Monthly Archives: January 2019

Happy Birthday Baby Brother !

Happy 55th Birthday to my baby brother Michael! Since he lives in New Jersey I made him a card and treat container and mailed them off to him. We will celebrate our birthdays together this summer when I go for a visit and we go to the sea shore, watch out Jersey Shore!

Today I’m sharing his card and treat container with you. All products except the large numbers are currently available for sale and feature products from the Classic Garage Suite and Happy Tails Bundle, both from the 2019 Occasions Catalog.

Here is a close up of his card, a double Z fold with all types of die cut gears and a red corvette. The greeting on the front are from the Geared Up Cling Mount stamp set and the birthday candle and greeting is from Picture Perfect Birthday. I added the “55” since it’s his age and the Sammy Hagar – I Can’t Drive 55 song kept running through my head.

Here is the treat container I made for him with some dark chocolate candy treats and some really good cinnamon cookies (like you get on an airplane). The container is decorated with dogs from the Happy Tails Bundle and Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and Poppy Parade Ribbon.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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Sunday Stamper Cards for January 2019

Happy Sunday, today is the first meeting in 2019 of my Sunday Stampers   I’ll be passing out Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs along with a few special treats. After class I hope to relax for the balance of the day and enjoy dinner with my husband, now to pick where I would like to go for dinner.

This month I decided we would make a Valentine’s card featuring the All My Love Suite of products, Sympathy card featuring the Sale-A-Bration Lasting Lily Photopolymer Stamp set and all occasion card featuring Incredible Like You stamp set.

The first card is a Valentine’s card featuring products from the All My Love Suite. The cards are the same, just different sides of the designer series paper.

Don’t forget the inside of the cards – my goal in 2019 is to make sure as I make a card I including completing the inside, something I don’t always do.

The card on the left features the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Lasting Lily with the Rectangle Stitched Framelits while the one on the right features the Incredible Like You stamp set.

For the inside shot, I’ve switched them around. In the class I will explain and show how masking can be used when stamping.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. 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. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 66AGN42T to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 66AGN42T. 

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Tropical setting for PCC323

Happy Saturday! It’s snowy here is PA. I’ll be getting ready for my Sunday Stampers tomorrow, we will be meeting at my house, I’m looking forward to it, hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch PCC323 challenge, banner below. Click here to check out their blog and play along.  I’d like to thank the team at Paper Craft Crew for selecting my cards for challenges PCC321 and PCC320 as a top pick.

 

For my card I decided to go with a tropical, relaxing theme. I’ve used Under the Sea Framelits, part of the Sea of Textures Bundle, with Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper along with the chair from Seasonal Layers Thinlits cut in Early Espresso card stock. The card base is Soft Suede. Words are from the Thoughtful Banner stamp set, stamped in Tranquil Tide on scraps of Whisper White and trimmed to size. To add the needed sparkle & shine I added some Basic Adhesive Backed Sequins and along with a spritz of Frost White Shimmer Paint mixed with 70% Rubbing Alcohol. By using rubbing alcohol, the paint dries quickly when spritzed.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. 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. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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FabFri155 – So Hoppy Together!

Happy Friday, hope you are having a good week.  This weekend my Sunday Stampers will be meeting so I’ll be sending Saturday getting ready doing cleaning, checking supplies, and getting a dessert for us to enjoy.

Today’s card is for the FabFri155 Sketch Challenge, banner for the sketch is below and click here to check out their blog and play along.

I’m featuring three current Sale-A-Bration items on my card:

  • So Hoppy Together Cling Mount Stamp Set (images)
  • Hello Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp Set (greeting)
  • Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

My card starts with a panel of Watercolor paper stamped with images from the So Hoppy Together stamp set using Staz On black ink. Next using an Aqua Painter filled with regular tap water and a few drops from some ink refills I colored in the images. Once completely dry the water color paper was adhered with liquid glue to a card base of Granny Apple Green card stock and bordered with ¼” strips of Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheets (SAB Item). Greeting is from the Hello Cupcake stamp set and Glitter Enamel Dots finish off the card.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. 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. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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Happy Birthday Kenzi!

Happy 21st Birthday Kenzi!  Hope you have a wonderful day !

This month both Kenzi, my god-daughter, and I have “milestone” birthdays, Kenzi turns 21 and on my birthday earlier in the week I turned 60 (which by the way is only a number).

I wanted to create a special card for her so I though of a Z-fold and wanted to use bring cheerful colors which makes me think of the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper.

Main colors for my card are: Calypso Coral, Lovely Lipstick and Pineapple Punch. The Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets added just the right amount of sparkle to make the card special along with the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots. Die cuts are from the Forever Lovely Bundle and images from the Amazing Life Photopolymer Stamp set. Images where colored with a mixture of 2018-2020 In-Color Stampin’ Write Markers and Stampin’ Blend Markers.

Z-Fold cards are easy to make, this “double” version has a horizontal base of 4.25″ x 11″, scored at 2.75″ and 5.5″ and the inside piece of card stock is 3″ x 9″ scored at 3″ and 6″.  Once you have the base adhered with designer series paper/mats, then add the inside fold, I find it easier to do the front first, then flip and do the inside piece.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. 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. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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Watercolored Lattice

One of my favorite Sale-A-Bration items is the Lovely Lattice Cling Mount Stamp set. The large image is perfect for coloring and the Stamparatus making stamping the image fun. Using the Stamparatus makes sure if needed you can re-stamp for a clear dark stamped image. Not sure what the Stamparatus is, check out the video that tells you 5 important items to know.

Today I’ve used a Whisper White Note Card with Matching envelope.  Images were stamped on both the note card and envelope in Memento Black Ink and I used Watercolor Pencils along with a Blend Pen for coloring. Some of the colors used are: Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray.

Greeting on the note card is from the Amazing Life Bundle (photopolymer stamp set & rectangle stitched framelits), my using the ‘You are amazing!” greeting the inside can be tailored for whatever occasion that card is needed for or to even just let someone know you are thinking about them.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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Happy Tails!

When I first paged through the 2019 Occasions catalog there was a bundle I knew I just had to have, the Happy Tails Bundle which includes the Happy Tails Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Dog Builder Punch. Since we have been married we have had six pf the best dogs, our current dogs are Nitro & Diesel, both German Shepherds. We also had Snowman, Princess and Bandit (all Siberian Huskies) and Barron (a German Shepherd).

Any time I see a stamp set with dogs, I must have it. Happy Tails is a great set with 16 photopolymer stamps and a matching Dog Builder Punch, how cool is that!

My card has a Crumb Cake card stock base, piece of Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper and section for stamping die cut using a Rectangle Stitched Framelit. The dog was stamped in Early Espresso ink, spots stamped in Crumb Cake, collar using Lovely Lipstick then punched out. Greeting and Dog House Roof are stamped in Early Espresso and other images in Crumb Cake.  Perfect card for an animal lover to send ♥


Here is a pictures of the boys “Nitro & Diesel” our current fur babies, it’s not often they are sleeping together like little angels!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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Happy Birthday to my birthday buddy!

Today I’m sharing a card I’ve made for a friend of mine, Cindy who is a big Disney fan.  We both share the same birthday, which just happens to be today. Cindy is one of the sweetest people to loves to do for others and is always taking pictures. Here is a picture from our trip to Nashville, Cindy is in the red t-shirt, I’m beside her in the black coat, we are with Julie & Joy.

For Cindy’s card I used the 1½” and 1″ circle punches to create Mickey & Minnie faces.  Minnie is the one with Black Organdy bow in her hair.  Happy Birthday is from the Beautiful Day Stamp Set.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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PCC322 Color Challenge

Happy Saturday. Here just north of Pittsburgh we are expecting a snow storm today into tonight and tomorrow with an estimate of anywhere from 8″ – 16″ of snow. My Sunday Stampers were to meet this weekend, but I postponed until next weekend for everyone’s safety.

Today’s post is a card for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC322, a color challenge. I’ve decided on Petal Pink, Coastal Cabana and Berry Burst. I’m using Soft Suede ink as a neutral for the base of my cupcake. Click here to check out their blog and play along if you like.

For my card I decided to use the “Z” fold design, but instead of a more horizontal card, I decided on a vertical layout which pairs nicely with the new Rectangle Stitched Framelits. I’ve used the Hello Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration catalog, which can be yours free with a $50 USD purchase. I stamped the cupcake on Shimmery White Paper then used my paper snips to cut it out before adhering to a 2″ circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The finishing touch on the card are some Glitter Enamel Dots.

Here is a side view of my “Z” fold card.

  • Card base is 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 2 1/8″ and 4 1/4″
  • Z fold piece at the bottom is 1″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″ and 6 3/8″

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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DSP & stamp set = Mash Up!

I needed to put together some birthday cards for a friend and wanted to make a few that were not to complicated and here is the result.

Using the new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper, I just love the bright cheerful colors and the Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp set it was easy to create a few cards.

The card starts with a Pineapple Punch card base that is stamped with the gift bow from the stamp set in Pineapple Punch ink – I did this on both the front and inside of the card. The inside also has the greeting ‘Celebrate the Good Stuff’ stamped in Night of Navy. Next are two pieces of designer paper die cut with you guessed it – the Rectangle Stitched Framelits before being adhered directly to the card front. Sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy on Whisper White card stock and punched out using the 2″ circle punch, this was then added to a Lovely Lipstick Starburst. Before this unit was added to the card front, I used snail adhesive to add about 12″ of ribbon, then adhered the entire piece to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This a nice easy layout that can be used to make multiple cards in a minimal amount of time.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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No stamping for FabFri154

Hope you are having a good week so far.

Today’s card is for the FabFri154 challenge – this challenge features 5 colors, see the banner below for the list of colors. I thought about it for awhile and when the new Well Written Framelits, part of the Well Said Bundle I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my card. Click here to check out the FabFri blog and play along.

For my card I cut a piece of card stock to fit the size of the framelit for ‘happy’ from Pear Pizzazz, Lemon Lime Twist, Mint Macaron and Tranquil Tide and from Highland Heather for ‘birthday’.  Next, the card stock was adhered to a piece of multipurpose adhesive sheet before die cutting.  The words were adhered to a mat of Whisper White that was run through the Big Shot using the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, before being adhered to a Thick Whisper White card base. Rhinestones add the perfect finishing touch.

 

 

The Well Said Bundle includes the Well Said Cling Mount Stamp set which includes 51 cling stamps and the Well Written Framelits – 24 dies. This bundle is perfect, words can be hard, let Stampin’ Up! help you say what you feel!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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One month to Valentine’s Day

Today, January 14th is one month until Valentines Day and the perfect day to share a simple card to make for someone special.

The card starts with 5 strips of designer paper using the new All My Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, which pairs nicely with Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick, Soft Sea Foam and Whisper White.

Strips of designer paper are cut to 1″ x 4″ and matted on a piece of Lovely Lipstick card stock that measures 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ – start first with the outside two, then the middle piece followed by the 2nd & 4th strip – this helps with a more even placement. This piece was then adhered to a Flirty Flamingo card base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″ and top folding. One of the smallest Rectangle Stitched Framelits was used for the greeting, stamped in Lovely Lipstick and adhered with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Heart Epoxy Droplets finish off the card nicely.

Here is the inside of the card featuring the stamp of cascading hearts (which I know I’ll be using on a variety of projects) and greeting from the stamp set. The greeting is stamped using Lovely Lipstick while I used Flirty Flamingo for the hearts to match the card stock.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting.

Have a great day – Craft On!   Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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Sit back, relax and watch a few video’s

Sit back, relax and enjoy some Stampin’ Video’s highlighting some of the new 2019 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration products.

First is a video highlighting the foil paper featured in yesterday’s post:

This video highlights the Lovely Lattice stamp set featured in this post:

All My Love Suite of products, I’ve used these in this post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOVUoYmkIA

If you love needlepoint without having to do it, this suite is for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uF-tJ2XSis

Finally for crafting on the go, why not the Incredible Like You Project Kit, I just love the stamp set and used it here:

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. 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. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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PCC320 with no ink – just paper !

Happy Saturday, hope you had a good week and that your weekend is off to a good start! I’m prepping for my Sunday Stampers next weekend and planning to watch some football and hockey. We are finally having some winter weather so a pot of homemade vegetable soup is in order.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch challenge, PCC321, banner for the sketch below and you can check out their blog by clicking here. For this card I used just paper for the front, no ink and just love how it turned out!

My card has the coolest foil paper I have seen in a long time on it, Grapefruit Grove Foil sheets. These sheets are part of the Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets that can be yours free during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). The Grapefruit Grove just sparkles so nicely and you see a variety of colors in it when the light hits it, you REALLY need some!  For today’s card I used the new Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and Whisper White card stock for both the mat & card base. Instead of circles I cut squares from the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper, adhered them together then to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. There is a thin Whisper White banner with the word “welcome” die cut in Night of Navy card stock from the Well Written Framelits Dies, part of the Well Said Cling Mount Bundle. The finishing touch is the beautiful Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet Die cuts (from the Well Written Framelits) adhered with some liquid glue. Trust me on this – the phone does not do this paper justice, it’s that beautiful.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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Love You!

Today I am featuring products from the All My Love Suite from the 2019 Occasions Catalog.

This suite includes:

  • Forever Lovely Bundle
  • Forever Lovely Photopolymer stamp set – 14 pieces
  • Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies – 14 pieces
  • All My Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper
  • All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack (Flirty Flamingo & Lovely Lipstick)
  • Heart Epoxy Droplets (only product not on my card)

My card starts with a Crumb Cake card base with matching mat that has been run through the Big Shot using the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impression Embossing Folder (one of my favorites). Next two layers are Berry Burst card stock and All My Love Designer Series Paper, both of which I used the new Rectangle Framelits to die cut them out. Before adhering them to the card front I added a piece of Lovely Lipstick ribbon, then adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flower was stamped in Berry Burst and die cut with it’s matching die, then adhered with a Stampin’ Dimensional. Next using a variety of the dies I cut out images and adhered them around the flower. Greeting was stamped using Berry Burst ink and punch out with the 1″ Circle punch and adhered directly to the card front. This is the perfect card to show someone you care and are thinking about them ♥

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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Hoppy for you !

Today I am featuring the Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set –  So Hoppy Together – #149725.  This is a nine piece Cling Mount Stamp set and is yours free with a $50 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). The stamp set was quite the hit at Onstage back in November 2018 due to the placement of two of the stamped frogs – so just watch out while stamping.

I’m featuring the unicycle riding frog today, along with a greeting and little flies from the stamp set. For the background I did some tone on tone stamping using Call Me Clover Card stock and ink, along with images from both the So Hoppy Together and the Bloom by Bloom stamp set. I’ve only stamped around the edges since that is what will show. The main background is strips of the new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper cut to 1″ x 3¾” and adhered to Night of Navy card stock. There is also a Night of Navy mat behind the Whisper White card stock used for the stamped image.

To color in the image I used the following Stampin’ Blend Markers:

  • Call Me Clover Light
  • Call Me Clover Dark
  • Pineapple Punch Dark
  • Calypso Coral Light
  • Smoky Slate Light
  • Night of Navy Light

The finishing touch for the card are one each of the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots, the perfect little accent!

For the inside I stamped another of the frogs in Call Me Clover ink on the bottom left corner and added two Calypso Coral dragonflies.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

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SAB – Lasting Lily

Today I’m featuring the Lasting Lily Distinktive Photopolymer Stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. This stamp set has 16 different stamps and is free with a $100 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). This product is one of two in the brochure that requires a $100 minimum purchase.

The detail of the images is striking and I find less is best with ink when stamping with a Distinktive stamp due to the level of detail of the image. My card has a Gorgeous Grape card base and mat of Highland Heather & Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper. The Very Vanilla card stock for stamping was die cut with the Rectangle Stitched Framelits (my new favorite product) and stamped with Highland Heather & Old Olive ink to create the Lilies. Once the Very Vanilla was stamped and adhered to both mats, I colored a piece of the new Whisper White 5/8″ Flax Ribbon using the Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend Markers and adhered with Mini Glue Dots. Greeting was stamped on a scrap of Very Vanilla in Memento Black ink, matted on Highland Heather cardstock and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Gingham Gala Adhesive Backed Sequins add the final touch ♥

For the inside of the card, I stamped a lily on the far left in colors to match the front. Highland Heather & Old Olive and words are in Memento Black.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

Happy Shopping!            

 

Valentine for PCC320

Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend so far.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew PCC320 Sketch Challenge. The banner sketch is below and you can check out their blog by clicking here,  or clicking on the banner. I thought with Valentine’s Day a little over a month away this was the perfect time for a Valentines themed card.

I’d like to thank the folks over at the Paper Craft Crew blog for picking my card from PCC#318 as a top pick, you can check out that card here.

Below is the card I came up with featuring the Forever Lovely Bundle, along with All My Love Designer Series Paper and accented with the Heart Epoxy Droplets. To get started I stamped and die cut the flower using Lovely Lipstick ink, then die cut a variety of images using Lovely Lipstick, Balmy Blue & Soft Sea Foam card stock. For the sentiments, I stamped them on scraps of Whisper White and used the Classic Banner Punch to punch them out, then my paper snips to get to the final size. Card base is Crumb Cake with a mat of Lovely Lipstick and All My Love Designer Series Paper. For the circle image I used the Starburst & 2″ Circle punch, adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals before attaching the flower and other die cut pieces. The finishing touch are some Heart Epoxy Droplets added to the Whisper White circle and to the right of the Balmy Blue die cuts.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

Happy Shopping!            

Incredible Like You!

Well now, we are three days into the new 2019 Occasions catalog, how long is your wish list, mine is rather long.

Today I thought I would share with you the new Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp set. It’s a lovely 15 piece set that even has a project kit that can be paired with it. For my card today I’m only using the stamp set but include information on the kit as well.

To create my card I started with a piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock and stamped over about 2/3 of the 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece before scoring at 5 1/2″. When creating a background like this, I prefer to stamp first then fold, this way I can avoid any funny looking stamping along the fold line and the back of the card has a little extra design. Next I used the new Rectangle Stitched Framelits, which can be purchased separately or as part of the Amazing Life Bundle, for the Berry Burst mat and both pieces of Very Vanilla for stamping. Both the flowers and stems are two step stamping and I personally find it easier to stamp the detail image first then fill in with the background image – you do what’s easiest for you, we all know what works best for us. The finishing touch to the front is a few Share What You Love Artisan Pearls.

For the inside of the card, I did some #simplestamping – just ink, paper and stamps, using the Incredible Like You stamp set for the left side and Beautiful Day for the Happy Birthday (which I cut in half so I could layer). For the left side, I first stamped the flower, then created a mask with a post it note to cover the flower before stamping the lines down the side, just love how this came out. Don’t forget to order Very Vanilla medium envelopes which are perfect when using Very Vanilla card stock on your project.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item.  Click 20190103_SAB19-1_en-US to download the SAB brochure.

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q.

Happy Shopping!    

 

Sale-a-Bration the ideal time to join Stampin’ Up!

Sale-A-Bration is the ideal time to join Stampin’ Up!

Have you had a chance to look at all the new products included in the 2019 Occasions Catalog? Were you able to create a wish list of $175 or more?  I know silly question, right?  It is very easy to have a wish list from the Occasions Catalog over $175.  How would you like to get $76 of that product FREE?

During Sale-a-Bration (January 3, 2019 – March 31, 2019)  if you join Stampin’ Up! you can pick $175 worth of Stampin’ Up! Product for only $99 (additional $50 in free product, normally it’s $125 for $99), with FREE SHIPPING, which is another 10% Savings.

And this year during Sale-a-Bration you can pick from two different Starter Kits.  The first kit you pick $175 worth of product for the $99, with Free Shipping. 

The Second Kit you can add the beautiful Craft & Carry Tote for only $30. This tote is a $50 value.  So you get it at a $20 savings plus the $175 worth of product for only $129 with Free Shipping.

The new Craft & Carry Tote is exactly the bag every stamper needs!  The tote bag is available only to customers who choose the optional add on for their Starter Kits, beginning January 3, 2019!  Check out these photo’s of the front, back and inside of this really cool bag.

Some of the benefits in joining Stampin’ Up! include:

  • Demonstrator discount (20-25%)
  • Flexibility in setting your own hours and working from home
  • Support from creative resources including a quarterly magazine, demonstrator website filled with training, Stampin’ Connection and the Demonstrator Business Web Services.
  • Beautiful, exclusive artwork and high-quality products for you and your customers.
  • A low-cost, high-value Starter Kit.
  • Opportunities to see and purchase new Stampin’ Up! products first!
  • Stampin’ Up! events, where you stamp, learn, and have a blast with your fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrators
  • Be part of a worldwide stamping family!

Click here for the online application to join today.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

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2019 Occasions Catalog & SAB start today !

Yeah! today is the big day, the new 2019 Occasions catalog goes live and Sale-A-Bration starts.

For those of you new to Stampin’ Up!, Each January a new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Promotion starts. Download a copy of the new Occasions catalog 20190103_OCC19_en-US.

Sale-A-Bration is a special promotion from January 3, 2019 – March 31, 2019 and the more you buy, the more FREE product you get.  For every $50 USD, before tax & shipping, spent on product you choose a FREE product from the special SAB brochure 20190103_SAB19-1_en-US, download a copy. There is no limit, for every $50 USD choose another product, so if you spend $100 you can choose 2 – $50 items or 1 – $100 item from the brochure.

Today I thought I would highlight some of the new products and cards that will be appearing in future posts in more details:

Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp set:

Forever Lovely Bundle and All My Love Designer Series Paper:

Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper along with the “So Hoppy Together” Sale-A-Bration stamp set.

And finally the “Lasting Lily” Sale-A-Bration stamp set and new Gingham Gala 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper.

Also, during Sale-a-Bration is a good time to join Stampin’ Up!, you can pick $175 worth of Stampin’ Up! Product for only $99 (normally it’s $125 worth of product for $99), with FREE SHIPPING, which is another 10% Savings.

And this year during Sale-a-Bration you can pick from two different Starter Kits.  The first kit you pick $175 worth of product for the $99, with Free Shipping. 

The Second Kit you can add the beautiful Craft & Carry Tote for only $30. This tote is a $50 value.  So you get it at a $20 savings plus the $175 worth of product for only $129 with Free Shipping. Click here to join now.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On! 

Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. 

Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store. Don’t forget for every $50 USD (before tax/shipping) make sure to pick a few Sale-A-Bration item. 

When shopping, please add the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q. 

Happy Shopping!    

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Did you do anything special last night? We spent a nice quiet evening at home enjoying a nice dinner of lobster tails, cauliflower and baked potatoes. Today we will have a “New Years” Pretzel for breakfast and traditional dinner of pork, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, baked beans and dinner rolls – something we always have on January 1st.

Today’s card uses the new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper, this pattern reminded me of fireworks once I added Rhinestones to the center of the Pineapple Punch flowers! The colors in the paper are Lovely Lipstick, Pineapple Punch and Calypso Coral, I’ve used Basic Black card stock along with the Celebrate You Thinlits for the ‘Celebrate’ and the 2019 is from the Make a Difference Photopolymer Stamp Set stamped in Memento Black Ink on a thin strip of Whisper White and banner cut on one end.

Inside greeting on the card is the from the new stamp set Amazing Life, available Thursday, January 3rd, in Memento Black Ink. I’ve added a little Clear Wink of Stella to a few of the thicker letters for a little sparkle on the inside.

Only two days before the 2019 Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs go live!

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

Follow me on Instagram @Cqueen309 and on Facebook at Cards and Crafts with Karen.

Click on any of the images below for more product information and a link to my online Stampin’ Up! store.  Happy Shopping!

Please add your order to the current Host Code 6WB66M3Q, check demonstrator contact, and I’ll happily send you a re-useable thank you card. 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 6WB66M3Q.