Monthly Archives: October 2016

Stampin’ Up! Santa’s Sleigh and Christmas Music

Posted on October 22, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Weekend, y’all! Hope you’ve got something fun planned for the weekend – I think Mr. Finn is going to have a play date with his “sister” Scout. She’s two years old now – but from the same mom and dad as Finn. Her mom says she’s all ready to show Finn the ropes. 🙂

We’ve been taking the little man out to the arena in the evenings after we feed and playing ball with him. He loves racing after the tennis balls and pouncing on them! And when he gets tired and done with us, he races around us and leaps on the golf cart. We stop on the way back to the house and he gets a big drink of water from the horse trough – I’ll try to get a picture of that, it’s pretty cute!

It’s really amazing how quickly he’s assimilating into farm life!

Then he comes in and goes in his kennel. He’ll spend a little time trying to get the peanut butter out of the big stuffed bone (thank you, Amy Koenders!)…

and finally, if we’ve done a good job playing, we get this…

And then I can settle down and type a blog post! 🙂

My card for today is another one using the beautiful This Christmas DSP sheet music paper. I added some images and die cuts using the Santa’s Sleigh bundle, and this is what I got. Take a look-see:

The layout for my card comes from the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge #249:

I started by double matting the sheet music paper from This Christmas DSP on Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black. Then I wrapped a length of Silver 5/8″ Satin Ribbon and one of Very Vanilla 1/2″ Lace Trim around the panel, securing them in the back with scotch tape.

I “made” an oval doily by taking a Silver Metallic Foil Doily and cutting it in half, then gluing it back together with some overlap – making it an oval. I knew the seam would be covered up by the tree.

The tree in question is from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set – I heat embossed it in Silver on Very Vanilla and then cut it with the matching die in the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits. I used some Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue to adhere the tree onto the newly oval-ized silver doily, and then popped it over the ribbon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits – I cut three of them from Rich Razzleberry and then adhered them in a stack with Liquid Glue. I used more little dots of the Liquid Glue to adhere the sentiment to the card front.

The decoration on the right side is comprised of a length of Rich Razzleberry 3/8″ Ribbon from the Trio Pack in the Holiday Catalog – I doubled and stuck it under the other ribbon with a Glue Dot. Then I added a couple of Silver Foil boughs cut with a Pretty Pines Thinlits die with some Liquid Glue. The final touch is a little bow, tied with two lengths of Silver Metallic Thread and one of Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine, added with a dab of Liquid Glue. And I nestled a Christmas Trinket Embellishment in with a Glue Dot.

On the inside, I stamped part of the sentiment from Santa’s Sleigh in Rich Razzleberry – since it’s a photopolymer stamp, it’s easy to ink just the first part of the sentiment! Then I added a tiny bow – also from Santa’s Sleigh – heat embossed in Silver. Across the bottom is a piece of This Christmas DSP, matted on Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black.

I SNAILd the panel into my Very Vanilla card base, popped the front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got another of the Santa’s Sleigh trees, heat embossed in Silver, on the front…

…and I added some more of the This Christmas DSP to the envelop flap.

Et Voila! See how I managed to get some pine boughs in there? 😉 I love how the pieces and parts all came together to make an elegant Christmas card. Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

HOST CODE FOR 16 OCT – 31 OCT: PXSUUPGV

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift – your choice of any item valued up to $8.00 in the 2015-16 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog.

Today and tomorrow are the last days to take advantage of my ordering special and get stocked up on envelopes for the holidays!

For all Stampin’ Up! orders of $50 or greater placed through me thru Sunday, 23 October – You’ll get to choose a free pack of Stampin Up! Envelopes or Note Cards & Envelopes!

Here’s the Deets:

For any order of $50 or greater (before shipping and taxes) placed through me, you’ll get to select a pack of envelopes or note cards & envelopes of your choice! This is on top of the regular $10 thank you gift that you get to select if you add my Host Code (if your order is under $150 then add the code, but if your order is over $150 don’t add the code…but you’ll still get the gifts!). The Host Code for this event is: PXSUUPGV. You’ll also earn Peppermint Rewards Points!

How to get your free envelopes or note cards & envelopes:
Simply place your $50 or greater order and then email me your selection! I’ll order the envelopes or note cards & envelopes when I place my Host Order on November 1 and I’ll send them out (along with your thank you gift if you’ve added the Host Code or have an order over $150) to you just as soon as my Host Order arrives.

Here are your choices!

Item # Product Name
141663 Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper
141645 Moroccan Designer Series Paper
141660 Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper
141654 Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper
141630 Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper
141640 By the Shore Designer Series Paper
141986 Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper
141981 Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

See y’all tomorrow! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Santa’s Sleigh Photopolymer Bundle

[143499]

$45.75

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

$26.00

Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies

[139659]

$17.00

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

[141628]

$13.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[115316]

$8.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[121045]

$8.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$4.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$5.00

Metallic Foil Doilies

[138392]

$4.00

Ribbon 3/8″ (1 Cm) Trio Pack

[142021]

$11.00

Silver 5/8″ Satin Ribbon

[134548]

$7.00

Very Vanilla 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Lace Trim

[141672]

$7.00

Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine

[141682]

$3.00

Silver Metallic Thread

[138402]

$3.00

Christmas Trinkets Embellishments

[141997]

$8.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″); 3 3/4″ x 5″ (inner liner); Santa’s Sleigh die cut

Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner strip)

Rich Razzleberry Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ (mat for inner liner strip)

This Christmas DSP: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front); 5/8″ x 5″ (inner liner strip); envelope flap

Silver Foil: Pretty Pines die cuts

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!

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Stampin’ Up! One Big Meaning Falling Leaves

Posted on October 21, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, ya’ll – it’s Friday! And – even though it’s about a 1000 degrees while I type this on Thursday night – I have hope that when you’re reading this the “cold” front will have moved thru and it’ll be pretending to be Fall! The weatherman said it was going to happen, so….you know it will! 😉

Before we get going…wanted to remind you about my Ordering Special that’s going on for a few more days…don’t miss a great chance to stock up for the Holiday mailing frenzy!

Stock up on Stampin’ Up! Envelopes this week

Stamps-N-Lingers Envelope Stock Up Ordering Special

For all Stampin’ Up! orders of $50 or greater placed through Sunday, 23 October – You’ll get to choose a free pack of Stampin Up! Envelopes or Note Cards & Envelopes!

Here’s the Deets:

Okay. With that out of the way, let’s talk about Finn for half a second. He’s been growing – I swear he’s bigger than he was two days ago! – and learning. And chasing the cats – he really just wants to see them but his speed-of-heat galloping is more than they can stand still for!. And trying to chew any and everything he can find. And playing ball – and frisbee – and bumper (y’all – I have a new puppy. Buy stock in PetSmart. Trust me on this!). And riding in the golf cart – he’s a farm dog already!

….and being “turtled” by his dad – this is a good thing to do with puppies, it helps them learn to relax and teaches submission.

He’s gonna be too big to do this in about a minute, huh? 🙂 You can’t hardly even tell that his dad doesn’t like him, can you?!? 😉

And – he’s been cute. Just ridiculously, overwhelmingly, goofy-ly cute. Just when I think I’ve seen all his cute things, he’ll do something new. Like…

No – he’s not chewing the kennel bars (at least not right at this exact moment!). He’s resting. By resting his top teeth and nose on the bars. Goofy goofy little dog! This is his “day” crate – where we put him so we can have dinner – I can make a card, or do my “real” work. Otherwise…it’s chaos. His “night” crate is about 4 times bigger. And is in the bedroom at the end of the bed. I have no intention of spoiling him. Nothing worse than a spoiled dog.

PetSmart, people. Pet. Smart. 🙂

So – my card for today has some recycled elements. Remember this card from the other day?

That’s right – from the October Paper Pumpkin. Well, the leaves that I punched out to make the windows….I kept them. Pack-rat, much, Mary? I mean, heck – there are 24 of them. And they’re pretty. So for today, I used them and added a sentiment from One Big Meaning, and a little more color with the Touches of Texture stamp set. Take a look-see:

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I used a sketch challenge from CAS(E) This Sketch – #195 – to be exact, for the design.

And my color palette came courtesy of Pals Paper Arts challenge #323:

Since all my leaves were already sitting in a tidy little pile – don’t laugh, I have a few tidy places around! – this went together pretty quickly.

For each of my leaves, I used a sponge with Emerald Envy and one with Tangerine Tango. First I stippled them lightly with each color – stipple means to sort of tap with the sponge (like you do in stenciling). Then I used the Tangerine Tango sponge to sponge all the edges. I brushed each of the leaves with my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to give them some sheen, and then rounded them with my stylus. Some I rounded from the back and some from the front.

one-big-meaning-falling-leaves-3-stamps-n-lingers

On a Very Vanilla panel, I used the large dots image in Touches of Texture. I stamped once with Tangerine Tango and then again without re-inking. Then I repeated that with Emerald Envy.

Using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, I stamped the large sentiment from One Big Meaning in Emerald Envy.

In a bit of a departure from my usual process, I SNAILd the panel to a Tangerine Tango mat and then onto my Tip Top Taupe card base. I wanted to be able to add the leaves and have them sort of “falling” off the edge of the card front onto the card base.

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I arranged the leaves and then used Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue to adhere some and Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere some of the others. And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I used a Very Vanilla panel matted on Tangerine Tango. I colored up another of my leaves and adhered it in the corner with Liquid Glue.

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I SNAIL it into the card base and the card was done! 🙂

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more of the Touches of Texture dots in Tangerine Tango and Emerald Envy on the front, as well as another leaf (I have twenty-four of them – I can be generous!)…

one-big-meaning-falling-leaves-6-stamps-n-lingers

…and I repeated that on the envelope flap as well.

one-big-meaning-falling-leaves-7-stamps-n-lingers

Et Voila! Recycling – it’s not just for aluminum cans and paper, folks! If you’re a Paper Pumpkin subscriber and you have this October kit – hang on to the leaves – you never know what ideas might come your way! If you’re not – try the Leaflets Framelits. Cut them from Very Vanilla and stipple ’em up! Hope you like! 🙂

HOST CODE FOR 16 OCT – 31 OCT: PXSUUPGV

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift – your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2015-16 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog.

Designer Series Paper Buy Three, Get One Free Sale

Thru 31 Oct 16, you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free!

Have a great Friday, y’all and Finn and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139420]

$19.00

Touches Of Texture Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143251]

$33.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Tangerine Tango 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[111349]

$8.00

Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[138336]

$8.00

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126946]

$6.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

$6.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Tip Top Taupe Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)

Tangerine Tango Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner)

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: One Big Meaning Stamp Set, Thank You Card, Touches of Texture stamp set | 28 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Tin of Tags for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on October 20, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Stampers Blog Hop. It’s color week, and since we’ve opened up to using other challenges to help us with our designs, I bet we’re going to see a lot of fun projects. Be sure to check out all the offerings of the Ladies-Who-Hop!

Check out the colors….

And I found a fun sketch at Sugar Pea Designs! 🙂

Now – before I get to the card, I’ll give you a little peek at what Mr. Finn’s been up to. Just a taste….

…he was hot! I’ll have some more for you tomorrow! 🙂

So, the color scheme really drove me towards the Presents & Pinecones DSP. I know I’ve been using it a lot, but…it’s just so pretty (and it’s part of the buy-three-get-one-free sale)! When I combined it with a sentiment or two from Tin of Tags, and some pine boughs from the Pretty Pines Thinlits, this is what I came up with. Take a look-see:

I started with an Early Espresso card base to compliment the pine cones in the DSP. The first thing I did was to run my panel thru the Holly TIEF, to emboss the actual front of the card base. It added some texture to the card front – and even looks cool from the inside!

The next thing was to SNAIL two panels of the Presents & Pinecones DSP to Cherry Cobbler mats, and then to the card front.

My sentiment, from Tin of Tags, is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Whisper White. Then I cut it with a Circles Layering Framelits die. I matted the sentiment circle on an Emerald Envy and Mint Macaron scalloped circle mats.

The largest mat under the sentiment is a Delicate White Doily. First I colored it in Cherry Cobbler with a Sponge Brayer – then I cut the Doily with another of the scalloped dies in the Circles Layering Framelits. I SNAILd all the pieces and parts together, and then to the card front.

My embellishment is a couple of Emerald Envy pine boughs cut with the Pretty Pines Thinlits. I also added a shorter Mint Macaron bough and a couple of Cherry Cobbler berries. I used Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue to adhere them to the card front. To finish it off, I added a little bow tied with 3 lengths of Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine. I used Glue Dots to adhere two Mini Pinecones, then topped them with the Cherry Cobbler bow. And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment from Tin of Tags in Cherry Cobbler on a Whisper White panel. Then, in the bottom corner, I used the berry die from Pretty Pines.

Then I SNAILd the panel to a Cherry Cobbler mat – and the berries got their color! Finally, I SNAILd it into the Early Espresso card base and the card was done.

For my Whisper White Medium Envelope, to compliment the stars in the inside sentiment, I went with the stars image in the Christmas Pines stamp set, stamping it in Cherry Cobbler on the front…

…and added some more Presents & Pinecones DSP to the flap.

Et Voila! This is one of my favorite color combinations for Christmas – and I kind of love how my Doily turned out! Hope you like!

Be sure to check out Tin of Tags if you haven’t – it’s a really great set of sentiments.

Now that you’ve seen my card, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Stampers Team blogs today!

If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Jari Francis’ page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!

Jari Francis

Kristi Gray

Jaime Babarczy

Have fun on the Hop!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 OCT – 31 OCT: PXSUUPGV

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2016-17 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog!

Designer Series Paper Buy Three, Get One Free Sale

1 – 31 Oct 16, you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free!

I think it’s pretty cool that two of the new designer papers from the 2016 Holiday Catalog are included in this sale, don’t you?

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

Tin Of Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142180]

$21.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

[143496]

$54.75

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141634]

$7.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$35.00

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

[141986]

$11.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[119686]

$8.00

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[119685]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Emerald Envy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[141415]

$8.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[138337]

$8.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126966]

$6.50

Baker’s Twine Trio Pack

[141999]

$9.00

Mini Pinecones

[141990]

$7.50

Delicate White Doilies

[141701]

$3.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

$8.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Early Espresso Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)

Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (x 2 – mats for front DSP panels); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner); Pretty Pines thinlit die cuts

Emerald Envy Card Stock: 2 1/4″ scallop circle (mat for sentiment); Pretty Pines thinlit die cuts

Mint Macaron Card Stock: 2 1/4″ scallop circle (mat for sentiment); Pretty Pines thinlit die cuts

Presents & Pinecones DSP: 1 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ (x 2 – front panels); envelope flap

Whisper White Card Stock: 1 7/8″ scallop circle (front sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)

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Categories: Christmas | Tags: Christmas Card, Christmas Pines stamp set, Holly TIEF, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Tin of Tags stamp set | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! October Paper Pumpkin and an Ordering Special!

Posted on October 19, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawwmp Day, y’all! Before we get going – here’s some great news! Stampin’ Up! has the Copper Foil Sheets back in stock! Best getcha some while they last! Here’s a link right to them in my Online Store. 🙂

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$4.00

So, here we are on day 3 of the Aussie Occupation. Last week – Wednesday? – when I “met” Finn online – I started imagining life with my new dog. We would take long walks together – he’d ride everywhere with me – we’d be a Therapy Pet team – herd some sheep – run some Agility. I’d sit at my desk and make cards while Finn slept angelically under the table….

Whoa! I can hear you laughing, y’all! Was it that last thing? The sleeping Aussie puppy?

I think it might happen – but….maybe 6 years from now! Today? This year? Yea. Not so much! This little dude is either asleep or going 1000 miles an hour! And there’s frequently not much warning about when that status is going to change…

Don’t get me wrong. He’s a sweet love and I wouldn’t change getting him for anything. But…I feel like I just brought home quadruplets! And this morning they turned two! For all you moms out there who still somehow manage to have a job and do something besides chase the kids….I salute you!

Today was another big day…first we watched some squirrels while chewing on our collar….

Then to the doctor for shots….

and then home for the post-vet crash. Those shots wipe a little kid out! 🙂

So it was a busy day for both of us. Which is why I decided to put my October Paper Pumpkin kit together for y’all today! Paper Pumpkin is the perfect way to get a little creative break from your children – two legged with thumbs or four legged without (thank the good Lord that he doesn’t have thumbs!). It comes with everything you need to knock out some great projects – including ink!

The October kit is a particularly good one called Season of Gratitude! It’s got Fall leaves and wonderful sentiments. And it makes shaker cards!

Eight cards, to be exact – you can make them vertically or horizontally, and use any of the sentiments in the Season of Gratitude stamp set that comes in the kit.

So I put them together – with the easy to follow instructions. It’s got all the Foam Adhesive Strips and Fall-colored sequins to make lovely shaker cards.

You use the crackle image to stamp the pre-cut Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon and Pumpkin Pie squares and they end up behind the – pre-punched- leaves in the embossed Very Vanilla panel.

And – the kit includes 8 lined envelopes – I added a Cajun Craze leaf to the front of each of them.

I ended up with 8 great thank you cards (okay, the one in the picture above will need a little remedial work!) – and I have some Baker’s Twine and sequins left over. I think I’ll make a Vintage Leaves shaker card soon!

Consider Paper Pumpkin – it’s a nice little orange box to have sitting on the shelf just waiting for a day when all the kids and the job and the grocery shopping gets in the way of a little “me” time! 🙂

If you’re interested in subscribing to Paper Pumpkin yourself, you can either sign up for a subscription where you are billed monthly for your kit or you can purchase a prepaid subscription in my online store. To see more information and to sign up for the monthly subscription, click here. To see the options for prepaid subscriptions in my online store, click here.

Now – the Ordering Special!

Stock up on Stampin’ Up! Envelopes this week

Stamps-N-Lingers Envelope Stock Up Ordering Special

For all Stampin’ Up! orders of $50 or greater placed through me between now and Sunday, 23 October – You get to choose a free pack of Stampin Up! Envelopes or Note Cards & Envelopes!

Here’s the Deets:

Here are your choices!

HOST CODE FOR 16 OCT – 31 OCT: PXSUUPGV

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift – your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2015-16 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog.

Designer Series Paper Buy Three, Get One Free Sale

Thru 31 Oct 16, you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free!

Tomorrow is Happy Stampers Blog Hop Day – so I’ll be back in your Inbox at 7am Eastern! See you then! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

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Categories: Thank You Cards | Tags: Fall Thank You Cards, Ordering Special, Paper Pumpkin | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Spooky Halloween Treat!

Posted on October 18, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good Tuesday! Hope you’re having a good week so far!

So…y’all know the problem with having a new puppy? Yep. That’s all you want to do – play with the puppy, pet the puppy, watch the puppy, take the puppy for walks, laugh at the puppy playing, kiss the puppy nose, yada yada yada. Makes it extremely hard to do anything else – there just isn’t time! 🙂

Finn – yes, we settled on that, and even used that name at the vet today. Went to get some flea medicine. Found out my little puppy weighs 34 pounds! At 4 months! I think we settled on Finn too quickly – maybe needs to be Bruno. Bruiser. Rocky Balboa. The Rock! He’s gonna be huge!

But, for now…he maintains his puppy cute…

That’s his new favorite spot – curled right up against the water dish – usually with his ear draped over the edge. Makes it easy to get a little slurp whenever the mood strikes, doncha know? 🙂

So, in between puppy lovin’s today, I made y’all a quick Halloween card! This one is one layer. Almost literally! Totally a one-postage-stamp card for sure! It uses the a la carte stamp called Halloween Treat and some pumpkins from Spooky Fun. Take a look-see:

This one works with the Global Design Project challenge #058:

For the card front, I stamped my design directly to the front of my Crumb Cake card base. Using the trio-of-pumpkins image from Spooky Fun, I stamped it across the panel in Pumpkin Pie ink.

I colored the pumpkins using my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, picking ink up from the lid of my stamp pads. I colored the middle pumpkin in Calypso Coral, the one on the left (as you look at the card) in Pumpkin Pie, and the other one in Tangerine Tango. Then I colored the stems in Old Olive with my Stampin’ Write Marker. For fun, I added faces to a few of the pumpkins, using the images from Spooky Fun, stamping them in Basic Black Archival Ink.

For the center art, I used a plain piece of Crumb Cake, and stamped the Halloween Treat image in Early Espresso ink. I lightly colored the pumpkins with my Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Marker. I SNAILd the panel directly to the card front and then adhered two strips of Halloween Night Washi Tape across the top and bottom of the panel.

I added a little bow, tied with two strands of Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black Baker’s Twine from the Halloween Night Baker’s Twine combo. I adhered it with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue and that was it for the card front.

On the inside, I repeated the Spooky Fun trio of pumpkins, stamping them in Pumpkin Pie and coloring them with the Wink brush, using Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral and Tangerine Tango. I finished the stems with the Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker, and added Spooky Fun faces in Basic Black Archival Ink.

And that was it! Told ya!

My Crumb Cake Medium Envelope got pumpkins on the front…

…and on the back flap!

Et Voila! This is a perfectly simple little card – easy to make and easy to mail! Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

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I think it’s pretty cool that two of the new designer papers from the 2016 Holiday Catalog are included in this sale, don’t you?

Keep this kind of card front background in mind as we move thru Fall. Leave off the faces – and you’ve got pumpkins for a Thanksgiving card. Very versatile! 🙂

See you tomorrow – on….Hawwmp Day! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Halloween Treat Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[142249]

$11.00

Spooky Fun Photopolymer Stamps

[142236]

$16.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126945]

$6.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126983]

$6.50

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126946]

$6.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers

[131259]

$29.00

Halloween Night Designer Washi Tape

[142026]

$8.00

Halloween Night Baker’s Twine

[142027]

$6.00

Medium Crumb Cake Envelopes

[107297]

$6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$7.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126974]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Crumb Cake Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″); 2 7/8″ x 3 3/8″ (art panel on front)

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Categories: Halloween | Tags: Halloween Card, Halloween Treat stamp set, Spooky Fun stamp set | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Greetings from Santa!

Posted on October 17, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – our first morning with…Finn? Maybe. We’ve been using that since we picked him up. He responds to it as well as to anything else!

He had a pretty long day, poor baby! Long car ride home – he was pretty antsy by the time we finally made it to the house. But, for all he was nervous and worried about what the heck was going on, his way of dealing with it in the van was…

And, after we stopped and got some dinner and I moved to the front seat…

Please note the size of the hands and feet. We met his daddy. We’re talking 70 pound Aussie. I fear Mr. Finn may match him!

So far, he’s a good boy – a very very smart boy. He’s not had any leash training, but you can almost literally see his brain turning as he’s learning – even in the midst of the stress of his first day as a Deatherage. I think he’s going to be a whole ton of fun! 🙂

Oh – and Mr. Wayne, who tried to make me think he’d been coerced? Yea. He’s already in love. Big ole fraud….

My card for today was simple and quick to make. It uses the Greetings from Santa stamp set and the Christmas Greetings Thinlits. Add in a little Gorgeous Grunge and that’s all it needed. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Christmas | Tags: Christmas Card, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, Greetings From Santa stamp set | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Ghoulishly Spooky Halloween Fun!

Posted on October 16, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Sunday, y’all! When you read this – I should be on the road. On my way to get my surprise!

Are you ready to know what it is? Actually “it” is a “he”!

Here he is!

This is…well, his name is TBD. I have a few choices in my head and am hoping he’ll tell me what the right name is when I meet him! He’s not a rescue – don’t judge me, please, I’m doing enough of that myself! – but…he’s from the same parents as my friend’s Aussie – and she’s a wonderful girl. So, when he became available, I kind of jumped on him!

Life as we know it now is fixin’ to have a huge upheaval! It’s been a while since we’ve had a dog in the house and even longer since we had a puppy! And if I think my life is going to be different, I have a couple of kitties that I’m afraid are in for a bit of a shock when we get home. Hopefully they’ll forgive me… 🙂

So there it is – the big surprise! As I hinted, nothing to do with card making! But, I did make a card for you today. A Halloween card! I used the Spooky Fun stamp set and the matching Halloween Scenes Edgelits, and added in some texture from Ghoulish Grunge. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Halloween | Tags: Ghoulish Grunge stamp set, Halloween Card, Halloween Scenes Edgelits, Spooky Fun stamp set | 33 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Petals, Paisleys and Suite Seasons!

Posted on October 15, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning! We’re back to the weekend and the weather in Atlanta is nothing short of spectacular! We’ve had the A/C off and the windows wide open for about a week now! No one is burning their leaves yet, I keep forcing Wayne to wait “just one more day” before he starts the yearly burning. Life is good!

I’ve been a little….distracted…the past couple of days. Tomorrow is getting closer and I’m not ready. Except that I am! I can hardly wait. Except I’m about half terrified!

Oh – that’s right. Y’all don’t know what I’m talking about, do you? LOL. You will! 🙂

So, my card for today is a sympathy card, of sorts. It could also be a get well card, I think. I used some Petals & Paisleys Specialty DSP and another sentiment from Suite Seasons. That’s just the coolest sentiment set – it spans Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Sympathy/Get Well…I hope it sticks around! Anyway, when I put it all together, here’s what I came up with! Take a look-see:

For my layout, I kind of loosely used TGIF Challenge #77:

I started by double matting a piece of the Petals & Paisleys Specialty DSP on Night of Navy and Mint Macaron card stock panels. Then, using a second design in the DSP, I double matted a smaller rectangle and SNAILd it to the card front.

Using two lengths of Rich Razzleberry Ribbon from the 3/8″ Ribbon Trio Pack in the Holiday Catalog, I wrapped them around the whole card front, securing them in the back with scotch tape.

The sentiment, from Suite Seasons, is heat embossed in Copper on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. Then I cut it with a Circles Layering Framelits die. It’s matted on Mint Macaron and a scalloped-edge Night of Navy circle, and then adhered over the ribbon with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue. And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I simply matted some Very Vanilla on Mint Macaron and Night of Navy. Then I wrapped another strand of Rich Razzleberry 3/8″ Ribbon around the whole thing. Simple. Elegant. Done!

I SNAILd it into my Rich Razzleberry card base, and SNAILd the card front on as well. And the card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got a single piece of Mint Macaron Washi tape from the Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape pack…

…and more of the Petals & Paisleys DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila! I love how this card turned out – I think it has multiple uses and could be sent to a man or a woman. Always something good to have on hand, right? Hope you like.

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

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I think it’s pretty cool that two of the new designer papers from the 2016 Holiday Catalog are included in this sale, don’t you?

Sunday looms! And the Big Reveal! A friend asked for a hint yesterday – so…here it is. It has absolutely nothing to do with card making!

Help any? 😉

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Suite Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142209]

$20.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$35.00

Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142017]

$13.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[138337]

$8.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100867]

$8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

$5.00

Ribbon 3/8″ (1 Cm) Trio Pack

[142021]

$11.00

Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape

[141635]

$8.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

CARD CUTS FOR THIS PROJECT:

Rich Razzleberry Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″)

Night of Navy Card Stock: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 1/8″ x 3 3/4″ (mat for front DSP panel); 2 3/4″ Scalloped Circle (mat for sentiment)

Mint Macaron Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and inner liner); 2 3/8″ x 4″ (mat for front DSP panel); 2 3/8″ Circle (mat for sentiment)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 2 1/8″ circle (sentiment); 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ (inner liner)

Petals & Paisleys Specialty DSP: 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ (card front); 2″ x 3 5/8″ (small DSP panel on front); envelope flap

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Categories: Get Well Soon, Sympathy, Thinking Of You | Tags: Get Well Card, Suite Season stamp set, Sympathy Card | 17 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Spooky Halloween Cookie Cutter Mummy

Posted on October 14, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Friday, y’all! Hope you’ve had a good week – I have! I have some exciting news (well, it is for me, at least!) but I’m going to wait to share it on Sunday!

What could it be….what could it be!? You’ll just have to check back on Sunday! 🙂

My card today is a quick one to make – it really leans heavily on Halloween Night Designer Paper and the fun Cookie Cutter Builder punch. I used the Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set and a sentiment from Spooky Fun. Take a look-see:

My design was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge #258:

And my color palette is from The Paper Players #316:

I started by SNAILing a piece of Halloween Night DSP to a Wild Wasabi mat for the card front. Then I did a second, smaller panel with a different design, and SNAILd it to the first panel. The top panel is a piece of Whisper White card stock, that I embossed in the Brick Wall TIEF, matted on Wild Wasabi and SNAILd it to the card front.

I used yet another design of the Halloween Night paper to make the vertical banner strip. I used my Paper Snips to cut the banner ends on the DSP and the Wild Wasabi mat and used some Liquid Glue to adhere them together and then to the Brick Wall-Embossed panel.

The sentiment, from the Spooky Fun set, is stamped in Pumpkin Pie on Whisper White and matted on Wild Wasabi (can you see a Wild Wasabi trend here??). Then I popped it over the other panels with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.

My Cookie Cutter Halloween Mummy is stamped in Wild Wasabi on Whisper White. Then I used a Blender Pen to add some more Wild Wasabi ink to shade his mummy wrappings. I also added just a touch of Crumb Cake to “age” it a bit. Then I punched him out with the matching Cookie Cutter Builder Punch and used some Liquid Glue to adhere him – sliding him under my popped-up sentiment.

The last piece is the bats. I stamped them – they’re in the Cookie Cutter Halloween set – in Basic Black Archival Ink on Whisper White. Then I fussy cut them – yes, a little persnickety. I adhered one to the end of the sentiment banner with Liquid Glue and the other two I popped on with little pieces of Stampin’ Dimensional.

Little. Tiny. Pieces!

And that was it for the card front.

On the inside, I stamped a few more Spooky Fun bats in Basic Black Archival Ink on a Whisper White panel.

Then I SNAILd the panel to a Wild Wasabi mat and into a Basic Black card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got more Spooky Fun bats on the front…

…and some of the black Halloween Night DSP to the envelope flap.

Et Voila! Easy peasy! I wasn’t sure about this color combination when I first started this card – I kept having flashbacks to some unfortunate plaid pants I wore in Junior High – but it turns out to be a suitably spooky and Halloween-y color scheme! And how cute is that little Cookie Cutter Halloween mummy and his bats? Hope you like! 🙂

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

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1 – 31 Oct 16, you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free!

I think it’s pretty cool that two of the new designer papers from the 2016 Holiday Catalog are included in this sale, don’t you?

Enjoy the last day of the work week and get all ready for the weekend! I’ll see you tomorrow…

TTFN

Mary

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Cookie Cutter Halloween Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142255]

$17.00

Spooky Fun Photopolymer Stamps

[142236]

$16.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

[140396]

$18.00

Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[138288]

$8.50

Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142022]

$13.00

Wild Wasabi 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[108641]

$8.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[121045]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126959]

$6.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126945]

$6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$7.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

$6.50

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$10.00

CARD CUTS FOR THIS PROJECT:

Basic Black Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″)

Wild Wasabi Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ (mat for small DSP panel on front); 2 3/4″ square (mat for embossed Whisper White panel); 5/8″ x 3 7/8″ (mat for vertical banner); 5/8″ x 3 3/8″ (mat for sentiment banner)

Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); 2 5/8″ square (embossed front panel); 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ (sentiment banner)

Halloween Night DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); (small DSP panel on front); (vertical banner); envelope flap

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Categories: Halloween | Tags: Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set, Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set, Halloween Card, Spooky Fun stamp set | 16 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Suite Seasons, Presents & Pinecones for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on October 13, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Stampers Blog Hop. It’s sketch week, so be sure to check out everyone’s take on it, okay? It was kind of wide open, so I bet we see a lot of fun projects!

Here ’tis!

So, in my usual way of planning ahead and my wondrous time management, I didn’t make my card ahead. I waited until Wednesday. And, of course, work totally body slammed me! My “real” job is feast or famine – well, in a world where feast is bad and famine is good! Wednesday was a feast. I worked on my other computer all day trying to make a document that was right before – get right again. My Word document just bamboozled me. So by the time I got done, I was brain-whupped!

Fortunately, I’d been sort of planning my card in my head kind of in the background. Like…when you minimize a program and it just keeps running on your computer. So, I was able to whip it up right quick. And, since I’d planned on using the pretty Presents & Pinecones DSP and the Pine Bough TIEF and Suite Seasons….it was too easy! Take a look-see:

So, I started out by SNAILing a panel of Presents & Pinecones DSP to a Cherry Cobbler mat. Then I cut a smaller piece of Whisper White. I used Early Espresso to ink up just the words on the sentiment stamp in Suite Seasons, and lined it up with my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp right in the middle.

Then I lined the panel up in the Pine Bough TIEF, turning it this way and that. I wanted more pine bough on the panel than I could fit at the top, so…I just decided to emboss right over the sentiment. I figured – what’s the worst that could happen? I hate it and have to make another one? But – that didn’t happen! It looked just right, so I SNAILd it to its own Cherry Cobbler mat and then onto the card front.

My decoration is a bit of a reflection of the Presents & Pinecones DSP – the Emerald Envy pine boughs and the red bow (which is a prominent feature on another design)! I cut a Cherry Cobbler bow using the the Bow Builder Punch and assembled it with Glue Dots. Using the Pretty Pines THinlits, I cut a Whisper White pine cone and a Mint Macaron background pine cone and adhered them together with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue. I also cut a couple of long Emerald Envy pine boughs and shorter Mint Macaron bough.

I began the assembly with a few Glue Dots to wind some Silver Metallic Thread loops around. Then I used Liquid Glue and added the pine boughs and cone. Finally I stuck the bow on with Liquid Glue. Using a Glue Dot, I nestled a little holly sprig from the Christmas Trinkets Embslliehments in for a final little sparkle. And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I stamped a Whisper White panel with just the little pine image from the bottom of the Suite Seasons sentiment – using my Emerald Envy and Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker to ink the stamp directly.

I SNAILd the panel to a Cherry Cobbler mat and into my Early Espresso card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done.

On my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I repeated the pine image from Suite Seasons on the front…

…and added more of the Presents & Pinecones DSP to the envelope flap.

Et Voila! Stampin’ Up! gave us perfect tools to use to put together a pretty card – even when our brains have been bamboozled! Pretty Pines Thinlits, the Suite Seasons stamp set and some Presents & Pinecones DSP (which is one of the papers on the buy-three-get-one-free special!). Hope you like!

Now that you’ve seen my card, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Stampers Team blogs today!

If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Jari Francis’ page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!

Jari Francis

Kristi Gray

Jaime Babarczy

Have fun on the Hop!

TTFN

Mary

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