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Stampin’ Up! Sneak Peak Peaceful Poppies

Stampin’ Up! Sneak Peak Peaceful Poppies

Just a few days and you will no longer be getting messages Sneak Peak (available January 3).  The time is soon here –4 days after today! Are you getting excited to finally being able to order from the new Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog?  There are many beautiful products.  I am previewing one of them today.  The Peaceful Poppy Suite.

The inspiration for this challenge comes from the Fab Friday Challenge

The card base is Stampin’ Up! Whisper White card stock with a background panel of the same that has been embossed using the Stampin’ Up! Subtle Embossing Folder.  This panel is then adhered to the card base using Liquid Glue.

In creating the frame for the art piece 3 frames from  Whisper White card stock and one from the Peaceful Poppy DSP were cropped using the Stampin’ Up! Stitched Rectangle Dies.  These were adhered together using Liquid Glue.  By using 4 frames to create this, it gives the frame dimension and looks better than just a flat frame adhered to the card front.

The art piece is stamped on a panel of Whisper White card stock that has been cropped using the Stampin’ Up! Stitched Rectangle Dies. The poppies from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Poppies Stamp Set (available January 3) is then stamped on the panel using Tuxedo Memento Black ink and then colored using Stampin’ Up! Light Poppy Parade and Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers.  The greeting is from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Moments Stamp Set (available January 3).  Three Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies Sequins are randomly placed on the card front.

The sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up! Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set and is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink.  The poppy is from the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and is also stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink and colored using the same markers that were used in coloring the art piece.

A poppy from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Poppies Stamp Set was stamped in the lower corner of my envelope using Tuxedo Memento Black ink and two Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Blends Markers. I used Light Poppy Parade and Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blends to color.  

In finishing my card, I gave the Stampin’ Up! Whisper White envelope a panel of the Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies DSP.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself.  Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me.  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 Now  button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store.  You can Shop in my online store HERE.

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December 16-31 Host Code: Q467XTGF

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 2019-2020 Annual Catalog! 



Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Whether you want handmade favors for Valentine’s Day, a bridal shower, or a remarkably romantic wedding, this month’s kit has everything you need to help you celebrate your favorite friendships and love stories. So make it a “LOVE”-ly year with Paper Pumpkin.

About the January Kit

Kit details: Makes 20 treat bags + 10 mini cards and envelopes

Card size: 3″ x 3″ (7.5 x 7.5 cm)

Envelope size: 3-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ (7.8 x 7.8 cm)

Bag size: 3-1/4″ x 4″ (8.2 x 10 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Crushed Curry, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, and Rococo Rose

Watch this short video about the January Paper Pumpkin:



Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

 Card Cuts:

  • Whisper White card stock
    • card base – 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″
    • embossed background – 4-1/4″ 5-1/2″
    • frame – 4-5/8″ x 3-1/4″  Crop 2
    • art piece – 1-5/8″ x 3″
    • sentiment panel – 4″ x 5-1/4″
  • Peace Poppies Designer Series Paper
    • frame – 4-5/8″ x  3-1/4″
    • envelope flap – 2-1/4″ x 6″



Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies

Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies

Happy Tuesday stampin’ friends –today is the day everyone has been waiting to get here — the day pre-order starts for the 2020 Mini Catalog.  Have you already maxed out your card?🙂

 

The challenge I am joining today is Fab Friday.  

The card is simple and beautiful as it is created using the Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies Designer Series  Paper.  This DSP is a beautiful package of paper.

The focal panel is adhered to the Old Olive mat using Liquid Glue and then popped on the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  The greeting is from the Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Moments Stamp Set.  I did a bit of masking to get the greeting I wanted. Three sequins from Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies Sequins are added to the card front.

 

 

The sentiment is stamped in Stampin’ Up! Poppy Parade ink on a panel of Stampin’ Up! Whisper White card stock.  A panel of the Peaceful Poppies DSP is added to give the sentiment a bit of flair.  This is such a beautiful paper.

The Stampin’ Up! Whisper White envelope gets a panel of Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper on the envelope flap.  This finishes the project.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself.  Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me.  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 Now  button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store.  You can Shop in my online store HERE.

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December 1-16 Host Code: 7EY3GVWM

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 2019-2020 Annual Catalog! 



SOMETHING FOR EVERYTHING PAPER PUMPKIN 
SUBSCRIBE TO PAPER PUMPKIN BY DECEMBER 10, 2019

December’s Something for Everything kit includes a super-versatile stamp set complete with 13 sentiments that can be used for occasions ranging from wedding, to get well, birthdays, and more! Plus, the three full-sized card designs (four of each) are gorgeous AND multiuse.  Paper Pumpkin’s December kit makes it easier than ever to give a handmade card to a friend—no matter what the occasion!

This is an all-card kit, with 13 sentiments to cover tons of occasions from weddings, get well, birthday, and more, this set does it all.

Kit details: Makes 12 cards and envelopes

Card size: 4 1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)

Coordinating colors: Crushed Curry, Grapefruit Grove, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce, Terracotta Tile

  • Subscribe for the December kit at  Paper Pumpkin from November 11–December 10.
  • Supplies may be limited toward the end of each subscription period.

Interested in subscribing to Paper Pumpkin?  You can either sign up for a subscription where you are billed monthly for your kit or you can purchase a prepaid subscription in my online store. To see more information and to sign up for the monthly subscription,  Click Here. To see the options for prepaid subscriptions in my online store, Click Here.



Going On Now!

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Running thru Jan 2, 2020 (but only while supplies last), you can save big on a selection of retiring and surplus items including holiday catalog items, stamp sets, and Paper Pumpkin past kits. You’ll want to shop early to avoid missing out!

And don’t forget: This offer is while supplies last only and popular items will sell out quickly.

Details:

  • Sales Period: Dec 3, 2019 –  Jan 2, 2020, at 11:50 pm (MT)
  • Only items listed on the flyer, Excel spreadsheet, and online store are eligible for this promotion.
  • No minimum purchase required.
  • Retiring items from the 2019 holiday catalog are available while supplies last.

Here are handy links to the goodies in my Online Store!

Retiring Favorites    Discounted Products

Stampin’ Up! has also released the list of products in the Holiday Catalog that are carrying over into the future catalog!  Yeah!!

Click the links below to download and see the complete list of retiring and carryover items (those are the products that will be available for purchase in a future catalog!).

  • Year-End Closeout Product List      EXCEL (EN 
  • Holiday Carryover Product List        EXCEL (US 

****Take a close look at the asterisked items in the Holiday Carryover List…there are a few of  your favorite things that are currently sold out and unavailable…but they will be back!!  Like…the Moose Punch, the Feels Like Frost DSP and the Brightly Gleaming DSP (to name a few – there are MORE!).  While they will NOT be available from January 2, 2020, through the start of the 2020 Holiday catalog next Fall – they WILL be back!  Check out the full list.

  • Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (item 150705)
  • Christmas Countdown Project Kit (item 150703)

Please note: The coordinating Christmas Countdown Stamp Set (item 151833) will not carry over – so you want to get that NOW!

  • Jingle Bells Embellishments (item 149598)
  • Snowflake Sequins Embellishments (item 150443)
  • Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper (item 150444)
  • Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper (item 150432)
  • Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper (item 150429)
  • Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set (item 150464)
  • Gleaming Ornament Punch Pack (item 150647)
  • Merry Moose Stamp Set (item 150494)
  • Moose Punch (item 150652)
  • Gather Together Stamp Set (item 150589)
  • Gathered Leaves Dies (item 150662)

Got questions?  Give me a shout!

 


Get Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card 

 Card Cuts:

  • Card Base — Poppy Parade card stock — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored and folded at 5-1/2
  • Mat for focal panel on front and sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
  • Focal panel on front — Peaceful Poppies DSP- 3-3/4″ x 5″; 
  • Inside art piece — Peaceful Poppies DSP — 2-3/4″ x 3-5/8″;
  • Sentiment panel — Whisper White card stock — 2-1/2″ x 3-5/8″



Stampin’ Up! Tropical Oasis Sneak Peek

Stampin’ Up! Tropical Oasis Sneak Peek

Happy Wednesday folks is everyone ready for tomorrow’s feast.  We will have two as we eat with both sons.  As you and your family sit down to enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner remember all the men and women who will not be enjoying Thanksgiving with their families.  The military, many of whom are far from home and may not receive a Thanksgiving mean.  The police have to be on duty to try and keep us safe and order to the chaos that happens daily on our streets.  The nurses who have hospital duty this year. They are there maybe even taking care of one of your loved ones while theirs are left at home to eat without them.  Say a prayer of Thanksgiving for all of them.

The card I am sharing today is created from one of the new products that will be available on January 3, 2020.  It is the Stampin’ Up! Tropical Oasis Memories and More Card Pack.  This makes for a quick and easy card when you need one in a hurry.

The challenge I am playing today is called A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge that’s what we all want more and hope for time to make cards.

Pop a panel of the Stampin’ Up! Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper on a Stampin’ Up! Old Olive card stock base using Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Add the small card from the Stampin’ Up! Memories and More Card Pack and add a few sequins for a little bling and your card is finished. Simple and easy!

For the inside use another card for the sentiment, add a few stickers and your card is finished. 

You can now give your Stampin’ Up! Whisper White envelope a panel of the Tropical Oasis DSP and your project is finished.

Thank you for stopping by today.   I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself.

HAVE A HAPPY AND BLESSED THANKSGIVING!



Questions? You can Contact Me.  If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator.  Just click on the Shop Now  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.
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  • Check out the Clearance Rack and save up to 70%.
  • Check out Paper Pumpkin you will love it!

November 16-30 Host Code: NJM4S3MQ

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 2019-2020 Annual Catalog! 



Get Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card 

 

 

 

 

Card Cuts:

  • Card base — Olive Olive card stock — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored and folded at 5-1/2″
  • Mat for inside sentiment — Whisper White card stock –  3-3/4″ x 5″



Stampin’ Up! Feels Like Frost

Stampin’ Up! Feels Like Frost

Happy Day everyone!   Make it a great day!

My card for the day is created using Stampin’ Up! Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper and Stampin’ Up! Toil Christmas Stamp Set.  It made a beautiful card.  I am rather pleased with the color scheme.  Instead of your typical red cardinal, I decided to make mine a bluebird.  Do not know if the color is right for a true bluebird, but then he is my bird and that his color shades of blue from  Stampin’ Up!  Stampin’ Blend markers in Light and Dark Balmy Blue.  It is amazing how different the color looks once a picture is taken.

My challenges are with Allsorts Challenge — theme  Gold or Silver

Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge.  

I had intended to join another also but when I got my card finished I realized I had put it together incorrectly for the challenge  — oh! well another day.

Don’t you just love this DSP?  When my stamping friend Linda  Richenberg said it was gorgeous, in my mind I disagreed, but after using it I have to agree with her, it is beautiful and makes for a beautiful card.

I used a Stampin’ Up! Whisper White card stock base with a Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy card stock mat for the Stampin’ Up! Feels Light Frost DSP.  Card cuts are at the end of this post.  The layers are adhered together using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  

 

I used the “Hello” stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set stamping it using Versa Mark ink and then heat embossing using Stampin’ Up! Whisper White Embossing Powder and my heat tool.  The silver diagonal square is cropped from a panel of Stampin’ Up! Silver Foil Sheets and embossed using the Stampin’ Up! Subtle Embossing Folder.  It is adhered to a Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy card stock mat and then popped on the card front after the banner is adhered in place. 

 The bird ( I won’t call it a cardinal since I colored it blue) from the Stampin’ Up! Toile Christmas Stamp Set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on a Stampin’ Up! Whisper White card stock panel, then cropped using the Stampin’ Up! Christmas Cardinal Dies.  It is colored using Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Blends Markers in Light and Dark Balmy Blue.  The beak is colored using the Stampin’ Up! Light Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Marker.

A panel of the Feels Like Frost is adhered to a Whisper White panel and then trimmed using a strip of Night of Navy card stock.  The sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Free As A Bird Stamp Set is stamped in Night of Navy ink. The panels are adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Ink.  By using the Feels Like Frost panel for the sentiment you are able to see what the entire panel looks like and just how beautiful it is.

The Stampin’ Up! Whisper White envelope gets a panel of the Feels Like Snow DSP to the envelope flap.

Thank you for stopping by today.   I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself.



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.
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A New Suite is Coming November 1!

It’s called the Christmas Time is Here Suite and it’s pretty amazing!  just look at that DSP, isn’t it gorgeous and here’s hoping the die fits the rose on the DSP! The dies do fit the roses on one of the panels of the DSP.  The dies fit perfectly.    This suite was used by several demonstrators October 5 during World Card Making Day and the cards were gorgeous.  You should see if you can find them on Pinterest, they are so beautiful.

We hope you’re ready to make this holiday season magical, because the Christmastime Is Here Suite is, well . . . available November 1! This exclusive, limited-time collection of festive, floral coordinating products has everything you need to share love, joy, and creativity this holiday season.  As a demonstrator, I am able to pre-order on October 1 so be watching for cards made from this Suite.

While you wait impatiently and excitedly, check out this video with some info about the Suite



Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Card Cuts:

  • Whisper White card stock — card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored and folded at 5-1/2″;  mat for inside sentiment panel — 4″ x 5″
  • Night of Navy — Mat for focal panel on front — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″;  border on inside panel — 1″ x 5″; mat for silver panel — 2-1/4″ square
  • Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper —  focal panel card front — 4″ x 5-1/4″; inside sentiment panel — 3-7/8″ x 4-7/8″



Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Beauty with Snow Front

Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Beauty with Snow Front

Happy Tuesday all!  A bit late today, but life got in the way so you know how that goes you deal with it!  My card today is not one you send with joy and happiness, but we should make a few to have on hand at such a time.

The card I am sharing today is from two stamp sets, Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Beauty Stamp Set and Stampin’ Up! Snow Front Stamp Set.  You need both these sets in your stash as there are so many options with these two sets.

My challenge for the day is with two challenges.

Just Us Girls — Frame It

And… Stamping Sensations   — Trees and/or Leaves and/or Autumn

 

This was one of those cards where you can not decide what the card base will be and you cut and emboss and each time come up with Nah, I don’t like that color with this.  Finally, you find one that you think does pretty well with the colors in the art piece.  The card base is Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Grape card stock with an embossed layer using the Stampin’ Up! Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder instead of embossing the card front.  This works best for me.

The art piece is a  square cropped using the Stampin’ Up! Stitched Shapes Dies. It is also framed using another square of the same size. The art piece is a combination of Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Beauty Stamp Set and Stampin’ Up! Snow Front Stamp Set.  I stamped the trees first in Tuxedo Memento Black ink then added the grass and water using Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils and a Stampin’ Up! Aqua Painter.

  I added little snippets of dried grass also stamped in black ink.  The mountains are stamped in Stampin’ Up! Smoky Slate ink.  Again, I used watercolor pencils for the sky. Stampin’ Up! Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins are used on the card front randomly.  The greeting is stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink using the “Thinking of You” stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Colorful Seasons Stamp Set.

The inside sentiment is from Stampin’ Up! Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set and is stamped in Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Grape ink on a Stampin’ Up! Whisper White card stock.  Trees are stamped in the corners using Gorgeous Grape ink also.

I stamped trees in Gorgeous Grape ink on the front and the flap of my Stampin’ Up! Whisper White envelope.

Thank you for stopping by today.   I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself.



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.
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  • Check out the Clearance Rack and save up to 70%.

October 1-15 Host Code: BGU3WVTQ

October 16-31 Host Code: C7SNBFP4

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 2019-2020 Annual Catalog! 


 New In the Clearance Rack!

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The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is back and available to purchase for 15% off ($68 versus the original $80!) but only while supplies last.

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 1/4″ embellishments
  • 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.

This is the last opportunity you’ll have so…get it while you can!  Click here to go right to the Medley in my Online Store!



Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

 

 Card Cuts:

  • Gorgeous Grape card stock — card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored and folded at 5-1/2″;  embossed panel — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
  • Whisper White card stock — art piece — 3-1/4′ square; inside panel — 4″ x 5″ ( crop two of these using the Stitched Shapes die)