Good Wednesday morning! Today’s card is very quick and easy. And super clean. And also simple. Any other descriptors? I saw someone (actually several someone’s!) out on Pinterest had used this little Love Blossom Embellishment Kit wooden panel on a couple of cards. So, when The Paper Players challenge #278 came up for a clean and simple Valentine card….
….I thought I’d give it a go. Take a look-see:
I’ve been a busy Stampin’ Up! bee today! I cleared out my retiring products from my stamping area and I built a spreadsheet to get an inventory going. Had to do it. I have multiples of ink pads and even a couple of doubled stamp sets! 🙁 Not a solid financial plan, is it? So I figured maybe I could get a handle on it if I at least knew what I had!
The result of this effort was “discovering” stamp sets I’d sort of forgotten I have! It was a little like opening that box from Stampin’ Up! all over again! Kinda fun.
I also realized that I leave here in a week. For a month. Again. And go right on nights. Yuk.
Making cards is hard when you work nights. Especially when it’s more a swing than a night. No morning time and get home too late to do much more than shower and crash. So…I need to make cards ahead! That was the other thing I started working on today.
With that lead in, I bet you think I’m going to share a project that uses a not-so-new-but-just-rediscovered, Annual Catalog stamp set, huh? Well, you’d be guessin’ wrong! 😉 I’m using a fun stamp set that you can get starting TOMORROW!!! Yes, that’s right – we’re on the very cusp of the 2016 Occasions Catalog going live! And the Sale-A-Bration mini as well.
I’m using the SAB stamp set called What I Love. It’s a cool photopolymer set with a beautiful 3-step flower and some nice sentiments in a pretty font. I combined that with the Bohemian Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalog and this is what I came up with. Take a look-see:
Well, good morning to you all on this very first Stamps-N-Lingers Blog Post for 2016! 🙂 I hope that you all had a great New Years Eve – and didn’t need too much hair of the dog this morning! We did our usual – woke up (blearily) for a few minutes when we heard fireworks outside. And went right back to sleep. Yes, it’s true. We are dyed-in-the-wool party animals! 😉
I made y’all a fun Happy New Year card today – but, when you see it, you’ll know that it could be a card for a lot of “Happy” occasions! I used an old favorite – one I haven’t pulled out in a while – the Layered Letters Alphabet stamp set. I also picked an image from the soon-to-be-retired Six Sayings Hostess set from the 2015 Holiday Catalog. And I also took advantage of the Confetti TIEF – available in just 4 days in the Occasions Catalog! Take a look-see:
Here we go, folks – the very last Happy Stampers Blog Hop of the year. When next we meet, it’ll be 2016! I hope that you’ll take a moment on this – the last day of the year – to check out the card I have to share, and then hop thru all the other ladies’ posts to peruse their projects as well!
I used several designs from the Love Blossoms DSP Stack (coming on 5 Jan) to make a sort of sampler. Then I pulled the huge and gorgeous heart die and a few stamps from my Bloomin’ Love Bundle to finish it off. Take a look-see:
Mike Mike Mike Mike MIKE! Guess what day it is?!? It’s LAST-HAWP-DAY-OF-2015-DAY!!
I think.
I’ve been screwed up on what day it is since Christmas! Christmas just happened on the wrong day of the week for me. So I’ve been messed up – hopefully I’ll remember when Friday is and eat my black eyed peas and greens! 🙂
Today I have a card that combines Bloomin’ Love – from the 2016 Occasions Catalog – and Sky Is The Limit – from the Sale-A-Bration Flyer. I ended up with a really clean and simple card, that I think you’ll like! Take a look-see:
Happy 2-Days-Until-Christmas, y’all! Back at home for a few days – and I’ve discovered a new luxury! Yesterday I spent some time – kind of a lot of time, really – unpacking all my stuff from my recent trip. And unpacking boxes of goodies from Stampin’ Up! that I’d ordered while I was away. Then I sat down to make a card to share for today. Ahhhhhhhhh……what a treat to have all my “stuff” at my fingertips! All my stamp sets to choose from. All my TIEFS. All my inks and paper colors. Sigh…….it was lovely! 🙂
I am having the tiniest bit of difficulty getting back into the swing of at-home-time-management. Dinner? Now?? So, I’m actually writing this post on Wednesday morning which, if you’ve been following me for any time, you’ll know is not my norm. But – I got to too-late-for-me-to-think last night with my card barely done. See what I mean? Time management – fail! But I’ll get better…
So, with everything at hand, I pulled out my Fluttering TIEF, mixed it up with some Love Blossoms DSP (coming soon – 5 Jan!) and a little Papillon Potpourri and a couple of Bloomin’ Love stamps (also coming soon) and this is what I came up with. Take a look-see:
Mornin’ guys. Hope your week is going well as we hit hump day! My share today is a sneak peek of one of the most fun stamp sets in the upcoming 2016 Occasions Catalog. Those of us who went to Onstage Live had the chance to order it early – which was cool, since it’s a Hostess Stamp! I’m pretty sure every demonstrator who attended ordered this set. It. Is. That. Cute!
I’m talking about the Love You Sew stamp set (it’s so new I couldn’t even show it to you in the Supply List!). And it has so many fun images and sentiments in it that it’s the only set I needed to make this card. Take a look-see:
Good morning! Happy Tuesday – My share today uses the 2015 Sale-a-Bration Lotus Blossom stamp set. I chose this as one of my FREE items when I spent $50 – and you can, too! Sale-a-Bration runs through 31 March. Don’t miss this opportunity to get some exclusive Stampin’ Up! products.
To tell you the truth, I’ve been a little afeered of this particular stamp set. It’s a Two-Step set (well, it actually has 3 steps), and every time I tried to make a beautiful, artistic lotus blossom, I ended up with a blob. An uneven, weird-looking, blob. And then, I finally remembered a tip I’d seen about photopolymer stamps. Are you taking notes? Photopolymer stamps don’t have a built-in cushion like the clear or wood-mount stamps. So, if you stamp directly onto your hard crafting surface, you’re likely to get less-than-ideal results (that’s code for “uneven, weird-looking, blob”). The trick is to place your cardstock on a cushioned mat – like….a piercing mat. So – I did that. And, guess what? Yup. A lotus blossom emerged!
I once again went to a Whisper White note card from the Note Cards and Envelopes set. I SNAIL’d a Whisper White mat onto a Basic Black mat, and my art piece was ready to go. I had this vision in my head of a very monochromatic card with just a bare pop of color. So, I used my Basic Black ink and my Blackberry Bliss for the lotus blossom. The first two steps, I did with the black. The third step, I inked up and then stamped off once on scrap paper with the Blackberry Bliss ink before I applied it to the flower image. And – I loved how it looked! Okay – I did that like 3 times on scrap cardstock before I girded my loins (sorry for saying loins on the internet) and stamped my card front. And breathed a sigh of relief, cause it looked great. It’s a little hard to see in the picture below, but the flower really DOES have a lovely Blackberry tint.
For the stem, I did the first stamp (the stem has two parts, too) in black. Then I hemmed and hawed a while – green? Stay with black? More blackberry bliss – that’s crazy talk!! Oh – the decisions. I finally settled on Mossy Meadow – which I stamped off lightly once and then barely, lightly, oh-so-delicately stamped over the black stem. And then I did it a little harder, cause I didn’t want it to be THAT delicate! Oh yea – still holding my breath with every stamp I make!
I cut a “You” out of Basic Black with the Hello You Thinlits Die (remembering to use my wax paper – see my previous post “Hello You” for directions) and adhered it with a little Liquid Glue. Then, I used a sentiment from the Crazy About You stamp set (2015 Occasions) in Blackberry Bliss. And also Basic Black. Dip a little in the Black, dip a little in the Blackberry Bliss. Stamp with the piercing mat. And then barely, lightly, oh-so-delicately traced the words with my Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Write Marker – cause I didn’t want THAT to be quite so delicate either! I’m so sorry this color is hard to see in the picture – I promise my next purchase will be an Ott Lite so that my photography “studio” does a little better job of re-creating the colors. Promise.
A few Rhinestone Basic Jewels finished off the front and I popped it onto the card base with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. For the inside, I used the Good Greetings hostess set sentiment “I Love Us” – but I only inked the “Love Us” part, using the Blackberry Bliss marker again. And I stamped an irregular row of little tiny Blackberry Bliss hearts along the bottom (the heart is part of the Holiday Home stamp set). And finally, because it just…needed….something else, I made little teensy stems and grass with my Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker. And – I resolutely pushed away all my tools and decided to leave well enough alone!
This would be a great Valentine’s Day card. Or a nice little note tucked away for your spouse or significant other to find.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Shameless plug – the Happy Stampers are doing a blog hop on Thursday, 29 Jan. Be sure to check back here around 9am Eastern to see my contribution and those of all the talented stampers in this group. There’ll be some blog candy, too!
There’s only a few days left to use my January Hostess Code, so don’t tarry too long. Don’t forget that you’ll also get a free gift from me and you may qualify for Punkin Head Peppermints! And, if you’ve been waiting for the Textured Impressions Embossing Folders – this is a good week. There are 6 TIEFs on sale right now. Check out the Weekly Deals below and stock up on all your favorite folders.
TTFN
Mary
Here are the card cuts for today’s project, starting with a Note Card from the Stampin’ Up! Set:
Basic Black Card Stock: 4 7/8″ x 3 3/8″
Whisper White Card Stock: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/4″
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