Easter is just around the corner so I needed to create a cute card for my granddaughter, Theä. She is four years old and loves receiving cards from her Grammie, which is me! I created a unique Easter card using the Panda Party Stamp Set from our Sale-A-Bration brochure. I knew what I had in mind with the Easter Egg in place of the balloon but I struggled with the rest. It takes me a while to create from my own imagination but that’s okay. I always like a challenge.
UPDATE!! I was chosen as one of three Festive Friday Faves in #FF0003 challenge!! WooHoo!!
Speaking of a challenge, check out Festive Friday Challenge to see not only my card but other cards as well! It’s a new challenge site for card makers such as myself. This Festive Friday Challenge is . . .
You too can make this card! I used the following: (Use retired stamp set Basket Bunch #143186 for the egg.)
No one ever really enjoys having to make one of these types of cards but one must when it’s needed. This will be a quick post and I know, it’s been a LONG TIME since I’ve posted anything here on my blog. I’m here now and ready to share a lovely card using the Sale-A-Bration Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set. I hate to admit that I struggled at first because it’s been such long time since I’ve made a card(s) that I wasn’t sure how to go about what I had in my mind. Then a light bulb went off and I grabbed my ink daubers. That is how I managed to get the Crumb Cake and Night of Navy colors in my floral image. I also layered the 1/2″ Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon on top of the 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon for a layered and flat look. The top layer that I stamped the floral image onto is from Stampin’ Up!’s Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. I totally love that stack of woodsy papers!
In addition to needing to make a sympathy card, I’m participating in a NEW card challenge called Festive Friday Challenge. Be sure to check it out and join in by participating!
Festive Friday Challenge #FF0002
If you love the Heartfelt Blooms (Wood Block #147197 Clear Mount #147202), you can get it for FREE with a $50 product purchase (before shipping/tax)! Sale-A-Bration ends March 31st so time is running out.
If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
Thankful Life is the name of the stamp set I used to make this beautiful card. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stamp set! It’s the Hostess stamp in the Occasions Catalog, which expires May 31st. This means you can only EARN this stamp set with a qualifying order either individually or hosting a workshop. Right now would be a GREAT time to earn this Thankful Life Stamp Set because it’s Sale-A-Bration (SAB) time. There is not much time left to EARN FREE ITEMS. SAB ends March 31st. FYI – Stampin’ Up! added SEVEN NEW ITEMS today that you can earn for free! Awesome News! More information to follow below. Back to my lovely card!
I have to admit, I don’t know what I was thinking when I used the Any Occasion Stamp Set (SAB item I EARNED for FREE) for the Happy Birthday sentiment! Actually, I do too. I liked the ‘curve’ of the sentiment. The more I looked at my card, that BIG GAP just BOTHERED ME! What to do?!! Well, you see what I ended up doing and I like it! I used the White Perfect Accents. I also placed two smaller ones in the flowers. I have to say my card looks so much better in person. I wish I could take better pictures.
MY FIRST ATTEMPT BELOW! I LOVE MY STEPPED UP VERSION! DON’T YOU?!
SAB ENDS MARCH 31ST! ITEMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST
When you purchase $50 in products (before shipping & tax), you EARN one FREE item from the SAB Brochure! If you purchase $100 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn TWO FREE items. If you purchase $150 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn THREE FREE items PLUS Stampin’ Rewards! You can order from the Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog, and the Clearance Rack! During the Sale-A-Bration Promotion is definitely a GREAT time to get more bang for your buck! Check out all these items in the SAB Brochure! Don’t forget you can download the brochure from my online store or see the VERY TOP MENU BAR and select
THREE ADDITIONAL NEW SAB ITEMS – AVAILABLE UNTIL MAR 31, 2017
NEW!!!! SEVEN ADDITIONAL NEW SAB ITEMS (current catalog items) – AVAILABLE UNTIL MAR 31, 2017 – ONLY USE THE UNIQUE ITEM #’s LISTED BELOW!!
PLEASE use my March Hostess Code MB7HEDSR when you place an order. See image below on where to input this month’s Hostess Code! Be sure to have your items shipped to your address!
PLEASE DO NOT USE THE HOSTESS CODE if your order is $150+ (before shipping and tax). You will automatically qualify for Stampin’ Rewards at that point. Questions? Contact me!
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WhoDOESN’T LOVELovely As A Tree Stamp Set!! I sure hope this stamp set doesn’t retire when the NEW 2017-2018 Stampin’ Up! Catalog is released June 1st! I have used the stamp set for Christmas cards, Sympathy cards, Fall & Thanksgiving cards, and of course Masculine Birthday cards and this is one of them. I know you would LOVE this stamp set too! In fact, Hope Clutts (My neighbor down the road, hello neighbor! LOL!) just ordered this stamp set from me last month. I know she is going to LOVE IT!
I used Chocolate Chip card stock for the base of my card. I also stamped this lovely Pine tree (I think it’s a Pine tree! How about you?) in Chocolate Chip. The second layer of my card is Old Olive card stock, my go to green plus it goes beautifully with Chocolate Chip. I actually stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in Archival Basic Black. It works GREAT for sentiments such as this one.
Now to explain how I did the circular part in Olive Olive. I punched out a 2 1/2″ Circle Punch (retired) out of a piece of card stock for my template. You can use the Layering Circles Framelits to do this as well. Hence the reason the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch was retired when this NEW framelit was released in the current catalog. I positioned the punched out circular area over the Whisper White card stock where I thought I would like it best and then sponged Olive Olive in a circular motion. EASY PEASY! I love those Stamping Sponges. I cut them into quarters to do this technique.
On my main birthday card, I used the Happy Birthday sentiment from February’s Paper Pumpkin Kit. I really love the font. I also used two other stamps, see below. The first one is from Sincere Salutations (retired) and the next one is from Designer Tin of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set (current). You can play with different sentiments with this type of card design. Which font style do you like best of the three sentiments?
TIP OF THE DAY:
Can you see the bumpiness underneath the Whisper White card stock on the first card that says Birthday Wishes? To keep that from happening to you, DON’T use the TomBow Liquid Glue. Use the Snail Adhesive. Since I messed up, I figured this would be a great learning tip for you. However, I did use the liquid glue to adhere the Old Olive layer to to the card base, which allows you a little wiggle room to get your layer on just right!
SAB ENDS MARCH 31ST! ITEMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST
When you purchase $50 in products (before shipping & tax), you EARN one FREE item from the SAB Brochure! If you purchase $100 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn TWO FREE items. If you purchase $150 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn THREE FREE items PLUS Stampin’ Rewards! You can order from the Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog, and the Clearance Rack! During the Sale-A-Bration Promotion is definitely a GREAT time to get more bang for your buck! Check out all these items in the SAB Brochure! Don’t forget you can download the brochure from my online store or see the VERY TOP MENU BAR and select Catalogs or Catalog Download PDF’s.
THREE ADDITIONAL NEW SAB ITEMS – AVAILABLE UNTIL MAR 31, 2017
PLEASE use my March Hostess Code MB7HEDSR when you place an order. See image below on where to input this month’s Hostess Code! Be sure to have your items shipped to your address!
PLEASE DO NOT USE THE HOSTESS CODE if your order is $150+ (before shipping and tax). You will automatically qualify for Stampin’ Rewards at that point. Questions? Contact me!
Please be sure to subscribe to my blog for future updates, promotions, and to see more of my SWEET CREATIONS using Stampin’ Up! products!
If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
When my dear sister-in-law (my hubby’s sister, Denise) emailed and asked for my help to design a Thank You card, I was honored for two reasons.
First reason, I felt it was a compliment. To be asked to help design a card must mean that I’m doing something right! Anyone can CASE (COPY AND SHARE EVERYTHING) a card or change up a few things to call it their own. I really try to come up with my own designs for the most part. If I do CASE a card, I will definitely give credit where credit is due.
Second reason, the Thank You cards are to go to two people who helped make it possible for Denise to receive her daughter’s diploma from the University of Illinois. Why is that a big deal? Her daughter, Caitlin, committed suicide nearly a year ago come next month in March. She was about to turn 21 last April and graduate from college. She had her whole life ahead of her. None of it made sense, it never does for those of us who are left behind. Heartbreak is an understatement! Suicide is a real problem! The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (www.asp.org) is the nation’s largest non-profit dedicated to saving and bringing hope to those affected by suicide. If you know of someone who could benefit from learning more about suicide, donating, or getting support; please give them this information. It could make all the difference in the world!
After I made my first card, I decided to design two more cards (see below). The one with the blue card base I have a booboo! You can see a hairline of blue up at the top of the card. No problem, I’ll be making that one again in the future! I wanted to use the school colors for the University of Illinois since the two individuals receiving them are part of the University personnel. Thank goodness I found the RGB codes for the shade of blue. I had to go back to Midnight Muse from the 2012-2014 In Colors! It was a VERY close match!! WooHoo! The ribbon is retired as well, but you can recreate this card using ANY COLOR and different ribbon!
I have four pearls on the card on the left. Can you see them in the floral cutout? My name is covering one of them. I also have one in the curly “y” in the word “kindly”. I used pearls on all three cards. I wanted the cards to be classy yet elegant. Denise loved them all! This is what she had to say, “I can’t thank you enough for helping me. These are exactly what I was hoping for, but so much prettier than I could actually do.” She chose the two cards with the white card base! I did a poll. My hubby likes the one with the Midnight Muse card base. My daughter, Tenaya, likes the first one (at top) I made. Which one do you like?
SUPPLIES: You’ll need to pick out a different color of blue/ribbon than I used.
Check out the CLEARANCE RACK! Save up to 60% on these SU items! Click HERE to check out these great deals!
Remember: (3 additional NEW SAB items will be released tomorrow! See details below!)
When you purchase $50 in products (before shipping & tax), you EARN one FREE item from the SABBrochure! If you purchase $100 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn TWO FREE items. If you purchase $150 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn THREE FREE items PLUS Stampin’ Rewards! You can order from the Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog, and the Clearance Rack! During the Sale-A-Bration Promotion is definitely a GREAT time to get more bang for your buck! Check out all these items in the SAB Brochure!
THREE ADDITIONAL NEW SAB ITEMS – AVAILABLE FEB 21-MAR 31, 2017
Please use my February Hostess Code R3G9W2V2 when you place an order. See image below on where to input this month’s Hostess Code! Be sure to have your items shipped to your address!
Please be sure to subscribe to my blog for future updates, promotions, and to see more of my SWEET CREATIONS using Stampin’ Up! products! BTW, I’m still struggling with my photos! I pray that I get better!
If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
I LOVE January’s Adoring Arrows Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit has enough supplies to make 24 treat bags! Each bag features mini gold foil hearts, vellum banners, a heart for stamping a personalized sentiment . . . and to top it off, an adorable little arrow! SWEET! I would have loved to have kept this for myself but I wanted to “share the love” with my granddaughter, Theä, and her little school mates. She is a whole three years old as of last month. She is our little princess and I absolutely adore her!
Theä goes to a Mother’s Day Out program at Crossroads Christian Church two days a week. Of course I told my daughter, Tenaya, that she could also use these for her Ladies Ministries group as well and do something different for the little ones. So many possibilities for this kit! I shipped this kit to Texas ( my home state) with Theä’s birthday presents and Tenaya assembled and took photos for me. Stampin’ Up! hasn’t released the images of the the individual items in the kit but I can share the video.
PAPER PUMPKIN ON SALE & EARN FREE SALE-A-BRATION GIFTS!
Here are two great ways to purchase Stampin’ Up! Paper Pumpkin Kits and receive a monthly creative fix. You can save on these prepaid subscriptions as well as qualify for FREE Sale-A-Bration gifts.
3-Month Prepaid Subscription (137859) $59 $55
Get a discount on 3-month prepaid subscriptions and instantly qualify for a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift!
12-Month Prepaid Subscription (137861) $215
Take it to the next level with a 12-month prepaid subscription. Save over $2/month with the everyday awesome price, and instantly qualify for 4 FREE Sale-A-Bration gifts!
This offer will end on March 31, 2017 at 11:50 PM (MT). If you had rather just sign up on a monthly basis, you can do that as well! Continue reading to learn more!
For $19.95 a month (includes Tax & Shipping), Paper Pumpkin is an awesome monthly subscription! There are two ways you can subscribe. Month-to-Month or Prepaid Subscriptions for 3-Month, 6-Month, and One Year Prepaid subscriptions for yourself or as a gift to someone else. Kits are mailed out on the 10th of each month. Remember, 3-month and 12-monty is on sale PLUS you can EARN FREE SAB ITEMS! See my previous post for all the SAB items that you can earn for free!
For Month-to-Month Subscriptions go to PaperPumpkin.com and be sure to select me as your demonstrator before checking out! I would greatly appreciate it! If you need any help, don’t hesitate to contact me!
For Pre-Paid Subscriptions go to my online store by clicking HERE.
I LOVE being a Paper Pumpkin subscriber because I LOVE each and every kit!! In the beginning I didn’t sign up because frankly, I wasn’t that impressed. Stampin’ Up! realized they needed to improve upon these kits and they did just that! I signed up August 2015 and I haven’t been disappointed not once. Perhaps I can persuade you to become a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber!
As a subscriber to Paper Pumpkin, you’ll receive the NEW monthly Paper Pumpkin Email! Stampin’ Up! thought it would be fun to bring it all together in one place. You’ll see links to the video (demonstrates the current month’s subscription), blog post, Pinterest, past kits available for purchase and refills kits, alternative ideas, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this new Paper Pumpkin PERK!
Are you just not sure about becoming a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber? Let me list some great reasons to subscribe . . .
There is absolutely NO OBLIGATION!
You can STOP your subscription at any time!
You can SKIP a month if you need to do so!
You get an AWESOME kit each month!
It’s a SURPRISE in a box i.e. cards, projects, decor
Keep your kit or give it as a gift i.e. Birthdays, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Just Because
These kits are great to take on trips for some creativity for those who love to craft i.e. Mother and daughter(s), sisters, female relatives! Yet there are some males who love these kits as well!
These kits are great to take to someone who is bed ridden needing something fun to do. Or even those in the hospital or in Assisted Living/Nursing Homes.
Endless possibilities for the PP Kits! Cards, 3-D Projects, Scrapbook pages
PLUS subscribers have access to a selection of past kits and refills!
Check out the CLEARANCE RACK! Save up to 60% on these SU items! Click HERE to check out these great deals!
If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! This is one of the cards I created to send to someone special! I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do but I knew I had to use the ANY OCCASION Stamp Set #143348 (SAB pg. 14) from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! You, too, can get this stamp set FREE with a $50 product purchase (before taxes & shipping).
FYI, you can order from the Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog, and even the Clearance Rack to be able to earn FREE items from the SAB Brochure! February Hostess Code R3G9W2V2
I used the retired Framelits called Hearts Collection for my two hearts. There is a stamp in this set that has the curved line but it wasn’t long enough so I used the top of a plastic round container to draw the line so it would fit from one side to the other in the heart. I used the retired embossing folder Adorning Accents at the bottom. I love those little hearts! I also used the retired stamp set P.S. I Love You for my sentiments. I love that set!
BTW, you can use the NEW Sweet & Sassy Framelits #141707 (AC pg.193) that has MANY hearts to do this same card! AND you can use the Happy Heart Textured Impressions Embossing Folder #137364 (AC pg. 195) to have hearts embossed that will cover the entire card front! Also be sure to check out the Blooming’ Love Stamp Set #140643 (AC pg. 46) and Sealed with Love #142815 (OC pg. 15). Both of these stamp sets have sentiments that would work great with this layout! I included these new/current items in my Supply List below!
I’m HAPPY to say I actually entered into two card challenges today! Check these sites out for GREAT inspiration not to mention the many TALENTED Design Team Members!
Here is my first Valentine’s Card I made using Real Red card base. Then I decided to use Whisper White for my card base. I actually love both cards! I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop the heart up on both cards. I also use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp my sentiments. When using Wood Mount or Clear Mount, I recommend using this hand dandy tool! It’s a life saver and ensures I stamp sentiments exactly where they need to be placed on my card. Nothing worse than messing up and having to start over!
When you purchase $50 in products (before shipping & tax), you EARN one FREE item from the SAB Brochure! If you purchase $100 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn TWO FREE items. If you purchase $150 in products (before shipping & tax) you earn THREE FREE items PLUS Stampin’ Rewards! You can order from the Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog, and the Clearance Rack! During the Sale-A-Bration Promotion is definitely a GREAT time to get more bang for your buck! Check out all these items in the SAB Brochure!
Please use my February Hostess Code R3G9W2V2 when you place an order. See image below on where to input this month’s Hostess Code! Be sure to have your items shipped to your address!
Please be sure to subscribe to my blog for future updates, promotions, and to see more of my SWEET CREATIONS using Stampin’ Up! products! If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
What better way to start of the NEW YEAR than to introduce the NEW Occasions Catalog! Some still call it the Spring Catalog but it’s the Occasions Catalog. It’s starts on January 4th and goes through May 31st! Let me introduce the Occasions Catalog before jumping into the Sale-A-Bration (SAB) details where you earn FREE goodies!
This new catalog introduces WATERCOLOR PENCILS (p. 24) in luscious shades that you’ll LOVE! These are perfect for watercoloring stamped images. There are so many wonderful new and fun products you’ll find it hard not to want it all!! Now on to the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.
When you purchase $50 in products (before shipping & tax), you EARN one FREE item from the SAB Brochure! If you purchase $100 in products (before shipping & tax) you EARN two FREE items. If you purchase $150 in products (before shipping & tax) you EARN three FREE items PLUS Stampin’ Rewards! You can order from the Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog, and the Clearance Rack!
During the Sale-A-Bration Promotion is definitely a GREAT time to get more bang for your buck!
Please use my January Hostess Code M4MGGZKS when you place an order. See image below on where to input this month’s Hostess Code! Be sure to have your items shipped to your address!
Please be sure to subscribe to my blog for future updates, promotions, and to see more of my SWEET CREATIONS using Stampin’ Up! products! If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
I previously posted about the NEWStitched Shapes Framelits Dies that you can NOW purchase before the official release in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog! I’m waiting on the UPS truck to arrive with my new goodies!! Yes, I took advantage of the 25% discount on certain items as well!! I provided a list in my previous post but here they are in a visual so you can actually see them! NOTE: Stitched Shapes Framelits will still be available after November 30.
FYI: I have changed, reorganized, and updated my Main Menu Bar and Drop Down Menus. Please check them out! Please view the links under Welcome! on the Main Menu Bar and About Me in the Top Navigation Bar. If you visit my Online Store, be sure to read My Story under the BLOG link. Please leave a comment and let me know you were here. I would love to hear from you!
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STARTING TODAY(NOV 1st) you can purchase the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies ahead of their OFFICIAL release in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog! I have been waiting for Stampin’ Up! to come out with these SWEET stitched edging framelits! These also coordinate with the Layering Squares, Circles and Ovals Framelits Dies! Check out the product video as well as a wonderful promo video below.
Click video image to watch!
Click video image to watch!
REMEMBER . . . the Stitched Shapes Framelits Diescoordinate with the Stampin’ Up! Layering Squares Framelits (#141708), Layering Circles Framelits (#141705) and the Layering Ovals Framelits (#141706)!
Here are the approximate sizes of the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies:
Circles: 1-3/8″, 1-7/8″, 2-3/8″, 2-7/8″
Squares: 1-3/16″, 1-5/8″, 2-1/8″, 2-5/8″
Ovals: 1-3/4″ x 1-3/16″, 2-1/4″ x 1-5/16″, 2-3/4″ x 1-13/16″, 3-1/4″ x 2-5/16″.
THERE’S MORE . . .NOV 1 – 30 get 25% OFF of these select Holiday Stamp Sets from the Holiday Catalog and Annual Catalog! When you visit my Online Store, be sure to visit the CLEARANCE RACK! It’s a great source for MORE savings and gift giving products for that special crafter/scrapper that may be on your Christmas List!
Please be sure to subscribe to my blog for future updates, promotions, and to see more of my SWEET CREATIONS using Stampin’ Up! products! If you have any questions, please contact me! Until next time, have a Beautiful & Blessed Day!
