Monthly Archives: October 2016

Happy Halloween !

Happy Halloween, please make sure to stay safe tonight while trick or treating!

As pet parents, thought I would take a moment to remind everyone that as much as your dog or cat may beg for some of your Halloween candy, always remember that chocolate is deadly to them in any amount. There is a chemical that naturally occurs in chocolate that dogs and cats just cannot tolerate. Even wrappers, such as tin foil, can get stuck in your pet’s digestive tract and make them ill or even cause death. There are plenty of recipes for making homemade dog and cat treats, you can always make them with a Halloween theme for that special treat for your pet!

The Black glimmer paper is retired and sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh, all other items used are from the current Stampin Up Catalogs.

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

5th Sunday of Christmas – Star of Light Bundle

Welcome to the 5th Sunday of Christmas. Over the next 7 Sunday’s I will continue to share cards and projects using a different stamp set each week to create holiday projects. If you are a member of my newsletter group I will be sending out measurements and details of all the projects.

This Sunday I am featuring the Star of Light Bundle from the 2016 Holiday Catalog. When you buy both the stamp set and matching thinlits as a bunde you save 10% and who doesn’t like to save money?

The Star of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set adds elegance to your Christmas projects with the graceful designs and sentiments. Combine images and thoughts to create classic cards and gift tags that have your personal touch. There are 21 photopolymer stamps in the set and the suggested clear blocks (sold separately) are a, c and e. The matching Starlight Thinlits Dies contain 7 dies, the largest image is 3-1/16″ x 3-3/4″ (7.8 x 9.5 cm). It’s recommended that you use the Precision Base Plate with your Big Shot with the detailed images.

This card is the same design, but one with card base and panel of Whisper White and another using Very Vanilla, similar but different, both look great!

Bermuda Bay with Silver Glimmer paper, a beautiful color combination for the holidays!

With the combination of the Tin of Tags stamp set, makes the perfectly cute tags.

Hope you enjoyed the projects. If you would like to make the cards or tags you’ve seen above yourself ,the supply list is below with a link to my online store. I would greatly appreciate your business. Everyone who orders from me receives a handmade card and small gift.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, have a great day, Craft On!

Simple Saturday with Sheltering Tree

Welcome to Simple Saturday using one stamp set to create your cards. Today I’m featuring the 14 piece photopolymer stamp set Sheltering Tree. With this set you can create your own friendship-scape with flowers, bikes, and trees. These Two-Step stamps give you so many creative options–combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. Suggested clear blocks (sold separately) are A, B, E and H.

Here is a close of the of cards with Old Olive leaves highlighted with Real Red for Crushed Curry – check out the bike (2 stamps) with Tempting Turquoise and Real Red. Bow is made from cutting a piece of the Burlap Ribbon and cutting out a few strands to wrap around and tie into a bow.

Close up of the fall and winter card. The colored leaves are Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Real Red and Rich Razzleberry. For the winter card once I stamped everything on the card I pressed the entire Whisper White panel with Versamark ink, covered with Clear Embossing powder and heat set. For a finishing touch I ran a little liquid glue along the tree and covered with Dazzling Diamond glitter for a winter snow sparkle!

If you’ve enjoyed the cards and would like to make your own, below is a supply list with link to my on-line store for your shopping pleasure. Everyone who purchases from me receives a handmade card and small gift as a thank you.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the cards. Have a great day – Craft On!

Designer Series Paper Reminder – Buy 3 Get 1 Free – Stock up today!

Only 5 days left, now through October 31, buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free! That means now is a great time to save on some of our most popular paper designs.

Details

Promotion period: October 1–31, 2016
There is no limit to how many times you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free.
Specialty Designer Series Paper and Designer Series Paper Stacks do not qualify for this promotion and cannot be redeemed through this offer.

Here’s a handy list of the current Designer Series Paper you can save on during this promotion:

Item #	Product Name
141663	Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper
141645	Moroccan Designer Series Paper
141660	Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper
141654	Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper
141630	Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper
141640	By the Shore Designer Series Paper
141986	Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper
141981	Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

Here are some sample cards make with the paper using circles, banners and a die cut opening as focal images on the cards. Designer Series Papers highlighted are: Presents & Pinecones, Floral Boutique and Fruit Stand (a personal favorite, which goes nicely with the Fresh Fruit Photopolymer stamp set).

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the cards. Have a great day – Craft On!

R U ready for Halloween ?

Hope you all had a nice weekend, the weather here on Saturday was cool and rainy all day, perfect for a little crafting – who wants to go out in the rain. Sunday was a beautiful cool sunny day and I relaxed in the sun porch doing almost nothing, perfect ending to the weekend.

One week from today is Halloween and thought I would share a card with you that the embellishment could easily be put on a Kraft Gift Tag to hold your treats (if not for Halloween, for any occasion).

The embellishment highlights the Halloween Treat Wood mount stamp and the Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) and Bakers Twine, it can be adhered to a card base with Stampin Dimensionals or liquid glue or added to a gift bag with a cute paper clip. I always make a few special Halloween packages for the neighborhood kids and they will get these gift bags from me!

Layers of the embellishment include banners made with the DSP and Banner Triple Punch, cardstock run through the Petal Burst embossing folder and the stamped image cut out with Paper Snips. To finish it off is a double string bow using bakers twine.

Hope you enjoyed the card. If you would like to make a card like this yourself the supply list is below with a link to my online store. I would greatly appreciate your business. Everyone who orders from me receives a reuseable handmade card and small gift.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, have a great day, Craft On!

4th Sunday of Christmas featuring Wondrous Wreath

Welcome to the 4th Sunday of Christmas. Over the next 8 Sunday’s I will continue to share cards and projects using a different stamp set each week to create holiday projects. If you are a member of my newsletter group I will be sending out measurements and how to details of all the projects.

This Sunday I am featuring the 9 count photopolymer stamp set Wondrous Wreath which happens to have matching Wonderful Wreath Framelits. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set, which gives you so many creative options–combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. Stamp the wreath in one color, add berries in another color, and finish off with a wreath in still another color. Since these are photopolymer stamps they are perfect for image placement. Suggested clear blocks for this stamp set (sold separately) are a, b, c and e.

Here is a close up of two of my favorite cards I created, one uses Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate with the accent color Real Red and the second uses the wreath (stamped in traditional colors) as the letter “O” in the word JOY.

Here is a close up of two more cards, one is accented with Flirty Flamingo (not a normal holiday color) and the other is Elegant Eggplant with vellum and heat embossing.

Next Sunday I will be featuring the Star of Light bundle from the 2016 Holiday catalog.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the cards. Have a great day – Craft On!

No Bones about It – it’s Simple Saturday

Welcome to Simple Saturday, were I use one stamp set to create the card. Today I’m featuring the 18 piece photopolymer stamp set, No Bones about It. Suggested clear blocks (sold separately) are B – C – D -E – G. This stamp set is perfect for children’s birthdays of any age.

This isn’t your average dinosaur stamp set. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set so you can combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. Stamp a skeleton over the solid body image, add spots and speckles, even add a party hat to a birthday dinosaur.

My first card uses the colors Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral and Pool Party to create your own designer series paper, layered on Calypso Coral mat and a Smoky Slate card base. Layering Oval Framelits Dies were used to create the panel for the sentiment and background scalloped oval. With this card any sentiment works on the inside including birthday, thank you and thinking of you.

Next is a birthday card (check out the Real Red birthday hat) using Soft Sky, Night of Navy and Real Red.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the cards. Have a great day – Craft On!

Pop-Up Twist Panel card and other Sunday Stamper Cards

Today I thought I would share with you the cards we made this past weekend with my Sunday Stampers.

All the rage right now are Pop-Up Twist Panel cards, so of course we had to make one :). The base for the card are three pieces cut from a 12″ x 12″ piece of card stock.

Card base – 4″ x 11″ or 12″, scored in the middle
4 Panel Pop Up – 10″ x 3.5″, scored on the 10″ side at 2.5″, 5″ and 7.5″
Pop Up Mechanism – 8″ x 3.5″, scored on the 3.5″ side at 1.75″ and then on the 8″ sides (both) pencil mark at 2.25″ and 5.75″, score to opposite measurements to form “x”

The card also used the Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundle for the Gingerbread men and Reindeer, Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper, Real Red and Early Espresso card stock.

The other cards we made used the Star of Light and Paisley & Posies Bundles. Both cards used foil sheets for added bling, the new copper foil really goes nice with the Petals and Paisley Designer Series Paper.

For the Star of Light card we used Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Gold Foil. Any color combo would work, why not try Night of Navy with Silver Foil, Elegant Eggplant with Silver or Copper, or even use two colored cardstock like Emerald Envy with Mint Macaron.

With Paisley & Posies we used Delightful Dijon and Rich Razzleberry Card stock and ink pad. with Very Vanilla.

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

Supply list below for products needed to make today’s cards. I’d really appreciate your business and will send a small thank you gift and handmade card to all those who order.

3rd Sunday of Christmas – Tin of Tags

Welcome to the 3rd Sunday of Christmas. Over the next 9 Sunday’s I will continue to share cards and projects using a different stamp set each week to create holiday projects. If you are a member of my newsletter group I will be sending out measurements and details of all the projects.

This Sunday I am featuring the Tin of Tags Project Kit, which makes 30 tags, 3 each of 1o and comes with a tin to hold everything in. There is also a matching stamp set, Tin of Tags which includes 16 photopolymer stamps.

Not only can the stamp set be used for the tags, but to make cards and even gift card holders. Below is a tone on tone card, featured in my Simple Saturday collection, as well as other easy cards to make using designer series paper.

Hope you enjoyed the project. If you would like to make the tags or cards you’ve seen above yourself ,the supply list is below with a link to my online store. I would greatly appreciate your business. Everyone who orders from me receives a handmade card and small gift.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, have a great day, Craft On!

Pink October Simple Saturday

Welcome to Pink October Simple Saturday.

Isn’t it great that we have a Pink October? Think of how many building change their lighting to Pink this month, even football players have pink gloves and pink towels. With Pink October to support the fight against breast cancer. I thought I would come up with some Pink cards for Simple Saturday.

That’s the thing I like about paper crafting, you can make things any color you like without searching all over a store to find a unique color combination that you like.

The first card I’m featuring is a Christmas Card and second is a Thankful for you card.

My first card features the colors Blushing Bride with Flirty Flamingo, the Tin of Tags Photopolymer Stamp set and Layering Circles Framelits Dies.

The second card features the colors Sweet Sugarplum with Rose Red and the photopolymer stamp set Paisley and Posies, which comes as a bundle with the Paisley Framelits Dies. For added texture a piece of Sweet Sugarplum cardstock was run through the Petal Burst Textured Embossing Folder and some of the coordinating Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon was wrapped around the matted stamped image.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the cards, have a great day – Craft On!

Here is the supply list with link to my on-line store. Everyone who orders from me receives a handmade card and small thank you. Happy Shopping.

Thoughtful Banners in Color

Hope you are having a great week, I know I am, tomorrow starts a week of vacation for me!

Today’s card features the Thought Banners Photopolymer Stamp set, which also comes as a bundle with the Duet Banner punch. For this card I choose to use the long rectangle stamp to create the background for the card. The colors are from a color challenge a few weeks ago (Paper Craft Crew #212) that I just feel in love with and decided to make another card using the colors:

Crushed Curry
Night of Navy
Tangerine Tango
Emerald Envy

The greeting is from the Confetti Celebration stamp set and I used the Layering Oval Framelits to die cut the images. The Whisper White stamped background is adhered to Emerald Envy (die cut the scallop oval out of the middle to save paper), backed with Stampin Dimensionals and adhered to a Crushed Curry card base. Once I added the White Perfect Accents I decided the card needed a like something something and using fellow demonstrator Dena Rekow’s Spritzing technique (open a marker and flick ink from the end using the inside of the cap), added some Emerald Envy ‘spritz’ to the card, that definitely finished off the card nicely.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, have a great day, Craft On!

Simple Thinking of you card

Today I am sharing with you a card I made and sent to my nephew Jake, a freshman at the University of Delaware. Thought he would enjoy the mail and I wanted him to know his Uncle Dan and I are thinking of him. My plan is to send him cards a few times a month, some with a little surprise inside!

Let me start my telling you how I made the background of the card:

Cut ½” strips of paper using the Moroccan Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Cut piece of Very Vanilla to 3½” x 4¾”
Run Fast Fuse all over one side of the Very Vanilla
Start with one piece of DSP and adhere from left to right at an angle
Follow that with two pieces at the opposite direction to create what looks like a x
Add additional pieces of DSP to create the image, don’t worry about pieces hanging over the edge once you have all DSP attached, turn over and trim any extra paper
Adhered to mat of Cajun Craze 3¾” x 5″

Before I adhered background piece to the Very Vanilla card base it looked like it needed something extra, I used a Delightful Dijon Marker to spritzed the edges only, then adhered the background piece and really like how it turned out, it’s just what it needed.

This background is a great way to use designer series paper, especially if you have those scraps you are not sure what to do with.

The greeting is from the same stamp set and stamped in Cajun Craze on a 1″ banner. I took a piece of Very Vanilla Thick Bakers Twine separated the strands, adhered to the end of the left side of the banner with a few glue dots and adhered the acorn with dimensionals. The acorn is stamped in Delightful Dijon and Dapper Denim.

Hope you liked the card. If you would like to make a card like this yourself the supply list is below with a link to my online store. I would greatly appreciate your business. Everyone who orders from me receives a handmade card and small gift.

Have a great day, Craft On!

Supply List

2nd Sunday of Christmas – Reason for the Season

Welcome to the 1st Sunday of Christmas. Over the next 12 Sunday’s I will be posting card, tags and other projects using a different stamp set each week to create holiday projects. If you are a member of my newsletter group I will be sending out measurements and details for all the projects.

Today I am featuring the Reason for the Season Photopolymer stamp set from the Annual Catalog, a favorite of mine. There are 10 stamps in the set and Clear Blocks A, C and D work best with the set. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set. Combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. There are so many possibilities with this set, you are only limited by your imagination. I will be showing you four ideas for this set.

First up are two cards using the same idea, stamp the outline image in Black and then 2 stamp the flower of the flowers and leaves. One is a triple layer, where you layer the Whisper White, stamp and mat, other is all on the same piece of Whisper White. I even spattered a little Emerald Envy from a marker over the finished card.

Next up is a water colored card. Image is first heat embossed with White Stampin Emboss Powder, then colored with an Aqua Painter.

Last of my ideas, uses the new Copper Foil Sheets as a mat and Copper Stampin Emboss Powder for the images, so simple but yet so elegant.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the projects. Remember to join my newsletter group to receive a project sheet with all the measurements and stop back next Sunday for week 3.

If you would like to order any of the products seen here today, click any of the images below for a link to my online store. I would appreciate your business and will send you a handmade card and small thank you gift.

Have a great day, Craft On!

Simple Saturday with Watercolor Words

Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create your card. Today we are using the Watercolor Words Photopolymer stamp set, which includes 11 stamps. Not only do you have greetings, but images in the set that can be used to create your own background paper.

For my cards below I made one on a Whisper White card base and on another, a piece of paper from the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack was cut to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and adhered to a standard Whisper White card base. Both are stamped using the same inks to show the difference and how designer paper looks good stamped on as well.

Hopefully this inspires you to try your hand at making your own background paper and using designer series paper in a new manner.

Thank for stopping by today, hope you liked the card. Have a great day, Craft On!

Supply list below:

Last day for the World Card Making Specials

Just a reminder that today is the last day for the World Card Making Specials.

Products listed below with link for easy purchasing. Don’t forget, everyone who makes a purchase will be sent a handmade card and small gift. Thanksfor dropping by, Craft On!

Have you ever tried Faux Watercoloring?

Hi there, hope you are having a good week. This past weekend I spent a few hours watching some You Tube craft videos to learn some new techniques, one was a video by Dena Rekow called Faux Watercoloring. Thought I would share with you today the card I made trying this technique.

Watercoloring can be scary for some people and I’m here to show you if can be fun, the key is not to overthink it. For this technique, using Watercolor paper, you stamp your image then use your Aqua Painter filled with water to color the image using just the ink from when you stamped the image. If you decide the color is not deep enough just add a little ink from your ink pad with your Aqua Painter. For my card I chose the Falling Flowers Stamp set and used Rich Razzleberry for the large flower, Crushed Curry for the smaller flower and Old Olive for the leaves. The greeting is from the Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp set and stamped with Basic Black Archival Ink, linen thread finishes it off. Hope you give this technique a try!

If you would like to try making your own Faux Watercolor cards, all supplies are listed below with a link to my online store. Everyone who orders receives a handmade card and small gift from me as a thank you.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week – Craft On!

1st Sunday of Christmas

Today I am featuring the Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundle and Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper (part of the buy 3 get one free offer this month). The Cookie Cutter Bundle features the Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer stamp set (17 stamps) and Cookie Cutter Builder Punch, you save 10% when purchased using the bundle #143493.

First up are two of the cards I created, they are your standard A2 cards measuring 4.5″ x 5.25″ featuring two of the images in the stamp set.

Next up are 4″ x 4″ cards, which fit nicely in your normal card size envelope.

Here are some smaller 3″ x 3″ gift cards, great to adding to your gift.

How about Gift tags to add to that gift bag or gift?

Finally

a simple gift bag made using a piece of designer series paper cut at 8.5″ x 11″.

What’s really nice about all the products are they are made using one stamp set, one package designer series paper and coordinating products.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the projects. Join my newsletter group to receive a project sheet with all the measurements and stop back next Sunday for week 2.

Have a great day, Craft On!

Simple Saturday with Guy Greetings

Happy World Card Making Day!

Welcome to Simple Saturday, where we use one stamp set to create our card. Today I am featuring the Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set – perfect for masculine cards. I’ll be featuring three options all of which are using the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack.

Here are three options using the stamp set:

You’re my Anchor card:

Island Indigo Card base
Whisper White mat
Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Image/Greeting stamped right on DSP

Righty-Tighty Card:

Crumb Cake card base
Island Indigo mat
Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper
Island Indigo Scallop Square (backed with Stampin Dimensionals)
Very Vanilla, stamped lightly with the tool images
Greetings stamped in Island Indigo

Classic Card:

Cucumber Crush card base (4¼” square card)
Whisper White mat
Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Image/Greeting stamped direct on DSP

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, have a great day, Craft On!

Stampin Up! has 2 Great Sales starting October 1

Stampin Up has announced two great sales starting today. The first is to Celebrate World Card Making Day.

Do you remember the last time you received a card in the mail? In a sea of junk mail and bills, a card is a simple thing that really stands out to the person who receives it. Sending a card is a small gesture that shows just how much you care about that special someone in your life. World Card Making Day is today October 1, celebrate by making and sending a handmade card to someone who could use a little recognition, love, or just a boost (which is anyone, really!). From October 1-5, you can save up to 25% on cardmaking essentials that can be used to share your love all year long!

The following products are being discounted 15% – 25% from October 1 – 5, 2016:

The following products are being discounted:

Item	Description	Discount	Retail Price	Sale Price
138339	2015-2017 In Color Card stock	15%	$8 USD	$6.80 USD
141413	2016-2018 In Color Card stock	15%	$8 USD	$6.80 USD
141697	2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper	25%	$11 USD	$8.25 USD
141698	2016-2018 In Color Envelope Paper	25%	$11 USD	$8.25 USD
133774	Envelope Punch Board	25%	$20 USD	$15 USD
141651	Designer Tin of Cards Project Kit	25%	$27 USD	$20.25 USD
129027	Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill – Buy a Fast Fuse Adhesive (item 129026) and get a Refill for FREE!		$7.50 USD	FREE with purchase of Fast Fuse

Also starting today is the Buy 3 Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper, from the list below, running October 1 -31, 2016.

141663 – Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141645 – Moroccan Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141660 – Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141654 – Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141630 – Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141640 – By the Shore Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141981 – Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper – $11.00 USD

141986 – Presents & Pinecones Designer Series – $11.00 USD

Pick up some supplies today, happy shopping – Craft On!

When ordering Fast Fuse make sure to use item number 129027 for the special offer.