bundle of a very versatile stamp set covering a variety of seasons and set of dies that contains dies to cut out some of the images in the stamp set plus three sizes of label dies that not only cut but also emboss stitching on both sides of the cut! At the same time, they are offering as a separate item, Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2, a second set of watercolor pencils in some of the new Stampin’ Up! colors. This set of watercolor pencils is on an ‘as supplies last’ basis but may be in a future catalog. The Color Your Season bundle is only available this month and as quantities last. Watch this video as Shannon West, one of the Stampin’ Up! employees demonstrates the versatility of this bundle and watercolor pencils. Then hurry over to my online store or click on the images below to order your bundle and set of watercolor pencils while they are still available. You will be so happy you did!

 

The Perfect Card for International Cat Day!

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Cat Birthday card created with the Spooky Cat Punch and Pick a Pennant bundleTomorrow, August 8 is International Cat Day! In honor of this day I created this cute card using the Cat punch and the Pick a Pennant bundle. Although I generally don’t do pennants, I love this Pick a Pennant bundle because of its versatility. The alphabet that comes with the stamp set is easy to use and the perfect size for the pennants. You are only limited as to what to say by the number of pennants you string on your card. Some other possibilities besides Happy Birthday are
For You
Love You
Miss You
Happy Spooks Day (using three banners)
…well you get the idea. I used the retired Spooky Cat stamp set for the cat’s face and hand drew the legs with a Basic Black marker. The background is one of the designs from the Animal Expedition Designer Series Papers. The card base is the new In Color Call Me Clover. To order the supplies I used on this card, click on the images below to be taken to their place in my online store.

Use That Designer Series Paper

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Christmas card created with Home for Christmas designer series paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are like me, you hate to cut up those beautiful designer series papers. We tend to hoard them don’t we. Last year’s Holiday catalog had the Home for Christmas designer series paper. I positively love it and as you can see, I still have some left over. On this card, I used a strip of the red striped design down the center of the card. Another design has these adorable little Rudolph deer. While I could have used that design to cover the whole front of the card, I chose to cut out the deer and back it with a piece of cardstock punched with the Pretty Label punch (143715). The greeting is from a retired stamp set Bells and Boughs.

Christmas Card with poinsettia on front of card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is another card using a different pattern from the Home for Christmas designer series paper. This pattern was an all-over pattern of poinsettias. I simply cut out one of the flowers and layered it over a piece of ribbon. The background was created with the new Tufted 3-D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (146335) and the greeting is from the Ready for Christmas stamp set (photopolymer – 144823),

Now that I have showed you a couple of ways to use your designer series papers, head on over to my online store and take advantage of the current special where you buy 3 packages of dsp and get a fourth one for free. This special ends July 31 so order now!

Free Stamp Pads

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Free Ink Pad Promotion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are many benefits to owning your own business as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and being part of my team of demonstrators. This month, new demonstrators get their choice of a whole family of 10 colors of ink pads in addition to the other choices you make when ordering your starter kit for only $99. If you love Stampin’ Up! and have more items on your wish list than money, consider joining my team. You can determine how much money you make and how many hours you want to work and fit those hours around your family’s schedule. Contact me if you are interested but do it soon. This special ends July 31st.

 

 

What To Do When The Day Is A Scorcher

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When the temperatures get in the high 80’s and above everyone looks for ways to escape the heat. I have a great suggestion:  find a good fan if you don’t have air-conditioning and spend the day STAMPING! The best spot in my stamp room is right under the ceiling fan. To further take your mind off the heat’ stamp Christmas cards! If you start now, you will have all your cards made and ready to mail in early December.

The 2018 – 2019 Annual Catalog has a nice selection of Christmas stamps, designer series paper, and accessories on pgs. 92 – 103. Check them out. Some of my favorite stamps and dies from last year’s Holiday catalog are there and there is a beautiful dis-INK-tive stamp Stylish Christmas (wood – 146770, clear – 146773). Click on the numbers to go to my online store to order your stamp set.

photo of card created with Stylish Christmas stamp setindex of Stylish Christmas stamp set

 

 

 

 

 

Dis-INK-tive stamps are a new type of rubber stamp that gives dimensional shading in just one stamp. Areas of the rubber are cut deeply to hold more ink and other areas are shallowly cut to hold less ink. Sponging the ink on the stamp or using the sponge brayer yields excellent results.

My final words for you are…Be Cool…Stamp! 🙂

 

New 2018-2019 Stampin’ Up! Colors

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photo shows display of the new Stampin' Up! colorsThis past weekend I held a New Catalog Party and laid out all the new Stampin’ Up! colors on display. I get such pleasure looking at the beautiful rainbow they make although they aren’t in rainbow order in this display. It is hard to choose just one favorite color but I am really drawn to Soft Seafoam, Highland Heather, and Granny Apple Green. What is your favorite color? Leave a comment below.

This photo also shows how I store my scraps. The 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock is stored in hanging folders, one folder for each color. I arrange them by colors, not family groups. I put the scraps in these 6″ x 8″ cellophane bags that Stampin’ Up! also sells (102210) and file them in the corresponding hanging folder. Pieces of cardstock that are larger than 6″ I cut down to 5 1/2″ for a card base.

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New Fancy Fold with Share What You Love DSP

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B.J Peters a fellow demonstrator recently shared a card with this type fun fold on the Alaska Achievers Monthly Blog Hop. I love fun folds and immediately wanted to make my own book fold card. I used her cutting and scoring directions which I share below.

The supplies for this card all come from the Share What You Love Early Release “Gotta Have It All Bundle (149526) except for the Whisper White cardstock and a retired glimmer paper. I used one of the patterns from the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper which is currently part of the bundle but will be available June 1 to order individually. This dsp is cardstock weight and comes in a package of 24 sheets, 4 sheets of 6 double-sided designs. Four of these designs have a beautiful pearled surface to the images. I used a retired glimmer paper (probably from an Occasions catalog last year) for the Happy Birthday die-cut because the color goes so well with the Mint Macaron cardstock. I added two strips of Rich Razzleberry 1/4″ Velvet Ribbon on the spine of the card.

Inside view of the book fold cardOn the inside I stamped a greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set in Rich Razzleberry and one of the little flowers from that set in the corner. Here are the measurements:

cardstock for base 5 1/2″ x 7 1/4″ scored at 4 1/4″, 5″, 5 3/4″, 6 1/2″
dsp 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
inside stamping layer 3″ x 5 1/8″

photo shows how to fold the score linesFold on the score lines as shown. The piece of dsp goes in the mountain fold between the two valley folds. Adhere all the folds together with the dsp adhered in the folds as well. Contact me if you have questions. You can order the supplies I used by clicking on the links below.

 

Stampin’ Up! 2018 Color Revamp Rocks!

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photo of cards using some of the new 2018 Color Revamp colorsI am loving the new colors in the 2018 Color Revamp and the new 2018-2020 In Colors that I just couldn’t choose a favorite! I started a card by embossing the main image with the new Lovely Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder which you can get this month as part of the Share What You Love Gotta Have It All Bundle (149526). Then I sponged Highland Heather ink on the raised image. It is the sixth card from the left. Then I wondered what the card would look like using other new colors. From the left the colors are: Blueberry Bushel, one of the new In Colors; Balmy Blue; Grapefruit Grove, another In Color; Lovely Lipstick, still another In Color; Gorgeous Grape; Highland Heather; and Granny Apple Green.

So…(aaack, there I go again starting a sentence with so! My husband pointed that habit out to me!) Which of these colors do you like best? Leave a comment.