Jul 16, 2022 |
HI all!
I took last weekend off from uploading a video so I could finish up my Mini Catalog product shares. Thanks to all who particpated again this year! They have all been mailed and should have arrived by today!
This week I created some pretty cards using the Lovely & Lasting punch bundle. This has really been my most used bundle since the new annual catalog started a few months ago!
The 3 cards I created have all the same, basic layout but with some varying techniques.
My favorite might be this Polished Pink/white/Black card with clear embossing powder!
Click HERE or below on the video to see the cards, some Stamparatus tips and the new embossing tray:
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE PDF WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE
You can find my Stamparatus video series HERE
Stampin’ Up Shopping List
Jun 25, 2022 |
This week I played with 2 new products coming out July 1st!
A new suite called Spendid Days in the July – December (holiday) mini catalog on pages 64-65.
This suite can be all season, and I’m not ready for winter yet!
Sale-A-Bration is also coming July and August! These pretty cards/envelopes will be freebies for a $50 purchase!
I love the delicate details and soft colors. I have rarely used our Soft Sea Foam color…it’s so pretty for summer!
Here is my video showing this suite up close and the project:
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE
I posted my Holiday catalog SHARES! If you missed it, go here to my post to rsvp!
Shopping List
Jun 18, 2022 |
Before I head into this week’s video, Stampin’ Up announced Free Shippiing on June 21st!
Orders need to be $75 or more to qualify and is for customers as well as demonstrators. Nice Surprise!
Check out the Last Chance products before the Jan-June catalog retires on June 30!
I love a hidden message or a pull-out sentiment! This is an upcoming stamp set called Forever Friendship! It’s in the July-December mini catalog coming out July 1st!
I loved the Cardigan sentiment and I also love the Plant sentiment:)
Here is this week’s video:
PRINT RECIPE WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE
My second version of the card-again is this bright color combo of Orchid Oasis and Parakeet Party.
I used the Picture This rectangle die for the layout, added some In Color designer paper behind the openings.
Shopping List:
Jun 4, 2022 |
Hi all! It’s bear cub season here in our woods
of NC! Yes, we are careful and steer clear of mama bears but catching a glimpse of a cub from afar s always a delight. Just a few days ago a BIG mama bear and her 2 cubs walked through the neighborhood.
It’s also getting close to Father’s Day and I have a few guy birthdays coming up in June so it seemed a good time to ink up my Stampin’ Up stamp set, Wildlife Wonder!
It’s a beautifully sketched stamp set. I think I mistakenly called the wolf a coyote in my video:) but I particularly love the bear!
In my video this week, I’m showing how to stamp then add water for a watercolor look! I also show how to ink and add water to your stamp before stamping on the paper – gives it a blurred, soft look
Oh! I also used the new Deckled Rectangle dies…those are pretty cool.
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE
**BY THE WAY, Stampin’ Up Card Kits are on sale this month! Buy one, get the Higher Priced Kit 1/2 off!
See all the kits HERE
Here is a sample from the home office – you can see how just stamping it in one color is all you need since the stamp has such detailed etching already:
Shopping List
May 28, 2022 |
Hi all!
Before I go into my project for this week, here are the RETIRING LISTS for the January-June 30th Mini Catalog
There is a sale starting on Wednesday, June 1st with many items 50% off!
Click HERE to view the list by PDF PAGE NUMBER
Click HERE to open the list to a sortable EXCEL sheet
(A special thanks to demo friend Deb Snyder who revised the list to larger print for us:)
(Everything is While Supplies Last)
On to this week’s project video!
It’s easily missed in our new Stampin’ Up catalog but it’s a staple every stamper should have! It’s called Masking Paper and it’s a very lightweight, sticky paper to mask or cover up images. It’s mostly used when we want to put flowers in a pot, for example, or omit part of a stamped image. We have used post it notes or painter’s tape in the past but these sheets are much bigger – each sheet is 5×7 inches!
Watch my video to see how masking paper can help stack tea cups!
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE WITH MEASUREMENTS PDF HERE
I forgot to show the inside of my card in the video:
Here is that pretty Lovely Linen paper:
Project Shopping List
Sep 25, 2021 |
Hi all!
This week I was inspired by the Pretty Pumpkins bundle from the Stampin’ Up Holiday catalog (July-December 2021 catalog)
If you don’t have a fall pumpkin set yet, this is a nice one. If you have one similar from previous catalogs, get it out and try embossing in white! It’s so pretty and you can use lots of colors as the base.
In this week’s video, I compare a few ways to get a nice, crisp white embossed image and also how to fix spot if you miss a part of a stamped image!
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE
The detailed tall pumpkin is so pretty in copper, gold or cajun Craze, like this sample from the home office:
We are just days away from the Sale a Bration freebie time!
A few items are sold out but several remain!
You can see them all HERE!
The BE DAZZLING 6×6 Paper is gone but I do have a few extra!
If you have a $50 order to place before 9/30, email me or place your order online and I will mail you one!
Stampin’ Up Shopping List
Sep 11, 2021 |
This week I”m using the Gorgeous Leaves bundle from the Stampin’ Up Holiday mini catalog. I was excited to also use the Expressions in Ink Specialty paper (from the annual SU catalog) that was gone for a while and is back!
Gorgeous Leaves Bundle #158609 $44
If you don’t have leaf dies yet, this is a nice one!
Expressions in Ink Designer Paper 12 x 12 (12 sheets in a package) $15 #155464
Shopping List
Sale a Bration is still going on until Sept 30th!
Choose a freebie from the Sale a Bration catalog with every $50 order!
Click HERE to see freebies!
Go stamp something!
Jul 24, 2021 |
This week I had a request from Barbara who said
“how can I made the cute shaker card on page 4 of the new Sale a Bration catalog?
I don’t have a die cutting machine”
In the Stampin’ Up Holiday catalog, there are new shaker domes called Cloche Shaker Domes.
There are also a few new stamp sets that coordinate with them, one for sweets and the other a winter set.
(Both the Holiday catalog and Sale-a-Bration start August 3rd!)
So the challenge for many who are just stepping in to stamping and do not have a die cutting machine yet, how to use the domes without the dies? Or maybe you don’t want the whole bundle but love the Dome shakers.
Here is a work around….the dies are much easier and perfectly cut out BUT in a pinch, it can work!
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE PDF HERE
The Penguin Playmates designer paper will be free with a $50 order beginning Aug 3rd! It’s really cute and some of the images coordinate with the Penguin builder punch. Easy to fussy cut the rest like I did on the inside of the card here.
I’ll be back on Monday with my Holiday Product Shares I’ll be offering!
Til Then, Go Stamp Something!
Jul 17, 2021 |
Some love ’em, some don’t!
These squirrels are pretty cute and won’t eat all the bird seed:)
This is a new stamp set called Nuts About Squirrels on page 49 of the upcoming Holiday catalog.
I just received my preorder for some of the goodies and this one spoke to me first!
It’s a 2-Step stamp set that is pretty easy to stamp a cute card quickly.
This set will be available on August 3rd!
Here is the video:
VIEW/PRINT RECIPE PDF WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE
I just love the Blending Brushes – so much smoother than the larger sponges but a sponge dauber could work also.
I kept the inside simple with the same sponging and another squirrel of course!
Yes! I will be offering Holiday Catalog Shares!
I’ll be posting those right here on my blog the week of July 19th for reservations and July 27th for invoicing for payments
So many great papers and accessories this year!
Quick Shop List
(Nuts About Squirrels Avail Aug 3rd_
