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Month: May 2019

Floral Essence

Floral Essence

Last weekend April 26-28 my brother-in-law and sister-in-law took us on a little trip just so we could get away.  We stayed at this great hotel that you could stand on your balcony and see the river below.  If you fell off your balcony into the river you would go. When we first arrived, I was trying to get Wi-Fi connected so I could post my card but continued to have problems.  I kept calling the front desk for help, about the third time I called a lady answered and she said, ‘ Just hold on sweetie, I will come and help you.”  She was so nice, once she got to our room it was like we had been old friends forever, too bad she lives there and I am here, I am sure we could become friends forever.  I just want to thank her for all her helpfulness and being so kind and friendly.  I know I am a bit late with this thank you, but graduations are all that I have had on the brain and will continue through the month of May.

My card today is from the new stamp set Floral Essence (available to customers on June 4).  I can already tell I am going to love creating with this stamp set and the beautiful Designer Series Paper.

A truly simple card to me anyway.  It consists of a Granny Apple Green card base with two focal panels from the Perennial Essence DSP that have been cut at an angle to fit the challenge for today.

The design sketch comes from the Sketch Saturday Challenge. 

And…  CraftyHazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge for May.

The lace trim that is added to the bottom of the Petal Pink focal panel is cut using a Delicate Lace Die.  The greeting from the Butterfly Gala stamp set is stamped in Highland Heather ink.

Using the punch that is part of the Floral Essence Bundle I punched three petals from a scrap that was left from the panel of Perennial Essence DSP.  Using Glue Dots I glued the three together.  The center is stamped in So Saffron ink and then fussy cut and adhered with a Stampin’ Dimensional.  The flower is then popped onto the focal panel using a Stampin’ Dimensional.

The inside sentiment from the Free As A Bird stamp set (available June 4 for customers)  is stamped in Highland Heather ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock.  A flower from the Floral Essence stamp set (available June 4 for customers) is also stamped in Highland Heather with a So Saffron ink center.  This panel is matted on a Gorgeous Grape panel and adhered to the card base using Liquid Glue.

An envelope flap is covered with a panel of the Perennial Essence DSP.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fantastic blessed day and that you like my card and find encouragement from it.


STAMPIN’ UP! CLEARANCE RACK HAS BEEN UPDATED!!

Stampin’ Up! has restocked the Clearance Rack with loads of new goodies at up to 60% off!  I saw lots of new punches and dies and lots of Holiday items!!

Click here to head over to the Clearance Rack to start shopping those deals now.  Hurry, the Clearance Rack deals are only available while supplies last!!


Stampin’ Up! has posted their retiring lists for the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and 2019 Occasions Catalog.  Head over to my online store to pick up those retiring items now!  They’re only available while supplies last from now through June 3!

A few notes about the lists:

  • Due to the high demand for retiring stamp sets, these items will have guaranteed availability until May 24; all other products are not guaranteed and are available while supplies last only.
  • All retiring items are only available while supplies last and will be discontinued after June 3, 2019
  • Depending on inventory levels, discounts on select products may be introduced on or after May 9 but don’t wait thinking the item you want will be discount, if you want it, you should purchase it now.

Click the images below to head over to shop the specific retiring items:

Please note, some of the bundle items may be carrying over into the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.  However, the bundle pricing will go away, so get them while you can at the discounted price!!

Or click here to go to my online store to start shopping the entire list of retiring products!

Let me know if you have any questions about the retiring lists!  You can also download copies of the full retiring lists in PDF Form here:

  • Click here to get a copy of the full retiring list from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog.
  • Click here to get a copy of the full retiring list from the Occasions Catalog.

Have fun shopping!  Don’t forget, everything except for the stamp sets is only available while supplies last!!    


Questions? You can Contact Me.  If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator.  Just click on the Shop Online With Me button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store.

  • You can Shop in my online store HERE.
  • Ready to Join our team?  Click HERE  for more information.
  • Want to earn Customer rewards?  Click HERE to learn more
  • Check out the Clearance Rack and save up to 70%.

May 1-15  Host Code: PG6XH7W2

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift 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 the 2018-19 Annual Catalog or in the 2019 Occasions Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!


Product medleys are new to Stampin’ Up!

We hope you’re ready for a ray of sunshine in your life because the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of coordinating, petal-packed products has all you need to let your creativity bloom.   It may be the first product offering of this kind, and we’re so excited about it!   But!  It will not be the last, more are being planned for the future. 

In addition to being filled to the brim with cute, coordinating products, we’ve designed our product medleys to provide you with endless creative possibilities.

It looks like there is everything you need here stamps, dies, ribbon, DSP.

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The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley includes these exclusive products:

  • Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c,
  • Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies; largest die 2-7/8″ x 1″
  • 6″ x 6″) Designer Series Paper Stack—48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
  • 6″ x 6″ rose gold foil paper—8 sheets
  • Printed die cuts—2 sheets
  • Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs
  • Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—60 embellishments; 1/4″ 
  • Melon Mambo 1/4″  Ruched Ribbon—10 yards 
  • Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″  Metallic –Edge Ribbon—10 yards
  • Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. 

Here are a few details:

Sales Period: May 1–31, 2019

  • The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley will be available for purchase until May 31, 2019—or while supplies last.
  • No order limits apply to the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley during this sales period.
  • The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is eligible for Stampin’ Rewards with qualifying orders.
  • The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley may be added to a Starter Kit.

Here are a few samples from Stampin’ Up!  They are beautiful.  Mark your calendar so you will not miss out on this fabulous offering.

Click on the collage above and you will be taken to a larger view of the cards.

Happy creating!


Paper Pumpkin News!!

Now’s The Time To Get Signed Up if You Aren’t Already!!

This May, you’re in for a treat.  Paper Pumpkin has teamed up with Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and co-founder, to deliver you a very special Paper Pumpkin kit.  It’s exclusive, collectible, and one of a kind.  Die-hard Paper Pumpkin and Stampin’ Up! fans won’t want to miss this special edition.

The look and feel of this kit are all Shelli.  It’s elegant, feminine, and so full of springtime details that you’ll probably just want to take a walk, breathe in the fresh air, and then go home and stamp every card in the kit.  And the box it comes in? We predict that you’ll be keeping it . . . like . . . forever.  Wait and see. Check it out!

Click on the Hugs From Shelli and you can watch a video about her Paper Pumpkin  Kit.

What’s in the box??

It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot.  Coordinating colors are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla!

Here’s what you need to DO!

  • In order to receive the Hugs from Shelli kit, the subscriber must have an active subscription by May 10 at 11:50 PM (MT).
  • Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

Ready? Well, there are ways to get in on the fun. You can sign up for a subscription where you’re billed monthly for your kit – click here to get started.


Stampin’ Up! Products Used in This Card 

  Product List

Glue Dots

$5.25


Card Cuts:

Granny Apple Green Card Stock— card base — 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″ and folded on the scoreline

Perennial Essence DSP – focal panels on front.  Two different panels were used.  5″ x 3-3/4″

Gorgeous Grape  Card Stock — mat for focal panel – 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″; mat for inside sentiment panel 4″ x 5-1/4″

Whisper White Card Stock – inside sentiment panel – 3-3/4″ x 5″


Everything is Rosy

Everything is Rosy

The new Everything is Rosy Product Medley is used to create this card.  You can read all the details about the Everything is Rosy Product Medley below.  It gives all the details of the items included in this Medley.  Here is my card.

Since all the information and card cuts are below what can I say, very little.  I had a bit of a problem with the lighting.  As I have found before when using metallic paper, it does not reflect the light well no matter how you position it.

Night of Navy is the card base and next, I used two different panels of the Everything is Rosy DSP to create the design for the card.  The sketch design is from Freshly Made Sketches.   

And…  Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge.

And… The Creative Crafters  Challenge Blog.

Yay!  I found three, which is not often, challenges to play!

The flowers are from the Everything is Rose Medley and are fussy cut.  The Melon Mambo Scrunch Ribbon is also another item from the Everything is Rosy Medley.   You should check out this kit, you really get a lot for your dollar.  So is the label and the Thank You greeting.  The greeting is stamped in Melon Mambo ink.

The inside sentiment is stamped on a panel of Whisper White card stock using Night of Navy ink and a stamp from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set.  The flower is stamped in Melon Mambo and Night of Navy inks.  The stamps are from the Everything is Rosy Medley stamp set.

I hope you like my card and that you have a blessed Sunday!


 

Product medleys are new to Stampin’ Up!

We hope you’re ready for a ray of sunshine in your life because the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of coordinating, petal-packed products has all you need to let your creativity bloom.   It may be the first product offering of this kind, and we’re so excited about it!   But!  It will not be the last, more are being planned for the future. 

In addition to being filled to the brim with cute, coordinating products, we’ve designed our product medleys to provide you with endless creative possibilities.

It looks like there is everything you need here stamps, dies, ribbon, DSP.

____________________________________________________

The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley includes these exclusive products:

  • Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c,
  • Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies; largest die 2-7/8″ x 1″
  • 6″ x 6″) Designer Series Paper Stack—48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
  • 6″ x 6″ rose gold foil paper—8 sheets
  • Printed die cuts—2 sheets
  • Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs
  • Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—60 embellishments; 1/4″ 
  • Melon Mambo 1/4″  Ruched Ribbon—10 yards 
  • Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″  Metallic –Edge Ribbon—10 yards
  • Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. 

Here are a few details:

Sales Period: May 1–31, 2019

  • The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley will be available for purchase until May 31, 2019—or while supplies last.
  • No order limits apply to the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley during this sales period.
  • The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is eligible for Stampin’ Rewards with qualifying orders.
  • The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley may be added to a Starter Kit.

Here are a few samples from Stampin’ Up!  They are beautiful.  Mark your calendar so you will not miss out on this fabulous offering.

Click on the collage above and you will be taken to a larger view of the cards.

Happy creating!


Questions? You can Contact Me.  If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator.  Just click on the Shop Online With Me button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store.

  • You can Shop in my online store HERE.
  • Ready to Join our team?  Click HERE  for more information.
  • Want to earn Customer rewards?  Click HERE to learn more
  • Check out the Clearance Rack and save up to 70%.

May 1-15  Host Code: PG6XH7W2

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift 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 the 2018-19 Annual Catalog or in the 2019 Occasions Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!


Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Card Cuts:

Night of Navy Card Stock — card base – 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″ and folded on the scoreline

Whisper White Card Stock — inside sentiment panel 4″ x 5-1/4″

Everything is Rosy DSP – focal panel on card front — 4″ x 5-1/4″ and cut at an angle;   Gold panel — 3-1/4″ x 4″ 


Magnolia Lane

Magnolia Lane

A busy time at our house right now.  It is the month of May and every weekend in May is full up with Graduation,  Graduation, Wedding Showers, Graduation!  Did I happen to say we are having Graduations?  What does all that equal?  Money!!!

My card is created using the Magnolia Lane DSP.  It made a beautiful card but lots, and lots of fussy cutting.  Wish there had been a die that fit the flowers I cut.

My sketch design is from the Paper Players

Soft Sea Foam card stock is used as the card base.  Next a panel of Mossy Meadow card stock is embossed using the Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder.  This panel has Whisper White latticework  from the Wonderful Romance stamp set in both directions — horizontal and vertical —

The flowers are fussy cut from a panel of Magnolia Lane DSP.  I have adhered them to a Whisper White circle to make all the small pieces more stable before popping on the card front using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Three Basic Adhesive Back Sequins are popped in various spots on the card front.  The greeting stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of Whisper White card stock and then cut out in the shape of the stamp.

The sentiment is stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on a panel of Whisper White that has a strip of the Magnolia Lane DSP adhered to the left side that has been matted using Petal Pink card stock.  The Whisper White panel has a Mossy Meadow panel.

Thanks for stopping by today!  My hope is that you have a blessed day!


Paper Pumpkin News!!

Now’s The Time To Get Signed Up if You Aren’t Already!!

This May, you’re in for a treat.  Paper Pumpkin has teamed up with Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and co-founder, to deliver you a very special Paper Pumpkin kit.  It’s exclusive, collectible, and one of a kind.  Die-hard Paper Pumpkin and Stampin’ Up! fans won’t want to miss this special edition.

The look and feel of this kit are all Shelli.  It’s elegant, feminine, and so full of springtime details that you’ll probably just want to take a walk, breathe in the fresh air, and then go home and stamp every card in the kit.  And the box it comes in? We predict that you’ll be keeping it . . . like . . . forever.  Wait and see. Check it out!

Click on the Hugs From Shelli and you can watch a video about her Paper Pumpkin  Kit.

What’s in the box??

It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot.  Coordinating colors are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla!

Here’s what you need to DO!

  • In order to receive the Hugs from Shelli kit, the subscriber must have an active subscription by May 10 at 11:50 PM (MT).
  • Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

Ready? Well, there are ways to get in on the fun. You can sign up for a subscription where you’re billed monthly for your kit – click here to get started.


Questions? You can Contact Me.  If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator.  Just click on the Shop Online With Me button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store. 

  • You can Shop in my online store HERE.
  • Ready to Join our team?  Click HERE  for more information.
  • Want to earn Customer rewards?  Click HERE to learn more
  • Check out the Clearance Rack and save up to 70%.

May 1-15  Host Code: PG6XH7W2

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift 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 the 2018-19 Annual Catalog or in the 2019 Occasions Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!


Product List

Card Cuts:

Soft Sea Foam card stock  — card base 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″ and folded on the scoreline;   

Mossy Meadow card stock —  mat for card front  4″ x 5-1/4″ and mat for inside sentiment panel

Whisper White card stock — 3-3/4″ x 5″ inside sentiment panel

Magnolia Lane DSP  to cut flowers for card front and envelope flap


Best Birds

Best Birds

My card is created using the Best Birds stamp set.  I know it is retiring but I think I shall keep it for a while longer.  Today is the day we can do pre-ordering from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.  I told someone I needed to start a GoFundMe page to cover all I want from that catalog.  I believe it is the most amazing one I have seen in my 10+ years of having Stampin’ Up Catalogs.  Maybe I will pull all my old catalogs out and line them up and take a look, but I know this one is surely the best looking and the best products inside.   If you would like a catalog, contact me.

My sketch design is from Try Stampin on Tuesday

The colors on this card do not show up very well.  I used the same lighting as always but the colors look washed out to me.  The flowers are Blushing Bride pink but here they look white.  The card base is Soft Sea Foam card stock and the mat, embossed with the Seaside Embossing Folder which is soon to be retired is Blushing Bride card stock.  The flower panel is from the new Bird Ballad DSP (available June 4).  The doily is cut using the Doily Builder Thinlits soon to be retired also.  It is adhered using Liquid Glue in various spots.  The bird, flowers, and branch are from the Best Birds stamp set and is retiring June 4.  It is stamped in Crumb Cake ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock and colored using Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.  A bow is made using Baker’s Twine and adhered using a Glue Dot.  Rhinestone Basic Jewels are added to the center of each flower and three Adhesive Backed Sequins are popped in several spots on the card front.  There is not an inside sentiment as this will be used to write a thank you note.

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a blessed day!


Questions? You can Contact Me.  If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator.  Just click on the Shop Online With Me button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store. 

  • You can Shop in my online store HERE.
  • Ready to Join our team?  Click HERE  for more information.
  • Want to earn Customer rewards?  Click HERE to learn more
  • Check out the Clearance Rack and save up to 70%.

May 1-15  Host Code: PG6XH7W2

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift 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 the 2018-19 Annual Catalog or in the 2019 Occasions Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!

 


Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Glue Dots

$5.25

Blender Pens

$12.00

 

 Card Cuts:

Soft Sea Foam card stock – card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″ and folded on the scoreline

Blushing Bride card stock – mat for card front – 4″ x 5″

Whisper White card stock – inside panel for writing note — 4″ x 5-1/4″

Bird Ballad DSP –  Floral panel on card front –  1-1/2″ x 5-1/2″