Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
It’s time again for our Weekly Deals!! If you liked yesterday’s card you will be happy to see the “foils” are on sale!! I’ll be sure to stock up on both the Gold and Silver. Great for Anniversary’s, Christmas and more.
Check out all the deals this week …
You may also want to shop the “Clearance Rack” …
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about any of the products listed. I’m here to help.
Thanks for checking out my blog today ~
Have a good one!
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! A bit drab and rainy around here, but I had a Stamp Club Saturday morning and was busy working on my stamping projects and website so I didn’t mind staying in.
Speaking of Stamp Clubs … our technique / product showcase this month was the “Sunburst Thinlits Die”. The groups loved the cards I designed for them, and I was telling them that they could cut 2 and do a slight twist … well, let me just show you!
I cut out two sunbursts, one in Very Vanilla and the other in the Gold Foil – they are so pretty together. I set the Vanilla on top of the gold and gave it a little twist so the gold peeked out. I then mounted the entire piece onto my Very Vanilla base. HINT: I use a lot of dimensionals on the back … you don’t want sections of the rays to drop down.
For my greeting, I opted out of the bundle and chose the “Suite Sayings” and the Thanks for Being You. Sometimes you have people who do wonderful things for you and you just have to say Thanks! A friendship that is golden … thus my color choices for my card.
I heat embossed my greeting in gold and punched it with the 1-3/4″ Circle Punch and matted it with the Gold Foil punched at 2″.
I couldn’t leave the inside plain, I had to continue with the “feeling” of the card so I chose the “Feel Goods” stamp set and heat embossed the “Those who bring Sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves” in gold. What a beautiful verse and how fitting … it really ties in with the theme of my card.
It may appear simple but it is a card packed full of thought and emotion. From the sunburst die to the sunshine verse … what a beautiful way to say Thank You!
Hope you enjoyed my card today. I love sharing different ways to use a product, it makes them much more versatile for you, and it won’t sit on the shelf (that is not good).
If you have a product you would like to see showcased on my blog … just add a comment below and hopefully I have it because I’d love to help you out.
Thanks for stopping by today, hope it’s a good one.
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
Today I have my Simply Sunday card share for you … Are you looking for a fun, unique and quick way to make cards? Then let me re-introduce you to the “Project Life Specialty Card Collection”. On my March 9th post (Click Here to View) I shared a video that shows you the entire card collection!
Yesterday I shared a card that used one of the “resist” cards that was included in the kit, today I wanted to share one of the pretty printed acetate cards.
I find this kit so fun to work with … and it’s FREE during Sale-a-bration!! I’ll be sure to share a scrapbook page with you in the near future.
For today’s card I chose my card from the “Project Life Specialty Card Collection”first and designed around it. Knowing that the polka dots on my acetate was “Watermelon Wonder” … I chose it for my base and white to highlight.
The Whisper White is the base under my acetate and was stamped with the beautiful greeting “do more of what makes you happy” from the “Hello Life” stamp set. I attached my acetate by placing the Glue Dots underneath my polka dots.
Next I popped up the entire card front with my Stampin’ Dimensionals and attached it to my Watermelon Wonder base.
I wanted to draw your eye directly to the verse so I surrounded it with cute little flowers. My flowers are made from the Petite Petals punch and the flower from the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack.
I curled the edges of the Watermelon flower (Petite Petals Punch) down and pulled the petals of the Basic Black flower (Itty Bitty Punch Pack) upwards. They look great together, however I wanted just a touch of bling, so a Rhinestone in the center it is!
Don’t forget the Rhinestones are currently on the Weekly Deals … You can save $1.25 a pack!! That is a great deal for a product I would probably spend more on!!
Don’t be afraid to use any of our Project Life card collections for cardmaking!! Or just try one of the already pre-cut card kits! Either way you’ll be sure to make quick -n- cute cards in no time at all.
Thanks so much for sharing a bit of your Sunday with me!
Have an awesome day!
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
How are you this fine day? I’m hoping for that 64° weather they promised us … and sunshine, lot’s of sunshine!
We always talk about how versatile and how well our stamp sets and accessories coordinate, well today I’d like to share a card that I created with a unique combination.
I began with the “In This Together” stamp set which you can find in our main catalog. I like to two friends standing together under the umbrella. I wanted blue tones for my color pallet and picked the Bermuda Bay and Tempting Turquoise colors from the Bold Collection.
It was the umbrella that reminded me of a card in the “Memories in the Making” Project Life Specialty card collection … It’s a FREE Sale-a-bration item! It has “resist” raindrops!
Now … I’ll be totally honest / I left a nice turquoise finger print on my card piece and did not want to start all over so I improvised! I looked through my stamp sets until I found a verse that I thought fit with my card, and yep, I told you our stamps coordinate in unexpected ways … The verse is from “Sprinkles of Life” … amazing! I love the way the theme for this entire card fit together.
One more thing … I used the “Crystal Effects” on the umbrella and boots on my card, which coordinates with the “Memories in the Making” Project Life Specialty card resist … the shine carries all the way through the card.
I’m not sure Stampin’ Up! even knows these three items would coordinate so well. My thought for you … experiment with combining different stamp sets and accessories, you’ll never know what you will come up with!
Thank you for sharing part of your day with me!
I’ll be back tomorrow with another Simply Sunday project.
Have a good day ~
Today’s Stampin’ Supply List …
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
Yesterday I celebrated my 16th Anniversary of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator …
It’s hard to explain the flood of emotions that come with such an exciting milestone and the difference this had made in my life. I have made so many wonderful friends … my stampers and fellow demonstrators alike. Both have been there for me through good times and hard times and I cannot exude enough gratitude for that.
The money and the trips are awesome – I won’t deny, but the friendships are what have kept me stamping for 16 years. That’s right … I didn’t do this at all before I signed up! Image that! lol The most amazing part to me, is to get a group of people together in a room to stamp and even though they had never met before they get to know each other and build amazing friendships too … I just LOVE this.
I couldn’t ask for a better job … and I couldn’t ask for better stampin’ friends! You are my inspiration.
Yesterday I told you that I had a really cool card I wanted to share with you. It was made by one of our 2015-16 Artisan Team members – Cindy Schuster. I would like to share her amazing post / card with you.
Did you know that Easter is very early this year? It’s on March 27! Here’s a quick and simple Easter card that you can make using a WOW technique with the Balloon Celebration Stamp Set (item 140675) and the Balloon Bouquet Punch (item 140609). After stamping the balloon shape, simply snip the balloon end-piece off and you have an egg shape!
Stamp the large balloon image in Crumb Cake (item 126975), Perfect Plum (item 126963), Pool Party (item 126982), and So Saffron (item 126957) on a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock (item 101650). (Stamp directly on the cardstock with Pool Party and So Saffron ink; stamp off the Crumb Cake and Perfect Plum balloon images.) Don’t forget to place your Stampin’ Pierce Mat (item 126199) beneath the cardstock to get a good, stamped image with your photopolymer stamps!
To create the first layer of speckle, stamp the splatter image from the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set (item 130517) in Early Espresso Classic ink (item 119789) across the wide half of the balloon image.
To create the next layer of speckle, use the Gold Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (item 141898). Squeeze the sides to push the ink into the barrel, then use your finger to tap hard on the brush. This will cause the ink to splatter across the cardstock.
Cut the stamped Very Vanilla Cardstock into strips so that you can slide them into the Balloon Bouquet Punch. Cut off the balloon end-piece. Now adhere the finished speckled eggs to a card using any simple Easter greeting.
Happy Easter! Created by Cindy Schuster
2015–2016 Artisan Design Team
Isn’t that the cutest Easter Egg card you have ever seen!? I think it’s sooooo cute and so cleaver. How many of you are going to make these cute eggs?
Thank you for dropping in today.
Have yourself a wonderful day and just celebrate the day!
TODAY’S STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST…
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I’m off today celebrating my 16 years with Stampin’ Up! and my daughters birthday! We went out and had a nice lunch together and she picked up the tab. Wow… life is good.
I wanted to remind you that today is the last day you can sign up for the March “special” Paper Pumpkin kit….
Subscribe or order your 3 month subscription by March 10th to enjoy this fun new kit!
If you have not yet tried the awesome Paper Pumpkin crafting kits, delivered right to your mailbox each month, click the picture above (or click here) to try it for 3 months at a discounted price, AND select a Sale a Bration gift!!
3-Month Prepaid Subscription (137859) $59.85 $55
Save on a 3-month prepaid subscription and instantly qualify for a FREE Sale-A-Bration item!
Bump it up to 12 months and save + enjoy Hostess Benefits!
12-Month Prepaid Subscription (137861) $215.40
Take it to the next level with a 12-month prepaid subscription. Save $24 a year with the everyday awesome price, earn Stampin’ Rewards, and instantly qualify for 4 FREE Sale-A-Bration items!
If you are already a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber, you will receive the blue anniversary celebration box as your March shipment.
Thank you for taking time to visit with me today!
I’ll be back tomorrow with a special card I want to share with you!
Hope your day is an awesome one ~
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
Have you seen the Project Life “Specialty Card Collection” by Stampin’ Up! … they are in the Sale-a-bration catalog.
| It’s perfect for memory making, but it’s just as fantastic for card making! Either way, these gorgeous specialty cards are a must-have. |
Project Life makes memory keeping super simple: just slip your photos and our cards into Photo Pocket Pages, and you’re done. Simple, but beautiful—watch as we show you how the specialty finishes on these cards add extra pizzazz to your scrapbooks and memory albums.
I love that they have both the “Gold” and the “Silver” metallics to choose from … Gold is a “HOT” trend right now.
Just want to share this fun Sale-a-bration option with you. I’ll have to share some of “my creations” with you!!
Thanks for checking it out …
Have a great day!
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I’m really excited to share the Weekly Deals with you today … it has some of my favorite items on it!! Really … RHINESTONES!! Love them, and the Bow Builder punch is just too cute! 🙂
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Subscribe or order your 3 month subscription by March 10th to enjoy this fun new kit!
If you have not yet tried the awesome Paper Pumpkin crafting kits, delivered right to your mailbox each month, click the picture above (or click here) to try it for 3 months at a discounted price, AND select a Sale a Bration gift!!
3-Month Prepaid Subscription (137859) $59.85 $55
Save on a 3-month prepaid subscription and instantly qualify for a FREE Sale-A-Bration item!
Bump it up to 12 months and save + enjoy Hostess Benefits!
12-Month Prepaid Subscription (137861) $215.40
Take it to the next level with a 12-month prepaid subscription. Save $24 a year with the everyday awesome price, earn Stampin’ Rewards, and instantly qualify for 4 FREE Sale-A-Bration items!
If you are already a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber, you will receive the blue anniversary celebration box as your March shipment.
Here are a few samples from last month’s Paper Pumpkin kit …
I love having the kits … they are a handy tool for me when I need to create a quick card. It’s all there, I don’t have to come up with a design … I just put these cute cards together and send them off to a friend! Sending smiles feels sooo good 🙂
My favorite part of being a Paper Pumpkin subscriber … the EXCLUSIVE stamp sets!!
Everything you need to create the cards / projects are included in your kit. You may need a scissors or a bit of adhesive but you are ready to rock this!
There’s a lot to celebrate this week! Let me know if you have any questions about our Paper Pumpkin kits or the Weekly Deals.
Thank you for taking time to visit with me today!
Hope your day is an awesome one ~
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I’m back with a dazzling birthday card for you! Today’s card is full of fun and ready to party. It all begins with the “It’s My Party” Designer Series Paper.
So many fun patterns to work with and when you team it up with the “It’s My Party” cardstock pack you could have endless cards … just add a stamp set! I used the Botanicals for You stamp set in the Sale-a-bration Catalog.
I highlighted the designer paper by adding Silver Glimmer paper as a mat. It just adds enough sparkle to really make the card shine. Speaking of shine … I added stars which I created with the Star punch and framelits.
Stampin’ Tip … To create the double layer star like you see on my card, punch the small star out of the Silver Glimmer paper and then use the smallest framelit to cut out the star. It’s much easier than trying to punch out the center of the framelit star.
Quick and cute for today … Wanted to keep it on the simple side because I did not post my Simply Sunday this week.
I will be back tomorrow with the weekly deals. Thanks for stopping by.
Hope you have a really nice Monday ~
TODAY’S STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST …
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I’m taking a little time off for a ….
I will be working hard in my stampin’ studio for the next couple of days preparing for my upcoming events. I’ll keep you posted …
and I’ll be back to share!
Thanks much.
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
Today I want to share with you a cute group of cards created with one of our newest Sale-a-bration Stamp sets: Pedal Pusher!
o stamp with the Pedal Pusher Stamp Set is to love it! Create your own charming scene with its pieces; take advantage of the versatile photopolymer images—it really is amazing what you can create and how effortlessly the pieces come together. And during Sale-A-Bration, this 11-piece stamp set is FREE with your $50 purchase! Watch the video below for more ideas on using the limited-time Pedal Pusher Stamp Set.
Creating cute cards is as easy as riding a bike when you have this set. Stamp the bike, add a basket, then fill it with flowers, love, whatever you want. Combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want.
Thanks for checking out my blog today.
Hoping you have a fabulous Friday!
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
Each year Stampin’ Up! chooses an Artisan Design Team … a group of stampers who have submitted their work and were asked to be on that year’s team.
They share their beautiful artwork with us and I would like to share the following post with you. This is from Chantal de Kaste / Artisian Design Team 2015–2016
Personally, I think that the Best Thoughts Stamp Set (item 139234) is one of this year’s most beautiful hostess sets. I’ve already made an engagement card with it for a good friend. “The best is yet to come” text was very appropriate for the occasion and the set’s flower image is awesome in its simplicity . . . and so versatile. It’s perfect as a background stamp—or it can easily be the centre of attention (as it is with this card):
I used a watercoloring technique with the help of Aqua Painters (item 103954), Classic Stampin’ Ink Refills, and Shimmery White Cardstock (item 101910). For the card above I used the Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill (item 102109) and the Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill (item 115662). I put one drop of each ink color in an egg cup and filled an Aqua Painter with water.
Before doing this, I stamped the flower in VersaMark ink (item 102283) on Shimmery White Cardstock, then poured White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (item 109132) over it. Then I shook off the excess powder and heat embossed the image using the Heat Tool (item 129053). Once this was done, I squirted some water on my stamped flower using a Stampin’ Spritzer (item 126185) filled with water. That allowed me to blend the ink. Then I colored the flower using an Aqua Painter, changing the colors until I got a result that I liked. As the finished flower was very wet, I used the Heat Tool to dry it off a bit; then I cut out the flower using Paper Snips (item 103579).
For the next step, I assembled the card using Smoky Slate Cardstock (item 131202) for the base, a piece of striped Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack (item 138435), and Whisper White Cardstock (item 100730) for the top layer—embossed using the Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (item 133739) and splashed with red/pink ink using an Aqua Painter.
I adhered the cut-out flower to the card (placing a small piece of thread underneath). I also stamped the “Friend” image from the Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set (item 139950) in Tuxedo Black Memento ink (item 132708) on Whisper White Cardstock, then cut it into a banner shape and adhered it to the flower. I also punched small flower accents from White Vellum Cardstock (item 101856) using the flower punch in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (item 133787), and added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item 119246) to the finished card.
I made the same card using Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill (item 122933) and Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill (item 122932), which gives the card an entirely different look. Have fun creating your own watercolor card!
Chantal de Kaste / Artisian Design Team 2015–2016
I hope you enjoyed Chantal’s beautiful cards … I just love them, and that is why I shared with you.
Thanks for stopping by ~
Have a beautiful day!
Stampin’ Supply List ~
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
Today I’m going to share with you one of the cards we made at my “Birthday Bash” class. What an awesome turnout … two great nights full of fun and fabulous stampers!! Love you ladies ❤
The class focused on the “Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies” and different ways to use them, plus some great tips and techniques. You’ll want the “Bundle” … we used the “Party With Cake” stamp set on some of our other cards.
This card shows that you can use your pop up die cut as a stand alone greeting … we snipped it away from the die cut and mounted it onto a doily!
Our designer paper comes from the “It’s My Party” Designer Series Paper stack and teamed it with the “It’s My Party” Cardstock Pack. I love the cardstock packs … it’s a great way to get the colors you need for your designer paper without breaking the bank and buying 3 full packs of cardstock!!
Our fun little balloon comes from the “Party Punch Pack” which is bundled with the “Party Wishes” stamp set. Our inside saying “a little something for you” comes from this bundle too and stamped in Melon Mambo.
On this card you can see our balloons are tied down with the “White Bakers Twine” … my other class used the “Linen Thread”. Either one works great. Glue dots came in handy throughout all our cards!
Don’t forget the Stampin’ Dimensionals … a must have to pop up your balloons.
I just love this card … quick and easy to make and it’s totally FUN 🙂
Hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed making it. Stampin’ with friends makes for the best evening… it just throws all those stresses out the window! We all know “Laughter is the best Medicine”
I would love to do a stamp party with you and your friends, or just join in one of my classes. Check out my “Classes & Events” tab at the top of the page.
Thank you for “POP”PING in on my blog today …
Hope your day is a great one!
TODAY’S STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST …
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I’m really excited to share the fun with you today! We have our new Weekly Deals listed below and I wanted to share more great news and opportunities ….
Happy Birthday Paper Pumpkin!!! March is the 3rd anniversary of this amazing product line. I have been in it from the beginning and I still get anxious waiting for my monthly box to arrive.
Would you like to receive a surprise box of goodies every month? GREAT!! Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin with me OR, you can purchase a 3-month Prepaid subscription for $5 off during Sale-a-bration to try it out AND receive a FREE Sale-a-bration item!!! Please let me order your prepaid subscriptions so you don’t pay any shipping charges on your SAB item. (e-mail me at lindaluvs2stamp@aol.com) Order before March 10th to receive this special kit!!
Join the fun with Stampin’ Up! and my Star’s by Design Group!
We’d love to welcome you to the “Stampin’ Up! family” and get to know you!
How awesome was all this news!! I will be hosting a special “Paper Pumpkin” Party with all my Paper Pumpkin Pals (those who subscribe through me) and make sure you sign up before the 10th so you receive this special kit.
And seriously … I would love to have you join my group of Star’s! We have a wonderful time stamping and swapping and creating fabulous friendships. I am also incorporating more ways for my group to connect … so join just for you, just for the fun of it!
Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with either the Paper Pumpkin, Joining me Team or the Weekly Deals … I am here to help you.
Thank you so much for checking out my blog today, and reading my entire post! ❤
Have a wonderful day ~
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~
I hope you all had time to enjoy the beautiful weather, or at least had a wonderful weekend. I took time to make some cards (many events coming up) yet I still got outside for a bit, we even had a cookout … brats and potato salad! Yum … summer food (:
Today I have a technique to share with you … Spotlighting. It’s not a new technique but I put a little twist to it. I’ve used designer paper to spotlight. The “Timeless Elegance” paper is so beautiful, with the floral designs it’s perfect to spotlight a piece of it.
I began with two identical sheets and cut out the 4 x 5-1/4 inch base. Then I cut down one of the two pieces to highlight my flower. Just so happens that it was in the center of my card, but it could have been anywhere … for this technique it does not matter.
I colored just the flowers on the designer paper that I cut to highlight – you will see the remainder of the flower on the second sheet. So the technique “spotlight” just means that you highlight a section of your card and put it “in the spotlight”. Does that make sense?
I used the Blushing Bride, So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz markers to color with because they are a bit muted and not so bright. I thought it was a good match with the soft subtle design of the paper. I also used the Chalk Marker to bring out the little white flowers … wow, they really popped!
I brought back my “Happy Birthday Everyone” stamp set that I used yesterday for my card today, except this time the birthday went on the inside …
It’s so cute, it could actually be the front of the card! Remember … this is a hostess set that you can earn for FREE with qualifying party sales. (Home party, private party or do it yourself party) Just ask.
To finish off my card I added the “strips” of pearls … I just love them little buggers! Most of the time I cut them apart and I get soooo many more pearls for my cards, but I really do like the string of them for some of my projects (like today!)
Let me know if you have any questions. I appreciate you taking time to stop at my blog and check it out.
Have a wonderful day ~
TODAY’S STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST …
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