The Second Sale-a-bration event from Stampin’ Up! is almost over!! If you’d like to get any of those amazeballs Sale-a-bration exclusive items, today is your LAST chance to get them! And the even-more-amazeballs free bundle joining promotion is ending today, too! Do not miss out on your chance to purchase the Starter Kit, get $125 in merchandise of your choice plus a free bundle for $99 + tax!
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Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!! We’ve got a sketch challenge to work with – AND a new hopper – help me welcome Tara Carpenter to the hop line-up! – and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table! I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
I figured being that it’s practically October and I think I’ve done like…one?…two??…Halloween cards, that maybe I ought to bring another one to the table. So…out came the Cute Halloween 6″ x 6″ DSP and the Frightfully Cute Bundle. Take a look-see:
Happy Tuesday, y’all! Hope the week is going well for you! 🙂
I’ve got another Christmas card for you in the non-traditional colors from the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP – I love it so much! And I cut some cool trees and added pretty sentiments from the coordinating Whimsical Trees stamp set with the bundled Christmas Trees dies. Take a look-see:
Good morning and happy Monday! The last Monday in September. Can you even believe it?? I’m having trouble with the idea that we’re headed into the last few months of 2021. Crazy!
Even crazier?? Sale-a-Bration 2 is almost over – three more days is all that’s left and then…buh-bye free stuff! Buh-bye FREE extra bundle just for buying a Starter Kit and starting to get a 20% discount on everything. Seems like yesterday SAB 2 was kicking off – and now it’s almost over!
My card today is an easy one that would be a sweet addition to your Christmas Card list. It used the Merry Snowflakes stamp set – bundled with the Stitched Snowflakes Dies. And some pretty Peaceful Place Specialty DSP. Take a look-see:
Good morning, my peeps! Hope your weekend is going well! Finny and I had a really nice time at the carriage driving fun day yesterday! The weather was gorgeous – Finn got lots of pet’s and “he’s so beautiful”‘s and I got to see some friends that I hadn’t seen in a very long time! And to ride on her carriage – and even drive her sweet Haflinger. All in a very good day!
If you were able to join me yesterday for my Facebook Live I appreciate you spending part of your weekend with me! If not but you’d like to watch the replay here ’tis! AND – thanks to the vagaries of internet – I had to do this one in TWO goes – so…to see the entire project – click the picture below…
…and then click this link to see the conclusion! Sorry about that! 🙁
Good morning, y’all! I hope you’re fixin’ to have a good day! The weather here is the answer to “why the heck do you live in GA with the nasty heat and humidity” question. Because of FALL!! All things being equal, Finny and I are headed south about an hour to a fun-drive event (horse carriages – not cars!). We’ll be spectators only – but…I’m sort of excited to dip my toes back into the carriage driving world. Not sure more than my toes will get wet, but…we’ll see.
Just so you know – the girls both just fainted down in the pasture at the very idea that driving might be back on the table. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
But – I’ll be back this evening in time to get together with y’all to make a cool Fall card for you over on my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page! I’ll go live at 7pm Eastern. Take a sneaky peek.
Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!! We’ve got a color challenge to work with and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table! I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
So – I saw the colors for our challenge and figured I ought to use the whole Beauty of Tomorrow Suite. But…I decided to use a little of the Blackberry Beauty Specialty DSP and then go rogue and pull out the Well Defined sentiment set and…the Gorgeous Leaves Bundle. Take a look-see:
Hello, y’all – it’s Tuesday! Tuesday is such a….”meh” kind of day. It’s not the first day of the week (yuk). It’s not the last day (yeah!) nor even the day BEFORE the last day (light at the end of the tunnel) and it’s fer sure not HAWWWMP Day! It’s just…Tuesday. Another day to slog thru to get to a day with a purpose! 🤷♀️
So…maybe this cheery card – brought to us by Sue Prather – that we created over the weekend at our retreat – will give you a little boost and something to be excited about! 🙂 This one uses the flyover Festive & Bright Bundle in the Jul – Dec 2021 Mini Catalog. And some…FREE Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Bration catalog! I LOVE FREE paper, don’t you?? Take a look-see at what we did with this Peaceful Prints DSP and the Festive & Bright Bundle.
Happy Friday, y’all!! As you read this, I’ll probably be on the treadmill (for the last time in a few days!)…OR running around like a chicken with my head cut off (something that…quite frankly…I’d be happy to go to my grave never actually seeing!!) trying to get ready to leave for the retreat. I’ve noticed that the more…ahead I feel…the behinder I actually am! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
If you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live I appreciate you spending part of your day with me! If not – but you’d like to see the replay – here ’tis!
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
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