Posts Tagged With: 2016 Occasions Catalog

Stampin’ Up! Sky’s The Limit Sunburst Congrats!

Posted on March 19, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Saturday! Today’s share uses a stamp set that’s not so much available – Sky Is The Limit. I try really hard to not use retired and discontinued things, but the card I made – the reason for the card! – just needed the images and sentiment that I used. You’ll see why in just a second!

I made this card to give to a young lady who just graduated from Delta Flight Attendant training. She’s Chris’ girlfriend – has been for a long time! – and so is definitely part of the “family”. We went over and had a celebratory dinner with her, and her parents and grandparents (and Chris’ parents, of course) last night, so I wanted to give her a card. Cuz…duh.

So – I needed an airplane. Sky Is The Limit was the only one I had. Easy decision! I added a Sunburst Thinlit die cut, and a couple of sentiments from the Sale-A-Bration set called Perfect Pairings. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Congratulations | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Easter Lamb, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Honeycomb Happiness, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Perfect Pairings stamp set, Sky Is the Limit stamp set, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Sunburst Thinlit, Tyrone GA | 4 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Grateful Bunch Honeycomb Easter Lamb Four Panel Fun Fold

Posted on March 18, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good Friday morning to you! This week has flown by! I had a great time in Huntsville this week. Well, the work part was….tedious….but the rest of it was awesome! I had lunch twice with my friend Matt – one of the very wonderful young men who I’ve told you about this past year. He’s living in Huntsville – his brother Chris is up at UGA at Vet School! I’m so darned proud of them both – couldn’t be more so if I’d birthed them myself. They’re growing into just outstanding human people!! 🙂 Matt and I had a really good time. Definitely something to look forward to for future visits there.

For today, I have a card to share that’s a reprise of a four panel fun fold that I did a week or so ago. It’s going to be a quick explanation of the “fold” part – I’ve got the specifics over on my Tutorials Page! 🙂 This one uses the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set (Sale-A-Bration), Easter Lamb and Birthday Blossoms stamp sets. And my fave flowers – the Blossom Bunch Punch flowers! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, For You, Friendship, Spring, Thinking Of You | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Birthday Blooms stamp set, Birthday Bouquet DSP, Blossom Bunch Punch, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Easter Lamb, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Feminine, Georgia, Grateful Bunch stamp set, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Honeycomb Happiness, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Tyrone GA | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Shamrocks Over the Rainbow for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on March 17, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Maidin mhaith, y’all – it’s Thursday and that means it’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop Day! And it’s also St. Patrick’s Day so I thought it would be good to give you an Irish greeting. Just so you know, that was “Good Morning, y’all”. Turns out there’s not really a translation for “y’all”! 😉

This week at the Blog Hop, we all worked on a sketch for you! I hope that you’ll check out all the other ladies’ offerings. It’s always fun to see how we all interpret the sketch.

I decided that, since it’s St. Patrick’s Day and all that, I’d bring you a little something with Shamrocks! Now, you’re probably asking yourself….”Self, why are Shamrocks associated with Ireland??” Well, perhaps this poem will help you….

Oh The Shamrock

Through Erin’s Isle,
To sport awhile,
As Love and Valor wander’d
With Wit, the sprite,
Whose quiver bright
A thousand arrows squander’d.
Where’er they pass,
A triple grass
Shoots up, with dew-drops streaming,
As softly green
As emeralds seen
Through purest crystal gleaming.
Oh the Shamrock, the green immortal Shamrock!
Chosen leaf
Of Bard and Chief,
Old Erin’s native Shamrock!

Did that help? Well, never mind. Anywho – I combined some “shamrocks” with the Over the Rainbow stamp set – cuz, you know, pots of gold and leprechauns and all that! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Encouragement, Everyday, Friendship, Just Hello!, Love | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Brick Wall TIEF, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Over the Rainbow stamp set, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Cups & Kettle Birthday Blooms – and Blog Candy Winner!

Posted on March 16, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawp Day! I’m especially glad that it’s Wednesday cuz that means I’m a day closer to heading home! Yeah!!

We have a Blog Candy winner – check it out below….

Today’s card is a bit of a departure from the norm for me. Not too far off the beaten path, but…it’s a little frillier than I might normally make. I used the Cups & Kettle Framelits dies and some of the Birthday Blooms stamp set. And more of the gorgeous Birthday Bouquet DSP. And Watermelon Wonder 1″ Dotted Lace Trim. What looks like a lot of dotted lace! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Happy Birthday | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Birthday Blooms stamp set, Birthday Bouquet DSP, card making, card making supplies, Cups & Kettle Framelits, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Feminine, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Tyrone GA | 12 Comments

Stampin’ Up! What’s Up on 15 Mar 16 and an Ordering Special!

Posted on March 15, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the new Weekly Deals! Check it – the Festive Flower Builder Punch is on sale! Remember – it coordinates with two different stamp sets: Reason for the Season (a beautiful Christmas set that helps you stamp poinsettia flowers) and Friends & Flowers (a fun set that lets you make….all sorts of things!). We all know these big builder-punches are handy – but they’re also spendy! So when they go on sale is a super time to scoop them up! These cards were made with the Friends & Flowers and Reason for the Season. And the Festive Flower Builder Punch!

It’s hard to believe – but we’re in the final two weeks of Sale-A-Bration! How quickly it’s gone by. There are three huge benefits that are going to go away at 11:50 PM (MT) on 31 Mar:

– EXTRA Stampin’ Rewards! When your workshop hits the $250 mark, then you’re going to be able to select an additional $25 worth of free product! Check out all the deets here.

– EXTRA product dollars to spend when you join us as a Demonstrator – whether as a business or as a hobby demo (you get that 20% discount on everything you order either way)! $99 investment gets you $155 in free product in your Starter Kit! That’s an additional $30 (normally – and after 31 March!), you get $125 worth of product. Not sayin’ that’s not a good deal – but no one could argue that an additional $30 of SEM (thats Someone Else’s Money) to spend isn’t awesome! 😉 And guess what? You still have no commitment whatsoever! So – what do you have to lose? Nothing! What do you have to gain! Tons!

– FREE products! When you order $50 in product (before shipping and tax), you get to pick a free item from the Sale-A-Bration Flyer!

– AND…..I have one last Sale-A-Bration ordering special for you! 🙂 Order that $50 in product (that gets you your free item) and I’m going to give you DOUBLE Peppermint Rewards Points! So – every $50 will get you FOUR peppermint points! When you get 16 peppermints, you’re going to get to pick any $40 worth of product(s) and I’ll ship to to you for free. Here’s more info on my Rewards Program.

– But Wait – There’s More! I’m also going to send you a MYSTERY GIFT (and it won’t be Ginzu knives!). That’s in addition to the much less mysterious ordering gift – that you get to pick yourself, so it can’t be a myst….oh, never mind! You know what I mean!

Remember – ALL these specials are only going on until Sale-A-Bration ends – just a short couple of weeks from now! 🙂

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Categories: Everyday, General | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Ordering Special!, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers | Leave a comment

Stampin’ Up! Party With Cake Birthday Wishes!

Posted on March 14, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good Monday morning to you!

I don’t know about y’all – but my wakeup call on Sunday was rough. I woke up – you know, to visit the facilities…and when I checked my phone for the time, fully expecting it to be around 3 am – was horrified to discover it was already 6:20! Pitch black outside. I still felt like I needed to be asleep – and yet, it was time to get up! 🙁

But.

Man taketh away sleep….and God giveth a little gift…

This was my view on Sunday morning as I sat on the porch at the barn, drinking my second cup of coffee, on one of the most spectacular mornings we’ve had all year. The birds were singing and the squirrels were….squirreling. I was waiting for a bright blue animated Disney butterfly to come flitting by.

Well, no animated butterfly. But it was still a pretty wonderful moment! 🙂

So – today’s card is quick and easy and fun! It uses the cool Party With Cake bundle which includes the Party With Cake stamp set and the Birthday Pop-Ups Thinlits! We made this card at our quarterly Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Meeting! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Happy Birthday | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Birthday Pop-Ups Thinlits, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, It's My Party DSP, Occasions, Paper crafting, Party With Cake Stamp Set, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Tyrone GA | 6 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Birthday Blooms and Bouquet For You

Posted on March 13, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – hope you remembered to spring forward! If not – go spring ’em. I’ll wait.

Better now? No? Yea – hard to be better when you just instantaneously lost an entire hour of your Sunday! 🙁

I did not get as many cards done today as I’d planned. There was breakfast and laundry. And lunch. And the duck incident. Then a few hours of card making. Then dinner. Then the horses….

Oh – the duck incident! So, I’m making a card and I stand up to go to the Big Shot. Out the window, I see there’s just a heck of a commotion in the pond. I hurry into the kitchen to get my glasses so I have a half a shot of seeing what the heck is going on – and I see there’s two mallards just a fussin’ away. I mean – they were going at it!

I ran out to the golf cart and raced around the house – and start hollerin’ at them – threw a rock…nothing. Okay, the rock didn’t go very far, but still. Normally, if you even look in their direction they’re gone. But not today. So, I raced back around the house and found Wayne and we went all the way out to the pond. That’s when we see that there’s also a hen. Apparently, the two males were interested in….well. You know.

That poor hen – she kept going under the water to get away from them – that’s why we didn’t see her right off the bat. And she stayed there for a long time. Do ducks swim under water?!? She was finally able to get to the bank, where the two boys rather sheepishly joined her. They all spent quite a bit of time fluffing and preening and quacking at each other. And pretending that that hadn’t just happened. And then they all left.

I have but one word.

Men.

Whether they walk on feet with toes or webs…. 😉

But my reaction to the two duck dudes doing what duck dudes have done since God made ducks….well, that’s why I don’t keep chickens. Or sheep. Or anything that can’t take pretty good care of itself. I get a little whack when that fighting and trying-to-kill-each-other crap goes on. Wayne might have been laughing at me just a little – to his credit he hid it well!

So. Anywho! The third card I made is the one I’m sharing with you today. It’s a super simple single stamp set card! And it features the Birthday Blooms stamp set and the oh-so-gorgeous Birthday Bouquet DSP. You’re going to see that a couple more times this week – I just got another pack in and I’ve kind of gone crazy with it! This DSP and stamp set – well, I hope it goes forward to the Annual Catalog. This and the Grateful Bunch Bundle! 🙂 Anyway, take a look-see:

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Categories: Everyday, For You, Friendship, Just Hello!, Thinking Of You | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Birthday Blooms stamp set, Birthday Bouquet DSP, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Tyrone GA | 15 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Large Numbers Balloon Celebration Birthday

Posted on March 12, 2016 by stampsnlingers

‘Sup, y’all? I hope that you’re getting ready for a fun and relaxing weekend! I’ll be busily trying to get ahead on cards for the week – I’ll be out of town Monday thru Thursday! And, for these short trips, I don’t take supplies and tools – I’m always so tired at the end of the work day that I don’t even have the energy to stamp. 🙁 I have to take cards ready to blog (oh – and I need their pictures with me, too!). So….busy weekend! But that’s a good kind of work, yes? – stamping and making cards. Poor pitiful me! 😉

Today’s card is a birthday card. For a little boy who’ll be turning one in a week. Yes, I said one.

I’m pretty sure he’s going to have zero appreciation for this card. Heck, he probably won’t even care about his present. Maybe he’ll eat cake? Ice Cream? What do one year olds even eat, besides baby food?!? Well, that’s for his parents to worry about – just like this card is really for his parents! 😉

I used the fun Large Numbers Framelits and its matching and bundled stamp set called Number of Years. I added a few Balloon Celebration balloons and pulled out some Cherry on Top DSP. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Happy Birthday, Kids | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Balloon Bouquet Punch, Balloon Celebration Stamp Set, Build a Birthday Stamp Set, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Large Numbers Framelits, Number of Years Stamp Set, Occasions, Paper crafting, Party Punch Pack, Party Wishes Stamp Set, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Tyrone GA | 22 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Friends & Flowers Easter Bunny

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – Friday morning! Another weekend approacheth! And this weekend signals the return to Daylight Savings Time! Yeah!! The days will start to get longer – I love DST!

Before we dive into the card for today, I wanted to show you a quick pic – of my two little fur-kids!

That’s Leo glaring at the camera – and that’s his sister, Katy, curled up with him in their favorite chair. Why is this a great picture? Because just a few days ago, Leo was hissing and spitting at his sister – like any time she walked into the same room! Apparently, she smelled of THE BAD PLACE! (That’s the vet…) And he DID. NOT. LIKE. IT!

Apparently, she’s now smelling more like his sister again and so he’ll allow her to be in his space once again. Peace is restored. All is right in the fur-kid world!

The end.

Now, on to my project for today. As we get closer to Easter, it seemed like a good idea to make an Easter Card. Duh! And the Occasions stamp set called Friends & Flowers seemed like the way to go. I added in a little Flowering Fields and….take a look-see:

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Categories: Easter | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Easter Lamb Stamp set, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Flowering Fields Stamp Set, Friends & Flowers Stamp Set, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, Tyrone GA | 21 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Botanical Fun Fold Card for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on March 10, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – it’s Thursday and that means it’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop Day! We’re working on a color challenge, but first…

This week we’re doing something a little different with our Happy Stampers hop. As many of you may have noticed, our hop founder, Sandi MacIver, hasn’t been able to join us for the last few weeks. She’s been dealing with some significant health issues and she’s having surgery today to start her treatment. We wanted to let Sandi know that we’re thinking about her, so we’ve all created a card, using this week’s challenge, that will send a little hug her way. We’re looking forward to having Sandi join us again soon! Please help us send lots of positive thoughts to her up in Canada, would you? 🙂

So – here’s what we all used as a starting point for our cards for Sandi this week….

I saw a fun-fold card out on Pinterest (Debbie Henderson at Debbie’s Designs), and I decided to give it a try! And – it’s pretty darned easy. This week’s color combo pretty much screamed Botanical Builder to me, so that’s the direction I went. I added an encouraging sentiment from Something To Say. Take a look-see: