Monthly Archives: July 2017

Swap cards rec’d from Stampy Wackers

A couple days ago I shared with you the card I made for the June Stampy Wackers swap and today I’m sharing with you the cards I’ve received.

Cards from (top left to bottom right): Akemi Geary, Lyn Lang, Susan Webster and Bev Mamayek

Cards from (top left to bottom right): Jennie Thompson, Judy Phillips, Robin Greer and Cheryl Duncan.

Cards from Natalie Gramley and Jacalyn Groves.

Cards from Denise Waddell, Lori Watson and Sharon Scalzi

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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Split Closure Tri Fold Card for PCC253

Happy Saturday, hope your weekend is off to a good start. After a few humid days, this morning was much cooler with a slight breeze, perfect for coffee on the sun porch while reading all my favorite blogs.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge – Choose any combination of 3 colors for PCC253. The banner is below, click for a link to their blog to see the design team member projects and play along if you like.

For my card, here are the colors I decided on and since I did not have any designer series paper with these colors, decided to make my own using the Ribbon of Courage Stamp set. I cut a piece of Whisper White 6″ x 7″ and using different stamps, randomly stamped images all over, creating my one of a kind background paper. Once all the stamping was done I cut the paper into the needed sizes.

Turquoise → Tempting Turquoise
Teal → Dapper Denim
Lime → Lemon Lime Twist

The style of card I’m making is a Split Closure Tri Fold Card which I saw on Dawn Griffith’s blog the other day. The card base is 5.5″ x 11″, scored at 2 15/16″ and 7″, with a slit cut 2.5″ down on the larger end piece and 3″ long, this lets the left side tuck into the right. To finish off the card, I added thin strips of Lemon Lime Twist and from the Support Ribbon Framelits, die cut flowers and leaves. Clear faceted gems finish off the center of the flowers. On the inside, using Dapper Denim I stamped a greeting and couple little hearts.

Inside of the card:

Pieces of Whisper White cut for the card:

Outside right (smaller side) – 2 1/4″ x 2 5/8″ and 2 3/4″ x 2 5/8″
Outside left (larger side) – 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ and 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″
Inside – 3 3/4″ x 5 1/4″

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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June 2017 Stampy Wackers Swap Card

Today I thought I would share with you the card I made for the June Stampy Wackers swap. Stampy Wackers is a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator group I am part of. What’s nice about this swap is that you mail your card to everyone in the group and they mail you their card – this way each day you have some happy mail to look forward to and I’ve been receiving cards for the past couple weeks. Another cool thing is we let Denise, the leader of the group, know what stamp set we are using, no more than two people can use the same set for variety.

My card features the Just Add Text stamp set and Embossing paste colored with Dapper Denim and Dazzling Diamond glitter mixed in.

With the Just Add Text stamp set – you know how to create the card background, and these stamps will make it easy to get the right words in place every time. A mixture of fonts and styles will find you reaching for this set every time you’re in a card-making mood!

I used the color combinations of the Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper for my card. To color the embossing paste, first I put some on my silicone craft sheet and mixed in about 10-12 drops of Dapper Denim ink refill and Dazzling Diamond Glitter, using one of the Pattern Party Decorative masks and palette knives I added embossing paste to a piece of Peekaboo Peach card stock. Flowers are die cut from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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Same Design 3 ways and sneak peek

So how is your week going, I’m getting ready for a few more vacation days, we have some day trips planned, hopefully the weather cooperates and it’s not to hot & humid.

Today I’m sharing some cards that were fun to make, they feature the same basic layout and using Stampin’ Up! Designer Series paper makes it easy. Pick the paper you like, I used Be Merry, Eastern Palace Specialty and Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper along with matching card stock to create the cards.

For the stamp sets I used the new Carols of Christmas (available August 1st, a month before the new Holiday catalog September 1st), Rose Wonder and Oh So Eclectic. Fresh Fig Medallion is from the Eastern Medallion Thinlits and Flowers/Peekaboo Peach grid is from the Eclectic Layer Thinlits.

Same design = Three completely different cards!

Here are the basic dimensions used on all three cards on a standard 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ card base, folded at 4 1/4″:

Card stock mat – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″
Designer Series Paper – 4″ x 5 1/4″
Designer Series Paper horizontal – 1 3/4″ x 5″
Designer Series Paper vertical banner – 1 1/2″ or 1 3/4″ x 4 1/4″, punched with triple banner punch and cut off any extra with paper snips (adhere with Stampin’ Dimensionals)
Add sentiment and 3-D embellishment

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

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Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
Requires Email Address – An email address is required to participate, bonus codes are only received via email.
No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

Happy Shopping!

Christmas in July for PCC252

Here is my first “Christmas in July” card and the timing is perfect, the week of Hallmark Christmas in July movies comes to an end Sunday night as I watch the movies and make my card. We just love Christmas, my husband and I start decorating mid November and enjoy having the house decorated by Thanksgiving. For my first Christmas card I decided on Real Red and Emerald Envy, with Early Espresso and Very Vanilla.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC252 Challenge, inspired by 2017-2018 Catalog card sample on page 78. I was having a little creative block so I went for a swim Sunday afternoon and while relaxing in the pool the design popped into my head and when I got out, went straight in the house to create the card. Don’t forget to check out the Paper Craft Crew blog for design team cards and play along if you like. Click on the sketch for a link.

Here’s how I created my card. I started with the Music Sheet background stamp and using Crumb Cake ink stamped it on Very Vanilla, which I matted on Emerald Envy and a card base of Real Red. Its hard to see on the card, but I stamped with swirl from Star of Light in Versamark and used Clear embossing powder for a slight glimmer. Next is the reindeer with a rhinestone colored with a red Sharpie to remind me of Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all. The red frame was made using the Layering Squares Framelits. Tree has snow created by running the Fine-Tip glue pen along the edges and sprinkling Dazzling Diamond Glitter over it. At the bottom left is a little bear in a stocking, finished with a glimmer paper banner with a wreath and bow. The frame, was adhered with Stampin’ Dimensional and the new Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals are behind the top & bottom of the tree and glimmer banner.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

Happy Shopping!

Only 1 week left to join Stampin’ Up! and take advantage of the Starter Kit Deal!

July Starter Kit Deal!

When you purchase the $99 Starter Kit this month (July 1 – 31), you will get $125 in YOUR CHOICE of Stampin’ Up! products for $99 (that’s $26 in FREE product and the kit ships for free). Plus you will receive the BONUS Essentials Gift Pack & Free Stamp Set including:

Paper Snips ($10 value) – Great for all your fussy cutting.
Snail Adhesive ($7 value) – No mess and easy to use.
Grid Paper ($11 value) – Keep your work surface neat and great for measuring.
2 Clear D Blocks – ($17 value)
Bone Folder ($7 value)
FREE Stamp Set – Carols of Christmas set from the upcoming Holiday catalog, a $20 value and must have for the holidays.

This is an additional $72 value – FREE! This allows you to spend your $99 starter kit dollars on your favorite stamp sets and accessories.

What else do you get with the kit?

20% discount on future demonstrator order
Opportunity to preview and order new Stampin’ Up! products a month early
Exclusive ideas, resources including a weekly newsletter
No obligation to host workshops, sell products and no penalty to drop
Hobby stampers are welcomed

Click here to join today!

Next time I need to check better for updates :(

When Stampin’ Up has their On Stage events they ask for demonstrators to share samples of cards and projects on display boards, knowing this November, when Stampin’ Up! holds their gathering for demonstrators in Salt Lake City, Utah, which I plan on attending I’ve been waiting for them to ask for demonstrator to submit some of their personal best projects for consideration as a display board presenter. When I noticed the request in our weekly demonstrator updates, I printed out the information, what samples to provide and due date of your entry (July 27th). Since I have a full time job, I decided to request a couple vacation days, design then create my projects and post the entry. Unfortunately for me the due date was changed to July 7th and since I thought it was the 27th missed the deadline, guess there is always next year 🙁

Instead of not creating my projects, I’ve created them and will share with you, as I’m proud of how they turned out.

First is a scrap book page inspired by a trip to Wildwood NJ with brother and his family a couple years ago. The colors used go nicely with the Morey’s Pier and Hot Spot sign, two of our favorite places from when we were kids on vacation with our parents and enjoy now as well. At the bottom left is a patch of sand with beach chairs. For the sand, I torn a piece of Sahara Sand card stock to the size/shape I wanted, mixed a drop of Sahara Sand re-inker with the new Embossing Paste on the Silicone craft mat, spread over the paper, sprinkled with real sand and pressed in a few seashells from my seashell jar. Once dry, I adhered with foam adhesive strips and tucked the chairs behind. The seashells at the top right are from the So Many Shells Photopolymer Stamp Set, they were stamped and hand cut with paper snips.

Below are three cards, sharing my love of the seashore, crafting and showing someone I love them. From the left to right I’m featuring products from the Whole Lot of Lovely Product Suite, High Tide stamp set mixed with Seasonal Layers and Sunshine Wishes Thinlits and finally the Crafting Forever stamp set – a must have for all crafters.

The Lovely card features designer series paper, ribbon and stamps all from the same suite. On the beach card the word ‘sunshine’ was die cut first in card stock then in fun foam (from the dollar store), glued together for added dimension, finishing touch Clear Wink of Stella and a little Dazzling Diamond Glitter. There is even an added layer of sand, backed with Stampin’ Dimensionals, for the beach. For the crafters, the jar of brushes was colored with watercolor pencils and blender pens.

For one of my 3-D projects I decided to showcase the Wood Crate framelit and show the versatility of the product. The crate makes a great holder for 3″ x 3″ note cards or even bags of candy. For Christmas, or any holiday, it makes the perfect holder for some treats, add a doily and wreath and your good to go. Any idea what my gift to the family might be this year? Keep in mind I need about 50+.

For my second 3-D item I decided on a handmade box with matching lid and decorated with the Daisy punch and leaves from Eclectic Layers Thinlits on a belly band. The Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper, featuring the 2017-2019 In-Colors: Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst, was my paper of choice. I used note cards for quick easy assembly and made the envelopes to match with the envelope punch board. This set is the perfect thank you gift for any occasion!

Here is a picture of the five note cards with matching handmade envelopes.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards, 3-D paper projects or even some scrapbook pages. In case you would like to purchase any of the products I used the list is below.

Have a great day – Craft On!

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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Clean & Simple with Jar of Love

Today’s card is a clean and simple card using the Jar of Love stamp set for the images and Sunshine Sayings for the greeting. While the Jar of Love stamp set has matching framelits and Sunshine Sayings has coordinating Thinlits, it’s nice to have a one layer card that packs a punch, for me this card does that.

To get started I stamped all the flowers randomly on a base of Whisper White card stock, you can use the thick or regular, based on your personal preference. Next I stamped the greenery, fireflies and then the greeting. To finish off the card I colored over the flowers with Clear Wink of Stella for some shine and flicked Powder Pink and Berry Burst ink from a Stampin’ Write marker for a little extra something-something. Hope you like how it turned out.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

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If your order is over $150, I hope you’ll use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned. Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS.

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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Daisy is new to me for PCC251

Happy Tuesday!

The theme for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Challenge fits me perfectly when it comes to the Daisy Delight Photopolymer Bundle (Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set and matching Daisy Punch). You see, I was late to the party in ordering it (not until end of June) and late to use it (Monday night). Most demonstrators preordered it and when the catalog went live June 1st, due to so many order quickly the punch was on backorder.

The theme for the challenge is “New to You!”, sharing a project using something NEW. Click on the image to check out their blog for all the cool designs and play along if you like. I’d like to take time to thank the design team over at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge for picking cards of mine from challenges PCC244, PCC247 and PCC248 as a Top Pick. Click on the numbers to see those posts.

For my card I first picked a piece of the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper to use the background, stamped the sentiment in Tranquil Tide, matted on Calypso Coral card stock, wrapped with Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Double Stitched Ribbon (different pattern on each side) and adhered to the Tranquil Tide card base with Liquid glue. The Daisy was stamped in Calypso Coral twice, punched, layered with Stampin’ Dimensionals and finished with one of the largest Clear Faceted Gem. The Daisy is on a Whisper White square, layered on Calypso Coral and Tranquil Tide, which was adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Inside: Whisper White mat stamped with some of the flowers, leaves and sentiment.

Currently the Daisy Punch and the Daisy Delight Bunch are unavailable for purchase as the punch is on backorder due to the overwhelming demand and should be available after August 1st.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

Remember to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS and check demonstrator contact, I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and small thank you gift.

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Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
Requires Email Address – An email address is required to participate, bonus codes are only received via email.
No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

Happy Shopping!

July 2017 Sunday Stamper Cards

In my last post I showed you the gift baskets I made using my cards for my Class Picnic this past Saturday, they were a hit, the winners really liked them. Here is a picture of the group, Class of 1976 from North Hills High School in Pittsburgh, PA – we hope more will come when we do this again next year. I have a special idea planned for next!

Today I stamped with my Sunday Stampers and I’m sharing those cards with you. We make three cards featuring different stamp sets and/or techniquies.

The first card we made featured the Colorful Seasons Bundle along with the Hide Tide Stamp Set. Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set – perfect for Summer, spring, winter, autumn… we don’t care what season it is…we’ll stamp for all of them with this set and we’ll have fun doing it! For this card we used Tranquil Tide for the card base and Shimmery White paper. To create the “sky” we just a clear block, spritzer filled with water and Soft Sky ink pad. We used the ink pad to cover the clear block with ink, slightly spritzed the block with water and pressed unto the paper for a cool background look, once dry we used the High Tide Stamp set to stamp the details. Sentiment is from Colorful Seasons. Everyone loved die cutting the Real Red chair and attaching with a little liquid glue.

The second card features the You Move Me Bundle, made with Smoky Slate, Bermuda Bay And Peekaboo Peach.

Ready to make cards like no one has ever seen? This bundle includes that stamp and dies you need to create cards that will really ‘move’ the recipient. The horizontal slots of the main die piece make the offset stamped images come to life. I recommend the Precision Base Plate with the Big Shot for die cutting the slits.

Here is a link to the Stampin’ Up video on just how this bundle works:

The final card features the Marbled Background Stamp and the 2017-2019 In-Color Card Stock, Ink and Bitty Bows

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

Remember to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS and check demonstrator contact, I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and small thank you gift.

If your order is over $150, I hope you’ll use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned. Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS.

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
Requires Email Address – An email address is required to participate, bonus codes are only received via email.
No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

Happy Shopping!

So what do I do with the cards I make?

So many times I’m asked what do I do with all the cards I make, today I will share one of those with you. I like to use them for gift baskets for events. I’m a member of the North Hills High School class of 1976, each month a group gathers for dinner where you get to meet both new and old friends. Each month we take photo, the June photo is below, it was at Paradise Beach on Neville Island.

This month we are having a picnic July 15th at North Park and I thought I would provide some handmade card gift baskets to use as raffle/door prizes. Each varies in amount of cards and is decorated a little different, hopefully the winners with enjoy them.

Here is a close up of all the gift baskets.

This is the first basket with handmade cards, note pad, pen and some stamps.

Cute little tin basket with handmade cards, note pad, pen and stamps.

This Red & White (North Hills School colors) gift basket features the most cards and includes a few extra treats including a handmade gift box filled with thank you cards, postage stamps and Mickey Mouse

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

Have a great day – Craft On!

Stamp Set with Stamps for Every Season

Happy Wednesday, we are half way through the week, closer to the weekend. It’s going to be another hot & humid day here with rain showers possible, sometime it feels like Groundhog Day – same thing, day after day. Perfect day to stay inside and doing some crafting.

Today I am featuring products from the Color Theory Suite by Stampin’ Up. The stamp set, Colorful Season a 24 count stamp set, is great in that you can use if for cards for all four seasons – Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring. It has a matching set of Thinlits called Seasonal Layers, I’m sure you have seen a lot of cards made with the Adirondack Chair die. This is a great bundle to purchase. The suite includes the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack, Glitter Enamel Dots, Three different ribbons and a cardstock pack. Below is a sampling of a card per season, the possibilities are limitless with this set.

Summer (Crushed Curry & Soft Suede):

Fall (Old Olive with Real Red, Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango):

Winter (I used Night of Navy, the Color Theory Paper is Dapper Denim and Silver Foil:

Spring (Berry Burst, with Sweet Sugarplum and branch using Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack):

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope you are inspired to try making some handmade cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

Remember to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS and check demonstrator contact, I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and small thank you gift.

If your order is over $150, I hope you’ll use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned. Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS.

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
Requires Email Address – An email address is required to participate, bonus codes are only received via email.
No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

Happy Shopping!

Pop of Paradise

Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. I was able to spend a few hours in the craft room preparing for this month’s Sunday Stampers class, as well as have a manicure & pedicure, oh how I love that! Having my nails polished makes me feel good and this time I tried a new Nail Dip Powder on my finger nails, it’s non-toxic, shiny, crack & chip resistant, environmentally friendly as well as calcium and vitamin E fortified. The color I picked reminds me of Berry Burst, guess that’s why I liked it.

Speaking of Berry Burst, let’s talk about today’s card featuring the Pop of Paradise Stamp set. Palm fronds, pineapples, and flamingos. How could this not brighten someone’s day? Go ahead, make their day!

My card features the flamingo stamped in Berry Burst on Whisper White and die cut with an oval from the Layering Ovals Framelits. The scalloped Berry Burst oval it is framed on is also from that framelit set. For the background I stamped images in Lemon Lime Twist and Crushed Curry on Whisper White, mounted that on a mat of Berry Burst and adhered to the Lemon Lime card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For the sentiment, I stamped it with Emerald Envy on Whisper White and hand cut with paper snips. I used the new Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere on either side to the card front. The inside is stamped with Emerald Envy pineapples. It’s a bright and cheerful card to send as a thank you for that summer bar-b-q you just attended!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try making cards.

Have a great day – Craft On!

Remember to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS and check demonstrator contact, I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and small thank you gift.

If your order is over $150, I hope you’ll use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned. Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS.

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

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Wood Textures Designer Paper = Quick & Easy Birthday card

Happy Saturday! Today I thought I would share with you a quick & easy card featuring a piece of paper from the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. Bring the look of the outdoors inside with these natural, rustic patterns. Pick a pack of patterned paper! So many designs, so many colors, so many uses. Fronts and backs are similar grains and colors for ideal use in die cutting. Paper size is 6″x6″.

This card features a 2″ x 4¾” piece of the Wood Textures paper matted on Early Espresso 2¼” x 5″, wrapped with linen thread (looks like thin rope) and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso on Whisper White, layered on Early Espresso – both are die cut using the Layering Circles Framelits. To switch up this card for a more feminine look, change the designer paper and use a scalloped circle die to mat the sentiment on.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

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Do you collect shells at the seashore, I did for PCC250

Don’t know about you, but a three day work week is great, Monday – Wednesday – Friday all in a row. Hope everyone had a good July 4th. I was able to get some pool time in and relax with friends.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #250, Tic-Tac-Toe, you get to choose any three items down, across or diagonally. Click on the Paper Craft Crew banner to check out their blog and play along.

My choice was diagonally, a relaxing time at the beach collecting shells while chatting with family and friends.

Elements of Water (shells)
Summer Celebrations (greeting)
Clean & Simple (easy watercolor background and Basic Black mat)

Here is how I made the card. Started with a card base of Pool Party and mat of Basic Black card stock (adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals). Next using Pool Party ink, Aqua Painter and Watercolor paper created the background for my shells. Once the background was dry I used Basic Black Archival ink pad to stamp the greeting. Shells are two step stamping using Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Pool Party layered with Sahara Sand on Whisper White. When doing two step stamping, I find not overthinking it works best, when I concentrate on the 2nd layer to hard I seem to never get it right, then I relax about it and my stamping is great. The circle shell was die cut using a scallop circle die and the other two where cut out with paper snips. Basic Black Metallic thread is held down with Fast Fuse before the shells were adhered, some with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

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Happy July 4th !

Happy Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July, is a holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago on July 4, 1776.

Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.

This is a big weekend where people like to go to the beach, which provided the theme for today’s card, as I wanted to do a card in the nations colors. To get started, using the Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies I die cut three chairs in Real Red – Whisper White and Night of Navy. Next the mat of the card was stamped with Crumb Cake and Soft Sky with stamps from the Hide Tide stamp set. The middle chair was adhered with the new Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals and my fine-tip glue pen for the others. To top of the card the words ‘just breath.” were stamped in Night of Navy. The mat was adhered to the card base with regular size Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great day – Craft On!

Remember to add your order to the current Host Code EKUSG6HS and check demonstrator contact, I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and small thank you gift.

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Remember, July 1 – 31 – – – Bonus Days Important Details:

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No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

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July Bonus Days start now!

Stampin’ Up! Bonus Days – July 1 – 31, 2017, Earn in July – Redeem in August

Bonus Days are back! For every $50 you spend July 1–31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon emailed to you direct from Stampin’ Up! that you can use August 1–31.

Earning July 1 – 31 – – – Important Details:

Keep you codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days Coupon and write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost and lost codes cannot be recovered. Demonstrators do not receive copies of your codes.
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No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the length of the program. Example, if your order is $101.00 (before shipping and tax) you receive 2 bonus codes.

Redeeming August 1 – 31 – – – Important Details:

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What will you use your coupon code for? Stampin’ Up! Bonus Coupon codes can be used for ANY Stampin’ Up! products, excluding Starter Kits, Stampin’ Host Rewards and Paper Pumpkin month to month subscriptions. New prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions (1, 3, 6 or 12 month fixed) can be discounted with Bonus Day coupons.

Order an Exclusive, Limited Time Bundle August 1 – 31, 2017

You will be able to order the Carols of Christmas exclusive, limited-time products and save 10% when you purchase the bundle August 1 – 31. Carols of Christmas is the top rated bundle in a demonstrator survey of the new Holiday Catalog that starts September 1, 2017. Use can even use your Bonus Day coupons to purchase these products.

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Thank you for stopping by, have a great day!