Monthly Archives: January 2017

Happy Birthday Baby Brother!

Happy Birthday to my baby brother, I just love saying that!  Thought I would share with you the card I made and sent to him.

I used the new Balloon Adventures Bundle to create a pop-up card. This bundle is in the 2017 Occasions Catalog on page 5, along with the new Party Animal Designer Series Paper and Washi Tape. It’s such a cute stamp set and pop-up.  Here is the outside using all the colors in the designer series paper. Now I was out of Crumb Cake – gasp – so I used Tip Top Taupe for the mat and stamping on the inside.

Here is the inside, just love how easy it is to line up the die on the Big Shot. Used matching Washi Tape (a few different pieces) to hide the seam on the left side, leaving the right open for the greeting and some writing.

Top view of the pop-up

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Birthday card share

Thought I would take time today to thank Laura B. for the beautiful birthday card.

Laura is a new member of my demonstrator group of 24/7 Stampers and she is learning the ‘ropes’ of stamping. I thought she did a great job on my card – not to mention it’s my favorite type of card – a shaker!

She used the Balloon Bouquet Punch along with the stamp set Confetti Celebration and even stamped the envelope, a nice finishing touch!

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PCC228 – a Color Challenge – Love You!

Happy Saturday everyone, hope you have a fun filled weekend planned.

Last weekend we brought home our new puppy Diesel, thought you might like to see a picture of  him, he is a 8 week old German Shepard. Here he is with my nephew Jake who was in town visiting his girlfriend and stopped by to drop off some birthday cookies for me and meet the new little guy, aren’t they both rather handsome ? Shout out to Katie, his girl friend, we met her as well.

It’s been a long time since I participated in a design challenge and thought no time like the present to begin again. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #228 – Color, use 3 of the 4 colors below – Deep Red, Pink, Plum and Gray/Metallic. For my card I picked Flirty Flamingo, Perfect Plum and Smoky Slate.

 

 

For my card I did a watercolor wash background of the three colors, then lightly went over them with clear Wink of Stella for a little sparkle. Then I determined were the die cuts would rest and stamped ‘YOU’ in Smoky Slate. The watercolor paper was then adhered to Smoky Slate, backed with Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered to a Flirty Flamingo card base. The flower is adhered with a fine tip glue pen and before I backed the ‘love’ with foam adhesive strips I painted over it with clear Wink of Stella. The bow was the finishing touch.  The perfect card for Valentine card or just any time you want to show someone you love them – just like I do to both Jake & Diesel.

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Bella and Friend . . .

Today’s cards feature the stamp set Bella & Friends both colored with the new Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils. I just love coloring with the new pencils, using watercolor paper and an aqua painter give you a completely different look than using Whisper White cardstock and blender pens.

Not only do I think this is a super cute stamp set that is available in both wood or clear mount, but if you’re a dog lover this is the perfect set for you.

This card is made with Watercolor paper, colored with Watercolor Pencils and blended with an Aqua Painter.

Here is the card made with Shimmery White Paper, colored with Watercolor Pencils and Blender pens used to smooth out the color.

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Happy Birthday Kenzi!

Happy Birthday Kenzi!

Today is my goddaughters birthday and I thought I would share her birthday card with you. She is a freshman at Wittenberg University, following in her sisters footsteps.

The card is a Front Dutch Fold card with flaps on the front that are held together with the cascade of flowers down the front, there is even a pocket on the back that holds a tag with a second pocket that can hold a gift card, cash or even photo of the gift you are sending!

The flowers are made with the Botanical Builder Framelits, Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper and sentiments from the new “Balloon Adventures” Photopolymer stamp set:

Here is the inside with the top down:

 

Pocket on the back:

Hope you liked the card.  Thank you for stopping by, have a great day – Craft On!

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Stitched Squares Patchwork Card

Today’s card features the new Stitched Shapes Framelits,  cut thoughtfully stitched circles, squares, and ovals in seconds with Framelits dies and the Big Shot.   Framelits Dies help you create detailed die-cuts with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle. Dies include ejection holes so you can remove the paper easily.

  • There are 12 dies in the set:
    *Circle: 4 dies, largest image 2-7/8″
    *Square: 4 dies, largest image 2-5/8”
    *Ovals: 4 dies, largest image 3-1/4” x 2-5/16”
    *Use with Big Shot, Big Shot Platform, and Standard Cutting Pads

Here is a close of the card I created using the smallest square and a patchwork pattern.

 

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Special Purchase offer, only from me, for the month of November: Purchase the new Stitched from the Heart Framelits and any stamp set and receive a package of Pearl or Rhinestones Basic Jewels from me as a thank you, along with a handmade card.  Please use hostess code ECY724AN when ordering and click contact by demonstrator.

 

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Bella Birthday

It’s a big day at our house, we pick up our new German Shepard puppy Diesel this afternoon. I’ll post a picture of him later in the day.

In honor of Diesel today’s card features the stamp set Bella & Friends from the annual catalog, page 101 and two items from the 2017 Sale-A-Bration catalog – the photopolymer stamp set Any Occasion and the 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack.

To start my card I stamped the image on Whisper White using Archival Basic Black, colored him in with my Watercolor Pencils and Blender pen and used the Stitched Shapes Framelits to die cut him out. He is layered on a Scalloped Square from the Layering Squares framelits. Mat is Bermuda Bay to match his collar. Banners and words are from Any Occasions and the card is accented with 3/8″ Gold Metallic Ribbon.

In honor of my birthday weekend, place an online order with me using host code XKJRA6JK  from January 20 – 22, 2017 of $50 or more and receive my favorite new stamp set Yummy in my Tummy, clear mount only, from me as a thank you.

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Happy Birthday to me and you this weekend !

Todays card features the Balloon Adventures Bundle to celebrate my birthday with a pretty cool card and a special offer, directly from me for qualifying orders.

In honor of my birthday weekend, place an online order with me using host code XKJRA6JK  from January 20 – 22, 2017 of $50 or more and receive my favorite new stamp set Yummy in my Tummy, clear mount only, from me as a thank you.

Now on to the card . . .

The greeting on the front is tri-colored. To create this I inked the image first with Crushed Curry, then wiped off a little ink on both ends, using the Emerald Envy and Pacific Point Ink pads, inked just the ends, huffed on the image and stamped on Whisper White mat for the card.

The presents on the front were created using one of the dies in Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Die set and Party Animal Designer Series Paper. The die coordinates nicely with a 2″ strip of either card stock or designer series paper. The two largest gifts were glued down and smallest is adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Inside features large greeting in Emerald Envy, balloon and string in Crushed Curry with Pacific Point bows:

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*** Special Offer directly from me January 20-22, 2017 with a $50 (before shipping/tax) ***

Celebrate Beautiful You !

Todays card features the new stamp set Beautiful You. If you are a fan of Pinterest, and who isn’t, I’m sure you have seen a variety of cards made with this stamp set. The images are perfect for coloring with one of the stamped images included, coloring with watercolor pencils, ink and your Aqua Painter or even paper piecing.

My card, featuring Watermelon Wonder and Emerald Envy uses of the included stamps to color the dress. Under the banner  ‘Celebrate’ is a piece of the Sale-A-Bration item “3/8″ Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack – Silver”.

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Lighthouse of Hope

Today’s card features the new High Tide stamp set from the Occasions Catalog. This is a photopolymer stamp set and includes 16 stamps. When I first saw this set, I knew I needed to get it, I love the beach and the sentiments just made me feel good inside.

The card is rather simple, with all black stamped images on a piece of paper from the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack. I used the paper for inspiration for the card stock to use as the card base and mat, Island Indigo and Flirty Flamingo. Clear Wink of Stella adds a nice glimmer to the lighthouse.

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Let’s doing some coloring and dragonflying

Earlier this month I featured four cards made with items from the new Occasions or Sale-A-Bration catalog, this week I feature the cards in more detail on how they were made.

First up are cards using Dragonfly Dreams and Inside the Lines Designer Series paper.

I just love this cluster of Dragonflies Thinlit, there are so many possibilities with this die. It teams perfectly with any greeting – from the coordinating stamp set Dragonfly Dreams or any greeting – below I used the Happy Birthday from Rose Wonder to turn this into a birthday card. Look through your paper stash and greetings and I’m sure you could make cards for any occasion with this design!

This card features the Sale-A-Bration item “Inside the Lines” Designer Series Paper colored with the new Watercolor Pencils and using a blender pen to smooth out the coloring.  While it’s hard to see in the picture, once I had the paper colored, I covered with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Stampin’ Clear Embossing powder and heat set, it gives a nice shine to the paper. Sentiment is from Dragonfly Dreams on Daffodil Delight and die cut with the new Stitched Shapes Framelits, they are now available for purchase today.

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24/7 Swap both near and far

Happy Saturday. Today my up-line manager Ann is hosting a live swapping event for the “24/7 Stampers” (her demonstrator group) and since many of us are not local we have the option to participate by mail While others will be making each others cards together, my mail I send in already completed cards and will receive a group of card via mail in a few days.

Thought I would share with you the card I’m swapping with Ann, Nita, Valory, Susan and Noelia.

My card features the new bundle Balloon Adventures and matching Party Animal Designer Series Paper and Washi Tape. The Balloon Adventures Bundle includes the 17 photopolymer stamp set Balloon Adventures and coordinating Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies.  I used the pop-up thinlit to create the shaker for the front of the card.

Shaker items where created using the Sprinkles punch with some separated gold sequin trim for bling.

For the inside, I cut a piece of Whisper White 2.5″ x 3″, stamped the greeting adhered with a small amount of snail adhesive and added two pieces of Party Animal Washi Tape as both an accent and to help secure the cardstock.

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Happy Celebrations!

Today I am featuring a unique stamp set, Happy Celebrations, that pairs with the Celebrations Duo Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. These embossing folders create a “Debossed” Impression, allowing you to stamp over the embossed image.

My choice for today was to use the Happy folder, the other folder is Celebrate.

Card base is Tip Top Taupe with a mat of Watermelon Wonder Designer Series Paper. The Whisper White layer was first embossed, then stamped before all layers adhered with liquid glue and adhered to the card base.

 

 

To finish the card, the word Celebrate from the stamp set is stamped in Tip Top Taupe on the inside.

Here is the Stampin’ Up Video to show exactly how the Embossing folders work.

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Fancy and Elegant Thank you card

Today I’m featuring a fun card made with the Dragonfly Dreams Bundle which includes the Dragonfly Dreams and Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies.

The card starts with a card base of Sweet Sugarplum and a mat of Basic Black. The Whisper White mat was stamped in Sweet Sugarplum with the dots image from the set and greeting stamped in Memento Black. To finish the card a Basic Black solid Dragonfly and Sweet Sugarplum Detailed Dragonfly was die cut, glued together and adhered with a Stampin’ Dimensional. Rhinestones add the final bling.

 

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Are you hungry? look for a food truck

Today I am featuring one of the stamp sets from the 2017 Sale-A-Bration catalog, Tasty Trucks #143300, if you are a fan of food trucks, this is the stamp set for you.

To start the card I stamped images from the set in Calypso Coral ink on Calypso Coral card stock. When planning on doing this type of stamping I always make sure the ink pad is well inked for good coverage. Also I stamp before folding the card in half to avoid those funny stamped images are the crease and why not a little stamping on the back of the card.

I stamped the truck in archival Basic Black, then added the cupcake, pancakes and greeting.  Next using the new Watercolor pencils and a blender pen colored everything in. Paper snips were used to cut out the truck, backed with Stampin’ Dimensionals and added to a Delicate White Doily and Island Indigo Circle, all then adhered with liquid glue.

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Here is a photo of the page of the catalog showing the images included in the stamp set.

Isn’t he cute?

The first time I looked through the new Occasions catalog, the one stamp set that jumped out to me was the Yummy in the Tummy set. I just love these cute little monsters!

Today I thought I would show you two cards made with this set – one watercolored using an Aqua Painter and another using the new Watercolor Pencils in Stampin’ Up! colors!

This example uses the Bermuda Bay reinker and an Aqua Painter to color the monster. The image was stamped on Watercolor paper using Archival Basic Black Ink, sprinkled with Clear Embossing powder and heat set.

This examples uses the new Watercolor Pencils (Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry and Basic Gray) to color the image and a blender pen to smooth out the coloring, its amazing how this works! The image was stamped on Whisper White card stock using Archival Basic Black Ink. To finish the look a went over the monster with a Clear Wink of Stella Brush.

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2017 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs go live today!

Happy Wednesday, today is a big day in stamping land – the new Stampin’ Up! 2017 Occasions catalog goes live and Sale-A-Bration starts!

For those of you newer to Stampin’ Up!, Sale-A-Bration is one of the biggest events of the year, here’s why:

  • SHOP – During Sale-A-Bration, you get a free item of your choice from the Sale-A-Bration brochure for every $50 you spend (before shipping and tax)
  • JOIN Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration and your starter kit will be extra special
    • $125 worth of products for $99
    • Your choice of two free stamp sets (a value up to $104 – bundles and kits are not considered free stamp sets)
  • HOST – a party and with a minimum of $250 in qualified party sales, receive an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards

Here is a sample of cards using the new stamp sets Dragonfly Dreams, Beautiful You and High Tide; Detailed Dragonfly Thinlit Dies and Sale-A-Bration Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper colored with the new Watercolor Pencils in Stampin’ Up! colors!

Thank you for stopping by, have a great day – Craft On!

Click on any of the images below for more product information or to order directly from my on-line store. Everyone who orders from me and checks demonstrator contact will receive handmade re-useable card and small thank you gift. Remember to use host code XKJRA6JK when placing your order to receive your thank you items from me. Happy Shopping.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2017 to all you crafters out there! May the new year bring you good health and happiness.

So who’s having pork and sauerkraut today for luck throughout the new year? We are, along with my famous baked beans and mashed potatoes.

What is more appropriate than for me to make my favorite type of card, a shaker, to welcome in the New Year!

Today’s card combines two great stamp sets (Thoughtful Banners & Teeny Tiny Wishes) with the Large Number Framelits to create a pretty cool shaker card.

Pool Party and Chocolate Chip cardstock where used to make the card, which go nicely with the combination of sequins from my stash.

Thank you for stopping, hope you have a great day – Craft On!

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