Monthly Archives: August 2018

Last of my Blended Seasons Christmas cards . . .

This month I’ve been sharing a lot of cards made with items from the Color Your Season Promotion, we are close to the end of the month when this bundle is gone.

The first card has the image embossed with Copper Embossing powder and water0colored with an Aqua Painter using Garden Green, Real Red and Pineapple Punch.  The background Coastal Cabana with Clear Wink of Stella for some holiday sparkle.

You may be asking – what embossing folder did she use? I don’t see that in the Annual Catalog – well it’s the new Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (available September 5th in the new Holiday Catalog). This is soon to be a favorite of mine!

This card features the Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper used with the largest Stitched Seasons Layering die and the smallest for “Merry Christmas” in Whisper White. Gold Foil accents and Real Red bow help finish off the card.  Card base is Whisper White with an Old Olive mat run through the Big Shot with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Stitched Circle Anchoring Sea of Textures for PCC305

Happy Thursday, it’s hard to believe August & summer is almost over. I’m on vacation for a few days from my day job with lots of things to do like dinner with friends at a winery, day trip with my husband and some parties over the weekend, not to mention pool time. Here is a cute picture of Diesel and Nitro with their “outside” balls sitting with me while I’m in the pool!

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge PCC305.

Since we are having extremely hot & humid temperatures, I thought the perfect stamp set to use was the Sea of Textures Bundle – featuring the Sea of Textures stamp set and coordinating Under the Sea Framelits. When looking a the sketch for the challenge, my first thought was to use circles, then I thought why not use netting, an octopus and some coral.  There is the Stitched Shapes Largest Circle, that I ran through the Big Shot with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder anchoring all the images and some Tranquil Textures Sprinkles adding the right finishing touches!

Greeting for the card is from the Sunshine Sayings Stamp set and stamped in Fresh Fig.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Glitter cards

To end the month of August, I decided to do a mash up of two cards I saw one with a unique technique using window sheets, StazOn ink and silver glimmer paper and the other using holiday designer paper on a non-holiday card.

To create the butterfly & flower from the Beautiful Day stamp set I first stamped the image using StazOn ink on a window sheet and let the image dry completely (I waited about 1hr). Next using Stampin’ Blend Alcohol Ink Markers I colored the opposite side of the window sheet (side I did not stamp on), waited a few minutes then fussy cut out the images using my Paper Snips.  Adhered the cut out images with a few Mini Glue Dots to Silver Glimmer Paper and cut out.

The first card features a Coastal Cabana card base with image set on a mat of designer series paper and Basic Black. Greeting is from the Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp set. Final touch is a few Glitter Enamel Dots.

Second card features a Real Red card base and Under the Mistletoe designer series paper. For the greeting I cut apart the original greeting in the Beautiful Day stamp set so that I could use just Happy Birthday on cards.  Red Rhinestones add just the right amount of bling!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Watercolor Pencils Assortment #2

Part of the August Color Your Season Special Offer is a set of new Watercolor Pencils.  I’ve used some of those pencils to color the images below.

You ask, how did she do that, the image is on Basic Black card stock – – – well let me tell you.

Once the image was embossed with white powder and heat set, I carefully used the White Watercolor Pencil from the first set of watercolor pencils to color all the flowers and leaves white. After that I waited a few minutes before coloring over the white pencil with a colored pencil, some from both sets for a combination of colors – pinks, blues and purple. Basic Black was adhered to card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Card base is Whisper White, with a Bermuda Bay mat and greeting from Itty Bitty Greetings.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Christmas in August !

Happy August 25th – 4 months to Christmas!

Today I am featuring all holiday projects – a home décor item, cards and a paper purse for packaging your gift of handmade cards. This month features the Under the Mistletoe Designer Paper from the Annual Catalog (any paper will work, there are some great looking ones in the new holiday catalog), August 2018 Blended Seasons Bundle Special, Labels to Love Stamp set and Sneak Peek of the new Merry Christmas Thinlits, available September 5th in holiday catalog.


Here is a close up of my paper wreath with 1″ strips adhered to a Dollar Store Styrofoam wreath.

The first two cards show how you can feature designer paper along with the Blended Seasons Bundle along with Labels of Love stamp set to create cards with matching tags.  Use the largest layering framelit for the inside of the card, stamped with images and greeting from the Blended Seasons Stamp set.

Simple card made with 1″ strips of designer paper, bells from the Blended Seasons Bundle and matching envelope. To create the matching envelope adhere a piece of designer series paper to the envelope flap and cut away an excess with your paper snips.

The Rooted in Nature Bundle along with the Stamparatus and Real Red ink make for the perfect flower to finish off this card featuring designer series paper.

Whisper White Note Card with matching envelope make the perfect card to use up some of your scraps.


Final project is a Designer Series Paper Purse, perfect for holding all the cards from today, plus a couple more. Why not make the presentation of handmade cards something special! Merry Christmas is from the new Merry Christmas Thinlits available September 5, 2018 with the release of the Holiday Catalog.


Click to download instructions on how to make the purse – Purse Instructions

All members of my newsletter group will get measurements and how to instructions for todays projects.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Do you forget about the other side of the DSP?

When you order designer paper is it because of the images on both sides or just one?

I fell in love with the realistic flower images of the Petal Promenade paper never looking at the other side of the papers until the other day when I realized how beautiful the marble looking images where and how good they would look as a background for the card.

The base of the card is a 4¼” x 5½” piece of Blushing Bride cardstock, with a Smoky Slate Fun Fold card attached (5¼” x 8″, folded at 2″ and 4″), with designer paper cut at 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ and 2 – 1 7/8″ x 5 1/8″.

The largest and middle size layering dies from Stitched Seasons Framelits are used for the stamped and colored images as well as inside greeting.  Front greeting is from the Blended Season stamp set. Finishing touch are a few pearls for some bling.


Here is another view of the card completely opened using two of the Stitched Seasons Framelits, one for the front cover and one for the inside.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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How about a zoo in a card . . .

Happy Thursday, one day closer to the weekend!  Any special plans? We’ll be watching the Steeler game Saturday night with friends and hopefully the weather will warm up for some pool time.

When I saw that the Paper Craft Crew challenge this week was a fun fold I decided on a Z-Fold card, that has panels added so that I could have 5 rows of animals just hanging out together.

Here is the banner for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC304 Fancy Fold challenge.

What is a Z-Fold card you ask, for my card it’s a card base 4¼” x 11″, scored at 2¾” and 5½” and a piece of 1″ wide card stock 11″ long scored at 5½” and 8¼” – both of which when you fold them look like a “Z”, once the 1″ piece is attached the card will actually fold flat.

In the second section of the card, I created little strips of paper ¾” wide by 3¾”, scored ½” from each end and adhered for the animals to be attached to. The animals were either die cut with their matching dies or fussy cut out with Paper Snips. Greeting on the front is from Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set using a Stitched Shaped Oval and Scallop Oval Die Cut. Adhesive Back Sequins and Wood Frames Element finish off the card.

Here is what the card looks like when not completely open and will fold down to fit into a standard A2 envelope.

One of the Sloths that was cut out has been added to the Whisper White on the back that can be used for writing your greeting celebrating the persons birthday. Greeting and noise marker are from the Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp set. The Detailed Trio Punch helps finish off the corners.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Fall Shaker Birthday Card

Who doesn’t like a shaker card? Know anyone with a fall birthday? Then I have the perfect card for you today.

I’ve been die-cutting a lot of the largest layering Stitched Season Framelit to use on projects, but what to do with the negative piece – well, why not turn it into a shaker card, so that’s what I did.

  • Shaker front is 4¼” x 5½” and has a piece of window sheet cut just a little smaller adhered with Tear N Tape to the back
  • Card front was stamped with the leaves stamp (4 ¼” x 11″, scored at 5½” for top folding card)
  • Add some sequins and die cut leaves to the card front while lying flat
  • Next add foam adhesive strips completely around the edges of the window sheet, making sure no empty space around the card, pull off adhesive backing,  gentle place over front of card base
  • Greeting 1″ x 4¼” stamped and adhered with Mini Glue Dots or Stampin’ Dimensionals

Close up of the leaves inside and sequins.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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August Sunday Stamper Cards

Good morning. Today my Sunday Stampers will be coming over for some stamping, I always look forward to this Sunday each month. It’s nice to see everyone while we stamp and have a little snack.

Here are the projects we will be making using Dandelion Wishes (Wood or Clear Mount Stamps), Blended Seasons Bundle (Wood or Clear Mount Stamp set & Framelits), Labels to Love Stamp set and the Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Bundle (Stamp set & Thinlits).

First up are the cards using Dandelion Wishes.  Each card has card stock cut the same, just different embossing folders and horizontal/vertical orientation.

Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper teamed up with the Stitched Seasons Framelits and used both the positive and negative pieces for cards with matching tags.

Finally a Abstract Impressions fun fold with spritzed watercolor front and fall themed card with Wood Textured Designer Series Paper and leaves cut from some scraps laying around.

Inside of the Abstract Impressions card, just make sure the words don’t show when the card is closed.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Scraps + Notecard = Quick Note Card

Dropping by today to share a quick and easy note card I created while cleaning up my desk. I have a tendency to hold on to my scraps and while cleaning found I had six pieces of Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper all the same size. Looking at these scraps I thought if I adhered them all together, on another scrap of paper, then matted on a scrap of Shaded Spruce I’d have a nice focal image for a card, not to mention use up a few of my scraps. A Whisper White note card was perfect to use, finished the card by adding a sentiment to a Whisper White stitched die cut oval, Shaded Spruce scalloped oval and finished with ribbon wrapped around and tied in a bow.  Since I had another scrap that fit the flap of the envelope, I glued it on and trim off what was not needed.

This a good idea for using those designer paper scraps you have laying around – or just cut and create some scraps to use!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

 

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Stitched Season Framelits for PCC303

Happy Friday! I’m on vacation today and spent the day out and about with my husband. We had a nice late lunch at the Central Diner. Diner’s are great for us because he can get the breakfast he likes and I can have a sandwich, salad or maybe even some appetizers.  I’ll be spending the rest of the day prepping for my Sunday Stampers this weekend, we are meeting here at my house so a little cleaning and paper cutting is needed.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch PCC303, the banner is below.


When I first saw the sketch I thought of the daisy punch, then decided to look through my framelits and one from the August Special “Stitched Seasons Framelits” spoke to me so I die cut 8 of them to create the wreath using Lemon Lime Twist card stock. The card base is Blueberry Bushel and the mat a piece of 2018-2020 In-Color Designer Series Paper. The wreath was built on a 1″ Circle, with the branches attached to the circle with liquid glue. The center of the wreath is the smallest Scalloped Circle framelit in Blueberry Bushel and Lemon Lime Twist 1″ Circle. Sentiment is from Varied Vases Stamp set (which also comes as a bundle with matching punch). Finishing touch is a Whisper White Bakers Twine bow that I pulled the strands apart first before tying.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Current Promotions, Color Your Season – Bundle, Stamp Set, Framelits and/or Watercolor Pencils and Bonus Days spent $50 (before tax/shipping) receive $5 off coupon for September!

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Puppy’s & Cupcakes

Who doesn’t like puppies & cupcakes ?

Today’s card features a circle of puppies and cupcakes from the Bella & Friends Stamp set and uses the Stamparatus (Stampin’ Up! Stamp positioning tool) to stamp the perfect circle. Aren’t these little guys cute? The sentiment is from the Beautiful Day stamp set (I did a little stamp surgery, to separate the Happy Birthday from the original stamp).

Here is who to create the template for the card:

  1. Create 4″ x 4″ cardstock square (same size as Whisper White for stamping)
  2. Take piece of copy paper and fold in half both horizontal & vertical
  3. Use the center X (from the folds) to trace the square, matching points to fold lines
  4. Cut down two sides of the copy paper to fit Stamparatus
  5. Line up stamp, ink – stamp and move paper around to all 8 corners.

For my card I first did four dogs, then lined up the cupcake and stamped four of those in between the dogs!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

For current Color Your Season and Bonus Code Special information, clear here.

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Love It – Live It – Share It, some of my favorite pieces . . .

This year not only do my husband & I celebrate 30 years of marriage, but Stampin’ Up! celebrates their 30th Anniversary. As part of the Stampin’ Up! celebration there will be November Onstage 2018 in Orlando FL where demonstrators from all over the world will come together for classes, activities, new product premieres and stamping of course!

I’m really looking forward to registering this week so that I can participate in the celebration and see all my demonstrator friends! I was lucky enough to be at the 25th Anniversary celebration, I can only imagine what the 30th will bring.

As part of the celebration Stampin’ Up! looks for demonstrators who would like the opportunity to stamp projects for the OnStage display boards. To do this demonstrators are asked to collect their best work and feature it as a blog post or Pinterest board. I’ve thought about the samples I would use and even asked my husband for this option, below you will see the group of projects we came up with. These include three cards, two 3D projects and one scrapbook page.

First is a wreath created for Christmas in July using Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper, Large Letter Framelits, Layering Circles & Square Framelits, Seasonal Layers Thinlits (Snowflakes) and Faceted Gems (some colored with Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend Marker).

The wreath is on a 1.5″ wide cardboard circle, with 4 – 2″ x 12″ pieces of designer paper scored every 1/2″ and accordion folded, decorated with various die cuts and handmade bows. To finish the project I added a piece of designer paper on the back which fills in the center. To see my other Christmas in July projects click here.

Next is a card, bag and gift box trio used for a birthday gift. The Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper teams up with the Stitched Season Framelits to make a beautiful card with a Old Olive Frame raised with Stampin’ Dimensionals so that the Whisper White stamped greeting sits down on the card front. Two 6″x 6″ pieces of designer paper makes the perfect matching gift bag and is super easy to put together. Finally is a tiny box  (used for earrings) with a piece of Petal Pink Metallic Ribbon tied for a bow.

In December 2017 I went on a Christmas in Nashville bus trip with three of my girl friends. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, toured Nashville, the RCA Victor Studio, Country Music Hall of Fame and Ryman Auditorium. One of the features of the Ryman tour is the option of having your picture taken on the same stage so many wonderful country singers have sang on, so of course I had to get my picture taken.  I purchased a Black Faux Leather album, photo pocket pages and have been documenting my trip over the last few months. Here is the Ryman page, I wanted to highlight the beautiful windows and the new Graceful Glass 6″ x 6″ paper colored with Stampin’ Blends adds just the right touch to the page. Other stamps used include the Sheet Music background stamp and the Make a Difference Stamp Set. Matted photo on the bottom is adhered with some Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to create a pocket to hold tickets and brochure.

One of my favorite cards to make are shaker cards. I love the movement and all the different type of items you can use to “shake” in your card, with Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive strips and window sheets making these types of cards is easy and fun.

My card features the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty paper, Sea of Texture Bundle and the Stamparatus.  What is a Stamparatus you ask – it’s Stampin’ Up!’s must-have tool that helps you perfectly align stamp images, stamp multiples of the same project quickly and precisely and get complete ink coverage. More details on how to put this card together and how I used a template for stamping with Stamparatus, check out my PCC297 blog post here.


My final card is a Double Card. The card starts with a Basic Gray card base and has a slightly smaller Pool Party Z-fold card attached. This card will sit on a desk when opened. The card features the Animal Outing Bundle and coordinating Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper. The card includes all the animals from the stamp set. Happy Birthday is from Beautiful Bouquet stamp set.  My stamp group “Sunday Stampers” made a version of this card in July, check out that blog post here.

Thank you for stopping by today, hope you enjoyed my projects.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code: ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and small thank you gift. For orders over $150, please use the Host Rewards you earned.

Click here for information on the current Color Your Season and Bonus Days Promotions.

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PCC302 Sketch Challenge Crafting Forever

Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend!  Last night plans were rained out, which is ok with us as we really need the rain, our yard had cracks it was so dry. For some reason every time it’s rained it seems to split and miss our neck of the woods. Hopefully the weather will be better today. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge PCC302 and I’m featuring the Crafting Forever Stamp Set. Check out the banner below.
To create my card I started with stamping the images on Whisper White card stock using Memento Black ink giving them a few minutes to make sure good and dry before coloring with my Stampin’ Blend Alcohol Marker. Next I used my Paper Snips to cut the images out. (Hint: run your Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker around the cut out image for a sharper look) For the words I inked the stamp with a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker, stamped on Whisper White scraps and cut to the desired size with Paper Snips. Added words to Pineapple Punch Classic Label Punched card stock. Craft supplies (pens, pencils, markers & holder) are attached to the mid size framelit from the Stitched Seasons Framelits using Stampin’ Dimensionals and liquid glue. The Stitched Seasons Framelits are part of a August 2018 While Supplies Last Special. Card base is Whisper White, mat is Gorgeous Grape and a little piece of Pineapple Punch Designer Series Paper. This is the perfect card to send to one of my crafting friends!
Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping. Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 – Have a great day – Craft On! Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3. For current Color Your Season and Code Special information, clear here. Don’t forget for every $50 USD spent in August, Stampin’ Up will send you a $5 coupon to apply to your September order! Happy Shopping!    

Know any puzzle lovers!

Know any puzzle lovers?  These cards are perfect for them or anyone who likes a little treat with their card.

For each card I followed the same process using the Puzzle Pieces Thinlits.

  • Cut 2 pieces pf Designer Series Paper 3¾” x 3¾”, layer the one what on the card front on the bottom
  • Die cut designer paper together with Puzzle Pieces Thinlit
  • Be careful when removing from Big Shot and keep the pieces in the framelit.
  • Flip over and add Tear & Tape to the seams of the designer paper
  • Push out from framelit –  thanks to the Tear & Tape one should be in one piece, the other should be puzzle pieces – ready to be put together
  • Add the puzzle pieces to a Clear Medium Envelope and seal
  • Adhere the cut out with Tear & Tape to a mat of Card stock 3 ¾” x 3¾”
  • Adhere to card base
  • Greeting is stamped on label from the Petal & More Thinlits
  • Basic Adhesive Backed Sequins add a little sparkle

When you send out the card include the puzzle pieces in the clear envelope for the recipient to put together.

The first to cards feature the Animal Expedition Designer Paper on mats of Basic Gray and with either a Whisper White or Lemon Lime Twist card base.

Featuring the Petal Promenade Designer Paper on a mat of Mossy Meadow and Petal Pink Card base.

This card features the new Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, available September 5th in the new 2018 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, on Garden Green and a Whisper White card base.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

For current Color Your Season and Code Special information, clear here.

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Layering Watercolor & Copper Leaves!

Hi there and Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing a card using the Blended Season Bundle, a special stamp set and framelit set available August 1 – 31, 2018 or while supplies last.

To create this card I stamped the leaves all over a piece of Whisper White 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ and colored with Watercolor Pencils from both the new assortment #2 and the original watercolor pencils. To blend the colors I used a combination of blender pen and Clear Wink of Stella. Using the Clear Wink of Stella brush gave me a new direction to go with the card – once I had the leaves all colored, I pressed a VersaMark ink pad all over the paper and sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set (I did this twice), then I layered the Stitched Seasons Framelits (all 3 of the label shapes) together and die cut the paper giving me 2 frames and the center piece. All have been adhered using layering of Stampin’ Dimesionals (mini & regular) on Lemon Lime Twist Card stock. Finish touch is Copper Leaves from the same framelit set.

Side view so that you can see the layers, including the Copper Leaf Cut-outs.  Greeting is from Varied Vases and punched out using a 1″ Circle Punch and adhered with a Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

For current Color Your Season and Code Special information, clear here.

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Clean & Simple Birthday Card

Today I’m sharing a clean and simple card featuring the Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper used to say Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law Debbie.

The delicately detailed laser-cut sheets are vanilla on one side and white on the other. Sheets can be easily cut apart and used as accents on card fronts or even home decor. There are eight sheets, 4 each of two designs, 12″ x 12″.

For my card, the base is Whisper White, with a mat of Highland Heather and a piece of the laser cut paper cut to fit. Greeting and flowers are stamped in matching ink with stamps from the Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer stamp set. I used the 2″ circle punch to punch out the greeting which I then adhered to a Highland Heather Starburst. I’ve used some Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edged ribbon to add depth to the card between the laser paper and starburst. This card would look great in any color – which color would you use?

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309.    Have a great day – Craft On!

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

For current Color Your Season and Code Special information, clear here.

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PCC301 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Welcome to the weekend, any special plans? I’ve had my coffee on the porch and now I’m planning the balance of the day. I have Stampin’ Up! orders to deliver to my monthly club members, food shopping and pool time planned so far, what about you?

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, PCC301. Below is the banner for the challenge, why not pick your favorites and play along, check their blog here.

 

For my card I decided on straight down on the left side: Bundled Product – Metallic – Favorite Color.

  • Bundle = one of my favorites, Lined Alphabet, I used love how you can create words with the letters!
  • Metallic = Silver Foil for the background and on the edge of the Whisper White Ribbon
  • Favorite Color = Blue
    • Pool Party
    • Coastal Cabana
    • Bermuda Bay
    • Pacific Point
    • Night of Navy

The greeting at the bottom of the card comes from the Beautiful Day stamp set.

The inside of the card has a piece of Whisper White with the edges punched with two of the options of the Detailed Trio Punch and stamped using Night of Navy (to match the card base) with the flower from Beautiful Day stamp set.

If you would like to learn more about the bundle, here is the Stampin’ Up! video:

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309.    Have a great day – Craft On!

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

For current Color Your Season and Code Special information, clear here.

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Varied Vases 2 Ways

Happy Friday, hope you are having a good week. It’s been a busy one for me with vacations, long work days and a Pirate Game.

Today’s card feature the Varied Vases Photopolymer Bundle – Give your loved ones flowers that will never wither in a vase of your liking. This bundle was designed by million dollar achiever Mary Fish. The bundle includes the stamp set which has 34 photopolymer stamps and matching Vases Builder Punch.

The first card uses the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing folder to create texture on the front of the card. Vases where stamped first with black out line image then filled with Granny Apple Green image, cut out and applied with liquid adhesive. Flower outline were stamped with black outline and Pineapple Punch to fill in the images. Flowers were stamped first so that the vases cover any part of the stem I did not want to show. Finishing touches include linen bow and Gorgeous Grape Glitter Enamel Dot.


The second card features Gorgeous Grape vases adorned with Glitter Enamel Dots, Linen Thread Bow and Black Faceted Dots. Both cards are similar yet different using all the sample colors.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309.    Have a great day – Craft On!

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Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

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Color Your Season Limited Time Offer & Coupon Special

Color Your Season limited time offer – August 1 – 31, 2018

Get in the mood to create something full of colors and seasons! Introducing the all-new, limited-time Color Your Season products:

  • Blended Seasons Stamp Set, an exclusive 10-piece wood- or clear-mount stamp set with images for every season !
  • Stitched Season Framelits Dies, a coordinating stitched die that includes stitching on both the positive and negative images!
  • Watercolor Pencils in 10 new colors! Note: These Watercolor Pencils may be available in a future publication.

Please note: The bundle includes the stamp set and dies only. It does not include the Watercolor Pencils. Limited availability – order yours today!

Click here to download a brochure and product numbers.

Sample cards cased from Stampin’ Up!:

Bonus Days Start August 1st

For every $50 USD you spend between August 1-31 (before shipping and tax) earns a $5 USD Bonus Days coupon code that can be used September 1–30.

  • There is no limit to the number of coupon codes participants can earn per order or throughout the duration of the Bonus Days earning period.
  • An email address is required to participate; Bonus Days coupon codes can be delivered only via email.
  • You can earn multiple codes from a single order, but you will receive one email with multiple codes. SAVE the email with the codes for use September

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try paper crafting and stamping.

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309.    Have a great day – Craft On!

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

Please add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card and free gift. Orders over $50 will receive the Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder ($10 value). For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Host Code ZNUD6KR3.

Happy Shopping!