Good morning! Hope your week is going well. Want to remind you that you’ve only got today and tomorrow to hit the Last Chance store! Once July rolls around (Thursday) – all those goodies will be gone with the wind!
I’ve got a pretty little Seascape card for you today – and it features some watercoloring I did with the new Soft Pastels Assortment. Take a look-see:
Good morning and happy Friday! So – last night was pretty fun! We had a concert from Pat Benatar and yes…she DID hit us with her best shot. I mean, we belong AND we are young-adjacent, so… you know! 😉
If you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live, I appreciate you spending some time with me – if not, but you’d like to see the replay, here ’tis! 🙂
Happy Happy Hawwwmp Day! And – we’re EXACTLY one week away from the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog debut! Whoo-hoo!! I know you can hardly wait to get your mitts on some of the new goodies! Don’t miss out on the great goodies that are Retiring and leaving us, though – they’ll be gone on 2 June!
And…DO be sure to scroll all the way down the post today to check out the AMAZEBALLS Joining Special that Stampin’ Up! just revealed! It starts on the 3rd – and…includes a FREE BUNDLE! Yes – ANY bundle in the new catalog for FREE. On top of the already-great-Starter Kit deal-y-o!
My card today uses one of those new bundles – maybe it’s one you’ll pick for YOUR Starter Kit? 😉 It’s the Tasteful Touches stamp set and bundled Tastelful Labels Dies. Take a look-see:
The layout for this one was inspired by the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches.
I started with a panel of Sahara Sand card stock. Down near the bottom, in Sahara Sand ink, I stamped the filigree image from Tasteful Touches. Next to it, I stamped the leaves image – also in Sahara Sand.
I used the large circle die in the Tasteful Labels die set to cut the card front. I left the die cut in place, and embossed the whole panel in the new Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.
Using the leaves stamp again, I stamped all over the panel using stamped-off-once Sahara Sand ink. The stamp hits just the tops of the embossing and barely colors it – giving a wonderful textural quality to the card front! 🙂
Then I matted the panel on a Petal Pink mat with Liquid Glue. I popped the cut-out circle back in place with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
On another piece of Sahara Sand, I stamped the leaves again in Sahara Sand. Then I cut the image out with another label die from Tasteful Labels. I embossed the little label in the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card front – lining up the two images – with Dimensionals and some Liquid Glue.
I stamped the beautiful Tasteful Touches flower on Very Vanilla in Sahara Sand ink and colored it with my Light Petal Pink and Dark So Saffron Stampin’ Blends. Then I fussy cut the flower – and edged it with my Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker.
Using a couple of Glue Dots – I wound a length of 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim into a loose “bow”.
Then I popped the flower over top with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The sentiment, from Tasteful Touches, I stamped in Petal Pink on Very Vanilla and then fussy cut each word. I edged each little piece with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker. Then I adhered each word with Liquid Glue.
I added some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the card front was done!
On the inside, I added a second Tasteful Touches sentiment in Petal Pink to a Very Vanilla panel. I stamped the flower and leaves in Sahara Sand and colored the flower with the Light Petal Pink and Dark So Saffron Blends. A single Champagne Rhinestone finished it off.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Petal Pink mat and into my Sahara Sand card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more flowers and leaves on the front…
…and on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! Love love love this Tasteful Touches bundle – the stamp set is stunning with it’s flower and textural elements – plus the gorgeous sentiments. The bundled Tasteful Labels die set is…truly going to be a workhorse for you!
I hope you like – and have already added this one to your “must have” list for next week!
Or…maybe it IS the bundle you’ll pick for FREE with your Starter Kit!! 😉
If you want to recreate this card – all the Stampin’ Up! products you need are listed down below along with the card cuts!
TTFN
M
Use this host code when you order $50 or greater and receive a free gift (AND the Monthly Card Tutorial!) from me! If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in any active Catalog! That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets! See my Rewards page for full details.
With the arrival of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog, I’ve once again gathered up some goodies from the new Suites (and beyond!) that coordinate with each other and will get you well on the way to making great cards and projects!
I spent some time curating these bundles for you to choose from. Like your own Personal Shopper. When you order them, you’ll save around 10-15% off ordering everything yourself! And every Special Bundle includes a FREE GIFT! 🙂
There are bunch o-bundles to pick from and free gifts with each bundle. Check them out right here – and use the handy form at the bottom of the page to get your order placed!
Stampin’ Up! just let us know about an amazing new Joining Special starting on 3 June – just in time for the arrival of the new Catalog!
It’s a bundle bash! If you’ve been thinking about becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, now’s the perfect time to join. Not only will you get the Starter Kit—already a great value at $99 for $125 worth of products—but for a limited time, you’ll get to select ANY Bundle from the new 2020–2021 Annual Catalog for FREE.
There could not be a better time to join the Team!!
THERE’S NO RISK!
NO PRESSURE OR OBLIGATION TO SELL TO OTHERS
NO PENALTY TO DROP
SAVE 20% ON EVERYTHING YOU PURCHASE!
Check out some of the benefits of joining…
I WELCOME HOBBY STAMPERS! Purchase the $99 starter kit (and pick $125 worth of product! – PLUS that FREE BUNDLE!) and join Stampin’ Up! thru me and you’ll instantly become a member of my exclusive Critters-N-Creatin’ Krew Online Community! It’s always a fun, pressure-free environment ((prizes, resources, ideas, friendship) and you’ll have the chance to share your work in our Monthly Challenges and maybe win the draw!
If you’d like more info on the benefits of joining Stampin’ Up! with me – you can check it out on my Join My Team page – or…give me a holler.
With the imminent arrival of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog, I’m offering Catalog Shares to give you the chance to try a little bit of all the new papers and embellishments – without having to BUY all the new papers and embellishments! 🙂
As in the past, I’m offering a Designer Series Paper share and an Embellishment share with all sorts of fun new goodies!
I’ve got a few options for you to pick from: a New Designer Series Paper Share, a New Embellishments Share, and an I Want It All Share (this one gets a free extra bonus!!). And there are even DOUBLE shares, too!
Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…head on over to my Catalog Shares Page and check out your options – then get signed up today!
Sahara Sand Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); Tasteful Labels die cut with leaves
Petal Pink 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); fussy cut rose
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!
Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!
Finn Fan Fix
You know – if I search thru my phone for all the pictures I’ve taken since he came to live with us, of my Finny-win sleeping, I bet I’d find about a gazillion.
But…I can’t help it very much.
He goes to great lengths to sleep so stinkin’ cutely.
Case in point.
Seriously – how could I NOT take this picture??
TTFN
M
Happy Friday!! Hope it’s been a good week for you. I’ve been busy with the pre-order and doing a lot of ooohing and aaahing over all the new pretties! And putting shares together for you – look for those to be announced tomorrow. And pulling retired product off the shelves to “make room”. And deciding to open up a new Host Club in June to help y’all get all the fun new things I know you want – check that out down below. Ordering catalogs and checking my mailing list. Yes – busy busy!!
If you were able to join me for my YouTube video yesterday (one of the highlights of my week!) – I appreciate you spending some of your day with me! If not, but you’d like to see the replay…here ’tis!
This is a set you maybe (probably?!) haven’t seen before? Yep – it’s brand spanking new and it’s part of the Forever Greenery Suite in the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog, which you can get your hands on on 3 Jun! The stamp set, called Forever Fern, is bundled with one of the coolest die sets ever – the Forever Flourishing Die set. And the Forever Greenery DSP is…stunning! I also grabbed a cool stitched circle die from the new Tasteful Labels die set. Take a look-see (the card on the right is the one we made in the video!):
I’m playing along with this week’s Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.
This is a fun-fold that I saw on a SplitCoast Stampers tutorial, from the talented Kelly Atcheson. I thought it was cool, so I made one myself!
I started with a piece of new Just Jade, cut to 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ for the card base. Then I embossed a Whisper White panel in one of the new Greenery Embossing Folders (this is a 2-folder pack, available in the Forever Greenery Suite on 3 Jun). These are small folders – so I ran the panel thru the die cutting and embossing machine twice to get the whole thing embossed.
I adhered the panel to the card front with Liquid Glue. Note: on the video, I cut this panel at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and matted in on Shaded Spruce before adhering it to the card front).
The small flap is really just a small tent card – I cut a Just Jade piece at 3 1/4″ x 8 1/2″, scored and folded it at 4 1/4″ and then adhered the back of the note card to the card front with Liquid Glue.
I matted a beautiful piece of the new Forever Greenery DSP on a Shaded Spruce panel and adhered it to the front of the flap with Liquid Glue.
Using two of the spectacular dies in the Forever Flourishing Dies, I cut a large leaf in Shaded Spruce and a slightly smaller one in Pear Pizzazz. Before I cut the leaves, I spritzed the card stock lightly with water using my Stampin’ Spritzer. I adhered the leaves to the front of the flap-card with Liquid Glue.
There’s another cool new product in this Suite, called the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack. One of the two trims in the pack is a gold twine/thread. I tied a large-ish bow with that gold trim and adhered it to the flap front with a Glue Dot.
I stamped the Forever Fern sentiment in Shaded Spruce on a piece of Whisper White and cut it out with the larger circle die in the Tasteful Labels die set. This cool set – coming on 3 Jun – is bundled with the Tasteful Touches stamp set.
I popped the sentiment over the gold bow with Stampin’ Dimensionals – added a Just Jade 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dot (coming on 3 Jun) – and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a large leaf in Shaded Spruce and smaller leaf image in Pear Pizzazz – both in the Forever Fern set. On the video card – I also added a sentiment in Shaded Spruce!
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Shaded Spruce mat and into the small card base – and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got more Forever Ferns leaves on the front…
…and more of the Forever Greenery DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Okay – just get ready, cuz you’re going to hear this a lot in the next few weeks. Ready? I think this Forever Fern bundle and the whole Forever Greenery Suite is absolutely going to be my favorite in the new catalog. It is simply stunning!! And you KNOW how much I love die cut leaves – and this Forever Flourishing Die set is chock-a-block full of beautiful leaf dies!!
I hope you like. No! I hope you LOVEEEEEE it as much as I do. And cannot WAIT to get it for yourself! Psst – I can make that happen for you – just join my team right now and pick this for your Starter Kit. And then get the rest of the pre-order goodies – right away, no waiting until 3 June! – with a 20% discount.
Just throwing it out there for you!
TTFN
M
Use this host code when you order $50 or greater and receive a free gift (AND the Monthly Card Tutorial!) from me! If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in any active Catalog! That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets! See my Rewards page for full details.
The new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog is GORGEOUS!! So much so, that I MIGHT have had a pretty big party placing my Pre-Order on Wednesday. And – if you join right now – YOU could choose to select from the Pre-Order goodies to fill your Starter Kit!! That’s right – you’ll spend $99 and pick $125 worth of goodies!! Plus – you’ll get an eight-pack of the NEW Catalogs and brochures (that’s kind of a big deal!!).
As always, Starter Kits ship for FREE!! Just as soon as you get your Demonstrator ID – you’ll be able to save at least 20% on EVERYTHING you purchase! No obligation – no commitment – no requirement to sell a thing! Ever! I welcome folks with all kinds of goals and Hobby Demonstrators are a big part of the Critters-N-Creatin’ Krew!
If you’d like more info – you can check it out on my Join My Team page – or…give me a holler. Would be happy to answer any questions you might have!
What is an Online Host Club?
Well – besides helping you to build your crafting tool chest a little at a time, a club also lets you get host benefits – without actually HOSTING a workshop!
A club consists of three folks doing two consecutive three-month terms. Each person commits to buying $50 before shipping and tax each month.
Here’s how it shakes out…this is just an example! As you can see, each member gets to host TWICE during the six months!!
At the end of the club, I let each member select a stamp set up to $25 that I send to them for free.
What are the other bennies of a Host Club?
When you join the club – you’ll commit to the full six months – in two consecutive three-month increments. Not only will that help you gather up 2020-2021 Annual Catalog goodies – it’ll put you in a perfect position for the 2020 Jul – Dec Mini Catalog (previously known as the Holiday Mini!!).
Don’t delay – there are limited spaces available!
If you want to join us or if you have ANY questions about how it would work…please give me a holler!
Just Jade Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (card base); 3 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ (small card base – scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Shaded Spruce Card Stock: 3 1/8″ x 4 1/8″ (mats for small card front and for inner liner) NOTE: on the card in the video, I also had a mat for the card front at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″); Forever Flourishing large leaf die cut
Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Forever Flourishing smaller leaf die cut
Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (embossed card front – NOTE: the card in the video had a card front of 4″ x 5 1/4″); 3″ x 4″ (inner liner)
Forever Greenery DSP: 3″ x 4″ (small card front); envelope flap
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!
Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!
Finn Fan Fix
Today is about flowers. A particular flower.
Finn likes flowers. Roses in particular.
Well – he might, you don’t know!! 😉
I planted a rose in a pot a while back – in March. We bought it at Sam’s. Along with some lilacs and the raspberries and blueberries.
Sam’s – it’s not just for toilet paper anymore. Or…at all, actually! 😉
So – when I planted it on 22 Mar, I took a picture of the package so that when it started to die (my expectations of my ability to actually grow a rose….low) I’d at least know what to Google.
I picked it cuz it said “very fragrant”. Scientific, I know.
Well. I didn’t kill it! In fact…..this is what I found on 14 April! A baby rose!!
So I kept watching – peering at the leaves each morning and evening waiting for signs of the impending demise of my Pink Peace Hybrid Tea Rose with its Magnificent, Very Fragrant blooms of deep, dusky pink on long stems. And…leathery foliage.
But no….five days ago….
And then – three days ago….
And then, yesterday, it happened!
I GREW A ROSE!!! A Pink Peace one!!
And…guess what!??
It really IS magnificent and VERY FRAGRANT! And – I’m pretty sure it has leathery foliage, too! 😉
Boom!
TTFN
M
Card Stampin' With Clara
Inky Bee Stampers
KarensCardCorner
Stamp with Amy K
Stampin With Shirley G
Tarabeth Stamps
TL's Bright Spot
Wild Wing Creations