Posts Tagged With: 2016 Occasions Catalog

Stampin’ Up! Sunburst Over the Rainbow and…Blog Candy!

Posted on March 9, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Yep – that’s my somewhat confused Christmas Cactus. That picture was not taken at Christmas. Nope – it was taken this morning! It’s going a little bit crazy. Apparently it’s on a Euclidian calendar. Or a Martian calendar. Or…something! Cuz it didn’t do such a great job blooming at the Christmas that we all just observed! 🙂 But, I admit that I love it – I think it’s just one of the prettiest things around and I haven’t been able to kill it yet – it just gets all gorgeous in spite of me!

So – in honor of its blooming beauty and insistence that it simply must be Christmas somewhere….I’m giving away some blog candy! Read on down and I’ll tell you what you need to do to get entered!

Today’s share is my first attempt at using the Sunburst Thinlit. I’ve tried a few times and just not been successful. I have no idea why – it just kind of bamboozles me! But today – I think I got it! I added a very apropos sentiment from the Over the Rainbow stamp set (Annual Catalog) and some pretty Wildflower Fields DSP. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, For You, Friendship, Just Hello!, Love | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Hello You Thinlits, Occasions, Over the Rainbow, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Sunburst Sayings, Sunburst Thinlits, Tyrone GA, Wildflower Fields DSP | 42 Comments

Stampin’ Up! What’s Up on 8 Mar 16

Posted on March 8, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – it’s Tuesday and that means a new round of Weekly Deals are up for grabs! This week features embellishments and Framelits and Specialty DSP and the oh-so-fun Bow Builder Punch! Rhinestone Basic Jewels – one of the things I make a point to never (EVER) run out of! They’re so nice to add just a little touch of bling to a card (and they’re pretty handy for covering up….boo-boo’s! I mean…opportunities! 😉 ) And the Basic Black Baker’s Twine – easy to make a bow, goes with everything…what’s not to love?

Here’s a card I shared in the past with the Bow Builder Punch. The bow it makes is a great size to add to the front of a card – not too big, not too small – and it’s uber easy to make. Click here to go right to the post.

Now – on a different note – I don’t want to scare you, but….Sale-A-Bration is winding down! The very last day to reap the benefits of Sale-A-Bration is 31 Mar – which is, like, right around the corner! What are the SAB benefits??

A free item for every $50 you purchase! And boy are there a lot of fun things to earn for free – and those are going to be going going gone very soon – so don’t miss your chance to get your favorites! Like….

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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, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers | Leave a comment

Stampin’ Up! Get Well Melon Mambo Soup!

Posted on March 7, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Well, it’s happened again. Monday! Back to work…

It was a most beauteous weekend – Wayne’s got 3 of the 4 veggie beds done. We opened windows and enjoyed the warm day – right up until some neighbor decided to burn last Fall’s leaves! 🙁

And I made some cards! One of them is ready to hit the mail at the very next sign of a flu outbreak! Or just someone having a case of ADR. That’s vet-speak for Ain’t Doin’ Right! But it could surely be

…wait. On the tv right now is a lady who own 55,000 pairs of salt and pepper shakers! That’s 110,000 shakers (you’re welcome). Oh. My. Lord! Her husband has built lighted glass-front cabinets all over their house. And he’s added more house to put cabinets more in. Makes me tired just looking at it.

…sorry. Anyway. ADR. Usually a diagnosis for animals – but could also be applied to people, yes? So – if you know someone who’s got a little ADR or even something more concrete, take a look at Get Well Soup! This is an ala carte (one stamp) stamp in the Annual Catalog. I used a little It’s My Party DSP to jazz it up. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Get Well Soon | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, Get Well Soup Stamp, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA | 6 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Grateful Bunch on Wildflower Fields!

Posted on March 6, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning! I hope that you’re having as nice a weekend as I am! The weather is drop-dead gorgeous – we’re talking shirt sleeves and birds singing and ducks paddling in the pond. And today (Saturday – as I type this!) isn’t even the warm day! To be honest, I’m happy where it is – for me, it could stay at this temperature 24/7/365 and I’d be GTG!

Wayne and I spent some time outside building my new raised Square Foot Gardens! Well, while I’m making a card, and posting it and getting dinner ready, he’s still out there. I can hear the grinder and the welder sparking!

Yea, I know. A man welding – especially in those sexy green welding “sleeves”! – is hot! Many many years ago, we were working together on a steel structure. I thought it was so “cool” how the weld spark looked in the night – and I was…well, head over heels, so…I took lots of pictures. I thought I was being so careful not to look right at the spark. Well, at 2 am I discovered I hadn’t been so careful! Safety tip – pictures of welding at night can get you in trouble. Also, looking away from the spark, but at a metal building where the reflection is will also get you in trouble! I’d burned my eyes enough to need to go to the doc in the morning. Wayne told me to put raw potatoes on them.

Uhm. No – that didn’t really help! 😉

Anywho – here’s what he’s working on today!

That’s the first bed all ready to fill and plant! That means it’s for sure spring!! Can’t wait to see them full of tomatoes and peppers and turnips and kale…. 🙂

Well, on to the real reason you dropped in, yes? Being that it’s feeling all spring-y today, I was feeling in the mood for flowers. And butterflies.

I ended up with flowers – not the Rose Wonder flower I’d pulled out to use, but the pretty Grateful Bunch flowers (my faves!). And I never did add a butterfly….take a look-see:

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Categories: Get Well Soon, Life Event, Sympathy, Thinking Of You | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Blossom Bunch Punch, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Flowering Fields Stamp Set, Georgia, Grateful Bunch stamp set, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Rose Wonder, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA, Wildflower Fields DSP | 20 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Helping Me Grow Thanks!

Posted on March 5, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Well, a very scary thing showed up today! It was very very bright. Seemed to radiate a little heat. Not a lot, just a little. It’s gone now – hoping it will show back up tomorrow!

And, of course it will. Tomorrow is supposed to be up in the 60’s and then into the 70’s early next week. Quite the roller coaster!

I have a pretty card to share today, that only needs one stamp set. And a set of good paper snips (aka scissors) cuz there’s some fussy cutting in this one. Don’t fret, though – it’s easy peasy. The pretty stamp set I used is Helping Me Grow – a new one in the Occasions catalog that, for some reason, I haven’t really used yet. Oh, I’ve pulled a couple of sentiments from it, but never really used it. Until today – and it’s so cool – it’s all I needed. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Thank You Cards | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Helping Me Grow, Occasions, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Timelessly Textured Botanical Builder

Posted on March 4, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Friday, y’all! It has rained here ALL DAY. I’m only exaggerating a little tiny bit. It’s been cold and wet and raining and sleeting up north of us. Mud is everywhere. Only the ducks on the pond – and my Halfingers – are happy with this kind of a day. 🙁

Fortunately, it’s warm and dry and cozy inside! I have a recovering kitty – and her brother that thinks she smells bad! – sleeping by the heater. Eating her medicine twice a day like a good girl. So, life is pretty darned good!

I know that it’s going to be spring just any day now (that’s not a joke, it’s supposed to be in the seventies over the weekend!). But it is rainy….so, I ended up today with a card that has flowers (spring!) and blues (rainy day!). And lots of texture. I combined Timeless Textures and the Botanical Builder….take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Special Stamp….#imbringingbirthdaysback….coming soon!

Posted on March 3, 2016 by stampsnlingers

This is my second post of the day – if you’re looking for the Blog Hop post…here it is! 🙂 If you’re already thru the Hop….thanks for stopping by!

I wanted to take a quick second of your time to share some info about a new grassroots movement from Shannon West, Stampin’ Up!’s training manager, to bring birthdays back with her own “#imbringingbirthdaysback” movement!

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Stampin’ Up! Mary Had a Little Easter Lamb for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on March 3, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – it’s Thursday and that means it’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop Day! We’ve got a fun sketch challenge to work with today.

But first – I know you’re all dying for an update on Katy! She came home today – shot out of the carrier like she’d been….well…shot out of the carrier. I figured we wouldn’t see her again until May! But, mere moments later, she came to the kitchen for a big drink of water and within about 30 minutes…..

…I was graced with her sleepy self on my lap! I am forgiven!! 🙂 She’s eating well – and I was even able to get her first dose of antibiotic in her. Greenies Pill Pockets. Who knew? I never thought she’d like them empty, let alone stuffed with a giant pill! But she mucked it right down. So… one down. Fingers crossed that she takes the bait 27 more times!

Anywho – on with the blog hop! Here’s the sketch that we’re all going to be working with today – please take a little time when you’re done here to check out all the projects from my fellow Happy Stampers!

I decided to make a spring-y card in honor of the pretty weather we’ve been having. I used the cute new Occasions stamp called Easter Lamb, and a sentiment from the Circle of Spring stamp set, from the Annual Catalog. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! First Sight Thanks Kindly

Posted on March 2, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Well, it’s Wednesday again. And I’m back with another card – blogging it while I watch the lightning flash outside and listen to the rumble of thunder. And hope my sweet kitty Katy isn’t scared!

Oh. Did I not tell you about Katy?? Well, she’s my little tuxedo girl…

…she and her brother have lived with us since they were about 7 weeks old. That’s when I scooped them up out of a rain drain – on the 4th of July in 2003. Leo (her brother) was sitting with a couple of kids on the edge of the street. I saw him as I drove by (I see them all – it’s kind of my curse) and worried about what those kids might do to him. You know – kids. 4th of July. Black kitten.

I went back to my apartment. I paced. I tried to talk myself out of it. After all, I had my older kitty, Toe – and we were quite happy. Me. Wayne. One cat. Nice dynamic.

I picked up the cat carrier and a bag of Tender Vittles and returned to the scene.

45 minutes later – I’ve got Leo. I’ve got Katy – she was way hidden – she’s always been the skittier of the two. The kids think I’m a cat whisperer – cuz they hadn’t been able to catch either one of them! I started to figure out how to find them a home.

So here we are thirteen years later. 😉

Katy hadn’t been doing well – so we finally pulled up our big girl panties (well, I did – Wayne….??) and managed to catch her and get her in the carrier and to the vet. She needed teeth work. Bad!

Today was the big day. We went to pick her back up and discovered the extent of her surgery. BIG. Decided to leave her another night so they can manage her pain. And give her another shot of antibiotic tomorrow. Before we start with the twice daily pill routine. Like that’ll ever work!

Hence – I’m worrying about her being by herself, not feeling good. Scared of the the thunder. 🙁

So – I distracted myself by making a card – cuz sitting here worrying won’t help anyway – and she’s probably still pretty zorked (yes, that’s what the vet said!) by the anesthesia, so she’s probably sound asleep.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! 😉 I think she probably is, don’t you?

The card I made to distract myself uses the pretty Occasions stamp set called First Sight. I combined some paper from Love Blossoms and a sentiment from One Big Meaning. And I ended up with a card that’s sweet as a chocolatier’s confection. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! What’s Up on 1 Mar 16

Posted on March 1, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – it’s Tuesday and that means a new round of Weekly Deals are up for grabs! This week features some fun embossing folders, the handy Ornate Tag Topper punch and the super-cool Tin of Cards project kit!

A big milestone is fast approaching – the retirement of the 2014-2016 In Colors. Mossy Meadow has been my go-to color for a long time now, so I’m sure going to miss it – and Blackberry Bliss, too! Sale-A-Bration is a great time to stock up on your card stock and ink refills – they’ll go fast once the official retirement list is posted (sometime in April!). And, once they’re on the retiring list they’ll only be available while supplies last. Here’s the list – get ’em before they’re gone! 🙂

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