Happy Hawmp Day, y’all! This is sort of a cool day for me – I think I mentioned on a Sunday video that I’d been invited to be a guest Tutorial Author on SplitCoast Stampers. And this is the day my tutorial goes live! 🙂
The card that I made for the tutorial – Dina Kowal asked me to do a Shutter Gate Card for it – was made with the new Country Home stamp set and Country Lane DSP. Take a look-see:
Good mornin’, y’all – welcome to another edition of Amy’s Inkin’ Krew team blog hop! Each month we make projects centered around a theme – and this month we’re doing Halloween Fun! We can interpret that any way we want – so…be sure to check and see everyone’s projects – we’ve got a bunch of talented ladies hopping with us this month!
Before I get going – let’s just acknowledge the historical import of this day in the history of our Country. I know I will always remember that day – where I was, what we were doing, what I felt as I raced to work – hoping my boss/friend hadn’t already gotten on an airplane and that the folks I knew were in D.C weren’t at the Pentagon. I know y’all remember it as well. As we must. We must never – ever – forget.
So – okay. On with the card.
I pulled out the Cauldron Bubble stamp set and bundled Cauldron Framelits – paired them with some Toil & Trouble DSP and some Spooky Bats Punch shapes. Take a look-see at the Double Easel Fun Fold that I created with them!
What I love about Double-Easels is that – with just an extra piece or two of card stock and a few extra score-and-folds, you’ve got a WOW card!
I started with the Double Easel in Basic Black. I cut a piece at 4″ x 10 1/4″ and scored and folded it at 5 1/4″ x 7 3/4″. Then I matted three pieces of new Toil & Trouble DSP on Granny Apple Green and adhered them to the easel.
I cut a piece of Copper Glimmer Paper from the Joyous Noel 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper Pack with my Circle Layering Framelits and adhered it to the front “mountain” fold with Liquid Glue on just the bottom portion.
I stamped the sweet little witch from Cauldron Bubble in Tuxedo Black on a piece of Whisper White and colored her with my Light and Dark Smoky Slate, Highland Heather, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie and Pineapple Punch Stampin’ Blends. Then I cut her out with the matching die in the Cauldron Framelits. I also cut a cauldron and a kitty from one of the pieces of Toil & Trouble DSP (how cool is that?!).
I scooped up a little Shimmery White Embossing Paste and colored it with a drop of Granny Apple Green Ink Refill – then I sort of piled it onto the “stuff” pouring out the top of the cauldron – I used a toothpick to build it up!
From some Black Foil, I cut a spider web from a Cauldron Thinlit and a few Spooky Bats punched shapes.
I used Liquid Glue to build the little “scene”. Yep – no dimensionals….yet! 😉
I removed the “hangar” from a Spider Trinket and adhered him with a Glue Dot to the Black Foil spider web. The sentiment, from Cauldron Bubble is stamped in Highland Heather on Whisper White and snipped out. I used a Glue Dot to adhere two of the words to the bubbly stuff.
Across the large panel, I adhered a length of new Black 5/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon, using a couple of Glue Dots to adhere it to the back of the panel. Then I added a new Snowflakes & Stars Wire Element with a Glue Dot and another Spooky Bat with some Liquid Glue. A bow, adhered with a Glue Dot, finished it off.
On the inside, I stamped the cauldron from Cauldron Bubble in Tuxedo Black on a Whisper White panel, then I colored it with my Light and Dark Smoky Slate, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends. I added the rest of the fussy cut sentiment words with Liquid Glue and stamped the second Cauldron Bubble sentiment underneath in Tuxedo Black.
I matted the panel on Granny Apple Green and Basic Black with Liquid Glue and then adhered the panel into my Highland Heather card base, popped the double-easel card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Cauldron on the front….
…and some more star-strewn Toil & Trouble DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Now – it appears there are a lot of steps here – and there sort of are. But – those are “cake decorating” steps. The “cake” itself (the actual double-easel) is easy peasy. I just sort of got carried away with all the fun goodies in the Cauldron Bubble bundle and the spooky-cool Toil & Trouble DSP! You can make your double-easel as simple or complex as you like. Just….MAKE a double-easel! Hope you like!
Now that you’ve seen my card, I hope you’ll take a little time to jump thru all the other projects we have to share. Click any name below, or you can use the Previous Blog button to jump to Julie’s page or the Next Blog button to see what Karen’s been up to!
Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!
Have fun on the hop! 🙂
TTFN
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 any active catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
The new 2018 Holiday Catalog is Amaze-balls!! If you haven’t seen it yet, click on the cover image to open up a PDF of the catalog.
If you aren’t one of my customers but would like to be and need a copy of the catalog mailed to you, fill out the form on my Stampin’ Up! Catalogs page and I’ll get a copy in the mail to you ASAP!
Host a Workshop or place an order of $250 or more (total before shipping and tax) in the month of September, and get the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper FREE. The Dashing Along Designer Series Paper is in addition to the Stampin’ Rewards you’ll earn!
Find all the details (and how to get this pretty paper for yourself!) at my Stampin’ Up! Promotions Page!
All that ordering you did in August is about to PAY OFF!! It’s time to start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons! Of course – you CAN wait until the 5th and redeem them on 2018 Holiday Catalog goodies! Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page.
So – here’s a handy flyer to walk you thru redeeming your coupons in my Online Store – click it to make it big enough for humans! 🙂
Highland Heather Card Stock: 4 1/2″ x 11″ (card front, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ x 10 1/4″ (double-easel panel – scored and folded at 5 1/4″ x 7 3/4″); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner)
Granny Apple Green Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mat for large front DSP panel); 3 7/8″ x 2 3/8″ (x2 – mats for smaller front DSP panels); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (second mat for inner liner)
Whisper White Card Stock: Cauldron Framelits die cuts; 3 3/4″ x 5″ (inner liner)
Toil & Trouble DSP: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (large front DSP panel); 3 3/4″ x 2 1/4″ (x 2 – smaller front DSP panels); envelope flap
Joyous Noel 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper: 2 5/8″ circle (“moon”)
Black Foil Sheets: Spooky Bats punched shapes; Cauldron Thinlits die cut spider web
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!
Finn Fan Fix
No FFFs on Blog Hop Days!
TTFN
Mary
Well – it’s back.
Monday, that is! Bleh!
Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for the week.
Don’t suppose it really matters if you’re NOT ready, cuz…
Yep. It’s gonna happen!
If you were able to join me last night for my FB live video – thanks for spending part of your weekend with me! We had a good time, I think! If you weren’t able to be with us, but would like to see how to make today’s Fun Fold, here’s the link to the Memorex version on YouTube!
The Peekaboo fun fold is kind of all over Pinterest and YouTube right now – lots of videos to watch. Which I did! And then I made my own!
I’ve actually made two now, both with the new Cauldron Bubble stamp set and some fun DSP from the Toil & Trouble DSP in the 2018 Holiday Catalog. Take a look-see.
This is the one I gave you the sneak peek of yesterday morning – all Black and Highland Heather and Smoky Slate!
Then I changed up the DSP and the color scheme in the video.
For both of them – I did some tone-on-tone stamping on the front with the cat or ghost image from Cauldron Bubble – Pumpkin Pie on Pumpkin Pie or Highland Heather on Highland Heather!
This kind of card is a lot easier to ‘splain in a video (which I do!) – so I’ll just share a few more pictures – and the card cuts are all down below!
I used the new and oh-so-cool Black 5/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon and some Black Foil on both cards, as well as the adorable (and not even a little bit scary!) Spider Trinkets!
You can see that the layout is the same…
…as is the technique to make the mechanism work!
As usual, I decorated my Whisper White Medium Envelopes with images that coordinate with my cards…
…and I added the matching Toil & Trouble DSP to the envelope flaps!
Et Voila! So – this is SUCH a fun card – with a surprise for your recipient when they open it up! And – since it’s really pretty easy to make – you NEED to do one for yourself! The video shows you how to “make the cake” – and I’ve used Halloween themed images from Cauldron Bubble and the Toil & Trouble DSP to “decorate the cake”. But – you can make your cake and decorate it however you like – Thanksgiving! Christmas! Just-cuz-it’s Tuesday!! Have fun with it. Hope you like!
TTFN
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 any active catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
The new 2018 Holiday Catalog is Amaze-balls!! If you haven’t seen it yet, click on the cover image to open up a PDF of the catalog.
If you aren’t one of my customers but would like to be and need a copy of the catalog mailed to you, fill out the form on my Stampin’ Up! Catalogs page and I’ll get a copy in the mail to you ASAP!
I’ve put together some special money-saving bundles for you from this awesome and wonderful catalog! You’ll get a bunch of goodies, shipped directly to you! And you’re going to save a pretty penny, too!
When you order one bundle, you’ll get the new Swirls & Curls TIEF for…FREE! Buy multiple bundles….and you’ll get the Swirls & Curls TIEF for free PLUS I’m going to add in a SURPRISE gift! 😉
We’ve got some Fall bundles, a few Christmas bundles, and a Halloween Bundle. Take a look-see:
#1- Making Christmas Bright Bundle- $100
#2 – Santa’s Workshop Bundle- $126
#3 – Joyous Noel Bundle- $77
#4 – Festive Farmhouse Bundle- $110
#5 – Country Lane Bundle- $84
#6 – Frosted Floral Bundle (6a – Wood – $129) or (6b – Clear – $123)
#7- Toil & Trouble Bundle (7a – Wood – $113) or (7b – Clear – $106)
Check out what goodies are in each bundle – and get signed up for yours today! There’s a handy Order Form right here on my Stamps-N-Lingers 2018 Holiday Catalog Bundles
Host a Workshop or place an order of $250 or more (total before shipping and tax) in the month of September, and get the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper FREE. The Dashing Along Designer Series Paper is in addition to the Stampin’ Rewards you’ll earn!
Find all the details (and how to get this pretty paper for yourself!) at my Stampin’ Up! Promotions Page!
I promise – this kit won’t give you nightmares, but you WILL be haunted by the spooky box, wrapped in a whimsical spider web. And the contents? Not scary . . . just adorable, and everything you’ll need for FUN Halloween crafting!! It’s a real “treat”!
Yep – the September kit is all about the Treats! PACKAGING the treats, that is! 🙂
Not wild about Halloween? Prefer cards? Well… As with every Paper Pumpkin kit, September’s kit can be repurposed. For instance, you can add cardstock and make some cards! This kit’s coordinating colors are: Mango Melody, Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black
Promotion Details
So…if you’re ready to get spooky crafty fun coming to you in a Paper Pumpkin box, you can either sign up for a subscription where you’re billed monthly for your kit or you can purchase a prepaid subscription in my online store. For more information and to sign up for the monthly subscription, click here. Or, check out the options for prepaid subscriptions in my online store, click here.
All that ordering you did in August is about to PAY OFF!! It’s time to start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons! Of course – you CAN wait until the 5th and redeem them on 2018 Holiday Catalog goodies!
Here’s the deets:
So – here’s a handy flyer to walk you thru redeeming your coupons in my Online Store – click it to make it big enough for humans! 🙂
Highland Heather or Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: 4 1/2″ x 8 1/4″ (card front, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 4 1/4″ x 5 3/4″ (card back, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Smoky Slate of Lemon Lime Twist Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ (inner card liner, scored and folded at 4 1/4″; 2 1/2″ scallop circle with 2″ Circle Punch cut out (frames on card front and inside)
Whisper White Card Stock: 2″ Circle Punch (inside sentiments); Front sentiments cut to fit
Black Foil: Starburst Punch with 2″ Circle Punch cut out (frames on card front and inside); 1 5/8″ x 4 1/4″ (mat for front DSP strip)
Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ square (mats for inside)
Toil & Trouble DSP: 1 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ (DSP strip on front); 4″ square (inside); envelope flap
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!
Finn Fan Fix
We cut and chopped shares this weekend!
The men in my life (well…two of the four men in my life!) dealt with the work quite…differently.
Guess which one is going to Greece with me next year?!?
Just sayin’!
TTFN
Mary
Happy Sunday! Hope you’re having a great weekend!
We did some share chopping yesterday – got most of the paper shares in the mail. Today is ribbon winding and chopping – and, when we get done, maybe a trip to Costco? Time will tell!
Tonight we’ll be making a card together – at least, I HOPE all y’all will be able to join me – on my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page. It’s a Fun Fun-fold (which I suppose would be an F3Card?). And it may or may not be THIS exact card – the fun fold will be the same, but…we may do Thanksgiving. Or…Christmas! Take a Sneaky Peek!
It’ll all depend on my mood as we approach 8pm eastern!
Only time will tell.
I do hope you can join me! 8pm. Eastern. Here!
TTFN
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 any active catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
The new 2018 Holiday Catalog is Amaze-balls!! If you haven’t seen it yet, click on the cover image to open up a PDF of the catalog.
If you aren’t one of my customers but would like to be and need a copy of the catalog mailed to you, fill out the form on my Stampin’ Up! Catalogs page and I’ll get a copy in the mail to you ASAP!
I’ve put together some special money-saving bundles for you from this awesome and wonderful catalog! You’ll get a bunch of goodies, shipped directly to you! And you’re going to save a pretty penny, too!
When you order one bundle, you’ll get the new Swirls & Curls TIEF for…FREE! Buy multiple bundles….and you’ll get the Swirls & Curls TIEF for free PLUS I’m going to add in a SURPRISE gift! 😉
We’ve got some Fall bundles, a few Christmas bundles, and a Halloween Bundle. Take a look-see:
#1- Making Christmas Bright Bundle- $100
#2 – Santa’s Workshop Bundle- $126
#3 – Joyous Noel Bundle- $77
#4 – Festive Farmhouse Bundle- $110
#5 – Country Lane Bundle- $84
#6 – Frosted Floral Bundle (6a – Wood – $129) or (6b – Clear – $123)
#7- Toil & Trouble Bundle (7a – Wood – $113) or (7b – Clear – $106)
Check out what goodies are in each bundle – and get signed up for yours today! There’s a handy Order Form right here on my Stamps-N-Lingers 2018 Holiday Catalog Bundles
Host a Workshop or place an order of $250 or more (total before shipping and tax) in the month of September, and get the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper FREE. The Dashing Along Designer Series Paper is in addition to the Stampin’ Rewards you’ll earn!
Find all the details (and how to get this pretty paper for yourself!) at my Stampin’ Up! Promotions Page!
I promise – this kit won’t give you nightmares, but you WILL be haunted by the spooky box, wrapped in a whimsical spider web. And the contents? Not scary . . . just adorable, and everything you’ll need for FUN Halloween crafting!! It’s a real “treat”!
Yep – the September kit is all about the Treats! PACKAGING the treats, that is! 🙂
Not wild about Halloween? Prefer cards? Well… As with every Paper Pumpkin kit, September’s kit can be repurposed. For instance, you can add cardstock and make some cards! This kit’s coordinating colors are: Mango Melody, Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black
Promotion Details
So…if you’re ready to get spooky crafty fun coming to you in a Paper Pumpkin box, you can either sign up for a subscription where you’re billed monthly for your kit or you can purchase a prepaid subscription in my online store. For more information and to sign up for the monthly subscription, click here. Or, check out the options for prepaid subscriptions in my online store, click here.
All that ordering you did in August is about to PAY OFF!! It’s time to start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons! Of course – you CAN wait until the 5th and redeem them on 2018 Holiday Catalog goodies!
Here’s the deets:
So – here’s a handy flyer to walk you thru redeeming your coupons in my Online Store – click it to make it big enough for humans! 🙂
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!
Finn Fan Fix
I’m not really going to say much about today’s picture.
Other than to, perhaps, wax eloquent on the extraordinary sweetness of this face.
Yes – he’s got his feet up on my lap. He’s got his collar in his mouth – because…why NOT hold your collar? And he’s giving me “the eyes.”
He can have pretty much whatever he wants from me. And he totally knows it.
I’m a goner.
TTFN
Mary
Good Monday, y’all! And – since it’s a Holiday, it truly is an actual GOOD Monday! 🙂
If you were able to join me last night for my Facebook Live video, I sure appreciate you spending part of your long-weekend with me (and for being patient in the middle of my network difficulties!). If not, but you’d like to see the replay, here it is on YouTube. Be aware that it starts a little disjointedly – my network dropped us near the beginning of the video – but you’ll get to see the whole card being made!
The card we made last night – a Shutter Fun Fold – uses paper from the 2018 Holiday Catalog called Frosted Floral Specialty DSP. And it is gorgeous! I pulled some goodies from the Annual Catalog, too – the Hello Kitty stamp set and the fun Cat Punch. Take a look-see:
The front was inspired by this week’s TGIF challenge! I went straight down the right side column!
A Shutter Card looks just like a regular Gate Card from the outside – complete with a decorated belly band.
In this case, I used a couple of Stitched Shapes Framelits circles – a Whisper White and Frosted Floral DSP circle – atop a Mint Macaron scalloped circle. The sentiment is from Pretty Kitty, stamped in Blackberry Bliss on Sea Foam card stock and cut with the Classic Label Punch. It’s all adhered to a 1″ wide Soft Sea Foam belly band.
The fun of a Shutter Card really gets going when you open it up!
This fold looks way more complicated than it is – and the video will show you just how easy it is to cut and assemble – so I hope you’ll give it a watch! Th sentiment, from Pretty Kitty, is stamped in Blackberry Bliss. Over that, I added one of the sweet kitty images from the set – in stamped-off-once Soft Sea Foam.
I added the same cute image from Pretty Kitty to the front of the Whisper White Envelope…
…and, as usual, gave the flap a little more of the Frosted Floral DSP!
Et Voila! This is an easy fold to make, y’all – and you can decorate it however you wish! So watch the tutorial and try one for yourself! Hope you like!
TTFN
Days to the 2018 Holiday Catalog!
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 any active catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
Host a Workshop or place an order of $250 or more (total before shipping and tax) in the month of September, and get the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper FREE. The Dashing Along Designer Series Paper is in addition to the Stampin’ Rewards you’ll earn!
To create the exclusive Dashing Along Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! decided to use a mix of old favorites and new patterns to bring you beautiful, traditional Christmas paper. This collection of patterns has an eclectic feel and is perfect for layering, and while the newsprint design isn’t Christmas-themed, we selected it for its versatility and popularity. I hope you’ll love this Designer Series Paper as much as I do, and remember, it’s available for a limited time only!
Here’s the deets:
I promise – this kit won’t give you nightmares, but you WILL be haunted by the spooky box, wrapped in a whimsical spider web. And the contents? Not scary . . . just adorable, and everything you’ll need for FUN Halloween crafting!! It’s a real “treat”!
Yep – the September kit is all about the Treats! PACKAGING the treats, that is! 🙂
Not wild about Halloween? Prefer cards? Well… As with every Paper Pumpkin kit, September’s kit can be repurposed. For instance, you can add cardstock and make some cards! This kit’s coordinating colors are: Mango Melody, Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black
Promotion Details
So…if you’re ready to get spooky crafty fun coming to you in a Paper Pumpkin box, you can either sign up for a subscription where you’re billed monthly for your kit or you can purchase a prepaid subscription in my online store. For more information and to sign up for the monthly subscription, click here. Or, check out the options for prepaid subscriptions in my online store, click here.
All that ordering you did in August is about to PAY OFF!! It’s time to start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons! Of course – you CAN wait until the 5th and redeem them on 2018 Holiday Catalog goodies!
Here’s the deets:
So – here’s a handy flyer to walk you thru redeeming your coupons in my Online Store – click it to make it big enough for humans! 🙂
What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best. It’s like…your first trip thru a cruise ship buffet…you have a little taste of all the fun things you like (or have never tasted) and then you go back for seconds (or even thirds!) on the goodies you love!
I’ll place our Shares order first jump out of the box on 5 Sept 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 early in the week of 10 Sept.
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!!).
Deadline to sign up for the shares is 3 Sep 18 at 8pm EST!! Head over to my Holiday Catalog Shares Page for all the details on what you get with each share type, as well as a handy form to fill out.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
The Frosted Floral Specialty DSP will be here on 5 Sept! 🙂
Blackberry Bliss Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 2 1/8″ and 6 3/8″); 3 1/2″ x 4″ (x 2 – for the shutters)
Soft Sea Foam Card Stock: 2″ x 5 3/8″ (x2 – mats for front DSP panels); 3″ x 5 3/8″ (mat for inside DSP panel)
Whisper White Card Stock: 2 7/8″ Stitched Shapes Framelits circle (Cat-Punch circle on front); 2 3/8″ Stitched Shapes Framelits circle (inside sentiment)
Mint Macaron Card Stock: 3″ Scallop Circle (mat for Cat-Punch circle on front)
Frosted Floral Specialty DSP: 2 7/8″ Stitched Shapes Framelits Circle (behind Cat-Punch circle on front) 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (x2 – DSP panels on front); 2 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (inside DSP panel); envelope flap
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!
Finn Fan Fix
Labor Day.
The very name invokes….bar-b-que! Corn on the cob! Baked Beans! Watermelon!
Of those – only ONE is Finn-Friendly.
To be fair – he’d EAT all of them.
And…we’d ALL regret that later.
But. There’s ONE…
A little watermelon on a hot summer day. Yum!!
TTFN
M
Good morning, my peeps!
Well – I made a dent in my crafting spot yesterday. Sorta got distracted by alphabetizing all my stamps and getting them back in their spot. And rainbow-izing my Stampin’ Blends.
Don’t judge – these are very important organizing necessities!
And – with it all organized (for a half-a-second!) I can get back to card making! 🙂
Fortunately, I made a card last week before I left Cali – so…here we go! I’m using the pretty new Dashing Deer bundle in the 2018 Holiday Catalog and I made it into an Easel Fun Fold card! Take a look-see:
The layout for the front of my easel is from this week’s MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge!
And – since it’s a Fun Fold…so I played along with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge!
Finally – I’m pretty sure Christmas is an “Occasion”, so….boom – playing along with Helen at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge!
This is one of my favorite fun-folds, and it’s so darned easy!
I started with a piece of Gray Granite card stock, cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″ – and I scored and folded it at 5 1/2″ and then again at 8 3/8″ – to make the easel card base.
For the card front, I used my Pretty Pines pine bough and pinecone dies, and the new Big Shot Embossing Pads, to emboss a Whisper White panel with pine-y goodness. Then I adhered the panel to a Tranquil Tide mat with Liquid Glue.
I cut a piece of Joyous Noel Specialty DSP and matted it on Tranquil Tide, then adhered it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
For the art, I cut a Stitched Shapes Framelits circle and embossed it in the Pinewood Planks Dynamic TIEF, then popped it onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The Detailed Deer is cut from a piece of Copper paper in the new Joyous Noel 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper – then I stuck him on the embossed circle with Liquid Glue.
I stamped the Dashing Deer sentiment in Merry Merlot onto a piece of Whisper White and cut it out with the label die in the new Night Owl Thinlits (coming on 5 Sept in the Holiday Catalog). Then I used a little Liquid Glue under the left end and a Stampin’ Dimensional on the right side to adhere it. See how I so cleverly tucked the sentiment under the deer’s front leg?
Yes – I’m an artistic genius. 😉
While I had the Night Owl Thinlits out, I cut a bunch of snowflake-y stars out of the Merry Merlot Joyous Noel 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper and adhered them with Liquid Glue hither and thither about the card front – and that was it!
I made the easel “stop” by matting a little more Joyous Noel Specialty DSP on Tranquil Tide and adhering it to a Whisper White panel. I colored a new Festive Farmhouse Elements by pressing it into my Merry Merlot ink pad, then I adhered it to the DSP strip with Liquid Glue.
I stamped a second Dashing Deer sentiment in Merry Merlot.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Tranquil Tide mat and into the Gray Granite card base. Then I used Liquid Glue to adhere the smaller flap of the card front to the lower part of the card front – that’s how the easel is formed! And that was it for the card!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got a smaller Gold-embossed Dashing Deer on the front – I inked the image in Versamark, stamped the envelope and sprinkled it with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, then heated it up with my Heat Tool…oooh – now you can really see the embossed pine cones…. 🙂
…then I added some more of the Joyous Noel Specialty DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! The easel fold gives what is really a basic card a whole ‘nuther level of “WOW”, does it not?! And it doesn’t hurt to have beautiful Dashing Deer and Detailed Deer leaping all about, either! Especially with the added benefit of some gorgeous Joyous Noel Specialty DSP. Hope you like!
TTFN
Y’all – There’s still time for Catalog Shares – but you do need to get signed up soonest!
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 any active catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best. It’s like…your first trip thru a cruise ship buffet…you have a little taste of all the fun things you like (or have never tasted) and then you go back for seconds (or even thirds!) on the goodies you love!
I’ll place our Shares order first jump out of the box on 5 Sept 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 early in the week of 10 Sept.
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!!).
Deadline to sign up for the shares is 3 Sep 18 at 8pm EST!! Head over to my Holiday Catalog Shares Page for all the details on what you get with each share type, as well as a handy form to fill out.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
So Don’t Miss Out on a SECOND Set of Wonderful Colors!!
Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy
You can get these RIGHT NOW – but they MAY NOT be available again after the end of this month.
Click HERE to go right to them in my Online Store!
Stampin’ Up! is offering a limited time stamp set bundle called Blended Seasons. It’s an exclusive 10-piece wood- or clear-mount stamp set with images for every season (also available in French)! The stamp set can be bundled with Stitched Season Framelits Dies, which is a coordinating stitched die that includes stitching on both the positive and negative images
Click right here to open up the full size Color Your Season flyer. Click here to head over to my online store to pick up this bundle now!
You’ve still got time to earn Bonus Coupons to redeem in September! Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page!
The Dashing Deer bundle, Night Owl Framelits, Joyous Noel Specialty DSP and the Festive Farmhouse Elements will be available on 5 Sept.
Gray Granite Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″ and 8 /8″)
Tranquil Tide Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 3/8″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for front DSP strip); 1″ x 4″ (mat for inner liner easel stop strip)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); Night Owl Framelits label (sentiment); 2 7/8″ Stitched Shapes Framelits circle (embossed circle under the Detailed Deer)
Joyous Noel Specialty DSP: 2 1/4″ x 5 1/8″ (DSP stip on front); 7/8″ x 3 7/8″ (easel stop strip on inside); envelope flap
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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Finn Fan Fix
We had a little…Man-scaping to do when I got home. The Menfolk had been playing in the sticker grass (apparently) AND not doing a super-good job with the brush.
And ya just can’t do that when you wear a skirt and leggings and pantaloonies!!
So – Mom got after it!
Still got some more to do – but a Man can only be -scaped for so long before he starts to get antsy! And worried about the status of his Man-card!
TTFN
M
Good Saturday morning, y’all! Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned! I’ll be working AND it’s supposed to be 110F! YIKES!
If you were able to join me last night for my sort of “pop-up” Facebook Live video – thank you so much! If not – but you’d like to see how to make today’s fun-fold…check the instant replay right here!
I’ve seen some Double Easel cards around in the blog-i-sphere in the past couple of weeks and I love a “regular” single-easel card, so…figuring TWO must be twice as good, I decided to do one of my own! I made mine with the Little Twinkle stamp set and coordinating Twinkle Twinkle DSP. Take a look-see:
Hey folks! It’s Friday! But for me – that doesn’t mean it’s almost the weekend.
Well. It DOES – it just doesn’t mean I’ll be off work!
We’re headed into long days and few days off as we get spun up, so…
I realized the other day that doing a Facebook Live Video on Sunday may be…problematic…
So – I decided to try to do it tonight. This is definitely the last video tutorial until after I get back from the cruise. I’ll do some videos ON the cruise for you – not necessarily at set times, so be sure you’ve liked my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page so that you’re notified! I hope to share the ship and maybe some glaciers and whales with you while we’re gone!
But – I digress. Tonight, we’ll try to get together for that last time – I hope to be back to the hotel by 5 (8 eastern), but…you might watch. I’ll try to post an update if we’re going to be late.
And what will we be making? I’m going to share a new-to-me fun fold and it’ll feature the new Twinkle Twinkle Suite of goodies! Take a sneaky peek!
Good morning, my peeps!
So – the countdown is on! This time 14 days from now we’ll be on a jet plane on the way to Seattle! Whoo-hooo!!! I am beyond excited – and in a veritable whirlwind of working and trying to get ready to go!
If you were able to join me last night on my Facebook Live video – thank you so much for spending part of your weekend with me! If not – here’s the replay on YouTube!
This is a Double-Triangle Fun Fold card and it showcases the beautiful Abstract Impressions stamp set and the spectacular Garden Impressions DSP. Take a look-see:
Mornin’ peeps! Know what day this is?
Yes – it’s the 1st of July! Which means…the start of two awesome promotions from Stampin’ Up!
The first is a super duper Joining Special! You’re going to get a whole New Ink Pad bundle when you join the team – that’s TEN FREE INK PADS – on top of the already-awesome Starter Kit!
And – we’ve brought back one of our most popular promotions – the Buy-3-Get-1 Free Designer Series Paper Sale!
All the deets for both of these promotions are down below – so be sure to read up, okay!?
In the meantime – tonight I’ll be live on my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page at 8pm Eastern. We’re going to do a fun-fold card using the so-pretty Abstract Impressions stamp set and coordinating Garden Impressions DSP (DSP…..that is on sale!). Here’s a sneaky peek!
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