Morning, y’all – it’s Finally Friday! And I’m glad. It’ll be nice to not have to think about the “real job” for a minute – I’ve sorta got my hands full fretting about Finn. Full Finn Fretting, if you will. It’s a full-time job, for certain sure. 😉
The card I made today is clean and simple – and made easy by the existence of the Climbing Orchid bundle – which includes the Orchid Builder Framelits! When I added a bunch of pink orchids to some Wood Textures DSP I got…well, take a look-see:
Happy Hawmp Day, y’all! Hope your week is going well – and that you’re getting all ready for Christmas!
Before we get going – two announcements…
First: don’t forget about the 2018 Occasions Catalog Shares – they’re open now and starting to fill up. Check them out and get signed up right here!
Second: I’ve got new Online Host Clubs kicking off on 3 Jan (this date should seem familiar!) and I’ve got some openings! You can scroll on down for all the details and then let me know that you want in! Sale-A-Bration is a great time to Host a workshop – and an Online Host Club gives you a completely painless way to get the benefits without any of the work! So…check it out!
Okay – here we go. I made a thank you card today – cuz Christmas and thank-you cards go hand-in-hand! This one is easy – especially since I’ve given you all the card cuts! – and will let you use some of those Christmas DSP scraps hanging around here and there. In this case, I used the Quilted Christmas DSP and a little Wood Textures DSP along with sentiments from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set. Take a look-see:
I played along with the sketch at TGIF Challenges – although I didn’t go square!
I started out by Fast Fuse-ing a piece of the Wood Textures DSP to a Garden Green mat.
Then I cut four strips of Quilted Christmas DSP and matted them on Garden Green, too!
Using my highly calibrated Mark-1 Eyeball, I used Liquid Glue to carefully adhere my strips to the Wood Textures panel, getting them as evenly spaced as I could.
I stamped a nice sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set in Real Red on a piece of Whsiepr White card stock and punched it out with my 2 1/4″ Circle Punch. Using Liquid Glue, I adhered that to a Garden Green scalloped mat cut with the Circles Layering Framelits and then to a Silver Foil Snowflake.
I adhered the sentiment to the card front with Liquid Glue and added a Stitched Felt Embellishment with a strip of Fast Fuse. I added some silver hearts from the Metallic Enamel Shapes and it was done.
But – it wasn’t. It needed….something. So – I used a White Gel Pen to make some stitches around the Garden Green mat.
And that did it!
On the inside, I matted a piece of Whisper White card stock to another piece of Wood Textures DSP. Then I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to add a second Thankful Thoughts sentiment in Real Red. Over the top, I added a couple of “stitched” tree shapes from the Christmas Quilt stamp set in Garden Green and another silver heart Metallic Enamel Shape.
I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Garden Green mat and into my Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
I repeated the Christmas Quilt shapes in Garden Green on the front of my Whisper White Medium Envelope…
…and I added some more of the Quilted Christmas DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! A Christmas-y non-Christmas card! We all need thank you cards at this time of year, and Thankful Thoughts lends itself perfectly – especially when paired with some Quilted Christmas DSP! Hope you like!
TTFN
Mary
HOST CODE FOR 1 DEC – 15 DEC: 43XZQJ9P
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 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog or the 2017 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
Would you like to receive host benefits ? Would you like to build up your Stampin’ Up! tool chest a little at a time? Well then – an Online Host Club might be the perfect solution for you!
My next club will start up on 3 Jan (coincidently with the arrival of the 2018 Occasions Catalog and the start of Sale-A-Bration!) and I have a few openings available.
How does it work? Well – at a glance…
You sign up for a 6 month term and agree to:
And what do you get in return?
What are catalog shares, you ask? They’re your chance to try a little bit of everything and see what you like the best from a new Stampin’ Up! catalog!
I’ll place our Shares order first jump out of the box on 3 Jan 18 and use expedited shipping so I get it back fast! Then I’ll get it all cut up, packaged and out the door quick as I can – hopefully during the week of 8 Jan!
We’ve got new Designer Series Papers, new ribbons and trims and all sorts of fun embellishments!
Shares are open to anyone – including demonstrators, so…check it…
I’ve got a few options for you to pick from: a New Designer Series Paper Share, a New Ribbons/Embellishments Share, and an I Want It All Share (this one gets a free extra bonus!!). You can see everything included in each share type and find a handy sign-up sheet on my 2018 Occasions Catalog Shares page!
My catalogs are here and they’ve headed out the door to my customers. If you’re not a current customer of mine but would like to be, you can request your copies of the catalogs on my Contact page right here. And – of course, when you place an order over $50, you’ll get one, too!
Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!
Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….
Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!
We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.
I’ve got all the information over on my Promotions page – including a super little video with lots of information on this wonderful new stamp placement tool. Be sure to check it out – peruse the how-to-reserve-your-Stamparatus tutorial you’ll find there, and then get your reservation in before the 30th!!
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT
Product List
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Garden Green Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 1 1/8″ x 3 5/8″ (x4 – mats for DSP strips); 2 1/2″ Scalloped Circle (mat for sentiment )
Whisper White Card Stock: 2 1/4″ circle (sentiment); 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ (inner liner)
Wood Textures DSP: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front and inner liner)
Quilted Christmas DSP; 1″ x 3 1/2″ (x4 – DSP strips); 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
My little (or not-so-little these days!) Man is a fun guy to have on a road trip!
Mostly he sleeps…
But every once in a while, he comes to see what’s going on in the front of the truck.
And – when I get very very lucky, I can capture a doggie (that’s a dog-selfie…)…
And then, if I just keep at it, I get…
Possibly the cutest Finn-picture ever!! Seriously – look at that face!! 🙂
TTFN
M
Hey, y’all! Welcome to Tuesday and another fun challenge from Stamp Ink Paper!
Our Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #129 this week is a color challenge…
I pulled out the fun Host set called Season of Whimsy from the 2017 Holiday Catalog for this one and added some pine boughs from the Pretty Pines Thinlits. Take a look-see:
This card also played along quite nicely with the FabFriday challenge this week.
I started this one with a piece of gold plaid paper from the Year of Cheer Specialty DSP matted on Cherry Cobbler card stock for the card front. Then I cut a piece of Wood Textures DSP, matted it on Cherry Cobbler and Fast Fuse’d it to the card front.
I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to add the sentiment from the Season of Whimsy set in Versamark Ink, sprinkled it with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it with my Heat Tool.
On a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock, I stamped the three Season of Whimsy ornaments in Versamark and heat embossed them in Gold. Then I colored each of them with my Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker and fussy cut them.
I cut a bunch of Pretty Pines Thinlits pine boughs in Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green, and a couple of Cherry Cobbler berries, too!
I built my little “scene” by adhering the pine boughs with Liquid Glue and interspersing the Season of Whimsy ornaments amongst them. I used a couple of Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to add the final largest ornament.
I tied a small bow from a piece of Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon and adhered it with a Glue Dot. To finish things off, I added a few gold Metallic Enamel Shapes!
On the inside, I left the liner blank, simply repeating the layers on the front of the card. I matted a piece of Year of Cheer Specialty DSP on Cherry Cobbler and, over that, Fast Fuse’d a Cherry Cobbler matted piece of Whisper White.
I Fast Fuse’d the layered panels into my Basic Black card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Gold embossed ornament from Season of Whimsy on the front – colored with the Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker…
…and a little more of the Wood Textures DSP on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! A couple of greens and some Cherry Cobbler to make a wonderful Pretty Pine-filled display of Christmas ornaments courtesy of the Season of Whimsy stamp set! I hope you like!
Season of Whimsy is on the retiring list – so, if you love it (and why wouldn’t you??) – now’s the time to get it. Holler at me and ask me how! 🙂
TTFN
Mary
HOST CODE FOR 1 DEC – 15 DEC: 43XZQJ9P
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 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog or the 2017 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
My catalogs are here and they’ve headed out the door to my customers. If you’re not a current customer of mine but would like to be, you can request your copies of the catalogs on my Contact page right here. And – of course, when you place an order over $50, you’ll get one, too!
Hey, folks! Grab these goodies – before they’re gone!
Check out the Retiring and Surplus Items List….
Get all the details on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page – or go right to the Year End Sale goodies in my Online Store!
We can’t wait for you to get your hands on your very own Stamparatus and look forward to seeing the projects you’ll make with this incredible stamping tool.
I’ve got all the information over on my Promotions page – including a super little video with lots of information on this wonderful new stamp placement tool. Be sure to check it out – peruse the how-to-reserve-your-Stamparatus tutorial you’ll find there, and then get your reservation in before the 30th!!
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Basic Black Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3 3/8″ x 4 5/8″ (mats for front DSP panel and inner Whisper White liner)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (inner liner)
Year of Cheer Specialty DSP: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front)
Wood Textures DSP; 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″ (front DSP panel); envelope flap
Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist and Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Pretty Pines Thinlits die cuts
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
So – one of the fun things that happened to the Man this past weekend was meeting Lucky.
Lucky lives there in North Carolina.
Lucky and Finn hit it off immediately! Of course, Lucky may have wished Finn had a smidge less energy – he was a bit worn out by the time the play date ended.
Hard to imagine….
really…
…airs above the ground…
This kind of play takes a toll, people. Even on a youngster Aussie!
He said a fond adieu to Lucky and I think they made tentative plans for a re-match in the near future! And then he climbed in the truck to recuperate!
TTFN
M
So – good mornin’, y’all! It’s Tuesday – almost the last Tuesday I’ll be in Utah. I’ll actually admit that I’ll miss it here a little – the scenery is ridiculously gorgeous – especially when there’s some weather around! I’m betting in the middle of July it might not be so appealing to me…
Before we get going, I wanted to share some pretty exciting (and totally and completely unexpected – heck, I wouldn’t have even looked!!) news with you. I found out yesterday that I am ranked #107 in the US among Stampin’ Up! demonstrators and #227 in the world! Holy Smokes – can you even believe that?!? And – I have you guys and my wonderful Critters-N-Creatin’ Krew to thank for it!! I so very much appreciate my customers and team – thank you thank you thank you!!! 🙂
Our Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #125 this week is a color challenge – some of my favorites!
So, since my happy-place-colors were conveniently aligned for me to use one of my very favorite bundles in the Holiday Catalog – I indulged my love of collages with the Pick a Pumpkin stamp set and Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits. Take a look-see:
I started with a piece of Cajun Craze card stock and stamped it all over – in Cajun Craze ink – with the little pumpkin from the Pick a Pumpkin stamp set. Then I embossed it in the Layered Leaves Dynamic TIEF and matted it on Crushed Curry.
The center panel is a beautiful piece from Wooden Textures DSP, also matted on Crushed Curry, and Fast Fuse’d to the card front.
Then I started cutting and stamping! I cut three of the large Patterned Pumpkin die cuts – one each in Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Copper Foil. I stamped the sentiment from Hug in a Mug in Cajun Craze on a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered the Crushed Curry pumpkin to it with Liquid Glue. Hint – you need to snip the middle two “grooves” from the die cut!
I also fussy cut some pumpkins from the Painted Autumn DSP. A Crushed Curry “starry” Patterned Pumpkin die cut and a Pumpkin Pie-on-Crushed Curry pumpkin rounded out the patch.
I layered up the patch with some Copper Foil and Crushed Curry leaves, berries and tendrils, using Liquid Glue for all but the fussy cut pumpkin on the bottom right and the sentiment pumpkin – those are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I adhered a slew of little Crushed Curry stars (from the die cut pumpkin) here and there among the pumpkins, using Liquid Glue. The final finishing touch was a gold star Metallic Enamel Shape just above the sentiment.
On the inside, I stamped a couple of pumpkins from the Pick A Pumpkin set – one in Pumpkin Pie and one in Cajun Craze – on a Very Vanilla panel. I stamped the large pumpkin first and then covered him with a sticky note mask before stamping the smaller guy. I used my Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to lightly color their stems.
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 a repeat of the Pick a Pumpkin pumpkins on the front – but I reversed them…
…and I added some more of the Wood Textures DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! This one has just about every one of my favorite things – Fall colors, wood, and piles and gobs of goodies!! Pick a Pumpkin and the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits – well. Hope you’ve got them. If not? What are you waiting for?!? Hope you like.
TTFN
Mary
HOST CODE FOR 1 NOV – 15 NOV: XKWBSPGH
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 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog or the 2017 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
Along with the Stampin’ Blends themselves, we’ve got a wonderful new stamp set called Color Me Happy!
And a coordinating Project Kit called – yes, the Color Me Happy Project Kit!
And – you use the Color Me Happy stamp set to make all the images and color them with your new Stampin’ Blends! This kit coordinates with the Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry and Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Blends. One thing you should make note of….both the Color Me Happy Stamp Set and the Color Me Happy Project Kit are only available while supplies last! More specifically – the stamp set is only available as long as the Project Kit supplies last. So…tarry not!
Here’s a great flyer if you haven’t seen it – with all sorts of good information!
They come in a wonderful array of our bestest Stampin’ Up! colors! A handy color chart might be useful, yes? Click it to open and print!
Now. Let’s talk Stampin’ Blends Bundles, shall we? I’ve put together two bundles – you can select them in Clear or Wood! – for your money saving and convenience-garnering pleasure. Take a look-see:
Deluxe Bundle #1: The Deluxe Stampin’ Blends Bundle (Clear) – everything you need to start making cards from the minute it arrives at your door. This bundle is $162 and includes free shipping (I can only ship to the US, folks!), free tax and a couple of free goodies! Buying it all separately (including shipping, tax and your Free Goody!) would be about $206 (sorta depends on how much you’d give Uncle Sam!!). Here’s what you’ll get:
Deluxe Bundle #2: The Deluxe Stampin’ Blends Bundle (Wood) – same super bundle – but with the Wood Mount Color Me Happy stamp set. This bundle is $170 and includes free shipping (I can only ship to the US, folks!), free tax and a couple of free goodies! Buying it all separately (including shipping, tax and your Free Goody!) would be about $215 (sorta depends on how much you’d give Uncle Sam!!). Here’s what you’ll get:
Maybe you’re not quite ready to take such a plunge? Well – the Starter Bundles may be just what you’re looking for!
Starter Bundle #1: The Starter Stampin’ Blends Bundle (Clear) – brings the stamp set and Project Kit to you, plus the coordinating Stampin’ Blends – Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry and Pink Pirouette! This bundle is $74 and includes free shipping (I can only ship to the US, folks!), free tax and a couple of free goodies! Buying it all separately (including shipping, tax and your Free Goody!) would be about $95 (sorta depends on how much you’d give Uncle Sam!!). Here’s what you’ll get:
Starter Bundle #2: The Starter Stampin’ Blends Bundle (Wood) – same super bundle – but with the Wood Mount Color Me Happy stamp set. This bundle is $81 and includes free shipping (I can only ship to the US, folks!), free tax and a couple of free goodies! Buying it all separately (including shipping, tax and your Free Goody!) would be about $103 (sorta depends on how much you’d give Uncle Sam!!). Here’s what you’ll get:
Don’t forget – with either bundle, you’ll get the November Online Tutorial which uses the beautiful Night in Bethlehem stamp set and bundled Bethlehem Edgelits. We made some super projects for you this month – just in time for Christmas giving!
Need more enticement? How about Double Peppermint Points for everyone who orders one of these bundles? So…do the math – that’s 12 peppermints for the Deluxe and 6 for the Basic. Remember, when you collect 16 peppermints, you’ll get a free $40 gift from me! 🙂
How do you get in on the fun? Well – fill out the form below. As soon as I get your order, I’ll blast you a PayPal invoice. Once you’ve paid that, I’ll place your order and they’ll be on their way! Easy.
And also peasy! 🙂
Hope you’ll take advantage of this deal – it’s good only thru the end of the day on 14 November! That’s just two weeks, folks! (That’s why it’s called a “flash” sale!)
At OnStage, Stampin’ Up! introduced our brand spanking new stamp-placement tool, called the Stamparatus!! I know a lot of you have Misti’s or other brands of stamp placement tools and you love them. Well….SU! demonstrated this last weekend and OH. MY. GOODNESS!! The things it will do! It’s a Misti-on-steroids!
The Stamparatus will change the way you stamp, and before long, you’ll wonder how you crafted without it! Check out this video (be sure to watch all the way and see The Hinge Step!!)!
Why do YOU need one? You’ll fall in love with stamping all over again when you learn everything you can do with it!
Here’s the product details!
Retail Price–$49.00 USD
With the launch of this tool, we’re trying something different: testing a new reservation system. It acts like a true preorder: you reserve your spot and we guarantee shipment as soon as the product arrives in our warehouse. Customers will place reservations and receive their product at the same time. This system will allow us to get the product to market as soon as possible while avoiding backorders and efficiently managing inventory.
The global launch will feature three reservation windows. For each window, please note the following:
Click here for a flyer with lots of FAQs and answers!!
| RESERVATION WINDOWS | AVAILABLE TO SHIP |
| November 16–30, 2017 | Approx. February 1, 2018 |
| December 5–30, 2017 | Approx. March 19, 2018 |
| January 15–30, 2018 | Approx. April 15, 2018 |
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Early Espresso Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, score and fold at 4 1/4″)
Crushed Curry Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for Wood Textures Panel); various Patterned Pumpkins Thinlit die cuts
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); sentiment (fussy cut behind the Crushed Curry die cut pumpkin)
Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: Patterned Pumpkin Thinlit die cuts
Copper Foil: Patterned Pumpkin Thinlit die cuts
Wood Textures DSP: 2 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ (panel on front); envelope flap
Painted Autumn DSP: fussy cut pumpkins
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!
No new FFF’s pictures – but soon, y’all – SOON!! 🙂
‘Sup, y’all!? It’s Hawwmp Day! And I don’t know if I’m staying – going – sitting – waiting – packing – leaving – or on terminal hold! So…I’ll just keep getting up and going to work (or working at the hotel) and making cards. Might should buy more food. Might be a bad idea. I have no clue. Stay tuned for the continuing saga of “When will Mary go home!” 🙂
I made a fun little card today to share with you. I made a stack of Wood Textures Wood Crates. With some Wood Words goodies quite obviously on their way to the farmer’s market. Take a look-see:
I played along with the Sunday Stamps challenge with this one…
…but I did a bit of a riff on the sketch – making an optically tall and skinny on a regular sized card. Here we go!
I started with a Crumb Cake card base (of normal proportions) and I stamped the Tree Rings background image on the front in Crumb Cake ink.
Next up, I matted a piece of Very Vanilla on a Cajun Craze mat – tall and skinny – and used Liquid Glue to adhere it to the card front.
I cut single pieces of the Wood Crates die from three different pieces of the Wood Textures DSP Stack, and trimmed all but the side and end tabs from each piece. I adhered them to the card front with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals on the end tabs, making sure to angle each successive crate to make a stack! In the next picture, you can see the Dimensionals and how they’re adhering the crate to the card.
Using the Wood Words stamp set, I stamped Night of Navy stars, Cajun Craze hearts and Crushed Curry chickens on Very Vanilla card stock. I stamped 5 of each image and cut them all with their matching die in the Wood Crates Framelits. Then I used Liquid Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals to pile them into their respective crates.
The sentiment, also from Wood Words, is stamped in Crushed Curry on a strip of Very Vanilla. I snipped a banner end into one end, edged it with my Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker, and then, along with a couple of pieces of Night of Navy 1/2″ Gingham Ribbon, adhered it to the bottom crate with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied a double-strand bow with Linen Thread and added it to the top crate. Then I put a Night of Navy star Enamel Shape in the middle of the bow, and one on the sentiment banner and the card front was done.
On the inside, I re-created the optical tall and skinny card effect. First I stamped the inside of the card base with the Tree Rings image, again in Crumb Cake. For the liner, I stamped the Wood Words star in Night of Navy across the bottom of a Very Vanilla panel.
I Fast Fuse’d it to a Cajun Craze mat and into the card base and the card was done!
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got some more Night of Navy Wood Word stars on the front…
…and a little more Wood Textures DSP Stack on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I think it’s fun that the Wood Crates Framelits can be adapted to work on a 2-D card front as well as making awesome 3-D projects! And Wood Words and the Wood Textures DSP stack just go so darned perfectly with the whole shootin’ match, don’t you think? Hope you like!
Mary
P.S. Scroll on down for all the card cuts and a list of products I used in this project!
HOST CODE FOR 1 JULY – 15 JULY: JSKNUQGN
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 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
For every $50 you spend in July (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use in the month of August!
Check out the details:
Which all means…this is a perfect time to start crossing some of those goodies off that you’ve got on your Wish List!
You’ll get more free goodies than Santa’s got in his bottomless bag – all for joining Stampin’ Up! during the Christmas in July promotion!
So – we already know that spending $99 and getting $125 worth of Stampin’ Up! is a heckuva good deal – especially since it also includes Free Shipping (that saves you 10% right there!).
But – add in the Stampin’ Up! Christmas in July Essentials Pack – which you’ll ALSO get for FREE this month and…WOWWWWWW!! THAT’S what I call a Christmas present!
Take a look-see at what you get in the Essentials Pack:
So….you get $72 worth of tools for free – meaning your $125 Starter Kit can include all the FUN stamp sets and bundles and paper and and and…that you WANT! SU!’s covering what you NEED! Cool, huh?
Just a tease….I’m going on the 2018 Alaska Incentive Trip on Royal Caribbean – and I’m throwing my hat in the ring for the Greek Island Cruise in 2019!! Wanna come!??
Want to know what else you’ll get? Well – check it all out on my Promotions Page! I think you’ll agree – it a most wonderful time of the year to join us!!
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Crumb Cake Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, score and fold at 5 1/2″)
Cajun Craze Card Stock: 2 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 2 5/8″ x 5 3/8″ (card front and inner liner); 3/8″ x 2 1/2″ (sentiment); Wood Words die cut images
Wood Textures DSP Stack: Wood Crates die cuts (x 3); 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 – no new pictures of the Finn today! 🙁
TTFN
M
Happy Thursday, y’all – and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! It’s sketch week so be sure to hop thru all our blogs when you get done here and see how we all interpreted the challenge! 🙂
Speaking of – here it is:
I also played along with the Sunday Stamps color challenge…
We were to use at least 3 of the colors. I think, using the Orange Blossom stamp set and a little bit of Wood Textures DSP that I did that. And maybe a few more! Take a look-see:
I started with a panel of Whisper White card stock and stamped a bunch of the pretty images from the new Orange Blossom stamp set all over it. I used Flirty Flamingo for the large flowers – stamping it twice without re-inking. I also used Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum. Once I had it stamped all over, I matted it on Sweet Sugarplum card stock. Continue reading
Good morning, y’all! Did you have fun yesterday when the new catalog went live in the Online Store?? I sure did.
My credit card, on the other hand, may not be thinking it was all that much fun! Poor little dude got a work-out!! LOL.
My card today uses a fun set that carried over into this new catalog. It’s called Layering Love and it’s a pretty one! I also used some of my favorite new Designer Papers from the Delightful Daisy DSP and the Wood Textures DSP Stack. Take a look-see:
My layout is from this week’s challenge at The Paper Players:
And my color scheme is from the Global Design Project challenge.
I started with a piece of Calypso Coral design paper from the new Delightful Daisy DSP and matted it on a piece of Basic Black card stock.
The horizontal strip, also from the Delightful Daisy DSP, is next and I decorated it with the new Ticket Tear Border Punch (Available now – I love being able to say that!!). I cut both edges with the punch and then SNAILd it to a Basic Black mat and then onto the card front.
For my sentiment, I used a piece of wood-grain paper from the Wood Textures DSP and stamped it with the sentiment from the Layering Love stamp set. I colored the stamp directly with my Basic Black and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers.
To cut the Stitched Shapes rectangle, without an actual Stitched Shapes rectangle die, I used a square die and cut half at a time. Line the die at the top of the sentiment, leaving the bottom portion hanging off the end of the platform and run it thru the Big Shot. Then line up the “stitches” and repeat on the other hand. My friend Amy did a quick video showing how to do it – which you can see right here. 🙂
With that done, I SNAILd the panel to its Basic Black mat and popped it onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Calypso Coral heart Enamel Shapes and the card front was done!
On the inside, I added another Ticket Tear-punched piece of the Delightful Daisy DSP, matted on Basic Black, to a Very Vanilla panel. Then I stamped the tiny heart from the Layering Love set in Calypso Coral.
I SNAILd the panel to a Basic Black mat and into my Old Olive card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got a few more of the Layering Love hearts in Calypso Coral on the front…
…and a little more of the Delightful Daisy DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! It’s so easy to forget about the cool stamp sets that were in previous catalogs, what with the advent of all the new and exciting goodies! But this is a great set, with really pretty sentiments in beautiful fonts! And – of course – the paper. The PAPER!! Goodness me – so darned pretty!!! Hope you like!
TTFN
Mary
HOST CODE FOR 1 JUNE – 15 JUNE: YZJ2HB6A
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 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
Until the close-of-business on 15 June – I’m offering DOUBLE Peppermint Points on all orders over $50 (before shipping and tax) placed thru my Online Store.
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We’ve got a great Host Rewards Promotion fixin’ to happen in the month of June! For workshop or individual orders of $350 – you’re going to get an EXTRA $35 in Host cash/Stampin’ Rewards to spend!!
Promotion Details
Here’s a link to a flyer with all the details!
Interested in being a host and gathering up those host dollars – but…you don’t live in Fayetteville, GA?!?
Now’s a great time do to a Catalog Launch Party!
1. Gather up some friends – near or far
2. I’ll send them a new 2017-2018 Annual Catalog
3. We’ll give them some time to browse and pick their favorites
4. They place their orders thru my online store, using the Host Code I’ll give them
5. YOU cash in when you close your Workshop!
Easy Peasy!
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Old Olive Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, score and fold at 5 1/2″)
Basic Black Card Stock: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 1 1/8″ x 4″ (mat under Old Olive DSP strip); 2 1/2″ x 2 7/8″ (sentiment mat); 7/8″ x 3 3/4″ (mat for inner liner strip)
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ (inner liner)
Delightful Daisy DSP: 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ (card front); 1″ x 3 7/8″ (Old Olive DSP strip on front); 3/4″ x 3 5/8″ (inner liner strip); envelope flap
Wood Textures DSP Stack: 2 3/8″ x 2 3/4″ (sentiment)
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…
I don’t even need to ‘splain this picture, I don’t think.
Just enjoy the adorableness.
TTFN
M
Good morning! Welcome back to work – at least it’s only a four day work week! But there’s a lot going on Stampin’ Up!-wise in that four days! Check it out:
Wheew!! That’s a lotta stuff to pack into a few short days, huh?? There’s a lot of detail and information down below, so be sure to check it all out and take advantage of some great deals happening this week!
Now – on to the card for today. I promised that I’d share the details and how-to’s on the Memorial Day thank you card that I gave you a glimpse of on yesterday’s post. It uses the One Great Meaning stamp set, as well as the Wood Words stamp set and coordinating Wood Textures DSP Stack (available Thursday!). Take a reminder look-see:
I started with a piece of dark wood paper from the Wood Textures DSP Stack and matted it on Cajun Craze card stock. The center layer, with the sentiment, is another piece of the Wood Textures paper, also matted on Cajun Craze.
To make my sentiment, I first inked the little star cluster image from the Wood Words stamp set in Versamark and stamped it in the corner of the panel. Then I sprinkled it with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it.
I stamped the very appropriate sentiment from One Big Meaning in Cajun Craze in the middle of the panel, then SNAILd it to its Cajun Craze mat and onto the card front.
I wrapped a piece of the new 1/4″ Copper Trim around the card front, securing it in the back with scotch tape.
The stars are from an image in the Wood Words stamp set. I stamped it once in Versamark and heat embossed it in Copper. The other two, I stamped in Dapper Denim and Cajun Craze – then sprinkled them with Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heated them up. This is a cool way to emboss in any color – just be sure to have a moist ink pad, have your embossing powder ready to go and move a little quickly – and the powder will stick just fine.
I fussy cut the stars and ran my Stylus on the back of each arm of all three stars to make them more dimensional. Then I adhered each star with a Stampin’ Dimensional. To finish it all off, I adhered a bow from the 1/4″ Copper Trim with a Glue Dot.
On the inside, I repeated the Copper embossing of the Wood Words cluster of stars in the top corner of a Whisper White panel. I also added a Dapper Denim and Cajun Craze larger star.
I SNAILd the panel to a Cajun Craze mat and into my Thick Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Dapper Denim and Cajun Craze star on the front…
...and some more of the dark wood paper from the Wood Textures DSP Stack on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I love the Americana vintage feel of this patriotic card, don’t you? One Big Meaning is a wonderful stamp set filled with sentiments to express your gratitude. And the new Wood Words stamp set goes perfectly with the Wood Textures DSP! One Big Meaning is available now, and the Wood Words goodies are both going to be available on Thursday afternoon!! Hope you like and already have these on your wish list!
TTFN
Mary
HOST CODE FOR 16 MAY – 31 MAY: TFGC4A4Z
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 2017 Occasions Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
Two Days Left to grab my Stamps-N-Lingers 2017-2019 In Color Bundles!
Bundle #1 – this 2017-2019 In Color Bundle is the full-meal-deal, y’all! This bundle is $99 and includes free shipping (I can only ship to the US, folks!), free tax and a free goody! Buying it all separately (including shipping, tax and your Free Goodie!) would be about $130 (sorta depends on how much you’d give Uncle Sam!!)
In this bundle you’ll get:
Bundle #2 – this is for those folks who bought either of the Eastern Palace Bundles. Y’all already have three of the five new In Color ink pads, so…I have a second bundle just for you. I call it…The Eastern Palace Owners 2017-2019 In Color Bundle. Catchy, huh? 🙂 This one is $89 and still gets free shipping and tax and a free goody! The total cost if you bought them separately would be around $120.
In this special bundle, you’ll get almost the same thing as in the first bundle – but minus the three In Colors you’ve already got!
On both bundles, you get to choose from one of two great In Color embellishment packs! Free!
Finally – I have one more deal. You’ve seen me use the wonderful new 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon on a few cards now. And you know it comes in each of the new In Colors. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a whole spool of each one?? Well….
This is a special Add On Bundle. You can buy it in addition (so…not all by it’s lonesome!) to either of the bundles listed above. And – you’ll get all five In Colors for $35 with free shipping and tax!
How do you get in on the fun? Well – fill out the form below. As soon as I get your order, I’ll blast you a PayPal invoice. Then I’ll place the order on the 1st and your goodies will be on their way! Easy.
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What are catalog shares, you ask? Well…think of them as a Test Drive of a new catalog!
In this Annual Catalog, there are 16 new Designer Papers….14 new Embellishments…..and more new ribbons than I can count!! If you were to buy one of each of them – you’d spend over $600! Shares are a great way to get a little of everything from the new Catalog! You get a chance to “try before you buy”!
I’ve got a few options for you to pick from: a New Designer Series Paper Share, a New Ribbons/Embellishments Share, and an I Want It All Share (this one gets a couple of free extra goodies!!). You can get all the details and a full list of what you’ll get with each share type and get signed up for your Share right here. Don’t delay – 30 May is the cutoff date!
I’ve got 3 openings in my July – December Club. The club will cover the new Annual Catalog and the fall-release of the 2017 Holiday Catalog! You know you’re going to want to order lots of goodies from both catalogs – so why not get some Host Rewards at the same time??
Here’s how it works….
You sign up for a 6 month term and commit to:
Once 6 members have joined, a random draw will determine your host month and you are guaranteed:
So what do you think? If it sounds like a good idea, let me know right quick and we’ll get you signed up! You can drop me a line right at: stamps-n-lingers@comcast.net!
The Eastern Palace Suite is available thru the end of May in two awesome bundles! Just so you know, while all the products will still be available when the catalog goes live on 1 June, these bundles will NOT be! Nope – they go away at the end of May.
Bundle #1 – The Starter Bundle – Item #147196 – $60.50 Perfect for the beginning crafter!!
Bundle #2 – The Premier Bundle – #147207 – $103.50 Perfect for the more experienced crafter or, if you’re anything like me, you just want it all! 😎
Get a complete list of everything included in both bundles on my Stampin’ Up! Promotions page!
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT
The Wood Words stamp set and Wood Textures DSP Stack, along with the 1/4″ Copper Trim will be available on Thursday afternoon! 🙂
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Thick Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, score and fold at 5 1/2″)
Cajun Craze Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3 1/8″ square (mat for sentiment)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); Wood Words Stars
Wood Textures DSP Stack (avail 1 June): 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); 3″ square (sentiment); 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…
On Memorial Day, we went over to our friend’s house for dinner.
That’s where Finn’s sister, Scout, lives.
He was sooooo excited to see her!!
His wiggler wiggled.
His barker barked!
His lips grinned.
His boigers boinged!
Finally, they were able to settle down enough for a family portrait.
The little brother has outgrown his older sister, hasn’t he?
Aren’t they pretty pair!?
TTFN
M
Mornin’, y’all! Hope your week is going well!
Before we get to the card – let me remind you of the Ordering Special I’ve got going on right now. I’ve put some info down below – bottom line: you’ve got until Monday, 8 May to cash in by ordering the Premier Eastern Palace Bundle thru my Online Store!
So my card for today is another sympathy card – this time for a friend of my friends’ parents. He recently lost his Jack Russel Terrier. I don’t know much about the gentleman, but I suspect he lived alone with his dog in the retirement community. So – doubly sad. And it meant I needed a card masculine enough to suit a man, but sentimental enough to suit the occasion.
Now – I don’t have a stamp for every breed of dog, so I can’t completely personalize a card. But, I pulled out the sleeping dog in the Sitting Here stamp set, combined it with a little bit of Sunshine Wishes die cuts and new Wood Textures DSP. The Better Together stamp set lent the sentiments. Take a look-see:
I started with a piece of the Wood Textures DSP Stack paper and, using the sleeping dog image in the Sitting Here stamp set, I stamped the dog all over the panel in Soft Suede ink that I stamped off once on scrap paper before I stamped the panel.
One might say it was…ghosted.
Bad form, Mary. Bad form.
Then I inked up the sentiment from Better Together with Versamark Ink and, using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position it, stamped it in the bottom corner. I sprinkled it with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it.
I used the heart die in the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits set to cut a heart from a piece of white-washed DSP in the Wood Textures stack and one from Copper Foil.
Next I made my embellishment from a length of 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon and one of new 1/4″ Copper Trim (avail 1 June). I folded both pieces over once, layered the Copper Trim on the Burlap and stapled them together with my Handheld Stapler. Then I used Liquid Glue to adhere the ribbons to the panel.
I used more Liquid Glue to adhere my two Sunshine Wishes hearts to the panel over the ribbon. Finally, I made a small bow from the 1/4″ Copper Trim and adhered it with a Glue Dot. I SNAILd the panel to a Copper Foil mat and the card front was done!
On the inside, I used a piece of the whitewashed paper in the Wood Textures Stack as my inner liner, stamping a second sentiment from Better Together in Soft Suede in the middle. Down in the corner, I stamped my Sitting Here dog in Chocolate Chip, covered him with a sticky note mask that I’d carefully stored in my stamp case for just such an occasion, and stamped his dog bed over top with Soft Suede. I used my Sahara Sand and So Saffron Stampin’ Write Markers to color the bed, and added some JRT-like spots on the dog with my Soft Suede Marker.
I SNAILd the panel to my Copper Foil Mat and into my….no. Wait. What I did next was use my Heat Tool to loosen up the SNAIL so I could pull the panel off the mat. Cuz….I’d made a portrait inner liner for my landscape card. 👀
I pulled it off, re-did the inner liner (the right way this time!), SNAILd it to it’s Copper Foil mat and into a Tranquil Tide card base (avail right now in the Eastern Palace Premier Bundle!!). Then I popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got my Sitting Here JRT-like dog on the front…
…and I added a bit more of the whitewash Wood Textures DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I think – hope! – this will fill the bill. I discovered that a card to express sympathy for the loss of pet – for a MAN – is a lot harder than I expected. Hope he likes it – and I hope you like it, too!
TTFN
Mary
HOST CODE FOR 1 MAY – 15 MAY: DNBUYHTG
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 2017 Occasions Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.
From right now until close-of-business on 8 May – everyone who orders the Eastern Palace Premier bundle thru my Online Store will receive:
This is all in addition to the gifts that all my customers receive…
Remember this Ordering Special is for folks who order the Premier Eastern Palace Bundle between now and the end of the Stampin’ Up! day on 8 May! Don’t delay! Get all the details on the Starter Bundle and the Premier Bundle – and handy links to order!! – right here!
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
The Tranquil Tide card stock is available now in the Eastern Palace Card Stock pack. The Wood Textures DSP Stack and 1/4″ Copper Trim will be available 1 June.
CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
Tranquil Tide Card Stock (avail now!): 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card stock, scored and folded at4 1/4″)
Copper Foil: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); Sunshine Wishes die cut heart
Wood Textures DSP Stack (avail 1 June); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); Sunshine Wishes die cut heart; 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…
I’m pretty sure he’s checking that Bo’s stall is latched.
Or he’s asking him “Why the long face?”
Either is equally plausible. 😏
TTFN
M
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