Monthly Archives: December 2017

Stampin’ Up! Last Minute Gift Ideas!

Posted on December 22, 2017 by stampsnlingers

This is my second post for the day – if you’re looking for the card I shared this morning, check it out right here!

Now, y’all. I know there are people among us that get their shopping for Christmas done in…September. Like me. I totally do that.

Uhm….

Anywho….if you happen to not be one of those hyper-organized folks (yep – this sounds way more like me!) and have one or two on your list for whom you’ve not shopped, let me give you some perfect last minute ideas. 🙂

You could get in your car, brave the Friday-before-Christmas traffic and go to the mall. That’s an excellent idea.

Or not.

You could…pay like triple-quadruple shipping to perhaps have something show up sometime on Monday from an online store.

Risky. And expensive.

ORRRRR – you could give the gift of creativity right from the comfort of your barcalounger and pajamas!

And I’ve got two options for your consideration:

Give the gift of a Paper Pumpkin Subscription!

A Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription makes for a wonderful and thoughtful gift for the holidays for the crafter (or budding crafter!) on your list! Here’s how to do it!

You place an order in my online store and checkout. You will earn your very own Host Rewards for purchases over $150 (even when combined with other items you want to have shipped to you). Bonus – if all you order is Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions – you won’t pay a dime in shipping!
You receive an email with a Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription Code.
Give that code to a friend, family member or keep it for yourself (I won’t tell!). If you’d like something “official” – you can click on that picture up above and print out a fun Gift Certificate!
Stick your “official” gift certificate in a beautiful, handmade Christmas card you made with your own two hands or write the code on a wonderful gift tag….whatever works best for you…and present it with a flourish to the lucky recipient! Brace yourself for the excitement!
If the recipient doesn’t already have a Paper Pumpkin account, they should set one up here.
On the main screen of their account, they add the Subscription Code.
Starting the following month, they’ll find a Paper Pumpkin box in their mailbox for every month of the subscription. If they want to continue past that time, they can simply add their credit card information to continue.

Option 2 – How about a Gift Certificate from me – for anything the recipient wants in the Online Store?

I can provide a lovely Christmas-y Gift Certificate (in digits for you to print out whilst still in your pajamas!) for any amount you’d like!
Once you’ve printed the certificate – use any creative gifting methodology you like! “But Mary…what if I live in North Dakota and it’s going to my bestest friend in south Florida?!” Well…send the digits of the certificate in an e-mail! Add a selfie of yourself holding the Gift Certificate! (consider getting dressed before snapping the shot…) to the email!
To redeem their gift, your lucky recipient will send me an e-mail or give me a call and I’ll place her order for her!
Bonus – your gift-ee will receive Peppermint Points for the amount of the gift certificate and will begin her journey of creativity! But – as a reward for your generosity….I’ll also give YOU the same number of Peppermint Points!! Win-win-WIN!!

So – two ideas – all doable today! Or even tomorrow!

Get after it, y’all. And then settle back, sip some peppermint hot chocolate and binge watch Christmas movies the rest of the day! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

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 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog or the 2017 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

My Next Online Host Club is About to Kick Off

If You Want in – Now’s the Time!

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

My next club will start up on 3 Jan (coincidently with the arrival of the 2018 Occasions Catalog and the start of Sale-A-Bration!) and I have a few openings available.

How does it work? Well – at a glance…

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

I’ll place our Shares order first jump out of the box on 3 Jan 18 and use expedited shipping so I get it back fast! Then I’ll get it all cut up, packaged and out the door quick as I can – hopefully during the week of 8 Jan!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

I’ve got a few options for you to pick from: a New Designer Series Paper Share, a New Ribbons/Embellishments Share, and an I Want It All Share (this one gets a free extra bonus!!). You can see everything included in each share type and find a handy sign-up sheet on my 2018 Occasions Catalog Shares page!

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!

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Categories: Christmas, Gifts, Online Host Club, Paper Pumpkin | Tags: Christmas Gift Ideas, Gift Certificates, Paper Pumpkin | Leave a comment

Stampin’ Up! Sweet Little Something Sneak Peek!

Posted on December 22, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Well – we made it! It’s Friday. And it’s a three-day weekend! And…it’s Christmas weekend! So…Yeah!!

I, since it’s Christmas, made a New Baby card today – I had my massage (finally – it’s been way too long!) today and my massage therapist has only been back at work for a week after having her daughter. So…I wanted to take her a little card.

The new Sweet Little Something stamp set (available 3 Jan) with it’s photo-realistic floppy-eared bunny, seemed like the perfect choice! Take a look-see:

Like so many of us, I do spend a little time on Pinterest and a wonderful card, from Danielle Bennenk, caught my eye. I tried to change it up a little – but…it’s so perfectly my kind of card, that…I just couldn’t improve on it! You can check out Danielle’s original right here! 🙂

This week’s Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge seemed like a great place to showcase my card!

I started with a panel of Very Vanilla card stock and stamped it with a very faint image of the Sheet Music Background stamp. I inked the stamp around the edges with a Crumb Cake-inked Sponge Dauber. And I didn’t add a lot of ink! I wanted it faded.

Then I sponged the edges with the same Sponge Dauber and Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Crumb Cake mat.

I stamped the adorable Sweet Little Something bunny on a piece of scrap Very Vanilla. This is a three-step image and, as usual, you want to start with the darkest ink color. Step 1 is stamped in Crumb Cake. Step 2 is stamped-off-once Powder Pink. And step 3 is in stamped-off-once Blushing Bride. Then I fussy cut it and lightly sponged the cut edges with the Crumb Cake Dauber.

I adhered a loop of Blushing Bride 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon to the card front with some Liquid Glue.

I put some Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back of my cut-out bunny and used them to wind some loops of Linen Thread around, then popped the whole thing over the Blushing Bride ribbon. The sentiment, from Sweet Little Something, is stamped on Very Vanilla in Crumb Cake. I snipped banners in the ends, sponged the edges with Crumb Cake, and adhered it over the bunny with Liquid Glue.

I added some little flower images from Sweet Little Something – aren’t they just too cute?!? – in Crumb Cake ink. Then, to top it all off, there’s a few Glitter Enamel Dots and a couple three Clear Faceted Gems. And the card was done!

On the inside, I repeated the very-light application of the Sheet Music image in Crumb Cake on a Very Vanilla panel. I sponged the edges and added a few more little Sweet Little Something flowers. The sentiment, stamped in Crumb Cake, is from the Flora and Flutter Paper Pumpkin stamp set (that’s really a great set, y’all!).

I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Crumb Cake mat and into my Powder Pink card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got another Sweet Little Something bunny peeking in on the front, plus some of the little flowers. And, since I still had the Paper Pumpkin stamp set handy, I thought an added little sentiment would be good…

…and then I added more flowers and a couple stamps of Sheet Music on the envelope flap.

Et Voila! Seriously, y’all – how cute is this Sweet Little Something bunny!? And, there are so many color combinations you could use – and all would be perfect! Hope you like – and are adding this one to your list!

TTFN

Mary

P.S. Let me know ASAP if you want one of the last spots in the Online Host Club – I’ll be sending all the information out to the members next week! And let me know if you want a Catalog Share!

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

Stampin’ Up! has added goodies and reduced prices…so head over to the Clearance Rack! where you’ll find savings up to 70% off!! So – take a minute and stock up! Merry Christmas to you!

My Next Online Host Club is About to Kick Off

If You Want in – Now’s the Time!

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Still Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

If you’re not a current customer of mine but would like to be, you can request your copies of the catalogs on my Contact page right here.

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

This second reservation window will remain open from December 5–30 and SU! will take as many orders as they receive (yay!) and not close the window until December 30.

I’ve got all the information over on my Promotions page – including a super little video with lots of information on this wonderful new stamp placement tool. Be sure to check it out – peruse the how-to-reserve-your-Stamparatus tutorial you’ll find there, and then get your reservation in before the 30th!!

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

Sweet Little Something will be available on 3 Jan!

Sheet Music Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143970]

$15.00

Powder Pink 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[144244]

$8.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

$6.50

Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144084]

$6.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$6.50

Powder Pink 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon

[144134]

$7.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Clear Faceted Gems

[144142]

$5.00

Glitter Enamel Dots

[144200]

$7.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

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

Crumb Cake Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front and inner liner); bunny cut-out

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

Finn and I spend a lot of time doing the pause-and-catch-up game.

It goes like this.

I’m driving the golf cart around the fence line – we’re “checking fence”. A job.

Finn is ensuring that no bugs or acorns are lurking in the leaves and bushes.

That’s a pretty time-consuming job, so I frequently have to pause, look back to see him, and then holler “Here” in my best command voice.

It’s the voice that says…now, please.

Only please is sort of…loose. 😉

He knows that voice and so he usually – like 9.5 times out of 10! – hauls his wiggle butt at light-speed to get to me and sit down by the cart.

It looks like this….

I tell myself it’s the command-voice.

Or his overwhelming desire to please me.

Reality? He wants a cookie.

I do seriously and firmly believe that he deliberately lags back so…I’ll call him so… he can race to me so…he can…and will!…get a cookie!

He’s something of a cookie-monster!

TTFN

Categories: Baby Shower, New Baby, Online Host Club, Ordering Special!, Retiring Products, Thinking Of You | Tags: 2018 Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek, Sheet Music stamp set, Sweet Little Something stamp set | 11 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Magical Day Suite Sneak Peek for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Posted on December 21, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Thursday, y’all – and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! It’s sketch week in the week before Christmas – so…what will we see today?? You’ll have to check out all the ladies’ projects when you get done here – and see for yourself!

Here’s our sketch…

I decided to not go with a Christmas card, cuz I’ve been wanting to play with the fun and pretty goodies in the Magical Day suite – which you’ll be able to get on 3 Jan in the Occasions Catalog! Take a look-see:

I used a couple of pieces of paper from the Myths & Magic Specialty DSP – this paper is gorgeous! All matte graphics on one side and shiny/glittery magical designs on the other!

I started with a matte Dapper Denim design, cut it to the size of the front of my card base and adhered it with Liquid Glue.

The next layer is Whisper White, that I embossed in the Seaside TIEF and matted on Pool Party card stock.

Using the next-to-largest die in the Lot of Labels Framelits, I cut a piece of turquoise Glimmer Paper from the Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper pack (you’ll get Iridescent, turquoise and light green in the pack!). Once I’d cut it with the die, I cut it in half and adhered it with Liquid Glue to the embossed Whisper White panel (that’s a trick to get a longer die cut!).

Next up? Another piece of the Myths & Magic Specialty DSP – one that looks suspiciously like bubbly water! – matted on Pool Party and popped onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Now – if you saw my post yesterday, you may recognize the Lemon Lime Twist leaves layer! Yep – that’s from the December Flora and Flutter Paper Pumpkin kit! I cut it down a little and used Liquid Glue around the edges to adhere it over the DSP.

I heat embossed three little mermaids from the Magical Day stamp set in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on some scrap Whisper White. They have a perfectly matching die in the Magical Mates Framelits and I cut them all out lickety-split.

I used Stampin’ Blends in Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie, Bronze and Ivory to color the little ladies. A brush with my Clear Wink of Stella gave them a fishy shine!

They’re all adhered with Liquid Glue, nestled in amongst the leaves.

My sentiment, from the All Things Thanks stamp set, is stamped in Bermuda Bay on Whisper White and cut with the new Tailored Tag Punch (avail 3 Jan!), then popped on with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I finished the card front off with some of the new Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins and tiny Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes (both avail on 3 Jan)!

I adhered more of the Dapper Denim paper from Myths & Magic Specialty DSP to the inside of my Basic Black card base. With my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, I stamped the sentiment from Magical Day in Bermuda Bay in the middle of a Whisper White panel. Across the bottom, in Lemon Lime Twist, I stamped the leaves from the Flora and Flutter Paper Pumpkin kit, stamping them a couple of times without re-inking. Then I added a few dots with my Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker and a couple of cute Bermuda Bay seahorses.

I added a few clear round shapes from the Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes, Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Pool Party mat and then into the card base. And that was it for the card!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got some more of the Lemon Lime Twist leaves and Magical Day Bermuda Bay seahorses across the front…

…and some of the watery paper from Myths & Magic on the envelope flap!

Et Voila! How cute is this Magical Day stamp set and the perfectly matching dies in the Magical Mates Framelits?? It’s also got unicorns, brave knights and crafty wizards on top of the mermaids!! Don’t think it’s only going to be good for kids’ cards – it’s perfect for whimsical and fun cards for anyone! Well – I think so! Hope you like!

Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hoppers 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

Jaimie Babarczy

Have fun on the Hop!!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

As was previously announced, this second reservation window will remain open from December 5–30; however, during this reservation period we will take as many orders as we receive (yay!) and not close the window until December 30. So whether the total number of reservations is 100 or 100,000, the window will stay open!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

The Magical Day stamp set, Magical Mates Framelits, Myths & Magic Specialty DSP, Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper Pack, Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins and the Clear & Glitter Epoxy Shapes will all be available on 3 Jan!

All Things Thanks Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143097]

$19.00

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

[138281]

$27.00

Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141481]

$8.50

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[121045]

$8.00

Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[122924]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144604]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144600]

$9.00

Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144605]

$9.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144599]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Bronze Stampin’ Blends Marker

[144607]

$4.50

Ivory Stampin’ Blends Marker

[144606]

$4.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144086]

$6.50

2017-2019 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers

[144033]

$15.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

$5.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

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

Pool Party Card Stock: 3 1/2″ x 4 7/8″ (mats for embossed Whisper White panel on front and inner liner); 3 5/8″ x 4 1/4″ (mat for Myths & Magic Panel on front);

Whisper White Card Stock: 3 3/8″ x 4 3/4″ (embossed panel on front and inner liner)

Myths & Magic Specialty DSP: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (panel on front and inner liner); 3 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ (smaller front panel); envelope flap

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

No FFF’s on Blog Hop Days!

Categories: Sneak peek, Thank You Cards | Tags: 2018 Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek, Magical Day stamp set, Magical Mates Framelits | 12 Comments

Stampin’ Up! December Paper Pumpkin Reveal!

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy HAWWWWMP Day, y’all! Hope your last week (only 5 shopping days remain!) before Christmas is going well! I just have a few odds and ends to tidy up and I’ll be ready to roll! We’ll pick up the Prime Rib on Saturday – yummmmmmm!! I have the world’s best – and most fool-proof! – way to cook the rib….I got hungry just typing this!

For today, I wanted to give you a look at the December Paper Pumpkin kit. Now – I don’t love every kit that comes to the door.

Shocked that I’d say so?

Think it thru – what are the odds that every single person who subscribes to Paper Pumpkin would LOVE every single kit they receive? We’re talking millions of folks, here…folks! In the immortal words of Sara Lee – you can’t please all of the people all of the time! So – we’re bound to occasionally get one we’re not head over heels for.

But. THIS one! This one is really cool!! Take a look-see at the Flora and Flutter kit:

I sat down to make my kit today and was done in just about an hour – with 8 cards and matching (and decorated!) envelopes!

Probably hard to see – but that’s Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper behind the lovely flowers and leaves.

The color scheme for this one is Crumb Cake, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Peekaboo Peach and Calypso Coral!

The kit is totally inclusive (except for the acrylic block – you’ll get that with your first month’s kit!) and this one even has pre-cut strips of tear-and-tape adhesive!

I did go a little beyond the basic card – stamping the inside of the card – with Crumb Cake leaves, Calypso Coral flowers and Berry Burst butterflies – all from the included stamp set…

And – you know me – no nekkid envelopes…

This is a really fun kit – and it has an awesome stamp set with it!!

Terrible picture. Sorry. You have Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Thank You, Hello and Have a Great Day. On top of the wonderful butterfly stamp and the leaves and flowers!

Paper Pumpkin is a great gift idea, y’all – and since we’re getting down to the last minute – let me give you a gifting idea!

A Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription makes for a wonderful and thoughtful gift for the holidays for the crafter (or budding crafter!) on your list! If you’ve got any questions about giving Paper Pumpkin I’d be happy to answer them…and I can even send you a printable gift certificate that you can fill out and wrap up for the recipient! Check out the different Prepaid options right here in my Online Store!

So – if you’re a subscriber – have a great time assembling your Flora and Flutter kit! If you need a gift…let me know!

Speaking of gifts – ask me about Gift Certificates! I’ll be happy to hook you up!

Have a great day, y’all!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

Only a Couple Spots Left in My Next Online Host Club – Let me Know if You Want One of Them…

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

My catalogs are here and they’ve headed out the door to my customers. If you’re not a current customer of mine but would like to be, you can request your copies of the catalogs on my Contact page right here. And – of course, when you place an order over $50, you’ll get one, too!

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

The past couple of mornings have been cool and foggy.

My favorite kind of weather – it reminds me of growing up in Southern CA. I loved that coastal fog!

Of course – I was a kid, so had no appreciation for the hazards of driving in such soup – I simply loved it – the muted sounds – the blurred…everything. 🙂

Finn and I did our morning runs in the fog.

I love how our pastures look in the fog…

…and I love the surprise of white-tails flipped in disdain at my goofy little dog “hunter”…

See them?

…I think I see ’em, Mom….

…yep…I definitely see those boogers!!…

He fancies himself quite the fierce predator.

He’s my…wait for it…”sunshine….on a foooggggyyyy daaaaayyyyy….”!!

You’re welcome. 🙂

TTFN

Categories: Online Host Club, Paper Pumpkin, Retiring Products, Shares, Sneak peek | Tags: December 2017 Paper Pumpkin sneak peek, Paper Pumpkin, Sneak peek | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Hanging Garden Fun Fold for the Stamp Ink Paper #130

Posted on December 19, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Hey, y’all! Welcome to Tuesday and another fun challenge from Stamp Ink Paper!

Our Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #130 this week is a theme challenge…Just Say No To Christmas!

I was glad to have a solid excuse to not do a Christmas card today – you know, other than the obvious it’s-pretty-late-to-try-to-send-a-Christmas-Card reason! And it really opened the door for another 2018 Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek!

I picked the beautiful Hanging Garden stamp set for today’s fun-fold card. And I paired it up with the True Gentleman DSP. Take a look-see:

Looks pretty standard, doesn’t it? Well – it’s hiding a little secret. A secret that I saw on Lisa Curcio’s blog site. It’s a double-front card – check what happens when you raise up the circle art panel… It’s a second card front!

There’s still more to reveal, so read on!

I rather loosely used the sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps to help me make my – double! – card front!

I started with a Very Vanilla card base – regular A2 size – and cut the front panel off at 2 7/8″ from the fold. Card base #1!

Then I cut a second Very Vanilla card base at 3 7/8″ x 10 1/4″ and scored/folded it at 5 1/8″. I Fast Fuse’d a Tranquil Tide card stock mat to the inside of the larger card base #1 and then Fast Fuse’d the back panel of the smaller card base #2 to that.

Did that even sort of make sense?

I matted a small rectangle of the True Gentleman DSP (avail 3 Jan) on a Tranquil Tide mat and then to the short front piece on the outer card.

My art piece is a Very Vanilla panel cut with the largest of the Stitched Shapes Framelits circle dies. On that, I stamped one of the pretty hanging baskets from the Hanging Garden stamp set (avail 3 Jan) in Versamark. I sprinkled it with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it with my Heat Tool.

I used Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy and Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write Markers to color the basket and then stamped some Tranquil Tide butterflies (from Hanging Garden) around the basket.

I matted the circle on a Tranquil Tide scalloped circle cut with the Circles Layering Framelits and then popped it onto the short card front panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels and a tiny Linen Thread bow and the card front (the first one!) was done!

On the second card front, I added a length of 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon with some Liqud Glue. Over that, I added a sentiment banenr – cut from Very Vanilla and stamped in Night of Navy with the sentiment from Hanging Garden. The ends are snipped with my Paper Snips and I edged it with my Tranquil Tide Marker. And that was it for card front #2!

On the inside – which is the inside of the inner card (card base #2 – LOL), I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp a second sentiment from Hanging Garden in Night of Navy. I added another butterfly image in Tranquil Tide – and that was it! The card-within-a-card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more Tranquil Tide Hanging Garden butterflies on the front…

…and some more of the True Gentleman DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila! Isn’t Hanging Garden a gorgeous stamp set!? It’s got wonderful sentiments and beautiful images – winner winner! I love the True Gentleman DSP, too – so subtle and quiet!

And this is a fun – and easy! – fun fold that will surprise your recipients! Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

Stampin’ Up! has added goodies and reduced prices…so head over to the Clearance Rack! where you’ll find savings up to 70% off!! So – take a minute and stock up! Merry Christmas to you!

Only a Couple Spots Left in My Next Online Host Club

Let me Know if You Want One of Them…

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Still Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

If you’re not a current customer of mine but would like to be, you can request your copies of the catalogs on my Contact page right here.

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

This second reservation window will remain open from December 5–30 and SU! will take as many orders as they receive (yay!) and not close the window until December 30.

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

The Hanging Garden stamp set and True Gentleman DSP will be available on 3 Jan!

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[144246]

$8.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$35.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144085]

$6.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

$5.00

2017-2019 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers

[144033]

$15.00

Regals Stampin’ Write Markers

[131262]

$29.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$5.00

5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$7.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base #1, scored and folded at 5 1/2″ and cut at ); 3 7/8″ x 10 1/4″ (inner card base #2, scored and folded at 5 1/8″); 2 7/8″ Stitched Shapes Circle (art circle); 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ (sentiment banner)

Tranquil Tide Card Stock: 2 5/8″ x 4″ (mat for small True Gentleman DSP panel on front); 3 3/4″ x 5″ (mat for second card front); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for back of card base #2); 3″ scalloped circle (mat for art circle)

True Gentleman DSP: 2 1/2″ x 3 7/8″ (front DSP panel); 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ (card front #2); envelope flap

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

We Hoo-mans are creatures of habit.

Finn and I start the day with coffee (me) and a little nap (him).

We brush our teeth (me) and put on our collars (him).

We set out the buckets (me) and check for any new tasty bites on the aisle floor (him).

The ponies come in and eat and we drive the golf cart around the fenceline (me) and check for wascle-y squirrels/ducks/deer/bugs (him).

Upon returning to the house to wait for the horses to finish their breakfast, we have another cup of coffee (me) and survey our world from the seat of the golf cart (him).

Every day.

With few exceptions! I invite him to come in with me and he quite politely (but firmly) declines.

Guess he’s a Hoo-man of habit, too.

TTFN

Categories: Encouragement, Friendship, Fun Fold card, Get Well Soon, Just Because, Ordering Special!, Retiring Products, Thinking Of You | Tags: 2018 Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek, Encouragement Card, Friendship Card, Hanging Garden stamp set | 16 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Cake Soiree Sneak Peek Fun Fold Birthday

Posted on December 18, 2017 by stampsnlingers

I’m not even going to mention that today is one week – exactly! – before Christmas! About this time next week, kids will be tearing down stairs and jumping on beds waking parents and anxious to see what Santa brought!

With any luck, the Post Office Santa will deliver the packages I’m sending TODAY (late much, Mary!?!) before Christmas.

And – to be clear – I mean THIS Christmas!! 😉

I hope you’re all ready and just settling back and enjoying the season at this point! And – to help make it even merrier…head over to the Clearance Rack! Stampin’ Up! just announced a refresh of the goodies – with savings up to 70% off!! So – take a minute and stock up! Merry Christmas to you!

If you were able to join me last night for my Facebook Live video, thanks so much (and many apologies for the repeat of the “the internet incident”! I do not know what the deal is! 🙁 ) – I appreciate you spending part of your last-Sunday-before-Christmas with me! If not, but you’d like to see the re-play, here’s the link to it on YouTube (sorry that the first 10 min is gone)!

I used the coming-to-the-2018-Occaisons-Catalog bundle called Cake Soiree to make a fun-fold Birthday card. Take a look-see:

This is a pretty easy fold to do – all the “hard” work is in a couple of cuts for the front! All of which I show on the video! 🙂

One of the cool new goodies in the 2018 Occasions Catalog is the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit. It contains printed card stock flower and number cut outs, silver-embossed Vellum cut-outs, some pretty tassels and mini clothespins, a length of Marina Mist 3/8″ Scalloped Velvet Ribbon and some silver Washi Tape. In a word – it’s awesome!

I used parts of the kit for this card – the Daffodil Delight cake on the front and the Silver Embossed Vellum flowers I decorated it with. On the inside, those gorgeous flowers are some of the larger Vellum flowers – colored with my Stampin’ Blends in Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry. I cut a rose from Silver Foil with the die in the Sweet Cake Framelits and added that, too.

On the inside, I stamped the cake image from Cake Soiree in Versamark on the inside of the cake cutout and heat embossed it in Silver. Then I colored it with my Blends!

The sentiment on the front and inner liner are from a single sentiment stamp in Cake Soiree. They’re both heat embossed in Silver.

I decorated a Whisper White Medium Envelope with one of the beautiful card stock cut out flowers in the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit – adhering it with Liquid Glue…

…and then I embossed the envelope flap in the same Petal Pairs TIEF that I used on the card front and sponged it with Daffodil Delight and Lemon Lime Twist.

Et Voila! I know it’s hard to see how to make this with words and pictures – so do take a minute to watch the video! And be adding all these wonderful goodies from the Sweet Soiree Suite to your wish list for January! Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

Only a Couple Spots Left in My Next Online Host Club – Let me Know if You Want One of Them…

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

The Cake Soiree stamp set and Sweet Cake Framelits, plus the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit, will all be available on 3 Jan!

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[131201]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$4.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144086]

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Rich Razzleberry Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker

[144583]

$4.50

Pool Party Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker

[144594]

$4.50

Calypso Coral Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker

[144044]

$4.50

Old Olive Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker

[144573]

$4.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$5.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$5.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

$30.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Thick Whisper White Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″ and cut/scored at 2 1/8″ on the front panel);

Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/8″ (mat for inner liner)

Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

Finn and I’ve been working on some agility “moves”.

Well. I’m “working”. He’s playing! Which is how training should be for the dog-partner, yes?

One of the things is sending him to jump onto flat surfaces and wait.

So – I send him to whatever I can find.

He goes. Turns. Watches me for the “click” and the cookie.

It’s all about the cookies. 🙂

Is it just me, or does it look like he’s wondering…what kind of loon for a mother did I get, anyway??

Or is that just …sheesh, Mom, hurry up with that cookie!

TTFN

Categories: Feminine, Happy Birthday, Online Host Club, Retiring Products, Shares, Sneak peek | Tags: 2018 Sale-A-Bration sneak peek, Birthday Card, Cake Soiree stamp set, Sneak peek, Sweet Cake Framelits | 12 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Cake Soiree Video Sneak Peek

Posted on December 17, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all! Do you realize that Christmas Eve is ONE WEEK from today?! Holy Smokes!

I have managed to progress to about an October-level of readiness, so…there’s that. With luck I’ll get everything packaged up today and out the door tomorrow.

Oh wait. I still have to bake….

sigh….

Be that as it may – tonight I’ll be hanging with you guys on my Facebook Live video! Whoo-hoo! I’m making a fun-fold Birthday card with the Cake Soiree bundle from the 2018 Occasions Catalog. Take a sneaky peek:

I’ll be Live at 8pm Eastern on my Stamps-N-Lingers Facebook page – here’s a link!

Hope your day goes well – and that I’ll see you tonight! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

Only a Couple Spots Left in My Next Online Host Club – Let me Know if You Want One of Them…

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

I just have one picture today.

It’s a glamour shot.

Think…Lassie on the hillside…a valiant war dog awaiting his master…White Fang….

TTFN

Categories: Feminine, Happy Birthday, Online Host Club, Retiring Products, Shares, Sneak peek, Sympathy | Tags: 2018 Sale-A-Bration sneak peek, Cake Soiree stamp set, Sneak peek, Video Tutorial sneak peek | 4 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Heartfelt Blooms Sneak Peak!

Posted on December 16, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Weekend! Hope you’ve got big plans.

Or…no plans! Whatever will make you happy this weekend is what I hope for you!

I want to share a most gorgeous stamp set with y’all.

Hmm. Not much to look at, really. Hard to know how that could turn into a beautiful card, isn’t it?

Well – this is a photorealistic stamp set made using a special process (only from Stampin’ Up! OBTW). Stampin’ Up! made a quick little video – featuring Brandy Barnard – showing how cool this stamp set is. Check it out!

Fun, yes?

Well, after I watched the video, I took a couple of Brandy’s ideas and ran with them to make…this. Take a look-see:

I pulled my color scheme from the challenge at the Color Throwdown.

I started with a Crumb Cake panel and inked up the gorgeous Heartfelt Blooms stamp in Crumb Cake and stamped it several times across the panel. Then I matted it on Pear Pizzazz.

For the art panel, I stamped the large flower image in Sweet Sugarplum in the corner of a Whisper White panel. At the same time, I stamped it again on a second piece of Whisper White. I also stamped it once in Pear Pizzazz on the scrap Whisper White.

With those two images, I fussy cut the large Sweet Sugarplum daisy and the adjacent Pear Pizzazz leaf and sponged the edges of each fussy cut image. With my Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend, I colored the middle of the daisy.

I matted the art panel on Pear Pizzazz and adhered it to the card front with Fast Fuse. With my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to guide me, I stamped the Heartfelt Blossoms sentiment in Crumb Cake ink. Then I wrapped some Linen Thread sort of casually (that’s designer-speak for “sloppily”!!), securing it on the back with scotch tape.

I adhered the fussy cut leaf with Liquid Glue over the same leaf in the stamped image. Then I popped the Sweet Sugarplum flower on with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. With my Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker, I added some little dots around the flowers – just to sort of bring them out! 🙂

I tied my new go-to bow – the gorgeous (and deliberately “casual” 🙂 ) Billie Moan bow and stuck it on just so with a Glue Dot. And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I stamped the flower image again in the corner of a Whisper White panel and colored the center with my Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend.

I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Pear Pizzazz mat and into my Crumb Cake card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Sweet Sugarplum flower on the front – on this one I colored the center with my Light Daffodil Delight Blend…

…and repeated that again on the envelope flap a couple of times.

Et Voila! Amazing how this easy-to-overlook stamp “blossoms” when you just add ink! Heartfelt Blossoms, like Brandy said, won’t be available to buy. Nope – even better! You’ll be able to get it for free during Sale-A-Bration! Start making your lists, folks! Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 16 DEC – 31 DEC: 4XMKUCKG

Only a Couple Spots Left in My Next Online Host Club – Let me Know if You Want One of Them…

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

Heartfelt Blossoms will be available for free with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Braiton!

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[131201]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

$6.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

$6.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers

[131261]

$23.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Crumb Cake Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11′ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front)

Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3″ x 4 1/4″ (mat for art panel)

Whisper White Card Stock: 2 7/8″ x 4 1/8″ (art panel); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

Fleas.

Friday was Fleas Day.

Fleas Day actually started at about 9:30 the night before when I discovered the little….bugs…on my kitty, Leo.

I said a bad word (okay – three or four) and rolled the Man over on his back.

Yep. Buried there in all his skirting and pantaloons….FLEAS!

So. Friday became Fleas Day. You know the drill. Pull all the dog beds outside. Vacuum said beds. Spray them with flea killer. Wash. Twice. Spray flea killer all over the house. avoiding the dog and cats. Vacuum. Thankfully this was Sonya’s day, so she did the vacuuming.

And then – the Capstar. The kill-’em-right-this-minute-cuz-we-hate-’em pill. Got it in the cats and Finn. Psst – don’t tell him I used a cat pill pocket for his pill, okay?

Poor baby. I guess the fleas weren’t too happy about the Capstar and took it out on him. He went crazy itching!

Solution?

Yep – another trip to the Puppy Tubs. This time with a flea shampoo surcharge…

He wasn’t impressed.

But he sat bravely for the blow dryer this time.

I said bravely. Not happily!

When we got home, he felt lots better. Still got some itches here and there, but…I hope we’re on the downhill side of Fleas Day.

Cuz…I hate Fleas Day! And so does the Man! 🙁

TTFN

Categories: Encouragement, Feminine, Friendship, Just a Note, Just Because, Online Host Club, Retiring Products, Shares, Sneak peek, Sympathy | Tags: 2018 Sale-A-Bration sneak peek, Heartfelt Blossoms stamp set, Sneak peek | 22 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Celebrate You with a Sweet Soiree Sneak Peak Birthday!

Posted on December 15, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – it’s Friday!! And no snow in sight for us. Whoo-Hoo!!

I decided I was going to give Christmas cards a rest – at least for a minute! – so I made a birthday card. And it’s not even a Christmas-y birthday card! Instead – it’s a straight up sneak peek from the 2018 Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration flyer! These goodies will be available on 3 Jan! 🙂

I used the Sweet Soiree Memories & More Card Pack – which is a FREE item (with a $50 purchase) in the SAB flyer and the Celebrate You Thinlits (also free in SAB – but at the $100 level). On the inside, you’ll see a sentiment from the Sweet Soiree stamp set from the Occasions catalog. Take a look-see:

My color scheme is from this week’s Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge.

I started by matting a piece of Whisper White card stock on a Basic Black panel for the card front. I wrapped a length of Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon around the panel, securing it in the back with scotch tape.

Then I took two likely cards – these are the smaller cards (3″ x 4″) – from the Sweet Soiree Memories & More Card Pack (avail 3 Jan). The top panel I colored with my Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker, and my Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay Light and Dark Stampin’ Blends!

I matted both cards on Basic Black and adhered them to the card front with Liquid Glue.

For the sentiment, I cut both words in Basic Black from the Celebrate You Thinlits. Y’all – the three dies in this set are so cool!! You’re going to love them!

I adhered the words with Liquid Glue.

I used Glue Dots to adhere a few Petal Passion Embellishments (avail 3 Jan) to the card front, as well as a little Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon bow. A few Black Rhinestone Jewels (from the Holiday Catalog) finished it off!

On the inside, I used a sentiment from the Sweet Soiree stamp set (available 3 Jan) – coloring it with my Basis Black and Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Markers and aligning it with my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. I added a couple of branches (from Sweet Soiree) in Daffodil Delight and a single Black Rhinestone.

I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Basic Black mat and into my Lemon Lime Twist card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got more of the Sweet Soiree branches in Daffodil Delight – and I filled in the little berries with the Light and Dark Daffodil Delight Blends (don’t forget the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig plastic sheet to protect your envelope!)…

…and it got more of the same on the envelope flap.

But – I didn’t take that picture. Huh?!? Well – they look exactly the same as the ones on the front! Sorry! 😉

Et Voila! Don’t miss out on Memories & More Card Packs – any of them! – just because you might not be a scrapbooker! They have so many wonderful sentiment cards and decorative cards – that they can be really perfect for card making! And these just so happen to be FREE during Sale-A-Bration! My favorite price! And there’s lots more to see in the Sweet Soiree suite, too – so be watching for more sneak peeks as we get closer to 3 Jan! Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary

P.S. Don’t forget to get your Occasions Catalog Shares reserved – and get you a spot in one of my Online Host Clubs!

HOST CODE FOR 1 DEC – 15 DEC: 43XZQJ9P

My Next Online Host Club Has a Few Openings!

Sale-A-Bration is Coming and that’s a GREAT time to get Host Benefits!

Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!

You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:

Place a $25.00 minimum order each month
Place your order by the 20th of each month
Use the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

And what do you get in return?

Based on a random draw, you’ll be the “host” for one of the six months
In your month, you’ll be guaranteed a workshop total of $150 – meaning no less than $15 in Stampin’ Rewards for you to spend!
In your Host month, your order ships FREE!
When you place a host club order – which you’ll do each month – you’ll get DOUBLE peppermints for that order! So – if all you did was place your $25 order for the six months, you’d end up with 12 Peppermints. Most folks end up with all 16 (and then some) – and earn a free $40 gift!
At the end of the club, you’ll get to choose a free stamp set up to $20!
And – you get first dibs on the next Online Club!
FREE monthly tutorial with 4-5 projects – and access to all the past tutorials on my website!
FREE catalogs during your membership term

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Let me know quick – spots are filling up fast!

2018 Occasions Catalog Shares are Now Open!

What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…

Do You Need an Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog?!

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

The Sweet Soiree stamp set and Peral Passion Embellishments will be available in the Occasions Catalog and the Sweet Soiree Memories & More Card Pack and Celebrate You Thinlits are in the Sale-A-Bration Flyer! All of these will be available on 3 Jan!

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[144245]

$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

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144600]

$9.00

2017-2019 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers

[144033]

$15.00

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers

[131259]

$29.00

Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker

[100082]

$3.50

Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon

[144234]

$7.00

Black Rhinestone Jewels

[144639]

$5.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

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

Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3 1/8″ x 4 1/8″ (mats for panels on front)

Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5″ (card front and inner liner)

Sweet Soiree Memories & More Card Pack: 2 – 3″ x 4″ cards for the front

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Finn Fan Fix

So – the other day, it was chilly here in Hot-lanta.

Like…I had on a t-shirt, a long-sleeve shirt, a hoody, my Carhart bibs and an insulated hoody over all that.

Me. The one that’s always too hot.

Which should confirm for you that it was cold.

I needed to clean the girls’ water trough – so, I dumped and rinsed it with the hose.

The Man, who is (apparently!!) completely impervious to cold, took the opportunity to have a little play…

For a while…

…getting his face totally soaked in the process…

He truly only quit because I finally had to just turn off the hose!

I was laughing so hard I almost…well. I’d had a bottle of Diet Mt. Dew….

‘Nuff said.

TTFN

Categories: Feminine, Happy Birthday, Online Host Club, Retiring Products, Shares | Tags: Celebrate You Thinlits, Sweet Soiree Memories & More, Sweet Soiree stamp set | 17 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Quilted Smitten Mittens Gift Box for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Posted on December 14, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Thursday, y’all – and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! Well, it’s darned near Christmas and we’ve got a pretty classic color challenge for you and for the season! Will everyone go Christmas or…?? Be sure to check out all the projects when you get done here – and see for yourself!

So, I don’t know about y’all – but my Christmas readiness level is about where it should be.

If it was September! 🙁

Which means that quick and easy is high on my list right now. Thankfully, we’ve got our Mini Pizza Boxes and pretty Quilted Christmas DSP and the Smitten Mittens Bundle (but its retiring so grab it up!) to help. Take a look-see!

These little beauties are just right for a piece of jewelry, or a gift card, or a cookie (they’re even food safe on the inside!). So…basically…perfect for all your Christmas packaging.

So…buckle-up, buttercup…you’ll be done in a hot second.

I cut a piece of Gold Foil for a mat and a slightly smaller piece of Quilted Christmas DSP and adhered them together with Liquid Glue. I made a little “present” by wrapping a couple lengths of Cherry Cobbler (yes, not Real Red. My bad!) 1/4″ Double Stitched Ribbon around it – securing the ends in the back with a Glue Dot.

On a piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped two Cherry Cobbler mittens from the Smitten Mittens stamp set and cut them with their matching dies in the Many Mittens Framelits. I stamped some ric-rac “trim” across the top in Cherry Cobbler and embossed both mittens with the fun little embossing die in the Framelits.

The snowflakes are cut from some more of the plaid Quilted Christmas DSP with the snowflake die in the Many Mittens set and adhered with Liquid Glue.

I stuck a large Gold Faceted Gem on each mitten and adhered the first on with Liquid Glue – sliding it under the ribbon. On the second mitten, I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler, then popped it on with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

See that gold Mini Tinsel? That’s a sneak peek from the new 2018 Occasions Catalog – it comes in the Love Mini Tinsel Trim Combo Pack, paired with a roll of Powder Pink Tinsel. Pretty!

I tied a double-length bow and adhered it with a Glue Dot, popped the whole thing on the top of my Mini Pizza Box with some more Stampin’ Dimensionals and…done! Ready to fill with whatever strikes your fancy! There are so many possibilities with these Mini Pizza Boxes – and I love the little Smitten Mittens tags, don’t you? Hope you like!

Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hoppers 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

Jaimie Babarczy

Have fun on the Hop!!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 1 DEC – 15 DEC: 43XZQJ9P

The Great Year-End Sale Is Underway!

Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!

Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….

Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!

THE RESERVATION WINDOW IS OPEN!

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Gold Mini Tinsel will be available on 3 Jan 18!