Amy’s Inkin’ Krew January Blog Hop– “LOVE”

January 8, 2019 admin Comments 18 comments

Welcome! It’s that time again for Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Blog Hop. You can catch us here on the second Tuesday of each month. Be sure to check out all the blogs, this is a talented group and you will find lots of inspiration. Our theme for the month is “Love”.

I love red, it is a power color. It always makes me feel energized when I wear or use red. I would probably use red for all my cards but know that I should not. I chose to make a card that can be for anyone, friend, relative or your one true love. I am using the same stamp set as I used in a previous post. It is just a different stamp from that set. This beautiful rose is from the Graceful Garden stamp set.

My card today starts with a Real Red card base. It is relatively simple and easy to make, even with looking so elegant, It is one layer, no mats, just the background panel for the Graceful Garden red rose. I suppose it could be called the mat for the rose. A panel of Whisper White card stock was cut using the Framelits Die from the Wonderful Floral Framelits Die set. As you can see it makes a nice decorative piece for the card. I then used a stamp from the Timeless Textures stamp set to give a little texture to the background the rose would be popped on. The rose was stamped using Memento Black Ink on Whisper White Thick card stock. I then colored the rose using Stampin’ Write Marker in Real Red and Pear Pizzazz. It was then fussy cut. The rose was then popped onto the Whisper White panel using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Petal Palette stamp set and is stamped at the bottom in Real Red ink below the Graceful Garden rose. Three Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels were popped on the card at the top and the bottom.

The inside sentiment is from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and is stamped in Real Red ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock. A small rose from the Graceful Garden stamp set is stamped in Memento Black ink in the lower right corner of the sentiment panel. It is then colored using Daffodil Delight, Real Red, and Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Markers. It is adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Thank you for visiting our Blog Hop today. My wish, as usual, is for you to find encouragement and inspiration for your own creations.

Now on to the other blogs. By clicking on the next button below, you will be taken to the talented Jaimie Babarczy’s blog post. Or if you choose you can click on any name and it will take you to that person’s blog post. Happy viewing.

The challenge I am joining for today is Word Art Wednesday

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Product List

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143849] $19.00	Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141534] $37.00	Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145788] $35.00	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] $20.00
Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies [148529] $34.00	Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [102482] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $7.50
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad [147113] $7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924] $7.00	Regals Stampin’ Write Markers [147155] $30.00
Subtles Stampin’ Write Markers [147156] $30.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cuts:

Real Red Card Stock – Card Base – 8-1/2” x 5-1/2” Scored at 4-1/4” and folded on score line.
Whisper White Card Stock – Focal Panel for front 4” x 5-1/2” –Inside Sentiment Panel 4” x 5-1/4”
Whisper White Card Stock – Art Piece (Rose)- 2-1/4” x 4-1/4”

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Rewards Program 2019

January 7, 2019 admin Comments 2 comments

Hello for today! Hope your day is starting out wonderful and continues the entire day. It has to be a good day today, the sun is going to shine and it will be like spring. You can get out for a nice walk. But enough of this chatter— on with business—right. Remember a few days ago when I posted that I was going to start something new, WELL! here it is. I am starting a customer rewards program. You can read all the details below and contact me if you have questions. Have a great day!

Customer Rewards

Ordering Thank You

I’ve added a Host Code to the bottom of my daily posts. If you apply that Host Code to your online orders under $150, you’ll get a free gift from me. And if your order is over $150, please don’t apply the hostess code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards/Host $$ if you use it), you’ll get the free gift too!

The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2019 Occasions Catalog or the 2018-19 Annual Catalog! Once you place your order, simply email me the item that you’d like and I’ll order it when I close out the host order and ship the gifts out to you as soon as I get them. As an added bonus, you’ll still earn Butterfly points (see more information below) for your orders in addition to the free gifts.

Here are two great ways to earn free stamps and merchandise when you place a Stampin’ Up! order with me.

Stampin’ With ShirleyG Butterfly Rewards

Qualify to earn FREE Stampin’ Up! product from ANY current Stampin’ Up! catalog or promotion! The Stampin With ShirleyG Rewards Program is my way of personally saying “thank you” to my frequent shoppers.

How Butterfly Rewards Work:

For each $25 that you order from my online store (before S & H) you will earn one Butterfly. You also earn my monthly Online Class Tutorial with projects that are exclusive to my classes!
You will earn one Butterfly for each friend that you refer when they place their first order of $25+ from my online store.
When you have earned 16 Butterflies you will get a FREE product order valued up to $40.00, your choice and mailed directly to you!

NO MONTHLY COMMITMENT – Just place a $25.00 or greater online order through me (must be a single order of $25 or higher before shipping and tax) online. For every full increment of $25.00 (before shipping and tax), you earn one Butterfly. Individual orders may NOT be combined to attain a Butterfly. Example: a product order of $49 would not qualify for a Butterfly. However, an order of $101 would qualify for TWO Butterflies. Please note, when shopping online make sure that you are shopping in my online store otherwise your orders won’t count toward your Butterfly Reward totals.

I’ve created a sheet to help you keep track of your Butterfly Rewards. You can open and print the PDF by clicking on the link here:

Rewards Order Tracker

Place a $150 order and get six butterflies plus you qualify for Stampin’ Rewards from Stampin’ Up! Earn Stampin’ Rewards and apply them as you wish. Use Stampin’ Rewards to purchase discounted host exclusive stamp sets or any current catalog merchandise.

Beginning with product totals of $450 or more, get 50% one off full-priced item in addition to Stampin’ Rewards. Plus, you will continue to earn Butterflies for each $25 increment!

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Additional Benefits of Being a Stampin’ With ShirleyG Customer:

When you place an on-line order through me, you instantly become one of my Stampin’ With ShirleyG Preferred Customers*.

Free Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Catalogs mailed to you with each release (Holiday and Spring).As one of my Stampin’ With ShirleyG Preferred Customers, you will receive the following extras:

Order $100 or greater (can be multiple orders totaling $100) in the year prior to the new Annual Catalog – I will mail you a free catalog PRIORITY MAIL – EARLY – as soon as I get them. The catalogs have over 200 pages of products and ideas.
On-line ordering provides a one-step, convenient and secure way to shop for Stampin’ Up! products, including access to the Clearance Rack!
Subscribe to my Stampin’ With ShirleyG blog for tips, tutorials and the latest Stampin’ Up! promotions and catalog sneak peeks.

January 1-15 Host Code: BZNVKYDN

Graceful Garden with Wonderful Romance

January 6, 2019 admin Comments 8 comments

My card today is a combination of Graceful Garden stamp set, Seasoned With Kindness stamp set, Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies (coordinates with the Wonderful Romance stamp set) and the Delicate Lace Edgelits. I tried a little watercolor on this card to give it a bit of texture. The Graceful Garden rose is really pretty in real time, but it looks a little faded here. I believe it is because it was heat embossed after being stamped with Melon Mambo ink. Does that look like Melon Mambo to you. The watercolor pencil doesn’t look like Melon Mambo either.

My sketch layout come from Freshly Made Sketches this week.

The rose from the Graceful Garden serves as my circle for the layout. The base is Bermuda Bay card stock. This is a true simple card, two layers really. The card base and the art piece. The art piece background is colored in Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue and Lemon Lime Twist. After I lightly colored an area with the Balmy Blue and Lemon Lime Twist, I used an Aqua Painter with water to turn the coloring into a watercolor panel. The Balmy Blue was too blue for my card base so I added some Coastal Cabana to it and it turned out great with the color. A piece of edgelit was cut from Whisper White card stock using the Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies. It was adhered to the edge of the watercolor panel using Liquid Glue.

Two strips were cut from Bermuda Bay and Lemon Lime Twist to make the banners under the rose. A die from the Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies ( this die set coordinates with the Wonderful Romance stamp set) to cut leaves from Bermuda Bay and Lemon Lime Twist card stock.

The Graceful Garden rose is stamped on a panel of watercolor paper in Melon Mambo ink and then stamped with Versa Mark and heat embossed using Clear Embossing Powder. The rose is then colored using a Melon Mambo watercolor pencil. The rose was fussy cut after being colored. The leaves were attached to the back of the rose using two Glue Dots. It was easier doing it that way, you could tell exactly how the leaves needed to be placed around the rose. After attaching the leaves to the Graceful Garden rose it was popped on the water colored panel using Mini Stamp in Dimensionals.

The inside sentiment is stamped on a panel of Whisper White that is matted on a Lemon Lime Twist panel of card stock. A rose from the Graceful Garden stamp set was stamped on a panel of white watercolor card stock and then colored with the same colors as the rose on the front of the card. It is adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue in the lower right corner of the sentiment panel.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you liked my card. All comments are appreciated. My wish as always is for you to find encouragement and inspiration for your own creations.

Shirley G

January 1-15 Host Code: BZNVKYDN

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!

Sale-A-Bration Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s way of saying Happy New Year – and it’s our favorite time of year! Shop, host and/or join the team to get great deals and extra bonus goodies! Check it!

SALE-A-BRATION IS A GREAT TIME TO…

SHOP and EARN FREE PRODUCTS!

There are two great ways to earn free products during Sale-A-Bration. First off, you’ll earn a FREE product every time you reach a threshold purchase. Take a look in the Sale-A-Bration flyer and you’ll see each of the products is marked Level 1 ($50 purchase) or Level 2 ($100 purchase!). You can mix and match to your heart’s content. For example, if you spend $150, you can choose 3 level 1’s or 1 level 1 and 1 level 2. This gives you lots more flexibility to choose what you want. Below are the qualifying levels.

But – there are even more ways to earn free Stampin’ Up! goodness!

During Sale-A-Bration, when you place a qualifying individual order (or host a qualifying workshop) you can earn EXTRA Stampin’ Rewards!

What are Stampin’ Rewards? That’s Stampin’ Up!-speak for FREE MONEY!!

When your workshop or individual order is $250 (before shipping and tax) or more – you’ll receive an ADDITIONAL $25 in Free Money to spend on….anything you want!!

Let’s do some math!

At $250 – you’d earn $25 in Stampin’ Rewards (10%) PLUS an extra $25 MORE for the SAB special!
So….$50 in free goodies!

What if you ordered $300? Well – you’d get the usual $36 in Stampin’ Rewards (12%) plus that extra $25 for $61 in FREE GOODIES! See how that’s going??! Check out this table with the details:

This great deal runs thru the end of Sale-A-Bration on March 31.

But wait! There’s even MORE goodness during Sale-A-Bration!

SALE-A-BRATION IS A GREAT TIME TO…

JOIN and EARN FREE PRODUCTS!

Sale-A-Bration is THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR to join the Stampin’ Up! Team! First off – you’ll get the Best “Bundle” EVER!! The Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit!

The Starter Kit is always a great deal but it’s even better during Sale-A-Bration. You’ll get a WHOPPING $175 worth of product – that YOU choose!! – for just $99! (Hint: that’s $50 more than usual!!) And the kit ships totally FREE!

But – this year, there’s also a SECOND Starter Kit OPTION! For just $30 more – you’ll get that $175 of products AND the new Craft & Carry Tote!!

We love Demonstrators with all sorts of goals….Do you want a business? Or do you just want o be able to gather up all the Stampin’ Up! goodies you love with that great discount?!? Either way – I’d love to have you on my team – and you’ll love the benefits…

Want 20-25% discounts on everything you buy?
Maybe like to earn a little extra cash to support your habit?
Want New Catalogs and a chance to order new goodies before ANYONE else?
How’s about an opportunity to earn super awesome Incentive Trips?
Having tons of support from me when you need it?
Being part of a fun Krew of demonstrators?

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143849] $19.00	Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies [148529] $34.00	Seasoned With Kindness Photopolymer Stamp Set [146804] $9.50	Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies [147053] $29.00
Bermuda Bay 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [131197] $8.50	Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [144245] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad [147096] $7.50
Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00	Watercolor Pencils [141709] $16.00	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $12.50	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cuts:

Bermuda Bay – card base – 4-1/4” x 11” scored at 5-1/2”
Bermuda Bay – banner behind rose – 2-5/8” x ½”
Lemon Lime Twist – Mat for sentiment panel – 4” x 5-1/4”
Lemon Lime Twist – banner behind rose – 3” x ¾”
Whisper White – Art piece panel – 4-5/8” x 2-7/8”
Whisper White – Art piece stamped 2-1/2” x 2-1/2”
Whisper White – Decorative Edge – 3-1/2” x 1”

Petal Palette with All My Love DSP

January 3, 2019 admin Comments 1 comment

YAY! Sale-A-Brations starts today! Is everyone ready? I have my list ready. My card today is a combination of the Petal Palette stamp set and the All Love DSP from the Occasions catalog.

The card is a simple and easy one to make and only takes minutes to make unless you are like me and get side-tracked doing something else and have to come back to it a dozen times.

The inspiration for my sketch layout comes from Global Design Project, this week’s challenge.

The card base is Balmy Blue cut 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″. The mat is a panel 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ cut from the All My Love DSP. It is adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Another panel is cut measuring 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ to use as the focal panel. This also was adhered with Multipurpose Glue.

The mat for the art piece is a 1-7/8″ x 3-1/8″ panel cut using a Rectangle Framelits Die. It is cut from a piece of the All My Love DSP. The art piece measures 1-1/2″ x 2-7/8″ and is cut from a piece of Whisper White card stock. The greeting stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink is from the Petal Palette stamp set. The greeting was masked so it could be stamped in two sections, instead of one long line. The Balmy Blue hearts are embossed using the Subtle Dynamic TIEF. They are staggered down the art piece with the bottom three being attached to Silver Thread and then adhered to the panel.

Look at the difference in the two cards, one is photographed with a pink back ground, the other with a light wood background. It makes all the difference in the background you use for the clarity of a picture.

The inside sentiment panel is cut using the Stitched Label Framelits Dies. The sentiment is from the Incredible Like You stamp set and is stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink.

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a blessed day and my wish for you is to find encouragement and inspiration for your own creations.

Interested in Joining Us?

If you’d like to join our team, we’d love to have you! Click the link to the left to find out more. You can become a demonstrator for just $99. You get to choose $125 in Stampin’ Up! products for your Starter Kit and your kit ships for free! How does a 20-25% discount sound?

We welcome all types of Demonstrators from those only purchasing to get the discount for themselves to those who want to run a business and those anywhere in between! There is no commitment and no penalty if you decide that being a Demonstrator isn’t right for you. Why not give it a try? You can also see more information about the benefits of becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator here.

January 1-15 Host Code: BZNVKYDN

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 2018 Holiday Catalog! That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!

The 2019 Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration starts TODAY January 3, 2019 … are you ready?

Do you have your list ready? Maybe you have already ordered by the time you read this! Or you may be new to stamping and have questions. Read below to find out all about Sale-A-Bration.

You may ask What is Sale-A-Bration? It is only the biggest sale of the year from Stampin Up. You can earn free, that’s right, I said FREE products when you place a qualifying order. Many products are exclusive to Sale-A-Bration. You can order online from the Annual or Occasions catalogs or from the Clearance Rack to reach that $50 .

For each $50 order you can choose one product from the Sale-A Bration Catalog:

EXAMPLE

If you spend $50, you can choose one free level 1 item
If you spend $100, you can choose one free level 2 items, or you can choose 2 level 1 items.
If you spend $150, you can choose three level 1 products or one level 1 product and one level 2 product. Plus with the $150 you will receive additional product of your choice from Stampin Up

Here is just a sample of one of the free items from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145788] $35.00	Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set [148708] $17.00	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828] $33.00	Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143706] $10.00
All My Love 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148576] $11.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146982] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad [147140] $7.50
Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $3.50	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924] $7.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Happy New Year

January 1, 2019 admin Comments 0 Comment

Wishing you a year with blessings beyond your imagination. Enjoy each second of this new year!

Be watching for details in the next few days of new things I’m starting in 2019.

If you live in the South, enjoy your collard greens and black-eyed peas and cornbread today. I know don’t the traditions of other regions of the country. I’m sure there are some.

Blessings for a great day!

Shirley