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Stampin’ Up! CAS Quiet Meadow Radiating Stitches Thinking of You Card

Happy Happy Hawwwwmp Day!!  And – happy almost-the-end-of-June!  Which – sadly! – means that TWO huge deals from SU! are ALSO coming to an end soon.  Of course, I’m talking about the DSP Sale AND the amazing Starter Kit Plus promotion! Just three more days to save.  Or – you know – get EXTRA free Stampin’ Up! product when you join Stampin’ Up! !  You can get the deets down below or…give me a shout!  I’d LIKE you to save on our amazing DSP – but..I’d LOVE to have you in my SU! family!

Oh.  Card – right!  This is a clean-and-simple little number – yes I CAN do CAS when I put my mind to it! – that showcases the gorgeous Quiet Meadow stamp set!  I framed it with a Radiating Stitches die cut!  Take a look-see:

Stampin' Up! CAS Quiet Meadow Radiating Stitches Thinking of You Card - Stamps-N-Lingers

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Stampin’ Up! CAS Softly Sketched Fresh as a Daisy Card with Video Tutorial

Good morning on half-way-thru-the-weekend day!  AKA – Sunday!  Hope that you’ve had some fun this weekend!

I’ve got a super simple and easy card for you today!  It features the Softly Sketched stamp set – which is one you might have missed on your browsings thru the catalog!  I paired it with something I know you have NOT missed – the Fresh as a Daisy DSP!  Take a look-see:

Stampin' Up! CAS Softly Sketched Fresh as a Daisy Card with Video Tutorial

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Categories: 2023-2024 Annual Catalog, Clean-and-Simple, Congratulations, Double Rewards Points, DSP Sale 2023, For A Friend, Friendship, Joining Special, Ordering Special!, Quick, Recruiting Special, Special Promotions, Starter Kit Promotion, Video Tutorial | Tags: , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Deckled Inked & Tiled Botanicals Card

Happy Happy HAWWWWMP DAY!!  We’re rounding the top of the week and headed for the downhill slide to the weekend! 😎😎  Yeah!

My card today is a totally quick – totally easy – totally beautiful little number inspired by a sample in the catalog.  It uses what is fast becoming one of my favorite stamp sets – the Inked & Tiled set with its bundled Inked & Tiled Punch Pack.  Add in some gorgeous Inked Botanicals 6″ x 6″ DSP and a couple Deckled Rectangles and…BOOM.  Done!  Take a look-see:

Deckled Inked & Tiled Botanicals Card

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Stampin’ Up! Forever Fern Hello Card

Good morning and welcome to the week!  It’s T-1 Day until the Last Chance Sale Prices go live!  You can buy items on that list NOW but if you’re holding out for the sale prices – they’ll be here tomorrow!  Whoo-hoo!

My card today is a quick and easy little number that showcases one of the pretty stamp sets on the Last Chance list – it’s called Forever Fern – and it’s gorgeous!  I used the Framed Florets dies (ALSO retiring with a 60% discount starting tomorrow!) to create my mask for this card.  Take a look-see:

Stampin' Up! Forever Fern Hello Card

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Stampin’ Up! Decorated with Happiness, Timber & Pines Christmas Card

Good morning!  It’s Monday and back to work!!  And – isn’t this Cyber Monday or some such?!?  Talk about gilding a sow’s ear!  Nothing REALLY makes Monday all that great – not even the prospect of a sale, am I right?!?  Even as a retiree – Monday isn’t my fave. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

My card today is a super easy one – featuring one of my fave bundles in the Jul – Dec 2022 Mini Catalog – the Decorated with Happiness Bundle!  Sadly – it’s NOT on the carryover list which means…its time with us is limited! 🙁 I have to have faith that Stampin’ Up! will bring us a pine bough die cut as wunnermus as THIS one is in a future holiday catalog! 🤞🤞🤞  Take a look-see:

Stampin' Up! Decorated with Happiness, Timber & Pines Christmas Card

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Stampin’ Up! Christmas Whimsy Kit Peek!

Good morning and…let me be the first to wish you a very Happy HAWWWMP DAY!!!  Yes!  It’s Wednesday – and….THAT means that I only have two sleeps before I head to the airport to pick up Amy and Karen and then head up to the north GA mountains for our Inkin’ Krew Retreat!  I am so excited to see everyone – and I’ve got a couple of ladies who are in my Crittters-N-Creatin’ Krew Team that I’ve never met in person!  Plenty of time on Zoom – but…this’ll be the first time we’re in the same spot!  It’s going to be a blast!  I’ll share pics as I’m able thru the weekend!

Stampin’ Up! recently released a brand new All-Inclusive Kit called Christmas Whimsy.  I ordered it first jump out the gate and when it came….I dove in!  Remember – this is the one I think looks like it come straight outta Who-Ville!!

When I opened it up I found everything – and I do mean….EVERYTHING!…I needed to make eight fun Christmas cards!

THAT is the neat and tidy image from Stampin’ Up!  Here’s my hot mess!

Great job, Mare! 🤦‍♀️

But – I popped all the die cut pieces, folded the two designs of card bases and opened up the instructions.  I decided that at least for this first one, I’d do them exactly as the instructions said.

The instruction sheet is cool – they used pictures to let you know what to do and in what order – and (unlike some picture directions – you know the ones I mean!) – THESE actually WORK!

I mean – they even tell you how many stars or snowflakes to use and where to put the Dimensionals! 👍👍👍

I used the enclosed Night of Navy Ink Spot and the exclusive stamp set to stamp snowflakes and stars on the card bases – and stamp the sentiments.  This is where I DID depart a little – I’m not a huge “Season’s Greetings”  fan so I did them all with Merry Christmas.  But…you can do whichever you prefer – they both fit on the labels perfectly (thanks, Stampin’ Up!).

 

There’s a roll of Gold Trim to use on each design – love the tag “tied” on (in truth it’s got a little Glue Dot and the tag itself is popped on with a couple of dimensionals!).   And there are pretty blue foil snowflakes and stars adhesive-backed sequins to add, too!

The second design also gets a little gold foil star “sticker” added – only hard part here is making sure to get the ladder onto the card front straight so that it doesn’t look like someone is fixin’ to end up in the ER!

There’s even an “inside” sentiment that I used – and added some Night of Navy stamped stars.

I guess Stampin’ Up! has heard me say #nonekkidenvelopes cuz they included some beautiful envelopes with Gold Foil accents.

But…I added some stars to the front, too.  Cuz….I could! 😉

Et Voila!  In the blink of an eye I had eight fun full-sized cards – with insides stamped and ready – and decorated envelopes – all ready to get signed, stamped and mailed!  No cutting (except for the Gold Trim!) required – and the easy instructions make this a PERFECT project for new stampers or kids or….pretty much anyone who needs really cute Christmas cards!  It would be a GREAT activity to do together with family and friends – order a few kits and get to creating! 🙂

I hope you like!

And – this isn’t the ONLY kit that we’ve got available right now!  Check them all out – we’ve got stamping kits and even NON-Stamping kits for you to choose from.  Stop by the online store Kits Collection to pick up your kits!  Don’t forget that the kits are only available while supplies last, so order quick to make sure that you get yours…and pick up some free Sale-a-bration goodies if your order reaches $50!

TTFN

M

 

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Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Detailed Leaves Reflected in Nature Masculine Card

Well – good morning, y’all!  Did you have a good weekend?  Mine was busy – and fun!  After Backstage on Friday and Saturday, we had our great Check Out The Krew FB event and it was great!  If you were able to join us – I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!  If you couldn’t watch – there’s a lot of good info still on the page – and…maybe even some prize patrols still open! 😉  And – I hope you are – or will be! –  thinking about taking advantage of the great opportunity to join Stampin’ Up! with our team!  We’d love to have you in our Stampin’ Up! family!

The card I made for you today is probably going to make you say….Mary, is that YOUR card?!  😳 It even surprised me!  I used the pretty Blackberry Beauty Specialty DSP to make a….clean-and-simple, masculine!…card!  Gorgeous Leaves and its bundled Intricate Leaves die set paired with a simple sentiment from the Reflected in Nature stamp set.  Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Daisy Garden Through it Together In Color!

Back home!  Pretty sure it’s Sunday.  Maybe??  Yep – jet lagged as all get out and I keep looking for the ocean outside my windows.

You MAY be surprised to learn that no matter WHICH window I look out – there is NO ocean.  At all.

Also?  No lazy river.  No gorgeous mountains.  Nope.  Just my pond! 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Well – there are advantages to being home – like my fur-kid and my ponies!  All who were as happy to see me as I was to see them!

Now – my card today is actually…FIVE cards!  All the same design using the Daisy Garden background stamp set and the Through It Together stamp set.  I did one in all five 2021-2023 In Colors.  Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! May’s Batter Up Paper Pumpkin and a Peek at June’s Kit

Good morning, y’all!  While you’re reading this, I’ll be winging my way across the country.  Or…flying from New Jersey to Atlanta.  I’m not really sure.  I DO know that I won’t be home quite yet!

I’m pretty sure I’ll find my May Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin’ Up! waiting for me – but by the time I figure out what time zone and state I’m in….😳…there’s no telling when I’ll get to it.  So – I wanted to let you get a peek at it and to ALSO give you a sneak peek at the June 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit called Expressions in Color!

The May Paper Pumpkin Kit was called Batter Up and it made 9 fun baseball themed cards and coordinating envelopes!

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Stampin’ Up! Hand-Penned Flowers Memories & More Sneak Peek!

Happy Happy Hawwwmp Day!  We’re inching closer to the weekend – closer to the end of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog AND closer and closer to the NEW 2021-2022 Annual Catalog going live!  Whoo-hoo!! While that’s exciting – be sure to check the Last Chance section in the Online Store – don’t miss out on your favorite retiring goodies! 🙂

Today is all about the new catalog!  I was finally able to pick up the Hand-Penned Memories & More Cards & Envelopes, to go with the Hand-Penned Memories & More Card Pack that I already had.  I added some goodness from the new Hand-Penned Petals stamp set.  Take a look-see:

The layout was loosely inspired by the sketch over at As You See It.

I started with one of the gorgeous – already-decorated-for-you! – Hand-Penned Memories & More Cards & Envelopes.  Then I selected a panel from the Hand-Penned Memories & More Card Pack.  I cut that down some and matted it on Highland Heather using Liquid Glue.

The Memories & More Card Packs include multiple different “stickers” you can use to decorate your cards and projects.  I selected one of the white ones and stamped the Hand-Penned Petals sentiment in Highland Heather.

I tied a small bow from a piece of Pool Party 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon and adhered it to the card front with a Glue Dot.

I used a few double-stacked Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop the sentiment over the top of the bow.

To finish off, I added a Mint Macaron Genial Gem and the card front was done!

On the inside, I stamped the pretty floral from Hand-Penned in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink in the corner of a Basic White panel.  I stamped the large flower once in stamped-off-once Highland Heather.  Then I turned the stamp slightly and stamped it again with full strength Highland Heather.  I stamped the smaller flower once in stamped-off-once Highland Heather.  I added leaves using the stamps in the set, in Mint Macaron.  Then I stuck on another of the Genial Gems, just cuz I could!

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Highland Heather mat and into the Hand-Penned Memories & More Card, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

For the front of the Hand-Penned Memories & More Envelope – I stamped the Hand-Penned Petals floral in Tuxedo Black…

…and I didn’t have to do a thing to the pre-decorated envelope flap!

Et Voila!  Well, y’all – I’ll tell you what.  The Hand-Penned Memories & More goodies – be it the Card Pack or the Cards & Envelopes – are simply stunning!  So gorgeous and so perfect to pair with the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set.  But they can also be used all by themselves – there are even sentiments on many of the cards in the pack!

I hope you like!  No…I hope you LOVE it as much as I do! 🙂

If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!

TTFN

M

 

 


HOST CODE FOR 15 APR – 30 APR: WMDM2QAN

Use this host code when you order $50 or greater and receive a free gift (AND the Monthly Card Tutorial) from me!  If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift.  The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in any active Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!  See my Customer Rewards page for full details.

Note: Make sure that you can see my name on the final checkout page listed as your Demonstrator when you order so that you know that you’re ordering with me and you’ll get my rewards!

You’ll also be getting a link to my ZOOM The Craftroom (an exclusive TWICE-A-WEEK online event for my customers) and the monthly Online Tutorial.   The April Tutorial features the Art Gallery Bundle!  


Stamps-N-Lingers 2021-2022 Annual Catalog Special Bundles

Available Now

Special Bundles have sort of become a “thing” we do here, right? I gather up some goodies from the new Suites (and beyond!) in a new catalog that coordinate with each other and get you well on the way to making great cards and projects!  When you order them, you’ll save around 10-15% off ordering everything yourself!  And every Special Bundle includes a FREE GIFT! And remember – the prices I list INCLUDE SHIPPING & TAX!  So – those are the final costs to you! 🙂

Head over to my 2021-2022 Annual Catalog Special Bundles Page and take a gander at what I’ve put together for you.  Then, use the handy form at the end to get your order placed!

This is a LIMITED TIME OFFER – it ends on 18 May 2021!  So….don’t wait too long!


There are still a ton of great deals to be had in the Clearance Rack, so head over there right quick.  But hurry!!  Clearance Rack deals are only while supplies last!

Here’s a link right to the Clearance Rack in my Online Store.

Happy Shopping and Saving!


2021-2022 Annual Catalog Shares Open For Ordering!

A catalog share gives you a chance to try a sample of all the new papers in the catalog – and then you can see what you love and go back and purchase full packs of those goodies!

So – you can try a little bit of the beautiful new Designer Series Papers, specialty papers and treat boxes!  I’ll place our Shares order first jump out of the box on 4 May 21 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 – as early in the week of the 10th as I can manage!

For this catalog, I’m offering a New Designer Series Paper Share and you can DOUBLE it up if you like! 🙂

Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators!  Go to my Shares Page and get your order in  – orders need to be placed by 2 May!! 🙂


If you love great deals, our Last-Chance Products Sale is the perfect time to shop. You’ll get deep discounts on your favorite products from the 2020–2021 Annual Catalog—and as an extra bonus—you’ll get a peek at the list of items carrying over to the other catalogs.  Many items will sell out fast, so don’t delay—head over to my Online Store and get started right now!

Here’s the deets:

Sales Period: 24 March, 1:00 PM (MT) – 3 May 2021, 11:59 PM (MT)

  • Only select items in the 2020–2021 Annual Catalog will be discounted.
  • Sale applies to all order types except host items (see Last-Chance Products List for items on sale).
  • No minimum purchase is required.
  • Retiring items are available while supplies last.
  • Items and discounts may vary by market (depending on inventory levels).
  • Exclusions apply: Carryover items and some retiring items will not be discounted.
  • Items carrying over from a mini catalog into another mini catalog will not be available until that catalog is released.
  • Items carrying over from the annual catalog to another catalog will be available continuously.
  • For information about the Last-Chance Products from the 2021 January–June Mini Catalog, click here.
    Ordering deadlines:

DEADLINE for ordering is 3 May 2021; 11:59 PM (MT)

Click here to go right to the Last Chance Products in my Online Store!

Happy shopping, y’all!  And don’t forget – it’s all WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!


Get the Stampin’ Up! Products Used in This Project: 

Card Cuts Used in This Project:

Hand-Penned Memories & More Cards & Envelopes:

Highland Heather Cardstock: 3 3/8″ x 5 3/8″ (mat for card front); 4″ x 6″ (mat for inner liner)

Basic White Cardstock:  3 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ (for inner liner)

Hand-Penned Memories & More Card Pack: 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ (card front)


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 

The man has been spending more time on the sofa with me in the evening.

Not sure if he’s missing Katy – or…just taking advantage of the fact that the sofa is more available to him.

I suppose it could be that he really really loves me…

Or maybe….

…hmmm.  Never mind.

TTFN
M

 

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