Monthly Archives: May 2016

Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogs Public Service Announcement!

Posted on May 11, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Hey, y’all – this is my second post of the day. If you’re looking for my card share from this morning – check it out here! And thanks for caring enough to want to see it!

This post is to let everyone know that I put the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogs in the mail just a couple of hours ago! Whoo-hoo!! I sent one to everyone who’s placed an order of $50 or more with me in the last year. 🙂

All except for two ladies! 🙁 Two ladies who inadvertently picked the no-contact box when they made their online order this past week! And that makes me sad, y’all! Cuz they should be eagerly anticipating the arrival of their new catalog – and thinking about their Peppermint Rewards Points – and deciding what they want for their ordering gift! But they can’t.

So – if you’ve ordered in the past week or so, and haven’t gotten an e-mail from me, then…please blast me an e-mail, would you? (stamps-n-lingers@comcast.net)And I’ll get your info for the catalog and all the other goodies.

I figured I’d take up a hot second of everyone’s time to remind you about the dratted “No Contact” box in the online ordering system….

You can check to see what your status is by going to the Stampin’ Up store and signing in to your account…

Then, once you’re signed in, click over on the right side to My Account…. Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! Sitting Here Helping Me Grow

Posted on May 11, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning! Hope your week is going well – it’s almost over so hang in there!

My card share today makes use of a new stamp set called Sitting Here. It’s a wonderful set that will let you create little scenes of southern serenity and porch-swing living. I added some Helping Me Grow florals and collage-y elements. Take a look-see:

To begin, I made the vintage-looking card front. I used Crumb Cake ink and stamped the large Helping Me Grow floral image all over the Very Vanilla panel – making sure to turn the image every which way and to go off the panel, too. Then I used my Aqua Painter to pull some of the ink, and also picked up some more ink from the lid of the ink pad, to lightly color the blossoms. Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! Kicking Off the Next Stamps-N-Lingers Online Host Club!

Posted on May 10, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Hello, y’all – it’s Tuesday and the week is in full swing!

I’m excited to let you know that I’m going to start another Online Host Club on 1 June! Seems like a good idea – what with the impending arrival of the new 2016-2017 Annual Catalog, with all its goodies and wish-lists and must-haves!!

When you take part in the Online Host Club, you get to earn Host benefits without even “doing” a workshop! We’re talking Stampin’ Rewards Dollars and access to exclusive Host sets (plus a few added bennies tossed in)! And it’s easy peasy….

Each Club consists of 6 people who each commit to purchasing at least $25 in product each month for 6 consecutive months. Each month, one person will be the “host” of that month’s workshop – I’ll put all your names in a hat (okay – maybe a box) and draw the names out at the beginning of the club period – that way everyone will know which month will be “theirs”!
I’ll mail the host code to everyone on the first of each month and then everyone just applies that host code to their order by the 20th. Then the host and I will figure her order together at the end of the month! Each month the host will have earned at least $15 in Host/Stampin’ Reward dollars!
But wait – there’s more! During your participation in the Online Club, I’ll be giving you DOUBLE Peppermint reward points! So – your $25 order will get you TWO peppermints each month, versus the normal one.
And – at the end of the 6 months – I’ll give each participant the stamp set of their choice (up to $20) as a thank you for participating. And you’ll get first dibs on the next club sign up!
Free Catalogs from me during your Host Club term and free shipping on your host month order are another couple of benefits! That’s going to amount to two Annual Catalogs (this one coming up and the 2017-2018 AC), the Holiday Mini and the Occasions Catalogue!

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Stampin’ Up! Of Butterflies Thinlits and Thoughtful Banners

Posted on May 9, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good Monday to y’all! Hope you’re ready for another week. Of course, I don’t suppose it matters if we’re ready or not – cuz it’s upon us! 🙂

About a hundred years ago – okay, maybe early 2014 – before I found the joys of Stampin’ Up! products, I was self-educating in the world of card making and stamping. The earliest product line I discovered was Tim Holtz – and his fabulous vintage/steampunk/grunge look. Definitely my cup o’ tea! I indulged in a voracious appetite for his goodies – I stalked the aisles of every hobby supply store in the area. I bought heaps and gobs and buckets of Tim’s grungy goodness.

And then I found Stampin’ Up! and that was it for me and Tim (I’m sure he’s somewhere wondering where I am and why I left him!). I put my Tim things away. And yes, I missed many of them. Still do. One little item that I really liked was his word stickers. Whole sheets of stickers with single words typed on them. The idea being that you’d stick them on your project to make phrases. Cool ones – like Dream Big. Imagine Wishes. Wish Big Dreams. Sparkle. Journey. I was never very good at combining them. I stuck to single words. Wish. Dream. Imagine. Oh – well, that would have been a good combo – where was it when I was trying to make cards?! 😉

When I saw the new Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Thoughtful Banners – I was reminded of my Tim Holtz stickers. And I saw some card examples where folks had stamped individual words and then cut them out and stuck them on. Like Ideology stickers (that’s Tim Holtz’s line). And I wanted to try that.

So – today, I did!

I used the stamp sentiments from Thoughtful Banners (new) and added some Papillon Potpourri and a couple of Butterflies Thinlits and Bold Butterfly Framelits to create….this. Take a look-see:

I know. It’s busy. And kind of hard to see the three butterflies in the picture. Also – no matter what you see in my oh-so-wonderful pictures, just take my word that there’s no black on the entire card! It’s all Gold – White – Night of Navy. I know this because I was playing along with the Can You Case It Color challenge #119: Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! Swirly Scribbles Thoughtful Banners Hello

Posted on May 8, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there in Blog-ville! I hope you all have breakfast in bed (and don’t have to clean the kitchen), get the house cleaned (without having to lift a finger!), and receive flowers and adulation from all who know and love you!

I am fixin’ to hit the cards hard today – I planned that yesterday, and was partially successful. But…some of the guys wanted to go to lunch….

…what’s a girl to do? And yes – that’s the exact same meal I had at The Olde Pink House last weekend. I was oh-so-tempted by…well, everything else on the menu!….but in the end, just couldn’t resist that chicken!! Yuuuuuuuummmmmmm-oooooo!!

But, I did get one and a half cards made on Saturday – and this is one of them! It’s using some of the many goodies I received this week in my pre-order. It was really hard to pick just one thing to use – so I used a couple! I pulled out the Swirly Bird stamp set and its bundled Thinlits – called Swirly Scribbles and added a sentiment from the Thoughtful Banners bundle as well. Take a look-see:

Bright, huh!? I’m loving these new 2016-2018 In Colors. I wasn’t sure I was going to – and felt the same about the Playful Palette DSP, which you can see peeking out from behind the sentiment panel. But, boy, was I wrong! It’s growing on me like gangbusters! Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! A Look Back and Annual Catalog Shares Coming Soon!

Posted on May 7, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning! I can’t even sort of tell you how happy I am to be laying in bed when this post goes live today! It was a close call – late Thursday, it looked like we were going to have to work today and tomorrow! It was looking pretty bleak there for a bit, y’all – I was feeling pretty bummed by the whole thing. Then today, we got a reprieve! Whoo-hoo! A real-live weekend! 🙂

I’ve shared a couple of cards in the last couple of days that used two stamp sets that I just love. I’ve made several cards with them since they came out in the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog and the 2016 Occasions Catalog. I’m referring to the beuaitufl Sweetbriar Rose wooden stamp and the Love You Sew Host stamp set. So – I wanted to lead you on a little stroll down memory lane. Take a look-see at some of my favorite past cards with these two stamps – you can click on the pictures and go right to that post to get a reminder of how I made each one! Enjoy. 🙂

First up – the gorgeous Sweetbriar Rose from the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog…

Now – take a look at some of the fun cards you could make with the Love You Sew host stamp set! Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! 2016-2017 Annual Catalogs Coming Soon!

Posted on May 6, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Hey y’all – this is my second post of the day – if you’re looking for the card I shared this morning – click the card picture to go to that post! (But make sure you give this one a quick read first!)

I wanted to take a quick second to remind you about 2016-2017 Annual Catalogs. I really want to send them out to all my customers who’ve ordered $50 in product this past year. But – I’ve had a few orders in the past couple of days where folks have checked the box that says I can’t contact them. The unintended consequence of that is that I can’t do anything for you! 🙁 Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! Love You Sew Thanks Kindly

Posted on May 6, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Well, as Mr. George Jones so aptly stated…

It’s finally Friday
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
It’s finally Friday
Forget the workin’ blues
And let the good times roll…

Which in my case means I’m fixin’ to roll up my sleeves and get my Big Shot running for a crafty weekend! Oh – and do laundry! 🙂 What are your plans? Something fun, I hope!

I’ve got a quick little card to share with you today, using a few things that are retiring at the end of the month. The Love You Sew host stamp set – which is really one of the cutest stamp sets I’ve seen – and the Greetings Thinlits – which produce three great sentiments in a really nice size and font. I added in a little bit of One Big Meaning (not retiring) and this is what I came up with. Take a look-see:

I designed this card based on the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches – #235: Continue reading →

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Stampin’ Up! Summer Sweetbriar Rose for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on May 5, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – it’s Thursday and that means it’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop Day! We’re almost thru the week – yeah! – and the weather is gorgeous here in the deep South! Spring in the South is the bomb-diggity. When we get some, that is! And we’ve got a few days where the weatherman is promising just that!

Today’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop is a color challenge:

I do hope you’ll hop thru all the ladies’ blogs today to peruse (and comment on!) all of their projects!

I pulled out another soon-to-Retire stamp – the oh-so-preety Sweetbriar Rose. I combined it with the Hardwood Stamp, and a little dab of Summer Silhouettes (also Retiring!). My sentiments are from Greatest Greetings and the soon-to-be-available Floral Affection stamp sets. Take a look-see:

I started with a panel of Crumb Cake card stock – onto which I heat embossed the image from Sweetbriar Rose. I inked the stamp with Versamark Ink, stamped the image and sprinkled it with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder (2016-2017 Annual Catalog).
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Stampin’ Up! Petite Pairs with Grateful Bunch

Posted on May 4, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Update (9 May 16) – just found out that this card was selected as a Design Team pick over on Stamp Ink Paper. Check this card and the other winners at this link! What a nice honor to be given! 🙂

Happy Star Wars Day, y’all! May The Fourth Be With You! 🙂

I’ll tell you, this week is going by fast! And work is heating up – fixin’ to be doing some really long days. The kind that start at the hindquarter-crack-of-dawn! Yuk. Which means I’m really kind of regretting my days of….sloth!….of this past weekend! I usually, when I’m away like this and working long days, try to get all my cards for the week done on the weekend. Cuz I know I’m going to get back to the hotel in a state of brain-deadness; wanting nothing more than dinner, a shower and to veg out in front of the tv till I fall asleep!

But – I must say, I can’t regret what I did on my days of sloth! Eating great food and browsing the historic district in Savannah on Saturday and stamping with a friend on Sunday! So, I’ll take it like a man…a WOman, that is!….and git ‘er done this week!

Today’s card uses another couple of things that are retiring – Petite Pairs stamp set and a little more of the lovely Birthday Bouquet DSP. To that, I’ve added some flowers from the Grateful Bunch stamp set, punched with their matching Blossom Bunch Punch. Which are not – thankfully! – retiring! Take a look-see: