Monthly Archives: July 2015

What’s Up at Stampin’ Up! from Stamps-N-Lingers

Posted on July 21, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Happy Tuesday, y’all! Hope that your week is progressing well – and that you’re staying cool/dry/safe wherever you’re reading this!

Stampin’ Up! is offering a Paper Pumpkin special 50% off of the first two months – for new subscribers – see below for all the deets! The special kicks into gear on Thursday, 23 Jul.

Check out this week’s Weekly Deals – remember that there are limited quantities of each item available at this special price, and that price is only good while supplies last – so, tarry-not if you see something you want!

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Stampin’ Up! Floral Wings lends Timeless Elegance to Birthday Wishes

Posted on July 20, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Well, Monday’s rolled around again – it just keeps doing that, I suppose! We spent the weekend trying to remain as OUT of the OUTside and as IN the INside (where the AC is!) as we could. It’s just miserable here. At least, it is for me. I don’t do humidity so well anymore – I’ve never liked it much, but….these days it really knocks me back.

Part of our quest for AC was to go to a movie. Have y’all seen Antman yet? We saw it in 3-D IMAX and it was super fun! Paul Rudd did a great job with the always-fun writing that you get in the Marvel movies. I’m a pretty big Marvel-movie-geek, so….I’m easily impressed. But, we enjoyed it a lot, and would give it 4 thumbs up! And – we got to see the BIG screen trailer for the Star Wars movie coming out at Christmas! Whooo-hooo!!! Can’t hardly wait for that one to come out.

Anywho – on to the card for the day (the ACTUAL reason you stopped by!). This is a pretty simple card, that combines two of the new Hostess Sets in the Annual Catalog – Floral Wings and Happy Birthday, Everyone. And it features the new Timeless Elegance DSP. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Happy Birthday | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Fayetteville GA, Floral Wings, Hand Made Cards, handmade cards, Happy Birthday Everyone, Happy Stampers, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Timeless Elegance, Tyrone GA, Watercolor Wishes | 2 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Cottage Greetings and Lovely As a Tree

Posted on July 19, 2015 by stampsnlingers

I seem to be on a woodsy-themed kick this week! It’s just that the Lovely as a Tree set is so nice to work with – especially the pine tree and the little pine cone bough, which appear to be my go-to sets. And the sentiments and flowers in Cottage Greetings complemented the Lovely as a Tree perfectly on this card.

My friend’s birthday is next week. I’ve known her since we were both riding staff counselors at Girl Scout camp sometime back in the Dark Ages. We were in college in CO and spent two summers working in the mountains with horses and kids. We had more fun than I can possibly tell you. And we became the very closest of friends. We don’t get to see each other a lot these days, nor do we talk on the phone much. But, when we have a chance to be in the same spot – it’s like we were never apart. Do you folks have friends like that? The friends that just….are. No work or effort required. Being friends is just as easy as breathing? I surely hope that you do!

So, anyway – she’s a Colorado mountain girl, and I wanted to make a card that honored her love of the Rockies. My head-picture was of a mountain meadow at twilight – just like the one where our camp horses were pastured at night…..take a look-see:

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Categories: Happy Birthday | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Cottage Greetings, Fayetteville GA, Hand Made Cards, handmade cards, Happy Stampers, Lovely as a Tree, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Summer Silhouettes, tunnel card, Tyrone GA | 4 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Floral Wings and Pretty Petals Flutterby’s

Posted on July 18, 2015 by stampsnlingers

You know what the best thing is about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator? It’s being able to buy all the stamp sets (and everything else!!) at a 20% discount. Know what the worst thing is about being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator? Yup – you guessed it! It’s being able to buy all the stamp sets (and everything else!) at a 20% discount!! 😉 When you combine that with a cool MacBook Pro and high-speed internet….well, the results can be disastrously wondermous! It also lends itself to having a veritable plethora of choices for every card I make. Too many sometimes – I see a sketch come in my e-mail and then I sit and stare at my current stamps….and stare….and pull out a case and consider….and then stare some more….well, you get the picture. Lots of dithering.

That wasn’t the case when I saw the sketch that inspired today’s card. It came from CAS(e) this Sketch and it’s CTS #132:

As soon as I saw it, I pictured Night of Navy Card Stock, with the oak tree from Lovely as a Tree, embossed in white. My vision was clear, my destination assured. I started to work right away. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, For You, General | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Butterflies Thinlits, card making, card making supplies, Fayetteville GA, Floral Wings, Hand Made Cards, handmade cards, Happy Stampers, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Pretty Petals DSP, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Tyrone GA | 4 Comments

Stampin’ Up! You’ve Got This…..

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stampsnlingers

So, yesterday’s share was quite bright and spring-y and featured a very busy little bee. For today, I went a little more on the quiet and elegant side of things. This was another submission for our “purple” challenge and I really love the combination of black, Sahara Sand and Rich Razzleberry. To me, the combo really screams “elegant”. Or, more likely, states it quietly and probably with an upper-end British Accent! 😉

I used the new You’ve Got This stamp set and took my inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches challenge #194. Be sure to head over to check out their blog:

Very simple and clean, huh? Well, I didn’t stray very far from the sketch. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, General, Just Hello! | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Circle of Spring, Fayetteville GA, Hand Made Cards, handmade cards, Happy Stampers, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stampin' up, Stampin' Up! Catalog Shares, stamping, stamps, Timeless Elegance DSP, Tyrone GA, You've Got This | 4 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Garden in Bloom and English Garden Hello!

Posted on July 16, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Today’s share uses the beautiful new Designer Series Paper called English Garden. It’s reminiscent of the Painted Blooms DSP that was featured in the Sale-A-Bration at the start of the year. Like that pretty paper, the English Garden DSP can easily stand on its own – lending any card instant color and charm.

I’d also recently received the new Garden in Bloom set – and was itching to play. So, I combined the two and came up with this card for you. I even used some of the new Vintage Leaves stamps and matching die set (that I got as a bundle and saved myself 15%!). I had a real party, I tells ya and it was fun fun fun! 🙂

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, General, Just Hello! | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, English Garden DSP, Fayetteville GA, Garden in Bloom, Hand Made Cards, handmade cards, Happy Stampers, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stampin' up, Stampin' Up! Catalog Shares, stamping, stamps, Tyrone GA, Vintage Leaves, Watercolor Wishes | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree and Timeless Love say “Happy Anniversary”!

Posted on July 15, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Hey Mike Mike Mike! What day is it, Mike?!? It’s HAWMP-day!! LOL. That commercial just cracks me up every time I see it! Which isn’t all that often unless I’ve screwed up and am watching something in real-time and not on my DVR. Which is almost never! But, I digress….

I have a lovely anniversary card to share with you today. It uses two of my fave stamp sets – Lovely as a Tree and Timeless Love. One as old as the hills (rumor has it that it’s been in the SU! catalog since the very first catalog was published!) and one brand new.

This was a request-card from my mom for her good friend’s anniversary. She asked for something “woodsy”. I think I got it! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Anniversary | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Awesomely Artistic, Brick Wall TIEF, card making, card making supplies, Catalog Shares, Fayetteville GA, Hand Made Cards, handmade cards, Happy Stampers, Lovely as a Tree, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stampin' up, Stampin' Up! Catalog Shares, stamping, stamps, Timeless Love, Tyrone GA, Watercolor Wishes | 6 Comments

What’s Up at Stampin’ Up! from Stamps-N-Lingers

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all! Hope that the start of your week has gone well. It’s hotter than Hades here in GA – and I know it’s the same in many parts of the country. If you’re in one of those spots – hope that you can stay cool!

I wanted to share the results of just a couple of hours of work yesterday. I sat down and assembled my Watercolor Wishes kit cards!! Actually, the first thing I did was pick one card and make it right quick-like (took me about 7 minutes – and 2 of that was PICKING which card I wanted to make and send! 🙂 ). The end result is wondrous – I have 19 cards, with various sentiments, ready to go on a moment’s notice. And it was so easy to do – everything was ready for me! All I needed was some Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue and a few glue dots. Everything else is in the kit! And – I still have some fun wooden accent embellishments left over to use on future projects. And that’s on top of the great photopolymer sentiments that you get – I love them and the fonts are beautiful. Yep, it’s a great kit and a great deal!

Here’s the fine print, though. Stampin’ Up! has already said that this kit has proven to be just as popular as the Tin of Cards and Cottage Greetings kits, and they anticipate it going on backorder soon. So – if you want to get this kit (and it would be great for your own use – and also a SUPERB gift for your mom, sister, aunt, BFF……) you ought to consider doing it now!

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Expressions Natural Elements Puttin’ on the Glitz!

Posted on July 13, 2015 by stampsnlingers

A hundred years ago or so, when I was in California…or, wait. Maybe it was only a couple of months! Time sure does fly by, yes? Anyway, while I was in CA, I made a cool little flower embellishment (check out my Tutorials page to see how to make your own customized fancy flower! ), that I fully intended to use on whatever card I was making at the time. Only, I couldn’t make it work on it for anything. So, I stuck the little flower into my little bag o’ scraps (perhaps I’ve mentioned that I have both Scots AND pack-rat-itis in my blood?!?) to save for another card.

Fast forward to today. When I saw the Mojo Monday sketch from which this card share is derived – I saw “flower”. And then I thought – hey! I can use the little CA flower. Here’s the sketch:

I was also still playing with the challenge from our upline to use the color purple in our projects for the week. And, on Pinterest, I saw a card that paired Wisteria Wonder with the new Mint Macaron, and I’d loved that combo. So I combined the three ideas (if you’re counting that’s the Mojo Monday sketch, the purple challenge, and the Pinterest idea) and came up with this card. Take a look-see:

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Farmer’s Market DSP Makes a Cool Country-Vibe Card!

Posted on July 9, 2015 by stampsnlingers

One of the cool things about doing the catalog shares these past few weeks, was that it gave me the excuse to buy enough of each of the new items to ensure that I had a bit of a stash, too! 😉 I’m having a lot of fun playing with the new papers and trying out some of the new ribbons and embellishments as well. Well, this week, my upline challenged us to make projects using the color purple. I sorted thru all my new paper-toys, and stumbled onto the Farmer’s Market DSP. While some of the designs are a bit head-scratchery (“How in the world do I incorporate artichokes and lettuce into a card?” Any ideas out there?!?), there are many that are really awesome. I picked a few of those for today’s card (and got a purple challenge card in the bargain!). Take a look-see: