World Card Making Day

Oct 5, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Halloween, Holiday Catalog 2013 | 0 comments

World Cardmaking Day is this Saturday, October 5, and to celebrate Stampin’ Up! is holding a contest you won’t want to miss. After all, what’s not to love about a holiday dedicated to card makers worldwide?!

There are two ways to enter:

  • E-mail a photo of a card, or of you making a card, made with Stampin’ Up! product on World Cardmaking Day to [email protected].
  • Post a photo of a card, or of you making a card, made with Stampin’ Up! product on World Cardmaking Day on Instagram. Mention us by typing @stampinup and use the hashtag #wcmd2013 in the description.

This contest is open to everyone-demonstrators, customers, friends, spouses, children . . . you get the idea. However, there are a few conditions:

  • You must be over the age of 18 to win a prize.
  • You can enter as many times as you wish, but each entry must feature a different card.
  • Contest will last all day on October 5, from 12:01 AM to 12:00 PM.  (that’s Mountain Time)
  • We will randomly select 100 winners from our North American markets to receive a Paper Pumpkin Kit (valued at $19.95 US/ $20.95 CA)*, and we will select 50 winners from our South Pacific and European markets to receive the Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp and Season of Style Designer Washi Tape.

A selection of pictures will be posted to Stampin’ Up!’s World Cardmaking Day Pinterest Board and the winners announced in a later current update.

*Quebec winners will receive the Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp and Season of Style Designer Washi Tape (valued at $14.95).

Here is a card idea for you

Halloween-happiness

A quick card using the Halloween Happiness single stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.  Here’s how it was made:

  • Cajun Craze for the card base
  • Old Olive layer embossed with the Chevron Embossing Folder and tied around with a piece of Old Olive ribbon
  • Cajun Craze layer cut with the Label Framelits
  • Whisper White layer stamped with the Halloween Happiness stamp – use Stampin’ Write Markers to ink it up – Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango.  Huff and stamp.  Then cut out with the Label Framelits.

That’s it!  Have fun making cards today!

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Cards that Move – Telescoping Card

Oct 2, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Halloween, Holiday Catalog 2013, Washi Tape | 0 comments

One more fun card from my Cards that Move class – a Telescoping Card.  This idea was not from convention or from Shelli but from Julie Davison.

trick-or-treat-circleIt’s a Halloween card and this is what it looks like closed.  I used the Circle Framelits die set to create it.  This is what it looks like open –

TOT-telecscopeEach of the circles rotates to open up.  The circles are connected with the silver mini brads.  So when I made this card and was prepping for my class I just pulled out regular Very Vanilla envelopes.  I never tried to put the card in the envelope and when I was having my morning class – guess what?  The largest circle in the die set which is the base of this card is too big!  Oops.  Well guess what I have that Stampin’ Up! just started selling that came to my rescue????

The Envelope Punch Board!! Yes it did – I pulled it out along with the rest of my Witches Brew Designer Series paper and in just a couple of minutes we had custom made envelopes to fit our telescoping card!!  Yipee!

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I’m so glad I had that Envelope Punch Board to rescue me!  And look how cute the matching envelope is.  I measured my card by placing it on my grid paper to see how big I needed my envelope to be.  Cut the Designer Paper to the size that it said.  Placed it on the punch board at the correct score line – then punch, score, rotate – line it up with the little marker along the score line, then punch, score and rotate.  Repeat for the other two sides.  Corner round all the points. And then fold it up into an envelope.  It just take a few minutes – how great is that!

Here is a closer look at the bottom panel of the card –

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Here is a quick list of what I used to create this card:

  • Witches Brew Designer Series Paper
  • Witches Brew Washi Tape
  • Tags 4 You stamp set
  • Bracket Label punch
  • Circle Framelits die collection
  • Gorgeous Grunge stamp set
  • Seasonal Sayings stamp set
  • Basic Black, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie card stock
  • Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie ink
  • silver mini brads
  • Summer Starfruit stitched ribbon
  • Paper Piercer & Mat
  • Envelope Punch Board
  • Designer Label punch

Everything is available to order in my online store.

It was a fun card to create.  Let me know if you make one.

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October Updates from Stampin’ Up!

Oct 1, 2013 | Best Of 25 Years, Cards, Demonstrator, Halloween | 0 comments

I wanted to share several Stampin’ Up! related updates with you – new stamp sets and products and offers.

oct hostess specialA hostess special for October!  Celebrating Stampin’ Up!s 25 year anniversary – get $25 extra hostess dollars with a qualifying workshop!  Contact me to schedule your October party!

best of chirstmasA new Best of Stamp set – Best of Christmas #134384 – $14.95 – Clear Mount set.  Order today!

recruit special octComing son – a new recruiting special!  It’s the lowest price ever.  Join Stampin’ Up! for $25.  Two weeks only – October 7 – 21st.  Contact me for more information.

cardmaking kitThe Everyday Occasions Card Making Kit.  The perfect card making kit for the new stamper – simple, fun all occasion cards. The kit contains everything necessary (minus adhesive and scissors) to create 20 beautiful cards for almost any occasion, and it comes in a beautiful box to store them in.

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Monstermaniacs Clear-Mount Stamp Set  #134972 Price: $14.95

Monstermaniacs, by Doris D., is the second winning stamp set from In With You, our new stamp set design challenge beta program.  Order today!

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Cards that Move – Swallowtail

Sep 26, 2013 | Cards, class, Vintage | 0 comments

Another card from my Cards that Move class was a simpler version of a beautiful card Shelli shared with us at the Stampin’ Up! Convention.

shelli-swallowtailThe card is closed up with the Very Vanilla Seam Binding.  I decorated the front with the Papillion Potpourri stamp set and the Flowering Flourishes stamp set.  There is also some splatter with an Aquapainter filled with rubbing alcohol and Soft Suede ink.  And also some Vanilla Smooch Spray.

When you open the card you get a big surprise –

swallowtail-insideThe huge Swallowtail butterfly pops right out at you – likes it is flying off the card.  I stamped it on a separate piece of card stock – I used the Natural White card stock and stamped with Black StazOn ink.  Then used the Aquapainter to watercolor with the ink pads.  Then cut the butterfly out – fold one wing in and attach to the inside of the card just on the left side.

I’ve been busy busy getting ready for my Stamp, Scrap & Create retreat that starts tomorrow!  I can’t wait.  I’ll probably be posting pictures on my Facebook page – so be sure to check in over there during the weekend.  If you haven’t already LIKE my page so you don’t miss anything I post over there.

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Cards that Move – Label Thinlits

Sep 24, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, class, Thinlits | 0 comments

I hope you liked yesterday’s card.  Today I have another moving card – featuring the new Label Card Thinlits for the Big Shot.  This card is pretty much the sample card that you see in the Stampin’ Up! ad for the new thinlits.  I can’t remember for sure if it was shown in Shelli’s presentation at convention.

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All the die cut pieces are part of the set – it cuts the card base, the label layer, the hi and the arrow.  Plus there are more pieces that I didn’t use on this card.

label-thinlit-piecesTwo different banners with the score lines to make folding easy.  A short arrow, an ampersand, and “I♥u”.  So lots of pieces to get creative with.

This is a view of the card when it is “flipped” –

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One tip for you – attach the designer paper to the right side of the card before cutting through the Big Shot.  That gives you a clean matching cut on the designer paper and you won’t have to try to line up after the fact.

Thanks for checking in today.

I’m heading out with Ryan later to go to the College Fair in our county.  He has been working on college applications and I think all the ones he is looking at (except 1) will be at the fair for us to talk to.  And maybe he will find some others that he is interested in too.  I can’t believe he has grown up – where in the world did the time go – in less than a year he will be off to college.

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