Cool Technique with Embossing Folders!!

Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper

7Sep2014

Halloween Scares & Savings …

Posted in Halloween, ON SALE!, Punch Ideas, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

On this beautiful Sunday I am going to share with you some Halloween card samples … and savings! Now days we all have a tighter budget, so why not shop our Clearance Rack!

Today I will focus on the Witches Brew Designer Series Paper It’s priced at only $4.39 and one of my Halloween favorites… Now that’s something to scream about!

I love the Clearance rack, because it may be discontinued from the catalog, but it’s still available and discounted, some up to 80%!!

On my first card I teamed up the Witches Brew DSP with the Bootiful Occasions stamp set ….

The second of my card samples really showcases the Witches Brew DSP … to view the original post CLICK HERE.

Here is the cute little bat I created with the Witches Brew DSP in the background …

Last by not least is the card that I teamed my favorite Halloween designer paper “Witches Brew” with one of my favorite techniques … CLICK HERE to view the original post.

Oh well … one more! Here is the cute sign I put up at the candy store. I thought it was quite appropriate and downright cute!! I’ll be using that sign again very soon at the Candyman on Main.

OK … ONE MORE!! This card is one sweet treat!

I hope you enjoyed today’s collection of the Witches Brew Designer Series Paper card samples. Don’t ever “Be Afraid” to check out all the frightfully awesome products in our CLEARANCE RACK.

Have a beautiful day ~

Although the Witches Brew states $10.95 … the price at checkout will be $4.39

$10.95

Bootiful Occasions Wood Stamp Set

Bootiful Occasions Clear Stamp Set

$17.95

Versamark Pad

$7.50

Iridescent Ice Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

29Aug2014

Fun, Friends & Free Stuff …

Posted in Halloween, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Today I have a great card to share with you that features the “Good Greetings” stamp set! Great news… From now until Oct. 31, YOU will be able to earn the exclusive Good Greetings Stamp Set when your stampin’ party or customer order reaches $300! That’s in addition to the other exiting benefits!

That’s right, a FREE stamp set in addition to all the other exciting and generous benefits you get when you host a party from through Oct. 31! This versatile stamp set covers holidays from Halloween to Valentines and more.

Let’s get ready to party! The only way to earn this exclusive stamp set is to host a party or place a qualifying order; the Good Greetings Stamp Set will not be offered for purchase and only lasts until October 31!

I am teaming up the “Fall Fest” stamp set from the Holiday catalog with the “Good Greetings” stamp set. I shared a Fall Fest card with you as a sneak peek, but the catalog went live yesterday. Click HERE to see that card share.

I used the “masking” technique to create the moon and cloud effect, using Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant and Night of Navy.

The pumpkins were stamped with the Pumpkin Pie and topped off with the Old Olive marker. The faces were done in StazOn. I also sponged Pumpkin Pie on the pumpkins so the lines weren’t so obviously white.

My greeting was highlighted with the use of the Word Bubble Framelit dies… It’s a great stamp set! I’d love to help you earn it 🙂

Stop back tomorrow, I will share a card featuring the “Good Greetings” stamp set and “Festival of Tree’s” stamp set from the Holiday catalog .

Thanks so much for visiting me…

Have an awesome day ~

Here is a list of ingredients used to create the card (except the Hostess set: Good Greetings/ Listed above) Click on any of the items for more details or begin shopping.

Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

Fall Fest Photopolymer Stamp Set

$15.95

Fun Fall Framelits Dies

Fall Fest Photopolymer Bundle

$34.75

Word Bubbles Framelits Die

Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

25Aug2014

“Hello” to another Sneak Peak!

Posted in Product Wow, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Today I am sharing with you Eileen’s swap card from our Star’s group meeting on Friday. It’s a sneak peek as this set is not available until Thursday!

Eileen used the “Four Feathers” Bundle (W-137629 / C – 137630) you can purchase the stamp set or framelits separately but a 15% savings sounds good to me!

Love the colors on this card… reminds me of a warm fall day! Eileen used Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze. She used the “Arrows” textured folder to create the background.

I love how Eileen used the Scalloped Tag Topper punch with the “Four Feathers” bundle to create the focal point of the card. She topped off the tag with the Gold Metallic Bakers Twine.

Also highlighted on the tag is the new “Color me Autumn” Washi Tape … coming in the Holiday catalog.

Eileen used the “Gorgeous Grunge” stamp set to add a bit more color to the Crushed Curry feather … I think it turned out spectacular!

It’s amazing that adding that little bit of color makes the feather really “pop”.

I appreciate the visit today. I’m sure you’ve enjoyed Eileen’s card as much as I have.

Here is a quick reminder of our current promotions … just click on anyone of them to get more details. Thank you.

Hope you have a fabulous week ~

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad

Folder Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

$22.95

Gorgeous Grunge Wood Stamp Set

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

$17.95

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

24Aug2014

Lovin’ what I do …

Posted in Halloween, ON SALE!, Paper Pumpkin, Product Wow, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Man … I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator! If you read the blog yesterday you know I just met with my downline (people I have recruited into my stampin’ family) and that I will be sharing those swaps with you.

Yesterday I spent the day finishing and packing up the Make & Takes for the Hostess / Customer Appreciation Party … Oh, I can’t wait for my stampers to arrive! I’m so excited … we are going to have a blast! I’ll post 🙂 It is amazing the lives you touch when you are in this business.

So today … I’m going to share the Make & Take I presented to the Star’s group… A Masking Technique and a some stampin’ tips!

With summer coming to an end and fall right around the corner I wanted to share not only a new stamp set, but a something to really highlight it.

Lets begin with the masking, I used two post it notes together (if you don’t have the longer ones) … make sure the “sticky” edges are to the inside where you will be sponging.

I began with Daffodil Delight and started 1/3 of the way down the area to be sponged, this way the darker area is where you begin and you work your way up so the top is lighter. You can always add more color but you can’t take it back off.

The Pumpkin Pie – start 2/3 of the way down so as you move up, it’s lighter and will blend beautifully with the Daffodil. The Blackberry bliss will start at the bottom and again, work your way up. STAMPIN’ TIP: I do this technique of sponging in a circular motion because that helps blend it nicely too.

The stamp set is the “HOLIDAY HOME” (135095) from the Holiday Catalog. It is a photopolymer set so yo won’t have to worry about those smaller images falling off the blocks … they stick so nicely and being clear, it’s a breeze to align!

We stamped the tallest of the 3 houses in this set (there is also fun stuff for Christmas… very versatile) then we colored the house in to create a silhouette! Don’t you just love it! We left the windows alone so the color from our sponging would come through.

I just have to let you know that this stamp set has coordinating framelits (135857) and you can purchase it as a bundle (137631) too! Catalog orders can begin AUG.28th in !! Please let me know if you did not get your catalog.

Thanks so much for the visit … be sure to check back daily as I will be posting more of the Star’s gathering swaps and pics and samples from my Appreciation Party!

Here is a quick reminder of our current promotions … just click on anyone of them to get more details. Thank you.

Have a super Sunday~

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$8.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad

Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker

Stamping Sponges

$3.50

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$7.95

$3.50

Basic Black 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon

Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink Refill

11Apr2014

Fabulous Friday … Glimmer Brads and so much more!

Posted in ON SALE!, Product Wow, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello my Stampin’ Friends!

How are you today! I am simply fabulous … and totally excited to share this card and some fun stampin’ tips with you! I know that I have been doing my “Fast -n-Furious” on Friday’s but the ideas for this card, just kept blooming ….

My idea was to show you a simple and pretty card showcasing the “Glimmer Brads” that are currently featured in our “Weekly Deals”. Punch 3 flowers with the Petite flower punch and put a coordinating color brad into it. That was my original idea.

Then I thought … oooh, wouldn’t it be pretty if I put some glimmer paper behind it? Aaahh … then I thought, why don’t I dye the silver glimmer paper to match the cardstock and glimmer brads! Hmmm … good idea!

Oh, but it didn’t stop there, I needed a ribbon! I have 3 bolts of the silver ribbon from the “Celebrate the Everyday” catalog … so I’ll use that! Hmmm… wonder if you can dye that too? Answer … YES! Yes, you can!

So … what do you think? Glitter lovers rejoice … all the shine without all the glitter mess. I will take you step by step through the card and share how I created it.

You will need the Silver Glimmer paper and Silver Ribbon, along with the bottles of ink refills to coordinate with your cardstock, Sponge daubers and the Glimmer Brads. If you do not want inky fingers … you may want so gloves too! LOL (I’ll post ingredients at the end, as always)

To dye the Silver Glimmer paper, I dampened my sponge dauber with water … it really helps move the ink around. It should be damp … not wet. Put a few small drops of the ink onto the glimmer paper and begin to “daub” your paper. You’ll be making the motion of a sewing machine … up and down with the dauber (You cannot slide the dauber across the glimmer paper) until the ink is spread evenly onto the paper. You can always add more ink … either to your paper or to the dauber itself.

Now that you have ink on your daubers, I gently brushed them on the ends of my punched flowers to create a bit more dimension. I then used my bone folder to slightly curl up the edges of the flower. I poked a hole in the center of my flower with my Paper Piercing tool and then inserted the coordinating glimmer brad.

To dye the silver ribbon … simply place your dauber over the ribbon, and pull the ribbon out from under the dauber. The ink on the dauber will dye your ribbon. Turn the ribbon over and repeat the process. It looks best when dyed on both sides.

Make sure you give the paper and the ribbon time to dry, otherwise you will get ink marks on your card base. If you have the new Stampin’ Up! heat gun … you can use the low setting to help dry it.

I hope you are as excited as I am to play with these fabulous techniques. I just can’t believe that I never thought of dying that silver ribbon before!! You know me, I love to dye my ribbons.

Watch for more projects from me using these dying techniques! Don’t be afraid to send me “your” creations (you can e-mail me a photo at: lindaluvs2stamp@aol.com

Thank you so much for sharing your day with me!

Have a fabulous Friday!!

JUST A NOTE: You will get the sale price when you purchase the Glimmer brads, even though it does not show here. The “Express Yourself” stamp set that I used for my card share today is a “HOSTESS” set which you can get FREE with an order of $150 or more.

Please let me know if you have any questions: lindaluvs2stamp@aol.com

Brights Glimmer Brads

$2.95

Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink Refill

$2.95

Old Olive Classic Ink Refill

Essentials Wooden Elements

1Apr2014

Technique Tuesday: Wooden Elements

Posted in Quick -n- Easy, Techniques, Thinking of You / Hello Friend by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

And H-E-L-L-O-O-O April! I think spring is finally here 🙂

Yesterday I showed you the March Paper Pumpkin and how much fun I had creating different looks with the supplies they sent. What I didn’t know was that Paper Pumpkin actually turned one yesterday! And in true Stampin’ Up! fashion, they threw a party …

Paper Pumpkin Turns One!

Even more amazing is the incredible year Paper Pumpkin has had.

We’ve sent out 229,000 Paper Pumpkin projects (say that three times fast!) to our friends.
We’ve helped over 45,000 women bring out their creative sides—(and we know that they were just waiting to break out)!
We even had 13,000 take advantage of our Free Marker offer—ended yesterday!

Yep. Not bad for something that is only ONE-year old!

To celebrate, we held a birthday party at our Riverton Campus, complete with yummy cake, festive balloons, and even party hats.

I told you it was a fun company to be associated with! Well hang in there because my 15th anniversary is next year, and in Stampin’ Up! fashion … I will be hosting parties, specials and more all year long. Don’t worry, you will be invited to them all!

I also told you yesterday that I would show you some fabulous products that we have in our “Celebrate the Everyday” catalog that you could use to recreate the techniques I showed you. We will be using the “Essentials Wooden Elements” and the “Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards”.

On my “Life Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect” card … I used the “Direct to” technique in which we applied the Ink Pad directly to our wood element, the heart. You can see I dragged the ink pad across the heart for a streaked look, as compared to yesterdays card when I fully inked up the wood greeting.

I teamed this card up with the Perfect Pennant Bundle, which includes the Perfect Pennant stamp set and the Banners Framelit Dies.

Yesterday’s card I stamped a pattern onto the wood, today I actually stamped a greeting onto the wood element. I also sponged the edges.

As you can see, the Wooden Elements are very versatile and you can use many techniques on these fun embellishments!

These two cards were also very quick and easy to create, with this combination of note cards, elements and the bundle … the possibilities are endless!

Here are the items that I used to create these cards…

$4.95

Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards & Envelopes

$12.95

Perfect Pennants Wood-Mount Bundle

$48.50

Perfect Pennants Clear-Mount Bundle

$41.50

Create A Cupcake – Clear-Mount Stamp

I hope you were inspired to try out some of these fabulous products and / or the techniques I used on the Wooden Elements.

I thank you for dropping by today!

Have yourself a terrific Tuesday ~

25Mar2014

Technique Tuesday … Kissing Technique & Video

Posted in New Product Intro / Video, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampers ~

Today is my second post for Technique Tuesday. I will be sharing a Stampin’ Up! video tutorial along with my card share… yes, I will have a card for you too. I thought it would be a great way to for you to see how the technique is actually done… almost like being a member of my Technique Club.

I’m going to start with a Stampin’ Up! video that introduces you to the “Kissing Technique”. Enjoy!

Kissing

with
Emily Montoya

Have you ever heard of the kissing technique?We’re not talking about the technique with your sweetie-we’re talking about the one with stamps! Check out this sample featured in this video, see how the butterflies have an extra texture? It’s the beautiful product of two stamps getting together!

Wasn’t that fun! How did you like the finished cards … so cute. Here is the card that I created using the “Kissing” Technique:

Now for my card …

I thought it would be fun to add a little “kiss” to the frosting on the cupcakes from the “Build a Cupcake” stamp set and kissed it to the “Hello Doily” stamp. I inked up the the frosting of the cupcake and kissed it to the Doily to create the neat pattern you see.

Of course I then had to pull out the coordinating punch “Cupcake Builder”. Ahhh, so much easier than cutting them out. My color pallet for today comes from the Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper: Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Coastal Cabana and Baked Brown Sugar … with a touch of Strawberry Slush added in!

I added a touch of the Retro Fresh DSP and topped it off with the Coastal Cabana Ruffled Stretch Ribbon. Speaking of “topping” things off… I colored 3 of the larger pearls with a red Sharpie, and the put them on my cupcakes.

Finally, my greeting comes from the Perfectly Penned stamp set. I don’t know what I will do when they retire that set… I use it all the time!

Hope you take the time out of your busy day for a little kissing 🙂

Thanks for checking out my blog today! Check out below for a list of today’s ingredients.

Wishin’ you a terrific Tuesday!

Create A Cupcake

$22.95

$16.95

Hello, Doily

$17.95

Hello, Doily Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$13.95

Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Coastal Cabana 3/8″ Ruffle Stretch Trim

$8.95

Perfectly Penned

$16.95

Perfectly Penned – Clear-Mount Stamp

$12.95

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

$4.95