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Stampin’ Up! Pretty Seasonal Lantern Wreath

Posted on September 6, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawmp day, y’all! On a short week!

I love short weeks.

Almost as much as I love long weekends!

In the Holiday Catalog, on page 27, the designers at Stampin’ Up! show a card where they’re stamping a wreath and using a punched out circle to help make the wreath round.

See it?

Okay. And, there’s been a bunch of cards on the interwebs making wreaths with the new Leaf Punch.

Well, for today, I decided to bump those wreaths up a notch – and use the punched circle technique to help me out. I did use the Leaf Punch, but…I also used a die from the May Flowers Framelits, the Pretty Pines Thinlits, and the new Lantern Builder Framelits. And, since I’d saved myself 10% by purchasing the Seasonal Lantern Bundle – I also used that matching stamp set. Take a look-see:

The layout of the card was inspired by the sketch side of the Sugar Pea Designs challenge this week.

I started out with a piece of Wood Textures DSP and I dry embossed it in the Pinewood Planks Dynamic TIEF, then I matted it on a piece of Crushed Curry. Like I’ve suggested in the past – I cut my panel a little bigger than I wanted it, dry embossed it, and then cut it down to size.

I punched a 2 1/4″ Circle from a piece of scrap card stock and used that to lightly pencil in a circle on the card front.

Next up, I started cutting. With my Leaf Punch I made 5 sets of Old Olive leaves (and I creased all the leaves). Pretty Pines Thinlits contributed five Cajun Craze “berries” and the May Flowers Framelits made Crushed Curry bigger berries. Using the leaf dies in the new Lantern Builder Framelits, I also cut some Champagne Foil leaves. Finally, I made some little swirly-do’s with the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits from Pumpkin Pie card stock.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere all the pieces in place and then made my sentiment. I used the Seasonal Lantern sentiment and stamped each word individually in Early Espresso on another piece of Wood Textures DSP. When I cut the words out, I tried to make them look like they were on old pieces of board. I used my Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to edge the two pieces – making sure to be sloppy enough to add some good shadow to the edges.

Using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, I popped the two “boards” onto the wreath.

I made a looped bow (aka Billie Moan Bow!) from Linen Thread and then made a double length bow from Crushed Curry Solid Baker’s Twine. Using Glue Dots, I adhered them both to the top of the wreath.

I finished it all off with some Enamel Shapes in Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie – nestling them in close to the wreath.

On the inside, I took a small triple leaf image from the Seasonal Lantern stamp set and stamped them across the bottom of a Very Vanilla panel in Old Olive, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze.

I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Crushed Curry mat and into my Early Espresso card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more of the Seasonal Lantern leaves across the front…

…and another piece of Wood Textures DSP on the envelope flap. After I adhered the DSP with Liquid Glue and trimmed the excess, I ran just the flap thru the Big Shot in the Pinewood Planks Dynamic TIEF. Hard to see in the picture, but you can really tell it in “person”!

Et Voila! I love a wreath with a lot of “oomph!” – like I like my cards! And these two or three die sets really came together so well to create a lovely and lush Fall wreath (she says oh-so-modestly!). Add in the Seasonal Lantern sentiment and Champagne Foil leaves from the Lantern builder Framelits and I think we’ve got a winner! Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary

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PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Seasonal Lantern Photopolymer Bundle

[146073]

$54.00

Leaf Punch

[144667]

$16.00

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

$26.00

May Flowers Framelits Dies

[140276]

$31.00

Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits Dies

[144670]

$27.00

2-1/4″ (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch

[143720]

$18.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$10.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$10.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[119686]

$8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100702]

$8.00

Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[131199]

$8.00

Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[119684]

$8.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[105117]

$8.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

[144748]

$4.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126974]

$6.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

$6.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

$6.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126965]

$6.50

Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers

[131261]

$23.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Crushed Curry Solid Baker’S Twine

[144354]

$3.00

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

$9.00

Brights Enamel Shapes

[141680]

$9.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Early Espresso Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card front, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)

Crushed Curry Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)

Wood Textures DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); envelope flap

Crushed Curry Card Stock: May Flowers Framelits berries

Old Olive Card Stock: Leaf Punch leaves

Cajun Craze Card Stock: Pretty Pines Thinlits berries

Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits swirly-do’s

Champagne Foil: Lantern Builder Framelits leaves

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 last weeks (or months…) of summer are fickle.

One minute it’s cool and dry and we think…whew!! Here’s Fall!

And then…it’s the dog days of summer again.

Well – my little dog has two ways of dealing with the dog days.

One involves water – and it’s one of his (and kids everywhere!!) favorites….playing in the hose!

And the other way to cope is a….nice cool nap in the shade of the golf cart.

Cool concrete – a cool breee – and a bead on the back door in case someone comes out.

Not that he wants anyone to come out necessarily.

It’s just in case, don’t you know!

TTFN

Categories: Fall, Friendship, General, Ordering Special!, Special Promotions, Welcome Fall | Tags: Lantern Builder Framelits, Leaf Punch, May Flowers Framelits, Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits, Seasonal Lanterns stamp set, Welcome Fall | 20 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Falling May Flower Garden

Posted on March 8, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawwmp Day, y’all! Although I’m only just realizing what day it is – I spent all day Tuesday thinking it was…Monday? Which is odd since Tuesdays are the day I do my Newsletter and I spent a lot of time getting that ready! But, it’s true – I was discombobulated all day.

Which is why the card I did follows a sketch that closed at noon on Tuesday. And today’s not Tuesday, so… yea.

Speaking of which, I used a technique on this one that I blatantly copied from Amy Koenders. You can see the card she did right here. I justified my overt copying by telling myself the sketch demanded a frame, so…almost all the cards that were submitted have a frame. And how many ways are there to do a frame? But, I did use a completely different stamp set, so there’s that. I pulled out the Falling Flowers bundle and then took a sentiment (and a little tiny bee!) from the Garden in Bloom set. Take a look-see:

So – in addition to the sketch challenge at My Favorite Things – that I missed!, I played along with the Can You CASE It challenge, which gave me my colors.

I started with a plain piece of Whisper White card stock. Then, using the instructions I got over at Amy’s blog, I fashioned a frame. First I used the largest of the square Stitched Shapes Framelits and, with half of the die hanging off the end of the platform (so it wouldn’t cut) I ran it thru the Big Shot and cut the top half. Then I reversed the layout, letting the little “stitches” in the die hook into the stitches that had just been cut to help me line it up. When I ran it thru that second time, I ended up with a rectangle with the stitches cut into it!

I repeated that process using a scallop-edge die in the Squares Layering Framelits to cut out the middle. Once I had run thru the Big Shot twice (both times only cutting half of the die). I ended up with the frame you see. Now, to be fair, I fully expected to have to do it a few times to get it right – but I got lucky on the first go! 🙂

Next up, I used a sticky note that I cut to the size of my frame, and stuck it in the center of my Whisper White card front. Right below the sticky note, I stamped the sentiment from Garden in Bloom in Basic Gray Archival Ink. Then, using the flourish stamp in the Falling Flowers stamp set, I stamped around the sticky note and the sentiment with Smoky Slate ink, that I stamped off once before stamping my card. When I pulled up the sticky note, I had a clear “canvas” for my “picture”. I matted the panel on Basic Gray and Daffodil Delight card stock panels with SNAIL.

Using the images in the Falling Flowers stamp set, I stamped a few leaves in Smoky Slate (full strength). Then I cut a sticky note mask (knew that was coming, didn’t you!!) and covered them up one at a time to stamp the little berry image in stamped-off-once Daffodil Delight. I lined the back of my frame with Stampin’ Dimensionals and stuck the frame over the top of my canvas.

Then I stamped several flowers in Tempting Turquoise (the large two are full strength and the little ones are stamped-off-once) and some berries in full strength Daffodil Delight (I colored them in with my Daffodil Delight Watercolor Pencil), and cut them all out with the matching dies in the May Flowers Framelits. Then I colored the large flowers in with my alcohol-filled Aqua Painter, using ink from the lid of my Tempting Turquoise stamp pad.

I used Liquid Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere them to the frame to get a 3-D effect and some Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight Enamel Shapes for the middle of the flowers.

Finally, I stamped the little bee from the Garden in Bloom stamp set in Basic Gray Archival Ink on Whisper White, colored him in with my Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Marker and fussy cut him. Then I stuck him to his flower with a little Liquid Glue – and brushed his wings with the Clear Wink of Stella.

And that was it for the card front.

On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment from Garden in Bloom in Basic Gray in the middle of a Whisper White panel. Then, using some sticky note masks, I stamped some Tempting Turquoise flowers and Smoky Slate leaves at the bottom. I stamped the two large flowers first, covered them with their masks, and stamped the rest of the images “behind” them. I lightly colored the centers of the large flowers with my Daffodil Delight Watercolor Pencil!

I double matted the panel on Basic Gray and Daffodil Delight and SNAILd it into my Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

On my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I repeated the Falling Flowers images on the front…

…and gave the envelope flap a stamped-off-once Smoky Slate Falling Flowers flourish. Then I added another little bee in the corner. Cuz I like him! 🙂

Et Voila! I really kind of never get tired of all the beautiful flower images that Stampin’ Up! brings to us – and this Falling Flowers bundle is definitley one of my faves! And the fact that they give us so many matching dies is just the icing on the cake! Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the products you’ll need to make this one for yourself!

HOST CODE FOR 1 MAR – 15 MAR: X64XATES

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2016-17 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

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Finally – Stampin’ Up! just let us know that the Card Tin in the Sale-A-Bration flyer is completely sold out! It was a winner and I’m thinkin’ a lot of folks got it. So…when you order, be ready to choose a different FREE goody!

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139556]

$20.00

Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139433]

$25.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$35.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Basic Gray 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[121044]

$8.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[119683]

$8.00

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126952]

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

$6.50

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

$6.50

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

$7.00

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers

[131259]

$29.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

$16.00

Brights Enamel Shapes

[141680]

$9.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base – scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front and inner liner); 2 5/8″ x 3 3/8″ frame (cut from largest Stitched Shapes Square and the 2″ scallop Layering Squares Framelit)

Daffodil Delight Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Basic Gray Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

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FINN-FAN FIX….

‘Member me saying yesterday I figured it wouldn’t be long before FInn-Chewie figured out the transition from stairs to lap?

Well.

Sure ’nuff! As soon as I hit “schedule” on the post and closed up shop, he gracefully (-ish) stepped across the gap and onto my lap.

So I took a few (dozen!) close-ups!

What a face!

TTFN

Categories: Any Occasion, Encouragement, Feminine, Friendship, Happy Birthday, Just Because, Love, Thinking Of You | Tags: Any Occasion Card, Falling Flowers stamp set, Garden in Bloom stamp set, May Flowers Framelits | 16 Comments

Stampin’ Up! May Flowers One Big Meaning Thanks – and the Blog Candy Winner!

Posted on March 1, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawwmp Day, y’all! Hope it’s going well so far this week. My meeting has been very productive and well worth the effort it took to get out here (she admits grudgingly….). Today I’ll be headed back to the airport and on the way home in the morning!

My card for today is a spring-y, flowered-y thank you card, using the fun Falling Flowers stamp set and matching May Flowers Framelits and one of my favorite sentiment stamp sets: One Big Meaning! When I added the gorgeous Blooms & Bliss DSP, here’s what I came up with. Take a look-see:

I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch to help me with the layout.

I started with a panel of Mint Macaron and Island Indigo flowers paper from the Blooms & Bliss DSP and SNAILd it to a Blushing Bride mat. Using the new Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper, I cut out two sets of leaves with the May Flowers Framelits and adhered them to my card front with Liquid Glue.

The center layer is a piece of Whisper White card stock. First I used the two leaves images in the Falling Flowers stamp set – stamping them all over the panel in Mint Macaron and Island Indigo ink. I matted the panel on Blushing Bride, then ran the whole thing thru my Big Shot in the Petal Burst TIEF. Then I popped that over the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I cut two Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper leaves and a Blushing Bride flower with the May Flowers Framelits, then used Liquid Glue to adhere them to the middle panel.

My sentiment, from One Big Meaning, is heat embossed in Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder on a strip of Vellum card stock. I adhered the vellum to a piece of Whisper White card stock – using tiny bits of glue from my Fine Tip Glue Pen under just the embossed words to hide the glue. Then I used my Banner Triple Punch on both ends.

I used some Liquid Glue to adhere the sentiment banner and then added a tiny bow made from Whisper White Thick Bakers Twine and a Blushing Bride Enamel Shape – and that was it for the card front.

On the inside, I stamped the pretty flower from Falling Flowers in Blushing Bride on a piece of Whisper White card stock. Then I added a sticky note mask over it and stamped a few Mint Macaron leaves.

I SNAILd the panel to a Blushing Bride mat and into my Island Indigo card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got a repeat of the Falling Flowers flower and leaves on the front…

…and a touch more of the Blooms & Bliss DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila! This is such a pretty bundle of flowers and leaves – the Falling Flowers stamp set and matching May Flowers Framelits! And I really love it with the Blooms & Bliss DSP! Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the products you’ll need to make this one for yourself!

HOST CODE FOR 1 MAR – 15 MAR: X64XATES

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2016-17 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

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Details:

Promotion Period: 4 Jan 17 – 31 Mar 17
New recruits who join during the promotion period will receive their choice of two free stamp sets from the Annual or Occasions Catalog for free in their Starter Kit. Please notice there’s no price limit on these stamp sets! So the potential value of this free goody is $104! Just sayin’.
Plus, if you have a new demonstrator join under you during the promotion, you’ll get to pick any free catalog item up to $25 – and you’ll have until 14 Jun to redeem your reward. Why is that date important?? Cuz the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalog will come out on the 1st of June – so…you can pick a brand new item if you want!!
The Starter Kits are $99 and you get $125 in Stampin’ Up! products of your choice, free shipping on your Starter Kit plus two additional free stamp sets of your choice if you join before 31 Mar!

If you’re interested in becoming a Demonstrator or have any questions about joining, feel free to drop me an email, I’d love to tell you more about it! Or visit my Join My Team page for more details. I welcome all types of Demonstrators on my team – from those who’d just like to get the discount for themselves to those who want to build a business. 🙂

And now – our Blog Candy Winner! Thanks to all of you who took the time to let us all know what your favorite part of Sale-A-Bration is. “Free Stuff” was the clear winner! Good call! Free is my very favorite price!

The handy Random Number Generator selected comment #40

Comment 40 was from Cindy, who wrote:
“I’ve been stampin’ since 2005 and I’ve always loved free stamps with SAB! “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” 😀”

Congratulations, Cindy! I’ll send you an e-mail shortly and then I’ll get your goodies packaged up and mailed as soon as I get home this week!

Thanks again to everyone for all your comments.

Tomorrow is Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop day – hope you’ll check back and see what we’ve all come up with for you!

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Bundle

[142329]

$45.75

One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139420]

$19.00

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

$7.50

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

$23.00

Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

[141654]

$11.00

6″ X 6″ (15.2 Cm X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack

[143831]

$7.50

Island Indigo 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[122923]

$8.00

Blushing Bride 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[131198]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101856]

$8.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

$6.50

Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126986]

$6.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$5.00

Subtles Enamel Shapes

[141679]

$9.00

Whisper White Thick Baker’s Twine

[141688]

$3.50

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Island Indigo Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)

Blushing Bride Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ (mat for center panel); May Flowers Framelits flower

Whisper White Card Stock: 7/8″ x 3 1/4″ (sentiment banner); 2 3/8″ x 3 5/8″ (center panel); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)

Blooms & Bliss DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); envelope liner

Vellum Card Stock: 7/8″ x 3 1/4″ (sentiment banner)

Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper: May Flowers Framelits leaves

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FINN-FAN FIX….

Heard a report that my sweet little puppy….ran a little ways into the woods yesterday and came out with…a deer leg!

Bleh….

Maybe a coyote got it? Perhaps a hunter tossed a carcass?

I don’t know. But…it does prove that…sweet as he is….he is….in the end…a ~~dog~~ wolf!

What happened to this little guy who just wanted to play in a water bowl and carry toys and sticks??

They grow up so quick….

TTFN

Categories: Thank You Cards | Tags: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Falling Flowers stamp set, May Flowers Framelits, One Big Meaning Stamp Set, Thank You Card | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Falling May Flowers

Posted on January 31, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all! It’s Tuesday! Hope your week is going well! Being Tuesday, I’ve got a couple of updates from Stampin’ Up! that I’ve added down below. Be sure to check them out, okay?

So – as you’re aware, I’ve been trying to train Finn-Chewie. I don’t want an “obedience ring” dog. Nope. I just want a dog who will come back to me when I call him, drop stuff if I tell him to – or leave it alone to begin with, and go with me like a sane being when I want to take him somewhere.

Oh – and I’d like to do some agility with him.

And have him be a therapy dog – I’d love to take him to hospitals and nursing homes.

So….obedience is a pretty critical step in becoming a good citizen.

We do a lot of Come-Click-Treat (CCT). I call his name and say “come”. If it’s a good CCT, Finn hits the brakes, spins around and returns on the fly to the golf cart. As soon as his wiggle-butt hits the ground, I click the clicker and then give him a tiny milk bone.

He loves him some tiny milk bones! And he does know what “come” means…just sometimes…he doesn’t want to!

But – we’re working on it – repetition repetition repetition! One day…ONE day…the conditioning will overcome the “don’t want to”!

She says with hope in her voice! 🙂

So, my card for today is an any-occasion card, using the pretty Falling Flowers bundle from the Annual Catalog and a couple sentiments from the Thoughtful Banners set. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, Friendship, Just Hello! | Tags: Falling Flowers stamp set, Friendship Card, May Flowers Framelits | 10 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Thanks and Falling Flowers!

Posted on December 18, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Sunday, y’all! I hope you’re whittling down your get-ready-for-Christmas list. I managed to get thru a few things on Saturday, so I have half a shot at getting things to the mail tomorrow.

Every year, around Thanksgiving, an old and useful friend makes an appearance at our house. This came to me as one of the first Christmas gifts my soon-to-be-husband gave me. He didn’t actually go get it – he cut out a picture of it from the Service Merchandise catalog. Remember Service Merchandise?? Anyway, he cut it out and stuck it in an envelope. That was a hundred years ago. He’s gotten a little more with the Christmas spirit these days. Meaning…he panics around the 23rd and makes a heroic effort to make up for waiting so long! LOL.

But…we went to the Service Merchandise and got…

Yes. The workhorse of the kitchen! Not something I use every day or even every month. But…when it’s needed, it’s there. Dependable and sturdy and strong.

Kind of like my husband, I suppose you could say! 🙂

My card for today uses a fun Annual Catalog bundle: the Falling Flowers bundle, which is a part of the Irresistibly Floral Suite. The bundle includes the Falling Flowers stamp set and the matching May Flowers Framelits die set. To that, I pulled in the Thankful Thoughts stamp set for a couple of sentiments. And, cuz I could, I used a little more of the gorgeous Falling in Love DSP from the 2017 Occasions catalog. Take a look-see:

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